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Spillover and science communication
David Quammen, whose book Spillover was recently published, has been the recipient of a good deal of publicity in the past week. Last Wednesday he participated in a New York Academy of Sciences Symposium called ‘Wrath Goes Viral‘; on Saturday he was profiled in the New York Times (The Subject is Science, the Style is Faulkner), and yesterday Spillover was reviewed in the Sunday Book Review by Sonia Shah. Publicity for science is always good, but Shah identifies a key shortcoming of the book. Shah notes that Spillover describes the “unfolding convergence between veterinary science and human medicine, and...
Source: virology blog - October 22, 2012 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Information david quammen outbreak science communication spillover viral virology virus zoonosis Source Type: blogs

Promoting Health Literacy to Put Patients First - Why bother ?
HELP is organizing a conference on “ Putting Patients First Through Health Literacy “. This will be on Sunday, 2nd December’12 at Nehru Center at 10.30a.m. to 1.p.m. The website is www.patientpower.in/2012 The conference will be followed by a health literacy workshop in the afternoon. Helen Osborne, President, Health Literacy, a world renowned Consultant from US , will be delivering the keynote and conducting the workshop. Her website is at www.healthliteracy.com At this time, we will be releasing the book, Deciphering Medical Gobbledygook: Promoting Health Literacy to Put Patients Fir...
Source: The Patient's Doctor - October 22, 2012 Category: Obstetricians and Gynecologists Source Type: blogs

Customary blog post about my book
It’s nice to be in such esteemed company. Apparently, customers who downloaded the free Kindle sampler of my forthcoming book Deceived Wisdom have also grabbed a copy of one or more of the following popular science books: “How Many Friends Does One Person Need?” by Robin Dunbar (His theory gets a mention in DW!) “Bad Pharma: How drug companies mislead doctors” by Ben Goldacre (I tried to avoid overlapping with BG in DW although I do cover a couple of medical matters.) “The Self Illusion: Why There is No You Inside” by Bruce Hood (There should be a book called “The Elf Illusio...
Source: Sciencebase Science Blog - October 22, 2012 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science Source Type: blogs

Formaldehyde And Permanent Press Clothing: What’s The Harm?
Some of you may find this surprising, but I don’t mind ironing. Unlike giving a lecture, writing a column or appearing on TV or radio, you get immediate gratification. You see the results of your efforts. Wrinkles that were there before are gone. I suspect, however, that not everyone shares my enthusiasm for this task. The textile industry realizes this as well and has responded by producing a variety of “durable press” fabrics that can withstand wrinkles. But withstanding allegations of toxicity is more of a challenge. In this case the hullabaloo is about formaldehyde, the chemical used to fashion garm...
Source: Better Health - October 22, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: admin Tags: Health Tips Chemistry Contact Dermatitis Dermatology Formaldehyde Ironing Joe Schwarcz Permanent Press The Right Chemistry Source Type: blogs

Comprehensive Review of Effectiveness of Intensive Behavioral Intervention and Pharmacotherapy for Smoking Cessation Finds an 87.5% Failure Rate, But Fails to Report or Comment on This Result
In a comprehensive review of the effectiveness of combined pharmacotherapy and intensive behavioral intervention for smoking cessation published as a Cochrane review, the authors report that the combination of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) or other smoking cessation drugs and behavioral counseling or support is twice as effective for smoking cessation as usual care, in which there is only a brief cessation component but no other behavioral support and no medication.(See: Stead LF, Lancaster T. Combined pharmacotherapy and behavioural interventions for smoking cessation. The Cochrane Library 2012, Issue 10.)The methods...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - October 22, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Source Type: blogs

Comprehensive Review of Effectiveness of Intensive Behavioral Intervention and Pharmacotherapy for Smoking Cesstaion Finds an 87.5% Failure Rate, But Fails to Report or Comment on This Result
In a comprehensive review of the effectiveness of combined pharmacotherapy and intensive behavioral intervention for smoking cessation published as a Cochrane review, the authors report that the combination of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) or other smoking cessation drugs and behavioral counseling or support is twice as effective for smoking cessation as usual care, in which there is only a brief cessation component but no other behavioral support and no medication.(See: Stead LF, Lancaster T. Combined pharmacotherapy and behavioural interventions for smoking cessation. The Cochrane Library 2012, Issue 10.)The methods...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - October 22, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Source Type: blogs

