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 'arm'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:05:38 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4813193&cid=t_211700_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2011%2F05%2Finfraspinatus%2F The infraspinatus muscle is a deep muscle of the posterior thoracic wall. Its proximal attachment (origin) is the infraspinous process (of the scapula). The distal attachment (insertion) is the greater tubercle of the humerus. The innervation is the suprascapular nerve and the main function of the muscle is to laterally rotate the arm (i.e., to turn the hand and the thumb in a clockwise rotation. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4813193 Wed, 11 May 2011 06:00:33 +0100 4813193 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4225255&cid=t_211700_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhand-or-arm-transplantation-when-the-body-rejects-it%2F2010.12.02 Dr. Richard Edwards, a chiropractor from Oklahoma and the nation’s third double-hand transplant, was recently in the news again. This time it a report that he “may lose the fingertips on his right thumb and pinkie because his body started to reject the new limbs.” Dr. Edwards’ surgery was live tweeted when it was done in August by Louisville surgeons at The Jewish Hospital Hand Care Center. Jeff Kepner, the first patient in the United States to receive two hands simultaneously, experienced an episode of rejection which was dealt with successfully. Rejection is never a good thing in a transplant patient no matter which organ or body part is transplanted. Even though I applaud the advances being made, we must always consider the cost of the proposed treatment and ask: Is there a ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4225255 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:00:00 +0100 4225255 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3724422&cid=t_211700_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F07%2Flong-island-man-loses-arm-fireworks-mishap%2F In an event distressingly too common for trauma surgeons Eric Smith, 36, lost an arm after he was struck a fireworks accident when he was illegally trying to ignite the device in his back yard. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3724422 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:18:42 +0100 3724422 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3621658&cid=t_211700_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FjE7Biud9oeU%2F By Jim HarperLast week, I referred obscurely to “folks wanting to install the FCC as the Internet’s regulator,” cautioning that this same Federal Communications Commission is our national censor. A friendly correspondent points me to an article in Ars Technica about the demand for speech controls coming from the same groups that want the FCC to control the Internet’s infrastructure, groups such as Free Press, the Media Access Project, and Common Cause. Is there a parry to the charge that this is a demand for censorship? The signatories to the regulatory filing “respectfully request[] that the FCC . . . inquire into the extent and effects of hate speech in media, and explore possible non-regulatory ways to counteract its negative impacts.” The filing doe... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3621658 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:43:50 +0100 3621658 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3595556&cid=t_211700_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2F10-best-celebrity-arms-kate-hudson-evangeline-lily-and-anna-paquin%2F photo: WENN.com Warmer weather means it’s time to bare arms, and we’re working hard to tone our biceps and triceps for all those strapless summer fashions. Just one look at Kate Hudson, Evangeline Lilly, Kelly Ripa, and Anna Paquin’s lithe limbs and you’ll be reaching for the dumbbells. How’s that for motivation? Check out our gallery to see who else is giving us arm envy: Post from: BlissTree 10 Best Celebrity Arms: Kate Hudson, Evangeline Lilly, and Anna Paquin (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3595556 Mon, 24 May 2010 17:36:45 +0100 3595556 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3227683&cid=t_211700_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F01%2Forthopedic-surgeon-dr-samir-mehta-takes-limb-save-life-haiti%2F University of Pennsylvania orthopedic surgeon Dr. Samir Mehta convinces a young Haitian patient that the only way for her to live is to agree to surgery to remove her dead arm. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3227683 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:38:28 +0100 3227683 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3163835&cid=t_211700_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F01%2F11%2Fwhy-do-youth-have-more-mental-health-issues%2F News out today suggests that, based upon responses to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), youth today have more mental health issues than those who took the test in 1938. Here’s the summary: Pulling together the data for the study was no small task. Led by Twenge, researchers at five universities analyzed the responses of 77,576 high school or college students who, from 1938 through 2007, took the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, or MMPI. The results will be published in a future issue of the Clinical Psychology Review. Overall, an average of five times as many students in 2007 surpassed thresholds in one or more mental health categories, compared with those who did so in 1938. It’s no wonder that a test developed 70 years ago may not accuratel... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3163835 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:02:59 +0100 3163835 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2871924&cid=t_211700_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2F9MLSjyfo_A4%2F It all started when I read about the mystery of the “Unknown Child” who drowned in the Titanic. In 1912, a small child, wearing a petticoat, frock, socks and leather shoes, was found among the wreckage of the Titanic and buried in Nova Scotia. The boy became known as The Unknown Child, and a symbol for all 53 children who died. Nothing was left in the grave of the child except three little teeth, and clues that lead to two possible identities: 13-month old Eino Panula of Finland, and 19-month old Sidney Goodwin of England. So the U.S. U.S. Armed Forces DNA Identification Lab turned to someone who was great at finding people – DNA Detective Colleen Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick is a nuclear physicist who gave up her day job to become a forensic genealogist, one finds people – dead or a... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2871924 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:57:41 +0100 2871924 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2744123&cid=t_211700_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FCGcBbfVRYY4%2F People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may find it difficult to get a lot done on some days. Their difficulty breathing can make moving and getting out a challenge. There’s not a lot that can be done about this although researchers are looking at ways to improve medications and portable oxygen tanks also make it possible for some people to get out and about. A new trial has found, though, that simple upper body exercises may be one way of helping people with COPD breathe more easily by strengthening the muscles in the chest. Twenty-five patients with COPD participated in a trial that either had them doing regular exercise or using dumbbells that helped them strengthen their the pectoralis (the thick muscle, in the upper front of your chest), deltoids (the thick musc... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2744123 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:47:23 +0100 2744123 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2719755&cid=t_211700_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F08%2F20%2Fwhy-doctors-avoid-mental-health-treatment%2F It’s no wonder mental health stigma still exists surrounding issues like depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Physicians who are the front-line treatment providers for mental health issues don’t always recognize the value of mental health professionals for their own mental health needs. Or they recognize the value, but don’t use them because of concerns about privacy and confidentiality. In a just-published survey of 3,500 doctors in the UK, researchers found: Nearly three quarters of respondents said they would rather discuss mental health problems with family or friends than seek formal or informal advice, citing reasons such as career implications, professional integrity, and perceived stigma of mental health problems. Let’s go through some of those ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2719755 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:42:55 +0100 2719755 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2712180&cid=t_211700_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FbiZi_DO6SGo%2F If your child has broken an arm, you know how painful it can be. Most often, children are sent home from the emergency or urgent care with a new cast/splint and a prescription for acetaminophen (ex., Tylenol) and codeine together. However, this type of medication seems to cause side effects in over 50% of children. This may make the first few days of the break difficult. Researchers in Wisconsin studied the effects of ibuprofen (ex., Advil) on children with broken arms, compared with acetaminophen and codeine. The goal of the study was to see if the pain relief was comparable and if the different approach affected arm healing and future issues. Of 336 children, 93% needed medication to manage the pain for the first few days. The group was divided into two and the children were given either... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2712180 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:48:49 +0100 2712180 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2709205&cid=t_211700_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FbiZi_DO6SGo%2F If your child has broken an arm, you know how painful it can be. Most often, children are sent home from the emergency or urgent care with a new cast/splint and a prescription for acetaminophen (ex., Tylenol) and codeine together. However, this type of medication seems to cause side effects in over 50% of children. This may make the first few days of the break difficult. Researchers in Wisconsin studied the effects of ibuprofen (ex., Advil) on children with broken arms, compared with acetaminophen and codeine. The goal of the study was to see if the pain relief was comparable and if the different approach affected arm healing and future issues. Of 336 children, 93% needed medication to manage the pain for the first few days. The group was divided into two and the children were given either... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2709205 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:48:49 +0100 2709205 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2302365&cid=t_211700_151_f&fid=36896&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSuboxoneTalkZone%2F%7E3%2FDZgepB_37ws%2F For the sake of a good night’s sleep I will share the post I just left with my good friend over at ‘arm-me’ blog– see the blogroll for the link.  