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 'book;'. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:54:57 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3767296&cid=t_350725_137_f&fid=39091&url=http%3A%2F%2Falzheimmers.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fbook-signing-florida.html The book signing in June in Florida went well. I did a talk about Alzheimer's and the book and my perspectives as a caregiver at age 17 to my mother as well as a couple readings. There were some wonderful questions, and I have to say the issues and struggles people are dealing with for their loved ones have not changed in 30 years, since I went through it.I want to thank the staff at Lake City, Orlando, and Ft. Lauderdale public libraries for hosting these events. They were gracious hosts, the presentations free of charge and were just for anyone interested in AD. Most people as you know are not interested in hearing about the disease till it touches them.People are looking for answers, validation, reassurance, and new meaningful information. Very caring family members, good folks, regular... Caregiver Survival: I Hate Alzheimers blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3767296 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:52:00 +0100 3767296 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3764185&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F07%2F18%2Fare-you-spiritual-or-psychotic%2F In his bestselling book, “Strong at the Broken Places,” Richard Cohen profiles, among five persons living with chronic illness, mental health advocate Larry Fricks. He writes: Larry had been to hell and back and now his spirit soared. “Religion is for people who fear hell,” Larry told me. “Spirituality is for those who have been there.” Life to Larry is not about a church but belief in the human spirit. “Richard, that spirit is why I get up each day.” For him, doctors did not understand this dimension. “Psychiatry tried to beat it out of me, to convince me this was just a symptom of my disease, a psychiatric disorder” “And that was not the whole story?” “No. Even in sickness, I see a spiritual realm that to me is... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3764185 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:09:59 +0100 3764185 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3762903&cid=t_350725_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwill-science-succeed-with-an-anti-aging-revolution%2F2010.07.17 Wouldn’t it be great if we could find a way to prolong our lives and to keep us healthy right up to the end? Ponce de León never found that Fountain of Youth, but science is still looking. What are the chances science will succeed? How’s it doing so far? In his new book The Youth Pill: Scientists at the Brink of an Anti-Aging Revolution, David Stipp tries to answer those questions. From the title of the book, I expected hype about resveratrol or some other miracle pill, but instead it is a nuanced, levelheaded, entertaining, informative account of the history and current state of longevity research. It makes that research come alive by telling stories about the people involved, the failures and setbacks, and the agonizingly slow process of teasing out the truth with a series of experi... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3762903 Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:00:59 +0100 3762903 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3761564&cid=t_350725_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FBiEKKRjNCfQ%2F With all the many crappy books being published that are based on blogs and Twitter accounts, it seems like any subject – however moronic – is fair game. And after we saw this clip about Glamourpuss: The Enchanting World of Kitty Wigs, we knew it was time to think of a dumb idea for a book and make it happen. This photographer seems to get that the book is ridiculous, but she seems suspiciously into the feline photo shoots. So: Convenience Stores of West Virginia? Bathroom toothbrush vs. travel toothbrush? Pitch us your stupidest coffee table book idea in the comments section, below. View more news videos at: http://www.nbcdfw.com/video. via The Frisky Post from: BlissTree If You Have a Dumb Idea for Book, Go for It (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3761564 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:47:34 +0100 3761564 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3761399&cid=t_350725_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fif-you-have-a-dumb-idea-for-book-go-for-it%2F With all the many crappy books being published that are based on blogs and Twitter accounts, it seems like any subject – however moronic – is fair game. And after we saw this clip about Glamourpuss: The Enchanting World of Kitty Wigs, we knew it was time to think of a dumb idea for a book and make it happen. This photographer seems to get that the book is ridiculous, but she seems suspiciously into the feline photo shoots. So: Convenience Stores of West Virginia? Bathroom toothbrush vs. travel toothbrush? Pitch us your stupidest coffee table book idea in the comments section, below. View more news videos at: http://www.nbcdfw.com/video. via The Frisky Post from: BlissTree If You Have a Dumb Idea for Book, Go for It (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3761399 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:47:34 +0100 3761399 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3761495&cid=t_350725_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fembryo-transfer-graphic-guide.html Open publication - Free publishing - More infertility (Source: The Patient's Doctor) The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3761495 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:26:00 +0100 3761495 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3753940&cid=t_350725_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iqscorner.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fnew-book-on-intelligence-by-earl-hunt.html I just learned of an exciting new book on intelligence by a giant in the field, Earl Hunt.  The book Human Intelligence will be available this November from Cambridge University Press.I look forward to reviewing the contents when I can secure a copy.  I have added the book to IQs Corner Book StoreTechnorati Tags: Psychology, school psychology, developmental psychology, educational psychology, forensic psychology, neuropsychology, special education, intelligence, cognitive abilities, cognition, intelligence theories, CHC theory, Cattell-Horn-Carroll, factor analysis, IQs Corner, IQ, IQ tests, IQ scores, Earl Hunt, human intelligence (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner)) Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3753940 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:24:00 +0100 3753940 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3737057&cid=t_350725_101_f&fid=34592&url=http%3A%2F%2Frandomreality.blogware.com%2Fblog%2F_archives%2F2010%2F7%2F8%2F4573324.html Di you know that both my books are still available in shops and on Amazon? Blood, Sweat and Tea More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea. But did you also know you can download them for free for pretty much every platform under the sun. (And here for the sequel) They are also now on the Apple iBook store, also for free, so if you have an iPhone or iPad you can read them on that platform as well. (And it has been downloaded quite a lot from there - a few more and I might make the top twenty free downloads chart). For some reason you can't like directly to an iBook store page. Which is a bit daft - do try and fix that Apple. And finally - 'Blood, Sweat and Tea' is now available as an audiobook. Huzzah! iTunes link Amazon link to CDs. ----- Feel free to download the free editions, and th... Random Acts Of Reality blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3737057 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:44:00 +0100 3737057 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3729926&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F07%2F06%2Fbad-research-a-comparison-of-ipad-kindle-and-book-reading-speeds%2F We love a usability study as much as the next person. But we love well-designed, elegant studies that rightfully point out their own limitations and are printed in peer-reviewed journals most of all. We have less love for studies that act as propaganda, or researchers who draw conclusions not supported by their own data. Bad research can be found anywhere — even by consultants who make their living from doing research on usability. Well-meaning folks like Jakob Nielsen for one. Recently he released a study on his website on the usability of the Kindle, the iPad, a PC and a book for reading a piece of short fiction. After noting there was no statistical difference between reading on the Kindle or iPad, and then noting that the data did not reach statistical significance for the iPad v... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3729926 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:45:48 +0100 3729926 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3721710&cid=t_350725_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fessayist-christopher-hitchens-reveals-esophageal-cancer%2F Essayist Christopher Hitchens has announced he is cutting short his book tour promoting his latest work Hitch-22 to begin chemotherapy for esophageal cancer. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3721710 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:59:13 +0100 3721710 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3710623&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F06%2F29%2Fthe-situational-effects-of-inequality%2F Here is an intriguing (40-minute) interview with Richard Wilkinson co-author of the book The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger and co-founder of The Equality Trust. * * * * * * For a sample of related Stiuationist posts, see “The Situational Consequences of Poverty on Brains,” For a sample of related Situationist posts, see “Inequality and the Unequal Situation of Mental and Physical Health,” “The Interior Situation of Intergenerational Poverty,” “Rich Brains, Poor Brains?,” “Jeffrey Sachs on the Situation of Global Poverty,” “The Situation of Financial Risk-Taking,” “The Situation of Standardized Test Scores,” “The Toll of Discrimination on Black Women,” “The Physical Pains of Discrimination,” “The D... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3710623 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:16:48 +0100 3710623 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3701674&cid=t_350725_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Ffor-moms-and-moms-to-be-with-diabetes%2F2010.06.26 For anyone who has been reading my blog since my engagement three years ago, you know that motherhood has been on my radar for a long time. Longer than marriage. That quest for a decent A1C, that desire for a “normal” pregnancy, and that hope for a happy and healthy baby. Part of the reason I wanted to write about my pregnancy here on SUM is because there wasn’t a lot of information out there about pre-existing diabetes and pregnancy. There was a LOT of information on gestational diabetes (obviously), and type 2 diabetes got some good press, but type 1 diabetes was sort of swept under the rug. Thankfully, there were a few diabetes bloggers who had chronicled their journeys, and I wanted to add my voice to that hopeful chorus.    But also thankfully, Cheryl Alkon had... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3701674 Sat, 26 Jun 2010 18:00:49 +0100 3701674 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3699495&cid=t_350725_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhow-doctors-think-vs-how-patients-think%2F2010.06.25 If you want to see the difference between how doctors and patients think, read Jerome Groopman’s “How Doctors Think” and Thomas Goetz’s “The Decision Tree.” The contrast is striking. “How Doctors Think,” while offering a comprehensive review of the cognitive missteps made by physicians, is terminally physician-centric in its analysis of the relationship we share with patients. ”The Decision Tree,” while offering a novel blueprint for self-reliance in health, seems almost sheepish in its recognition that physicians are even really that important. The muted physician cameos of “The Decision Tree” stand in stark contrast to Groopman’s Harvard-trained masters of the universe. (more…) *This blog post was originall... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3699495 Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:21:16 +0100 3699495 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3699208&cid=t_350725_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FVirologyBlog%2F%7E3%2FVwcRPXtnjjQ%2F On TWiV 87 a listener asked us to recommend suitable books for children about microbiology. I have since asked for suggestions on Twitter and Facebook, and have begun to compile the following list. The Invisible ABC’s by Rodney P. Anderson The Magic School Bus #6: The Giant Germ by Anne Capeci A World in a Drop of Water by Alvin and Virginia Silverstein The Usborne Complete Book of the Microscope by Kirsteen Rogers Jig, Jiggle, Sneeze by Joy Vitalis Germs Make Me Sick! by Melvin Berger If you know of good microbiology books for children (ages 5-teen) please add them to the comments section, or email them to virology@virology.ws and I’ll add them to this list. (Source: virology blog) virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3699208 Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:39:03 +0100 3699208 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3695608&cid=t_350725_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FLdWJpBLdDWM%2Fhere_be_dragons.php tags: evolution, biogeography, phylogeography, animals, Here Be Dragons, How the Study of Animal and Plant Distributions Revolutionized Our Views of Life and Earth, Dennis McCarthy, book review I'm happy: another book review of mine was just published, this time, by Science magazine. This book, Here Be Dragons: How the Study of Animal and Plant Distributions Revolutionized Our Views of Life and Earth (Oxford University Press: Oxford; 2009), is by Dennis McCarthy, a researcher at the Buffalo Museum of Science in Buffalo, New York. In short, I liked the book and I thought it was generally well-written, but it could easily have been twice as long and provided more depth and nuance to the points the author was discussing. You can access the review on the Science site or you can ask me for a c... Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3695608 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:59:12 +0100 3695608 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3691044&cid=t_350725_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FtPtAOv6h_n8%2Fexcerpt-balancing-pregnancy-with-pre-existing-diabetes.php This is an excerpt from Balancing Pregnancy With Pre-Existing Diabetes: Healthy Mom, Healthy Baby by Cheryl Alkon. You can also read our review.IntroductionYou Can Definitely Do This—And Do It WellSo you want to have a kid but you already have a nagging, never-ending, highly demanding thing in your life: your diabetes. Like a child, diabetes requires constant maintenance and vigilance to make sure everything’s running as smoothly as possible. Unlike a child, though, diabetes never really takes a nap or hangs out with the babysitter to give you a moment’s peace.But don’t let that stop you.Search medical journals or go online and Google “diabetes and pregnancy,” and what you’ll find will likely freak you out. Uncontrolled blood sugars can lead to complications. Early inductions. Prema... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3691044 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:49:35 +0100 3691044 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3691046&cid=t_350725_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2F9YrBJC46atU%2Freview-balancing-pregnancy-with-pre-existing-diabetes-healthy-mom-healthy-baby.php For a pregnant woman who has pre-existing diabetes, there isn't much but horror stories floating around the internet and a small (if any) section in a typical pregnancy book.  It's a scary time for anybody, but factor in a chronic disease like diabetes and your fear level can go through the roof.  I scoured the web when I was pregnant in search of any tidbit of information on a healthy pregnancy with type 1 diabetes. The results scared me more than having no information at all. When Cheryl Alkon first announced to the diabetes community that she was writing a book on pregnancy with pre-existing diabetes, I was ecstatic.  I had just given birth to a healthy baby girl.  During my early postpartum period, I shared with Cheryl what it was like for me to be pregnant with typ... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3691046 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 03:42:49 +0100 3691046 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3695196&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2Ffiles%2Fborrelia-book-review.html%23unique-entry-id-109 I am pleased to provide the following excerpt from a book review of Borrelia: Molecular Biology, Host Interaction and Pathogenesis:"This book has 18 chapters and it will cover everything you need to know about these Spirochetes from behaviour in the field to sequencing in a molecular laboratory. Each chapter seems to be written by expert in their Borrelia field and bring updated information about the state-of-art for research of simply general knowledge for this pathogen ... would definitely interest researchers and some teachers seeking research-led examples for their lectures ... this book is a fantastic source of information for scientists working on vector-borne diseases and interested in epidemiology, evolution, genomics ... I truly enjoyed reading this book and would recommend it." f... