Current Discussions on Medical News and Literature

A biotechnological product and its potential as a new immunomodulator for treatment of animal phlebovirus infection: Punta Toro virus.
Source: Antiviral Research Category: Virology
Latest Comment by iseu nunes - July 2, 2009: Although this compound was originally intended for cancer treatment and it has been shown to have anti-tumour activity, P-MAPA also modulates the production of interferon-gamma and interleukin-10, known to be key substances in the body’s defences against TB, malaria and other infectious diseases. This had led the developers (Farmabrasilis--a non profit research network) to put forward a new approach to treating patients with these conditions - including those co-infected with HIV - which would involve attempting to re-establish patients’ immunocompetence by adjuvant immunotherapy with P-MAPA. For more results, see :...

Cultural Issues in Medicine 2 Comments
Source: All Ears Category: Physician Assistants
Latest Comment by r.riley - July 2, 2009: this is the first time i'm reading a doctor's view on bad spirits... at least he didn't ignore it as a factor...

Phytoremediation Popularity Growing
Source: About.com Biotech Biomedical Category: Biotechnology
Latest Comment by RHAIN - July 1, 2009: ITS GOOD FOR THE FARMERS. . IT HELPS A LOT ON THE AGRICULTURE

Some Patients Stop Needing Antidepressant Medication After Having Plastic Surgery 2 Comments
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines Category: Science
Latest Comment by juddi - June 29, 2009: speaking from experience, i am not so sure i agree with this assertion. I had plastic surgery myself and i am now even more concious than before

Self-development of Evidence-based Practice (David Cawthorpe PhD)
Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded Category: Primary Care
Latest Comment by igme - June 28, 2009: Amazing tool - you can conduct your own RCT to establish the evidence-based of your practice!!!

Some Patients Stop Needing Antidepressant Medication After Having Plastic Surgery 2 Comments
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines Category: Science
Latest Comment by merchant accounts - June 27, 2009: I assumed that people already new about this. I've long known, personally though, that plastuc surgery does act as a mood enhancer in the same way as going shopping for news things enhances ones mood.

Vioxx Attorney Denied Admission In New Jersey Court
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Arthritis Drugs Legal News Category: Medical Law
Latest Comment by Another vioxx victim - June 26, 2009: Shouldn't a claimant have the right to obtain counsel that is familiar with the Vioxx litigation and have them admitted pro hac vice in order to represent their client in that matter? The decision to allow that attorney admittance should be up to the client, especially when the disciplinary action was based on an event that happened years ago and was resolved at that time, and the client is aware of those actions. Especially since Merck has tied the hands of any other attorney that is participating in the Vioxx litigation. It appears to me that this lawyer that wants to be admitted pro hac vice is not owned by Merck.

Merck Says Plaintiff Had Ample Notice Of Vioxx Settlement's Terms
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Arthritis Drugs Legal News Category: Medical Law
Latest Comment by Another vioxx victim - June 26, 2009: Any attorney that uses coercion, threats, intimidation and dishonesty to have their client sign a Release that exonerates the defendants from any wrong doing AND uses the same tactics to force their client to sign away their rights for an unknown outcome, should be disbarred. This country should be ashamed of itself for closing their eyes to the purchase of our judicial system by big pharma.

Some Patients Stop Needing Antidepressant Medication After Having Plastic Surgery 2 Comments
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines Category: Science
Latest Comment by Provillus - June 21, 2009: When you hear of plastic surgery, what do you think of? A Hollywood star trying to delay the effects of aging? People who want to change the size of their stomachs, breasts, or other body parts because they see it done so easily on TV? Those are common images of plastic surgery, but what about the 4-year-old boy who has his chin rebuilt after a dog bit him? Or the young woman who has the birthmark on her forehead lightened with a laser?

Rational Design, Synthesis, Biologic Evaluation, and Structure–activity Relationship Studies of Novel 1-Indanone α1-Adrenoceptor Antagonists
Source: Chemical Biology and Drug Design Category: Biology
Latest Comment by ankur - June 15, 2009: HI SIR,I AM ANKUR FROM INDIA,I WANT SOME INFORMATION ABOUT "1-INDANONE", REGARDING OTS SAR ATUDY & REACTIVITY, SO CAN YOU PLEASE LET ME KNOW ABOUT THE SAR OF 1-INDANONE

Screening Laparoscopy Before Tubal Reversal Surgery
Source: Tubal Ligation Reversal News Category: Reproduction Medicine
Latest Comment by koneru gangadhara rao,nrighosp - June 12, 2009: It is almost mandatory to do a screeninglaparoscopy before every reversal of tubectomy.It helps to see the type of tubectomy done earlier and then we can decide whether we can plan for reversal surgery or cancel.Hsg is not that helpful.In many of the phcs in india the tube is ligated at fimbrial end.In lap ring applications ussually the site is isthimus.In such cases reversal success is high.

Cryogurgery and Dysplasia
Source: About.com Cancer Category: Cancer & Oncology
Latest Comment by koneru gangadhara rao,nrighosp - June 9, 2009: Acetowhite area are of cervix(cin)to be biopsied.Many of the benign lesions are to be treated by crayo using co2,n2o,freon,liquid nitrogen at -100degre temparature,it causes intra cellular dehydrationand breaking of the celloccurswhich is replaced by normalcells with out any fibrosis,this mechanism helps to form normal cervix in 6 weeks time.In early days of treatment pt may hav excess white discharge,hpokeliemia,infections,whitch hav to be treated at the earliest.

Does Exclusive Breastfeeding Confer Protection Against Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis? A 30-year Experience in Benin City, Nigeria
Source: Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Category: Tropical Medicine
Latest Comment by Dr nkom - June 1, 2009: All the infantile pyloric stenosis I have seen in Abeokuta Nigeria are from parents who cannot afford artificial feeds! I suspect the reason the incidence appears to be falling is because these cases are no more refered to our teaching hospitals as was the case earlier.The general hospitals and private hospitals managed by specialists are doing pyloromyotomies now. I dont think exclusive breast feeding has any thing to do with it.

An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Mana Angetu District, southeastern Ethiopia
Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine Category: Complementary Medicine
Latest Comment by herpes - May 15, 2009: Thanks for this info on the study. I am doing a paper on Olea europaea, thanks a lot.

New health taskforce to spot signs of violence against women
Source: Nursing in Practice Category: Nursing
Latest Comment by Elder Abuse - May 15, 2009: Elderly women are much more likely than men to be abused. The disparity between the two genders increases as they tend to age. Health taskforce, such as this one, will hopefully help reduce the number of incidences.

Tips for Losing Weight
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content Category: Other Conditions
Latest Comment by strip that fat - May 14, 2009: Very good weight loss tips.

An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Mana Angetu District, southeastern Ethiopia
Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine Category: Complementary Medicine
Latest Comment by Dr. Regassa D. - May 13, 2009: Dear authors, I appreciate your effort in studying the medicinal plant wealth of untouched forest in the remote southeastern part of Ethiopia. I recommend you to establish a link with Universities who have an access for phytochemical screening and to perform a screnning of the most preferred medicinal plants.

Doctors report third US death from swine flu 1 Comment
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by Dr.koneru gangadhara rao,NRIGH - May 11, 2009: The present data shows that there are more number of cases recarded in us than in mexico though the swine flu infection first started inthe later country.This shows the migrant status from mexico.As the time goes on the humans also develop immunity aganst the disease, the death rate will come down.As it is deaths due to swine flue in us are very less compared to that of mexico probably by using antiviral drugs effectively

Reduction of surgical site infections by use of pulsatile lavage irrigation after prolonged intra-abdominal surgical procedures. 1 Comment
Source: American Journal of Surgery Category: Surgery
Latest Comment by Dr.koneru gangadhara rao,NRIGH - May 10, 2009: AFTER PROLONGED LAPAROTOMIES IT IS BETTER TO DO THOROUGH PERITONEAL LAVAGE BEFORE CLOSING THE ABDOMINAL WOUND AND ALSO TO KEEP DEPENDENT DRAIN THROUGH COLPOTOMY WOUND.IT REDUCES COLLECTOIN OF BLOOD IN POUCH OF DOUGLASS AND THERBY RESULTANT PERITONEAL IRRITATION AND INFECTIONS.

Persistent Current in a Mesoscopic Cylinder: Effects of Radial Magnetic Field
Source: Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience Category: Nanotechnology
Latest Comment by the student - May 8, 2009: it was one of the best articles in the base of electricity ! special thank to : lady FT aeenehvand.

Medical Receivables Financing
Source: BNET Industries.com - Recent Medical Equipment and Supplies White Papers Category: Medical Equipment
Latest Comment by JRS Medical - May 3, 2009: You forgot to mention that for every healthcare contract a hospital has, the amount paid for the same procedure is different for each one. We need consistency across healtchcare providers, come on Obama, help us out here. Leslie

Antenatal MR imaging of pulmonary lymphangiectasia secondary to hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Source: Pediatric Radiology Category: Radiology
Latest Comment by tin - April 29, 2009: Sir/Madam, I have no comment yet. Just would like to ask if anybody knows of any pediatric radiology fellowship training in Italy most preferrably near Rome or at least in Italy. I would appreciate any help extended. Thank you so much

Obama makes $10bn pledge to find cure for global killer 'in our time' 1 Comment
Source: Scotsman.com News - Health Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by Frankie Dolan - April 26, 2009: Great news, not before time. A president with his priorities straight, interested in spending dollars fighting a real enemy to us all. Such a move could result in millions of lives saved in the future worldwide. Thank-you Obama!

Scared Dental Patients Explained
Source: dental blog for dentists about dentistry Category: Dentists
Latest Comment by thomassabastein - April 24, 2009: These are really interesting survey results. The survey was done in a transparent way and the results should be approved. Most of the dental problems are mainly due to the stress. Dentists should take care of the patient and make him feel comfortable.

Monitor Blood Sugar with Implanted Microchip 2 Comments
Source: PharmaGazette Category: Pharmacists and Pharmacologists
Latest Comment by Anger Class - April 23, 2009: Wow Chsitian Warrior, do you really think people who don't beleive the bible will believe that some obscure reference to twin brothers 2000 years ago must apply to the fall of the twin towers 2000 years later and halfway across the world. Yeah that's believable. The microchip thing is a great idea. I wish I could monitor my congenital hypertension using a microchip.

Cultural Issues in Medicine 2 Comments
Source: All Ears Category: Physician Assistants
Latest Comment by positive thinking - April 21, 2009: That's really interesting.

Clearance of acanthosis nigricans associated with insulinoma following surgical resection
Source: QJM Category: Internal Medicine
Latest Comment by akash - April 14, 2009: can u please send me the full article to my email id .

Erratum.
Source: Journal of Nephrology Category: Urology & Nephrology
Latest Comment by Kolahi - April 13, 2009: Dear All, Would your please send me a copy of full text of this article if possible, Best wishes, Kolahii@gmail.com

Tips on Women Self Defense
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content Category: Other Conditions
Latest Comment by Vaginosis - April 7, 2009: It's great to feel safer with this knowledge.

Daily Thoughts 2 Comments
Source: Nurse.Com Forums - Blogs Category: Nurses
Latest Comment by MJ51 - April 3, 2009: I agree

Theoretical basis for reducing time-lines to the determination of positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis cultures using thymidylate kinase (TMK) assays
Source: Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling Category: Biomedical Science
Latest Comment by Wayengera M - March 31, 2009: As author of this work, I need say that I am equally impressed by on-going work aimed at enhancing detection of TB. Nevertheless, we need to ensure that, as we work to innovate the most superb TB biomarkers and tests, ideal technology platforms that can support their use within resource limited settings are concurrently developed. Perhaps explains our intertwine of TB biology, chemistry, physics and math.

Monitor Blood Sugar with Implanted Microchip 2 Comments
Source: PharmaGazette Category: Pharmacists and Pharmacologists
Latest Comment by acai berry - March 30, 2009: Finding glucose level is very important nowadays to avoid the problem caused by diabetis

Current treatments of chronic immune-mediated demyelinating polyneuropathies
Source: Muscle Category: Internal Medicine
Latest Comment by T 'S MOM - March 30, 2009: My son has had cidp for 3 years. He has improved and declined several times but never improved to more than about 70% . He was treated with IVIG, Prednisone, and cellcept. Ivig halted progression, prednisone help with improvement at first but then it didn't work as well. He received Rituxin this past August 2008 and has been improving since. He is still on reduced infusions of ivig and 20 mg of prednisone daily. His reflexes have completely returned for the first time since he got sick and he feels stronger than he ever has. I am trying to get the drug approved for cidp but have no idea how to do this. need help

Specific Detection of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola in Infected Rice Plant by Use of PCR Assay Targeting a Membrane Fusion Protein Gene. 1 Comment
Source: Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology Category: Biotechnology
Latest Comment by K.keshavarz42 - March 29, 2009: I read your article . it was excellent. Poster about Development of diagnostic molecular markers for rapid identification of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae and X. oryzae pv. oryzicola., it was excellent. My title research is molecular Characterization of Xanthomonas oryzae Pathovars in Malaysia . I need information about complete characterization XOCMF-XOCMR specific primer. is it possible for you to send me more information about specific primer(XOO AND XOC)to use for me? I need to help You Best regard.

[Paraneoplastic polyneuropathy associated to blastic mantle cell lymphoma] 1 Comment
Source: Revista de Neurologia Category: Neurology
Latest Comment by momkat - March 25, 2009: I need to find this article in English. Please help. Time is of the essence! Thank you.

Cultural Issues in Medicine 2 Comments
Source: All Ears Category: Physician Assistants
Latest Comment by cheap checks - March 24, 2009: Very Interesting! I actually found myself giggling about the faking woman in the coma. On the medical side, I wonder how many medical mistakes occur due to this language and cultural barrier.

Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc.: FDA Approves KAPIDEX(TM) (Dexlansoprazole) Delayed Release Capsules for the Treatment of GERD 1 Comment
Source: Market Wire - Pharmaceuticals and Biotech Category: Pharmaceuticals
Latest Comment by Dave T - March 23, 2009: Is anybody currently on Kapidex? How is it working for you? I am currently taking two 30 mg capsules of prevacid a day per day and it is quite expensive and inconvienent but if I only take one my acid reflux comes back in the evening. I am going to see my doctor on 03/26/09 and am thinking about asking him to switch me to 60 mg kapidek. Thanks in advance for to everybody for any information you may have.

Indications for LP Following 1st Febrile Seizure Reconsidered 1 Comment
Source: AAP Grand Rounds Category: Pediatrics
Latest Comment by Dr.janani Sankar - March 22, 2009: Not indicated if the child's history is typical of a febrile seizure,with family history and no signs of meningeal irritation

Degenerative Disk Disease (DDD) 1 Comment
Source: dukehealth.org: Health Features Category: Universities & Medical Training
Latest Comment by amy - March 19, 2009: will a person become paralized with degenative disk deases?

Man Bites Orange County Deputy, Says He Has HIV 1 Comment
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog Category: HIV AIDS
Latest Comment by Apostle Shada Mishe - March 16, 2009: THE CURE for HIV/AIDS.......AMBUSH THE IDEA that AMBUSH cures AIDS is being proven by the more than 400 individuals who have taken a dose of 60 ml three times daily for 21 days. The result is that AMBUSH 'KILLS' the virus by causing the protein envelope to rupture and the viral particles are discarded by the white blood cells. AMBUSH is able to 'KILL' the virus that are 'hiding' in the lymph system by its 'natural radioactive' properties. This process allows the body to 'return to normal health' with a corresponding immunity to that or those strains of the virus. What is AMBUSH ? AMBUSH is a radioactive isotope of ...

ACuRay™ Acoustic Sensor for Cancer 1 Comment
Source: The Biotech Weblog Category: Medical Scientists
Latest Comment by Lanesmom - March 15, 2009: I am wondering what the drawbacks to this form of detection would be??

Magic mushrooms to combat syndrome X 1 Comment
Source: The Diabetes Blog Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators
Latest Comment by sea flower - March 13, 2009: can maitake mushroom act like a blood thinner? i have high blood pressure and have been taking maitake powder in capsule form, 450 mg a day for about a month. three days ago my right eye looks like i broke a blood vessel. I stopped taking the capsules and possibly will cut back to one capsule a day.