Discover the Yoga of Eating: Reinventing the Meal
Mindfulness is the practice of being in the moment, right here and now, with your entire being in a non-judgmental and non-evaluative fashion. It’s a way of finding a greater inner peace and balance in your life through simple meditation practices. Mindful eating, then, is re-learning how to eat not just as a way of giving your body the energy it needs to survive, but of experiencing food through all of your senses. It’s about treating each meal as enjoyable, nurturing experience unto itself, rather than just stuffing your mouth with food indiscriminately. That’s why I’m pleased to introduce you to ...
Source: World of Psychology - October 22, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M. Grohol, PsyD Tags: Books Brain and Behavior General Happiness Mental Health and Wellness Mindfulness Amazon Art And Science Being In The Moment Bl blogger Course Approach Different Perspective Emotional Overeating Inner Peace Interruption Med Source Type: blogs

Death by Alternative medicine
Death by alternative medicine: Who’s to blame? is a great post by Respectful Insolence, one of the Science Blogs I read. The surgeon described how he dutifully did an ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of the small nodule. The results? Adenocarcinoma. Breast cancer. Here’s where things get interesting. Apparently, this woman is a die-hard altie. And I do mean “die hard,” as she will quite likely die very hard for her beliefs. She absolutely refused any surgery or treatment for her cancer. It was explained to her that a less than 1 cm tumor with no evidence of spread to the lymph nodes carried ...
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - October 22, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Palmdoc Tags: - CAM watch - Palmdoc Source Type: blogs

Debates in the Mainstream of Aging Research
The most important strategic debate in aging science is over how to go about producing therapies for aging. The present dominant camp believes that only minimal progress is possible in the near term, and that altering the operation of metabolism is one of the few viable methods: they are aiming to gently slow aging, such as by replicating some of the beneficial changes that occur in calorie restriction. The minority position in this debate looks to build therapies capable of true rejuvenation, reversal of aging by repairing the cellular and molecular damage that causes aging. This is a path that should prove no harder, w...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 22, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs

More on Establishing an Australian Cryonics Provider
The small cryonics industry provides a method of low-temperature storage after death, with the aim of preserving the fine structure in brain tissue that stores the data of the mind. Cryopreserved people can wait out the development of sufficiently advanced applications of molecular nanotechnology that are capable of restoring them to active life. Over the decades since the first cryonics providers were established the industry has not grown greatly, but it is nonetheless the only option other than the grave available to the billions who will die prior to the advent of biotechnologies to reverse aging. In a better world, c...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 22, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs

Four stars for Ben
Bad Pharma by Ben Goldacre: review - Telegraph When Stephen Hawking wrote A Brief History of Time, his editor warned that for each equation he included, the readership would be halved. After much resistance from Hawking, all of them were dropped except E=mc². This is one of the central problems with books that aim to popularise complex science; all too often, to grasp their ideas a level of skill is required that the average reader doesn’t possess. The quandary is how much an author should explain and risk alienating those without any scientific background, and how much they should gloss over and risk accusations of pr...
Source: PharmaGossip - October 22, 2012 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs

FDA to Consider Accelerated Approval for Special Medical Use
Over the past few months, the Food and Drug Administration has approved a number of new drugs, including products for obesity and HIV. Consequently, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg recently told scientific advisers the “agency is considering letting makers of such treatments conduct faster clinical trials with a smaller group of patients than now required. A “special medical use” label could be used, allowing doctors to administer the drugs to patients in most dire need, she said. “This is an issue of having the right science and data to assess risks and benefits but also a broader societal discussion abo...
Source: Policy and Medicine - October 22, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs

Goldacre speaks
Science Weekly Extra: An extended interview with Ben Goldacre on Bad Pharma http://audio.theguardian.tv/audio/kip/science/series/science/1350653685662/7287/gnl.sci.120122.jp.science_weekly_goldacrefull.mp3 In Science Extra this week we bring you Alok Jha's extended interview with science writer, broadcaster, doctor and academic Ben Goldacre. His new book Bad Pharma is a forensic investigation into how the pharmaceutical industry – which invests millions in the high-stakes process of drug development and clinical trials – ensures its products reach the market. Goldacre discusses the central thesis of Bad Pharma, tha...
Source: PharmaGossip - October 22, 2012 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs

Gene name errors and Excel: lessons not learned
June 23, 2004. BMC Bioinformatics publishes “Mistaken Identifiers: Gene name errors can be introduced inadvertently when using Excel in bioinformatics”. We roll our eyes. Do people really do that? Is it really worthy of publication? However, we admit that if it happens then it’s good that people know about it. October 17, 2012. A colleague on our internal Yammer network writes: Sad but true. I keep finding newbie bioinformatics errors in the Cancer Genome Atlas project data. This time a text download of 450K methylation from the Cancer Genome Atlas project reveals that Excel has had its evil way with th...
Source: What You're Doing Is Rather Desperate - October 21, 2012 Category: Bioinformaticians Authors: nsaunders Tags: bioinformatics research diary cancer errors excel reproducibility spreadsheet tcga Source Type: blogs

TWiV 204: M m m my corona
On episode #204 of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, Matt and Kathy review isolation of a new coronavirus from two patients in the Middle East, and expansion of the enteric virome during simian AIDS. You can find TWiV #204 at www.twiv.tv.
Source: virology blog - October 21, 2012 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology adenovirus coronavirus enteric virome immunodeficiency lentivirus microbiome Middle East pneumonia Qatar Ron Fouchier SARS Saudia Arabia simian AIDS viral Source Type: blogs

High cGPA, low sGPA... what are my chances for PA or med?
by lwalsh08 (Posted Sun Oct 21, 2012 6:42 pm)So here's my situation:I just graduated the University of Connecticut in MayMajor: Nutritional SciencesCum GPA: 3.6Science GPA: ~3.0 or closer to 3.3 if some of the more science based NUSC courses are counted. I'm not sure if they do count as science courses.Currently doing a 1 year Americorps volunteer program.My story:I started off college not really knowing what I wanted to do. I was actually in the engineering school but dropped out pretty much right away so I could explore my other options. I really am a good student but I just had no focus as a fresh/soph so my grades for ...
Source: Med Student Guide - October 21, 2012 Category: Medical Students Source Type: blogs

Sunday News Round-Up, Got Distracted So I’m Still at Level 89 Edition
First up, please check out the new Our Bodies Ourselves “Educate Congress” campaign. I’ll post more about it later this week, but this campaign extends our action to take factual women’s and reproductive health information to Rep. Todd Akin by raising funds to send copies of the most recent OBOS to all members of Congress. We launched the campaign on Friday and are about 1/10th of the way to our goal, and there are neat perks for contributors, so please consider donating today. When the national organization for obstetricians and gynecologists has had to issue two official statements in the l...
Source: Women's Health News - October 21, 2012 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Abortion Abuse, Rape, & Safety Access, Rights, & Choice Ethics Global Issues Government Laws, Legislation, & Courts Miscellaneous News Round-Ups Pregnancy Women's Health ACOG books cardiovascular disease cervical dilation Col Source Type: blogs

Chances of getting into DO schools
by pumkinpatch (Posted Sun Oct 21, 2012 3:25 pm)what are my chances for getting into a DO school.I have a overall GPA 3.48, science GPA 3.15 and a 22O mcat.I dont know if this helps but my brother just graduated from a DO school. I live in the state of Michigan and ran 4 years of college cross country
Source: Med Student Guide - October 21, 2012 Category: Medical Students Source Type: blogs

Both the scientific and the social sides of medicine are needed
The word medicine, in today’s world, seems to indicate a hard science in search of cures for many kinds of human ailments, such as cancer. However, I believe that the true definition of medicine is the practice of healing. Medicine is both an art and a science because it involves both human and technological interaction. The art of compassionate care and social interaction must be combined with the science of human physiology and curative methods. When such a combination of art and science is able to create healing, or at least the improvement of a person’s physical and mental well-being, then it is effective m...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 21, 2012 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Kevin Tags: Patient Cancer Source Type: blogs

Beauty Science News – October 21
This week in beauty science news, the FDA continues it’s anti-anti-aging rampage… The FDA questions two more companies on anti-aging claims. Have you been duped by any of their products? Doctors use harmless virus to fight antibiotic resistant acne. We have hair on our heads to keep warm. But why do elephants have hair on their heads? Yikes! Some injectable wrinkle fillers can cause blindness! Vitamins can help prevent cancer. (We mean it this time!)
Source: thebeautybrains.com - October 21, 2012 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Authors: Mid Brain Tags: Questions Source Type: blogs

