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 'benjamin'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:06:25 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050819&cid=t_266938_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fwomans-view-healthcare-it I recently had the opportunity to attend an event in my hometown of Atlanta that honored the top 25 women in healthcare – a group of powerful and intelligent providers and payers that are leading the industry into a new era. The awards were preceded by a conference featuring such illustrious speakers as the US Surgeon General, Dr. Regina Benjamin. I think it’s safe to say that everyone in the audience came away feeling like yes, we’ve come a long way, but that there is so much more to be done in terms of truly transforming healthcare delivery. read more (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050819 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:20:43 +0100 5050819 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050583&cid=t_266938_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwhy-doctors-should-participate-in-the-debt-ceiling-debate%2F2011.07.20 Joe Scarborough reminds us that the divisions in American government are hardly new, paraphrasing Benjamin Franklin’s observation that “When you assemble a number of men, to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble . . . all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected?” (This comes from a September 17, 1787 speech by Mr. Franklin to urge ratification of the U.S. Constitution, read on his behalf because he was too ill to deliver it in person. The Constitution was ratified the same day.) I suppose we should be encouraged that Congress’s prejudices, passions, errors of opinion, local interests and selfish views are as American as apple pie,... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050583 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:00:00 +0100 5050583 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5036279&cid=t_266938_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F15%2Fsport-psychology-and-its-history%2F My boyfriend, an avid golfer, always says that golf is mainly a game of the brain. That is, your mental state has a lot to do with your success on the course. And, not surprisingly, it’s like that with other sports. Psychology can give players an edge. As Ludy Benjamin and David Baker write in From Séance to Science: A History of the Profession of Psychology in America, “Indeed, in so many instances when physical talents seem evenly matched, it is the mental factors that will make the difference in winning or losing.” That’s where sport psychology — also sometimes referred to as sports psychology — comes in. So how did sport psychology start and evolve? Early Experiments In America, sport psychology’s roots date back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries when se... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5036279 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:35:35 +0100 5036279 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4813264&cid=t_266938_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FcjyuOJ8FHdw%2F By David RittgersI make the case that domestic military detention for all terrorism suspects isn’t necessary in this piece over at the Huffington Post. Legislative proposals by Rep. Buck McKeon (R-CA) and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) would mandate military detention instead of criminal prosecution for all those suspected of international terrorism. I oppose this policy change for reasons both principled and practical: If the civil rule of law handles terrorist threats adequately, then invoking military jurisdiction is a counterproductive overreaction. That was the case with one of the handful of domestically detained enemy combatants, Ali al-Marri. Al-Marri was an honest-to-goodness Al Qaeda sleeper agent masquerading as an exchange student. The FBI indicted him on charges that could have car... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4813264 Tue, 10 May 2011 16:42:55 +0100 4813264 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4489727&cid=t_266938_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F02%2F17%2Fthe-birth-of-the-mental-asylum%2F The first hospital in the U.S. opened its doors in 1753 in Philadelphia. While it treated a variety of patients, six of its first patients suffered from mental illness. In fact, Pennsylvania Hospital would have a pivotal impact on psychiatry. Benjamin Rush, a physician who has been referred to as “the father of modern psychiatry” largely due to his book, Medical Inquiries and Observations on the Diseases of the Mind, worked at the hospital. He believed in treating mentally ill patients with bloodletting, a treatment that was used by Ancient civilizations. He dismissed demonic theories behind mental illness, and instead thought that psychiatric disorders originated from “hypertension in the brain’s blood vessels” (as cited in Goodwin, 1999). It was thought that removing bl... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4489727 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:17:01 +0100 4489727 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4399495&cid=t_266938_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FyhLfQ9Z-SoI%2F By David RittgersIn November, a New York jury found Al Qaeda bomber Ahmed Ghailani guilty on only one of 285 charges for his role in the Kenya and Tanzania embassy bombings. I called it “a good outcome” for a number of reasons, largely agreeing with Ben Wittes. I’ve disagreed with Wittes on lawfare issues before, but he and Chesney are right on this case: (1) the defendant will serve a minimum of twenty years in jail, possibly life; (2) it’s not certain that the military commissions would have allowed evidence obtained by coercion (Charlie Savage also made this point in his article for the New York Times), (3) the conspiracy conviction in civilian court is solid on appeal, but not necessarily so in a military commission (conspiracy is not a traditional law of war violation, and thr... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4399495 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:02:11 +0100 4399495 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4382709&cid=t_266938_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2011%2F01%2Fsurgeon-general-calls-increased-breastfeeding%2F US Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin is calling for an increased practice of mothers breastfeeding babies for the first six months of life. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4382709 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 04:00:05 +0100 4382709 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4219783&cid=t_266938_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSciencebaseScienceBlog%2F%7E3%2Fn60v642ktfU%2Flatest-scientific-discoveries.html Forget fruit and veg. Lose weight and cut the booze to reduce cancer risk People should be warned that cancer is linked to obesity and alcohol, rather than urged to eat more fruit and vegetables to protect against the disease. UK trialling testing sugar-coated salt on roads Although they’ve been using molasses for years in Nebraska and other places to help salt stick to the roads, it’s only just occurred to us Brits to give it a try now that we’re entering a period of severe cold weather (again). Add salt to water and it lowers its freezing point so that it has to be that bit colder for the roads to stay frozen. However, salt kicks up too easily, add molasses and the salt gets more of a purchase on the icy roads and helps defrost them (ever so slightly) producing a nice b... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4219783 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 09:16:34 +0100 4219783 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4183284&cid=t_266938_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FaYRbtb2N_LI%2F By David RittgersYou’ve probably heard that a jury found Al Qaeda bomber Ahmed Ghailani guilty on only one out of 286 charges associated with the 1998 embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. A predictable debate followed. Glenn Greenwald cited the outcome as proof that the system works, while Liz Cheney, Debra Burlingame and Bill Kristol described the trial as a reckless experiment. Thomas Joscelyn called the trial a miscarriage of justice. The most insightful commentary I’ve seen is over at Lawfare. Benjamin Wittes and Robert Chesney summed things up pretty well: “Trial in federal court didn’t work out the way the Obama administration wanted, but it wasn’t a disaster–and we can’t honestly say it worked out worse than the military commission alternative would likely have done... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4183284 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:51:29 +0100 4183284 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4118878&cid=t_266938_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F0beBhMc9t9k%2F By David RittgersThat’s the proposal Benjamin Wittes makes in today’s Washington Post. Wittes says that by splitting the legal baby, by “charging the 9/11 case in both military commissions and federal court,” the Obama administration can satisfy political considerations on both sides of the aisle. This is a path fraught with legal issues. The constitutional bar against double jeopardy would prevent a trial in one forum and re-trial in the other for the same actions. Wittes spells out his proposal in greater detail in this post at the Lawfare blog, and he acknowledges this risk. The same sovereign cannot try someone twice for the same crime and Wittes acknowledges that the “John Allen Muhammed Model,” named after one of the Beltway snipers, used the separate sovereigns doctrin... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4118878 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:20:31 +0100 4118878 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4074024&cid=t_266938_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F5v9OuZ4Vkyw%2F By Justin LoganBill Kristol has a plan to help the US military George F. Will has called neoconservatism “a spectacularly misnamed radicalism” whose adherents are “the most radical people in this town.”  (It is a shame that the Heritage Foundation has fallen so far from its sensible opposition to the neoconservative vision and evidently bought into the neoconservative program in toto.) Like other radicals, however, they are pretty good at politics, which is clear from reading their latest offering, a talking points document [.pdf] produced by the “Defending Defense” initiative intended to demonstrate that U.S. military spending is not that large and should not be cut. I have several things to say about the document, but all of the internet sniping and providing adversa... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4074024 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:06:10 +0100 4074024 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3784346&cid=t_266938_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2010%2F07%2F13%2Fmeaningful-use-final-rule-published%2F This morning HHS held a live webcast (I guess it’s a news conference?) announcing the final meaningful use rule. Unfortunately, it was a little early for me on the west coast (the life of a blogger), but I caught the second half of the webcast. Seems like they have made some changes to the meaningful use program. The most notable I think are the drop in percentage of ePrescriptions that are required (now at 40% I believe) and the mandatory and ala carte meaningful use requirements. I’m really interested to look into how they’ve implemented the second option. I believe this is how they’re trying to deal with the problems of meaningful use and specialties. So, hopefully the mandatory meaningful use requirements will be those that apply to ALL specialties and then the ... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3784346 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:29:13 +0100 3784346 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3724441&cid=t_266938_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fben-franklin-on-freedom-quote-of-the-day%2F In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria. – Benjamin Franklin Post from: BlissTree Ben Franklin on Freedom (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3724441 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:00:53 +0100 3724441 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3403853&cid=t_266938_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fwalls-that-dont-talk-toxic%2F Mod Green Pod's vinyl-free wallpaper "Delight" Volatile organic compounds – also known as VOCs – don’t make good roommates. In fact, they stink. Besides their olfactory offense, VOCs have been linked to ozone depletion, smog build-up, respiratory problems, and even cancer. Yet some folks cozy up with VOCs day in day out by choosing vinyl wallpaper or carbon-loaded paint to cover their walls. But there’s no need to. In the past few years, the number of eco-friendly paints on the planet has proliferated; and now, their quality has caught up. This month, Consumer Reports published the results of its 2010 interior paint survey: Nearly all the high-scorers contained 50 grams or less of VOCs per liter. Low-VOC Behr Premium Plus Ultra received top marks in all categories (fr... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3403853 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:14:54 +0100 3403853 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3398873&cid=t_266938_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Ftodays-poll-leading-ladies-and-their-leaving-men%2F Unless you live under a rock, recently you’ve probably seen headlines involving the “Oscar Curse.” What kind of gossip are the tabloids spreading now? Let’s walk with the Ghost of Best Actress Past. We’ll start today, just over two weeks following Sandra Bullock’s Oscar win for The Blind Side, and less than a week after Jesse James, her husband of five years, issued a public apology for cheating. Simultaneously, Kate Winslet and husband Sam Mendes publicly announced their split, a year after she collected her BA statue from the Academy for The Reader. This is a tough road, but let’s keep going. Reese Witherspoon was named best actress in 2005 (Walk the Line); she finalized her divorce with Ryan Phillipe in October 2006. Hillary Sw. was on top in 20... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3398873 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:07:49 +0100 3398873 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298461&cid=t_266938_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FF2DhcXaUKsY%2F Here you have the February edition of our monthlyeNewsletter covering cognitive health and brain fitness topics. Please remember that you can subscribe to receive this Newsletter by email, using the box in the right column. The recent SharpBrains Summit witnessed the convergence of Benjamin Franklin’s words (”Man is a Tool-Making Animal”)  with neuroscientist Santiago Ramon y Cajal’s  (”Every man can, if he so desires, become the sculptor of his own brain.”) The neuroplasticity revolution that may well transform education, training, healthcare, aging, is under way. New Tools Will the Apple iPad Be Good for your Brain: Prof. Luc Beaudoin lays out key criteria to assess Apple iPad’s potential value for our cognitive fitness, and judges the iPad aga... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298461 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:24:23 +0100 3298461 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3224871&cid=t_266938_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F01%2F31%2Flawyers-and-depression-an-interview-with-daniel-lukasik%2F Today I have the honor of interviewing Daniel Lukasik, a distinguished attorney and the creator of the very cool website LawyersWithDepression.com. Daniel also writes the Lawyers With Depression blog, which covers a range of different topics, from spirituality to how to make smart decisions as professionals. Question: Why are so many lawyers depressed? Daniel: 1. Lawyers are Pessimistic Thinkers. According to Professor Martin Seligman, lawyers have a “pessimistic explanatory style.” This is not the same thing as seeing the glass as “half empty.” Rather, pessimistic lawyers tend to attribute the causes of negative events as stable and global factors (It’s going to last forever, and it’s going to undermine everything.) The pessimist views bad event... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3224871 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:59:42 +0100 3224871 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3123367&cid=t_266938_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_VSumEwUeD4%2F By Jim HarperAlong with learning the factual details, it remains to be seen whether the effort by a Nigerian traveler to ignite some type of explosive on a U.S.-bound flight was an “attempted act of terrorism”—as it has been characterized by the White House—or a successful act of terrorism.  Though it certainly helps, terrorism doesn’t require explosions and fatalities to work its will. If public fear produced by this incident drives the U.S. toward self-injurious overreactions—abandonment of plane travel, overwrought and poorly directed security measures, and so on—then it will be a successful act of terrorism. The behavior of the Obama administration, political leaders in Congress, and the media will determine whether this is a successful... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3123367 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:28:23 +0100 3123367 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3204945&cid=t_266938_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F3896439%2F113hjn%2Fneuromarketing%7EGot-Aura.htm In 1936, long before mp3 files and digital books, a German named Walter Benjamin wrote an essay titled, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. In it, he discussed the difference between an original work of art and a copy so perfect that it was indistinguishable. He suggested that the [...] CommentsComments (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3204945 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:02:06 +0100 3204945 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2851836&cid=t_266938_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F10%2F01%2Fcookies-or-empathy%2F I recently came across a short “introspection” published in The American Journal of Psychiatry by Dr. Jonathan Benjamin describing the case of Mr. A, an unemployed alcoholic, during the time Dr. Benjamin was working as a consultation-liaison psychiatrist in a primary care setting. Mr. A. wanted to show his primary care physician that he was no longer drinking (a routine the physician and patient had been through many times in the past) by suggesting he could come into the clinic every other day so the doctor could smell his breath. But Dr. Benjamin had another idea: “Mr. A, I like the idea of your coming to the clinic every other day, but I do not like the idea of your reporting in disgrace. How about if you learned to bake a little? On every visit you could bring the t... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2851836 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:03:41 +0100 2851836 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2606047&cid=t_266938_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F9xWG59wYHg8%2F The President announced his choice for Surgeon General yesterday. She’s 52-year old Regina Benjamin, and by all accounts, she’s a caring and talented woman. She runs a family practice in Alabama and Obama said that when clients couldn’t pay, she simply didn’t charge them. She also went without a salary when the clinic was not doing well. How often do we see something like that? Benjamin’s family has had a history of what she calls “preventable diseases,” and even remarked that the reason her family couldn’t be there was because they all had struggled and lost to things like high blood pressure, diabetes, and lung cancer. This background will no doubt make her that much more determined to spread the word for us all to take care of ourselves.... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2606047 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:04:00 +0100 2606047 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1841252&cid=t_266938_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F406419528%2F On November 3, the US Supreme Court will review a case involving preemption, the legal notion that FDA approval supercedes state law claims challenging drug safety, efficacy, or labeling. Pharma and the FDA argue agency actions are the final word on safety and effectiveness. And so the court will be closely watched because its ruling will determine whether patients can sue a drugmaker through state law when a product has already been approved by the FDA. But in a recent column, Ben Zipursky, a Fordham Law School professor, wrote that Wyeth vs. Levine may not be a good case to decide preemption (back story). We asked him to explain… Pharmalot: Why do you call this case an unfortunate example of preemption to have the court decide? Zipursky: The nature of Supreme Court adjudication is ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1841252 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:59:22 +0100 1841252 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4060720&cid=t_266938_109_f&fid=34859&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.davemsw.com%2Farchives%2F2008%2F05%2Fjill_bolte_taylor_my_stroke_of_insight.php