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 'blogroll'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:49:14 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5182214&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F09%2F02%2Fa-hacking-experiment%2F Oh no, it’s not what you think. This has to do with hacking in the sense of coughing… But let me start off this post by stating the following: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME. In other words, don’t do what I’m still doing. Okay, that said, now I can safely tell you what’s been going [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5182214 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:25:18 +0100 5182214 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5182215&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F09%2F01%2Fa-taboo-subject%2F Patients do not want to hear that they are dying and doctors do not want to tell them. Quoted from “USA Today,” February 7, 2011: http://goo.gl/WAaoz It’s not easy to write about death. Not easy at all. And whenever I talk about my own death, I do so in a joking manner. I can’t help [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5182215 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:50:44 +0100 5182215 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5182216&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F08%2F31%2Fend-of-life-law-in-italy%2F Polls show that at least 70% of Italians would like to be able to choose their own medical treatments and make their own end-of-life decisions. Many have expressed their wishes in “living wills.” In spite of this, in mid July Italy’s ultra conservative government came up with and managed to pass through parliament an absolutely [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5182216 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:39:11 +0100 5182216 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5182217&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F08%2F30%2Fcelery-and-parsley-against-myeloma%2F I have already written a few posts about apigenin, a common flavonoid found in celery and parsley (see http://margaret.healthblogs.org/antioxidants-and-chemotherapy/chemoresistance-apigenin/). When I first began reading the apigenin studies, I just knew that this compound would kill myeloma cells, too. But I wasn’t able to find a specific apigenin-myeloma study. Until today, that is… A Chinese study [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5182217 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:53:59 +0100 5182217 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5174827&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F08%2F28%2Fecstasy-and-myeloma%2F Today I’m going to introduce a rather bizarre topic…a recent discovery concerning the surprising anticancer properties of a terribly dangerous hallucinogenic drug, which here in Italy is still, unfortunately!, immensely popular in discotheques and dance clubs among young folks, mainly because it gives them a crazy sense of euphoria, brushing aside any feelings they might have of [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5174827 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:57:36 +0100 5174827 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5169683&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F08%2F27%2Fhelp-page-update%2F Today I tried to make my blog’s Help Page a bit prettier, but I’m not very good at that. Not like Hanna! But anyway, pretty or NOT (more like the latter!), I did update my “Help Page.” To have a look at it, just scroll down the right-hand side of my blog…or click here: http://margaret.healthblogs.org/good-or-bad-for-myeloma/. Let’s [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5169683 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:14:19 +0100 5169683 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159664&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F08%2F26%2Fsea-views%2F Nothing like a few sea views on what is promising to be another boiling hot day in Florence (but last night was quite cool, yay!). I took the first two photos at Minack Theatre, which is an open-air theatre built in the 1930s (?) into the granite cliffside overlooking Porthcurno Bay, not too far from Land’s End, in Cornwall. Wikipedia tells [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159664 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:56:23 +0100 5159664 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159665&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F08%2F25%2Feden-project-cornwall%2F One of the places we visited in Cornwall was the Eden Project, which is located in an abandoned 170-year-old china clay quarry. One of the friends who was travelling with us wanted to go there because she remembered that (part of) one of the James Bond movies, “Die Another Day,” starring Pierce Brosnan, was filmed [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159665 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:21:32 +0100 5159665 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159666&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F08%2F24%2Fsigns%2F Premise: I like signs.  I like reading street signs or signs that I see in shop windows or tacked on people’s doors. Signs of all sorts. Mostly, I enjoy taking photographs of signs…the funnier, the better. Yes, photographing gorgeous landscapes or handsome buildings is all fine and dandy…but when I get back home from a [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159666 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:18:42 +0100 5159666 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159667&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F08%2F23%2Fhottest-city-in-europe%2F Hottest city….in all of EUROPE??? No kidding…Ah, which city, you ask? Er, that would be Florence. Yes, Florence, Italy. My city…sigh…40 degrees expected here again today… I ventured outside briefly this morning, just enough time to run a few errands, and it was 36 degrees by the time I got home…mammamiaaaa! Pant pant… Ok, I really [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159667 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:08:15 +0100 5159667 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159668&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F08%2F22%2Fphotos-of-bath%2F Stefano and I returned from the UK yesterday. Let me tell ya, it was quite a shock, going from temperatures of 15° (UK) to 40° (Italy)…Celsius, of course! In fact, as soon as we descended from the plane and met our first blast of horrendous heat at the airport in Pisa, I turned to Stefano [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159668 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:54:47 +0100 5159668 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5130993&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F08%2F14%2Fgreetings-from-cornwall%2F We’re in Penzance, Cornwall…will be here for a few days before driving back up the coast. We LOVE Cornwall! We’ve had such a lovely time so far, in spite of the fact that the weather hasn’t been that great.  But we put on our rain gear and go out anyway. We even went on a [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5130993 Sun, 14 Aug 2011 08:19:06 +0100 5130993 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096907&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F08%2F05%2Fholiday-time%2F Stefano and I, and two of our best friends, are leaving tomorrow for the UK. We’re mainly going to visit Cornwall, but also parts of Devon, Somerset and an itty-bitty sliver of the Jurassic coast (I want to come home with a fossil! ). I’ll be checking my e-mail and blog today…but for the next two weeks [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096907 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 08:19:21 +0100 5096907 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096909&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F08%2F04%2Fhealing-spices%2F Today I’d like to plug a fascinating book…a book that every household should possess, even a cancer-less household. It’s an A to Z guide to FIFTY (!) spices that have been shown to possess healing potential for more than 150 (!) health conditions (even wrinkles, no kidding).    Since I haven’t had the time (yet) [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096909 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 10:53:01 +0100 5096909 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096911&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F08%2F02%2Fthe-cure-versus-control-debate-a-new-blood-study%2F Last week a friend sent me a new “Blood” study discussing the “cure” versus “control” issue (abstract: http://goo.gl/q0DdI)  As the full text tells us, and as we well know (!), there isn’t a standard protocol for the treatment of myeloma. There is instead a lot of what the study authors call “variation,” which is caused by availability [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096911 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:41:22 +0100 5096911 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5062445&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F07%2F25%2Fhitting-walls-and-a-new-cancer-killing-pepper-plant-extract%2F Well, it’s been about a week since I last published a post. I’ve been busy, yes..but mostly I just haven’t felt like doing any research or even posting any silly stuff. Last week a wall drove into my sister’s car (well, I guess it was the other way around)…luckily, she wasn’t badly hurt, but the airbag deployed and broke a couple [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5062445 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 08:38:28 +0100 5062445 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5051097&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F07%2F18%2Fhitting-and-celebrating-50%2F Yesterday I wrote a rather personal post for my blog, to be published today, my 50th birthday (thanks, Paula, for imagining yesterday’s number to be my waistline or my weight, hehe…gave me a good chuckle! ). But between yesterday and today I received so many lovely comments on my blog’s Facebook Page that I decided to [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5051097 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:55:10 +0100 5051097 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5036506&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F07%2F17%2Fyes%2F Still 49 today… (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5036506 Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:31:45 +0100 5036506 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5036507&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F07%2F16%2Fwowser-trivia%2F My UK photographer friend sent me the following list of trivial facts. I knew some were true (the honey bee one, e.g.), and I checked a couple of others…for example, the Mona Lisa one, which I thought HAD TO be wrong…well, it isn’t! I didn’t check all of them but left the amusing ones in, [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5036507 Sat, 16 Jul 2011 17:00:12 +0100 5036507 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5029020&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F07%2F14%2Ffood-wonders-that-may-do-wonders-for-us%2F I spent two hours this morning waiting for our car insurance rep to show up at the body shop and check the damage my car sustained in last week’s accident (see my July 7th post). TWO HOURS. I mean, two hours spent in this horrendous, emergency-level heat. Well, okay, so I was inside an air-conditioned office, and I had a book [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5029020 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:42:33 +0100 5029020 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5029021&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F07%2F13%2Fits-just-that-magical-moment-of-seeing-things%2F (Second post of the day.) I would like to thank my brilliant photographer friend Paul for this story about another