Our clothing and our houses

An old emperor finds new clothing: rejuvenation in our time.

T o cast this sage historical advice into contemporary terms, the eternal human predisposition to believe in flimsy promises of rejuvenation needs to be well understood, or repeated. As an ingenious species, we have made grand advances in overcoming the physical limits of our biology. Yet while technology has overcome our native ponderous, gravityand land-bound locomotion with air, land and sea...

Our academy, our mission, our work!

This publication finds me at the half-way point of my tenure as president of the American Academy of Pain Medicine. It is therefore timely to review our academy’s goals and progress, reflecting upon and inspecting our work together as a committed and talented group of management team members and volunteer leaders. To share highlights of the year-to-date, I have created a “virtual interview,” po...

Improving Our Bodies, Our Meals, and Our Gadgets

Our Problems: Our Solutions

Discussion on the unique characteristics of psychiatry in a non-Western country like India, often tend to be limited to culture-bound syndrome like Koro, possession state etc. It is, no doubt, important for us to be able to recognize these problems and render effective treatment to individuals suffering from them. It is also interesting to speculate on the cultural factors which contribute to t...

Our adolescents--our future.