By our roving blogger Dr Susanna Park Directly over the fence from my new home, there lies a complex with an impressive Victorian façade, proclaimed as the Royal Hospital for Neuro-Disability. It is clear that this facility has been operating here for a long time, probably ever since the Victorian era. What was the […]
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I Never Met a Curry I Didn’t Like
For enhanced audio enjoyment click here: Handsome Devil From our roving JNNP Web Editor Clare Caldwell This month’s JNNP Featured Patient may well have been a fan of the educational philosopher Maynard Hutchins, whose most memorable quip remains, “whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away.” Imagine our patient, […]
Plantar extensor, plantar flexor – does anyone care?
This week we have a post from Dr Arun Krishnan, Web Editor at JNNP: Over the last few weeks, I have been helping train and examine candidates for the specialist entry exams for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. The candidates are fully qualified doctors with 3-4 years of hospital experience, who are planning on […]
Dopamine agonists and pathological gambling
Growing evidence suggests that dopamine agonist medications may cause pathological gambling, compulsive and impulsive shopping, compulsive eating and hypersexuality in approximately patients with Parkinsons Disease. What is going on? […]
Welcome to the JNNP Blog!
With the launch of the JNNP blog, we welcome your feedback, submissions and suggestions for future content. […]