Morning Light

Morning vs evening light treatment of patients with winter depression.

BACKGROUND According to the phase-shift hypothesis for winter depression, morning light (which causes a circadian phase advance) should be more antidepressant than evening light (which causes a delay). Although no studies have shown evening light to be more antidepressant than morning light, investigations have shown either no difference or morning light to be superior. The present study assess...

Morning Briefing

Morning Briefing

Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll: Two-thirds of Americans say fix Obamacare, don't repeal it. [1] More than half say, get on to other priorities. Has Congress ever changed the Affordable Care Act? Yes, it has and with bipartisan support. A short history. [2] President Trump ratcheted up his pressure on lawmakers to pass a healthcare plan with a threat to end key Obamacare payments and cancel some of ...

Morning Sounds

Morning Report.

Y pull into the hospital parking lot just before dawn — one of the first cars in, one of the last out. As a first-year resident, you make up in hours what you lack in experience. You speedwalk to the hospital’s back entrance through the January fog. You wonder if you left the iron on in your apartment. No matter how often you iron and bleach your white coat, it never looks or feels clean. You n...