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A New Look at Medical Errors in Residency Training by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

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Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health It’s a phenomenon that medical educators have long suspected but haven’t been able to prove: a rise in medical errors when newly-hatched physicians begin their res ... Read on »

Cancer – To Screen or Not to Screen? by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health I once treated a patient who was in her 90s. She was less than 5 feet tall and had never weighed more than 90 pounds. But, she was tough as nails and had lived a great life. I ... Read on »

The Evolution of Depression by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Millions of people around the world suffer from depression, the most common mental disorder of all. Since depression appears to be largely genetic, several long-standing quest ... Read on »

A Small Sip from the Fountain of Youth by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health The search for eternal youth is as old as time itself. The theme of immortality winds its way through religion, mythology, poetry, fiction, and modern movies. Usually, stories ... Read on »

Why So Serious About The Self? by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health You have seen movies in which characters have acted violently. Many times, these characters also have a mental illness. Violence is one common stereotype of psychological diso ... Read on »

Is Knowledge Power? Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health The completion of the sequencing of the human genome in 2003 was an outstanding scientific accomplishment. This achievement, together with advances in technology and the force ... Read on »

Bruxism and the Brain by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Do you grind your teeth at night? Bruxism is the technical term for teeth grinding or teeth clenching that usually occurs in sleep. Bruxism may lead to jaw pain, shoulder pain ... Read on »

Are Physicians Spending Too Much Time Diagnosing Patients? by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Dizziness is responsible for nearly 3 million emergency room visits every year in the United States. In most of the cases, the dizziness is caused by a benign inner ear proble ... Read on »

Possible Medical Application of a Smart Drug by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Cognitive enhancers, also known as nootropics, are a category of drugs with the ability to increase mental performance. Many rave about such “smart drugs” helping ... Read on »

Two Wrongs Make a Right – Abnormal Brain Circuitry May Stop Abnormal Movement by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health A solution to an abnormal neurological movement problem can perhaps be abnormal as well. The irregular wiring of the brain may actually eliminate dystonia — repetitive m ... Read on »

If Herbal Medicine is Medicine, Shouldn’t it be Treated as Such? by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Recently, the UK Government announced a consultation on whether practitioners of acupuncture, herbal medicine and traditional Chinese medicine should become subject to statuto ... Read on »

Off-Label Use of Psychiatric Medications Common for Veterans by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Men and women of the United States military are suffering from mental illnesses at an increasing rate. Among service members involved in the on-going conflicts in Iraq and Afg ... Read on »

How Culture Shapes Our Mind and Brain by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Most people would agree that culture can have a large effect on our daily lives — influencing what we may wear, say, or find humorous. But many people may be surprised t ... Read on »

New Report on the Use of Antidepressants During Pregnancy by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Depression is a major health concern worldwide, and is the second leading cause of disability for people of reproductive age (15 to 44 years), according to the World Health Or ... Read on »

Post-Partum Psychosis – Rare but Real by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health The existence of post-partum psychosis and post-partum depression has been hotly contested publicly. Tom Cruise’s denouncement of Brooke Shields’ diagnosis of post ... Read on »

Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health In the mid 1950s, Dr. Bedford reported on a number of older adults who exhibited cognitive problems (memory or planning or being able to sustain attention) following surgery w ... Read on »

Religion – A “Natural” Phenomenon? by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health All human societies have some phenomenon that can be described as religion. It is difficult to understand why religion is so pervasive in human culture. Some theories suggest ... Read on »

Hearing Voices – Underpinnings of Auditory Hallucinations by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health In “ The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind,” Julian Jaynes suggested back in 1976 that schizophrenia — like spirit possession an ... Read on »

The Neural Basis of the Self by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Perhaps the most personal and most quintessentially human aspect of our existence is the experience of our ‘self.’ What contemporary philosopher Daniel Dennett has ... Read on »

Effect of Early Life Stress on Behavior and Cognition by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health The human brain undergoes rapid development from late gestation to early childhood. The brain structures that are developing or undergoing age-related changes are more vulnera ... Read on »

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