Herniated Lumbar Disc – A Clinical Study
Source: Homoeopathic Links Category: Complementary Medicine
Latest Comment by rafiq ahmed diwan - March 12, 2009: name the medicines which after individulisation can be used with homeopathic principles

BISAP: A Simple Method for the Early Identification of Mortality Risk in Patients With Acute Pancreatitis 1 Comment
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines Category: Surgery
Latest Comment by DR.Fiaz Fazili - March 11, 2009: BISAP in Acute Pancreatitis_ can i have full review article ,and comparison to any standard criteria like,ApACHE II or Ranson.Multicentric study

Evaluation of wound healing potential of Chicorium intybus in rats as animal model
Source: Iranian Journal of Pharmacology & Therapeutics (IJPT) Category: Drugs & Pharmacology
Latest Comment by navpreet - March 10, 2009: hello sir, i m doing project in masters of pharmacy(pharmacgnosy).my project is pharmacognostic and phytochemical investigation of roots and leaves of chicorium intybus.can u tell me the procedure u done for wound heeling property? or any suggestion regarding my work

Miracle surgery: Girl 'fantastic' after 6 organs removed, replaced 1 Comment
Source: USATODAY.com Health Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by Frankie Dolan - March 10, 2009: What an incredible story and what a beautiful little girl. Who wouldn't go to the lengths of the earth to save such an angel? But what a huge responsibility to carry out such an operation. My heart goes out to them all.

Letter to the editor: cats and carbohydrates. 1 Comment
Source: Topics in Companion Animal Medicine Category: Veterinary Research
Latest Comment by Halleytanglewood - March 6, 2009: Cats have absolutely no nutritional need for carbohydrate and do not have the salivary amylase necessary to digest carbohyrate and produce very little pancreatic amylase because Mother Nature never intended the cat to be fed the 30-60% carbohydrate that is in dry pet food or the 30% or so carbohydrate that can be in tinned pet food. Veterinary research shows that feeding carbohydrate to the cat in the form of pet food is causing serious and even fatal illness ie. shows it is causing obesity, struvite crystals, cystitis, ibd, dilated cardiomyopathy etc. Veterinary research shows that feeding tinned pet food is giving c...

Middle age 'key for exercising' 1 Comment
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by Frankie Dolan - March 6, 2009: Hey this is great, so I live like a couch potatoe until I'm 50, and start exercising then, and I'll live just as long as those who have been doing it all their lives (but I guess I might not then make it to 50!)

Monitor Blood Sugar with Implanted Microchip 2 Comments
Source: PharmaGazette Category: Pharmacists and Pharmacologists
Latest Comment by Daughter of Zion - March 5, 2009: You see, Satan is so cunny. He will not come out openly to present the mark of the beast.He will start with what men think is beneficial to mankind and gradually captures the entire world in the guise of technology.I am using this opportunity to advise everyone of you to accept Christ now before it is too late.The mark of the beast is already in the world in the name of technology and the second coming of Christ is at hand.Peace be unto you

[MRI of malignant neoplasms of the uterine corpus and cervix.] 1 Comment
Source: Radiologia Category: Radiology
Latest Comment by koneru gangadhara rao,nrighosp - March 5, 2009: once upon a time or even now clinicians do cancer cx staging mostly by clinical examination.But it would be more appropriate to use ct-contrast and MRI simultaneously along with clinical examination and usg, as ct contrast shows the involvement of various lymph glands and mri shows the involvement of soft tissues of surrounding structures.They are complimentary to each other.

Joint Replacement Soars As Number of Docs Falls 1 Comment
Source: MedlinePlus Health News Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by alanlazaroff@centura.org - March 4, 2009: The claim that joint replacement surgeons are underpaid is stunning. According to recent information at this link http://www.cejkasearch.com/compensation/amga_physician_compensation_survey.htm the median income for joint replacement surgeonss in 2008 is $520,000. This is about 3 times what people in my specialty (geriatric medicine) earn. Do joint replacement surgeons need to earn 10 times what primary care doctors earn to entice them to go into this field? This reminds me of one definition of chutzpah: the man who murders his parents and then begs the court for mercy because he is an orphan. Unbelievable!

Contact lenses that boost your sight while you sleep
Source: the Mail online | Diet Category: Nutrition
Latest Comment by Natasha - March 1, 2009: I have been using these and the are great for people who do sports (in my case I wind surf) - it helps you to be contact lens free during the day.

High ratio of Duffy (a+b+) phenotype in patients with multiple myeloma compared to healthy controls 1 Comment
Source: Hematological Oncology Category: Hematology
Latest Comment by nil guler - February 28, 2009: I am waiting for other researches results about Duffy in multiple myeloma. Nil Guler,MD

Spine Injuries in the Sport of Gymnastics. 1 Comment
Source: Current Sports Medicine Reports Category: Sports Medicine
Latest Comment by jmritchie - February 26, 2009: My son is 17 years old and is a National Level gymnast. He was diagnosed with Spondylolysis involving the right L5 pars interarticularis in December. He has been wearing a back brace and has not been training, only some strength training that does not involve hyperextensions. He just had a CT done to check the healing and the picture shows that both places have no indications of healing. Slight progression in osteolysis involving right L5 spondylolysis and L5 stress fracture. He has been released now to go back into the gym and start training for Nationals. They will try to manage the pain. What are his chances in c...

IL-1beta involved in progression from inactive to active myeloma 1 Comment
Source: Margaret's Corner Category: Cancer
Latest Comment by Mariee - February 24, 2009: Feb 24, 2009 I discussed this Clinical trial with my Oncologist yesterday. I was disappointed when he said Phase 3 will probably take another 3 years before anakinra/Dex will be approved to slow the progression from SMM to active MM. I was hopeing it would be sooner. I'm doing everything I can to slow the progress: Curcumin/Resveratrol/Quercetin along with good diet and exercise. We will just have to keep fighting and think positive

Warning over fake tan injections 1 Comment
Source: Nursing in Practice Category: Nursing
Latest Comment by melanotan - afamelanotide - February 22, 2009: There's an excellent article that covers the melanotan peptides here: Suntan Drug Greenlighted for Trials Cheers

Monitor Blood Sugar with Implanted Microchip 2 Comments
Source: PharmaGazette Category: Pharmacists and Pharmacologists
Latest Comment by ChristianWarrior - February 19, 2009: Yeah, that's it. Keep distributing a chip which is nothing more than the mark of the beast, even though those who distribute it aren't even aware of it and have no idea of what they're doing to mankind. Don't believe me? I dare anyone of you out there, especially those who work in Verichip to go out and read a bible and read the bible and the entire section of the book of revelations and you'll see what you're doing to mankind. Don't believe in the bible? The bible predicted the fall of the twin brothers--aka---the twin towers of New York thousands of years before it even happened. The book of revelations predicted the mar...

Tool Bar to Compare Prescription Drug Prices 1 Comment
Source: PharmaGazette Category: Pharmacists and Pharmacologists
Latest Comment by fatfree - February 19, 2009: In the front page it says "Checkout". Nowhere is there an area explaining that you are not really ordering the medication you had just searched for and shopped for. The next page conveniently has the prescription you "Think" you are ordering along with a great big logo that says "order with Confidence". The illusion is that you are actually ordering the product. I notice now that I look more closely, tucked away at the very bottom of the page you can check one box that populates all the other boxes that has your policies. Even in the TOS you have to click "Read More" before you realize that this is a membership. In...

Tooth Whitening: An Overview of Bleaching Techniques 1 Comment
Source: MUSC Dental Podcast Category: Dentistry
Latest Comment by rhonda - February 18, 2009: yes im instread in getting a nice smile i am very ashamed of my teeth when i was small the dentist i saw on a regular basis told me i had to much floride in the water or some kinda medince when i was small, and the end result is i have like gray teeth i was wondering if you have a program there where this could be fixed or is there anything that someone can do to give me a better smile and make myself feel more confident when i smile im only 37 and i have or am thinking about pulling all of them out so if there is something or some kinda class there that i might could check into that could maybe help me please ,please wo...

Formulation and evaluation of flurbiprofen microemulsion. 2 Comments
Source: Current Drug Delivery Category: Drugs & Pharmacology
Latest Comment by sushil - February 18, 2009: can we make SEDDS of flurbiprofen? Is it justify?

SLNB and the importance of micrometastases in vulvar squamous cell carcinoma. 1 Comment
Source: Surgical Oncology Category: Surgery
Latest Comment by Dr.koneru gangadhara rao,NRIGH - February 15, 2009: The sentinel lymph nodebiopsy (SLNB) method is usefull in ca breast,vula,vagina,cervix,body uterus.we can use methyleneblue into lesion and surrounding area and wait for 1hourand dissect for (slnb).This way we can reduce unnecessary dissections ,morbidity and mortality.Especially in ca vulva there will be involvement of lymphnodes in orderly manner.That is first there will be involvement of inguinalgroup later femoral(cloquet)and lately pelvicglands.if by chance slnb is positive those pts will deffinitely require post op chemo,radiotherapy to prevent recurrence or to increase lifespan.

Colposcopy of the vagina and vulva. 1 Comment
Source: Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America Category: OBGYN
Latest Comment by Dr.koneru gangadhara rao,NRIGH - February 14, 2009: in all symptamatic pts with itching,irritability of vulva,eldrlywoman it is deffenitely benificial to do calposcopy guided biopsies after staining with 3%acetic acid.maping acetowhite areas and later studying those areas with calposcopy always beneficial to the patients.it is helpful to diagnose or to ruleout malignancies very early and it is going to be cost effectivealso.This we can use for community screening.For this we can use nurses,paramedical workers to train to detect acetowhite areas among woman in a given community and they can later refer them to tertiary care cancer institutes to study with calposcope and plan...

Modafinil gets a reaction in Australia; ten, actually 1 Comment
Source: Inpharma Category: Drugs & Pharmacology
Latest Comment by BruceAlan - February 14, 2009: So, we have 10 documented delayed-type hypersensitivity "reactions" to Provigil within a short while in Australia. Meanwhile, no cases at all of delayed-type hypersensitivity were reported by the FDA until the very beginning of 2008. That was when, as if by epidemic, 6 similar cases suddenly appeared in the US. That would mean that we are expected to believe that for a full 9 years - NINE YEARS! - following its release by Cephalon after FDA approval in 1998, no cases emerged post-approval due to use of Provigil in the States - a country with 12 times the population of Australia. Yet the FDA's own records reveal th...

A warm footbath before bedtime and sleep in older Taiwanese with sleep disturbance 1 Comment
Source: Research in Nursing Category: Nursing
Latest Comment by sr anice kidangath - February 12, 2009: how did you assess the sleep outcome

FDA Issues Black Box Warnings for Fluoroquinolones 9 Comments
Source: Medscape Today Headlines Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by Fluoroquinolone Researcher - February 9, 2009: Dear Paul Auwaerter, Fluoroquinolones are extremely dangerous drugs, that have been shown to damage almost all bodily systems, sometimes even irreversibly. Sometimes, such damage is done weeks or months after the administration of the drug, which explains why such adverse reactions are rarely linked back to the fluoroquinolones. However, you give the impression, that you believe fluoroquinolones are completely safe antibiotics. No amount of words can prove this. I recommend that you take a 7-Day dose of Levofloxacin 750mg daily. After all, isn't that just a normal dosage? I assure you, you will have a completely dif...

Asymptomatic congenital lung malformations. 1 Comment
Source: Seminars in Pediatric Surgery Category: Pediatrics
Latest Comment by Drea1976 - February 7, 2009: My 12 week old baby girl has just been diagnosed with possible CLE. Her surgean is booking her in for a CT scan in the next 2 weeks for a better idea of what is wrong. During the gestational period the ultrasounds picked up what the Dr thought was CCAM (Congenital Cystic Abdmatoid Malformation). Im unsure if the CCAM or what we thought was a CCAM is still visible and will probably find out more with the CT scan. My daughter has no visible signs of breathing difficulties however since the Surgean suggested the issue of CLE, I'm now noticing a little cough and it\'s scaring me. She was physcially checked out yesterday so I\'...

Congenital Lobar Emphysema 1 Comment
Source: Radiology Picture of the Day Category: Radiologists
Latest Comment by Drea1976 - February 7, 2009: My 12 week old baby girl has just been diagnosed with possible CLE. Her surgean is booking her in for a CT scan in the next 2 weeks for a better idea of what is wrong. During the gestational period the ultrasounds picked up what the Dr thought was CCAM (Congenital Cystic Abdmatoid Malformation). Im unsure if the CCAM or what we thought was a CCAM is still visible and will probably find out more with the CT scan. My daughter has no visible signs of breathing difficulties however since the Surgean suggested the issue of CLE, I'm now noticing a little cough and it's scaring me. She was physcially checked out yesterday so I'm ...

Avian Flu Outbreak Leads To Culling Of Over 10,000 Birds In Nepal 1 Comment
Source: Avian Influenza Category: Infectious Diseases
Latest Comment by Sanjeeb Kr. Jha, MBBS Student. - February 3, 2009: Only culling of birds and ducks is not sufficient to overcome the outbreak of H5N1 epidemic. The government of Nepal should completely ban the import of poultry goods from the districts linked to the border of the neighbouring countries India and China. Since, China and India has already reported the human deaths because of bird flu, it is quite important for the government of Nepal to be alert to prevent the introduction of any kind of strain of bird flu in our country. China has already reported the second largest human deaths due to bird flu in this year only. So, all these points could be the government's precautionary...

G2 strain of rotavirus among infants and children, Bangladesh. 1 Comment
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases Category: Infectious Diseases
Latest Comment by Samol - January 29, 2009: It's really a nice informative paper about rotavirus infection in developing country. This data may extend knowledge about rotavirus G and P genotype distribution, age distribution and rotavirus disease burden.

Epocrates Essentials Coming Soon to iPhone 1 Comment
Source: The Palmdoc Chronicles Category: Technology Consultants
Latest Comment by DrK - January 28, 2009: License fails to allow install on my iphone. I have gone through their instructions (and received tech support instructions that do not help). My program on the iphone looks different but the added features of essentials all say I do not have a license! The web site registration says my license has already been used (not by me). And the best tech support musters is a response to my email full of my screen shots demonstrating step by step of my futility -- the best they muster is that my comments have to be between two lines in their email (not in an attached file and not comments interspersed line by line within their inst...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder spotlighted 1 Comment
Source: PsycPORT.com Category: Psychiatry
Latest Comment by shivani - January 28, 2009: some time very hard to handle.We know that i am on follish side but can't help it.

Swollen Gingiva: Normal One Week Following Flapless Implant Procedure? 1 Comment
Source: Dental Implants Discussed by Experts Category: Dentistry
Latest Comment by Aghapy - January 27, 2009: thank you very much for your efforts

Detecting signals of opioid analgesic abuse: application of a spatial mixed effect poisson regression model using data from a network of poison control centers 1 Comment
Source: Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety Category: Drugs & Pharmacology
Latest Comment by Marianne Skolek - January 24, 2009: You should know what I know about Purdue Pharma and OxyContin. I know that in April 2002, I lost my beautiful 29 year old daughter Jill to prescribed OxyContin. I know I worked tirelessly from 2002 until today, to expose Purdue Pharma for criminally marketing OxyContin. I know that in July 2007, I was asked by U.S. Attorney Brownlee of Virginia to make an impact statement in Federal Court at the sentencing of Purdue Pharma's three CEO's Michael Friedman, Howard Udell and Paul Goldenheim for convincing physicians and patients that OxyContin was less likely to be addictive or abused. I know in my statement I called them ...

Pregnancy Study Finds Strong Association Between Two Antidepressants And Heart Anomalies 1 Comment
Source: Health News from Medical News Today Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by bondo4 - January 22, 2009: my wife took luvox(fluvoxamine) to treat her OCD prior to and during the course of her pregnancy.They had to take the baby 6 weeks premature do to heart complications. My son was born with heart defects and craniosynthesis He was born 12/30/99 prior to any warnings against these SSRI drugs We were never warned by drug makers,Family,Gynecologist and OBGYN doctors of the risks in taking this medicine. These antidepressant drugs or SSRI's are dangerous and should not be given to pregnant women

Angiogenesis and expression of angiogenic agents in uterine and ovarian carcinosarcomas 1 Comment
Source: APMIS Category: Research
Latest Comment by daliah galinsky - January 20, 2009: Has anyone got any experience with anti-angiogenic treatments in ovarian carcinosarcoma ?

Cultural Issues in Medicine 2 Comments
Source: All Ears Category: Physician Assistants
Latest Comment by AngelaE8654 - January 19, 2009: It is not only in medicine that we encounter such differences. These language and cultural diversities can be found in pretty much ANY field. Good thinking on your part with how you handled the lady in the coma, however. :)

Molecular marker-based prediction of hybrid performance in maize using unbalanced data from multiple experiments with factorial crosses. 1 Comment
Source: TAG. Theoretical and Applied Genetics Category: Genetics & Stem Cells
Latest Comment by Toshiba - January 14, 2009: I need literature on this subject matter. Thank you.

