Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Robotic technique shows promise in weight-loss surgery. Surgeons at the Stanford University School of Medicine have developed a safe and efficient way to use a surgical robot to perform gastric bypass operations. Their report documents the first totally robotic technique to complete this technically challenging procedure. [Science Blog - Science News Articles from Medicine, Space, Physics and More] 9:32:06 PM      Google It!.

Why Men Never Remember and Women Never Forget. I'd like to present you with an overview of the science as we currently understand it, via true-or-false statements that come from questions I've been asked at lectures and by my patients. As you read, I'd like to remind you that while there do seem to be gender-specific ways of thinking, remembering, and experiencing emotion, those differences do not necessarily connote superiority. Dr. Eric Kandel's groundbreaking research on learning assures us that our brains aren't set in stone, even if our sex is. If we learn from each other, then these differences become opportunities, not divisions. [Science Blog - Science News Articles from Medicine, Space, Physics and More] 9:45:11 AM      Google It!.