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West Nile virus toll tied to record high temperatures
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Infections with mosquito-borne West Nile virus have risen by 25 percent since Aug. 30 to 1,993 cases, including 87 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The high toll may be related to the record heat this summer.
High temperatures "raise the levels of virus in the mosquitoes," said Lyle R. Petersen, M.D., director of the CDC's Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, at a press conference. "So the hotter it is, the mosquitoes tend to become more infectious."
Of the 1,993 West Nile Virus cases, 1,069 (54 percent) were classified as severe enough to affect the nervous system, in some c...
Source: Consumer Reports Health Blog - September 6, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Consumer Reports News Tags: Conditions & Treatments Health Source Type: blogs
Top stories in health and medicine, September 6, 2012Email this article to a colleague.
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This series is brought to you by MedPage Today.1. Detergent Packs Look Like Candy, Tempt Tots. Ingesting liquid detergent packs used in dishwashers and washing machines is a growing problem among young children.2. Blood Sugar Levels Linked to Brain Loss. Higher blood glucose levels were associated with brain atrophy among healthy individuals in their early 60s, even when levels remained within the official normal range.3. Brain-Related Causes of Death a Risk in NFL. Football players appear to have an increased risk of dying from neurodegenerative causes, although whether that’s a result of repetitive brain trauma is ...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 6, 2012 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Kevin Tags: News Neurology Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
The science of orgasms videoEmail this article to a colleague.
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It’s all about nerve signals, dopamine and oxytocin…well…not all about that! From the Wiki entry: Orgasm is the sudden release of accumulated sexual tension during the sexual response cycle involving an intense sensation of pleasure. It is experienced by males and females and is controlled by the autonomic nervous system. The period following orgasm (the refractory period) is often a relaxing experience, attributed to the release of the neurohormones oxytocin and prolactin.
Science is sexy…
The science of orgasms video is a post from: Sciencebase Science Blog
Source: Sciencebase Science Blog - September 6, 2012 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science orgasms Source Type: blogs
Chiropractic strokeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Interesting search phrase hit the Sciencebase site today:
for how long should you be watching out for a stroke after a cheiro practioner aligns your neck?
Spelling and grammar aside, I presume the visitor was concerned about the problem of cerebral stroke that has been known to occur following manipulation of neck vertebra by a chiropractic where damage to the carotid arteries that carry blood to the brain can occur. A recent study by American neurosurgeons reported in The Guardian adds to evidence suggesting chiropractic can damage arteries supplying the brain. The NHS CHoices site provided by the UK’s National Heal...
Source: Sciencebase Science Blog - September 6, 2012 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science chiropractic stroke Source Type: blogs
Why Does My Fragrance Smell Like Vinyl?Email this article to a colleague.
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Jenny says…I am a fragrance oil hoarder lol and have purchased fragrances from many companies (like Brambleberry, Sweet Cakes, Natures Garden, etc). Most fragrances I love out of the bottle when I’m sniffing it, but oftentimes I put it into a soap or candle, I begin to smell a plastic vinyl scent. Everyone tells me that they don’t smell it, but I do and it bothers me very much. I’ve been told that I might be able to smell benzyl benzoate but I’m not really sure if that’s the problem. I hope you guys could give me some insights on what it might be.
The Right Brain responds:
Jenny, I don&#...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - September 6, 2012 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Authors: Right Brain Tags: Fragrance Source Type: blogs
Aricept - more is not betterEmail this article to a colleague.
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Public Citizen Sues FDA for Failing to Act on Request to Ban Dangerous Dose of Alzheimer’s Drug Aricept
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 5, 2012
5:51 PM
WASHINGTON - September 5 - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has dragged its feet for too long on a petition calling on the agency to stop allowing the drug Aricept to be marketed at doses that can cause severe – and even fatal – side effects, Public Citizen said in a lawsuit filed today. The suit asks the court to compel the FDA to act.
The suit follows a petition from Public Citizen in May 2011 urging the FDA to immediately remove from the market a 23 millig...
Source: PharmaGossip - September 6, 2012 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
Questions, Excuses, KrokodilEmail this article to a colleague.