Screening for bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy to prevent preterm delivery: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. 1 Comment
Source: Annals of Internal Medicine Category: Internal Medicine
Latest Comment by Dr.koneru gangadhara rao,NRIGH - January 13, 2009: Not only in us even in india we are seeing many preterm labours reponding to metronidazole treatment.But many of these cases arenot having cassical bv symptoms.we must screen the patients who are showing symptoms of pretermlabour for the first time or with recurrence,at early phase only with high vaginal smearand pap staining which also gives an idea regarding harmonal deffciency also.

New Study Finds Over Half Of US Hospitals Utilize Hospitalists 1 Comment
Source: Health News from Medical News Today Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by Locum Finder - January 11, 2009: In our experience, hospitalist staffing is an increasingly important component of the U.S. Healthcare system.

QUANTIFICATION OF CAROTENOID AND FLAVONOID COMPONENTS IN BRANS OF SOME THAI BLACK RICE CULTIVARS USING SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION AND HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY 1 Comment
Source: Journal of Food Lipids Category: Lipidology
Latest Comment by benrock - January 1, 2009: Excellent article, but are details of equipment suppliers and settings available ?

Effects of salinity on rates of protein synthesis and oxygen uptake in the post-larvae and juveniles of the tropical prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man). 1 Comment
Source: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A, Molecular and integrative physiology. Category: Physiology
Latest Comment by Saweit - December 25, 2008: This is a very good paper

Resveratrol protects cardiomyocytes from hypoxia-induced apoptosis through the SIRT1-FoxO1 pathway. 1 Comment
Source: Biochemical and Biophysical Research communications Category: Biochemistry
Latest Comment by dhynesok - December 22, 2008: The wonder ingredient in wine is resveratrol. Dr. David Sinclair, Associate Professor of Pathology and Co-Director of the Laboratories for the Biological Mechanisms of Aging at Harvard Medical School is the leader in research into the anti-aging properties of resveratrol. The current studies performed by Dr. Sinclair and many other researchers have shown great promise for resveratrol treating the diseases of aging. There are numerous articles that I have linked to at my website - http://resveratrol.webiage.com - that document the findings for the potential health benefits in treating heart disease, cancer, diabetes, osteo...

Cost Effectiveness of Cervical Cancer Screening With Human Papillomavirus DNA Testing and HPV-16, 18 Vaccination. 1 Comment
Source: Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease Category: OBGYN
Latest Comment by Dr.koneru gangadhara rao,NRIGH - December 22, 2008: In doveloping countries it is better to screen cin lesions by acetowhite test in phcs,public health or cancer screening camps.And treat early cancer lesions bysimple tecniques like crayosurgery or llep proceduresis cost effetive rather than dna studies and vaccinations.combination of allof these willbe highly effective to control cancer cervix

Suboxone (buprenorphine) and Opiate Withdrawal in Newborns 1 Comment
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone Category: Addiction
Latest Comment by jessica - December 20, 2008: My newborn is going through withdrawals and I was unaware of what subutex could do to him. Please if anyone is going through this and has any helpful hints i would be truly thankful? i want him home and I don't know what he needs to get better. Does anyone know of a doctor that specializes in this I want my son to have the best care and I don't know what to do. Please help me, I'm afraid for my son he is only 5 days old. I will check this e-mail at 5:00pm tonight on 12/20/08.

Anti-diabetic, anti-hyperlipidemic and spermatogenic effects of Amaranthus spinosus Linn. on streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats 1 Comment
Source: Journal of Natural Medicines Category: Drugs & Pharmacology
Latest Comment by s.s.somanathan - December 12, 2008: good day sir. it's excellent. i need PDF of this article soon.

Intrauterine insemination with husband semen: an evaluation of pregnancy rate and factors affecting outcome 1 Comment
Source: Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics Category: Reproduction Medicine
Latest Comment by Dr.koneru gangadhara rao,NRIGH - December 5, 2008: A.s it is expressed by some authors that it is not good to give a general statement regarding treatment of infertility.However young the patientcouple,we need to investigate thouroughly both the parteners and find out the cause for infertilityand start the necessary treatment.For example TUBAL BLOCKs are there in young PTs following previous abortion, we may have to do ivf/icsi rather than iui.

Daily Thoughts 2 Comments
Source: Nurse.Com Forums - Blogs Category: Nurses
Latest Comment by Frankie Dolan - December 4, 2008: Yes it is a simple but important message that I think we are all in need of reminding at times. Not only could it make their day, but you never know, it could be their last day. Now here's a story that I know to be true. A father went to work forgetting to say 'goodbye' to his young son, who was very upset. So much so, that the mother called up her husband at work and he then returned home especially to say goodbye to him. He then went back to work and died of a heart attack. This is a sad but very poignant story, and honestly a true one (I heard it from a lady who knew the family well). I always keep this in mind wh...

Daily Thoughts 2 Comments
Source: Nurse.Com Forums - Blogs Category: Nurses
Latest Comment by sharistrawberri - December 3, 2008: This is a very important message that should taken into thought each day.

Cefuroxime axetil: Kounis syndrome in an elderly patient: case report 1 Comment
Source: Reactions Category: Drugs & Pharmacology
Latest Comment by Toula Soufra - December 2, 2008: Kounis syndrome seems to be not a rare disease but a very rarely diagnosed disease!

A double Gerdien instrument for simultaneous bipolar air conductivity measurements on balloon platforms 1 Comment
Source: Review of Scientific Instruments Category: Physics
Latest Comment by Flori - December 1, 2008: Hi I need to buy an instrument that measures the air electrical conductivity. I don't know where this instrument may be produced, in order that I can buy it. Can you kindly provide such an information? Regards

Effect of Boron as an Antidote on Dry Matter Intake, Nutrient Utilization and Fluorine Balance in Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) Exposed to High Fluoride Ration. 1 Comment
Source: Biological Trace Element Research Category: Biology
Latest Comment by Dr. David Rosa - December 1, 2008: This is a fine piece of research and contributed lot towards betterment of animal health and may be helpful in medical science. Present findings encouraged us to do more research in the area of mechanism of fluoride toxicity and its amelioration using different trace elements. Use of boron for amelioration of fluoride toxicity is novel findings and many researchers should start in that direction.

Titrated low-dose vaginal and/or oral misoprostol to induce labour for prelabour membrane rupture: a randomised trial 1 Comment
Source: BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Category: OBGYN
Latest Comment by Dr.koneru gangadhara rao,NRIGH - November 30, 2008: i have to say that mesoprostal regime is not completely safe to induce labors though many people are going for it.Among rare cases ihave seen some ended with foetal distress,postdelivary difficult revivals,early neonataldeaths.Blnid trial is not safe.Induction with electronicmonitoring,close observation is highly recomended.

Indigo extract effective treatment for psoriasis 1 Comment
Source: Reuters: Health Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by Gretchen - November 27, 2008: I have been using psoriasis cream by champori for the last 8 months and the results are just wonderful.. I noticed today that it contains Indigo Naturalis! Good stuff.

Fatal Cephalosporin-Induced Acute Hypersensitivity Myocarditis 1 Comment
Source: Pediatric Cardiology Category: Cardiology
Latest Comment by Holly - November 25, 2008: My mother died at the age of forty-seven from sarcoid myocaditis. In her case I believe it might have been associated with the use of antibiotics. She was taking antibiotics at the time and died suddenly with no prior symptoms or disease. She was a healthy women and a non-smoker. I think people need to avoid the use of antibiotics as much as they can. Use them only as a last resort. Also, do not buy antibiotics online that were not prescribed by your doctor. I would not wish this death upon anyone. Please be cautious.

A sign of what is to come? 1 Comment
Source: Hospice Blog Category: Palliative Carer Workers
Latest Comment by care - November 23, 2008: How can SRZ stop funding their Hospice company without putting patients and staff in jeopardy?

Balloon fluoroscopy as treatment for intrauterine adhesions: a novel approach 2 Comments
Source: Fertility and Sterility Category: Reproduction Medicine
Latest Comment by Dr.koneru gangadhara rao,NRIGH - November 22, 2008: by fluroscopic tecqinic we may not getrid of copletely the adhesions.we can not measure or get an idia regarding exact thickness of adhesions by fluroscopy .though we may see some filling deffects in uterine cavity to some extent it is a blind tecqinic.Hence if some one sees filling deffects BY FLUROSCOPY, it is better to do hysteroscopy in addition and rlease the adhesions which is a gold standard procedure that to in a situation like 'infertility'.we must also exclude the possibility of tuberculosis.

Lambda-cyhalothrin-induced biochemical and histopathological changes in the liver of rats: Ameliorative effect of ascorbic acid. 1 Comment
Source: Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology Category: Pathology
Latest Comment by babasaheb - November 20, 2008: what about immunotoxicity due to lamda cyhalothrin in rat ?

Milk Flow Rates Can Be Used to Identify and Investigate Milk Ejection in Women Expressing Breast Milk Using an Electric Breast Pump 1 Comment
Source: Breastfeeding Medicine Category: Perinatology & Neonatology
Latest Comment by milky - November 18, 2008: what's really impoertant - the total quantity or the rate? what's the actual maximum milk flow rate? In one '5 sec' interval there must be moments where the milk flow is higher and other's where it's 0.

The Impact of Childbirth on the Pelvic Floor 1 Comment
Source: Medscape Urology Headlines Category: Urology & Nephrology
Latest Comment by Dr.koneru gangadhara rao,NRIGH - November 15, 2008: it is our observation that the incidence of uterovaginalprolapse,after caesarian sections isvery muchlow.with the guidance of partogram and ultrasound foetal monitor we can identify the time forc.section ratherthan continuing diffficult labour,allow it and invite problems for both mother and child.There by we can prevent complications of vaginal birth.

Temperature rise during photo-activated disinfection of root canals 1 Comment
Source: Lasers in Medical Science Category: Laser Surgery
Latest Comment by sucheta - November 14, 2008: how do we measure the temperature on external surface of root? do we requri to prepare the external surface?

Non-Invasive, Non-Surgical, Pain Free Remedies for Fat Melting, Cellulite Reduction and Skin Tightening 1 Comment
Source: the international medical market place Category: Pharmaceuticals
Latest Comment by JT - November 14, 2008: Very interesting...I'll find more information about LipoTRON.

Liposuction 1 Comment
Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by JT - November 14, 2008: I believe this article doesn't give enough information about liposuction. It's too short and very little information. So this is not so informative.

Plastic surgery: understanding abdominoplasty and liposuction. 1 Comment
Source: AORN Journal Category: Nursing
Latest Comment by JT - November 14, 2008: There are risks that the patients should be informed before having the surgery. Sometimes abdominoplasty cause excessive bleeding.

Liposuction 1 Comment
Source: Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery Category: Cosmetic Surgery
Latest Comment by JT - November 14, 2008: I think the latest technique for liposuction is "Water-Jet Assisted Liposuction". This liposuction method has suction capability 7-10 times more than Vaser and Laser Liposuction.

[Lipedema, a hardly known disease: diagnosis, associated illnesses and therapy.] 1 Comment
Source: Orvosi Hetilap Category: Journals (General)
Latest Comment by JT - November 14, 2008: If this article said that fat legs cause Lipedema, then how do we know how "fat" will be considered as being risk?

Body Dysmorphic Disorder: When the Reflection Is Revolting 1 Comment
Source: Psych Central Category: Psychiatry
Latest Comment by JT - November 14, 2008: I've never heard about a psychiatric condition called "BDD" before. This information is very useful. Thanks

Death From Cosmetic Surgery Is Never Acceptable 1 Comment
Source: Cosmetic Medicine / Plastic Surgery News From Medical News Today Category: Cosmetic Surgery
Latest Comment by Cosmetic Surgery Thailand - November 14, 2008: The number would be reduced if the patients do some research before going into the surgery.

Preparation and Evaluation of Chitosan/Carrageenan Beads for Controlled Release of Sodium Diclofenac 1 Comment
Source: AAPS PharmSciTech Category: Drugs & Pharmacology
Latest Comment by Ms.Dipali Dhoke - November 14, 2008: can I use the drug ACECLOFENAC for preparing such types of beads by using diffrent polymer combination.

Neuropsychological rehabilitation. 1 Comment
Source: Annual Review of Clinical Psychology Category: Psychiatry & Psychology
Latest Comment by NABILA - November 13, 2008: WHAT WAS THE GUIDELINE OF THE NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL REHABILITATION?i M DOING A RESEARCH ENTITLED AS NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL REHABILITATION OF PATIENTS WITH HEAD INJURY.NOW I NEED YOUR HELP

Might statins be associated with increased risk of ALS? 3 Comments
Source: NeLM Headline News Category: Drugs & Pharmacology
Latest Comment by kevin.price20@ntlworld.com - November 12, 2008: My Mum of 67 has MND, SHE IS CONVINCED IT HAS BEEN CAUSED BY STATINS. My Mum has been taking a high dose of 80mg for over 6 mths and started to notice spasams in her legs within six mounths.After a year and many disagreemets with her GP she came off all tablets only o find she has MND.Can anyone tell me if the two are linked?

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy without visible scar: combined transvaginal and transumbilical approach 2 Comments
Source: Endoscopy Category: Gastroenterology
Latest Comment by Dr.koneru gangadhara rao,NRIGH - November 12, 2008: through vaginal aprroach, after finishing the lap surgery via umbilical,abdominal ports,specimen extraction may be easy.using 5mm portsper abdomen maynotgivescarshenceadding optics,dissectors through vavginal routis neither reasanable nor comfortable

Anaphylactic Reactions during Cesarean Section. 2 Comments
Source: Obstetric Anesthesia Digest Category: Anesthesiology
Latest Comment by Dr.koneru gangadhara rao,NRIGH - November 12, 2008: We conduct nearly2500delivaries a year for the last4 years.so far we havenot experienced a single case of anaphylactic reaction.so what i think,probably if you verify the drugs,iv fluids,antiseptic local use, usedpre-postoperatively,and suturematerials used during operations you may getanswer for your problem.

Balloon fluoroscopy as treatment for intrauterine adhesions: a novel approach 2 Comments
Source: Fertility and Sterility Category: Reproduction Medicine
Latest Comment by Asherman's - November 12, 2008: I have several questions about this article. 1. This appears to be the first reported case of IUA arising from IUI. How can the authors be sure that the scarring was not caused by IUI instrumentation? There is not enough convincing data or agreement amongst authors that IUA can be caused by infection other than endometrial tuberculosis. 2. How do you know that it is not the C-section which led to IUA- and the patient's infertility- since they are in the same region? Cases of IUA arising from C-sections have ben previously reported. 3. What is the exact nature of the persisting anatomical defect caused by the C-...

Security and Access of Health Research Data
Source: Journal of Medical Systems Category: Information Technology
Latest Comment by americna acupuncture - November 11, 2008: Nationwide electronic medical-information system coming soon. How can you maintain patient privacy? Changing the coding system that doctors and hospital use to bill insurers to undergo complete overhaul within the next three years. It will be the next step in a nationwide electronic medical-information system. There will be more billing errors, you the patient will be overcharged, the insurance company will be able to deny your doctor’s claim stating it didn’t have the proper code. There will be more billing fraud and you and the doctors will not be paid quickly. You will need to give the doctor more medical...

Dubai to build medical simulation centre 1 Comment
Source: Healthcare Category: Middle East Health
Latest Comment by Dr.A.Saleh - October 31, 2008: Exciting event to build this center in Dubai , I am interested in being in contact with any body in Dubai or even visit him inorder to see this center and have more idea about it .

Mesenteric Disaster 1 Comment
Source: Buckeye Surgeon Category: Surgeons
Latest Comment by AEMI - October 24, 2008: It is nice to read that a Doctor actually elevated the diagnosis to the level of performing a CT angiogram on a patient exhibiting non localized abdominal pain. My sister who was 44 years old, rest her soul, suffered from abdominal pain for a period of 3-4 months. Despite repeated visits to ERs on a bi-weekly basis, not one attending physician ordered a CT on the superior mesenteric artery or anything else on her body. I suspect that since she had been taken off her cumadin regiment for an unrelated procedure in January 08, she developed blood clots that did fragment and ultimately occluded the superior mesente...

Researchers say Bee Gees' song life saving 1 Comment
Source: Health News - UPI.com Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by Frankie Dolan - October 19, 2008: I've never had to perform CPR, but always wondered if I was faced with the situation whether I would know how fast to go. Fantastic, now I know all I would have to do is sing 'Stayin Alive' in my head and I'd be right!

