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 'belgium'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:00:55 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4445797&cid=t_106392_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FeIsknPHxr8M%2F By Glenna Crooks. This is the week many of us will consider – or finally make – Valentine’s Day purchases. Some of us will consider chocolate. Maybe more of us should. I wondered about that as I saw some disparate bits of data over the weekend. An article on Valentine’s Day spending was informative: couples will spend just under $70 on each other and we’ll spend, on average, $5 on pets, $6 on friends, $5 on teachers and $3.50 on co-workers. What will we be buying? In all, about $12.B in treats for the day: $3.5B on jewelry, $1.6B on clothing, $3.4B on dinner, $1.7B on flowers, $1.5B on candy (of which $285M will be on chocolate) and $1.1B on greeting cards. I get interested in items like this when I hear that we ‘can’t afford health care.’ I’ve noticed over the years how ... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4445797 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:48:38 +0100 4445797 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4377792&cid=t_106392_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FshWlI8o-q9M%2F Rise and shine. Another day is on the way. And here on the Pharmalot corporate campus, where the official mascots are barking and the short people are scurrying off to the school houses, we are preparing for the usual meetings and deadlines. We imagine you are doing the same. So as always, please join us for a needed cup of stimulation and take a moment to peruse the news of the world. We hope your day is productive and please stay in touch… Vertex Hepatitis C Drug Gets Priority Review (Associated Press) Merck Confirms Bleeding Risk With New Clotbuster (Reuters) Perrigo Buys Assets Of Paddock Labs (Bloomberg News) Forest Labs Says Depression Drug Fails In Study (Associated Press) UK Plans To Overhaul The NHS (The Guardian) Parents Upset At FDA Panel Rejection Of Lilly Drug (Xconomy) ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4377792 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:03:28 +0100 4377792 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4337919&cid=t_106392_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FkHbk2m319fQ%2F By Daniel J. MitchellThanks to decades of reckless spending by European welfare states, the newspapers are filled with headlines about debt, default, contagion, and bankruptcy. We know that Greece and Ireland already have received direct bailouts, and other European welfare states are getting indirect bailouts from the European Central Bank, which is vying with the Federal Reserve in a contest to see which central bank can win the “Most Likely to Appease the Political Class” Award. But which nation will be the next domino to fall? Who will get the next direct bailout? Some people think total government debt is the key variable, and there’s been a lot of talk that debt levels of 90 percent of GDP represent some sort of fiscal Maginot Line. Once nations get above that level... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4337919 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:53:45 +0100 4337919 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4190157&cid=t_106392_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fsudden-cardiac-arrest-how-fast-does-it-cause-unconsciousness%2F2010.11.21 How fast does sudden cardiac arrest cause unconsciousness? In just seconds. Here’s a video of Salamanca soccer player Miguel Garcia’s episode. At the start of the video, Mr. Garcia can be seen in the background of the image kneeling behind the players in the foreground. Watch carefully as he stands after tying his shoes. Although it is difficult to see, it appears an automatic external defibrillator arrives in about two minutes, though given the fact his shirt is still on as he’s taken from the field, we note the device is on his gurney as he’s hurried to a nearby ambulance. Reportedly, he survived this sudden cardiac arrest event: This was NOT a heart attack, but rather a loss of cardiac function caused by a rapid, often disorganized heart rhythm disorder. Compar... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4190157 Sun, 21 Nov 2010 19:00:00 +0100 4190157 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3656805&cid=t_106392_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fbelgiums-baby-snow-leopard-photo-of-the-day%2F Belgium is raising the country’s first Snow Leopard, “Laila”, in Planckendael Zoo, and her photos were too cute for us to resist. It’s Sunday, sue us: Photo: WENN.com Post from: BlissTree Belgium's Baby Snow Leopard: Photo of the Day (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3656805 Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:30:08 +0100 3656805 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3395095&cid=t_106392_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2F3-cool-things%2F Layla in Brooklyn (photo: Marina Berio) Three things we like, in no particular order, from Blisstree to you: 1. Vlaemsch: A super-slick Belgian home design site that lets you shop online. Love the moose. 