The conversation there arose over the recent Suboxone-related deaths in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and I was responding to a writer who made the bold claim that ’spiritual based’ treatments were superior to non-spiritual treatments, and that Suboxone is OK but only if used ’short-term’– a statement oft-read on the internet that is based on… well, based on nothing at all. My Comments: I would be interested in the reference for the comment about the ‘higher rate of success for Faith-based addictions programs’. I work and lecture in the field of addiction– and have been dealin... Suboxone Talk Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2302365 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:07:09 +0100 2302365 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2182605&cid=t_211700_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D6151 A new type of surgery may give amputees better control over their artificial arms, allowing them to point a finger, grasp a baseball bat or even give someone a pinch. Jesse Sullivan, 61, demonstrates advanced, multi-degree control of the JHUAPL Proto 1 arm at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Sullivan lost his arms in an electrical accident in 2001. He was the first person to receive the targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) procedure in 2001. from the Malaysian Medical Resources Artificial limbs get more control (Source: Malaysian Medical Resources) Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2182605 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2182605 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1952313&cid=t_211700_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2FQQlXV0GqgRQ%2F var iamInit = function() {try{initIamServingHandler(420,343,253363,"http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/Resources/Css/css2.css")}catch(ex){}}() Check out this facinating discovery from Diabetes Health: A 55-year-old woman whose pancreas was removed due to chronic pancreatitis is not without a pancreas, thanks to the ingenuity of surgeons at the Methodist Hospital in Houston. After they removed her pancreas, they extracted its islet cells and implanted them into her left forearm, creating what they call a functioning pancreas in her arm. (Transplanted islet cells are usually injected into the liver, but in this case the patient’s liver had damage that precluded its use.) Apparently the patient is recovering handily and should be armed with insulin as soon as the transplanted cells beco... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1952313 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:35:41 +0100 1952313 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1618093&cid=t_211700_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F334373414%2F I’ve lived in New Jersey (and on the East Coast) for several years (and am still highly capable of getting completely lost on Jersey roads). I grew up in California, in the Bay Area, and I’m ever curious to know what is going on (and not only because we may end up out there one day). Today’s San Francisco Chronicle has two articles about autism, State’s schools lack cohesive plan for autism and Along autism spectrum, personalities contrast. The first article notes that, while the number of children diagnosed with autism in the school system (some 46,000) has more than tripled in the past decade, “State experts acknowledge that California schools lack a coherent education plan for these students, employ far too few qualified teachers, and have to divert regular... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1618093 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:06:54 +0100 1618093 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1289789&cid=t_211700_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fsun-small-things.html I notice that with spouse away, the boys do not come into the bedroom in the morning. Usually they bowl in together to announce their pull-up and bed status, wet or dry, at 50 decibels, twice over. Whilst he is away in "England," I am no substitute. I am left to slumber in blissful peace. Nevertheless at 5:25 a.m. which is really 6:25 a.m. due to Daylight Savings, I am forced to quit my steaming pit and lumber downstairs to calm the screaming masses. Sunday is pancake day, all of them are on the cusp of malnutrition. I stick the thermometer in my ear before I greet them, just to check that I am keeping the fever at bay: 99.1, let’s keep it that way.We meet and greet as I discretely pat their derrieres for more checking. Dang! More laundry. I shelve laundry duty and commence pancake makin... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1289789 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:19:00 +0100 1289789 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1093160&cid=t_211700_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F199802407%2F Working at an urgent care facility, I see a lot of acute heart attacks as well as extreme panic attacks. I was poking around the internet and my old text books this morning looking for definitive differences on the ol’ anxiety attack and MI. I know that some experience such extreme panic type feelings, heart palpitations and shortness of breath, that the only definitive way to tell exactly what is going on is looking for ST changes on an EKG. So much of what I read really bothered me. “The difference is that panic attacks are not crushing and heart attacks you feel into your left arm” and “Heart attacks are not associated with palpitations and shortness of breath”. Really????? I think not, I have had patients explain all of the above for both MI’s and pa... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1093160 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:16:16 +0100 1093160 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2510353&cid=t_211700_87_f&fid=34969&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUnboundedMedicine%2F%7E3%2FFaGsl3s5xh8%2F Neurosurgery is about to change with the arrival of Neuro Arm, a new robot system developed by specialists of The Calgary University. This device was designed by Garnette Sutherland, a neurosurgeon who worked the last 6 years to make the device that frees the surgeons of the possible faults caused by the human hand. “Many of our microsurgery techniques come from the 60s, and have put to the surgeons the lack of the exactitude, precision, skills and resistance,” explained the professor of neurosurgery. “Neuro Arm shows a spatial resolutions that allows neurosurgeons to operate with such precision tha we could speak of a cellular level.” It is designed to be operated by a neurosurgeon from a workstation, the robot operates with a system of realtime images, offering a detail... Unbounded Medicine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2510353 Thu, 03 May 2007 23:07:43 +0100 2510353