The September issue of NeuroPod, the neuroscience podcast from Nature, is now out. In this episode, we look at the psychology of the credit crunch, pit two treatments for depression against each other and find out why deaf people can retain the ability to speak even when they can no longer hear. Plus, Kerri reports on [...]
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Clark McCauley, Ph.D. is Prof of Psychology at Bryn Mawr College. He also has ties to my undergraduate alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania, where he is Director of the Soloman Ash Center for Ethnopolitical Conflict.
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In the news, NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health) research has found some interesting results relevant to children with autism. As stated in the science news article on the NIMH website, atypical anti-psychotic medications were found not to be harmful and may even be helpful in improving cognitive [...]
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This month’s special Nursing Show interview episode features an interview with Randy Goldberg, a nurse who works the phones at the Maryland Poison Center. He talks about poison center nursing and his career path to become a toxicology specialist who interacts with the public and other medical professionals on the poison control phone lines in [...]
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This week, we learn about the evolutionary move from fins to fingers, discover an unusually flashy dead star and find out how ‘friendly’ bacteria help stop the development of type 1 diabetes.
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Podcast Extra: In this final US Election show, presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama speak for [...]
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This weeks show takes a look at the common physiological changes associated with pregnancy and the aspects of physical assessment that might be affected. This episode makes an excellent review for all nurses and nursing students who need to review pregnancy effects. There is also the usual look at nursing in the news and commentary [...]
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This week’s episode features a look at START triage training in light of recent mass casualty incidents involving trains and commuter buses. Jamie Davis, the Podmedic reviews the concepts behind START triage and also looks at the analgesic medication, morphine sulfate. Of course there’s the usual news and commentary. Check out the MedicCast show notes [...]
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Brain Science Podcast #46 is a discussion of brain imaging with Dr. Shella Keilholz and Dr. Jason Schneiderman. The focus of our discussion is functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which is revolutionizing neuroscience. We talked about both the strengths and weaknesses of this technique. Both of my guests agree that mainstream coverage of this technique [...]
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On this show, we find out what portable plants can tell us about the effects of global warming, talk about innovation and technology in the US elections, discover how teeth evolved, and learn the origins of the mouth and anus.
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Podcast Extra: The third of our special podcasts on hot [...]
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Imagine being called up by the pope and being told you’re doing the “devil’s work” What kind of work could cause such a reaction? It’s actually research work in trying to help humanity – in particular, stem cell research.
Dr Orly Lacham-Kaplan is an award-winning senior research fellow at the Monash Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories [...]
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