2. Layla: Alayne Patrick’s tiny shop filled with pretty things to put in your home or on your body, located in Brooklyn’s Boerum Hill neighborhood. 3. Chicago Reader: Very cool paper about a very windy town. Post from: BlissTree (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3395095 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:44:18 +0100 3395095 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3011197&cid=t_106392_46_f&fid=38787&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmsf.ca%2Fblogs%2Fphotos%2F2009%2F11%2F19%2Fbelgium%2F Photo: Gaël Turine Brussels – November18, 2009 A kosovar family eats lunch at the soup kitchen organised by CIRÉ and Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen at the Saint-Roch church in Brussels. At this moment, more than 1,000 asylum seekers have nowhere to go and survive in the streets, with winter rapidly approaching. (Source: MSF Blogs) MSF Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3011197 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:03:14 +0100 3011197 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2598193&cid=t_106392_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FB0HUbJHo-qk%2F The Democrat’s latest plan to raise money for federal health care expansion is to impose surtaxes ranging from 1 percent to 3 percent on higher-income earners. Currently, the United States is in the middle of the pack of industrial nations when it comes to imposing punitive tax rates on higher earners. The chart shows the top statutory personal income tax rates for the 30 nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The current top U.S. rate is 42 percent (including state taxes), which is the same as the 30-nation average. The data is from the OECD. With the top federal rate scheduled to jump 5 percentage points in 2011, plus the new 3-percent surtax, the top U.S. rate would hit 50 percent. Fifty percent! Half of all additional income earned by the nat... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2598193 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:50:16 +0100 2598193 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2306940&cid=t_106392_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F04%2Fbelgian-euthanasia-of-woman-on-hunger.html I will say it until I am blue in the face, and then I will keep saying it: Euthanasia guidelines are not really there to be followed and actually protect the vulnerable. They are there to give the illusion of control.Consider: In Belgium, which has Dutch-style euthanasia, an elderly woman wanted euthanasia but didn't qualify under the law. She got it anyway after a hunger strike. From Derek Humphry's blog: A 93-year-old Belgian woman has died after going on a 10-day hunger strike last month to force doctors to help her die, her family said. Amelie Van Esbeen, born in 1916, was surrounded by family members at a home where she lived for the past five years...Van Esbeen ended her hunger strike on March 24 and made a written euthanasia request which was accepted by a different doctor who helpe... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2306940 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:40:00 +0100 2306940 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1147431&cid=t_106392_107_f&fid=36698&url=http%3A%2F%2Fminingdrugs.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Ffinding-job-in-cheminformatics-and.html From: jobs at ccl.net (do not send your application there!!!)To: jobs at ccl.netDate: Mon Sep 3 07:45:15 2007Subject: 07.09.03 Senior/Principal Scientist Molecular Modeling, Tibotec, Belgium Tibotec (http://www.tibotec.com) is a pharmaceutical research and development company with headquarters in Belgium and operating subsidiaries in the United States and Ireland. The company is a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. Tibotec is dedicated to the discovery and development of novel drugs for HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases with the ultimate aim of enhancing and extending peoples lives.We currently are looking for a Senior or Principal Scientist Molecular Modeling and Cheminformatics, based at our headquarters in Mechelen, Belgium.In this function you will apply computational chemistry ... Mining Drug Space blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1147431 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:29:00 +0100 1147431 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=865475&cid=t_106392_132_f&fid=35028&url=http%3A%2F%2Flurena.vox.com%2Flibrary%2Fpost%2Fintegrative-bioinformatics-2007-day-3-searls-keynote.html%3F_c%3Dfeed-rss