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This edition of The Scientist Research News Update brings about some interesting and potentially controversial research and news. Topics include The University of Iowa to build an underground animal testing facility as added protection from animal’s rights groups, how tools can alter the brain’s map of the body, New York to purchase women’s eggs, Eli [...]
I am pleased to tell our readers that Amazon’s Kindle Blog Service now offers The Behavioral Medicine Report as a paid subscription (.99 per month). What is Kindle? Kindle is to books what the iPOD is to music. Kindle offers full time wireless connectivity to their vast library of books and, of course, now blogs. [...]
I think it is safe to assume that most psychologists and physicians accept credit cards for payment of services within their practices. As most clinicians are probably aware, credit card and identity theft remains a major concern in today’s business environment. The Texas Psychological Association (TPA) recently published a great review of Payment Card Industry [...]
The current Science Daily Research News Update brings a wide variety of interesting new research that covers brain waves and attention, re-conceptualization of migraine headaches, HIV and marijuana, daily drinking that leads to binge drinking, healthy living on the decline in the U.S., sneaky viruses, how the brain processes speech, smoking cessation and teens, a [...]
Few would disagree that the internet has forever changed how patients obtain health and wellness information. Healthcare-related sites run by psychologists, physicians, or other professionals are more and more common today. In many cases, these websites provide valuable information to patients; however, practitioners face new challenges to remain within the ethical bounds of their profession, [...]
The ISNR (International Society for Neurofeedback and Research) Research Foundation seeks to fund large scale, high quality quantitative electroencephalography (QEEG) and neurofeedback studies. They encourage researchers to immediately submit grant proposals for ADHD, Epilepsy, Autistic, and mild to moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI) populations. The ISNR Research Foundation further released a one page document with [...]
The National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH) released a free video to promote awareness of the symptoms of depression and its potential treatments. In fact, they encourage public distribution of this video at schools, workshops, and other public functions. Preteen or adolescent males and females are the targeted audience. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), psychotropic, and [...]
The Beck Institute, a non-profit organization headed by Aaron Beck, M.D., created The Soldiers Suicide Prevention to provide a central resource for suicide prevention mental healthcare services for the proud men and women of our fighting forces. Healthcare providers can also receive Cognitive Therapy-based suicide prevention training. As a strong supporter of our fine military [...]
I recently discovered a very interesting and particularly valuable website, at least for researchers, called data.gov. The U.S. government set up Data.gov through the Open Government Initiative to publicly publish Executive Branch datasets. Researchers can download raw data or use provided tools to aid in statistical analyses. Datasets from a wide range of federal agencies [...]
The American Psychological Association (APA) Insurance Trust recently released an article/advisory that ALL healthcare providers need to read, regardless if you accept Medicare or not. This amazing story details how a private pay (only) psychologist landed himself in a legal and financial nightmare with Medicare. I find these developments to be extremely frustrating as a [...]
