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 'breakthrough'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:12:00 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4714825&cid=t_157235_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F04%2F15%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-april-15-2011%2F When I reflect back on my life, when I recall the really hard times, I think about how I was mere moments away from a breakthrough. If I was worried about a lack of work, I would get an assignment a few days later. If I was feeling upset and lonely, a friend would call that I needed to talk to. Sometimes ambiguity and uncertainty were hours away from answers. I just needed the patience and faith to wait those difficult times through. Although it’s a struggle to see hope in the midst of heartache, sorrow and pain, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. In fact, I am certain you already walked through that door before. This week take some time and reflect on your darkest moments and then think about how you were able to get through it. Maybe the memory of your past struggles and ho... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4714825 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:57:11 +0100 4714825 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3742225&cid=t_157235_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F07%2Faids-vaccine-researcher-dr-peter-kwong-reports-major-advance%2F Dr. Peter Kwong of the National Institutes of Health is a co-author on a scientific paper published this week in the prestigious journal Science that reports a major breakthrough in the eventual development of a vaccine to protect against HIV/AIDS. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3742225 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:06:29 +0100 3742225 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3416294&cid=t_157235_137_f&fid=39091&url=http%3A%2F%2Falzheimmers.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fmedia-research-alzheimers-breakthroughs.html Did you ever notice how many treatments and cures there are for Alzheimer's.Cell phones, video games, vitamins, statins, anti-inflamatories, high fat diets, low fat diets, all kinds of diets, lots of coffee, no coffee, more exercise, think healthy thoughts, sudoku's etc etc and on and on, we cling to each new breakthrough, and possible cure, but we never really look at the process. It is almost like finding the missing pearl in the shell. We accuse the drug companies of holding out. Not enough money for reaearch, not enough dedicated to research. The pearl must be sop basic and so obvious, it must be right under our noses. Probably not.Emerge the media. On a slow news day- big reporting, "A NEW ALZHEIMER'S BREAKTHROUGH" and so it goes, and caregivers and victims get their hopes up. They ar... Caregiver Survival: I Hate Alzheimer's blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3416294 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:15:00 +0100 3416294 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2793239&cid=t_157235_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FgyPU7JIVa60%2F For many people, cancer pain is extremely difficult to manage. While there are many medications that can help, often the pain will appear in between doses, before the next dose is scheduled. This is called breakthrough pain. Doctors and nurses have tried many things to manage the breakthrough pain, but not all methods are successful for all people. Fentanyl is an opioid medication that is often used in treating cancer pain. Most people who know what fentanyl is know it as a patch that is worn on the skin. The medication is then absorbed through the skin over a 3-day period. It is also available in an oral version. In Europe, doctors have another version of fentanyl, called Instanyl. It’s a nasal spray form of the medication that has been found to be quite effective in managing breakt... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2793239 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:48:13 +0100 2793239 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2027061&cid=t_157235_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D5575 You might be interested to read Time’s Top 10 list. Number one on the list is the creation of motor neurones from patients with ALS. Researchers at Harvard and Columbia reported a milestone experiment in July, using a new method — one that doesn’t require embryos at all — to generate the first motor neurons from stem cells in two elderly women with Lou Gehrig’s disease, or ALS. The technique, developed by Kyoto University scientist Shinya Yamanaka in 2006, involves reprogramming a patient’s ordinary skin cells to behave like stem cells, then coaxing them into the desired tissue-specific cells. Amazing stuff and a good holiday read. from the Malaysian Medical Resources Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs of 2008 (Source: Malaysian Medical Resources) Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2027061 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:00:00 +0100 2027061 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1347594&cid=t_157235_131_f&fid=35743&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthegenesherpa.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F04%2Fsafe-to-smoke-bullh.html I am so pissed off this morning. Mainly because of the assault that must be led by Phillip Morris, DeCode and the Devil Himself.In a recent press push.....from as far as I can see. There is now a "magic bullet" for smoking and avoiding cancer. Recently published data in the Journal Nature is being over hyped. From Good Morning America to Fox News to MSNBC to my friend Hsien at Eye on DNA (Well hers isn't so much hype)From Her blogAll three studies identified regions on chromsome 15 that are associated with nicotine dependence, lung cancer, and peripheral artery disease. The deCODE study focused on SNP rs1051730 located on chromosome 15q24 in the CHRNA3 nicotine acetylcholine receptor. People with one copy of the “T” version of this SNP had:30% increase in risk of lung cancer OR of 1.32... Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1347594 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:27:00 +0100 1347594 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1142366&cid=t_157235_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2Fwhat-is-breast-cancer-ask-british-gps.html I woke on New Year’s Eve as always listening to the Radio 4 news which, on that day, began with a headline article saying the GPs were incompetent as they did not know how to deal with women with breast cancer.The BBC loves nothing more than bashing GPs and so the headline was deemed more important than the recent assassination of Benazir Bhutto. It was based on a survey carried out by a pressure group called Breakthrough Breast Cancer (bbc). Working for bbc is a useful form of therapy for those who have lost a relative to the disease. It is a plausible enough organisation, with some impressive names on its headed note paper.If you are a celebrity, and an organisation involved in breast cancer asks to borrow your name, you do not say “Oh for Christ’s sake, bugger off. I am sure you a... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1142366 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:21:00 +0100 1142366 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=832688&cid=t_157235_131_f&fid=35743&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthegenesherpa.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Ftip60-tips-off-breast-cancer.html According to a study published today in the journal Nature shows that a gene called Tip60 is involved in the development of breast cancer. But more importantly.........reduced expression of Tip60 protein leads to more aggressive tumors. Tip60 is a tumor suppressor gene unlike others.....Let me explain. Usually you are required to have both copies of a tumor suppressor gene affected to start developing tumors. I feel that this theory along with all things mendelian will start to fade away. Why? Because we are much more complicated that punnet squares. The field of systems biology is growing and we will soon realize that we are a complex interactome, not just autosomal/Xlinked/Ylinked dominant/recessive genes.So where were we? Well it turns out that this tumor suppressor gene only needs one ... Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=832688 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:13:00 +0100 832688 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=513010&cid=t_157235_137_f&fid=35371&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthecaregiver.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2Fnew-drug-stops-alzheimers-in-tracks.html The drug -- called Alzhemed -- attacks Amyloid Peptide - the molecule that causes Alzheimer's.Paul Aisen, M.D.: "I think it is tremendously significant."An early study showed Alzhemed stabilized the disease in nearly half of patients. Now, more than 1,000 are being followed. Source ABC7Nearly five-million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease. Drugs on the market can treat the symptoms -- but not one goes after what causes it. Now, researchers are on the brink of a huge breakthrough with a drug that targets the cause and could stop the disease in its tracks.Frances Goldstein: "I like to paint -- a lot."Jacobo, her husband of 45 years, loves watching her mind at work. Frances has Alzheimer's disease -- diagnosed eight years ago at age 56.Jacobo Goldstein, Wife has Alzheimer's: "For ... CareGiver, The blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=513010 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:53:00 +0100 513010 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=551456&cid=t_157235_140_f&fid=35440&url=http%3A%2F%2Fspiritualemergency.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F01%2Fvisionary-experience-in-myth-ritual.html ... we are beginning to realize that we cannot fix on the outside what is broken deep within the human heart and psyche.- John O'DeaJohn Weir PerryThe initial disordered state that I am describing contains two distinct elements. The first is an experience of dying or of having already died, which symbolizes a dissolution of the accustomed self. The second element, closely related to the first, is a vision of the death of the world. In an acute psychosis individuals undergo a profound reorganization of the self, effected by a thoroughgoing reintegration through utter disintegration. Life cannot be repaired, it can only be re-created by returning to the sources. And the 'source of sources' is the prodigious outpouring of energy, life and the fecundity that occured at the Creation of the Worl... Spiritual Emergency blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=551456 Wed, 11 Jan 2006 02:19:00 +0100 551456