It’s a phenomenon that medical educators have long suspected but haven’t been able to prove: a rise in medical errors when newly-hatched physicians begin their residency training programs in July. This suspected occurrence has been studied several...
Topics: complications, medical education, medical residents, medical training, residency programs

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I once treated a patient who was in her 90s. She was less than 5 feet tall and had never weighed more than 90 pounds. But, she was tough as nails and had lived a great life. I came to advocate for her when the internist at the skilled nursing facility in.
Topics: breast cancer, colon cancer, early detection, mammogram, prevention, psa level, screening

{"title":"Cancer \u2013 To Screen or Not to Screen?","post_url":"http:\/\/brainblogger.com\/2009\/11\/14\/cancer-to-screen-or-not-to-screen\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/brainblogger.com\/feed\/","author":null,"date":"2009-11-14 08:02:08","summary":"I once treated a patient who was in her 90s. She was less than 5 feet tall and had never weighed more than 90 pounds. But, she was tough as nails and had lived a great life. I came to advocate for her when the internist at the skilled nursing facility in."}

Millions of people around the world suffer from depression, the most common mental disorder of all. Since depression appears to be largely genetic, several long-standing questions continue to bedevil researchers. Have the genes for clinical unipolar...
Topics: cognitive decline, cognitive problems, depression, evolution, evolution by natural selection, evolutionary adaptation

{"title":"The Evolution of Depression","post_url":"http:\/\/brainblogger.com\/2009\/11\/10\/the-evolution-of-depression\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/brainblogger.com\/feed\/","author":null,"date":"2009-11-10 20:58:49","summary":"Millions of people around the world suffer from depression, the most common mental disorder of all. Since depression appears to be largely genetic, several long-standing questions continue to bedevil researchers. Have the genes for clinical unipolar..."}

The search for eternal youth is as old as time itself. The theme of immortality winds its way through religion, mythology, poetry, fiction, and modern movies. Usually, stories of those who have achieved immortality expose the curse of eternal life,...
Topics: ageing, elderly, health, life expect, QoL, quality of life, youth

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You have seen movies in which characters have acted violently. Many times, these characters also have a mental illness. Violence is one common stereotype of psychological disorders, along with rebellion and child-like behavior. In The Dark Knightand Me,..
Topics: behavior, mental illness, research, stigma, studies

{"title":"Why So Serious About The Self?","post_url":"http:\/\/brainblogger.com\/2009\/11\/03\/why-so-serious-about-the-self\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/brainblogger.com\/feed\/","author":null,"date":"2009-11-03 04:00:38","summary":"You have seen movies in which characters have acted violently. Many times, these characters also have a mental illness. Violence is one common stereotype of psychological disorders, along with rebellion and child-like behavior. In The Dark Knightand Me,.."}