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 'bad'. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:44:50 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378407&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2010%2F03%2Flib-dem-councillor-caroline-pidgeon-falls-for-bogus-rentokil-story-in-the-london-assembly%2F Briefly. Lib Dem councillor Caroline Pidgeon raised the bogus Rentokil stories in the London Assembly yesterday: and fell for them, hook, line and sinker. People often forget that politicians – as much as anyone else – get their information about how the world works from reading newspapers. I guess this is fairly good evidence that [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378407 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:51:36 +0100 3378407 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378523&cid=t_112074_107_f&fid=35026&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheTreeOfLife%2F%7E3%2F1RBxrE9k8jg%2Fbibliome-wikipedia-free-encyclopedia.html (Note - this was supposed to be published tomorrow but clicked the wrong button - so we will have two today - yay) And here is a doozy.  The bad omics word of the day is ... Bibliome. See for example, the source of all knowledge (Wikipedia): Bibliome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Which also refers to some other related omics words the literaturome and the textome.  Now, every one at once, 1,2, 3, groan. Back to the bibliome which is described in Wikipedia as follows: "The bibliome is the totality of biological text corpus. This term was coined around 2000 in EBI (European Bioinformatics Institute) to denote the importance of biological text information. The first uses seem to be in and around 2001. See this article from Nature Reviews Genetics... The Tree of Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378523 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:46:39 +0100 3378523 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3374165&cid=t_112074_107_f&fid=35026&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheTreeOfLife%2F%7E3%2FcNtHx-3PXN0%2Fbad-omics-word-of-day-epitehliome.html The Bad Omics Word of the Day: Epitheliome. Not really much to say. See for example: The epitheliome: agent-based modelling of the social behaviour of cells. [Biosystems. 2004 Aug-Oct] - PubMed result Hat tip to Steve Koch on Friendfeed for this. -------- This is from the "Tree of Life Blog" of Jonathan Eisen, an evolutionary biologist and Open Access advocate at the University of California, Davis. For short updates, follow me on Twitter. -------- (Source: The Tree of Life) The Tree of Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3374165 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:36:29 +0100 3374165 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3370455&cid=t_112074_107_f&fid=35026&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheTreeOfLife%2F%7E3%2FniKpJx_npNo%2Fbad-omics-word-of-day-nutriome.html And the winner is ... The Bad Omics Word of the Day is "Nutriome". From: Dietary reference values of individual micronutrients and nutriomes for genome damage prevention: current status and a road map to the future -- Fenech, 10.3945/ajcn.2010.28674D -- American Journal of Clinical Nutrition From the abstract "strategies to determine dietary reference values of single micronutrients and micronutrient combinations (nutriomes)" As with my last Bad Omics word, I have no real clue what that means. But it seems this author has been using the term for a while. Some other papers have defined it more concisely such as "Nutriomic analysis is a postgenomic-based study of nutritious components (nutriome)." Yuck yuck and double yuck is what I say. Hat tip to @nutrigenomics and @larry_parnel... The Tree of Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3370455 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:00:08 +0100 3370455 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3366260&cid=t_112074_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F03%2F15%2Fyou-deplete-me-10-steps-to-end-a-toxic-relationship%2F “You complete me.” You know that line, right … from Jerry McGuire? It comes right before “You had me at hello” (another puker). The completing-the-other bit nauseates me a tad because we relationship-analyzers (some with the right initials after their names and some self-declared experts who can type) like to classify that type of dialogue with a term known as “codependency.” Ideally, you shouldn’t need anyone to complete you. You should be whole going into a relationship, right? My guess is that those who feel like they are getting fixed are actually getting ripped off. That’s why they keep coming back, hoping that THIS time their partner will make the ouches go away, making them feel all sunshiny and warm inside. Instead, the ouch is ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3366260 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:00:08 +0100 3366260 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3366232&cid=t_112074_107_f&fid=35026&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheTreeOfLife%2F%7E3%2FC2OgtBG8eJU%2Fbad-omics-word-of-day-transactome.html Hat tip again to Rami Aziz for pointing this out on twitter The Bad Omics word of the day is "Transactome". Used recently in the following paper: PLoS ONE: Time-Dependent c-Myc Transactomes Mapped by Array-Based Nuclear Run-On Reveal Transcriptional Modules in Human B Cells From the abstract: "The definition of transcriptional networks through measurements of changes in gene expression profiles and mapping of transcription factor binding sites is limited by the moderate overlap between binding and gene expression changes and the inability to directly measure global nuclear transcription (coined “transactome”)." I have no real clue what that means. I confess, going to skip this paper.  So I will not figure out if there is some clearer meaning. But here's a guess - the word is unn... The Tree of Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3366232 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:00:08 +0100 3366232 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3366233&cid=t_112074_107_f&fid=35026&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheTreeOfLife%2F%7E3%2F8nzJIBLiJUE%2Fbad-omics-word-of-day-n-terminome.html Yes indeed. Someone has used N-terminome. Nature Protocols: System-Wide Proteomic Identification of Protease Cleavage Products by Terminal Amine Isotopic Labeling of Substrates From the introduction: "The sequence and nature of all the protein amino-termini (N-termini) within the proteome (the N-terminome) provides valuable functional annotation, since translation start sites, N-terminal isoforms, modifications and truncations determine the cellular localization, activity and fate of most proteins" Prediction: will not get widespread use. But they will get an award today: the Bad Omics Word of the Day. Hat tip to @mglo for this one. -------- This is from the "Tree of Life Blog" of Jonathan Eisen, an evolutionary biologist and Open Access advocate at the University of California, Davis... The Tree of Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3366233 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:27:10 +0100 3366233 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3366234&cid=t_112074_107_f&fid=35026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdepts.washington.edu%2Fsfields%2Fpdf%2Ffields_science2.pdf Just got pointed to a fun paper from 2002 "A Crisis in Postgenomic Nomenclature by Stanley Fields and Mark Johnston" by Mark Johnston himself. Their paper, in Science, is available for free on Stanley Fields website here. It is actually a hilarious tongue in cheek read where they proceed from arguing for more specificity in omics names (e.g., they go so far as to propose a EC# like system with things such as the "4.7.5.3.8ome" and also that conditions should be specified like the "37°-7.4-G1-Golgi-N-but-not- 63 O-linked glycosylome".  And they end with a proposal to replace the term "the cell" with either the someone or the omesome.  It is definitely worth a read. -------- This is from the "Tree of Life Blog" of Jonathan Eisen, an evolutionary biologist and Open Access adv... The Tree of Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3366234 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:35:43 +0100 3366234 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3363669&cid=t_112074_107_f&fid=35026&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheTreeOfLife%2F%7E3%2F9Sh4L2J1V70%2Fbad-omics-word-of-day-mirnaome.html Hat tip to Rami K. Aziz on Twitter for this. The winner of today's Bad Omics Word of the Day is a paper in PLoS One: PLoS ONE: Characterization of the Melanoma miRNAome by Deep Sequencing They even slipped the word into the title. I do not think the word was coined by them as I found some older references going back at least to 2005: MicroRNA Gene Expression Deregulation in Human Breast Cancer in Cancer Research. Given that there were only 847 google hits as of today, the word clearly has not taken off, which is good.  But alas it is still being used, even in titles.  As far as I can tell, what they mean by the term is "All the miRNAs in a particular cancer class" --- unclear to me why that needs an ome. -------- This is from the "Tree of Life Blog" of Jonathan Eisen, an... The Tree of Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3363669 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:23:35 +0100 3363669 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3362362&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2010%2F03%2Frentokil%2F Ben Goldacre, The Guardian, Saturday 13 March 2010 “2,000 bugs taking a ride in every train compartment” said the Daily Mail. “Cockroaches cluster on trains“, scuttled the Telegraph. “Commuters share trains with 1,000 cockroaches, 200 bedbugs and 200 fleas” said the Evening Standard. The figures were all very specific and very frightening. “Rentokil say they also discovered [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3362362 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:22:16 +0100 3362362 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3346653&cid=t_112074_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fhappiness-and-breast-cancer%2F Are you happy? I don’t mean happy with your life, or happy with your job or happy with your mate. I mean are you happy despite everything that might not be great in your life right now? I guess I should ask instead; are you a happy person? When I was thinking about what makes me happy I realized that I don’t need anything to make me happy. I am happy a lot of the time. Not the silly superficial happy, or the happy that comes with always finding people to party with, but really happy. In people who are happy there is just a sense of cheerfulness and optimism. These people have the ability to bounce back from sad and tragic places and move on. We can find the cancer in a body and the lump in a breast, but no one has found where happy resides. Is it in the heart or the head? I do ... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3346653 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:35:12 +0100 3346653 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3338198&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2010%2F03%2Fwhen-is-it-okay-to-ignore-people-you-dont-trust%2F Ben goldacre, The Guardian, Saturday 6 March 2010 If the media were actuarial about drawing our attention to the causes of avoidable death, your newspapers would be filled with diarrhoea, Aids, and cigarettes every day. In reality we know this is an absurd idea. For those interested in the scale of our fascination with rarity, one [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3338198 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:35:13 +0100 3338198 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3335377&cid=t_112074_107_f&fid=35026&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheTreeOfLife%2F%7E3%2FgRWKE-OPNwc%2Fbad-omics-words-of-day-modomics-and.html Well, just was browsing through a paper on the non coding RNAs of the model halophile Haloferax volcanii, which I study. The paper BioMed Central | Full text | RNomics and Modomics in the halophilic archaea Haloferax volcanii: identification of RNA modification genes is quite useful. However, the terminology is icky. They use two omics terms I have never seen before, but I guess should have known were out there: tRNomics (all the tRNAs in an organism, or something like that) and modomics (the pattern of RNA modifications). These are really not needed are they? And since they are both in the same paper, today we are giving out a linked "Bad omics word of the day" award to both of these terms. -------- This is from the "Tree of Life Blog" of Jonathan Eisen, an evolutionary biologist and Ope... The Tree of Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3335377 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:11:43 +0100 3335377 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3335271&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fnhs-priorities-homeopathy.html Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a rare condition of the bone marrow. The bone marrow is, if you like, the factory that makes your blood. In MDS, the production goes haywire. The condition often develops into a full blown leukaemia but even before that the patient may die due to a lack of certain blood cells. The condition can be contained for a while by giving frequent blood transfusions but these still leave the patient feeling weak and debilitated. There is a fairly new treatment available with a drug called axacitidine (Vidaza). The cost of treatment is around £45,000 a year. The National Institute of Clinical Excellence has decided not to make the drug available to NHS patients. Decisions have to be made, lines have to be drawn, and the economy is weak. It is galling, though, to MDS... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3335271 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:15:00 +0100 3335271 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3322585&cid=t_112074_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fnot-on-the-run-to-beat-breast-cancer%2F Today I saw a woman jogging through the snow. She made it look like a walk in the park. I took up skiing just last year and love it, I went back to school and aced some college courses but I just can’t jog further than my mail box! I remember with triumph a time when I ran around the block at my parent’s house. That was 15 years ago and I could only do it once. Truly this is a dream of mine; to be able to lace up my Nikes and run for at least 15 minutes straight. All I can say is that when I battled breast cancer, it’s a good thing I didn’t have to out run it. Sometimes in my mind I feel like superwoman. I went a round with cancer and surgery and chemotherapy and I’m still standing, shouldn’t that mean I could at least run a 15 minute a mile? Seriously, this woman looked great.... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3322585 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:39:51 +0100 3322585 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3314611&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2010%2F02%2Fobvious-quacks-the-tip-of-a-scary-medical-iceberg%2F Ben Goldacre, The Guardian, Saturday 27 February, 2010 After the Science and Technology committee report this week, and the jaw dropping stupidity of “we bring you both sides” in the media coverage afterwards, you are bored of homeopathy. So am I, but it gives a very simple window into the wider disasters in all of medicine. Homeopathy, [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3314611 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:09:09 +0100 3314611 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298269&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2010%2F02%2Fthe-bbc-have-found-someone-whose-cancer-was-cured-by-homeopathy%2F Ladies and Gentlemen, we have hit the bottom of the barrel. Homeopathy cured my cancer, on BBC News. (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298269 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:27:58 +0100 3298269 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3294549&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2010%2F02%2Fparliamentary-sci-tech-committee-on-homeopathy%2F Here’s the report, press release below. It looks like pretty sensible stuff to me, homeopaths can’t expect special treatment among all forms of medicine, if the evidence actively shows it doesn’t work, then that’s that. I have to say what really frightens me about all this is the MHRA: if regulation is so political that [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3294549 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:02:54 +0100 3294549 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3290783&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2010%2F02%2Fhow-do-you-regulate-wu%2F Ben Goldacre, The Guardian, Saturday 20 February 2010 You might have read the case of Ying Wu this week: a fully qualified traditional chinese medicine doctor operating out of a shop in Chelmsford who for several years prescribed high doses of a dangerous banned substance to treat the acne of senior civil servant Patricia Booth, 58, [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3290783 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:01:29 +0100 3290783 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3269666&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2010%2F02%2Fguns-dont-kill-people-puppies-do%2F Ben Goldacre, The Guardian, Saturday 13 February 2010 Often one data point isn’t enough to spot a pattern, or even to say that an event is interesting and exceptional, because numbers are all about context and constraints. At one end there are the simple examples. “Mum beats odds of 50 million-to-one to have 3 babies [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3269666 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:21:57 +0100 3269666 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3259273&cid=t_112074_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FxCnHqDL6zFw%2F Nicotine Addiction – Myths & Facts Many publications and even some commercials have made statements that nicotine is a poison that kills, but is it true? Nicotine is said to be both a bad habit that people can just lay down, but others claim that it is as addictive as heroin or cocaine. The claims that nicotine is used in insecticides have been circulating for years, so is it? All of these informational tidbits sound unreasonable and unbelievable. Which is the truth and which is fiction? Is nicotine deadly, or just someone’s mission to put the tobacco industry under? Here we will expose some of the most common myths and shed light on the truth about nicotine addiction. Myth: Those addicted to nicotine products are weak, or else they would just quit the habit! Fact: Any type of addi... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3259273 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:45:40 +0100 3259273 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3254731&cid=t_112074_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Ftobacco-and-smoking-myths%2F Nicotine Addiction – Myths & Facts Many publications and even some commercials have made statements that nicotine is a poison that kills, but is it true? Nicotine is said to be both a bad habit that people can just lay down, but others claim that it is as addictive as heroin or cocaine. The claims that nicotine is used in insecticides have been circulating for years, so is it? All of these informational tidbits sound unreasonable and unbelievable. Which is the truth and which is fiction? Is nicotine deadly, or just someone’s mission to put the tobacco industry under? Here we will expose some of the most common myths and shed light on the truth about nicotine addiction. Myth: Those addicted to nicotine products are weak, or else they would just quit the habit! Fact: Any type of addi... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3254731 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:45:40 +0100 3254731 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3254415&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2010%2F02%2Fmoments-of-genius%2F Sorry no column this week, I’ve got some fun stuff in the pipe, as they say, and a lot on. In case you miss me, here’s my shouty contribution to Radio 4’s “Moments Of Genius”, a eulogy to the startlingly new idea of systematic reviews. Other bits and bobs… …I’m on Quote Unquote this week [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3254415 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:35:15 +0100 3254415 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3251226&cid=t_112074_107_f&fid=35026&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheTreeOfLife%2F%7E3%2FgcxFODMwuMo%2Fbad-omics-word-of-day-religionome.html And so they go - on and on.  I am addicted to bad omics words.  They are a bit fascinating ion that the spread of the ome suffix is astonishing.  And here is one that is both funny and a bit sad: religionome.  Not that new.  But out there.  And winner of today's "Bad omics word of the day." Not sure exactly where it started but here is one of the first uses I could find: We have a lot of new data we are working on, and one of the thoughts I’ve come up with recently is can we create something similar to the human genome – perhaps we can call it the religionome – with which we can begin to look at all of the different beliefs and practices and traditions and try to evaluate and understand them not just from a spiritual perspective or a subjective perspecti... The Tree of Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3251226 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:40:39 +0100 3251226 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3246909&cid=t_112074_107_f&fid=35026&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheTreeOfLife%2F%7E3%2FwI0P81DPBUo%2Foldy-but-baddy-bad-omics-word-of-day.html I know I swore to quit but I could not help myself here. I was going through old draft blog posts that I never finished and found this link to an article about the "Human Speechome Project" BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Big brother untangles baby babble Basically, the idea is they are recording everything a particular child hears and says and categorizing it all to create "the Human Speechome project" "Just as the Human Genome Project illuminates the innate genetic code that shapes us, the Speechome Project is an important first step toward creating a map of how the environment shapes human development and learning," said Frank Moss, the director of MIT's Media Lab at the time.In some ways - the project is eerily fascinating. But in many ways it is more on the creepy side of thin... The Tree of Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3246909 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:33:11 +0100 3246909 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3239595&cid=t_112074_107_f&fid=35026&url=http%3A%2F%2Flhncbc.nlm.nih.gov%2Flhc%2Fdocs%2Fpublished%2F2001%2Fpub2001047.pdf Well this is it. I am declaring that I am (mostly) done with the posts about bad omics words. I will on occasion I am sure rail about one word or another with my Worst New Omics Word Award, but I will try to let ome words rest in peace, at least for a while. Mostly this is because the task is too overwhelming.  There are simply too many bad omics words out there. I would like to note however, that as I have browsed around, I have noticed many other bloggers doing similar occasional snarky complaints about omics words here and there. That was good to see. But most amazing was that there is in fact published literature on the topic of bad omics words. See for example The Wholeness in Suffix -omics, -omes, and the Word Om and apparently[The odd omes and omics] (which is in Fin... The Tree of Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3239595 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:00:01 +0100 3239595 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3227790&cid=t_112074_107_f&fid=35026&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheTreeOfLife%2F%7E3%2FT2iHCb9grIM%2Fbad-omics-word-of-day-vaccinomics.html The more I look at the litany of omics words, the more I fret. So let's just get straight to the point. Todays bad omics word is "Vaccinomics" which was defined as follows:Vaccinomics encompasses the fields of immunogenetics and immunogenomics as applied to understanding the mechanisms of heterogeneity in immune responses to vaccinesI do not like this word but if you want to learn more I guess you could look here. Not really much more to say. -------- This is from the "Tree of Life Blog" of Jonathan Eisen, an evolutionary biologist and Open Access advocate at the University of California, Davis. For short updates, follow me on Twitter. -------- (Source: The Tree of Life) The Tree of Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3227790 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:00:09 +0100 3227790 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3224851&cid=t_112074_107_f&fid=35026&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheTreeOfLife%2F%7E3%2Ftco-BtWgr9U%2Fbad-omics-word-of-day-connectome.html Well, I have decided that I need to look beyond just new omic words to snark about here (I have been giving a "Worst New Omics Word Award" every once in a while"). So I am now going to post, as often as I can, a little ditty about any bad omics word that is out there. Yesterday's winner was "phenogenomics" which I posted only to twitter.Today's winner is "connectome" (see for example NIH Launches the Human Connectome Project to Unravel the Brain's Connections, July 15, 2009 News Release - National Institutes of Health (NIH)). I think it's first major use was here but not sure. It even has a wikipedia entry which says:A connectome is a detailed map of the full set of neurons and synapses within the nervous system of an organism. The production and study of such a map is known as connectomic... The Tree of Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3224851 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:34:19 +0100 3224851 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3223214&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2010%2F01%2Foh-i-found-you-a-new-job%2F I thought you might be interested in this job advert from the Independent. It’s from the nice people at Maperton Trust. You can go and see them for a diagnosis with their magical machines, although the best product is their Head Lice Repelling Unit or HELRU (right) which various people have emailed me about over the years, [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3223214 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:56:33 +0100 3223214 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3220487&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2010%2F01%2Fthe-wakefield-mmr-verdict%2F Here’s a very brief piece I bashed out for the Guardian newsdesk today on the Wakefield finding, the further reading below will be more helpful if you’re interested in the story. Ben Goldacre, The Guardian, Thursday 28 January 2009 In medicine, “untoward incident inquiries” tend to look for systems failures, rather than one individual to blame. [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3220487 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:25:14 +0100 