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 'bees'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:02:59 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4693335&cid=t_128274_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F04%2F08%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-april-8-2011%2F I’m going to skip my biweekly words of reflection today and talk about something important going on this month. While bees spread pollen during spring, organizations are spreading awareness about autism in April. There will be several activities running this month that will help raise awareness about autism, which is defined by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke as, “complex neurodevelopment disorders, characterized by social impairments, communication difficulties, and restricted, repetitive, and stereotyped patterns of behavior.” It is estimated that “three to six children out of every 1,000 will have an autism spectrum disorder.” For more information, you can check out the NINDS website. And to find out what you can do participate i... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4693335 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:56:52 +0100 4693335 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4419183&cid=t_128274_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fsix-science-snippets.html from David Bradley What is entropy? – This property of all matter – this collapse into disorder – is given a name: entropy. Things that are disordered have greater entropy than things that are relatively more organized. A glass of water, in which the molecules of water itself can move around relatively freely, is more disorganized – has greater entropy – than a block of ice, in which the molecules of water are trapped into a rigid, organized array. Research at recess – Twenty five 8-10-year-olds, under the guidance of University College London neuroscientist Beau Lotto, found that bees can learn complex rules to solve puzzles, and that individual bees have personal preferences, suggesting the insects may possess some form of personality. As bold as tho... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4419183 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:00:09 +0100 4419183 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4394514&cid=t_128274_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Feven-more-science-news-2.html Science news snippets from the net meanderings of David Bradley Fighting malaria without DDT = FAIL – Review suggests DDT essential in fight against malaria, despite claims for green approaches. A new research paper exposes allegedly false claims and misrepresentations of science by United Nations environmental organizations to stop successful uses of DDT and other public health insecticides in malaria programs. Adverse drug reactions are not an argument against modern medicine – The number of preventable adverse events from medical treatments is far too high. And even the idiosyncratic events — freak accidents, basically — mean we must always consider the rare but possible harms of the therapies we use. But as Harriet Hall has pointed out, we cannot look at d... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4394514 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:00:05 +0100 4394514 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4394518&cid=t_128274_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fscience-news-5.html Latest science news snippets from Sciencebase Bee team funded by Bayer – It is revealed that the lead investigator in the study that recently published results suggesting that bee colony collapse disorder (CCD) is due to the combined effect of a virus and a fungus is funded by the insecticide company (Bayer). The researcher denies that this funding is connected to the research, it pays for other work, but you can't help but wonder whether there is a conflict of interest here. Who’s your favourite scientist? – Who's your favourite scientist? For me it has to be Feynman, although Faraday would be a close second, oh and perhaps Sagan, and then there's Curie, and Kroto…oh the list goes on… Definition of a chemistry research paper – I've ... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4394518 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:56:48 +0100 4394518 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4394521&cid=t_128274_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fscience-news-3.html International Year of Chemistry, "Naturally" – Nature's take on the launch of the International Year of Chemistry 2011 (IYC11) Stinging vision – A group of school children aged between 8 and 10 years old have had their school science project accepted for publication in an internationally recognised peer-reviewed journal. The paper, which reports novel findings in how bumblebees perceive colour, is published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters. Physical Methods – Organophoshorus Chemistry provides a comprehensive and critical review of the recent literature. Coverage includes phosphines and their chalcogenides, phosphonium salts, low coordination number phosphorus compounds, penta- and hexa- coordinated compounds, tervalent phosphorus acid derivativ... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4394521 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:26:04 +0100 4394521 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4133805&cid=t_128274_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSciencebaseScienceBlog%2F%7E3%2FPaioiHqPwMI%2Finsects-arachnids-bugs.html I briefly review Daniel Marlos’ latest book, Curious World of Bugs, in Six Sexy Science Books. But, I wanted to know more about the book and so offered Marlos a few questions on which he might wax lyrical. What makes bugs such a fascinating subject? Bugs make such a fascinating subject because they are ubiquitous. Bugs can be found all over the world in every conceivable environment. Unlike larger animals that flee when they are being observed, bugs couldn’t care less who is watching them and they are ready subjects to be photographed. Many children have a fascination with bugs, though sadly, most adults outgrow this initial reaction to the lower beasts. What is the most remarkable bug? This is of course my opinion, but I find the preying mantis to be the most remarkable bug. T... