Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients protested at the annual meeting of Britain’s National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) in Cardiff on Wednesday, charging that the cost-effectiveness watchdog is dragging its feet in evaluating whether two MS drugs should be used routinely.
In 1998 a group of specialists opened their statement of recommendations to the World Health Organization by writing: “Deafness can lead to significant reductions in the quality of life, impaired human relationships, reduced access to employment and diminished productivity.” More »
When a child or adult in later life reacts to a stressful event with inappropriate behavior or excessive vital signs (e.g. high or low blood pressure), it is because the imprint of a very early trauma in the lower brains has been triggered. Making an appeal to the thinking brain (which was not around at the time) can only take the form of exhortation, moralization or present-time analysis. More »
Don’t be such a baby! Can’t you grow up? Perhaps not. The more we learn about the human brain, the more it seems we cannot ignore how our evolutionary and gestational development affect our later lives.
It is fascinating to know that the stages a fetus goes through in its growth in the womb match our evolution as a species.