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Archive for November, 2007

Another Poll on Electronic Health Record

Friday, November 30th, 2007

The Wall Street Journal earlier this week published the results of a poll it commissioned on the benefits (and one would hope, the potential risks) of an electronic medical record (EMR, also known as an ...

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Alzheimer’s patients may forget they are married

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Last week there was a big-to-do about former Supreme Court justice, Sandra Day O’Conner’s husband John O’Conner, and his love affair with another woman. One of the articles I read on this topic, posted ...

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Why Social Networking Sites will Come and Go

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

You remember Friendster, don't you? That was the big social networking site a few years ago. Or how about Myspace? No? Then maybe you're repeating history and you don't even realize it as you fill out ...

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Maternal Flu Linked to Schizophrenia

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

You may have missed this if you don't regularly read The Washington Post, but staff writer Shankar Vedantam wrote an excellent article describing how recent research into schizophrenia is increasingly pointing to maternal infections ...

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Virginia Tinkers with Involuntary Commitment Rules While Rome Burns

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

In the wake of the Virginia Tech murders earlier this year, Virginia's legislators are looking at whether to make it easier to commit people who are a danger to themselves or others. This is a ...

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A Doctor’s Disdain for Medical Googlers

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Earlier this month, Time magazine published a first-person account of a doctor having to deal with a challenging patient who came to him after having conducted some research via Google. The doctor's description of ...

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5 Tips for Dealing with Guilt

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

It's amazing how quickly guilt can kick in for the smallest, most meaningless things in our lives. Guilt is an emotional warning sign that most people learn through their normal childhood social development. Its purpose ...

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Debunking the Myth: Newer Drugs Have Less Side Effects

Monday, November 26th, 2007

Since this myth seems to keep making the rounds and has perhaps even become conventional wisdom, it's time to put it to rest permanently. Newer medications do not necessarily have fewer or less severe side effects. ...

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Choking in the Name of Fun

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

When I was a kid my brother invented a game that we both thought was hilarious, at least for a little while anyhow. “Rip-Cord”, as it came to be known, involved him lying on his ...

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In Taiwan, Schizophrenic Patients More Likely to Experience Burst Appendix

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

An article, titled “Patients with Schizophrenia More Likely to Suffer from Ruptured Appendix” reports on a study published in BMC Public Health, which says that schizophrenic patients are more likely to experience ...

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Bipolar Suicide Risk

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

People with bipolar disorder are at a higher risk for suicide than other in the general public. Based on this risk, a lot of research is being done to understand this process and how to ...

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Helping or Hindering Mental Health Education?

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

Do you help or hinder educating people about mental illness when you title a column "undefinable madness," then proceed to define it poorly? Elissa Ely provides the fodder in today's The Boston Globe through an ...

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