Savoir Faire or Savant?
This study was published in a newspaper, not in a peer reviewed journal (see Left Wing vs. Right Wing Brains).ReferencesBickart, K., Hollenbeck, M., Barrett, L., & Dickerson, B. (2012). Intrinsic Amygdala-Cortical Functional Connectivity Predicts Social Network Size in Humans. Journal of Neuroscience, 32 (42), 14729-14741. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1599-12.2012Bickart KC, Wright CI, Dautoff RJ, Dickerson BC, Barrett LF. (2011). Amygdala volume and social network size in humans. Nat Neurosci. 14:163-4.Cauda F, Geda E, Sacco K, D'Agata F, Duca S, Geminiani G, Keller R. (2011). Greymatter abnormality in autism spectrum disor...
Source: The Neurocritic - October 21, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Neurocritic Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, October 22nd 2012
Discussion - Latest Headlines from Fight Aging! - Spermidine Levels Measured in Centenarians - A Small Step Towards Tissue Engineered Kidneys - More on Young Blood and Old Mice - More Robust Data on the Effect of Mitochondrially Targeted Antioxidants on Fly Life Span - The Plasticity of Life Span - Overexpression of FGF21 Extends Life in Mice - Dopamine and Memory Decline in Aging - Another Glenn Foundation Lab Established ...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 21, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

Adolescence on the spectrum: new obsessions, new challenges
Obsessive interests are often associated with Asperger's, but they're common to many cognitive disorders. This UK page has a good discussion ... Obsessions, repetitive behaviour and routines - | autism | Asperger syndrome... People with an ASD have many different obsessions but some of the more common ones include computers, trains, historical dates or events, science, or particular TV programmes. Many younger children with an ASD like Thomas the Tank Engine, dinosaurs or particular cartoon characters. Sometimes, people develop obsessions with things like car registration numbers, bus or train timetables, postcodes, traf...
Source: Be the Best You can Be - October 20, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: behavioral therapy Asperger's autism Source Type: blogs

Engineer to MD?
by Enot (Posted Sat Oct 20, 2012 2:19 pm)It is probably OK to take the classes at a CC. You will want to obtain LORs from your professors, (usually 2 science and 1 non science), so be sure to be in touch with profs from your old school.This makes no sense: Tofayelbd wrote:In this stage if you think that you like medical field mostly, then graduate in public health would be wise to you.OP, please disregard.Your GPA is good, your plans of volunteering are sound. Shadowing is important. Be sure to get some experience that demonstrates a sincere interest and investigation into medicine. Take your courses, and review physics an...
Source: Med Student Guide - October 20, 2012 Category: Medical Students Source Type: blogs

ABIM MOC Exam Questions Revealed. Must Have 2012 Study Guide Leaked Here!
I recently took my ten year Maintenance of Certification (MOC) boards offered by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). What I discovered was shocking. Practicing medicine is not like it used to be. In my first ABIM certification back in 2003 I remember a bunch of questions about medications, ICU care, complications and side effects of therapy in addition to a nice assortment of by the book ethical scenarios for new internal medicine graduates to ponder on their way to professional victory. That's old school man. That's living in the past. The ABIM has recognized a titanic shif...
Source: The Happy Hospitalist - October 20, 2012 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: Tamer Mahrous Source Type: blogs

Just Another Sunny, but Chilly Saturday…
I like sunny Sundays more, but Saturdays will do. Joni Mitchell wrote a song about sunny Sundays and it was depressing. I would get drunk and listen to it over and over. Not much going on this Saturday. I plan to relax, write lots, and spend loads of time on the internet. Somewhere in between all of that, I need to do another load of laundry – a load of my nicest and most favorite volunteering shirts. Gotta look like a give a damn, you know? Dad and I will watch America’s Test Kitchen around noon-ish when he comes home from the pharmacy. My father and I are both hooked on that show. They have c...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - October 20, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

Just Another Sunny but Chilly Saturday…
I like sunny Sundays more, but Saturdays will do. Not much going on this Saturday. I plan to relax, write lots, and spend loads of time on the internet. Somewhere in between all of that, I need to do another load of laundry – a load of my nicest and most favorite volunteering shirts. Dad and I will watch America’s Test Kitchen around noon-ish when he comes home from the pharmacy. My father and I are both hooked on that show. They have cooking down to an exact science. My father and I both enjoy it when they do food comparisons and taste tests. I also enjoy it when they taste test something like...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - October 20, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

