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Introducing "Ase Fixes Science" Blog
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I’m a lecturer in psychology at Lund University, Sweden. I do emotion. Among all the other things I’m interested in. Like, how to fix science. Or eating well. Occasionally I need to procrastinate. Then I update this.You want to contact me? Easiest via the comments. I’m big on out in the open.If you want to e-mail me, use my hotmail account ase.kvist@hotmail.se. I check it occasionally.
Source: PharmaGossip - April 9, 2012 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
Former FDA Commissioner Calls for Updated Systems and More Education for FDAEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusion
Ultimately, Eschenbach recognized that America stands on the cusp of a revolution in health care. “Advances in molecular medicine will allow us to develop powerful new treatments that can cure or even prevent diseases like Alzheimer's and cancer. Tomorrow's high-tech cures can also slash health-care costs and eliminate ineffective treatments.”
Accordingly, he maintained that, “By empowering the FDA to create new paradigms for evaluating the most promising innovations, Congress can ensure that the FDA serves as a bridge—not a barrier—to cutting-edge technologies.”
Source: Policy and Medicine - April 9, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs
Opioid Painkiller Prescriptions Pose Danger Without Oversight - NYTimes.comEmail this article to a colleague.
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SEATTLE — It was the type of conversation that Dr. Claire Trescott dreads: telling physicians that they are not cutting it.But the large health care system here that Dr. Trescott helps manage has placed controls on how painkillers are prescribed, like making sure doctors do not prescribe too much. Doctors on staff have been told to abide by the guidelines or face the consequences.So far, two doctors have decided to leave, and two more have remained but are being closely monitored."It is excruciating," said Dr. Trescott, who oversees primary care at Group Health. "These are often very good clinicians who just have this fa...
Source: Psychology of Pain - April 8, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Source Type: blogs
Science Saves More Lives Than GodEmail this article to a colleague.
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COMMENTARY | Last March 27, a report on the Associated Press tells us a forum on stem cell therapy was canceled by the Vatican due to the church's position on embryonic stem cell research. Fine – but who cares what the church says?Contributor: Donald PenningtonPublished: Apr 08, 2012
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - April 8, 2012 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs
TWiV 178: T-Sharp on how tequila mosquitoEmail this article to a colleague.
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On episode #178 of the science show This Week in Virology, the TWiValians meet up with Tyler Sharp for a discussion on the Epidemic Intelligence Service and controlling dengue.
You can find TWiV #178 at www.twiv.tv.
Source: virology blog - April 8, 2012 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology aedes aegyptii CDC centers for disease control Dengue epidemic intelligence service marshall islands puerto rico tyler sharp usphs viral virus Source Type: blogs
5 Myths About Fighting the BluesEmail this article to a colleague.
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We all have a few tricks for beating the blues — things we do when we’re feeling down.
It turns out, however, that several popular strategies don’t actually work very well in the long term. Beware if you’re tempted to try any of the following (all of which I often, and unsuccessfully, have tried)…
1. Comforting yourself with a “treat.”
Often, the things we choose as “treats” aren’t good for us. The pleasure lasts a minute, but then feelings of guilt, loss of control, and other negative consequences just deepen the lousiness of the day. So when you find yourself thinking, “I’ll feel bet...
Source: World of Psychology - April 8, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Gretchen Rubin Tags: Depression Disorders General Happiness Self-Help Bad Habit Beating The Blues Beers Catharsis Hypothesis Cigarette Dirty Dishes Expressing Anger Extroverts Feelings Of Guilt Hook Myths Negative Consequences Negative Emotio Source Type: blogs
Explosive AlchemistEmail this article to a colleague.
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An explosive start to this weeks Alchemist, well actually its a non-explosive start thanks to a reaction scheme that tames diazomethan. In the world of X-ray crystallography, we learn that the bound structure of a drug to treat hepatitis C has been determined and in materials science, truly alchemical-sounding chemistry reveals that Beaujolais is the tipple of choice when preparing iron telluride superconductors. A new approach to pump-probe techniques is more robust and stable than before and the alchemist learns that residues from radiotherapy could allow environmental scientists to trace waste water flow more easily tha...