British photographer, David Peat, who has myeloma: http://goo.gl/it8BD Don’t forget to watch the video…Oh I loved it…just loved it…It will touch your heart and soothe your spirit… (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5029021 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:06:24 +0100 5029021 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5029022&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F07%2F13%2Fanother-curcumin-myeloma-study%2F Today is going to be the hottest day of summer in Florence thus far. It was already muggy and awful when I woke up at 6 AM…but the worst is that the ceiling fan in my study seems to have decided to die. Today. Noooooo… Things could be worse. I could be a tourist visiting the center of Florence [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5029022 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:59:37 +0100 5029022 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5029023&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F07%2F10%2Fcomic-relief%2F This boiling afternoon, sitting under my ceiling fan in a vain attempt not to melt in the horrendous heat wave that has hit most of Italy (we’re on “red alert” in Florence…), I watched a really cute kitten video (=the first one on the list below). If I can’t have any heat relief, I might as well [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5029023 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:57:59 +0100 5029023 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5029024&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F07%2F09%2Fgeorges-anticancer-website%2F Today I’d like to mention the website set up by a blog reader (with whom I have corresponded privately for the past couple of years) together with his son, George, who had THREE different types of cancer in his much-too-short life…He died at the end of April 2011… It’s a new project, but Pan has already written a [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5029024 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 08:58:11 +0100 5029024 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5008552&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F07%2F07%2Fgetting-rear-ended-also-an-italian-study-looks-at-the-effect-of-plant-extracts-on-bone-destruction%25e2%2580%25a6%2F This afternoon, as I was driving home from running an errand with my mother, I got rear ended. I had stopped to let a pedestrian cross the street, but the guy behind me, Mr. Distraction (big time!), didn’t notice and just rammed into me. The main thing is that nobody was hurt. And my FIAT Panda didn’t [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5008552 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:09:04 +0100 5008552 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5008553&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F07%2F05%2Fgrandkitties%2F My parents arrived safe and sound yesterday afternoon, yaaaay!, bringing with them cute little kitty gifts, including some adorable catnip “pillows” that are made by a local artist on Cape Cod (MA). These pillows are fabbbulous. Three of my cats went crazy over them, namely Puzzola, Priscilla and Peekaboo. They rolled all over the floor [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5008553 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:53:54 +0100 5008553 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4997774&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F07%2F03%2Fcurcumin-black-raspberry-and-neem-leaf-extracts%25e2%2580%25a6a-new-study-on-the-amazing-things-that-non-toxic-compounds-can-do%2F Today I’d like to discuss a very interesting study concerning the effect of curcumin, black raspberry extract and neem leaf extract on pancreatic cancer cells and radioresistance (see: http://goo.gl/xGqm2), even though I’m in a bit of a hurry because my parents are arriving tomorrow from the States…so I’m a bit distracted and frazzled, as you’ll notice from my lack of editing…and [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4997774 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 11:23:10 +0100 4997774 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4992931&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F07%2F01%2Fa-new-blood-test-measures-vitamin-d-levels-more-accurately%2F Today I got home from work only a few seconds, literally!, before a terrific thunderstorm hit the area. I mean, it was incrrrredible…rain drops bouncing off our terrace as though it were a trampoline…really freaky lightning…thunder booming loudly right above the house, almost shaking it…and making such a ruckus that the kitties ran for cover and didn’t come out until [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4992931 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:37:52 +0100 4992931 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4984644&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F06%2F30%2Fnot-just-revolutionary-but-also-talented%2F Thanks to a post written by my blogging friend Paula (=Feresaknit’s myeloma and knitting blog), this morning I discovered that, in addition to being number TWO on a “top 10 MM blog” list on Cure Talk (see my June 18 post), I’m also on another list of “talented” bloggers: http://goo.gl/YYbur Nice!!! I’m pleased that John’s blog (Good Blood, Bad Blood) [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4984644 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:10:05 +0100 4984644 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4976145&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F06%2F27%2Fcurcumin-awakens-sleeping-genes-and-reignites-tumor-suppression-activity%2F A few days ago, I got very excited about the announcement of a newly released study: “Research at Baylor University shows curcumin awakens sleeping genes and reignites tumor suppression activity.” Holy crackers! Here is the link: http://goo.gl/9fN2X I was particularly struck by one of the things said by Dr. Ajay Goel, the study’s main author: our genes [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4976145 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:26:39 +0100 4976145 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4968819&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F06%2F26%2Fgood-or-bad-for-myeloma-that-is-the-question%25e2%2580%25a6%2F A HELP PAGE created in June 2011 [Work in progress…suggestions appreciated…] Last month, a blog reader, = a research scientist with myeloma, suggested that I create some sort of “master listing” that would make it easier for readers to locate stuff. Good idea. I’ve realized for some time now that my blog has gotten a bit out of [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4968819 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:16:45 +0100 4968819 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4968820&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F06%2F24%2Fflag-throwing-in-florence%2F Wait a minute. What were Stefano and I doing in the center of Florence this morning, snapping photos of flag throwers (sbandieratori, in Italian) and of the historical procession that marched from Piazza della Signoria to Piazza Duomo, celebrating the birthday of Florence’s patron saint, San Giovanni Battista, or St. John the Baptist? Hmmm. There’s something very wrong [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4968820 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:34:32 +0100 4968820 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4960270&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F06%2F23%2Fa-hungarian-virus-study-on-mm-and-mgus-patients%2F As I announced last week, I’ve finally decided to tackle the possible virus connection topic that we began discussing seriously last fall (boy, time does fly, doesn’t it?!!!) here on the blog. Back then I received many ”viral” messages and comments…so many, in fact, that I simply felt too overwhelmed to do anything with them. I tried, [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4960270 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 08:04:53 +0100 4960270 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4960271&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F06%2F22%2Ften-yoga-positions-to-fight-depression-and-anxiety%2F Ah yes, another quick post today…published between one errand (done!) and another (not done!). I just stumbled onto a website showing ten yoga positions that might help fight depression and anxiety (mild forms…read the warning in the first paragraph before trying anything, eh). My favorite position is the last one : http://goo.gl/CGP9N  By the way, we MM [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4960271 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:12:43 +0100 4960271 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4960272&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F06%2F22%2Fabsolutely-hilarious%2F I’m not sure if I’ll be able to finish editing my new “virus connection” post today, since I have a lot of other things to do, errands to run etc., so I thought I’d at least post the link to a list of photos that made me laugh so much this morning that tears began [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4960272 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:17:50 +0100 4960272 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4953282&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F06%2F20%2Fa-second-sea-cucumber-asymptomatic-mm-clinical-trial-has-begun%2F Wow. I’m sooo pleased about what I stumbled upon this morning… First…I’ve written about sea cucumbers before, see http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2010/12/06/more-on-sea-cucumbers/ and http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2009/10/15/sea-cucumbers-and-smoldering-myeloma/ So I knew there was a clinical trial testing TBL 12 on “high risk” asymptomatic myeloma patients. Here’s the link to the first trial: http://goo.gl/UGw7Q Some results were presented at the ASH 2010 meeting (see my “More on sea [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4953282 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:51:04 +0100 4953282 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4953283&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F06%2F18%2Fno-hiding-under-the-rug%2F I don’t normally publish two posts in a day, but today I’m making an exception. Remember the movie “Children of a lesser god?” Ohhhh, I loved that movie, and in fact, many years ago, I took a course in American Sign Language and decided to become an ASL interpreter (then my life took a different turn, and I [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4953283 Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:04:39 +0100 4953283 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4953284&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F06%2F18%2Frevolutionary%2F WOW! Blog reader Kim informed me this morning that my blog has made SECOND PLACE on the list of the top ten myeloma blogs she compiled for Cure Talk, see http://goo.gl/96Yfq. I’m reallllllllly blown away. Thank you so much!!!  