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I’ve been in more of a chatty mood lately, as regular readers have likely noticed. I find it interesting that weeks will pass when I have little or nothing to say… and at other times, I have all sorts of random thoughts to discuss.Excuses first– I’ve been tinkering with ads for the past few days, and I apologize to those of you who tried to read a post while I was activating and deactivating Wordpress plug-ins. After experimenting with different colors I’ve decided that basic grayscale is the best. For those who don’t blog, ‘plug-ins’ are small, add-on programs that a...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - September 5, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: SuboxDoc Tags: Addiction Buprenorphine Drug Testing Legal Suboxone Suboxone Forum tolerance drug testing and Suboxone impaired by Suboxone krokodil effects Mayo Clinic Suboxone study Suboxone and healthcare workers workplace drug testing Source Type: blogs
Planes of the bodyEmail this article to a colleague.
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In a previous post, I addressed that initial struggle with anatomical terminology when beginning a course in anatomy & physiology. In this post, I'll pick up with another early--but essential--set of concepts: planes of the body.As with any concept of A&P, one shortcut to understanding is to connect the concept to something simple that you already know about. Let's see how that could work with anatomical body planes.For planes of the body, think of them as ways you could slice the body if you had a big giant saw like illusionists use to saw people in half.If you saw a person so that there is a top part ...
Source: The A and P Student - September 5, 2012 Category: Medical Students Tags: anatomy videos terminology free stuff lab Source Type: blogs
NFL donates $30 million to improve concussion & brain injury careEmail this article to a colleague.
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NFL donates $30 million to National Institutes of Health (press release):
“The National Football League will provide $30 million in funding for medical research to the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced today…NIH, a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and one of the world’s foremost medical research centers, will administer the NFL funding and research designed to benefit athletes and the general population, including members of the military.…Specific plans for the research will remain to be developed, but potential areas und...
Source: SharpBrains - September 5, 2012 Category: Neurologists Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Health & Wellness Alzheimers brain-injury concussions football NFL NIH Source Type: blogs
Do You Feel Deprived?Email this article to a colleague.
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By David Spero
Chronic illness takes things away from you. But diabetes can take away more than most. Do you ever feel deprived by diabetes? How do you cope with those feelings?
With my MS (multiple sclerosis), I've experienced a fair amount of loss. It's mostly mobility — I have to sit and watch other people do things I loved doing and would still like to do. First it was playing basketball, then dancing, then walking, and a bunch of other things, not all of them athletic. You may have experienced some of those losses, too.
One thing MS doesn't really take away is eating. The establishment line is that you can eat ...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - September 5, 2012 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Spero Source Type: blogs
Use Your Brain to Plan Your DayEmail this article to a colleague.
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Having a plan and working your plan is good for your brain. How do we prepare for anything? Do we really have a plan?Contributor: Jennifer ReynoldsPublished: Sep 05, 2012
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - September 5, 2012 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs
FDA Sued Over High Dosage Of Alzheimer’s MedEmail this article to a colleague.
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A public watchdog has filed a lawsuit against the FDA for allowing a high dosage of the Aricept medication for Alzheimer’s disease to remain on the market. In its suit, Public Citizen charges the pill has not demonstrated “greater efficacy than the lower doses, but has more severe — and potentially life-threatening – side effects.” Aricept, which is made by Eisai and sold by Pfizer, was approved by the agency for patients with moderate to severe Alzheimer’s.
The lawsuit comes more than a year after the watchdog filed a citizen’s petition asking the agency to ban the 23mg dose and to warn d...
Source: Pharmalot - September 5, 2012 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Alzheimers Aricept Citizens Petition Eisai FDA Pfizer Russell Katz Rusty Katz Source Type: blogs
Brain Computer Interface Powers Leg Orthosis, May Help Some Walk Again (video)Email this article to a colleague.
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Restoring walking abilities to spinal cord injury victims is a goal of many research teams around the globe, most focusing on repairing the damaged nerves and trying to find ways for nerve signals to bypass the injury site. Researchers at Long Beach Veterans Affairs Medical Center have reported in journal arXiv that they developed a walking gait orthosis that uses an EEG cap as the interface for controlling its motions. They hope that the technology will allow for a cheap, easy, and non-invasive option to getting paraplegics walking again.The system was tested with an able-bodied subject that had a few hours of training us...
Source: Medgadget - September 5, 2012 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Gene Ostrovsky Tags: Rehab Source Type: blogs
Blackjack and Cognitive EnhancementEmail this article to a colleague.
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I recently posted Criminalizing Cognitive Enhancement at the Blackjack Table to SSRN. My thanks to Larry Solum for his kind words about it. Here is the abstract: Blackjack players who “count cards” keep track of cards that have already been...
