Let it be known that Sci, like many a young, bright-eyed little scientist, tries to keep up on her reading. TRIES is the operative word, but every week Sci gets the Tables of Contents for all the major journals in her field (and all the major ones in her subdisciple) emailed straight to her for […]
Editor’s Selection Icon Who would have thought Sci would be running a normal pub-med search, for something COMPLETELY not weird science material, and come across…this? Truly, it was meant to be! This case report is probably one of the weirdest things I’ve seen all week, and kept Sci scratching her head as to the possible […]
Sci will admit that blogging SFN has been harder than she thought it would be. This is partially due to the lack of wireless on the poster floor (which would be REALLY hard to remedy), and partially due to…exhaustion. By the end of the second or third day, the posters all begin to blur before […]
Sci got this comment to her Ritalin post the other day: It sounds like you are suggesting that cocaine taken in the same form as Ritalin — as low-dose, slow release pills — would produce the same effects as the ADHD medication does. But, clearly, the FDA has seen fit to outlaw cocaine and place […]
It seems, from the time I first heard about it, there’s been an eternal flare-up about Ritalin, and its similar counterparts, including things like Concerta and Tranquillyn. Issues with who should get it, who HAS attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), whether or not ADHD is is even a real diagnosis. Issues about whether people who DON’T have […]