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A Couple of Articles on Plastination
Plastination is the basis for a possible technology platform that might compete with the low-temperature vitrification used in cryonics. In both cases the goal is to preserve the mind after death by preserving the fine structure of brain tissue - in which the data of the brain is encoded. This is the only chance at a longer life in the future available to those folk who will age to death because they are presently too old to wait out the near future of rejuvenation biotechnology. Cryopreservation requires ongoing low-temperature storage whereas plastination does not. Both involve infusing tissues with chemicals, meaning t...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 17, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Of Interest Source Type: blogs

On Being a Quitter
I was originally going to title this: "Dead Horses... When to Stop Beating Them." But then I thought, do I really want to encourage people who are googling "dead horses" to find us here, where we prefer our horsies not dead and, in fact, frisky and rarin' to go? Oh, and sporting wings if possible. Plus I also wanted to offer a nod over in Rick Hanson's direction, since he's a constant source inspiration, and watching one of his recent "Just One Minute" videos on accepting the limits of your influence was the impetus for this post. Plus Rick is moderating what looks to be a very cool, FREE online seminar in Octo...
Source: Cranky Fitness - September 17, 2012 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs

'Neuroethics, Neuroeducation, and Classroom Teaching: Where the Brain Sciences Meet Pedagogy"
Neuroethics, Neuroeducation, and Classroom Teaching: Where the Brain Sciences Meet Pedagogy by Mariale Hardiman, Luke Rinne, Emma Gregory and Julia Yarmolinskaya has been published in the most recent issue of Neuroethics: Abstract The popularization of neuroscientific ideas about learning—sometimes legitimate,...
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - September 16, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs

"Extending Legal Rights to Social Robots"
Recently Posted to SSRN: "Extending Legal Rights to Social Robots" We Robot Conference, University of Miami, April 2012 KATE DARLING, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - MIT Media Laboratory People tend to anthropomorphize robots that interact with humans on a...
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - September 16, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs

Nursing a Broken Heart? These 12 Tips Could Help
“To fall in love is awfully simple, but to fall out of love is simply awful,” (said Bess Myerson) — especially if you are the one who wanted the relationship to last. But you can’t simply choose to stop loving — it just isn’t an option. “When those you love deeply reject you, leave you, or die, your heart will be broken. But that should not hold you back from loving deeply. The pain that comes from deep love makes your love ever more fruitful,” writes author Henri Nouwen. But how do we get beyond the pain? Here are 12 tips I’ve gathered from experts and from conversatio...
Source: World of Psychology - September 16, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: General Happiness Relationships Bess Myerson Broken Heart Conversations Crack Emptiness Fall In Love God grief Heart Broken Henri Nouwen Intense Pain Job Pangs Sadness Severe Depression Simple Fact Stronghold Traffi Source Type: blogs

Beauty Science News – September 16
It’s been another great week for beauty science news stories… Would you use umbilical cord serum for your skin? (Ewwww.) Laser resurfacing treatments can tighten skin. Zinc pills make Botox last 25% longer. (Color me skeptical on this one.) L’Oreal “gene boosting” claims are nailed by FDA. (I love it when the government stops cosmetics from making bogus drug claims!) Pollia condensata berries are shinier than any other living thing. (How long before someone puts these in an eye shadow or hair shine product?)
Source: thebeautybrains.com - September 16, 2012 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Authors: Mid Brain Tags: Questions Source Type: blogs

Post Operative Cognitive Decline, Alzheimer's, After Surgery
This study described below suggests that in the setting of a vulnerable brain, the cognitive deficits after surgery might be irreversible. Subscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading Room Email: Surgery Has a More Profound Effect than Anesthesia on Brain Pathology and Cognition in Alzheimer's Animal Mode A year ago, researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania reported that Alzheimer's pathology, as reflected by cerebral spinal fluid biomarkers, might be increased in patients after surgery and anesthesia. However, it is not clear whether the anesthetic drugs or the surgical proced...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - September 16, 2012 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, September 17th 2012
Discussion - Latest Headlines from Fight Aging! - Vote for SENS Foundation at Chase Community Giving - Spurring Regeneration of Axons in Spinal Injury - Struggling With the Separation of Aging and Disease - Reversing Deafness Caused by Nerve Cell Damage - How to Interpret Life Expectancy Numbers - Prostate Cancer Stem Cells Identified - Growing Ears to Order - Investigating the Mechanisms of Atherosclerosis - T...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 16, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

