Is Anorexia a Modern, Culture-Bound Disorder?
by Lindsay Myers, MBA, MPH0
The universality and the origins of anorexia nervosa have been the subject of years of debate. Some argue that the eating... READ MORE →
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Jury Still Out On After Effects of Concussion
by Lindsay Myers, MBA, MPHControversy surrounding Postconcussion Syndrome (PCS) dates back to the 1800s. 150 years on, contention still surrounds the... READ MORE →
Dental Anxiety’s Past and Its Lucrative Future
by Lindsay Myers, MBA, MPHDental horrors abound in literature, artwork, and dental museum exhibits. Throughout most of the world’s history, dentistry,... READ MORE →
Remembering Henry Molaison
by Dario Dieguez, Jr, PhDHenry Gustav Molaison (1926-2008) was perhaps the best-known and most studied patient in the history of neuroscience. Henry... READ MORE →
The Curious Case of Robert Ley’s Brain
by Jack El-Hai, MFASix years ago, while researching the life of an American psychiatrist who studied the top Nazi leaders during their imprisonment... READ MORE →
Human Dissection, Part 2 – Murderers, Body Snatchers and Burkers
by Elizabeth Roberts, MA, CPCThe history of medical students using human cadavers for dissection is a long and choppy one (no pun intended). Before Christianity,... READ MORE →
Human Dissection – From Galen to the Great Revelations of Andreas Vesalius
by Elizabeth Roberts, MA, CPCHumans have been cutting open cadavers and dissecting corpses almost since the beginning of recorded human history. Ancient... READ MORE →
Extracting the Stone of Madness – The Search for the Cure to Insanity
by Elizabeth Roberts, MA, CPCBoth psychiatry and psychology have their roots in ancient practices and belief systems, which traced insanity back to the... READ MORE →
The Strangling Angel of Children – Birth of Endotracheal Intubation
by Elizabeth Roberts, MA, CPCUp until the beginning of the 1920’s in the United States and contemporarily in many parts of the world, diphtheria has... READ MORE →
From Haircuts to Hangnails – The Barber-Surgeon
by Elizabeth Roberts, MA, CPCImagine your monthly beauty routine. Perhaps you go to the salon and get a manicure and pedicure, or to the hairstylist for... READ MORE →
New ‘Brain Games’ Exclusive Preview – Times Square Mass Mind Reading
This Sunday February 14th (9 p.m. ET), the Emmy-nominated Brain Games tv-show is back! Wonder junkie Jason Silva returns to our screens, teaming up with... READ MORE →
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