Monday, June 19, 2017

The Smartphone Psychiatrist

Frustrated by the failures in his field, Tom Insel, a former director of the National Institute of Mental Health, is now trying to reduce the world’s anguish through the devices in people’s pockets.

Read more in the Atlantic.

Thanks +Rohan Kshirsagar 

Sunday, June 4, 2017

Could Women Be Trusted With Their Own Pregnancy Tests?

"Unmarried teenagers would jump off bridges, and other crazy reasons at-home kits weren’t approved until the late 1970s." Read more in the NYT.

HT +Ginny Fahs 

Why Women Aren’t C.E.O.s, According to Women Who Almost Were

"It’s not a pipeline problem. It’s about loneliness, competition and deeply rooted barriers." Read more in the NYT .