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 'broom'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:58:24 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2899087&cid=t_298846_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fthe-cranky-witch%2F ‘Tis the season so they tell me. Guess I’m right in style. After all I’m only human, and this pain it’s got me riled; Amidst the pumpkins, gourds and corncobs, cobwebs of massive size, midst hoards of tiny mobs. I think I’m just as scary as the crabby, cranky witch. Some days I feel too lousy to walk, to sit, to twitch. I think I kind of like it, the role of eerie witch. I could use a wart or two or a defacing  rash with itch. With its ghosts and pumpkins this season I do love but the weather always changes and my body knows thereof. I feel the weather to the hour as I begin to feel “all in” as parts of me rebel I morph into my evil twin. I don’t feel like being nice, it’s so dull and boring. Cranky, crabby, grumpy I’d rather be destroying. Give me someone I can whack.... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2899087 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:12:29 +0100 2899087 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2382549&cid=t_298846_109_f&fid=34795&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoloshrink.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fapartment-inspection-part-iiv.html Inspection day at the apartment complex came around again last Friday. It is really more of a regular maintenance routine, but there is usually a suspicious looking assistant manager who accompanies the crew to make certain that I am not running an unapproved meth lab or have not burned down the kitchen without notifying the office in advance. I was fine with the first inspection here because I knew the manager loved cats and I handed her one while the others replaced filters, changed batteries, checked the fire extinguisher, and did the other necessary things. I got a notice six months ago that I was due for an inspection, but none ever happened. I was therefore not terribly surprised when I got the current notice to see that a single word had been added for this (yearly) inspection. I ha... Solo Shrink blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2382549 Sun, 03 May 2009 02:00:00 +0100 2382549 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1984949&cid=t_298846_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2F463183919%2F Genome survey sequencing (1.9X coverage) was generated for Moniliophthora perniciosa, the cause of witches' broom disease on cacao plants. The sequence for this basidiomycete plant pathogen was published in BMC Genomics this week. The authors report a higher number of ROS metabolism and P450 genes. Evaluating whether these copy number differences are significantly different from other basidiomycete fungi and are lineage specific expansions will help determine if these families played a role in the adaptation of this plant pathogen. This work provides an important stepping stone in understanding and eventually controlling this pathogen which is devastating cacao plantations. An associated review describes what we have and can learn about Witches' broom disease. See related: Will you alway... Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1984949 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:23:17 +0100 1984949 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1522208&cid=t_298846_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2F312751464%2F NPR had a story this weekend on Cocoa plantation collapse and the ecological aftermath of the changes the witches' broom fungus Moniliophthora perniciosa has wreaked. The genome sequence project for this Homobasidiomycete fungus (also known as Crinipellis perniciosa, phylogenetic relationships discussed by Aime and Philips-Mora 2005) is underway at the Laboratory Genomica e Expressao at UNICAMP, Brazil.  The witches's broom (not this witches' broom) is named because of the bristly form it induces in the cacao plants. The genome project will hopefully improve the diagnosis and treatment work that is needed.  Beyond the insatiable need for chocolate, the NPR story does talk about the impact on farmers, the economy, and the environment with the loss of these cacao plantations. Some links:... Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1522208 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:57:26 +0100 1522208