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My Therapist Is Pregnant, And I Hate Her For It
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When I showed up to my session, my therapist told me we needed to discuss something. Uh oh—had a check bounced? Was she breaking up with me? I’d been thinking it was time to end our sessions; maybe she was trying to beat me to the punch. But no. Those were not the issues at hand. She was pregnant, and wouldn’t be able to hide it much longer, so she was letting all of her patients know. She’s due at the end of June and plans to be on maternity leave for two to three months, but would be available for phone sessions.
I did what society and past experience had taught me is appropriate, and gleefully congratulated ...
Source: Genetics and Health - February 7, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Amanda Chatel Tags: FEEL psychology Family pregnancy therapy Source Type: blogs
Lactate/Pyruvate ratioEmail this article to a colleague.
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The lactate to pyruvate ratio is one tool that clinicians can use to help determine the availability of reducing equivalents in the cell cytosol. It can be useful in distinguishing Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Deficiency from other forms of lactic acidosis, for example. Lactate is usually reported in mmol/L and pyruvate is usually reported in mg/dL, thus requiring a unit conversion for pyruvate. This can be accomplished by multiplying pyruvate in mg/dL by a conversion factor of 0.1136 which will give pyruvate in mmol/L. Elevated L/P ratios can be seen in PDH deficiency, and a paper by Debray et al in Clinical Chemistry (200...
Source: The OMMBID Blog - February 7, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Hilary Vernon Tags: _ Source Type: blogs
Ambulance crews tweet ‘working life’Email this article to a colleague.
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It seems tweeting during work hours in order to give some insights about that specific job is quite trendy these days. A few days ago, I read a BBC report about the North West Ambulance Services that started to use Twitter while working so people could feel themselves closer to the crews.
Five North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) crews from Liverpool, Burnley, Kendal, Crewe and Manchester will take part in the week-long project.
NWAS Director of Emergency Services Derek Cartwright said each crew would tweet for one day.
He said the tweets would not reveal patient details, but would show “the human side of the service...
Source: ScienceRoll - February 6, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Dr. Bertalan Meskó Tags: Health Health 2.0 Medicine Medicine 2.0 Web 2.0 Source Type: blogs
Use Of Mobiles, Video And Social Networking By Physicians: InfographicEmail this article to a colleague.
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I’ve recently come across an amazing infographic dedicated to the use of mobiles/smartphones, video and social media by medical professionals. A few interesting snippets and questions I raised:
81% of physicians are expected to own a smartphone by 2012
73% search the web (only 73%?)
More physicians watch videos on WebMD than on Youtube?
86% of physicians use Facebook (certainly not for professional but personal reasons)
What do you think of these and the rest of the data? (Source: ScienceRoll)
Source: ScienceRoll - February 6, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Dr. Bertalan Meskó Tags: Infographics Medicine Medicine 2.0 Web 2.0 Source Type: blogs
3 Parent Babies Back in the NewsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The 3-genetic parent embryo is back in the news. This time it is Australia that wants to attempt to genetically engineer a human embryo to have 3 genetic parents. Why would scientists want to engineer an embryo with the genetic material from 3 people? To "prevent" the inheritance of mitochondrial disease. Not all of our DNA that we inherit is in the nuclei of the egg and sperm that join at fertilization. In the cytoplasm of our mother's egg are mitochondria. Mitochondria have their own DNA called mtDNA. We inherit our mtDNA only from our mother because sperm's mitochondri...
Source: Mary Meets Dolly - February 6, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Tags: Genetic Engineering Source Type: blogs
Reinventing Physicians: TED TalkEmail this article to a colleague.
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Dr. Jeff Benabio about reinventing physicians in the 21st century.
For over five years, Dr. Jeff Benabio has been using social media channels to help patients learn about skin health and disease and to help doctors learn about engaging patients more effectively. In his practice Dr. Benabio uses disruptive tools such as telemedicine and mobile devices to improve patient access and reduce medical costs. In his talk he’ll show us how we’re re-inventing medicine with Twitter and Facebook, and why it’s the best thing to happen to medicine since vaccines. (Source: ScienceRoll)
Source: ScienceRoll - February 5, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Dr. Bertalan Meskó Tags: Medicine Ted Talks Video Web 2.0 Source Type: blogs
What happens to your online life when you die?Email this article to a colleague.
