For adults with debilitating cases of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), there are few resources. But at Benhaven (a non-profit agency in Southern Connecticut that offers educational, residential and family services for people with ASD and intellectual disability), adults with severe ASD cases have a place to go and clinicians to turn to… read more on the …
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The Pew Charitable Trust has awarded grants to four early-career scientists for research in the biomedical sciences at Yale School of Medicine…read more on the Yale School of Medicine site.
The audience of clinicians at the June 14 Medical Grand Rounds took out their phones to answer a poll: if they had a patient who started using electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) to help herself quit smoking, would they tell her to stop using the e-cigarette, tell her to continue, or offer no opinion? Read more on …
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At the Yale Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds on June 8, Glen Gabbard, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine, spoke about treating physicians with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD)…read more on Yale School of Medicine site.
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I was once told that glial cells were the cookie dough of the brain, supporting the chocolate-chip neurons in a doughy web of cellular projections. But work from the lab of Harvard’s Beth Stevens, in collaboration with Steve McCarroll from the Broad Institute and Michael Carroll from Boston Children’s Hospital, have shown that glial cells, particularly microglia, …
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Over the course of the semester I’ve become more impressed with STAT News. The more I’ve learned about online journalism, the more I’ve seen that STAT seeks to mold itself to fit in with the world of digital news. With a clean, professional interface and well-organized, diverse content, it lends itself well to the internet. …
When it comes to diversity, newsrooms in the U.S. are starting to look in the mirror and reflect on their diversity and inclusion practices. STAT is a pretty new outlet and may be thinking more about the business side of things than diversity, but after looking at their masthead, STAT might want to consider taking a …
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