Comment on NY Times Science Section from this week. Doctors admitting ignoring various evidence, ignoring patients requests. Elephant musth changes. Harry Potter reduces emergency room visits.
Links and references relating to this episode:
New York Times, Science Times Section
Tuesday, January 3, 2005
"Vital Signs" section "Harry Potter..." by Eric Nagourney
"Cleaning Up the Mess of Medicine in the Pages of Posterity" by Abigail Zuger, M.D.
"Well Served As patients, Dissatisfied As Customers" by Richard A. Friedman, M.D.
"Scientists Document Menopause in Captive Gorillas" by Nicholas Bakalar
Observatory: "Elephants Can Alter Their Come-Hither Scents" by Henry Fountain
Evolution is the New Religion
Day Job
Everyone's Revolution needs your help in order to continue to bring you new ideas and insights about the brain and mind and medicine. Click on the PayPal link to donate what you can. Every donation makes a difference. (These donations are not yet tax-deductible.)
Click here to help support Everyone's Revolution by filling out the Survey