Can you actually learn to be more intelligent, or is it something that is genetically hardwired? Have you ever wondered if you could become smarter? What is intelligence? Intelligence has traditionally been considered as a one-dimensional, unchanging idea. From a cognitive point of view, intelligence has been measured by an IQ, where one’s “intelligence” was… Read More »
The chair of the House subcommittee charged with legislative oversight of the VA’s Cerner electronic health record implementation is concerned about the agency’s decision to delay the EHR’s initial go-live. “I’m concerned that as we’ve moved closer to the go-live date, we have been told repeatedly that there were no showstoppers in the implementation, that… Read More »
Bloomberg—How big is the coronavirus outbreak? A lot bigger than we were initially told, it turns out. On Thursday, confirmed cases of Covid-19 in China’s Hubei Province—the epidemic’s epicenter—jumped by almost 15,000. It’s not that there was a sudden wave of new infections. Rather, the increase reflects a change in how China counts patients; it… Read More »
Men are notoriously resistant to going to see a doctor – even if their symptoms are unpleasant and they fear they may be suffering from something serious. Why? Do they hate admitting to a weakness? Do they see confessing to an illness as unmanly? Are they just shy? So reluctant are men to seek medical… Read More »