A Good Daughter Knows
I was feeling so alone and really believed I was the only person in the world dealing with dementia, but I did the best I could. By Olga Brunner Late summer, 1997 I arrived in Florida when I found that I could no longer care for mom from a distance. Her dementia and diabetes were out of control and she needed a daughter . Now, caregiving is not meant for everyone and as we all know, there are some very god sons out there as well. Be that as it may, I began my indoctrination into the world of memory loss, repetitiveness, medications management, and doctor appointments. Subscribe to the Alzheimer's R...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - September 16, 2012 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs

Study Shows Rate of Mental Decline in Elders After Hospital Stay Doubles
Years back, my dad came out of the hospital with severe, irreversible dementia. True, he’d had brain surgery
Source: Minding Our Elders - September 16, 2012 Category: Caregivers Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs

Neurobollocks
From the New Statesman Your brain on pseudoscience: the rise of popular neurobollocksBy Steven PooleNew Statesman06 September 2012 "The “neuroscience” shelves in bookshops are groaning. But are the works of authors such as Malcolm Gladwell and Jonah Lehrer just self-help books dressed up in a lab coat?" Read the article
Source: BrainBlog - September 15, 2012 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs

RIP, Thomas Szasz, Pioneering Psychiatry Critic
Thomas Szasz, M.D. died on September 8, 2012 at the ripe old age of 92. He was a pioneer in the field of making us rethink what we mean when we say someone is “mentally ill.” Is it really a purely physical disease, or is it part physical, part social construct? And if it’s partly a social construct (and, to be honest, it is), it must be subjective. We’ve all simply agreed that this set of symptoms = mental illness. Keep in mind that his theories were based with our knowledge of mental illness in the 1950s and 1960s — a time when our understanding of mental illness was truly in its infancy. At ...
Source: World of Psychology - September 15, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M. Grohol, PsyD Tags: General Mental Health and Wellness Policy and Advocacy Psychiatry 1950s 1960s 1980s Absurdity Budget Cuts Deinstitutionalization Movement Infancy Interference Manlius New York Mental Disorders Mental Illness Obituary Percep Source Type: blogs

Article: Neuro-Revolution webinars
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Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - September 15, 2012 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs

A Painful Question (Gunkel)
Even though the fate of the machine, from Descartes forward was intimately coupled with that of the animal, only the animal (and only some animals, at that) has qualified for any level of ethical consideration. And this exclusivity has been...
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - September 15, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: David Gunkel Source Type: blogs

How Kathryn Tristan Overcame Her Anxiety – And You Can Too!
Research scientist and author Kathryn Tristan was unable to fly or leave her hometown for over 20 years. But after working from the inside out, as she puts it, Tristan was able to move past her overwhelming anxiety and panic. Through the use of specific techniques, she’s been able to quell them and lead a fulfilling life. Below, Tristan, who’s also author of the forthcoming book Why Worry? Stop Coping and Start Living (available December 4, 2012), reveals the four strategies that have helped her overcome anxiety and worry. * * * I discovered four key strategies or steps to overcoming my fears and worries. I call t...
Source: World of Psychology - September 15, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Anxiety and Panic Brain and Behavior Disorders General Interview Mental Health and Wellness Phobia Research Self-Esteem Self-Help Anxiety Panic Anxiety Research Chai Chains Challenges Comfort Zone Conscious Mind Core Conc Source Type: blogs

How to Jumpstart Your Personal Development to Mind-Blowing Results
What is Personal Development? I found my very own definition for personal development. For me, personal development is the continuous progression of personal growth by expanding my self-awareness and improving my personal skills. But where do I really have to start, what is the most important thing that would take me the furthest? And what is the best first step? I really thought long and hard about that, tried a lot, read all the books and listened to all the talks. In essence, I think I found my most important steps that lead to optimal personal development: Being Ready: The Willingness to Change I soon noticed: nothing...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - September 15, 2012 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Myrko Thum Tags: self improvement goal setting personal development pickthebrain self awareness Source Type: blogs

