Neuroscience
The People's Pharmacy radio show is one of my favorites: Joe and Terry Graedon interview interesting scientists who speak intelligently about their topic (my recent listens included asthma and searching for health information online)
- Handedness
From The New York Times: On the Left Hand, There Are No Easy Answers By PERRI KLASS, M.D. The New York Times Published: March 6, 2011 "The riddle of why about 10 percent of people are born with the left-dominant variety of this essentially human asymmetry...
- Fda: Pcns Drugs Advisory Committee Results For Avid's Amyvid Alzheimer's Amyloid Neuroimaging Agent
A fuller report from The New York Times: F.D.A. Sees Promise in Alzheimer’s Imaging Drug By GINA KOLATA The New York Times Published: January 20, 2011 "A committee voted that the agency should approve the first test that can show the characteristic...
- Capgras Syndrome And Traumatic Brain Injury
An interesting feature article from the front page of yesterday's New York Times: After Injury, Fighting to Regain a Sense of Self By BENEDICT CAREY The New York Times Published: August 9, 2009 "Scientists are investigating delusions caused by brain...
- Dr. Heidelise Als And The Nicu
From tomorrow's New York Times Sunday Magazine: A Second Womb By PAUL RAEBURN The New York Times Published: August 14, 2005 Read the article. Dr. Heidelise Als, prematurity, and the contemporary neonatal ICU. - Anthony H. Risser | neuroscience |...
- Privacy In The Time Of Fmri
From tomorrow's New York Times Sunday Magazine: Of Two Minds By JIM HOLT The New York Times Published: May 8, 2005 The human brain is mysterious -- and, in a way, that is a good thing. The less that is known about how the brain works, the more secure...
Neuroscience
Why We Get Fat, with @GaryTaubes
The People's Pharmacy radio show is one of my favorites: Joe and Terry Graedon interview interesting scientists who speak intelligently about their topic (my recent listens included asthma and searching for health information online)I was particularly impressed with their August interview with Gary Taubes, author of the 2011 book Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It. I had read his 2002 New York Times magazine article "What if It's All Been a Big Fat Lie?" and it was great to hear him discuss the fat vs. carbohydrate controversy in terms of the current obesity epidemic.
Taubes is a great science writer who can explain complex topics simply and clearly. His New York Times magazine pieces on sugar (2011) and fat (2002) are relatively easy -- if very troubling -- reads.
I first became aware of The People's Pharmacy folks, Joe and Terry Graedon, at the 2011 Science Online Conference. I enjoy their 2011 book The People's Pharmacy Quick & Handy Home Remedies. I suspected I would like their radio show ... but I didn't realize I would come to include it in my "favorite science podcasts" category. Thanks, Science Online, for continuing to give the gift of science!
Brief Bibliography of Gary Taubes' Work
- Gary Taubes' Blog
- Good Calories, Bad Calories : Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on Diet, Weight Control, and Disease. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
- Is Sugar Toxic?, New York Times magazine article, April 13, 2011.
- What if It's All Been a Big Fat Lie?, New York Times magazine article, July 7, 2002.
- Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It, New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
- Handedness
From The New York Times: On the Left Hand, There Are No Easy Answers By PERRI KLASS, M.D. The New York Times Published: March 6, 2011 "The riddle of why about 10 percent of people are born with the left-dominant variety of this essentially human asymmetry...
- Fda: Pcns Drugs Advisory Committee Results For Avid's Amyvid Alzheimer's Amyloid Neuroimaging Agent
A fuller report from The New York Times: F.D.A. Sees Promise in Alzheimer’s Imaging Drug By GINA KOLATA The New York Times Published: January 20, 2011 "A committee voted that the agency should approve the first test that can show the characteristic...
- Capgras Syndrome And Traumatic Brain Injury
An interesting feature article from the front page of yesterday's New York Times: After Injury, Fighting to Regain a Sense of Self By BENEDICT CAREY The New York Times Published: August 9, 2009 "Scientists are investigating delusions caused by brain...
- Dr. Heidelise Als And The Nicu
From tomorrow's New York Times Sunday Magazine: A Second Womb By PAUL RAEBURN The New York Times Published: August 14, 2005 Read the article. Dr. Heidelise Als, prematurity, and the contemporary neonatal ICU. - Anthony H. Risser | neuroscience |...
- Privacy In The Time Of Fmri
From tomorrow's New York Times Sunday Magazine: Of Two Minds By JIM HOLT The New York Times Published: May 8, 2005 The human brain is mysterious -- and, in a way, that is a good thing. The less that is known about how the brain works, the more secure...