by Chris Tachibana | Jan 1, 2020 | ScienceWire
How do doctors around the world agree on a complex disease? Michele Solis digs into the history of schizophrenia to find out. Michele reports for Distillations from @SciHistoryOrg on how a disease that is diagnosed by behavior was internationally defined. It took a...
by Chris Tachibana | Oct 3, 2018 | ScienceWire
What do our web searches reveal about our health? In Stanford Magazine, Jonathan Rabinovitz has a piece provocatively titled, “Your computer may know you have Parkinson’s. Shall it tell you?” about future tools that might use our online activity to suggest...
by Chris Tachibana | Dec 2, 2012 | ScienceWire
Autism is found in all countries, notes Sarah DeWeerdt. But cultural differences—such as whether kids recognize a piece of birthday cake or how much children usually make eye contact with adults —make it tough to create a autism diagnosis that works worldwide. Read...
