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Is it possible to enter Medical School without Pre-Med?
by Victoria55 (Posted Tue May 14, 2013 2:36 am)Hi everyone. I want to enter Medical School and have been studying for this by myself for many years, but few days ago I learned from Internet that before Medical School I should attend Pre-Med courses for 4 years and I was so distressed. In few years I am turning 35 and by the end of my studying I will be probably 45 or 50. English is my second language. 10 years ago I was graduated from the university (my speciality was English language and literature). All my life I wanted to become a doctor. All these 10 years I was working and learning by myself physics, maths, biology, ...
Source: Med Student Guide - May 14, 2013 Category: Medical Students Source Type: blogs

Is it possible to enter Medical School without Pre-Med?
by Victoria55 (Posted Tue May 14, 2013 2:27 am)Hi everyone. I want to enter Medical School and have been studying for this by myself for many years, but few days ago I learned from Internet that before Medical School I should attend Pre-Med courses for 4 years and I was so distressed. In few years I am turning 35 and by the end of my studying I will be probably 45 or 50. English is my second language. 10 years ago I was graduated from the university (my speciality was English language and literature). All my life I wanted to become a doctor. All this 10 years I was working and learning by myself physics, maths, biology, a...
Source: Med Student Guide - May 14, 2013 Category: Medical Students Source Type: blogs

Engaging lecturers can breed overconfidence
Do fluent presenters make learning feel too easy? Eloquent and engaging scientific communicators in the mould of physicist Brian Cox make learning seem fun and easy. So much so that a new study says they risk breeding overconfidence. When a presenter is seen to handle complicated information effortlessly, students sense wrongly that they too have acquired a firm grasp of the material. Shana Carpenter and her colleagues showed 42 undergrad students a one-minute video of a science lecture about calico cats. Half of them saw a version in which the female lecturer was confident, eloquent, made eye-contact and gestured with ...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - May 14, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Christian Jarrett Source Type: blogs

Nature Podcast: 09 May 2013
This week, a sneak-preview of the cars of the future, how to produce environmentally-friendly iron, and nuclear physics goes pear-shaped. (Source: Nature Podcast)
Source: Nature Podcast - May 8, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Nature Publishing Group Source Type: blogs

Cances of getting to Med School? really need your input!
by pipe8686 (Posted Tue May 07, 2013 6:06 am)Hello all. Thank you beforehand for taking the time to read/reply to my inquiry.I have a low undergrad GPA (2.89) because during my first 2 years I had to deal with tough family circumstances. Starting my third year you can see I start improving though, with my lowest semester GPA being a 3.2 and highest being a 4.0. My BS was in Nuclear Engineering. After I put my academic life back together, and after realizing I wanted to go in the medical field, I pursued a 3 yr masters (with thesis and thesis helped me be a co-author in an article published in the journal of nuclear medicin...
Source: Med Student Guide - May 7, 2013 Category: Medical Students Source Type: blogs

health and medicine, continued
(In case you haven't picked up on it yet, I have embarked upon a long-form essay. It will continue.)So what is “medical” attention? It is well known but seldom seen as remarkable that most societies known to history and anthropology, even small scale ones with limited hierarchy and division of labor, have cultural roles for specialists in healing people. In societies large enough to support full-time specialists, as far as I know there is always a full-time healing profession. In some times and places these people have also been more generalist priests, with additional assigned powers, and priests can always try to get...
Source: Stayin' Alive - May 3, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Source Type: blogs

Post Doctoral Position - Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig (Obleser lab)
The Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI CBS) in Leipzig and the Max Planck Research Group “Auditory Cognition” (headed by Jonas Obleser) are now offering a Postdoctoral researcher position, for initially 2 years, preferably starting by October 2013. Successful candidates will have a PhD in cognitive neuroscience, psychology, or natural sciences. Prior experience with either fMRI or EEG/MEG methods is expected, and an interest in further applying and combining both domains in their research is highly desirable. Candidates with a background and/or interest in advanced fMRI methods are p...
Source: Talking Brains - May 2, 2013 Category: Neurologists Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs

