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Science Marches On
The 2012 IgNobel Awards are out, and I trust you will join me in a rousing round of applause for the winners.I particularly commend to your attention this study, in which the investigators used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to show that a dead salmon can determine the emotional experiences of humans depicted in photographs.The point is that there is currently an avalanche of these studies, mostly funded by you through the National Institutes of Health, in which the investigators claim that they can detect which regions of the brain are active when carrying out certain cognitive tasks, reacting to particular ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - September 25, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Source Type: blogs

Ben Goldacre’s Bad Pharma. Buy it now. Then do something.
This is a very important book. Buy it now (that link is to Waterstone’s Amazon don’t pay tax in the UK, so don’t use them). When you’ve read it, do something about it. The book has lots of suggestions about what to do. Stolen from badscience.net Peter Medawar, the eminent biologist, in his classic book Advice to a Young Scientist, said this. “Exaggerated claims for the efficacy of a medicament are very seldom the consequence of any intention to deceive; they are usually the outcome of a kindly conspiracy in which everybody has the very best intentions. The patient wants to...
Source: DC's goodscience - September 25, 2012 Category: Professors and Educators Authors: David Colquhoun Tags: Academia badscience Big Pharma BMJ CAM Clinical trials Continuing med education corruption Freedom of Information Act randomisation RCT Universities EMA European Medicines Agency FDA NICE Richard Eastell Source Type: blogs

New Study Shows Link Between MMR Vaccine and Autism
In a new study by Neuroimmunology professor Dr. Vijendra K. Singh, a link has been shown between the MMR vaccine and autism. The study has just been published in the Journal of Biomedical Science.Contributor: Lily AndersonPublished: Sep 25, 2012
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - September 25, 2012 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs

Screening for Coronary Disease
The newspaper recently reported on new research meant to help doctors better identify patients at risk for heart attacks. Dr. Eric Topol, the director of California’s Scripps Translational Science Institute, announced the discovery of a clue found in the blood of people who are apparently on the verge of suffering the big one. “On Wednesday, Scripps researchers reported a new lead—by searching people’s blood for deformed cells that appear to flake off the lining of seriously diseased arteries. Topol’s team measured high levels of those cells floating in the blood … Continue reading →
Source: Alegent Health Cardiology Blog - September 25, 2012 Category: Cardiology Source Type: blogs

The perfect app for vampires
The Transylvania branch of the National Health Service has just launched a free app for iOS and Android devices that lets vampires target willing victims easier than ever before without all that late-night stalking and morphing into bats malarkey. The app lets victims donors search for a blood donor sessions and once they have found a convenient session can secure an appointment with the undead through the National Contact Centre. Once they’ve been relieved of their proverbial armful they can share their bloody activities on Facebook and Twitter. Route guidance is provided through Google maps although for iPhone5 use...
Source: Sciencebase Science Blog - September 25, 2012 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science app perfect vampires Source Type: blogs

Here’s the foreword to my new book.
My new book Bad Pharma is out today. It describes how drug companies harm patients, around the world, by distorting evidence on an industrial scale. More than that, it shows how doctors, academics, and regulators have all failed to fix these problems. Bad practices have been perpetuated, because the public have not understood the true [...]
Source: badscience - September 25, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Ben Goldacre Tags: bad science Source Type: blogs

Does Avon ANEW Clinical Pro Line Eraser Really Work?
FK1221 asks…What is A-F33? According to AVON “It’s unlike AHA. Unlike Retinol. It works to deactivate collagen blocking ( what does ‘deactivate collagen blocking’ mean?) and help effectively boost collagen production in just 3 days. The look of deep wrinkles begin to fade in just one week.” What part does the ingredient Acetyl Tyrosinamide play in the formulation? The Right Brain responds: The product you’re referring to is officially known as Avon ANEW Clinical Pro Line Eraser and is new to the market as of September 2012. The magic ingredient Amino-Fill 33 is actually the A...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - September 25, 2012 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Authors: Right Brain Tags: Questions Source Type: blogs

