Click Here to Read: Why psychology isn’t science By Alex B. Berezow in the Los Angeles Times on July 13, 2012.

A graduate student at UC Irvine conducts an organic chemistry experiment. Many scientists believe fields such as psychology and sociology aren’t sciences at all. (Los Angeles Times)

 Whitaker’s article reveals how a member of the FDA who also is an expert witness for Wyeth and Pfizer, has not only opposed the FDA’s warning on SSRI’s causing increased suicidality in children/adolescents, but also, has apparently published research that according to colleagues has distorted the statistical data to favor his preexisting bias.

N. Szajnberg, MD, Managing Editor

“Gibbons was a member of the FDA panel that voted in favor of the black box warning (Of increased suicidal risk in children/adolescent with SSRI’S — Continue reading The Triumph of Bad Science

Click Here to Read: Study identifies how muscles are paralyzed during sleep on the Science Blog.

Click here to read “Controversial Science of Brain Imaging” by Mahir Ozdemir from Scientific American on July 5, 2012.

Click here to read “Can spanking cause mental illness?” by Dr. Jennifer Shu from CNN.com on July 2, 2012.

Click here to read “Early Birth May Pose Higher Risk to the Mind”  by Nicholas Bakalar from The New York Times on July 2, 2012.

Click here to read “More Women Look Over the Counter for a Libido Fix” by Abby Ellin from The New York Times on July 2, 2012.

Since Ms. B. entered her mid-40s, she says, sex has been more about smoke and mirrors than thunder and lightning. She is rarely if ever interested enough to initiate it with her partner of 10 years, and she does not reach climax during the act.

Click here to read “Bankers and the neuroscience of greed” by Ian Robertson from The Gaurdian on July 2, 2012.

The unconstrained power of bankers acts like a drug on their brains’ reward systems, creating insatiable appetites.

Click Here to Read:  Competitors Form Partnership to Develop Autism Drugs By Andrew Pollack in The New York Times on June 19, 2012.

Click Here to Read:  Tag serotonin ‘vacuums’ to track depression,  posted by David Salisbury on the Futurity website on June 28, 2012.

Serotonin transporters are an important research subject because they are the target for the most common drugs used to treat depression, including Prozac, Paxil, and Lexapro. Above, neurons with serotonin transporters labeled with quantum dots. (Credit: Jerry Chang/Vanderbilt)