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I have plenty of social media accounts with many contacts and friends. I have data stored in the cloud and have a lot of passwords and files online. Have you ever wondered what happens to your online life when you die?
Well, they say over 1.7 million Facebook users died in 2011. An Australian website collected all the information you need to know from digital preservation to digital waste you would leave behind. (Source: ScienceRoll)
Source: ScienceRoll - February 4, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Dr. Bertalan Meskó Tags: Health Health 2.0 Medicine Medicine 2.0 Video Web 2.0 Source Type: blogs
Hans Rosling Brings Humor to Global Health StatisticsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Hans Rosling public health guru and data enthusiast shines again: (Source: ScienceRoll)
Source: ScienceRoll - February 3, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Dr. Bertalan Meskó Tags: Data Health science Video Source Type: blogs
From Bionic Bodyshop to E-patient BootcampEmail this article to a colleague.
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Hospitals Text Patients To Remind Them Of Upcoming Treatments
Private hospitals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, have adopted a tech-savvy way to remind patients of their next appointment. By sending out SMS reminders, outpatients were able to keep their scheduled hospital visits and reduce the number of nonattendance. This mobile method was especially helpful and effective for patients needing ongoing treatment, for example with dengue fever.
Is 2012 The Year Of Online Patients?
Some Thoughts On Getting Academic Types to Use Twitter
Dave’s e-mazing bootcamp or why “e” also means experience!
Object Breast Cancer: ...
Source: ScienceRoll - February 3, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Dr. Bertalan Meskó Tags: e-patient Health Health 2.0 Medicine Medicine 2.0 Web 2.0 What's on the web? Source Type: blogs
Evidence Based Medicine in Social MediaEmail this article to a colleague.
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Do you remember when Google Flu Trends was launched and we were all amazed by the great idea behind that? And do you remember when a study from the University of Washington came up concluding that Google Flu Trends is not as accurate as CDC’s national surveillance programs? So it is social media, it’s trendy and innovative but useless in medicine and healthcare.
Here is the over-shined iPad2 which everyone loves and would like to use at hospitals and clinical practices and we see an amazing number of apps designed for that. A new study now concluded that diagnostic imaging on iPads is twice as slow.
A study f...
Source: ScienceRoll - February 3, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Dr. Bertalan Meskó Tags: Health Health 2.0 Healthcare Medicine Medicine 2.0 Web 2.0 Source Type: blogs
Top 10 Hepatitis Social Media ResourcesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Webicina’s new Hepatitis and Social Media collection features relevant and quality social media resources from blogs and podcasts to community sites, Youtube and Twitter accounts focusing on hepatitis.
Here is my top 10 social media selection for hepatitis:
HBV and HCV Advocate’s Hepatitis Blog (blog)
Hepatitis B Foundation – Podcast Directory (podcast)
Inspire – Hepatitis-C Community (community site)
HCV Support (community site)
Global Hepatitis Initiative (Facebook)
Hepatitis Central (Twitter)
Hepatitis Australia (Youtube)
Mayo Clinic – Hepatitis (information resource)
AnswersIn Medi...
Source: ScienceRoll - February 2, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Dr. Bertalan Meskó Tags: Health Health 2.0 Medicine Medicine 2.0 Web 2.0 Webicina Source Type: blogs
How To NOT Use a Medical Photo: Best exampleEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Sterile Eye blog came up with a very tough case in which the official poster for the the 19th Workshop of the International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies (ISSVA) was found to be quite disturbing and Øystein Horgmo raised important questions about the use of this image.
Did the parents of this child agree to their child being used on a poster in this way?
Did they know ISSVA would choose a photo were their child looks frightened?
Did they know ISSVA would make the poster the shape of their child’s head?
Did they know ISSVA would desaturate everything but their child’shemangiomas?
Did they know IS...
Source: ScienceRoll - February 2, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Dr. Bertalan Meskó Tags: Conference Medicine Source Type: blogs
Angry Moms Who Want Ellen DeGeneres Fired Are Bad For Our Mental HealthEmail this article to a colleague.
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Remember the angry moms who demanded that Ben & Jerry’s pull their “Schweddy Balls” ice cream from store shelves because it was considered sooo offensive to their little darlings? Well, they’re at it again. This time though, they want our beloved Ellen DeGeneres fired from being the spokesperson for JC Penney because she’s “openly gay”. If you ask me, these moms and their open negativity and hatred are just bad for our mental health.
