Dr. Jason FungApr 10 The idea of Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) is great. The reality, though, not so much. Human perception is often flawed, so the premise of EBM is to formally study medical treatments and there have certainly been some successes. Consider the procedure of angioplasty. Doctors insert a catheter into the blood vessels
Read moreABC Radio Sydney, by Linda Mottram and Matthew Bevan 11 May 2015. How do you talk to the grieving parent of a dead child? There is a “conspiracy of silence” when children die in our society, says a visiting bereavement expert. And we no longer have the time or the understanding of death that enables
Read moreHelen walks in for her first session. She is 27 years old, and has put a lot of effort into looking nice, wearing lots of makeup and an expensive suit. She comes because she is concerned about her binge drinking and her problematic gambling. She considers herself to be a highly intelligent person and cannot
Read moreBy Deanna Pai Early on in our relationship, my boyfriend admitted that he occasionally checks out other women. He’s in grad school, which means that he’s surrounded by approximately 10 billion cute undergrads at any given moment — so it seems almost inevitable. Almost. “I know it’s not okay, and I’m working on controlling the
Read moreDavid Dodwell, Sunday, 27 May, 2018. It is not just at Yale, in Singapore or in Hong Kong, that Tiger Mums reign, and fortunes are spent on often-spurious strategies to super-charge your baby towards Harvard or Oxford or Fudan. Nor is it surprising that marketing products to anxious and besotted parents begins the moment sperm
Read moreWikipedia People who go through some types of extremely traumatic experiences can have certain symptoms and problems afterward. The severity of these symptoms depends on the person, the type of trauma involved, and the emotional support they receive from others. Reactions to and symptoms of trauma can be wide and varied, and differ in severity
Read moreBy the ABC National Reporting Team’s Alison Branley and medical reporter Sophie Scott. 16 Jul 2016. Australian researchers have uncovered new evidence explaining why using artificial sweeteners might lead people to put on weight. Research at the University of Sydney has examined how sweeteners impact the brain’s response to food intake. Previous studies have already
Read moreBy Alice Donaldson, Catalyst, 28 Jun 2016. New Australian research has revealed how stress can turn the body’s lymphatic system into a super highway for breast cancer cells, allowing the cancer to spread more rapidly. And now scientists also know how to prevent it from happening — at least in mice. The medical community has
Read moreNew York Times, Sunday Review By SHERRY TURKLE, September 26, 2015 COLLEGE students tell me they know how to look someone in the eye and type on their phones at the same time, their split attention undetected. They say it’s a skill they mastered in middle school when they wanted to text in class without getting
Read moreBy ABC sports editor David Mark, July 9, 2016 Trent Moran can now watch a game of football without his heart racing; without having an anxiety attack. He can sit at a table with friends, without making secretive bets on his mobile phone under the table. The 29-year-old project manager no longer wonders whether suicide
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