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ADHD: Making the Normal Pathological
ADHD: Making the Normal Pathological
I recently shared a post on my Facebook Page and other social media platforms where I wrote:
Mohamed Ghilan
Nov 3, 2020
Homeopathy in the Modern World
Homeopathy in the Modern World
In a recent paper, George Vithoulkas argues that “homeopathy is not a therapeutic approach suited for a modern “developed” society, that…
Mohamed Ghilan
May 19, 2020
Don’t Confuse Rigour for Thinking
Don’t Confuse Rigour for Thinking
I was recently listening to The Philosopher’s Zone podcast in which Bryan Mukandi, one of our medical ethics lecturers in the medical…
Mohamed Ghilan
May 16, 2020
Will the Liar Stand Up? Autism and the MMR Vaccine
Will the Liar Stand Up? Autism and the MMR Vaccine
What follows below is an excerpt from Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve Silberman. I read this…
Mohamed Ghilan
May 13, 2020
You Want to Prove Your Medical Treatment Works? Here’s a Way to Do It
You Want to Prove Your Medical Treatment Works? Here’s a Way to Do It
One of the rotations I did last year was in rehabilitation medicine. Most of the patients were recovering from strokes, which as you can…
Mohamed Ghilan
May 10, 2020
The Ummah of Iqra’ the Document is Now the Ummah of Watch the Documentary
The Ummah of Iqra’ the Document is Now the Ummah of Watch the Docum...
On January 26th of this year, Nassim Nicholas Taleb published a short paper with Joseph Norman and Yaneer Bar-Yam titled “Systemic Risk of…
Mohamed Ghilan
May 7, 2020
The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories
The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories
In a review article published in 2017 in Current Directions in Psychological Science, the authors take an account of available studies…
Mohamed Ghilan
May 5, 2020
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