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 'brain stem'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:31:59 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2357450&cid=t_226481_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F9HlbLlYHYBg%2F Since such a large number of people don’t sign organ donation cards or place themselves on a registry, healthcare personnel find themselves in the position of having to ask shocked and grieving families about their wishes. This is a difficult task for people who aren’t trained or well-prepared for the role. According to a press release issued by the BMJ , A recent audit of 341 deaths in intensive care units in the UK revealed that 41% of relatives of potential donors denied consent. In an interview study a third of relatives who had refused donation said that they would not refuse again, whereas only a few of people who had given consent regretted their decision. The authors of the study review looked at 20 were looking to see if they could find specific factors that affected h... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2357450 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:16:21 +0100 2357450 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2191609&cid=t_226481_165_f&fid=36770&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmetaot.com%2Fblog%2Fcontrol-movement 0. Introduction: My problem-based learning objective for this week is to summarize how voluntary movement is controlled. Unfortunately, voluntary movement depends on the integration of several non-voluntary mechanisms so the material I had to cover seemed pretty complex to me. I thought I might as well share my work here instead of wasting it, but I am no neuro-physiologist so please do not expect any rocket science. 1. Sensation: In order to move in a controlled manner it is first necessary to be aware of one’s position is space. There are various sensory mechanisms in pace for this. 1.1. Vision: the importance of vision for position awareness only becomes clear in the absence of visual and tactile cues. Examples of this are being deep under water (divers are trained to blow and follo... meta-ot blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2191609 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:04:49 +0100 2191609 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1671519&cid=t_226481_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F005406.html Using viruses to introduce genes that are known to control pluripotency (i.e. embryonic state) of cells some Harvard researchers managed to take skin cells from a women suffering from Amyotrophic... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1671519 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1671519 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1501297&cid=t_226481_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F005257.html Some brain stem cell researchers have identified molecules that keep stem cells in a basically sleeping deactivated state and they think this points toward how to activate stem cells to... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1501297 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1501297 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1003558&cid=t_226481_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F004756.html Mice subjected to brain damage were able to form new memories with the help of stem cell therapy. New UC Irvine research is among the first to demonstrate that neural... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1003558 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 05:00:00 +0100 1003558