This story is truly astonishing. Jill Bolte Taylor is a Neuroanatomist who had an remarkable experience of self-discovery. In this experience, she found Nirvana, that place of total peacefulness we all seek. At the same time, she discovered it's neuroanatomy. She effectively defined mindfulness. TED | Talks "Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for. One morning, a blood vessel in Jill Bolte Taylor's brain exploded. As a brain scientist, she realized she had a ringside seat to her own stroke. She watched as her brain functions shut down one by one: motion, speech, memory, self-awareness ... Amazed to find herself alive, Taylor spent eight years recovering her ability to think, walk and talk. She has become a spokesperson for stroke recovery and fo... Ψ Dare To Dream... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4060720 Thu, 29 May 2008 04:14:29 +0100 4060720 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1416204&cid=t_266938_117_f&fid=34612&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoctorweighsin.com%2Fjournal%2F2008%2F5%2F2%2Fa-hat-tip-to-pediatrician-dr-benjamin-spock.html Brian Klepper Here's one of today's entries in The Writers' Almanac, the wonderful daily newsletter sent out by Garrison Keillor on NPR. Parents of boomers like me were big fans of Dr. Spock, treating him with an almost cult-like reverence for his sensible wisdom about child care. He later parted ways with some of his more conservative followers, when he became an iconic protester against America's war in Viet Nam. Be sure to note the last line of the blurb below. This is the same message Jane Sarasohn-Kahn related recently in The Wisdom of Patients. We stand on the shoulders of giants. It's the birthday of Dr. Benjamin Spock, (books by this author) born in New Haven, Connecticut (1903). His Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (1946) was a best seller during the period after World War... The Doctor Weighs In blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1416204 Fri, 02 May 2008 09:00:25 +0100 1416204 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1305851&cid=t_266938_131_f&fid=35743&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthegenesherpa.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fthought.html What if we had a 1000 USD genome by next year? Where would we be? What would we have? What problems would that create? Who would benefit? Who would lose?I have been thinking alot about this lately. Mainly because I had known for a while that the Applied Biosystems' Product was coming in under 60k. Trust me....under 60k USD. My friend and ex-President of TV Guide had sent me something this week and I wondered how quick this would move up the charts and into the press.So I ask my readers..."Where would we be in 1 year from this date if we had the capability to sequence a whole genome for 1000 USD? No not the SNP scans being paraded on the Today show...A whole genome, CNVs and all. What problems would that create? Who would lose? Who would benefit?I have some ideas and will post them in the c... Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1305851 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 23:35:00 +0100 1305851 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=823673&cid=t_266938_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F148711110%2Fresearcher_who_redefined_free.html What separates people who steal from the public purse and those who give back millions to help others? That moment of choice ... which makes some a sinner and others a saint … consumed Benjamin Libet’s research until his July 23 death at the age of 91. Libet’s well respected research points to a smaller window on choices than once observed, according to latimes.com. After 20 years of studying the brain, Libet concluded that instead of a free will, the mind has a free won’t. Through a series of experiments Libet and his research team observed electrodes imbedded deep in the brains of epilepsy patients - and measured neural circuits stimulated.He compared how long a signal is required to elicit a response and how long that response took. Electrical sti... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=823673 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:48:43 +0100 823673 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=704444&cid=t_266938_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F06%2F29%2Fyoung-skateboarders-cross-canada-for-breast-cancer%2F Filed under: FundraisersI was watching a local news program the other day and the guest speakers caught my eye. It was a group of four young guys who recently skateboarded across Canada to raise awareness for breast cancer. They've also recently been appointed the parade marshalls of the Calgary Stampede, which might not mean much to most of you, but the position of Parade Marshall is usually held by .... well ... someone famous, such as Walt Disney, Prince Charles, Jack Lemen, etc. I think this goes to show that cancer-related causes are gaining more awareness every day, which is so promising.The names of these unlikely heroes are Carlos Koppen, Rob Lewis, Aaron Jackson and Benjamin Jordan, and their cause is called Push for the Cure. I think they are fabulous, and you should check out th... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=704444 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 704444