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3695196 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3695196 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3695195&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2Ffiles%2Fabc-transporter-book-review.html%23unique-entry-id-110 I am pleased to provide the following excerpt from a book review of ABC Transporters in Microorganisms:"of practical use to any scientist working on active transport systems whether in bacteria, parasites, or human cells. It is written in a fashion that allows readers to focus on specific topics and shows comparisons between systems. All the authors are from different disciplines but have contributed their knowledge to a cohesive book ... The book contains some excellent figures of the folding patterns of the proteins and the dynamics of how they change to import or export specific substrates ... well-organized and well-written book ... should be considered an essential reference for laboratories working in this area." from Rebecca T. Horvat (University of Kansas Medical Center, USA) writi... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3695195 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3695195 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3686824&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2Ffiles%2Fborrelia-book-review.html%23unique-entry-id-109 I am pleased to provide the following excerpt from a book review of Borrelia: Molecular Biology, Host Interaction and Pathogenesis:"This book has 18 chapters and it will cover everything you need to know about these Spirochetes from behaviour in the field to sequencing in a molecular laboratory. Each chapter seems to be written by expert in their Borrelia field and bring updated information about the state-of-art for research of simply general knowledge for this pathogen ... would definitely interest researchers and some teachers seeking research-led examples for their lectures ... this book is a fantastic source of information for scientists working on vector-borne diseases and interested in epidemiology, evolution, genomics ... I truly enjoyed reading this book and would recommend it." f... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3686824 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3686824 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3686823&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2Ffiles%2Fabc-transporter-book-review.html%23unique-entry-id-110 I am pleased to provide the following excerpt from a book review of ABC Transporters in Microorganisms:"of practical use to any scientist working on active transport systems whether in bacteria, parasites, or human cells. It is written in a fashion that allows readers to focus on specific topics and shows comparisons between systems. All the authors are from different disciplines but have contributed their knowledge to a cohesive book ... The book contains some excellent figures of the folding patterns of the proteins and the dynamics of how they change to import or export specific substrates ... well-organized and well-written book ... should be considered an essential reference for laboratories working in this area." from Rebecca T. Horvat (University of Kansas Medical Center, USA) writi... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3686823 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3686823 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3683656&cid=t_350725_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FnpAQ2jP2rSA%2Flift.php tags: book review, Lift, animal training, peregrine falcon, falconry, hawking, memoir, creative nonfiction, Rebecca K. O'Connor It's rare indeed when I read a bird book by a previously-published author whom I've never heard of before, but a few months ago, I was contacted by a published writer who was unknown to me, asking if I wanted to read her story about what it's like to be a woman falconer. Of course! eagerly replied this wannabe falconer. After a few postal mix-ups and delays, the book finally arrived at my door in Germany. This slim paperback, Lift (Los Angeles: Red Hen Press; 2009), is an appropriately named gem of a memoir by Rebecca O'Connor. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3683656 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:59:11 +0100 3683656 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3683702&cid=t_350725_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fall-about-ivf-part-1.html Open publication - Free publishing - More infertility (Source: The Patient's Doctor) The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3683702 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:14:00 +0100 3683702 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3662960&cid=t_350725_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Falcoholics-anonymous-is-a-haven-of-hope-and-peace-2%2F Twice-Gifted My physical being has certainly undergone a transformation, but the major transformation has been spiritual. The hopelessness has been replaced by abundant hope and sincere faith. The people of Alcoholics Anonymous have provided a haven where, if I remain aware and keep my mind quiet long enough, my Higher Power leads me to amazing realizations. I find joy in my daily life, in being of service, in simply being. I have found rooms full of wonderful people, and for me each and every one of the Big Book’s promises have come true. The things that I have learned from my own experience, from the Big Book, and from my friends in AA – patience, acceptance, honesty, humility, and true faith in a Power greater than myself – are the tools I use today to live my life, th... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3662960 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:24:27 +0100 3662960 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3652539&cid=t_350725_125_f&fid=34820&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dentalblogs.com%2Farchives%2Fadministrator%2Fcase-studies-on-pulpdent%2F WATERTOWN, MA:  June 10, 2010— The Pulpdent website now includes case studies from Save That Tooth, the popular book by Pulpdent founder Dr. Harold Berk. The excerpts describe evidence-based, research-supported techniques for treating the vital pulp and the pulpless tooth. Case studies on the site include “Congenital Defect, Youngest Pulpotomy Case Ever Reported” (Baby Gilbert), “Traumatic Injury” (Johnny the Newspaper Boy), and “Ectopic Eruption of a Dilacerated Central Incisor” (Kirk). The online content can be accessed at www.pulpdent.com. Harold Berk practiced dentistry for almost 65 years and taught on the faculty of Tufts University School of Dental Medicine from 1946 to 2005. Save That Tooth contains his clinical memoirs and chronicles the original research in vital p... dental blog for dentists about dentistry blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3652539 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:32:22 +0100 3652539 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3648768&cid=t_350725_137_f&fid=39091&url=http%3A%2F%2Falzheimmers.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fpending-book-tour-and-other-musings.html Book tour in Florida next week. I will be  doing a reading and signing and talking about the book and all about AD next week. It's weird but I was trying to figure out which sample pages of the book I would read for the book signing. I read a part about some mean laughing on-lookers at my mother's inappropriate social behavior, when I took her to a restaurant when I was seventeen, that one seemed okay. I guess it covers some of those universal concepts of Alzheimer's family members, the ignorance of the fellow human being manifesting as mean-spiritedness- but then I read one about a patient I had, whose wife had AD. It was quite a few years ago, I actually got choked up reading it. I have had thousands of scenarios like that. You don't get to get choked up as a doctor-ever, ... Caregiver Survival: I Hate Alzheimers blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3648768 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 05:10:00 +0100 3648768 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3644820&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=34730&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fits-done.html The draft of the book, along with it's Table of Contents and The Suggested Reading (which you helped with!) is now officially done and off to the copy editor. Miraculously, we didn't kill each other, but there were moments....How long did it take? Who knows any more, at least two years. Roy wrote (finally). Lots of forensic psychiatry. Lots of psychiatry psychiatry. It's done. And we're actually still friends.Look forShrink Rap: Three Psychiatrists Explain Their WorkSpring of 2011, Johns Hopkins University Press.Whew....----- Listen to our latest podcast at mythreeshrinks.com or subscribe to our rss feed. Email us at mythreeshrinks at gmail. (Source: Shrink Rap) Shrink Rap blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3644820 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:46:00 +0100 3644820 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3641057&cid=t_350725_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FpdnVAu1Y9cU%2Fnatural_harvest_a_collection_o.php tags: Natural Harvest: A Collection of Semen-Based Recipes, cookbooks, food, humor, weird, strange, wow, books I thought I'd read or heard of absolutely everything, but apparently, this is not the case. It turns out that the spousal unit found a cookbook that he thinks is "hilarious" .. which means that he has to share it with me, too. Being a bibliophile, I always appreciate learning about new titles on the market, but this book surely is the strangest ever! Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3641057 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:37:25 +0100 3641057 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3683883&cid=t_350725_151_f&fid=36896&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSuboxoneTalkZone%2F%7E3%2FdGzB5qPMGqo%2F Some of you may be up on ‘affiliate marketing’.. for those who aren’t, there are many variations on the idea out there. I now have it set up for my e-book and audio recordings and a few people are already taking advantage of it. The basic idea is that an ‘affiliate’ gets a percentage– 30% in this case– of sales of the products. Since my e-book goes for about ten bucks, the affiliate share is little over three dollars. Other products sell for $10 – $20. It costs nothing to be an affiliate, and once you are set up there is no action required on the affiliate’s part except receiving money in a PayPal account. To set it up, follow instructions at this page.  There are a number of affiliate sites out there; my particular program uses E-Junk... Suboxone Talk Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3683883 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:14:34 +0100 3683883 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3636029&cid=t_350725_151_f&fid=36896&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSuboxoneTalkZone%2F%7E3%2FTqg1o-FC_9I%2F Some of you may be up on ‘affiliate marketing’.. for those who aren’t, there are many variations on the idea out there. I now have it set up for my e-book and audio recordings and a few people are already taking advantage of it. The basic idea is that an ‘affiliate’ gets a percentage– 30% in this case– of sales of the products. Since my e-book goes for about ten bucks, the affiliate share is little over three dollars. Other products sell for $10 – $20. It costs nothing to be an affiliate, and once you are set up there is no action required on the affiliate’s part except receiving money in a PayPal account. To set it up, follow instructions at this page.  There are a number of affiliate sites out there; my particular program uses E-Junk... Suboxone Talk Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3636029 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:14:34 +0100 3636029 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3640580&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2Ffiles%2Fprotozoa-book-review.html%23unique-entry-id-79 I am pleased to provide the following excerpt from a book review of Anaerobic Parasitic Protozoa: Genomics and Molecular Biology:"beautifully produced and attractively packaged hardbound book of authoritative edited reviews ... very well written and edited and so is easy to read even for non-specialists." from Kevin M. Tyler (University East Anglia, Norwich) writing in Parasites and Vectors (2010) 3: 45 read more ...Anaerobic Parasitic Protozoa: Genomics and Molecular BiologyEdited by: C. Graham Clark, Patricia J. Johnson and Rodney D. AdamISBN: 978-1-904455-61-5Publisher: Caister Academic PressPublication Date: March 2010Cover: hardback"very well written" (Parasites and Vectors) (Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists.) Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3640580 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3640580 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3640579&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2Ffiles%2Fflagella-book-review.html%23unique-entry-id-80 I am pleased to provide the following excerpt from a book review of Pili and Flagella: Current Research and Future Trends:"The Editor has sought chapters for this excellent book from leaders in their respective fields, and he brings together functionality of flagella and pili, as well as their evolution and in the case of flagella, their application as heterologous expression systems. I cannot think of another book that is such a \'one-stop shop\' for such topics gathered together ... the authors write with enthusiasm and authority ... a great purchase for an institutional library or large bacterial research lab." from Elizabeth Sockett (University of Nottingham, UK) writing in Microbiology Today read more ...Pili and Flagella: Current Research and Future TrendsEdited by: Ken JarrellISBN: ... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3640579 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3640579 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3640578&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2Ffiles%2Ff19996515a0eb4b38b92fbb210342ffb-81.html%23unique-entry-id-81 I am pleased to provide the following excerpt from a book review of Frontiers in Dengue Virus Research:"The book presents the reader with a complete account of Dengue fever in a generally well-organized and informative, yet highly accessible manner ... this is a thorough and up-to-date account of dengue history, progression and current research. In addition to being an accessible source for those new to the field, this book will surely be a valuable point of reference for those who are fully immersed in it." from David Sharpley (University of Liverpool, UK) writing in Microbiology Today read more ...Frontiers in Dengue Virus ResearchEdited by: Kathryn A. Hanley and Scott C. Weaver ISBN: 978-1-904455-50-9Publisher: Caister Academic PressPublication Date: January 2010 Available now!Cover: ha... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3640578 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3640578 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3640577&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2Ffiles%2Faspergillus-book-review.html%23unique-entry-id-82 I am pleased to provide the following excerpt from a book review of Aspergillus: Molecular Biology and Genomics:"a readable but authoritive overview of current knowledge and approaches ... Its approach is firmly post-genomic, emphasizing the new insights that can be gained ... This book will be a good institutional purchase to support advanced teaching but also for personal or laboratory purchase for researchers within industry." from Meriel G. Jones (University of Liverpool, UK) writing in Microbiology Today read more ...Aspergillus: Molecular Biology and GenomicsEdited by: Masayuki Machida and Katsuya Gomi ISBN: 978-1-904455-53-0Publisher: Caister Academic PressPublication Date: January 2010Cover: hardback"authoritive overview" (Microbiology Today) (Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog ... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3640577 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3640577 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3640576&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2Ffiles%2Fneisseria-book-review.html%23unique-entry-id-83 I am pleased to provide the following excerpt from a book review of Neisseria: Molecular Mechanisms of Pathogenesis:"focuses effectively on (the) molecular approach to neisserial pathogenicity ... authoritative reviews of gene regulation, anaerobic survival, genome plasticity, epidemiology, vaccine development and the development of antibiotic resistance ... well-referenced" from Jeff Cole (University of Birmingham, UK) writing in Microbiology Today read more ...Neisseria: Molecular Mechanisms of PathogenesisEdited by: Caroline Genco and Lee WetzlerISBN: 978-1-904455-51-6Publisher: Caister Academic PressPublication Date: January 2010Cover: hardback"authoritative reviews" (Microbiology Today) (Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists.) Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3640576 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3640576 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3640575&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2Ffiles%2Frnai-book-review.html%23unique-entry-id-84 I am pleased to provide the following excerpt from a book review of RNA Interference and Viruses: Current Innovations and Future Trends:"This book provides a comprehensive review of the interface between RNA interference and viruses. It lives up to its title by being commendably up-to-date for a multi-author compilation of this type ... excellent and engaging" from Laurence Tiley (University of Cambridge, UK) writing in Microbiology Today read more ...RNA Interference and Viruses: Current Innovations and Future TrendsEdited by: Miguel Angel MartínezISBN: 978-1-904455-56-1Publisher: Caister Academic PressPublication Date: February 2010Cover: hardback"a comprehensive review" (Microbiology Today) (Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists.) Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3640575 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3640575 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3640574&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2Ffiles%2Flentivirus-book-review.html%23unique-entry-id-85 I am pleased to provide the following excerpt from a book review of Lentiviruses and Macrophages: Molecular and Cellular Interactions:"excellent and comprehensive ... the reference lists of virtually all chapters are remarkably up-to-date ... this volume is highly recommended to virologists, molecular biologists, immunologists, epidemiologists and infectious disease physicians." from Ulrich Desselberger (Cambridge, UK) writing in Microbiology Today read more ...Lentiviruses and Macrophages: Molecular and Cellular InteractionsEdited by: Moira DesportISBN: 978-1-904455-60-8Publisher: Caister Academic PressPublication Date: March 2010Cover: hardback"highly recommended" (Microbiology Today) (Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists.) Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3640574 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3640574 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3640573&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2Ffiles%2Fmicrobial-toxins-book-review.html%23unique-entry-id-86 I am pleased to provide the following excerpt from a book review of Microbial Toxins: Current Research and Future Trends:"the book serves well the molecular microbiologist ... not only well-documented but timely and inspiring" from Robert D. Johnson (St. George's University, NJ, USA) writing in Inoculum (2010) 61: 21-22 read more ...Microbial Toxins: Current Research and Future TrendsEdited by: ISBN: 978-1-904455-44-8Publisher: Caister Academic PressPublication Date: May 2009 Cover: hardback"timely and inspiring" (Mycological Society) (Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists.) Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3640573 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3640573 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3633620&cid=t_350725_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F06%2F05%2Ffree-search-engine-ranking-checkers%2F These tools are used to track your site rankings in the SERPs for important keywords, tracking that information against competing sites to gauge SEO effectiveness. * Note: search rankings are not the only measure of success. 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Backlink Watch: Free tool shows details on your backlinks including anchor text SEO Book Backlink Analyzer: Free tool shows anchor text linking to your site or page SEO Book Hub Finder: Free tool identifies hub sites/pages that link tseo related resources SEO Book Link Popularity Tool: Free tool compares your link profile to leading competitors (Source: Nicola Ziady) Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3633621 Sat, 05 Jun 2010 23:43:04 +0100 3633621 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3621958&cid=t_350725_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FW3kVWKEVhPY%2F Early and current old time members of Alcoholics Anonymous read and recommended this little book. Its brilliant – I wish I had read it early in recovery myself. This little volume (the result of meditation and experience is not intended as an exhaustive treatise on the much-written-upon subject of the power of thought. It is suggestive rather than explanatory, its object being to stimulate men and women to the discovery and perception of the truth that– “They themselves are makers of themselves” by virtue of the thoughts which they choose and encourage; that mind is the master-weaver, both of the inner garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance, and that, as they may have hitherto woven in ignorance and pain they may now weave in enlightenment and happin... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3621958 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:50:01 +0100 3621958 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3617958&cid=t_350725_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iqscorner.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fbrain-injury-outcome-tests-scales-and.html Looks like a good resource for finding descriptions of measures of outcomes post brain injury.  A Compendium of Tests, Scales and Questionnaires by Robyn TateTechnorati Tags: Psychology, neuropsychology, neuroscience, brain injury, traumatic brain injury, TBI, brain injury assessment (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner)) Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3617958 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:21:00 +0100 3617958 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3617886&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=34730&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F05%2Four-readers-list-of-best-shrinky-books.html I asked for Shrinky Book recommendations, and I thought I'd compile the full list of recommendations. Thank you for your help, and here goes: Aqua said...Existential Psychotherapy, by Irvin Yalom. This book resonated so deeply with me. It has helped me get so much more out of therapy than I ever imagined possible. Rach said...Totally agree with Aqua.I'll add Kay Redfield Jamison's books.And for the totally obvious one, the DSM-IV TR.(I know it sounds counter-intuitive, but for some people, reading about what they "have" provides some semblance of relief. or comedy. or tragedy. or a combination.) Mindful said... My recommendations: Shoot the Damn Dog by Sally Brampton; Darkness Visible by William Styron; An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamieson; and Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Fr... Shrink Rap blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3617886 Mon, 31 May 2010 23:31:00 +0100 3617886 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3614520&cid=t_350725_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fnew-readings-on-combat-medicine-and-battle-zone-care%2F2010.05.31 When Americans think about wartime medicine, “MASH” reruns and the comic antics of Hot Lips Houlihan and Hawkeye Pierce are likely to come to mind. A decidedly more authentic view can be found in “Paradise General” and “The Nightingale of Mosul,” books by a real-life Army surgeon, Dr. Dave Hnida, and an Army nurse, Col. Susan Luz. Both authors served in Iraq during some of the bloodiest days of the war in 2006 and 2007. At an age when people often retire from the military, 48-year-old Dr. Hnida, a family physician in Littleton, Colo., volunteered for service, answering the Army’s call for doctors. Col. Luz was a 56-year-old Army reservist—her previous tours had included delivering babies for military families stationed in Germany and bringing humanitarian aid to South A... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3614520 Mon, 31 May 2010 12:00:58 +0100 3614520 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3611954&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F05%2F30%2Fsheena-iyengar-on-the-situation-of-choice%2F From Youtube: “Choice is a powerful tool to define ourselves and mold our lives — but what do we know about the wants, motivations, biases, and influences that aid or hinder our endeavors?” In her new book The Art of Choosing, Columbia University professor [and Situationist friend] Sheena Iyengar, a leading expert on choice, sets herself the task of helping us become better choosers. She asks fascinating questions: Is the desire for choice innate or created by culture? Why do we sometimes choose against our best interests? How much control do we really have over what we choose? Ultimately, she offers unexpected and profound answers, drawn from her award-winning, discipline-spanning research. ** * * * * * * * * For a sample of related Situationist posts, see “Sheen... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3611954 Sun, 30 May 2010 13:17:56 +0100 3611954 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3610370&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F05%2F29%2F8-ways-to-overcome-jealousy-and-envy-2%2F I know that the fastest way to despair is by comparing one’s insides with another’s outsides, and that Max Ehrmann, the author of the classic poem “Desiderata,” was absolutely correct when he said that if you compare yourself with others you become either vain or bitter. Or, as Helen Keller put it: “Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.” But Helen and Max don’t keep me from going to the land of comparisons and envy. Before long, I’m salivating over someone else’s book contract, or blog traffic numbers, or “Today Show” appearance. Then I have to pull out my ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3610370 Sat, 29 May 2010 13:18:01 +0100 3610370 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3610386&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F05%2F29%2Fthe-affective-situation-of-ethics-and-mediation%2F Ellen Waldman recenly posted her thoughtful article, “Mindfulness, Emotions, and Ethics: The Right Stuff?” (Nevada Law Journal, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2010) on SSRN.  Here’s the abstract. * * * What role do emotions play in ethical decision-making? Philosophers have long debated the question, disagreeing about both the nature of “the good” and how best to achieve it. Rationalists ground one’s capacity for virtue in logic and deliberate cognition, while moral intuitionists look to one’s capacity for feeling deeply. Immanuel Kant, for example, maintained that right conduct flowed from a sense of duty that functioned independently of emotion. Conversely, David Hume argued that all right action involved sentiment and that reason, stripped of passion, could ... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3610386 Sat, 29 May 2010 04:01:29 +0100 3610386 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3607737&cid=t_350725_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F2VEqA5ustxE%2F It’s hard to pick favorites on Apartment Therapy , but here are a few things we liked this week on the cool home design site: House to Drool Over: Alicia’s Dream Come True DIY Project: Make Your Own Book Clock Object of Desire: Repurposed Orphaned Drawers from the Hamburg Gallery The Problem-Solver: Truly Learning How To Clean Your Home House Greening: Cleaning Your Bathroom With A Grapefruit And Salt Post from: BlissTree Natural Bathroom Cleaners, Dream Homes, and Book Clocks: On The Couch With Apartment Therapy This Week (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3607737 Fri, 28 May 2010 15:47:25 +0100 3607737 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3607463&cid=t_350725_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fnatural-bathroom-cleaners-dream-homes-and-book-clocks-on-the-couch-with-apartment-therapy-this-week%2F It’s hard to pick favorites on Apartment Therapy , but here are a few things we liked this week on the cool home design site: House to Drool Over: Alicia’s Dream Come True DIY Project: Make Your Own Book Clock Object of Desire: Repurposed Orphaned Drawers from the Hamburg Gallery The Problem-Solver: Truly Learning How To Clean Your Home House Greening: Cleaning Your Bathroom With A Grapefruit And Salt Post from: BlissTree Natural Bathroom Cleaners, Dream Homes, and Book Clocks: On The Couch With Apartment Therapy This Week (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3607463 Fri, 28 May 2010 15:47:25 +0100 3607463 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3603599&cid=t_350725_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fbook-review-stroke-diaries-a-guide-for-survivors-and-their-families%2F2010.05.25 I had the distinct pleasure of reading Stroke Diaries this past week. Its author, Dr. Olajide Williams, is a dear friend and contributor to this blog. I first met Dr. Willliams (or Jide, pronounced “gee-day”) as a young neurology resident at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. I was in my third year of medical school and rotating through the neurology service. A few things struck me about Jide back then. First, he was the only resident who never got an answer wrong when put on the spot (aka “pimped”) by his superiors. I was in awe of his knowledge base — something he’d developed by disciplining himself to do additional reading long after his peers were asleep. Second, Jide was always immaculately dressed — his stylish, brightly-colored shirts and ties ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3603599 Tue, 25 May 2010 18:22:06 +0100 3603599 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3592212&cid=t_350725_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fan-eaters-guide-to-food%2F2010.05.23 Michael Pollan has become one of our most important writers about human nutrition. His book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma (2006), spelled out why the almost eight billion humans on this planet had better balance what we eat – for our own health and the health of the planet. He published a small book in 2009 (Penguin Books) called Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual. His rules are around seven words in three brief statements: “Eat Food, Not Too Much, Mostly Plants.” How simple and wise is that? These three statements make up the three parts of this small book, with lots of practical “rules.” (more…) *This blog post was originally published at eDocAmerica* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3592212 Sun, 23 May 2010 14:00:00 +0100 3592212 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3588911&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=34730&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F05%2Fwhats-your-favorite-shrinky-book.html We're going to start working on The Suggested Reading section for our book. We know what our favorite books are, but if you've read something that's been helpful, we might want to include that. Needs to be mental health related, doesn't need to be either by or for psychiatrists. We welcome your suggestions! And thanks to Alison who gave us The Noonday Demon.----- Listen to our latest podcast at mythreeshrinks.com or subscribe to our rss feed. Email us at mythreeshrinks at gmail. (Source: Shrink Rap) Shrink Rap blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3588911 Fri, 21 May 2010 15:36:00 +0100 3588911 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3585816&cid=t_350725_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F05%2F21%2Ffriday_book_recommendation.php I'm going to be off helping out with my daughter's field trip today, so it's not like there are going to be a lot of posts around here. But I did want to mention this book, "The Elements", by Theodore Gray. That's this guy, Theodore Gray of Wolfram Research and of Wooden Periodic Table fame. He's clearly a wild man for chemical elements, and good for him. Now what someone needs to do is a coffee-table book on photogenic chemical compounds - dissolving potassium permanganate, crystals of chromium (III) chloride, hunks of copper (II) sulfate. It would (as those examples suggest) be mostly inorganic chemistry, but what the hey. . . (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3585816 Fri, 21 May 2010 11:04:05 +0100 3585816 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3581607&cid=t_350725_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwhats-your-poison-science-and-medicine-vs-chemical-poisoning%2F2010.05.20 This is going to be a quick welcome to Deborah Blum (@deborahblum) who has just moved her blog, Speakeasy Science, to ScienceBlogs. Why quick? Because I am only 22 pages away from finishing her latest book, The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York. This engaging tale of the race of science and medicine against chemical poisonings for profit and punishment features the true story of NYC chief medical examiner Charles Norris and toxicologist Alexander Gettler. Of course, the other actors are arsenic, methanol, chloroform, thallium, and radium, among others. In the teens through the mid-1930s, long before benchtop atomic absorption spectrophotometry and LC/MS instruments, Norris and Gettler devised methods to detect poisons in human tissues... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3581607 Thu, 20 May 2010 14:00:49 +0100 3581607 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3573737&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=34730&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F05%2Fname-that-tune.html As you may remember (or might want to forget) we three Shrink Rappers are writing a book. Taken in bits from our blog, it's a more serious endeavor to describe what it is psychiatrists do and to explain and discuss our work. It's written for anyone who is interested in psychiatry--the lay public and students of the field, but not for psychiatrists.It feels like we've been at this forever and a day. We put the proposal together, we searched for a publisher, there was the whole approval process, and finally a contract. The contract was an eighteen month project, so our drop dead date is in late June, and we're about ready to drop dead. Final draft here, and we are so grateful to our patient families, and our reviewers. It's nothing short of a miracle that I haven't killed Roy. Really. And vi... Shrink Rap blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3573737 Tue, 18 May 2010 01:15:00 +0100 3573737 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3569918&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F05%2F17%2Fthe-situation-of-sexism%2F Shankar Vedantam, author of the outstanding book, “The Hidden Brain,” excerpted a brief section of that book for TheAge.com. Here are some excerpts from that excerpt. * * * . . . . The existence of unconscious sexism can be scientifically proved in laboratory experiments. . . . Bias is much harder to demonstrate scientifically in real life, which may be why large numbers of people do not believe that sexism and other forms of prejudice still exist. Many people think we live in a “post-racial” and “post-sexist” world where egalitarian notions are the norm. Indeed, if you go by what people report, we do live in a bias-free world, because most people report feeling no prejudice whatsoever. What would be remarkably instructive in real life would be if women ... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3569918 Mon, 17 May 2010 15:22:24 +0100 3569918 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3549366&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=34730&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F05%2Funhinged-trouble-with-psychiatry-by.html Unhinged. The Trouble with Psychiatry--A Doctor's Revelations about a Profession in Crisis by Daniel Carlat.Disclaimer: I wrote this book review while I was working on the final draft of our own book, so it's hard not to compare our book and style to those of Dr. Carlat. Ours is better (just so you know). This is not the result of a controlled study and there was no pharmaceutical agency support. It's simply my biased opinion.So, I started out poised to hate this book. Dr. Carlat is a shrink/writer who has both a blog and an e-newsletter. He has a good reputation in the medical blogosphere, at least I think that's the case. So why was I poised to hate the book? I was offered a review copy by the publisher -- an inquiry email came with hype: "Carlat exposes deeply disturbing problems plagui... Shrink Rap blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3549366 Mon, 10 May 2010 14:06:00 +0100 3549366 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3549307&cid=t_350725_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fa-decision-tree-for-personalized-medicine%2F2010.05.10 What’s amazing is that despite the vocal movement to empower patients, no one has put together a well-referenced, readable book to help patients understand how they should use personalized medicine to influence their health — until now. Enter The Decision Tree: Taking Control of Your Health in the New Era of Personalized Medicine (Rodale 2010), something of a blueprint of patient liberation written by Thomas Goetz, executive editor of Wired magazine. It offers constructive narrative not only about the importance of the decisions we make but how to apply the concept of an old-fashioned decision tree in making those decisions. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at 33 Charts* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3549307 Mon, 10 May 2010 14:00:09 +0100 3549307 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3546847&cid=t_350725_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fa-baby-to-practice-with%2F2010.05.09 Dr. Jon LaPook talks to author Lisa Grunwald and psychiatrist Bill Fisher about the history of childrearing as it relates to Grunwald’s new novel “The Irresistible Henry House.” Watch CBS News Videos Online Don’t Date This Guy!   The guy is Henry House, the title character of my friend Lisa Grunwald’s latest novel, “The Irresistible Henry House,” and in addition to the fact that he’s fictional, he’s not a good bet. Henry knows how to please women — how to talk to them, react to them, how and when to touch them.   The problem is that he is — or at any rate seems to be — utterly incapable of making a true connection with any of them.   Though pure fiction, Henry is based on pure fact: From the 1920s until the end of ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3546847 Sun, 09 May 2010 11:40:12 +0100 3546847 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3542603&cid=t_350725_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fa-baby-to-practice-with%2F2010.05.06 Dr. Jon LaPook talks to author Lisa Grunwald and psychiatrist Bill Fisher about the history of childrearing as it relates to Grunwald’s new novel “The Irresistible Henry House.” Watch CBS News Videos Online Don’t Date This Guy!   The guy is Henry House, the title character of my friend Lisa Grunwald’s latest novel, “The Irresistible Henry House,” and in addition to the fact that he’s fictional, he’s not a good bet. Henry knows how to please women — how to talk to them, react to them, how and when to touch them.   The problem is that he is — or at any rate seems to be — utterly incapable of making a true connection with any of them.   Though pure fiction, Henry is based on pure fact: From the 1920s until the end of ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3542603 Thu, 06 May 2010 22:00:12 +0100 3542603 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3538355&cid=t_350725_136_f&fid=35316&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnotjustaboutcancer.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F05%2Fhavent-done-this-in-while.html Haven't blown my own horn in at least a few weeks.Alysa, who I met last year when she ran a wonderful workshop on writing your way through breast cancer (at the Living Beyond Breast Cancer conference for women living with metastatic breast cancer). I introduced myself and gave her my book.Yesterday, Alysa emailed me to say that she'd written a review of my book for oncolink and that she thought it would make me smile.It did.If you are reading this post on a site other than Not Just About Cancer (besides Facebook or a feed reader), you are reading stolen content. (Source: Not just about cancer) Not just about cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3538355 Thu, 06 May 2010 16:15:26 +0100 3538355 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3537840&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2Ffiles%2Fmetagenomics-book-review.html%23unique-entry-id-67 I am pleased to provide the following excerpt from a book review of Metagenomics: Theory, Methods and Applications:"the book is recommended for life science researchers and all students in biology and medicine wishing to learn more about this new and very interesting field" from Arzneimittelforschung/Drug Research (2010) 60: 226-227 read more ...Metagenomics: Theory, Methods and Applications Edited by: Diana MarcoISBN: 978-1-904455-54-7Publisher: Caister Academic PressPublication Date: January 2010Cover: Hardback"an excellent resource for students, researchers, and scientists ... a valuable resource on the newly evolving biological field of metagenomics, making contributions to ecology, biodiversity, bioremediation, bioprospection of natural products, medicine, and other disciplines." (Doo... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3537840 Wed, 05 May 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3537840 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3537839&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2Ffiles%2Fneisseria-book-review.html%23unique-entry-id-68 I am pleased to provide the following excerpt from a book review of Neisseria: Molecular Mechanisms of Pathogenesis:"written by outstanding and internationally highly recognized experts in the Neisseria research field ... The chapters are of the highest scientific quality including links to central primary publications on the different topics ... an excellent monography for the specialist" from Arzneimittelforschung/Drug Research (2010) 60: 226-227 read more ...Neisseria: Molecular Mechanisms of PathogenesisEdited by: Caroline Genco and Lee WetzlerISBN: 978-1-904455-51-6Publisher: Caister Academic PressPublication Date: January 2010Cover: Hardback"a comprehensive update" (Society for Microbial Ecology and Disease) (Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists.) Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3537839 Wed, 05 May 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3537839 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3522686&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F05%2F01%2Femily-pronin-reviews-whistling-vivaldi%2F One of the great social psychologists of our time, Claude Steele, was recently on NPR discussing his new book Whistling Vivaldi and Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us. The book is a moving personal account and a compelling scientific discussion of how stereotypes shape the thoughts, feelings, and actions of those whom they target. Steele is the originator of “stereotype threat,” an idea that has spawned countless experiments around the world and profoundly impacted the way that we think about the racial achievement gap in American schooling. Stereotype threat is a situationist concept if ever there was one. The idea goes like this:  In certain situations, all of us are subject to negative stereotypes because of identities we have (as a professor, we might be stereotyped as absen... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3522686 Sat, 01 May 2010 04:01:02 +0100 3522686 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3515557&cid=t_350725_133_f&fid=35082&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.gbrettmiller.com%2Flife-is-for-living-a-review-of-get-out-explore-and-have-fun%2F On her blog at About.com:Autism, Lisa Jo Rudy usually asks questions. In her soon to be released new book, Get Out, Explore, and Have Fun!: How Families of Children With Autism or Asperger Syndrome Can Get the Most Out of Community Activities, she answers two very important questions: Why should you “get out, explore, and have fun” with your autistic child? How do you do this? By far the more important of these two questions (in my opinion) is the first, the “why”. Too many parents of children diagnosed as autistic spend all of their “free” time trying to make their child “more normal” or “less autistic”, and not enough time on letting their child be a kid. As Lisa explains, this is true even in – especially in – sch... 29 Marbles blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3515557 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:19:14 +0100 3515557 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3519053&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2Ffiles%2Finfluenza-book-review.html%23unique-entry-id-60 I am pleased to provide the following excerpt from a book review of Influenza: Molecular Virology:"This is a good quality, concise book on the basic nature of influenza viruses that comprehensively covers the current work on influenza." from Rebecca T. Horvat (University of Kansas Medical Center) writing in Doodys read more ...Influenza: Molecular Virology Edited by: Qinghua Wang and Yizhi Jane TaoISBN: 978-1-904455-57-8Publisher: Caister Academic PressPublication Date: February 2010Cover: Hardback (Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists.) Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3519053 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3519053 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3508265&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F04%2F27%2Fthe-situation-of-bullying-2%2F Maia Szalavitz, co-author of Born for Love: Why Empathy Is Essential — and Endangered wrote an intriguing article, titled “How Not to Raise a Bully: The Early Roots of Empathy” in a recent issue of Time Magazine.  Here are some excerpts. * * * Increasingly, neuroscientists, psychologists and educators believe that bullying and other kinds of violence can . . . be reduced by encouraging empathy at an early age. Over the past decade, research in empathy — the ability to put ourselves in another person’s shoes — has suggested that it is key, if not the key, to all human social interaction and morality. Without empathy, we would have no cohesive society, no trust and no reason not to murder, cheat, steal or lie. At best, we would act only out of self-interest; at wors... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3508265 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:01:45 +0100 3508265 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3501713&cid=t_350725_151_f&fid=36896&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSuboxoneTalkZone%2F%7E3%2FZtxdm2NHMkg%2F I have produced a few educational items, and I sell themt priced at a small fraction of the street cost of one tablet of oxycodone.  All proceeds go toward the support of this web site, the forum, and other educational efforts.  The most popular item is the e-book called ‘User’s Guide to Buprenorphine.’  You can get a sneak peak at the inside of the book at Amazon.  I receive good feedback about the e-book but the most ’successful’ recording has been the one entitled ‘How long are you going to take that stuff.’  The recording is designed for parents, spouses, or children of opiate addicts who take buprenorphine;  especialy for those family members who don’t quite ‘get it,’ who ask the title question every week or so. I have... Suboxone Talk Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3501713 Sat, 24 Apr 2010 03:59:50 +0100 3501713 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3499058&cid=t_350725_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F1lSf4LGSakI%2F By Jim HarperThe good thing about this review of the book “Cyber War” by Richard Clarke and Robert Knake is that it actually mentions attacks on computing and communications during warfare. Messrs. Clarke and Knake are convinced that an Israeli air strike in 2007 against a secret North Korean-designed nuclear facility being constructed in the Syrian desert was a textbook case of cyber-aided warfare. Israeli computers “owned” Syria’s elaborate air defenses, the authors say, “ensuring that the enemy could not even raise its defenses.” That might actually be “cyberwarfare.” The rest of the review, and presumably the book, is threat exaggeration and distortion, wrongly characterizing the wide variety of security issues pertaining to compute... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3499058 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:02:54 +0100 3499058 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3494271&cid=t_350725_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Ffeel%2Fyou-know-youre-unwell-if-%25e2%2580%25a6-you-wet-the-bed-when-youre-16-sarah-silverman%2F Sarah Silverman’s first book, The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee was released by Harper yesterday. We’re not sure if her potty mouth stems from the bedwetting, but it promises to be an interesting collection of essays either way: Post from: BlissTree You Know You're Unwell If … You Wet the Bed When You're 16 (Sarah Silverman!) (Source: Healthbolt) Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3494271 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:00:05 +0100 3494271 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3490592&cid=t_350725_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Ffeel%2Fyou-know-youre-unwell-if-%25e2%2580%25a6-you-wet-the-bed-when-youre-16%2F Sarah Silverman’s first book, The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee was released by Harper  yesterday. We’re not sure if her potty mouth stems from the bedwetting, but it promises to be an interesting memoir either way: Post from: BlissTree You Know You're Unwell If … You Wet The Bed When You're 16 (Source: Healthbolt) Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3490592 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:00:05 +0100 3490592 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3487118&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=34730&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fshe-likes-it-she-likes-it.html Do you remember the cereal commercial where everyone shoves a bowl of cereal at the dumb little brother to watch for his reaction? Mikey won't like it, he hates everything! But surprise, Mikey does like it!We sent the final chapters of the draft of our book to our editor. So far, the process entails a bounce back, and sullen words like "this isn't working"...and then a lot of obsessing, a re-write, and finally we get to, "this is much better." It's become a bit of a joke--we build in time for her to hate it. This Sunday, I stayed in my pajamas. I sat in front of a computer all day long. I didn't go out. I was ironing out the kinks in the last two chapters. Roy...well, I knew he was trying to write because he was commenting on old blog posts and he opened a new Facebook account. Why? I was... Shrink Rap blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3487118 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:08:00 +0100 3487118 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3480830&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F04%2F18%2Fbill-moyers-journal-watch-listen-pbs-2%2F Here is an outstanding 30-minute video interview about the sources of the financial crisis.  The interview should resonate with regular readers of The Situationist and those otherwise familiar with the “deep capture” hypothesis. From Bill Moyers Journal: “How did Big Finance grow so powerful that its hijinks nearly brought down the global economy – and what hope is there for real reform with Washington politicians on Wall Street’s payroll? Bill Moyers talks with authors Simon Johnson and James Kwak, two of the nation’s most respected economic experts and authors of the new book 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltodown.” * * * Here’s a sample of the transcript: James Kwak: I think there are two things. There’s a... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3480830 Sun, 18 Apr 2010 04:01:26 +0100 3480830 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3480938&cid=t_350725_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FDPgFXdr9R1w%2F Bill W. and wife Lois sharing their story as the co-founders of Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-anon. Go to this link to see more video’s of Bill and Lois. See also; Bill’s Story in the book ‘Alcoholics Anonymous’ Alcoholism, Addiction & Codependency Recovery Bookstore Hazelden Books, DVD's & Medalions (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com) Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3480938 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 10:47:45 +0100 3480938 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3471888&cid=t_350725_113_f&fid=38494&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcuretogether.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F04%2F15%2Fannouncing-the-curetogether-guide-to-depression%2F You are a part of this, too. Just like for Anxiety, this crowdsourced guide to depression is based on input from 1000 CureTogether members with Depression. Inside the book are insights about how to find out if you’re depressed, getting diagnosed, how to find a treatment that is most likely to work for you, running self-experiments, understanding cognitive bias in decision-making, and the latest discoveries from both patients and scientists around the world. The CureTogether Guide will help you navigate your way through Depression. Download your copy here. We hope it helps! (Source: The Collective Well) The Collective Well blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3471888 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:47:40 +0100 3471888 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3471468&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2Ffiles%2Fretrovirus-review.html%23unique-entry-id-33 Excerpt from a book review that was published recently:Retroviruses: Molecular Biology, Genomics and PathogenesisISBN: 978-1-904455-55-4"impressive work ... a substantial resource to the field ... thorough state of research coverage by leading specialists ... essential reading for veterinary scientists, clinicians, virologists, and graduate students in the field." from SciTech Book News (March 2010) read more ... (Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists.) Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3471468 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3471468 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3471467&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2Ffiles%2FAspergillus-review.html%23unique-entry-id-34 Excerpt from a book review that was published recently:Aspergillus: Molecular Biology and GenomicsISBN: 978-1-904455-53-0"a thorough review of recent research in the genetics of Aspergillus ... It has information on Aspergillus species that is difficult to find in other sources." from Rebecca T. Horvat (University of Kansas Medical Center) writing in Doodys read more ... (Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists.) Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3471467 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3471467 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3471466&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2Ffiles%2Fabc-transporters.html%23unique-entry-id-35 Excerpt from a book review that was published recently:ABC Transporters in MicroorganismsISBN: 978-1-904455-49-3"very capably edited ... a comprehensive collection of color illustrations and relevant tables ... thorough and easy-to-read series of informative chapters written by experts ... The detail and insight provided as well as thorough referencing in each chapter suggest that this collection will be an excellent addition to most libraries in medical schools and research laboratories" from Joni Tillotson and Glenn S. Tillotson (Immaculata University, Malvern and ViroPharma Incorporated, Exton, PA, USA) writing in Expert Rev. Anti Infect. Ther. 8(4), 375-377 (2010) read more ... (Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists.) Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3471466 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3471466 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3475908&cid=t_350725_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2Fc-hTD0-G1To%2F Discussion of Obama EHR Stimulus Today the following videos came across my Twitter feed and... Video Interview About Verizon’s HIE Well, as you might have noticed, I decided to take... Video of MModal at HIMSS On more than one occasion I’ve talked with people about... (Source: EMR and HIPAA) EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3475908 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:41:48 +0100 3475908 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3471881&cid=t_350725_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2010%2F04%2F14%2Fvideo-on-ehr-tv%2F Discussion of Obama EHR Stimulus Today the following videos came across my Twitter feed and... Video Interview About Verizon’s HIE Well, as you might have noticed, I decided to take... Video of MModal at HIMSS On more than one occasion I’ve talked with people about... (Source: EMR and HIPAA) EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3471881 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:41:48 +0100 3471881 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3476112&cid=t_350725_180_f&fid=38607&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fsuccessbeginstoday%2FBHWQ%2F%7E3%2F-zb0rYsU0js%2F As I have put together our first two weeks of our Social Media Adventure, I’ve come across some amazing resources that are available to make our journey easier. It’s been fun trying them out and experimenting. As I’ve written them down, and passed them around, some of my friends mentioned that the material would make a great book. In the past I’ve run into bloggers who have written their blog in such a way that they were able to create a book from the material. Since we have charted a 12 week pre-determined course, this material will naturally form organized chapters. So I took a look at the material and thought about creating a book. Here are some ideas… There are quite a few books on the market about social media. Some come at it from the how-to point of view, with books writt... Success Begins Today blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3476112 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:14:16 +0100 3476112 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3463657&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F04%2F13%2Fsam-gosling-snoop-the-secret-language-of-stuff%2F From ForaTV: For the last 10 years psychologist Gosling has been studying how people project (and protect) their inner selves. By exploring our private worlds (desks, bedrooms, even our clothes and cars), he shows not only how we showcase our personalities in unexpected ways, but also how we create personality in the first place, communicate it others and interpret the world around us. Does what’s on your desk reveal what’s on your mind? Do those pictures on your walls tell true tales about your character? Is your favorite outfit about to give you away? * * * * * * For a sample of related Situationist posts, see “The Situational Power of Appearance and Posture,” “Seeing Your Interior Situation through your Exterior Situation,” “What Our Exterior Sit... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3463657 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 04:23:04 +0100 3463657 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3460207&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=34730&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fmy-three-shrinks-podcast-51-vegan.html For this podcast I brought some homemade vegan gingerbread cookies that I baked using a recipe from the Steph Davis blog. I'm also looking for a good sugar cookie recipe that doesn't use refined sugar or all-purpose flour. If you've got one, send it along.We discuss my post Is it malpractice to lie? which involves a surgeon sued for malpractice for allegedly lying to a patient regarding his professional background. We wonder how much, if any, information physicians may some day be obliged to disclose to their patients prior to treatment. There is a new type of research being done, called "in silica" research, in which people write computer programs to model behavior. We talked about computer models of suicide and how this can replicate suicide epidemics in real life. Roy is inspired to tal... Shrink Rap blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3460207 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:00:00 +0100 3460207 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3440856&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F04%2F06%2Fmichael-mccullough-on-the-situation-of-revenge-and-forgiveness%2F From TempletonFoundation: Why is revenge such a pervasive and destructive problem? Why is forgiveness so difficult? In “Beyond Revenge,” Michael E. McCullough argues that the key to creating a more forgiving world is to understand both the evolutionary forces that gave rise to these intimately human instincts and the social forces that activate them in our minds today. Drawing on the latest breakthroughs in the social and biological sciences, McCullough offers practical and often surprising advice for how individuals, social groups, and even nations might move beyond our deep penchant for revenge. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To read a sample of related Situationist posts, see “The Situation of Punishment (and Forgiveness),” “The Situation of Revenge,” �... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3440856 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:57:36 +0100 3440856 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3437858&cid=t_350725_133_f&fid=35082&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.gbrettmiller.com%2Fyoure-going-to-love-this-kid-and-this-book%2F You’re 22 years old, fresh out of school. It’s your first day as a teacher, and you learn that one of your students is a 6 year old autistic boy. You are given a stack of reports and files that tell you, in detail, how “bad” this little boy is and how hard it is going to be to teach him. You want to sneak out the back and run away. And right then the school administrator – grinning, animated, excited – finds you and says: “You’re going to be Jacob’s teacher. That’s fantastic. You’re going to LOVE this kid!” That is the story of Paula Kluth’s first day, as she recounts it in the preface to her book You’re Going to Love This Kid!. This is an incredible book. If you are the parent or teacher of a school age a... 29 Marbles blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3437858 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:16:10 +0100 3437858 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3436365&cid=t_350725_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Feggbert-slightly-cracked-egg-by-tom.html This beautifully illustrated tale is timely for young and old alike.Eggbert lives in the fridge where he entertains his fruit and veg pals with portraits and painting, expertly executed until one sad day, someone notices that Eggbert has a crack in his shell - he is punished with banishment.Eggbert tries to disguise himself elsewhere as he camouflages himself with paint so that he can blend in with many different surroundings. Each disguise fails but he continues to try until one day he makes a remarkable discovery.Seasonal greetings to all my imperfect pals.Available "here" and at your local library.If you like what you read, send it to someone in 'need.' (Source: Whitterer on Autism) Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3436365 Sun, 04 Apr 2010 06:11:00 +0100 3436365 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3424391&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2Ffiles%2Fmetagenomics-book-review.html%23unique-entry-id-31 The following excerpt is from a recent book review of Metagenomics: Theory, Methods and Applications:"an excellent resource for students, researchers, and scientists ... a valuable resource on the newly evolving biological field of metagenomics, making contributions to ecology, biodiversity, bioremediation, bioprospection of natural products, medicine, and other disciplines." from Omer Iqbal (Loyola University Medical Center) writing in Doodys read more ...Metagenomics: Theory, Methods and Applications Edited by: Diana MarcoISBN: 978-1-904455-54-7Publisher: Caister Academic PressPublication Date: January 2010Cover: Hardbackread more ... (Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists.) Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3424391 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3424391 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3416335&cid=t_350725_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Ffree-aa-mp3s-and-film-of-bill-w%2F Silkworth.net has a selection of free MP3’s of the founders and old-timers of Alcoholics Anonymous. Also there is a movie “My Name is Bill W.” -The Movie – 700 MB, high quality, 1hr 40 minutes. The MP3’s include; The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous Joe and Charlie Big Book study Father Martin -giving his ‘Chalk Talk’ Alcoholics Anonymous – this is a large print of the Big Book as a pdf file. Talks by Father John Doe A Study Guide to the AA Big Book -by Ken W. Bill W. and Dr. Bob (cofounders of Alcoholics Anonymous) Lois Wilson (Al-anon) Clarence Snyder The ‘Big Book’ as a Windows Helpfile Random Big Book quotes for Windows screen saver See all at – Silkworth.net See also MP3 Free 12 Step Tracks MP3 Recovery Tracks for Lesbians in AA... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3416335 Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:58:00 +0100 3416335 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3403925&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F03%2F25%2Fbending-science-in-service-of-book-promotion%2F Conclusions – People love sex. People love reading about sex. And people really love reading about how everything can be explained by sex or some gender differences. If it’s something about rats, that’s fine… You can gloss over the fact that it’s only been proven in rat studies by simply leaving that to the footnotes or references. Simplicity – You need to get to the point. Nobody’s buying the book to read dry academic studies. So authors make sure they season their book with lots of little anecdotes about small, unpublished classroom studies, or something overheard at a dinner party. People like stories because they’re simple and engaging. Stories have little scientific value, but they will “prove” the points nonetheless, at lea... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3403925 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:23:59 +0100 3403925 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3403862&cid=t_350725_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F7qokWFmTTM0%2F By Chris Moody Too bad no one saw this coming: Social Security is now in the red. Now that the health care bill is law, you should know exactly how it’s going to affect you, your premiums, and your coverage over the next few years. Here’s a helpful breakdown. As the health care overhaul crosses home plate, global warming legislation steps up to bat. Appreciate this: Chinese currency rise will have a negligible effect on the trade deficit. For more, read the whole paper. Podcast:  “A Plea for Divided Government” featuring John Samples, author of the forthcoming book The Struggle to Limit Government. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3403862 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:43:18 +0100 3403862 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3420155&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2Ffiles%2Fdengue-book-review.html%23unique-entry-id-26 Excerpt from a recent book review of Frontiers in Dengue Virus Research. "a reference for scientists studying arboviruses and infections. Chapters are well written with very little overlap. It would be a good investment for laboratories interested in arboviral diseases" from Doodys (2010) read more ... (Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists.) Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3420155 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3420155 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3420154&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2Ffiles%2Fhelicobacter-pylori-book-review.html%23unique-entry-id-27 Excerpt from a recent book review of Helicobacter pylori: Molecular Genetics and Cellular Biology."contains 12 chapters that update key areas of basic research ... this book should be useful for researchers in the H. pylori field as well as anyone working in closely related organisms." from D. Scott Merrell (Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA) writing in The Quarterly Review of Biology (2010) 85: 110. read more ... (Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists.) Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3420154 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3420154 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3403437&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2Ffiles%2Fretrovirus-book-review.html%23unique-entry-id-25 The following excerpt is from a recent book review of Retroviruses: Molecular Biology, Genomics and Pathogenesis. "excellent chapters on non-primate mammalian retroviruses, simian retroviruses, fish retroviruses, use of retoviral vectors, and cellular factors that restrict retroviral infection. All the chapters are beautifully illustrated and written by some of the most respected authorities in the field. I highly recommend K&B's "Retroviruses" book to both students and expert colleagues." from Kuan-Teh Jeang (Head, Molecular Virology Section LMM, NIAID, USA) writing in Retrovirology read more ...Retroviruses: Molecular Biology, Genomics and Pathogenesis Edited by: Reinhard Kurth and Norbert BannertISBN: 978-1-904455-55-4Publisher: Caister Academic PressPublication Date: January 2010Cover:... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3403437 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3403437 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3403981&cid=t_350725_113_f&fid=38494&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcuretogether.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F03%2F24%2Fjust-released-the-curetogether-guide-to-anxiety%2F . You are a part of this. It’s a new kind of health book that puts real-world data before authority, and teaches you how to make better decisions for your health. Inside, you’ll find 7 insight-filled sections to help you navigate your way through Anxiety. Download your copy here, or read on for the juicy details. . The Story Health books are usually written by experts who offer authoritative information about conditions, symptoms and treatments – people who usually don’t live with the condition themselves, but nevertheless tell you what you should do because they know best. This book is different. It’s based on the real-world experiences of patients. Our approach is not to tell you what to do, but to give you the hard data and the education to help you make yo... The Collective Well blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3403981 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:57:33 +0100 3403981 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3404152&cid=t_350725_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Falcoholics-anonymous-big-book%2F Alcoholics Anonymous – Big Book 4th Edition It’s more than a book. It’s a way of life. Alcoholics Anonymous-The Big Book--has served as a lifeline to millions worldwide. First published in 1939, Alcoholics Anonymous sets forth cornerstone concepts of recovery from alcoholism and tells the stories of men and women who have overcome the disease. Key features and benefits the most widely used resource for millions of individuals in recovery – not only alcoholics contains full, original text describing the A.A. program updated with 24 new personal stories This book has had a powerful impact on millions of lives for over seventy years now. It was written by the first hundred or so members of A.A. less than five years after the program was founded. The simple (not easy) ... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3404152 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:45:00 +0100 3404152 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3399180&cid=t_350725_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2F_3qPlkcjTXg%2F Alcoholics Anonymous – Big Book 4th Edition It’s more than a book. It’s a way of life. Alcoholics Anonymous-The Big Book--has served as a lifeline to millions worldwide. First published in 1939, Alcoholics Anonymous sets forth cornerstone concepts of recovery from alcoholism and tells the stories of men and women who have overcome the disease. Key features and benefits the most widely used resource for millions of individuals in recovery – not only alcoholics contains full, original text describing the A.A. program updated with 24 new personal stories This book has had a powerful impact on millions of lives for over seventy years now. It was written by the first hundred or so members of A.A. less than five years after the program was founded. The simple (not easy) ... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3399180 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:45:00 +0100 3399180 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3399183&cid=t_350725_151_f&fid=36896&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSuboxoneTalkZone%2F%7E3%2F31o-gt8r7jQ%2F I’m often asked “hey, what is YOUR story?”  That opens the door to a long, drawn out presentation… or I’ll just say “I have a book about the subject ready to go– do you know any publishers?”  I DO have a book ready to go, by the way…  and I welcome any e-mails from people with ‘industry connections.’  The book is about my story, of course, but is also an attempt to examine ‘addiction’ in a way that provides greater understanding of the condition.  A family member of an opiate addict will understand addiction better after reading the book, for example.  I also talk about Suboxone quite a bit.  In fact, readers of this blog will know how the book goes, as the book is a reflection of this blog.  In some c... Suboxone Talk Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3399183 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:04:58 +0100 3399183 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3390781&cid=t_350725_101_f&fid=34592&url=http%3A%2F%2Frandomreality.blogware.com%2Fblog%2F_archives%2F2010%2F3%2F22%2F4486284.html 'More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea', is about to be released in what is called 'Mass Market' edition. This is a cheaper and smaller format of the book - hopefully it'll mean a bump in sales, and therefore a bump in royalties coming to me. It's the same book, just a handier size. It is released on April the first (yes, yes, I know...) and if I may dare to be so bold, would make a lovely gift for your loved ones, neighbours, acquaintances and random people in the street. It's being stocked by Waterstones and Smiths and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that a supermarket or two might pick it up. The last time I pimped my book here it shot to the #1 slot in the pre-order charts and it gave my ego a much needed massage, as well as giving my publisher a smile (which I think he needed, ... Random Acts Of Reality blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3390781 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:00:00 +0100 3390781 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3390931&cid=t_350725_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fliam-knows-what-to-do-when-kids-act.html This is a small, short book for children, with an important preface for the adults in their lives.I have had this book in my possession for a considerable period of time. While it's unwise to over analyze, I've been in two minds about the Liam series, for a number of different reasons. Jane Whelan Banks attacks the main stumbling blocks for many of our children - the mystifying world of social skills. In fact, I would describe this as a social story, a entertaining teaching tool.I know a great many children, on and off the spectrum, who think and behave very similarly to Liam. Jane captures the dichotomy - Liam values his performance talents, which others do not, while other people value different skills, which Liam doesn't value at all.Some will interpret Liam's behavior as acting up or s... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3390931 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:15:00 +0100 3390931 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3390932&cid=t_350725_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Frex-mother-her-autistic-child-and-music.html You may wish to watch this "15 minutes" video first - that way I won't 'spoil' the book for you.Did you watch it to the end? If you did take a deep breath and try not to rant about the bit about autistic people having no emotions. Pity Cathleen wasn't able to edit that bit out, but I imagine that 'personal control' and the 'media' are contradictions in terms.It is an astounding achievement for a first time writer to produce a readable and engaging account of extraordinary lives.Cathleen is a woman of faith and determination - would that we all had such fortitude. Parents of special needs children will relate to her journey and the struggles they endure, all the more so when Cathleen copes as a single parent.I read about and understood some of her frustrations, as I cheered her on in the wi... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3390932 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:10:00 +0100 3390932 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3416275&cid=t_350725_137_f&fid=39091&url=http%3A%2F%2Falzheimmers.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fradio-tour-for-book-wsva-550am.html I have a couple more radio stops for the pre-publication radio tour for book-When Can I Go Home?Will be on Barbara Altman show on WOND 1400AM in Linwood, NJ- (Atlantic City area) on Tuesday March 23 at 11:15 am EST. http://www.wond1400am.com , I think you can listen live to that program from anywhere on the web.Also on WSVA 550AM Harrisonburg,VA Mike Schikman show on Friday March 26 at 3:10 PM EST. http://www.wsvaonline.com/joomla, I don't know if the have live web streaming.Wisconsin Public Radio had fantastic callers, it validates my suspicions that everyone has a special and unique Alzheimer's story and so deerly and desperately need to be heard. (Source: Caregiver Survival: I Hate Alzheimer's) Caregiver Survival: I Hate Alzheimer's blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3416275 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0100 3416275 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3374386&cid=t_350725_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fa-vision-for-you-2%2F ‘A vision for you’ is the title of chapter 11 of the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book. This phrase is often used to refer to the last three paragraphs of chapter 11 and is sometimes read at AA meetings. “Our book is meant to be suggestive only. We realize we know only a little. The Higher Power will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come, if your own house is in order. But obviously you cannot transmit something you haven’t got. See to it that your relationship with Him is right, and great events will come to pass for you and countless others. This is the Great Fact for us. Abandon yourself to Higher Power as you understand Higher Power. Admit your faults to Him... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3374386 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:01:57 +0100 3374386 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3370683&cid=t_350725_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FiNXOZa5ypII%2F ‘A vision for you’ is the title of chapter 11 of the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book. This phrase is often used to refer to the last three paragraphs of chapter 11 and is sometimes read at AA meetings. “Our book is meant to be suggestive only. We realize we know only a little. The Higher Power will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come, if your own house is in order. But obviously you cannot transmit something you haven’t got. See to it that your relationship with Him is right, and great events will come to pass for you and countless others. This is the Great Fact for us. Abandon yourself to Higher Power as you understand Higher Power. Admit your faults to Him... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3370683 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:01:57 +0100 3370683 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3370494&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F03%2F16%2Ftort-laws-distributional-injustice%2F Anita Bernstein, posted her recent review essay, titled “Distributive Justice Through Tort (And Why Sociolegal Scholars Should Care)” (forthcoming 35 Law of Social Inquiry) on  SSRN.  Here’s the abstract. * * * Drawing on two books central to an emerging sociolegal literature about tort-Fault Lines: Tort Law as Cultural Practice, a collection of chapters edited by David M. Engel and Michael McCann, and Torts, Egalitarianism and Distributive Justice, a monograph by Tsachi Keren-Paz–this essay argues that tort law in the United States redistributes wealth in ways that ought to trouble sociolegal scholars and enlist their reformist energy. Read together, the two volumes offer considerable description and critique of a distributive injustice, and lead to important proposa... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3370494 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:04:11 +0100 3370494 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3366438&cid=t_350725_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FbKboQXuS1pw%2F Seek and yee shall find These Ten Pointers are a summary of the lifesaving directions to recovery from alcoholism given in ‘How It Works’, chapter 5 of Alcoholics Anonymous – the AA Big Book. Completely give yourself to this simple Program. Practice rigorous honesty. Be willing to go to any lengths to recover. Be fearless and thorough in your practice of the principles. Realize that there is no easier, softer way. Let go of your old ideas, absolutely. Recognize that half measures will not work. Ask a Higher Power’s protection and care with complete abandon. Be willing to grow along spiritual lines. Accept the following ideas: that you cannot manage your own life; that probably no human power can restore you to sanity; that A Higher Power can and will if sought. See also 12 Sp... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3366438 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:04:28 +0100 3366438 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3362421&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=34730&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fhey-what-are-you-doing-here.html Sarebear tells us she went to see a new psychiatrist and was surprised when the evaluation was begun by an Energy Healer and the psychiatrist joined at the end of the 90 minute evaluation. See her post, Psychiatry Bait and Switch.So what's the standard here for psychiatric evaluations? Is there one?Actually, yes, and here it is: Practice Guidelines for the Psychiatric Evaluation of Adults.So let me tell you what my experience is of the standards, and we'll come back to the guidelines.Who does the evaluation, in my experience, is determined in part by the setting. In every private practice setting I've seen, a psychiatrist does the evaluation--- who you schedule with is who you see. I believe that even in private settings, if you're having neuropsychological testing, you may get a more jun... Shrink Rap blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3362421 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:26:00 +0100 3362421 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3359182&cid=t_350725_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2Ff44qNzUK7x0%2Fwhat-do-you-wish-they-knew.php I love my "brother in diabetes" Wil.  He's a guy who "gets it", and has a really incredible talent for writing that is a pure joy to read (did you guys read his recent breathtaking "Man vs. Wild" post?).  I had the chance to meet Wil in person last summer, and it was like we had been friends forever, just like I imagined it would be.  Wil is a great guy.He has written and published two fantastic books on diabetes, which I've raved about here before.  If you haven't read them already, I encourage you to do so.  They are both full of value, insight, visualizations, and Wil's gift of story telling.  A while back Wil said that he was working on a Type-3 Manual. You know the term Type 3?  They are the friends and family that love us and care for us.  They... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3359182 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:37:00 +0100 3359182 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3354374&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=34730&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fthings-we-argue-about.html Sometimes, especially on the podcasts, we get heated and go at it. Oh, sometimes on the blog, too. Among ourselves, we refer to these discussions as "The Benzo Wars" --the posts where we've argued about what role benzodiazepines and addictive medications have in psychiatry, and "Who Deserves Care" cause Clink thinks her patients need help more than mine (..if you see me walking around with bruises, you'll know it's me......)So what else do Shrinks argue about? We've got a colorful history here. Took us decades to decided if homosexuality was a disorder (yes, maybe, no). Is psychosurgery with knitting needles good? Should our patients get special accommodations? What if I'm allergic to your support dog?Ah, we're writing a chapter and I like the input you all give!And please listen to our po... Shrink Rap blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3354374 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:28:00 +0100 3354374 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3342718&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F03%2F07%2Fsheena-iyengars-situation-and-the-situation-of-choosing%2F Last week, Situationist friend, Sheena Iyengar, was interviewed on the Diane Rehm Show (American University Radio) about her new book, “The Art of Choosing.” The show’s description is as follows:  “The power of choice: Understanding the motivations, biases, and cultural influences that determine the choices, large and small, we make in our lives.”  As interesting as those issues are, the interview itself is at its best when Sheena discusses her own remarkable situation and how that influenced her research. You can listen to the entire podcast here. * * * For a sample of related Situationist posts, see “Sheena Iyengar on ‘The Multiple Choice Problem,’”“Can’t Get No Satisfaction!: The Law Student’s Job Hunt – Part II,” “Da... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3342718 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:34:07 +0100 3342718 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3338431&cid=t_350725_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F03%2F05%2Ffriday_book_recommendation.php Here's another outside the field - in fact, it's outside of a lot of people's fields. Where Is Everybody? presents fifty possible solutions to the Fermi Paradox: if there are a lot of planets in the galaxy, and if life is pretty easy to get going, and if it's possible to travel or just communicate between solar systems. . .why haven't we seen anything? Enrico Fermi, in his typically disconcerting way, ran the math on this question during a lunchtime conversation in 1950, and realized that at least one of the common assumptions behind it must be off, and by a great deal. I was thinking about this last night, because this weekend I'll have swarms of fourth graders and their parents looking through my telescope (if the weather cooperates), under the auspices of the Amateur Telescope Makers o... In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3338431 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:45:54 +0100 3338431 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3365902&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2Ffiles%2Frnai.html%23unique-entry-id-20 "The use of RNA interference to control gene expression is emerging as an exciting new technology. The potential of this mechanism depends on the ability to find a competent way to deliver the RNA. This compact book reviews all of these issues in a comprehensive manner." from Doodys (2010)Further reading: RNA Interference and Viruses: Current Innovations and Future Trends (Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists.) Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3365902 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3365902 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3331245&cid=t_350725_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F03%2F04%2Fsearching-skills-toolkit-finding-the-evidence-book-review%2F Most books on Evidence Based Medicine give little attention to the first two steps of EBM: asking focused answerable questions and searching the evidence. Being able to appraise an article, but not being able to find the best evidence may be challenging and frustrating to the busy clinicians. “Searching Skills Toolkit: Finding The Evidence” is a [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3331245 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:18:19 +0100 3331245 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3331398&cid=t_350725_113_f&fid=38494&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcuretogether.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F03%2F03%2Fhave-you-built-your-health-decision-tree%2F The first step in building your decision tree. I’m going to my first book launch party tomorrow. I’m a bit nervous. It’s for Thomas Goetz’s book The Decision Tree, which was just released. His book and blog carry great insight into the future of health – personalization, quantification, and smarter choices. He even created a nifty app on Wired’s website where you can build your own decision tree. Why am I nervous? Well, the book includes my own personal decision tree (see below), based on my 10-year battle with chronic pain. So now everyone who reads it will know my story. Which is scary but also fantastic, because I think hearing people’s stories is such an important part of healing ourselves that is often missing in traditional doctor-patient hea... The Collective Well blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3331398 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:11:40 +0100 3331398 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3331646&cid=t_350725_180_f&fid=38610&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.productivity501.com%2Fwhos-got-your-back-review%2F5142%2F I really enjoyed Never Eat Alone, so I was excited to get a review copy of Ferrazzi’s new book, Who’s Got Your Back. It is a good book and I’d recommend it.  