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Silver Lake Therapist
Read more: Silver Lake TherapistMy office is just a straight shot up Hillhurst from Silver Lake to Los Feliz—about 5 minutes from Sunset Junction and easily accessible from anywhere in the Silver Lake area. You may have grabbed coffee from the half-dozen places in the immediate vicinity of the office– in Los Feliz (right next to the oversize Starbucks).…
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Face Time v. Depression
Read more: Face Time v. DepressionFrom Web MD, a study showing that, with or without meds, increased face-to-face time with health care staff can result in decreased depression. About 30% of patients on placebo who were given one screening test per visit showed mood improvements on a commonly used scale known as the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale. In contrast, about…
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Video Medicine
Read more: Video MedicineNYT on the rise of telemedicine: The Doctor Will See You Now. Please Log On. “The technology has improved to the point where the experience of both the doctor and patient are close to the same as in-person visits, and in some cases better,” says Dr. Kaveh Safavi, head of global health care for Cisco Systems…
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“Digital Pharma Stealth Economy”?
Read more: “Digital Pharma Stealth Economy”?NYT on PatientsLikeMe.com and CureTogether.com: When Patients Meet Online, Are There Side Effects? Some people share their health information for the sake of the greater good. Yet they typically have no way of knowing whether their health profiles contribute directly to the development of more effective treatments — or are simply mined to create more…
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Emotion Without Frown Lines
Read more: Emotion Without Frown LinesFrom the Los Angeles Times: A Botox gap in understanding emotion: Not only do our facial expressions reflect our emotional ups and downs, they appear to send crucial feedback to our brain, suggests a growing body of research. Without that full feedback loop, our ability to understand — and be understood — might be constrained.