here is what I am reading today: what is a standard plecebo?? ” Much of medicine is based on what is considered the strongest possible evidence: The placebo-controlled trial. A paper published in the October 19 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine — entitled “What’s In Placebos: Who Knows?” calls into Read more…
Here are a few interesting readings for today: new data on alcohol and pregnancy “Scientific data continue to indicate that higher intake of alcohol during pregnancy adversely affects the fetus, and could lead to very severe developmental or other problems in the child. However, most recent publications show little or Read more…
Bullies are in the news. Young people with whole lives ahead of them are committing suicide under the relentless pressure and cruelty of their peers. What do we do? There is no question that bullying behavior is reprehensible, but the interesting thing is that bullying is not new. Ask people Read more…
Here are a few readings for today: first patient recieves stem cells in study “Doctors have injected millions of human embryonic stem cells into a patient partially paralyzed by a spinal cord injury, marking the beginning of the first carefully designed attempt to test the promising but controversial therapy, officials Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: alternative biomedical treatments “Parents who research treatments for autism are confronted with a bewildering array of options, almost all of which have never been tested for safety and effectiveness. Organizations like The Cochrane Collaboration, which reviews the quality of evidence for medical treatments, Read more…