Ben Goldacre's 'Bad Pharma' is out today
Ben writes; My new book Bad Pharma is out today. It describes how drug companies harm patients, around the world, by distorting evidence on an industrial scale. More than that, it shows how doctors, academics, and regulators have all failed to fix these problems. Bad practices have been perpetuated, because the public have not understood the true scale of the disaster. If this book is not ignored, it will make certain current public positions from industry, and from regulators, untenable. That will be the beginning of fixing the problem, and for the rest, I need your help. But first, with kind permission of the publishers...
Source: PharmaGossip - September 25, 2012 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs

Don’t Train Yourself Like a Dog
These days, there’s quite an emphasis on appreciating the animal side of human nature. We’re cautioned to respect the power of our lizard brain, and to consider how we respond to stimuli in an instinctual way. We should train ourselves like a dog to improve our habits, say. I agree that the animal element of human nature is a factor in everything we do. But sometimes, I think, we overlook the ways that people differ from animals. People are powerfully moved by imagination, belief, and knowledge. They can consider the past and future. They can make changes in their behavior out of reason, in a way that animals can’t...
Source: World of Psychology - September 24, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Gretchen Rubin Tags: General Happiness Mental Health and Wellness Self-Help Abstainer Animal Side Animals Basic Elements Belief And Knowledge brain Controversy Diabetic Eating Habits Gary Taubes Healthy Diet Human Nature Imagination Insulin Source Type: blogs

The One-Stop CRO
C&E News has a good articlehttp://cen.acs.org/articles/90/i39/One-Stop-Shops-Emerge-Drug.html out on the so-called "one-stop shop" contract research organizations in pharma - these are the Covances and WuXis of the world, who can take on all sorts of preclinical (and clinical) jobs for you under one umbrella. The old debate over one-stop shopping has, however, become more nuanced in the current pharmaceutical industry environment. Service firms and their customers agree that much of the decision making comes down to where to outsource workhorse chemistry and where to outsource frontline science. Sources agree that a marke...
Source: In the Pipeline - September 24, 2012 Category: Chemists Tags: Drug Development Source Type: blogs

Cytomegaloviruses
Matthias J. Reddehase presents a new book on Cytomegaloviruses: From Molecular Pathogenesis to Intervention This two-volume work, is an updated and upgraded 2nd-edition of 'Cytomegaloviruses: Molecular Biology and Immunology' (2006). The title 'Cytomegaloviruses: From Molecular Pathogenesis to Intervention' reflects its expanded commitment not only to cover cutting-edge basic science but also to include the translation of this to clinical science. In an interdisciplinary approach to understanding CMV disease and outlining options for prevention and treatment, leading international experts provide comprehensive and authorit...
Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. - September 24, 2012 Category: Microbiology Tags: Microbiology publications Virology Virology publications Genomics publications Source Type: blogs

Is This The Real Law of Attraction?
It seems almost absurd that less than a month or so after saying I’d never post on the Law of Attraction again after this post, here I am giving that particular horse one (hopefully) last flogging. But why would I spend so much time and energy talking about something that (to me) is no more than a mildly interesting and tenuous concept? Scientifically speaking, the Law of Attraction is no more a real law than Murphy’s Law. Trust me, you can find people who have had experiences where it seemed like everything that could go wrong did go wrong in their lives and they’d happily (or more likely, grumpily) blame Murphy...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - September 24, 2012 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Law of Attraction belief systems beliefs Source Type: blogs

Bones in Boxes
This is unfortunately a retrospective review, as I just caught the closing days of Bone at the Florence Nightingale Museum on my recent trip to London. But given the always-strange scenario of blogging about objects that most readers will likely never encounter in the flesh (or at least, in close proximity to their glass cases), I thought I’d share a few thoughts. The room holding Bone was a welcome oasis amidst the frenetic traffic of Waterloo, covered in blackboard paint that blurred the visual shorelines of walls, floor, and ceiling, creating a strangely expansive, quiet space out of a small room usually packed w...
Source: Biomedicine on Display - September 24, 2012 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Louise Whiteley Tags: art and science curation displays/exhibits human remains public engagement Source Type: blogs