How to Make Learning as Easy as 1, 2, 3…
Math. It's the universally dreaded word that almost everyone wishes to banish from their vocabulary. In fact, it's the one subject that never fails to make our brain cramp up the very moment we crack open our textbooks. But are such classes as statistics and calculus really as horrible as some people may make them out to be? Or do some of us just simply lack the command necessary for understanding, and enjoying, mathematics (or any subject for that matter)? Well, here's a little secret that I am going to let you in on: all of us are capable of learning. We just aren't always aware of our hidden, intellectual cap...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - April 29, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: heythereshelly Tags: Community Posts learning self improvement success tips Source Type: blogs

Trying to sort out all the STEM and STEM related departments, graduate programs , at #UCDavis
Well, I was in a meeting yesterday for the UC Davis ADVANCE program. This program is an NSF funded project to improve presence of women and underrepresented minorities on the faculty in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). So I decided to see - how many departments at UC Davis might participate in such an initiative. And, well, wow. I knew there were a lot of STEM or STEM-related departments at UC Davis but I did not know there were this many. Here is a list I compiled of UC Davis STEM or STEM-related Departments. I included medical departments here since many people in such...
Source: The Tree of Life - April 27, 2013 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs

TEDMED Day 4 – Harnessing Our Data, and Motorcycles, to Work for Us
The final day of last week’s TEDMED 2013 consisted of two sessions, tastefully interspersed with self-reflection and humor by the curators. The first session, “Hiding in Plain Sight,” looked forward to new developments in technology, and data analysis in particular, that can give us new capabilities in healthcare.Computational physicist Mariano Vázquez discussed his work in creating a “computational world” with a supercomputer in a 400 year old church, and described techniques for envisioning these worlds to provide new ways of looking at the existing masses of data and put it in context in order to lead to ...
Source: Medgadget - April 25, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Editors Tags: Medgadget Exclusive Source Type: blogs

Atheists as stressed as believers when daring God to do bad things
Why are most people in the world religious? Some say it is because we're naturally predisposed to believe in a god or gods and that religion brought evolutionary advantages to our ancestors. But if that's the case, how come there are over half a billion atheists in the world? One theory is that atheists consciously suppress their instincts for religion, with only varying degrees of success. A new study provides tentative support for this idea. Marjaana Lindeman and her colleagues report that atheists get just as stressed as religious people when they ask God to do nasty things, as in "I dare God to make someone murder...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - April 25, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Christian Jarrett Source Type: blogs

Hey Sugar
That's not a compliment, I'm afraid. I've been riding this hobbyhorse for a while. I'm happy to say the world is coming around to the point of view with which I have been allied -- sugar is among the greatest curses of civilization. Gary Taubes of the Nutrition Science Initiative discusses the history of obesity research in the new BMJ.Here's the basic setup. Yes, we know that given the basic laws of physics, you can only gain weight if you consume more calories than you burn (and excrete, although that's presumed to be a minor issue in caloric balance). So, the prescription to prevent or treat obesity has long been simply...
Source: Stayin' Alive - April 23, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Source Type: blogs

The Interior Situation of the Climate Change Skeptic
From the APS Observer, an article by Situationist Contributor John T. Jost and Erin P. Hennes A multitude of environmental scientists, among others, worry that future generations will look back at the present era as one in which the human race could have — and should have —taken decisive action to prevent (or at least mitigate) the most menacing costs associated with global climate change. According to public opinion surveys, however, only 38 percent of Americans believe that global warming will seriously affect them or their way of life (Newport, 2012), and 42 percent continue to believe that global warming claims a...
Source: The Situationist - April 23, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Environment Ideology Politics Public Policy Situationist Contributors Social Psychology System Legitimacy Source Type: blogs

Examples of Genetic Association Studies of Human Longevity
A fair number of research groups worldwide are gathering and processing data in search of associations between minor genetic variations and human longevity. As for all studies of long-term human health, this a challenging process: statistics become involved, it is costly to gather data of even moderate quality, and the underlying biology is exceedingly complex. This is illustrated by the fact that comparatively few genetic associations can be validated across different study populations: if you find a genetic polymorphism with a statistically significant association with longevity in Italian lineages, the odds are very goo...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 11, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs

The Conviction of Galileo - 380 Years Ago Today
On this day in 1633, chief inquisitor Father Vincenzo Maculano da Firenzuola, appointed by Pope Urban VIII, began the inquisition of physicist and astronomer Galileo Galilei. Galileo, while teaching mathematics at the University of Padua (he left medical school in Pisa after three years’ study to pursue mathematics) was accused and convicted of heresy for his belief that the earth revolves around the sun. Not only did his views violate scripture but they were empirically improbable because in order for the earth to revolve around the sun, in the time required for each cycle, the earth would have to be traveling ver...
Source: Policy and Medicine - April 11, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs

Low GPA options
by ose3000 (Posted Fri Apr 05, 2013 2:35 pm)I currently graduated from University of San Francisco with a B.A. in Kinesiology with a 2.35 GPA. I've been an excellent student athlete my whole life until college. Fracturing my spine right after high school and losing basketball scholarships played a major part along with other obstacles. I lacked motivation for school and picked my degree simply because nothing else interested me and with all I went through I believe had I picked any other degree that I had no interest in I would have just dropped out. I have been working as a personal trainer at Equinox for near a year now ...
Source: Med Student Guide - April 5, 2013 Category: Medical Students Source Type: blogs

Cancer treatment in stealth mode
I find this fascinating. Stealth mode makes me think of spies, CIA, cold war, KGB, NSA, guerrilla warfare, covert operation and all that.I found an article on Smithsonian.com, The War on Cancer Goes Stealth, which explains in detail what exactly they are doing - tricking cells, sneaking past the sentries, etc. I know it needs more testing and many researchers will be busy with this for a long time but treatments targeting individual cancer cells so patients can avoid chemotherapy and enjoy a good quality of life.Here is a TED talk explaining it more with links to more talks on it here. This intrigues me to no end. And conv...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - April 2, 2013 Category: Cancer Tags: cancer research medical research Source Type: blogs

When to take mcat in relation to completion of coursework?
by tdod (Posted Fri Mar 29, 2013 9:10 am)How important is it to take the MCAT ASAP after completing the science pre-reqs? I am completing my prereqs as follows:Spring'12 – gchemSpring '13 - ochem, intro bioFall '13 – Physics, ochem labMy question, then is whether to study for/take the mcat over winter quarter, or whether to do my Upper div bio and then study/take it over the summer. I know winter's probably a better option, but would also, I'm thinking, disadvantage me in terms of having to wait another year to take upper-div bio classes that rely on intro-bio content, esp. biochem and physiology (each course is offere...
Source: Med Student Guide - March 29, 2013 Category: Medical Students Source Type: blogs

Happy Birthday Roengten-27th March
Wilhelm Conrad Röentgen ( 27 March 1845 – 10 February 1923) was a German physicist, who, on 8 November 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as X-rays or Röentgen rays, an achievement that earned him the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. Röentgen died on 10 February 1923 from carcinoma of the intestine. Röentgen did not take patents out on his discoveries, and donated the money for his Nobel prize to the University of Würzburg. Great man indeed!! Also today is Holi- Indian festival of colors-Wishing you all and your families a very bright,colourful and joyf...
Source: Sumer's Radiology Site - March 27, 2013 Category: Radiologists Authors: Sumer Sethi Source Type: blogs

Science marches on
As I believe I have mentioned before, I'm a lifelong (well, since age 13) subscriber to Scientific American. They've been trying to dumb it down a bit of late, but it's still a great way to keep up with what's going on in disciplines from my own. You can't read the actual magazine without a subscription, but the free stuff they do offer is here.So, comes now Brian Switek in the latest issue with the most important and vexing mystery facing science. How did dinosaurs do it? And by "it," I mean what you think "it" means.The most substantial clue is that the living birds which are closest to the base of the lineage possess a ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - March 24, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Source Type: blogs