Should I Pat my Face with Water Before Applying Oil?
Ida inquires: In another beauty-related forum, I read the following claim (from a member, not an “expert”) about applying a face oil: “Make sure your face and your hands are slightly damp when applying the oil. Rub the oil between your hands to emulsify slightly, then pat it on your face and massage it in. The oil will help trap the water in. ” Is this true? Can the skin really absorb water this way? And if so, is it beneficial in any way? The Right Brain responds: The quick answer is: it won’t hurt but it won’t really help much either. How moisturizers work The main moisturizing functi...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - September 15, 2012 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Authors: Right Brain Tags: Beauty Myth Busting Moisturizers Source Type: blogs

Alzheimer's and Dementia News 153
The latest Alzheimer's news and Dementia news from the Alzheimer's Reading Room, Alzheimer's Reading Room When Mom has Alzheimer’s, time is the essence -- UT SanDiego She calls it “mommy-sitting,” which is a very sweet term for the toughest job of Natalie Hamill’s life. Bitter irony of Alzheimer's for Nobel laureate Marquez as his symptoms mimic masterpiece -- The Guardian The family of Gabriel García Márquez said this year that the Colombian Nobel laureate had been suffering Alzheimer's disease for some time. In One Hundred Years of Solitude, Márquez writes about a plague in the Pueblo of Mirrors that aff...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - September 15, 2012 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs

Restless legs, heart disease link still murky
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE88D1E920120914?irpc=932 Restless legs, heart disease link still murky By Frederik JoelvingNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Researchers have found a link between restless legs syndrome and future heart disease in women, suggesting people with the strange condition may want to be extra careful about protecting their tickers.But the new findings contradict earlier studies, and one expert said it's too early to be alarmed."The evidence to date is not really convincing enough to go out to the public and say, 'If you have restless legs, you should be concerned about heart dise...
Source: Dr Portnay - September 15, 2012 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr Portnay Source Type: blogs

Healthline 25 Best Alzheimer's Blogs of 2012
Alzheimer's Reading Room listed #1 in the 25 Best Alzheimer's and Health Blogs of 2012 By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer's Reading Room Healthline listed the Alzheimer's Reading Room first in the list of best Alzheimer's blogs of 2012. I wasn't that surprised. The blog they listed number two did surprise me. Alzheimer's Front Row (AFR). Why you ask? The AFR is one of the companion blogs of the Alzheimer's Reading Room. Subscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading Room Email: Here is what Healthline said about the Alzheimer's Reading Room. Alzheimer’s Reading Room The Alzheimer’s Reading Room is what it ...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - September 15, 2012 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs

Hospital Stay Can Prove Fatal for People with Alzheimer’s
Last April, the journal Neurology
Source: Minding Our Elders - September 15, 2012 Category: Caregivers Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs

Mapping the Brain To Better Enhance and Treat the Mind
Neuroscience mapping brain connections (Los Angeles Times): "The Human Connectome Project, a $40-million endeavor funded by the National Institutes of Health, aims to plot these connections — both their structure and their function. "It's basically a Manhattan Project to try to establish the wiring diagram," Koroshetz says…The quest began in the late 1990s, when Mayberg and her colleagues started scanning the brains of people with depression, treating them and scanning them again to look for changes in brain activity. The hope was to pinpoint the neural circuits involved in the disorder, and eventually they hit the bul...
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - September 14, 2012 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs

Catching my daughter's vision
Amy painted this, of the Jesus who has visited her thrice, for my office at work Everything is focused in, fine detail, microscopic, onto this image she portrayed to me, her yellow-haired Jesus with the blue clothes and the glowing feet; her angel with spiky orange hair and the wings that don't fly and whole face that smiles. I dream of it, down to the cross-hatch of the linen of those blue clothes, to the strands of that yellow hair, to the burnt-umber orange of the angel's coif. It passes through my prayers as I beg for no more seizures, beg peace for a nervous system taught and tripping. I try to focus on that imag...
Source: Turquoise Gates - September 14, 2012 Category: Cancer Tags: seizures seizure cluster vision God's presence God of all comfort Amelia amy Jesus facing God God meets me here Source Type: blogs

