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 'biomedical'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:49:14 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5174615&cid=t_99656_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fimaging-that-can-reliably-distinguish-between-benign-and-malignant-pancreatic-cysts%2F2011.08.29 Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) has been demonstrated to be able to differentiate between benign and potentially malignant pancreatic cysts. Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, Physical Sciences, Inc., Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Brandeis University have published their findings in Biomedical Optics Express. In their study they used surgically removed pancreas specimens of patients with pancreatic cysts to assess them with OCT and compare the results with histology examinations. OCT was able to reveal specific morphological characteristics used to differentiate between the low-risk and high-risk cysts. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at Medgadget* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5174615 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:00:53 +0100 5174615 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5140181&cid=t_99656_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F08%2F18%2Fu-k-researchers-launch-clinical-trial-of-mercaptopurine-6-mp-in-women-with-hereditary-breast-and-ovarian-cancer%2F A Cancer Research UK-funded clinical trial of a new drug for patients with advanced breast or ovarian cancer due to inherited BRCA gene mutations has been launched at the Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre at the University of Oxford. A Cancer Research UK-funded trial of a new drug for patients with advanced breast or ovarian cancer [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5140181 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:07:56 +0100 5140181 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5086175&cid=t_99656_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fresearchers-make-an-artificial-lung-that-would-not-require-a-mechanical-pump%2F2011.07.31 Researchers from Case Western Reserve School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio made a prototype of an artificial lung which reaches gas exchange efficiencies almost equal to the genuine organ. The small device does not need extra oxygen, it works with normal air. Joe Potkay, a research assistant professor in electrical engineering and computer science published the technique this week in the journal Lab on a Chip. The scientists developed this prototype while keeping track of the natural design of our lungs. It is made of breathable silicone rubber acting as blood vessels that get as small as one-fourth of the width of a human hair. Because it works on the same scale as normal lung tissue, the team was able to shrink the distances for gas diffusion compared to current techniques. Tests usin... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5086175 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 14:00:01 +0100 5086175 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4992995&cid=t_99656_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FrmAxL8gOtko%2F Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us and we’ll share with it others. That’s right. Send us your announcements and we’ll find a home for them. Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is coming and going, especially with all the layoffs. Despite the downsizing, there is movement. Here are some of the latest changes. Recognize anyone? And here is our regular feature. Send us a photo and we will spotlight a different person each week. This time around, we note that Arno Therapeutics hired Alexander Zukiwski as chief medical officer. Most recently, he was executive vp for clinical research and chief medical officer at MedImmune, where he was responsible for developing and implementing clinical research, me... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4992995 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:56:35 +0100 4992995 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4771075&cid=t_99656_107_f&fid=38577&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbiosingularity.com%2F2011%2F04%2F22%2Ffda-approves-roches-hpv-test-for-identifying-women-at-highest-risk-for-cervical-cancer%2F US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the cobas HPV (Human Papillomavirus) Test which identifies women at highest risk for developing cervical cancer. This test will help physicians make early, more accurate decisions about patient care, which may prevent many women from developing this deadly disease. The cobas HPV Test is the only FDA-approved [...] (Source: Biosingularity) Biosingularity blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4771075 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:45:14 +0100 4771075 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4771076&cid=t_99656_107_f&fid=38577&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbiosingularity.com%2F2011%2F04%2F22%2Fcan-hobbyists-and-hackers-transform-biotechnology%2F For most of us, managing our health means visiting a doctor. The more serious our concerns, the more specialized a medical expert we seek. Our bodies often feel like foreign and frightening lands, and we are happy to let someone with an MD serve as our tour guide. For most of us, our own DNA [...] (Source: Biosingularity) Biosingularity blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4771076 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:21:06 +0100 4771076 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4536062&cid=t_99656_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fdetecting-circulating-tumor-cells-with-gold-nanoparticles%2F2011.03.02 Our modern armamentarium for treating cancer is impressive, but sometimes, despite our best treatments, tumor cells continue to lurk in the bloodstream, seeding metastases throughout the body. Researchers at Emory have developed a way to monitor for these circulating tumor cells using gold nanoparticles. This technique has been used before, but difficulty was encountered because white blood cells are close to the same size as some tumor cells, so they would both be tagged, necessitating a laborious multi-antibody staining process. “The key technological advance here is our finding that polymer-coated gold nanoparticles that are conjugated with low molecular weight peptides such as EGF are much less sticky than particles conjugated to whole antibodies,” says Shuming Nie, Ph.D., a profes... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4536062 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:00:03 +0100 4536062 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4507280&cid=t_99656_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fselecting-targeted-therapies-online-the-future-of-personalized-cancer-treatment%2F2011.02.22 The word cancer comes from the greek word for crab “karkinos,” so named by Hippocrates who visualized the tumor and its surrounding vessels looking like a crab, dug stubbornly into the sand with its legs. We know far more about cancer today than the ancient Greeks, but the vision of an entrenched opponent, almost impossible to extract whole, appears to be vividly prescient. What we have realized over the last half century is that removal of the visible tumor is not enough. Even as we learned how to do bigger and more destructive surgeries, the cancer still managed to sneak back in, growing later at different locations. The crab’s legs are still embedded in the patient. Thus the discovery that certain chemicals could extinguish these rogue cells opened the modern era of cancer therapy... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4507280 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:00:25 +0100 4507280 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4489674&cid=t_99656_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhelp-fight-the-nih-budget-cuts%2F2011.02.17 Many of my regular readers may know that biomedical research in the United States is largely funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Please see this message from Dr. William Talman, president of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), about proposed spending cuts to the NIH budget. Grant funding from the NIH is already hard to come by, and the proposed budget cuts will make it even harder. Whether you are a scientist, a student, or a member of the public interested in the future of science and medicine, I join with Dr. Talman in asking you to call your congressional representatives and ask them to oppose HR1. Also, if you have a blog I’d ask you to repost Dr. Talman’s call to action so that your readers can join in. Dear Colleague, For months t... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4489674 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:00:50 +0100 4489674 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4455293&cid=t_99656_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FSEMJVkGflLw%2Fshark-skin.html Did you happen to catch the CBS Sunday Morning piece by David Pogue  “How Shark Skin May Help Save Lives”?  Turns out nothing grows on a shark’s skin.  Not barnacles.  Not bacteria.  This is why biomedical engineer Tony Brennan, University of Florida, is studying shark skin. Initially, Brennan studied shark skin as a way to help the Navy solve the huge and expensive problem of barnacle buildup on their ships. When he studied shark denticles under the electron microscope, he discovered why. "I said, "Wow!, That shark pattern, I'd never seen it before,'" he said. And he believes that has something to do with no bacterial growth. Brennan wondered if he could re-create the shark skin surface on plastic sheets. "Sharks' denticles are s... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4455293 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 12:15:00 +0100 4455293 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4436942&cid=t_99656_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FFoD7p_TQbwc%2F Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us and we’ll share with it others. That’s right. Send us your announcements and we’ll find a home for them. Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is coming and going, especially with all the layoffs. Despite the downsizing, there is movement. Here are some of the latest changes. Recognize anyone? And here is our regular feature. Send us a photo and we will spotlight a different person each week. This time around, we note that Qforma hired Ted Pine as vice president of business development. He was previously vice president of sales at openQ, which markets programs for key opinion leader management and compliance, and was senior director of strategic accounts at Leade... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4436942 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 13:11:44 +0100 4436942 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4771190&cid=t_99656_107_f&fid=38577&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbiosingularity.com%2F2010%2F11%2F20%2Ffor-decades-scientists-have-been-searching-for-the-fundamental-biological-secrets-of-how-eating-less-extends-lifespan-it-has-been-well-documented-in-species-ranging-from-spiders-to-monkeys-that-a-d%2F For decades, scientists have been searching for the fundamental biological secrets of how eating less extends lifespan. It has been well documented in species ranging from spiders to monkeys that a diet with consistently fewer calories can dramatically slow the process of aging and improve health in old age. But how a reduced diet acts [...] (Source: Biosingularity) Biosingularity blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4771190 Sat, 20 Nov 2010 01:47:40 +0100 4771190 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4771191&cid=t_99656_107_f&fid=38577&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbiosingularity.com%2F2010%2F11%2F20%2Fnew-study-into-bladder-regeneration-heralds-organ-replacement-treatment%2F Researchers in the United States have developed a medical model for regenerating bladders using stem cells harvested from a patient’s own bone marrow. The research, published in STEM CELLS, is especially relevant for paediatric patients suffering from abnormally developed bladders, but also represents another step towards new organ replacement therapies. The research, led by Dr [...] (Source: Biosingularity) Biosingularity blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4771191 Sat, 20 Nov 2010 01:25:10 +0100 4771191 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4159247&cid=t_99656_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fgather-professional-opinions-from-your-medcrowd%2F2010.11.11 medCrowd is the 52nd in my list of biomedical community sites and maybe the first one using crowdsourcing. From medCrowd: Perhaps, you have a patient with a rare condition and you don’t know the best treatment. Or you are treating a patient and you have heard there have been recent developments in the field, but you are not sure how these actually affect your patient’s day-to-day management. The problem is finding the best solution for your patient. What you need is help finding it. medCrowd enables you to find the best solution for your patient by collecting your peers’ professional opinions, simply and in one place. This is called crowdsourcing. *This blog post was originally published at ScienceRoll* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4159247 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:00:42 +0100 4159247 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4139480&cid=t_99656_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FQQmWLy0WjS4%2F Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us and we’ll share with it others. That’s right. Send us your announcements and we’ll find a home for them. Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is coming and going, especially with all the layoffs. Despite the downsizing, there is movement. Here are some of the latest changes. Recognize anyone? And here is our regular feature. Send us a photo and we will spotlight a different person each week. This time around, we note that Weill Cornell Medical College hired Steve Paul to head the Appel Institute for Alzheimer’s Research. Before joining the institution, Paul was vp of science and technology and president of at Eli Lilly Research Labs and was the scientific ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4139480 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:32:57 +0100 4139480 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4060592&cid=t_99656_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fin-the-news-political-doctors-antibiotic-resistance-and-stem-cell-research%2F2010.10.11 Medical organizations are donating heavily to doctors running for the U.S. House. Dentists, ophthalmologists, radiologists, surgeons, neurologists and ENTs have contributed heavily. The goal is to get doctors onto committees where they can have the most impact. So far, the candidates have trended heavily Republican and have, in at least one campaign, vowed to overturn healthcare reform. The stakes are high if opposing legislators succeed, because they could underfund or block portions of reform to the point that it works poorly or not at all. (Politico, New England Journal of Medicine) Spurred by antibiotic resistance seen in almost every drug class, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, FACP, is turning the agency’s attention toward animal feed. With little to no development of new ant... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4060592 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 22:00:00 +0100 4060592 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4022913&cid=t_99656_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fquality-of-life-and-the-importance-of-shay-days%2F2010.10.01 As a medical professional who often treats children with chronic diseases, my patients turn to me not only for treatment advice but often for advice on how to improve their quality of life. I often have difficulty addressing the latter as there is a paucity of research on quality of life outcomes as compared to biomedical outcomes. However, preliminary data from DR Walker et al. (1) have shown that comprehensive disease management improves quality of life and thereby reduces medical costs for some common chronic illnesses. Recently, a patient shared a story with me that was written by an anonymous author which demonstrates the powerful effect of seemingly small efforts on the quality of life of a disabled child. (more…) (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4022913 Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:00:25 +0100 4022913 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3862199&cid=t_99656_154_f&fid=35946&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCanadianMedicine%2F%7E3%2FGQfunrHTmZI%2Flistening-in-to-brain-chatter.html A microchip will soon be wedded to human neuronsIt looks like Canadian researchers are at the threshold of a scientific breakthrough that may pave the way to better meds and superior control of artificial limbs.Dr. Naweed Syed, a neurobiologist at the University of Calgary, was part of the team that wowed the international scientific world six years ago by successfully fusing mollusc brain cells (in this case pond snails) with a one-millimeter square silicon chip. Now he’s at it again. Dr. Syed, who heads cell biology and anatomy at the U of C, intends to marry human neurons this time around – taken from the brain tissue of a patient undergoing surgery for epilepsy – with the silicon-polymer chip (Biomedical Microdevices).This will be another step towards being able to not only “li... Canadian Medicine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3862199 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:55:00 +0100 3862199 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3807391&cid=t_99656_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fcan-pre-term-labor-be-detected-earlier%2F2010.07.31 A team of biomedical engineering masters students at Johns Hopkins have developed a device that they hope will be able to spot oncoming pre-term labor in pregnant women earlier than by using an external tocodynamometer. The CervoCheck device is meant to be inserted into the vaginal canal/cervical opening where it then can measure electrical signals characteristic of contractions. Prototypes of the device are currently being tested in animals. We sympathize with those who have to insert them into pigs(?). (more…) *This blog post was originally published at Medgadget* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3807391 Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:00:38 +0100 3807391 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3721962&cid=t_99656_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FcFjj9pHrjGk%2F Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us and we’ll share with it others. That’s right. Send us your announcements and we’ll find a home for them. Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is coming and going, especially with all the layoffs. Despite the downsizing, there is movement. Here are some of the latest changes. Recognize anyone? And here is something that’s become a regular feature. Send us a photo and we will spotlight a different person each week. This time around, we note that Datatrial promoted Scott Vogelsberg to communications manager, giving him responsibility for the company’s marketing, public relations and social media efforts. Before joining Datatrial, he was senior creative strategi... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3721962 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:09:32 +0100 3721962 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3695523&cid=t_99656_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F007275.html Jumping genes are jumping all over human genomes. They are out of control. Though some (probably most) of those jumps to new insertion points do not cause any functional differences. Scientists are finding more variation in the human genome than they had previously expected, now that new technologies are allowing researchers a closer look at the genomes of many individuals, according to a new study from University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers. The study, to be published in the June 25 issue of the journal Cell, is one of the first to take an in-depth look at transposons, known as "jumping genes." Transposons are segments of DNA that can replicate themselves — meaning that each generation of a human... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3695523 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3695523 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3629636&cid=t_99656_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fsynthetic-life-created-the-first-micro-avatar%2F2010.06.03 For the first time in history, a living organism has been manufactured with the help of a computer-generated genome. Dr. Jon LaPook reports on the groundbreaking discovery’s widespread implications. Watch CBS News Videos Online The First Micro-Avatar Craig Venter and his team of scientists recently announced that they had created the first “synthetic cell” — a bacterium controlled by genetic material that they had designed on a computer and concocted from four bottles of chemicals. This is the closest thing to creating life that has happened outside of a science-fiction movie. If it doesn’t fire your imagination, then you should fire your imagination. Basically, what Venter et al did was remove the “brain” (the genetic material that runs the cell) from one species o... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3629636 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:51:56 +0100 3629636 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3560232&cid=t_99656_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmassive-medical-blogosphere-in-china%2F2010.05.13 In the medical blogosphere, we talk a lot about medical community sites such as Sermo.com, Ozmosis.com or Doctors.net.uk and we always mention these as huge communities. While Sermo has over 110,000 physician members, the Chinese dxy.cn has over 1.4 million professionals on its site. It has a blog, a conference site, a pharmacy channel, biomedical business information platform, it covers more than a 100 specialties, and offers thousands of jobs. I tried to translate the mission statement with Google Translate: Lilac Garden Biomedical Science and Technology Network ( DXY.CN ) was established in July 23, 2000, and since its inception has been committed for the majority of medical professionals to provide a specialized life science platform. With professionalism and strong accumulation and th... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3560232 Thu, 13 May 2010 15:30:14 +0100 3560232 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3556098&cid=t_99656_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fchallenges-continue-for-women-in-science-and-medicine%2F2010.05.11 I didn’t turn on the computer yesterday (yes, it was glorious), so I missed Mother’s Day coverage in our local newspaper. When we returned home, I was happy to see that on the front page of the print copy the dean of Duke School of Medicine, Nancy Andrews, M.D., Ph.D., was featured with her daughter in the lab on their “fun Saturdays” together. Also cited and pictured in the article was Duke vice dean for research and professor of pharmacology and cancer biology, Sally Kornbluth, Ph.D., and her daughter. Written by News & Observer science editor Sarah Avery, the article describes how women are increasing in ranks in biomedical degrees earned while still lagging at the associate professor level and up. This trend was cited specifically for faculty and administrat... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3556098 Tue, 11 May 2010 16:00:19 +0100 3556098 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3167444&cid=t_99656_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FoCwgOEdh3Ck%2F After a decade of doubling, the rate of increase in biomedical research funding slowed from 2003 to 2007, and after adjusted for inflation, the absolute level of funding from the National Institutes of Health and industry appears to have decreased by 2 percent, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Total funding increased from $75.5 billion in 2003 to $101.1 billion in 2007 and, after adjustment for inflation, this indicated an increase of 14 percent from 2003 to 2007. A previous study found that funding increased at a compound annual growth rate of 7.8 percent for between 1994 and 2003, compared with a compound annual rate of 3.4 percent for 2003 to 2007. Compared with the previous study, biomedical research spending by industry fell from a compound ann... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3167444 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:26:52 +0100 3167444 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3153627&cid=t_99656_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F10sCFWCMz-w%2F Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us and we’ll share with it others. That’s right. Send us your announcements and we’ll find a home for them. Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is coming and going, especially with all the layoffs. Despite the downsizing, there is movement. Here are some of the latest changes. Recognize anyone? And here is something we hope to make a regular feature. Send us a photo and we will spotlight a different person each week. This time around, we note that Dan Schultz, a former director of the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health, has joined Greenleaf Health, a consulting firm, as senior vice president, medical devices and combo products. He’s based... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3153627 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:12:12 +0100 3153627 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3133638&cid=t_99656_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F12%2F31%2Fthe-future-of-psychiatry-5-reasons-for-optimism%2F After reading the last chapter of the book, Demystifying Psychiatry, I felt so much better about where psychiatry might be when my kids are my age. Perhaps, if either is ever diagnosed with a mental illnesses, there will be more targeted treatments, and more optimism for a speedy recovery. Here are a few reasons we can be optimistic about the future of psychiatry: 1. Interdisciplinary Studies Over the next 50 to 100 years, neuroscience research will lead scientists to understand in exquisite detail how humans process information, express and regulate emotions, and motivate themselves to achieve specific goals. This information will affect many clinical and scientific disciplines, including neurology, psychology, biomedical engineering, and computer sciences, but it will likely pay its grea... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3133638 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:15:13 +0100 3133638 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3052276&cid=t_99656_125_f&fid=34820&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dentalblogs.com%2Farchives%2Fadministrator%2Fosteogenics%25e2%2580%2599-2010-global-bone-grafting-symposium-returns-to-scottsdale%2F World-renowned speakers to focus on treating complex bone grafting cases. Lubbock, TX, December 1, 2009 - Osteogenics Clinical Education, a division of Osteogenics Biomedical, has announced dates for its 2010 Global Bone Grafting Symposium. The symposium will be held March 26 and 27, 2010 at the Westin Kierland Resort & Spa in Scottsdale, Ariz. Led by keynote speaker Dr. Michael Pikos, the symposium will feature presentations from world-renowned speakers in dental bone grafting, including Dr. Dexter Barber, Dr. Suzanne Caudry, Dr. Daniel Cullum, Dr. Andreas Siebold, Dr. Hom-Lay Wang, and Dr. Thomas Wilson Jr. Approximately 300 clinicians from around the world are expected to attend the symposium. This will mark the second consecutive year Osteogenics Clinical Education has hosted the s... dental blog for dentists about dentistry blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3052276 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:29:13 +0100 3052276 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3016922&cid=t_99656_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FVirologyBlog%2F%7E3%2FbhhPsUBNuM4%2F GlaxoSmithKline’s inactivated 2009 influenza H1N1 vaccine has been approved by the US Food & Drug Administration and by Health Canada. This action completes the list of pandemic H1N1 vaccines which I previously summarized for the US and Canada. Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccine is produced by ID Biomedical Corporation of Quebec, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline. The US package insert can be found here (pdf) and the Canadian package insert here. Dosing recommendations for Canada are listed here. Health Canada has also posted a FAQ on the H1N1 vaccine. The ID Biomedical vaccine is available only in multi-dose vials which contain thimerosal. Each 0.5 ml dose contains 15 micrograms of viral antigen. Other components of the vaccine listed at Health Canada include ... virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3016922 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:24:08 +0100 3016922 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2981162&cid=t_99656_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2009%2F11%2F11%2Ftwitter-lists-of-health-and-science%2F Two of my favorite blog colleagues wrote posts about twitter lists. Not the new feature of twitter to make your own lists and exchange them but a collection of medical and other scientific journals on twitter and a list of scientists on twitter. These lists are an excellent starting point if your interested in following some of them scientists or journals in your field on twitter. The alphabetical twitter lists of scientists on twitter was included with biographical data and photos by Justin Reid and analyzed by 2020science to show how all those science types were interconnected. This resulted in a long list of scientists on twitter to be seen and read and selected for following on Listorious: Scientwist, curated by David Bradley. The other collections were made by Laikas: Medical and oth... Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2981162 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:23:54 +0100 2981162 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2970207&cid=t_99656_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FVbmPZlSqcW4%2F This month, Disruptive Women welcomes Patrick F. Terry, a self-proclaimed “JAD” (Just A Dad), as our Man of the Month. Q: So, where should we start? You have been involved with founding a number of ground breaking biotechnology companies, life science research foundations, trade associations, philanthropic groups, and a whole host of public policy organizations. A: I enjoy thinking ahead and trying to do the next new thing to advance science, biomedical research, and the business of patient-centered health care. I’m very impatient for change. I consider myself an unrepentant insurgent, renegade, and rabble rouser. I think that is the most powerful disruptive technology there is. That’s why I love the Disruptive Women in Health Care Blog. But honestly, everything I do is i... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2970207 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:44:25 +0100 2970207 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2967246&cid=t_99656_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F11%2F06%2Ftwitter-lists-of-medical-and-other-scientific-journals%2F In the previous two posts (“Biomedical Journals on Twitter” and List(s) of Tweeting Journals: Your Votes Please!) I introduced the Google-spreadsheet of (Bio-)medical Journals, manually compiled by the concerted effort of many people on Twitter. At a certain point other non-biomedical scientific journals were added, which made the list more complete, but less useful for [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2967246 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:33:43 +0100 2967246 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2944096&cid=t_99656_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F71wbHZG0du0%2F Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us and we’ll share with it others. That’s right. Send us your announcements and we’ll find a home for them. Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is coming and going, especially with all the layoffs. Despite the downsizing, there is movement. Here are some of the latest changes. Recognize anyone? And here is something we hope to make a regular feature. Send us a photo and we will spotlight a different person each week. This time around, we note that Qforma, which traffics in analytics and predictive modeling, hired Erin McLaughlin as director of field operations. She last worked as an account manager at Surveillance Data Inc (SDI) and before that was with NDCHealth ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2944096 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:07:44 +0100 2944096 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405067&cid=t_99656_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E5%2FNXGhYM4LHOY%2FCameroon.pdf Between August 2004 and February 2005, the HIV prevention world was rocked by the suspension and cancellation of two pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) trials in Cambodia and Cameroon. To the considerable surprise of researchers, advocates and donors, these HIV prevention trials became embroiled in escalating controversies and sparked protests by activists speaking on behalf of the communities where trial participants were being recruited. The activists not only raised questions about how the research was being conducted, but also challenged the fundamental ethics and underlying motives of the research.Just this week, my colleagues at the Global Campaign for Microbicides released two in-depth case studies relating the events that led to these trial cancellations and extracting the lessons the... Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405067 Wed, 13 May 2009 20:41:01 +0100 2405067 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2341847&cid=t_99656_150_f&fid=38374&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2Fbs9PINkoCKQ%2Fnew-online-health-program-in-georgia.html American City & County recently wrote an article about how the CDC is using an online screening system with other items to help Georgia residents in eight counties to prevent heart disease. The CDC has posted a web page that allows users to identify current life habits that may be factors that could cause the disease. Along with that aspect, they're taking a holistic approach by combining onsite biomedical screenings and resources that are delivered to the work place with the online survey. (Source: ePharma Summit) ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2341847 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:55:00 +0100 2341847 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2306833&cid=t_99656_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E5%2FyVVoh14lw-w%2Fjed90012pap_E1_E3.pdf Reprinted in part from the The Chronicle of Higher Education:'JAMA' Orders Whistle-Blowers to Blow Their Whistles in Private The longstanding ethical principle of medical students and physicians — “First do no harm” — appears to be taking on a new meaning at one of the world’s top medical journals. The Journal of the American Medical Association, in an editorial published on Friday, has warned that anyone raising a conflict-of-interest complaint about one of its authors should do so in private to the editors, without telling any outsiders. JAMA’s warning stems from a case involving Jonathan Leo, an associate professor of neuroanatomy at Lincoln Memorial University, in Tennessee, who found problems in a study published in JAMA by a University of Iowa psychiatry professor, Robe... Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2306833 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:48:20 +0100 2306833 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2227636&cid=t_99656_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fviewing-an-ms-lesion-up-close-and-personal%2F Last week, I was invited to attend a meeting of the Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association (WBBA), a trade organization of some very bright minds. The evening’s topic was, as you would guess, multiple sclerosis. The panel consisted of a well respected local MS specializing neurologist, a representative of a small bio/pharma company which is studying the next generation of Interferon drugs for multiple sclerosis and the Medical Director of the Swedish Neuroscience Institute. Information passed along at the meeting was comprehensive and very interesting. I’m still pouring over my copies of the PowerPoint slides for future blog topics. One thing, however, struck me so completely that I thought I’d share it with you this Monday. I saw an MS lesion. Now, I know we’ve all se... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2227636 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:38:27 +0100 2227636 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2141404&cid=t_99656_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2009%2F01%2F29%2Fbiomedical-communities-online-9-new-additions%2F I’ve been updating my extended list of medical community sites for months and here are a few more additions. It means the full list now contains 33 (!) biomedical community sites with descriptions and screenshots. Feel free to drop me a line if you know more. LaboraTree: a social networking tool for scientists and a research management tool. Laboratree allows you to grow your network by joining up with various colleagues, groups, and projects. Laboratree allows you to e-mail or send messages to all parts of your network. Laboratree allows you to manage a personal or group blog. Laboratree’s latest feature allows you to share papers, documents, and other files with other people on Laboratree. BioSpace is a social network in biology.  It provides the necessary functionality... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2141404 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:36:01 +0100 2141404 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2890987&cid=t_99656_155_f&fid=39055&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjulesberman.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F01%2Fupdated-and-new-file-on-neoplasm.html Happy New Year!I've just uploaded a new version of my previously published file on the age distribution of occurrences for 626 different types of cancers.http://www.julesberman.info/seerdist.pdfThis file is intended to be a resource for pathologists, epidemiologists and cancer researchers.I've also uploaded a new file on cancers with multimodal age distributions (i.e., more than one peak in the age distribution for the neoplasm). http://www.julesberman.info/bimode.pdfI'll be discussing this file in the next several blog posts.-© 2009 Jules Berman (Source: Specified Life) Specified Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2890987 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:37:00 +0100 2890987 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1961764&cid=t_99656_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F451972819%2F (Please note that this is my personal take at the discussions that took place in Dubai as part of the Global Agenda Council on the Challenges of Gerontology put together by the World Economic Forum, and builds on the work of my colleagues, but it does not represent a formal document or statement of position. Simply put, we would like to engage your brain in defining the challenges and outlining/ executing the solutions). Context: The Challenges of the Aging Society The world is aging. This is occurring in two ways: through shifts in the age structure that will eventually lead to many more people reaching older ages than ever before, and through continued success in extending life. Less than 100 years ago, life expectancy was between 30 to 40 years. Today, close to 800 million citizens are ... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1961764 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:58:52 +0100 1961764 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1960816&cid=t_99656_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E3%2F451973805%2Fbone-marrow-transplant-cured-aids.html BBC News reports that a patient suffering from AIDS and leukemia shows no signs of AIDS infection after receiving a bone marrow transplant from an AIDS-resistant donor. He had been infected with the human immunodeficiency virus, that causes Aids, for more than a decade and also had leukaemia.The clinic said since the transplant was carried out 20 months ago, tests on the patient's bone marrow, blood and other organ tissues have all been clear.In a statement, Professor Rodolf Tauber from the Charite clinic said: "This is an interesting case for research."But to promise to millions of people infected with HIV that there is hope of a cure would not be right." Like many of you, I am skeptical about the long-term efficacy of this treatment and am concerned about the social justice challenges pr... Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1960816 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:54:28 +0100 1960816 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1933523&cid=t_99656_107_f&fid=36585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHighlightHEALTH%2F%7E3%2FyusvpAsvq6k%2F This article was published on Highlight HEALTH. Other Articles You May LikeNIH Increases Support for High-risk Large-impact Biomedical ResearchFunding of Childhood Cancer, NF Research in JeopardyFlat Funding of Biomedical Research: The Threat to America’s HealthLack of Health Insurance Increases Risk of Cancer DeathPhysician Profiling (Source: Highlight HEALTH) Highlight HEALTH blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1933523 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:48:29 +0100 1933523 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2382478&cid=t_99656_107_f&fid=38577&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbiosingularity.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F10%2F19%2Fcould-dr-house-be-replaced-by-a-computer%2F Scientists know that different normal and diseased tissues behave differently. But a method that tells them just how they do so may one day give medical science a new way to fight obesity, hypertension, diabetes and other dangerous disorders of the metabolism. Until now, scientists had to rely on basic observations at the cellular level, since [...] (Source: Biosingularity) Biosingularity blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2382478 Sun, 19 Oct 2008 02:09:54 +0100 2382478 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1859507&cid=t_99656_132_f&fid=35028&url=http%3A%2F%2Flurena.vox.com%2Flibrary%2Fpost%2Ftwo-journal-special-issues-big-data-and-semantic-mashups-for-bioinformatics.html%3F_c%3Dfeed-rss Both of these special issues are worth a look, as some of the papers look pretty interesting. I'll spend a little time in a later post on any articles I find particularly relevant. Semantic Mashup of Biomedical Data Special Issue of the Journal... Read and post comments | Send to a friend (Source: Systems Biology & Bioinformatics) Systems Biology & Bioinformatics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1859507 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:55:42 +0100 1859507 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2382500&cid=t_99656_107_f&fid=38577&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbiosingularity.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F10%2F03%2Fsecond-lumpectomy-for-breast-cancer-reduces-survival-rates%2F A majority of women with breast cancer today are candidates for lumpectomy, allowing for conservation of most of their breast tissue. Results of a UC Davis study, however, show that a number of women whose cancer recurs in the same breast are treated with a second lumpectomy rather than a mastectomy, defying current treatment recommendations [...] (Source: Biosingularity) Biosingularity blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2382500 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:04:50 +0100 2382500 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2382502&cid=t_99656_107_f&fid=38577&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbiosingularity.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F10%2F03%2Fmany-receptor-models-used-in-drug-design-may-not-be-useful-after-all%2F It may very well be that models used for the design of new drugs have to be regarded as impractical. This is the sobering though important conclusion of the work of two Leiden University scientists published in Science this week. The editorial board of the renowned journal even decided to accelerate the publication on the [...] (Source: Biosingularity) Biosingularity blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2382502 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:01:14 +0100 2382502 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1848356&cid=t_99656_107_f&fid=36585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FHighlightHEALTH%2F%7E3%2F409443961%2F This article was published on Highlight HEALTH. Other Articles You May LikeFunding of Childhood Cancer, NF Research in JeopardyFlat Funding of Biomedical Research: The Threat to America’s HealthBill in Senate to Expand Public Access to Taxpayer-funded Research (Source: Highlight HEALTH) Highlight HEALTH blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1848356 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:29:11 +0100 1848356 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2382505&cid=t_99656_107_f&fid=38577&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbiosingularity.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F09%2F22%2Feating-veggies-helps-with-chronic-lung-disease%2F You know it’s good for you in other ways, but could eating your broccoli also help patients with chronic lung disease? It just might. According to recent research from Johns Hopkins Medical School, a decrease in lung concentrations of NRF2-dependent antioxidants, key components of the lung’s defense system against inflammatory injury, is linked to the severity [...] (Source: Biosingularity) Biosingularity blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2382505 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:22:01 +0100 2382505 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1815386&cid=t_99656_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F0X63Wy908Kw%2F In recognition of National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, b5media bloggers on the Health and Wellness Channel are blogging about the 12 step program of Alcoholics Anonymous. (For a list of the 12 posts on the 12 steps, check out Healthbolt.) This is Step 10: Step 10 - Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it I don’t know a lot about the 12 steps; the call to self-scrutiny and to reexamination of oneself stated in Step 10 have been important for me to apply in figuring how to help Charlie. Parents today frequently note how overwhelmed they feel by the sheer range of treatment—educational, biomedical, and otherwise—options that they hear about for autism. Should one try the special diet? Try brushing or a therapy dog or mu... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1815386 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:00:19 +0100 1815386 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2382515&cid=t_99656_107_f&fid=38577&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbiosingularity.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F09%2F04%2Feating-fish-may-explain-very-low-levels-of-heart-disease-in-japan%2F Consuming large quantities of fish loaded with omega-3 fatty acids may explain low levels of heart disease in Japan, according to a study led by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. The study also found that third- and fourth-generation Japanese Americans had similar or even higher levels of atherosclerosis, or hardening of [...] (Source: Biosingularity) Biosingularity blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2382515 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:50:14 +0100 2382515 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1688925&cid=t_99656_132_f&fid=35016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpeanutbutter.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F08%2F07%2Fdouble-standards-in-nature-biotechnology%2F OK, So that is a relatively inflammatory and controversial headline, edging on the side of tabloid sensationalism. What is refers to is probably a situation that I may never find myself in again, which is in this months edition of Nature Biotechnology I am an author on two, biological standards related publications. The first is a letter advertising the PSI’s MIAPE Guidelines for reporting the use of gel electrophoresis in proteomics. This letter is also accompanied by letters referring to the  MIAPE guidelines for Mass Spectrometry, Mass Spectrometry Informatics and protein modification data. The second is a paper on the Minimum Information about a Biomedical or Biological Investigations (MIBBI) registry entitled Promoting coherent minimum reporting guidelines for biological and bi... peanutbutter blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1688925 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:46:08 +0100 1688925 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1649023&cid=t_99656_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F005383.html Statin drugs (e.g. Lipitor, Crestor, Pravachol) are widely used to lower cholesterol but occasionally cause worrisome side effects including muscle pain and weakness. A discovery shows that a genetic test... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1649023 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1649023 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1544538&cid=t_99656_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F320031080%2F In this study, we examined whether playing strategy-based video game can train those executive functions and improve them. We showed that playing a strategy-based videogame (Rise of Nations Gold Edition) can result in not only becoming a better videogame player but it transferred to untrained executive functions. We saw a significant improvement in task switching, working memory, visual short-term memory, and mental rotation. And some, but more limited, benefits in inhibition and reasoning. I can share a few details on the study: the average age was 69 years, and the experiment required around 23 hours of training time. We only included individuals who had played videogames 0 hours/ week for the last 2 years.   That last criteria is interesting. We typically say that good “brain exercis... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1544538 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:26:56 +0100 1544538 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1423270&cid=t_99656_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E3%2F284250679%2Falbany-medical-center-prize-awarded-to.html For the first time since its inception, the Albany Medical Center Prize, (the largest prize for medicine in the United States, and second world-wide only to the Nobel), was awarded to two women.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Women's Bioethics Blog) Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1423270 Mon, 05 May 2008 22:57:34 +0100 1423270 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1419321&cid=t_99656_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E5%2F283364653%2F18UH-bvMWpc%26amp%3Bhl%3Den One of the places I teach is at the University of Sciences in Philadelphia, in the Department of Biomedical Writing. The Chair of Biomedical Writing is Susanna Dodgson and she is an amazing woman --... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Women's Bioethics Blog) Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1419321 Sun, 04 May 2008 15:42:31 +0100 1419321 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1391297&cid=t_99656_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F275429250%2F The US Supreme Court has asked the Solicitor General to comment on what is becoming a very closely watched case over sovereign immunity, which protects states - including state universities - from being sued for patent infringement in the federal court system. The concept is contentious, though, because state universities can sue others for patent infringement. In other words, they can have it both ways. A little-known company, Biomedical Patent Management, is arguing that such immunity is not only unwarranted, but also unfair. Biomedical filed its petition earlier this year to the Supreme Court after a federal appeals court ruled in favor of the University of California in a patent dispute. The outcome has potentially far-reaching ramifications for various industries, notably drugmakers a... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1391297 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:11:34 +0100 1391297 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1385454&cid=t_99656_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2F273582224%2F David C. Kibbe, MD, MBA and Vince Kuraitis Drs. Mandl and Kohane begin their recent article in NEJM with the statement that “large corporations are seeking an integral and transformative role in the management of health care information,” and then warn that this “will profoundly affect the biomedical research enterprise.”    