Chronic pain, meaning pain that persists for months and months or even longer (sometimes continuing well past the time when the pain-causing injury has healed), …
Month: August 2014
Rethinking the traditional four-year medical curriculum
In an effort to meet the needs of medical students, physicians and patients, a number of universities are considering ways to shorten the traditional four-year …
Grand Roundup: Top posts for the week of July 27
The five most-read stories this week on Scope were: Losing Jules: Breaking the silence around stillbirth: On the anniversary of her son’s death, a San …
Medicine X symposium focuses on how patients, providers and entrepreneurs can ignite innovation
A special Medicine X event on Sept. 4 will explore how patients, providers and entrepreneurs can help ignite innovation in the health-care industry. During the …
Can’t remember being a baby? Rapid growth of new neurons in young brains may explain why
A close friend once told me that one of her favorite aspects about being a parent is that she could experience what it was like …
Can the "24/7 sobriety" model reduce drunken disorderly conduct and violence in London?
In an article published yesterday in the Telegraph, Stanford addiction expert Keith Humphreys, PhD, discusses how public officials in London are turning to the United …