MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'Margaret's Corner' source. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:49:47 +0100 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/11/14/you-make-my-blood-evaporate/ This is a compilation of love song lyrics supposedly translated into English by ESL (English as a Second Language) students. Most amusing, I thought : From morning’s glaring sun to the smelly afternoon,   You are always inside my lonely brain.   I hope we meet in an accident very soon.   My heart will not stop hemorrhaging for you.   The night [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1960976 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:16:42 +0100 1960976 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/11/13/first-steps/ A blog reader (thanks!) told me about a study published earlier this month in “Nature.” I’ll start with a quote from the Eureka Alert I read yesterday (http://tinyurl.com/5nesch): For the first time, scientists have decoded the complete DNA of a cancer patient and traced her disease - acute myelogenous leukemia - to its genetic roots. [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1960977 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:07:29 +0100 1960977 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/11/12/avemar/ Some months ago, a blog reader (thank you!) brought an interesting substance to my attention. I read about it, did some research and began writing a draft, which then got pushed into the background, as sometimes happens. Then a second blog reader (thank you, too!) reminded me of its existence by sending me several studies and links. I read [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1955338 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:52:16 +0100 1955338 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/11/10/fishy-links-to-multiple-myeloma-nhl-and-leukemia/ A blog reader, thank you!, sent me a study titled Dietary Fish Intake and Risk of Leukaemia, Multiple Myeloma, and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, published in “Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention” in April 2004. The full study is available online, so I won’t load the post up with details that you can read for yourself, right here: [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1947362 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:52:30 +0100 1947362 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/11/09/towers-of-san-gimignano/ This morning Stefano suggested that we drive to the medieval Tuscan town of San Gimignano, which we haven’t visited in years.   Well, I didn’t need much convincing (none, in fact!). It was a perfect day for such an outing, sunny and glorious. Besides, this little trip gave me an opportunity to take a few photos for the blog!   I had forgotten [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1947363 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:35:04 +0100 1947363 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/11/07/more-on-curcumin-and-iron/ Another study on curcumin’s function as an iron chelator was published in “Blood” last month (abstract: http://tinyurl.com/5fhhwd). The interesting part is that these Wake Forest University NC researchers wanted To test whether the chelator activity of curcumin is sufficient to induce iron deficiency in vivo, using mice whose diets contained graded concentrations of both iron [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1943465 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:19:18 +0100 1943465 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/11/06/blood-tests/ I zoomed into the Careggi hospital lab at 6:30 a.m. this morning. Even that early, I had 50 people in line in front of me. By 7:45, though, that number would have risen to almost 150…yikes. It’s a popular lab!   Unfortunately, since I am having some specific things tested (a few vitamins and my parathyroid [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1939305 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:05:19 +0100 1939305 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/11/05/ohf/ Well, there is not much that I can add to what has already been written in the comments to my previous post. Just a few random items.   Unlike my cousin and aunt and half the world, it seems!, I didn’t stay up last night, figuring that we wouldn’t have any reliable election results until at least [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1939306 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:51:11 +0100 1939306 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/11/03/the-elephant-in-the-living-room/ This morning I woke up thinking about the issue that nobody wants to bring up under normal circumstances, much less during a presidential election: cancer.   I asked myself: simply based on health status, would I be running for President right now? Well, after all, my cancer is inactive, so far, at least. Hmmm. So here are [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1930337 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:42:06 +0100 1930337 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/10/31/boo/     HAPPY HALLOWEEN, EVERYONE!!! (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1924605 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:22:07 +0100 1924605 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/10/30/egcg-and-folate-deficiency/ One of my July blood tests, the folate, or folic acid, test (I will use the two terms interchangeably), turned out to be quite low. When my family doctor saw that result, he told me that I should probably take a folic acid supplement. I followed his advice for a while. But recently I read some studies that made me stop [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1921116 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:21:09 +0100 1921116 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/10/28/what-i-want/ I want to read scientific studies. I want to write about my research and amusing daily happenings. I want to keep myself stable until a cure is found for myeloma. I want to spend time with my family and friends. I want to be a good English teacher. I want to laugh and enjoy life. [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1914823 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:31:27 +0100 1914823 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/10/27/not-so-mindless-entertainment/ This weekend Stefano and I watched three movies. Erm, uhm , I am a bit embarrassed to admit that we watched the new “Hulk” movie and “Iron Man.” What can I say? Mindless entertainment!   