The group known as OneMillionMoms.com, a division of the American Family Association, is pushing their supporters to speak out against Ellen bei...
Source: Genetics and Health - February 2, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Deborah Dunham Tags: FEEL mental health anger Ellen DeGeneres gay lesbian one million moms Source Type: blogs
Dietary treatment in Glutaric Aciduria Type IEmail this article to a colleague.
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Strauss et al. published an article describing the effects of a lysine-free, arginine-rich formula for the treatment of Glutaric Aciduria Type I. This successful treatment strategy takes advantage of the kinetics of the y+ blood brain barrier transporter, and presumably limits lysine transport into the CNS. They conclude that monitoring the ratio between lysine and arginine could be a successful strategy for treatment in GAI. This represents an exciting development in the treatment of a devastating disorder. (Strauss et al., Mol Genet and Metab 104 (2011) 93-10)
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Source: The OMMBID Blog - January 31, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Hilary Vernon Tags: _ Source Type: blogs
Ketamine Nation? Special K Works Better Than Prozac At Treating DepressionEmail this article to a colleague.
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The war on depression is getting mighty weird these days. Last week, scientists said psilocybin, the active ingredient in ‘magic’ mushrooms, could be useful in treating depression. This week? Beat the blues with ketamine! The drug—also known as ‘Special K’—can lift even suicidal depression in just a few hours, researchers say.
Ketamine is approved by the FDA as an anesthetic. It’s mainly used as a horse tranquilizer, though it can be used to sedate both people and other animals. It’s also used by people recreationally, and is capable of producing hallucinations. I had friends who go...
Source: Genetics and Health - January 31, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Elizabeth Nolan Brown Tags: FEEL mood disorders depression drugs health studies Ketamine Source Type: blogs
Newt Gingrich on TranshumanismEmail this article to a colleague.
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Many people who read my work elsewhere think transhumanism movement is not an important pro-life issue. It is so abstract an idea to them that they regularly wonder why I bother writing about it. I think it is simply because they don't realize how much transhumanism is already in our consciousness. Artificial human enhancements are depicted everywhere from TV (Chuck) to movies (Captain America and Limitless) to video games (Deus Ex.) And whether parents realize it or not, transhumansim is especially in the consciousness of our children. In a recent conversation, my own son asked me why I don't...
Source: Mary Meets Dolly - January 31, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Tags: Transhumanism Source Type: blogs
New treatments for Angelman syndrome?Email this article to a colleague.
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This study explored the possibility that Angelman syndrome could be treated by activating this silenced allele to restore functional UBE3A protein. Using an unbiased, high-content screen in primary cortical neurons from mice (AS animal model), Huang et al. identified 12 topoisomerase I inhibitors and 4 topoisomerase II inhibitors that unsilence the paternal UBE3A allele. This study also showed that the unsilenced paternal allele produces a functional protein. Topoisomerase inhibitors appear to regulate UBE3A gene expression through a transcriptional mechanism (not by affecting the methylation status). The in vivo experimen...
Source: The OMMBID Blog - January 31, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Yannis Trakadis Tags: Part 28: NEUROGENETICS _ Source Type: blogs
MSA 2012 registration is openEmail this article to a colleague.
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The website for the MSA 2012 meeting to be held 16-18 July at Yale University is now available on-line at http://msa2012.net/
Abstract submission (http://msa2012.net/registration/abstract_submission.php) and registration (http://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=1033055) will open February 1, and abstract submission will close on March 15.
The Karling Lecturer this year will given by Barbara Valent, Distinguished Professor of Genetics at Kansas State University. (Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics)
Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics - January 30, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Jason Stajich Tags: Mycological Society of America fungal meeting msa201 mycology meeting new haven yale Source Type: blogs
Mutations in SRCAP, Encoding SNF2-Related CREBBP Activator Protein, Cause Floating-Harbor Syndrome.Email this article to a colleague.
