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Guest Post: Understanding Through Reading 3 Must-Read Memoirs on Biopolar by Susan .. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 07 Oct 2010 12:00am healthy relationships because behavior is unpredictable. Your friends and family, try though they might, just don't understand. And this lack of understanding is precisely what causes these strains in interpersonal relationships in the first place. Reading about those who have struggled with bipolar disorder is a helpful way of gaining a new Read on »

Wendell Potter Knows Algorithms – If you Don’t Understand Please Read Up as Software runs about 95% of all our Decisions Today by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Sun 16 Aug 2009 10:32pm to read up too for better presentations and roll up their sleeves so we don’t have more “Magpie Healthcare” with those just repeating words of others without the real knowledge... of confidence he has; and on the other hand the frustration of having to translate to simpler terms so that others can understand. <\/param><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt Read on »

Want to understand the food safety debate? Read this book. by Chelsea Green Patient Expert

Posted Thu 17 Sep 2009 10:06pm With all the tainted food scares that have hit the US in the past year, from spinach to peanut butter (which is in a surprisingly diverse and vast array of food products, including the pad thai our local food co-op was forced to pull, grumble grumble), it’s not surprising that the federal government would be [...] Read on »

So many advances in understanding the brain, so little time to read it by Laura Patient Expert

Posted Wed 30 Sep 2009 10:03pm Cognitive-behavioral family treatment for childhood obsessive-compulsive disorder: A 7-year follow-up study Gene expression patterns associated with PTSD following exposure to the World Trade Center attacks Inflammation Brings on the Blues Non-Invasive Test May Help Determine Whether to Switch Antidepressant Therapy Read on »

I've read your posts lately on eating better and working out more but not losing weight. I understand that this happens sometime by Nutritionista Posted Wed 03 Feb 2010 8:55am You may need to spend a day tracking your calories to see if you’re consuming more than you’re burning, since new workout regimens can often make us particularly hungry. Also, weight training can cause weight gain in the form of muscle (which weighs more by volume than fat). Remember, you can’t always trust the scale! Read on »

Interactive Graphic – Your Labs and How To Read and Understand the Report by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Tue 17 Nov 2009 10:01pm I thought this was very cool to see in the New York Times and you can click on the image to visit the site. How many of us really know what all the information on a lab report is? This is almost one of those web sites worth bookmarking to find it again later if needed. You can click on any portion of the image and the description and other ... Read on »

now, i know it's been a while, but once you read this post, you'll understand why it's been so long since i updated. by Heather Heywood Patient Expert

Posted Thu 17 Sep 2009 10:37pm , and that's wonderful! well, except for one minor little problem... ALL HE WANTS TO DO IS EAT!!!!!!! wow, never thought i'd complain about that! lol and if you're wondering, his... that since the last two swabs grew nothing, that the problem is likely no longer bacterial, but rather fungal, and the antibiotics are making it worse. well, let me just say Read on »

Reading the Terrain: Understanding Tissue States by Kiva R. Healthy Living Professional

Posted Mon 14 Feb 2011 12:32am and biomedical understandings it is the experiential that underlies it all. Because after all, how will I integrate and utilize something unless it functions well in the context of my work? So I start here, with characteristics that I can observe with my senses and learn to understand as something meaningful and indicative of the larger picture of wellness in each Read on »

Word reading still predicts comprehension by JohnL Doctor of Philosophy

Posted Wed 28 Apr 2010 2:53am Justin Wise and colleague examined the reading comprehension of students with differing problems in reading fluency. Some of the students only had difficulty... real words fluently was the strongest predictor of reading comprehension. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine whether different measures of oral reading Read on »

Promoting reading comprehension by JohnL Doctor of Philosophy

Posted Thu 10 Dec 2009 12:00am Sheri Berkeley and colleagues reported the results of a meta-analysis of research on reading comprehension interventions for students with Learning Disabilities... to educators’ understanding of ways to promote students’ understanding of what they read. They propose that the common element in successful interventions was “teach[ing] students Read on »