But we also watched “I Am Legend” (2007). That wasn’t completely mindless. The plot, in a few words…   At the beginning [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1908876 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:48:16 +0100 1908876 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/10/25/mindless-ignorance/ Ten days left until the U.S. presidential election. And, almost every day, I have a reason to get all bent out of shape by the news reports. Today my outrage is directed at something that Gov. Palin, the Republican vice-presidential candidate, said yesterday during a speech about special education. Simply put, she mocked fruit fly research. Did [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1906042 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:05:28 +0100 1906042 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/10/24/the-front-fell-off/ A blog reader sent me this hilarious video…I don’t want to spoil it by giving you the background, except to say that it shows an Australian politician being interviewed about an oil tanker spill off the coast of Australia. First, click on this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcU4t6zRAKg Then, and only then! (no cheating!), click here: http://tinyurl.com/5b2gsg (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1906043 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:07:08 +0100 1906043 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/10/23/i-love-keith/ Keith…who?   Keith Olbermann. His excellent news commentary program titled Countdown can be seen on MSNBC, weeknights, 8-9 p.m. Eastern time. It’s smart, witty and downright funny. I watched the program every single night during my recent visit to the States. I was instantly hooked. Still am, for that matter.   What I really like is that Keith does his [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1901758 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:33:16 +0100 1901758 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/10/22/kitties-on-our-bed/ Today I was hit hard by jet lag. Not on Monday, not yesterday. Today. Go figure.   At any rate, in between snoozes, mental wanderings and loads of laundry, I have been working on a couple of different posts. In addition to all the studies I still have to read (!), a couple of blog readers have sent me [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1901759 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:35:08 +0100 1901759 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/10/21/cape-cod-beach/ On Saturday, the day before I returned to Italy, my sister and I went off on a long drive—to the herring run in Harwich and to Chatham, with its picturesque old houses.   On our way home, we stopped at Cold Storage Beach (see photo) in East Dennis where we were treated to an extraordinary sight, that of a seemingly endless stream of [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1895205 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:21:57 +0100 1895205 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/10/20/travel-stories/ I returned to Florence yesterday afternoon and am still a bit jet-lagged. Zzzzz! Easy flight, though. Thanks to strong tail winds, the flight (Boston-Zurich) was over before I had time to finish watching a second movie. Drat, I hate to miss movie endings… Plus, the first movie I watched, as you will soon read, was a [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1889066 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:55:37 +0100 1889066 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/10/14/curcumin-and-bortezomib-a-winning-combo/ A couple of blog readers, thanks!, as well as a Google Alert, informed me of a new study on multiple myeloma, bortezomib (=Velcade) and curcumin, which Sherlock (grazie!) found and sent to me. This afternoon I had a bit of time off from Scrabble playing (I have actually won a few games!) and visiting with [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1876263 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:03:46 +0100 1876263 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/10/13/dennis/ Unfortunately, my manatee story doesn’t have a happy ending, as I found out early this morning. Dennis didn’t make it. According to news reports, he died inside the truck that was transporting him to Sea World in Florida…just an hour before getting there. Just an hour. I cannot even imagine how the rescuers feel…devastated undoubtedly [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1873152 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:29:48 +0100 1873152 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/10/11/manatee-rescue/ I went to visit “Dennis” (the 800-pound stranded manatee) yesterday, too. He was chomping on some algae underneath one of the piers, so I got a good view of him from above, but there were too many people there. I didn’t stay long.  This morning I had family matters to attend to, so I missed the [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1870954 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:51:35 +0100 1870954 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/10/09/manatee-on-cape-cod/ Early this morning I read about the recent spotting of a manatee, also known as “sea cow,” in Sesuit Harbor, East Dennis. Here is a report about it: http://tinyurl.com/4y9k9q. Well, Sesuit Harbor is just a five-minute drive from my parents’ house. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity. So I grabbed my camera and off I went…there were [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1865578 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:28:45 +0100 1865578 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/10/07/watching-jon-stewart/ While waiting for the second presidential debate to begin this evening, I watched Jon Stewart commenting on the recent VP debate. HILARIOUS! I laughed out loud. See: http://tinyurl.com/4ufz8q (again, I apologize for the link not being highlighted in blue…copy and paste is the only way to see this video).  