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4133805 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:00:45 +0100 4133805 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3911848&cid=t_128274_136_f&fid=39212&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbahtocancer.com%2F2010%2F08%2Fand-the-winner-is-2%2F Brigita. She’s the new owner of a signed copy of ‘Like Bees To Honey’ by Caroline Smailes. Congratulations, Brigita. Email me your address and I’ll post your book out. If you missed out, you can buy a copy from Amazon here. You might also want to check out Caroline’s website, and follow her on Twitter. She’s a star. Just a note about the Bah! BBB: winners are drawn completely at random so please don’t feel affronted if your eloquent plea for a book was ignored – it’s nothing personal. Just, as they say, the luck of the draw. (Source: Bah! to cancer) Bah! to cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3911848 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:22:04 +0100 3911848 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3889280&cid=t_128274_136_f&fid=39212&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbahtocancer.com%2F2010%2F08%2Fbah-bbb-like-bees-to-honey-by-caroline-smailes%2F I have a signed copy of ‘Like Bees To Honey‘ by Caroline Smailes to give away today. Caroline swumg by the blog for a chat when it was first published – you can read the interview with her here. And I love this review of her book, by Kathryn Eastman and first published on The Nut Press You know that feeling you sometimes get when you step off an aeroplane in a Mediterranean country and the warm air envelops you like a deep sigh? Your whole body relaxes and that’s the moment when you realise that you’re in a foreign country, and now properly away from home. That’s how it feels to open the pages of Like Bees to Honey and start reading. The book opens in Manchester airport as Nina and her son board a plane to Malta. Nina is attempting to see her parents and make pea... Bah! to cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3889280 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:06:05 +0100 3889280 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3699611&cid=t_128274_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fan-ms-attack%2F You’re going along, minding your own business when all of a sudden; POW!  It’s an exacerbation! These things happen to all of us now and again.  We hope, with the use of our disease-modifying drugs, that they happen less often and that when they do they may be (May Be) less severe.  The excuse I’ll give for my week without posting is that I’ve been in the midst of one for nearly two weeks now. The funny part is/was, I had an appointment set with one of my neurologists smack in the middle of it! I, of course, knew what was going on with my body.  The new symptom; constant numbness of my left thigh, was not something I’d experienced before and it had lasted for over 4 days.  The “bumble bees” in my feet and legs are with me over half the time now. Going through the... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3699611 Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:51:07 +0100 3699611 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3490593&cid=t_128274_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Ffeel%2Fgreen-sex-for-earth-week-with-toys-in-babeland%2F No, really! In honor of Earth Day, Toys in Babeland is donating 20% of its “eco-toy” sales to Grist.org for the entire month of April. Grist.org is an award-winning online eco-news source based in Seattle, Washington, and the Toys in Babeland donations will go toward creating more great content to keep us clued into environmental news. If you don’t have time to volunteer for Earth Day; you can at least squeeze in a ride with the Solar Bullet. So what exactly is an “eco-sex toy”? Here are a few to ignite your, um, imagination: The Solar Bullet: turn eight hours of sunshine into one hour of vibes. ($34) Eco-Sexy Kit - Organic lube, all natural spa products and a latex-free "Laya Spot". ($64) Birds n' Bees Condoms - Certified vegan pre-lubricated ... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3490593 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:10:40 +0100 3490593 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3354288&cid=t_128274_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fnaturally-clean-hand-sanitizer-breakdown%2F Natural and organic alternatives to household cleaners and soaps have been around for ages, but only recently have companies started coming up with alternatives to chemical-laden hand sanitizers. Coming on the heels of ubiquitous alcohol-based hand sanitizers like Purell, several new “natural” brands are now on the market. They tout natural, organic, and/or plant-based ingredients, claiming to be less harsh than the nearly pure alcohol found in many traditional sanitizers on shelves. But is this just another case of greenwashing? We checked out three popular brands to find out what’s really keeping our hands clean. EO Hand Sanitizer – It contains 62% organic ethanol, distilled from certified organic, non-GMO sugar cane. When we asked the company what the difference is between this ... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3354288 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:22:07 +0100 3354288 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2939450&cid=t_128274_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=2576778&cid=t_128274_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fa-better-analogy-to-describe-an-ms-symptom%2F In the first few months of blogging on Life with MS, I made an analogy between baseball and multiple sclerosis.  I was new to blogging and, well, it probably wasn’t my best work… The other day, however, baseball and multiple sclerosis made their way into my head once again and this time…it makes perfect sense! First, let it be said that baseball is the greatest invention/sport/game/call-it-what-you-will in the history of mankind (ok, save for the printing press).  Now that we have that out of the way, I’ll explain. An early summer’s evening and I’m out in the back garden doing whatever one does on such evenings: flipping chicken on the barbecue, watering the plants, picking peas, brushing the dogs; doesn’t matter.  I’m likely to have the l... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2576778 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:20:00 +0100 2576778 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2415798&cid=t_128274_150_f&fid=38374&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2F4bEfGp76f10%2Ftexting-to-provide-answers.html (Source: ePharma Summit) ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2415798 Mon, 18 May 2009 16:40:00 +0100 2415798 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1531367&cid=t_128274_122_f&fid=35068&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbrainwindows.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F06%2F19%2Fmore-than-a-honey-machine%2F Just saw an interesting seminar on honeybees and the algorithims they use to fly, land and communicate. No brain imaging, just interesting behavior from a brain the size of a piece of cous-cous. Mandyam Srinivasan -  Queensland Brain Institute How flexible is learning in insects?  Can they apply rules they learn to novel situations?  Can they generalize? Bees have a compound eye. 9000 ommatidia to observe the world.  3 primary colors. 2 eyes are very close, so stereo vision is quite difficult using triangulation.  To get 3d they use an active mechanism.  Move, then see what happens to the image on the retina. When traveling in straight line, distant objects will track slowly across retina.  Rotation screws up optic flow. How do we train bees?  Can do it in your backyard.  Miria... Brain Windows blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1531367 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:39:18 +0100 1531367 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1432470&cid=t_128274_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Fruth-day-and-bees-repeat-performance-at.html Some of you may remember back in November, 2005, when I posted snippets from an FDA public hearing on DTC (see "FDA DTC Hearings: Snippets from Day 1"). Well, yesterday's U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce hearing on DTC seems to be a replay of the FDA version.You might say that Congress is re-enacting this investigation into DTC precisely because two and one half years after FDA held it's hearing, the agency and the drug industry have done precisely ZIP about the issues raised. In fact, since 2005, the industry and FDA have cozied up and are attempting to rubber-stamp FDA's approval of DTC ads under a payola scheme (see "PDUFA Payola!").But enough about trivial matters. Let's focus on the testimony, and especially the testimony of Ruth Day, head of Duke University's Medical... Pharma Marketing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1432470 Fri, 09 May 2008 11:44:00 +0100 1432470 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1103498&cid=t_128274_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomensbioethics.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F12%2Fpollan-on-pollen-patties-and-porcine.html (Source: Women's Bioethics Blog) Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1103498 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:16:00 +0100 1103498 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=801399&cid=t_128274_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2F144496918%2Fnative_bee_with_pollen_sacs.php tags: native bee species, bees, Image of the Day This little bee was working the Gaillardias along White Oak Bayou (Texas) around 6:30 p.m. Notice the bulging pollen sacs on its hind legs. Image: Biosparite [larger] Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=801399 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:59:38 +0100 801399 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=751707&cid=t_128274_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2F136591247%2Fleafcutter_bees.php tags: leafcutter bees, Image of the Day Leafcutter bees in W. 11th St. Park Nesting Boxes. Look for the diagnostic hair on the ventral surface of the abdomen, which the bee rubs over composite flowers to trap pollen. Image: Biosparite [larger] Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=751707 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:59:09 +0100 751707 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=704469&cid=t_128274_135_f&fid=35263&url=http%3A%2F%2Fronhudson.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fwelcoming-guest-writer-anirudha-alam-of.html Anirudha Alam is the Assistant Director (Information & Development Communication) for the Bangladesh Extension Education Services (BEES).Gender Equality, Beacon of Hope for AIDS PreventionGender equality, a well-defined by-product of human development, always entrenches inclination on how to focus attention on women empowerment. Simultaneously women empowerment confronts challenges consecutively in translating the responsibilities to gender equality into action. Gender discrimination is the prime source of endemic poverty leading to skyrocketing HIV prevalence. With a view to making gender equality a reality as a core commitment, women empowerment has to be the stepping stone to sustainable development.HIV/AIDS epidemic is raging in Africa and mounting all over the world mostly due to gend... 2sides2ron blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=704469 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:28:00 +0100 704469 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=574087&cid=t_128274_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffungalgenomes.org%2Fblog%2F2007%2F04%2Fwhered-the-bees-go-ask-a-fungus%2F I don’t know if you’ve heard, but bee colonies are disappearing! Colony collapse disorder, as this phenomenon is better known, worries bee-keepers, agriculturalists and insect admirers all over: over 25% of the commerical bee colonies have disappeared since last fall. Normally, when a commerical hive collapses, honey is left behind in the box and wild bees set up shop on top of this free resource. But it seems that wild bees are also suffering, as honey filled boxes remain bee-less. Researchers are scrambling to determine the cause of this bee die-off. Given the agricultural implications of losing one of nature’s best pollinators, time is of the essence. All sorts of hypotheses have been suggested, from pesticides or pathogens to solar flares and cell phones, but little e... Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=574087 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:21:15 +0100 574087