The Sudden Death of Your Child After Vaccination May Be Written Off by Researchers, Here’s How…
Conclusion SIDS has been occurring since long before vaccination was invented. [17] As records of its incidence were not kept until relatively recently, it is not possible to know whether the rate of SIDS in modern times is different to what it was in the distant past. To gain more insight into the distressing phenomenon of SIDS, blood sugar levels at the time of death should be assessed in every SIDS autopsy, and every vaccine that is recommended for infants should be tested to find out whether it causes blood sugar levels to drop at any time after vaccination. References 1. Vennemann, M.M., Butterfaß-Bahloul, T...
Source: vactruth.com - March 23, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Wendy Lydall Tags: Top Stories Wendy Lydall Case Control Study metabolic disorders Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Vaccine Research Whooping Cough Vaccine Safety Source Type: blogs

The Temporal Doppler Effect: Why The Future Feels Closer Than The Past
Like the sound of a passing ambulance siren, our perception of time distorts as it shoots by. Sometimes psychologists come up with such good names for their findings that I'm powerless to resist. Take this newly minted expression: 'the temporal Doppler effect'. This really appeals to both the psychologists in me and my inner physics geek. Here's a reminder of the Doppler effect, which I'm sure you've experienced even if you haven't heard of the Austrian physicist Christian Doppler (click here for YouTube video): (In case you can't see the video: the Doppler effect is most often experienced when an ambulance with siren bla...
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - March 20, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

it's not easy be(com)ing green
"You know what would make this kale smoothie better? Get rid of the kale."-Tim, March 9, 2013"I've added flax to my green smoothie. Now, all I need is a protein.""Like a side of steak?"-conversation between Tim and me, March 10, 2013*Really unappealing but tasty, I swear.A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about meeting with Heather, a cancer coach at the new survivorship centre. Her background is as a nutritionist and I have chosen to focus on that topic with her.She's impressed on me the importance of making small SMART goals. I've chosen to focus on getting at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables every day for the next ...
Source: Not just about cancer - March 10, 2013 Category: Cancer Tags: complementary treatment breast cancer things i do for my health community my friends my love show and tell preventing cancer cancer blog good stuff food Source Type: blogs

Yuri Milner's Millions, And Where They're Going
You'll have heard about Yuri Milner, the Russian entrepreneur (early Facebook investor, etc.) who's recently announced some rather generous research prize awards: Yesterday, Milner, along with some “old friends”—Google cofounder Sergey Brin, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and their respective wives—announced they are giving $33 million in prizes to 11 university-based biologists. Five of the awards, called the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, will be given annually going forward; they are similar to prizes for fundamental physics that Milner started giving out last year. At $3 million apiece, the prize money t...
Source: In the Pipeline - March 1, 2013 Category: Chemists Tags: Academia (vs. Industry) Source Type: blogs

Back to school for med school requirements, c
by billst (Posted Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:01 am)I graduated recently after taking some 2yrs off for health issues. I'm looking to finish my preq for medical school. My issue is that i took general chem I and II in 2007, so i will be rusty in Organic. Right now im looking to take the course this fall in addition to physics. Im out school right now, and I don't know what i should be doing or studying to prepare for the classes, mcat, and medical school. Im afraid that its been so long since i had chemistry and A&P. I don't know what i should be doing right now to prepare for my career choice as a physician. (Source: Med Student Guide)
Source: Med Student Guide - February 26, 2013 Category: Medical Students Source Type: blogs

qotd February 23, 2013
Signature of Richard P. Feynman (Photo credit: Wikipedia) It doesn’t seem to me that this fantastically marvelous universe, this tremendous range of time and space and different kinds of animals, and all the different planets, and all these atoms with all their motions, and so on, all this complicated thing can merely be a stage so that God can watch human beings struggle for good and evil — which is the view that religion has. The stage is too big for the drama. Richar...
Source: white pebble - February 23, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: Patti Niehoff Tags: qotd God physics Quantum Mechanics Richard Feynman Source Type: blogs