3220487 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3200402&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2010%2F01%2F12-monkeys-no-8-wait-sorry-i-meant-14%2F Ben Goldacre, The Guardian, Saturday 23 January 2010 Like many people, you’re possibly afraid to share your views on animal experiments, because you don’t want anyone digging up your grandmother’s grave, or setting fire to your house, or stuff like that. Animal experiments are necessary, they need to be properly regulated, and we have some of [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3200402 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:07:05 +0100 3200402 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3178746&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2010%2F01%2Fvoices-of-the-ancients%2F Ben Goldacre, The Guardian, Saturday 16 January 2010 Every now and then you have to salute a genius. Both the Daily Mail and the Metro report new research analysing the positions of Britain’s ancient sites, and the results are startling: primitive man had his own form of “sat nav”. Researcher Tom Brooks analysed 1,500 prehistoric monuments, [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3178746 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:42:00 +0100 3178746 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3167196&cid=t_112074_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F01%2F13%2Fwriting-beyond-blue-keeping-my-end-of-the-bargain%2F Last week saw the publication date for my book, Beyond Blue: Surviving Depression & Anxiety and Making the Most of Bad Genes, which means it is now in bookstores (theoretically anyway). So I wanted to reflect on why I wrote it … I’m a tad over hearing about how depression and other mood disorders are yuppie diseases for folks with the time and resources to ruminate and obsess. I could do without all the advice on how to transform my thoughts into happy campers, even as I try every mindfulness strategy and cognitive-behavioral trick in the book. And I’d like to, one day, be able to tell family and friends the truth when they ask the predicable question, “How are you?” We need to understand something important. Depression kills. It killed my godmother &#8212... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3167196 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:22:39 +0100 3167196 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3156432&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2010%2F01%2Fif-you-want-to-be-trusted-more-claim-less%2F Ben Goldacre, The Guardian, Saturday 8 January 2009 “Public sector pay races ahead in a recession” shouted the front page of this week’s Sunday Times. “Public sector workers earn 7% more on average than their peers in the private sector — a pay gulf that has more than doubled since the recession began.” The Telegraph followed [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3156432 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:05:51 +0100 3156432 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3156628&cid=t_112074_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fthe-ongoing-battle-with-breast-cancer%2F I am getting back on track. I have found some great supplements which includes a foul tasting green powder full of vegetables. Thanks to all of you for responding to my lament on my blog about my bad habits; I received some great advice and tips and I am really feeling motivated. I have even decided to follow Weight Watchers to make sure I am eating good food and the right portions. The doctor’s decision that I switch from Tamoxifen to Femera is still a little concerning to me.  I figure if I really get on track and in good physical condition then I will be able to note any changes Femera wreaks on my body more quickly. I haven’t really experienced any adverse symptoms from Tamoxifen except Sister insists it is what is making me fat and makes it more difficult for me to lose w... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3156628 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:37:56 +0100 3156628 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3149113&cid=t_112074_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F01%2F07%2Fintroducing-therese-borchards-new-book-beyond-blue%2F Unless you’ve been living under a rock this past year, you probably noticed that one of our regular contributors here has been Therese Borchard. However, she blogs more often and more regularly on her beliefnet.com blog, Beyond Blue. It was actually her wonderfully witty and touching writing there that led me to invite her to blog more regularly here. Therese is a rare find, combining a love of prose with a wealth of personal experiences with depression and other concerns to make for always engaging reading. So it’s no wonder she was able to bundle up that wisdom and publish her first book, Beyond Blue: Surviving Depression & Anxiety and Making the Most of Bad Genes. If you’ve enjoyed Therese’s posts either here or on her regular blog at beliefnet.com, then yo... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3149113 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:08:24 +0100 3149113 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3137661&cid=t_112074_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F03%2Fan-open-letter-to-google%2F Dear Google, I know this is kind of awkward for both of us, but please don’t slam the door in my metaphorical face before I get my chance to discuss a matter which is really beginning to itch like a nasty case of an unfortunately personal fungal infection. I request no special consideration and only ask that you read the words I write, and then do what is right, Google. I know that we have a somewhat complicated and fraught history, you an I. I have even come to accept with a degree of equanimity our symbiotic relationshit relationship vis-a-vis people determined to shove objects (usually of a stiletto variety) up their wee-wees purely for kicks. You send them to ME and I tell them to, ahem, piss off. No pun intended. Okay, I can even be your go-to ‘orifice girl’ if ne... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3137661 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:00:19 +0100 3137661 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3123400&cid=t_112074_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F12%2F27%2Fstanding-up-for-yourself-from-a-recovering-people-pleaser%2F I think some people grow up believing in their heart and soul that they are loved and accepted and so therefore don’t have to depend so much on other people to give them their daily dose of attaboys, the approval ratings that determine if they’ll be able to function properly throughout the day. Me? I know, in my adult, neo-cortex, sophisticated part of my brain that I am loved. But the reptilian, immature brat part of my brain does most of the thinking in my noggin. So this girl is petrified of not being liked, of doing anything that might hurt somebody’s feelings, of the slightest confrontation, because whenever she raised a concern in the past, the reprimand for challenging Person A was far more painful than the reason she raised her voice to begin with. I learned that ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3123400 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:20:17 +0100 3123400 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3120469&cid=t_112074_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F12%2F25%2Fgoldfish-resting-by-an-open-fire%2F What a day!  There’s nothing so “fun” as grocering the day before a holiday, especially when the meteorology report is dire.  Guess what I found while stocking the doggy chews? Yes indeedy, The Bad Goldfish were back, undeterred by the possibility of ending up as frozen fish from the weather.  Planning for their Christmas, they had [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3120469 Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:38:39 +0100 3120469 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3120410&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F12%2Ftodays-bible-reading%2F On the birthday of Jesus Christ – who was clearly a very nice guy, giant sky wizard issues aside – I can think of no better bible reading than this, Daniel 1:8, a description of the first ever clinical trial. Daniel and his people have been dragged off to the court of king Nebuchadnezzar, [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3120410 Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:05:53 +0100 3120410 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3106769&cid=t_112074_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F12%2F20%2Fmental-health-year-in-review-2009%2F Another year is over, and so brings us to the close of another year of great stories, great friends, and great insights into the world of psychology — our annual Year in Review of Mental Health. Conflicts of Interest, Lawsuits and Transparency Perhaps 2009 will be noted as the year of reckoning for pharmaceutical companies, who have not enjoyed good press this year. In January, we noted how Eli Lilly settled a Zyprexa lawsuit for $1.4 billion with 30 states due to its off-label marketing of the atypical antipsychotic drug for use in dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Philip over at Furious Seasons puts the total Zyprexa tab at $2.8 billion with settlements with 39 states, with another 6 states pending. Keeping in mind that Zyprexa has had $37 billion in sales since its introduc... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3106769 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:55:38 +0100 3106769 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3104980&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F12%2Fthe-year-in-nonsense%2F Ben Goldacre, The Guardian, Saturday 19 December 2009 It’s been a vintage year for dodgy science in government. We saw reports on cocaine that were disappeared, dodgy evidence to justify DNA retention, and some government advisors who estimated the cost of piracy at 10% of GDP, to media applause, and then failed to tell everyone they’d [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3104980 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:01:00 +0100 3104980 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3096804&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F12%2Fmawkish-christmas-cheer%2F Last year I ran into Ariane Sherine. She had found that no charity would publicly take money from a book written by atheists at Christmas, since Christians give so much money for good work, and they didn’t want to annoy them. Luckily the Terence Higgins Trust stepped up to this bizarre challenge, which is [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3096804 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:33:42 +0100 3096804 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3089322&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FfLaYzraoab4%2F Doris Mar was the unlucky... [[ 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=3089322 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:37:31 +0100 3089322 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3089504&cid=t_112074_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fbad-habits-and-breast-cancer%2F Both my boys are living away from home now and I am finding it hard to get motivated for the Christmas season. This used to be such a huge holiday for me. I have been so busy this fall with working and taking classes at college that the fall has zoomed by. The other thing that has happened is that I have fallen back into some pretty bad habits. I am not eating as well as I should since junk food and fast food drive ups seem to fit my schedule better. This is not good. Every now and then I get that little nudge from that little voice that reminds me that I can’t take my health for granted. Breast cancer survivors know what I mean. We had our warning and we need to heed it. Especially now that I am a half century old, my health matters. Although I have not been eating that well or exer... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3089504 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:06:36 +0100 3089504 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3084744&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F12%2Fthe-greatest-show-on-earth%2F Ooh, starting tomorrow is this year’s run of our amazing super-nerd-comedy-musical spectacular Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People. It’s a galaxy of stars, Richard Dawkins, Johnny Ball, Barry Cryer, Chris Addison off the Thick of It, Brian Cox, Richard Herring, Simon Singh, me, and many many more random people. This is variety at its [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3084744 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:50:12 +0100 3084744 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3083060&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FmtNdSqeidQo%2F Amy Lumet is the clear winner... [[ 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=3083060 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:52:57 +0100 3083060 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3082378&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F12%2Fcopenhagen-climate-change-blah-blah%2F Sorry, this felt a bit rushed and PollyFillaesque, I hope it’s vaguely interesting… Ben Goldacre, The Guardian, Saturday 12 December 2009 So as we career towards a mediocre outcome in Copenhagen, why do roughly half the people in this country not believe in man-made climate change, when the vast, overwhelming majority of scientists do? It certainly predates the [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3082378 Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:10:00 +0100 3082378 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3082379&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F12%2Fcriticising-the-gm-industry%2F I just finished recording Any Questions on Radio 4 (you can hear the programme here). Since it was recorded in a pesticides research base, I was hoping for a question on GM, because there’s an interesting dark corner here that needs a bit more attention. Regular readers will know that I’m very critical of [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3082379 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:04:28 +0100 3082379 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3079301&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F12%2Flibel-reform%2F Yesterday morning I helped to launch the libel reform campaign in parliament with Index on Censorship, English PEN and Sense About Science. To be fair, the best line came the day before at the celeb launch from Alexei Sayle, who explained that he was once sued for libel by someone, and it cost over £100,000 [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3079301 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:22:33 +0100 3079301 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3067116&cid=t_112074_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F12%2F08%2F9-holiday-depression-busters%2F My “9 Holiday Depression Busters” are featured in a Beliefnet gallery. You can get to it by clicking here. It’s supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year–but not if negative emotions take hold of your holidays. So let’s be honest. The holidays are packed with stress, and therefore provoke tons of depression and anxiety. But there is hope. Whether I’m fretting about something as trite as stocking stuffers or as complicated as managing difficult family relationships, I apply a few rules that I’ve learned over the years. These 9 rules help me put the joy back into the festivities–or at least keep me from hurling a mistletoe at Santa and landing myself on the “naughty” list. 1. Expect the Worst Now that’s a cheery thou... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3067116 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:33:46 +0100 3067116 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3059702&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F12%2Fso-brillliantly-youve-presented-a-really-transgressive-case-through-the-mainstream-media%2F Ben Goldacre, Saturday 5 December 2009, The Guardian Here is a mystery. Rom Houben, a Belgian man, was diagnosed as being in a coma for 23 years, and he has now made a partial recovery. This has been demonstrated with a series of recently developed brain scanning techniques (whose predictive value is not entirely known, but [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3059702 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:12:19 +0100 3059702 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3044700&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F12%2Fby-me-in-the-bmj-the-dodginess-of-drug-company-trials%2F Here’s a piece by me in the British Medical Journal this week, published online already, and in the print edition this Friday. It’s a head to head with Vincent Lawton, who until recently was head of Merck in the UK. Briefly, I set out the quantitative evidence demonstrating the scale of the problem, and he [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3044700 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:54:32 +0100 3044700 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3044805&cid=t_112074_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F12%2F01%2Fthe-10-types-of-female-friends%2F Awhile back I wrote about the four kinds of friends you need in your life to become more resilient. Now let’s talk about the kind of friends you actually have! Or at least the 10 types of female friends described by author Susan Shapiro Barash in her new book, Toxic Friends: The Antidote for Women Stuck in Complicated Friendships. (I promise to follow up with one for the guys, okay?). For her book, Shapiro interviewed 200 women of assorted backgrounds and ages, and asked them all kinds of nosy questions about their friends. The result is a labyrinth of 10 types of female friendships. I have excerpted the following descriptions from her book: 1. The Leader The leader is the friend we feel we must have, the one who can make or break our social lives. Being the leader renders one a &#82... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3044805 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:29:49 +0100 3044805 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3039844&cid=t_112074_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F11%2F29%2Fwhen-all-else-fails-brain-surgery%2F Like many others, I’ve never been a big fan of surgery as a solution for mental disorders like obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) or depression. A medical procedure done on a bodily organ whose functioning we’re only beginning to grasp — the brain — seems a little premature. It hits too close to the thinking behind frontal lobotomies and the justifications doctors used for them back in the 1950s and 1960s, “By cutting and removing the front part of the brain, we help quiet the unrest in these troubled minds.” As we later found out, we also quieted the entire person to the point of many of those people become drooling vegetables. That was considered “progress” by many well-educated professionals for many, many years during this time. Amazing.... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3039844 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:22:31 +0100 3039844 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3033790&cid=t_112074_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F11%2F27%2Fagony-aunt-edition-20%2F Is it wrong to realise that a semi-regular feature column has now reached the less-wrinkled decade immediately below your own, and feel accordingly slightly jealous? Oh, how I loved being twenty. Well, apart from all the crippling self-conciousness, drunken vomits and general lack of financial liquidity, anyway. Bring it, Google. I’m ready. ….and so it begins again. I decide that I cannot let Goog.le proclaim me the font of all knowledge with regard to ‘geriatric backboarding’ and the Giant Bathing Suit with Frills On The Arse like, without remembering that those who live in cellulitic houses should not throw one-piece stones. As always, click on the button for previous editions of my snark advice to the frequently illiterate. Or click on the Bad Google tab at the ... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3033790 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:50:15 +0100 3033790 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3036951&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FSp6UQOZ6TiM%2F The December issue of Playboy... [[ 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=3036951 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:47:31 +0100 3036951 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3029835&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FSFzCA231IKE%2F The December issue of Playboy... [[ 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=3029835 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:47:31 +0100 3029835 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3019023&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2Fg3V5-RC2OxU%2F Rose claims that her new look... [[ 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=3019023 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:52:49 +0100 3019023 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3017084&cid=t_112074_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F11%2F22%2Ftalk-therapy-how-honest-are-you%2F I pay my therapist $120 every other week. I should, theoretically, feel like I can tell her anything. But I don’t. Because I want her to like me. It’s part of being a stage-four people-pleaser. I didn’t realize the extent to which I was holding back until, the other day, when I mentioned to my therapist something that I had told Dr. Smith–the psychiatrist that I see every four to six weeks–about positive thinking just not cutting it when you plummet to such a low depression. My therapist asked me to back up and tell her more about that. Because either I hadn’t said anything about that to her in the last month or so or else she had missed it. I stewed on that for a few days: Did I omit my frustration with self-help books and cognitive-behavioral techniq... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3017084 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:52:30 +0100 3017084 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3015258&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F11%2Foh-that-was-quick%2F Ben Goldacre, Saturday 21 November 2009, The Guardian Once your medicines regulator decides it should change the side effects warnings on the patient information of a drug taken by millions of people, how long do you think it would take for that change to be implemented? In February 2008 the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3015258 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:08:00 +0100 3015258 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3012671&cid=t_112074_180_f&fid=38612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpickthebrain%2FLYVv%2F%7E3%2Fyfg-I2C0WJM%2F Our lives are full of things we “should” do but for a range of reasons we don’t do them. Whatever it is – exercise, healthy eating, saving money – most of the time we choose to take the easier road, the road well traveled. While I’m certainly not immune to this, there are plenty of things I don’t do that I know I should, I feel that understand the why is the first step to making real progress. 1. Being Comfortable (and Lack of a Burning Desire) It all starts with how we feel about our life. How we feel greatly affects our motivations. Most people are in some form of comfort, but it’s a negative comfort. It’s a comfort where you’re not making progress towards your dreams but you’re not in that much pain either. Don’t be... PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3012671 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:29:35 +0100 3012671 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2993937&cid=t_112074_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2F12-bad-habits-of-therapists%2F Psychotherapy is a unique relationship, a kind of connection that is unlike any other kind of relationship a person has in their life. In some ways, it can be more intimate than our most intimate relationships, but it also paradoxically values a vestige of professional distance between therapist and client. Therapists, alas, are just as human as the clients they see and come with the same human foibles. They have bad habits, as we all do, but some of those habits have the very real potential of interfering with the psychotherapy process and the unique psychotherapy relationship. So without further ado, here are twelve things you wish your therapist didn’t do, some of which may actually harm the psychotherapeutic relationship. Showing up late for the appointment. Eating in front of the c... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2993937 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:19:13 +0100 2993937 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3044701&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F11%2Fwtf%2F Ben Goldacre, Saturday 14 November 2009, The Guardian It’s always interesting when people take pseudoscience out of its natural habitat – Islington – and off into a place where the stakes are quite high. Like the polio vaccine scare in Nigeria. Or Aids denialism in South Africa. Or detecting bombs in Iraq, where the New York [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3044701 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:21:20 +0100 3044701 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2992643&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F11%2Fwtf%2F Ben Goldacre, Saturday 14 November 2009, The Guardian It’s always interesting when people take pseudoscience out of its natural habitat – Islington – and off into a place where the stakes are quite high. Like the polio vaccine scare in Nigeria. Or Aids denialism in South Africa. Or detecting bombs in Iraq, where the New York [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2992643 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:21:20 +0100 2992643 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2970179&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F11%2Fthe-nutt-sack-affair-part-493%2F Ben Goldacre, Saturday 7 November 2009, The Guardian Obviously it’s pleasing to see, in the storm of commentary over Professor Nutt’s sacking, that everyone outside of politics now recognises the importance of scientific evidence in devising laws. But a strange reasoning twitch has appeared, in the arguments of politicians and right wing commentators. Science can tell [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2970179 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:06:00 +0100 2970179 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2967341&cid=t_112074_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F11%2F06%2Fhow-do-you-treat-empty-nest-depression%2F Several mom friends of mine have lately come down with a bad case of “empty-nest depression” — moms who just dropped off their youngest offspring to college, or moms having difficulty keeping busy now that the youngest is in kindergarten all day. I googled the term “empty-nest depression” to see what I could find on this topic. I was surprised to see the Beyond Blue post I wrote in 2007 at the top of the search results. But, after reading it, I can see why it was so popular. I merely asked a question, and all of you answered it. On the comment box of that post are written different kinds of compassionate and insightful responses to my question: How do you treat empty-nest depression? Beyond Blue reader Barbara initiated the discussion with this practical piec... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2967341 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:27:41 +0100 2967341 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2967317&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FNbtLt0o2DRk%2F Mexico has a... [[ 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=2967317 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:56:03 +0100 2967317 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2947144&cid=t_112074_151_f&fid=35822&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhatWinnersDo%2F%7E3%2FE5fFIDEuiNo%2F The post I recently did about learning to accept the things I cannot change got me thinking about a negative behavior that I was riddled with in active addiction...not facing problems head on. The behavior of avoiding problematic situations is something that is very common with addicts. See, the key to successfully living in denial about all of your problems is to numb yourself into oblivion until you don't think about them anymore. Simple right? So what happens when you are no longer numbing away your problems with drugs or alcohol? Well, unless you want to continue living a miserable life that is completely based on denial and a disconnection from your soul you need to master the art of facing problems head on in recovery. Now when I tell you that I never faced problems head on I really ... What Winners Do blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2947144 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:49:07 +0100 2947144 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2946876&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F10%2Fpolitical-woo%2F Ben Goldacre, Saturday 31 October 2009, The Guardian. Every now and then it’s fun to dip into the world of politics and find out what our lords and masters are saying about science. First we find Brooks Newmark, Conservative MP for Braintree, introducing a bill to reduce the age for cervical cancer screening to 20. The [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2946876 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:03:00 +0100 2946876 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2943833&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FtRIWYRak9pU%2F Why do some women have such a... [[ 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=2943833 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:54:48 +0100 2943833 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2939450&cid=t_112074_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fhow-do-you-cope-on-a-bad-multiple-sclerosis-day%2F I have good days and bad days.  I don’t suffer from multiple sclerosis; I live with MS.  I’m a healthy person with MS.  And, the ever popular,  I have MS, MS doesn’t have me! OK, these are lines we use to comfort others and to get ourselves through.  I have no problem with them; I use them myself.  They’re slogans, if you will, that we use to get through/past that part of a conversation.  Slogans may be trite and glib but they’ve helped elect officials, sell products and recruit militaries for centuries. So, what about the days that are “bad days,” the days we do suffer the effects of our disease…the days multiple sclerosis does have us? No sense hiding it I’m in the midst of a “thing” right now (for those new to the Life with MS blog, I tend to use “thing”... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2939450 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:34:10 +0100 2939450 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2934632&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F10%2Fthis-is-what-the-spectator-sent-when-they-cancelled-their-aids-denialism-extravaganza%2F I’m at a conference (on communicating evidence to patients with… GERD GIGERENZER!!!) in Frankfurt and late for lunch, but I thought it might amuse you to see the language the Spectator are using.   From: Events [mailto:events@pressholdings.com] Sent: 26 October 2009 12:19 Subject: URGENT – [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2934632 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:24:52 +0100 2934632 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2931247&cid=t_112074_135_f&fid=35274&url=http%3A%2F%2Facidrefluxweb.com%2F%3Fp%3D4137 I managed to keep my feet on the ground for about two weeks. Once again, my shaking dog has woken me up this morning.  For some reason he feels the need to start shaking acting terrified while constantly a sound like he’s smacking his lips. He always begins sometime between 7 and 7:30am. It is now 8:15 and he quietly lies on the bed next to my computer desk. Now I’m awake and can’t go back to sleep his job must be done. This time tomorrow I will be sitting on a plane scheduled to leave at the most heinous time at 7:30 am. Why would I do such a thing to myself? Because I have a friend who is very sick and needs some help, that’s why. Another friend of mine is over there at the moment and it was a good thing he was there, as he had to be hospitalized yesterday morning. Hopefully his... acidrefluxweb.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2931247 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:40:13 +0100 2931247 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2931006&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FPcP1BQBJmHs%2F Amy Winehouse, after wrecking... [[ 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=2931006 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:23:17 +0100 2931006 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2927364&cid=t_112074_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F10%2F26%2Fare-the-media-becoming-addicted-to-internet-addiction%2F As Dr. John Grohol has cogently argued, there are many reasons to be skeptical of “Internet Addiction” as a discrete and specific “disorder” or diagnosis. Yet I am impressed, and a bit dismayed, by all the attention this issue seems to garner in the popular media. I don’t intend any disrespect to the reporters and journalists who are trying to cover the topic, several of whom have graciously interviewed me. Some reporters are as skeptical as many of us in the mental health field, and a number have asked pertinent questions as to how real so-called Internet addiction is. I simply wish that devastating illnesses like schizophrenia, major depression, and bipolar disorder created such a buzz in the media and in the awareness of the general public. Over the last 30... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2927364 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:01:59 +0100 2927364 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2923227&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F10%2Faids-denialism-at-the-spectator%2F Ben Goldacre, Saturday 24 October 2009, The Guardian. A lot of strange stuff can fly in under the claim that you are “simply starting a debate”. You may remember the Aids denialist documentary House Of Numbers from 3 weeks ago. Since then, it has received many glowing outings. The London Raindance film festival explained that they [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2923227 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:01:00 +0100 2923227 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2916144&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FnatC1LyEUGM%2F Stephanie Pratt definitely... [[ 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=2916144 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:25:15 +0100 2916144 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2916143&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FaDPC7vuZQes%2F Brittny Gastineau had a brief... [[ 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=2916143 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:22:08 +0100 2916143 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2916064&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fbad-breath-can-end-space-dream%2F If you’re a Chinese astronaut and you have bad breath, you can say good-bye to your dream of going into space. They also don’t want you if you have body odor or a runny nose. The administrators say that this would make life too uncomfortable for the other astronauts in the cabin. Other astronaut hopefuls were eliminated if they had scars. The experts said that the scar tissue could burst open in extreme conditions of space. I wonder if that’s true and if astronauts from other countries have the same restriction. And what kind of scar? I know very few people who don’t have any scar at all, the most common one being at the bottom of the chin. You know, the kind you get when you trip and fall flat on your face when you’re a kid. Not to mention all the forehead sc... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2916064 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:44:28 +0100 2916064 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2901605&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F10%2Fbehold-the-jot-of-evidence%2F Ben Goldacre, Saturday 17 October 2009, The Guardian For those with the finances to try to silence their critics, this has been a week of spectacular own goals. Trafigura has loudly advertised the report on the dumping of toxic waste in Africa by taking out a super-injunction through Carter-Ruck. And on Wednesday Simon Singh, the science [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2901605 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:40:20 +0100 2901605 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2899227&cid=t_112074_180_f&fid=38612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpickthebrain%2FLYVv%2F%7E3%2FmFp12hjBvdk%2F Many people go through life acting like trained circus animals.  They repeat the same antics they observed their neighbors, parents and family performing.  What they often don’t realize is that they are wrecking their lives. Do you know someone that performs these tricks? Understanding that these tricks change good lives into a zoo is the first step to freedom.  So, let’s take a look at the most common traps people fall into. 10 Very Common Stupid Tricks That Wreck A Good Life I’d bet we’ve all witnessed at least some of these stupid tricks.  Unfortunately, they plague many people and are incredibly common.  Read over the list and let me know which one you think is the worst or most prevalent. 1.  Performing the starring role in a never-ending drama It seems t... PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2899227 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:10:52 +0100 2899227 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2890596&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fsham-peer-review-could-this-bad-faith.html This article is worth reading in its entirety. It details tactics such as:Ambush Tactic and Secret Investigations - unprepared physician is surprised by what amounts to a well-organized interrogation panelDepriving Targeted Physician of Records Needed to Defend Himself - bureaucracy and red tape prevent a physician from mounting a timely defense.Considering a physician "Guilty Until Proven Innocent" - burden of proving innocence shifted to the accused physician.Numerator-Without-Denominator Tactic - cherry picking of cases to unfairly highlight (unavoidable) adverse outcomes.Misrepresenting the Standard of Care - hospital administration hires an outside expert who opines that because the targeted physician did not use the same surgical technique or medical treatment that the expert prefers... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2890596 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:16:00 +0100 2890596 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2883036&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2Fk8D6wH2qsm8%2F I stopped watching MTV... [[ 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=2883036 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:12:00 +0100 2883036 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2879378&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F10%2Fjabs-as-bad-as-the-cancer%2F Ben Goldacre, Saturday 10 October 2009, The Guardian Last month I had a debate at the Royal Institution with Lord Drayson, the Science Minister, in which he argued that I was too harsh on British science coverage, which is the best in the world. During this event our chairman (bizarrely and excellently Simon Mayo) pulled out [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2879378 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:01:46 +0100 2879378 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2876076&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FNJm6Xa5awYM%2F Monet Mazur is one of those... [[ 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=2876076 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:52:48 +0100 2876076 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2865699&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FH5pQMURVvGQ%2F Europe has their own Phoebe... [[ 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=2865699 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:20:46 +0100 2865699 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2857386&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F10%2Fand-now-nerd-news%2F Ben Goldacre, Saturday 3 October 2009, The Guardian. There are some very obvious problems that never seem to go away. Right now I can see 1,592 articles on Google News about one poor girl who died unexpectedly after receiving the cervical vaccine, and only 363 explaining that the post mortem found a massive and previously undiagnosed [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2857386 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:20:00 +0100 2857386 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2834236&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F09%2Fhouse-of-numbers%2F Ben Goldacre, 26 September 2009, The Guardian. This week, listening to the Guardian Science podcast, I had a treat. Caspar Melville, editor of New Humanist magazine, leader of something called the Rationalist Association, had been to see two films at the Cambridge Film Festival. One was a dreary creationist movie that famously misrepresented the biologists interviewed [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2834236 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:51:00 +0100 2834236 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2828234&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2F5lcZvncyEJk%2F In the wackiest entertainment... [[ 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=2828234 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:57:24 +0100 2828234 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2824044&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2Fb2CRoLDphq0%2F This is Jessica Lange at the... [[ 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=2824044 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:26:04 +0100 2824044 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2814375&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F09%2Fprotecting-the-powerful-is-a-feature-not-a-bug%2F Here’s a quick piece about libel that I bashed out on request for CiF, covers ground you’ll have read before but it’s always good to keep libel alive in peoples’ minds. I should also say, I think I was in a bit of a mopey mood when I emailed it from the rail replacement bus [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2814375 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:43:04 +0100 2814375 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2814759&cid=t_112074_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F21%2Fagony-aunt-edition-19%2F Otherwise known as the ‘where has the time gone?’ edition. Nineteen already? It seems like only a couple of years ago that  a much younger Agony Aunt still had that pesky nappy-requiring double incontinence problem. It wasn’t ALL verbal diarrhoea back in the day. Regardless, the nineteenth spin around it is. Bring on the Googlers. My snotty nose and cranky mood is more than up to the task. ….and so it begins again. I decide that I cannot let Goog.le proclaim me the font of all knowledge with regard to ‘huge t.its’ and the overly optimistic like without planning the Early Sag and Backache lecture, right there and then. As always, click on the button for previous editions of my snark advice to the frequently illiterate. Or click on the Bad Google tab at ... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2814759 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:49:47 +0100 2814759 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2809651&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F09%2Fcorrection%2F I’m very happy to post a quick correction. In this column: www.badscience.net/2009/06/behind-the-curtains/ 1. I gave the newspaper names incorrectly. It was the Sunday Times, not the Times, and the Sunday Express, not the Express. 2. When The Guardian edited my column, they removed the response from the Sunday Times. However this response was included on the badscience.net version, where [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2809651 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:06:55 +0100 2809651 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2809652&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F09%2Fblueprint-fail%2F Ben Goldacre, 19 September 2009, The Guardian This week at a debate in the Royal Institute I was told off by the science minister for not praising good science reporting, because journalists – famously kind to their targets – are sensitive to criticism. So before we dismantle this Home Office report on drugs policy, can I [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2809652 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:01:00 +0100 2809652 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2809922&cid=t_112074_177_f&fid=38134&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbabybound.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F18%2Fbecause-you-shouldnt-have-to-wait-until-to-have-breasts-to-start-breast-feeding%2F Umm.  Perhaps yes.  Yes you should.  This is the most f.ed up shit I’ve seen since the shaving baby (Which also happens to be featured in this list of the top 7 most inappropriate toys). Why do little girls need to pretend to breast feed?!?!  What purpose does this serve other than helping a pedophile get off under the guides of “playing grown up”? How did this pitch go in the board room?  Was there research from a medical professional showing great advancements in child development when given small flower pedals as nipples and a doll that latches on?  Did they have a prototype?  O God.  Did they have little girls playing with the prototype? Surely the girl on the box is currently living in a safe house under the watchful eyes of psychiatric doctors right?  Righ... B a b y B o u n d blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2809922 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:05:12 +0100 2809922 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2804151&cid=t_112074_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fhow-to-be-a-good-diabetes-patient-from-an-endos-pov.html Ever wonder what your doctor considers “a good patient”? Yeah, me too. So I figured I’d ask one of the country’s leading endocrinologists.  Dr. Anne Peters is Director of the Diabetes Program at the University of Southern California (USC), head of the nation’s largest outreach program for community-based diabetes prevention and treatment in Los Angeles, [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2804151 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:00:53 +0100 2804151 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2800317&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F09%2Fdebate-with-lord-drayson-on-rubbish-science-coverage-live-streamed-7pm%2F The debate with Lord Drayson (who assures me he will attend in full “lord” fancy dress) will be streamed live from 7pm at: (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2800317 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:02:36 +0100 2800317 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2809900&cid=t_112074_151_f&fid=35822&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whatwinnersdo.com%2Flifestyle-changes-in-addiction-recovery-how-i-went-from-queen-of-the-jams-to-suzie-homemaker%2F It seems that I have turned into Suzie Homemaker in the little over a year period of my addiction recovery. This change did not come without huge resistance on my part. Going from Queen of the Jams (a jam = an oxycontin pill) to Suzie Homemaker was not a smooth transformation. Obviously there were lifestyle changes that needed to be made once I entered into addiction recovery but I never pictured this. If you were to go back over all of my blog posts from the beginning, you would no doubt find yourself reading the words of someone who over their 30 years on this earth lacked even the most basic life skills. Aside from learning how to deal with feelings and emotions I had some other truths to face...I was now a stay at home mom for the first time and had no idea how to successfully run a ho... What Winners Do blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2809900 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:46:54 +0100 2809900 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2800691&cid=t_112074_151_f&fid=35822&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhatWinnersDo%2F%7E3%2FO-qWZ1lji9U%2F It seems that I have turned into Suzie Homemaker in the little over a year period of my addiction recovery. This change did not come without huge resistance on my part. Going from Queen of the Jams (a jam = an oxycontin pill) to Suzie Homemaker was not a smooth transformation. Obviously there were lifestyle changes that needed to be made once I entered into addiction recovery but I never pictured this. If you were to go back over all of my blog posts from the beginning, you would no doubt find yourself reading the words of someone who over their 30 years on this earth lacked even the most basic life skills. Aside from learning how to deal with feelings and emotions I had some other truths to face...I was now a stay at home mom for the first time and had no idea how to successfully run a ho... What Winners Do blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2800691 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:46:54 +0100 2800691 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2796838&cid=t_112074_177_f&fid=38134&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbabybound.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F14%2Flets-take-inventory-shall-we%2F I’m all over the place.  Relieved, sad, devastated, bored, scared, petrified, lonely, fat, tired, exhausted, sick of talking, bloated, hungry, sick, nervous, alone. But not happy.  The one thing I am not is happy.  This may have been the right thing to do.  It was.  But nothing about it represents joy. (Source: B a b y B o u n d) B a b y B o u n d blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2796838 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:46:37 +0100 2796838 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2793188&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FKp1tcnJhDE8%2F Lindsay Lohan was in New York... [[ 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=2793188 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:22:19 +0100 2793188 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2793187&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FOiUhgPPEs44%2F Liz Hurley showed off her... [[ 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=2793187 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:01:05 +0100 2793187 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2790418&cid=t_112074_177_f&fid=38134&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbabybound.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F12%2Fday-1-2%2F Mark is gone.  He’s really gone.  Word’s cant even explain how disgusting and horrible I feel here. Sunday afternoon I found coke in a small little piggy bank that I gave him.  Two baggies.  While this was a horrific discovery, it turned out to be only the beginning of what has been the worst week of my life.  Some rudimentary digging uncovered what I like to call:  a big f.ing crap pile on top of a pile of shit. Apparently our missing money can be found snuggly nested inside the nasal passages of Mark’s nose.  Along with thousands of dollars his parents secretly sent to him. There is also a girl.  Her name is Jane.  I feel as though we have become really close through the 3 messages that she left him on his phone.  We’re like bff’s now.  Although b... B a b y B o u n d blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2790418 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:46:16 +0100 2790418 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2788491&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F09%2Fmedical-hypotheses-fails-the-aids-test%2F Ben Goldacre, 12 September 2009, The Guardian This week the peer review system has been in the newspapers, after a survey of scientists suggested it had some problems. This is barely news. Peer review – where articles submitted to an academic journal are reviewed by other scientists from the same field for an opinion on their [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2788491 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:01:00 +0100 2788491 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2770274&cid=t_112074_177_f&fid=38134&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbabybound.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F05%2Ffail%2F OK.  Frankly I’ve been a terrible blogger in 09′.  I know this.  It’s hard to stay positive and upbeat when you’re life is turning into a big pile of donkey shit.  What started out as a blog about trying to have a baby has kinda become a place where I store all my venting about my happy happy hell.  Having a baby has become so far off into fantasy land that it isn’t even remotely recognizable anymore. Somebody probably turned that light off years ago to conserve energy.  I’m really hoping that can count as me being “green”. I strangely take comfort in knowing that the rest of the country is in an economic hell with me.  We’ve all come to play at the same party and somehow found ourselves locked in the basement where the scary S&a... B a b y B o u n d blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2770274 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:58:36 +0100 2770274 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2768617&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F09%2Fplease-give-us-all-your-money%2F Ben Goldacre, 5 September 2009, The Guardian How do patents affect science? This week in India, US drug company Gilead lost their appeal to stop local companies making cheap copies of their Aids drug Tenofovir. They are not alone: in 2007 Novartis lost a lengthy case trying to force the Indian government into strengthening their weak patent [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2768617 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:01:00 +0100 2768617 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2758164&cid=t_112074_177_f&fid=38134&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbabybound.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F02%2Fchase-bank-can-suck-my-dick%2F **this post as nothing to do with anything.  But I’m mad.  So deal. OK.  I’ve been a Wamu banker for over 10 years.  I have a platinum account with them and have done a great deal of business with them.  I have a total 6 accounts with them!  So naturally, you would think that if there was something suspicious with my account, they would be more than happy to help me right?  O I’m so sorry to tell you this, but you would be dead wrong. When Wamu was purchased by Chase, everything went to hell in a hand basket. We have recently been the lovely recipients of bank fraud.  Somebody has been transferring our money around and then withdrawing it.  Like 5 times a day.  For a month.  Awesome right? You would THINK that the bank would help us out.  Its so obvious that i... B a b y B o u n d blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2758164 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:15:13 +0100 2758164 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2758047&cid=t_112074_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FFJv1yV9bAiI%2F I orginally wrote this post on Sept 17, 2008.  Since, I am new to the DD family, I figured why not share my "BAD" habit's.  We all have bad habits, flaws, high's and lows.  The "Perfect" PWD (person with diabetes) doesn't exsist.  We stuggle. We cry.  We curse. We scream. We laugh. We ask why? We are human.  We have craving's.  Some of us can fight the craving's. Some of us can't. Some of us share our struggles, through blogs, twitter or meet-up's.  Some of us decide to struggle alone.  I am not one of those people. I blog to share my journey, struggles, tears, laughter, frustration, good days and bad days with you. If I can't be honest with myself, I can't be honest with you.  Do you have any bad hab... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2758047 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:00:00 +0100 2758047 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2747960&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FJA7yvMhQW_I%2F What do you give the woman... [[ 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=2747960 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:24:43 +0100 2747960 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2744065&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F08%2Fhealth-warning-exercise-makes-you-fat%2F Ben Goldacre, 29 August 2009, The Guardian Why would you listen to a government health message, or your GP practise nurse, when the Sunday Telegraph has much more exciting news? “Health warning: exercise makes you fat” is the kind of full-width headline you want to see across a broadsheet page: it’s affirmative, it’s reassuring, and it [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2744065 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:06:00 +0100 2744065 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2741631&cid=t_112074_177_f&fid=38134&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbabybound.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F08%2F27%2Fjust-some-good-advice%2F So… Since I’ve been job hunting quite a bit recently, I realized that a lot of my “gut instincts” about bad jobs come from one very awesomely horrifying job I had a few years ago.  The owner of this strange company was so completely insane it was shocking he even knew how to read.  Actually, now that I think of it, I don’t remember ever seeing him read?….hmm.  I lasted a total of 6 weeks before I had had enough. And when my time was up, I did something so uncharacteristic of me that I still to this day have a hard time believing I really did it.  In one of 8 thousand meetings with the Mr. Crazy, I got up, walked out and never came back.  In the next few weeks, the rest of my peers followed suit – with the exception of one unlucky sole who is s... B a b y B o u n d blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2741631 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:27:39 +0100 2741631 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2737730&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F08%2Fben-goldacre-and-science-minister-lord-drayson-debate-16th-sept-royal-institution-tickets-are-free-on-020-7409-2992%2F A couple of months ago the science minister Lord Drayson was saying that British science journalism is fabulous, the lessons from MMR had been learnt, and so on. I disagreed, and after a bit of chat on twitter I’m very pleased to say that the minister’s office have organised a public discussion on the [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2737730 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:50:42 +0100 2737730 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2734263&cid=t_112074_149_f&fid=35784&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheChemBlog%2F%7E3%2FKU3w7QwwrEQ%2F Nothing coming in the way of department reviews (you pussies), but this was pretty f.ing hilarious: The law was intended to reduce the floating debris from abandoned foam coolers in the state’s waterways. But lawmakers, apparently a little rusty with chemistry, barred the wrong plastic. The white foam coolers commonly called “Styrofoam” are made from expanded polystyrene. But the law bars polypropylene. That’s a plastic found in things like dishwasher-safe plastic containers but not usually used to ferry drinks down a river. Source Also, where do stupid people come from?  Other stupid people, of course. (Source: The Chem Blog) The Chem Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2734263 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:15:49 +0100 2734263 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2730112&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FuRj5WIf-8FI%2F Lindsay Lohan has not cleaned... [[ 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=2730112 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:28:12 +0100 2730112 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2725324&cid=t_112074_177_f&fid=38134&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbabybound.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F08%2F22%2Fbookends%2F Life is strange.  Everything happens for a reason of course, but sometimes things happen that just make you wonder: what the f. is going to happen next? This was an extremely challenging week.  More of a shitstorm of sorts.  One of those weeks that make you have to look reeeeaaaally deep inside yourself to find the funny.  I can’t lie, I kinda flipped the f. out.  For the first time in a really long time, I was physically unable to cope and almost needed loads of drugs, hospitalization sedation.  But while this may have seemed like the hardest thing I’ve ever gone through, after sleeping on it, I realized its not.  But even more personal reflection revealed that we been through this exact same shitstorm before. Let me explain.  Bring on the bullets… The year 2000 ... B a b y B o u n d blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2725324 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:30:55 +0100 2725324 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2720006&cid=t_112074_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F08%2F21%2Fagony-aunt-edition-18%2F Legal to shag*, drink*, smoke*, vote* and spend far too much money on sticky alcoholic drinks in trashy nightclubs before vomiting profusely in a handy bathroom stall, it’s Agony Aunt now with Added Majority. Bring on the googlers. It’s late in the week, piddling down a serious g-dly incontinence episode of rain from above, and it’s bloody windy to boot. A heady combination of construction site dust and plain old mud keeps getting in around my front door, and if it keeps it up I may have to concede defeat and begin mowing the inside of my entryway. So, since Saag and Naan (bless their snot ravaged, tear streaked, screaming, unhappy teething cotton socks!) are finally down for a nap thanks to the powers of pharmacological intervention, I figure it’s as good a time ... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2720006 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:52:46 +0100 2720006 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2719734&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FEw5781on4uM%2F It seems like awful plastic... [[ 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=2719734 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:21:34 +0100 2719734 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2715989&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FDQHTQFdql18%2F Plastic surgery starts rather... [[ 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=2715989 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:23:37 +0100 2715989 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2712143&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FDQHTQFdql18%2F Plastic surgery starts rather... [[ 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=2712143 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:23:37 +0100 2712143 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2712142&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FFZrBDXLCf_I%2F Omarosa from the reality show... [[ 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=2712142 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:54:34 +0100 2712142 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2712107&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fcoffee-shop-feminists-are-back.html The scenarioAnne is in the process of giving birth, with assistance, to her second child. She has been in the second stage of labour for nearly an hour. She declined an epidural and has had a lot of pain. She is very tired, and becoming emotional. The baby's head is not coming down. She is being managed by John, an experienced consultant obstetrician, who she knows well. John thinks he has a good relationship with Anne. He delivered her first baby. He advises Anne that he needs to assist the delivery by using forceps. With her consent, he gives her a pudendal block and puts the forceps on the baby's head. He starts to pull gently and steadily and thankfully the baby's head comes down relatively easily. He reaches the stage where he knows that one more contraction, one more pull and the bab... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2712107 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:57:00 +0100 2712107 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2702309&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F08%2Fpr-reviewed-data%2F Ben Goldacre, The Guardian, 15 August 2009 You will have noticed – from the fish oil pill saga, and the Herceptin coverage – that journalists can cheerfully make grand claims for a product which would be impossible in any advert. This week the Advertising Standards Authority ruled that the Daily Express newspaper repeatedly tried to circumvent [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2702309 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:33:00 +0100 2702309 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2702310&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F08%2Fnational-healthcare-a-breeding-ground-for-terrorism%2F Ok. This is seriously next level. (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2702310 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:01:14 +0100 2702310 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2691565&cid=t_112074_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FLn5uFt0-6EA%2F This study shows that drinking daily can damage some folks, to the point of a high risk of cancer. Sometimes excesses like drinking are done out of habit. Change your habit, change your risk. Image: sxc.hu. Post from: Blisstree Drinkers Have Higher Risk of Cancer (Source: A Hearty Life) A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2691565 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:02:51 +0100 2691565 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2685212&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2Fty8yvvGNaQ4%2F You might remember Monica... [[ 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=2685212 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:23:28 +0100 2685212 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2683999&cid=t_112074_149_f&fid=35784&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheChemBlog%2F%7E3%2FsELSZxp52N8%2F I haven’t done a drug Sunday in a while, but I feel as though I should, given the heinousness of my previous post.  You see, I have some sort of anxiety disorder or something which appears to run in my family.  I usually work this out with running but haven’t been able to do that for a while and, consequently, the anxiety gets the better of me.  NOW, a consequence of said anxiety is insomnia – which is essentially the most annoying side effect.  (Most of my family are insomniacs.  At any given point, I could wake up and find some member of my family awake in the house, watching TV or playing on the internets or, in the case of the grandparents, smoking cigarettes reading newspapers…) Whatever.  