The Divided House of Psychiatry
Category: Brains and minds
The ride continues rough on the psych bus.
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I write articles on science, medicine, nature, culture and other matters for the New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Slate, National Geographic, Scientific American Mind, and other publications, and am working on my fourth book, The Orchid and the Dandelion, which expands on my recent December 2009 Atlantic article. In August 2010, I'll be moving to London for a year to work on the book. I'll also serve as a senior fellow at City University London's MA science journalism program.
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Gleaned: Suspicious women, sneaky cops, fair-minded children. Plus flu.
Category: Brains and minds
What I distracted myself with this morning. Don't mix these at home.
Posted by David Dobbs at 11:27 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Lights, genes, action
Category: Brains and minds
This is a very slick tool that seems almost too far out to actually work. It lets you use light to turn brain circuits on and off at will, and with great precision. It's not simple to construct. But once constructed, it works simply.
Posted by David Dobbs at 1:27 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
See exactly where Phineas Gage lost his mind
Category: Culture of science
To mark the 150th anniversary of Gage's death (which came 12 years after his accident), the Cavendish Historical Society is taking what sounds like a phenomenal two-hour walking tour that includes the accident site, the home and office of the surgeon who treated him, the boarding house where he was taken, presumably to die, and the carpenter's shop in which was built the coffin he turned out not to need.
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Your genetic info -- not free, easy, or clear
This isn't something we'll figure out in a couple workshops; it's something the industry and the broader genomics community will need to consider carefully over the next few years, even as it rapidly grows.
Posted by David Dobbs at 11:03 AM • 5 Comments •
The Week's Best: Evolution, healthcare reform, clever apes, and Cheever in his undies
Category: Public health
Evolution, healthcare reform, baboons, and Cheever in his underwear
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Gleanings - mind & brain, law and war, media, bad trains
Category: Journalism & media
Mind, brain, and body (including those gene things) While reading Wolpert's review of Greenberg's book, I found that the Guardian has a particularly rich trove of writings and resources on depression , some of it drawing on resources at BMJ (the journal formerly known as the British Medical Journal). ... The backchannel is the twitter stream that audience members now rather routinely produce while a conference speaker or panel holds forth at the front of the room; it carries hideous dangers for the unwary, unprepared, or just plain unlikeable speaker.
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Maryn McKenna on MRSA, a very troublesome bug
Category: Medicine
Neither plane crashes nor anti-aircraft fire could kill my namesake uncle, but MRSA did, and it wasn't pretty.
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Notables from Out-n-About 03/17/2010 (a.m.)
Category: Brains and minds
Reading, ants, reading about ants, and Ezra Klein fact-checks David Brooks
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Vaccinating kids for flu protects almost everyone
Category: Healthcare policy
"A landmark study looking at how to limit the spread of influenza has shown what experts have long believed but hadn't until now proved: Giving flu shots to kids helps protect everyone in a community from the virus."
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