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Book review: D.T. Max: The family that couldn’t sleep: a medical mystery

Book review: D.T. Max: The family that couldn’t sleep: a medical mystery

08/07/2013
judith
boeken, book review, english

This book tells the story of the discovery of the mechanisms behind prion disease, interlaced with the tragedy of an Italian family that carries a mutation that causes fatal familial insomnia.

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'Bad pharma', by Ben Goldacre

‘Bad pharma’, by Ben Goldacre

29/06/2013
judith
boeken, book review, english

With a subtitle that says ‘How drug companies mislead doctors and harm patients’ you’re hardly expecting a comedy. ‘Bad Pharma’ is a very important read for anyone prescribing drugs, anyone taking drugs or anyone otherwise involved in the health care system.

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Book review: “In search of memory: the emergence of a new science of mind”, by Eric R. Kandel

Book review: “In search of memory: the emergence of a new science of mind”, by Eric R. Kandel

05/04/2013
judith
boeken, book review, english

We tend to take textbook knowledge for granted, but once upon a time these ‘facts’ were still to be discovered. Eric R. Kandel (1929) witnessed and importantly contributed to this small-step-by-small-step process in the field of neuroscience.

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Research is stressful: what can we learn from science?

Research is stressful: what can we learn from science?

05/04/2013
judith
english, nieuws, spoedcursus

Everybody seems busy nowadays, and for many of us, this results in stress. Scientific research in particular is a highly stressful occupation. Perhaps in reaction to this phenomenon, more and more scientists are starting to explore the biological aspects of stress.

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About time

About time

04/04/2013
judith
boeken, book review, english

If there is one certainty in life, it is that time has always been there, and will always remain. But although it is a basic fact of our existence, most people don’t tend to reflect much on the characteristics and implications of time. Eva Hoffman did.

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Statistics: A Good P-value is Not Enough

Statistics: A Good P-value is Not Enough

04/04/2013
judith
english, spoedcursus

A lot of scientists who are “scared” of statistics fall into the trap of ignoring the existence of anything beyond a t-test. But using the right method to analyse your data is essential to having confidence in your results, and there are a lot more methods out there than the t-test.

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