Source: Sciencebase Science Blog - April 8, 2012 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science Source Type: blogs
Are You The Cause Of Your Lower Back PainEmail this article to a colleague.
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Although eighty percent of adults will suffer at some stage with lower back pain it still remains very much a mystery to the medical world. Are we missing something? Is the answer a little closer to home? If you have had a medical examination for your lower back pain and no specific cause has been diagnosed what can you do? You may have been told that it is either 'all in your mind' or, worse still, be suspected of faking it to get time off work. The problem is that if medical tests cannot find a probable cause it is assumed there is nothing wrong with you. Now this isn't much use to you is it! The problem as I see it is t...
Source: My Page - April 8, 2012 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Source Type: blogs
Scientific Evidence For and Against Dietary SupplementsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Ever wonder which dietary supplements work best? Ever wonder if the claims of the sellers of dietary supplements are backed by scientific research on humans?
Alzheimer's Reading Room
The first issue -- which dietary supplements are effective and backed by research on humans. The second issue -- what is the effectiveness of a dietary supplement for any given condition.
For example, is ginkgo biloba effective for the treatment of dementia. Does the supplement slow the rate of cognitive decline in older adults with normal cognition or mild cognitive impairment? Answer: No.
See: Ginkgo Biloba -- Two Thumbs Down for Trea...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - April 8, 2012 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, April 9th 2012Email this article to a colleague.
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This study shows that once the appropriate neurons are identified in people, in principle at least, one could potentially develop drugs to hit those neurons and rescue those memories affected by the aging process. In addition, the biochemistry underlying memory formation in fruit flies is remarkably conserved with that in humans so that everything we learn about memory formation in flies is likely applicable to human memory and the disorders of human memory. ... Olfactory memory, which was used by the scientists, is the most widely studied form of memory in fruit flies - basically pairing an odor with a mild electric shock...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 8, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
From Their Mouth to Your Ear: Researchers Talk DrugsEmail this article to a colleague.
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A collection of five-question interviews.
I’ll be away from the Addiction Inbox office this week, attending the big TEDMED health and medicine powwow in Washington, D.C.
In the meantime, here’s a summation (with links) of the interviews I’ve been doing recently in the “five-question interview” series. I’ve been very lucky to nab some state-of-the-art thinkers, working at the top of their fields, from psychiatry to pharmacology to neuroscience.
See below for the story thus far:
David Kroll, former Professor and Chair of Pharmaceutical Science at North Carolina Central University in Durham, is now Science ...
Source: Addiction Inbox - April 8, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Dirk Hanson Source Type: blogs
Harsh reviews of the postdoc's DNA uptake manuscriptEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusions Justified?: No Clearly Written?: No Procedures Described?: Yes
Comments: The compelling topic of DNA uptake mediated by uptake signal sequences (USS) in Haemophilus influenzae transformation is addressed. Mell et al utilize Illumina-based deep sequencing of DNA recovered after uptake in transformation to study the uptake specificity of a Haemophilus influenzae strain. They re-confirm previous reports (Maughan, 2010), documenting the importance of the GCGG core in the USS, by using a new method. The experimental data is sound and the analysis of sequencing reads and degenerate USS is solid. ...
Source: RRResearch - April 8, 2012 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Rosie Redfield Source Type: blogs
Habit Change Tricks and TipsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Over the past two weeks here at Success Begins Today, we have talked about the new science of habit change and how habits actually work.
It has been a fun romp though Charles Duhigg’s great book, The Power of Habit. I’ve included a list of our posts with helpful links to habit related resources, including our helpful Habit Change Worksheet.
Theme: Habit Change
Why Personal Development Is So Difficult
Personal development sounds so easy on paper, but in reality it can be very hard
The New Science of Habit Formation and Change
Bad habits can hold us back. New research gives us insights on how to change them
How To Chan...
