MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'aaron'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:57:13 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5174831&cid=t_161856_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F08%2Fthat-same-smile.html Honeymoon, September 2002ooh, baby, babySomething’s just a little bit different in your eyes tonightThey look twice as brightOooh, baby, babySomething’s changed that I can’t quite put my finger on Well I’ve been rackin’ my brainWait just a minuteHold on, nowWhile I get itLove, love, loves lookin’ good, good, good on youWell can you feel it, oh everybody sees itHow your sweet smile has a way of lighting up a roomYeah you shine like diamonds in everything you doOh love, love, loves lookin’ good, good, good on youOooh, baby, babyIsn’t it funny how we don’t need any moneyJust a little luckTo look like a million bucksOooh, baby, babyIt kind of makes you thinkThat the stars were in sync on the night we metThere oughtta be a red carpetEverywhere you goRoll it on outHey don’t y... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5174831 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 18:34:00 +0100 5174831 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5130748&cid=t_161856_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-pros-and-cons-of-ipab-and-why-it-shouldnt-be-repealed%2F2011.08.15 In recent weeks, several Democrats and some health reform advocates including the AMA have joined Republicans in calling for a repeal of provisions in the new health law that create the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). For these people, IPAB represents the worst aspects of the new law–an unelected, centralized planning authority empowered by government to make decisions about the peoples’ health care. Arbitrary cuts to providers, short-sighted decisions that stifle innovation and rationing of care are sure to follow, they claim. While it’s true that the rules governing IPAB are flawed and should be fixed, eliminating IPAB altogether would be a mistake. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at Pizaazz* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5130748 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:00:44 +0100 5130748 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5107650&cid=t_161856_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2011%2F08%2F02%2Fan-opposing-view-of-carecloud-ehr%2F Turns out David, who manages the Smart Phone Healthcare, EMR Videos, EMR Screenshots and EMR News websites, didn’t agree with some of the devil’s advocate positions I took in my Carecloud EHR post. He said that after reading Dr. Blackledge’s post, I missed a number of things. So, the following is his commentary on what I missed in my previous Carecloud post. Pretty much every company out there has some good and bad about it.  There are a few that are completely useless, and a few that think they are perfect, but for the most part every company has some worthwhile traits and some things they need to work on. Last week, John wrote about a new EHR, Carecloud that has been talked about for months, but finally was released last week.  He referenced a post that was written... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5107650 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:48:52 +0100 5107650 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5077817&cid=t_161856_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2011%2F07%2F26%2Fnew-ehr-company-ready-to-launch-carecloud%2F Aaron Blackledge M.D., founder of Care Practice clinic in San Francisco, sent me a link to a post he did back in April about a new EMR company called Carecloud. The irony of this is that Carecloud had just reached out to me for information about advertising their EMR on my sites since they are getting ready to launch their product. Their impending launch was why Aaron decided to share his post with me. I think Dr. Blackledge’s post about Carecloud is summarized in his final paragraph: My recommendation is if you are about to give up and lay down some hard earned cash on an EMR that is just good enough I would urge you to wait a few more months and compare CareCloud’s first iteration with other emerging platforms now gaining a foothold in the marketplace. Since Carecloud is about to... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5077817 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 23:11:03 +0100 5077817 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4883848&cid=t_161856_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fhurt_31.html I swallowed 24 pills. Half of me hoped 24 is enough. The other half hoped 24 wasn't enough. I told my husband, and he found this bottle, the bottle I bought in 2003 because it was on the list of things you should have in your home when you have a baby. This bottle saved me the the indignity and nastiness of having my stomach pumped and activated charcoal.I come home, and go back, and come home, and go back - 4 times in 6 weeks, and now it's been 3 that I've been out. Progress.My rock of support, my mama, leaves on vacation, and we tend Papa's chickens, check the mail, feed the cat and dog, through balls for the lonely dog. Little things. A schedule. Something that keeps us going.I think I'm admitting myself to the hospital again this evening. Thoughts of suicide are edging their way back i... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4883848 Tue, 31 May 2011 09:33:00 +0100 4883848 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4626872&cid=t_161856_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F03%2F24%2Fif-its-evitable-i-dont-like-it%2F Situationist Contributor Aaron Kay as well as Peter A. Ubel and Gavan Fitzsimons wrote the following editorial for the Detroit Free Press.: This week it will be one year since President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law. Despite all the controversy that preceded the bill’s passage, most health policy experts confidently predicted that the public would soon embrace the legislation. To back up these predictions, they pointed out that Medicare was quite controversial when it was established in the 1960s, but rapidly grew in popularity. Much the same happened more recently with Medicare Part D, the law championed by President George W. Bush to extend Medicare coverage to medications. Recent polls belie these predictions, however, as support for health care reform has... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4626872 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 04:01:42 +0100 4626872 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4592644&cid=t_161856_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F03%2Fnew-growth.html We've been homebound for a long season this winter. Depression has shot a few holes through our family ship. The difficulties of the past autumn still weigh heavy at times, and I am frozen in place, children circling, trying to keep my bearings. But the spring is coming, and I feel myself begin to grow outward again.In the tulip and daisy cornmeal muffins, the creativity beginning to seep back through my mothering veins. In the church home we've found and start to settle into. In the old friends all new again.Through all, Aaron has been my rock, my helper, my companion in pain. Driving home from my cancer check-up yesterday, I had Jackson Browne blaring, and these lyrics perfectly capture how I feel about the world and my husband today.The papers lie there helplesslyIn a pile outside the d... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4592644 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:20:00 +0100 4592644 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4545018&cid=t_161856_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F03%2F04%2Fthe-costs-of-exposing-the-myth-of-free-will%2F Having recovered from the fabulous keyword=k13943&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup119727″>Fifth Conference on Law and Mind Sciences, I’ve returned this week to my normal routine of teaching, researching, emailing, and procrastinating — but not without a new and fresh perspective. Indeed, on Thursday, as my Law and Mind Sciences seminar turned to our unit on neuroscience and I began rereading Joshua Greene and Jonathan Cohen’s article “For the Law, Neuroscience Changes Nothing and Everything,” I couldn’t help but think back to Situationist Contributor Aaron Kay’s compelling presentation on the benefits of believing in societal fairness for those who suffer from injustice.  In a series of studies, Aaron has documented that “members of disadvantaged g... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4545018 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 04:30:24 +0100 4545018 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4532511&cid=t_161856_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F02%2Fflames-in-city.html The waning sun gets caught in the framework of skyscrapersa sun dog shoots straight up from the basilicabuildings are lit aflame by the sunsetand we dress up and go out for dinner, just the two of us,and love burns fresh and new with promise of even better years to come..........Gratitude journal, numbers 116-187:123. God's vigilant pursuit127. Grace = "one-way love"130. Driving with the window down139. A break coming soon144. Tapping trees146. "if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many." Ecclesiastes 11:8148. Holding Uriah Fugate150. Garden planning in a blizzard157. Sweet southern drawl on the telephone159. Best friends to whom distance matters not a whit162. Laughing hysterically because Caleb doesn't understand s... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4532511 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:33:00 +0100 4532511 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4478025&cid=t_161856_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F02%2Freal-life-fairy-tale-endings.html ...make your ear attentive to wisdomand incline your heart to understanding;yes, if you call out for insightand raise your voice for understanding,if you seek it like silverand search for it as for hidden treasures,then you will understand the fear of the Lordand find the knowledge of God.~Proverbs 2:2-5~I remember the halcyon days of honeymoon, when joy was like the warm September sun, everywhere, and you didn't have to go hunting for it.Through child-rearing, and cancer, and brain infections, and long periods of separation, you have to look harder to find the shared joy.But it is still there, in the moments when you sneak up on your spouse and find him loving on one of the kids, unbidden. Teaching them to find joy in the simple things.It's there when you catch him caring deeply for the w... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4478025 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:12:00 +0100 4478025 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4414521&cid=t_161856_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwhen-money-isnt-everything-to-doctors%2F2011.01.29 I recently pointed to a BMJ study concluding that pay for performance doesn’t seem to motivate doctors. It has been picking up steam in major media with TIME, for instance, saying: “Money isn’t everything, even to doctors.” So much is riding on the concept of pay for performance, that it’s hard to fathom what other options there are should it fail. And there’s mounting evidence that it will. Dr. Aaron Carroll, a pediatrician at the University of Indiana, and regular contributor to KevinMD.com, ponders the options. First he comments on why the performance incentives in the NHS failed: Perhaps the doctors were already improving without the program. If that’s the case, though, then you don’t need economic incentives. It’s possible the incentives were too low. But I don’t... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4414521 Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:00:01 +0100 4414521 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4220403&cid=t_161856_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2F_12pqmOmKiU%2Fjdrf-type-1-talk.php On World Diabetes Day, November 14, 2010, I headed out to the local JDRF chapter office. They were hosting a Type 1 Talk meeting, and I wanted to check it out.  I wasn't really sure what to expect.  I'm not sure if that is because I'm chronically behind on blog & news reading, or if JDRF didn't know the best way to promote it and get more people involved.We had a group of about 12-15 people there, and it was good to meet some new people living around here that live with type 1.  I also enjoyed meeting some of the local JDRF office staff.There were some technical difficulties during the first 20 minutes of the broadcast, but they got it all figured out in time to catch most of the session.  One thing I did catch in the first couple minutes, which made it all worthwhi... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4220403 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:00:00 +0100 4220403 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4197149&cid=t_161856_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F11%2F24%2Fthanksgiving-as-system-justification-3%2F This post was first published on November 21, 2007. Thanksgiving has many associations — struggling Pilgrims, crowded airports, autumn leaves, heaping plates, drunken uncles, blowout sales, and so on. At its best, though, Thanksgiving is associated with, well, thanks giving. The holiday provides a moment when many otherwise harried individuals leading hectic lives decelerate just long enough to muster some gratitude for their harvest. Giving thanks — acknowledging that we, as individuals, are not the sole determinants of our own fortunes seems an admirable, humble, and even situationist practice, worthy of its own holiday. But I’m interested here in the potential downside to the particular way in which many people go about giving thanks. Situationist contributor John Jos... