(PHILADELPHIA) — Medical students can be taught to be more empathetic toward patients by viewing and discussing scenes from movies that illuminate the patient’s perspective, according to a new study, “Enhancing and sustaining empathy in me…

Scientists conducted experiments on empathy in which pairs of people were shown pictures of maggots and puppies. The participants could see the stimulus to which their study partner was exposed. When one participant was confronted with the pleasant sti…

The 14th Dalai Lama made the last of three local appearances today with a lecture at San Diego State University about upholding ethics and compassion in challenging times.   The Dalai Lama, a spry 76-year-old named Tenzin Gyatso, is the spiritual…

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