When Clinical Trials are Meant for Marketing, not Science
The development of the randomized controlled clinical trial (RCT) was one of the major scientific advances in clinical medicine. RCTs provide a major part of the evidence underlying evidence based medicine. RCTs provide a major source of data used by the US Food and Drug Administration, and similar agencies in other countries, to decide whether to approve drugs or devices to manage particular clinical problems. Unfortunately, with the rise of the RCT came a rise in attempts to suppress and manipulate clinical trials by those with vested interests, often in selling the products and services the trials can ...
Source: Health Care Renewal - October 19, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: Pfizer manipulating clinical research evidence-based medicine clinical trials Neurontin suppression of medical research Source Type: blogs

Something for the weekend…
Well-known popular science author John Emsley had this to say about my forthcoming book: “Bradley debunks more than a hundred popular misconceptions that govern the way we behave, and he does it in a light-hearted and enjoyable fashion.” As I think I may well have mentioned before, you can grab a free sampler for the weekend from amazon. By the way, you don’t need a Kindle to read it, there are Kindle apps for Windows, Android, iOS etc that let you read Kindle books on your PC, iPad etc. Alternatively, you can download the sampler as a PDF, ePub or mobi file from Sciencebase. Book launches in hardcover in...
Source: Sciencebase Science Blog - October 19, 2012 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science weekend Source Type: blogs

Is the Long-Awaited Snowfall Increase in Antarctica Now Underway?
By Chip KnappenbergerGlobal Science Report is a weekly feature from the Center for the Study of Science, where we highlight one or two important new items in the scientific literature or the popular media. For broader and more technical perspectives, consult our monthly “Current Wisdom.” Whenever the topic of rising seas comes up, we point out that Antarctica is expected to gain mass through enhanced snowfall in a warmer climate, and therefore its contribution to global sea level rise should be negative—that is, the water locked up in the added snowfall there will act to reduce the level of the globe’s seas. The mo...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 19, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Chip Knappenberger Tags: Energy and Environment Global Science Report Source Type: blogs

A chemistry song
“Hallo Jen, with your eyes of cobalt blue, A man-gan-e-asily fall in love with you…” “I really like your pigtails, Why thank you, I’ve been platinum…” A chemistry song is a post from: Sciencebase Science Blog
Source: Sciencebase Science Blog - October 19, 2012 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science Source Type: blogs

Federal Government Wastes $10 Million on Nicotine Vaccine Studies; Money Would Have Been Better Spent Investigating Potential Role of Electronic Cigarettes
In 2009, the federal government awarded Nabi Pharmaceuticals a $10 million stimulus grant to conduct a clinical trial of NicVax, an injectable vaccination intended to help people quit smoking. According to an NIH press release: "Successful completion of the study will bring the vaccine closer to final approval. Already given fast track designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, NicVAX passed initial regulatory hurdles showing the basic idea is sound. Patients in the trial get six monthly shots in the arm. ... The award continues a public-private partnership between NIDA and NABI that started in 2001 with a grant...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - October 19, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Source Type: blogs

Combating Cancer Cell Communication
One of the latest theories in cancer research is that its not about the cancer cells themselves but its about the environment in which they live - the tumor micro environment - where all these cells, proteins, and whatchamacallits hangout and communicate. How they communicate, how evil cancer cells trick good cells into doing bad things - like turning into cancer cells or creating blood supplies for tumors - and how those triggers could be altered to make them kill off the bad guys (cancer cells).There is a lot of science involved but if you read this article slowly with a cup of coffee and then think about it, it makes a ...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - October 19, 2012 Category: Cancer Tags: cancer cause cancer research Source Type: blogs

3 ways to expand your network this fall
Most doctors have a difficult time appreciating the importance of networking. I'm not talking about computers or IT networks. I mean your professional social network of friends, family, and colleagues who can help you find a new job or advance in your career. The fall is a great time to expand your network because of the festivities that surround certain holidays like Thanksgiving. Also, the fall prepares you for winter where you're sure to bump into people at holiday parties in December. So, here are 3 ways that you can expand your network this fall: 1. Be smart on your smartphone. Get the social networking apps like L...
Source: Non-Clinical Physician Jobs, Careers, and Opportunities - October 19, 2012 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Joseph Kim, MD, MPH Source Type: blogs

