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Few Studies Compare the Efficacy of Medical Treatments

The forward momentum of medical progress is manifest, it could be argued, in the $50 billion spent in 2008 on pharmaceutical research and development in the quest to bring new drugs to market. But little scientific or governmental infrastructure exists to ensure that each new treatment is actually an improvement over existing therapies—and to tease out what therapies are best for which patients.
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MIND Reviews: Temple Grandin
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Playing the Body Electric
A combination of genetics and optics gives brain scientists an unprecedented ability to dissect the circuits of the mind
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The Brain and the Written Word
A cognitive neuroscientist explains his quest to understand how reading works in the mind—and how the brain is changed by education and culture
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No Implants Needed: Movement-Generating Brain Waves Detected and Decoded Outside the Head
New research holds promise for a noninvasive brain-computer interface that allows mental control over computers and prosthetics

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