Hey, where’s my medal? Uhm, don’t I at least get a free lunch or something? How about breakfast? Seriously now, if I had a [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4953284 Sat, 18 Jun 2011 09:58:10 +0100 4953284 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4953285&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F06%2F17%2Ffirst-breast-cancer-then-multiple-myeloma%2F Carol Johnson was 44 years old when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Four years later, she was diagnosed with multiple myeloma… After going through two stem cell transplants, she is now on low maintenance chemotherapy…and she is taking curcumin. Read her story here: http://goo.gl/sW1Sc (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4953285 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:48:17 +0100 4953285 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934735&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F06%2F16%2Fim-working-on-a-post%2F …but it’s still in draft form. Not ready, in other words. So I’ll just go ahead and post two cutecutecute videos that I watched during a break today… The first is of a teeny tiny kitten playing an invisible harp: http://goo.gl/JS3YB  Awww!!!! The second is the most recent Simon’s Cat video, which gave me a nice little chuckle (we’re always [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934735 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:25:31 +0100 4934735 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934736&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F06%2F15%2Fnutkitty%2F Just took these photos of our youngest kitty, Pinga, at play. They remind me (a bit) of Surprised Kitty: http://goo.gl/sRybJ Had to share…              (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934736 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:15:22 +0100 4934736 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934737&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F06%2F14%2Fnational-cancer-institute-and-american-cancer-society-criminal-indifference-to-cancer-prevention-and-conflicts-of-interest%2F A blog reader (also a FB friend, co-administrator of our MM support group on FB, etc.) posted a very interesting link on the FB group’s Wall today: http://goo.gl/jOEO8 This link will take you to a “Natural News” article discussing a hot-off-the-press book written by Dr. Samuel S. Epstein, a well known cancer expert (see the article for [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934737 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:59:01 +0100 4934737 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934738&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F06%2F13%2Fan-open-mind%2F In 1997, at age 37, after undergoing radiation therapy, chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant, David Emerson, a MM Support list member and FB friend (also the founder of the People Beating Cancer website), was essentially sent him home to die. His doctors gave him months to live, a year at the most. Well, he [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934738 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:58:27 +0100 4934738 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4921685&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F06%2F11%2Fa-vitamin-d-segue-to-yesterdays-post%2F A brand new study, which has just been presented at the Endocrine Society’s Annual Meeting in Boston (June 4-7), shows that maintaining a circulating vitamin D level above 33 ng/ml is associated with a seven-fold greater likelihood of having a more favorable outcome with bisphosphonate therapy. SEVEN-FOLD! Even I am stunned… The evidence in favor of [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4921685 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:44:41 +0100 4921685 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4921686&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F06%2F10%2Fmyeloma-update-from-asco-an-interview-with-dr-james-berenson%2F Oh, I just looooooove this myeloma specialist!!! Before I get carried away, though, and forget to publish the link to the interview, here it is: http://goo.gl/9QkPW Dr. Berenson makes so many good points, points that make TOTAL sense to me, that it’s a bit hard to choose only a few… Well, I’ll give it a quick shot. I really REALLY liked what [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4921686 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:37:45 +0100 4921686 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4921687&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F06%2F09%2Fno-more-asparagus-for-me%2F I read another fascinating article written by Jacob Schor, President of the Oncology Association of Naturopathic Physicians (thank you!), titled “Will asparagus cure cancer?”: goo.gl/d42eV I’m still in shock. It turns out that eating a lot of asparagus can actually be harmful in certain types of cancer. ALL (=acute lymphoblastic leukemia), specifically. But please note this [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4921687 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:50:59 +0100 4921687 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4911770&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F06%2F08%2Frelying-on-computer-calendars-is-not-a-good-idea%25e2%2580%25a6%2F Before I begin, I’d like to say it was my computer’s fault, not mine…In fact, when you really think about it, it was Stefano’s own fault. So there! When he last updated my computer, you see, he must have erased my nifty calendar somehow…yep, the entire thing. All my appointments—gone. All those helpful and reliable (!) birthday [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4911770 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:54:16 +0100 4911770 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4902641&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F06%2F05%2Fif-youre-on-doxorubicin-eat-spinach%2F I have time only for a super duper amazingly quick post today, but I just read this bit of info and thought it too important not to share immediately, since I know that doxorubicin can do some real damage to the heart. If you are taking doxorubicin or know someone who is, please read this article: http://goo.gl/4k43c Have a [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4902641 Sun, 05 Jun 2011 08:11:58 +0100 4902641 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893808&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F06%2F03%2Ffeverish-blog%2F As a result of the messages I’ve received in the past few days, I know that many of you have noticed that my blog hasn’t been feeling very well lately. It has been feeling so poorly, in fact, that now and again it decided to show the world a blank ”face” (that is, my homepage vanished, gulp). Then it [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893808 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:11:15 +0100 4893808 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4883843&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F05%2F30%2Fmontefioralle-and-cantine-aperte-2011%2F What a glorious Sunday we had! Yesterday, before meeting up with our friends, one of whom was playing all day with his jazz band at a winery (see previous post), Stefano and I stopped at Montefioralle, a 12th century fortified hilltop village not too far from Greve in Chianti (=less than an hour’s drive from [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4883843 Mon, 30 May 2011 10:30:46 +0100 4883843 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4876486&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F05%2F28%2Fa-few-blood-studies-and-open-cellars-2011%2F Glancing through a list of recent “Blood” studies, I came upon a few interesting ones, which I don’t have time to read super carefully right now (after all, it’s THE WEEKEND! )…but I thought I would go ahead anyway and post the links, for those of you who might be interested in giving them a go… The first [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4876486 Sat, 28 May 2011 15:34:43 +0100 4876486 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4872368&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F05%2F26%2Ffighting-cancer-with-turmeric%2F On Monday I read a Toronto Sun article written by Dr. Richard Béliveau (no need to introduce him, I hope! ): http://goo.gl/2umwt Nothing new…except for what he says towards the end. I had to stop, rub my eyes and then read these two paragraphs again: Studies done recently by a group of Japanese researchers have also shown that the metabolising [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4872368 Thu, 26 May 2011 15:08:07 +0100 4872368 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4853117&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F05%2F23%2Fa-bitter-cumin-study-treating-chemo-side-effects-with-plant-extracts-and-finally-20-reasons-to-add-turmeric-to-our-diet%2F This article (http://goo.gl/EdGgc) tells us about bitter cumin, a spice that is used extensively in traditional medicine to treat a range of diseases from vitiligo to hyperglycemia. It is considered to be antiparasitic [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4853117 Mon, 23 May 2011 09:17:51 +0100 4853117 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4853118&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F05%2F22%2Fcertaldo%2F Yesterday Stefano and I had dinner with a couple of friends who live near Casole d’Elsa, which, hmmm, let’s see (what follows is for those who know their way around Tuscany or like to use Google Maps…), is about an hour and 15 minute drive south (slightly west) of Florence OR about a half hour drive [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4853118 Sun, 22 May 2011 16:35:52 +0100 4853118 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4848117&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F05%2F20%2Fcurcumin-in-the-news%2F When I first began taking curcumin, more than five years ago–in January 2006, to be exact!–there was hardly any information to be had on the active ingredient of the Indian spice turmeric. About a year later, in March 2007, I began blogging about my very positive experience (in so many unexpected ways!) with curcumin…Again, I could not [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4848117 Fri, 20 May 2011 17:43:42 +0100 4848117 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4841882&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F05%2F19%2Fchronic-use-of-acetaminophen-tied-to-blood-cancers%2F Scary headline, eh? Yeah. But then you read the article, and it’s not such a big deal…that is, unless you are and have been a chronic user of  Tylenol…Even in that case, however, your risk of developing blood cancer is only about 1% a year, compared to healthy folks: http://goo.gl/msUsD In spite of the ”exaggerated” headline, though, it’s an interesting article… (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4841882 Thu, 19 May 2011 11:22:49 +0100 4841882 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4841883&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F05%2F18%2Flucky-week-green-teatai-chi-bone-health-and-a-dog-singing-the-blues%2F My UK blog reader and his family left Florence this morning and are probably back in London by now…Boy, the house seems so empty without them! We really had a glorious time and hope to meet up again soon. I wanted to tell you about a few of the almost unbelievable strokes of luck that my blog reader (= a professional photographer) [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4841883 Wed, 18 May 2011 16:00:53 +0100 4841883 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4829218&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F05%2F16%2Fval-dorcia%2F This was one of the loveliest weekends that Stefano and I have ever had…Everything was perfect, simply purrrfect. We’d both forgotten how stunning the Val d’Orcia is…the area around Pienza and Montepulciano…magnifica! And it’s only a 1.5 hour drive from our home! Funny how that happens… Stefano and I had to return to Florence last [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4829218 Mon, 16 May 2011 08:42:11 +0100 4829218 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4821098&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F05%2F13%2Ffirst-time-in-florence%2F Busy busy BUSY but fun fun FUN days…As I announced in my previous post, I’m spending all my free time these days with some close friends from the UK who have come to pay us a quick visit… On Wednesday we drove up to Fiesole, a pretty hill town with splendid views of Florence. Not to be missed: Fiesole’s Roman theatre… Yesterday was totally exhausting. Mamma [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4821098 Fri, 13 May 2011 17:10:27 +0100 4821098 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4813616&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F05%2F10%2Fmind-over-pain%2F This study proves that we can all benefit from meditation. Here is [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4813616 