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 'biography'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:58:58 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028388&cid=t_97514_107_f&fid=34860&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corporeality.net%2Fmuseion%2F2011%2F07%2F10%2Fcare-of-self-and-keeping-track-of-ones-identity%2F A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about neurophysiologist and Nobel Prize winner Ragnar Granit’s essay on the distinction between discovery and understanding as two separate modes of scientific work, which, he suggested, are differentially distributed throughout a scientist’s life-course — young researchers are impatient to discover something new, whereas older scientists are more interested in getting insight, he suggested. Even more interesting, in my view, is Granit’s thoughts about how researchers ‘keep track’ and ‘take care’ of their identity in order to achieve understanding and insight: By “keeping track of one’s identity” I mean cultivating the talents of listening to the workings of one’s own mind, separat... Biomedicine on Display blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028388 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:25:45 +0100 5028388 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4953268&cid=t_97514_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F06%2F19%2Fnot-pictured%2F View Full Album I am mindful, on this Father’s Day, that I do not have many photographs of Thomas Arnold (“Arnie”) Chaplin.  (The additional ones I do have are wedding party shots with people who might not wish to be published.)  However my memory informs me of many more, in safe-keeping with Mom, from the [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4953268 Sun, 19 Jun 2011 20:51:16 +0100 4953268 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4953269&cid=t_97514_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F06%2F18%2Frustling-the-branches-of-my-old-family-tree%2F You’ve probably seen the advertisements for Ancestry.ca (or dot-com elsewhere). A few weeks ago I decided to give it a test-drive and I must say I’m hooked! The program isn’t doing all the work, mind you, as I leaf through two or three family-specific books that have been largely ignored by other members of the [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4953269 Sat, 18 Jun 2011 12:53:10 +0100 4953269 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4797878&cid=t_97514_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F05%2F07%2Fmays-contradictions-2%2F The month of May is one tinged with melancholy for members of my family. On May 4, 2002 my father dropped dead in his garden which, for him, could not have been a more suitable place. Yet he was only seventy-five, a birthday celebration only a few weeks earlier for which the entire family had [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4797878 Sat, 07 May 2011 16:44:23 +0100 4797878 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4565909&cid=t_97514_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FjUgxZhBB8NA%2F What resources must the budding Oslerophile seek out? Here are the LITFL-approved books and websites for learning about Sir William Osler. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4565909 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00:36 +0100 4565909 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4495379&cid=t_97514_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F18%2Fawesome-task-or-perhaps-not-bridging-the-perspective-gap%2F Excerpts from my tweets (and a RT) from early this afternoon: Death by daily repression and near-starvation or death by desperate martyrdom via the State responsible? Your choice? #Bahrain #Libya #Yemen MD from #Bahrain: “Pls, pls, where is the #UN; we need the world; ppl are being killed in the streets!” Ambu’s BLOCKED frm #PearlRoundabout [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4495379 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 22:06:06 +0100 4495379 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4477763&cid=t_97514_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-physical-and-metaphorical-heart%2F2011.02.14 Listening to NPR on Saturday morning I caught part of Scott Simon’s interview with brothers Stephen Amidon and Thomas Amidon, M.D. discussing their book “The Sublime Engine: A Biography of the Human Heart.” The interview touched on the story of the human heart in science and medicine, history, and culture:  It turns out that the classic red heart symbol we see almost everywhere around Valentine’s Day doesn’t look much like a real human heart at all. “Of all the theories about where that symbol comes from, my favorite is that it is a representation of a sixth century B.C. aphrodisiac from northern Africa,” says Stephen Amidon…”And I kind of like that history because it sort of suggests that early on, people sort of understood the conne... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4477763 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:00:00 +0100 4477763 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4419145&cid=t_97514_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FapjEoRqF6DY%2F ZDoggMD recently parodied the stereotype of the adrenaline-fueled ER doc. There's no truth to it, is there? Maybe you haven't heard of Deniz Tek? (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4419145 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:59:52 +0100 4419145 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4399530&cid=t_97514_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FmC5xhZnxOEs%2F A shout out for Whonamedit.com: a biographical dictionary of medical eponyms that aims to present a complete survey of all medical phenomena named for a person. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4399530 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 01:00:33 +0100 4399530 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4399759&cid=t_97514_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F01%2F25%2Fthe-shack-allegory-and-empathy-but-forgiveness%2F “I brought a book I think you’ll find interesting,” my cousin said as we sat down for lunch recently, handing me a paperback copy of The Shack by Wm. Paul Young. I will not suggest motives she might have had in giving me this book other than the fact that she knows, perhaps as much [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4399759 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:08:17 +0100 4399759 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4394687&cid=t_97514_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F01%2F25%2Fthe-shack-allegory-and-empathy-but-forgiveness%2F   “I brought a book I think you’ll find interesting,” my cousin said as we sat down for lunch recently, handing me a paperback copy of The Shack by Wm. Paul Young. I will not suggest motives she might have had in giving me this book other than the fact that she knows, perhaps as [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4394687 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:08:17 +0100 4394687 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4382923&cid=t_97514_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F01%2F21%2Fmichael-kimber-is-out-torontoist%2F A really great read from Torontoist: Michael Kimber Is Out. (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4382923 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 06:41:40 +0100 4382923 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4355766&cid=t_97514_107_f&fid=34860&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corporeality.net%2Fmuseion%2F2011%2F01%2F16%2Fliving-your-scientific-life-as-if-you-were-a-member-of-an-aesthetic-movement%2F I just received a call for papers from Craig Howes — the indefatigable promoter of all-things-biographical at the University of Hawaii — for an international conference on ‘Aesthetic Lives’ at the Université Montpellier, 23-24 September 2011. The preamble is alluring: In 1873, citing Hegel’s vision of the Greeks, Walter Pater wrote in The Renaissance: ‘They are great and free, and have grown up on the soil of their own individuality, creating themselves out of themselves, and moulding themselves to what they were, and willed to be.’ As Craig points out, this celebration of autonomy and self-fashioning was read with delight, cultivated, and variously implemented by the members of the so-called ‘Aesthetic Movement’. The pramble is alluring becau... Biomedicine on Display blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4355766 Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:58:23 +0100 4355766 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4300552&cid=t_97514_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-war-against-cancer-a-new-perspective%2F2010.12.30 Myths and misconceptions about cancer abound. Oncologists are frequently criticized for torturing patients by burning, cutting and poisoning without making any real progress in the war against cancer. Siddhartha Mukherjee, an oncologist and cancer researcher, tries to set the record straight with his new book The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer.   It is a unique combination of insightful history, cutting edge science reporting, and vivid stories about the individuals involved: The scientists, the activists, the doctors, and the patients. It is also the story of science itself: How the scientific method works and how it developed, how we learned to randomize, do controlled trials, get informed consent, use statistics appropriately, and how science can go wrong. It is so bea... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4300552 Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:00:43 +0100 4300552 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4294642&cid=t_97514_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FvNGmNUcasjE%2F The story of Alastair Coutts and Bob Eason as they try to save a dying patient in a small wooden hut in the Solomon islands with only basic equipment and a little help from Jesus. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4294642 Mon, 27 Dec 2010 00:00:18 +0100 4294642 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4238094&cid=t_97514_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F12%2F07%2Fobservations-from-buckstars-coffee-shop%2F I’m home from picking up prescription refills to paint a story-picture.  Note to self (the umpteenth): always, always carry a pen and paper! Having dropped off written prescriptions for repeats of my head meds, I walk briskly in the fresh cold wind over to the Cabbagetown location of Buckstars to wait.  A grande Americano should [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4238094 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 22:20:20 +0100 4238094 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4220416&cid=t_97514_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F12%2F01%2Fworld-aids-day-2010-by-aless-piper%2F Each writer in this series has generously given me permission to post their work. The views and experiences shared are their own. Where applicable, links will also be provided at the end of the piece. Tony Kushner wrote in the Playwright’s Notes for Act 2 of Angels in America – Perestroika that Harold Bloom translated [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4220416 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:00:10 +0100 4220416 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4220418&cid=t_97514_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F12%2F01%2Fworld-aids-day-2010-stories-3-kim-and-alex-by-jpk%2F Each writer in this series has generously given me permission to post their work. The views and experiences shared are their own. Where applicable, links