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Hood et al, are reporting in the AJHG that SRCAP is causing Floating-Harbor Syndrome. Exome sequencing in five unrelated individuals identified mutations in SRCAP ; all are tightly clustered within a small (111 codon) region of the final exon. The results were further verified by identifying mutations in 8 more patients. In all the instances in which parental DNA was available, all mutations have been shown to be de novo. SRCAP is an SNF2-related chromatin-remodeling factor that serves as a coactivator for CREB-binding protein (CREBBP is the major cause of Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome). The mutations are predicted to abolish...
Source: The OMMBID Blog - January 30, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Periklis Makrythanasis Tags: _ Source Type: blogs
Educational Comics: Schizophrenia and moreEmail this article to a colleague.
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Last week, I gave a presentation about how people with mental conditions and their doctors use the web and social media at the Congress of Psychiatry and I saw a great idea when walking around after my talk. The comics book shown below (Microchip in the brain) is used for educating people dealing with schizophrenia. It guides the patient through a whole story describing the symptoms, issues at the doctor visit and other important topics.
As I checked it online, there are other great comic books focusing on different conditions. Such high quality educational materials can be a huge help both for patients and their relatives...
Source: ScienceRoll - January 30, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Dr. Bertalan Meskó Tags: Health Health 2.0 Source Type: blogs
My beautiful brush with a boy with Down SyndromeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Today at Mass there was a 3 year-old boy with Down Syndrome in the pew in front of us. When it came time to wish each other peace, every person around him got at least 2 hand shakes and words of peace. A shake and a "Peace be with you" given with a love and joy I have never seen before in a child his age. I was lucky enough for him to offer me his hand three times. I looked around at the beaming faces around me. The toothy grins, the warm hearts, the smiling eyes all fixed on this child. A child who is truly lucky to have made it out of the womb.I say this to every so-called me...
Source: Mary Meets Dolly - January 29, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Tags: Genetics Source Type: blogs
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Source: ScienceRoll - January 29, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Dr. Bertalan Meskó Tags: Medicine Source Type: blogs
The MDigital Life InterviewEmail this article to a colleague.
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Greg Matthews who is a Group Director in WCG’s interactive and social media team asked me to give him an interview about how I use social media in medicine and it is published now on WCG CommonSense. An excerpt:
When I started using twitter in 2008, I was amazed at how easy it was to connect with other folks who were beginning to think about the intersection of healthcare and social media. I’m happy to say that I am still in touch with many of those folks – Mark Hawker, John Moore, Bob Coffield, Marty Trussell, Holly Potter and Dana Lewis, to name a few. One of those twitter pioneers – and one of my firs...
Source: ScienceRoll - January 28, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Dr. Bertalan Meskó Tags: Interview Medicine Medicine 2.0 Web 2.0 Source Type: blogs
The Robot Report from CES 2012: Medical ImplicationsEmail this article to a colleague.
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I got access to the Robot Report written by Frank Tobe from the recent Consumer Electronics Show 2012. He featured many innovative and futuristic consumer robots out of which a few, I think, had real medical or health-related implications. You can download the document here. An excerpt:
Consumer robotics represented a very small part of CES but had the same combination of glitz, glamour, marvelous stuff, misrepresentation, uninspiring products and hidden gems, just like the rest of CES. Robotics Trends hosted a Robotics Tech Zone but the action was well beyond their purview because many of the companies wanted to emphasiz...
Source: ScienceRoll - January 28, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Dr. Bertalan Meskó Tags: Invention Medicine Medicine 2.0 Robotics Video Web 2.0 Source Type: blogs
Going Green: With new HHS mandate maybe Catholics should re-brand as environmentalistsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Obama Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have told Catholic institutions all across the country they must violate their conscience and provide coverage for hormonal contraceptives.The response by Catholic bishops and Catholics everywhere has been loud and proud. We know that this mandate violates our religious rights guaranteed by the Constitution. Despite our cries, it seems clear that Obama and HHS really do not care about our free exercise of religion. But I wonder if Obama and HHS care about the environment. Yes. That's right the environment. Oba...
Source: Mary Meets Dolly - January 27, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Tags: Environment Source Type: blogs
96% Of Us Are More Stressed Than Our Moms Were; Cut Yourself Some SlackEmail this article to a colleague.
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On the Today show this morning, they reported that a whopping 70% of moms in the U.S. say mothering is “incredibly stressful.” On top of that, 96% feel we are far more stressed than our own mothers were. While I can certainly relate (I am a working mom with two kids), I always find reports like that interesting, because I think they can paint a picture of us as martyrs, when in fact, we’re the ones who typically bring this stress upon ourselves. And if we would just cut ourselves some slack, we could probably alleviate a lot of this angst.