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - September 5, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Adam Kolber Source Type: blogs
Speaking truth to charting: my column in September’s EM NewsEmail this article to a colleague.
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http://journals.lww.com/em-news/Fulltext/2012/09000/Second_Opinion__Speak_Truth_to_Charting.7.aspx
I remember a short lecture I received in my medical officer’s course, as I joined the Air National Guard around 1988. The room was full of young medical students, physicians, nurses and other health-care folks who were beginning their service. The topic was appropriate documentation in the medical record.
Among the notable examples of what not to do was this gem, written by a medical officer about another officer’s wife: ‘The patient is a contemptuous bitch.’ This was...
Source: edwinleap.com - September 5, 2012 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Edwinlea Tags: EM News column emergency medicine encouragement for doctors faith medical education medical policy medicine in general Physician wellness Source Type: blogs
St. Ives Timeless Skin Moisturizer: Look at the LabelEmail this article to a colleague.
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There’s a new contender on the list of Amazon.com’s top ten best selling beauty products: St. Ives Timeless Skin Collagen and Elastin moisturizer. Let’s look at the label…
St. Ives Timeless Skin Ingredients
Water (Aqua)
Dual action ingredient-it acts as a solvent for other materials and provides the dose of moisture to skin.
Mineral Oil (Paraffinum Liquidum)
Very powerful occlusive agents which means it locks moisture in skin.
Propylene Glycol
Helps control texture of the lotion and binds moisture to skin.
PEG-100 Stearate, Glyceryl Stearate
Two non-ionic emulsifiers that allow oil and water soluble...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - September 5, 2012 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Authors: Mid Brain Tags: Questions Source Type: blogs
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This study suggests that eating a moderate amount of other types of chocolate could also be beneficial in men."However, a lot more research is needed and these results should not be used as an excuse for men to eat chocolate as an alternative to regular exercise or eating a healthy diet to reduce their risk of stroke."The authors of the study warned of the high sugar and fat content of chocolate."It should be consumed in moderation," they said.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19402143
Source: Dr Portnay - September 5, 2012 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr Portnay Source Type: blogs
MY Computer Crashed, Big ProblemEmail this article to a colleague.
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Right now I am out in the Blue Nowhere.
By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room
I had a major computer crash and I am assuming that my hard drive is corrupted.
The first place I took my computer too wanted to keep it for 3-5 days. The second place didn't have an adapter so they couldn't put a monitor or it to check.
So right now I am out of business.
For those of you that emailed offering to volunteer or help please bear with me for a few days, I will contact you when I can.
In the meantime, you can use the search box on the right to search the knowledge base for information. For fun put in WayBac, Dotty, or ...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - September 5, 2012 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs
On α-synuclein and NeurodegenerationEmail this article to a colleague.
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In recent years a build up of α-synuclein has been shown to be important in some neurodegenerative conditions: "The discovery of α-synuclein has had profound implications concerning our understanding of
Source: Fight Aging! - September 5, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Coping with a Loved One with Alzheimer’s and Related DisordersEmail this article to a colleague.
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By Max Wallack
Alzheimer's Reading Room
Alzheimer's is a growing worldwide problem. Below, I have posted an invitation from Alzheimer's Aruba to a conference they are having for caregivers.
You are cordially invited to participate in a 4-day Workshop on Art therapies with Professor Dr. Robert Winter (North Carolina, USA) and Professor Dr. Victor Fuenmayor (Estado Zulia, Venezuela).
Don't Miss this opportunity to learn from the experts in communication with the Person with Alzheimer's or related disorders.
The emphasis of this 4 day workshop is “how caregivers can cope with the emotional processes, in his/her indivi...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - September 5, 2012 Category: Dementia Authors: Max Wallack Source Type: blogs
Why teens should have their music and sports lessons in the eveningEmail this article to a colleague.
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While you sleep your brain learns. Research with rats has shown how they rehearse maze-routes in their brains whilst they're dozing. And human research has demonstrated that learned material is better recalled after a sound sleep as opposed to a disturbed night. But what hasn't been looked at before now is the optimum time to leave between learning and sleeping.