Purification and characterization of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine oxidative deaminase from Rhodobacter sphaeroides OU5 1 Comment
Source: Canadian Journal of Microbiology Category: Microbiology
Latest Comment by Ranjith Naik Kumavath - October 15, 2008: I am very happy to see this type of work in your journal. it is peace of work which the author have done work. I will congratulate them. I need this full length paper if you could send me I will be very happy if you send reprint. Thank you in advance Dr.Kumavath

Intracellular glutathione mediates the denitrosylation of protein nitrosothiols in the rat spinal cord 1 Comment
Source: Journal of Neuroscience Research Category: Neuroscience
Latest Comment by brm.jr@motta.net - October 13, 2008: Does this mean that large amounts of Glutathione could be harmfull for MS patients?

Oxazolidinone Antibacterials and Our Experience 1 Comment
Source: Anti-Infective Agents in Medicinal Chemistry Category: Infectious Diseases
Latest Comment by Brijesh - October 13, 2008: This review article mainly covers the developments in the area of Oxazolidinone antibacterials of the years late 2005, 2006 and 2007. Both the work from Industries and Universities has been compiled for the researchers. I am sure every one will enjoy the read of this comprehensive review.

Conservative management of placenta percreta: experiences in two cases. 1 Comment
Source: Obstetrics and Gynecology Category: OBGYN
Latest Comment by koneru gangadhara rao,nrighosp - October 12, 2008: in situations with placentaprevia with repeat caesariansections this complcation rate is very high. to avoid coplcations we may have to under take caesarian hysterectomy quickly but in acase of primy gravida where uterus to be preserved we should try conservative means,take some time in blocking feedig vessels,uterine,ovarian vessels,if bleedig isnot stopped we can go for hysterectomy.we can even per form subtotal hysterectomy if the case is other than placenta previa.sepsis ,haemarrhagewillbe there with coservative managementwith methotrxate regime

Congratulations My! You're a real OT now!! 1 Comment
Source: Occupational Therapy Students (B)e(LO)n(G) Category: Occupational Therapists
Latest Comment by frustrated - October 7, 2008: Yeah I was wondering what advice or tips could you give me in order to pass the test. I have taken it three times and don't know what the problems is. Please help!!!

Acute Hepatitis with Severe Cholestasis and Prolonged Clinical Course Due to Hepatitis A Virus Ia and Ib Coinfection 1 Comment
Source: Clin Infect Dis Latest Articles Category: Infectious Diseases
Latest Comment by jorge bernardo elizondo - September 29, 2008: More than to made an analysis in your patient, I would look for information in the treatment of al boy of 11 years old with hepatitis A virus, who begun on sep-2-08 with headache, malaise, fever, abdominal pain and nausea for three or four days, the subsecuent days he was in a better conditios, but his DB increased to 14.2, ant the TB reached 16. He is on his 27th day of illness, he has and sonogaphy without dilatation of intra and extrahepatic bile ducts. He has pruritus, I have indicated questram. The follow up is bening, do I have to start corticosteroids, or I have to send subgenotypes of HAV? Thank you for your opin...

UK Health News 09/23/2008 1 Comment
Source: Fade Library Category: Medical Librarians
Latest Comment by pete.hudson@yahoo.com - September 25, 2008: Not a bad idea for kids who are in trouble. No it will be easier to jot down abusive parents, with the help of kids. I m now enriched by all the happenings in health in UK with the help of this article or a combination of hundreds of articles... Outsourcing Solution in Call Center

U.S. lawmaker questions FDA, cites industry ties 1 Comment
Source: Reuters: Health Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by Dan - September 24, 2008: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) originated in its original form several decades ago, with thier objective being to ensure the health and safety of the citizens of the United States regarding products that they consume, and the catalyst for its development was due to the concepts originated by a man named Upton Sinclair. However, the objective of the FDA seems to have changed, as they appear to have formed a pathological alliance with the pharmaceutical industry possibly through the money that this industry gives the FDA for various reasons, so it seems. This is such a large amount of funds issued to the FDA by the i...

Free drug samples may end up costing uninsured more 1 Comment
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health Category: Global & Universal
Latest Comment by Dan - September 24, 2008: Opinion Are Drug Reps Really Necessary? August 26, 2008 | By Dan AbshearcloseDan Abshear Name: Dan Abshear Site: http://discoverwhatyouthink.blogspot.com See All Articles by Author (6) About: Mr. Abshear recently divorced himself from "big pharma" after working for three of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world for over a decade. He continues to write primarily opinion pieces regarding what may be little known facts about the health care system- particularly the pharmaceutical industry, and his writings also include responses to the related writings of others as well on various internet sites. Before his p...

Advertising Drugs To Consumers Might Be A Waste Of Money 1 Comment
Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today Category: Primary Care
Latest Comment by Dan - September 24, 2008: A Television As Your Doctor? May 19, 2008 | By Dan AbshearcloseDan Abshear Name: Dan Abshear Site: http://discoverwhatyouthink.blogspot.com See All Articles by Author (6) About: Mr. Abshear recently divorced himself from "big pharma" after working for three of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world for over a decade. He continues to write primarily opinion pieces regarding what may be little known facts about the health care system- particularly the pharmaceutical industry, and his writings also include responses to the related writings of others as well on various internet sites. Before his pharmaceutical c...

States Consider Legislation To Restrict Access to Physician Prescribing Information for Data Mining Companies 1 Comment
Source: kaisernetwork.org: Health Policy Daily Report Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by Dan - September 24, 2008: Opinion Pharmaceutical Industry Exposed: Desire for an Ethical Resurrection March 27, 2008 | By Dan AbshearcloseDan Abshear Name: Dan Abshear Site: http://discoverwhatyouthink.blogspot.com See All Articles by Author (6) About: Mr. Abshear recently divorced himself from "big pharma" after working for three of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world for over a decade. He continues to write primarily opinion pieces regarding what may be little known facts about the health care system- particularly the pharmaceutical industry, and his writings also include responses to the related writings of others as well on v...

The ADVANTAGE seeding trial: a review of internal documents. 1 Comment
Source: Annals of Internal Medicine Category: Internal Medicine
Latest Comment by Dan - September 24, 2008: The Human Injury of Lost Objectivity: An Insider’s Look into the Corruption of Clinical Trials April 25, 2008 | By Dan AbshearcloseDan Abshear Name: Dan Abshear Site: http://discoverwhatyouthink.blogspot.com See All Articles by Author (6) About: Mr. Abshear recently divorced himself from "big pharma" after working for three of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world for over a decade. He continues to write primarily opinion pieces regarding what may be little known facts about the health care system- particularly the pharmaceutical industry, and his writings also include responses to the related writings of...

Antidepressants, Psychotherapy or their Combination: Weighing Options for Depression Treatments 1 Comment
Source: Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy Category: Psychiatry & Psychology
Latest Comment by Dan - September 24, 2008: Presently, for the treatment of depression and other mental disorders, some of these disorders are questionable regarding thier existence, the preferred choice of medicinal treatment are a class of medications called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, referred to as SSRIs, as they are the drugs of choice by most prescribers. Such meds, meds that affect the mind, are called psychotropic medications. SSRIs also include a few meds in this class with the addition of a norepinephrine uptake inhibitor added to the SSRI, and these are referred to SNRI medications. Examples of SNRIs are Effexor and Cymbalta. Presently, some ...

Psychiatrists scrutinize APA's revenues from drug industry 1 Comment
Source: American Medical News Category: Journals (General)
Latest Comment by Dan - September 24, 2008: Out of all physician specialties, Psychiatrists receive the most money from the pharmaceutical industry. As a group, they appear clearly defensive.

Recent challenges in insulin delivery systems: A review 1 Comment
Source: Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Category: Drugs & Pharmacology
Latest Comment by Dan - September 24, 2008: The Pumpers: Better compliance for Insulin-dependent diabetic patients? With some diabetic patients, the hormone insulin may be absent, yet necessary for their survival. As I recall, a man named Pauescu developed the concept of insulin replacement, and discovered a method of using insulin secreted from pigs as a replacement method for humans, which was effective at that time. Legend has it that this concept originated in a dream this man had on a night soon before his idea became reality several decades ago. Yet presently, this hormone which is naturally produced by the pancreas normally has advanced as far as treat...

IL-6 Cytoprotection In Hyperoxic Acute Lung Injury Occurs Via SOCS-1-Induced ASK-1 Degradation. 1 Comment
Source: American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology Category: Molecular Biology
Latest Comment by Robert - September 23, 2008: This work is novel because no information was previously available on the expression and functions of SOCS-1 receptors in hyperoxic lung injury.

Acute cholestasis: Atypical onset of Kawasaki disease. 1 Comment
Source: Digestive and Liver Disease Category: Gastroenterology
Latest Comment by Kammysmom - September 20, 2008: I am a mom..not a physician.I was 34 wks. pregnant when I developed Obtetric Cholestasis.I did not deliver early.My daughter seemed healthy besides some brown spots on her skin.As she grows the spots become darker and she has alot more on her neck,and face mostly.At the age of 2 She developed Kawasaki Disease..but did not receive any IVIG-only asprin.She is half filipino and half caucasion.The last echo she had was last year and showed some thickening in the arterial walls.I am commenting because I am so curious if any of this could be linked.

Defective hepatocyte aquaporin-8 expression and reduced canalicular membrane water permeability in estrogen-induced cholestasis 1 Comment
Source: AJP: Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology Category: Gastroenterology
Latest Comment by Kammysmom - September 20, 2008: I am not a physician, but a mother who had Obstetric Cholestasis in the last 4 wks. of my pregnancy. I did not deliver early.When my daughter was 2 she developed Kawasaki Disease.She is half Filipino and half caucasion. At birth she had brown spots and as she grows she gets more on her neck,face,and arms.I am wondering if these symptoms she has now are linked to Obstetric Cholestasis.I have 3 other children-all healty and no complicated pregnancies.This might be a great study. There are people who have these problems and need answers.Thanks for the input.

Nigeria: American-Based Local Doctor Discovers Treatment for Sickle Cell Anaemia 1 Comment
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine Category: African Health
Latest Comment by Austin - September 13, 2008: please what are the side effects of using dioscovite in the management of Sikcle cell

Contemporary Epistemological Research in Education: Reconciliation and Reconceptualization of the Field 1 Comment
Source: Theory Category: Psychiatry & Psychology
Latest Comment by Frank - September 12, 2008: Could anyone explain me what this article is about. I looks interesting but it refers to enactivism. Does anyone know what this worldview is about? Thanks

Measles, mumps and rubella virus vaccine: Epididymo-orchitis: case report 1 Comment
Source: Reactions Category: Drugs & Pharmacology
Latest Comment by anacleta05 - September 9, 2008: this website is really a good help for me specially when im searching for different diseases.

Awful plastic surgery left her unable to breathe
Source: Awful Plastic Surgery Category: Plastic Surgeons
Latest Comment by awfulplastic - September 7, 2008: Here is the complete website: http://groups.msn.com/LosingFace/

GSK issues “Dear Healthcare Professional” letter warning of risk of oral clefts with lamotrigine use in early pregnancy 1 Comment
Source: NeLM Headline News Category: Drugs & Pharmacology
Latest Comment by smile - August 30, 2008: I took lamictal when I was pregnant only because my dr prescribed it and my baby was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate. Does anyone have any legal suggestions

Cocaine Abuse in Pregnancy: An Evolution from Panacea to Pandemonium. 1 Comment
Source: Southern Medical Journal Category: Journals (General)
Latest Comment by gburdlady - August 29, 2008: great article

Does Eminem Have Bipolar Disorder? 1 Comment
Source: World of Psychology Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists
Latest Comment by Lily - August 26, 2008: Of course he does...I started putting this together as I try to assimilate after a particularly manic spree. I explained the cops showing up at the door to ask me about things as "Aftermath" and it clicked...the Shady/Aftermath divide. Maybe I'm just crazy (yes!) but I've found that nearly all musicians, writers, poets, artists, and other public figures that I'm drawn to are bipolar. Then I saw the recent picture and went "Yes, he is fat, placid, and dreamy...definitely medicated, and well out-of-sight. So I am mourning the loss of both of our Slim Shadys right now.

Britain’s Thatcher Has Dementia 1 Comment
Source: NYT > Health Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by Frankie Dolan - August 26, 2008: Whilst I was never a big Margaret Thatcher fan, I do feel for her, Carol and the rest of her family on hearing this sad news. It reminds me of Ronald Regan,her old friend, suffering a similar fate. It was just recently that I became aware that my Nan too is suffering from dementia, having invited her to stay at my house for a week, and seeing how terribly confused and worried she became. For the first time in my life I was made aware of just what a terrbile experience it is for for someone to start loosing their memory, no matter what age they are, and the impact that this has on family members, expecially their children w...

Gambling for capital: learning disability, inclusive research and collaborative life histories 1 Comment
Source: British Journal of Learning Disabilities Category: Disability
Latest Comment by Researcher - August 25, 2008: Has anyone read this paper? Any comment?

Dietary supplement use among elderly, long-term cancer survivors 1 Comment
Source: Journal of Cancer Survivorship Category: Cancer & Oncology
Latest Comment by mrsmdiv - August 25, 2008: I have survived both primary ovarian cancer and renal cell cancer. I am also over 65 and am a registered nurse. Motivation for those who have survived the cancers listed in your study to take dietary supplements is driven, in my opinion, by the desire to take good care of the body we have been given. After the cancer treatments have ceased, there is also a desire to "do something" to care for oneself. I read a summary of your article elsewhere on the internet and was concerned enough to write this comment. Communication between patient and health care provider is at the heart of the results of this study. To say that taki...

Runners -- a surly bunch 2 Comments
Source: Cranky Fitness Category: Eating Disorders
Latest Comment by j71wsp27 - August 23, 2008: I found it witty and entertaining.

Runners -- a surly bunch 2 Comments
Source: Cranky Fitness Category: Eating Disorders
Latest Comment by buster01 - August 23, 2008: great stuff.

A 21-YEAR-OLD FEMALE WITH ATHIRD VENTRICULAR TUMOR 1 Comment
Source: Brain Pathology Category: Neurology
Latest Comment by suma - August 22, 2008: very informative

University of North Carolina Will Offer NAPSR CNPR Training (Pharmaceutical Sales Certification) -- Vocational Training for Pharmaceutical Sales - NAPSRx® 1 Comment
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals Category: Pharmaceuticals
Latest Comment by WATSON - August 18, 2008: I took the course at UNC and it was very useful. I now work for Watson Pharmaceuticals and love my pharmaceutical sales position. The NAPSR CNPR training certainly was a great way to break into pharmaceutical sales.

American Academy Of Ophthalmology Offers Contact Lens Wearers Advice On Protecting Eyes Against Infection 1 Comment
Source: Health News from Medical News Today Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by awatif_mustafa@hotmail.com - August 18, 2008: 1-For removing contact lens during showering,swimming, or any sport related to water specially for cotinuous wearing schedules :I Think it is enough for the patient to be sure that water not entering the eye during shower by closing eyes during washing the head, don't enter the eye in the water during swimming ,or use appropriate glasses for diving over contact lens.in the case he wants to dive under water, and close eyes during washing face. 2- For rub and rinse procedure: this will increase the concentration of chemicals present in the lens solution inside contact lens which can lead to eye irritaion, the rub method ca...

National Institute for Academic Anaesthesia launched 2 Comments
Source: NHS Networks Category: UK Health
Latest Comment by binu - August 18, 2008: As an anaesthesiologist in India , I feel this site and the easy access will be of enormous help to us, especially the academic part as I am working as lecturer in anaesthesia

Effect of Cuscuta reflexa Roxb on androgen-induced alopecia 1 Comment
Source: Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology Category: Dermatology
Latest Comment by kamal shah - August 11, 2008: Indian scientist show very good and short method in this paper for determination of 5-alpha reductase activity of given plant C. reflexa. This is milestone method for screaning plant for tratment of alopecia. I congrates editor of JCD for publishing such nice paper

RLS Anti-Ad Video is as Bad as Drug Company DTC 1 Comment
Source: NAKEDMEDICINE.COM Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators
Latest Comment by Dan - August 10, 2008: Published on www.brainblogger.com Your Television as you doctor? Often, usually on television, one viewing will often at times see an advertisement for some type of medication- usually one involved in a large market disease state and the commercial is sponsored usually by a big pharmaceutical company for a particular network. This is called direct to consumer advertising, and doctors would prefer they did not exist. Since 1997, when the FDA relaxed regulations regarding this form of advertising, the popularity of the creation of such commercials has greatly increased. The pharmaceutical industry spends around 5 ...

Toys And Technology For Rehabilitation In Cerebral Palsy Patients 1 Comment
Source: Health News from Medical News Today Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by sumit sharma - August 7, 2008: what are different protocol for play in cerebral palsy,what type of play can be used in post ooperative cp?

