Eat dark chocolate, play games and have more sex to name a few of these 10 fun ways to live longer. Now with the year 2007 closing may be a good opportunity to pick some of these fun ways to live longer as new year resolutions for 2008.Related posts: 15 Ways to De-Stress 10 Ways to Un-bake your Brain 10 Ways They Fail ..read more »

Why it is a bad idea? Because they become more dominant and less patient centered the next day in their patient care especially in the afternoon as analysed from recordings on autiotapes. By the end of an afternoon clinic session, residents who had stayed late reported feeling more distracted, less competent and less succesfull compared to those who had left on time. Even when compared with the residents who were on call. Moreover the residents that stay late feel less fulfilled than those who don't stay late. Possible motives for residents to stay late at the hosipital:Residents may lack adequate .....read more »

China is not the only country censoring Internet and anonymous blogging.. The leading Saudi blogger, Fouad Alfarhan, has been arrested in Jeddah on December 10, 2007 for exercising his freedom of speech on his popular blog alfarhan.org. Also in Iran 24 Internet cafés were closed and 23 people arrested including 11 women as government steps up online crackdown. This was done in a police operation in Tehran on 16 December 2007. And I am afraid this is just the tip of the iceberg.Related post on this blog:Does Internet Addiction only exist in China?Related posts: China’s Crackdown on Internet Internet Addiction in DSM .....read more »

A guide on how to act when meeting a psychiatrist on one of the social gatherings this season or any season. Time for a laugh? Go read it and don't forget the comments.Related posts: Don’t Forget Me What is a psychiatrist? What happens when you see a psychiatrist ..read more »

Journalist unhesitatingly use electroshock to draw attention to old news. Informationliberation.com has an old story about China clinic gives 'web addicts' shock treatment.Besides it being old news e.g. compared to these articles back in 2005 on: usa today and BBC NEWS, although the best is from Washingtonpost.com february 2007. They all report about the same clinic:The Internet Addiction Treatment Center in Daxing County. Moreover, in Western studies no consensus exists as to whether Internet addiction really exists. About electroshock, my expert opinion of the scene from the video presented with the article of therawstory.com and information from techdirt.com it .....read more »

This simple postcard prevented repetition of hospital-treated-self-poisoning events by 50% over a 2 year period. The postcard was send 8 times during the first year. The treatment was effective in women not in men. The intervention did not reduce the proportion of individuals who repeated self poisoning. So the number of patients repeating self poisoning did not reduce significantly but the rate of repetition of hospital treated self posoining was halved in the group receiving the postcard 8 times in the first year of this 2 year follow-up. Apart from this postcard all patients received treatment as usual.In a case .....read more »

I have the privilege to spent one day a week working at home if duty allows it. This enhances my productivity enormously. At home I can work without distraction on difficult tasks such as writing articles, book chapters, preparing lectures and presentations. All pleasant tasks for an academic. That is why this post attracted my attention: 8 Benefits of Working from HomeAt home I can work when more productive, eat healthier and have time for exercise and work more efficiently not distracted by beepers, telephone or friendly colleagues.What are your advantages?Related posts: rTMS can Improve Working Memory Danny MacAskill – “Way Back .....read more »

This is how this firm deals with non commercial use of their images: This image of the hippocampus is a copyrighted image of Morphonix LLC. We charge licensing fees for use of our images. Please remove it from your website. Karen Littman President MorphonixLLC How can we remember things facts even whole scenes. The most important part of the brain for memory is the hippocampus. This hippocampus exists of neurons or brain cells. These brain cells communicate with their neighbors by sending a chemical burst from the tips of these spines, across a space called the synapse to the tip of a spine on the .....read more »

You can search the Internet for almost anything. Try searching for a comic on Oh No Robot.comPersonalized comic search and transcription.Thanks Dr Confabula.Related posts: Searching Dating Sites Reduces Decision Quality Robot with a Human Face All Eyes on Kees van Dongen ..read more »

Now your at it, going to eat delicious Christmas dinners with dark chocolate after, here are some considerations before you start.Mood Food or what is your mood today and find out what food could help your mood.Your Mood: DepressedProblems at home are doing you in.Your Meal: Grilled salmon or sushi for dinnerHere's Why: A study in Finland found that people who eat more fish are 31 percent less likely to suffer from depression. And skip sweet, simple carbs­ — the inevitable sugar crash can actually deepen depression.Probably a lot of crap but funnyDrinking? Older than 70, try Tea. Tea will .....read more »