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 'appearances'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:28:42 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4975801&cid=t_108947_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F008155.html The first FDA-approved cell therapy for cosmetic purposes: EXTON, Pa., June 22, 2011 – Fibrocell Science, Inc. (OTCBB:FCSC.OB), a cell therapy company focused on the development of autologous (personalized) cell therapies for aesthetic, medical and scientific applications, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Company’s Biologics License Application for its lead product, laVív® (azficel-T) late last night. laVív is the first and only personalized aesthetic cell therapy approved by the FDA for the improvement of the appearance of moderate to severe nasolabial fold wrinkles (smile lines) in adults. In clinical trials, laVív was well tolerated with the majority of adverse events being injection-site reactions that were of mild to moderate intensit... FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4975801 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4975801 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4642558&cid=t_108947_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F007991.html This Wall Street Journal article is worth reading in full. Stanford researchers find that young people shown what their faces will look like in their 60s become more willing to save for retirement. In one experiment, young people who saw their elderly avatars reported they would save twice as much as those who didn't. In another, students averaging 21 years of age viewed avatars of themselves that smiled when they saved more and frowned when they saved less. Those whose avatars were morphed to retirement age said they would save 30% more than those whose avatars weren't aged. The potential real-world applications of the Stanford research are promising. "An employee's ID photo could be age-morphed and placed on the benefits... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4642558 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4642558 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4338220&cid=t_108947_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F01%2Funfinished-made-perfect.html Her very first journal entry ever read sad.It's fall 2010 and it's hard for me. My mother has cancer and my sister Amy has epilepsy. My brother Caleb is hard to take care of and Rosy is hard to please. September 28, 2010 I talked to her about finding the silver lining. About thankfulness as a choice. Encouraged her to add a few lines. In red, below the black pencil of pain, another sentence is added. The sentence that really breaks my heart.I'm thankful that my mother and Amy are still here. I have this idea in my head of who they are, these four children. I know this: they bear the image of God, they are full of creativity, passion, justice, beauty. And they live in a broken world, and side by side with the characteristics of the image of God they bear, there is pain, brokenness... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4338220 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 06:01:00 +0100 4338220 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3872724&cid=t_108947_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F08%2Funfading-beauty.html Your adornment must not be merely external--braiding the hair, and wearing gold jewelry, or putting on dresses; but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God.  For in this way in former times the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves... (I Peter 3:3-5a)It's been months now since the rock garden was resplendent with the cobalt blue of the hyancinth standing tall in the back corner.  I took these photos in the early days of summer, in Amelia's worst month of seizures, as I tried to keep house maintained and children safe and my own brain sane.  Every day Rosy brought me a nosegay of wildflowers: daisies and butter-and-eggs, bachelor's buttons, asters, thistle... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3872724 Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:36:00 +0100 3872724 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3787103&cid=t_108947_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fchronology.html Reading the lyrics of "Wonder" by Natalie Merchant the other day brought me back.  Made me think some things over.  I had to scan a few photos in for another post, photos from my childhood album.  This is my favorite picture in that album.  Whenever I start thinking I might be making some headway in this photography hobby of mine, I look back and I am reminded that I have a long way to go to match my dad's black and white film and Canon A1 with it's old kit lens...a photojournalists camera, his first major purchase as a high school student.I remember fainting and nearly dying at a friend's wedding when I was in high school.  I remember them thinking I was pregnant and hemorrhaging or something, and how I said a thousand times through gritted teeth that was impossib... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3787103 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:34:00 +0100 3787103 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3629834&cid=t_108947_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fdisappearing-country-kid-part-2.html The SUVs, minivans, cars kept pulling in to the ball field parking lot, and I just kept watching. Brand new, brand new, brand new. I watched the women filing out, straight from work, some of them, others obviously coming from home. Kids in tow: spotless. Outfits: well coordinated, tight, flashy, expensive. I stood in my work clothes, black yoga pants cropped short because they had ripped, a tank top I've owned for at least 6 years. Hadn't had time to change after helping someone move. I sunk a little deeper in my camp chair next to the field. And, like a little pry bar in a tiny crack, the doubt began working that insecurity within.I don't really want a new car. I do want a car that works. I've never been much for fashion, but I would prefer not to stick out. He tells me without faith it ... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3629834 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 07:29:00 +0100 3629834 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3625742&cid=t_108947_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fdisappearing-country-kid.html I remember them - us - vividly: dust-covered, clothes worn for 3 or 4 days at a time, no shoes, white teeth flashing in smiles cracking through the brown skin, grass stains and scratches like sunlight in the garden. I remember long days with only moments spent indoors. I remember baseball games attended in your play clothes so you could get dirty. I remember a distinct notion of difference between "good clothes" and "play clothes", and I remember the list of activities we had sorted in our childish brains...with all the "fun" stuff in the column under "play clothes".I remember the way the metal playground slide burned your thighs in the brief moment before you went whizzing down. I remember the rust on the bolts, and the creak of the swings, and the worn dirt tracks around the equipment wh... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3625742 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:17:00 +0100 3625742 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3449104&cid=t_108947_136_f&fid=39026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarolinemfr.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fbeing-healthy-til-we-are-not.html Kind of logical, isn't it? We are healthy until all of a sudden, some nice medical professionally diplomatically states 'you have X'. Well, with cancer, usually, it is asymptomatic. you don't feel sick. You might think there might be a lump or something, but more often then not something is found by a screening. All of a sudden, your life has changed and you get to go to the doctor all the time. But cancer is the funny thing. You technically are sick but you probably don't feel sick, except while in chemo, you probably don't look sick. I can say I have had cancer twice, and a few other medically maladies, but yesterday someone said to me 'but you look really healthy'.So maybe we can look healthy even when we aren't healthy. We can pretend to be healthy and live our lives as best we can. We... Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3449104 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:04:00 +0100 3449104 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3398867&cid=t_108947_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F007049.html Facial bones change in shape and volume as you age. Reviewing a collection of 120 facial CT scans taken for other, unrelated medical reasons, plastic surgeons measured changes that occurred to facial bones over time. The CT scans were divided equally by gender and age, 20 men and 20 women in each of three age groups: young (ages 20-36), middle (41 to 64), and old (65 and older). Researchers used a computer program to measure the length, width, and angle of the mandible, or jaw bone, for each scan, and compare the results for each group. Using CT scans for this study allowed for more accurate three-dimensional reconstruction and increased accuracy of measurements, disputing previous research that relied on traditional... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3398867 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3398867 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2630320&cid=t_108947_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FQqDf-k1f8WY%2F Someone once said, about her developmentally disabled son, “His wheelchair is on the inside.” Looking at this picture, I think it’s hard to tell which boy has issues. The one on the left somehow doesn’t look quite with it, at least to me. The one on the right is smiling broadly, his arm placed (protectively? affectionately?) on his brother’s arm. I think people don’t always know something is different about Alex. In a good photo, like this one, he looks entirely typical. It’s a frozen moment, and I think he was happy to be with his brother and his parents on vacation in Cape Cod. But in real life, with the swirl of autistic traits and symptoms, it’s pretty obvious. When we get on a bus, I’m usually kind of relieved that Alex is doing so... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2630320 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:19:31 +0100 2630320 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2473916&cid=t_108947_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FQzA-32ZH4mc%2F Gov. Sarah Palin was in town this past weekend for the Autism Speaks walk in New York. I’m not pleased she participated even though her nephew is on the spectrum. I’m afraid I can’t separate my politics and feelings about Palin from her supportive appearance in an organization I believe in. Her record of public service has been so clouded with dishonesty and mistrust that she doesn’t seem able to make the simplest gesture without a clownish response from the public. Huffington Post weighed in on her speech with a query about her toe nails. Youtube is down so I can’t put in a link to her speech - if you search it comes up right away. I hope to listen to it later. well.... what IS painted on them? Even without the toenails and the Letterman jokes (why couldn&#82... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2473916 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:14:21 +0100 2473916 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1061045&cid=t_108947_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F004828.html What, a way to look younger? Suddenly many readers are paying more attention. STANFORD, Calif. - Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have reversed the effects of aging... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1061045 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:00:00 +0100 1061045 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1025378&cid=t_108947_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F004788.html If we could control facial bone growth we could prevent a substantial portion of aged appearances of faces. Using CT scans of 100 men and women, the researchers discovered that... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1025378 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:00:00 +0100 1025378 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=513811&cid=t_108947_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F03%2F31%2Fbasketball-jazz-and-now-cancer-for-wayman-tisdale%2F Filed under: Daily news, Celebrity news, SportsAward-winning jazz musician and former basketball star Wayman Tisdale revealed this week on his website that he has been diagnosed with cancer, that he will begin a six-month course of chemotherapy this week, and that his prognosis for recovery is excellent.The 6-foot-9 former Oklahoma Sooners basketball great -- who played 12 seasons in the NBA with the Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings, and Phoenix Suns and helped score gold on the 1984 U.S. Olympic team -- reports that he broke his leg in a fall at his Los Angeles home last month.After his fall, Tisdale's doctors determined a cyst in his right knee caused the injury. The cyst, identified as cancer, was then removed. Following chemotherapy, Tisdale, 42, will undergo knee-replacement surgery.T... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=513811 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 513811