Multiple myeloma presenting with high output heart failure and improving with anti-angiogensis therapy: two case reports and a review of the literature 1 Comment
Source: BioMed Central Category: Journals (General)
Latest Comment by jro - August 7, 2008: Have any oncologists or cardiologists had similar success with these agents when treating HOHF?

Non-neuronopathic Gaucher disease due to saposin C deficiency 1 Comment
Source: Clinical Genetics Category: Stem Cells
Latest Comment by drvkc - August 1, 2008: I belong to the Indian Subcontinent and in our pediatric practise,we have recently come across a Gaucher's Type 3 (bone marrow-suggestive of gaucher cells) with normal B glucocidase levels. All the other LSD enzyme's panel has come normal. In a resource crunch country like our's, we don't have the liberty of performing a mutational study. But we are suspecting a Saposin C deficiency (going through the literature on PUB-MED)and have no way of confirming it. Can any one out there, suggest us a way how to confirm it? Any suggestion would be welcome.

Rest in Peace 1 Comment
Source: Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... Category: Ambulance Crew
Latest Comment by Sheryl - August 1, 2008: Thank you to whoever posted this. I'm Tierney's mom, and this means a lot to me. Please let me know if you helped provide her with medical help that morning of Friday, Dec. 7, 2007. Thanks.

Aripiprazole and Haloperidol: Beneficial Combination Antipsychotic Therapy for a Schizophrenic Patient. 1 Comment
Source: Clinical Neuropharmacology Category: Neurology
Latest Comment by asmeen - July 29, 2008: patient developed the akithesia and agitationeven with low dose

Antidepressive drugs and risk of gastro-intestinal bleeding 2 Comments
Source: NeLM news - Mental Health Category: Psychiatry
Latest Comment by Frankie Dolan - July 29, 2008: The NeLM have recently restructured their website and it appears that all their links no longer work. I have just updated this particular link so you can now see the rest of this article.

Antidepressive drugs and risk of gastro-intestinal bleeding 2 Comments
Source: NeLM news - Mental Health Category: Psychiatry
Latest Comment by their greed my stupidity - July 28, 2008: Where is the rest of this article??? I can say I had severe gastro bleeding from taking effexor and celexa together. My friend had a massive brain bleed after taking celexa and died in the hospital emerg rm. so no more drugs for me and no more doctors. Can't trust either of them the drug companies own the world including our politicians we are just adding to there nest eggs buy up the drugs raising the profit margin. They do not care if we die as long as they get rich. Quit these nasty drugs and fight back.

Common Bile Duct Polyp Mimicking Choledocholithiasis: A Case Report With Laparoscopic Transcystic Management. 1 Comment
Source: Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques Category: Surgery
Latest Comment by dorian.dr - July 28, 2008: Hello I am doctor, and the theme of his article coincides with a case currently handling. I need to share information and do not know if I can help you with your article. We would greatly appreciate you and send my information regarding the case

Polymorphism of bovine beta-casein and its potential effect on human health. 1 Comment
Source: J Appl Genet Category: Stem Cells
Latest Comment by RiLi - July 26, 2008: The authors of this article are surely aware of Keith Woodford's book "Devil in the Milk"????

FDA Issues Black Box Warnings for Fluoroquinolones 9 Comments
Source: Medscape Today Headlines Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by davidtfull@aol.com - July 25, 2008: Though I had posted this on other sites dealing with this issue, it is still relevant to the discussion at hand and I would hope the host of this site would not take offense at me repeating it here: In addition to the recent "Black Box Warnings" as well as the European "Dear Doctor" issued by Bayer overseas back in February 2008 concerning Avelox, the European Medicines Agency has moved to severely restrict the use of Avelox (moxifloxacin), to wit: FRANKFURT, July 24 (Reuters) - The European Medicines Agency has recommended limiting the use of oral moxifloxacin-containing medicines after finalizing a review of the sa...

Dimebolin hydrochloride 1 Comment
Source: Prous Science - Molecule of the Month Category: Chemistry
Latest Comment by James Street - July 25, 2008: Since this drug has been used in Russia for twenty years, apparently with only mild side effects, why isn't it available over the counter in the United States for a reasonable price?

Expression of macrophage migration inhibitory factor by neuroblastoma leads to the inhibition of antitumor T cell reactivity in vivo. 1 Comment
Source: Journal of Immunology Category: Allergy & Immunology
Latest Comment by Neuromics - July 24, 2008: Hi, This is fascinating. I am involved in several collaborations involving delivery of siRNA to the CNS. I would welcome comments from researchers who have experience using short hairpin siRNAs for gene expression analysis in the CNS

FDA Issues Black Box Warnings for Fluoroquinolones 9 Comments
Source: Medscape Today Headlines Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by davidtfull@aol.com - July 19, 2008: What is behind the ignorance and denial found within the medical community regarding the true safety profile of the fluoroquinolones? An editorial in response to the FDA's recent addition of "Black Box Warnings" to the fluoroquinolone class. Written by the Director of the Fluoroquinolone Toxicity Research Foundation, Mr. David T. Fuller. The Fluoroquinolone Toxicity Research Foundation continues to collect post-marketing reports regarding the non-abating nature of the severe and crippling adverse drug reactions associated with fluoroquinolone therapy via the Internet. Ever since the research forum went on line, the ...

FDA Issues Black Box Warnings for Fluoroquinolones 9 Comments
Source: Medscape Today Headlines Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by davidtfull@aol.com - July 19, 2008: Just a few of the things I edited out of the open letter to the good doctor that I had posted earlier: 1. Electroconvulsive therapy and antibiotics: a case report. Reti IM, Davydow DS. Dec 2007 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. imreti@... Infections are common comorbid conditions in hospitalized patients, including those receiving electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). In this report, we demonstrate the fluoroquinolone class of antibiotics can be associated with prolonged electroconvulsive seizure duration Comment: Here we ...

FDA Issues Black Box Warnings for Fluoroquinolones 9 Comments
Source: Medscape Today Headlines Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by farmer - July 19, 2008: Dear Dr. Auwaerter, I have been disabled for 10 years after receiving fluoroquinolones for a cough and Medrol intervention to treat the reaction causing exacerbation. I sustained multi systemic reaction including rash, peripheral neuropathy, tendonitis, myalgias, arthrlagias, gastro, ocular, cns symptoms. Prior to this I was a healthy happy middle aged person with no prior health history of any consequence. Another family member sustained meniscus and ulnar injury when receiving a Fluoroquinolone with steroids. The saddest thing is the failure of the medical community to recognize the reactions when they occur a...

FDA Issues Black Box Warnings for Fluoroquinolones 9 Comments
Source: Medscape Today Headlines Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by dbcipro@yahoo.com - July 19, 2008: In 2006 I was a healthy 52 year old. Not athletic, but a good walker. I took a weeks worth of Cipro 500mg x 2 each day for a suspected infection. I had numerous side effects, but was told to "keep taking the medication until done". To this day, I still have over a dozen permanent injuries including insomnia, tinnitus, depression, neuropathy, muscle fatigue and tendonitis that are untreatable by any physical therapy, drug therapy, or cognitive behavior therapy. All the side effects I have are listed on the Cipro or Levaquin inserts. I have been seen by dozens of physicians, some at big hospitals. All of the physicians, ...

FDA Issues Black Box Warnings for Fluoroquinolones 9 Comments
Source: Medscape Today Headlines Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by Todd Plumb MD - July 19, 2008: Dear Dr. Auwaerter, Fluoroquinolone antibiotics have damaged many people. I know of this severe damage on a personal level since I suffered such and adverse reaction to the fluoroquinolone antibiotic Levaquin myself 22 months ago. Since then I have had daily pain and disability of my nervous and musculoskeletal systems and for several months had endocrine and gastrointestinal problems as well. The disability and damage caused by fluoroquinolones is long term and may gradually escalate in that more severe problems such as worsened neuropathy, neuromuscular disorders, musculoskeletal disorders and endocrine disorders ...

FDA Issues Black Box Warnings for Fluoroquinolones 9 Comments
Source: Medscape Today Headlines Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by Matthew Lake - July 18, 2008: On my 23rd birthday I started ciproI only took 3 doses of cipro in total before realizing what was happening... I went from being a very healthy 23 year old male who was athletic for over 10 years doing Karate, Yoga, Football, Judo and other sports, I eat an extremely healthy diet, no bad foods at all, and generally take care of myself in everyway possible, I have never drank alcohol and never smoked... I have all the blood tests and other tests to prove how healthy I was. After taking the ciprofloxacin my life completely changed in an instant, for months I had to crawl around my house beacuse of the pain in my achilles ...

FDA Issues Black Box Warnings for Fluoroquinolones 9 Comments
Source: Medscape Today Headlines Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by davidtfull@aol.com - July 18, 2008: FDA Issues Black Box Warnings for Fluoroquinolones Posted 07/16/2008 Dear Dr. Auwaerter, I have recently viewed the above caption video and I must admit that I am very, very disappointed, in fact outraged. I am at a lost for words to describe my reaction without risking offending you. I am one of those patients whose lives have been destroyed by this class of chemotherapeutic agents, and as such it is all but impossible for me to be objective here. I will try my best to be polite and civil, but please understand should I fail at times. You, as well as far too many others in the medical profession have failed to g...

Needle aponeurotomy for Dupuytren's contracture. 2 Comments
Source: Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery Category: Orthopaedics
Latest Comment by Nanci - July 15, 2008: To Michael, you may already know this, but there are two surgeons in Canada who do NA procedures: Dr. Peter Gropper, Vancouver BC 1-866-737-7460 or 604-737-7464 (www.specialistclinic.ca) Dr. Paul Binhammer, Toronto ON 1-416-480-6731 email pbinhammer@utoronto.ca web www.handsurgery.ca This info was found on http://www.dupuytren-online.info/NA_list_North_America.html Good luck, Nanci

Conventional withdrawal of thyroid hormone before radioiodine therapy in differentiated thyroid carcinoma: how frequently are adequately raised TSH levels attained? 1 Comment
Source: Clinical Endocrinology Category: Endocrinology
Latest Comment by imus - July 14, 2008: very important to manage save dose of iodine 131

Quitting is hard; staying clean is hell. 1 Comment
Source: The Doctor Weighs In Category: Physicians With Health Advice
Latest Comment by CHRIS - July 12, 2008: gr8 article and wonderful information, you can find more at google...

Individualized therapies for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma 1 Comment
Source: Huliq Health News Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by Maggie - July 8, 2008: We were hoping that some of these so-called quack holistic remedies might offer hope of survival, as what else is there??? Any promising ideas floating out theMy sister was dx with non-follicular indolent small B cell NHL 3-4 yrs ago and, after the disease became more pronounced, has successfully completed Rituxin q 6 mos maintainance tx after the initial treatment with Rituxin- no problems. She can no longer have any more Rituxin q 6 mos treatments, according to her MD, as it is not, I assume, safe to do so. So, we are left with no treatment options, should she relapse, and she will no doubt re, with clinical trials, etc?

A decade of rituximab: improving survival outcomes in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. 1 Comment
Source: Annual Review of Medicine Category: Journals (General)
Latest Comment by Maggie - July 8, 2008: We were hoping that some of these so-called quack holistic remedies might offer hope of survival, as what else is there??? Any promising ideas floating out theMy sister was dx with non-follicular indolent small B cell NHL 3-4 yrs ago and, after the disease became more pronounced, has successfully completed Rituxin q 6 mos maintainance tx after the initial treatment with Rituxin- no problems. She can no longer have any more Rituxin q 6 mos treatments, according to her MD, as it is not, I assume, safe to do so. So, we are left with no treatment options, should she relapse, and she will no doubt re, with clinical trials, etc?

Don’t believe those ads 1 Comment
Source: Dr.Kattlove's Cancer Blog Category: Oncologists
Latest Comment by Maggie - July 8, 2008: do so. We were hoping that some of these so-called quack holistic remedies might offer hope of survival, as what else is there??? Any promising ideas floating out theMy sister was dx with non-follicular indolent small B cell NHL 3-4 yrs ago and, after the disease became more pronounced, has successfully completed Rituxin q 6 mos maintainance tx after the initial treatment with Rituxin- no problems. She can no longer have any more Rituxin q 6 mos treatments, according to her MD, as it is not, I assume, safe to do so. So, we are left with no treatment options, should she relapse, and she will no doubt re, with clinical trials, etc?

Parole Officer demands stopping subox 1 Comment
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone Category: Addiction
Latest Comment by tiredone47 - July 6, 2008: I thank you for writing this. You spent a lot of time justifying the suboxone treatment for this individual. The treatment has been a lifesaver for me. I am on parole myself, and last year I had to have a surgical procedure, which in turn required a period of time when I had to use opiates for pain...significant pain. When the time came to stop the medication as instructed by my physician I was already "hooked" again. I immediately and without delay went into the suboxine treatment. I am starting the taper now and so far so good. I am just concerned about it because my parole officer did a UA last week on me and the...

Laparoscopic Repair of Peptic Ulcer Perforation Without Omental Patch Versus Conventional Open Repair 1 Comment
Source: Journal of Laparoendoscopic Category: Surgery
Latest Comment by cauli - July 5, 2008: laparascopy is important to clean the expeled foods when the intestine is perforated.It helps to clean up the internal organs of the stomach.

This is Why Doctors Hate DTC 2 Comments
Source: NAKEDMEDICINE.COM Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators
Latest Comment by Diohdan - July 2, 2008: Published on www.brainblogger.com Your Television as you doctor? Often, usually on television, one viewing will often at times see an advertisement for some type of medication- usually one involved in a large market disease state and the commercial is sponsored usually by a big pharmaceutical company for a particular network. This is called direct to consumer advertising, and doctors would prefer they did not exist. Since 1997, when the FDA relaxed regulations regarding this form of advertising, the popularity of the creation of such commercials has greatly increased. The pharmaceutical industry spends around 5 ...

Treatment of gallstone and gallbladder disease using cholecystectomy 1 Comment
Source: Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery Category: Surgery
Latest Comment by dr subhash - June 30, 2008: it is a very good procedure

Severe other joint disease and obesity independently influence recovery after joint replacement surgery: an observational study. 1 Comment
Source: Aust J Physiother Category: Physiotherapy
Latest Comment by JN - June 27, 2008: Authors' comments: This article highlights the limitations ocaused by severe other joint disease and/or obesity on recovery after joint replacement surgery. What should also be noted is that patients without these afflications, tend to achieve near "norm" values for timed mobility and self-perceived function.

Development and evaluation of a novel DNA vaccine expressing inhibin alpha (1-32) fragment for improving the fertility in rats and sheep. 1 Comment
Source: Animal Reproduction Science Category: Zoology
Latest Comment by Naqvi,S.M.K. - June 26, 2008: What is DNA vaccine?

Von Willebrand factor, ADAMTS13, and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura 1 Comment
Source: Blood Category: Hematology
Latest Comment by DONNA - June 26, 2008: THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION. JUST NOW HEARD OF TTP, AS A DEAR FRIEND IS CURRENTLY VERY ILL AND IT IS BELIEVED HE HAS TTP. CAN YOU SHARE ANY MORE INFORMATION OR SUGGESTIONS, HE IS NOW IN THE HOSPITAL AND BEGINNING TO GO THROUGH THE PLASMA EXHCANGE TREATMENT. IT IS NOT CERTAIN THAT TTP IS THE CORRECT DIAGNOSIS BUT BECAUSE HIS PLATLET COUNT IS SO VERY LOW THEY MUST DO SOMETHING IMMEDIATELY. WILL APPRECIATE ANY SUGGESTIONS. THIS LOOKS GRIM TO US AT THIS TIME.

Finite-difference time-domain algorithm for modeling Sagnac effect in rotating optical elements 1 Comment
Source: Optics Express Category: Physics
Latest Comment by irvingpeumm - June 25, 2008: This paper gives a new interesting area with the devices and systems in micro or nano scale that the relative effects should be considered even though the relative velocity is not large as the slow light effect exists.

AMA Rates Insurer Payments to Doctors 1 Comment
Source: WSJ.com: Health Blog Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators
Latest Comment by pabobfin - June 24, 2008: As a physician assistant practicing for 25 years, and recently an ER patient billed $5990 for 3 hours in an ER it is time to take a better look at payments to ALL medical practitioners and hospitals. I am often embarrassed by the charges made to patients, but getting billed for $35 for a "urine strainer" sort of set me off. Look at MY blog if you have any interest in the patient viewpoint from an informed but so much in pain consumer that I didn't DEMAND better involvement in my own care. Informed consent about COSTS must be made part of the equation. Thanks Bob Finlay Physician Assistant

Mayo Podcasts are Moving 1 Comment
Source: Mayo Clinic - Children's Health Podcast Category: Pediatrics
Latest Comment by pda4peds.com - June 24, 2008: Unfortunately the new URL does not have a special child health feed its all the specialties in one feed! previously there was http://www.mayoclinic.org/rss/childrens-health-podcast.xml which is a specific pediatric podcasts and we are not sure whether that will continue

The ability of teacher reports to identify child sexual abuse victims 1 Comment
Source: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience Category: Neuroscience
Latest Comment by Mesa - June 19, 2008: I really wish I could see what were the items that so successfully picked out the sexually abused girls. I would obviously incorporate them into parent, teacher, public awareness literature. Can't get the full text of this article from the net. Anyone else see this?