Those Shoes
By BirdStrike M.D. Some cases burn into your brain like a hot branding iron, for whatever reason, and never really leave. This was one of those cases. One hectic morning before my shift, my wife and I rushed around the house trying to get our kids ready for school. On this day, my daughter was to go on a field trip where the teachers would walk the kids through the city to the local park to study the small oasis of nature in the “concrete jungle”. Before such field trips I would always wonder, how the teachers can corral all those little kids safely through such a crazy city, crossing such busy st...
Source: WhiteCoat's Call Room - September 14, 2012 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Birdstrike Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

The Journey of Ewing Sarcoma
It was warm outside and within his high school’s walls, but Ben shivered. Rosh Hashanah—the new year—is approaching, and I get this? he thought, longing to time warp to the following September to bypass the intense cancer treatment ahead of him. Ben’s life had become a whirlwind: doctors, so many of them, some called “fellows” which he guessed meant that they were nice; painless tests in cylinders and in rooms where the technician refused to remain; painful tests with needles; vials to collect his blood, pee, and semen. Now just two days before beginning treatment Ben sat in his school library, void of the ...
Source: I've Still Got Both My Nuts: A True Cancer Blog - September 14, 2012 Category: Cancer Tags: cancer-free anniversary imaginative animals Source Type: blogs

Biomarkers for AD Alzheimer’s Disease
Bateman et al. performed a prospective, longitudinal study about Autosomal dominant Alzheimer’s disease. 128 participants went through baseline clinical and cognitive assessments, brain imaging, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and blood tests. Cross-sectional analyses of baseline data in relation to estimated years from expected symptom onset were conducted in order to determine the relative order and magnitude of pathophysiological changes. Marker Timing with respect to symptoms onset decline in CSF amyloid-beta (Aβ)42 25 years before expected symptom onset Aβ deposition, as measured by PET 15 years Increas...
Source: The OMMBID Blog - September 14, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Yannis Trakadis Tags: Part 28: NEUROGENETICS Source Type: blogs

Can cholesterol-lowering statin drugs cause memory problems?
Several recent press articles indicate possible ill effects of statin drugs on the brain, especially with regard to cognitive capabilities. As an 86-year-old male, generally in good health, but taking 20 mg of simvastatin daily, what should I know about this, even before discussing it with my physician? A: All cholesterol-lowering medications called statins, including the one you take, simvastatin (Zocor and generic), can rarely cause memory loss. That's according to the Food and Drug Administration, which added that risk to the package insert label of statins earlier this year in February. The memory risk warning is b...
Source: Consumer Reports Health Blog - September 14, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Consumer Reports News Tags: Ask the Pharmacist Drugs Health Source Type: blogs

Mapping the Brain To Better Enhance and Treat the Mind
Neuroscience mapping brain connections (Los Angeles Times): “The Human Connectome Project, a $40-million endeavor funded by the National Institutes of Health, aims to plot these connections — both their structure and their function. “It’s basically a Manhattan Project to try to establish the wiring diagram,” Koroshetz says…The quest began in the late 1990s, when Mayberg and her colleagues started scanning the brains of people with depression, treating them and scanning them again to look for changes in brain activity. The hope was to pinpoint the neural circuits involved in the disorder, and eventually they hit...
Source: SharpBrains - September 14, 2012 Category: Neurologists Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience antidepressants Connectome depression EEG Source Type: blogs

The Question of Forgiveness
A classic Buddhist proverb states: “Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” Forgiveness is one of the most important lessons life has to offer, but it is also one of the more difficult sentiments to learn and practice. According to Sonja Lyubomirsky’s The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want, empirical research confirms the proverb’s message. “Forgiving people are less likely to be hateful, depressed, hostile, anxious, angry, and neurotic,” Lyubomirsky says. “They are more likely to be happi...
Source: World of Psychology - September 14, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Lauren Suval Tags: Anger Books General Grief and Loss Happiness Mental Health and Wellness Relationships Self-Esteem Self-Help Spirituality Animosity Buddhist Closeness Contempt Dwelling Empathy Empirical Research Forgiveness Forgiving Pe Source Type: blogs

