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 'blogging'. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:11:13 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378744&cid=t_91748_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F5iNPC6osGfk%2Fnew_blog_on_science_journalism.php First, I would like to welcome Gozde Zorlu to the blogosphere - check out her blog and say Hello. Gozde is a science journalism student with Connie St.Louis (the same class as Christine Ottery who many of you met at ScienceOnline2010). Gozde is interested in many aspects of science communication and journalism and more: Here, I'll be catapulting into the big world wide web my exploration of the social, cultural and political implications of research in science, medicine and the environment. Also, I'll be blogging about issues to do with science in the media, science education and policy. In her first post - Journalism and the public understanding of how science works. A suggested remedy., which nominally is a response to this post of mine, but really addresses more deeply the Nature art... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378744 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:41:21 +0100 3378744 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378462&cid=t_91748_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FQ2xIsk1ZHis%2F By Sallie JamesI suspect I may be falling into a publicity trap here, but nonetheless I am unable to resist blogging about an email I received this morning from the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University.  The email contained this teaser: How does cheap food contribute to global hunger?  GDAE’s Timothy A. Wise, in this recent article in Resurgence magazine, explains the contradictory nature of food and agriculture under globalization. He refers to globalization as “the cheapening of everything” and concludes: “Some things just shouldn’t be cheapened. The market is very good at establishing the value of many things but it is not a good substitute for human values. Societies need to determine their own human values, not let the market do it for them. Th... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378462 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:14:46 +0100 3378462 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3374397&cid=t_91748_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FUolTZT6FsPI%2Fmore_on_science_blogs_and_publ.php Remember the dissection of the "science blogging" study from a couple of weeks ago? There is now additional commentary by Janet, Dr.Isis, Bluegrass Blue Crab and Janet again and all the posts provoked some good comment threads as well. Check them out. Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3374397 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:43:35 +0100 3374397 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3362434&cid=t_91748_109_f&fid=34859&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dare-to-dream.us%2Farchives%2F2010%2F03%2Fselfknowledge_emotional_intelligence_for_personal.php This is the fourth in a series of articles on emotional intelligence for personal growth. Self-knowledge is something we all strive towards. But how many of us have done a complete review of our emotions and how they influence our thoughts and behavior? Most people find that pretty hard to do, especially since they struggle to put their feelings into words. We talk about "will power" as the ultimate motivation. It might surprise you to find out that motivation is really emotion. Emotion in it's simplest form is motivation, "...each emotion offers a distinctive readiness to act; each points us in a direction that has worked well to handle the recurrent challenges of human life." (Goleman, 1995, p4) Entering a state of mindfulness or flow a person reaches "perhaps the ultimate in harnessing... Ψ Dare To Dream... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3362434 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:30:40 +0100 3362434 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3354379&cid=t_91748_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F03%2F11%2Ftherapists-social-networking-and-blogging-oh-my%2F Therapists are turning out in droves to the online landscape, making our marks with blogging, article writing, social networking and other creative efforts. In Psychotherapists Unmasked on the Internet last October, I examined how this landscape had changed with the increasing prevalence of therapist websites with photos (ethically taboo not so long ago), raising interesting conversation about how we are “supposed” to be presenting (or not presenting) ourselves. The wave of the “therapist new world order” has crashed down, and many of us are now swirling around in it. The question, “Should I have a website with a picture of myself?” is passé. The question, “Is it ethical for a therapist to publicly engage in social networking?” has been hashed over (albeit, with some debat... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3354379 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:55:24 +0100 3354379 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3346711&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35443&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheSplinteredMind%2F%7E3%2FgZPUVBx-iGQ%2Fsleepy-thoughts-that-keep-me-up.html Errands, ADDaboy! & family claimed Monday. Even with a good night's sleep I will have my work cut out for me with this project. I continue to maintain a diurnal schedule. This is odd, yet pleasing. Funny to me is how few people in my online life realize what a monumental change this has been for me. In fact, my online life has lost its savor of late. I am writing more frequently, and more successfully, than ever before with fewer comments and feedback. Many people turn their nose up at Facebook, but I have received far more support there than on Twitter where I am one voice of many, and an insignificant voice at that. Over 870 followers there, and over 530 subscribers here, yet only a miniscule amount of people are inspired to comment. I can't help but think this is ... The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3346711 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:18:34 +0100 3346711 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3346743&cid=t_91748_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FBTgKfxiYlnU%2Fwelcome_the_newest_scibling_34.php Go say Hello to Travis Saunders and Peter Janiszewski, the newest bloggers on the Scienceblogs.com network at Obesity Panacea. They cover health, physiology, nutrition and exercise - something we did not have here on the network before, at least not in such a concentrated form. Check out the archives of their old blog and then bookmark the new Obesity Panacea. Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3346743 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:55:59 +0100 3346743 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3342830&cid=t_91748_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2010%2F03%2Fdisclosure_how_much_is_enough.html When I started blogging back in May of 2005, I used my real name.  Which didn't strike me as odd because I figured that the only people who would ever see my written ramblings would be people I knew and sent the links to ... so blogging as "Kerri Morrone" seemed like a fine thing to do.But things took a different sort of path, and suddenly Google had a solid grip on my name.  Which, again, was okay with me because I'm making these personal disclosure choices on a case-by-case basis.  So for anyone willing to give Google a go, it's easy to find my photo, some of my health conditions and treatment choices, and that I've married into a new, more challenging name.  There's a lot of information out there that I have chosen to share, for better or for worse.  I... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3342830 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:03:43 +0100 3342830 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3342914&cid=t_91748_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FsGBexsY4dGE%2Fscience_blogs_and_public_engag.php This study focuses on one of the ICTs that have already been adopted in science communication, on science blogging. The findings from the analysis of content and comments on eleven blogs are presented in an attempt to understand current practices of science blogging and to provide insight into the role of blogging in the promotion of more interactive forms of science communication. Analysis of blogs has been done before, so this article needs to focus on what new it brings to the literature - the analysis of comments. ======================== So far the discussion about science blogs develops primarily in the form of journalistic and scholarly commentary rather than research-based analysis. It focuses on what blogs can and cannot do and why blogging can be a promising tool for scientist... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3342914 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:53:06 +0100 3342914 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3339799&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fmy-thoughts-at-end-of-day_06.html People Come and Go, and Strange Emails… A lot of people have come and gone over the course of this blog.  I wonder what makes people stay around for a long time, and what makes people leave after reading for so long?  I guess my blog can get like a broken record, but aren’t all our lives mostly routine and mundane?  One lady named Kathy emailed me a few months ago and said she was quitting reading because of my religious views.   Religion and politics are two things I specifically avoid writing about on the blog due their their sensitive and polarizing nature and my eclectic views on both.   I didn’t even write back thinking it was probably for the best that she went her own way.  I didn’t even know her anyway.   I’d never even s... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3339799 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:25:00 +0100 3339799 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3339803&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35443&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheSplinteredMind%2F%7E3%2FolVpXSD7Xs8%2Faddaboy-it-was-good-idea-anyway.html Remember that time I sold my minivan and left my spare keys in it and snuck into the car lot after hours to try and get them back because I had locked myself out of the house at 3am? Ah, such nostalgia. Never fear, though. There is no more perfect way to celebrate a smartypants article about how to prevent losing things like locking yourself outside AND the minivan because you left your keys in the other jacket. Head on over to ADDaboy! where I wrote about My Life as an ADHD Sitcom. It's OK. Go ahead and laugh. I did.I'm wrapping things up here and heading on over to the library to work on next week's ADDaboy! articles or to write in my novel, which is more likely to happen. I had a very bad neurological day yesterday and achieved nothing of import except to get into arguments with half of... The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3339803 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:41:05 +0100 3339803 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3338390&cid=t_91748_133_f&fid=35094&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.autismstreet.org%2Fweblog%2F%3Fp%3D376 Over at the AoA blog, Dan Olmsted is stil ranting about the Andrew Wakefield saga. This time it’s about some of the mainstream media’s coverage of the Lancet retraction. The Wakefield Inquisition: Case Series Insanity I’m not going to bother trying to explain to Dan why he’s attacking a straw man - a likely false position of the Lancet that the retraction of Wakefield’s 1998 Lancet paper is grounded in statistical error due to “selection bias”. Instead, I’m simply going to present a few selected quotes from Olmsted’s piece, evidence from a document he states should have been read, and ask him to reconcile the contradiction (without resorting to conspiracy theory). Here’s quote #1 “But this was NOT a randomized clinical tri... Autism Street blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3338390 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:10:14 +0100 3338390 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3338423&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fi-need-favor-from-my-readers.html I am having tons of paranoia these past few days.  I just got around to checking my email today after a week or two of letting it languish.  Liz, you will be the first to get an email back.  Thank you for all your mail. I *heart* you!  Laura S., you are also in the queue to get an email from me.  It is flattering that you wrote a whole chapter about me in your thesis.  I will endeavor to read your thesis tonight and respond in kind. What I need is someone to check the recent comments on the blog and email me back if they are safe to read or not.  I don’t need any triggering mechanisms emotionally at the moment.   I am very sensitive and paranoid right now about comments and emails, and just can’t take a lot of criticism.  I am being the... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3338423 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:23:00 +0100 3338423 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3335264&cid=t_91748_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F03%2F05%2Fresearch-blogging-awards-2010%2F It is now possible to vote for the winners of the 2010 Research Blogging Awards. Yet another blog contest, I can hear you say. Yes, another blog contest, but a very special one. It is a contest among outstanding bloggers who discuss peer-reviewed research. There are over 1,000 blogs registered at ResearchBlogging.org., responsible for 9,500 posts about peer-reviewed [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3335264 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:27:01 +0100 3335264 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3326998&cid=t_91748_107_f&fid=34860&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corporeality.net%2Fmuseion%2F2010%2F03%2F03%2Fpeculiar-malicious-anonymous-vanity-blogranking-service%2F When I opened my mailbox this morning I found the following enticing message: Hello Thomas I’m writing this to let you know about a brand new featured post we just made over here at Medicareer entitled, “Top 50 Biotech Blogs.” I thought that you and your readers over at Biomedicine on Display might find it to be an interesting read. Please do let me know if you have any feedback — http://phlebotomytechnicianprograms.org/2010/top-50-biotech-blogs/ Warm Regards, Emily Johnston Medicareer Tired as I always am seven o’clock in the morning when I’m preparing breakfast for Johanna I clicked on the link and found a site with a nice long list of blogs — with ours at the top, fairly decently described. But, of course, the site has no contact address, no link to a main ... Biomedicine on Display blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3326998 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:19:50 +0100 3326998 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3327277&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35443&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheSplinteredMind%2F%7E5%2FLi6p42nR9c8%2FJ9KgKZNFpSo%26hl%3Den_US%26fs%3D1%26color1%3D0x3a3a3a%26color2%3D0x999999%26border%3D1 I've been so busy living that I've forgotten to let you folks know about my latest blogs over at HealthyPlace.com. Well, OK. So I only lived yesterday, but it was intense living albeit the short variety. More on that later… For now, take a gander or a goose over at this: 5 ADHD Reasons Why I Never Get Anything Done - And one of them isn't Twitter. There is a strong chance that I may not get most of my ToDo list checked off today. In fact, any day of the week that ends with the same three letters is likely to be such a day. It all goes downhill from there. ADDaboy! the Vlog: ADHD in Motion - Yes, they want me to vlog for them. I think they're crazy, too. It's silly stuff, but you may find a kindred spirit within the streaming zeros and ones. I Weigh in on ADHD and Exercise - R... The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3327277 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:32:18 +0100 3327277 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3318679&cid=t_91748_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F2MtMoZ157D4%2Fplos_one_blog_pick_of_the_mont_5.php ...goes to....you'll need to click here to see. Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3318679 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:05:27 +0100 3318679 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3314678&cid=t_91748_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2010%2F02%2F27%2Fbrain-blogging-forty-ninth-edition%2F The forty-ninth edition of Brain Blogging is up. In this round, we try to undercover the neuroanatomy of depression, breakdown emotion into a binary process, take a history lesson on learning theories, and discuss other topics. Related posts:Brain Blogging, Forty-Seventh Edition Welcome to the forty-seventh edition of Brain Blogging. In... Brain Blogging, The Fourty-Fifth Edition The new Grand Round of Brain Blogging is up... Brain Blogging 44th edition Welcome to the forty-fourth edition of Brain Blogging. In... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. (Source: Dr Shock MD PhD) Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3314678 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:58:16 +0100 3314678 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3314806&cid=t_91748_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FOKHpgWSaVDs%2Fexplaining_science_to_the_publ.php Chris Brodie is teaching the 'Explaining Science to the Public' class at NC State University. His students come from English, science and engineering departments and he is teaching them how to write well and how to utilize all of the modern technologies for science communication. The students are now all on Twitter - yup, that's a class assignment - and you can follow their discussions if you search for the #esttp hashtag. I visited their class last month and discussed various new forms of online science communication with them. Almost all of them also came to hear a wonderful presentation by Dr.Rick Bonney of Cornell Ornithology Lab about citizen science the other night at Sigma Xi. Now they have started a class blog - Explaining Science to the Public - and posted their first stories.... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3314806 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:52:38 +0100 3314806 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3311914&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fthoughts-for-day_26.html My Motivator is Broken… I only have one complaint about my life these days and it is a lack of motivation – this sense of apathy.  I made myself out an elaborate schedule to help remedy this problem, but the schedule didn’t last long.  It was too constraining and didn’t account for anomalies such as George coming over or dad being early at night, or even just a night without sleep and I would have to sleep in the day.   These days, I am perfectly content to lay on the bed for hours and listen to old Coast to Coast AM radio shows.  I feel like I am wasting my time and this bugs me.  I’ve got so many things that need doing around the house such as vacuuming as Maggie tracks in junk constantly through the dog door.  I’ve got George’s carbureto... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3311914 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:23:00 +0100 3311914 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3311949&cid=t_91748_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FajpJbbaPF8U%2F2010_research_blogging_awards.php A stellar line-up of judges has finished their work and announced the finalists of the 2010 Research Blogging Awards. This was a huge job - just look at the entire list of nominees!!! What a fantastic list of the best of the best of science blogs and their best posts, in several languages. You can see who made it to the finals by clicking here and start exploring blogs you did not know before. I guarantee you will find new candidates for your blogrolls and subscriptions. Voting for the winners will be on March 4th and the winners of the awards will be announced on March 23rd. I did make it in a couple of categories: 'Best Blog -- Biology' and 'Research Twitterer of the Year', so I can proudly embed this logo/button here: Congratulations to all the finalists - what a great collection... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3311949 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:29:08 +0100 3311949 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3306965&cid=t_91748_122_f&fid=35068&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbrainwindows.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F02%2F25%2Fresearch-blog-of-the-year%2F Whoa!  ResearchBlogging.org just listed the finalists for their 2010 blogging awards.  Brain Windows is one of five finalists for Expert-Level research blog of the year. Cynics might say that giving out small monetary awards ($50, oh yeah baby!) and allowing voting only by bloggers registered by researchblogging.org is a cost-effective way to promote their site. This is hardly the only promotional tactic out there though.  About once a week, I get an email from some firm that wants link share or have a service giveaway to influence content on Brain Windows to drive traffic to their site.  I’ve never posted those things because the message never serves the readership of Brain Windows. However, Researchblogging.org does serve a useful purpose beyond just a content aggregator. Post... Brain Windows blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3306965 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:06:18 +0100 3306965 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3307113&cid=t_91748_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FL6OR9RAWkqs%2Fnorth_carolina_science_journal.php If you are interested in the topic of science journalism, how it's changing, what's new, and who's who in it, you are probably already reading Knight Science Journalism Tracker. If not, you should start now. They have recently been digging around and finding projects with which I am involved in one way or another. For example, a few days ago, they profiled science blogs in general and scienceblogs.com in particular, but mainly focused on ResearchBlogging.org which aggregates and gives a stamp of approval to blog posts covering peer-reviewed research. The aggregator is a local thing - it is a brainchild of Dave Munger here in Davidson, NC, and it was first announced to the world at the 2008 Science Online conference here in RTP. Blog posts that show up there are also tracked by PLoS arti... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3307113 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:12:18 +0100 3307113 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3302323&cid=t_91748_90_f&fid=34474&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCasesBlog%2F%7E3%2FftdzscB68oU%2Fphysicians-and-social-media-acp.html From ACP Hospitalist: "Dr. Lamberts’ words aren’t just vanishing into cyberspace. His blog, Musings of a Distractible Mind, gets about 20,000 visitors who view 50,000 pages a month, according to his own analytics data. By the end of 2009, his list of Twitter followers numbered nearly 1,500 and counting. Today’s physicians have an ever-expanding number of social media vehicles through which to express themselves. Tools like Twitter, Facebook and blogging can potentially help physicians better educate and interact with patients, perhaps even humanizing themselves in the process. But mishandling that powerful online megaphone can potentially risk, or at the very least blur, the doctor-patient relationship, according to social media-savvy physicians. Initially, when he was virtually u... Clinical Cases and Images - Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3302323 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:59:00 +0100 3302323 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3302618&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fcomfortable-obscurity.html I can remember distinctly the day the blog got 2200 visitors in one day.  That was my high point, and I also made $600 dollars that month off of my Google Ads on the blog.  It about drove dad crazy that I was making money writing a blog and he had no control of it! LOL  Times come and times go, and the blog has settled into this comfortable obscurity these days now that I am no longer able to write about my, George’s, and the gang’s exploits down at the shopping center.  We have all moved on from those days.   I hope the blog is still interesting.  I try to write about my mostly mundane life in an interesting way.  A few days ago, I reinstalled a site meter just to see what kind of traffic the blog was getting.  I had no idea and comments a... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3302618 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:44:00 +0100 3302618 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3302623&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35443&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheSplinteredMind%2F%7E3%2FfZMdQZEdDd8%2Fi-tell-adhd-people-where-to-stick-it.html If you haven't had a chance yet, you might want to head on over to my ADDaboy! blog and check out Post It! Stick It! Remember It! Thanks to a reader comment here on this blog, I decided to explore how useful Post-it notes are, both physical and virtual. Sometimes ADHD has me so funnel visioned that I don't fully understand a comment somebody says to me. Ever experience that? So focused on one thing you misunderstand what you read or hear? In this case, reader Sy raved about Post-It notes. I don't use Post-It notes. I used to, but stopped years ago. I go into why over at ADDaboy! So I responded to Sy's comment as if it was a good idea for other people. But as I thought about it, I realized I use a wide variety of Post-It-esque apps and have since 1994. They're just on my computers. Then I r... The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3302623 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:19:23 +0100 3302623 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3302432&cid=t_91748_115_f&fid=34678&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FScanMansNotes%2F%7E3%2F-u3o8Qwxh7U%2F … Just to note the passing of four years of existence of this blog … I really ought to put more effort into keeping this lively following the example of friends who have recently seen the light and friends who have been leading lights in the medical blogging world … (Source: scan man's notes) scan man's notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3302432 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:22:27 +0100 3302432 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298623&cid=t_91748_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FqGBh2_RQt2w%2Fwelcome_the_newest_scibling_33.php Go say Hi to the newest addition to Scienceblogs.com, Claire L. Evans at Universe. Check out the archives of Claire's old blogs Universe and Space Canon. Lots of Science Fiction!!!! Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298623 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:45:24 +0100 3298623 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298514&cid=t_91748_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F02%2F22%2Fdr-val-the-largest-health-it-convention-of-the-year%2F I’m a proud member of Better Health, the biggest community of health bloggers. Dr. Val, the founder and leader, will participate in the upcoming HIMSS event in Atlanta, March 1-4. Dr. Val Jones, Dr. Mike Sevilla, and Dr. Nick Genes will also interview exhibitors and stream their interviews live via UStream. Here’s a sneak preview of HIMSS: Your social media guide to HIMSS: 1. Watch live interviews of exhibitors, conducted by physicians on UStream. Tune in to Dr. Val’s UStream coverage (beginning at 9:30am each morning at HIMSS, March 1, 2, and 3rd). Click here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-from-himss-what-s-hot-in-health-it 2. Participate in real time via Twitter. Follow @drval and tweet your questions to her during the interviews. She may ask the interviewees YOUR questi... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298514 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:22:24 +0100 3298514 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3294625&cid=t_91748_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FkgUQWCw96OU%2Fsurgexperiences-317-is-up.html Jeffrey, Vagus surgicalis, is the host of this edition of SurgeXperiences. Here is the beginning of this edition which you can read here. (photo credit) Welcome to yet another fortnight of SurgeXperiences, where we feature several blog articles which might be of interest to surgeons, anesthesiologists, scrub nurses, nurses, students, techs, or just about anyone who is fascinated by the surgical discipline – where one has to cut to cure and heal. The host of the next edition (318) has not been announced, but don’t let that keep you from making your submissions. Be sure to make your submissions by the deadline: midnight on Friday, March 5th. Be sure to submit your post via this form. SurgeXperiences is a blog carnival about surgical blogs. It is open to all (surgeon, nurse, anesthe... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3294625 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:46:56 +0100 3294625 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3294753&cid=t_91748_133_f&fid=35094&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.autismstreet.org%2Fweblog%2F%3Fp%3D373 Unless you live in a cave, you’re probably well aware of the GMC findings against Andrew Wakefield, the primary author of the 1998 Lancet paper that claimed to study children who were reffered to a hospital’s pediatric GI department with specific behavioral and GI sypmtoms following vaccination with the MMR. Among many ethical problems, by now you’re probably aware that the GMC concluded that the children in the 1998 study were not all referred, nor did they all have the GI symptoms as claimed in the paper. There was a partial retraction by several of the co-authors years ago, but the paper was officially retracted by the Lancet on February 2nd this year. You’re probably also aware that the journal Neurotoxicology withdrew, what is now to many, Hewitson-Wakefield&#... Autism Street blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3294753 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:04:55 +0100 3294753 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3294792&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fthoughts-for-day_21.html I am impatiently waiting for mom’s call to tell me to come take my medications.  I am not feeling up to snuff today.  Not bad.  Just not my normal self.  I am experiencing that old nemesis of mine, anxiety.   It all started when someone’s car broke down in front of my house and they knocked on my door.  I let them call someone to come get them.  Now, I have this maroon Cadillac stuck in front of my house on the street and it is bothering me.  All that about drove Maggie crazy and she is still on alert.  More Computer Hell… I have a limited functionality version of Photoshop that came with my digital camera.  Well, today it stopped working and the install became corrupted.  No about of uninstalling and installing would solve... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3294792 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:58:00 +0100 3294792 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3291977&cid=t_91748_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F02%2F20%2Fscienceroll-com-medgadget-weblog-awards-winner%2F I’m very proud to announce that Scienceroll.com won the Best Medical Technology/Informatics category in the prestigious Medgadget Medical Weblog Awards for the second time in a row! That’s what the editors wrote about me and my blog: For the second year in a row, Bertalan Meskó’s ScienceRoll is the Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog. This being one of our favorite categories, we’re excited to see our former editor have such success with his own blogging. Berci is a truly unique character. He has wholeheartedly embraced medical technology and is channeling future of medicine through his blog. He also teaches related topics at the University of Debrecen in Hungary. Congrats Berci, this must be like winning two consecutive Olympic gold medals in Nordic comb... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3291977 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:55:07 +0100 3291977 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3288000&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35443&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheSplinteredMind%2F%7E3%2Fj3p-lRO3oh4%2Faddaboy-tips-to-help-you-not-forget.html In the spirit of self-mockery that I have upkept over the years here, I wrote: Keep Tabs on Your Goods with the ADHD Fuddy Duddy System™ I cover two simple steps that I mostly follow (when I remember) to keep track of my goodies without leaving them behind in train stations, school rooms, and parking lots. Or Target electronics counters. A cane is a three foot long shiny piece of wood, yet I left it and my keys on the counter as I walked away with my purchase. My fifteen year old came up behind me with them and had a good laugh at my expense. I would have noticed they were gone…when I couldn't get into my car. That reminds me. I have no idea where all my Ray Ban Wayfarer IIs went. Expensive little things. I finally stopped replacing them in the mid 90s. Then I went to work for Dillar... The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3288000 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:00:08 +0100 3288000 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3280179&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35443&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheSplinteredMind%2F%7E3%2FkVmzkpuG0fc%2Faddaboy-6-tips-to-help-your-adhd-loved.html Up on ADDaboy! is my latest article for HealthyPlace.com: Six Ways to Help Your ADHD Loved One's ForgetfulnessLast week I wrote to people who might be reluctant to believe in this so called ADHD stuff. I used the evidence that is my life to prove that ADHD is real and that we couldn't remember something if it was taped to our nose and blocked our vision. This week I had some tips for them to try to reach through the fog and connect with the few working brain cells of their ADHD loved ones to help them not be so forgetful. Well, the loved ones are going to be forgetful. That much is a lost cause. But there are ways to remind them that are more effective than others. I think you might like the article. Please leave a comment and let me know what you think.In the meantime, I am heading off to... The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3280179 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:12:37 +0100 3280179 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3276013&cid=t_91748_133_f&fid=35094&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.autismstreet.org%2Fweblog%2F%3Fp%3D371 There’s an interesting discussion going on. By now, many are aware of the proposed changes the DSM for autism that will subsume Asperger’s and PDD-NOS. Some have expressed the view that this is a good thing, yet others seem to feign agreement while also expressing some degree of contempt. Amidst the apparent concerns of a few, there are voices focused on the ethical and human rights implications of opposing the DSM changes. Particularly, please read Angry Aspies, Please Go Away by Bev over at Square 8. On a side note: I know Bev to be a person who diligently promotes acceptance and human rights for all autistic people, and she’s apparently an early adopter of the pending new definition - she’s already changed the title of her blog and description of its purpo... Autism Street blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3276013 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:32:10 +0100 3276013 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3276120&cid=t_91748_180_f&fid=38616&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifelearningtoday%2Fwlyf%2F%7E3%2FUqdcuU5KQa0%2F photo credit: dan taylor What is a Favicon and Why Should Your Blog Have One? A favicon is short for “favorite icon.” It is the little image you see in your browser tab next to the name of the website you are viewing. All favicons are the same size: 16×16 pixels. The one for Life Learning Today blog is: The reason why you want to have one is for branding purposes. People will get to know your favicon and can quickly switch to your site on one of their browser tabs simply by recognizing your favicon. They will also be able to quickly spot it in their list of bookmarks. So now that you see the value in doing this the next step is how to get a favicon image. It’s really easy and free. Here’s how: How to Create Your own Favicon for Your Wordpress Blog The easiest ... Life Learning Today blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3276120 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:40:08 +0100 3276120 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3273097&cid=t_91748_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FJIj1YjIr1aA%2Fvery_young_people_blogging_abo_1.php A few days ago, I asked what it takes for a young person to start and, more importantly, continue for a longer term, to write a science blog. The comment thread on that post is quite enlightening, I have to say - check it out. What is more important - that post started a chain-reaction on Twitter and blogs. Arikia Millikan, herself a young blogger, wrote a post in response which also attracted a lot of interesting comments. Go and comment. Mason Posner wrote not one, but two posts in response: Science blogging in the classroom, an update and Young science bloggers need community. Go and comment. Some of his students also congregated on his Facebook wall and, energized by all the spotlight they were getting, decided to restart their old class blog: Science Haggis. Go and comment. Amy Br... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3273097 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:18:30 +0100 3273097 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3267134&cid=t_91748_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2158 new media toolkit glossary Click on the term below to see the definition: Blog eCards Mashups New Media News Reader Online Chat Photo Sharing Services Podcast RSS Feed Social Bookmarking Social Media Social Network Services (Social Networking Sites) Texting (or Text Messaging) Twitter Usability Video Games Video Sharing Service Virtual World Web 2.0 Web Button Webcast Web Conferencing Webinar Wiki Blog A website, usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. “Blog” is also a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog. Example: AIDS.gov Blog eCards Similar to a postcard or greeting card, with the primary difference b... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3267134 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:28:11 +0100 3267134 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3267217&cid=t_91748_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FBPneu2xqmFg%2Fvery_young_people_blogging_abo.php Mason Posner is a professor of Biology at Ashland University in Ohio. He also blogs on A Fish Eye View (though I notice he did not update it in a while). About a year ago, and inspired by some discussions emanating from ScienceOnline'09, he decided to try using blogs in his teaching. He did it last spring. And he is doing it again this spring. You can check out his Marine Biology Course class blog, where he and the students are all posting in one place. But also check out his Senior Capstone course in Biology and its class blog - he is the only one blogging there - the students are required to start and run their own blogs. Now look at the Class Blogroll on the margin - take a look at last year's (2009) student blogs - wonderful writing on all of them, good stuff. But! One of them is al... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3267217 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:10:50 +0100 3267217 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3259223&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35443&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheSplinteredMind%2F%7E3%2FWqhbcMlWEk8%2Fpics-links-tabs-can-be-happy-things.html While I work on my Words Per Day article (where I interviewed various authors about their daily goals), I thought I'd post a photo and some links. I was surprised how empty Target was when I took this shot. If anything shows the downturn in the economy, this 9:45pm shot does. Target is usually hopping until closing. It' a metaphor for my life at the moment: All stocked up with no action. I need to infuse some life back into my existence. That's why I've decided to attend Life, the Universe, and Everything this Friday & Saturday. I haven't attended that symposium since at least 1997. I figure I should have the first chapter of Sneakers finished and under my belt by Thursday night. It's a good goal.Building Communities - You've probably read lots of articles on how to create phenomenal blog ... The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3259223 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:36:16 +0100 3259223 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3258924&cid=t_91748_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2FbFDzQRaGJJk%2Fcorrected_by_dr_paul_offit.php About a month ago I wrote about how the grande dame of the anti-vaccine movement, Barbara Loe Fisher, is using the legal system to try to silence and intimidate Dr. Paul Offit. In it, I described an earlier lawsuit in which Dear Leader J.B. Handley sued Dr. Offit, and Dr. Offit ended up settling. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of taking Dear Leader's word for what the settlement was, and Dr. Offit has corrected me: Thanks to Respectful Insolence for the support in the upcoming lawsuit filed against me by Ms. Fisher. I would point out only that the details of the "settlement" with Mr. Handley are incorrect. Both Mr. Handley and I each agreed to contribute $5,000 to an autism charity of which I approved. (This was my idea). The charity was the Center for Autism Research at UCLA, which, a... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3258924 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:00:01 +0100 3258924 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3254701&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fyesterday-was-national-break-from-blog.html I’ve written some pretty controversial stuff lately, and this elicits a lot of caring and interesting advice from some of my caring friends who read.  It also elicits some vile vitriol from some of my less caring readers.  Yesterday, I took a break from comments.  I just didn’t read, but listened with interest as the “You’ve Got Mail!” messages occurred throughout the day.  I did read all the comments this morning when I was in a better frame of mind to let them all soak in so to speak.  It always fascinates me what others think of me or what advice they give.  I do appreciate it very much.  It’s like grist for the mill and gets me to thinking.  Most days, I don’t take anything personally.  I find it an interesting study in human ... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3254701 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:58:00 +0100 3254701 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3248507&cid=t_91748_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2FxuatMsC7FnU%2Fegomaniacal_sunday_morning_basking_in_gl.php My adopted alter ego may be nothing but a computer played by a box of colored blinking lights, but those few who are actually familiar with the 30 year old British SF TV show that featured Orac beginning in the last episode of its first season know that Orac is an arrogant and vain computer. Given that, how could I fail to notice a couple of accolades that came my way last week. First off, on Friday, Respectful Insolence was included in a list of top skeptical blogs, along with Science-Based Medicine, NeuroLogica Blog (which Steve Novella informs me is down due to excess traffic and a really idiotic ISP that just shut him down rather than charge him more or give him a warning), Quackwatch, Skeptic Blog, Skepchick, and Pharyngula, and Richard Wiseman Blog. Whoa. Then, earlier in the week ... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3248507 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:30:00 +0100 3248507 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3246926&cid=t_91748_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F02%2F06%2Ffacebook-continues-to-dominate-among-youth%2F Last week, we discovered that 4 out of 5 teens prefer and use Facebook over the leading sugarless gum. Oh, sorry, I meant to say that while 7 out of 10 (73% to be exact) teens use social networking websites like Facebook, only 1 in 12 teens use Twitter. Clearly, the still-in-place-to-be is on Facebook and other social networking websites like it. The new data comes from our friends over at the Pew Internet and American Life Project, who conducted a phone survey in the middle of last year of 800 adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17. And while teens continue to embrace social networking, they seem to be abandoning their use of blogs. Blogging amongst teens has been slashed in half in just 3 years, according to the Pew data (from a high of 28% in 2006 to a current 14% of teens surveyed... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3246926 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:17:43 +0100 3246926 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3247061&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fanonymous-comments.html I am getting a ton of anonymous comment spam in the archives.  I get an email every time somebody comments and I keep hearing “You’ve got Mail!” as I amble about doing different tasks throughout the house.  I will continue to try and leave them up and delete the offending comments.  My “good” anonymous comments outweigh the “bad” ten to one.   BTW, I have dubbed my anonymous ranter “Vladimir” as he has broken English and only comments at 3 or 4 in the morning meaning he must live in Europe.  I imagine some parent’s basement in some Slavic country.  LOL  Oh, I am going to bring forth the wrath of Vladimir now! (Source: The 4th Avenue Blues) The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3247061 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:04:00 +0100 3247061 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3243969&cid=t_91748_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2Fg-3KgKqZdLs%2F For nearly five years, I have been documenting my life with diabetes. Not each entry has been directly about the illness, but this is my life and diabetes is in it and in everything I do, diabetes is there. For the past couple of months, I have become a more active member of the twentysomething blogger community, going so far as to join the administration team at the Ning network 20sb as an Events Manager. It’s exciting to meet new people and hear stories of other twentysomethings who are going through similar struggles. In the same way that reading diabetes bloggers mirrors my emotional struggles with a chronic illness, so do twentysomething bloggers mirror the emotional struggles of work, relationships, money and family. In a handful of posts that I have written this month, some of... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3243969 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:00:09 +0100 3243969 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3244031&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fgood-ol-judith.html Comedy Gold! Well, some Judith character with my same last name is using my gmail account to sign up for all these political activist email lists.  I am getting emails from likes of Nancy Polosi and John McCain.  I’m am just not a political animal.  Reading these emails is like reading a textbook on particle physics for me.  Well, with dogged determination, I have been unsubscribing from all that bullshit.   My mantra these days is political avoidance.  The only way you’re going to get something done in Washington is to show up on the capitol steps with a few billion dollars in hand.  Money talks as they say.  Thank you Judith for at least making me learn the names of these people I normally wouldn’t know. lol UPDATE:  Great!  Th... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3244031 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:23:00 +0100 3244031 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3243814&cid=t_91748_107_f&fid=34860&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corporeality.net%2Fmuseion%2F2010%2F02%2F05%2Fdittrick-museums-blog%2F Speaking about Jim Edmonson and the Dittrick Museum (i.e., the medical museum at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland), I’ve forgotten to tell you that they have just launched an institutional blog called — ‘Dittrick Museum’. Follow it here. Welcome to the medical museum blog sector! (Source: Biomedicine on Display) Biomedicine on Display blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3243814 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:00:37 +0100 3243814 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3239841&cid=t_91748_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FSpCc4RuLFmY%2Fscience_blogging_news.php Several items showed up recently that may be of interest to science bloggers, their readers, and related science communicators of various stripes.... A) Today, Eureka, the science section of London Times, published a list of Top 30 Science Blogs. Every list that has me in it is a good list ;-) They say "Zivkovic, who studies circadian rhythms, is an often-provocative evangelist for new media who has probably done more than anyone else to inspire scientists to blog. He is also a must-follow on Twitter, where he posts as @boraz" They could have had a more diverse group (in sense of gender, race, ethnicity, age, etc.) and there are some obvious blogs missing from the list (Cosmic Variance, Bad Science, Science-Based Medicine, several SciBlings, a few people from Nature Network, etc.). Th... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3239841 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:38:15 +0100 3239841 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3236113&cid=t_91748_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FlENw2JuuFis%2Fplos_one_blogging.php With Bex Walton moving on to another job, it is now my duty to take over posting about media coverage over on everyONE blog, as well as to pick a cool image of the week. So I started this week with Weekly PLoS ONE News and Blog Round-Up and Worth a Thousand Words. Take a look. Am I doing it right? Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3236113 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:00:25 +0100 3236113 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3231739&cid=t_91748_133_f&fid=35130&url=http%3A%2F%2Fautisticbfh.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fcan-you-relate.html I've mentioned before that one of the advantages of the Internet is its diversity, which has the salutary effect of correcting misconceptions and prejudiced statements almost as soon as they occur. When someone posts biased or incorrect information about a group of people, it's highly likely that one or more readers will set the record straight.But sometimes such comments can get rather incongruous. In response to my last two posts, a few people seemed to think (1) that I might be prejudiced against poor whites, Southern whites, and/or hillbillies because I used dialect in describing small-town ignorant attitudes, and (2) regarding my discussion of the Ghost Dance of 1890, that I shouldn't make historical analogies that suggest it is possible for the average person to relate to anybody exc... Whose Planet Is It Anyway? blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3231739 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:38:00 +0100 3231739 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3231462&cid=t_91748_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FFIHIydTTF1U%2F By Chris Moody Another day, another IPCC-gate. Why remaining in Afghanistan and creating a stable government there is not a precondition to keeping America safe. For more, watch the debate on Bloggingheads. Jeffrey Miron: “Leave Mideast, end terrorism.” Could Iran’s nuclear program be a sacrificial pawn? Globalization: A curse or a cure? Podcast: “Liberate Bone Marrow Donors” featuring Jeff Rowes of the Institute for Justice. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3231462 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:19:11 +0100 3231462 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3227954&cid=t_91748_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2010%2F02%2Fsundance_the_festival_itself.html (I've bombarded you guys with info on Buried and kept a running update on Facebook and Twitter, so I promise this will be the last post about Sundance. I'll go back to diabetes crap in a few minutes.  Or at least I'll blend them.) We're back from Park City, and the whole Sundance experience was completely and utterly surreal.  I won't go on about the reviews that have come out about the film (i.e. New York Times, LA Times, Variety, Moveline, Slashfilm, Film School Rejects), and I have no plans to talk extensively about the Lionsgate purchase (holy crap).  But we were at the premiere of Buried at the Library Theater on Saturday, January 24th, and it was incredible.After a private pre-screening dinner (where there was a special "Buried" menu on tap - very cool), we h... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3227954 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:40:24 +0100 3227954 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3227843&cid=t_91748_109_f&fid=34786&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrmichelletempest.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fblogging-and-dinner.html Over the years of blogging I have been lucky enough to make friends with fellow blogger Ellee Seymour. Last night she hosted myself, Liz truss and Louise Bagshawe with an amazing array of food. It was a thoroughly delightful evening. In a world where we must remain vigilant to the dangers of having an on line profile, this was an example of celebrating wonderful internet connections. (Source: The Psychiatrist Blog) The Psychiatrist Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3227843 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:11:00 +0100 3227843 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3220686&cid=t_91748_133_f&fid=35094&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.autismstreet.org%2Fweblog%2F%3Fp%3D368 Liz over at I Speak Of Dreams is keeping a list of several blog responses. Visit the following link for more: tinyurl.com/yz3vpor (Source: Autism Street) Autism Street blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3220686 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:32:14 +0100 3220686 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3216773&cid=t_91748_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F01%2F28%2Fmedgadget-weblog-awards-please-vote-for-scienceroll%2F The world’s best competition of medical blogs is ready to roll again on Medgadget. Scienceroll won the 2007 Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Category and now it is nominated again. There are really quality blogs in the category so we need each and every vote! Thank you in advance! (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3216773 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:28:56 +0100 3216773 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3216791&cid=t_91748_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2FXGbGnobYk2E%2F 27. Comments on my blog Holy Moses, you guys! WOW! I tell ya, I have the BEST readers on this blog. Thank you so much for all of the thoughtful comments from the past three days. It was fascinating reading everyone’s thoughts on the choice of words conundrum, and it was great to hear other experiences from growing up with diabetes and of course, thank you for the well wishes on my anniversary yesterday. They mean the WORLD to me. Last month, I talked about whether or not I wanted to shut down my comments section. And truth be told, sometimes I still think about it, just to be free from the wondering and worry about whether or not a post will get any feedback or if the intended purpose is understood. But I will always have some posts open, and the past three days have definitely prove... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3216791 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:00:38 +0100 3216791 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3216787&cid=t_91748_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2010%2F01%2Fseo_bloggy_bits.html I love, love, love the search terms that bring people to my blog. As I've mentioned before, most of the terms are related to diabetes, but there are some real ringers that come through ... and those are the ones I want to share today.  first man to describe type one diabetes - I thought, at first, that this said "first man to walk on the moon with diabetes."  It doesn't actually say that.  It doesn't say anything close to that.  The end.sexy infusion set placement - What's sexier than an insulin pump infusion set?  Not much, actually.  No matter where you stick it, it's proof that you're aiming for good control.  Rawr.is martini good for diabetics - Yes.  So is proper verb/noun agreement.  Next question?baked and fried diabetes brains ... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3216787 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:48:30 +0100 3216787 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3216825&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35443&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheSplinteredMind%2F%7E3%2FhKlAX2AOQHk%2Fwill-ipad-make-me-better-writer.html Over at HealthyPlace.com I wrote this morning about how ADHD tastes to me. If you've followed my blog here you'll know that social gaffes and I tend to go hand in hand. The gaffe I reference in that article was perhaps mild compared to past mistakes, but certainly not anything to dismiss lightly—though I do my best.While it is true that my blogging over at HealthyPlace.com has been going well, something I feared might happen is very much indeed happening: I'm not writing my books; I'm just blogging. There are two solutions. One is to quit blogging over at HealthyPlace.com, but I can't emphasize enough how distasteful that solution is. This is an opportunity for growth for me. I can step up to the next level if I master this transition in my life. The other solution is simply to write fas... The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3216825 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:11:32 +0100 3216825 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3216821&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fye-olde-weather-blog.html I started updating my weather blog again.  I don’t know why I quit as I really enjoy doing it.  Most of you won’t be interested as us weather obsessed folks.  But I do post an evening sunset over Alabama photo you might want to stop by and view around six every day weather permitting.   Some can be average, but others can be stunning.  Just click on the link below my blog header and it will take you there.  You can see tonight’s sunset! (Source: The 4th Avenue Blues) The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3216821 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:53:00 +0100 3216821 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3216570&cid=t_91748_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FtMuUx7G-x2I%2F By Chris Moody Cato experts will live-blog Obama’s State of the Union Address tonight. Join in, submit questions, and watch the speech right here on Cato@Liberty at 9:00 PM EST. A quick, ten-point libertarian State of the Union Address. One “Great Canard”: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke argues that the Fed’s monetary policy was not responsible for the U.S. housing bubble. About that non-discretionary spending… Podcast: “Obama’s Fiscal Right Fake” featuring Chris Edwards. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3216570 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:43:17 +0100 3216570 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212366&cid=t_91748_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fresearch-blogging.html If you blog about peer-reviewed research, then you’ve probably heard about ResearchBlogging.org by now. It’s an aggregator that pulls together posts from around the world that have added a snippet of code to identify themselves as blogging about peer-reviewed research. The keen-eyed regulars among you will have spotted the occasional “green-tick” icon next the references I cite in my blog posts here and on the sibling sites Sciencetext and SciScoop, which flags them for the Research Blogging system. Gratifyingly, Dr SkySkull, an editor on the RB blog frequently highlights my stuff in the Editor’s Selection section. Here’s a bunch of the most recent that drew their attention: Balancing anonymity, privacy, and security. Having my pseudonym is fun and conv... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212366 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:00:37 +0100 3212366 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212248&cid=t_91748_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2Fi0lR43QAMb8%2Fthe_secrets_of_successful_blogging_revea.php Dammit. I realize that this has been floating around the blogosphere for a couple of days, but when I first saw it at PZ's place, I thought that Chis Clarke had stolen someone's blogging strategy notebook, except that I thought he had stolen mine, so spot-on is his channeling of just the right style to take on pseudoscience mavens, quacks, and other purveyors of woo. There's just one problem. It's way, way too short to have been stolen from my blogging playbook. It needs to be about two or three times as long, minimum. It also needs a few sentences like this: This sentence contains tortured variations on the term "burning stupid" involving everything from supernovas to black holes to quantum theory. This sentence rambles on and on and on until you desperately want to put it out of your... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212248 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:30:56 +0100 3212248 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208426&cid=t_91748_107_f&fid=35026&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheTreeOfLife%2F%7E3%2FxlDVrp72_j0%2Fcool-paper-winner-of-worst-new-omics.html And the bad new omics words keep streaming in. Today's winner of the "Worst New Omics Word Award" is going to Carey Lambert, Chien-Yi Chang, Michael J. Capeness and R. Elizabeth Sockett from Nottingham for their use/ invention of "Predatosome". They use this term in the title of their new PLoS One paper: The First Bite— Profiling the Predatosome in the Bacterial Pathogen Bdellovibrio. Here is the very long sentence where the define it:The gene products required for the initial invasive predatory processes have not been extensively studied but the genome sequencing of B. bacteriovorus HD100 [1] revealed a genome of 3.85Mb, including a core genome similar to that of non-predatory bacteria and some 40% of the genome comprising a potential predicted “predatosome” of genes, encoding both ... The Tree of Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208426 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:50:48 +0100 3208426 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3201864&cid=t_91748_133_f&fid=35094&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.autismstreet.org%2Fweblog%2F%3Fp%3D365 I recently made a new Autism-Hub blogger button that appears in the sidebar here at Autism Street. I wish I could take credit for real CSS skills, but the truth of the matter is that I “borrowed” the animation technique from several other websites. The good news is that a technique like this is fairly easy to do - there is no javascript or anything like that, all you need is two images (link to zip file containing both provided below) and a little know-how to add the link to the html of your blog and add some styling to the CSS.   Here’s how it works: When the Autism Street page loads, it loads this entire image (”ahbutton.png”) in a single browser request as the background for the button. Where the Autism-Hub button appears in the sidebar, the actual ... Autism Street blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3201864 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:27:13 +0100 3201864 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3201921&cid=t_91748_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F8RvIFSgWcX8%2Fpost_with_the_most_contest.php I understand that some excellent entries have already been submitted to the Post with the Most 2010 contest: Tom Paine's Ghost is excited to announce a composition competition. A $100 cash prize will be awarded for the most aesthetically powerful multi-media blog post. Post content is limited only by the bounds of imagination. Keep in mind Tom Paine's Ghost was founded amidst a battle to defend freedom of the press and we hope to echo that theme throughout our pages. Submissions will be selected and judged on the basis of four criteria: 1. Clarity 2. Originality 3. Integration (at least three forms of media must be utilized, images, text, movies (you tube or vimeo), audio, etc.) 4. Power (the post's ability to motivate readers to action). Submissions will be accepted until the summe... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3201921 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:13:52 +0100 3201921 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3197646&cid=t_91748_90_f&fid=34474&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCasesBlog%2F%7E3%2Fhg-hDpYxfdc%2Fnew-trends-in-social-media-and-medicine.html * There is a new trend during the last 6-10 months: Some medical blogs are adopting the Huffington Post model (or something similar) with extensive use of guest- and cross-blogging. * Independent solo medical bloggers may be going the way of the dinosaurs... Only in this case, they are being replaced by content aggregation or group blogs. * Many medical bloggers/Twitters start strong, microblog their tail off, and then disappear - doctors are not quitters - why does this happen? * We all have an ecosystem in social media, believe or not, you're part of it. * Twitter HTML code of your profile automatically includes several "me" variables - making it your primary home on the web - this should be "opt in". There are an exponentially increasing number of ways to "follow, tag, talk, poke, ... Clinical Cases and Images - Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3197646 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:14:00 +0100 3197646 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3197876&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35443&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheSplinteredMind%2F%7E3%2FJy3xFK3Kibg%2Fi-elbow-deep-in-words.html It's 7am and I should be in bed, but I'm up writing instead. This is a good thing, though perhaps the AM could be PM. My life has been busy writing, which makes me immensely happy. However, I have not finished "Take a Hike!". Two stanzas await my attention. They don't exist yet, but when I'm done with them I will wonder how my story managed without them. How could I be happily writing if I'm not writing my picture book (now an early reader), my chapter book (most likely now a younger middle grade novel), and my novel (still an older middle grade novel, but perhaps soon a 19 volume treatise on singing magic before I'm done with it)? That is easy to answer. I have been busy writing for other people. For the past two weeks I've been trying to revise a new article for ADDitude Magazine. I... The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3197876 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:06:32 +0100 3197876 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3193957&cid=t_91748_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2Fv5zguASqgWs%2F Ignore this morning’s post (I wasn’t supposed to put it up). Instead, read this: Many of you have probably noticed some new faces popping up in the comments section of my blog. They are the fantastic folks of a new community I’ve joined called 20sb. One of the members is a caring Canadian named Brandy. She is a sweetheart. And she is in love with a man who has just been diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma. I know a thing or two about living with an illness that could kill you. But Multiple Myeloma is an incurable cancer with a not so hot life expectancy rate. I know what it’s like to receive a diagnosis. I know what it’s like to be afraid. I know what a roller coaster ride it is, not knowing what the future or even the next day, holds for you. And I also know what... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3193957 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:33:43 +0100 3193957 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3189179&cid=t_91748_107_f&fid=35026&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheTreeOfLife%2F%7E3%2FBPLbyVfQa3A%2Fconfronting-intelligent-design.html A representative from Wiley publishing sent me a link to an interesting new paper.  Entitled "Using Protistan Examples to Dispel the Myths of Intelligent Design" by Mark Farmer, from the University of Georgia and Andrea Habura, from the University at Albany, New York.  It is from the Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology and is based upon a presentation they gave at a workshop at a conference. Basically, the article is a detailed discussion of how examples relating to microbial eukaryotes (I hate the term protist ...) that are used by Intelligent Design advocates are, well, BS. And the article discusses the evidence that refutes the ID arguments. One thing they discuss is the issue of the Cambrian Explosion.  ID supporters, such as Stephen Meyer have made many arguments abou... The Tree of Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3189179 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:57:54 +0100 3189179 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3189384&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35443&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheSplinteredMind%2F%7E3%2FsilXbcMbSWk%2Fstage-one-done-again.html Construction is going on all around my home. Even on this blog. I am finally satisfied with the look of the site. This time comments still work, as well as ordered lists, which inexplicably stopped functioning after I updated the design earlier this month.I haven't received any complaints from Internet Explorer users that the new site design causes their computers to spin in place then melt into slag. It's all good. Besides, those users shouldn't be using Internet Explorer anyway. Don't they know that the French and Germans now forbid it? After IE was proven to be the weak link in the recent Google hack attack in China, a lot of people are clamoring for internet denizens to finally give up on Microsoft. Especially IE6. It is verboten. And evil. I won't code for it, no siree. Please don't m... The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3189384 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:12:13 +0100 3189384 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3189219&cid=t_91748_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2010%2F01%2F19%2Fresearch-blogging-awards-2010%2F Seed Media Group’s Research Blogging Awards honor the outstanding bloggers who discuss peer-reviewed research. With nearly 1,000 blogs registered at ResearchBlogging.org and 8,500 posts about peer-reviewed journal articles collected, it is time to recognize the best of the best. Any blog that discusses peer-reviewed research is eligible for nomination, and the winners will be determined by votes from their peers in the Research Blogging community. All finalists will be highlighted on ResearchBlogging.org, and winners will receive cash prizes totaling $2000. Nominate youryour favorite science blog. Voting will be open from February 25 to March 11, 2010. Related posts:Researchblogging.org, the interview Dave Munger (left) and Research Blogging advisory team member... Cancer Research Blo... Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3189219 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:33:12 +0100 3189219 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3180254&cid=t_91748_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2F7KNWQK_YOBk%2Fsurgexperiences-315-call-for.html Education of a Knife will be the host for SurgeXperiences 315 (January 24th).  The author behind this blog describes himself this way:  “A passionate 20 year old second year undergraduate medical student in Monash university Sunway Campus. Bite his teeth and tries to make the best out of his life. He writes occasionally and has strong aspirations for surgery.” SurgeXperiences is a blog carnival about surgical blogs. It is open to all (surgeon, nurse, anesthesia, patient, etc) who have a surgical blog or article to submit.  You are encouraged to submit your surgery related posts.   The deadline for submissions to be included in the 315 edition is midnight on Friday, January 22nd.  Be sure to submit your post via this form.    If you would like... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3180254 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:01:00 +0100 3180254 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3178855&cid=t_91748_111_f&fid=38037&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnurseblogger.net%2F2010%2F01%2F15%2F1155%2F A few years ago, my friend Brenda gave me the best birthday present ever: She took me to see Wicked onstage in Chicago.  I L.O.V.E.D the musical so much.  It’s an experience I will never forget. Lately, I’ve been revisiting the amazing music from the show.  I think I’ve played the following song approximately 8, 327 times.  Now, I am going to share. (Source: Blog, Blah, Blah) Blog, Blah, Blah blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3178855 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:52:06 +0100 3178855 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3176077&cid=t_91748_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FU23UrPM0es4%2Faround-the-type-2-blogosphere.php While David Mendosa, Kathleen Weaver, and Jenny Ruhl have been blogging for years about type 2 diabetes, there are some newer names on the scene that I wanted to highlight. Bob just started blogging at T Minus Two.  I first noticed his tweets (@rpederse), both about type 2 and about life in general, a few months ago.  He also seems to be a fan of the tweets about my cats...  I am so glad to see him joining the type 2 blogging crew. Chef Barrae might be familiar to those of you who frequent the message boards here at Diabetes Daily.  She offers up her lower-carbohydrate recipes over at Unrestricted Tastes on Restricted Diets, which look mighty tasty if you ask me. Her focus isn't entirely type 2 diabetes, but it does seep into Stephanie's Cattywampus Life ... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3176077 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:36:34 +0100 3176077 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3176067&cid=t_91748_133_f&fid=35094&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.autismstreet.org%2Fweblog%2F%3Fp%3D364 Over at AoA, Jake Crosby has written a rather lengthy piece about Kev Leitch for which the point seems fairly elusive. You can read a little more about it, or find a link to the post over at LBRB. Neither piece strikes me as really interesting (yes, including Kev’s note), but I did find this comment over at AoA somewhat amusing: Yeah, that “whole ND thing” is “so clearly” a “pharma front organization”, isn’t it? I mean really, isn’t it freaking obvious? The mere fact that most ND blogs pretty much lack any “pharma” advertising whatsoever,  is such a transparent attempt to cover up the true pharmaceutical industry underpinnings of neurodiversity, right? The truth is that most bloggers who support the concept of neurodiver... Autism Street blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3176067 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:18:09 +0100 3176067 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3172183&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Flight-blogging-today.html I keep seeing the shadows moving.  I’ve turned on every light in the house and opened all the curtains and blinds to alleviate any shadows.  It has helped a lot.  Ah, the joys of living with schizophrenia.  I don’t feel badly as is usually the case.  Just strange.  Years ago this would have scared me to death!  Anyways, I am just going to be quiet today and rest.  I hope you all have a good day. (Source: The 4th Avenue Blues) The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3172183 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:45:00 +0100 3172183 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3172176&cid=t_91748_136_f&fid=39025&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Feverythingchangesbook%2F%7E3%2FeRIMicFz4UA%2Fpatients-for-a-moment-down-and-dirty Sifting through the emotional, administrative, and financial trauma of dealing with illness, being sick ultimately all comes back to the body.  So for this installment of Patients for A Moment, we asked that bloggers submit posts about the down and dirty physical world of their disease. Ever pulled a serious MacGyver providing your own home healthcare with saline solution and a turkey baster?  Duncan Cross has and writes about it in on the Duncan Cross post Duncan 1, Hospital 0. “I guess if I had a choice, I’d rather wake up next to some ugly guy that I don’t remember meeting – not that, that has ever happened to me before – because it’s really bad when the party you don’t want to wake up next to is yourself…”  Need I say more about Leslie Rott’s post The Ultimate Co... Everything Changes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3172176 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:33:42 +0100 3172176 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3167218&cid=t_91748_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2010%2F01%2F13%2Fgrand-rounds-volume-6-number-16%2F The Holidays may be over, but there’s no rest for Santa or his cute little Congressional elves. So, after a respite that must have seemed all too brief, Santa has herded his diminutive (but ever-cheerful!) drudges right back into their Secret Workshop, to finish building for us kids the Healthcare We Can All Believe In. Liked the animation and description of it. A very nice and eloquent introduction of this weeks grand round on The Covert Rationing Blog by DrRich I especially liked Do you ever go through the motions “My last instructor told me that sometimes they go through the motions of doing CPR (reanimation), even when they know it is futile, for the benefit of the family. Do you ever go through the motions?” I also liked the post over at Muse, RN. A relative newcomer to the blog... Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3167218 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:24:34 +0100 3167218 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3167469&cid=t_91748_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FSUp2n05b6u4%2Fannouncing_the_posts_that_will.php The time has come....the moment many of you have been waiting for, for months! The most amazing 2009 guest editor Scicurious and I are ready to announce the 50 posts that have made it through a grueling judging process to emerge as winners to be included in the Open Laboratory 2009, the anthology of the best writing on science blogs of the past year. Out of 760 posts, all of amazing quality (we could have collected something like ten anthologies, all good), the survivors of all the rounds, the posts that will actually get printed on physical, dead-tree paper, are: Breastatistics, by Dr. Jekyll and Mrs. Hyde. Beyond Energy, by Tom Paine's Ghost. Making the Archeological Record, by Aarvarchaeology. I want to be Carl Sagan but Can't by NeuroDojo. The Weird History of Vaccine Adjuvants by ... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3167469 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:59:22 +0100 3167469 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3164071&cid=t_91748_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FqIPV7Dt9tew%2Fintroducing_-_scienceonline_20.php There will be about 25 SciBlings (i.e., people who blog on scienceblogs.com) at ScienceOnline2010 later this week. And all of us have been given the keys to a brand new super-special blog - ScienceOnline 2010: The Blog! So we'll post there or cross-post both there and on our own blogs, throughout the meeting and beyond. I already cross-posted a few (some are up, others are scheduled to show up later), so all the important information is there. But I expect a lot of my SciBlings to add their posts to this blog as well. Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3164071 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:54:03 +0100 3164071 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3164072&cid=t_91748_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FGY6vHOgFzVA%2Fwelcome_the_newest_scibling_32.php Go say Hello to Christina Agapakis, a synthetis biology blogger on Oscillator (also check out the archives of her old blog to see more what it is all about). So, my blog is now not the only one here with a title that has something to do with oscillations.... Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3164072 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:39:33 +0100 3164072 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3159936&cid=t_91748_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2F5AjGScRquso%2F Last night, I was checking out guilty pleasure, Julia Allison’s blog, and she had a quote on it that said: Are we moving away from being fully present and engaged because we are too busy broadcasting to the world that we are indeed leading an interesting life? It was linked to a column on Huffington Post written by Jasmine Boussem. As someone who has lived nearly half of her life on the Internet, and more than 5 years of that as a blogger, I of course wanted to check it out to find out what her take on the whole phenomenon of excessive connectivity meant to her. Her analysis is fairly spot on and her example of a dinner party where everyone was too busy recording the fact they were at a dinner party rather than actually participate in said party was telling. Thus far, I have spent my... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3159936 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:00:18 +0100 3159936 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3159810&cid=t_91748_111_f&fid=38037&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnurseblogger.net%2F2010%2F01%2F10%2Flove-this%2F (Source: Blog, Blah, Blah) Blog, Blah, Blah blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3159810 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:36:17 +0100 3159810 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3160009&cid=t_91748_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2F_eUrDBOiCPw%2F A life coaching client and friend, Carl Harvey from Personal Development Planet, asked me to read his blog recently to see what I thought. After checking out a few posts, I responded that it didn’t ‘sound’ like him at all and I was a tad disappointed. Carl is a bubbly, irreverent, fun guy a bit like a (very) junior version of me, but I didn’t get  any of that from his writing. Not that there was anything wrong with it, far from it, it was fine. Just that it seemed to me it could have been written by almost any one of the 1.6 million self-development blogger wannabes out there. I have no idea whether there is a recipe for success with blogging, but I do think there is a recipe for failure and that is to write what you think people want to read rather than what you want to write abo... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3160009 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:57:36 +0100 3160009 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3159664&cid=t_91748_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F7qYCbQXyMLQ%2F Previous video John’s article _______________ Feed-only Footer: I still think it is a huge waste of resources for a library to invest any time or money in a Second Life presence. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3159664 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:23:49 +0100 3159664 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3157660&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fwindows-live-writer-now-supports-photo.html A new feature in the latest release of Windows Live Writer now allows you to upload photos to your Blogger blog via your Picasa account.  It is so simple.  You just pick the photo, format it, and click publish! Viola!  It is much easier than the cumbersome and clumsy Blogger interface and much, much quicker as well.   Almost as ten times as fast. Windows Live Writer Download (Source: The 4th Avenue Blues) The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3157660 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:39:00 +0100 3157660 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3156531&cid=t_91748_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fdigital-doorway-nominated-as-top.html Digital Doorway has been nominated as a "Top Nursing Blog" by Nursing Programs Online. I am honored and pleased at the nomination, and invite readers to visit their website for more information about other outstanding nursing blogs. Thanks to the committee at Nursing Programs Online! (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3156531 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:51:00 +0100 3156531 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3156658&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fwill-isabella-become-vampire.html I finished reading book three of the Twilight series this afternoon.  Each book has been much the same with the first 3/4th’s of the book being vampire romance and character development and introspection.  Each book concludes with a grand and sweeping action sequence of vampire fights.  I can see why guys just weren’t captivated by these books.  They are incredibly slow and filled with romance.  That said, there is something endearing about them.  I can almost find myself falling in love with Edward, the central vampire in the book and Bella’s lover.   He is so appealing.  I will start book four tomorrow afternoon after I grow tired of fiddling with the Internet and my computer.  Also, tomorrow, I hope to swing by the library to find ... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3156658 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:32:00 +0100 3156658 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3153580&cid=t_91748_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2FlqHEIK_bBGM%2F A new bloggie friend, Hannah Katy, has given me the award of Over The Top! I’m assuming that’s Over The Top in a good way, and not a bad way. Anyway, I very much appreciate the kind words she wrote about me and am happy to accept it. But with that comes certain obligations… which include filling out this survey and then passing along the award to 3 more wonderful folks. Hope you enjoy! Part 1: Answer questions with one word: 1. Where is your cell phone? Desk 2. Your hair? Brown 3. Your mother? Teacher 4. Your father? Sales 5. Your favourite food? Popcorn 6. Your dream last night? Complicated 7. Your favourite drink? Vodka cran 8. Your dream/goal? Happiness 9. What room are you in? Office 10. Your hobby? Photography 11. Your fear? Death 12. Where do you want to be in 6... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3153580 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:00:16 +0100 3153580 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3149063&cid=t_91748_90_f&fid=34474&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCasesBlog%2F%7E5%2Fb8WAQAM9Cfo%2FbU4gXHkejMo A few thoughts from my Twitter account: A suggested new project for all doctors in 2010: 1. Start on Twitter (microblog). 2. Continue on Blogger/WordPress. 3. Make an impact. Improve the quality of online health information and tell the public your side of the story. In addition, although some people enjoy ridiculing blogs as low-quality content, they offer a great start for would-be writers. Several bloggers that I follow are planning to write books in 2010 based on their blog posts from 2009. There is so much talent out there. Blogging is a good way to keep track of interesting development and medical news. Twitter is probably the easiest way to start. This Google video shows that it takes 2 minutes to start a blog on Blogger.com. Creating a web site has never been easier. Poste... Clinical Cases and Images - Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3149063 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:01:00 +0100 3149063 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3149260&cid=t_91748_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2010%2F01%2Fif_they_only_had_a_brain.html Quick post to the PR professionals in the healthcare sphere:When someone dies, it is terrible tragedy.  That person leaves behind a family, loved ones, and - especially when they die young - their future.  If someone dies as a result of diabetes, or due to complications from diabetes, or from something else entirely but they happened to have diabetes, and you decide to exploit their death to gain pageviews for your website?  (See also:  Brittany Murphy, Casey Johnson) Come on.There's a difference between passing on information that could help people improve their lives, and then there's pure, TMZ-style exploitation.  Diabetes advocates writing about their lives with this disease, like the blogs that many of us write every day, actually do some good for some people.... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3149260 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:31:01 +0100 3149260 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3146197&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35443&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheSplinteredMind%2F%7E3%2FUgpTF7-mH2Q%2Fstage-doi.html Long before there was Homer, there were the kids of Cape Cod, circa 1984. Every goof you made in school was greeted with a chorus of "Doi!" from helpful peers. ADHD + Klutzy Teenager = Chorus of Doi I heard that word an awful lot. It seemed then to be the corollary of my life. Last night I was so focused on getting the new blog design up that I forgot one teeny, little detail: to check the site on PCs. Remember that bicycle incident I wrote about earlier today? Doi. Well, this is not really a big deal. I'll just revert to the old design until I bang the bugs out of the new one. It does show me, though, the importance of getting my sleep under control if I want to make progress on this goal. I spent yesterday in a bit of a mental fog. The holidays take their toll on all, and I was no... The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3146197 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:02:11 +0100 3146197 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3146106&cid=t_91748_127_f&fid=38263&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fdeepesthealth%2FBMCc%2F%7E3%2FT7J3FGQGKLQ%2F As a first-year student, I was so blown away by everything I was learning in school for Chinese Medicine, I couldn’t keep my mind straight. I was being rearranged, challenged on every level. I really couldn’t have blogged about the questions I was having if I tried. During my second year, things were less windswept but busier – that was my strongest blogging year during my tenure at NCNM. My third and fourth years were *much* busier in terms of work at school, work outside of school – the blogging clip declined. Also, while I was more able to formulate relevant questions, I was less likely to actually pose them. Why? Part bravado, part fear, part exhaustion. Bravado might be the wrong word, let me explain. Learning something new, especially something as new as Chine... Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3146106 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:27:58 +0100 3146106 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3142819&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35443&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheSplinteredMind%2F%7E3%2FWuhqc_1lfYA%2Fstage-one-done.html It's time for a new look and a new direction. More on the latter later. For the time being, I'll be tweaking and rearranging things live because frankly, I'm too impatient to quietly fix the site behind the scenes before making the changes public. This means the sidebar is going to look fairly clunky while I modify each element to fit the new look. You can keep track of my progress here: http://darkstream.tadalist.com/lists/1478170/public Speaking of the new look, it's not complete since I really want a header up there. I was thinking of an animated Flash file that slowly destroyed the hard drives of every visitor but some people have suggested that bell & whistle has diminishing returns. The remodeling should be finished by the end of the week, provided I figure out how to reenable ... The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3142819 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:35:25 +0100 3142819 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3137518&cid=t_91748_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FEiHUmjqy4Gs%2Fsurgexperiences-314-call-for-submission.html There is no host for SurgeXperiences 314 (January 10th) yet, but don’t let that keep you from submitting your posts.   The deadline for submissions is midnight on Friday, January 8th.  Be sure to submit your post via this form.  If you would like to be the host  for SurgeXperiences314 or a future edition, please contact Jeffrey who runs the show here. SurgeXperiences is a blog carnival about surgical blogs. It is open to all (surgeon, nurse, anesthesia, patient, etc) who have a surgical blog or article to submit.  Here is the catalog of past SurgeXperiences editions for your reading pleasure. (Source: Suture for a Living) Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3137518 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 12:31:00 +0100 3137518 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3137663&cid=t_91748_180_f&fid=38609&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidSeah-BetterLivingThroughNewMedia%2F%7E3%2FzKepHJvZDos%2F Images starting in late 2004... And ending in 2009. It's interesting to see what caught my eye over the years over 1396 separate posts. The high resolution images are available as a Flickr Set (5120x5120). The collages were made using Google's free Picasa 3 gallery program, sampling directly from the image directories I maintain for each year. (Source: David Seah - Design, Development, Inspiration, Empowerment) David Seah - Design, Development, Inspiration, Empowerment blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3137663 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 09:01:02 +0100 3137663 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3137617&cid=t_91748_133_f&fid=35094&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.autismstreet.org%2Fweblog%2F%3Fp%3D362 I’d written long ago about my take on the Queen song, “Under Pressure“. I still love that song, and crank it up when I hear it. To me, it communicates the weight of acceptance in society for many. I ran across this video  from the guys at Tranquil sometime last year while surfing the web. Sure, it’s a rough take (and admittedly so by them) in spots, but I love the song (and their cover), and I dig the basement collaboration. If you have a favorite song about acceptance, please mention it in the comments. (Source: Autism Street) Autism Street blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3137617 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:39:32 +0100 3137617 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3137528&cid=t_91748_109_f&fid=34730&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Ffuzz-in-my-mind.html I sometimes feel like I keep my life compartmentalized (home, family, work, blog, book, friends, chocolate, etc) , and I suppose that works for me. I've been on vacation the last couple of weeks and, you know, the world kind of stops in December-- in a good way-- but I actually do better when life is a series of goals and tasks, and I get restless without an agenda, especially if I feel like I'm supposed to be vacationing. Funny, but I really like vacation better when I go away, put down the laptop, and my connection with my real life is severed. I have a wonderful house and terrific friends, but getting away is crucial. And it's hard to feel like it's vacation with an office move and 27 pages of Medicare forms that I haven't filled out (and won't do on vacation).The last couple of months,... Shrink Rap blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3137528 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:24:00 +0100 3137528 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3137638&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fcheryl-has-new-template.html My good and one of my longest blogging friends Cheryl has a new template after years of having the same one.  She surprised me and I was overjoyed to upload it for her after she picked one she liked.  I really appreciated her trusting me with her password and username – that’s a blogging friend for ya.  Stop by and tell her what you think of it!  I think you find her a good blog to stop in every few days and to read.  She mainly writes about her daily life much like me.   Cheryl's LaDeDa (Source: The 4th Avenue Blues) The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3137638 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:28:00 +0100 3137638 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3137618&cid=t_91748_133_f&fid=35094&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.autismstreet.org%2Fweblog%2F%3Fp%3D361 Perhaps I should, but this year I’m not making New Year’s resolutions, I’m suggesting some for another blogger. I just read Kent Heckenlively’s latest, Entering the New Year as Public Enemy #1 over at Generation Rescue’s “Age Of Autism” blog. Most Autism Street readers probably already see the AoA blog as having very little to nothing to do with autism. Many readers are also likely to be familiar with some of Heckenlively’s writing through other blog articles: Heckenlively’s Data The price of anti-vaccine fanaticism: Case histories Deeper into Heckenlively, AoA, and Anti-Vaccination Stances Heckenlively’s recent post takes issue with a Discover Magazine story, “Vaccine Phobia Becomes a Public-Health Threat.” In the post, Hecklive... Autism Street blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3137618 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:01:34 +0100 3137618 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3137665&cid=t_91748_180_f&fid=38609&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidSeah-BetterLivingThroughNewMedia%2F%7E3%2FoEczET8Dcng%2F SUMMARY: I'm at the end of my first five years of blogging, and with the dawn of a new decade I'm wondering what the next year is going to be about. More daily conversations, I think, are in order. If you're here for just productivity talk or design, update your RSS subscriptions to the topic-only feeds listed in the sidebar. The Way We Were One thing I've noticed about the past few years has been a topical shift in my writing. When I first started blogging, I didn't have a particular agenda in mind so I just wrote about what caught my eye and elaborated on the why of my interest. I tried to close each post with a useful observation or distillation, more for myself than any reason, because I expect the stuff I read to have some kind of "takeaway". Writing, you see, is how I untangle the ... David Seah - Design, Development, Inspiration, Empowerment blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3137665 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:15:05 +0100 3137665 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3135718&cid=t_91748_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F7Gk94fXziYI%2Fplos_one_blog_pick_of_the_mont_4.php ...for December 2009 is....you'll find out if you click here. Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3135718 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:52:18 +0100 3135718 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3135719&cid=t_91748_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FCxdwYBRVMMY%2Fthe_best_of_december.php In December I posted only 118 times, which is a historical low for this blog. Ah, well. At least you got to see a lot of cool videos! The best (and certainly the longest and most provocative) post of the month was What does it mean that a nation is 'Unscientific'? Web - how it will change the Book: process, format, sales was a shorter and thought-provoking post. And so was Trust and Language. And for something longer, and even more provocative, see All Science vs. Religion Conflicts are Essentially and Primarily Political Conflicts. I wrote a long analysis of what exactly the partnership between Seed and National Geographic means, in Behold the Birth of the Giga-Borg. And posted a Year In Review I announced the PLoS ONE Blog Pick of the Month for November 2009 (the December one coming ... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3135719 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:05:03 +0100 3135719 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3135730&cid=t_91748_180_f&fid=38607&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fsuccessbeginstoday%2FBHWQ%2F%7E3%2F57rXtGrodrw%2F As the year end approaches, I would like to give you my pick for the top five blogs of the year. These are blogs that have personally made a difference in my life, and I’m sure if you become a fan, will make a difference in yours. The authors are real people with real life experiences and real comments. Their blogs are easy to navigate and their content will make you think. You may not always agree with them but you’ll always find them engaging. Without further ado… here are my picks for 2009. 1. Michael Hyatt: Leading With Purpose Michael is a very accomplished blogger. As the CEO of Thomas Nelson publishers, he sits in the seat of leadership on a daily basis. From this seat he has a corporate view that many of us will never see, and yet his blog is one of the most personable and... Success Begins Today blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3135730 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:18:03 +0100 3135730 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3133787&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fsorry-readers.html I know many of you use Firefox and that the blog has been about impossible to read with the opacity and all.  Well, I finally got it fixed when I realized what was wrong.  I had to add separate opacity settings for Firefox.  I wish these browsers would be standardized! (Source: The 4th Avenue Blues) The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3133787 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:32:00 +0100 3133787 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3133622&cid=t_91748_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2Fj7mu0UF1VdE%2Fblog-review-of-2009.html This year seems to have gone by so quickly.  It was great fun meeting so many of you at the Blog World Expo which stands out as a great highlight of the year.  It was also a year of losses for my family – a brother-in-law, my mother, a cousin.   Here are a few posts that stand out for me: CAMRSA: Dx and Tx Update for Plastic Surgeons – an Article Review (January 8, 2009) Integrating Radiation Therapy & Breast Reconstruction – an article review (February 9, 2009) Propranolol for Hemagiomas?  (March 4, 2009) Requirement of Perioperative Stress Doses of Corticosteroids -- an Article Review (March 16, 2009) Complications After Autologous Fat Injections to the Breast – an Article Review  (April 2, 2009) Torn Earlobe Repair  (May 4, 2009) ... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3133622 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:01:00 +0100 3133622 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3133754&cid=t_91748_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2009%2F12%2F30%2F2009-in-numbers-and-entries%2F Discussion on Facebook: Banned Happy New Year! I hope to see you again in 2010! Scienceroll will come up with some exciting material in January. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3133754 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:46:36 +0100 3133754 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3129639&cid=t_91748_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2009%2F12%2Fthe_year_in_review_2009.html This is part of my annual twofer roundup - a meme that gets me clicking all over the place through other blogger's archives - so here is part one: the first lines of a definitive post from each month in 2009. (And this meme is a good one if you're looking for a quick and dirty wrap up of the year!)January:  Last January, I took the plunge and joined the inspiring photogs in the Diabetes365 Flickr group.February:  A funny thing happened to me on the way to the Internet last week. March:  Last night, I found a box of old diaries.April:  Yesterday at lunch, I was browsing at one of my favorite stores and picking through a pile of spring sweaters.  May:  Today Six Until Me turns four years old.  June:  Even though I do not like the disease, there ar... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3129639 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:52:28 +0100 3129639 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3129704&cid=t_91748_180_f&fid=38618&url=http%3A%2F%2F21dragons.com%2F2009%2Flooking-back-21-dragons-2009 Having some fun looking through what I wrote in 21 for the year of 2009. There aren’t a lot of posts, 44 in total for the entire 12 months (posting frequency was an issue, heh) but there are some in here that I’m pretty happy with. Traces of Life Coaches Blog remained, with personal growth posts like The 3 Decluttering Boxes in January. I ventured into more poetic and personal writing like East Coast Night in February, which was something I wanted to do more of. I’m proud of the Martial Arts is Dealing with Self-Defense Failure post I published in March, I spent a lot of time making it as good as I could and it encapsulates a lot of what I think about martial arts and self-defense training today. The 2 Ultimate Secrets to Blogging Like a Rock Star (Hint: it’s Not What Y... 21 Dragons blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3129704 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:29:34 +0100 3129704 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3126708&cid=t_91748_123_f&fid=38598&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpediatricsnow.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F12%2Flooking-towards-2010-new-web-look-for-the-new-year-2%2F Happy Holidays! I hope you have some wonderful plans in store for the next 10 days or so that involves yummy food, family time and time away from your computers. When we all regroup in January for the New Year, you’ll find some exciting changes here on Dr. Gwenn Is In blog and on Pediatrics Now. Pediatrics Now is about to celebrate it’s 4 year online so it seemed fitting to celebrate the amazing ride we’ve had so far with a new website and blog that can take us in new and exciting directions. Here’s a sneak peak of both new sites: What’s cool is now both sites will be linked to each other without you ever having to remember how to get from one to the other! And, both sites will allow for some really cool and fun interactive content…so stay tuned for... Dr. Gwenn Is In blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3126708 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:26:57 +0100 3126708 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3126834&cid=t_91748_180_f&fid=38618&url=http%3A%2F%2F21dragons.com%2F2009%2Fblog-as-self-discovery I’ve been writing here in 21 for about a year before I discovered a direction I’m comfortable with going for the next year or so, and that’s about living the creative life. It seems obvious in retrospect – I’m a full-time writer who’s also been a full-time 3D artist, who studied digital media design in school and loves creative arts like graphic design and photograph. Big duh. But I always thought of them as separate things (well, they are). Subdued by the belief that only people who specialize are serious professionals, I thought of myself as a wannabe Jack-of-all-trades goofball, instead of realizing that the one denominator that links all of them up is the act of creativity. So there it is. I dig the creative act and I want to write more about it. Th... 21 Dragons blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3126834 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:18:21 +0100 3126834 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3126670&cid=t_91748_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F12%2Finspiring-blogs-for-people-with-chronic.html I am humbled and happy to report that Digital Doorway has been included in a list of 100 inspiring blogs for people affected by chronic illness. My gratitude to the generous people at MedicalFuture. (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3126670 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:51:00 +0100 3126670 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3124631&cid=t_91748_127_f&fid=38263&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fdeepesthealth%2FBMCc%2F%7E3%2FkP5bHjWTlOw%2F I started writing at Deepest Health in earnest in June of 2007 – about 2.5 years ago. Since then, there have been almost 300 articles posted, about 20 of those being podcasts. Topics have ranged from my personal habits to larger movements in politics and society. I have blogged about veganism, the use of animal ingredients in Chinese herbalism, about acupuncture, dietary therapy, business and the shifting energy of the seasons. I have run a year long program of self improvement called the Year of Sagely Living as well as dabbled with multimedia explorations of the natural world. Deepest Health has had a fairly active community, weighing in through almost 2000 comments (thanks everybody!) Through all this blogging time, my personal life and the world I live in has changed a great deal... Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3124631 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:29:51 +0100 3124631 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3119081&cid=t_91748_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FRgkQ_7KBVcc%2Fyear_in_review.php It is always interesting to dig through one's blog archives and see what happened when, or get reminded of a post one forgot was ever written ;-) So, here are some of the key posts on A Blog Around The Clock from 2009, chosen from almost 2000 posts that appeared here this year (which is MUCH less than the number of posts in 2008 - I've been slacking off!): Science Circadian Rhythm of Aggression in Crayfish An Awesome Whale Tale Do you love or hate Cilantro? Why social insects do not suffer from ill effects of rotating and night shift work? Yes, Archaea also have circadian clocks! Introducing Ida - the great-great-great-great-grandmother (or aunt) Linnaeus' floral clock on the island of Mainau Behold the Mammoth No more 'alpha male'! Recent Science-Related Events in the Triang... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3119081 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:11:16 +0100 3119081 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3115275&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35443&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheSplinteredMind%2F%7E3%2FezzCS0HbR2M%2Fbeing-busy-is-christmas-tradition.html I just finished the last edits on a rewrite for ADDitude Magazine. I'm working up an article for them based on my experiment in May '08 regarding Multi-Irons Syndrome. Revisiting that material has been eye opening for me. In fact, it's shaping the focus of my blog going forward. Instead of random ramblings, I've been mulling over the idea of having a goal for the year—something to work toward. I have to admit being inspired by Julie & Julia. I like the idea of blogging with a purpose. That's what worked for the MIS articles and I'm surprised I haven't done more of it. It's like I was distracted or something. Hahaha. ADHD joke there. I had intended to write a new article for you today, but life being what it is for me (chaos bundled in hearts & lace stuffed into a musket and blas... The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3115275 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:41:04 +0100 3115275 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3111482&cid=t_91748_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fdigital-doorway-on-list-of-top-50.html I am pleased to report that Digital Doorway has been included on the Nursense list of the top 50 nursing blogs on the internet.My humble thanks for this wonderful honor, and Happy Holidays to the folks at Nursense. (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3111482 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:49:00 +0100 3111482 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3105272&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F12%2Ffreezing-my-ass-off-over-here.html 65.9 degrees is the temperature where I sit in the den right now. It is 36.9 outside. Not far away from each other, huh? I really liked the latest blog poll. It was intriguing. I got to see what you all set your thermostats on. Me and only one other person sets theirs at the 80 to 85 degree range. I am so cold natured. I try to tell myself I have a tiny house, thus frugal to heat, and that justifies keeping it so high. Well, today I turned over a new leaf. I set my thermostat to 66, a consensus poll temperature, and I AM FREEZING! I've got on two shirts, a hoodie, two pair of sweat pants, two pairs of socks, and I am still chilly. Dad's just gonna love this when he comes tonight. He pays my utility bill out of my checking account. He's been wanting me to turn it down for YEARS! Let me as... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3105272 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:09:00 +0100 3105272 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3105288&cid=t_91748_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F2E8yVFhDTks%2Fresearchbloggingorg_posts_now.php Two years ago, at the 2008 Science Blogging Conference, Dave Munger introduced to the world a new concept and a new wesbite to support that concept - ResearchBlogging.org. What is that all about? Well, as the media is cuttting science out of the newsroom and the science reporting is falling onto institutional press information officers and science bloggers, more and more people are looking for scientific information on science blogs, especially as the expertise of the blogger is likely to provide a more accurate assessment of a freshly published study than the mainstream media can usually do. But many new readers of science blogs were put off by the fact that a blog is a personal platform. In other words, not every post was about pure science news. There may be a beautiful nature pictur... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3105288 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:50:57 +0100 3105288 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3089541&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35443&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheSplinteredMind%2F%7E5%2FeJ1hpT_O6fE%2FevocaPlayer.swf I was contacted last week by the good folks over at HealthyPlace TV. Apparently, they had read my blog and felt I was perfect for a public drubbing, live and on internet TV no less. I told them that I was allergic to raw tomatoes, but they assured me they only used bricks, so I said that would be fine.The request looked something like this: Our show, Tuesday night, December 15, focuses on the emotional and psychological aspects of having ADHD and Depression. I'm writing to ask if you would be a guest on the show. We are looking for someone to share their personal story so that others may learn from it and know they are not alone in their own experiences.Can't you just see the malice rising from the text like evil tendrils of smokey…no. I can't see it either. In fact, I almost didn't beli... The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3089541 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:05:57 +0100 3089541 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3084973&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35443&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheSplinteredMind%2F%7E3%2FvpKmCr90J0E%2Fsplintered-feeds.html Over the years I have found many readers either start following me for my posts on Depression, or they start following me for my posts on AD/HD. If I go through a period of covering one subject more than the other, I lose new readers. Now that I'm exploring writing as a new subject, I imagine this problem will grow worse. It's time to organize my blog in a way that will benefit my various readers. It's not their fault my mind goes in several directions at once.Since I'm working on a new blog design for my 5th year anniversary on January 5th, I've been rethinking what belongs here and what doesn't. I've got some changes in mind for my blog, and maybe an end in mind as well. First, though, I want to offer my three major writing subjects up at the top. Each link will load only articles releva... The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3084973 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:47:26 +0100 3084973 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3084966&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fjust-so-you-know.html I am trying really hard to give back to my commenters by commenting back.  Be advised that if I go through a rough patch with my schizophrenia, there will be a short interruption.  Thank you all for commenting.  You mean the world to me!  I have been so remiss in not doing this sooner! (Source: The 4th Avenue Blues) The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3084966 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:30:00 +0100 3084966 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3084969&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F12%2Flet-children-play.html I turned on anonymous commenting.  Let's hope I have thicker skin this go around and tolerate the anonymous jibes and criticism better!  I do so in the hopes that my old college friend Laura may be able to join in as well. (Source: The 4th Avenue Blues) The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3084969 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:23:00 +0100 3084969 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3079554&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fsomething-missing.html I've been reading over some of my old posts - posts with Carolyn and Rosa.  Maybe I write better with a woman in my life, but something seems missing on the blog these days.  I mainly only write about food and family.  I miss my life being so vibrant and alive.  And my writing is horrible and hurried these days including this post.  I thought the old saying was that you get better with practice?  Certainly not regarding me and my writing. I wish you all could have seen Maggie strut her stuff on our walk this morning.  She is truly in her element on these walks.  She will also continually look over her shoulder to see if I'm still there.  "I'm not going to leave you," I will constantly tell her. They are tearing down the grand old cott... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3079554 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:31:00 +0100 3079554 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3067323&cid=t_91748_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FDDrKmKK60VU%2Fwelcome_the_newest_scibling_31.php Go say Hello to Sharon Astyk at Casaubon's Book (see her old blog here) Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3067323 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:23:15 +0100 3067323 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3067088&cid=t_91748_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fsciencebase-blogging-schedule.html This is the Sciencebase blogging schedule for the remainder of 2009: Sciencebase.com Dec 8 – Science news round-up with a spectral twist Sciencebase.com Dec 9 Electric vehicles better than hybrids? ImagingStorm.co.uk – Dec 10 Science of sepia-toned photography Sciencetext.com Dec 15 Cathartic emails for overworked journalists Sciencetext.com Dec 16 Tips for Twitter brutes Sciencebase.com Dec 17 Pre-Xmas science book reviews SciScoop.com Dec 22 Large Hadron Collider (LHC) diatribe (anon guest post) Sciencebase.com Dec 23 Green by design Sciencebase.com Dec 24 Happy Solstice Event Nothing’s fixed and I will undoubtedly slot a few extra posts in here and there depending on what science and technology news catches my attention. Headlines will all appear in my @sciencebase Tw... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3067088 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:00:08 +0100 3067088 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3061458&cid=t_91748_111_f&fid=38037&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnurseblogger.net%2F2009%2F12%2F05%2Fmy-new-coat%2F Brad and I were shopping a few nights ago when I spied a puffy winter coat that was just begging me to buy it.  I looked at it longingly until Brad said, “You bought a winter coat LAST year!  A puffy one that looks almost just like this one!”  I glared at him, “I don’t see your point.  And besides, I don’t like that coat anymore!  I like this coat.” I stifled my urge to add that I committed my life to him when I was but a child (we won’t mention that he is younger than me) and sacrificed my girlish figure to carry his children and it is simply TOO MUCH to ask for me to also commit to a coat I bought last year.  In fact, I usually have such an issue with letting go!  We should be celebrating the fact that I can walk away from the coat and not... Blog, Blah, Blah blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3061458 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:27:24 +0100 3061458 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3059895&cid=t_91748_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FGNk0JUHlAcs%2Fbehold_the_birth_of_the_giga-b.php If you follow @ScienceBlogs on Twitter, you may have seen a cryptic tweet yesterday, just saying: ScienceBlogs will soon be making a very exciting announcement - so stay tuned! SciBlings (who by then knew what the news was going to be, but were asked to keep it under the wraps until the official announcement) had some fun teasing everyone else - here are some examples: RT @ScienceBlogs: ScienceBlogs will soon be making a very exciting announcement - so stay tuned! (We are ALL Belle de Jour) RT @ScienceBlogs: ScienceBlogs will soon be making a very exciting announcement - stay tuned! (We plan to start blogging about science) ;-p Big announcement: @Scienceblogs rips off mask, reveals self to be mainstream media in disguise Hahaha! Yes it is so! And our first act of evil will be to COPY... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3059895 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:48:45 +0100 3059895 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3059874&cid=t_91748_136_f&fid=39025&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Feverythingchangesbook%2F%7E3%2F33Kk4SlYfqk%2Fcancer-changing-identity It’s time to clean out my cancer closet.  Between living with cancer for nine years and researching and writing a book on young adult cancer for five years, I’ve accumulated an abundance of oncology articles, books, and magazines. The task is more emotional than I anticipated.  Lodged in my collection of scientific data are notes I scribbled in the margins, like: “None of these stats apply to me. Is it time to abandon Western medicine?” I’m still am not cured.  Thankfully I have learned how to manage my cancer better now than when I wrote that note.  None the less, it’s sad reading my paper trail of desperation. It’s hard getting rid of my books on palliative and end of life care.  They were invaluable in helping me write resource sections for Everything Changes.  A lou... Everything Changes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3059874 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:16:32 +0100 3059874 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3056816&cid=t_91748_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2009%2F12%2F04%2Fage-of-personalized-medicine-new-blog%2F I was glad to share the new blog of the Human Genome Organisation with you a few weeks ago. Now here is the new blog of the Age of Personalized Medicine which is a quality website dedicated to the possible implications of personalized medicine. Welcome to The Age of Personalized Medicine Blog! Each week, our expert contributors will address the most pressing science and policy issues of the day that are shaping the future of personalized medicine. Tomorrow, Amy Miller of the Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC) will share her thoughts on the intersection of personalized medicine and comparative effectiveness research, and highlight the topics being discussed at the Comparative Effectiveness Research and Personalized Medicine: Policy, Science, and Business conference in Washington, D.C. ... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3056816 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:25:46 +0100 3056816 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3048370&cid=t_91748_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FwouSDBfRVWk%2Fplos_one_blog_pick_of_the_mont_3.php ...has been announced on the everyONE blog. Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3048370 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:43:19 +0100 3048370 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3045037&cid=t_91748_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FRKuk0Tp8NQQ%2Fwelcome_the_newest_scibling_30.php Go say Hello to Rhett Allain at Dot Physics. Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3045037 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:18:31 +0100 3045037 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3037060&cid=t_91748_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FdvGg0KsO5uE%2Fslow-down.php Back in the day, I could read ALL of the diabetes related blog posts in a couple hours.  Now?  I can't read all of the diabetes related blog posts no matter how much time I have.  There are just too many out there.  I think it is so great to have so many of us all sharing our stories and perspectives on living with diabetes.  It is hard living with diabetes.  But we somehow find a way to share the difficulty in creative ways, and we capitalize on the times we can laugh and smile about it.  It is fantastic!These days I seem to only find small pockets of time to read blogs.  When I do, I try to catch up on as many as I can.  Today I was reading entries from Rachel over on her "Tales of my Thirties" blog.  I was reading and commenting and read... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3037060 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:36:25 +0100 3037060 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3036991&cid=t_91748_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2FzXZh90q1pZ0%2F I always think it’s fun to think back on the last 5 or so years doing this blog. When I first started there was a lot of excitement about HIT blogging. People were just kind of getting into it and there was a lot of interaction between bloggers. Then, it seemed like interest in the subject waned for a while. For example, one of my early “EMR blog sparring partners” was a blog called Calyx. From the looks of their archive, they lasted for just under a year of blogging and then just stopped. No note of why. Just no more posts. I actually thought maybe Calyx had gone out of business, but then I found their corporate website. I wonder how their Misys EMR stuff is going now. I also use to enjoy some fun exchanges with the good people at TempDev. In fact, I still do on occasion... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3036991 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:21:16 +0100 3036991 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3033652&cid=t_91748_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2009%2F11%2F27%2Femr-bloggers-come-and-go-but-emr-and-hipaa-is-forever%2F I always think it’s fun to think back on the last 5 or so years doing this blog. When I first started there was a lot of excitement about HIT blogging. People were just kind of getting into it and there was a lot of interaction between bloggers. Then, it seemed like interest in the subject waned for a while. For example, one of my early “EMR blog sparring partners” was a blog called Calyx. From the looks of their archive, they lasted for just under a year of blogging and then just stopped. No note of why. Just no more posts. I actually thought maybe Calyx had gone out of business, but then I found their corporate website. I wonder how their Misys EMR stuff is going now. I also use to enjoy some fun exchanges with the good people at TempDev. In fact, I still do on occasion... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3033652 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:21:16 +0100 3033652 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3026873&cid=t_91748_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2FHW3btMve6zQ%2F I’ve been blogging for a long time. Well, not a long time as far as time is concerned, but a long time considering blogging has only been around for about 10 years or so. I have been blogging for about four and a half years. Most of the time, I really enjoy it. Sometimes I love it, but mostly I just enjoy it. I like writing. I like the fact that I have easy access to things I have done in the past and how my life has changed so dramatically in the last few years. When I started this blog, I was a 19-year-old who had just finished her sophomore year at the University of Oregon and now I’m a 24-year-old public relations professional living in New York City. My blog, unlike a lot of people, was not my first, nor primary, means of meeting others with diabetes. I had been active wit... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3026873 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:15:35 +0100 3026873 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3017227&cid=t_91748_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FWfEuv4En_Pc%2Fnational_day_of_listening_and.php The second annual National Day of Listening - celebrated on Friday, November 27, 2009 - is just around the corner! With your help, we hope to make the National Day of Listening an ongoing holiday tradition, when all Americans set aside time on the day after Thanksgiving to honor a friend, loved one, or member of their community by interviewing them about their lives and preserving that interview for generations to come. We'd like to ask you to take part in this year's National Day of Listening by conducting an interview with someone you know and blogging about the experience. Here are some tips: 1. Let your fingers do the talking! Include details about why the National Day of Listening is meaningful for you and how you plan to participate. 2. StoryCorps' Do-It-Yourself Instruction Gu... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3017227 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:18:21 +0100 3017227 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3015427&cid=t_91748_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2009%2F11%2Fdeath_of_a_computer.html I loved my HP laptop.  Loved.  Seventeen inches (size matters) of shiny screen with plenty of memory and all my photos and my videos and my writing on it ... it was the technological embodiment of my life as a blogger and I took it with me everywhere.  Blood sugar logs throughout the course of my pre-pregnancy and now-pregnancy, drafts of articles I haven't finished yet, and a cache of photos spanning four or five years back.But last week, the whole thing went kaput on me.  It started at the beginning of October, when the browser windows started to crash on me.  Then I received "low memory" warnings, prompting me to back up all of my files on my 500 GB hard drive and delete crap from my laptop hard drive.  "That should do it, " I mused, hop... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3015427 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:53:47 +0100 3015427 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2999741&cid=t_91748_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2009%2F11%2F16%2Fresearchgate-masterblog-the-best-of-the-scientific-world%2F It’s a pleasure to announce that I will manage the MasterBlog of ResearchGATE, the biggest scientific community site. My job is to find and select the best content written by scientists in the community and share these with the readers. Here is what I wrote today in my new ResearchGATE blog: Today we start streaming the best content produced by the ResearchGATE community here by sharing selected blog entries and microarticles. Blog entries will cover a wide variety of topics from all disciplines while microarticles are a summary of a peer-reviewed publication in 300 characters or less. We hope you find this blog useful and if you are a researcher, academic, journalist, or someone who uses research, we encourage you to join our community. And an excerpt from the press release: Efficie... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2999741 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:49:41 +0100 2999741 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2992834&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35443&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheSplinteredMind%2F%7E3%2F0Fv2nFUSm2Y%2Fcomment-cornucopia-in-which-douglas.html Looks like I finally have an excuse to ditch Blogger comments and switch to Disqus. I've really liked their hooks into social media but wasn't sure about the fate of older comments. Thanks to the wonder of Twitter, though, a random, wistful comment about Disqus to a friend caught @disqus' attention. They've answered my concerns and so here we are. I'll test out their service on newer posts and consider converting older posts if things work out. I know that from my experience with Dad-o-matic that the conversion doesn't always work (or @paisano methodically deleted all my old comments while laughing maniacally–you never know). In the meantime, please reply to this post and try to break things. I'll make it easier for you.Do you celebrate Thanksgiving? If so, what are the highlights for yo... The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2992834 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:44:04 +0100 2992834 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2992835&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35443&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheSplinteredMind%2F%7E3%2F8AyoFy1iSJk%2Fdo-you-leave-comments-that-never-post.html Updated Below I am hearing from readers that they've left comments but none are showing up. I am trying to track down the issue. If you write comments and have found them NOT posting, please leave a comment below. No, I kid. If Blogger is not posting your comments then I have another reason to switch platforms. It's a lot of work, so I've been putting it off, but your comments are really important to me so I'd be willing to make the effort. You have no idea how important comments are to me and how much I agonize if you don't leave any. I'm fairly pathetic in that regard. At any rate, I'd like to fix things here just in case it's a problem on my end. Please use my contact info to let me know if you've been having comment trouble. I will follow up with some technical questions so that I... The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2992835 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:30:14 +0100 2992835 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2977553&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35443&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheSplinteredMind%2F%7E3%2F2iXS493pziA%2Fcontact-info.html www.flickr.comDarkstream's Portraits of Whimsey photoset Blogger profileI'm Douglas Cootey. This is my blog. You can contact me in a variety of ways:Ebg31.write('Snprobbx@QbhtynfPbbgrl (Gjvggre) - Va juvpu V cergraq V\'z na nhgube.@FcyvagrerqZvaq (Gjvggre) - Juvzfvpny Enzoyvatf (Zragny urnygu, cbyvgvpf, grpuabybtl, naq enaqbz ovgf bs syhss)Rznvy - GurFcyvagrerqZvaq@tznvy.pbzTGnyx - GurFcyvagrerqZvaq@tznvy.pbzNVZ/vPung - GurYnhtuvatVzc');Gtalk:Please visit the site and leave a comment or rate the article. I live for feedback. Thanks. (Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey) The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2977553 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:51:11 +0100 2977553 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2974156&cid=t_91748_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FP5uSrzG12YA%2Fanother-year-goes-by-d-blog-day-2009.php Another year has come and gone.  What can I say, I feel like D-Blog Day is like New Year's Eve for the DOC (Diabetes online community for the uninitiated).  We've seen the bad - people losing jobs, injuries followed by a long recovery, diabetes burnout, emergency room visits.We've seen the good, oh there has been good, too - engagements, family expansions, people creating their own new opportunities and coming together as both small and large groups.For the ones who have seen any combination of these, it's been quite a year.And for all the smaller moments in between, we still provide support in the form of cheers and jeers - to take a page from TV Guide.Thank you all for blogging.  Thank you all for reading.  Thank you all for being you. Read more at Diabetes... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2974156 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0100 2974156 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2974151&cid=t_91748_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2FqKEuIP8njc4%2F I’m back from Florida and it was definitely NOT enough time. I should have gone down earlier to relax a bit, as it was beautiful and warm in Ft. Lauderdale. I’ll have a longer post tomorrow about my DRI experience, but I just wanted to stop by and say a little hello and let everyone know that I have made it home safe and sound! I still hate Newark Liberty International Airport and I swear that airport as separation anxiety as it took nearly 30 minutes to get my bag at baggage claim. How hard is it to put suitcases on a converyor belt? I don’t understand.   Tomorrow is my first day at my  new job so I have to hit the hay! Posted in Blogging, Diabetes, Travel, Work (Source: Lemonade Life) Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2974151 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:47:25 +0100 2974151 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2970408&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35443&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheSplinteredMind%2F%7E3%2FLmafOs59Xkc%2Fnutshells-don-fit-very-much-life-or.html This is a photo of my kitchen sink in all its chaotic glory. Fortunately for us, this is an aberration. How could we function with a sink like this on a daily basis? So glad it's only every other day. Ha! You think I'm kidding. No, now I'm kidding. I must admit, however, that last night the sink looked just like this, except without all the artsy high contrast. And it wasn't so blue. At any rate, I discovered to my amazement that every utensil & cup in our home had migrated to the sink and gathered a sedimentary layer of sticky food on their journey. I had no choice but to run a load in the dishwasher. As I braced myself for the tactile onslaught, I mused what it would be like if my life was as easy to correct as a cluttered sink. With a healthy dose of AD/HD, my world often looks j... The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2970408 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:11:44 +0100 2970408 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2967357&cid=t_91748_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2009%2F11%2F06%2Fblog-writing-for-professionalism-in-medical-education%2F Had an idea to use writing of a blog for a minor in medical education. The idea was sacrificed for other options for minors. Seems that blogs in medical education can promote reflection and professionalism. Professionalism being one of the CanMed competences used in medical education and one of the most important ones not easily educated. An important part of professionalism is self reflection. It’s necessary for the integration of theory with experience. For acquiring a professional attitude one needs to reflect on his or her own values, shortcomings, improvable aspects of their role as physician. A blog during medical education can promote reflection on professional development. How was this research done? It was a 4 week medicine clerkship rotation at an academic institution. St... Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2967357 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:27:47 +0100 2967357 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2967552&cid=t_91748_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FL-VadXvRa2U%2Fcool_new_scienceblogscom_widge.php Having difficulties following the flood of blogging here on scienceblogs.com? Well, it just became much easier. Go to this page and find the widgets with all sorts of feeds: the Select feed, the Channels feeds and all the individual blog feeds. So, if you want my feed, you click on the Blogs (A-C) tab, find my blog, click on 'Share', click on the 'Install outside Netvibes' tab, then choose where you want to download it. Then pick the way you want it to look (there is a pull-down menu with several choices, as well as several colors to choose from), copy the widget code and paste it into your site (or iGoogle etc.) and you'll get something like this: var BW = new UWA.BlogWidget({moduleUrl:'http://cdn.netvibes.com/modules/feedReader/feedReader.php?feedUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceblogs.com%2Fcl... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2967552 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:36:57 +0100 2967552 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2959054&cid=t_91748_136_f&fid=39025&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Feverythingchangesbook%2F%7E3%2FQ149F-KqpM0%2Fpatients-for-a-moment Today I’m hosting Patients For A Moment, a bi-weekly blog carnival with links to select patient blogs.  I’ve created four themes for this edition. Enjoy reading and be sure to catch the November 18 installment on Chronic Babe. Melting My Stone Cold Heart After the flood of breast cancer stories in Pinktober, I wondered if patient stories could still melt me or if I’d become inoculated and immune to the tender heartedness of illness.  Nope.  Nine year old Chloe made me melt.  Steve Catoe writes about her in A Beautiful Heart on his blog Adventures of A Funky Heart. Intimacy is palpable as banter unfolds between Alex Hohmann and his nurse Jill in Laughter Where You Least Expect It on Aegletes: Alex’s thoughts on cancer, politics, being gay, music and so much more.... Everything Changes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2959054 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:13:10 +0100 2959054