Ethnopharmacological survey of Samburu District, Kenya 1 Comment
Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine Category: Complementary Medicine
Latest Comment by nanyingi - June 19, 2008: herbal pharmacoepidemiology is a promise aspect of empowering poor resource african populations. there is a need to conduct wide ethnobotanical studies in Africa and elsewhere to combat drug resistance and adverse drug reactions due to missuse of conventional medicines.

Anaphylactic Reactions during Cesarean Section. 2 Comments
Source: Obstetric Anesthesia Digest Category: Anesthesiology
Latest Comment by pambill3 - June 18, 2008: In the last 18 months we have averaged 1 anaphylaxis every 6-8 weeks on our labor floor. We are averaging 5300 deliveries per year. Is anyone seeing this too? We think it is latex sensitization since all have been repeat C-sections with no other apparent simiarities.

Posttraumatic stress disorder in a patient with no left amygdala. 1 Comment
Source: Journal of Abnormal Psychology Category: Psychiatry & Psychology
Latest Comment by abby normal - June 14, 2008: I hope that the medical field world wide will take note and do SERIOUS research for helping in this Complex PTSD. There are going to be so many still who are going to need help. I know. I have the nightmares, flashbacks, etc., like the Viet Nam vets I volunteered with in the 80's. You become a different person and never are exactly the same as before. I am thankful I have my writings and art to escape into. Thank you for your research and continue to help us.

[REPORTS] Termination Factor Rho and Its Cofactors NusA and NusG 
Silence Foreign DNA in E. coli 1 Comment
Source: Science: Current Issue Category: Science
Latest Comment by jzklein - June 10, 2008: Hi I am undergrad who has to write a report on this article. Help anyone! What is this article discussing?

Provenge supporters to rally May 30 1 Comment
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines Category: Pharmaceuticals
Latest Comment by Dan - June 9, 2008: Provenge and Our F.D.A.’s Etiology For Not Being Approved Terminal patients are those who are not expected to live due to usually illness such as advanced prostate cancer (cT3). If the patient has 6 months or less to live, those patients are considered terminally ill. Regardless, if a patient is terminal, they are without a cure or tolerable treatment for their illness. Since such patients will likely die in a short period of time, treatment options, even if unproven, are often desired by such patients. This is understandable, because at such a severe stage of illness, such as prostate cancer, possible extension ...

Takeda New Diabetes Drug Seen Good but Not Great 1 Comment
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines Category: Endocrinology
Latest Comment by Dan - June 9, 2008: The Pumpers: A New Paradigm in diabetes management With some diabetic patients, insulin is necessary for their survival. As I recall, a man named Pauescu developed the concept of insulin replacement, and discovered the method of using insulin secreted from pigs as a replacement method for humans. Legend has it that this concept originated in a dream this man had on night several decades ago. Yet presently, this hormone which is naturally produced by the pancreas normally has advanced as far as treatment goes for the diabetic patient who is dependent on insulin for their treatment, and those are type 1 diabetic pati...

The FDA and safety—beyond the heparin crisis 1 Comment
Source: Nature Biotechnology Category: Biotechnology
Latest Comment by Dan - June 9, 2008: The FDA and Its Damaging Lack of Citizen Protection The Food and Drug Administration originated in its primitive form several decades ago to ensure the health and safety of the citizens of the United States. However, their focus seems to have changed the past few decades, as they appear to have formed a pathological alliance with the pharmaceutical industry. An example is the large amounts of money the industry gives the FDA for various reasons- amounts so large that this accounts, according to some, for about half of the FDA’s income, upon information and belief. An example of funds received is due to the prescrip...

HTA publication: The ADAPT trial; CBT and SSRIs in adolescents with major depression 1 Comment
Source: NeLM news - Mental Health Category: Psychiatry
Latest Comment by Dan - June 8, 2008: Current Depression Medications: Do The Benefits Outweigh the Harm? Presently, for the treatment of depression and other what some claim are mental disorders, as they are questionable, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are the drugs of choice by most prescribers. Such meds, meds that affect the mind, are called psychotropic medications. SSRIs also include a few meds in this class with the addition of a norepinephrine uptake inhibitor added to the SSRI, and these are referred to SNRI medications. Examples of SNRIs are Cymbalta and Effexor. Some consider these classes of meds a next generation after benzodiazep...

Control of Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Use of Aspirin in Diabetic Patients Remain Elusive. 1 Comment
Source: Southern Medical Journal Category: Journals (General)
Latest Comment by Dan - June 8, 2008: Take Two Aspirin, And…… Amost on a daily basis, one may read about a new medication being developed or approved for the benefit of patients. At times, these announcements may praise the innovation and novelty of such drugs that are new and possibly available to all in need of it. But it’s possible the one super drug is not new and really is a super drug. In fact, it’s one of the oldest medications available, and that would be aspirin- the first non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). Noted as ASA by doctors typically, aspirin effects have been noted for thousands of years, as the active ingredient come...

ASCO Controversy: The Abigail Alliance Responds 1 Comment
Source: The Assertive Cancer Patient Category: Cancer
Latest Comment by Dan - June 8, 2008: Provenge and Our F.D.A.’s Etiology For Not Being Approved Terminal patients are those who are not expected to live due to usually illness such as advanced prostate cancer (cT3). If the patient has 6 months or less to live, those patients are considered terminally ill. Regardless, if a patient is terminal, they are without a cure or tolerable treatment for their illness. Since such patients will likely die in a short period of time, treatment options, even if unproven, are often desired by such patients. This is understandable, because at such a severe stage of illness, such as prostate cancer, possible extension ...

Nigeria: Nafdac Vows to Eradicate Fake Products 1 Comment
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine Category: African Health
Latest Comment by IKBGROUP. - June 7, 2008: THIS CAN ONLY BE ACHEIVED BY USING WHAT I WILL STATE AS NETWORK INVESTIGATION CLAMP.

Nigeria: Nafdac Should Be Held Culpable for Fake Drugs - Hon. Njoku 1 Comment
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine Category: African Health
Latest Comment by IKBGROUP. - June 7, 2008: THATS WHAT I MEANT WHEN I SAID OUR PROBLEM LIES IN OUR HANDS.(NAFDAC)IS ADDING MORE LOAD ON THEIR HEAD. SEE YOU CANNOT MOVE A MOUNTAIN WITH ANOTHER MOUNTAIN.

Nigeria: Group Seizes N.5 Million Fake Drugs in Onitsha 1 Comment
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine Category: African Health
Latest Comment by IKBGROUP. - June 7, 2008: WHAT HAPPEN TO ONITSHA LAST TIME IS CHILDS PLAY TO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN TIME TO COME. IF PROPER INVESTIGATION WERE NOT TAKING PLACE.BELIVE ME......... IS VERY EASY TO GET THIS BARONS UPROOTED. IS NOT A ONE MAN SHOW JOB.IS A MATTER OF ORGANIZING THE RIGHT PEOPLE.SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS......... THANKS.

Nigeria: Campaign on Danger of Fake Drugs Kicks-Off 1 Comment
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine Category: African Health
Latest Comment by IKBGROUP. - June 7, 2008: IN EVERY PROBLEM WE HAVE TODAY.WE CONTRIBUTED ABOUT 50-60% OF IT. AND 80%SOLUTION TO IT IS IN OUR HAND.YOU CAN ASK HOW?......... THANK YOU..

Pulmonary Epithelioid Haemangioendothelioma and Bevacizumab. 1 Comment
Source: Journal of Thoracic Oncology Category: Cancer & Oncology
Latest Comment by Jeanette MD - June 6, 2008: Common sense would indicate that bevacizumab would have activity against this disease originating in the vascular endothelium. Does anyone else have any experience? I currently have a patient recently diagnosed with pulmonary involvement only, who presented with bilateral non-bloody effusions. Review of all available literature indicates no role for chemotherapy. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

Needle aponeurotomy for Dupuytren's contracture. 2 Comments
Source: Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery Category: Orthopaedics
Latest Comment by Westhamutd. - June 3, 2008: ....have dupuy` in little finger...right hand. Surgeon wants operate. Not me, uh uh ! he not into Needle Apo`, nor seems interested. Trouble here is...am not Asian. canadian...born in London UK. So what ??? michael

Foam Sclerotherapy for Varicose Veins Linked to Microembolism 1 Comment
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines Category: Cardiology
Latest Comment by Pauline Raymond-Martimbeau, MD - June 1, 2008: Regarding the prospective study of foam sclerotherapy (FS) by Ceulen (April 3rd issue),1 the presence of gas bubbles in the left heart following FS in patients with patent foramen ovale (PFO) confirms previous observations2,3, yet their clinical significance and correlation with neurologic complications (e.g. visual disturbances, paresthesias, migraine) remain elusive.3 Actually, the incidence of transient events following FS is very low (0.16-0.27%)3,4 and major complications (excluding one case of stroke in a patient with significant co-morbidities where the volume of foam was excessive5) have not been reported.3 Mor...

Qatar's Al Khor hospital to expand 1 Comment
Source: Healthcare Category: Middle East Health
Latest Comment by Dr Fakhera zahid - May 29, 2008: It is very nice to expand the hospital, i suggest to official publish the seats of doctor's which needed in different deparments in newspaper like Gulf Times,with complete websit and address.(specially in Anesthesia Dept.)

Successful treatment of invasive Aspergillus sinusitis with caspofungin and voriconazole. 1 Comment
Source: Ear, Nose and Throat Journal Category: ENT & OMF
Latest Comment by dimoszka - May 27, 2008: I have invasive aspergillus of the sinuses and am curremtly taking voriconazole.

Periodontal disease and endometriosis: Analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. 1 Comment
Source: Fertility and Sterility Category: Reproduction Medicine
Latest Comment by D. Engel - May 16, 2008: What role does cell exposure to estradiol play in the development of periodontal disease? Is it possible that defects in the estradiol beta receptors are common to both peritoneal tissue and periodontal tissue in patients with endometriosis?

Full-bodied People 1 Comment
Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines Category: Primary Care
Latest Comment by hawkgroups@gmail.com - May 16, 2008: WOW! This guy's BRILLIANT! Why didn;t the rest of us think of that? This guy's simplistic, condescending manner is incredibly disrepectful of fat people. Many have tried everything imaginable, but he says "Eat less". Thanks. You have a great future in counsling small minded people to be just like you.

Providing chronic fatigue syndrome answers 1 Comment
Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by stebbfunnygirl - May 16, 2008: I have been diagnosed with CFIDS for almost 5 years an I am still dealing with it everyday. Some better than others, yet a very difficult disease to deal with. I need this message to go to the Faculty of Kinesiology. I just wanted you to know while treating with a Chiropractor who specialies in Kinesiology, She, Dr. Karen Fairfield(Island Healing), Oak Island Drive, Oak Island, NC 28465.910-278-5877. Found that when I was really sick and going through a relapse and was weak and had multiple other symptons I tested positive for arsenic. Although it is not truly arsenic is was found that the toxins like substance is realease...

PSC Seeks Discovery Of 250 MDL Cases Within 6 Months 1 Comment
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Arthritis Drugs Legal News Category: Medical Law
Latest Comment by Dennis Harrison - May 12, 2008: Kind of odd timing, don't you think. Just 6 months later (almost) a terrible, terrible "settlement" - and "private" at that was drawn up. Hopefully there are enough forces to stop this...and what it really is, a very first major step at Mass Tort reform which looks to take the rights away from indivuduals and place it into the hands of attorneys, federal agencies, and corporations. How many rights are the American people going to just stand and watch be taken away....and this is a biggie...and something could in fact be done if the attorneys who "know the score" do something about it. Some have the backbone, some don't ...

Therapy After Domestic Violence 1 Comment
Source: World of Psychology Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists
Latest Comment by Mitty - May 10, 2008: I would like to know what happen to the women (myself) who was after to many years starts to relive these events. My abuse happen in 1979. I went to the hospital and the doctors told my husband at the time to leave or they would have him arrested (that was wrong, then they called Casa Del La Madres and they came to pick me up after the doctors where through sewing up the nose that was split in half by this man. I was in terrible shock and I even woke up in the middle of the night screaming, which I don't remember, but he othes women in the house told me. For years It just never occurred nor was I advised on what to do. I w...

Specificity of amyloid precursor-like protein 2 interactions with MHC class I molecules 1 Comment
Source: Immunogenetics Category: Stem Cells
Latest Comment by Crisspy - May 6, 2008: Interesting article, showing role of member of APP superfamily, APLP2 in regulating surface expression of receptors involved in presenting foreign antigens to immune cells. I guess this paper can give us a clue on how immune system works in brain.

Age and gender effects evident in hypertension treatment. 1 Comment
Source: Inpharma Weekly Category: Drugs & Pharmacology
Latest Comment by jerica - May 3, 2008: gud

Cyberonics, Inc - VNS System Leads - Class 2 Recall 1 Comment
Source: Medical Device Recalls since July 07, 2006 Category: Medical Equipment
Latest Comment by Very Concerned - April 29, 2008: My mother had VNS therapy device implanted back in 2002. I was recently on the internet and saw a recall on the devices. I am trying to find out if my mother has one of these devices in question. La'Angela Martin

A rare incidental finding in a case of painless jaundice. 1 Comment
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine Category: Emergency Medicine
Latest Comment by Bunto - April 25, 2008: how it happens?

Fibronectin/integrin system is involved in P2X4 receptor upregulation in the spinal cord and neuropathic pain after nerve injury 1 Comment
Source: Glia Category: Neurology
Latest Comment by Poubeau Pierre - April 24, 2008: Can Takahiro Masuda send me his E-mail adress ? My E-mail is p.poubeau@experts-judiciaires.org

Chief Dental Officer issues letter in response to NICE Guidance on antibiotic prophylaxis against infective endocarditis 1 Comment
Source: NeLM Headline News Category: Drugs & Pharmacology
Latest Comment by Dr David Shanson - April 23, 2008: The risk of fatal anaphylaxis after amoxicillin has probably been overestimated and there is a lack of good data on amoxicillin compared with anaphylaxis after penicillin or ampicillin.A survey in the UK showed no evidence of reports of fatal anaphylaxis after amoxicillin prophylaxis of endocarditis : Lee P and Shanson D Results of a UK survey of fatal anaphylaxis after oral amoxicillin J Antimicrob Chemother 2007; 60: 1172-1173 The American Heart Association(AHA) 2007 guidelines aso stated amoxicillin is a safe drug without reports of fatal anaphylaxis associated with the prophylaxis of endocarditis. The cost effectiv...

Imperforate anus: long- and short-term outcome. 1 Comment
Source: Seminars in Pediatric Surgery Category: Pediatrics
Latest Comment by FARID - April 22, 2008: Dear Colleague i would like to now from the experts in the field of anorectal malformation more about treatment of urologich associated anomalies and timming of intervention ,also about teenage in female operated for cloacal anomalies. thanks

An alternative therapy for graves' disease. 1 Comment
Source: Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin Category: Drugs & Pharmacology
Latest Comment by GayE - April 21, 2008: This is very interesting BUT I can't find any references for Ahnjeonbaekho-tang. So cannot compare without side effects, availability, administration, etc details.

Common Factor of Cancer and the Metabolic Syndrome may be Low DHEA. 1 Comment
Source: Annals of Epidemiology Category: Epidemiology
Latest Comment by JR - April 20, 2008: This is not an "article" but a half page letter to the editor expressing an opinion!

Agfa exhibit health IT solutions 1 Comment
Source: Hospital IT Europe Category: Information Technology
Latest Comment by Lonesome Dave - April 19, 2008: Does anyone know when/where/how to get signed up for APUG at SIIM this year?

Methanolysis of tetraphenylborate (BPh4-) as a reaction unit in halotris(2,4-pentadianato) complexes of Zr(iv) and Hf(iv) 1 Comment
Source: RSC - Chem. Commun. latest articles Category: Chemistry
Latest Comment by tpm - April 17, 2008: Great work. Very wonderful chemistry.