David Searls (GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals, USA) Other than where specified, these are my notes from the IB07 Conference, and not expressions of opinion. Any errors are probably just due to my own misunderstanding. A metaphor for SB: the orga... Read and post comments | Send to a friend (Source: Systems Biology & Bioinformatics) Systems Biology & Bioinformatics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=865475 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:18:38 +0100 865475 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=861791&cid=t_106392_132_f&fid=35028&url=http%3A%2F%2Flurena.vox.com%2Flibrary%2Fpost%2Fintegrative-bioinformatics-2007-day-2-protein-info-2-disease-terms-mottaz-et-al.html%3F_c%3Dfeed-rss Presented by Anna-Lise Veuthey, from SIB. Other than where specified, these are my notes from the IB07 Conference, and not expressions of opinion. Any errors are probably just due to my own misunderstanding. :)Increase interoperability between m... Read and post comments | Send to a friend (Source: Systems Biology & Bioinformatics) Systems Biology & Bioinformatics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=861791 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:26:16 +0100 861791 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=861792&cid=t_106392_132_f&fid=35028&url=http%3A%2F%2Flurena.vox.com%2Flibrary%2Fpost%2Fintegrative-bioinformatics-2007-day-2-coherency-in-hpi-futschik-et-al.html%3F_c%3Dfeed-rss Other than where specified, these are my notes from the IB07 Conference, and not expressions of opinion. Any errors are probably just due to my own misunderstanding. :) Protein-protein interaction networks: fundamental for comprehensive systems b... Read and post comments | Send to a friend (Source: Systems Biology & Bioinformatics) Systems Biology & Bioinformatics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=861792 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:50:03 +0100 861792 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=861793&cid=t_106392_132_f&fid=35028&url=http%3A%2F%2Flurena.vox.com%2Flibrary%2Fpost%2Fintegrative-bioinformatics-2007-day-2-min-to-odes-yartseva-et-al.html%3F_c%3Dfeed-rss Other than where specified, these are my notes from the IB07 Conference, and not expressions of opinion. Any errors are probably just due to my own misunderstanding. :) From MIN model to ordinary differential equations. A MIN model is a knowledge... Read and post comments | Send to a friend (Source: Systems Biology & Bioinformatics) Systems Biology & Bioinformatics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=861793 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:44:44 +0100 861793 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=861794&cid=t_106392_132_f&fid=35028&url=http%3A%2F%2Flurena.vox.com%2Flibrary%2Fpost%2Fintegrative-bioinformatics-2007-day-2-multi-value-networks-banks-et-al.html%3F_c%3Dfeed-rss Other than where specified, these are my notes from the IB07 Conference, and not expressions of opinion. Any errors are probably just due to my own misunderstanding. :)Talk about multi-value networks, high-level petri nets, and the differences wi... Read and post comments | Send to a friend (Source: Systems Biology & Bioinformatics) Systems Biology & Bioinformatics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=861794 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:35:56 +0100 861794 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=861795&cid=t_106392_132_f&fid=35028&url=http%3A%2F%2Flurena.vox.com%2Flibrary%2Fpost%2Fintegrative-bioinformatics-2007-day-2-reactome-de-bono-et-al.html%3F_c%3Dfeed-rss Other than where specified, these are my notes from the IB07 Conference, and not expressions of opinion. Any errors are probably just due to my own misunderstanding. :) Most disease are multifactorial. Now we've reached a critical mass where we n... Read and post comments | Send to a friend (Source: Systems Biology & Bioinformatics) Systems Biology & Bioinformatics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=861795 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:12:21 +0100 861795 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=861796&cid=t_106392_132_f&fid=35028&url=http%3A%2F%2Flurena.vox.com%2Flibrary%2Fpost%2Fintegrative-bioinformatics-2007-day-2-model-format-owl-mfo-lister-et-al-1.html%3F_c%3Dfeed-rss Integration of constraints documented in SBML, SBO, and the SBML Manual facilitates validation of biological models Published September 2007 by the Journal of Integrative Bioinformatics Allyson L. Lister1,2, Matthew Pocock2, Anil Wipat1,2,* 1 Ce... Read and post comments | Send to a friend (Source: Systems Biology & Bioinformatics) Systems Biology & Bioinformatics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=861796 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:50:42 +0100 861796 