A team led by Johannes Holz has done just that, finding that "procedural learning" (practice at the kind of skill that you do, rather than talk about) is more effective right before sleep. Learning factual material, by contrast, (dependent on "declarative memory")...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - September 5, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Christian Jarrett Source Type: blogs
Feminist Dopamine, Conscious Vaginas, and the Goddess ArrayEmail this article to a colleague.
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Does the Vagina Have a Consciousness?Naomi Wolf, the famous feminist author and activist, asks that precise question in her new book, Vagina: A New Biography. At first glance, it strikes me as an uneasy balance of sex confessional, self-help, pop neuroscience, and new age goddess yoni worship.1 Could a profound connection between a woman’s brain and her experience of her vagina affect her greater sense of creativity—even her consciousness? In her provocative and important new book, ... bestselling author of The Beauty Myth Naomi Wolf argues that this connection is not only real—and long-overlooked—but that it is fu...
Source: The Neurocritic - September 5, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Neurocritic Source Type: blogs
Seven Steps to Deep Breathing for RelaxationEmail this article to a colleague.
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How to Relax Using Deep Breathing Techniques
- Anxiety, stress, and other mental health issues have an impact on our body functions, and vice versa. By learning skills to control breathing, you can affect your mental state and learn to cope with emotions more effectively.
Using Videojug’s professionally produced how-to video format, this brief and simple seven step guide demonstrates a deep breathing technique that’s a valuable addition to your wellness toolkit.
Full transcript included.
Source: Channel N - September 4, 2012 Category: Neurologists Authors: sandra at psychcentral.com (Sandra Kiume) Tags: All Documentary Online education anxiety brain breathing relaxation stress transcript tutorial video Source Type: blogs
More Thumbs-Up for SharpBrains Virtual SummitEmail this article to a colleague.
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“The annual SharpBrains Virtual Summit is a convenient and surprisingly compelling forum for catching up on applied cognitive research from leaders in the field and for helping shape future brain health care.” — Dr. Yaakov Stern, Cognitive Neuroscience Division Leader, Columbia University.
“The summit is a great place to learn about the latest developments in technology for cognitive and brain health and wellness. Plus the water cooler chats are a very efficient way to connect with other people in the field leading to some very important local, national and international opportu...
Source: SharpBrains - September 4, 2012 Category: Neurologists Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Brain-health cognitive-health SharpBrains Summit Source Type: blogs
View medical apps with caution, just like any new medical deviceEmail this article to a colleague.
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Doctors of my generation have experienced dramatic changes in the way we access the information we need to care for patients. As a medical student 15 years ago, my “peripheral brain” consisted of fat textbooks sitting on office bookshelves or smaller, spiral-bound references stuffed into the bulging pockets of my lab coat. As a doctor-in-training, I replaced those bulky references with programs loaded onto PDAs. Today, smartphone apps allow health professionals at all levels to access the most up-to-date medical resources such as drug references, disease-risk calculators, and clinical guidelines—anytime, anyw...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 4, 2012 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Kevin Tags: Tech Primary care Source Type: blogs
What are the campaign teams really up to?Email this article to a colleague.
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In presidential elections, there are only a small number of uncommitted voters who could be persuaded by campaign tactics, so increasing the turnout of a candidate's base—getting existing supporters to actually go to the polls to vote—is extremely important. In a close election, targeted application of research findings can make the difference between winning and losing. The presenter in the video below is Todd Rogers, a psychologist who does political behavior research at the Harvard Kennedy School. The first 35...
Source: Dr. X's Free Associations - September 4, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: DrX Tags: Front Page neuroscience Psychology & Psychoanalysis Source Type: blogs
The Truth About CurlsEmail this article to a colleague.
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You hear all the time about how social media is changing the way businesses work. But here’s a real-life example of how one beauty company, Paul Mitchell, is changing how they make and market new products using social media to gain input from their target audience.
Old school product development
In the not so recent past here’s how beauty companies got ideas for new products: they would sit in a room with a bunch of marketers and advertising agencies (and if they were lucky a few R&D people.) They would then brainstorm new product ideas. Depending on the resources of the company, they would then test a few ...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - September 4, 2012 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Authors: Mid Brain Tags: Questions Source Type: blogs
Personal Survival and Swimming Against the Cultural CurrentsEmail this article to a colleague.
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I'm a first things first sort of a person. A tremendous amount of work remains on any path that leads to the creation of rejuvenation biotechnology capable of reversing aging - especially if we want to it arrive before we die of old age - so expending a lot of effort on thinking about what happens afterwards doesn't strike me as helpful. That said, it can't hurt to glance ahead here and there in order to anticipate the next array of possible challenges and endeavors.