Varicella-zoster virus in cerebrospinal fluid at relapses of multiple sclerosis 1 Comment
Source: Annals of Neurology Category: Neurology
Latest Comment by Rose - April 5, 2008: Once the causes for deterioration in MS have been pinpointed as the lack of production of this chemical (mielina) has been concluded, is there any possibility that they can be controlled, somehow, let's say, by encouraging the producton of mieline (mielina, I read the article in Spanish), or in any other way?

Sad secondary liver cancer news, please give your support! 1 Comment
Source: Metastatic liver cancer Category: Cancer
Latest Comment by kim - March 30, 2008: Dear Pammy, I have just found this site and don't know if you are still updating on your sisters battle. If you are, I would love to hear from you. My father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer September 2005. Now diagnosed with metastatic liver cancer. He has started chemo again and also taking Tarceva. I will pray for your sister and your entire family. Please let me know how everyone is doing.

Management of Low Grade Gliomas: Current Strategies and Dilemmas: T24. 1 Comment
Source: Neurosurgery Category: Neurosurgery
Latest Comment by Paulo Boente - March 29, 2008: Chemoradiation as first option?

[Neuroscience] Hemopressin is an inverse agonist of CB1 cannabinoid receptors 1 Comment
Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Category: Science
Latest Comment by Hemopressin - March 20, 2008: I was wondering whether there is any species differences in biological activity of Hemopressin.

Former Pfizer District Sales Manager Indicted 1 Comment
Source: Pharmalot Category: Pharma Commentators
Latest Comment by charles roemer - March 19, 2008: I appreciate fact that medworm is the only place I could find the name of drug and drug company on the web. Thanks

Prednisone and insomnia 1 Comment
Source: Life with Crohn's Category: Other Conditions
Latest Comment by sunyata - March 18, 2008: Wow - five hours of sleep! The 50 mgs of Prednisone I am on completely obliterate 100 of sleep time for me. I am literally up all night! I have been advised to take 25 mgs in the morning, 25 in the evening but everyne suggest taking it all in the evening? Comments?

Unilateral conjunctival chemosis as a unique symptom of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug intolerance. 1 Comment
Source: Journal of Investigational Allergology & Clinical Immunology Category: Allergy & Immunology
Latest Comment by Libby - March 17, 2008: I too have the same issue. It is to all NSAIDS I have tried. I have been trying to find information on this and there isn't much out there. I am most interested in knowing how dangerous it is. My Dr. said that I shouldn't take it at all anymore since I am devolping a sensitivity. I don't know what to take for back pain. Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

Might statins be associated with increased risk of ALS? 3 Comments
Source: NeLM Headline News Category: Drugs & Pharmacology
Latest Comment by Frankie Dolan - March 14, 2008: Sorry to hear about your sad loss David. Thank-you for sharing this information.

Might statins be associated with increased risk of ALS? 3 Comments
Source: NeLM Headline News Category: Drugs & Pharmacology
Latest Comment by David McM, Glasgow - March 14, 2008: My wife Pauline McMurtrie [aged 74] who died six weeks ago from effects of MND - diagnosed in Glasgow in December, 2005, by Dr Richard Petty, Southern General, Glasgow, and confirmed in London by Prof. Nigel Leigh, at King's College Hospital - firmly contended her use of statins [after heart attack] from 1995 to 2004 contributed to the onset of MND. It began with muscle spasms and cramps in legs, which reduced and almost ceased when statins were withdrawn. No medical opinion confirmed she was correct in her suspicions, with the answer being this was unlikely. Her worry, and mine, if this is not the case is that the MND co...

On the origin of the decrease in stability of the DNA hairpin d(GCGAAGC) on complexation with aromatic drugs. 1 Comment
Source: Biophysical Chemistry Category: Chemistry
Latest Comment by Starik - March 14, 2008: I read this abstract. It is very interesting...

Pro Se Plaintiff Seeks Compensation To Appear As His Own Expert 1 Comment
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Baycol Legal News Category: Medical Law
Latest Comment by bonnie lou - March 12, 2008: I am a Plaintiff Pro Se. I gave my deposition FREE but the docor who had written a favorable paper that he received $400from my then attorneys for on how Baycol caused my illness wanted $400 and hour for a deposition and $800 an hour if it went to court.

Counsel Reaches Impasse With Plaintiff, Withdraws 1 Comment
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Baycol Legal News Category: Medical Law
Latest Comment by bonnie lou - March 12, 2008: How and where can I get more info on the Purpose of the plaintiff's steering Commitee? I am a plaintiff and I just NOW heard of the plaitiff's Steering Commitee.I have read all I can find but still don't have a clear picture of what they do.

Ciliatamides A−C, Bioactive Lipopeptides from the Deep-Sea Sponge Aaptos ciliata 1 Comment
Source: Journal of Natural Products Category: Biochemistry
Latest Comment by sagar - March 12, 2008: a) Ciliatamide 1 and 3 have difference in cyclic amides, 1 (7 member ring) 3(6 member ring) and report says 1 is active and 3 is not, so can you say that caprolactam ring is active part of molecule? b) is any synthesis of these molecules are known?

Otosyphilis in HIV-Coinfected Individuals: A Case Series From Toronto, Canada 1 Comment
Source: AIDS Patient Care and STDs Category: Infectious Diseases
Latest Comment by faith_71031 - March 11, 2008: I would like answers to a few questions. 1. What questions does the paper address? 2. What are the main conclusions of the paper? 3. What evidence supports those conclusions? 4. Do the data actually support teh conclusions? 5. What is the quality fo the evidence? 6. Why are the conclusions important? If anyone can, please answer these 6 questions for me, I would really appreciate it. Thanks for your time.

Psychologists 'prove' antidepressants are worthless - again 1 Comment
Source: Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists
Latest Comment by chandelier2 - March 2, 2008: Its quite funny how alot of the antidepressants prescribed over the patients were placebos. It shows how easy it is to trick the mid. I trully dont think that antidepressants work but, some people could quite possibly really need them. The only thing about it is that doctors are prescribing pills for everyday unhappiness not a true diagnosed problem. We need more studies with it to show that depression is all in the mind.

Herpes Medication Does Not Reduce Risk Of HIV Infection In Individuals With HSV-2, Study Finds 1 Comment
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines Category: Science
Latest Comment by Herpesdating - February 25, 2008: Yes, recently there are many news on this topic. It is a little bad to many people living with Herpes. They are discusst it on a herpes community, if you are interested, you can have a browse: http://www.stdpal.com

Shoppers Drug Mart / Wal Mart Introduce New Acne Rosacea Breakthrough 2 Comments
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals Category: Pharmaceuticals
Latest Comment by Frankie Dolan - February 18, 2008: Many thanks for rightly pointing out the questionable credibility of the article here, but it is not actually from a medical journal - if you look at the 'Source Type' in MedWorm you can see it is listed as 'News', not 'Journals'. If you want to find results just from medical journals you can do so in MedWorm by ensuring that just the 'Journals' option box is selected when searching. MedWorm includes many sources from medical journals, but also news releases (which this one is), organisational reports, information from respected health websites, etc, to give you an overview of what is being said about any medical topic on ...

Shoppers Drug Mart / Wal Mart Introduce New Acne Rosacea Breakthrough 2 Comments
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals Category: Pharmaceuticals
Latest Comment by ricardo11 - February 18, 2008: You have got to be kidding? How can an article about Walmart selling a SOAP that targets the Demodex mite, be headlined in a medical journal as a breakthrough? Especially since the Demodex mite has been discredited amongst dermatologists as being the cause of Rosacea.

Medical Students Forum :: Cool lecture notes and audio lectures 1 Comment
Source: Med Student Guide Category: Medical Students
Latest Comment by anesthesia - February 16, 2008: very informative site which i recommend to all

Autistic-spectrum disorders in down syndrome: Further delineation and distinction from other behavioral abnormalities 1 Comment
Source: American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics Category: Stem Cells
Latest Comment by smutsvil - February 13, 2008: I would like to know what medications should a child take for this condition. My daughter is DS-ASD and I just want to know if she is take the right kind because it really seems not working well

Class Counsel Says Settlement Echo Criteria Were Chosen As Generous 1 Comment
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Fen-Phen/Redux Legal News Category: Medical Law
Latest Comment by mr. "C" - February 12, 2008: Blind Study of regurgitation methodologies proves Class Counsel damaged AHP Diet Drug Users Settlement Claims Introduction In early December, 2007 Cardiologist expert Dr Dean Karalis M.D., F.A.C.C. was asked to perform a blind study read on the AHP Settlement qualifying echoes of claimants Jemiifer Ferguson , Nicholas Napora and Sonia Howell. Dr Karalis was asked to assess the claimants’ highest level of mitral regurgitation using the same methodology that would be used in a normal clinical setting. The results of that study would be compared to the results that the Trust Auditors had found using the Court Approv...

Search in this OMICS age 1 Comment
Source: The Omics world Category: Bioinformaticians
Latest Comment by drsujata - February 8, 2008: i want all recent omics existing at presnt

Efficiency assessment of a swift method to enhance substandard viability ram ejaculates. 1 Comment
Source: Reproduction in Domestic Animals Category: Reproduction Medicine
Latest Comment by Piperelis Savvas - February 3, 2008: I would like to hear any comments or arguments on the method that is described in this article...

IRS, U.S. Small Business Administration and Peace Corps Join AARP National Employer Team 1 Comment
Source: AARP.org News Category: American Health
Latest Comment by Dec - January 31, 2008: Peace Corps is partnering with AARP to keep older PCVs, volunteers, at the agency. The PCV attrition rate is high for older PCVs. Basically, PCVs leave the agency after training and months after service begins. They tend to leave and join other groups in country. The goal of the partnering program is keep the PCVs at the agency for the two years and possibly longer after mandatory termination for more tours. AARP is a recruiting and support for older PCVs. AARP may want to watch the PCVs to see how they do and what the problems are at the agency once the PCV goes through training and begins service. Small busin...

ABC Transporters during Epilepsy and Mechanisms Underlying Multidrug Resistance in Refractory Epilepsy 1 Comment
Source: Epilepsia Category: Neurology
Latest Comment by Nadia - January 25, 2008: It is a new concept of the potential role for ABC transporters (particularly P-gp) not only in the refractory phenotype to drugs treatment, but to the epileptogenicity for thier effects on the potential membrane morifications on neurons

Brachial Plexus Impingement: An Unusual Complication of Bilateral Breast Augmentation 1 Comment
Source: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Category: Cosmetic Surgery
Latest Comment by karrina7@gmail.com - January 22, 2008: Anyone out there know about saline implants put in thru nipple causing impingement on lower brachial plexus, pulling on pectoralis minor? Have Thoracic outlet syndrome and surgeries plus the implants had scar/hardening contracture requiring 2nd surgery. Considering removal, any comments? Dr's think ongoing TOS may be from implants.

Direct Intra-arterial Chemotherapy Successful for Advanced Retinoblastoma 1 Comment
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines Category: Cancer & Oncology
Latest Comment by DgillonG@aol.com - January 15, 2008: Any other center with such experience.Also what were the dermographics of the children in this study? Any significant safety concerns of procedure or technique.

Wound Healing in the Rabbit Cornea After Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking With Riboflavin and UVA. 1 Comment
Source: Cornea Category: Opthalmology
Latest Comment by Marina - January 15, 2008: I am wondered why no immunos are performed for the assessment of cell proliferation

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy without visible scar: combined transvaginal and transumbilical approach 2 Comments
Source: Endoscopy Category: Gastroenterology
Latest Comment by LaserGYN@aol.com - January 13, 2008: Gallbladder removed through the vagina was done in 1993 by Dr. Delveaux of Belgium. Operation and removal through the vagina was done in 1999 in the USA under the name of Culdolaparoscopy. www.culdoscopy.com

Zyprexa MDL Denies Motion To Inquire Why Some Plaintiffs Won't Take Lilly's Settlement 1 Comment
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Drugs & Devices Legal News Category: Medical Law
Latest Comment by madandhurt - January 12, 2008: Today is January 12,2008. I don't know why 2 plaintiffs chose not to accept the settlement offered. $33,000.00 was my sttlement offer from Eli Lilly. And they feel they are giving that out of the "goodness" of their "hearts". They are telling victims their cases are weak, and to sign this paper, accept this lttle money, and "shut Up"! Eli Lilly cannot force a spouse to accept this amount for the death and murder of an innocent mate! So, I rejected that settlement offer!!!

Extra specialist staff for tackling hospital infections 1 Comment
Source: NHS Networks Category: UK Health
Latest Comment by Alice - January 11, 2008: I want to share some information regarding the MRSA and C. difficile infection concerns. The chemical chlorine dioxide has been proven to kill 10 out of 10 in chemical analysis lab trials and growth of the challenge organism eliminated bacteriostasis as a cause for the negative results. We have the only patented formula that is safe and non-toxic. This is not a sales pitch, but more of a sharing of information. I understand your great concern to eradicate this organism in your health care facilities. I only ask that you take a moment to respond to this blog so I can put you in contact with the owner of the patented form...

First New Opioid Dependence Treatment in More Than 30 years 1 Comment
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News Category: Pharmaceuticals
Latest Comment by Advocate - December 22, 2007: It pleases me to know that there is an alternative to methadone. Are there any active trials in the Vancouver area for the suboxone/buprenorphine treatment?

Morphometric analysis of untreated adult skulls in syndromic and nonsyndromic craniosynostosis 1 Comment
Source: Urosurgical Review Category: Urology & Nephrology
Latest Comment by deboraweksler@yahoo.com - December 20, 2007: (PLEASE EXCUSS ANY SPELLING ERRORS... I AM SORRY I HAVE NO TIME TO PROOF READ FOR ERRORS.) I am a massage therapist with a 60+yo, male, 6'3+ tall, client who has been diagnosed with Ankilosing Spondolosis/Spondoliothiasis but he is not only extremly kyphotic in the thorasic spine with a srait lumbar and severly lordodic cervical spine which began causing pain at an early age. He also presents with a flat posterior skull (semetricly). I am wondering if the two skeletal issuse that I have mentioned are related. I can not find any information about because it seems that the patients with plagiocephaly and the patients wit...

Some Patients Stop Needing Antidepressant Medication After Having Plastic Surgery 2 Comments
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines Category: Science
Latest Comment by jazz - December 15, 2007: It would be difficult because we cannot change our soul.Many peoples want to change our face & women want to increase their breasts but they also facing other problems also. One of them is Bowl problem. Eg: If you feel you are suffering from bowel syndrome, be sure to look out for these bowel symptoms. You feel discomfort and pain in your abdomen. You need to strain when you open your bowels. you pass hard, compacted stools

Avandia And Actos Linked To Heart Risks 1 Comment
Source: Pharmalot Category: Pharma Commentators
Latest Comment by bayzo - December 13, 2007: does it mean that actose has been ban and should not be used by doctors.

Banned Scientist Now Works At Schering-Plough 1 Comment
Source: Pharmalot Category: Pharma Commentators
Latest Comment by dd - December 4, 2007: This is a total railroad case by the Seattle Times. Seems they didn't get much for spending legal money for this story. The news agencies just got sucked and just copied the information to fill space. Should do your own investigating but then I guess it is easier to copy and paste. Think about it the University of Washington spent 16 months pouring through this guys info. for his 8yrs of work and UW did have not one paper retracted and not one grant was given back? Why? Read Research Misconduct at the ORI.hhs.gov site. Institutions are supposed to spend 60 days for inquiry and 120 to investigate NOT 16 MONTHS. How m...

Immunohistochemistry of Choriocarcinoma: An Aid in Differential Diagnosis and in Elucidating Pathogenesis. 1 Comment
Source: The American Journal of Surgical Pathology Category: Pathology
Latest Comment by javaice - December 4, 2007: Today, we had slides from a hysterectomy specimen that had a mostly necrotic/hemorrhagic lesion in the uterine fundus invading the wall and a similar satellite nodule in the cervix. On evaluation we could hardly find any trophoblastic cells in the sections. We decided to get a detailed history which unfortunately had not been provided by the gynecology/oncology unit of BSMMU. This is a common occurence in poor countries' lack of interdepartmental communications. The patient was cooperative and said that she had molar pregnancy three/four times which was evacuated by curettage and was reported as decidual tissue with ...

A systematic review of secondary thromboprophylaxis in patients with antiphospholipid antibodies 1 Comment
Source: Arthritis Care and Research Category: Rheumatology
Latest Comment by Edward Bulfin - December 4, 2007: The comments contained within this review, use the assumption that patients with Antiphospholipid Syndrome will have positive results showing disease activity. The assumption is then made that if there is no recurrent activity, then a lower INR can be maintained. Many APS patients have repeated flares and clotting events at times when their blood tests are normal (or negative as some laboratories like to describe it). How can this be? Surely a blood test for antibody activity is merely a photograph of the activity at the precise moment of the blood draw, and not of the possible activity 12 hours later. This reliance on...