How Would You Fix the World?
Ah, our candidates have been debating, and everyone has a fix for society's woes. Romney has an easy plan: cut taxes, this will let businesses keep their money so they can hire more employees, create more jobs (he has the precise number, even) and help the economy grow and everything will fall into place. If we cut funds to Medicaid, Medicare, undo ObamaCare, and fire Big Bird, then we'll be able to pay off the trillions of dollars of National Debt, all while growing the military, and all will be well. I know, I'm exaggerating, and it really isn't clear that cutting government funds to public television w...
Source: Shrink Rap - October 19, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Dinah Source Type: blogs

Music Boosts Memory in Alzheimer’s Patients
While the parts of the brain where we make memories — the medial temporal lobes like the hippocampus — are the first parts to be ravaged as Alzheimer’s develops, music pulls from the cortical and subcortical areas, which aren’t as damaged by the disease. Alzheimer's Reading Room Your brain on music: neuroscientist and Alzheimer’s researcher Brandon Ally. Music’s power to soothe or energize is well known, and there is good science behind the use of music to arouse dormant memories even in those whose minds are failing. Now the results of a recent BU study suggest that music may also help people with dementi...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - October 19, 2012 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs

Link feast
In case you missed them - 10 of the best psychology links from the past week: 1. The doyenne of British psychology, Professor Uta Frith DBE, has written an article for the Huffington Post calling for more recognition of female scientists. She says that one way to do this is through creating and editing Wikipedia entries about inspiring female scientists past and present, and today the Royal Society (of which Frith is a Fellow) begins an edit-athon to do just that. One example of a glaring omission on Wikipedia at present, mentioned by Frith, is the lack of an entry for cognitive neuroscientist Eleanor Maguire of UCL, desp...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - October 19, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Christian Jarrett Source Type: blogs

The three infrastructure crises in science
A recent flurry of posts and discussions prompted me to summarize a connected set of issues that I haven't really seen covered simultaneously elsewhere. I don't doubt everyone's aware of the issues, I just haven't seen anyone make the case that all the following three issues are related and, ultimately, have the same cause and thus, the same potential solution.The astonishing gall with which corporate publishers strangle research and teaching institutions worldwide, even in the face of drastic cuts to said institutions budget is not a white gauntlet but a fist in the face of every taxpayer, paired with a big, raised middl...
Source: bjoern.brembs.net - a neuroscientist's blog : RSS feed of bjoern.brembs.net - October 18, 2012 Category: Neurologists Authors: bjoern Tags: science politics Source Type: blogs

The Spangler Effect
He's the science teacher you always wanted to have in school. Things just happen to fizz, pop, smoke and explode, and before you know it, you're a part of his learning experience. His passion is to find the most creative ways to make learning fun. His ...
Source: Deaf Village - October 18, 2012 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Robert G Tags: Uncategorized vm Source Type: blogs

Great article in Trials, on why regulators should stop withholding trial info from doctors and patients
One thing in Bad Pharma has shocked readers more than anything else: the way that vitally important information about trials is withheld from doctors and patients, not just by drug companies, but also by government bodies such NICE and the European Medicines Agency (the body that approves and regulates medicines for the UK). As we [...]
Source: badscience - October 18, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Ben Goldacre Tags: bad science big pharma Source Type: blogs

Greatest app on Earth
Atlas by Collins (launched today) pitches itself as the greatest app on Earth (geddit?). It’s a constantly evolving data visualisation tool for representing worldwide information on a selection of themed globes with over 200,000 places to explore. I took a look and I have to say it is stupendous on the iPad. Interactive spinning 3D globes have themes including energy and the environment, giving you the chance to tour the geographical and political world from the safety of your iOS device. If you have a well-thumbed atlas on your bookshelves then this is definitely for you. Atlas app by Collins. Greatest app on Earth ...
Source: Sciencebase Science Blog - October 18, 2012 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science app earth greatest Source Type: blogs

AdvaMed 2012 Part II: Foreign Representative Interviews
At AdvaMed 2012 earlier this month, we had the chance to sit down with government representatives from three different countries, each with different geographic and economic backgrounds. Speaking to each of them gave me a chance to see 1) How regulatory and academic environments differ between the US and foreign countries, and 2) How national government can work with academic and medical technology industries to spur innovation.We first had the chance to sit down with Declan McAree, VP of Medical Technologies at IDA Ireland. Mr. McAree described how, with the highest concentration of medical device businesses anywhere in ...
Source: Medgadget - October 18, 2012 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Ravi Parikh Tags: Medgadget Exclusive Source Type: blogs

