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 'ash'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:05:45 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4768038&cid=t_217916_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fcurrent-science-news-2.html Uranium hard drive – A new uranium-containing compound maintains its magnetic behaviour at low temperatures. The discovery could take us a step closer to magnetic memory devices with capacities thousands of times denser than current high-end hard drives. Clouds from both sides – Atmospheric and climate models may have overlooked the fact that exactly how clouds appear to reduce the amount of sunlight available for warming the surface of the earth depends on the wavelength being measured across the spectrum from infrared to ultraviolet. The finding could now help researchers improve climate models by factoring in the effects of cloud cover more precisely. Soap story – It is perhaps no real surprise to any chemist who has unblocked a drain clogged with white lardy deposits,... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4768038 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:19:59 +0100 4768038 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4214106&cid=t_217916_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhealthcare-transparency-patient-experts-at-medical-conventions%2F2010.11.30 We are invading their home turf. Increasingly, in among the thousands of doctors, scientists, and medical industry marketers at the largest medical conventions you are finding real patients who have the conditions discussed in the scientific sessions and exhibit halls. Patients like me want to be where the news breaks. We want to ask questions and — thanks to the Internet — we have a direct line to thousands of other patients waiting to know what new developments mean for them. I vividly remember attending an FDA drug hearing a few years ago and how there were stock analysts sitting in the audience, BlackBerries poised for the “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” on whether a proposed new drug would be recommended for approval. (At that session it was thumbs dow... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4214106 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:00:47 +0100 4214106 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4172115&cid=t_217916_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F22121071%2F0%2Fneuromarketing%7EFree-Website-Heat-Map.htm Last week at Pubcon, I had the honor of sharing a “mini-keynote” session with landing page guru Tim Ash of SiteTuners. Tim mentioned an interesting heat map simulation tool from his company, AttentionWizard. AttentionWizard is designed to simulate eye tracking heat maps at vastly lower expense. According to Tim, the heat maps produced by the [...] Related StoriesSix Selling Secrets From MagiciansAvoid the Corner of Death!Ten Words That Build Trust (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4172115 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:11:40 +0100 4172115 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3880780&cid=t_217916_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F08%2Fpatient-matt-freking-catatonic-love%2F Patient Matt Freking suffers from narcolepsy with cataplexy and becomes paralyzed whenever he sees or experiences the feelings or sensations of love.Sleep specialist Carol Ash discusses this bizarre condition. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3880780 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:13:04 +0100 3880780 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3880860&cid=t_217916_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcovertrationingblog.com%2Fpodpress_trac%2Ffeed%2F883%2F0%2FsucksbeingPCP.mp3 DrRich entered medical school 40 years ago with every intention of becoming a general medical practitioner, and indeed he became one. But after only a year in practice as a generalist, he found himself so frustrated with the frivolous limitations and the superfluous obligations that even then were being externally imposed on these supposedly revered professionals, that DrRich altered course and spent several years retraining to become a cardiac electrophysiologist. (Electrophysiology is a field of endeavor so arcane as to be mystifying even to other cardiologists. DrRich hoped that the officious regulators and stone-witted insurance clerks would be so confused –- and possibly intimidated –- by the mysterious doings of electrophysiologists that they would leave him alone. Happily, this ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3880860 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:00:32 +0100 3880860 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3563933&cid=t_217916_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fvolcanic-ash-clouds-from-icelands-eyjafjallajokull-video-of-the-day%2F Iceland’s difficult volcano with the even more difficult name is still at it, causing travel-delay-induced hell across Europe and Africa. It doesn’t seem like anything good has come out of the recent eruption, besides a revival of Bjork jokes. But this video is a pleasure we wouldn’t be able to enjoy if it weren’t for the problematic spewing. It comes from videographer Sean Stiegemeier, who was dissatisfied with the footage he saw of the volcano, and decided to head to Iceland and shoot it himself. Of course, it took him quite a while to get there. But we think it’s explosively good. Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull – May 1st and 2nd, 2010 from Sean Stiegemeier on Vimeo. via Josh Spear Post from: BlissTree Volcanic Ash Clouds From Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull:... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3563933 Fri, 14 May 2010 12:03:13 +0100 3563933 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3487275&cid=t_217916_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FWQBaDzf-LQU%2F Eyjafjallajökull volcano Good news, Europe! You can breathe easier knowing that, according to The World Health Organization, the cloudy, dust-filled ash from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano that erupted last week in Iceland, does not pose a serious health threat. The New York Times reports that “the national Health Protection Agency recommended that people with respiratory problems take their inhalers with them, or stay indoors if they experience symptoms like itchy eyes or throats.” Even better news – the dirty cloud is not expected to reach the United States, so you really only have to worry about air quality if you’re visiting Los Angeles or New York City. (But we can’t blame the volcano for that.) The bad news? You still probably won’t be able to pronounce Eyjafjallajöku... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3487275 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:32:40 +0100 3487275 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3471958&cid=t_217916_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2F5igZ-gYXN5Y%2F Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano is releasing plumes of volcanic ash that are spreading over Europe. We’re glad we’re not trying to fly out of London, where Gatwick airport has had to delay all flights to wait for the ash to pass: Post from: BlissTree You Know You're Unwell If… You're Stuck in Iceland's Volcanic Ash (Source: Genetics and Health) Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3471958 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:47:53 +0100 3471958 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3030061&cid=t_217916_136_f&fid=36162&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myelomablog.com%2F2009%2F11%2F25%2Fdr-brian-durie-to-host-a-teleconference%2F Discussion topics will include: § Treating the full cycle of myeloma § Pipeline drugs – what’s next and why they’re needed § Genetic variations in survival and outcome Here are the dial-in details for the teleconference: 800.860.2442 (U.S.) or 412.858.4600 (outside of the U.S.) Pass code: IMF Possibly Related Posts: International Myeloma Foundation’s 3rd Annual Comedy Celebration for the Peter Boyle Memorial Fund Myeloma treatment drug maker Celgene flagged for a buy If you’re sick, please stay home! Message from Pat & Pattie Killingsworth Big Medical Bills (Source: beth's myeloma blog) beth's myeloma blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3030061 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:55:21 +0100 3030061 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2959031&cid=t_217916_136_f&fid=36162&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myelomablog.com%2F2009%2F11%2F03%2Fmyeloma-treatment-drugs-celgene%2F Probably most of us who’ve had treatment for our myeloma have been prescribed one of the drugs manufactured by Celgene.   Celgene makes Revlimid® (lenalidomide) and Thalomid® (thalidomide). That really annoying guy on TV, Jim Cramer (Mad Money, CNBC), says it’s on his list of stuff to buy.   According to the CNBC site: So when do you buy CELG? Cramer said that investors could wait until the annual American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting on Dec. 5, where Celgene is expected to present “some terrific Revlimid data.” “I wouldn’t pull the trigger on this trade until the week before the conference,” Cramer said. http://www.cnbc.com/id/33603726 I’ll be waiting to see what happens during the ASH conference. Possibly Related Posts: If you’re sick, ... beth's myeloma blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2959031 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:47:56 +0100 2959031 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2894538&cid=t_217916_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FbKSHbBZA01U%2F Leslie Ash, a famous British... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Awful Plastic Surgery) Awful Plastic Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2894538 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:18:36 +0100 2894538 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2725009&cid=t_217916_117_f&fid=38856&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timemastermd.com%2F%3Fp%3D400 Smoking – Glamorous?  Don’t think so.  Doctors have long since known that smoking was bad, leading to heart disease, and cancer.  But what is shocking is that women appear to be more vulnerable than men to the cancer-causing effects of smoking tobacco.  Low tar, low nicotine, or filtered products makes no difference either.   Swiss scientists found women tended to be younger when they developed the cancer, despite having smoked on average significantly less than men.  Of course, we know that pregnant women deliver smaller, more sickly babies when they smoke during gestation, but it goes much farther than that. Models who smoke to keep thin, won’t have to worry that much as they won’t be modeling long. “Our findings suggest that women may have an incr... Timemaster MD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2725009 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:30:07 +0100 2725009 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2323361&cid=t_217916_131_f&fid=35743&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthegenesherpa.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F04%2Ffamily-history-beats-fancy-genetic-test.html I was talking to the president elect of the ACMG the other day about something that could be pretty useful. I told him that even though we disagree about the role of DTC, I laud his efforts towards education.Our teaching point should be plain and simple. The family history is the best addition to the geneticist's history and physical. It separates them from other specialities. It is a help towards clinical judgement and use of testing. This is precisely the thing that will keep geneticists from being replaced by eager self-testers and Online "web apps" to teach patients about their 6 billion base pair report.In genetics we all know of benign variants in genes and hell, even chromosomes. Changes which in the grand scheme of things may never make a difference......that's because clinical alw... Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2323361 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:35:00 +0100 2323361 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2240889&cid=t_217916_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F03%2F05%2Fmy-mental-health-experiment-10-days-with-no-computer%2F In her new book “An Altar in the World,” bestselling author Barbara Brown Taylor writes about “the practice of paying attention.” She explains: The practice of paying attention is as simple as looking twice at people and things you might just as easily ignore. To see takes time, like having a friend takes time. It is as simple as turning off the television to learn the song of a single bird. Why should anyone do such things? I cannot imagine–unless one is weary of crossing days off the calendar with no sense of what makes the last day different from the next. Unless one is weary of acting in what feels more like a television commercial than a life. The practice of paying attention offers no quick fix for such weariness, with guaranteed results printed on the s... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2240889 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:19:16 +0100 2240889 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2090002&cid=t_217916_113_f&fid=34933&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpalmdoc.net%2F%3Fp%3D2109 Just a silly post while twiddling my thumbs and toes waiting for CES 2009 and Palm’s New-ness! Haematologists do make things happen but not with the ASH T-Shirt - it’s with the help of a Palm Centro PDA that we can conquer blood diseases from the Palmdoc Chronicles Hematologists make things happen! (Source: The Palmdoc Chronicles) The Palmdoc Chronicles blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2090002 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2090002 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2073348&cid=t_217916_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F12%2F28%2Fon-the-tva-kingston-coal-ash-disaster%2F This is not our normal fare, but I would like to ask each of you to learn more about the environmental mess happening in East Tennessee as a result of a lack of regulation, lack of response, and lack of people who give a s**t about what happens to the environment and the people near my home. And it is a health issue, in that the erroneously released waste has already been confirmed to contain lead and thallium. Officials are claiming the levels of mercury and arsenic are acceptable, but I can fit in one pocket how much I trust those “officials.” Harumph. If you don’t already know, my previous job before being sucked into libraryland was as a non-profit in East Tennessee working on energy policy. You can see my old boss in this video. At the time I worked there, this happ... Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2073348 Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:30:52 +0100 2073348 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2040532&cid=t_217916_136_f&fid=36162&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyelomablog.com%2F2008%2F12%2F15%2Fexciting-multiple-myeloma-data-at-ash%2F This is from a reader. Subject: Exciting Multiple Myeloma Data at ASH Message: Hi Beth, Here are some data highlights from The 50th Annual American Society of Hematology (ASH) Meeting this week: Updated results from the ECOG study evaluating Revlimid plus low-dose dexamethasone in newly diagnosed patients was presented by Dr. Rajkumar in a joint symposium of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and ASH.  The results are the highest 3 year overall survival rates ever reported in this patient group. Data presented by Dr. San Miguel showed that relapsed/refractory patients who received continuous treatment with Revlimid and dexamethasone after achieving their best response lived longer and had increased time to disease progression compared to those who discontinued treatment after ten ... beth's myeloma blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2040532 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:06:46 +0100 2040532 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1508223&cid=t_217916_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F06%2Fash-cash-revisited-housemans-tale.html A few months ago, a naive and unpleasant woman called Pauline had been complaining that doctors are paid a fee to complete cremation forms:Pauline Levey emailed to suggest we take a look at 'ash cash'. This is a fee that's required in order for doctors to release a body for cremation. It's currently set at a level of £71 each for two doctors, paid in cash on top of the doctors' NHS salaries. Pauline - whose mother was cremated a year ago - says the charge is unfair and cruel. Here she explains why.In Dead bodies and Ash Cash I wrote of the peculiar stresses that doctors are under when they have to examine dead bodies in order to complete cremation forms. Doctors have various strategies to deal with the stress but, as one gets older, it gets more difficult. Now a newly qualified houseman ... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1508223 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:40:00 +0100 1508223 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1385674&cid=t_217916_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F04%2Fdead-bodies-and-ash-cash.html Have you checked in recently at The Daily Rhino?If you haven’t, you should. It is written, well written, by a junior hospital doctor, and it is fun. He writes for the Medical Student Magazine, as did I. The Daily Rhino gives you some excellent insights into what it is like to be a young doctor. Beer, sex and hard work. Well, something like that.The Daily Rhino has been picked up today by the BBC. By the PM programme no less.Our main story this week came to us via listener Pauline Levey. She emailed to suggest we take a look at 'ash cash'. This is a fee that's required in order for doctors to release a body for cremation. It's currently set at a level of £71 each for two doctors, paid in cash on top of the doctors' NHS salaries. Pauline - whose mother was cremated a year ago - says the c... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1385674 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:12:00 +0100 1385674 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1160970&cid=t_217916_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2Fsick-man-of-europe.html The BBC news department goes from bad to worse as it descends into the gutter of inflammatory, headline grabbing, dishonest tabloid journalism.“NHS performance kills thousands”What is this about?It is about a report from that ideological monolith, the Taxpayers’ Alliance. The report shows that, despite the extra billions the Labour government has poured into health care, the record of the NHS compares badly with other countries in Europe, particularly with France. The report is over-simplistic and flawed. It compares apples with pears. There are huge and significant differences in the way that data are collected in the different countries and also in the incidence and prevalence of disease. And the fact that healthcare in Britain may not be as good as in France does not mean that the... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1160970 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:47:00 +0100 1160970 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=755627&cid=t_217916_87_f&fid=34882&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbreathspakids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Ffood-for-brain-promotes-autism-gut.html Understandably enough, Food for the Brain updated its homepage to coincide with the broadcast of an update of its project with Chineham Park Primary School on Tonight with Trevor Macdonald, July 13.Fair enough. It was a little odd, however, that they chose to use that update to promote a seminar, AUTISM AND DEPRESSION - A GUT PROBLEM? with these troubling words:Dr Andrew Wakefield suggested a link between gut immunity and autism. Was he right? This September we offer a seminar 'The Gut Brain Link in Autism, Depression and Mental Health' for health professionals. For more details and booking a place click here.Well, that is not quite all that Andrew Wakefield suggested in the aftermath of that discredited Lancet paper and it is a little disingenuous to cherry-pick out one aspect of that wor... Breath Spa for Kids blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=755627 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:08:00 +0100 755627