Yes, things like the economy, financial insecurities, job losses, family i...
Source: Genetics and Health - January 26, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Deborah Dunham Tags: FEEL stress Parenting prevention Relationships Source Type: blogs
Demi Moore Reportedly Hospitalized Over ‘Whip-Its’; Couldn’t She Have Just Had Some Wine?Email this article to a colleague.
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After days of rumors, reports now indicate that “whip-its” could have been the drug of choice for Demi Moore and the reason she was rushed to the hospital earlier this week. And here I thought sucking the air out of whipped cream bottles was just for teenagers to do as a cheap and stupid way of getting high when working at Ground Round or Ben & Jerry’s.
Media outlets are now claiming the actress reportedly had a seizure after inhaling nitrous oxide at her home. Known commonly as doing “whip-its,” the activity generally involves inhaling the gas from a whipped cream dispenser for a cheap, q...
Source: Genetics and Health - January 26, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Deborah Dunham Tags: FEEL mental health Demi Moore stress whip-its Source Type: blogs
At 62, Vera Wang Looks Healthy And Awesome In Harper’s BazaarEmail this article to a colleague.
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Fashion and healthy bodies don’t always get along, but in a gorgeous spread for the February edition of Harper’s Bazaar, Vera Wang is doing her darndest to merge the two. Images from the shoot displaying the 62-year-old fashion icon’s healthy, awesome-looking body have just been released, and all I can say “Damn, Vera.”
The point of the spread wasn’t to show off Wang’s muscular gams and enviable arms–it was to give the world a tour of her epic new Beverly Hills mansion. In fact, she says, she didn’t even mean to end up in the swimsuit–she’d initially envisio...
Source: Genetics and Health - January 25, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Hanna Brooks Olsen Tags: FEEL inspiration LIVE celebrities fitness self-esteem Source Type: blogs
How will I become a super hero? A kid conversation about enhancementsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Overheard in the Taylor house:Son: (with grumpy face) Mom you don't like human enhancements do you?Me: No, I don'tSon: (with even grumpier face) Then how will I become a super hero?Me: You don't need to be enhanced to be a super hero. God loves you just the way you are. It is wrong to take drugs or do other stuff to make yourself super human, especially if you are already healthy. What if someone bad gets enhanced and hurts a lot of people? Or what if only rich people can get enhanced and then make life harder for everyone else? What if it gets so that you need lots of drugs or art...
Source: Mary Meets Dolly - January 25, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Tags: Transhumanism Source Type: blogs
The roundup of twittered updates for 2012-01-25Email this article to a colleague.
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Phylogenetic relationships within Opisthokonta based on phylogenomic analyses of conserved single copy protein domains http://t.co/Hd6L1rcm #
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Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics - January 25, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Jason Stajich Tags: fungi links twitter Source Type: blogs
Demi Moore Called Paramedics To Treat Her Exhaustion; Why Didn’t Anyone See This Coming?Email this article to a colleague.
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Demi Moore was taken to a hospital by paramedics on Monday night after an emergency call, and today her rep issued a statement saying she’s being treated for exhaustion due to the stresses in her life. But after her strange interview in Harper’s Bazaar at the beginning of the year, and her ever-diminishing frame in the two months since her divorce from Ashton Kutcher, wasn’t it obvious she needed some help?
According to New York Daily News, the Los Angeles Fire Department confirmed that she’d called for help on Monday night. This afternoon, Moore’s rep issued the following explanation:
Becau...
Source: Genetics and Health - January 24, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Briana Rognlin Tags: FEEL mental health celebrities Demi Moore divorce Source Type: blogs
Psychedelic Mushrooms Reduce Brain Activity (And That’s A Good Thing)Email this article to a colleague.
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In my college days, I was no stranger to the odd hit of acid or bag of ‘shrooms, and I’ve long believed in the power of drugs like these to be therapeutic under the right circumstances. I’m reading a book right now, in fact, by Ram Dass (born Richard Alpert), a Harvard psychology professor turned yogi and spiritual leader who was part of that whole 1960s scholarly cohort (including Timothy Leary) studying psychedelics. But although serious scholars (and lay people like myself and my college friends) have been studying psychedelics for decades, no one has been quite sure just what affect they have o...