If you can only read one of Ferrazzi’s books, I’d go for Never Eat Alone.  However, I listened to an audio recording of Never Eat Alone and read a physical book of Who’s Got Your Back, so I may have missed out on some of Who’s Got Your Back by not hearing it read by Keith Ferrazzi, himself. Never Eat Alone talks about building a network of people that you can help and who can help you.  One of the constant criticisms of anyone who is seriously working on networking with people is that these types of relationships seem superficial and don’t always go very deep.  You can’t build ... Productivity501 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3331646 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:00:41 +0100 3331646 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3322504&cid=t_350725_122_f&fid=34736&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FChannelN-PodcastsPoweredByOdiogo%2F%7E3%2FyZCZf9UqW3Y%2Fworkplace-bullying.html There Oughta be a Law, episode 1 The devastating effects of abusive bosses on mental health, and lobbying for a law against workplace harassment. Episode one in a documentary series by director Beverly Peterson, keep watching for more. If you are struggling with depression and anxiety at work (for any reason) also check out these free self-help workbooks, Antidepressant Skills at Work: Dealing with Mood Problems in the Workplace. (Source: Channel N) Channel N blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3322504 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:30:43 +0100 3322504 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3318101&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2Ffiles%2Frna-interference.html%23unique-entry-id-12 RNA Interference and Viruses"a timely and well-compiled book, authored by several distinguished scientists who have made significant contributions to this important area of emerging research. The book consists of 11 chapters dealing with various aspects of the relevance of RNAi to viral infections in plant, insect and mammalian cells ... the book addresses a range of important fundamental issues that may impact on the development of RNAi-based therapies against several human diseases. It provides a solid introduction to the general concepts in the field of RNAi, how viruses modulate RNAi responses as well as issues involved in using RNAi as antiviral therapy. Thus, this book will be useful to a wide range of readership- from basic science students, to RNAi researchers, to virologists, to i... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3318101 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3318101 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3316249&cid=t_350725_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2F33CR1WSBNbE%2F Large Print Since 1954, Twenty-Four Hours a Day has become a stable force in the recovery of many alcoholics throughout the world. With over six and a half million copies in print (the original text has been revised), this “little black book” offers daily thoughts, meditations, and prayers for living a clean and sober life. A spiritual resource with practical applications to fit our daily lives. “For yesterday is but a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision” is part of the Sanskrit proverb quoted at the beginning of the book which has become one of the basic building blocks for a life of sobriety. In addition to a thought, meditation and prayer for each day of the year, this handy, pocket-sized volume also contains the Serenity Prayer and the 12 Steps and 12 Tradit... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3316249 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:04:47 +0100 3316249 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3307042&cid=t_350725_134_f&fid=36985&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fsugarstats%2F%7E3%2FB0aQWu9r59U%2F I have posted on this previously but I think it’s important. I used to think that was a crazy question. Now I’m not so sure. Tony at Dsainsights posed that question a while back and I told him I thought he had lost his mind. After paying attention for quite a few months now, Im [...] (Source: SugarStats.com - Simple, Online Blood Sugar Tracking for Diabetes Management) SugarStats.com - Simple, Online Blood Sugar Tracking for Diabetes Management blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3307042 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:58:16 +0100 3307042 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3302682&cid=t_350725_180_f&fid=38610&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.productivity501.com%2Fthe-happiness-project-book%2F6692%2F The Happiness Project : Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun chronicles Gretchen Rubin’s year long project to see if she could increase the amount of happiness in her life. The book blends her personal narrative with facts from her research into a wonderfully fulfilling read. The book is truly brilliant and I highly recommend it. At the beginning of the book, Gretchen formulates her “Secrets of Adulthood” that she uses to help ground her project.  Here are a few: People don’t notice your mistakes as much as you think. It’s important to be nice to everyone. If you’re not failing, you’re not trying hard enough. If you can’t find something, clean up. B... Productivity501 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3302682 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:00:35 +0100 3302682 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298516&cid=t_350725_132_f&fid=35024&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBlindscientist%2F%7E3%2FoakDTIefvZQ%2F I have been invited by Packt Publishing to review Python Testing Beginner’s Guide. You can take a look at the preview here and even download one chapter of the book. (Source: Blind.Scientist) Blind.Scientist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298516 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:22:14 +0100 3298516 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3294796&cid=t_350725_140_f&fid=35443&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheSplinteredMind%2F%7E3%2FbVm3uR9D_cg%2Freading-truly-madly-by-heather-webber.html I recently had the chance to read an advanced reader copy of Heather Webber’s “truly, madly” This book was a delightful read. I enjoyed the characters right from the first chapter, but I enjoyed the premise even more. Lucy Valentine’s family has long been able to matchmake by use of their psychic skills to read auras, and they amassed a fortune in the process. Unfortunately, Lucy lost this power when she was fourteen due to an electric shock. Ever since then her psychic power has been to locate lost items. Hardly the talent needed to run a matchmaking business, yet that’s exactly what she has to do when her father takes an unexpected leave out of the country. The dialogue was snappy and sassy, the romance keen, and the plot moved along quickly. Webber balanced the pacing well w... The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3294796 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:01:00 +0100 3294796 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3416284&cid=t_350725_137_f&fid=39091&url=http%3A%2F%2Falzheimmers.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fbook-pleasures-book-review.html Below is a link to Norm Goldman's review of When Can I Go Home? from California Chronicle website:http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/view/141187 (Source: Caregiver Survival: I Hate Alzheimer's) Caregiver Survival: I Hate Alzheimer's blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3416284 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:57:00 +0100 3416284 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3248708&cid=t_350725_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FFnkB_lPgJlc%2F Drugs, Brains, and Behavior: The Science of Addiction This, 30-page, full-color booklet explains in layman’s terms how science has revolutionized the understanding of drug addiction as a brain disease that affects behavior. The ‘Science of Addiction’ booklet discusses the reasons people take drugs, why some people become addicted while others do not, how drugs work in the brain, and how addiction can be prevented and treated. The booklet is available to read, download or order at: http://www.drugabuse.gov/scienceofaddiction/ http://www.drugabuse.gov/scienceofaddiction/sciofaddiction.pdf Publication Year: 2007 Publisher US National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Website: http://www.nida.nih.gov Related Reading: (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com) Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3248708 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:29:40 +0100 3248708 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3227777&cid=t_350725_101_f&fid=34592&url=http%3A%2F%2Frandomreality.blogware.com%2Fblog%2F_archives%2F2010%2F1%2F31%2F4443800.html So it would look like Amazon has blinked first. On Amazon's discussion board, “Dear Customers: Macmillan, one of the “big six” publishers, has clearly communicated to us that, regardless of our viewpoint, they are committed to switching to an agency model and charging $12.99 to $14.99 for e-book versions of bestsellers and most hardcover releases. We have expressed our strong disagreement and the seriousness of our disagreement by temporarily ceasing the sale of all Macmillan titles. We want you to know that ultimately, however, we will have to capitulate and accept Macmillan’s terms because Macmillan has a monopoly over their own titles, and we will want to offer them to you even at prices we believe are needlessly high for e-books. Amazon customers will at that point decide... Random Acts Of Reality blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3227777 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:42:25 +0100 3227777 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3224841&cid=t_350725_101_f&fid=34592&url=http%3A%2F%2Frandomreality.blogware.com%2Fblog%2F_archives%2F2010%2F1%2F31%2F4443421.html For those people who are interested in ebooks and the technology market the past few days have been 'interesting' to say the least. It started when Amazon pulled all the ebooks published by Macmillan from their Kindle store. Speculation ran rife - it eventually seems to have boiled down to Macmillan wanting to set the price of their ebooks and adopt an 'agency' model while Amazon wants to keep the status quo. I shall leave it to the wonderful John Scalzi and Charlie Stross to explain. Do I think Macmillan (or anyone else) will be able to sell $15 ebooks? They could; after all, they sell $25 hardcovers (and similar amounts for ebooks, depending on the retailer). Now, some people won’t spend that much for a book, so they pick up the book later when it’s an $8 paperback. That’s fine, ... Random Acts Of Reality blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3224841 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:17:00 +0100 3224841 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212397&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=38951&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarlatpsychiatry.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fbook-review-in-her-wake.html I just finished reading a wonderful book called In Her Wake: A Child Psychiatrist Explores the Mystery of Her Mother's Suicide, by Nancy Rappaport.I get sent a lot of books to review, several per week, but who has the time to read them all, much less review them? And I have to say when I read the rather depressing title, I was not highly motivated, especially since my own mother committed suicide when I was 20. I wasn't thrilled about the prospect of reliving that painful time in my life. But once I cracked the book open I realized that this was not a depressing memoir, but a fine work of literature with the flair and suspense of a mystery novel.Here is the book's opening sentence: "The day my mother killed herself, she had just finished her house on Marlborough Street for the anticipated ... The Carlat Psychiatry Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212397 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:08:00 +0100 3212397 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208466&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F26%2Fthe-situation-of-mental-illness%2F From Wikipedia: The Rosenhan experiment was a famous experiment into the validity of psychiatric diagnosis conducted by psychologist David Rosenhan in 1973.  It was published in the journal Science under the title “On being sane in insane places.” The study is considered an important and influential criticism of psychiatric diagnosis. Rosenhan’s study consisted of two parts. The first part involved the use of healthy associates or “pseudopatients” who briefly simulated auditory hallucinations in an attempt to gain admission to 12 different psychiatric hospitals in five different states in various locations in the United States. All were admitted and diagnosed with psychiatric disorders. After admission, the pseudopatients acted normally and told staff that th... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208466 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:01:03 +0100 3208466 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208443&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=34730&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fbehind-couch-please-vote.html We've been quibbling about a title for our book-to-be for over a year now. We've used a working title of Off the Couch: Three Psychiatrists Discuss Their Work. Clink and I like it, Roy hates it, our editor cringed and changed it to Off the Couch: How Psychiatry Works and How Psychiatrists Think. We've toyed with everything from Beyond the Couch, to Psychiatry Demystified, to Set the Couch on Fire. Then HappyOrganist suggested Behind the Couch in one of the comments. Behind the Couch--- I like it, it has the whole behind the scenes connotation. Oddly enough, Roy liked it. Roy liked it. Wow. It's the first title that all three of us have been able to live with. Editor says "we'll see." She obviously didn't love it. So for the moment, our working title is : Behind the Couch: Three Psychiatris... Shrink Rap blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208443 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:54:00 +0100 3208443 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208447&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F01%2F25%2Fhaiti-relief-a-mindful-dialogue%2F I know many of you have already given to charities in order to help Haiti. Today, as the crisis enters its third week, I ask that you consider giving a little more… A Mindful Dialogue is a new e-book edited by our blogger Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. and that was written to be a companion through life when dealing with stress, pain and difficult emotions. Through 24 interviews with leaders in the field such as Jack Kornfield, Dan Siegel, Sharon Salzberg, Tara Brach, Jeff Brantley, Zindel Segal and Others and 23 short explorations of simple quotes from leaders such as Thich Nhat Hanh, the Dalai Lama, Rumi, Hafiz, Pema Chodron and Others, you’ll uncover a mindful path toward working with the stress, pain and difficult emotions in daily life. 100% of the proceeds will go to HOPE FOR HA... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208447 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:05:31 +0100 3208447 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3197689&cid=t_350725_101_f&fid=38969&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheemtspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2F21%2Fthe-nonconformists-guide-is-here%2F I’ve gone live with the book and newsletter sign up and it appears that everything is running smoothly. I’ve already had a half dozen sign-ups and the link has only been posted for a few minutes. Thanks for your patience. This writing project took me nearly six months to finish. I had an idea of what I wanted this book to be and I wasn’t willing to stop until I’d succeeded. The result is The Non-Conformists’ Guide to EMS Success. This is no pamphlet or power point slide show. This is 48 pages, almost 16,000 words, and chapter after chapter of compelling ideas designed to challenge the way you think about your job, your leadership, your life, and your role in EMS. And it’s all free. If you’re ready to stop listening to me talking about it and get... The EMT Spot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3197689 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:09:17 +0100 3197689 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208026&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2F2010%2F01%2Findustrial-applications-of-aspergillus.html "This feast of hugely topical science culminates with an overview of novel industrial applications of Aspergillus oryzaee genomics (Abe et. al., Chapter 10), inciting much enthusiasm for potential applications or exploitations of similar methodologies in other Aspergillus species. Not only does this conclude the suite of species examined with our recognised industrial work horse for heterologous enzyme production, it also presents the opportunity to consider the application of Aspergillus species to biodegradation of plastics and how cell sensing and signalling mechanisms are integral to maximising success in all of the applications under consideration; cue a trans-genus comparison of signal reception and transduction and its relevance to drug screening."from Dr Elaine Bignell (Imperial Co... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208026 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:18:00 +0100 3208026 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208027&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2F2010%2F01%2Faspergillus-book-review.html "...