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4197149 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 04:01:01 +0100 4197149 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4175679&cid=t_161856_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FTi9NNMChUIY%2F By Michael F. CannonAccording to the Boston Herald: The state’s health insurance connector — the highly touted agency that aims to bring cheap medical care to the masses — has turned into a legal pit bull by aggressively going after a growing number of Bay Staters who say they can’t afford mandated insurance — or the penalties imposed for not having it. The Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority is cracking down on more than 3,000 residents who are fighting state fines, and has even hired a private law firm to force the health insurance scofflaws to pay penalties of up to $2,000 a year. All told, more than 7,700 people have appealed state fines for not having health insurance, according to connector spokesman Richard Powers. The agency has hired several private attorne... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4175679 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:45:55 +0100 4175679 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4159212&cid=t_161856_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FSkzPBmX6bQY%2F By Michael F. CannonThe following exchange took place yesterday on the Christian Broadcasting Network between host David Brody and Tea Party Express Chairwoman Amy Kremer. Brody: Mitt Romney…on the Massachusetts health care situation, you’re going to tell me that’s going to fly in the Tea Party movement? Kremer: Absolutely not…I’m being honest here…You can’t get away from that.  And that’s the thing is, the days of people being able to do one thing in their state in front of a microphone, and then going to Washington and doing something else. I mean, the Internet, and 24-hour news cycles changed it all, and these people don’t have short memories, they’re digging up everything from the past, and they’re not going to let go o... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4159212 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:37:57 +0100 4159212 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4098357&cid=t_161856_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F10%2Fmountains-in-moonlight.html Eight years ago, he was a mountain man and I a curly-headed dreamer hovering between idealism and conservatism.  He kissed me when he got off the plane, in a desolate airport tunnel just outside the gate, the gray carpeted walls dulling the senses as my lips buzzed and my vision blurred.  We hiked through the rough-cut stubble of summer ski runs, legs on fire from the dry weeds, and lungs burning on the relentless climb upward.  That day is the most alive I'd ever felt, to that point.  At the top of Mount Washington, the wind cut a trough through the rustle of grass and we tread doggedly up the wooden planks to the ski lift platform, bare in the summer sun, just a stack of two-by-fours nailed down to make a ramp.  He put his arm around my waist and a shiver down... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4098357 Sun, 24 Oct 2010 09:05:00 +0100 4098357 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4060593&cid=t_161856_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fu-s-healthcare-spending-why-so-much%2F2010.10.11 Aaron Carroll over at The Incidental Economist has been running an excellent series on healthcare spending in the U.S. and how much more we spend than the rest of the world on a per capita basis, as a percentage of GDP, and by category. It’s an excellent series and I wholly recommend it. Summary graph: Hint: the U.S. is the lavender-ish line on top. As he says, is there anything about this graph that isn’t concerning? (more…) *This blog post was originally published at Movin' Meat* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4060593 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:00:00 +0100 4060593 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3776360&cid=t_161856_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FvRJIMF4tsIc%2F This report from the left-wing Commonwealth Fund shows that premiums in Massachusetts are growing faster than anywhere else in the nation.  And the only study that has tried to isolate the effect of RomneyCare finds that it increased premiums for employment-based coverage by 6 percent (see cost-shifting, above). Despite Gov. Mitt Romney’s claims, the Massachusetts reform was not designed to slow the growth of health-care cost growth. It should be obvious by now that RomneyCare wasn’t designed that way.  But it sure was sold that way.  And so was ObamaCare.  Any bets on how long before we hear apologists for both claiming that ObamaCare wasn’t designed to slow cost growth? The PPACA also includes a series of changes that represent the best thinking about how to control... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3776360 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:53:02 +0100 3776360 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3772425&cid=t_161856_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F07%2Flife-on-beach.html It seems like such an odd place to make a home, yet there they are... thousands of blow holes in the rutted sand where the crabs make their homes deep.  The tides come in and go out, and leave patterns on the sand, yet the crabs hold on tight in the hole they've dug, eat what comes to them, and are perfectly suited to an environment of muck that would detest your average world citizen.We walked a mile or so of the beach without the children one afternoon, hand in hand.  The difficulties of the week and the friction from separation washed away slowly as the waves lapped at our feet and we padded along on the granite-hard sand, packed by wave after wave.  Kind of like trials.  Those waves reduce the sand to it's minimum volume.  Wash away the dross of whatever sand r... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3772425 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:03:00 +0100 3772425 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3772221&cid=t_161856_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FTd_FKFd6zk4%2F By Michael F. CannonYou know things aren’t going well in Massachusetts when supporters of RomneyCare write “there’s some evidence that the reforms signed into law by Mitt Romney in 2006 are struggling.”  That’s how The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein puts it in a post defending RomneyCare.  The New Republic’s Jonathan Cohn offers a similar defense. Klein mentions only a few of the difficulties confronting Massachusetts.  Here are a few more: The Commonwealth Fund reports that even though Massachusetts already had the highest health insurance premiums in the nation, premiums rose faster post-RomneyCare than anywhere else; 21-46 percent faster than the national average. A recent study estimates that RomneyCare has so far increased employer-sponsored... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3772221 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:24:31 +0100 3772221 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3740545&cid=t_161856_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fwhistleblowers-dr-robert-goldberg-june-beecham-source-fraud-case-orthopedic-surgeons%2F Inside information provided by surgeon Dr. Robert S. Goldberg and Rush University Medical Center employee June Beecham has been used by the federal government to file Medicare fraud charges against six Chicago orthopedic surgeons. The physicians were accused of booking surgeries that they billed Medicare for but did not adequately supervise. The orthopedic surgeons named included Drs. Brian J. Cole, Aaron G. Rosenberg, Craig J. Della Valle, Wayne G. Paprosky, and Mitchell B. Sheinkop. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3740545 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 05:39:50 +0100 3740545 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3723412&cid=t_161856_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fbrokenness.html I don't remember much about what happened, so I can't give you many details.  But I can write, read, speak, laugh, joke, smile, walk, and otherwise function completely normally.  Even though my head apparently went through our toilet tank last night.  When I saw this picture, it is amazing to me that I am alive and sitting in bed typing.  I did have a seizure in the emergency room, a first for me, but haven't had any more.  There is no sign of any broken bones in my skull or face or bleeding in my brain on the CT scan.  I am continuing to have a lot of head pain and some disturbing double vision.  This post will be short because of that.I am okay.  I'm not really sure why I fell, if I fainted or tripped or what.  I have had no dizziness at any o... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3723412 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 05:08:00 +0100 3723412 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3710534&cid=t_161856_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2F185972%2F Win Food Network Cooking Gear: All you have to do is tweet or share this post on Facebook, and you’ll be entered to win an autographed copy of Cat Cora’s Classics with a Twist and a Food Network apron signed by chef Aarón Sánchez. Post from: BlissTree (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3710534 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:43:16 +0100 3710534 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3480883&cid=t_161856_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FQP2lFruAsJ8%2F Our five favorite things on Crushable this week: 1. Delving Into the Brain of a Guy: Dating Advice – Tips from the mystical 20-something male brain. 2. Everyday Superwoman: What I Wore’s Jessica Shroeder -A fashion-blogger who posts photos of her oufits – every day. 3. Textual Healing: A Guide to Sexting – The instructions that didn’t come with your smartphone. 4. Real Housewife Gossip Swirls at Jill Zarin Book Party – The goings-on at the debut party for Real Housewife Jill Zarin’s Secrets of a Jewish Mother. 5. Dude Diary: Aaron Johnson, Teen Actor and Baby Daddy – The 19-year-old British actor is headed towards parental bliss with his 43-year-old director. Post from: BlissTree Best of Crushable This Week: 5 Faves From Our Sister Site (Source: ... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3480883 Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:26:34 +0100 3480883 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3479871&cid=t_161856_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fsubdued.html Aaron is drinking clear liquids and tolerating them fairly well this evening. Caleb has had some ice chips and we are waiting to see if that increases his diarrhea again or not. I miss my girls, my home. And my husband, oddly enough - being across the hall and seeing him for 20 minutes a day just isn't enough.Tomorrow is my grandpa's funeral. I have been trying all day to write the eulogy. Now I will be trying for a while tonight as well...Caleb apparently slept so much today that he is not particularly interested in going to bed yet. (Source: Turquoise Gates) Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3479871 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 01:44:00 +0100 3479871 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3476044&cid=t_161856_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fanswers.html The cultures came back positive for Campylobacter, a very common source of food poisoning. Caleb has now been started on antibiotics. However, Aaron has been on them since Sunday with no improvement, so that is concerning. We also figured out where we got the infection from - we went through a spurt of eating soft-boiled eggs just before Easter, and apparently that is a very common source of this particular bacteria. Katy and I didn't have any, which explains why we did not get sick.So, a few new prayer requests:Effective treatment with antibioticsOut of the hospital in time for Grandpa's funeralAaron's quick recovery of strength so he can go back to workNo development of Guillain-Barré syndrome, which occurs in 40% of patients with severe Campylobacter requiring medical attention (Source... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3476044 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:06:00 +0100 3476044 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3476045&cid=t_161856_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Flong-suffering.html Many of our prayers are directed toward the quick and easy solution. Long-suffering is sometimes the only means by which the greater glory of God will be served, and this is, for the moment, invisible. We must persist in faith. God has a splendid purpose. Believe in order to see it. "Our troubles are slight and short-lived, and their outcome an eternal glory which outweighs them far. Meanwhile our eyes are fixed, not on the things that are seen, but on the things that are unseen" (2 Cor 4:17, 18 NEB). ~ Elisabeth Elliot (daily devotional available by e-mail, subscribe here)I guess I've always thought of "long-suffering" as "patience". A virtue. Not an experience. This long line of never-ending and escalating health trials has me seeing that particular fruit of the spirit in a new light. I... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3476045 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:46:00 +0100 3476045 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3472012&cid=t_161856_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fat-end-of-day.html It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees.My soul faints with longing for your salvation, but I have put my hope in your word.(Psalm 119:71 & 81)Let me first say that, because of the many who are serving our family out of love during this time, I have the energy and emotional fortitude to write tonight. Thanks, Pam, for sitting with Caleb so I could shower and see my girls. Thank you, Mom and Dad Thul, for canceling all your other plans and staying with the healthy kids at home. Thank you, Kanzes, Bergs, and Greenes, for the Thomas videos, snacks, and toys. Without all of that...I wouldn't have had energy to do anything but flop into bed today! I was a little like a limp dishrag after 24 hours without food, few hours of interrupted sleep last night and no sh... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3472012 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3472012 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3467993&cid=t_161856_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fhold-my-heart.html Aaron up and walking after his morning pain medication.Caleb resting in the room across the hall from Aaron.Sick, sweet little boy.Caleb was hospitalized tonight across the hall from Aaron's room. He has pancreatitis, and one of his lab tests is actually 800 times higher than it is supposed to be. Somehow, the outlet of his pancreas has become blocked because of the swelling in his intestines, and the build-up of lipase and amylase (two of the enzymes the pancreas produces) is eating away at the pancreas now. The pancreas is important because it aids in digestion and it also produces insulin. Therefore, the ER doctor feels this infection is life-threatening to Caleb. The mortality rate of childhood pancreatitis is 10-90%. Please pray that it will heal, and that the doctors would know how t... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3467993 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:04:00 +0100 3467993 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3463813&cid=t_161856_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fplaces-of-pain.html Aaron is stable in the hospital with lots of diagnostic tests still pending. So far we know that his urine is very concentrated, bloody, and has lots of things present that indicate kidney issues or very severe dehydration. His liver function tests are somewhat abnormal. A CT scan this morning showed swelling in his intestines, and an x-ray this afternoon showed a paralytic ileus (intestinal blockage that can cause bowel perforation and death from widespread abdominal infection). The doctors are most concerned about E. coli, and a hemorrhagic colitis (intestinal inflammation and bleeding) it can cause. I am hopeful he will start to turn around tomorrow after 24 hours of fluids, morphine, and antibiotics. In this season of loss and grief, it is hard to be apart and even harder to keep my br... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3463813 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:03:00 +0100 3463813 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3449102&cid=t_161856_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fbouquets-never-picked.html My husband, like my father, isn't the type to shout love from the rooftops. For some reason, after the intensity of our whirlwind 3-month courtship, replete with love letters, weird packages from Seattle, and phone conversations that lasted for hours, I found it hard to adjust to the whispers my new husband proffered.And then one spring, my yard burst into flames.The orange, red, yellow of the tulips blazed all across my front lawn, and I wrote about what it meant to me. Those blooms exploded the box I had put love into, and the shrapnel is still somewhat disturbing, every spring."Raindrops on roses, and whiskers on kittens". Yellow crocuses holding rain like a promise or a prayer. Unexpected shoots of tended love cropping up in the most unusual places.I hear it in the dishes being loaded ... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3449102 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3449102 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3399149&cid=t_161856_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Ftethered.html Tether. Rope. Just a tool. Infinitely less treasured and considered than whatever precious cargo it anchors. It's frayed ends continue to go unnoticed unless they split far enough to break, let loose the treasure.I never gave a thought to the thousands of tethers God formed inside me while I still slept inside my mother's womb. My frame was not hidden when You formed me in the secret place. One day in 2008, just after the birth of my son, a cascade of events started. Aaron and I pored over medical journals and came to the conclusion that we should at least try to be done having children. Sever the tether between ovaries and uterus. It was an odd decision to make, in the day of vasectomies. But that is what the two of us had peace with. So I went under surgeon's knife and closed a chapter i... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3399149 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3399149 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3271172&cid=t_161856_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fview-from-8th-year.html If you visited my home, you would notice a scrawled letter framed in a shadow box with a tiny, extremely ordinary rock. It came to me after my husband-to-be spent five days in the wilderness. I expected a tome when he informed me he spent much of the time thinking of and writing to me. I received two paragraphs of the most treasured lines he has ever uttered. These words seem more real with each passing year and each passing difficulty weathered. I had no idea then just how wise he was.4 June 2002Dear Genevieve,This is one of the rocks I found in Vermont. It is also my hope for us. Countless years in that stream have polished its edges, leaving it smooth and soft in the hand. The polish also reveals a few fine cracks, slight weaknesses, the result of tremendous forces in its past. Yet afte... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3271172 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:07:00 +0100 3271172 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208600&cid=t_161856_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F01%2Faaron-kowalski-your-questions-on-the-artificial-pancreas-answered-here.html When the  JDRF recently announced its newest artificial pancreas push — a partnership with Animas and Dexcom to actually develop a commercial product — head of the project Aaron Kowalski kindly agreed to answer reader questions here. Today, I bring you those answers, direct “from the horses’ mouth,” as it were. Usage Issues Q) How much more [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208600 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:00:43 +0100 3208600 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3197857&cid=t_161856_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fgod-highjacks-our-happenstances.html My marriage was recently revolutionized when I made a simple choice for the betterment of our children's sleep. For years, Aaron has assured me that my late nights don't disrupt our marriage at all. So I've taken him at his word, and stayed up to accomplish most of my housework and schoolwork during my peak energy hours, 10 p.m. to midnight. But the hustle and bustle - and even the clicking of the computer keys - seemed to be disrupting Caleb's circadian rhythm, and I made the difficult choice to attempt to accomplish things during the children's nap instead of after they were put to bed. The difficulty arose mostly from the fact that I really enjoy a nap with my children, usually several times a week. However, perhaps that nap is why I don't feel tired when the rest of the family does, be... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3197857 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:22:00 +0100 3197857 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3167321&cid=t_161856_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fnews-flash-jdrf-joins-with-animas-dexcom-to-build-first-generation-artificial-pancreas.html Very big news in the diabetes world today, Folks: the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) has announced a partnership with insulin pump makers Animas Corp. (a Johnson & Johnson company) to actually start building the first ready-for-market artificial pancreas, i.e. “a fully automated system to dispense insulin … based on real-time changes in blood sugar [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3167321 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:03:12 +0100 3167321 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3023200&cid=t_161856_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F11%2F24%2Fthanksgiving-as-system-justification-3%2F This post was first published on November 21, 2007. Thanksgiving has many associations — struggling Pilgrims, crowded airports, autumn leaves, heaping plates, drunken uncles, blowout sales, and so on. At its best, though, Thanksgiving is associated with, well, thanks giving. The holiday provides a moment when many otherwise harried individuals leading hectic lives decelerate just long enough to muster some gratitude for their harvest. Giving thanks — acknowledging that we, as individuals, are not the sole determinants of our own fortunes seems an admirable, humble, and even situationist practice, worthy of its own holiday. But I’m interested here in the potential downside to the particular way in which many people go about giving thanks. Situationist contributor John Jos... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3023200 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:25:01 +0100 3023200 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3008171&cid=t_161856_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F11%2F19%2Faaron-kay-%25e2%2580%259cthe-psychological-power-of-the-status-quo%25e2%2580%259d%2F Situationist Contributor Aaron Kay is an Assistant Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Waterloo in Canada. Professor Kay’s research has focused on the integration of implicit social-cognitive processes with the study of broad social issues. In his primary line of work, he investigates the myriad ways by which people cope with, adapt to, and rationalize social inequalities. At the moment, this research program addresses questions such as: (1) How do people rationalize and justify their good fortune and bad fortune, others’ good fortune and bad fortune, and the social systems that dictate these outcomes? (2) What are the psychological tools employed in aiding people to cope with the internal conflict produced from participating in social systems that are, in many obje... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3008171 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:20:31 +0100 3008171 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2958933&cid=t_161856_111_f&fid=34716&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNurseRatchedsPlace%2F%7E3%2F26S6EudmOeI%2F It all started so innocently. A couple of years ago I signed up for Google AdSense. It looked like a fair deal. I was working with a legitimate company—not a fly by night operation—so I figured that I didn’t have anything to lose. I won’t say that the money started rolling in. It didn’t. The checks were barely worth the postage, so I asked Google to hold onto my meager earnings and I started a Google savings account. It was my piggy bank. I was keeping that money there for a rainy day. Many months passed. Then one day I really needed the cash. I’ll spare you the details, but I tried logging into my Google AdSense account. My account was closed and my money was gone. This is what I found instead: Motherjonesrn, Hello,

 While going through our records recently, we found th... Nurse Ratched's Place blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2958933 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:36:47 +0100 2958933 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2858884&cid=t_161856_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fhappy-anniversary.html The difference is just a breath aparton one side loneliness, on the other warmthSeven years I've waited for something to break my heartbut you just keep holding onI sometimes waver between trust and fearwonder whether someday God's gonna take meMy choice is to remember every morning I'm still herejust keep holding on to loveSeven years or seventy and sevendreams unfinished or dreams forgotten in the dustJust keep walking hand in hand, just keep livin'Till death I'll just keep holding onYou're still the reason I hold on this tight, the reason I live this hard, the reason I am this warm, the reason I believe in oh, so many things I never believed in before. It's been the best season of my life. I can't wait to see what you eclipse it with in the next seven. (Source: Turquoise Gates) Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2858884 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:37:00 +0100 2858884 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2766074&cid=t_161856_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F09%2F02%2Fa-profile-of-aaron-beck%2F Aaron Beck is probably best known for pioneering the use of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) — that commonly used modern psychotherapy technique known the world over. He revolutionized psychotherapy in general, by turning toward science — and replicable data — to validate the efficacy of his new therapeutic techniques he pioneered in CBT. He had to, because before Beck came along, studying why psychotherapy worked was done generally only through narrative case reports in the scientific literature. Often interesting and sometimes entertaining, but they completely lacked scientific data outside of subjective observations by the professional. Beck, on the other hand, hand to actually invent the tests to help measure whether his new therapy was working or not. Hence the psych... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2766074 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:56:11 +0100 2766074 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2858890&cid=t_161856_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Ffathers-sons.html What time I am afraid,I will trust in Thee.In God I will praise his word,in God I have put my trust;I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.Psalm 56:3-4Since 1979, this father-son team have compiled some amazing totals: 229 Triathlons, 6 Ironman distances, 20 Duathlons, 66 Marathons, 84 Half Marathons, 212 10K races, 149 5 Milers, and 108 5K races, among others. Their total events thus far are 984. Dick is now 65, and still going strong: Rick, his son, is 37, still non-verbal and immobilized by spastic cerebral palsy. The Hoyt's staunch refusal - back in 1962! - to institutionalize or marginalize their son is awe-inspiring. After realizing that Rick understood their jokes around the age of 4 years old, they began working to educate him and develop a means of communication for him. He has... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2858890 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:23:00 +0100 2858890 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2209971&cid=t_161856_86_f&fid=34461&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigicmb.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Fupdate-on-opensearch-plugins-for.html Image by testdriverone via FlickrOf course I know browser plugins are not big news. They have been around for a while now. It just did not pass my path before as a need-to-do priority in the work load I already have. But suddenly you get the chance to make a great overview because somebody already did a load of work for library licenced databases & plugins. (Aaron Tay, a Librarian with NUS Libraries) Then I attacked the subject as I normally do: jump in, head first, see what I understand. And figure out what I do not understand, by trial and error. For now this results in a short list of available library plugins. I was surprised by the nice collection of the MyCroft Project, but just discovered yesterday they also offer a nice Plugin Create/Submit "wizard" This takes away having to un... DigiCMB blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2209971 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:50:00 +0100 2209971 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2053746&cid=t_161856_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F489938436%2F Learning & the Brain is a conference that gets marked on my calendar annually because I always return home having either been exposed to new information, or with a new perspective on an old topic. Last month’s conference in Cambridge, MA, themed Using Emotions Research to Enhance Learning & Achievement, was no exception. As with previous conferences, in addition to the many keynote sessions, I focused on the adult learning strand, since so much of my time is spent providing professional development for, and collaborating with adults. Here are five conference cues as they relate to education. 1. CHALLENGE YOURSELF WITH NEW LEARNING Aaron Nelson stated that our memory starts to decline between ages twenty-five and thirty, or to phrase it a bit more positively, Sam Wang says our m... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2053746 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:10:09 +0100 2053746 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1985330&cid=t_161856_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F11%2F24%2Fthanksgiving-as-system-justification-2%2F This post was first published on November 21, 2007. Thanksgiving has many associations — struggling Pilgrims, crowded airports, autumn leaves, heaping plates, drunken uncles, blowout sales, and so on. At its best, though, Thanksgiving is associated with, well, thanks giving. The holiday provides a moment when many otherwise harried individuals leading hectic lives decelerate just long enough to muster some gratitude for their harvest. Giving thanks — acknowledging that we, as individuals, are not the sole determinants of our own fortunes seems an admirable, humble, and even situationist practice, worthy of its own holiday. But I’m interested here in the potential downside to the particular way in which many people go about giving thanks. Situationist contributor John Jos... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1985330 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:01:10 +0100 1985330 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1764577&cid=t_161856_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F382481146%2F The Wall Street Journal had a very interesting article yesterday, titled To Be Young and Anxiety-Free, focused on the value of cognitive behavioral therapy to help children with high levels of anxiety learn how too cope better and prevent the snowball scenario, when that anxiety grows and spirals out of control resulting in depression and similar - "...new research showing that treating kids for anxiety when they are young may help prevent the development of more serious mental illnesses, including depression and more debilitating anxiety disorders." - "Of course, most kids have fears without having a full-blown anxiety disorder. And some anxiety is healthy: It makes sense, for example, to be a little nervous before a big test. Doctors and psychologists do caution that the i... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1764577 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:16:42 +0100 1764577 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1544144&cid=t_161856_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F06%2F24%2Fthe-situation-of-lawyers-and-practicing-law%2F The Situationist has examined various implications that social psychology and related fields for law and legal theory. But what about for the practice of law? Martin Seligman, former American Psychological Association president and one of the leaders of the new field of Positive Psychology, examines the relationship between psychology and the practice of law in his fascinating book Authentic Happiness. Here are some relevant excerpts. * * * Thirty years ago, the cognitive revolution in psychology overthrew both Freud and the behaviorists, at least in academia. Cognitive scientists demonstrated that thinking can be an object of science, that it is measurable, and most importantly that it is not just a reflection of emotion or behavior. Aaron T. Beck, the leading theorist of cognitive thera... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1544144 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:01:35 +0100 1544144 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1314172&cid=t_161856_134_f&fid=35152&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsstrumello.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fsurpise-ingap-moves-ahead.html Remember INGAP? Well, the quick overview is that INGAP stands for Islet Neogenesis Associated Protein. I noted it in a posting back in January when I reported that researchers at the University of Florida had announced findings from a study involving the use of proteins as a potential therapy for type 1 diabetes which accomplished something remarkably similar to INGAP -- in their case, the protein Pdx1 or simply PDX stimulated new islet growth. INGAP appears to incent Pdx1 production. More details on the INGAP story is chronicled here for reference:Spring 2002Winter 2002Summer 2003Spring 2004Fall 2006The SPIRIT Research ProgramUpdate on the SPIRIT Research ProgramINGAP has something of a checkered history. Although it appears promising, the rights to commercialize it have traded hands a nu... Scott's Web Log blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1314172 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:30:00 +0100 1314172 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1263426&cid=t_161856_145_f&fid=35710&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstoryofhealing.com%2F2008%2F02%2F27%2Fmedia-in-medicine-jove-worldvista-plos-medicine-for-a-collaborative-aim-and-reach%2F Not a long time ago, open source advocates were pushing a little farther to forward and expand their cause. We have been witnesses and fortunate end-users to this web evolutionary development. From our street corner, we have observed a waterfall of resource and journal sites free of charge open shop like market day. As I started exploring Medicine 2.0, I blogged about 2 sources, WorldVista and PLoS Biology. Let me share more about them here again in a short while. First, here is something close to the heart, an open journal site that presents experiments in video format. JoVE. Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) is a peer reviewed, open access, online journal devoted to the publication of biological research in a video format. For a sample, view this experiment on “A Cranioto... the story of healing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1263426 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:15:46 +0100 1263426 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1207275&cid=t_161856_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F02%2Fpalace.html Even the sanest of us have little corners in our lives in which we can be obsessional, in which we can be true “anoraks”. Dr Crippen, as I once admitted, is a motor racing anorak (how sad is that?) and is already looking forward to the new season. When it comes to television, my obsession was the West Wing, particularly the earlier series. I know, I know, it had a tendency to mawkishness (see the episode above) but this Bush-free, perpetually Democrat White House which forever occupied the moral high ground was something with which I could engage. My favourite character – beyond a doubt – was Toby Zieglar, the caring curmudgeon, brought to life so brilliantly by Richard Schiff.I had high hopes for “The Palace.” Big budget, strong production values, excellent cast. This could so... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1207275 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:24:00 +0100 1207275 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1163224&cid=t_161856_145_f&fid=35710&url=http%3A%2F%2Fksdescartin.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F01%2F20%2Fwelcome-to-the-17th-edition-of-medicine-20-blog-carnival%2F The Truth, Is It Still Out There? Life, as we know it to be so far, always reserves space for seeking answers. The truth. And in our search for truth along the avenues and paths of explorations, lie many dimensions and perspectives. Other’s truths may be some other’s lies. While unfortunately, as knowledge unfolds, some opposing and constricting force, covers the light and distract those whose quest is simple–to know the truth.  Medicine, had its share in this unraveling and evolution. It too had its share of dark times. Though these days are definitely not dark times for understanding Medicine and Life, the current state is also neither the absolute truth. I have the opinion that we are in a spasmic process–breaking down walls, tearing off false attachments fro... the story of healing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1163224 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:18:18 +0100 1163224 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1111812&cid=t_161856_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2007%2F12%2F21%2F7-common-medical-myths-debunked%2F We’re not real sure why people love to believe simplistic things about their health and the human body. Perhaps we like to believe simple folklore because, even if not true, it feels like a common, shared bond that “everybody knows” and so we can repeat with others knowing they’ll agree. Leave it to the British Medical Journal and authors Rachel Vreeman and Aaron Carroll (2007) to spoil our holidays by debunking seven of the most commonly repeated medical myths about our bodies and living today. According to their review of the medical literature, each one of these tidbits of common wisdom are false: People should drink at least eight glasses of water a day We use only 10% of our brains Hair and fingernails continue to grow after death Shaving hair causes ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1111812 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:33:13 +0100 1111812 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=824667&cid=t_161856_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F08%2F27%2Fwhy-is-hindsight-20-25-in-diabetes%2F Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Drugs, Research, Opinion, Allie Beatty, SupportBev did a great job covering the study of obese mice having protection from elevated blood sugar due to a plethora of adiponectin. Adiponectin was shown to enhance insulin signaling which transported the excess glucose to less harmful areas of the body, rather than the cells which would endure diabetes complications. The results of this study created a condition called ratones mórbidamente obesos - which sounds better in Spanish because in English this means morbidly obese mice. You know what they say about hindsight, right? A study from a year ago revealed some good news and some bad news. Good news first - turns out Type 2 diabetes drugs using troglitazone increased adiponectin. Rez... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=824667 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 824667 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=785907&cid=t_161856_132_f&fid=35001&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nodalpoint.org%2F2007%2F08%2F07%2Fscifoo_geek_out_le_geek_cest_chic As well as big famous superstars at scifoo, theres a chance to meet and "geek out" with younger scientists like Vince Smith, Aaron Schwartz and Vaughan Bell. read more (Source: nodalpoint.org - A bioinformatics weblog) nodalpoint.org - A bioinformatics weblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=785907 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:19:58 +0100 785907 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=704444&cid=t_161856_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F06%2F29%2Fyoung-skateboarders-cross-canada-for-breast-cancer%2F Filed under: FundraisersI was watching a local news program the other day and the guest speakers caught my eye. It was a group of four young guys who recently skateboarded across Canada to raise awareness for breast cancer. They've also recently been appointed the parade marshalls of the Calgary Stampede, which might not mean much to most of you, but the position of Parade Marshall is usually held by .... well ... someone famous, such as Walt Disney, Prince Charles, Jack Lemen, etc. I think this goes to show that cancer-related causes are gaining more awareness every day, which is so promising.The names of these unlikely heroes are Carlos Koppen, Rob Lewis, Aaron Jackson and Benjamin Jordan, and their cause is called Push for the Cure. I think they are fabulous, and you should check out th... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=704444 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 704444