The short of the long of it is sometimes I can’t sleep and s... The Chem Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2683999 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 05:07:35 +0100 2683999 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2681890&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F08%2Fhow-myths-are-made%2F Ben Goldacre, Saturday 8 August 2009, The Guardian. Much of what we cover in this column revolves around the idea of a “systematic review”, where the literature is surveyed methodically, following a predetermined protocol, to find all the evidence on a given question. As we saw last week, for example, the Soil Association would rather [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2681890 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:48:54 +0100 2681890 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2670853&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FmIEb_MKbl2o%2F Summer is the perfect time to... [[ 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=2670853 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:53:35 +0100 2670853 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2670803&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F08%2Fevidence-check-government-being-good%2F Select committees are pretty much the only place in parliament where MPs do what you’d naively hope they do all the time: sit down, hear a lot of evidence on an important issue, and then have a good hard think about it. In February the Department for Innovations, Universities, Science and Skills asked you what [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2670803 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:46:16 +0100 2670803 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2660727&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F08%2Fcheck-me-out-i-bought-some-posh-chocolate-im-political%2F Ben Goldacre, The Guardian, Saturday 1 August 2009 This week the Food Standards Agency published 2 review papers showing that organic food is no better than normal food, in terms of composition, or health benefits. The Soil Association’s response has been swift, receiving prominent and blanket right of reply: this is testament to the lobbying power [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2660727 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:12:26 +0100 2660727 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2657893&cid=t_112074_149_f&fid=35784&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheChemBlog%2F%7E3%2F-7TmlA5PfHo%2F The recent and laughable account by Xinbo Wang, Bo Zhang and David Zhigang Wang in JACS that sodium hydride is an oxidant has been challenged by an online cabal of chemists over at TotallySynthetic.  It was further questioned at CBC and has been the scorn of folk in the office. I almost feel compelled to do the reaction, but from the comments section it seems pretty clear:  in the absence of oxygen, sodium hydride does not an oxidant make. It’s a pretty tough reality and a stinging rebuke that people can essentially do basement chemistry and have your shit debunked before it even makes it into print.  This is the nature of the blogosphere, the inernets and the future. Of course, there was no scandal here… it was a bit sensational.  Peer review triumphed again, even if it ha... The Chem Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2657893 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:32:41 +0100 2657893 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2653792&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FTyQ_VtQcEaE%2F The New Tinsley The Old... [[ 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=2653792 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:46:15 +0100 2653792 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2653702&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F07%2Fone-of-my-t-shirts-is-in-the-in-the-daily-mail%2F So that’s pretty strange. I can also inform you, looking at our deservedly derisory sales figures, that this rather well-dressed young lady is one of 10 people in the universe to own such a t-shirt. Buy one now, and you have a one in ten chance of appearing in the Daily Mail yourself: that’s science. [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2653702 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:31:40 +0100 2653702 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2653703&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F07%2Fwe-are-more-possible-than-you-can-powerfully-imagine%2F Ben Goldacre The Guardian Wednesday 29 July 2009 Today the Australian magazine Cosmos, along with a vast number of other blogs and publications, reprinted an article by Simon Singh, in slightly tweaked form, in an act of solidarity. The British Chiropractic Association has been suing Singh personally for the past 15 months, over a piece in the Guardian [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2653703 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:20:26 +0100 2653703 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2645329&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FGOq3Jz-u3TQ%2F Audrina Patridge stuffed her... [[ 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=2645329 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:03:55 +0100 2645329 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2637840&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FGOq3Jz-u3TQ%2F Audrina Patridge stuffed her... [[ 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=2637840 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:03:55 +0100 2637840 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2634693&cid=t_112074_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F07%2F24%2Fagont-aunt-edition-17%2F Boring for her nation, it’s Agony Aunt back in the saddle. She’s swotting up for yet another high-school maths exam and desperately trying to figure out exactly what an integer really IS when it’s at home. As for physics, she’s leaving the vexed difficulty of defining Torque to the blokes on Top Gear. It’s a shame they seem to have no eartly idea either. Either way, she’s busy, bored with numbers and can’t work out why you can’t divide by zero. Bring on the googlers. In the absence of much content of my own to blog about, mostly because I am spending quite a lot of my day rather unimaginatively running around my loungeroom in circles and flapping my wings convulsively in a vain attempt to cope with the idea that I have two so-close-yo... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2634693 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:06:53 +0100 2634693 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2621815&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FcEj3ULEJXnE%2F Anna Faris was at a recent... [[ 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=2621815 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:23:05 +0100 2621815 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2670850&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FxZPH_ECCHjk%2F Gee, Heidi Fleiss is looking... [[ 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=2670850 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:45:29 +0100 2670850 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2615364&cid=t_112074_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FxZPH_ECCHjk%2F Gee, Heidi Fleiss is looking... [[ 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=2615364 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:45:29 +0100 2615364 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2613850&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F07%2Fis-this-a-joke%2F Ben Goldacre, 18 July 2009, The Guardian. We’d all like to help the police to do their job well. They, in turn, would like to have a massive database with DNA profiles from everyone who has been arrested, but not convicted of a crime. We worry that this is intrusive, but some of us are willing [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2613850 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:33:00 +0100 2613850 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2613910&cid=t_112074_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FMOumdgDs-II%2F When we think about plastic surgery, most of the time we think about women getting it done. But men also undergo cosmetic procedures and for the same reason women do: because they want to boost their self-esteem. Bruce Jenner has been wildly recognized as someone that perhaps took plastic surgery to the extreme. His face changed so much he didn’t recognize himself. He even admits that he’s been compared to Michael Jackson as someone who has drastically altered their appearance. Bruce admits that he was going through a rough time in his personal life when he made the decision to have the surgery done. He says, “I had just gone through my second divorce, lost a lot of money. I was in a little dinky house.” He’s now had another surgery to try and correct the da... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2613910 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:52:55 +0100 2613910 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2614105&cid=t_112074_177_f&fid=38134&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbabybound.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F07%2F17%2Fo-wow-i-didnt-think-id-get-these-questions-again%2F OK let’s just put it out there. Now that I don’t have a job, it seems to be pretty obvious to everyone but me that I’m suppose to have a kid. “Maybe this was God telling you to focus on a family now.” “You should take this time to get pregnant.” While arguably, pregnancies seem to gravitate towards the jobless, homeless and crack addicted, I’m pretty sure this isn’t exactly prime time for baby makin. I know it kinda looks like it. What with all my bon bon eating and tv watching and all. But the last time I checked, babies still liked diapers and food and stuff. Actually, money isn’t really even the reason this seems like the absolute worst time. When people tell me to have a baby, I just keep getting visions of me, sitting in an o... B a b y B o u n d blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2614105 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:25:47 +0100 2614105 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2613851&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F07%2Frape-a-non-correction-from-the-telegraph%2F The media is a game-like world of blurry truths, where the vague narrative shape of a story matters more than clarity, accuracy and evidence. Three weeks ago the Daily Telegraph published an unpleasant article headlined “Women who dress provocatively more likely to be raped, claim scientists”. It was based on the unpublished and unfinished dissertation [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2613851 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:05:24 +0100 2613851 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2610916&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F07%2Frape-a-non-correction-from-the-telegraph%2F The media is a game-like world of blurry truths, where the vague narrative shape of a story matters more than clarity, accuracy and evidence. Three weeks ago the Daily Telegraph published an unpleasant article headlined “Women who dress provocatively more likely to be raped, claim scientists”. It was based on the unpublished and unfinished dissertation [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2610916 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:05:24 +0100 2610916 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2591445&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F07%2Fevidence-based-revenge%2F Ben Goldacre, The Guardian, Saturday 11th July 2009 This week I have attempted to engage in meaningful disputes with morons who have misled their readers using untrue facts. I will rise above it, because I am a nice guy. More importantly, I don’t want to end up being diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Embitterment Disorder, the new [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2591445 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:31:25 +0100 2591445 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2588274&cid=t_112074_111_f&fid=38039&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsomedaynurse.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F07%2F09%2Fnot-the-brady-bunch%2F I don’t know what to do anymore. For months now, everything with Jamey is a crisis. He hates my son and is very vocal about what a permissive  mother I am. Jamey has decided the only way to interact with me is to act “pissed off” all the time, so I will never be able to tell if and about what he is really mad. I told him I could not live like that. I thought he understood. After talking to him for hours last night, I thought I’d convinced him things would be okay. This is your fault, he tells me, looking at the hole in the door. Of course he’s right, though not in the way he means. It’s my fault because I thought we could get through this. I thought our love was stronger than the demons that haunt him.Ostensibly, he is upset because my son asked me to c... How I Spent My Nursing Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2588274 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:13:31 +0100 2588274 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2576587&cid=t_112074_88_f&fid=35612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheknifeman.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F07%2Frip-mj.html (Source: The KnifeMan) The KnifeMan blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2576587 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:29:00 +0100 2576587 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2570448&cid=t_112074_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F07%2Fasking-for-it%2F Ben Goldacre, The Guardian, Saturday 4 July 2009 There’s nothing like science for giving that objective, white-coat flavoured legitimacy to your prejudices, so it must have been a great day for Telegraph readers when they came across the headline “Women who dress provocatively more likely to be raped, claim scientists”. Ah, scientists. “Women who drink alcohol, [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2570448 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:57:37 +0100 2570448