Scientists

Which Side Are You Really On, Jane Chin?!

I received what is probably the most passionate email from a reader of this blog that I’ve ever gotten since creating NakedMedicine.com in 2006. The email concludes with this: I can’t figure out what your agenda is Ms Chin. Are siding with the poor hard working physicians who are fighting a losing battle with their [...]

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Zap Bad Memories with a Pill?

When Telegraph UK published the article, “Scientists find drug to banish bad memories” the piece was dugg over 1200 times. The article title effectively hypes up the idea that is currently backed up only by the most preliminary experiments. The truth in application remains years away – if indeed application of this idea is possible. [...]

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Making Businessmen of Doctors and Scientists

Some special interest groups are very critical of financial conflicts of interests between businesses (namely, pharmaceutical industry) and doctors and scientists. I’ve seen and worked on both sides. I think it’s very important to educate doctors and scientists on all aspects of medicine – the scientific, business, and sociopolitical aspects. Don’t like the purported influence [...]

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Media Hyping and Premature Promises Do Not Help

Recently, journalists picked up on a poster session on the effect of ginger on ovarian cancer cells at the 97th American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting (AACR) in Washington, DC (April 1-5, 2006). Forbes called it, “Ginger an Ovarian Cancer Killer.” The poster authors’ school, University of Michigan also sent out a press release [...]

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Here To Fight or Here To Die?

When I was a graduate student, a senior student teacher (scientist or professor in training?) got up to address the the group of college students and graduate student teachers. The senior student glossed over the usual orientation-related information. At the end, he became very solemn and said, “Please show some decorum around here. Remember that [...]

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