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- Cold Comfort For Shy People
"From the Archives", first published in the Digest 15.09.03 How sociable you are affects your chances of catching a cold. That's according to Sheldon Cohen (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) and colleagues (Universities of Pittsburgh and Virginia,...
- 60-second Psych And 60-second Lectures
Scientific American has created a courtesy weekly podcast to highlight research about the brain and behavior. The podcast can be accessed at this webpage: Scientific American webpage. Not a bad way to spend a minute! Which, by the way, reminds me to mention...
- Pandemic-flu (h5n1, Avian Influenza, "bird Flu") Educational References
Here is an update of the references I posted last week during Pandemic Flu Awareness Week: Background and historical references: Barry, John M. (2004). The great influenza. NY: Viking. [comment: A very readable account of what happened and why in the...
- Pandemic Flu Awareness Week
Here are some references that I would recommend for Pandemic Flu Awareness Week, which is promoted by the folks at FluWiki and which we are in the middle of right now: Background and historical references: Barry, John M. (2004). The great influenza....
- Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
A Brown University press release describes a study published in this week's issue of Science:Antipsychotic Drugs Stop Fatal Viral Infection In Brain Cells PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Generic antipsychotic drugs can protect brain cells from a virus that...
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- Cold Comfort For Shy People
"From the Archives", first published in the Digest 15.09.03 How sociable you are affects your chances of catching a cold. That's according to Sheldon Cohen (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) and colleagues (Universities of Pittsburgh and Virginia,...
- 60-second Psych And 60-second Lectures
Scientific American has created a courtesy weekly podcast to highlight research about the brain and behavior. The podcast can be accessed at this webpage: Scientific American webpage. Not a bad way to spend a minute! Which, by the way, reminds me to mention...
- Pandemic-flu (h5n1, Avian Influenza, "bird Flu") Educational References
Here is an update of the references I posted last week during Pandemic Flu Awareness Week: Background and historical references: Barry, John M. (2004). The great influenza. NY: Viking. [comment: A very readable account of what happened and why in the...
- Pandemic Flu Awareness Week
Here are some references that I would recommend for Pandemic Flu Awareness Week, which is promoted by the folks at FluWiki and which we are in the middle of right now: Background and historical references: Barry, John M. (2004). The great influenza....
- Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
A Brown University press release describes a study published in this week's issue of Science:Antipsychotic Drugs Stop Fatal Viral Infection In Brain Cells PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Generic antipsychotic drugs can protect brain cells from a virus that...