ACR Dose Index Registry™ Surpasses Five Million Scans
Reston, Va. (Feb. 20, 2013) — Since its launch, less than two years ago, over five million computed tomography (CT) scans, and nearly three million exams, have been added to the American College of Radiology (ACR) Dose Index Registry™ (DIR) — bringing the ACR closer to establishing national benchmarks for CT dose indices which will help ensure patients receive safe, quality imaging care. The DIR is a radiology data registry that provides standardized, size-adjusted CT dose indices that facilitate meaningful comparisons — allowing imaging facilities to compare their CT dose indices to regional and national va...
Source: radRounds - February 22, 2013 Category: Radiologists Authors: radRounds Radiology Network Source Type: blogs

Noting the Inaugural Breakthrough Prize Awards
The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences is a new and narrowly focused Nobel-like initiative launched by a noteworthy Russian entrepreneur in collaboration with some of the high net worth individuals that the California start up community has produced over the past decade. The tagline is much as follows: Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences is founded by Art Levinson, Sergey Brin, Anne Wojcicki, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, and Yuri Milner to recognize excellence in research aimed at curing intractable diseases and extending human life. The prize is administered by the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Foundation, ...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 21, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Activism, Advocacy and Education Source Type: blogs

Energy Medicine
I changed my usual policy and left a spam comment on my previous post, because it links to an utterly outrageous fraud.I don't spend a lot of time trashing quackery because there are plenty of people doing it with more time and resources, and a bigger readership, than me. (Viz., Science Based Medicine.) But I am curious about why so many people are attracted to so much hooey, and how is it that these malignant clowns manage to relieve said people of their hard earned cash.One can discern a taxonomy of quackery. There is the herbalist/supplement group, which generally hews close to the scientific worldview but just doesn't ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - February 18, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Source Type: blogs

What Would Go Into the Chemistry Museum Displays, Anyway?
Well, Cambridge is quiet today, as are many workplaces across the US. My plan is to go out for some good Chinese food and then spend the afternoon in here with my family; my kids haven't been there for at least a couple of years now. And that brings up a thought that I know many chemists have had: how ill-served chemistry is by museums, science centers, and so on. Physics has a better time of it, or at least some parts of it. You can demo Newtonian mechanics with a lot of hands-on stuff, and there's plenty to do with light, electricity and magnetism and so on. (Quantum mechanics and particle physics, well, not so much). B...
Source: In the Pipeline - February 18, 2013 Category: Chemists Tags: Chemical News Source Type: blogs

To apply or not to apply :/
by tanyahenry23 (Posted Fri Feb 15, 2013 9:14 pm)Hi everyone!I need some advice. I am a graduating senior and I applied to a couple post bacc programs to finish up my pre med coursework. I have not taken organic chemistry and physics but most of the previous science and math courses I had to retake. My science gpa is a 2.56 and my overall gpa is a 3.3. I have plenty of volunteer experience, extra curriculars and will be shadowing a doctor and doing research in the summer time. I plan to finish the rest of my needed science courses and study/take MCATS within the next 2 years. Do you think I would still have a chance in get...
Source: Med Student Guide - February 15, 2013 Category: Medical Students Source Type: blogs

Does “Silver/Purple” Shampoo Really Cancel Brassy Colors?
Makeup At Midnight says…Ever since I’ve been dying my hair blonde, I’ve been told by many people to treat my hair with a “purple/silver” toning shampoo or conditioner every few days to help prevent my hair from getting a brassy tone to it. Supposedly, this works by ‘color theory’ in the way that the purple toner in the shampoo is able to cancel out the brassy yellow colors in the hair. An example of such a product is the AG Sterling Silver line, one that I’ve been using myself (although I’m still skeptical). My question is, does these types of products actually work to ...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - February 15, 2013 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Authors: thebeautybrains Tags: Questions Source Type: blogs

Journal Alert: TOPICS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE
This article reviews a number of different areas in the foundations of > formal learning theory. After outlining the general framework for formal > models of learning, the Bayesian approach to learning is summarized. > This leads to a discussion of Solomonoff's Universal Prior Distribution > for Bayesian learning. Gold's model of identification in the limit is > also outlined. We next discuss a number of aspects of learning theory > raised in contributed papers, related to both computational and > representational complexity. The article concludes with a description of > how semi-supervised ...
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - February 14, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs

Policy-based evidence. Department of Health and Prince’s Foundation censor accurate information about magic medicines
This report is really quite contentious and we may well be subject to quite a lot of challenge from the Homeopathic community if published. What on earth? The DH seems to think that that its job is not to present the evidence, but to avoid challenges from the homeopathic community! And true enough, this piece is missing from the final version. A bit later, the NHS Choices draft was censored again “A 2010 Science and Technology Committee report said that scientific tests had shown that homeopathic treatments don’t work” But again this doesn’t appear in the final version. The comment, apparently fr...
Source: DC's goodscience - February 13, 2013 Category: Professors and Educators Authors: David Colquhoun Tags: CAM CNHC College of Medicine Department of Health George Lewith homeopathy Michael Dixon National Health Service Prince of Wales Prince's Foundation Academia alternative medicine badscience David Mattin Sunjai Gupta Source Type: blogs

Social sciences get into the Cloud
Scientific disciplines are usually classified in two broad categories: natural sciences and social sciences. Natural sciences investigate the physical, chemical and biological aspects of Earth, the Universe and the life forms that inhabit it. Social sciences (also defined human sciences) focus on the origin and development of human beings, societies, institutions, social relationships etc. Natural sciences are often regarded as “hard” research disciplines, because they are based on precise numeric predictions about experimental data. Social sciences, on the other hand, are seen as “soft” because they tend to rely o...
Source: Positive Technology Journal - February 8, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Tags: Research tools Science 2.0 Source Type: blogs

What are my chances??
by Skittle1 (Posted Thu Feb 07, 2013 12:34 pm)SDN Members don't see this ad. (About Ads)Can anyone help me..need adviceI just graduated in December 2012 with a cumulative GPA of 2.642My science grades are:Chem 1:CChem 2:CChem lab: CBio1: CBio 2:CPhysics 1:CLab: B+Physics 2: CLab: B+Orgo 1: BOrgo 2: BOrgo lab: CI am currently shadowing a physicians and I was part of some medical related clubs in school.I also have many science electives in which I have received mostly B's but some carribean schools consider them and some do not. I am yet to take my MCAT in May and I have done some shadowing/volunteering/worked/and was part ...
Source: Med Student Guide - February 7, 2013 Category: Medical Students Source Type: blogs

Journal Alert: COGNITIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH
We describe a computational model for solving problems from Raven's > Progressive Matrices (RPM), a family of standardized intelligence tests. > Existing computational models for solving RPM problems generally reason > over amodal propositional representations of test inputs. However, there > is considerable evidence that humans can also apply imagery-based > reasoning strategies to RPM problems, in which processes rooted in > perception operate over modal representations of test inputs. In this > paper, we present the "affine model," a computational model that > simulates modal reasoning by using i...
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - February 7, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs

Supersonic ping pong ball
What happens when a ping pong ball moving at supersonic speed hits a bat? This video, which is dripping college degrees, explains the physics and shows a few test shots. NO amount of wrist action can defeat supersonic… Do not try this at home. I’m talking to you “King Julian” Supersonic ping pong ball is a post from: Sciencebase Science Blog (Source: Sciencebase Science Blog)
Source: Sciencebase Science Blog - February 4, 2013 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science ball ping pong supersonic Source Type: blogs

When leading is following; my latest EM News column.
Here is my latest column in Emergency Medicine News. I hope you enjoy it! http://journals.lww.com/em-news/Fulltext/2013/02000/Second_Opinion__When_Leading_is_Following.8.aspx My wife just built a pergola in our yard. Mind you, a pergola is a thing I never knew existed until it was pointed out to me by my darling. If I had been asked, ‘what do you think of her pergola,’ I might have thought, ‘well, it certainly fills out that dress nicely,’ or perhaps, ‘I remember that from pathology. It incubates for four weeks, causes fever and weeping skin sores and is common in the Pacific islands.&...
Source: edwinleap.com - February 4, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Edwinlea Tags: EM News column emergency medicine encouragement for doctors family homeschool stuff man stuff marriage parenthood raising a woman raising men rural life The South travel Source Type: blogs

