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 'algorithm'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:22:38 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4862544&cid=t_159317_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fcontraception-i-pocketcards-med-student-cheat-sheets-for-iphone%2F2011.05.25 “A baby crying is the best birth control.” – Anonymous Despite a world full of crying babies, access to effective and timely contraception remains a pressing women’s health issue. All students in the health professions learn the basics of contraception.  Most health care professionals will prescribe contraception at some point in their training or clinical practice.  Some clinicians make contraception and family planning the primary focus of their practice. Contraception i-pocketcards is a resource for each of these health care providers – from the medical student working his first gynecologic clinic to the experienced ED doctor wondering which emergency contraceptive method to use in her patient with a history of DVT. Reviewed on the iPod Touch.  Also available on the iPhone... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4862544 Wed, 25 May 2011 19:00:32 +0100 4862544 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4828882&cid=t_159317_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhow-psychiatrists-approach-wrist-cutting-cries-for-help%2F2011.05.16 When Roy and I were on Talk of the Nation this past week, a called phoned in to ask about her sister. The question was about care in the Emergency Room/Department, so it was a perfect Roy question and he fielded it. I’ve been playing with it since, and wanted to talk more about this particular scenario, because the scenario was very common, and the question was more complicated than it seems. From the transcript of the show: ANN (Caller): Hi, thank you very much. I would like to ask Dr. Roy (oh, I gave him his blog name here) a question: My sister was admitted to emergency when she cut her wrists, and the doctor on call pulled me aside and said, do you think she was trying to kill herself? And I said – because my sister is very intelligent – I said, if my sister really wa... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4828882 Mon, 16 May 2011 21:00:00 +0100 4828882 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3718335&cid=t_159317_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F07%2F01%2Fheart-2010-vol-96-no-12%2F Heart 2010 (Vol. 96 No. 12) Contents page Fade Fave: Individualising the risks of statins in men and women in England and Wales: population-based cohort study Fade Skinny: Aims to derive and validate risk algorithms so that the risks of four clinical outcomes associated with statin use can be estimated for individual patients. It acheives this in the case of acute renal failure, moderate/serious myopathy and cataract but not in the case of an algorithm to predict liver dysfunction. The algorithms developed could be used to identify patients at increased risk of these adverse effects enabling patients to be monitored more closely. (NHS Athens is required to access this article online) Filed under: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals Tagged: Algorithm, Athens Password, Current... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3718335 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:13:22 +0100 3718335 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3632425&cid=t_159317_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F06%2F04%2Fseo-marketing-terms-for-the-rest-of-us%2F 301 redirect - Code meaning “moved permanently” used to point browsers, spiders, etc. to the correct location of a missing or renamed web page. 404 Error - Code meaning “file not found” used for missing or deleted web pages. Algorithm - Rules and calculations a search engine uses to determine the rankings of the sites it has indexed. Every search engine has its own unique algorithm. Algorithmic Results - Results that have not been paid for. These are results which the search engine has determined are worthy of inclusion without a Pay Per Click plan. ALT Tag - Used to describe the content associated with a non-text based file, typically an image. Backlinks – The number of quality links from other websites directed to your website. This is part of link popularit... Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3632425 Sat, 05 Jun 2010 02:55:27 +0100 3632425 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3612051&cid=t_159317_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F05%2F29%2Fglossary-of-new-media-terms%2F Search Engine Optomization [SEO] has become an essential weapon in the arsenal of online business. Unfortunately for most healthcare marketers it also somewhat of an enigma! This is due party to the fact that the field is new and changing rapidly and also the fact that SEO experts tends to speak a language unknown to lay marketers! I have generated this glossary as a remedy and explain SEO terms in plain and simple english … algorithm :: A complex mathematical formula used by search engines to assess the relevance and importance of websites and rank them accordingly in their search results. These algorithms are kept tightly under wraps as they are the key to the objectivity of search engines (i.e. the algorithm ensures relevant results, and relevant results bring more users, which ... Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3612051 Sat, 29 May 2010 20:33:54 +0100 3612051 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3092892&cid=t_159317_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F12%2F15%2Fprinceton-scientists-find-way-to-catalog-all-that-goes-wrong-in-a-cancer-cell%2F A team of Princeton University scientists has produced a systematic listing of the ways a particular cancerous cell has “gone wrong,” giving researchers a powerful tool that eventually could make possible new, more targeted therapies for patients. A team of Princeton University scientists has produced a systematic listing of the ways a particular cancerous cell has [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3092892 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:53:24 +0100 3092892 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3083071&cid=t_159317_107_f&fid=36698&url=http%3A%2F%2Fminingdrugs.