Surgeon Heal Thyself: Optimizing Surgical Performance by Managing Stress

Heal thyself

www.landesbioscience.com oxidative Medicine and celluar Longevity 75 As we continue to gain further insight of human biology, we learn that the body has remarkable promise and potential to defend itself from a number of disorders. For example, adipose derived stem cells have the uncanny ability to secrete soluble factors, such as macrophage colony stimulating factors, interleukins, and trophic ...

Tax Man, Heal Thyself

here seems to be a general consensus among economists that the existing federal income tax structure in the United States: 1) is complex; 2) hobbles economic growth by creating disincentives to save and invest; and 3) creates a substantial compliance cost burden for individuals and businesses. It also appears that a large number of Americans and their political representatives concur with this ...

Placebo: Physician, Heal Thyself

John W. McArthur, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Guido SchmidtTraub Amir Attaran’s Policy Forum [1] raises important points on the poor quality of data for some indicators used to measure progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but, sadly, uses these fi ndings to draw the wrong conclusions. The evidence he presents on a small number of indicators is partial, and does not justify his conclusion ...

Physician heal thyself.

Researcher, Heal Thyself?

“You see doctor, when I found out you had Marfan syndrome and I saw that you were pregnant, I felt so jealous I could not stand it. Then I realized, if you did it, maybe I could, too.” My mind raced with ways to respond. I did not answer as quickly as usual. She took my pause as an opportunity to continue... “You know, I love my foster babies. I feel so blessed. It’s just hard to wake up every ...