Source: Success Begins Today - April 7, 2012 Category: Life Coaches Authors: John Richardson Tags: Goal Setting Goals Habits bad habit bad habits behavior change getting started habit change human behavior learning resource resource list tips tricks worksheet Source Type: blogs
Hidden Stories — the biannual European medical museum conference in Berlin, 13-15 September 2012Email this article to a colleague.
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Readers of this blog may remember that the 2010 biannual European medical museum conference was organised here at Medical Museion. The next biannual meeting, in 2012, will be hosted by our German sister museum, the Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum der Charité, 13-15 September.
The theme for the Berlin meeting is ‘Hidden Stories: What do medical objects tell and how can we make them speak?’ (the call for papers was posted here a couple of months ago). Here’s the preliminary program with sessions and speakers:
Session 1: Intro, getting things going
- Robert Jütte (Stuttgart): Exhibiting intentions...
Source: Biomedicine on Display - April 7, 2012 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Thomas Söderqvist Tags: conferences history of medicine history of science history of technology medical humanities medical scientific instruments medical technology museum studies Source Type: blogs
7 Tips to STOP Getting SickEmail this article to a colleague.
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Note: The tips in this article can work anytime of the year to keep you healthy, strengthen your immune system, and prevent you from getting sick…not just in the winter months! First of all, let us clear up a HUGE misconception about why more people get sick in the winter compared to warmer times of the year. Let's talk about cold temperatures first. You should realize that there's no such thing as "catching a cold". I can't believe how many people still have this huge misconception that cold temperatures can make you sick… This is blatantly false… Cold temperatures do...
Source: My Page - April 7, 2012 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Source Type: blogs
Taking Advantage of the Phone Line’s Free ElectricityEmail this article to a colleague.
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Each and every day there are minor things which can produce a great change in our lives. There are so many things which can make a difference in the way we live our lives and we do not even realize it. Think about the banal phone line. Would you imagine that apart from helping you stay in touch with the ones you love and solve the problems you have with just a phone call, the phone line can also help you save money? Well, probably not, but this is the plain truth: the phone line can make your life better and diminish the amount of money you have to pay for your electricity bill. Many people are not aware of the fact that t...
Source: My Page - April 7, 2012 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Source Type: blogs
How to read a scientific paperEmail this article to a colleague.
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On episode #169 of This Week in Virology we had a good discussion about how to read a scientific paper. Many individuals have asked about making this into a separate audio file, so here it is.
Click the arrow above to play, or right-click this link to download our thoughts on how to read a scientific paper (22 MB .mp3, 30 minutes).
Source: virology blog - April 6, 2012 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Information how to read a scientific paper journal article podcast science TWiV Source Type: blogs
Is the quantified self movement the future of American health?Email this article to a colleague.
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If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it. -Lord KelvinAsking science to explain life and vital matters is equivalent to asking a grammarian to explain poetry. -Nassim Nicholas TalebOf course the quantified self movement with its self-tracking, body hacking, and data-driven life started in San Francisco when Gary Wolf started the Quantified Self blog in 2007. By 2012, there were regular meetings in 50 cities and a European and American conference. Most of us do not keep track of our moods, our blood pressure, how many drinks we have, or our sleep patterns every day. Most of us probably prefer the Taleb to the Lord K...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 6, 2012 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Kevin Tags: Tech Health IT Patients newtag Source Type: blogs
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Margaret Hostetter, as part of NEJM's 200th anniversary celebration, reviews the history of pediatrics. She tells us that the very concept of pediatrics - of children as a group with particular medical needs - did not exist until the end of the 19th Century.One reason for this, it seems, is that children in general were not expected to live. The wise approach to the death of children was acceptance. Hostetter writes, "By the middle of the 19th Century, a child's death, far from intolerable, was frequently viewed as blessed, a release from the torment of hectic infection or the lingering complications of diseases . . . " Th...
Source: Stayin' Alive - April 6, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Source Type: blogs
Two not so separate worlds: Peer-reviewed journals and social mediaEmail this article to a colleague.
