San Francisco Bureau Chief, New Scientist
San Francisco Bureau Chief for New Scientist
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Peter Aldhous
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Revising Psychiatry's 'Bible' of Disorders The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is the go-to "bible" for psychiatrists in diagnosing disorders. A fifth revision is underway now, with new terms, "intellectual disability" instead of "mental retardation." There are also new categories for disorders and new "behavioral" addictions. Gambling gets labeled an addiction, but sex does not. Peter Aldhous, San Francisco Bureau Chief for New Scientist , explains what these revisions all mean.
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Replacing Obamacare: Now you see it… now you don’t As the Senate deliberates replacing Obmacare, health coverage for millions of people is at stake. There've been no public hearings, and a draft measure won't be made public. Is the House version so unpopular that that Senate is hiding a version that looks much the same?
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White House budget proposal slashes and burns President Trump's first budget request is considered dead on arrival in Congress — a familiar development in Capitol Hill. We hear what it reveals about the priorities of the new administration. What's likely to die… and what might survive?
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