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Many clinical acts are performances—and we should think of that as a strength, not a weakness, writes Roger Kneebone I think of medicine as a performing art, although to many people the word “performing” sounds suspect, almost insulting. It smacks of inauthenticity, of putting on a mask and presenting something that is not the “real you.” This is a fundamental misunderstanding. Whenever we engage with other people, we select from multiple authentic selves. Whether it is dinner with parents, an evening out with friends, a job interview, or a clinical consultation, we are constantly ma...

The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting public health measures have had significant impacts on daily life, including shifts in health behaviours which contribute to weight gain and may increase subsequent risk of chronic diseases such as cancer. Using OncoSim, a web-based microsimulation tool, we estimated the future burden of cancer in Canada by incorporating data on unintentional weight gain among adults during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Population impact measures were estimated until 2042, assuming a 12-year latency period. We estimated 12,160 excess cancer cases and 4,567 excess ...

Takeda introduces the In Their Shoes experience to the Middle East in support of the IBD patient community USA - English Share this article DUBAI, UAE, June 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Takeda (TSE: 4502) (NYSE: TAK) has introduced the "In Their Shoes" platform, an award-winning, immersive simulation program to promote greater awareness and empathy for patients with Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a condition to describe Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, to a group of healthcare providers in the Middle East the first time.  The subscription-based program launched with a two-day simula...

Torrisi, S, Gorka, AX, Gonzalez-Castillo, J, Balderston, NL, Grillon, C, & Ernst, M (2018). Extended amygdala connectivity changes during sustained shock anticipation. Translational Psychiatry. 8(33) 2017 Balderston, NL, Liu, J, Roberson-Nay, R, Ernst, M, & Grillon, C (2017). The relationship between dlPFC activity during unpredictable threat and CO2-induced panic symptoms. Translational Psychiatry, 7(12), 1266. Balderston NL, Hsiung A, Ernst M, Grillon C (2017) The effect of threat on right dlPFC activity during behavioral pattern separation. J Neurosci 37:0717–17. Balderston NL, Hsiung ...