Source: Genetics and Health - January 24, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Elizabeth Nolan Brown Tags: FEEL psychiatry depression drugs hallucin health studies Source Type: blogs
Preliminary results on embryonic stem cell blindness trialEmail this article to a colleague.
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Yesterday it was reported that a human embryonic stem cell derived treatment has improved the vision in two women. From The Washington Post:For the first time, an experimental treatment made from human embryonic stem cells has shown evidence of helping someone, partially restoring sight to two people suffering from slowly progressing forms of blindness.Although the purpose of the experiment was to test the safety of stem cells injected into the eye, both patients had measurable improvement in their vision that persisted through the duration of the study, said Robert Lanza, chief scientific officer at Advanced Cel...
Source: Mary Meets Dolly - January 24, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Tags: Stem cells, Embryonic Source Type: blogs
Support for ‘Bald Barbie’ Campaign on FacebookEmail this article to a colleague.
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A Facebook campaign was launched a few weeks ago in order to urge Mattel to produce a bald version of its Barbie doll that will help children with cancer and others who have lost their hair due to illness cope with their conditions while playing. An excerpt from a recent article:
“We hope it gets the message out that being bald is beautiful and is no big deal. There’s no need to cover up,” she said.
Sypin’s own daughter is one of those children. The 12-year-old, named Kin Inich, lost her hair after chemotherapy.
Even though her daughter isn’t a huge Barbie fan, Sypin said she is excited about the idea.
“S...
Source: ScienceRoll - January 24, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Dr. Bertalan Meskó Tags: Cancer e-patient Facebook Health Health 2.0 Medicine Medicine 2.0 Web 2.0 Source Type: blogs
PharmApps: Wiki of Pharma Mobile AppsEmail this article to a colleague.
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As the PharmApps site declares, it’s good that we have more and more pharma mobile apps, but it’s becoming increasingly hard to track them and find what we need. So PharmApps aimed at creating a database of these by using proper tags and categories.
We know that in this digital age, the best feedback happens when a broad group of individuals has the ability to upload and comment on content being shared for all to use and digest. We’ve built a resource, or wiki, that, by design, will grow through the input and insight of people interested in the healthcare marketplace, mobile technologies, and apps. The PharmA...
Source: ScienceRoll - January 23, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Dr. Bertalan Meskó Tags: Mobile Pharma Web 2.0 Source Type: blogs
Can’t Stand Your Co-Worker’s Perfume? There’s A Reason For That.Email this article to a colleague.
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You know that co-worker whose perfume smells really bad? Or that friend’s house that reeks of dirty socks? If you can’t stand these smells and they give you headaches, you may not just be overly-sensitive to bad odors, you may actually suffer from a chemical intolerance.
According to a new study from psychology researcher, Linus Andersson, at Umeå University, normally our smell perceptions diminish pretty quickly after we first get a whiff of a friend’s scent of her apartment. Most people tend to notice a smell as soon as we enter the door, but then the smell goes away. For the lucky people with a chemic...
Source: Genetics and Health - January 23, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Deborah Dunham Tags: FEEL psychology brain activity hypersensitivity odors Source Type: blogs
The roundup of twittered updates for 2012-01-23Email this article to a colleague.
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Temperate Climate Niche for Cryptococcus gattii in Northern Europe http://t.co/U5VZHNAQ #
Regulatory interactionis for iron homoeostatis in Aspergillus fumigatus inferred by a Systems Biology approach http://t.co/3YRbAv6f #
Cooperation among germinating spores facilitates the growth of the fungus, Neurospora crassa http://t.co/ozIxdMDY #
Evolution of antifreeze protein genes in the diatom genus fragilariopsis: evidence for horizontal gene transfer… http://t.co/lXWOUyJp #
conserved global regulator VeA is necessary for symptom prod & mycotoxin synth in maize by Fusarium verticillioides http://t.co/R7dg7Dnq #
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Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics - January 23, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Jason Stajich Tags: fungi links twitter Source Type: blogs
Evidence that mutations in EZH2 cause Weaver syndromeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Gibson et al and Tatton-Brown K et al are reporting that enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) is the cause of Weaver syndrome. In the first case, trio-based exome sequencing looking for de novo mutations was used to analyze two families affected by Weaver syndrome, including one of the original families reported in 1974, while in the second 4 affected non-related individuals were sequenced and the result was further confirmed by identifying EZH2 mutations at 15/300 individuals with overgrowth syndromes. EZH2 encodes a member of the Polycomb-group (PcG) family which is involved in maintaining the transcriptional repres...
Source: The OMMBID Blog - January 23, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Periklis Makrythanasis Tags: Exome sequencing _ Source Type: blogs
From 9 Tablet Tips to the 15 Most Wired HospitalsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Study: For Now, Web-Based Healthcare Tools Are Mostly Ineffective
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association accents the limits of web-based health management tools that are currently available.
Dr. Bryan Vartabedian – The MDigitalLife Interview
Mobile health trends and challenges in 2012
Top 15 Hospitals are very wired
Health Populi’s Hot Points: I’ve studied the “Healthcare’s Most Wired” Health Providers from Hospitals & Health Networks and the Thomson Reuters Top 100 Hospitals for many years. It strikes me in 2012 that with meaningful use and patient engage...
Source: ScienceRoll - January 23, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Dr. Bertalan Meskó Tags: Health Health 2.0 Hospital Medicine Medicine 2.0 Web 2.0 What's on the web? Source Type: blogs
Reverberations of Roe v. WadeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Thirty-nine years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in Roe v. Wade, that the laws outlawing abortion in Texas were unconstitutional because a woman had a right to privacy, guaranteed by the Constitution. Suddenly, the unborn had no legal protection in the United States. But Roe v. Wade did not just deny legal protection to the unborn, it catapulted the United States toward all manner of unethical biotechnology.Abortion obviously produces aborted fetuses. The taboo of using aborted fetal tissue for research is not a deterrent for some researchers; such tissue is just another tool in their toolbox. M...
Source: Mary Meets Dolly - January 22, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Tags: Abortion Source Type: blogs
The Rise of the e-Patient: SlideshowEmail this article to a colleague.
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It’s always good to see the trends about the growing number and importance of e-patients. Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet Project, presented this wonderful overview of the Project’s health findings at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, CA, on January 12. (Source: ScienceRoll)
Source: ScienceRoll - January 22, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Dr. Bertalan Meskó Tags: e-patient Slideshow Web 2.0 Source Type: blogs
Nature documentary discovers pharma reps in the wild: Funniest videoEmail this article to a colleague.
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One of the funniest videos I’ve ever seen. A “nature documentary” about how pharma reps attack their prey, the doctor… (Source: ScienceRoll)
Source: ScienceRoll - January 21, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Dr. Bertalan Meskó Tags: Fun Pharma Video Source Type: blogs
Doctors 2.0 and You: Event of the year in 2012!Email this article to a colleague.
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A wonderful conference is coming up in Paris in May. The 2nd Annual Doctors 2.0 & You convenes on May 23 – 24 at the elegant Cite Universitaire in Paris. This conference will gather together international supporters of health 2.0 tools and Social Media to share ideas and practices from 5 continents. The program will examine how doctors and other healthcare providers, patients, and medical industry use social media, mobile apps and other Web 2.0 tools to connect and interact.
Please take a look at the distinguished speakers list.
I gave a prezi last year.
Topics include:
Connecting the ePatient and th...
Source: ScienceRoll - January 20, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Dr. Bertalan Meskó Tags: Conference Medicine Medicine 2.0 Web 2.0 Source Type: blogs
Top 100 Sports Medicine Social Media ChannelsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Webicina’s new Sports Medicine and Social Media collection features relevant and quality social media resources from blogs and podcasts to community sites, Youtube and Twitter accounts focusing on this specialty.
Here is my top 10 social media selection for Sports Medicine:
Dr. Howard J. Luks`s Blog (blog)
About.com Sports Medicine (blog)
Huffines Institute for Sports Medicine and Human Performance (podcast)
British Journal of Sports Medicine (blog)
National Academy of Sports Medicine (Twitter)
American College of Sports Medicine (Facebook)
Karim Khan (Twitter)
Evidence Based Medicine Guidelines – Physical...
Source: ScienceRoll - January 19, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Dr. Bertalan Meskó Tags: e-patient Health 2.0 Medicine Medicine 2.0 Sport Web 2.0 Webicina Source Type: blogs
Have you joined the Society for Participatory Medicine?Email this article to a colleague.
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The motto of the Society for Participatory Medicine:
Participatory Medicine is a movement in which networked patients shift from being mere passengers to responsible drivers of their health, and in which providers encourage and value them as full partners.
You should definitely join the Society for many reasons:
Thank you for your interest in furthering the cause of participatory medicine. Membership is open to any individual or organization who desires to further the goals of the Society for Participatory Medicine. The Society is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) public charity, so membership fees are tax deductible as allowable by l...
Source: ScienceRoll - January 19, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Dr. Bertalan Meskó Tags: e-patient Health Health 2.0 Web 2.0 Source Type: blogs
Gossiping May Be Malicious, But Here’s Why It’s Good For Our HealthEmail this article to a colleague.
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As much as we don’t like to admit it, most of us probably gossip from time to time. Learning that so-and-so just broke up with so-and-so can be too juicy to keep to ourselves, right? It’s malicious, back-stabbing and reputation-ruining, but that doesn’t stop us. And according to a new study, it might not have to. Researchers are now saying that this so-called “information sharing” can actually be good for our social and psychological health. Here’s why.
Published in this month’s Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, scientists tested “prosocial” gossip, which is...
Source: Genetics and Health - January 19, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Deborah Dunham Tags: FEEL mental health gossip Source Type: blogs
What we learn in the wombEmail this article to a colleague.
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Because human life starts well before birth, it is no surprise that human learning starts well before birth. Science is showing us that the 9 months spent inside our mother's womb is a time we take cues from our mother and her environment. Some of these cues will stay with us for our entire lives. In this fascinating TED video, Annie Murphy Paul explains: So if food is abundant in the womb then we fine tune our metabolism for a life of abundance. If food is scarce, we prepare for a life of famine. If life for mom is stressful, then we develop a sensitivity to stress preparing for a stress ...
Source: Mary Meets Dolly - January 18, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Tags: Reproductive Technologies Source Type: blogs
Yes, Even Mentally Ill Women Have Reproductive RightsEmail this article to a colleague.
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File this in the really, they can do that? category: A judge in Massachusetts tried to order a mentally ill pregnant woman to have an abortion, and thereafter be sterilized. Thankfully, an appeals court intervened.
According to the Boston Globe, the 32-year-old pregnant woman, identified by the pseudonym Mary Moe, was schizophrenic, bipolar and had been hospitalized several times. Earlier this month, judge Christina Harms declared her incompetent, and ordered her to have an abortion, even though she was Catholic and opposed it. The judge said she could be “coaxed, bribed, or even enticed” into hospital for ...
Source: Genetics and Health - January 18, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Elizabeth Nolan Brown Tags: FEEL mental health abortion health policy mental illness reproductive rights Source Type: blogs
Strange TODAY Show Story Reminds Us That “Hysteria” Is Still A ThingEmail this article to a colleague.
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Yesterday on the TODAY Show, a group of 12 teenage girls from New York discussed the sudden, bizarre onset of a Tourette’s-esque disorder that’s resulted, for no clear reason, in all of them displaying tics, twitches, and uncontrollable outbursts. And while the epidemic itself sounds strange and interesting (there’s a RadioLab about a similar outbreak), it’s the clinical diagnosis by a doctor on the show that made me pause–Conversion disorder…or mass hysteria. Really? With it’s gendered, pejorative, and non-scientific roots, that’s still a word that’s being used medic...
Source: Genetics and Health - January 18, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Hanna Brooks Olsen Tags: FEEL mental health female hysteria womens health womens-issues Source Type: blogs
How Anxiety Could Be Wrecking Your Physical HealthEmail this article to a colleague.
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Even though a reported 20% of the American population is now on mental health drugs, we still don’t talk about the related conditions and diseases nearly enough. Yes, depression makes the headlines often and people are finally becoming more open about it, but what other other mental health conditions like anxiety? That’s one that affects 40 million adults in the U.S., but do you really know what it is and how to tell if you are suffering from it? And do you know how it can affect your physical health? To find out, we consulted Dr. Catherine Ulbricht, founder of Natural Standard Research Collaboration, clinician...
Source: Genetics and Health - January 18, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Deborah Dunham Tags: FEEL mental health anxiety depression Source Type: blogs
