Flibanserin Approval: Facts or Feelings?

Flibanserin Approval: Facts or Feelings?

On August 18, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a first in class multifunctional serotonin agonist and antagonist medication, flibanserin, for the treatment of generalized acquired hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) in premenopausal women. This approval was surrounded by political posturing that has resulted in naysayers attacking the science based on their feelin...

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Nanobacteria: Facts or Fancies?

An audacious theory proposes the existence of a novel form of life—the nanobacteria (NB)—that is quite different from the ones already known, but is capable of infecting and damaging other beings, thus qualifying them as new agents of emerging infectious diseases. The theory is no less revolutionary than the famous germ theory of disease, which was put on solid ground by the efforts of Pasteur ...

Flashbulb Memory for the Events of 9-11: An Analysis of Facts, Feelings, and Flow

Undergraduates enrolled in psychology courses at Robert Morris University reported their personal memories surrounding the events of September 11, 2001. These memories were collected within two days of the incident and then re-collected again approximately ten years later. The present study examined three accuracy factors that have not been examined previously in the flashbulb memory literature...

Facts versus 'Feelings': how rational is the decision to become an organ donor?

Researchers are already aware that decision making about health issues is not necessarily driven by rational or cognitive-based decision-making processes. This appears to be especially true for the decision to donate organs. Although hints about what is actually driving the decision-making process are scattered throughout the literature, noncognitive factors have not been tested systematically....