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Playing excessive video games as a teenager can stunt development of the prefrontal cortex, the region of the brain responsible for executive functions such as impulse control, emotion regulation, and social skills. Huh. No wonder my husband’s psycho ex-girlfriend is … Continue reading
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evil pollen is pretty?
I hate pollen. It makes me suffer needlessly come springtime. But it sure looks pretty and innocuous under scanning electron microscopy. Why, Pollen, why must you torture me so? Check out this SEM of pollen here as well as other neat-o … Continue reading
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ddr: it’s good for your health
Or at least that’s what physical educators in West Virginia think. After a successful pilot program, all public schools in West Virginia will be implementing a Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) program in their PE classes. Dance Dance Revolution is a video … Continue reading
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grand rounds 2.38
Don’t forget to check out this week’s Grand Rounds at The Haversian Canal.
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they should just add prozac to the drinking water supply
I stumbled upon this article today that discusses further implications of intermittent explosive disorder, including that it’s treated with Prozac. Let’s just add this disorder to the long list of psychiatric disorders treated with Prozac. How convenient for pharmaceutical companies! Who … Continue reading
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failure to communicate (season 2, episode 10)
STACY: If I thought you were capable of listening, I’d shut up. HOUSE: That makes no sense at all. CT… that’s like, short for MRI, right? Excellent, well I guess that saves us a lot of time. I teach you … Continue reading
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wait for me!
So my former classmates, the class of 2006, graduated today. These people, who I met four years ago, a good half of whom I thought I would never want as my doctor, are now doctors (and I probably still don’t … Continue reading
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it’s not my fault i never learned anger management—it’s a medical disorder
That’s what they’re calling intermittent explosive disorder (IED), which is defined as at least three incidents of anger attacks in which physical harm was done to other people or property. Supposedly, this disorder could affect up to 16 million Americans, explaining … Continue reading
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inspirational music for the graduate student 1.1
As promised, here is the next category in our inspirational music series. To be quite honest, no songs really instantly pop into mind when I think of my life as a grad student (unlike when I think of life as … Continue reading
a (standardized) patient encounter
During our first year of medical school, we were required to take a physical exam and diagnosis class, otherwise known as let’s-teach-you-how-to-be-doctors-even-though-you-know-nothing class. Every week, one of us would interview and examine a standardized patient. Lucky me was assigned to … Continue reading
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