Psychology of Medicine
Recent news related to the psychology of medicine
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May 12, 12 04:20AMAt its annual meeting this week, the American Psychiatric Association did two wonderful things: it rejected one reckless proposal that would have exposed nonpsychotic children to unnecessary and d angerous...
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May 09, 12 06:40AMIn a rare step, doctors on a panel revising psychiatry's influential diagnostic manual have backed away from two controversial proposals that would have expanded the number of people identified a s...
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May 05, 12 02:21PMSurgery is a profession defined by its authority to cure by means of bodily invasion. The brutality and risks of opening a living person's body have long been apparent, the benefits only slowly and ha ltingly...
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Apr 30, 12 03:44PMIn a move that could help the government trim its burgeoning health care costs, the Food and Drug Administration may soon permit Americans to obtain some drugs used to treat conditions such as...
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Apr 30, 12 02:12PMHassan Rasouli is at the centre of an ethical debate about who decides to withdraw life support when medical treatment is deemed futile. But it would be far better if hospitals devised a policy to mak e...
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Apr 28, 12 10:12AMAs e-mail and texting have become our favored means of written communication, handwriting has almost disappeared. Penmanship is becoming a modern form of hieroglyphics, intelligible only to literary s cholars...
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Apr 28, 12 10:11AMThere's a powerful medicine gaining favour these days that can't be found in a tablet or on pharmacy shelves. This potent remedy, which can reduce blood pressure, cholesterol and the risk of heart att ack...
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Apr 25, 12 06:25AMHospital patients waiting in an emergency room or convalescing after surgery are being confronted by an unexpected visitor: a debt collector at bedside. This and other aggressive tactics by one of the nation...
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Apr 25, 12 06:23AMMany men 75 years and older, who are far more likely to be harmed than helped by prostate cancer screening, continue to be tested for the disease, despite federal guidelines strongly advising against the...
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Apr 23, 12 05:04PMContraception. The topic has become controversial in recent years. But should it be? Melinda Gates believes that many of the world's social change issues depend on ensuring that women are able to cont rol...
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