The next SARS? Coronavirus case in UK
The UK alerted the World Health Organisation on Saturday to a case of acute respiratory syndrome with renal failure in a 49-year old man who had visited Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The man, a previously healthy, Qatari national, first showed symptoms on 3 September 2012 and was admitted to intensive care in Doha, Qatar on 7th. He was transferred by air ambulance to the UK on 11th where the Health Protection Agency confirmed infection with a previously unknown coronavirus. Coronaviruses infect the upper airways and gastrointestinal tract of mammals and birds. There are four to five strains known to infect humans and most are th...
Source: Sciencebase Science Blog - September 24, 2012 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science Source Type: blogs

When I'm 164: An Interview With David Ewing Duncan
Author David Ewing Duncan is presently touting a new book on aging and aging research entitled "When I'm 164". Here is an audio interview: "With a new understanding of the biology of aging, we may be on the cusp of pushing life expectancy to ages once considered unimaginable. Journalist and author David Ewing Duncan in his book When I'm 164, examines the potential technologies that could lead us to radical life extension and some of the consequences should science bring about a dramatic demographic shift. We spoke to Duncan about his book, how close we are to scientific advancements in the area, and why not everyone wants ...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 24, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs

An Interesting Comment From a Google Ventures Partner
Via CNBC: "Google's Venture fund is planning to invest $1 billion in a wide-range of start-ups over the next five years, but the firm isn't necessarily looking for the next Facebook, Twitter or other media related business. ... 'There's a whole world of innovation out there outside of social media. It's a huge growth area, but we're investing a lot of money in life sciences,' said William Maris, Google Ventures managing partner. ... Maris said the fund seeks entrepreneurs that 'have a healthy disregard for the impossible' with forward-thinking ideas, especially in biotech. Maris said some of the areas he is interested in i...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 24, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs

Possible Future Directions for Fight Aging!
So let me start out here by noting that (a) I am eternally unsatisfied with the present, (b) Fight Aging! has been more or less static in traffic, scope, and focus for at least five years, and (c) past changes have come slowly, usually proceeded by a few years of rumbling. Time waits for no man, however, and it is ever the case that the modest efforts I make here could be better, could achieve more, and could consume more of my time than they do. So without any particular ordering or desire to see anything happen immediately, here are some possible future directions. Dumb it Down Fight Aging! is heavy on the raw, undige...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 24, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Site News Source Type: blogs

Practice, Changing the Brain, and Better Eating
An article about changing the brain (The brain set free by Laura Sanders, SCIENCE NEWS, 8/11/12) offers more evidence for some of my most persistent advice: If you want to eat differently, you must keep practicing new behaviors. You can’t just do something a few times and decide you’re a failure. Practice changes your brain. Before getting to how the brain alters with practice, let’s look at how it begins laying down neural pathways in our early lives. At first there’s a rush of information into our newly formed brains (just imagine it!), and slowly connections start to form and strengthen between nerve...
Source: Normal Eating - September 24, 2012 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: eatnormalnow Source Type: blogs

A review of Ben Goldacre's Bad Pharma by Maia Szalavitz
A Doctor’s Dilemma: When Crucial New-Drug Data Is Hidden Jorg Greuel / Getty Images As the title of his column, “Bad Science,” for the U.K.’s Guardian would suggest, Dr. Ben Goldacre is no slouch when it comes to rooting out the flaws in scientific studies, analyzing clinical trial data and recognizing when it’s been manipulated or fudged. His definition of productive discussions of data: “bloodbaths” during which researchers engage in “consensual intellectual sadomasochism” to get to the truth. If you’re a scientist, you don’t want to be on the receiving end of one of his critiques. But even Golda...
Source: PharmaGossip - September 24, 2012 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs

Unaccountable
Many of you may have seen the recent article by @DrMartyMD, Marty Makary, in the Wall Street Journal, "How to Stop Hospitals from Killing Us." The lede:When there is a plane crash in the U.S., even a minor one, it makes headlines. There is a thorough federal investigation, and the tragedy often yields important lessons for the aviation industry. Pilots and airlines thus learn how to do their jobs more safely. The world of American medicine is far deadlier: Medical mistakes kill enough people each week to fill four jumbo jets. But these mistakes go largely unnoticed by the world at large, and the medical community rar...
Source: Running a hospital - September 23, 2012 Category: Health Managers Source Type: blogs

