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Friday, September 17th, 2010I recently wrote a news article for Scientific American about three new antiobesity medications being reviewed by the FDA this year. FDA advisory panels have now recommended against approval for two of the three drugs. The first one to get the thumbs-down was Qnexa, a drug that combines two existing drugs. And today, a panel [...]
How fMRI Scans Should Be Used in Court
Thursday, May 13th, 2010Last week, a Brooklyn judge had the good sense to prevent a lawyer from using fMRI scans as evidence in a civil suit. But, as Wired bloggers report, new cases are already popping up. For whatever reasons, the focus has been on using fMRI for lie detection. I find it hard to believe this will [...]
Sex Differences in the Mind
Friday, April 2nd, 2010The new issue of Scientific American Mind is all about gender. I have one feature about sex differences in depression, and there are also articles on gender and addiction and humor. It should hit newsstands soon, so please consider picking up a copy (some of the articles will be online, but it’s not the same). [...]
Animal Abuse in the News
Thursday, July 30th, 2009Several national news stories about animal abuse have caught my attention this summer. A few days ago, Connecticut police broke up a bird fighting ring. Strangely enough, the birds being used in the fights were finches and canaries–not species one typically thinks of as aggressive. 19 men were arrested and over $8,000 in gambling money [...]
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