Chances of Getting into AUC, SGU, or Ross?
by aftermath89 (Posted Wed Jan 30, 2013 3:47 pm)Hi, I just wanted some honest feedback on what you guys think my chances are to getting into AUC, SGU, or Ross? Have been seriously contemplating applying for these schools in the fall after I finish my last two classes (physics 2 and ochem 2, yeh I know rough ones.) All these numbers will be what I think my gpa will be. Thank you so much for the feedback!GPA: 3.3 science 3.6 overallMCAT: Have not taken yet (I know that will be a big factor)Experience: EMT-Basic license Medical assistant for 1 year (rouglhy 2000 hours) lots of hands on experience 500+ ho...
Source: Med Student Guide - January 30, 2013 Category: Medical Students Source Type: blogs

IACC Neurodiversity Member Matt Carey Single-Handedly Reduces Intellectually Disabled To A "Small Segment of the Autistic Population"
The Interagency Autism Co-ordinating Committee (IACC) plays an important role in autism research and understanding. It is unfortunate that sitting as a public member of the IACC is lbrb blogger Matthew J. Carey, a member of the Neurodiversity movement which, at its core (1) portrays autism as a different way of thinking not a disorder or disability and (2) belittles efforts to seek cures for autism. His official bio posted on the IACC web site emphasizes his considerable background as an industrial researcher and his deep commitment to "communicating the importance of getting the science right for autism"...
Source: Facing Autism in New Brunswick - January 24, 2013 Category: Autism Authors: Autism Reality NB Source Type: blogs

IQs Corner Recent Corner of Interest: 1-23-13
Conclusions: Risk for WLD is significantly increased among children with S/LI compared with children without S/LI based on this population-based cohort. Early identification and intervention for children at risk for WLD could potentially influence academic outcomes. (J Dev Behav Pediatr 34:38-44, 2013)PD JANPY 2013VL 34IS 1BP 38EP 44ERPT JAU Guthrie, JT Klauda, SL Ho, ANAF Guthrie, John T. Klauda, Susan Lutz Ho, Amy N.TI Modeling the Relationships Among Reading Instruction, Motivation, Engagement, and Achievement for AdolescentsSO READING RESEARCH QUARTERLYAB This study modeled the interrelationships of reading instruction...
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - January 23, 2013 Category: Neurologists Tags: rec recent lit Source Type: blogs

Vector Representation in Structural Biology
One of the questions that vexes computational structural biologists when writing analysis software, is whether to represent spatial vectors as an object with x, y, z components, or as a numeric array of floats with 3 members. After turning over this problem in my head for the last decade, and writing vector classes in several languages, I can tell you now: go with the array of floats. It might seem that you cam write cleaner code with named components: x, y, z. After all, you’re probably going to be translating algorithms from math or physics books, where x, y, z are used. However the x, y, z designations are...
Source: Trapped in the USA - January 21, 2013 Category: Bioinformaticians Authors: bosco Source Type: blogs

Virtual Sheep Heart Modeled on Real Thing Helps Study Atrial Fibrillation
In an example of excellence in cross-disciplinary work, researchers at The University of Manchester’s School of Physics and Astronomy created a functioning virtual replica of a sheep heart to better study how it functions. The simulation was created by slicing a real sheep heart using a microtome, photographing each slice, and then rendering a composite of the 3D volume using a computer algorithm.The fiber structure and the electrical activity within the relevant parts of the heart were also modeled into the representation, allowing for the researchers to study atrial fibrillation (AF), hopefully leading to new clini...
Source: Medgadget - January 16, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Gene Ostrovsky Tags: Cardiology in the news... Source Type: blogs

