Archive for the ‘Neuroscience’ Category

No matter how bad the tumor, there are always survivors

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Two recent events got me thinking. The first was the news of Senator Kennedy’s diagnosis of brain tumor and its early treatment. Of course, the pundits already have him dead and buried, while the academic institutions vie for the opportunity to serve him…and themselves. The second was the CINN Foundation ...

Bad Medicine

Friday, May 16th, 2008

From the lead article in the March 10, 2008 edition of Forbes came this headline “Bad Medicine”. The article then goes on to question why patients would chose to have care at big and dangerous hospitals when patients have a choice? Some hospitals are very good but many are not “brimming ...