Tue, 10 May 2011 14:12:21 +0100 4813616 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4803444&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F05%2F09%2Fa-glorious-day%2F Yesterday, =  our 12th wedding anniversary, Stefano and I got up at 5:40 AM (zzzzzz) in order to be at the WWF Oasis of Gabbianello, near Barberino di Mugello, by 7:30 (zzzzz). Actually, we are both early risers…but on the weekend we like to stay in bed a little longer than 5:40 AM (zzzzz)! The [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4803444 Mon, 09 May 2011 15:13:55 +0100 4803444 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4797883&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F05%2F07%2Fgetting-ready-to-celebrate-an-anniversary%2F Just can’t seem to be serious today. Well, after all, it’s the WEEKEND! And I am sooo excited about tomorrow… Tomorrow morning Stefano and I are getting up at the crack of dawn in order to be at the “Gabbianello” WWF oasis by 7:30. That is how we both want to celebrate our 12th wedding [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4797883 Sat, 07 May 2011 16:45:42 +0100 4797883 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4795022&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F05%2F06%2Fa-new-study-shows-that-calcium-and-vitamin-d-should-be-preferred-to-bone-building-drugs%2F I’m in a super hurry today, but I wanted to share this Science Daily article with you, since I think it has some VERRRRRRY important information in it: http://goo.gl/6bjne An excerpt: “Bisphosphonates [...] disrupt normal bone remodeling by shutting down the osteoclasts — the cells that break down old bone to make new bone. When [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4795022 Fri, 06 May 2011 13:04:31 +0100 4795022 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4789530&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F05%2F05%2Fupcoming-webinar-on-curcumin-and-cancer-prevention%2F I really have no clear idea as to what a “webinar” is, but here goes anyway: on Tuesday, May 17, between 1 and 2:30 PM (EDT), the National Cancer Institute will be hosting a webinar (?) titled: “Is Curcumin the Spice of Life? A Look at Cancer Prevention Evidence.” One of the presenters is Prof. Bharat Aggarwal, [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4789530 Thu, 05 May 2011 09:13:28 +0100 4789530 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4789531&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F05%2F04%2Fa-2011-dendritic-cell-idiotype-myeloma-vaccination-study%25e2%2580%25a6part-2%2F I decided to go ahead and finish Part 2 of my vaccination post even though I didn’t get any feedback on Part I (April 21st post), which, I confess, led me to think there might be no interest in the subject of myeloma vaccinations…Well, no matter, it is a subject of interest to me, and this is my [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4789531 Wed, 04 May 2011 08:54:13 +0100 4789531 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4775559&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F05%2F02%2Fis-europe-really-going-to-ban-hundreds-of-herbal-remedies%2F I awoke to the news that OBL has been killed. It’s hard to concentrate on anything but the news today, especially since I’m really worried about possible reprisal attacks…Oh, how I hope I’m wrong! But concentrate on an entirely different issue I must and will. Today, you see, may mark the beginning of a difficult period for those who buy their supplements in [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4775559 Mon, 02 May 2011 15:32:50 +0100 4775559 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4762910&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F04%2F28%2Fthe-ultimate-body-cleanser%2F Since one of the articles listed in yesterday’s post mentioned the effect of curcumin on cholesterol, I thought this brand new study would be the perfect segue: http://goo.gl/bg3XE. The full text is online, but here is the gist. A group of 16 healthy volunteers took a total of one gram of curcumin/day for 15 days. At [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4762910 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:19:02 +0100 4762910 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4758965&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F04%2F27%2Fnews-snippets%2F I got home from work with a slightly bothersome headache yesterday, so I wasn’t able to put the finishing touches on part II of my April 21 post. And today has turned out to be a busy day…so again part II remains unfinished… I did, however, come across a few items that I hope you will find [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4758965 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:07:24 +0100 4758965 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4747833&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F04%2F25%2Fsave-the-whales%2F I know that this doesn’t seem like a myeloma-related topic, but in a way it is, since it involves stress…MY stress levels, that is! This morning, you see, I read a bit of news that greatly upset me…and, as we know, stress makes myeloma cells proliferate. So that is why I am writing a post on this [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4747833 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:08:58 +0100 4747833 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4744910&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F04%2F23%2Fswans-in-love-and-a-purple-heron%2F What a day…aaah, what a glorious day… Truth be told, it wasn’t so glorious when we woke up. On the contrary, it was raining and quite gloomy outside. Undeterred, we decided to go ahead with our plans–spending the morning at the WWF Oasis of Gabbianello (http://goo.gl/9KJkX), located about a half hour drive from our house…not too [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4744910 Sat, 23 Apr 2011 19:06:47 +0100 4744910 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4742617&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F04%2F22%2Ffat-cat-in-a-pot%2F After getting home from work today, I just couldn’t do any serious reading and/or finish editing my Part II draft… So instead of a serious post, today you get this: http://goo.gl/KZpVi  Don’t forget to watch the second video, which shows how the kitty “escapes”…Hehe… Oh, and there is a new Easter video for all of us who love Simon’s [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4742617 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:59:39 +0100 4742617 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4742394&cid=t_99666_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2F97wdnbqPnVw%2F We have added the data-table search function and sorting fields to assist readers finding the best emergency medicine resources, their twitter handles, FB pages and RSS feeds. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4742394 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:51:50 +0100 4742394 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734491&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F04%2F21%2Fa-2011-dendritic-cell-idiotype-myeloma-vaccination-study%25e2%2580%25a6part-1%2F In January, I came across a study republished in “Blood” (http://goo.gl/oaNjM), a study that I had posted about when it was first published in November 2010. It reminded me of a draft that I hadn’t finished (=a sequel to that initial November post), which frequently happens, I hate to say… In the past few days I have [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734491 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:44:14 +0100 4734491 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4724185&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F04%2F18%2Fanother-study-on-the-progression-from-mgus-and-smm-to-full-blown-mm-the-idea-of-early-intervention%25e2%2580%25a6%2F The umptieth “progression” study that I read this morning is co-authored by three authoritative, internationally renowned myeloma specialists for whom I have a lot of respect (even though I am about to tear apart some of their arguments…). You can read the abstract here: http://goo.gl/R8xVG I have also read the full study and will try to summarize [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4724185 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:51:23 +0100 4724185 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4724186&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F04%2F16%2Fbirdwatching-in-florence%2F I have already devoted a post (http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2009/05/09/oasi-stagni-di-focognano) to the WWF oasis known as the ”Oasi di Focognano,” located in Campi Bisenzio, a small municipality just outside of Florence… Well, today, a beautiful day in Florence, Stefano and I decided to spend a few hours there… Ah, I should mention at this point that we are both enthusiastic birdwatchers…but most of the time we have [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4724186 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 18:12:46 +0100 4724186 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4714973&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F04%2F14%2Fastaxanthin%2F Just a couple of minutes ago (which, by the time I finish writing this post, will have turned into a couple of hours…at least…), I came across an interesting study published in March 2010. Luckily for us, it is fully available online: http://goo.gl/RoC45 First, what is astaxanthin? It’s a carotenoid, which means it’s a tetraterpenoid (=contains 40 [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4714973 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:19:10 +0100 4714973 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4709357&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F04%2F13%2Farvelexin-from-brassica-rapa-inhibits-many-of-the-signalling-pathways-involved-in-myeloma-growth-and-survival%25e2%2580%25a6%2F A blog reader (thanks!) alerted me to the existence of a recently-published study on Brassica rapa, which is more commonly known as field mustard or turnip mustard. In Italian, cima di rapa. Luckily, it happens to be in season now, so yesterday I bought some (see photo showing Piccolo munching on one of the stems…) at a [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4709357 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:34:48 +0100 4709357 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4696885&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F04%2F10%2Fdolphins-playing-with-a-cat%2F Many thanks to a blog reader for this link: http://goo.gl/SDZ87 Hmmm, I wonder what these lovely creatures were thinking? (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4696885 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 16:38:05 +0100 4696885 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4684677&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F04%2F06%2Fa-nigella-sativa-compound-exterminates-multiple-myeloma-cells%25e2%2580%25a6%2F The last post I wrote about Nigella sativa, = a “cure for every disease except death,” dates to May 2008 (see my page on “Black cumin” http://margaret.healthblogs.org/other-alternative-treatments/nigella-sativa-black-cumin/ )… Back then, there weren’t any scientific studies on Nigella sativa and myeloma…Nonetheless, I was fascinated by, and devoted two posts to, this extraordinary medicinal plant, also known [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4684677 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:40:36 +0100 4684677 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4677042&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F04%2F04%2Fhappy-fooling-2%2F What a scare I got early this morning! Happy fooling, indeed…except this time, I was fooled!    