Peyronie's Disease. 1 Comment
Source: The Urologic Clinics of North America Category: Urology & Nephrology
Latest Comment by ohjb1 - November 29, 2007: Is there any reliable data available as to the incidence of peyronie's in the US. I have seem data published by Medicare, but this conditions usually begins prior to age 65.

Urologist Practice Patterns in the Management of Peyronie's Disease: A Nationwide Survey 1 Comment
Source: The Journal of Sexual Medicine Category: Sexual Medicine
Latest Comment by ohjb1 - November 29, 2007: the urologists recommend vit E. Is there any study that confirms that Vit E is effective? I have peyronie's. Is there any foundation or research center we can contribute to that supports research in this area? I have started my own website in hopes that we can get some reserach activity started - url is below

[NEWS FOCUS] SCIENCE AND COMMERCE: Who Owns Glycobiology? 1 Comment
Source: Science: This Week Category: Science
Latest Comment by lljames - November 24, 2007: Its clear that integrative medicine will snowball these two petty MD's who cut off their noses despite their faces with mis information that is soon to be revealed to the world. They claim to be leading authorities on glycobiology, when they are not! - Who died and made them king of glycobiology? Look at all the other MD's who are light years from them in in comprehension and study of glycobiology around the world who would understand and support Mannatech at the drop of a hat, because indeed, integrative medicine is a need - not an option. Viva the Wellness Revolution, there is nothing to stop it.

Judge Approves Common Fund Assessment Reallocation 1 Comment
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Ephedra & PPA Legal News Category: Medical Law
Latest Comment by cp1 - November 21, 2007: Anyone out there ever received a dime from Ephedra MDL?

Synthesis of new polymetallic iron(iii) clusters containing polycarboxylate ligands based on cavity-blocked cyclen 2 Comments
Source: RSC - Dalton Trans. latest articles Category: Chemistry
Latest Comment by Romir signi - November 19, 2007: I think the auther Abd-Alhakeem H. Abu-Nawwas is the best one who worked in the macrocyclic-coordination chemistry, his artical is very intresting to change the solid system(blocked cavity of cyclen) to easiy system (polycarboxylate)

Synthesis of new polymetallic iron(iii) clusters containing polycarboxylate ligands based on cavity-blocked cyclen 2 Comments
Source: RSC - Dalton Trans. latest articles Category: Chemistry
Latest Comment by Nadin Bascal - November 18, 2007: this artical is very important, becuase it contains very cleaver chemistry with non-conventional matter by changing the system from cyclic system to open system.

More seek plastic surgery for work 1 Comment
Source: CSN - Cosmetic Surgery News Category: Cosmetic Surgery
Latest Comment by Chas12 - November 2, 2007: I wrote an article, Men Embracing Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery" and came across a 40-year-old guy who sold everything and set out to become a professional golfer even through he still had three children at home. He had to lose weight but when he did, he was left with a lot of skin on his stomach; it interferred with his golf swing. Plastic surgery took off the skin and he advanced his golf game. Check it out at: http://www.cosmeticsurgery.com/articles/archive/an~214/

Some Patients Stop Needing Antidepressant Medication After Having Plastic Surgery 2 Comments
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines Category: Science
Latest Comment by Chas12 - November 2, 2007: For a longer look at plastic surgery and depression, take a gander at the article I wrote, "Can Plastic Surgery Cure the Blues?" at http://www.cosmeticsurgery.com/articles/archive/an~238/

[Anatomy and Pathology] Morphological Classification of Parvalbumin-Containing Retinal Ganglion Cells in Mouse: Single-Cell Injection after Immunocytochemistry 1 Comment
Source: Investigative Ophthalmology Category: Opthalmology
Latest Comment by Nazrul - November 1, 2007: It is a nice journal. Nazrul Islam

Evaluation of Newcastle disease virus chimeras expressing the Hemagglutinin-Neuraminidase protein of velogenic strains in the context of a mesogenic recombinant virus backbone. 1 Comment
Source: Virus Research Category: Virology
Latest Comment by rajiv - October 26, 2007: Is really "V" protein affect the pathogenicity and adaptability of NDV in vitro?

The woman who won't be allowed to keep her baby - just in case she harms it 1 Comment
Source: the Mail online | Health Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by Frankie Dolan - October 19, 2007: I wouldn't normally comment on a sketchy newspaper article that doesn't give all the facts behind a case, but I can't help myself in this instance. This really does seem like something out of the dark ages. I like to think that the British have moved on from their days of gross injustice but I fear not. To remove a child from its mother, and a mother from her child, without her consent, to me is a most terrible thing that should only be done in extreme circumstances, when there is no other option to keep the child from harm. I don't know anything about this lady's past, but whatever she has done to herself or others can su...

Pancreatic cancer stage iv survivors 2 Comments
Source: Metastatic liver cancer Category: Cancer
Latest Comment by Frankie Dolan - October 13, 2007: Dear Sandie, I'm sorry to hear this sad news. You must be experiencing a very difficult time at the moment. As I am not a doctor, I am not qualified to give you any advice, but I can point you in the direction of some pages on MedWorm that may be of use to you. If you click on Cancers on the above toolbar, and then click on Pancreatic Cancer in the list that follows, you will see all the latest news and research on Pancreatic Cancer. However, this may be a little 'heavy' for you, since it includes professional medical literature. But if you then click on the Filter tab and choose 'Consumer Health News' you will see only th...

People Just Like You 2 Comments
Source: This Week in Diabetes Category: Consumer Health Advice
Latest Comment by Frankie Dolan - October 12, 2007: Have you had a look at the diabetes blog section of MedWorm? It may help give you an insight into what life is like for a diabetic and help put you to get in touch with the people that you are looking to talk to. Just click on Blog Directory above and then click on the Diabetes category to see all the latest diabetes blog postings.

Asthma and allergies linked to reduced risk of brain cancer 2 Comments
Source: MedWire News - Consumer Health Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by Frankie Dolan - October 12, 2007: I'm happy that you are finding information you like via MedWorm. This certainly is an interesting article. Nice to see that there is at least one advantage for people who suffer from allergies or asthma - hopefully this information will prove to be useful to those in research, in either the fight against brain cancer or the understanding about asthma/allergies.

Asthma and allergies linked to reduced risk of brain cancer 2 Comments
Source: MedWire News - Consumer Health Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by IT Outsourcing - October 12, 2007: I like the information Best Regards :)

Pancreatic cancer stage iv survivors 2 Comments
Source: Metastatic liver cancer Category: Cancer
Latest Comment by SANDIEKAY - October 10, 2007: MY SISTER HAS PANCREATIC CANCER IT HAS SPREAD TO HER LIVER, THE DR TOLD HER YESTEREDAY THAT SHE IS JUNDICE, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

Cancer Survivors - Forgotten? 2 Comments
Source: Frankie Speaking Frankly Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators
Latest Comment by Frankie Dolan - October 9, 2007: Thanks for introducing yourself! I noticed that you have an RSS feed on your site, but that it is not actually being populated (it has just one entry dated July). Maybe you might start to use it to keep everyone up to date with news from your worthy organisation? If you do, please let me know so that I can add it to the MedWorm directory.

Cancer Survivors - Forgotten? 2 Comments
Source: Frankie Speaking Frankly Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators
Latest Comment by Road of Life - October 9, 2007: Hello, I am from Road Of Life: Cancer Prevention for Kids. I just wanted to say a little but about our great program, and what we do! Road of Life: Cancer Prevention for Kids is a non-profit organization with a mission to eradicate preventable cancer and diseases of excess by educating children about the smoking, fitness, and nutrition decisions they can make to lead healthier lives. We provide health programs FREE for download right off our website. Our programs consist of a classroom curriculum, after school program, a family program, and a Health Care Careers Program. If anyone has any questions or if you wou...

MTAS online recruitment portal to be dropped 1 Comment
Source: E-Health-Insider Category: Information Technology
Latest Comment by Frankie Dolan - October 8, 2007: Surely this is a major step backwards? From what I understand, the problem with the centralised system was that the questions were poor and doctors were not given sufficient room to put down all their experience, both problems that could have been easily rectified for the next time around. There were also some problems in accessing the server, due to heavy traffic, which I am also sure could have been rectified. In addition, it was considered that the selection process was unfair, and that doctors should have been able to apply for as many positions as they wanted – both of which were not problems with the system. No...

High failure rate of the interspinous distraction device (X-Stop) for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis caused by degenerative spondylolisthesis 1 Comment
Source: European Spine Journal Category: Orthopaedics
Latest Comment by Kai Lee - October 6, 2007: I have 2 comments:
1. 6 out of 8 patients in a small personal series were more than one levels. May be some of the failed patients require the x-stop in more than one level.
2. The abstract did not mention the outcome with the decompression and fusion nor the complication rate. Assuming the result is 100% successful, the author was still able to prevent the need for decompression and fusion in 5 out of 12 patients. It would be helpful if we can compare x-stop with the results of decompression and fusion.

Telithromycin Detrimental in Myasthenia Gravis Patients 1 Comment
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by cindy - October 5, 2007: nice information

People Just Like You 2 Comments
Source: This Week in Diabetes Category: Consumer Health Advice
Latest Comment by crucial - October 5, 2007: i would love to know how people of diabetes survive and what changes in their lives!

Mechanistic studies on oxidation of l-ascorbic acid by an oxo-bridged diiron complex in aqueous acidic media 1 Comment
Source: RSC - Dalton Trans. latest articles Category: Chemistry
Latest Comment by subrata - October 2, 2007: I want to know the detail about the metabolism of ascorbic acid.

Occupational exposures in farming and industry may be linked to death from autoimmune disease 2 Comments
Source: News-Medical News Feed Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by Frankie Dolan - October 1, 2007: Hi Medicalmind! I'm interested in your use of the term 'Debilitating Immunopathic Relapsing Encephalomyelitis' since a search on this in both MedWorm and PubMed returned no results. There were just 9 results on this term in Google, referring I think to a book title. Is this the same as 'myalgic encephalomyelitis'?

Occupational exposures in farming and industry may be linked to death from autoimmune disease 2 Comments
Source: News-Medical News Feed Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by medicalmind - October 1, 2007: This is not a new idea! It's been known for at least two decades that Debilitating Immunopathic Relapsing Encephalomyelitis (DIRE)-- incorrectly and pejoratively named "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome" -- probably has a toxic (read "pesticide") etiology. Enlightened sufferers and some conscientious and/or affected medical colleagues are certain that DIRE IS A NEUROIMMUNE DISORDER TRIGGERED BY AN EXCESSIVELY ACTIVATED IMMUNE SYSTEM WHICH THEN CANNOT SHUT ITSELF OFF. (Some have attributed DIRE to Epstein-Barr and other viruses or to certain bacterial infections. But the preponderance of sufferers I know about have had some toxic...

[Web Exclusives] The Santa Barbara County Care Data Exchange: What Happened? 2 Comments
Source: Health Affairs Category: Global & Universal
Latest Comment by Frankie Dolan - September 29, 2007: I agree Mark. I think you may see the same thing happening with a lot of high profile internet sites where huge amounts of money have been thrown at projects early on, before a business model has had time to develop. The very fact that MedWorm has no funding I think is the reason it is likely to succeed - it just has a huge amount of personal investment, and its growth (additional servers as traffic increases, for example) depends on my ability to ensure it is covering its own costs from early on. If I can get the site working well when it is small, I deal with any issues early on, ensuring I have a product that people rea...

Medical Professionals Convene To Discuss Challenges, Benefits Of Home Health Care Technology 1 Comment
Source: Rehabilitation News From Medical News Today Category: Rehabilitation
Latest Comment by marksingh - September 28, 2007: Telemedicine will have a role to play in preventing needless hospitalizations as well as ensuring a safe discharge to home from a hospitalization. The value of telemedicine will come from the cost savings generated by reducing medical expenditures related to more timely and appropriate medical interventions. Mark Singh MD www.clinicore.blogspot.com

[Web Exclusives] The Santa Barbara County Care Data Exchange: What Happened? 2 Comments
Source: Health Affairs Category: Global & Universal
Latest Comment by marksingh - September 28, 2007: I think when you start off with $10M in funding to start a RHIO, you start looking for ways to spend the money first and look for a sustainable business model later. This is the problem with funding organizations that do not have enough faith in their own model to fund it themselves. If communities see value in a RHIO, they need to at least invest some of their own funding, rather then wait for someone else to lay down the capital. Mark Singh MD www.clinicore.blogspot.com

Induced Labor Has Some Benefits in Cases of Premature Water Break 1 Comment
Source: Health Behavior News Service Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by Jennifer M. Mendoza - September 25, 2007: research only

Intestinal Obstruction: Assessment of Intestinal Obstruction 1 Comment
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines Category: Surgery
Latest Comment by gv - September 17, 2007: please show me radiographs of different types of intestinal obstructions

10 Places to Use RSS in Medicine 5 Comments
Source: Frankie Speaking Frankly Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators
Latest Comment by Frankie Dolan - September 13, 2007: I guess what health professionals should be thinking of is all the places where communications need to go out to a group of people, and then need to think whether RSS might be the way to send out that message. I have been thinking of a tool whereby several people within the group have access to publishing. I guess there's nothing that new in the technology - think of a newsgroup or listserv with RSS feed for example, and then there is loopnote.com, which does something similar. But I would like to see such a tool easily accessible and widely used in the field of medicine. I can see it would be useful when doctors start to ...

10 Places to Use RSS in Medicine 5 Comments
Source: Frankie Speaking Frankly Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators
Latest Comment by psychsplash - September 12, 2007: I can imagine RSS feeds being used in a closed system between practitioners. 100 local practitioners (across multiple fields) join up. They keep a professional log (e.g., appt times, specialty areas, new developments, etc) and the other professionals "subscribe" to these logs (RSS) to keep up with what is happening with their colleagues.

10 Places to Use RSS in Medicine 5 Comments
Source: Frankie Speaking Frankly Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators
Latest Comment by Frankie Dolan - September 12, 2007: Hi Psychsplash, I love the idea of using RSS to announce new members. I guess it would act as a kind of 'latest appointments' notice board. Talking of getting connected to people that offer particular services, you could also use RSS to advertise the latest services that you offer as well. I'm not exactly sure how this would work in the health services, but I'm thinking for example, say a dentist could detail new dental treatments that they offer as they become available. I guess you could think of a list of types of therapies a psychiatric practice offers. A radiology department in a hospital could list the types of scans...

10 Places to Use RSS in Medicine 5 Comments
Source: Frankie Speaking Frankly Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators
Latest Comment by psychsplash - September 12, 2007: I reckon an RSS feed of new members to an organization might also be a great way to introduce new members and improve networking. It might also be a great way of providing referrals. General Practitioners could subscribe to RSS feeds of people in their local area that provide specific allied health/ specialist services.

Emerging Bipolar Therapies 1 Comment
Source: Psych Central Category: Psychiatry
Latest Comment by psychsplash - September 12, 2007: Bipolar disorder is certainly the "golden-child" disorder at the moment. I am certainly not surprised to see these developments in adults. What I am curious about is whether or not there will be a parallel development of treatments for pediatric bipolar disorder. BPD has the potential to become the next big money spinner for pharmaceutical companies.

Deodorant 'may be linked to breast cancer' 1 Comment
Source: the Mail online | Health Category: Consumer Health News
Latest Comment by Frankie Dolan - September 7, 2007: I'm a big fan or preventative medicine and figure that if I can make it through life without getting some form of cancer I have done well (or been incredibly lucky) so I am always looking for ways to reduce my risks, by avoiding the bad and trying to get lots of the good. I thought I was low risk for getting breast cancer: I don’t drink, I don’t smoke, I had children young and spent a good few years breastfeeding, I drink green tea and am partial to very dark chocolate, and there’s no family history. So this article came as a disappointment to me – really not news that I wanted to hear. My husband is one of t...

Video from CNN Money: Sermo and PatientsLikeMe 1 Comment
Source: davidrothman.net Category: Medical Librarians
Latest Comment by David - September 4, 2007: The video is good, but this Rothman guy is a doofus. ;)

10 Places to Use RSS in Medicine 5 Comments
Source: Frankie Speaking Frankly Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators
Latest Comment by Frankie Dolan - September 1, 2007: I've just released this new commenting/discussion functionality on MedWorm. Thought it only appropriate that I kick the commenting off - and what better a place to start than a posting on my own blog? This item is a simple list to encourage all those people running medically related websites to have a good look at their information and to see if they couldn't add some RSS feeds somewhere. Whilst RSS is now quite widely utilised to distribute medical journal TOCs, it is still a long way from reaching its full potential. Have a look at this list and you might think of a way RSS could be used on your website. And if ...