Beta amyloid build-up in the brain may increase risk of cognitive impairment more than having “Alzheimer’s gene”
Conclusions: In this prospective study of healthy older adults, high cerebral Aβ load was associated with greater decline in episodic and working memory over 18 months. The APOE ϵ4 genotype was also associated with a decline in visual memory, although the effect was less than that observed for cerebral Aβ load. Related articles Lifelong cognitive exercise may ward off Alzheimer’s protein beta amyloid A Decade after The Decade of the Brain – Educational and Clinical Implications of Neuroplasticity The State of Personalized Medicine: The Role of Biomarkers
Source: SharpBrains - October 18, 2012 Category: Neurologists Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Alzheimers-disease amyloid imaging APOE Ε4 beta-amyloid cognition cognitive-exercise Cognitive-impairment memory-decline plaques Source Type: blogs

9 Surefire Strategies That Don’t Work for Kids with ADHD
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) impacts a person’s ability to focus on work or a project in order to get things done. Instead, a person with ADHD’s attention is divided, resulting in many people feeling like they’re just spinning their wheels. The other month we looked at unsuccessful strategies for adults with ADHD. This month experts reveal fruitless tactics for kids with ADHD. Some of these approaches aren’t just ineffective; they can exacerbate symptoms or impede progress. Whether you’re a parent, loved one or teacher of a child with ADHD, here’s what doesn’t work — and a...
Source: World of Psychology - October 18, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: ADHD and ADD Brain and Behavior Children and Teens Disorders Family General Mental Health and Wellness Parenting Self-Help Students Treatment According To Mark Adults With Adhd Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Attention Deficit Source Type: blogs

The Generic Wellbutrin Problem: Whose Fault Is It?
One of the questions I get asked most often, by people outside of the drug industry, is whether generic medications really are the same as the original branded ones. My answer has always been the same: that yes, they are. And that's still my answer, but I'll have to modify it a bit, because we're seeing an exception right now. Update: more exceptions are showing up in the comments section. Unfortunately, "right now" turns out, in this case, to mean "over the last five years". The problem here is bupropion (brand name Wellbutrin), the well-known antidepressant. A generic version of it came on the market in 2006, and it wen...
Source: In the Pipeline - October 18, 2012 Category: Chemists Tags: Regulatory Affairs Source Type: blogs

Google Scholar formatted citations
In case you missed it, Google Scholar now does formatted citations for references. The end of Endnote? Move over Mendeley? Your thoughts? Google Scholar. Google Scholar formatted citations is a post from: Sciencebase Science Blog
Source: Sciencebase Science Blog - October 18, 2012 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science citations formatted google scholar Source Type: blogs

5 Super-Powered Ways to Hulk Smash Your Shyness and Win New Friends
Shyness is a villain. It’s insidious, invisible, and it ruins lives. It stops you from doing what you want and sabotages your efforts when you try to break free. You can’t talk to the cute guy in the other department at work. You cling to people you know at parties. You find it hard to bond and actually make new friends. It’s like an oppressive monster living inside you, holding you down while life passes by. Really, shyness is the worst type of villain because it makes YOU seem like the problem. Shyness is an evil bastard (cue maniacal laughter). What you need are “super powers” to smash your shyness so you CAN...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - October 18, 2012 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Dean J Tags: confidence self improvement gain confidence more confidence overcoming shyness pickthebrain Source Type: blogs

Pharmaceutical Development Slows Down In Search of New Products
Over the last month or so, there has been a series of reports and articles discussing the difficulty pharmaceutical companies are having with their drug pipelines—or so they say. For example, AstraZeneca Chairman Leif Johansson recently said that the company is planning “to replenish its pipeline of new drugs through external collaborations and by buying drugs in late stages of development from other drugmakers.” In April, AZ paid $1.26 billion for Ardea BioSciences and more recently, agreed to spend $3.4 billion toward the purchase of Amylin Pharmaceuticals by Bristol-Myers Squibb. In doing so, AstraZeneca exp...
Source: Policy and Medicine - October 18, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs