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“Nobody reads books anymore” is the secondhand testimony I hear from colleagues about how current medical students and residents prefer to learn. “They want soundbytes.” Short, succinct morsels of information they can consume more like tapas than a heavy four-course dinner. We would agree that trying to learn from a book can sometimes be an […]
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When I became chief medical officer of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) eight years ago, after treating people with severe mental illness, teaching, and then co-leading a suicide prevention program for medical faculty, residents and students in my role as a dean in the University of California, San Diego medical school, I was […]
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I am a retired neurologist with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. For nearly 25 years I practiced and taught general neurology. Many of my patients had dementia including Alzheimer’s disease, but it never occurred to me until a few years ago that I might get it too. In A Tattoo On My Brain: A Neurologist’s Personal Battle […]
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“to study the phenomena of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study books without patients is not to go to sea at all” Sir William Osler, 1849-1919 It is always a pleasure to see a patient as a doctor. It is even more rewarding to see that patient, assess their clinical need, request […]
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Everyone has a personality. This term describes individual differences in behavior, emotion, and thought that make each person unique. Yet however different they are, most people find a niche in the world that suits their traits. Not everyone succeeds. Community studies suggest that about one in ten have a diagnosable personality disorder (PD). That term […]
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Why is information about the coronavirus/COVID-19 so confusing? Grasp the key facts in this concise, accessible and authoritative book.
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There are currently 77 clinical trials evaluating medications aimed at slowing the progression of Parkinson’s disease. On the surface that sounds like good reason to be optimistic that one of those will strike gold and we will finally have the long sought-after disease modifying therapy for Parkinson’s disease. Here is an overview of all trials […]
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Within all fields of surgery, ethical issues are encountered on a daily basis however within the field of neurosurgery there are certain considerations that require specific consideration. In the first instance disease processes within the central nervous system can have an impact on cognitive function that may affect the function of consent. Secondly, there is […]
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