In 1998, a landmark study was published in the medical journal The Lancet. It was the first major research that suggested a link between the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism. Almost immediately following publication, the rates of...
Topics: autism, children, Lancet, Measles, MMR, Vaccination, vaccine, Wakefield

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The recent coverage of the devastation and destruction after the earthquake in Haiti has had an unintended consequence; the public is now questioning the legitimacy and ethics of the physicians who masquerade as journalists. For decades, there has been...
Topics: communication, Haiti, health information, journalism, journalists, media ethics, medical ethics, medical reporting, Opinion, physicians

{"title":"Crossing the Line from Physician to Journalist","post_url":"http:\/\/brainblogger.com\/2010\/02\/01\/crossing-the-line-from-physician-to-journalist\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/brainblogger.com\/feed\/","author":null,"date":"2010-02-01 04:00:28","summary":"The recent coverage of the devastation and destruction after the earthquake in Haiti has had an unintended consequence; the public is now questioning the legitimacy and ethics of the physicians who masquerade as journalists. For decades, there has been..."}

Eight out of every ten Americans have searched for medical information online. Three-quarters of these searchers do not scrutinize the quality, validity, or date of the information. With the overabundance of healthcare information available on the World..
Topics: anxiety, BioPsychoSocial Health, cyberchondria, diagnosis, google, Hypochondria, internet, medical information, psychosomatic, Symptoms, worried, worry

{"title":"Worried Well on the Web","post_url":"http:\/\/brainblogger.com\/2010\/01\/13\/worried-well-on-the-web\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/brainblogger.com\/feed\/","author":null,"date":"2010-01-13 08:45:15","summary":"Eight out of every ten Americans have searched for medical information online. Three-quarters of these searchers do not scrutinize the quality, validity, or date of the information. With the overabundance of healthcare information available on the World.."}

Do you want to attend a neurology, neurosurgery, or neuroscience conference this year? In an effort to provide a consolidated webpage, I’ve compiled what I deem the most exhaustive online listing for 2010. I’ve included as many links as...
Topics: AAN, ANA, conference, congress, drug discovery, meeting, neurooncology, neuroradiology, neurosurgery, neurotrauma, pediatric neurosurgery, proceeding, sleep, spinal disorders, symposium

{"title":"Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Neuroscience Conferences for 2010","post_url":"http:\/\/brainblogger.com\/2010\/01\/10\/neurology-neurosurgery-and-neuroscience-conferences-for-2010\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/brainblogger.com\/feed\/","author":"brainblogger","date":"2010-01-10 16:36:29","summary":"Do you want to attend a neurology, neurosurgery, or neuroscience conference this year? In an effort to provide a consolidated webpage, I’ve compiled what I deem the most exhaustive online listing for 2010. I’ve included as many links as..."}

Considerable improvements have been made in the health of the population of the United States in the last three decades owing to healthy living interventions, specifically a reduction in smoking. However, during the same period, substantial increases in..
Topics: life expectancy, lifestyle choices, obesity, overweight, prevention, smoking, smoking cessation

{"title":"One Puff Forward, Two Pounds Back","post_url":"http:\/\/brainblogger.com\/2010\/01\/07\/one-puff-forward-two-pounds-back\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/brainblogger.com\/feed\/","author":null,"date":"2010-01-07 08:22:15","summary":"Considerable improvements have been made in the health of the population of the United States in the last three decades owing to healthy living interventions, specifically a reduction in smoking. However, during the same period, substantial increases in.."}