Dialogue

Culture and the brain
Bruce E. Wexler, M.D., professor of psychiatry, believes that understanding how our brains work can illuminate human...
Blogging saves doctors time
With all the information on the Web already, why would anyone want to add to the volume by reading blogs? To save time,...

Play Ball with Me!
by Lynn Reiser, M.D. ’70, clinical professor of psychiatry (Alfred A. Knopf) This interactive picture book of guessing...

Social Structures, Aging, and Self-Regulation in the Elderly
with contributions by Becca R. Levy, Ph.D., associate professor of epidemiology and psychology; edited by K. Warner...

Changing the ethical culture of pharma
The last five years, said Arthur Caplan, Ph.D., have seen the demonization of the pharmaceutical industry. Conflicts of...

An ongoing disaster stemming from neglect
For Roberto Johansson, M.D., Ph.D., Hurricane Katrina was a disaster that didn’t have to happen. During a talk at the...

Tracing the history of medical education
In the mid-19th century, medical schools were faculty-owned, for-profit operations that churned out doctors after just...

Baboons, humans and stress: the cost of being an SOB
Baboons in Africa’s Serengeti Plain spend just three hours a day finding food, said Robert Sapolsky, Ph.D. “That leaves...