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Social media and peer-reviewed journals. Some people would regard these two separate worlds. Perhaps they were once upon a time, but times change and more and more journals are embracing and exploring new uses and are expanding their traditional journal universe with blogs, Twitter accounts etc.
An editorial retreat in The British Medical Journal focusing on social media shows that journals and social media are definitely not worlds apart. As I have been on a pre-Easter break I was unfortunately not able to follow the Twitter stream from the meeting, but in the spirit of social media a Storify (a collection of tweets #BMJ...
Source: Biomedicine on Display - April 6, 2012 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Nina Bjerglund Andersen Tags: blogging Public Health Science Communication Twitter BMJ British Medical Journal International journal of public health peer-reviewed journals PloS Richard Horton Social media Storify The Lancet The Lancet student blog Source Type: blogs
AM Vitals: Federal drug-store raids widen in probe of pain pill abuse.Email this article to a colleague.
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Here’s what’s making health news this morning:
Pain-Pill Crackdown Spreads (WSJ)
Federal agents searched six stores and a Florida distribution center owned by Walgreen Co., WAG -1.38%, as federal authorities widen efforts to curb abuse of pain pills.
FTC Wins Temporary Halt to Hospital Merger (WSJ)
A U.S. District Court judge sided with the Federal Trade Commission, which is seeking to block local health monopolies, by temporarily stopping the merger of two Rockford, Ill., hospitals.
New Treatments to Save a Pet, but Questions About the Costs (New York Times)
Older pets are benefiting from advances in v...
Source: WSJ.com: Health Blog - April 6, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Robert Lee Hotz Tags: Aging Antibiotics CDC Consumer health Drugs Health costs Hospitals Nutrition Obesity Pharmacists Public Health Research Stem Cells NOVN WSJ Source Type: blogs
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Yo, peeps!
For some reason I occasionally get the urge to start a blog post with a cheery and utterly demographically and geographically incorrect ‘yo, peeps!’.
Today was clearly one of those days and, to my eternal cringing shame, I am not only probably entirely the wrong kind of race but I live in a nation where ‘hey mates!’, ‘hey youse all’ and the grammatically painful like would be more appropriate.
So, yo. Peeps. Wassup? What does ‘yo‘ mean, anyway?
Internet, I was planning on doing a super beautiful detailed post chock-full of finest real estate porn but then the dog ...
Source: Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) - April 6, 2012 Category: Infertility Authors: g Tags: dealing with infertility family togetherness and all that crap Source Type: blogs
Pharmaceutical Companies Pledge 14 Billion Treatments for Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical DiseasesEmail this article to a colleague.
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The objective of which is to educate children about the consequences of schistosomiasis and ways to prevent the disease.
Blinding trachoma - Target 2020: Global elimination
Blinding trachoma is a bacterial infection of the eye that is spread through contact with eye discharge from an infected person. Untreated, this condition can significantly affect eyesight and even cause blindness. An estimated 84 million people suffer from blinding trachoma, of which 8 million are visually impaired.
Pfizer is committed to supplying azithromycin needed for implementation of the SAFE strategy to help meet the 2020 goal to ...
Source: Policy and Medicine - April 6, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs
Spurring Stem Cells to Rebuild CartilageEmail this article to a colleague.
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Researchers have demonstrated modest progress towards the goal of making the body's existing cell populations rebuild damaged cartilage in situ:
A small molecule dubbed kartogenin encourages stem cells to take on the characteristics of cells that make cartilage, a new study shows. And treatment with kartogenin allowed many mice with arthritis-like cartilage damage in a knee to regain the ability to use the joint without pain. ... The new approach taps into mesenchymal stem cells, which naturally reside in cartilage and give rise to cells that make connective tissue. These include chondrocytes, the only cells in the body t...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 6, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Neuroskeptic: How To Fix ScienceEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: PharmaGossip - April 6, 2012 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
Catching the Early Signs of DementiaEmail this article to a colleague.