When asked what the VP candidates had to [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1859659 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:58:03 +0100 1859659 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/10/06/anti-anaemia-drugs-may-not-be-safe-for-myeloma-patients/ I had time this morning to glance at some older Science Daily articles, including this one, published in mid August, on a drug commonly used to treat anaemic cancer patients: http://tinyurl.com/474ptk (I am composing this post from my Mom’s Mac, which hasn’t highlighted the link in the usual blue, so you will probably have to [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1853702 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:08:52 +0100 1853702 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/10/05/hanging-out/ I don’t have any interesting news to blog about these days…just family reunion stuff. My sister was here when my parents and I arrived from Italy last Wednesday, and my niece arrived two days ago from Arizona, where she and my sister live, so yesterday we all got together for the first time in years. [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1853703 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:17:45 +0100 1853703 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/10/04/huh/ I know I have been obsessing a bit, ok, a LOT, about the recent VP debate, but I am absolutely infuriated that Sarah Palin was allowed to get away with so many false statements (see La Cootina’s blog for a big one!) and accusations. And with NOT answering questions. Outrageous. And since when has one of [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1852689 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:12:03 +0100 1852689 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/10/03/the-vp-debate/ I managed to stay awake long enough to watch the entire U.S. VP debate last night. Listening to the comments made by journalists and viewers after the debate and then early this morning, though, I began wondering: “did I see the SAME debate that they did?” It didn’t seem possible. For how it is possible [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1851100 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:44:21 +0100 1851100 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/10/02/jet-lag/ The flight yesterday was long (8 hours plus) but smooth–i.e., no turbulence over the Atlantic and no thunderstorms in Boston when we landed, just a few insignificant clouds…lucky! I read and also played “Tetris” and “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” on the airplane TV screen…ah yes, that was fun (I don’t play computer games [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1848035 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:41:59 +0100 1848035 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/10/01/getting-ready-to-fly/ Our flight for Boston, Massachusetts, leaves early this afternoon…and thunderstorms are predicted in the Boston area for this evening (typical of my luck: of all the days we could have picked to land in Boston, it had to be during the only possible thunderstorm of the entire week…!!!)…anyway, I have just enough time to squeeze in a [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1841155 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:38:49 +0100 1841155 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/09/29/ige-and-survival/ A blog reader, thank you!, sent me a 2007 study on IgE written by an Italian research team. The full study is available here: http://tinyurl.com/4do9nx.   Intriguing, I must say. As a myeloma patient, you tend to read mostly about IgG (my type of myeloma), IgA and IgM…but not much about the other immunoglobulins. I looked up [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1837353 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:45:51 +0100 1837353 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/09/28/curcumin-and-blood-clots/ I read a fascinating article yesterday in Science Daily (http://tinyurl.com/449vm3) about curcumin’s ability to reduce the size of blood clots. Curcumin may reduce the size of a hemorrhagic stroke, say Medical College of Georgia researchers. They are using animal models to study curcumin’s effect on intracerebral hemorrhages, bleeding in the brain caused by ruptured vessels.   You [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1834783 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:08:56 +0100 1834783 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/09/27/voglio-un-mondo-comico/ Last August, while Stefano and I were driving around Burgundy, France, we listened to all sorts of music. We don’t have the same taste in music so this wasn’t an easy task at times, but we do agree on Ligabue, a well-known Italian rock star. So Ligabue became our France 2008 soundtrack (together with Mozart [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1833329 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:53:30 +0100 1833329 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/09/25/going-home/ I may not have chosen the most appropriate title for this post, since Italy (Firenze!) is really my home…I grew up here, went through the Italian school system, my friends are Italian, I love this country, Italians, the lifestyle, the food, etc. etc. etc.…   At any rate, regardless of where “home” is!, next week I will be [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1829269 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:35:27 +0100 1829269 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/09/24/mistaken-identity%e2%80%a6/ As I think I have mentioned before, I subscribe to a million newsletters, among which is the Ralph Moss Report. This week Dr. Moss had a report on a shocking story written by Megan Scudellari and published in “The Scientist” on September 16th with the title “A case of mistaken identity. A cell line used [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1825971 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:49:13 +0100 1825971 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/09/21/the-issue-of-healthcare/ Coincidentally, Fanatic Cook wrote an excellent post concerning the main two U.S. presidential candidates’ stance on healthcare: http://fanaticcook.blogspot.com/2008/09/obama-and-mccain-on-healthcare.html. Not that I had any doubts about my own choice before reading this post, but now I am even more convinced, if possible. Besides, I like people who do their homework! (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1812858 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:37:01 +0100 1812858 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/09/20/us-presidential-campaign-2008/ A blog reader/myeloma patient/friend, thank you!, sent me the following (it’s going around Internet). Once you have read it, I guess there will be no question as to where I stand!   If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by your grandparents, you’re “exotic, different.”   Grow up in Alaska eating moose burgers, a quintessential American story. — If your [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1811408 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:47:01 +0100 1811408 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/09/18/conversation-stopper/   This morning I had a ton of errands to run, including a trip to the pharmacy. While standing in line, I was approached by an employee promoting some propolis-based products. I was feeling a bit tired and, frankly, in no mood to hear a sales pitch. So I made polite excuses, and she withdrew.   