Researchers develop blood test that accurately detects early stages of lung, breast cancer in humans

 

Click here to read the Kansas State University press release, “Researchers develop blood test that accurately detects early stages of lung, breast cancer in humans” via EurekAlert! on September 26, 2012.

Researchers at Kansas State University have developed a simple blood test that can accurately detect the beginning stages of cancer.

The History of Psychiatry from the Patient’s Viewpoint with Fred Sander, M.D. at NYPSI

CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF ADVANCEMENT THROUGH SELF-KNOWLEDGE
THE NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
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Conference to Honor Norbert Freedman and Irving Steingart at IPTAR

SAVE THE DATE: OCTOBER 13 AND 14, 2012
IPTAR CONFERENCE TO HONOR NORBERT FREEDMAN AND IRVING STEINGART

The Analyst’s Receptivity: Exploring Intersections and Divergences in Contemporary Freudian, Kleinian/Bionian and Field Theory

Participants Giuseppe Civitarese, Larry Brown, Lissa
Weinstein and Steven Ellman.
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Trauma & Resilience: Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone with Dr. Roberto Raver at NYPSI

CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF ADVANCEMENT THROUGH SELF-KNOWLEDGE
THE NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
ACADEMIC RESEARCH SEMINAR
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212-879-6900
www.psychoanalysis.org

Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 8:30 p.m., $10 Donations

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Expo Chicago: Money and art mingle, with little benefit to art

Click here to read “Expo Chicago: Money and art mingle, with little benefit to art” by Jeff Lusanne from World Socialist Web Site on September 27, 2012.

After a six-year hiatus, Chicago was once again host in 2012 to an international art fair, Expo Chicago. The event was held September 20-23 in the massive Festival Hall at Navy Pier, a tourist destination near the city’s center. One hundred galleries exhibited work in the fair, presenting enough material to easily fill up a day of viewing. Such a presentation offered a unique opportunity to survey the world of contemporary art—and, specifically, its problems and possibilities.

A Call for Caution on Antipsychotic Drugs

Click here to read “A Call for Caution on Antipsychotic Drugs” by Richard A. Friedman, M.D. from The New York Times on September 24, 2012.

You will never guess what the fifth and sixth best-selling prescription drugs are in the United States, so I’ll just tell you: Abilify and Seroquel, two powerful antipsychotics. In 2011 alone, they and other antipsychotic drugs were prescribed to 3.1 million Americans at a cost of $18.2 billion, a 13 percent increase over the previous year, according to the market research firm IMS Health.