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Looking back, there is little doubt in my mind that if I had the proper education or information, I would have realized my mother was suffering from dementia sooner.
By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room
Bob DeMarco
Most people tend to miss the early signs of Alzheimer's prefering to believe they are simply signs of "old age".
Anyone who ends up in my shoes knows and understands that a person in the early stages of dementia or Alzheimer’s can function in a way that on the surface appears normal -- even drive a car.
It is not until a person starts to deteriorate or until some "event" takes place the reality ...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - April 6, 2012 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs
Pharmaceutical Companies Pledge $14 Billion for Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical DiseasesEmail this article to a colleague.
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The objective of which is to educate children about the consequences of schistosomiasis and ways to prevent the disease.
Blinding trachoma - Target 2020: Global elimination
Blinding trachoma is a bacterial infection of the eye that is spread through contact with eye discharge from an infected person. Untreated, this condition can significantly affect eyesight and even cause blindness. An estimated 84 million people suffer from blinding trachoma, of which 8 million are visually impaired.
Pfizer is committed to supplying azithromycin needed for implementation of the SAFE strategy to help meet the 2020 goal to ...
Source: Policy and Medicine - April 6, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs
Growing Stem Cells Into Lung TissueEmail this article to a colleague.
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An example of work that lays the foundations for lung tissue engineering, which has been lagging behind advances for other organs: "How do you grow stem cells into lungs? The question has puzzled scientists for years. First you need the right recipe, and it took [researchers] seven years of trial and error and painstaking science to come up with it. ... Some tissues, like muscle and nerves, are relatively easy to grow, but others, including liver, lung, thyroid, and pancreas, have been much more difficult. These troublesome tissues all spring from the endoderm, the innermost layer of an early embryo. The endoderm forms whe...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 6, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Hands off spectroscopyEmail this article to a colleague.
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A new dual laser approach to analysing chemicals shouldn’t require the sample to be prepped and placed in the spectrometer. The surface of a suspect package at an airport or a contaminated material in a medical or environmental setting could be “scanned” via a standoff approach using the new technique, according to research I discuss in the latest issue of SpectroscopyNOW.
Related Posts:Science, spectroscopy and stuff My latest SpectroscopyNOW column goes live today. Four items: Cheminformatics and TB, laser spectroscopy and graphene, 'shroom doom and enmeshed ...Gone chemical fishing The latest issue of ...
Source: Sciencebase Science Blog - April 5, 2012 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science hands spectroscopy Source Type: blogs
Richard Wagner on Remembering Bill NiskanenEmail this article to a colleague.
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By Mark A. CalabriaPerhaps it is fitting, at least to me, that George Mason University Economics Professor Richard Wagner has written a useful overview and remembrance of Cato’s William Niskanen for the journal Public Choice. Fitting in that I was first exposed to Niskanen’s work, long before I came to Cato, in Wagner’s graduate public choice class. Niskanen’s classic book Bureaucracy and Representative Government is, as Wagner notes, “a major contribution in the earliest days of public choice.” It was certainly one of the bigger influences on my own economic thinking.
The survey (...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 5, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Mark A. Calabria Tags: Government and Politics Political Philosophy Source Type: blogs
Johns Hopkins Group Boosts Epilepsy Algorithm to Help Reduce Needless Brain StimulationEmail this article to a colleague.
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins have been working on a way to improve the precision and effectiveness of seizure controlling brain implants by trying to eliminate false positives that needlessly trigger electrical pulses.Sridevi V. Sarma, an an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Hopkins with a background in electrical engineering and computer science, led the team that developed new algorithms that so far have been tested on brain recordings taken from four drug-resistant epileptics. The hope is that soon this algorithm will be tested in implanted devices of real patients in a proper clinical study.Read More
Source: Medgadget - April 5, 2012 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Gene Ostrovsky Tags: Neurological Surgery Neurology Source Type: blogs
In memoriam: Sonya NelthroppEmail this article to a colleague.