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=861797&cid=t_106392_132_f&fid=35028&url=http%3A%2F%2Flurena.vox.com%2Flibrary%2Fpost%2Fintegrative-bioinformatics-2007-day-2-myexperiment-goble-keynote.html%3F_c%3Dfeed-rss Other than where specified, these are my notes from the IB07 Conference, and not expressions of opinion. Any errors are probably just due to my own misunderstanding. :) She compares it to mySpace. First, an introduction to workflows, where all o... Read and post comments | Send to a friend (Source: Systems Biology & Bioinformatics) Systems Biology & Bioinformatics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=861797 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:50:09 +0100 861797 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=858295&cid=t_106392_132_f&fid=35028&url=http%3A%2F%2Flurena.vox.com%2Flibrary%2Fpost%2Fintegrative-bioinformatics-2007-day-1-the-oxl-format-taubert-et-al.html%3F_c%3Dfeed-rss Other than where specified, these are my notes from the IB07 Conference, and are in no way expressions of opinion, and any errors are probably just due to my own misunderstanding OXL is the ONDEX data format, and they are presenting it as a possi... Read and post comments | Send to a friend (Source: Systems Biology & Bioinformatics) Systems Biology & Bioinformatics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=858295 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:06:31 +0100 858295 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=858296&cid=t_106392_132_f&fid=35028&url=http%3A%2F%2Flurena.vox.com%2Flibrary%2Fpost%2Fintegrative-bioinformatics-2007-day-1-cabinet-oesterheld-et-al.html%3F_c%3Dfeed-rss Other than where specified, these are my notes from the IB07 Conference, and are in no way expressions of opinion, and any errors are probably just due to my own misunderstanding. There are a large number of concepts and methods. Need to integrat... Read and post comments | Send to a friend (Source: Systems Biology & Bioinformatics) Systems Biology & Bioinformatics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=858296 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:48:51 +0100 858296 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=858297&cid=t_106392_132_f&fid=35028&url=http%3A%2F%2Flurena.vox.com%2Flibrary%2Fpost%2Fib07-day-1-vinedb-hariharaputran-et-al.html%3F_c%3Dfeed-rss Other than where specified, these are my notes from the IB07 Conference, and are in no way expressions of opinion, and any errors are probably just due to my own misunderstanding Motivation: to create a data warehouse, not only to integrate the d... Read and post comments | Send to a friend (Source: Systems Biology & Bioinformatics) Systems Biology & Bioinformatics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=858297 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:36:13 +0100 858297 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=650905&cid=t_106392_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F06%2F01%2Fvehicle-for-change-novo-nordisks-bus-to-visit-us%2F Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Events, OpinionDrug giant Novo Nordisk's big white bus will soon roll into the USA. Officially known as the Novo Nordisk Changing Diabetes Bus, the vehicle is scheduled to visit a selection of towns in the USA between June and November. First, though, it's the turn of those lucky Canadians. The tour kicked off in Denmark back in September 2006 and goes under the banner "Changing Diabetes." Since Denmark, the bus and its crew have visited the following countries: Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, South Africa, Australia, China, Japan, and Canada. (Cool job, huh?) The Canada sojourn will last a few more days - 'till June 12, to be exact - then it's time to cross the border into the US. Last stop is New York City, where the tour will end on November 14, w... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=650905 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 650905 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=511188&cid=t_106392_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F03%2F30%2Feuropean-bmi-on-the-rise%2F Filed under: Type 2, DietAlthough the United States clearly takes the cake (and devours every last piece of it) as the fattest country in the world, there are many European nations who also seem to be indulging a bit too much these days. With cases of type 2 diabetes being diagnosed concurrently with rising obesity rates, this is clearly an issue that deserves worldwide attention. Tipping the scales with an average Body Mass Index (BMI) of 28 is -- well, that's us here in the good ol' U.S. of A. Not far behind, however, are the following nations: ~ Italy: 24.3 (The pasta diet - "I never walk pasta good meal!") ~ France: 24.5 (These 'Francy' eaters are also reaching for their namesake fries and toast) ~ Poland: 24.8 (Sausages Warsaw being eaten by the dozen) ~ Netherlands: 24.9 ("Hollandais... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=511188 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 511188 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=730476&cid=t_106392_151_f&fid=35797&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewrecovery.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F03%2Fbelgium-ups-ante-with-cig-warnings.html Cigarette packs sold in Belgium will soon have vivid pictures of the harm that smoking does, along with text warnings. The pictures are not for the faint-hearted. One shows a man with a swollen-red tumour protruding from his neck. "Smoking can lead to a slow and painful death," reads the advice underneath. Another shows a smoker in a prison cell clutching bars made of cigarettes. The moral of the story? "Smoking is addictive. Don't start." Other pictures the Belgian government plans to rotate over the next three years show toothless gums, blackened lungs and open-heart surgery.Canada already uses pictorial warnings along with text. Other European countries are expected to follow suit.EU Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou, introducing the new policy, said: "Pictorial warnings are a cost... New Recovery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=730476 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:36:00 +0100 730476 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=494243&cid=t_106392_134_f&fid=35139&url=http%3A%2F%2Fitsmylifepeople.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F03%2Fabsolutely-nothing-to-do-with-diabetes.html I'm sulking ever so slightly because I missed out on a trip to Brussels in January, although the man got to go and I'm going to miss out again next week; the man will once again be eating stoemp met worstjes (mashed potatoes and carrots with sausages, the best comfort food) and drinking Orval (a Trappist ale, aka unsweetened nectar) while I hold down things at this end. This sucks.I'm often asked what I miss about Belgium and I can go on for days about it, but in the interests of brevity I'll just say: the food, the drink, the culture, the surrealism. Sometimes even the weather. For those requiring a little more depth in their answers I suggest they check out An A to Z of Belgium written by an Englishman with an obvious love for the eccentricities of the small country at the heart of Europ... It's My Life, People blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=494243 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:12:00 +0100 494243 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=730496&cid=t_106392_151_f&fid=35797&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewrecovery.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2Falcoholics-have-trouble-reading-facial.html Alcoholics are poor at reading facial expressions that signal emotions, and this deficit predicts relapse, researchers in Belgium have found.The researchers presented alcoholics in a treatment program and a matched control group with a series of photographs showing emotional facial expressions (EFE) and asked them to identify the emotion displayed and its degree of intensity. Alcoholics consistently lagged on this test. Moreover, individuals who were at the bottom of the scale in this skill were very liable to drop out of treatment and relapse. Skill at recognizing emotional expressions did not improve after only three months of abstinence, the researchers found. Marie-Line Foisy, a researcher at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles and corresponding author for the study, said, "It may be th... New Recovery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=730496 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:17:00 +0100 730496 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=494255&cid=t_106392_134_f&fid=35139&url=http%3A%2F%2Fitsmylifepeople.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F12%2Fsinterklaas.html I'm still sore from slipping last week but it served me right for putting up the lights before Sinterklaas has visited. This is one of the traditions we bought with us from Belgium and I violated it at my peril. The Sint (known as St Nicolas in the francophone part of the country) arrives on a boat from Spain at the end of November then treks through the low countries on his horse, accompanied by his helper(s) Zwarte Piet(s). On the evening of Dec 5 he leaves oranges, a chocolate initial and presents in the shoes of good children in The Netherlands, and arrives in Belgium on the morning of the 6th to do the same. As most Mamas in Belgium work, families celebrate St Nicholas the weekend before but Sintaklaas always visits nurseries and schools on the right day. Only after Sinterklaas has pa... It's My Life, People blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=494255 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:47:00 +0100 494255