will also be provided at the end of the piece. The best thing that I can say about Kim at this point is that she blessed the world with her [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4220418 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:13:47 +0100 4220418 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4214405&cid=t_97514_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F12%2F01%2Fworld-aids-day-2010-stories-1-excerpts-from-the-prologue-of-crooked-road-straight-the-awakening-of-aids-activist-linda-jordan-by-tina-a-brown%2F Each author in this series has generously given me permission to post their work. The views and experiences shared are their own. Where applicable, links will also be provided at the end of the piece. AIDS didn’t become important to me until somebody I knew died. I imagine that is also the case for most [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4214405 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 05:50:32 +0100 4214405 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4203281&cid=t_97514_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F11%2F25%2Fa-call-out-for-stories-yes-you%2F First of all, this is not a contest.  Every story will be published on my blog (and re-posted to Facebook & Twitter via links) in the order in which I receive them. You may send them to me within the body of an email, or by attaching a document, and I will post them.  I [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4203281 Fri, 26 Nov 2010 03:17:03 +0100 4203281 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4190209&cid=t_97514_107_f&fid=34860&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corporeality.net%2Fmuseion%2F2010%2F11%2F22%2Fthe-seven-sisters-subgenres-of-bioi-of-contemporary-life-scientists%2F This article discusses seven kinds of ideal-typical subgenres of scientific biography. In addition to its mainstream function as an ancilla historiae, it is also frequently used to enrich the understanding of the individual construction of scientific knowledge, to promote the public engagement with science, and as a substitute for belles-lettres. Currently less acknowledged kinds of scientific biography include its use as a medium for public and private, respectively, commemoration. Finally, the use of scientific biography as a research (virtue) ethical genre, providing examples of ‘the good life in science’, is emphasized. It would actually be fun to make a similar analysis of more recent biographical and autobiographical texts by life scientists published on the web. (Source: Biomedi... Biomedicine on Display blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4190209 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:59:28 +0100 4190209 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3823146&cid=t_97514_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F08%2F04%2Frespect-your-flock-with-twittersheep%2F Did you ever wonder about your Twitter followers? Who are they? What do they do? Why are they following you? Well now you can find out … TwitterSheep is a fun tool that allows you to see all this in visual cloud of keywords extracted from your followers biography. To generate a cloud of your own just enter your twitter name and within minutes you can have your own keyword cloud that you can choose to tweet out to your “flock.” So it is not rocket science but it did allow me to realise that my Twitter followers are professional associates. Check it out  … and remember to respect your flock! (Source: Nicola Ziady) Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3823146 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:17:18 +0100 3823146 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3816447&cid=t_97514_107_f&fid=34860&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corporeality.net%2Fmuseion%2F2010%2F08%2F04%2Fbiography-of-a-collection-or-a-collector%2F Donna Bilak’s review of Frances Larson’s An Infinity of Things: How Sir Henry Wellcome Collected the World (Oxford UP, 2009) points to an interesting contradiction in Larson’s book — is it a biography of the collection or of the collector? Larson’s explicit intent is to write “a biography of this gargantuan, amorphous, ethnographic collection”, but in practice , Bilak claims, the structure and content of the book puts Wellcome rather than his collection in the center. Oxford University Press tries to solve the problem on the book’s website, when writing that “An Infinity of Things tells the story of the greatest private collection ever made, and the life of the man behind it”. But can you have it both ways? Or do you, as B... Biomedicine on Display blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3816447 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 08:00:08 +0100 3816447 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3640946&cid=t_97514_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F06%2F08%2Fjournal-of-medical-biography-2009-vol-18-no-2%2F content page Fade Fave: John Reissberg Wolfe (1823–1904): a plastic surgeon in Garibaldi’s Army Fade Skinny: Looks at the appointment as military surgeon to Garibaldi’s army during the Italian Risorgimento of John Wolfe.  An original and unpublished letter related to his Italian experience gives evidence of the colourful personality of this Hungarian-born Scottish-trained surgeon. (NHS Athens is required to access this article online) Filed under: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals Tagged: Athens Password, Biography, Current Awareness, E-Journals, History, Plastic Surgery (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3640946 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:36:54 +0100 3640946 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3374384&cid=t_97514_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fthe-lois-wilson-story%2F Available for the first time in paperback, the biography of one of the recovery movement’s most influential figures: Lois Burnham Wilson, creator of Al-Anon and wife of Alcoholics Anonymous cofounder Bill W. Acclaimed author and screenwriter William G. Borchert explores the life and times of Lois Burnham Wilson, the spirited creator of Al-Anon and wife of Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson. From her privileged childhood in turn-of-the-century New York City to her socialite status as the ‘Wall Street Wife’ of the charismatic Bill in the roaring ’20s to the couple’s audacious cross country motorcycle excursions in the 1930s, Lois was every bit the adventure-seeker. But nothing could have prepared her for the chaos, anguish, and loss caused by Bill&#821... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3374384 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:43:00 +0100 3374384 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350493&cid=t_97514_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FdEXZP30f12s%2Fthank-you-to-all-my-friends-at-diabetes-daily.php I am now a real Diabetes Daily family member and am absolutely thrilled to be here. I am off to a great start with all of the wonderful friends I have already made and all the new ones I am looking forward to meeting. Many of you already know me as the chef who posts delicious diabetic recipes on the forum just about every day. I thought I would take a little of your time and tell you more about myself for my first blog entry. I was diagnosed a type 2 diabetic about 10 years ago. I fit all the criteria; over weight, eating all the wrong foods and had a sedentary lifestyle. I was even lucky enough to hit the trifecta, as my doctor had referred to it; type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Lucky me. Well, it really was lucky for me. It saved my life and started me o... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350493 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:30:21 +0100 3350493 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3126554&cid=t_97514_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F12%2F29%2Fjournal-of-medical-biography-2009-vol-17-no-4%2F content page Fade Fave: Giuseppe Pasta (1742–1823): protophysician and pioneer of psychological studies in the medical field Fade Skinny: Focus’ on a pioneer of psychological support in physical disease particularly on the courage and philosophical tolerance of disease and the etiquette of the physician. (NHS Athens is required to access this article online) Posted in Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals Tagged: Athens Password, Biography, Current Awareness, E-Journals, History, Physicians, Psychology (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3126554 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:56:20 +0100 3126554 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3100828&cid=t_97514_107_f&fid=34860&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corporeality.net%2Fmuseion%2F2009%2F12%2F18%2Fscientists-living-transnational-lives%2F A new book titled Transnational Lives (eds., Desley Deacon, Penny Russell, and Angela Woollacott, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009) discusses how the transnationalism of lives “threatens the stability of national identity and unsettles the framework of national histories and biography”. As the editors point out in the blurb, nationality has been determined by “complex combinations of birthplace, language, residence, citizenship, sex, ethnic identity, racial classification and allegiance”; but “human lives continually elude official classifications”. Indeed. And many scientific lives are among the most transnational of all. In my experience, scientists often think about themselves in terms of their disciplinary background and research specialty rather than in ter... Biomedicine on Display blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3100828 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:00:12 +0100 3100828 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2927330&cid=t_97514_107_f&fid=34860&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corporeality.net%2Fmuseion%2F2009%2F10%2F26%2Fmedicine-archives-and-researching-lives%2F Looks immediately like an innovative angle to the study of lives in science — that is, Wellcome Library’s and the British Records Association’s upcoming conference Researching Lives: Medicine, science and archives on the 8th December at Wellcome Collection in London. The one-day meeting will deal with the resources available in medical and scientific archives to build up pictures of individual lives — i.e., manuscripts and personal papers, films and photographs, forensic evidence and physical remains, etc. Speakers include Georgina Ferry (science writer), Julianne Simpson and Helen Wakely (Wellcome Library), Simon Chaplin (Royal College of Surgeons), Tim Boon (Science Museum), Paul Carter and Natalie Whistance (the National Archives) and Allan Jamieson (Fo... Biomedicine on Display blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2927330 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:17:59 +0100 2927330 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2883095&cid=t_97514_115_f&fid=37661&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnottotallyrad.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Flogicomix-epic-search-for-truth.html Yesterday was to have been a day of writing and programming. Instead, I surprised myself by buzzing through a 300+ page graphic novel on the life of Bertand Russell and his quest for the foundations of mathematics.This "comic" was an impulse buy in our local indie bookstore yesterday. It's browsing for and finding jewels like this that remind me why I still love physical bookstores so much.The authors and illustrators tell a great story, mixing romance, two world wars, politics, philosophy, logic, math and human failings into a narrative compelling enough to distract me from A Lot of Other Stuff I Needed to Get Done.A fine tale well told. I've passed it on to my son, to see how it fares with the tastes of a 15.9 year old.I'm off to a play this afternoon, and then it's back to the joys of ... Not Totally Rad blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2883095 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:17:00 +0100 2883095 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2348040&cid=t_97514_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsandnsurf.medbrains.net%2F2009%2F04%2Fleonardo-da-vinci-first-anatomist%2F Some time ago I came across an online discussion comparing the talents of Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarotti. Every school child knows that both men are among the greatest of all artists. Yet they were never on friendly terms and the 23 year age gap between them did nothing to diminish their rivalry. [...] (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2348040 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:59:35 +0100 2348040 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2348049&cid=t_97514_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsandnsurf.medbrains.net%2F2009%2F04%2Flaws-for-the-navigation-of-life%2F The late Peter Safar had a remarkable life. Born in Austria of Jewish ancestry he managed to evade the Nazis as a young man and survived the tragic death of his young daughter from status asthmaticus. Despite such terrible trials he went on to give the world ‘the kiss of life’ and became the acknowledged [...] (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2348049 Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:00:38 +0100 2348049 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2232638&cid=t_97514_107_f&fid=34860&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corporeality.net%2Fmuseion%2F2009%2F03%2F04%2Fbiodigital-lives-making-consuming-and-archiving-the-lives-of-technoscience%2F One of the potentially most interesting workshop titles I’ve seen announced so far this year is ’Biodigital lives: making, consuming and archiving the lives of technoscience’. The meeting — convened by Kate O’Riordan (Sussex) and Adrian Mackenzie (Lancaster) and hosted by the Centre for the Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics (CESAGen), the Centre for Material Digital Culture and the Centre for Life History and Life Writing Research at the University of Sussex on 14 July — will “examine issues and questions about digital and biodigital life, lives and identities framed by biosciences, contemporary media and biopolitical cultures”: From the lives of scientists to the technologisation of life, ‘Biodigital lives’ will ... Biomedicine on Display blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2232638 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:38:12 +0100 2232638 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2609140&cid=t_97514_46_f&fid=38791&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmsf.ca%2Fblogs%2Febolablog%2F2009%2F01%2F06%2Fbiography-evelyne-frauman%2F Evelyne Frauman, MSF Evelyne Frauman, 28, is a bioengineer and comes from Brussels, Belgium. In DRC, she is doing her third mission for MSF, after working in Southern Sudan and Myanmar (Burma). Evelyne is specialised in water and sanitation, a highly sought after profile on projects such as Ebola outbreaks, which require strict hygiene measures and rigid protocols to avoid any contamination. (Source: MSF Blogs) MSF Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2609140 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:17:47 +0100 2609140 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2021573&cid=t_97514_122_f&fid=35065&url=http%3A%2F%2Feideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F12%2Fflash-from-past-right-brained.html His mother was a doctor who was concern her son would get sick in the epidemics, so he chose to school him at home. His unemployed uncle taught him, and he had many strong ideas about not liking rote learning: " He...avoided teaching me the alphabet and multiplication tables (even today they give me trouble). Most of the time we played chess and read maps." Today he still says he doesn't know his multiplication tables past fives.But despite a disdain for conventional rote learning, this flash-from-the-past's uncle encouraged him to read and "pay attention to miscellaneous facts." His approach to learning was transdisciplinary, but this also had its toll on goal-directed learning and project completion. "Every so often I was seized by the sudden urge to drop a field right in the middle of w... Eide Neurolearning Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2021573 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:01:00 +0100 2021573 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1332516&cid=t_97514_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2F259412780%2Fcarnival_of_australia_now_avai_1.php tags: blog carnivals, Carnival of Australia The 26 March edition of the Carnival of Australia blog carnival is now available for you to enjoy. They link to a Birdie story piece that I wrote even though, technically, New Zealand birds are not Australian (but they sure are closely related to the Aussie birds). 