The best treatment option for patients with recurrent implantation failure
One of the most frustrating group of patients for IVF specialists are those with recurrent implantation failure. These are patients for whom we've done multiple IVF cycles , but who still do not get pregnant. These patients as labeled as having repeated IVF failure ; or recurrent implantation failure , which is actually just a waste paper basket diagnosis which means we really do not know why the embryos we transfer do not implant for these women.On an intellectual level , we understand that there are broadly only two groups of reasons for failure of implantation. One could be that the embryos are not of good quality; whil...
Source: The Patient's Doctor - September 23, 2012 Category: Obstetricians and Gynecologists Tags: IVF failure implantation failure Source Type: blogs

The FTC Weighs in With Mobile App Advice
Those of us engaged in medical devices and their connectivity often (or perhaps not often enough) look to the FDA for regulation and guidance. In these pages there has been discussion of FDA regulation generally (here), as applied to Medical Device Data Systems (MDDS) (here), medical device mobile apps (here and here), and clinical decision support systems (here) We sometimes remember that there are also other government agencies that may have impact on what we do. For examples the role of the FCC has been discussed here with respect to medical device wireless applications, and more recently the prospect of the FCC tak...
Source: Medical Connectivity Consulting - September 23, 2012 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: William Hyman Tags: Standards & Regulatory FTC mobile apps Source Type: blogs

TWiV 200: Threading the NEIDL
On episode #200 of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, and Rich visit the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University Medical Center, where they meet with Elke, Paul, and Ron to talk about building and working in a BSL4 facility. You can find TWiV #200 at www.twiv.tv.
Source: virology blog - September 23, 2012 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology arenavirus biocontainment biodefense bioterrorism bsl2 bsl3 bsl4 containment facility filovirus NEIDL niaid select agent viral Source Type: blogs

Beauty Science News – September 23
Beauty science stories are the best! Here are my faves from this week… Find out if your friends are psychopaths (Have them smell your perfume.) A skin lightening breakthrough by L’Oreal? (Hey, at least it’s from a reputable company.) More bogus organic beauty product claims. (Britain loves to kick ass on beauty companies.) Can coconut oil fight cavities? (Hint: this study says yes.) Watchdog group finds dangerous mercury in skin lightening products. (This is why I love the FDA.)
Source: thebeautybrains.com - September 23, 2012 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Authors: Mid Brain Tags: Questions Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, September 24th 2012
Discussion - Latest Headlines from Fight Aging! - Genetic Hotspots for Diseases of Aging - A Look at the Allen Institute for Brain Science - Correlating Progressive Frailty in Aging With Parental Longevity - Using Fruit Flies to Study Immune System Aging - Calorie Restriction Greatly Slows Protein Turnover - A Different View of Aging - Longevity in Mammals as a Way to Extend Life of Male Offspring - A Review of Vascular Aging &n...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 23, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

Article: Anti-connectome-ism
Anti-connectome-ismhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/science/neurophilosophy/2012/sep/21/connectome-reviewSent via Flipboard
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - September 22, 2012 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs

EHR Reimbursement, Health Data Security, and Innovation – #HITsm Chat Highlights
Every week, HL7 Standards, hosts a #HITsm Tweet Chat and poses four questions “on current topics that are influencing healthcare technology, health IT, and the use of social media in healthcare.” It’s always a great discussion and also a great chance to meet a wide variety of people that are passionate about healthcare IT. In case you missed it, or are curious about what went on this week, we’ve put together the list of topics with some of the best responses for each topic. There were some interesting topics this week, as well as some great responses. If you have any opinions on any of these topic...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 22, 2012 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Katie Tags: EHR Electronic Health Record Electronic Medical Record EMR EMR Implementation EMR jobs EMR Technology Health IT Startups Health Startup Incubators Healthcare HealthCare IT Healthcare Social Media HIE HL7 Hospital EHR Hospital Source Type: blogs

Carestream Dental Releases CS PracticeWorks v7.5
Popular Software Aligns with CS Brand;Supports Two New eServices that Streamline WorkflowATLANTA – Carestream Dental today released CS PracticeWorks v7.5, the latest version of the popular practice management software. The updated version supports two new eServices – ePostings and eForms – that streamline reimbursement and online patient registration.For nearly twenty years, PracticeWorks has delivered tools that help practices run more efficiently, including intuitive scheduling, charting and financial features that improve communication and automate daily workflows. For the first time, the software is being introdu...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - September 22, 2012 Category: Dentists Source Type: blogs

