Mixed Topics
Commentary
Criminal profiles of medical murderers
“Medical murderers (physicians, nurses, elder care workers) can have a long list of victims, longer than other kinds of serial killers.”
News
Less than 6 hours of sleep a night linked to serious, chronic illness
Chronic health problems can interrupt sleep. “Which is the chicken, and which is the egg?”
Latest News
Study finds systemic AD treatment relieves depressive symptoms along with skin symptoms
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Hard Talk
How to remain apolitical with patients
While the concept of making all patients comfortable may feel abstract or trivial to some, the consequences can be very real.
News
This brain surgery was BYOS: Bring your own saxophone
Plus: Mosquito attraction tested and women’s verbal fluency advantage confirmed.
Feature
You and the skeptical patient: Who’s the doctor here?
“I spoke to him on many occasions about the dangers of COVID, but he just didn’t believe me.”
Opinion
The marked contrast in pandemic outcomes between Japan and the United States
Over time Japan has the least cumulative deaths per capita of any major country in the world.
News
Keep menstrual cramps away the dietary prevention way
Plus: Unemotional robots provoke emotional humans, superorganisms walk and leap around children’s mouths.
Feature
The truth about the ‘happy hormone’: Why we shouldn’t mess with dopamine
Since its first synthesis in the early 20th century, dopamine has often been misunderstood and oversimplified – and it seems the story is...
Commentary
Clinical psychoeconomics: Accounting for money matters in psychiatric assessment and treatment
Financial concerns often provoke emotional distress and dysfunctional behaviors, and directly influence patients’ health care decisions.
From the Journals
Long-term antidepressant use tied to an increase in CVD, mortality risk
“Careful assessment of the long-term cardiometabolic effects of antidepressant treatment is critical,” said Dr. Narinder Bansal.