So this is one of those short glances, focused on the narrow issue of swimming upstream against the culture of our time - which is a great deal more work and...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 4, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Of Interest Source Type: blogs
When Bayed To ComeEmail this article to a colleague.
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She didn't know me. She didn't even know my name. Yet the stethoscope and gray coat somehow crashed through her tangled demented brain alerting her that I was a physician. She sat enthroned in a wheel chair across from the charting station at the nursing home. Her clothes were spattered with dried food, remnants of a half eaten breakfast. Like Medusa, her eyes shot daggers, petrifying me.
She waited anxiously for the nurse to leave the station before spewing her venom
Doctor! Doctor! Why don't you help me?
I looked at my watch. It was only a few minutes before my ...
Source: In My Humble Opinion - September 4, 2012 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Jordan Grumet Source Type: blogs
Same Ol' Story... Hooray?Email this article to a colleague.
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(Same Ol' Story is a great Cyndi Lauper song, although the chorus is actually Same Ol' F--cking Story, which makes it way more fun to sing along to. That was the original title of this post too but I edited as that seemed like asking for trouble. Oh, and obligatory copyright disclaimer below if you're an attorney with a mean streak.)
So labor day weekend has come and gone, summer is over, and for many people this may mean going back to old familiar routines. The party's over! After various adventures, vacations, celebrations, and a multitude of both reasonable and ridiculous excuses for doing things we might n...
Source: Cranky Fitness - September 4, 2012 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: J Graham Source Type: blogs
Stem Cell Transplant Restores Feeling After Spinal InjuryEmail this article to a colleague.
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Via the New Scientist: "For the first time, people with broken spines have recovered feeling in previously paralysed areas after receiving injections of neural stem cells. Three people with paralysis received injections of 20 million neural stem cells directly into the injured region of their spinal cord. The cells, acquired from donated fetal brain tissue, were injected between four and eight months after the injuries happened. The patients also received a temporary course of immunosuppressive drugs to limit rejection of the cells. None of the three felt any sensation below their nipples before the treatment. Six months a...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 4, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
The Future Does Not Include Brain PrivacyEmail this article to a colleague.
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I hear Mick Jagger singing "these days its all secrecy, no privacy". Do not take for granted the privacy of your own thoughts. A team of security researchers from Oxford, UC Berkeley, and the University of Geneva say that they were able to deduce digits of PIN numbers, birth months, areas of residence and other personal information by presenting 30 headset-wearing subjects with images of ATM machines, debit cards, maps, people, and random numbers in a series of experiments. Imagine how an interrogation system could be constructed to show assorted pieces of information along with questions in order to measure how the brain reacts....
Source: FuturePundit - September 4, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Randall Parker Tags: Brain Surveillance Source Type: blogs
A Mortal Battle with Four Hour MedicineEmail this article to a colleague.
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aka To Err is Human 003A Post in 2 parts…Act 1: The Existential Installment. Act 2: The Clinical Section. WITH a cliffhanger.The SceneThe heartland of the four hour rule, a tertiary emergency department trauma centre, showcased the world over for its early and aggressive adoption of the four hour target, where overseers donning clipboards are omnipresent, moderately feared and powerful.It is 2330h on a weeknight, and the ED is slopping at the sides it is so full. There is a constant drone of noise and action, in an attempt to get the occupants out of the department, either to a ward, or to their own dwellings. All a...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - September 3, 2012 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Michelle Johnston Tags: Clinical Case Clinical Interpretation Emergency Medicine Featured 4 hour rule cognitive error Four Hour Rule human error pat crosskerry renal failure vomiting Source Type: blogs
"Ideals of Student Excellence and Enhancement"Email this article to a colleague.
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Discussions about the permissibility of students using enhancements in education are often framed by the question, “Is a student...
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - September 3, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
Are You Tired and Don’t Even Know It?Email this article to a colleague.
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I recently wrote about what to do if you are tired and the next day an important revelation occurred to me about this.
I think many of us are tired and we don’t recognize it.
Before we can address being tired, what I like to call “low energy,” we need to be able to recognize this state. So what’s the big deal about being tired?
Simply put, most of the world’s problems stem from someone being tired and not doing their best when faced with challenges. The ripple effect then takes place and the problems multiply.
If you can manage your energy, you can control t...
Source: Life Learning Today - September 3, 2012 Category: Life Coaches Authors: AgentSully Tags: Emotions Healthy Living Personal Development Productivity Solving Problems energy feeling tired low energy need more energy rest sleep Source Type: blogs
Cyclocreatine for therapy of creatine transporter deficiencyEmail this article to a colleague.
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The second most common cause of X-linked mental retardation is the deficiency of creatine transporter (encoded by SLC6A8), which leads to speech and language disorders with severe cognitive impairment. This syndrome is caused by cerebral creatine deficiency. Kurosawa et al. have treated the Slc6a8–/y mice with cyclocreatine, a creatine analog which is more susceptible to passive transport across membranes (including blood-brain-barrier) and has been already investigated in humans. In contrast to placebo or creatine treated animals, cyclocreatine treated Slc6a8–/y mice showed detectable levels of brain cyclocreatine and...
Source: The OMMBID Blog - September 3, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Nicola Brunetti-Pierri Tags: Part 21: MEMBRANE TRANSPORT DISORDERS Treatment Source Type: blogs
Therapy in Virtual Environments - Clinical and Ethical IssuesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusions: Ethical and legal issues in virtual environments are similar to those that occur in the in-person world. Individuals represented by an avatar have the rights equivalent to the individual and should be treated as such.
Source: Positive Technology Journal - September 3, 2012 Category: Technology Consultants Tags: Cybertherapy Ethics of technology Virtual worlds Source Type: blogs
Nonhumans, microbiomes, and brain scans in MilwaukeeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Myself and Adam Bencard will be heading off to Milwaukee at the end of September for the 26th Annual Meeting of the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA).
The theme for this year is ‘nonhuman’, chiming with many of the projects at Medical Museion that take a humanistic and material approach to medical objects and the scientific disciplines that engage them:
From its inception, SLSA has distinguished itself from other humanistic scholarly societies through its sustained interest in the nonhuman. Not only does SLSA concern itself with nonhuman actants like tools, bodies, networks, animals, climate, media,...
Source: Biomedicine on Display - September 3, 2012 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Louise Whiteley Tags: abstracts art and biomed art and science conferences material studies medical humanities Source Type: blogs
NMNAT1 mutations cause Leber congenital amaurosisEmail this article to a colleague.
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Falk et al, Chiang et al, Perrault et al, Koenekopp et al are reporting independently in Nat Genetics the identification of NMNAT1 as cause for an autosomal recessive form Leber Congenital Amaurosis(LCA) and all individuals with NMNAT1 mutations also had macular colobomas, due to severe degeneration of the central retina. NMNAT1 is the gene linked to the LCA9 locus. NMNAT1 is the nuclear isoform of nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase and the mutations identified were shown to reduce the enzymatic activity. Drosophila nmnat has a neuroprotective role and but it is not clear if LCA is caused by the reduction in ...
Source: The OMMBID Blog - September 3, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Periklis Makrythanasis Tags: _ Source Type: blogs
Uni of Melbourne critiques impactednurse.comEmail this article to a colleague.
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A big welcome to the post graduate emergency nursing students from the University of Melbourne.
As part of their course the students are looking at the use of social media related to healthcare and nursing practice.
They have been given a link to this site (and a few others), and they are on their way over to evaluate it, critique it and hold it up to the Royal College of Nursing Australia RCNA social media guidelines.
This from the RCNA guidelines:
Social media is a revolutionary way to participate in developments and be informed of breaking news, events, discussions and discoveries that affect you. The question is not wh...
Source: impactEDnurse - September 3, 2012 Category: Nurses Authors: impactEDnurse Tags: reflective practice. Source Type: blogs
We’re “Anti-Vaxers” Because We Don’t Have a ChoiceEmail this article to a colleague.
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Newborn babies are often injected with a vaccine within hours of being born by aggressive nurses.
The line has been drawn. There are pro-vaxers on one side and anti-vaxers on the other.
Let’s look at each side. The website, ProCon [1], sums it up pretty well.
PRO-VAXERS
All children should be vaccinated according to the AAP schedule.
There should be no exemptions because unvaccinated children risk public health.
Vaccines prevent serious illnesses and death and have, throughout history, eradicated diseases.
Vaccines are 90 to 99 percent effective. If a vaccinated child does get a disease, it’s milder and less serious...