The drugs don’t work: a modern medical scandal – by Dr Ben Goldacre
This study found 192 trials in total, either comparing one statin against another, or comparing a statin against a different kind of treatment. They found that industry-funded trials were 20 times more likely to give results favouring the test drug. These are frightening results, but they come from individual studies. So let’s consider systematic reviews into this area. In 2003, two were published. They took all the studies ever published that looked at whether industry funding is associated with pro-industry results, and both found that industry-funded trials were, overall, about four times more likely to report pos...
Source: seroxat secrets... - September 22, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: admin Tags: Anti-depressant Big Pharma Drug Marketing GlaxoSmithKline Seroxat Source Type: blogs

New Mandate for Healthcare Workers — Get Vaccinated or Lose Your Job
From nurses, lab techs, and students, to clerical, security, and volunteer personnel, you may be given an ultimatum anytime now: get a flu vaccine or lose your job. A new federal working group, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) Increasing Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel (“the group”), has recommended that hospitals around the country implement a program to increase flu immunization rates to 90 percent by 2020. [1] Before exploring this new mandate—and your options—let’s ask some questions about the flu vaccine. HOW EFFECTIVE IS IT? According to an article published in The Lancet e...
Source: vactruth.com - September 22, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Jennifer Hutchinson Tags: Jennifer Hutchinson Top Stories Centers for Disease Control (CDC) flu shot Mandatory Vaccination Mandatory Vaccines National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Source Type: blogs

Planet Lollipops — Solar System Space Balls
Source: bookofjoe - September 22, 2012 Category: Anesthetists Authors: bookofjoe Tags: Art Design Education Food and Drink Oddities Science Space Source Type: blogs

Ben Goldacre's Bad Pharma
Bad Pharma ‘Bad Science’ hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks and journalists use to distort science, becoming a 400,000 copy bestseller. Now Ben Goldacre puts the $600bn global pharmaceutical industry under the microscope. What he reveals is a fascinating, terrifying mess. Doctors and patients need good scientific evidence to make informed decisions. But instead, companies run bad trials on their own drugs, which distort and exaggerate the benefits by design. When these trials produce unflattering results, the data is simply buried. All of this is perfectly legal. In fact, even government regulators withhold v...
Source: PharmaGossip - September 22, 2012 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs

An excerpt from Bad Pharma by Ben Goldacre
This study found 192 trials in total, either comparing one statin against another, or comparing a statin against a different kind of treatment. They found that industry-funded trials were 20 times more likely to give results favouring the test drug. These are frightening results, but they come from individual studies. So let's consider systematic reviews into this area. In 2003, two were published. They took all the studies ever published that looked at whether industry funding is associated with pro-industry results, and both found that industry-funded trials were, overall, about four times more likely to report positive ...
Source: PharmaGossip - September 22, 2012 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs

World Alzheimers Report Reveals Negative Perceptions About People with Dementia
Alzheimer's Reading Room Seventy-five (75) percent of people with dementia and 64 percent of caregivers believe there are negative associations for those diagnosed with dementia in their countries, according to survey fielded by Alzheimer’s Disease International and published today in the World Alzheimer Report 2012: Overcoming the Stigma of Dementia. The report was released on Alzheimer’s Action Day as part of World Alzheimer’s Month activities engaging people in the cause and raising awareness about the disease. In response, Alzheimer’s Association® Early-Stage Advisors, men and women from acr...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - September 22, 2012 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs

Thirty years in my laboratory at Columbia University
Thirty years ago this month I arrived in the Department of Microbiology at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (P&S) to start my own laboratory. Thirty is not only a multiple of ten (which we tend to celebrate), but also a long time to be at one place. It’s clearly time to reminisce! After studying influenza viruses with Peter Palese in New York City, in 1979 I headed to David Baltimore‘s laboratory at MIT. It was not long after Baltimore had received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering retroviral reverse transcriptase. In his laboratory I first encountered p...
Source: virology blog - September 21, 2012 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Basic virology Information columbia university interferon laboratory phd poliovirus postdoctoral research rhinovirus viral Source Type: blogs