At issue for the authors is who controls the information about you and me, our health and healthcare data. Without coming right out and saying it directly, they worry that data in the hands of consumers and patients made possible through PCHR service providers like Google and Microsoft could be dangerous to the nation’s health because of  “commercial interests”.   So, they are warning us, too. But, let’s examine the... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1385454 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:10:33 +0100 1385454 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1347433&cid=t_99656_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F263469206%2F So the American Academy of Pediatrics has met with leaders of advocacy groups, including Autism Speaks and the Autism Society of America, and also with “representatives of Defeat Autism Now! (a program of the Autism Research Institute) in an effort to facilitate communication between pediatricians, parents and researchers about the diagnosis and treatment of children with autism.” Very interesting—–I would not be surprised if pediatricians have been receiving numerous inquiries from parents about the kinds of biomedical treatments that DAN! supports. Hopefully the AAP can provide pediatricians with straightforward and thoughtful responses to parents’ requests and also provide solid medical advice about the dangers of some biomedical treatments such as chelatio... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1347433 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:48:51 +0100 1347433 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1344977&cid=t_99656_107_f&fid=36585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FHighlightHEALTH%2F%7E3%2F262280729%2F This article was published on Highlight HEALTH. Related articlesFlat Funding of Biomedical Research: The Threat to America’s HealthNeurofibromatosis and The Children’s Tumor FoundationMore Steps for Open AccessBill in Senate to Expand Public Access to Taxpayer-funded Research ScienceCures: Today’s Science, Tomorrow’s Cures (Source: Highlight HEALTH) Highlight HEALTH blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1344977 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:44:00 +0100 1344977 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1338454&cid=t_99656_107_f&fid=36585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FHighlightHEALTH%2F%7E3%2F261458509%2F This article was published on Highlight HEALTH. Related articlesFlat Funding of Biomedical Research: The Threat to America’s HealthNeurofibromatosis and The Children’s Tumor FoundationMore Steps for Open AccessBill in Senate to Expand Public Access to Taxpayer-funded Research ScienceCures: Today’s Science, Tomorrow’s Cures (Source: Highlight HEALTH) Highlight HEALTH blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1338454 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:32:18 +0100 1338454 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1332442&cid=t_99656_132_f&fid=35006&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnsaunders.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F03%2F28%2Fscienceroll-search%2F Unhappy with PubMed or the other biomedical search engines? Bertalan has created ScienceRoll Search, described in his blog post. I just gave it a quick run and it looks rather impressive. Give it a go and let him know what you think. (Source: What You're Doing Is Rather Desperate) What You're Doing Is Rather Desperate blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1332442 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:29:32 +0100 1332442 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1300956&cid=t_99656_107_f&fid=36585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FHighlightHEALTH%2F%7E3%2F250797185%2F This article was published on Highlight HEALTH. Related articlesMore Steps for Open AccessBill in Senate to Expand Public Access to Taxpayer-funded Research ScienceCures: Today’s Science, Tomorrow’s CuresHEALTH Highlights - January 14, 2008Elsevier’s Approaches to Public Access of Biomedical and Cancer Research (Source: Highlight HEALTH) Highlight HEALTH blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1300956 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:43:25 +0100 1300956 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1265531&cid=t_99656_107_f&fid=36585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FHighlightHEALTH%2F%7E3%2F242820657%2F This article was published on Highlight HEALTH. Related articlesBill in Senate to Expand Public Access to Taxpayer-funded Research ScienceCures: Today’s Science, Tomorrow’s CuresElsevier’s Approaches to Public Access of Biomedical and Cancer ResearchHEALTH Highlights - January 14, 2008HEALTH Highlights - June 26th, 2007 (Source: Highlight HEALTH) Highlight HEALTH blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1265531 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:07:05 +0100 1265531 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1229678&cid=t_99656_107_f&fid=36585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FHighlightHEALTH%2F%7E3%2F234560181%2F This article was published on Highlight HEALTH. Related articlesBill in Senate to Expand Public Access to Taxpayer-funded Research Presenting Highlight HEALTH 2.0Lack of Health Insurance Increases Risk of Cancer DeathHEALTH Highlights - Monday, December 10thMedicine 2.0 #10 - Medicine and the Second Generation of Internet-based Services (Source: Highlight HEALTH) Highlight HEALTH blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1229678 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:44:48 +0100 1229678 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1223713&cid=t_99656_145_f&fid=35710&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstoryofhealing.com%2F2008%2F02%2F11%2Fhow-web-20-is-changing-medicine%2F Here is a slide show by Dean Giustini of the University of British Columbia’s Biomedical Branch Library on “How Web 2.0 is Changing Medicine.” This has been sitting in my drafts folder for some time now. Nearly forgotten. Glad I found it again. (Source: the story of healing) the story of healing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1223713 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:21:13 +0100 1223713 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1218233&cid=t_99656_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F231607932%2F Last October, a federal appeals court in Washington reignited a heated debate over patent infringement that may now be headed to the US Supreme Court. At issue is sovereign immunity, which protects states - including state universities - from being sued for patent infringement in the federal court system. Yet, state universities can sue others for patent infringement. In other words, they can have it both ways. And so a little-known company, Biomedical Patent Management, is hoping the Supremes will hear its argument that such immunity is not only unwarranted, but unfair. The company’s lawyers recently filed a request, known as a petition for writ of certiorari, for the court to hear its case, which has potentially far-reaching ramifications for industries, notably drugmakers and biot... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1218233 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:35:49 +0100 1218233 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1149734&cid=t_99656_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F216577288%2F The January 13th Shreveport Times describes the 13 supplements that Jennifer Blaton gives to her 7-year-old autistic daughter, Darbee, as a “cocktail.” Once a week a chelating agent is added, and Darbee gets B12 shots twice a week, and goes to a Defeat Autism Now! practitioner in Baton Rouge once a month for intravenous chelation. Darbee, her mother notes, still does not talk and is “‘on the honor roll, she reads, writes, does math, but her speech is just not there…….She knows what she wants to say, her wires just get crossed.’” Barton follows the DAN! protocol, which is a sort of manual for using biomedical interventions for autistic children. Many of the treatments included in the DAN! protocol are experimental and draw on alternative medic... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1149734 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:35:44 +0100 1149734 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1140986&cid=t_99656_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F214227213%2F Conclusions We have identified a novel, recurrent microdeletion and a reciprocal microduplication that carry substantial susceptibility to autism and appear to account for approximately 1% of cases. We did not identify other regions with similar aggregations of large de novo mutations. The January 10th New York Times comments: The finding is not likely to improve diagnosis or treatment for most children struggling with autism or related problems anytime soon, experts said, but it points to a specific chunk of DNA where some developmental problems could originate. ………….. The rate of the chromosome alteration in a group of normally developing people was one in 10,000. “The analysis tells us that this is a very strong risk factor for autism, increasing the risk ... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1140986 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:42:51 +0100 1140986 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=996641&cid=t_99656_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F178165089%2F Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us and we’ll share with it others. That’s right. Send us your announcements and we’ll find a home for them. Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is coming and going. Here are some of the latest moves… Clarient named Michele Hibbard director of genetics; BioMedical Enterprises added Andrew Palmer to its board; BioVex named Genzyme exec, Jan van Heek, as chairman; EMD Serono named Fereydoun Firouz as ceo and president; Aveo Pharmaceuticals hired David Johnston as cfo; Sequoia Pharmaceuticals hired Steve Skolskey as its new ceo and president; DARA BioSciences named ceo Richard Franco, Sr. as chairman; Savient Pharmaceuticals hired Peter Clarke as vp of manufacturing... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=996641 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:37:26 +0100 996641 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=918937&cid=t_99656_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F164061096%2F Two recently published autism books are #16 and #17 in Amazon.com rankings as of the writing of this post, Jenny McCarthy’s Louder Than Words: A Mother’s Journey in Healing Autism and John Elder Robison’s Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s. McCarthy’s book (which is also #4 on the New York Times Bestseller List for hardcover nonfiction) is memoir with a “roadmap” of how, thanks to behavior therapy, a special diet, and supplements (and candida wipe-out via anti-fungal therapy), the author indeed “healed” her child from autism. Louder Than Words is another book in the tradition (if one can call it that) of books by parents of autistic children that offer the latest “how I cured my child from autism”: Others in this ge... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=918937 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:48:15 +0100 918937 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=896824&cid=t_99656_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2F160724729%2F U.S. biomedical engineers have demonstrated a smart particle insulin release system that detects glucose spikes and releases insulin to counter them. Researchers at the University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences, led by Associate Professor Ananth Annapragada, said the system is designed to mimic the functions of the pancreas, which produces the hormone insulin. This system worked in stabilizing blood sugars in animals for up to 6 hours. How does this work in plain English… or at least easy to understand words? Well, there are liposomes that are coated with sugars to form the inhaled particles, and when sugars becomes present in the blood, the particles bind independently to the sugar then releasing the particles that release their insulin. So basically, they bind to th... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=896824 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:01:05 +0100 896824 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1147441&cid=t_99656_107_f&fid=36698&url=http%3A%2F%2Fminingdrugs.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fintelligent-data-analysis-in.html Two interesting communities in this area are IDAMAP and IDADM. Some scientific information is collected in the following books and article seriesArtificial Intelligence in Medicine, Volume 37, Issue 3, Page 163-222 (July 2006)Knowledge-Based Data Analysis in MedicineEdited by Blaz Zupan, John H. Holmes and Riccardo BellazziArtificial Intelligence in Medicine, Volume 16, Issue 1, Pages 1-120 (May 1999)Data Mining Techniques and Applications in MedicineEdited by Blaž Zupan, Nada Lavrac and Elpida KeravnouJournal of Biomedical Informatics, Volume 40, Issue 5, Pages 453-604 (October 2007)Intelligent Data Analysis in Medicine and Pharmacology (The International Series in Engineering and Computer Science), by Nada Lavrac, Elpida Keravnou, Blaz Zupan (Editor) (Source: Mining Drug Space) Mining Drug Space blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1147441 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:17:00 +0100 1147441 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=520596&cid=t_99656_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2F106591182%2F One of the reasons I have always had a soft spot for IBM (not counting my favorable experiences with their SP systems), is the company’s ability to do some really cool science and technology development. It harks back to a day when some of the giants in the field (IBM, Intel, AT&T, etc) used to be at the forefront of innovation. Recently, I found HealthMiner on the IBM web pages. What is HealthMiner? First of all, it is a middleware package, which makes it possible for IBM to make it available to their ISV partners. It integrates with other applications developed at IBM, namely Thoth (a pattern recognition tool), CliniMiner (a data mining method for finding hidden relationships in massive data sets), and Predictive Analysis (a decision support tool to develop classification tool... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=520596 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 14:18:39 +0100 520596 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=485334&cid=t_99656_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F03%2F20%2Fwithin-our-grasp-or-slipping-away%2F Filed under: All Cancers, Research, Politics, Daily newsWithin Our Grasp, Or Slipping Away? Assuring a New Era of Scientific and Medical Progress is a twenty one page report written by Johns Hopkins University and seven other institutions. These institutions petitioned Congress not to let biomedical research funding stagnate. The scientists say that funding for cancer, Alzheimer's disease and spinal cord injury research is not keeping up with the times. The scientists argued years of stagnant budgets for the National Institute of Health interrupted promising research and drove young investigators into other careers. "Warning bells should be sounding loudly in Congress and among the public, " said Edward Miller, Hopkins dean and CEO. "The world's premier biomedical research engine is at ri... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=485334 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 485334 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=462128&cid=t_99656_86_f&fid=34461&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigicmb.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F03%2Fnetvibes-search-modules-downloads-so.html I have been asked to describe how to make these Netvibes modules, so I will publish that next week! BioMedicalLibrariesBlogs SearchDownloads : 148BioMedicalLibrariesBlogs SearchNo comment | Tags : no tag Helsebiblioteket QuickSearchDownloads : 77Helsebiblioteket QuickSearch. 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DigiCMB blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=462128 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:57:00 +0100 462128 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=462129&cid=t_99656_86_f&fid=34461&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigicmb.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F03%2Fmeeting-dutch-colleagues-medical.html I guess there must have been more than 100 colleagues from all over Dutch medical libraries and it was really exiting for me to finally have a opportunity to tell my story about the "User Environment" for a Dutch audience. It is a bit weird that I got to keep this presentation in Romania, Iceland and Norway first. But hey, i am not complaining about this! It is great to visit colleagues abroad in simular situations, exchange experiences and share knowledge and ideas. The topic of the afternoon was " Time for Quality & Quality Management for medical libraries". Most interesting according to others (because presenters could not follow any other talk ;-)was the presentation of Marie-José Lampe about "Marketingcommunication and libraries" br> Furthermore there was a very good 3-part talk on s... DigiCMB blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=462129 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 09:59:00 +0100 462129