A Thought on Mental Illness

Byadmin March 25, 2014

Freedom to be insane is an illusory freedom, a cruel hoax perpetrated on those who cannot think clearly by those who will not think clearly.

-E. Fuller Torrey

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Health & Well-being

Sleep Deprivation in Hospitals Is a Real Problem
Byadmin June 20, 2013

The importance of sleep is perhaps most realized when we become sick. When we are hospitalized and most in need of every ounce of health, though, hospital care practically guarantees that we won’t get good sleep. Fortunately, two approaches hold promise to improve sleep for patients: one organizational, and the other a common trick of…

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Health & Well-being | Medical Decision Making

A Shameful American Fact: Enormous Racial Disparities In Death Rates From Lupus
Byadmin October 7, 2019January 21, 2020

I recently came across a disturbing picture. I know that life in America is unfair. That access to medical care is uneven. That the chance of living a long life is often heavily influenced by socioeconomic disparities. But this figure still astonished me. It shows mortality for people suffering from Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, better known…

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Health & Well-being

Living with Wartime Wounds
Byadmin October 19, 2006

American soldiers have been fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan for over four years now. Tragically, some have returned home in coffins. But because of advances in military medicine, many more have come home alive but wounded, with embedded shrapnel and missing limbs serving as permanent reminders of their time serving our country. What will their…

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Behavioral Economics and Public Policy

Emotional Adaptation and Desire
Byadmin August 27, 2014

I’ve done a fair amount of research on how people emotionally adapt to life circumstances. My research is mainly in the context of illness and disability, where people bounce back from adversity more than expected. But people can also emotionally adapt to good things, a very important phenomenon for consumer behavior. We are ecstatic when…

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Miscellaneous

On the Underutilization of Single Sentence Paragraphs
Byadmin May 29, 2013

I have long been a fan of single sentence paragraphs. I really have. When used properly, an occasional one-off sentence can really stand out, amidst the tumble of longer paragraphs made up of complicated sentences. Here’s a good example from The Power Broker. In this part of the book, Robert Moses has spent an intense…

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Health & Well-being

Is Information Good for Medical Decision Making?
Byadmin August 2, 2012

Making important decisions in the dark can be stressful. But a recent study suggests that shining a light on decisions can make decision makers even more anxious. The question remains: Is this anxiety a good thing or a bad …. (Read the rest and view comments at Critical Decisions)

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A Thought on Mental Illness

Sleep Deprivation in Hospitals Is a Real Problem

A Shameful American Fact: Enormous Racial Disparities In Death Rates From Lupus

Living with Wartime Wounds

Emotional Adaptation and Desire

On the Underutilization of Single Sentence Paragraphs

Is Information Good for Medical Decision Making?

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