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My friend Sonya Nelthropp died this week on her beloved island of St. Thomas. I received the news while in Holland, but have not had a quiet moment until now, as I write this onboard my flight back to Boston. Hardly any of you, dear readers, knew Sonya. But may I ask you to read on anyway, for two reasons? First, there are aspects of her story that will resonate with many of you, and will move some of you. Second, for my own selfish reasons, I want you to feel that you know her, so you can join me in missing her. This is longer than usual, so please bear with me.The St. Croix newspaper printed this obituary. It is accurate...
Source: Running a hospital - April 5, 2012 Category: Health Managers Source Type: blogs
Waste not, want not? Poultry "feather meal" as another source of antibiotics in feedEmail this article to a colleague.
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The ecology of antibiotic resistance on farms is complicated. Animals receive antibiotic doses in their food and water, for reasons of growth promotion, disease prophylaxis, and treatment. Other chemicals in the environment, such as cleaning products or antimicrobial metals in the feed, may also act as drivers of antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic-resistant organisms may also be present in the environment already, from the air, soil, or manure pits within or near the barns. Ecologically, it's a mess and makes it more difficult to attribute the evolution and spread of resistance to one particular variable.
A new paper emph...
Source: Aetiology - April 5, 2012 Category: Epidemiologists Tags: Antibiotic resistance Source Type: blogs
An old codger does not understand the young turksEmail this article to a colleague.
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I was browsing The Hospitalist online and saw this poll:
What is the No. 1 perk of working as a hospitalist?
They do not even list activities related to internal medicine. They do not consider the possibility that hospital medicine allows us to practice the Oslerian ideal.
The top two answers (over 50% of the vote) are
Personal time off – 35%
Hours/schedule – 24%
I wonder why they went to medical school. What did they think a medical career entailed?
I love my time off, but I could have time off if I were unemployed.
Being a physician is special, and I worry that we no longer remember that. D...
Source: DB's Medical Rants - April 5, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: rcentor Tags: Medical Rants Source Type: blogs
Looking for Jesus in all the wrong placesEmail this article to a colleague.
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I have a soft spot for pareidolia, as regular readers know. It amuses me to no end to see Jesus and Mary popping up on freeway underpasses, tacos, toast, pieces of sheet metal, Lava Lamps, and the like. I thought that I had seen it all--until now:
His image has been seen on rocks, windows - even a tortilla as recently as Ash Wednesday.
Now, in the days leading up to Easter Sunday, it appears yet another strange image of Jesus has emerged.
Erika Scheldt, 24, claims she photographed a stingray with a glistening depiction of Christ on its back after it washed ashore a South Carolina beach on Friday.
The dead cownose sting...
Source: Respectful Insolence - April 5, 2012 Category: Surgeons Tags: Science Source Type: blogs
AMERICA, THE INDOCTRI--NATIONEmail this article to a colleague.
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Two stories in the news recently illustrate precisely why American students are continually losing ground in knowledge, science, and logic; and why America is losing competitiveness in the global economy, as well as leadership in science. The first is a study reported on by the WSJ on how California universities indoctrinate students:The politicization of higher education by activist professors and compliant university administrators deprives students of the opportunity to acquire knowledge and refine their minds. It also erodes the nation's civic cohesion and its ability to preserve the institutions that undergird democra...
Source: Dr. Sanity - April 5, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Source Type: blogs
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The organisers of a workshop titled ‘Science and Citizenship’, to take place in the Netherlands in June, point out that public understanding of science (PUS) scholars have argued for decades now that citizens aren’t just empty vessels into which science educators and disseminators can pour knowledge (the ‘deficit model’). Over and over again it has been argued (and demonstrated empirically) that citizens always already have a lot of knowledge and experience of science and technology. People aren’t passive consumers but engaged citizens that actively look for knowledge they are interested in.
Yet...
Source: Biomedicine on Display - April 5, 2012 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Thomas Söderqvist Tags: science communication studies Source Type: blogs
Insight into how pharma manipulates research evidence: a case studyEmail this article to a colleague.
