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Category: Mind, Body & Health

  • A Theory of All Maladies (Sujatha)

    "To sleep, perchance to dream…" Therein truly lies the rub, as Hamlet continues to muse in his famous 'To be or not to be' soliloquy. What does that have to do with all maladies? It might sound more than a bit far-fetched, but in my opinion, every chronic condition that develops in priorly healthy people…

  • “The Immutable, Dusty Path”

    A very interesting article at 3 Quarks Daily about dust.

  • An Interview With Psychotherapist Louis Breger, Author Of “Psychotherapy: Lives Intersecting” – Part 1 (Norman Costa)

    “Psychotherapy: Lives Intersecting” IS unique in its field….As a therapist, teacher, researcher, husband, and father [Louis Breger] has learned many things and gained much wisdom in a 50 year career. In this professional memoir, he is passing it on, and telling the truth to people who need to know.

  • Fighting fear with fear

    Not so different from fighting poison with poison. Here.

  • Veterans Affairs Nurses [Strikeout Nurses] Management Scrutinized After Patient Deaths (Norman Costa)

    This is the way the ProPublica article should have been written.

  • Save A Mother – “Beyond Sultanpur”: 2012 Appeal

    Progress Report for 2011 – 2012 _ Dr. Shiban Ganju, Founder of Save A Mother SAM Activities for 2011-2012 Last year was a turning point in the growth of Save A Mother. The program of maternal mortality reduction developed by Save A Mother (SAM) is being expanded by Mahila Vikas Parishad to 45 districts of…

  • Cancer in a Can (Sujatha)

    Move over, BPA, make room for the new kid on the block: 4- MI ( the 'cute' name for 4-methylimidazole), a byproduct of the process used to create one of the coloring agents used in what is obliquely termed 'caramel color' on the ingredients list of many processed foods, most notably sodas like Coca Cola…

  • Grief: Is it a mental disorder?

    Some doctors now believe that extreme grief due to the loss of a loved one should be medically classified and treated like any other form of depression. Others argue that grief is a natural (and sometimes, necessary) human emotion and it should not be categorized as an ailment that needs to be corrected by "Happy…

  • Neurological Basis of Really, Really Bad Behavior (Norman Costa)

    “…[A]longside neuroscience,…research in genetics is identifying the genes which give rise to antisocial and aggressive behaviour…. The way the rest of us develop moral rationality is utterly dependent on a functioning brain. But if in a criminal we find key components of their brain are damaged subtly enough for them to function otherwise normally, we…