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fsky-rocking-graphics-in-new-moe-release.html Have you seen the new graphics functionality in the new MOE (Molecular Operating Environment) of the Chemical Computing Group (CCG)? No? You need to look at some examples in their image gallery! The graphics engine is by-far the best I have seen since a long time, even without using 3D shutter glasses.Besides, the release has not only an improved look-and-feel, but also (as usual) a lot of high-level algorithm improvements. Here an overview about the new features of the 2009.10 release:Real Time Ray-traced GraphicsProtein/Antibody ModelingLowModeMD Conformational SearchSynthetic Score DescriptorScaffold Replacement/Fragment Linking MOE/web SOAP ServerFinally, for those being interested in using Schrodinger's or CCG's tools in combination with KNIME, there is good news. After a long perio... Mining Drug Space blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3083071 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:57:00 +0100 3083071 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2814482&cid=t_159317_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F09%2F21%2Fhow-facebook-social-networks-leak-your-privacy%2F An article in the Boston Globe yesterday demonstrated how social networks like Facebook can “leak” privacy. Devising a simple algorithm, two MIT students came up with a method for analyzing a person’s network on the social networking website Facebook. They discovered that they could fairly reliably determine whether a man was gay or not by the friends he kept, regardless of whether he identified his sexual orientation on Facebook: Using data from the social network Facebook, they made a striking discovery: just by looking at a person’s online friends, they could predict whether the person was gay. They did this with a software program that looked at the gender and sexuality of a person’s friends and, using statistical analysis, made a prediction. The two students had... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2814482 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:12:33 +0100 2814482 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1915072&cid=t_159317_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F433487216%2F Although initially rejected as ethically questionable, industry funding was eventually sought and used by researchers developing a list of preferred psychiatric drugs for children in state care, according to documents reviewed by The Dallas Morning News. And a spot on the program could have meant millions to drugmakers. The documents released to The News were collected by the Texas attorney general’s office, which is suing Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen Pharmaceutica for allegedly trying to influence researchers on a similar adult drug plan, Texas Medication Algorithm Project, or TMAP. Citing the pending lawsuit over TMAP, officials in two state health agencies declined to comment on the Children’s Medication Algorithm Project, or CMAP – which was put on indefinite h... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1915072 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:36:52 +0100 1915072 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1769137&cid=t_159317_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F383289790%2F John Rush, the director of a controversial Texas program called T-MAP, which was created to implement a state system for treating psychiatric disorders, has taken a job in Singapore, where he has joined the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore as vice dean for clinical sciences. (Look here). Why is TMAP controversial? The state filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson’s Jannsen unit for allegedly using false advertising and improper influence - such as grants, trips and other perks - to get its Risperdal antipsychotic on the now-mandatory adult protocol, the Texas Medication Algorithm Project. Drugmakers also reportedly paid decision makers to promote their meds. Just last month, Texas officials suspended a similar program tailored for children, called TC-MAP, over fears drug... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1769137 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:10:34 +0100 1769137 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1714171&cid=t_159317_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F368050479%2F A state mental health plan naming the preferred psychiatric drugs for children has been quietly put on hold over fears drugmakers may have given researchers consulting contracts, speakers fees or other perks to help get their products on the list, The Dallas Morning News reports. The Children’s Medication Algorithm Project, or CMAP, was supposed to determine which psychiatric drugs were most effective for children and in what order they should be tried at state-funded mental health centers, the paper writes. In April, state health officials gave researchers the go-ahead to roll out the guidelines, but a month later, they delayed the protocol after objections from Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s office. At most, the suspension indicates that state investigators fear fraud... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1714171 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:14:20 +0100 1714171 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1131058&cid=t_159317_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F211365589%2F When he looks at a black and white drawing of a house or a hammer, I’m not sure what Charlie “sees.” A somewhat patterned collection of lines? Triangles and rectangles? If he sees a line drawing repeatedly, he learns to say what it is, but new examples with slightly different features—a three-story brownstone, a ranch house with a long driveway—have to be learned each on their own. Adding color to the drawings does not make things eaiser and often results in Charlie focusing on one discrete part of the drawing. And it’s not clear whether Charlie does know in his mind what the drawing is, but cannot connect thought to word to visual perception, or whether he just does not see the drawing as I do. In a study published in the January 2nd PLoS One, 12 indivi... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1131058 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:32:02 +0100 1131058 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1068720&cid=t_159317_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F194756285%2F Giving autistic children psychiatric medications is a not uncontroversial topic; giving children—young children—such medications is equally controversial. The December issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatryhas issued guidelines for the use of psychiatric medication in preschoolers. The guidelines were issued by the Preschool Psychopharmacology Working Group which (as noted in the December 4th Science Daily) includes “clinicians and researchers in early childhood psychiatric disorders, psychopharmacology, general and behavioral pediatrics, neurodevelopmental processes, and clinical psychology.” The guidelines were created to address the phenomenon of more and more preschool-aged children taking stimulants, antidepressants and ... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1068720 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:03:29 +0100 1068720