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=1332516 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:59:57 +0100 1332516 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1073323&cid=t_97514_136_f&fid=36162&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myelomablog.com%2F2007%2F12%2F05%2Fsix-months-features-mm-patient%2F I just ran across a program on the Biography Channel called "Six Months." The program is about people living with deadly diseases, one being multiple myeloma. If you’re on the US west coast or central or mountain time, you can still catch tonight’s showing. There are two more upcoming showings: Thursday, December 6 3:00am Saturday, December 15 1:00pm From the [...] (Source: beth's myeloma blog) beth's myeloma blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1073323 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:56:44 +0100 1073323 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=918919&cid=t_97514_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2F163969708%2Fcarnival_of_eating_disorders_n.php tags: blog carnivals, carnival of eating disorders, eating disorders The latest edition of the Carnival of Eating Disorders is now available for you to enjoy. As you might know, eating disorders affect many people, either directly or indirectly. This blog carnival included an essay that I wrote, so be sure to go there and read it as well as their many wonderful pieces. 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=918919 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:59:16 +0100 918919 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=777626&cid=t_97514_140_f&fid=34838&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarmale.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fi-can-never-remember-dates-or-sequence.html (Source: Bipolar Mo) Bipolar Mo blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=777626 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:42:00 +0100 777626 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=676160&cid=t_97514_122_f&fid=35065&url=http%3A%2F%2Feideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fhappy-fathers-day-flashes-from-past.html This year's Father's Day Flash from the past, made his blind son a banjo for his 11th birthday. He wouldn't let him dwell on his blindness (lost sight before the age of 1 year), and he even taught him how to use a cross cut saw at age 14 years, so that he could go on to build a two room utility building and rewire his house. Who was this? This was General Dixon Watson, dad to Doc Watson, a remarkably talented picker. From a Biography of Doc Watson: "Looking back at Doc's professional music career, it might be said that that little banjo his father built for him was the most important thing the elder Watson could have done for his blind son. However, when asked, Doc will say that the most valuable thing his father did for him was put him at the end of a cross-cut saw...'He put me to work an... Eide Neurolearning Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=676160 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:02:00 +0100 676160 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=620208&cid=t_97514_122_f&fid=35065&url=http%3A%2F%2Feideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fmothers-day-flash-from-past-his-mother.html He recalled that his mother "...was the making of me... [because] she was always so true and so sure of me... And always made me feel I had someone to live for and must not disappoint."He did not talk until he was almost 4 years of age, and his self-centered behavior, hyperactivity, and relentless questioning led his teacher to blurt out that he thought this man's brain's were addled. His mother was so angry, she pulled him out of school to tutor him at home. His father bribed him read some of the classics, offering him ten cents for each one he was able to complete. He would begin to voraciously read books and recite poetry, and then he discovered he enjoyed science and was clever at mechanical things.Who was this? This was Thomas Edison, the Wizard of Menlo Park, and one of the most prol... Eide Neurolearning Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=620208 Tue, 08 May 2007 07:02:00 +0100 620208 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=515937&cid=t_97514_122_f&fid=35065&url=http%3A%2F%2Feideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fflash-from-past-she-had-dyslexia-but.html This weekend, we watched Something the Lord Made (discussed more at our Classical School Blog) and wondered about the real life story of Dr. Helen Taussig. Dr. Taussig was apparently as a frail child, missed quite a lot of school, and had dyslexia, but "managed to overcome it and excelled in her higher education." She attended Radcliffe and Harvard Medical School, and became one of Johns Hopkins' first female professors. She was a pediatric cardiologist who pioneered work in heart defects. Severe hearing loss was present as she was just finishing her medical training (? contributed to her difficulties with dyslexia). Remarkably, this hearing loss didn't keep her from her work in cardiology, where she found she could distinguish rhythms of normal and damaged hearts in babies "by touch, rath... Eide Neurolearning Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=515937 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:01:00 +0100 515937 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=487393&cid=t_97514_122_f&fid=35065&url=http%3A%2F%2Feideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F03%2Fflash-from-past-expelled-from-his-first.html He was..."a juvenile deliquent. He was expelled from his first school in his first school in Dundas, Ontario after a series of pranks which included locking a flock of geese into the school-room over night, unscrewing all the benches and desks and hiding them in the attic, and shouting disparaging remarks about the headmaster through the keyhole of the classroom...(At a second school), he proceeded to organize a trio of trouble-makers who were baptized "Barrie's Bad Boys..." The list goes on, including theft, some jail time for smoking out the school matron's room with a mixture of molasses, mustard, and pepper..."But reform for this delinquent came from inspiration rather than further punishment. A weekend School Warden took packs of boys on trips that included collecting nature specimens... Eide Neurolearning Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=487393 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:02:00 +0100 487393