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TRANSPARENCY AND MEDICINE – A series examining issues from ethics to the evidence in evidence-based medicine, the influence of medical journals to the role of Big Pharma in our present and future health. Here Jon Jureidini explains what he encountered while examining internal documents as an expert witness in a case against a pharmaceutical company. It’s well known that academic literature on medication in psychiatry is distorted by selective publication – failing to publish studies with negative results or selectively publishing only positive results from studies with mixed outcomes. I had the unusual opportunity...
Source: PharmaGossip - April 5, 2012 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
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is a networking group that meets monthly. It grew out of the need for a group in the life science community where people of every level, regardless of company affiliation could get together to exchange ideas, interact, learn and network.
In September of 2008, group founder Ted Gilbert and several other life science professionals saw the need for networking events where people working in all levels of life sciences could get together in Philadelphia. The idea was to gather once a month and exchange ideas, talk about what was going on in the local industry and collect perspectives from people that work in the same industry...
Source: Non-Clinical Physician Jobs, Careers, and Opportunities - April 5, 2012 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Dr. Joseph Kim Source Type: blogs
Weekly Overseas Health IT Links - 5th April, 2012.Email this article to a colleague.
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Here are a few I have come across last week.
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http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/new-imaging-technology-shows-promise-clinical-setting/2012-03-26
New imaging technology shows promise in clinical setting
By mdhirsch
Created Mar 26 2012 - 1:05pm
Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) may provide better, deeper imaging photographs and improve patient care--without the health hazards associated with X-r...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 5, 2012 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
What do you do when the doctor says - " I do not know"Email this article to a colleague.
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“ I do not know “ is often the only truthful answer for many questions which infertile patients ask us . Why was my ovarian response so poor ? Why is my sperm motility so low ? Why didn't we get more embryos ? Why didn't the embryos implant ? Why didn't the hCG levels rise ?The truth is that we often don't know the answers to these questions , because we just don't have the technology to answer them. While we do have a rough idea of what the likely probable outcomes are for a group of patients doing IVF, we just don’t have the ability to quantify this for the individual patient , and patients need to understand this....
Source: The Patient's Doctor - April 4, 2012 Category: Obstetricians and Gynecologists Tags: Medicine Health In vitro fertilisation Answer patient Embryo Infertility Human chorionic gonadotropin Source Type: blogs
Copper helps out in protein studiesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Researchers have developed a novel solid-state NMR spectroscopic method that uses paramagnetic tags to help them visualize the shape of protein molecules. The technique could be used to help scientists understand the properties of various biological molecules under normal, healthy conditions and also in those that are involved in a range of diseases from Alzheimer’s to mad cow disease.
There’s more on this research in my latest on SpectroscopyNOW.
Related Posts:Science, spectroscopy and stuff My latest SpectroscopyNOW column goes live today. Four items: Cheminformatics and TB, laser spectroscopy and graphene, '...
Source: Sciencebase Science Blog - April 4, 2012 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science imaging magnetic MRI Resonance resource Source Type: blogs
TWiM 30: Unraveling melioidosis and insulin resistanceEmail this article to a colleague.
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On episode #30 of the science show This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Elio, and Michael review how a toxin from Burkholderia pseudomallei inhibits protein synthesis, and the role of the gut microbiome in modulating insulin resistance in mice lacking an innate immune sensor.
You can find TWiM #30 at microbeworld.org/twim.
Source: virology blog - April 4, 2012 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Microbiology burkholderia gut immune innate insulin melioidosis mice microbiome protein pseudomallei resistance sensor synthesis toxin Source Type: blogs
A Cautionary Tale for Anyone Expecting FDA Social Media Guidelines Any Time SoonEmail this article to a colleague.
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This study used the latest cognitive science technique called Affect Misattribution Procedure (AMP), in which participants are asked not to judge the TV ads' imagery directly, but to judge whether or not a Chinese character shown to them afterward is positive or negative. I suggested FDA NOT use Chinese characters because that would be discriminatory, but they did not listen to me (see "FDA at a Mall Near You: The Manchurian Connection"). With regard to social media guidelines, the FDA has also announced it will do some studies before issuing guidance (see "FDA's Proposed Web Study Will Further Delay Social Media Guideline...