Eczema as a Biomarker for a Genetically Susceptible Population
Did you know that you can put tetracycline in Rabies vaccine bait and when you x-ray the bones of the animals that consume it that they will fluoresce? WHAT? That Jordan dude jumps around topics like those little jitterbugs in summer on hot pavement. Maybe. Maybe not. I did promise you in “Allergy-Immunity-Hypersensitivity the Hidden Link” that I would tie together the seemingly disparate conditions of immunity, hypersensitivity, allergy; and then reveal how it relates to the topic of eczema. And I will. So here it goes: The 2002 Burton report on Autism [1] has testimony by Stejskal, a drug company inside...
Source: vactruth.com - September 14, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Patrick Jordan Tags: Patrick Jordan Top Stories Allergies Autism autoimmunity Delayed Hypersensitivity Eczema Salicylates Serum sickness Thimerosal Source Type: blogs

Journomarketing of Neurobollocks
Are you one of the few Anglophones who haven't yet heard about the frightening new fields of neuromarketing and neuroeconomics? Or that pop neuroscience is popular? Well thank god we have Steven Poole to set us straight!Your brain on pseudoscience: the rise of popular neurobollocksThe “neuroscience” shelves in bookshops are groaning. But are the works of authors such as Malcolm Gladwell and Jonah Lehrer just self-help books dressed up in a lab coat? By Steven PoolePublished 06 September 2012An intellectual pestilence is upon us. Shop shelves groan with books purporting to explain, through snazzy brain-imaging studies, ...
Source: The Neurocritic - September 14, 2012 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs

Is the Stages of Beauty Brand Worth the Money?
BamDay is bothered…I’ve heard a ton of hype abut the Stages of Beauty Products. Their claims seem exaggerated, and since their products are on the more expensive side, I was wondering if there is any proof of effectiveness in their claims/ ingredients lists? In particular their moisturizer and serum for 20 yr olds. The Right Brain replies: Stages of Beauty does have an interesting marketing spin because they claim to be the first brand formulated according to your age. (I’m pretty sure this isn’t entirely true because I’ve seen other products segmented by age. I can’t recall any examples...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - September 14, 2012 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Authors: Right Brain Tags: Anti-aging Beauty Myth Busting Moisturizers Questions Save Money On Beauty Products Source Type: blogs

The Interior Situational Effect of Ads
In this study, we are bypassing people’s self-reports and getting at a form of hidden wisdom in the brain.” “These findings could help us improve the success of campaigns,” Falk emphasized. “In the long run, we hope this will help us fight cancer and other preventable diseases.” * * * The article’s citation is as follows: Falk, E. B., Berkman, E. T., & Lieberman, M. D. (2012). From neural responses to population behavior: Neural focus group predicts population level media effects. Psychological Science, 23, 439-445. Go to the Social Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory to download a pdf of the article...
Source: The Situationist - September 14, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Implicit Associations Marketing Neuroscience Video Source Type: blogs

Lack of Oxygen to the Brain Could be Behind Many Cases of Alzheimer’s
Why some elders develop Alzheimer’s disease
Source: Minding Our Elders - September 14, 2012 Category: Caregivers Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs

Destruction of Senescent Cells May Not Be Sufficient
Senescent cells build up in our tissues with age. These cells have become damaged or passed the Hayflick limit and thus fallen out of the normal cell cycle of division. They should either self-destruct or be destroyed by the immune system, and until that happens they secrete all sorts of undesirable signaling compounds that tend to harm surrounding tissues. The more senescent cells you have, the more harm they cause - and the growth in their numbers with passing years is one of the root contributing causes of aging. Given this outline, plans for dealing with the problem tend to involve identifying and destroying senescent...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 14, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs

Can Vitamin C and Beta-Carotene Lower Alzheimer's Risk
This study caught my attention. Researchers from the University of Ulm have discovered that the serum-concentration of the antioxidants vitamin C and beta-carotene are significantly lower in patients with mild dementia than in persons without dementia. I read this with great interest because every day Dotty and I ate foods that were rich in Vitamin C and beta-carotene. Just about every day we split an orange and ate carrots for lunch. We also ate spinach, kale, various fruits and vegetables. This finding might not help current Alzheimer's patients, but this finding might help those of us who are related to Alzheimer's ...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - September 14, 2012 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs

Nothing from Nothing
I'm not tryin' to be your hero, 'Cause that zero is too cold for me, Brrr By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer's Reading Room Now that Dotty is no longer riding around with me in the car I don't have to play the smooth music channel or NPR. I usually play the oldies or hard rock on the radio. Today as I was riding along I heard the song you can watch below. It made me feel happy. I was smiling away. This made me think what we really need in the Alzheimer's community worldwide is a happy, wild and crazy, international Alzheimer's caregiver day. Lets say, June 29. 2013. It might start off with something like t...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - September 14, 2012 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs

Spurring Regeneration of Axons in Spinal Injury
Researchers continue to make progress in induced nerve regeneration: "researchers were able to regenerate 'an astonishing degree' of axonal growth at the site of severe spinal cord injury in rats. Their research revealed that early stage neurons have the ability to survive and extend axons to form new, functional neuronal relays across an injury site in the adult central nervous system (CNS). The study also proved that at least some types of adult CNS axons can overcome a normally inhibitory growth environment to grow over long distances. Importantly, stem cells across species exhibit these properties. ... The scientists e...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 14, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs

Alzheimer's CareGiving Problem Irritability
I noticed there were certain times of day when Dotty would either get a very distant look on her face, or worse, a -- I've been dipped in doo-doo kind of look on her face. By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer's Reading Room I'm carefully reading the new survey that was done on caregivers by Harris Interactive in concert with the Alzheimer's Foundation of America. If you dig down deep into the meat and potatoes you start to get a real understanding of how Alzheimer's caregivers think and feel. Take irritability as an example. About 58 percent of caregivers say irritability is a caregiver problem, and most say it happens a...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - September 14, 2012 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs

The Zen of Getting Fired
As of last month, I was laid off my third job in one year. Truthfully, the economy has been a weak one. So why do I feel like I've been fired? I recently finished a job selling clothes for extremely oversized men. The largest shirt I dealt with was a 7XLT. You don't realize how massive such a shirt is until you have to fold it. Then you begin to understand just how small you are in the Universe. I was hired to be a salesman, but things didn't work out that way. They started me in the stock room on some days and trained me on others. Then a big wig came in from out of town and I spent two weeks prior to her arrival c...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - September 13, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Depression ADHD Source Type: blogs

6 Ways Radiologists Can Beat Burnout
Feeling stressed out or lacking motivation when you read studies? If so, you have lots of company. Radiologists rank among the top five specialties that experience the greatest frequency of burnout, according to a recent Archives of Internal Medicine study. Nearly half of radiologists reported at least one symptom of burnout. Only providers in emergency medicine, general internal medicine, family medicine, and neurology are at equal or greater risk for this problem. An informal poll of Diagnostic Imaging readers found that a full 93 percent experience burnout to some degree, with 19 percent reporting they are burned out ev...
Source: radRounds - September 13, 2012 Category: Radiologists Authors: radRounds Radiology Network Source Type: blogs

Where the Rubber Meets the Road, In a Life of Chronic Pain
If there is one area we know about, it is the hard reality of living with chronic pain. It’s not a theory, an idea or a goal. Survival is our goal and it begins each morning as yet another day challenges us with its demands. There is so much reality in most of our lives; I think we should be able to bottle it. I would bottle my reality for all those individuals who are still hung up on the superficial areas of life. They are missing out on so much. There are areas of the human heart that cannot be uncovered and discovered except by use of the knife of pain and the shovel of sorrow. These are the choices we face as we see...
Source: Life with Chronic Pain - September 13, 2012 Category: Other Conditions Authors: admin Tags: Chronic pain Chronic pain lifestyle Chronic pain treatment energy faith Source Type: blogs

PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU)
Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Last Edition's Most Popular Article: Can We Learn to Forget Our Memories? NPR In The Popular Press Rabbits show their pain, Nature News Who’s Trustworthy? A Robot Can Help Teach Us,...
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - September 13, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Adam Kolber Source Type: blogs

Unsolicited advice to NTs out there with partners on the spectrum considering a giant life change
This article was originally published on the Autism Women’s Network website and is reprinted with permission from the author. It is about Karen’s and my move here last year from Oakland, CA. We are both still learning to adapt to our busy lives here, and for the most part, we have both managed to find ways to recharge and have fun along the way.As some of you may know, last year my partner Lori, who is on the autism spectrum, moved with me from Oakland, CA to Baltimore, MD so we could be closer to my aging parents. There have been a lot of ups and downs. The biggest “down” that has had lasting re...
Source: LBnuke - September 13, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Lori Tags: Autism / Asperger's life Source Type: blogs

