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Image by zenera via Flickr Finally, a whopping, thorough, well-designed study of over 34,000 people looks at whether or not our assumptions about mental illness and violence have any basis in fact. Here’s the result, as well-reported in Medscape – “Future violence, such as fighting, sexual assault, or arson, was statistically more likely among individuals […] Image via Wikipedia Grand Rounds for this week is up – and this time it is hosted by The Health Care Blog – which is actually a very big and busy blog with at least three regular contributors and several other occasional contributors. They have tendency to cover health care policy issues and also […] Image by Mykl Roventine via Flickr No matter where you live, February is a hunker-down month. Whether it’s the weather, or the realization that it’s going to take more than a New Year’s promise to effect serious personal change, or the fact that you’re emotionally hung over from the holidays (followed by the obligatory […] Image via Wikipedia Someone very dear to Doc Gurley is making a big effort in the fight against Leukemia and Lymphoma by taking part in a Team In Training Triathlon. The organization is a fantastic one and really makes a big difference in raising money for real and valuable medical research. So please […] Image by Getty Images via Daylife The latest edition of Grand Rounds, the weekly roundup of postings from medical blogs, is up. The topic this time is something you learned in the past year. This time around it is hosted by Not Totally Rad, which despite the name IS totally rad – it is […] Third World conditions in a First World country? That’s what we here at Doc Gurley call The Fourth Image via Wikipedia World. Here’s some news from this far-off (and yet so up-close) land: A new, well-designed study shows that we may not have emptied the state’s locked psychiatric facilities of the past (remember One […] |
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