Prazosin Effective for Nightmares in PTSD
Treatment of Nightmares with Prazosin: A Systematic Review - A researcher from the Mayo Clinic discusses his newly published review of literature on the use of prazosin for PTSD-related nightmares. There’s compelling evidence for its effectiveness. In 12 studies, more than half the patients who tried it got better. The main limitation was a small sample size (249 patients in total). Nightmares are a difficult symptom of PTSD and this is hopeful news that people can discuss with their doctors. For full details of the review and how prazosin affects the adrenal system, read the accompanying journal article: “Trea...
Source: Channel N - September 21, 2012 Category: Neurologists Authors: sandra at psychcentral.com (Sandra Kiume) Tags: All Documentary brain nightmares psychiatry psychopharmacology ptsd research science video Source Type: blogs

The Op-Ed: A Look at Alzheimer’s
(Mike Huckman is senior VP and director of Media Strategy at MSL New York. Previously, he was the pharmaceuticals reporter at CNBC. Follow him on Twitter @MikeHuckman.) There but for the grace of God, go I. At 50 years old that’s how I think about the threat of Alzheimer’s disease. It doesn’t run in my family, but that doesn’t mean anything. So, it scares the heck out of me. I’m more worried about getting Alzheimer’s than cancer. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, today more than 5 million people in the United States have the disease and by mid-century that number is expected to nearly triple. Alzheim...
Source: Pharmalot - September 21, 2012 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

Biology major but gpa isn't great
by msand1 (Posted Fri Sep 21, 2012 10:10 am)Do everything you can to bump up your undergrad GPA, then you can take some graduate level classes or re-take some classes that you didn't do so well on before you apply to med-school. You are correct-- most post-baccalaureate pre-med programs are intended for people who graduated with non-science degrees. I don't think you will have much luck getting into a post-bac pre-med program since you are already a biology major. I would just recommend doing everything you can to bump up your GPA now. You are definitely heading in the right direction. Once you graduate with your BS you sh...
Source: Med Student Guide - September 21, 2012 Category: Medical Students Source Type: blogs

Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… The Weekend Nears
The last day of summer here at the Pharmalot Alternate Corporate Campus, and it’s another beautiful day. The weekend is supposed to be nice too. But there’s the whole lot of stuff we all have to get through today to get through the weekend. Ed returns on Monday, and I get to go on vacation. We’ll round off the week here with a few more op-eds and some news from wherever I can find it. So grab your cup of stimulation (today’s flavor is pumpkin spice) and read some headlines, and have a great day. Nation’s Largest Cancer Hospital Plans ‘Moonshot’ Against The Disease (Washington Post) EU body Bac...
Source: Pharmalot - September 21, 2012 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized AMD Bayer Birth Control Cancer Diabetes EU European Union Galvus GM IUD New York Novartis Obesity Oklahoma Regeneron Vaccines Wet AMD Source Type: blogs

Pharmalot…Pharmalittle…The Weekend Approaches…
The last day of summer here at the Pharmalot Alternate Corporate Campus, and it’s another beautiful day. The weekend is supposed to be nice too. But there’s the whole lot of stuff we all have to get through today to get through the weekend. Ed returns on Monday, and I get to go on vacation. We’ll round off the week here with a few more op-eds and some news from wherever I can find it. So grab your cup of stimulation (today’s flavor is pumpkin spice) and read some headlines, and have a great day. Nation’s Largest Cancer Hospital Plans ‘Moonshot’ Against 8 Forms of the Disease (Washington Post) ...
Source: Pharmalot - September 21, 2012 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

Why Trying To Change Yourself Never Works
When was the last time you met someone who said, “Um, can you please reject me? I mean, I really thrive and feel amazing about myself in atmospheres of rejection and hatred.” Nope, doesn’t happen. Why? Because we were made for love. Just turn on the radio and television for ten minutes to find out what the human heart is searching for. Our movies are centered around it, our reality shows showcase people fighting for it, and just about every pop star can’t stop singing about it. The human heart wants to be loved. In Brain Rules for Baby, Dr. John Medina describes how the ultimate environm...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - September 21, 2012 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Christa Black Tags: self improvement change happiness love pickthebrain relationships Source Type: blogs