Source: vactruth.com - September 3, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Jennifer Hutchinson Tags: Jennifer Hutchinson Top Stories Bill Gates Conflicts of Interest Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) Vaccine Safety vaccine schedule vaccines Source Type: blogs
Autumn 2012 Has Brought GlimmersEmail this article to a colleague.
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September and October 2012 have seen signs of more positive attitudes to employment and the state of the UK economy than have previously been in evidence.Economic experts have been predicting that a UK return to growth is imminent while the monthly unemployment statistics have been showing steady improvement.The Office for National statistics has just released the most recent figures for the three months to August 2012 which showed that a further 50,000 people found work and the numbers of people in work now at their highest level since records were first begun in 1971.The REC (Recruitment and Employment Confederation) als...
Source: My Act of Combating Neurobigotry - September 3, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: bambang arie Source Type: blogs
Volunteers and Help Needed for Alzheimer's Reading RoomEmail this article to a colleague.
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The simple facts are I need some help. And now finally, I am in a position to ask for help and accept help.
By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room
If possible, I would like to identify people that can and would help me to move the Alzheimer's Reading Room forward.
There is just to much to do and I can no longer handle it on my own.
If you are interested in volunteering, please send me an email and we can try and get the ball rolling.
Volunteer to Help ARR
You can volunteer for a specific task, or just to help. All help is appreciated.
The list of things I need to get done is long. Today lets focus on Facebook ...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - September 3, 2012 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs
A blast from the past: Plasmodium, plastids, phylogeny, and reproducibilityEmail this article to a colleague.
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A few days ago I got an email from a colleague who I had not seen in many years. It was from Malcolm Gardner who worked at TIGR when I was there and is now at Seattle Biomed.
His email was related to the 2002 publication of the complete genome sequence of Plasmodium falciparum - the causative agent of most human malaria cases - for which he was the lead author. Someone had emailed Malcolm asking if he could provide details about the settings used in the blast searches that were part of the evolutionary analyses of the paper. The paper is freely available at Nature - at l...
Source: The Tree of Life - September 3, 2012 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs
GrandPa Do You Know Who I Am RevisitedEmail this article to a colleague.
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GrandPa Do You Know Who I Am tells five stories of children, ages 6-15, who are coping with grandfathers or grandmothers suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room
The Alzheimer's Project
September is World Alzheimer's month.
Last night as I was surfing HBO and ran across a rebroadcast of GrandPa Do You Know Who I Am.
I had forgotten how wonderful and how much impact this film had on me when I first watched it.
I am going to recommend that you watch it when you have the time.
I also believe you should share the link to this page to anyone in the Alzheimer's community that has c...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - September 3, 2012 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs
Cleveland Clinic researchers investigating potential drug for treatment of Alzheimer's diseaseEmail this article to a colleague.
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The compound MDA7 induced beneficial immune responses that limited the development of Alzheimer's disease. Treatment with the compound restored cognition, memory and synaptic plasticity.
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A compound developed to treat neuropathic pain has shown potential as an innovative treatment for Alzheimer's disease, according to a study by researchers at Cleveland Clinic's Lerner Research Institute and Anesthesiology Institute.
"Cleveland Clinic dedicated two years of research into the examination of this compound and our findings show it could represent a novel therapeutic target in the treatment of Alz...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - September 3, 2012 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs
Well, *that's* never happened before.Email this article to a colleague.
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Friends and neighbors, I got my ass kicked on Monday.And when I say I got my ass kicked, I mean I got my ass kicked.Let me explain: there are a number of unfortunate things that can happen to make a normally nice, cheerful person batshit insane. Things like drug abuse, encephalopathy, encephalitis, vasculits, meningitis, strokes in unusual places, tumors--you get the idea. There's a lot of stuff out there that can hit your brain in such a way that your personality does a one-eighty, but most of those things are very, very rare indeed.When they hit you, though. . .wow.Granddaddy came in with a few personality changes and so...
Source: Head Nurse - September 3, 2012 Category: Nurses Authors: Jo Source Type: blogs
Alzheimer’s Study Focused on Cognitively Superior BrainsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Sometimes it not only just
feels good to focus on the positive - it can be good science. Emily Rogalski,
an assistant professor in cognitive neurology at Northwestern
University Chicago
Source: Minding Our Elders - September 3, 2012 Category: Caregivers Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
