Neuroscience
From The Los Angeles Times:
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Anthony H. Risser | neuroscience | neuropsychology | brain
- Judging Others By Our Own Capabilities
Psychologists in America have documented an unusual form of egocentrism that affects us all. University students who were asked to judge how high an unencumbered women would be able to jump, made lower estimates when they had weights attached to their...
- Obit: Robert Katzman
Dr. Robert Katzman dies at 82; neuroscientist identified Alzheimer's disease as a 'major killer' By Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Los Angeles Times September 20, 2008 Link Dr. Robert Katzman, the UC San Diego neuroscientist...
- Fda Approves Cool-cap
An FDA press release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE P06-211 December 20, 2006 Media Inquiries: Karen Riley, 301-827-6242 Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA FDA Approves Novel Device That Prevents or Reduces Brain Damage...
- Virginia Apgar!
Most everyone reading this will have had a closer degree of connection with Virginia Apgar than they know. Who is Virginia Apgar, you ask? When born, most of you will have received an Apgar Score in the delivery room. She created it. Did you know?......
- Obit: Thomas W. Langfitt, M.d.
From The Philadelphia Inquirer:Thomas Langfitt; led Pew Charitable Trusts By Gayle Ronan Sims Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Writer Posted on Tue, Aug. 09, 2005 Thomas W. Langfitt, 78, who during his tenure as president of the Pew Charitable Trusts transformed...
Neuroscience
Obit: Conrad M. Riley, M.D.
From The Los Angeles Times:
Dr. Conrad M. Riley, 91; Pediatrician Identified Rare Genetic Condition[ ... Read the full article ... ]
From Times Staff Reports
16 August 2005
Dr. Conrad Milton Riley, 91, a pediatrician who identified a rare genetic condition that occurs almost exclusively in Jewish children of Eastern European descent, died of an aortic aneurysm July 5 at the University of Colorado Hospital in Denver, his family said.
While working with Richard L. Day and others at Columbia University, he first described Riley-Day syndrome in 1949. The incurable neurological condition, which is caused by a defective gene inherited from both parents, is now known as familial dysautonomia. A key symptom is an inability to produce tears.
Riley was born in Worcester, Mass. He earned his bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1938 and his medical degree from Harvard University.
At the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Riley became a pioneer in the study of preventive medicine in the early 1960s. He also successfully pushed to increase the number of women and minority students admitted to the medical school and argued to liberalize Colorado's abortion law.
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Anthony H. Risser | neuroscience | neuropsychology | brain
- Judging Others By Our Own Capabilities
Psychologists in America have documented an unusual form of egocentrism that affects us all. University students who were asked to judge how high an unencumbered women would be able to jump, made lower estimates when they had weights attached to their...
- Obit: Robert Katzman
Dr. Robert Katzman dies at 82; neuroscientist identified Alzheimer's disease as a 'major killer' By Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Los Angeles Times September 20, 2008 Link Dr. Robert Katzman, the UC San Diego neuroscientist...
- Fda Approves Cool-cap
An FDA press release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE P06-211 December 20, 2006 Media Inquiries: Karen Riley, 301-827-6242 Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA FDA Approves Novel Device That Prevents or Reduces Brain Damage...
- Virginia Apgar!
Most everyone reading this will have had a closer degree of connection with Virginia Apgar than they know. Who is Virginia Apgar, you ask? When born, most of you will have received an Apgar Score in the delivery room. She created it. Did you know?......
- Obit: Thomas W. Langfitt, M.d.
From The Philadelphia Inquirer:Thomas Langfitt; led Pew Charitable Trusts By Gayle Ronan Sims Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Writer Posted on Tue, Aug. 09, 2005 Thomas W. Langfitt, 78, who during his tenure as president of the Pew Charitable Trusts transformed...