IQs Corner Recent Lit of Interest: 1-16-13--new and improved
Conclusion Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder with conduct > disorder is associated with a greater degree and history of problematic > behaviour in offenders with intellectual disability. > PD JAN > PY 2013 > VL 26 > IS 1 > SI SI > BP 71 > EP 80 > ER > > PT J > AU Kritzer, KL > Pagliaro, CM > AF Kritzer, Karen L. > Pagliaro, Claudia M. > TI An Intervention for Early Mathematical Success: Outcomes from the Hybrid > Version of the Building Math Readiness Parents as Partners (MRPP) > Project > SO JOURNAL OF DEAF STUDIES AND DEAF EDUCATION > AB The Bui...
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - January 16, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs

Museums Showoff next Thursday — including “Why the very idea of a science museum is just plain silly, but if we’re going to have them they should be less like Harrods and more like a junk yard”
I just read about a great museum initiative in London — the Museums Showoff. You may have heard about Science Showoff — a forum for all kinds of people working with science communication, who meet and share their work in a performance-based way, “and then chew it over with a pint in hand”. It’s very participatory, non-hierachical, and democratic — in other words, very Multitudinous. Museums Showoff is the sister to Science Showoff, using the same basic idea and format “but filling the stage with people who work in, study or are interested in museums, libraries and collections rathe...
Source: Biomedicine on Display - January 9, 2013 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Thomas Söderqvist Tags: events museum and knowledge politics museum studies seminars Source Type: blogs

Non-fiction Reading Highlights 2012
I jumped on the bandwagon that is John Jeremiah Sullivan’s “Pulphead”. These are rightly considered to be some f.ing great essays. I reread some of them recently and was struck by how clean the prose was. Nothing particularly fancy, but it is the authorial stance that is breath-taking. His approaches to his subjects come askance, exposing some unexpected facet of his own life, which oftentimes succeeds in illiminating a shared humanity. In one brilliant biographical essay, Sullivan was able to turn Axl Rose into a tragic figure. In another, he gazes straight into the maelstorm that is Michael Jackson, and...
Source: Trapped in the USA - January 7, 2013 Category: Bioinformaticians Authors: bosco Source Type: blogs

The Flattening of Healthcare: Breaking Down Barriers in Healthcare Social Media
In the two previous posts in this series of Twitter visualizations, we’ve looked at the growth of patient communities and the dynamics and centrality of one of them. This time we will take a deeper look at the people who make up these communities. From looking at the visualization below (PDF version), one can think of them as virtual communities set in space like constellations of stars but with people orbiting one another. The laws of physics still apply, but gravity has become a function of conversations. Conversation is gravity. Boundaries are broken down. Traditional barriers like location, profession, demographi...
Source: Fox ePractice - January 7, 2013 Category: Health Managers Authors: Audun Utengen, MBA Tags: Shorts Breast Cancer Social Media Flattening of Healthcare healthcare social media healthcare social media analytics network centrality analysis Source Type: blogs

Cureus, a free online medical journal
Buffer Cureus is an online, free, peer reviewed, open access medical journal based in Palo Alto, California. It’s intention is to promote medical research by offering tools that better serve and highlight the people who create it, resulting in better research, faster publication and easier access for everyone. Moreover, Cureus offers physicians an opportunity to publish papers online for a mass audience while retaining copyrights, unlike traditional journals. In this video the 6 easy steps for publishing in Cureus are explained. We make it easier and faster to publish your work – it’s always free and you...
Source: Dr Shock MD PhD - January 7, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Dr Shock Tags: Academic Source Type: blogs

Notable Books I Read of a Scientific Nature in 2012
After a barren few years for popular science books, I stumbled onto several good ones this year. I first encountered evolutionary psychology about a decade ago in its former incarnation as social biology but was rather put off by it then, when it was rather short on data and long on theorizing, inevitably becoming a mirror for the writer’s political ideology. The field of evolutionary psychology has since progressed in leaps and bounds, and one of the glittering lights of the field is Jonathan Haidt, who also happens to be a gifted writer. His “The Righteous Mind” outlines a persuasive case that there ...
Source: Trapped in the USA - January 5, 2013 Category: Bioinformaticians Authors: bosco Source Type: blogs