World of Psychology

Archive for May, 2006

Evidence-Based Medicine: A Myth in the Making

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006
BusinessWeek had a wonderful cover article last week about the myth of evidence-based medicine, as Dr. David Eddy has spent a career in illustrating to other doctors and anybody else who will listen. As ...

Many Health Wikis are Cropping Up

Monday, May 29th, 2006
This recently came across my desk via the medical web list, and I thought it might be interesting to those who track the intersection of health and wikis: The Clinical Informatics Wiki -- Clinfowiki http://www.informatics-review.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page RHIO Wiki: ...

Psychiatric drugs fare favorably when companies pay for studies

Monday, May 29th, 2006
Psychiatric drugs fare favorably when companies pay for studies You may have missed this last week, as I did, that yet another study confirms the bias in clinical drug trials as favoring the company who ...

Bogus Teen Cell Phone Study

Thursday, May 25th, 2006
Teens' Heavy Cellphone Use Could Signal Unhappiness, Study Finds The Los Angeles Times reports on a bogus study: A survey of 575 South Korean high school students found that the top third of users — students ...

Botox Appears to Ease Depression Symptoms

Thursday, May 25th, 2006
Botox Appears to Ease Depression Symptoms This is fascinating finding, because, as the article suggests, perhaps it is the physical act of smiling (or being able to smile) that can change one's mood as readily ...

Generic Lexapro Coming to Stores Near You!

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
The first generic version of Lexapro, one of the most widely prescribed antidepressants, with more than $2 billion in sales last year, received federal approval Monday. Ivax Corp. of Miami, part of Israel's Teva Pharmaceutical Industries ...

Vaccine for Cervical Cancer One Step Closer

Friday, May 19th, 2006
Federal advisers back cervical cancer vaccine Cancer is a debilitating physical illness, but it also has a devastating impact on a person's emotional health and well-being. Among women with cancer, cervical cancer is the second ...

Stigma Busting

Tuesday, May 16th, 2006
Viewed 3249 Times is a powerful self-portrait posted to Flickr along with stigma-busting facts about mental health. By the time I upload this photo, more than 3249 people will have seen it. It's ...

Pregnancy and Depression

Monday, May 15th, 2006
A recent Newsweek article titled Not Always 'The Happiest Time' looks at pregnancy and depression. Although roughly 20% of pregnant women suffer depression (comparable to the general population) it may be overlooked due to assumptions ...

Why e-mails are so easily misunderstood | csmonitor.com

Monday, May 15th, 2006
It's all about me: Why e-mails are so easily misunderstood | csmonitor.com The Christian Science Monitor has a great article that describes the difficulty with online communication: Though e-mail is a powerful and convenient medium, researchers ...

Your Father May Impact Your Career

Monday, May 15th, 2006
How "Daddy" affects your job Successes or failures of employees in the workplace can be traced to what kind of father they had, a psychologist argues in a new book. In "The Father Factor," Stephan Poulter ...

Two New Studies Funded on Best Treatments for ADHD

Monday, May 15th, 2006
William E. Pelham, Jr., Ph.D., professor of psychology, pediatrics and psychiatry at the University at Buffalo and one of the leading experts in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, has received ...

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