Monthly Archives: August 2024

Humanity’s newest brain gains are most at risk from ageing The large prefrontal cortex provides evolutionary and cognitive advantages over non-human primates — but there’s a cost. In the more than six million years since people and chimpanzees split from … Continue reading →

City Desk Council investigating deterioration of Baggot Street Hospital The owner, the HSE, has a legal obligation to take care of this Victorian-era building of “exceptional architectural merit”. by Sam TranumAugust 28, 2024 Dublin City Council has “initiated planning enforcement procedures” … Continue reading →

Politics & History Policing the Holocaust in Paris Unlike in the rest of Nazi-occupied Europe, the arrest of Jewish people was largely in the hands of ordinary policemen in France, especially in Paris. The French police arrest Jewish people on … Continue reading →

US Vice President Kamala Harris with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Photo Credit: Kamala Harris, X Robert Reich: The Real Fight, Now – OpEd  August 29, 2024  0 Comments By Robert Reich I’m feeling optimistic about Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.  I want … Continue reading →

‘Democracies’ Attack Journalism As They Attack Democracy Itself – OpEd  August 29, 2024  0 Comments By Margaret Kimberley ‘What does democracy mean if elections are ignored and journalists are charged as criminals? That is the case today, as western countries descend into … Continue reading →

Automatic Translator Breaks Language Barrier For Doctors & Patients  By Sara Miller, NoCamels August 26, 2024  4 minutes Technology (Photo: Pexels) For many people around the world, a doctor’s visit can be exceptionally fraught due to a language barrier in a scenario where accuracy … Continue reading →

Antibiotics are failing. The US has a plan to launch a research renaissance. But there might be global consequences. by Jess Craig Updated Aug 16, 2024, 2:00 PM GMT+1 Jean Lee, a PhD student at Melbourne’s Doherty Institute, inspects the superbug Staphylcocus … Continue reading →

Home » Clinical TimesAdd to Bookmarks Basic treatment of depression in the elderly By admin 26th January 2016 Consultant Psychiatrist Dr John O’Donovan of Saint John of God Hospital stresses that depression is not a natural end point of getting older and can be treated well … Continue reading →