Here is what happened: after stumbling downstairs in a half-asleep fog, feeding the cats and drinking a cappuccino (yes, in that order…anyone who has cats will know what I mean…purrfectly…hehe), I did what I always do: I logged onto my blog. [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4677042 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:06:35 +0100 4677042 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4676823&cid=t_99666_97_f&fid=35606&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theangriestpharmacist.com%2F2011%2F04%2F03%2Fhow-to-comment%2F I'm tired of randos coming to my website and submitting bullshit comments to various posts. I've got better things to do than delete 3-5 comments  per day calling me an asshole, a meany head, or questioning my professionalism/ethics (and then banning the user)...as if you reading a vague story about a drug seeker / drug shopper compromises THEIR privacy. As if ANYONE reading these stories can find out what state I'm even in -- much less a patient's name. That's just not possible. Considering that I'm not a complete idiot, I change facts, details, and other things to keep the backbone of the story without making it so obvious as to the subject and subject matter. The person fingered in the story wouldn't even know they are the subject matter in 9 of 10 posts. I get talked to like I'm a pie... The Angriest Pharmacist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4676823 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 05:26:05 +0100 4676823 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4670304&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F04%2F01%2Fhappy-fooling%2F I have just enough time this evening to post a link to two of the BBC’s best April Fool’s Day hoaxes ever: http://goo.gl/Wk6DX (This might be my briefest post ever, too! ) Enjoy!!! (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4670304 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:55:02 +0100 4670304 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4677043&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F03%2F31%2Fresults-of-an-italian-trial-testing-bisphosphonates-pamindronate-on-asymptomatic-myeloma-patients%25e2%2580%25a6%2F This morning a blog reader/friend sent me a newly-published Italian study containing the FINAL results of a trial testing intravenous pamidronate (Aredia) on 177 asymptomatic (SMM) patients. The results are very interesting…you can check them out here: http://goo.gl/2HWNV According to the abstract, after a follow-up period of 5 years, 55 out of 88 patients in the [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4677043 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:48:15 +0100 4677043 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4664425&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F03%2F31%2Fresults-of-an-italian-trial-testing-bisphosphonates-pamindronate-on-asymptomatic-myeloma-patients%25e2%2580%25a6%2F This morning a blog reader/friend sent me a newly-published Italian study containing the FINAL results of a trial testing intravenous pamidronate (Aredia) on 177 asymptomatic (SMM) patients. The results are very interesting…you can check them out here: http://goo.gl/2HWNV According to the abstract, after a follow-up period of 5 years, 55 out of 88 patients in the [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4664425 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:48:15 +0100 4664425 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4653508&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F03%2F30%2Fexplosive-curcumin%2F A couple of days ago, a blog reader (thanks!) sent me a link that started me on a serious case of the chuckles . I mean, is there ANYTHING curcumin can’t do??? See: http://goo.gl/D96Ca Come to think of it, this recent finding could come in handy in certain situations…Uhm, let’s say you get distracted by a [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4653508 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:16:42 +0100 4653508 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4642918&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F03%2F28%2Fto-use-or-not-to-use-aspirin-in-myeloma-conventional-treatments%2F A blog reader (thanks!!!) sent me a couple of links that started me off on a unexpectedly startling and, in the end, rather confusing search mission. Who’d have thought that aspirin, = acetylsalicylic acid, might possibly be a bad thing for myeloma patients to take? (Please note my use of the conditional tense.) I concluded that [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4642918 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:08:44 +0100 4642918 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4642919&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F03%2F27%2Fcity-views%2F Sometimes Stefano and I dream of moving far away from Florence… We simply get sick and tired of all the traffic…of the pollution…of how expensive it is to live here…of the horrendous heat during the summer months (never ever visit Florence in July or August…mark my words)… But then (as we did yesterday evening, on our [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4642919 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 11:14:00 +0100 4642919 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4615369&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F03%2F21%2Fhow-do-you-spell-relief%2F Nope, not R O L A I D S. No. You spell it as follows: S T I L L  S T A B L E. That’s right. This morning I finally received my February test results (one of Ingrid Michaelson’s songs, ”Keep breathing,” has been my theme song in the past week or so, as you can [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4615369 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:13:54 +0100 4615369 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4615370&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F03%2F19%2Fclinical-trial-tests-omega-3-supplementation-for-the-prevention-of-disease-progression-in-mgus-smm-and-early-stage-cll%2F For the past couple of days, whenever possible, I have been working on what I consider to be an important post, but today I simply couldn’t deal with it (one of the studies is driving me bonkie bonka bonkers), so I decided to take some time off and have a quick look at the Clinical Trials [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4615370 Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:00:52 +0100 4615370 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4600747&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F03%2F16%2Fconsumer-lab-2011-curcumin-report%25e2%2580%25a6%2F Thanks to Scott, today I was able to access Consumer Lab’s full curcumin report…yes, the one that was published in February 2011…as well as a few other interesting reports that I still have to read. Fantastico! I have actually already written a post on this topic (see http://margaret.healthblogs.org/?s=consumer+lab) … but last month I had only read summaries of the report, which is not [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4600747 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:18:17 +0100 4600747 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4592641&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F03%2F15%2Fwhy-i-love-elephants%2F After returning home from work today, I settled down to finish reading a rather startling study that I had begun yesterday…but one of my girlfriends phoned to see if I wanted to play cards with the usual group later on. Gee, twist my arm…! Besides, Dr. David maintains that friends are more important than spouses , so how could [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4592641 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:46:31 +0100 4592641 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4581042&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F03%2F13%2Fhope%2F My Mom told me about a program she had seen last week on the compelling brain cancer story of David Serban Schreiber, a French physician and neuroscientist. Among other things, she described, in detail, a very interesting (…really horrible, too!!!) electric shock experiment carried out on rats injected with malignant tumors (=a story recounted by Dr. Serban Schreiber). While [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4581042 Sun, 13 Mar 2011 20:12:08 +0100 4581042 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4570716&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F03%2F10%2Fcancer-patients-should-stay-away-from-n-acetyl-cysteine%2F I subscribe to a very informative, well-researched, full of common sense (etc. etc. etc.) newsletter written by Jacob Schor, President of the Oncology Association of Naturopathic Physicians, with his own practice in Denver (see: http://goo.gl/AV7un). His most recent article (see http://goo.gl/zdXpf) concerns N-Acetyl-Cysteine, = NAC for short, which, he shows, cancer patients should NOT take under any [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4570716 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:12:46 +0100 4570716 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4566302&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F03%2F09%2Frecanati%2F On Sunday, after visiting Raphael’s family home and walking all the way around the Ducal Palace, we left Urbino and drove on to Recanati, where the famous 19th century Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi (http://goo.gl/ElZRN) was born. Now, as you may already know, I was born in the U.S. and am a U.S. citizen…But when I was six [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4566302 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 10:49:20 +0100 4566302 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4560517&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F03%2F08%2Furbino-under-the-snow%2F   We returned to Florence late last night…went to work today…I returned home this afternoon totally exhausted…heaps of e-mails to go through, as usual…oh dear, just got a call from Stefano who told me he and his brother had to rush their father to the ER (apparently, he is okay, but I am awaiting more news)…  So right now, to take [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4560517 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:39:32 +0100 4560517 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4549906&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F03%2F04%2Fstill-laughing-today%2F Today has been absolutely crazy…teaching a new course (technical English…about which I know absolutely NOTHING…Eh, I must say, stuff like this makes life, er…interesting…hmmm), getting ready to leave for Le Marche (tomorrow AM!)…But I did find the time to check Facebook, where I found three really FUNNY videos that I just have to share… Cat versus printer (translation): http://goo.gl/VWvom [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4549906 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 20:20:04 +0100 4549906 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4545143&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F03%2F03%2Fshort-holiday-in-le-marche-a-new-personalized-therapy-makes-cancer-cells-kill-themselves-and-a-really-funny-video%25e2%2580%25a6%2F In addition to having quite a bit of work to do these days, I am also trying to plan our holiday weekend. Puff puff, rush, rush. On Saturday morning, you see, Stefano and I are leaving for the Italian region of Le Marche…Specifically, we are heading for the lovely walled city of Urbino, which is a [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4545143 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:44:39 +0100 4545143 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4536261&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F03%2F02%2Fhigh-vitamin-d-bread%25e2%2580%25a6now-there%25e2%2580%2599s-a-thought%2F A recently-published study on a high vitamin-D bread tells us that as many as 70% of the U.S. population may have insufficient vitamin D status. Eeeek!!! A blogging friend (thanks!) sent me the full study…Now, you can find the gist in a Science Daily article (http://goo.gl/dBufl), but if you are feeling particularly audacious, go have a look at the [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4536261 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:15:08 +0100 4536261 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4532506&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F02%2F28%2Fa-sticky-predicament%2F I’ve been incredibly busy today and still have quite a bit of work to do for tomorrow…But I just came across the newly released Simon’s Cat film and had to stop to watch it… It made me laugh out loud, and I hope you will enjoy it, too: http://goo.gl/pRAQx Well done, Simon!!! (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4532506 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:20:37 +0100 4532506 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4527778&cid=t_99666_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F27%2Fjohn-palfreys-post-conference-reflections%2F The brilliant John Palfrey posted some of his reflections about Saturday’s PLMS conference on his blog.  