MMSE®/MMSE®-2™ Cognitive Impairment Screener, Now a Mobile App
The MMSE®/MMSE®-2™ Cognitive Impairment Screener Goes Mobile in New App (press release): “One of the world’s most popular and trusted assessments of cognitive impairment is now available as a convenient app for smartphones and tablets. Like the paper-and-pencil version, the app can be used to screen for cognitive impairment, to select patients for clinical trials research in dementia treatment, or to track patients’ progress over time.” To Learn More: The Best Memory Tests: Mini-Mental and Beyond Computerized Cognitive Assessments: opportunities and concerns
Source: SharpBrains - September 13, 2012 Category: Neurologists Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness cognitive-assessment Cognitive-impairment dementia memory-test Mini-mental MMSE MMSE-2 Source Type: blogs

The Key to Success: It May Not Be What You Think It Is
What do you think is key to becoming successful later in life? Good grades? A high school or college degree? Knowledge or skill necessary to a particular job? Critical thinking? IQ? In order to study “success” researchers often look at success in school, completion of degrees, maintaining employment, making a livable income, refraining from illegal drug use and not divorcing as markers of life success. The emphasis, in America today, tends to be on cognitive achievement. Success in life, we so often believe, comes with knowledge and skills. But intellectual skill is only one small factor that contributes to success i...
Source: World of Psychology - September 13, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Christy Matta, MA Tags: General Motivation and Inspiration Psychology Self-Help America Today Cognitive Achievement Cognitive Skills critical thinking Illegal Drug Use Intellectual Ability Intellectual Skill James Heckman Keys To Success Life Experience Source Type: blogs

West Nile virus outbreak may be deadliest on record
This year's outbreak of West Nile virus is on track to be the deadliest on record, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The human toll from the mosquito-borne disease rose by about 35 percent, overall, since Sept. 6, to 2,636 cases, including 118 deaths. "We still believe that this year's outbreak is the largest to date and certainly the most serious," said Lyle R. Petersen, M.D., director of the CDC's Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, at a press conference. As of this week, 1,405 (53 percent) of the West Nile virus cases have been classified as severe enough to affect the nervous sy...
Source: Consumer Reports Health Blog - September 13, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Consumer Reports News Tags: Health Conditions & Treatments Source Type: blogs

Problem Solving Through Discipline
If I had to name an important tool from my childhood that has helped me in my recovery from depression and anxiety, it would be the discipline I mastered in order to learn how to play Rachmaninoff’s “Prelude in C-Sharp Minor” on the baby grand piano my grandmother left to me. Discipline is the one essential piece of recovery that can carry you from day one to day two. It’s all discipline. Making your body do something over and over again until your mind finally shows up to the appointment and is clued into the action that you are supposed to be enjoying. I’m lucky in that I was born an obedien...
Source: World of Psychology - September 13, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: General Happiness Mental Health and Wellness Psychology Self-Help Absolute Vodka Baby Grand Piano Billboard Diamond Necklace Dignity Disappointment Facial Expression Instant Gratification Jesus Is The Answer Jewish Theologian Source Type: blogs

If Winnie the Pooh had Diabetes
Today at Diabetes Daily, we continue our celebrity stories on life with diabetes. We are delighted to have with us Winnie the Pooh, who was recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes! Andria: Thank you for joining us, Winnie, if I may call you that? Winnie-The-Pooh: Thank you, but my friends call me Pooh or Pooh Bear. My real name is Edward, but that is rather a long story. Andria: How did you find out about your diagnosis? Pooh: Christopher Robin and Piglet were playing with me, and Christopher told me. Christopher Robin also has type 1 diabetes, so it is something else we share. Andria: How are you treating your type 1 diab...
Source: Diabetes Daily - September 13, 2012 Category: Diabetes Authors: Andria Houghton Tags: Life with Diabetes Type 1 Diabetes Type 2 Diabetes cartoon children heroes interview winnie the pooh Source Type: blogs