When Karla was little, I found that I had to educate my pediatricians about autism. They said they’d read about it in medical school, but it was so rare that they never expected to see a case. Services in the public school were non-existent, and given my responsibilities with a Read more…
As you might have noticed from my posts, I love animals and share my household with several, including two cats–the Purrhana (he purrs and then bites you) and Coco Chanel, pictured here. All creatures crave routine, and when routine is disrupted, we can expect a reaction. Over the past few Read more…
I am no stranger to diets, having lost basically the same pounds on a number of occasions until finally, Jenny Craig fixed me. But I have to confess to feeling baffled when I realized something needed to be done for my 6-year-old Australian shepherd, Ronnie. Those of you who know Read more…
Here’s what we are reading today: choosing a spouse by DNA?? “It’s well known that people marry folks who are like them,” said Benjamin Domingue, lead author of the paper and a research associate at CU-Boulder’s Institute of Behavioral Science. “But there’s been a question about whether we mate at Read more…
Here is what we are reading today: drugs targeting cocaine addiction “Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified a new molecular mechanism by which cocaine alters the brain’s reward circuits and causes addiction. Published online in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Read more…