Here are some excerpts. * * * Today, Prof. Jon Hanson is hosting the Fifth Conference on Law and Mind Sciences at Harvard Law School.  The idea, dating back to 2007, has been to “introduce to scholars and students of law and legal theory intriguing, relevant research from social psychology, social cognition, public health, and related disciplines and to stimulate a productive, interdisciplinary exchange between scholars across these fields.”  It’s a rare and fun opportunity to hear from a broad range of mind scientists about their work and how it might intersect with ours in the field of law. For instance, Dr. Laura Kubzansky (Harvard School of Public Health) discussed th... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4527778 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 01:29:23 +0100 4527778 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4517317&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F02%2F24%2Fincreased-in-vivo-efficacy-of-lenalidomide-by-addition-of-piroctone-olamine%25e2%2580%25a6%2F First, an update on my computer situation. Stefano fixed it yesterday evening, and I have to say that the new superfast groovyzoomything that he installed in its belly seems to know what I want to do even before I begin typing…in fact, I can barely keep up with my computer now…Amazing. Ah, before I forget: [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4517317 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:52:12 +0100 4517317 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4512578&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F02%2F23%2Fi-want-a-metronome%2F I am still on the slower-than-a-snail laptop, since Stefano, my computer guy, has been too exhausted the past couple of nights to put my super fast fabulous computer back together. He said he would do it this evening, though. Phew! So I don’t have any research-based posts, but I do have this, thanks to Hanna: [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4512578 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:10:32 +0100 4512578 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4501642&cid=t_99666_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F21%2Fblogroll-review-part-6%2F Discussions range from the ways that genes help you choose your friends to musings on the widely controversial book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua, and generally contain links to scientific studies to make research easily available to the interested reader. Neuroethics & Law Founded by Brooklyn Law School Professor Adam Kolber, the Neuroethics & Law blog is a forum for those interested in “legal and ethical issues relating to the brain and cognition.”  It highlights news relating to the field of brain science, links to recently published research, and announces conferences.  In one particularly interesting discussion, Kolber uses a recent court case to argue that we have an ethical obligation to take into account the particular ways that prisoners experie... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4501642 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 04:01:00 +0100 4501642 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4501762&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F02%2F20%2Ffizz-crackle-pop-poof%2F This afternoon, while I was in the kitchen making an apple pie, Stefano was in my study updating my computer. At one point he came downstairs, looking both crestfallen and upset. He told me that he had installed a new poochywoochy inside my computer, which meant he’d had to unplug it, of course. Well, when [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4501762 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 19:03:36 +0100 4501762 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4501643&cid=t_99666_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F20%2Fsalms-website%2F The Student Association for Law and Mind Sciences has a beautiful new website.  Check it out here. (Source: The Situationist) The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4501643 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:54:10 +0100 4501643 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4498357&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F02%2F19%2Fjanet-battaile-new-york-times-editor-dies-after-a-ten-year-battle-with-multiple-myeloma%2F Thanks to Hanna, a dear blog reader/friend, I read the lovely tribute paid to Janet Battaile, a longtime New York Times editor, who died yesterday, more than ten years after being diagnosed with multiple myeloma. Here is the link: http://goo.gl/f5J9H  The tribute mentions that, after her diagnosis, Janet pursued “experimental treatments” instead of having chemotherapy, but provides no further [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4498357 Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:20:24 +0100 4498357 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4495401&cid=t_99666_140_f&fid=35772&url=http%3A%2F%2Fshutah.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F19%2Fcrusaders-highly-deserved-recognition%2F Surely, one of the proudest moment’s in Bob Fiddaman’s quest for justice in the eternal fight against SSRI’s . As Bob writes in his blog “What could piss off GlaxoSmithKline more than Bob Fiddaman getting an award for basically highlighting their dark history?” Way to go Fiddy!!!!!! [Click the pic to read the full story] [...] (Source: SEROXAT WEBLOG) SEROXAT WEBLOG blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4495401 Sat, 19 Feb 2011 10:00:57 +0100 4495401 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4495384&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F02%2F18%2Fnew-consumer-lab-report-on-curcumin%2F Consumer Lab (“a leading provider of consumer information and independent evaluations of products that affect health and nutrition”) published a new report on curcumin brands just a couple of days ago, on February 16th. As you can imagine, I was very eager to read it. Or to read more about it… I succeeded, in part… [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4495384 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:28:52 +0100 4495384 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4489927&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F02%2F17%2Fa-new-exterminator-of-myeloma-cells%2F Many many thanks to a blog reader who sent me an absolutely fascinating link this morning: http://goo.gl/5rcGR How in the world did I miss this? Hmmm. Well, I did… Luckily, I have some very dedicated blog readers who send me all sorts of interesting things (including some hilarious stuff…) to keep me on my toes!   Anyway, the link will take you [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4489927 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:19:15 +0100 4489927 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4489736&cid=t_99666_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F17%2Fblogroll-review-%25e2%2580%2593-part-5%2F Over at the terrific new Law & Mind Blog, some Harvard Law students are writing a series of posts reviewing other mind-science blogs. Each post provides a summary of several blogs and features one that the author finds especially valuable. Here’s Part 5 of that series (authored by LLM candidate David Simon). Have you ever wanted to know what blogs out there discuss mind sciences, law, or both? This is your lucky day. In this post I briefly review five blogs that relate to law & mind sciences. I feature one blog, Mind Hacks, and explain it in a bit more detail than the others. The blogs: 1. The Jury Room. Run by Keene Trial Consulting, The Jury Room–as the name suggests–is about juries! Specifically, the site focuses on how juries make decisions and react to behavior&... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4489736 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:01:32 +0100 4489736 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4482939&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F02%2F16%2Fklever-klepto-kat%2F A blog reader/FB friend posted the link to a hilarious article on my Facebook wall (watch the video…): http://goo.gl/vOQMY I won’t spoil it for you by saying what happens, though… I also came across another video, which adds more details to this story: http://goo.gl/jXYh5 Enjoy! (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4482939 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:38:39 +0100 4482939 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4482940&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F02%2F15%2Fblood-tests-2%2F Yes, I had my blood tests done yesterday…And I have called this my “flu with high fever” experiment (for details, see my January 31st post: http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2011/01/31/high-fevers/)… Now, I always watch the blood extraction procedure with interest, mainly because I am always amazed at the amount of the dark red stuff that is taken out of my arm. Sometimes, [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4482940 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:15:45 +0100 4482940 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4472985&cid=t_99666_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F13%2Fblogroll-review-part-3%2F Over at the terrific new Law & Mind Blog, some Harvard Law students are writing a series of posts reviewing other mind-science blogs. Each post provides a summary of several blogs and features one that the author finds especially valuable. Here’s Part 3 of that series (authored by 1L student Cassie Mathias). Everyday Sociology: “What if sociologists ran the world?”, begins the “About this Site” section of the Everyday Sociology blog. The description could not be more on point. The blog is a compilation of a wide-variety of commentary from sociologists across the United States about what is going on in the news, or “what should be in the news.” The site truly does provide an entertaining point of view on current events. The writing is informed, funny, and current. The au... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4472985 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 04:01:32 +0100 4472985 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4470516&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F02%2F12%2Fcnb-001-continuation-of-yesterdays-post%2F This morning I read a Science Daily article on yesterday’s bit of news re. the new type of curcumin that is able to cross the blood brain barrier: http://goo.gl/8Ichl Compared to the BBC article, the SD one describes more in detail what happens during a stroke and how this new form of curcumin is able to help, by repairing stroke damage at [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4470516 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 10:46:11 +0100 4470516 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4464663&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F02%2F11%2Fcurcumin-fights-stroke-damage%2F I just got the link to this recent BBC article from a MMA list friend (thanks!) and thought I would post it: http://goo.gl/WUd0U I just wish they didn’t have to test on rabbits or any other animals, for that matter…ugh. Please note that the curcumin used in this study is a modified version called CNB-001, which [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4464663 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:22:50 +0100 4464663 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4455440&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F02%2F09%2Ffuture-myeloma-treatments%2F A MMA list member recently posted an item from the CancerCare bulletin titled “the latest in multiple myeloma research,” which lists a series of different conventional drugs and their anti-myeloma activity. I went down the list, did a wee bit of research and made a discovery…not a very startling one, come to think of it…but anyway, here [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4455440 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:56:53 +0100 4455440 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4445855&cid=t_99666_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F07%2Fblogroll-review-%25e2%2580%2593-part-2%2F Over at the new Law & Mind Blog, a group of Harvard Law students is writing a series of posts reviewing other mind-science blogs. Each post provides a summary of several blogs and features one that the author finds especially valuable. Here’s Part 2 of that series (authored by second-year student Jeremy Troxel). * * * Choices Worth Having examines how people make decisions. Social theorist Barry Schwartz psycho-dissects current events and topical subjects. Professor Schwartz believes our society makes poor decisions because of perverse incentives and flawed methodologies. His longish posts critique the status quo of decision making while offering an alternative approach that appreciates human nature. The now defunct Cognitive Dail reported on interesting developments in cognitive psy... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4445855 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:00:31 +0100 4445855 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4445981&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F02%2F07%2Fancient-herbs-and-spices-to-rejuvenate-and-heal%2F I still have a bit of a cough, but the main problem right now is that I get tired easily (exhausted, more like it). I do a simple household task, such as the washing up, then have to lie down for a couple of hours. Well, okay, I exaggerate…but not much! But this feeling of extreme weakness is not [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4445981 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 08:47:14 +0100 4445981 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4436904&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F02%2F04%2Ffever-begone%2F Literally, yes…my fever ”be” gone. Not even a smidgeon of a degree, today. And I am also barely coughing at all. So now, according to our family doctor, I am officially convalescent. He told me, however, that I will have to be really careful and take it easy for the next TWO weeks…Wow, that seems like a long time…but apparently [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4436904 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 19:12:39 +0100 4436904 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4433288&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F02%2F03%2Fgoogle-art-project%2F Nursing takes its toll… Yesterday my fever hovered (again) around 38° Celsius. Exhausted, I spent most of the day in bed, alternatively watching TV and napping. Okay, mostly napping…with my devoted nurse brigade, part of which can be seen here… But this morning my fever is down to 37.7°, which is a relief, to be honest. I still [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4433288 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:57:07 +0100 4433288 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4429066&cid=t_99666_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F02%2Fblogroll-review-part-1%2F Over at the new Law & Mind Blog, a group of Harvard Law students is writing a series of posts reviewing other mind-science blogs.  Each posts provides a summary of several blogs and features one that the author finds especially valuable.  Here’s Part 1 of that series (authored by third-year student Lea D.) * * * Another great blog on the mind science topic is BPS Research Digest, where the British Psychological Society reports on recent studies in psychological publications. The featured studies are chosen with an expert eye for interest level, relevance to current events, and accessibility even to readers relatively unversed in psychology, like myself. That editor Christian Jarrett describes each study in vivid, catchy language adds to the appeal. A good example is a recent ... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4429066 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 04:43:48 +0100 4429066 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4424394&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F02%2F01%2Fsome-new-curcumin-research%25e2%2580%25a6and%25e2%2580%25a6well%25e2%2580%25a6perhaps-a-sauna-would-be-a-much-better-idea-than-er-riding-the-high-fever%2F Two interesting abstracts. 1. The first one is http://goo.gl/hL8jP Now, I still don’t have the mental ability to digest any of the info contained in this abstract, but I thought I would go ahead anyway and publish the link. I mean, rice bran and curcumin work together to kill myeloma cells??? Fantastico! Hey, pass the [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4424394 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 17:04:21 +0100 4424394 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4419378&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F01%2F31%2Fhigh-fevers%2F Stefano had been complaining about not feeling well more or less since Wednesday…and I kept telling him to take his temperature but, no, he didn’t think he had a fever. Men. On Friday morning he woke up feeling simply awful, but he told me that he had to go to work. He didn’t last long. [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4419378 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:32:31 +0100 4419378 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4419211&cid=t_99666_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F01%2F31%2Fsituationism-in-the-news-14%2F From Boston Globe (by Kevin Lewis): The Brand-Name Ego Boost: Researchers found that using a generic (vs. brand name) product undermines self-esteem. In one experiment, university students were asked to type out a resume, ostensibly for a recruiting event. Students used an Apple iMac to type their resumes and were told that the keyboard and mouse were new. Some students, though, were told that the keyboard and mouse were generic parts — to save money. The students who used the generic keyboard reported expecting a lower salary.  More . . . Lower stress through writing: Researchers at the University of Chicago have shown that expressive writing before a test can boost scores.  More . . . Higher ground: Everyone assumes that heaven is high above the ground somewhere, while hell is down... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4419211 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 04:06:43 +0100 4419211 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4414672&cid=t_99666_140_f&fid=35772&url=http%3A%2F%2Fshutah.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F01%2F30%2Flegal-action-delayed%2F End to epilepsy drug action delayed By Cathy Gordon, PA 28 January 2011   A move to discontinue legal action brought by families who blame an epilepsy drug for causing defects in their children suffered a delay today. Claims by more than 150 families were expected to be formally discontinued at a hearing before a [...] (Source: SEROXAT WEBLOG) SEROXAT WEBLOG blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4414672 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 09:31:03 +0100 4414672 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4405994&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F01%2F27%2Fa-short-history-of-medicine%2F Many thanks to Lori (http://www.loripuente.com/) for posting this, er, short history of medicine on the MMA patients’ listserv. A Short History of Medicine 2000 B.C. – “Here, eat this root.” 1000 B.C. – “That root is heathen, say this prayer.” 1850 A.D. – “That prayer is superstition, drink this potion.” 1940 A.D. – “That potion [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4405994 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:27:39 +0100 4405994 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4405833&cid=t_99666_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F01%2F27%2Fsituationism-in-the-blogosphere-%25e2%2580%2593-december%2F Below, we’ve posted titles and a brief quotation from some of our favorite non-Situationist situationist blogging during December 2010 (they are listed in alphabetical order by source). * * * From BPS Research Digest: “Do political scandals really distract us from important issues?” “Barely a day goes by without some political scandal or other splashed across the papers. Critics argue this obsession with tittle-tattle distracts the electorate from more important policy issues. ‘…a fiercely independent media is the guarantor of democracy,’ Will Hutton wrote in 2000, before warning that the British media’s obsession with scandal ‘paradoxically, may be beginning to endanger it [democracy]‘.” Read more . . . From Deliberations: “A Story ... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4405833 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 04:01:14 +0100 4405833 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4399769&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F01%2F25%2Fa-spicy-interview-with-prof-bharat-aggarwal%2F Spent yesterday evening playing cards with my girlfriends…lots of fun, but…barely had five hours’ sleep…went to work as usual today…am exhausted now…zzzz… But I just finished reading a “Globe and Mail” interview with Prof. Aggarwal on the healthful effects of spices: http://goo.gl/fhWO9 Had to share. Fascinating, as usual. Enjoy! (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4399769 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:36:11 +0100 4399769 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4394694&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F01%2F24%2Fimportant-update-on-the-mri-contrast-agent-gadolinium%2F Do you remember my post on gadolinium? If not, here it is: http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2009/12/13/the-gadolinium-used-in-mris-makes-myeloma-cells-proliferate/ (there is also a corresponding Page, which you can find by scrolling down my Page section on the right). Well, today, thanks to a blog reader (see previous post, comment # 5), we have an interesting gadolinium update: http://goo.gl/nKdMz Like the ASH 2009 study discussed in [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4394694 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:41:52 +0100 4394694 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4377744&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F01%2F20%2Frandom-stuff%2F Yesterday I finally finished editing the technical translations (concerning the inner workings of leather-processing machinery…ah, you have no idea…zzz!) that I had been working on for days, now. A bigger job than I had anticipated, but, phew, it’s done. I had no time to do any blogging, though, uff. But today I am baaack! And [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4377744 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:25:24 +0100 4377744 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4361280&cid=t_99666_140_f&fid=35772&url=http%3A%2F%2Fshutah.