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...discomfort level is now three out of 10") and plugged into an algebraic formula, they produce "rational" or "evidence-based" conclusions, which suddenly have the ring of scientific truth. As far as the evidence-based movement is concerned, heeding mere "expert opinion," from even the most successful clinician, would be akin to taking the word of a bearded man with a wand...
...much as 30 dB between people who had the toughest ears and those with the most tender ones - a huge variation. Unfortunately, we don't know who has the tougher ears and who has the tender ones until after they've lost their hearing. So, as a clinician, I have to treat everyone as if they had tender ears...
...omnipresent, a slightly hefty child looks pretty normal, relatively speaking, says psychologist Susan Carnell, the lead researcher for the British study on parental perceptions, who is now at the New York Obesity Research Center at St. Luke's--Roosevelt Hospital. "The parents are likely to be overweight. The clinician who sees the child could well be overweight. It's a sensitive issue from all sides...
...Ohio, in 1933, Folkman had a passion for medicine that began early, in visits to hospitals with his father, a rabbi. Keeping in mind his father's advice to be a "rabbi-like doctor," Folkman honed two often competing abilities, becoming both a razor-sharp researcher and a compassionate clinician. "He would take time to lecture students on how to interact with everyone," says Dr. Steven Brem, director of neurosurgery at Moffitt Cancer Center in Florida and a former student of Folkman's at Harvard Medical School. "I remember one of the things he said - 'When you talk...
...psychological baggage of Iraq war veterans is well known - other reports say a third of returning soldiers have mental health issues. But the latest JAMA effort is striking for its findings on reservists. The study found 42.4% of reservists had a mental health problem identified by a clinician, a high rate that the authors attribute to the fear of losing military health benefits, separation from a supportive military community and the stresses of civilian work...