Questions Regarding Prereqs/E.C. Activities
by bjl12 (Posted Fri Sep 21, 2012 1:32 am)Hi gang. I'm a 25 year old undergraduate finishing a BS in psychology while taking med prerequisites. Like most non-traditional students I'm forced to work (although I get away with only having to work part-time; lucky me). I'm hoping some of you kind folks might possess a bit of knowledge as well as any advice. My issues and concerns:I completed a few sciences at a local community college prior to making the mental commitment toward medicine. Those courses are: A+P1/A+P2 / Microbiology and Immunology / Che 1 (and possibly Che 2). Will these credits be frowned upon during the appli...
Source: Med Student Guide - September 21, 2012 Category: Medical Students Source Type: blogs

Sugary drinks and obesity: the link is real
http://m.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/studies-strengthen-the-case-against-sugary-drinks-as-culprits-in-obesity-epidemic/2012/09/21/441820cc-0424-11e2-9132-f2750cd65f97_story.html Studies strengthen the case against sugary drinks as culprits in obesity epidemic By Associated Press, Published: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 6:01 PM ET Aa New research powerfully strengthens the case against soda and other sugary drinks as culprits in the obesity epidemic.A huge, decades-long study involving more than 33,000 Americans has yielded the first clear proof that drinking su...
Source: Dr Portnay - September 21, 2012 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr Portnay Source Type: blogs

A Hole-Based Taxonomy for Theories of Aging
Something to think about for today: SENS, the Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence is not put forward as a theory of aging, but it is a theory of aging, one that pulls from many other partial attempts to explain aging. It purports to describe, as best we know, the detailed mechanisms that lie at the root of degenerative aging - but is presented (and currently running) as a program of research and development to reverse aging. That is the testable part of the theory, if you like: implement SENS and we should see rejuvenation. If this comes to pass, then it is true that SENS as laid out at present does describe al...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 21, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Of Interest Source Type: blogs

Walking Robot Kit
Source: bookofjoe - September 21, 2012 Category: Anesthetists Authors: bookofjoe Tags: Design Electronics Gadgets Science Tools Toys Source Type: blogs

Fun science art example: Jennifer Welsh on Zachary Copfer glowing microbe drawings
Microbiology art pops up again. This time in this story from Jennifer Welsh: Galaxies And Faces Drawn With Glowing Bacteria - Business Insider . For more see the artist Zachary Copfer's website here: http://sciencetothepowerofart.com. Other stories about Copfer are popping up too - not sure if their is some publicity blitz going on or not but see below for examples: Bacteriograph: Photographs Printed with Bacterial Growth Zachary Copfer Blends Bacteria And Photography In Bacteriography ... These Incredible/Gross Photos Were Printed With E. Coli Bacteria Here's one I've grown earlier: Scien...
Source: The Tree of Life - September 21, 2012 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs

A Look at the Allen Institute for Brain Science
A comprehensive understanding of the brain is an important line item for future medical development, as the research community will have to develop ways to repair the brain and reverse aspects of its aging while preserving the structures that encode the mind. Here is a look at one of the higher profile projects of recent years: "Paul Allen, the 59-year-old Microsoft cofounder [has] plowed $500 million into the Allen Institute for Brain Science, a medical Manhattan Project that he hopes will dwarf his contribution as one of the founding fathers of software. The institute, scattered through three buildings in Seattle's hip F...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 21, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs

FOAM, a deontological ethos
Michael Jasumback, arch-Devil’s Advocate of FOAM (see More on SMACC 2013), is back. He sent us this essay, in pure violation of the recommendation not to drink and write, and it would be remiss of it not to share it with the world. Disclosure, I’ve had a drink. FOAM (#FOAMed on Twitter) is one of the most powerful forces in medical education to come around, probably since Osler and Flexner. As such it behooves both the provider and end user to share an ethos. This essay will attempt to describe what such an ethos might look like. One of the tenets of scientific inquiry is that a truth is reproducible. This may, in...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - September 20, 2012 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Chris Nickson Tags: Education Emergency Medicine Featured FOAM FOAMed Intensive Care Social Media Twitter Web 2.0 Free Open Access Meducation medical education Michael Jasumback Source Type: blogs