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F01%2F18%2Feffects-of-paroxetine-on-human-sleep%2F Well well well … this is something I didn’t know about Seroxat, and it explains quite a lot for me personally!!!! Short report from Br. J. clin. Pharmac. (1986), 22, 97-99 Tagged: Paxil, Seroxat, Sleep, SSRIs (Source: SEROXAT WEBLOG) SEROXAT WEBLOG blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4361280 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:14:57 +0100 4361280 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4361254&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F01%2F17%2Fyouve-got-opposable-thumbs%2F Well, I thought I had finished last week’s translations, but no, I had to edit them a bit more today. And now, to be honest, I am slightly too tired to post about an interesting study that I read this morning during a break. Soon, soon, though… In the meantime, I hope you will enjoy this photo of [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4361254 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:45:58 +0100 4361254 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4349658&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F01%2F14%2Frotflol%2F My cousin (thanks!) sent me the link to a video that made me laugh out loud…I mean, REALLY LAUGH OUT LOUD! This is definitely one of THE funniest, and at the same time most adorable, videos I have ever watched on YouTube: http://goo.gl/3PNPz (And hey, I am not even a dog person…) Enjoy!!! (I have finished my translations…so [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4349658 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:25:36 +0100 4349658 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4343291&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F01%2F13%2Frenewing-my-healthcare-exemption%2F I had to take a break from translating this morning in order to find out what documents I needed, if any, to renew what in Italian is called an esenzione, that is, an exemption from paying a small fee, called ticket (no really, that is what it is called; it is pronounced “teekit”) for tests, hospital [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4343291 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:02:07 +0100 4343291 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4338213&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F01%2F11%2Fthe-mad-translator%2F You make plans, then something happens, and all your plans go out the window. That is what happened to me this morning, when I received not one, not two, but THREE (!) translations–two of which are extrrremely technical–that I must finish by the end of this week. Gulp!!! This means that I probably will not be publishing any [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4338213 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:17:24 +0100 4338213 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4327045&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F01%2F09%2Fas-easy-as-a-walk-in-the-woods%2F This is most definitely my kind of treatment…See: http://goo.gl/OTN0E  I won’t reveal any details…I certainly don’t want to spoil the reading of this BBC article for you!…but doing THIS (i.e., what it says in the article) might help us live longer, healthier lives… (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4327045 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 13:59:17 +0100 4327045 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4322659&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F01%2F07%2Fnew-fracture-glue%2F My cousin (thanks!) sent me the link to a very interesting article concerning a new invention, a sort of gluey substance that, if all goes well (tests, etc.), one day may be able to mend fractures quickly and, even more importantly, without the need for surgery, nails or pins. This goo, invented by a team led by two Italian researchers, [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4322659 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:35:33 +0100 4322659 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4318354&cid=t_99666_97_f&fid=35606&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theangriestpharmacist.com%2F2011%2F01%2F06%2Fwheres-he-at%2F Here's where you can find me. Post a comment if there's any other of these social networking sites or services that I should look in to. I want to be as connected as possible... http://www.twitter.com/TAestP -- Official TWITTER of myself and the website. If you are not already following me, YOU SHOULD BE.  Thoughts and jokes are submitted almost hourly. Once I get home and get to drinking, updates become much more liberal. For instance, I submitted 9 updates tonight insulting all aspects of Toddlers and Tiaras...:-) http://www.cafepress.com/TheAngriestPharmacist -- New kid on the block. In the past, I created funny, witty, and/or pithy t-shirts on another side. This allows me to do the same thing on a massive level. Instead of creating, for instance, a plain-old man's t-shirt, yellow orga... The Angriest Pharmacist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4318354 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 08:09:15 +0100 4318354 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4314190&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F01%2F05%2Fa-phase-ii-study-of-the-efficacy-of-curcumin-for-reducing-symptoms-during-maintenance-therapy-in-mm-patients%2F I read a Google Alert early this morning that made me think I was still asleep and dreaming… In June 2011, a randomized, double-blind efficacy study is set to begin at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Research Center in Houston, Texas. Completion date: June 2014. Chief investigator: Robert Orlowski, MD, Ph.D. Excerpt: The goal of this clinical research [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4314190 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 10:54:13 +0100 4314190 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4309819&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F01%2F04%2Frisk-factors-for-progression-from-mgussmm-to-full-blown-myeloma%25e2%2580%25a6mayo-clinic-2010-guidelines%2F I have written so much about risk factors for MGUS and SMM progression to active MM that sometimes I forget if I have posted about such and such a study/article/whatever. I always do a search of my own blog before addressing what is clearly a familiar topic…but I still cannot be 100% sure. This is one of [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4309819 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 11:57:20 +0100 4309819 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4305064&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2011%2F01%2F03%2Fstarting-the-new-year-with-a-belly-laugh%2F The highlight of our entire holiday was most definitely when one of my best friends from my University of Florence period came to stay with us with his wife and daughter. We spent the first day of 2011 together, which was purrrfect, since, according to an Italian saying, what you do on the first day [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4305064 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:05:50 +0100 4305064 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4302261&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2010%2F12%2F31%2Fwishing-everyone-a-very-happy-healthful-new-year%2F See: http://www.thenoses.com/  Buon Anno a tutti! Happy New Year! (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4302261 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:23:59 +0100 4302261 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4298765&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2010%2F12%2F29%2Fdiagnosis-stress-and-a-sleepy-spudgy%2F Busy busy today. But I did want to publish the link to an interesting Science Daily article discussing a new study about diagnosis uncertainty…Yes, a new study shows that it is more stressful, or perhaps as stressful, NOT to know what is (possibly) wrong with you than to know that you have a serious somethingorother. It is definitely worth [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4298765 Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:20:54 +0100 4298765 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4294934&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2010%2F12%2F27%2Fleukemic-cells-can-be-reversed-to-their-pre-leukemic-stage%2F Sometimes I get really excited by the stuff I read. Today is one of those days…even though I have been concentrating on housecleaning, since friends of mine are spending the weekend with us, and I would really like the house to be clean and tidy for them (sigh…I really wish I had a magic wand…ah, don’t we all? [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4294934 Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:02:26 +0100 4294934 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4294935&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2010%2F12%2F26%2Fnew-chemo-delivery-methods-lost-washing-machines-and-vain-cats%2F I just can’t concentrate on any research these days, although I did come across a few interesting Science Daily articles, such as this one, which discusses a new delivery method that might make chemo drugs more effective and less harmful to healthy cells: http://goo.gl/deZ9x. Gold-coated liposomes, eh? Well, it’s the holidays, after all…so I am getting some rest, playing with the cats, enjoying my time with [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4294935 Sun, 26 Dec 2010 17:58:57 +0100 4294935 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4288637&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2010%2F12%2F25%2Fpeace-joy-and-health%2F Merry Xmas to all my blog readers! Buon Natale a tutti! I took this fuzzy photo of Priscilla and Pinga touching noses a few hours ago… And Santa brought the kitties a new scratching post…   (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4288637 Sat, 25 Dec 2010 10:50:25 +0100 4288637 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4285321&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2010%2F12%2F23%2Fplacebo-effect%2F Thanks to a Facebook friend, this morning I read a fascinating article, which I highly recommend (Xmas reading!), about the placebo effect: http://goo.gl/fDnEN  If you don’t have the time to read the article right now, here is a brief MSNBC report on the same topic: http://goo.gl/HsK1D  Who’d have thought…? (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4285321 Thu, 23 Dec 2010 15:40:27 +0100 4285321 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4281501&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2010%2F12%2F22%2Fthose-unexpected-moments-of-happiness%25e2%2580%25a6%2F Yesterday was my last day at work before the Xmas/New Year break. Before my morning classes began, all my students filed into the classroom and lined up in front of the window, facing me. For a moment, it looked as though they were going to start singing a Xmas carol in English…    But no, they just all [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4281501 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:04:08 +0100 4281501 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4272497&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2010%2F12%2F20%2Fa-bed-full-of-cats%2F I don’t get easily embarrassed anymore. When I was a kid, though, I used to be shy, terribly shy…the shyest kid on the block! Anything and everything made me blush. But my shyness vanished overnight…once I began teaching. I was a first-year Ph.D. student then… My first teaching job was teaching intermediate Italian to second-year university students at [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4272497 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:24:13 +0100 4272497 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4272498&cid=t_99666_136_f&fid=36168&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmargaret.healthblogs.org%2F2010%2F12%2F19%2Fheaviest-snowfall-in-florence-in-the-last-50-years%2F Stefano did make it home after all on Friday night, the night of the heaviest snowfall on record (in Florence) in the last 50 years. First, though, he went out for dinner near his office together with a group of stranded colleagues. He managed to snag a hotel room, but by the time he’d finished dinner, he noticed that [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner) Margaret's Corner blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4272498 Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:24:36 +0100 4272498