The “Rheumatic” Diathesis: President's Address

Underwriting the presidents.

The United States has had 43 presidents. We examined whether they survive significantly longer or shorter than their contemporaries. We found that survival was better for presidents elected in the 1789-1841 and 1933-2001 periods (SMRs of 0.7 and 0.6, respectively), but worse for those elected in 1845-1929 (SMR = 2.9). We also found increased mortality during the years lived in office (SMR = 1.4...

Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Death: Closing the Constitution's Succession Gap

A Letter from the Presidents

Hello and welcome to the first edition of the bimonthly STIMulus Newsletter. STIM (Students for Technology In Medicine) is a new student interest group dedicated to all things tech in medicine. One of our primary goals is to educate ourselves and our peers about all the latest and greatest happenings in the world of medical bio-tech, and come together to discuss the incredible advances that are...

The Biopathic Diathesis

In The Discovery of the Orgone, Volume II: The Cancer Biopathy, Reich discussed the variability of biopathic expression and laid the theoretical groundwork for the functional differentiation of the biopathies. His conclusions were based partly on his experiences in character analytic technique and orgone therapy. In other words, the disease entities and syndromes which he included under the hea...

Presidents who value science.

www.sciencemag.org SCIENCE VOL 323 13 FEBRUARY 2009 843 COVER An image of Mare Moscoviense on the lunar farside, taken by the Terrain Camera aboard the SELENE (Kaguya) spacecraft on 17 January 2008. Crater frequency distributions derived from such images yield ages of about 2.5 billion years for several volcanic deposits in this mare, indicating that volcanism on the lunar farside lasted about ...