Well, almost [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1806394 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:33:06 +0100 1806394 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/09/16/retrieving/ A blog reader, thank you!; sent me a very amusing video earlier today…here is the YouTube link: http://tinyurl.com/58jf2w. Have a look, especially if you love dogs.   (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1798297 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:58:29 +0100 1798297 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/09/15/busy-busy/ I am too busy with work and family matters to do any research or write anything these days. I have a few more students this year, in addition to my “old” ones, so my workload has increased quite a bit, which in many ways (e.g. financially!) is good, of course, but there goes another chunk [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1794536 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:19:13 +0100 1794536 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/09/12/curcumin-and-happiness/ Sherlock sent me another study published last month in “Psychopharmacology” and titled Antidepressant activity of curcumin: involvement of serotonin and dopamine system. See abstract: http://tinyurl.com/5loqab. The study begins with the familiar rundown of the various healing effects of curcumin (antimicrobial, hypoglycaemic, antioxidant, anti-arthritic etc.). It also mentions curcumin’s rapid metabolism and poor bioavailability, about which [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1788816 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:02:56 +0100 1788816 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/09/11/steady-going/ I went to see my family doctor this morning. I ADORE this wonderful man…he’s an absolute genius. Furthermore, he is very attentive and caring (without going overboard). And honest and upfront. This is the kind of doctor that everyone should have.   At any rate, I didn’t tell him beforehand what I thought about my tests but let [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1786063 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:23:08 +0100 1786063 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/09/10/spice-based-molecules-to-fight-cancer/ While I was away on holiday, a blog reader, thank you! , left a comment here about a report, published in August, on the development of a spice-based compound that can stop cancer cells from proliferating and even kill them. And guess which spice is involved in this process? Yep, turmeric!   You can read the full [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1782768 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:14:22 +0100 1782768 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/09/09/july-blood-test-results/ Well, okay, I was hoping for better…I was hoping for outstanding and extraordinary…yes, I was hoping for dazzling results.   But the tests that Sherlock and I had on July 31st, at the end of our resveratrol experiment, are quite a bit less than dazzling. A first glance at my results turned me into Ms. Glum. I simply [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1779398 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:36:49 +0100 1779398 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/09/08/curcumin-and-bone-destruction/ Last week Sherlock sent me a German study that confirms what I read in other studies that I posted about more than a year ago (on May 10 2007, to be precise). The German study was published in the “Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology” last month (see abstract: http://tinyurl.com/6xnp7y). It opens with the [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1775641 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:35:54 +0100 1775641 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/09/07/speaking-of-child-like-wonder/ The other evening Stefano arrived home from work and asked: “there is an amazing cloud in the sky, have you seen it?”   “No,” I answered.   We went outside. For a few minutes, until the tiger mosquito “clouds” sent us hurrying back inside, we stood side by side, gazing in admiration at a huge, odd-shaped cloud illuminated by [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1773277 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:07:01 +0100 1773277 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/09/05/%e2%80%9cnever-lose-the-child-like-wonder%e2%80%9d/ Yesterday, as I do on an almost daily basis, I checked out other myeloma blogs to see how my fellow bloggers are doing. Well, I wish to thank Teresa (“The Beast” blog) for leading me to Randy Pausch’s “Last Lecture.” You may have heard about the talented computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University who [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1764050 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:46:53 +0100 1764050 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/09/04/juices-and-drug-interference/ I already knew that under certain circumstances it is not a good idea to swallow pills with grapefruit juice, but I didn’t know that orange and apple juice have recently joined the no-no list. New research shows that they, too, may limit the body’s absorption of drugs, compromising their effectiveness. I found this quote and more [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1764051 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:44:46 +0100 1764051 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/09/03/turmeric-even-helps-you-vacuum/ I read a fascinating news report earlier today. A Massachusetts resident who has been suffering for the past 12 years from the painful after effects of a famous case of salmonella poisoning began sprinkling turmeric on her food a couple of months ago. Well, her life has changed. For the better.   She can now do things that she [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1760053 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:38:51 +0100 1760053 http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2008/09/02/quercetin-and-hsp90/ This morning I read some of the PubMed Alerts that I received during my absence. One of them led me to the abstract (see: http://tinyurl.com/5wrw5p) of a recent study on quercetin and prostate cancer cells published in “Prostate” at the end of August.   The researchers wanted to evaluate the effect(s) of quercetin on normal and malignant prostate [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1750320 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:42:24 +0100 1750320