Source: Pharma Marketing Blog - April 4, 2012 Category: Pharma Commentators Tags: FDA social media guidelines DTC Advertising #fdasm Regulation Risk Communication Source Type: blogs
10% of Americans in RecoveryEmail this article to a colleague.
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This study is a wake-up call to the reality of recovery in America, as well as a source of hope for the millions of American families who are currently struggling with drug and alcohol problems.” — Keith Humphreys, Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine
“As these findings demonstrate, recovery is everywhere. All across our country people are living healthy and productive lives in long-term recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs, benefiting themselves, their families and communities. Recovery is our best kept secret. It’s time to invest in understanding the solution to a...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - April 4, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Addictions Alcohol Alcoholism Codependency Drugs Recovery Drug or Alcohol Problems Recovery from Substance Abuse Source Type: blogs
Making the future brighter for aspiring physicians: text of my lectureEmail this article to a colleague.
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This is the text of my recent lecture at the Strom Thurmond Institute, Clemson University.
Making the future brighter for aspiring physicians
March 29, 2012
Calhoun Lecture Series
Strom Thurmond Institute,
Clemson University
Thank you for the invitation to speak tonight. I’m very humbled to stand before you. And what a delight to speak to people who are neither bleeding, intoxicated nor asking for Percocet! And in a setting where no one will burst through the back door on a stretcher!
As you know, I’m an emergency physician at Oconee Medical Center. But before I go on, let me tell you about my path to me...
Source: edwinleap.com - April 4, 2012 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Edwinlea Tags: Physician wellness economics education emergency medicine encouragement for doctors faith family good ideas gone bad marriage medical education medical policy medicine in general new paradigm politics public health Source Type: blogs
low GPA, considering DO school, advice would be appreciatedEmail this article to a colleague.
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by CaribMD (Posted Wed Apr 04, 2012 10:43 am)angel879sk8 wrote:I decided I'm going to minor in geology which will give me 4 more science classes to factor into my GPA (this minor includes retaking the intro geo class I got a D in). As long as I aim for at least a B+ in all of these geo classes and at least a B- (with a couple C+ probably) in my other science classes, I should have around a 2.9 by the end of senior year.Yes retake any course you have below a C in this will not increase the AMCAS GPA a lot but will help over all. Plus not retaking a grade below the C looks like you gave up to the medical schools.GL
Source: Med Student Guide - April 4, 2012 Category: Medical Students Source Type: blogs
We should treat diseases not create diseases to treatEmail this article to a colleague.
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This article speaks loudly to me - Legal Drug-Pushing: How Disease Mongers Keep Us All Doped Up
Readers know how mad direct to consumer advertising makes me. I love the advances that the pharmaceutical industry has given us. I hate their marketing departments.
Primum non nocere
Why not apply our motto to the pharmaceutical industry? Why do we let them manipulate both physicians and patients into spending money when the indications are shaky and weak?
Why do we let them create conditions that we then need to treat?
Please read the article. Here are some quotes that I particularly like:
In the c...
Source: DB's Medical Rants - April 4, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: rcentor Tags: Medical Rants Source Type: blogs
The aesthetics and politics of specimens on displayEmail this article to a colleague.
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The title of this conference, organised by Petra Lange-Berndt and Mechthild Fend in the AHRC Research Network “The Culture of Preservation” (Activating Stilled Lives: The Aesthetics and Politics of Specimens on Display) is alluring.
The meeting will address “the challenges institutions face when dealing with formerly living entities and consider the aesthetics and politics of their display”. The idea is “to discuss the use of specimens in temporary exhibitions, museums or university collections and the role curators, art and artists have been playing in the transformation of these spaces”.
It wi...
Source: Biomedicine on Display - April 4, 2012 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Thomas Söderqvist Tags: art and science collections conferences conservation curation Source Type: blogs
