{"id":1288,"date":"2013-06-19T19:37:24","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T23:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alisonblogs.com\/wordpress\/?p=1288"},"modified":"2022-08-25T11:20:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T15:20:29","slug":"wednesday-links-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alisonblogs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2013\/06\/19\/wednesday-links-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Links"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association about neuroimaging to determine response to medication or therapy in Major Depressive Disorder.<\/a> It seems much more exciting if you don’t actually read it. Fortunately, Neurocritic did<\/a>, so you have someone to explain what’s hope and what’s hype.<\/p>\n

Paul Offit explains why we shouldn’t take multivitamins<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He also has a book coming out soon called “Do You Believe in Magic? The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine” and USA Today covers some of the issues that make this stuff such a dangerous alternative<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And Darshak Sanghavi at Slate wonders why so many of us think we need to avoid gluten<\/a><\/p>\n

Now, if you happen to be near Washington, DC, and you want to see some cool genetics stuff, hit the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History for an exhibit called Genome: Unlocking Life’s Code<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Teaching otters to use vending machines might not be the best idea, but it sure is cute to watch.<\/p>\n