(a) feast of hugely topical science ... This book presents a modern-day dictionary of all things Aspergillus. It is highly readable and has been considerately crafted in terms of structure. From the very first chapter a sense of excitement about the new opportunities afforded by this fascinating genus is derived, which extends far beyond the interests of any single researcher but succeeds in capturing the relevance of genus-based findings for all who work with aspergilli. The essence of functional genomics and systems biology therefore permeates the volume, and ultimately the readers psyche. Not only does it provide a concise and highly current overview of Aspergillus genomics, it also manages to archive decades of relevant and highly insightful biology in a portable format. The book i... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208027 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:15:00 +0100 3208027 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3193799&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F21%2Fdavid-berreby-interviews-frans-de-waal%2F Situationist friend and author David Berreby recently conducted a fascinating interview of  primatologist Frans De Waal on BloggingHeads.  A rough table of contents of their discussion is listed just below the video. * * * * * * Frans’s latest book, “The Age of Empathy” (04:11) Empathy as a social contagion (06:54) A biological basis for morality and soccer hooliganism (18:48) Does religion have to be at war with science? (12:48) The fragility of empathy (04:08) Enron, the selfish gene, and Nazi pseudoscience (08:14) * * * To read about Frans de Waal’s latest book, The Age of Empathy, click here. To check out David Berreby’s excellent blog, Mind Matters, click here. For a sample of related Situationist posts, see “The Science of Morality,” “The Si... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3193799 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:01:12 +0100 3193799 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3193770&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=34730&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fintrusions.html I'm working on a chapter for our book. I still like either Off the Couch or Beyond the Couch for a title. Roy wants to name it Set the Couch on Fire. And he's not kidding. What do you think?Okay, so the current chapter is on real life intrusions-- things that impact care, for better or for worse, in ways we may or may not really understand. So stuff external to the actual treatment. Some examples are--- Money/fees/ not showing up for appointments/ Violence (how does it impact care if you have a suicide attempt? If you threaten or assault your shrink?/ assumptions people make about their patients or shrinks/ drug company influences/ and the media portrayal of psychiatry. A lot of the chapter is about money and insurance companies and fees.Are we missing anything? The chapter is short---stil... Shrink Rap blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3193770 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:34:00 +0100 3193770 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3175456&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2F2010%2F01%2Fbook-review-aspergillus.html Aspergillus: Molecular Biology and GenomicsPublisher: Caister Academic PressEditors: Masayuki Machida and Katsuya GomiPublication date: 2010ISBN: 978-1-904455-53-0"This volume is essential reading for anyone interested in Aspergillus and related fungi." read more ...from SciTech Book NewsFurther reading: Aspergillus: Molecular Biology and GenomicsFull range of books on microbiology at Microbiology Books (Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists.) Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3175456 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:24:00 +0100 3175456 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3175457&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2F2010%2F01%2Fbook-review-environmental-microbial.html Environmental Molecular MicrobiologyPublisher: Caister Academic PressEdited by: Wen-Tso Liu and Janet K. JanssonPublication date: 2010ISBN: 978-1-904455-52-3"For this essential book, editors ... brought together experts to examine the current state of the art ... This volume will interest advanced students and researchers" Read more ...from SciTech Book News Further reading: Environmental Molecular MicrobiologyFull range of books on microbiology at Microbiology Books (Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists.) Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3175457 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:22:00 +0100 3175457 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3175458&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2F2010%2F01%2Fbook-review-abc-transporters.html ABC Transporters in MicroorganismsPublisher: Caister Academic PressEditor: Alicia Ponte-SucrePublication date: 2009ISBN: 978-1-904455-49-3"offers insights into the future of the field from both scientific and clinical perspectives" read more ...from SciTech Book NewsFurther reading: ABC Transporters in MicroorganismsFull range of books on microbiology at Microbiology Books (Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists.) Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3175458 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:20:00 +0100 3175458 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3175459&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2F2010%2F01%2Fbook-review-lab-on-chip-technology.html Lab-on-a-Chip TechnologyPublisher: Caister Academic PressEditor: Keith E. Herold and Avraham Rasooly Publication date: 2009ISBN: 978-1-904455-46-2 (Volume 1)ISBN: 978-1-904455-47-9 (Volume 2)"a comprehensive view on state of the art LOC technologies ... Overall the double volume represents a comprehensive and felicitous compendium of lab-on-a-chip technologies and applications not only for the beginner going to get started development experimentally in a fast growing and innovative technology. But also the skilled specialist staying in the commercial arena might find a hugely satisfying compilation of state of the art LOC technologies and new ideas for sure. ... All in all 'Lab-on-a-Chip Technology' is a very useful reading for everyone who is interested in development and production of LO... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3175459 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:18:00 +0100 3175459 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3175460&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2F2010%2F01%2Fbook-review-legionella.html Legionella: Molecular MicrobiologyPublisher: Caister Academic PressEdited by: Klaus Heuner and Michele SwansonPublication date: 2008ISBN: 978-1-904455-26-4 "an excellent reference book for scientists interested in the molecular biology of Legionella and its quality is attributed to the topical and interesting content, presentation and editorial style." from Aus. J. Med. Sci. (2009) 30: 106. read more ...Further reading: Legionella: Molecular MicrobiologyFull range of books on microbiology at Microbiology Books (Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists.) Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3175460 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:17:00 +0100 3175460 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3175461&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2F2010%2F01%2Fbook-review-mycobacterium.html Mycobacterium: Genomics and Molecular BiologyPublisher: Caister Academic PressEditor: Tanya Parish and Amanda BrownPublication date: 2009ISBN: 978-1-904455-40-0"this is a well written book, providing insights into a diversity of topics which provide an insight into novel strategies that may be developed for the diagnosis and control of tuberculosis ... a useful reference" read more ...from ACM News Further reading: Mycobacterium: Genomics and Molecular BiologyFull range of books on microbiology at Microbiology Books (Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists.) Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3175461 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:12:00 +0100 3175461 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3175854&cid=t_350725_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F4ynP7VCC8SQ%2F By Ilya ShapiroEarly last year, Cato hosted a book forum for Helen Knowles’s The Tie Goes to Freedom: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on Liberty.  This really is a remarkable book, with an ambitious goal: trying to make coherent sense of the oft-frustrating “swing justice.”  And now I have a lengthy review of it that just came out in the latest issue of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Politics (where Bob Levy also has an essay, on the aftermath of District of Columbia v. Heller). Knowles makes the provocative argument that Justice Kennedy’s jurisprudence is “modestly libertarian.”  I think that this argument, in the limited ways Knowles makes it — with respect to free speech, equal protection, and individual dignity — is probably sou... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3175854 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:14:28 +0100 3175854 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3171922&cid=t_350725_101_f&fid=38969&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheemtspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2F14%2Fthe-e-book-is-coming%2F OK, I can’t keep this to myself any longer. It’s time for the big announcement. With the final draft still in the mail from my editorial team and the final design still lacking a few details, it would probably be best to just keep this under wraps for a few more weeks, but I can’t wait. My first E-book is scheduled for release on January 21st, one week from today. The e-book will be free and it will be available right here at The Spot. The Book is called The Non-Conformists Guide to EMS Success. This book is the culmination of two decades of EMS experiences, mistakes, failures, trials, and errors that lead to my ultimate success. My goal was to write something that would be useful to EMTs at any stage in their career. And I didn’t hold anything back. This is my r... The EMT Spot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3171922 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:00:39 +0100 3171922 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3164097&cid=t_350725_180_f&fid=38607&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fsuccessbeginstoday%2FBHWQ%2F%7E3%2Fg8-rLGAPAaI%2F With the cold weather upon us it is flu season again. This year we have to worry about the regular flu, H1N1 flu, and now it is apparent that books will make you sneeze! No, I’m not kidding! But not just any books will cause this phenomenon… Only FREE books from a book company in Tennessee. And not everyone is susceptible… only bloggers. Yes, these books are certifiably contagious!!! To find out if you’ll start sneezing… GO HERE Gesundheit! (Source: Success Begins Today) Success Begins Today blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3164097 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:13:45 +0100 3164097 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3175462&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2F2010%2F01%2Freview-of-book-environmental-molecular.html A review of the book Environmental Molecular Microbiology from Mercedes Berlanga, University of Barcelona, Spain: "Although measuring the reservoir of prokaryotic diversity is not a trivial task, fortunately, microbial ecology is currently benefiting from a technological boom with respect to the rapid development of molecular techniques, in general, and 'omics' technologies in particular (genomics-metagenomics, proteomics-metaproteomics, transcriptomes). These techniques and their applications are the subject of Environmental Molecular Microbiology, which provides a state-of-the- art molecular toolbox to study microbial ecology.Understanding the ecology of microorganisms is inarguably one of the most compelling intellectual challenges facing contemporary ecology. Environmental Molecular Mi... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3175462 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:07:00 +0100 3175462 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3163835&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F01%2F11%2Fwhy-do-youth-have-more-mental-health-issues%2F News out today suggests that, based upon responses to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), youth today have more mental health issues than those who took the test in 1938. Here’s the summary: Pulling together the data for the study was no small task. Led by Twenge, researchers at five universities analyzed the responses of 77,576 high school or college students who, from 1938 through 2007, took the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, or MMPI. The results will be published in a future issue of the Clinical Psychology Review. Overall, an average of five times as many students in 2007 surpassed thresholds in one or more mental health categories, compared with those who did so in 1938. It’s no wonder that a test developed 70 years ago may not accuratel... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3163835 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:02:59 +0100 3163835 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3157521&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F01%2F10%2Fgretchen-rubin-the-happiness-project%2F I often quote fellow blogger Gretchen Rubin on Beyond Blue because most of her directives for a happier life apply to sanity, as well. I recognize many of my steps to recovery from depression and addiction both on her blog and now in her handsome and insightful book, The Happiness Project. I have to be honest. When I was first introduced to Gretchen, I thought there was no way in hell that we’d be able to relate to each other. She had two degrees from Yale, lived in the upper-east side of Manhattan, and was, well, way too successful and pretty for me to talk to. If it’s not obvious already, let me just say that I was a tad jealous of her. However, as I started to dig into her material–and especially now after reading her book–I was blown away by how much we do have ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3157521 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:14:09 +0100 3157521 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3149202&cid=t_350725_129_f&fid=36036&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Fkelly-building-a-crohns-disease-community%2Fcrohns-book-club-january-edition%2F Happy 2010!  I can’t believe that we are in 2010 already,  time really flies. I should not have written in my last blog about how well I was doing because I got sick that very same night!   I picked up a stomach bug and on top of that had a sinus infection.  I am now taking antibiotics.   So, I have started my New Year off with a blast; sick as a dog.  But, it is getting better now.  I just need to work on gaining the weight back that I lost from being sick.  I was already getting kind of low with my weight and then I lost another three or four pounds on top of that because I’m sick.  I may try drinking Ensure for weight gain again to see if it still bothers me or not. For those of you new to this Crohn’s blog we decided not long ago that we would create a book club since ... Life with Crohn's blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3149202 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:24:40 +0100 3149202 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3146043&cid=t_350725_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F06%2F9644%2F Michael Pollan (a professor of science and environmental journalism at the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California) has a new, short book, Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual. Pollan’s writing has been frequently featured on this blog because it is superb and because of his fascinating situationist perspective regarding our food “choices.”  Here is a blurb about the book from Pollan’s website. * * * Eating doesn’t have to be so complicated. In this age of ever-more elaborate diets and conflicting health advice, Food Rules brings a welcome simplicity to our daily decisions about food. Written with the clarity, concision and wit that has become bestselling author Michael Pollan’s trademark, this indispensable handbook lays o... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3146043 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:01:09 +0100 3146043 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3142151&cid=t_350725_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2F2010%2F01%2Fneisseria-book-review.html from Paola Mastrantonio (Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy) writing in Society for Microbial Ecology and Disease read more ..."This book represents a comprehensive update on the current understanding of the molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis both in Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The understanding of the gene expression strategies of pathogenic Neisseria is still limited but the recently published genome sequences of both the above mentioned species will provide invaluable insights into the basis of pathogenesis as well as on the study of new therapeutic interventions and preventive tools. Mechanisms of adhesion, cellular invasion, interference with the apoptotic cellular machinery and of antibiotic resistance are illustrated such as the role of the innate and ... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3142151 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:42:00 +0100 3142151 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3142657&cid=t_350725_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2FULb1WPL6gkc%2F As I mentioned in my post discussing the last year on EMR and HIPAA, I thought it worth talking about some of our plans for the coming year. 2010 is going to be an absolute banner year for EMR. We’re going to see the beginning of major shifts in the EMR world. Everything from merging EMR companies to clinics fretting over the EMR stimulus money. It’s going to be a very exciting and interesting time for those interested in EMR. EMR and HIPAA Blogging – We’ll continue blogging, although maybe not as much as we did last year. However, it’s just part of my routine so I’ll be surprised if too much changes in that regard. I’ve NEVER had an issue with things to blog about. In 2010 I think sifting through all the content and news will be the real challenge... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3142657 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:33:39 +0100 3142657