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 'brush'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:39:20 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5008659&cid=t_162401_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2Fv9zwuSemPQw%2F Consider this scenario: Let’s say you sold a leading mouthwash but feared that marketing a test for detecting oral cancer would raise concerns about a study showing a link between the mouthwash and oral cancer. Would you proceed or break the contract? Well, Oral Cancer Prevention, which makes such a test, claims Johnson & Johnson, which sells Listerine, reneged on a deal. And so Oral Cancer Prevention has filed a lawsuit charging J&J with suppressing sales of a test that allegedly could have prevented an estimated 7,300 cases of oral cancer and an unknown number of deaths in order to protect Listerine, which generates some $1 billion in annual sales. The company notes oral cancer is difficult to detect until its later stages, but its OralCDx test would help dentists detect... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5008659 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:32:40 +0100 5008659 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2712165&cid=t_162401_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F08%2F19%2Fis-my-child-a-kleptomaniac%2F In an article about apologizing, I confessed to stealing a friend’s hair brush when I was six. That brush burned a hole in the back of my closet until the unbearable guilt ratted me out to my Mom. She marched me over to my friend’s house and stood at a supervisory distance while I did the death walk of the condemned up to the door. The brush was returned together with a shaky, sincere apology. I never felt so bad, before or since. Thus ended my career in petty crime. When I read Perri Klass’s article in the New York Times Health section, Stealing in Childhood Does Not a Criminal Make, it rang so true. Dr. Klass is a pediatrician/writer whose career I’ve followed since my graduate school, her medical school days back in the ’80s. Like me, she is now a seasoned professional wit... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2712165 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:00:57 +0100 2712165 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2348833&cid=t_162401_113_f&fid=34603&url=http%3A%2F%2Fginasmith.typepad.com%2Fgina_on_gina%2F2009%2F04%2Fpassenger-landed-plane-after-pilot-died-while-flying-.html MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- It's a nightmarish scenario straight out of the movies: A passenger is forced to land a plane after its pilot becomes incapacitated. Officials released little information about those aboard the flight Monday. But it became a reality for a passenger on board a plane over Florida on Sunday, and for the air traffic controllers who helped him land safely in what the National Air Traffic Controllers' Association called "an Easter miracle." The incident began about 1:30 p.m. Sunday. The plane, a Super King Air two-engine turboprop with four passengers on board, was headed to Jackson, Mississippi, from Marco Island, Florida, about 18 miles south of Naples. The plane entered the jurisdiction of air traffic control at Miami Center, the facility respo... I'm Gina Smith blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2348833 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:38:22 +0100 2348833 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2107648&cid=t_162401_125_f&fid=34820&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dentalblogs.com%2Farchives%2Fadministrator%2Finspektor-tc-dental-plaque-detection-at-home%2F Inspektor TC might be the coolest thing Liverpool has produced since the Beatles. Scientists at the University of Liverpool created the gadget, a light that detects plaque before it’s visible to the naked eye. Use the product in private, though, because you may look like a 1950s sci-fi enthusiast during the process. To see the “hidden” plaque, you must wear yellow-lensed glasses with a red filter and shine a blue light in your mouth. Plaque will glow red in the light. The light can be used in the home as an alternative to those chalky pink tablets. For children, the elderly, and others prone to gum disease and cavities, Inspektor TC will show the areas of the mouth that aren’t being adequately cleaned in the daily brushing and flossing routine. With tooth decay as t... dental blog for dentists about dentistry blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2107648 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:29:47 +0100 2107648 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2026956&cid=t_162401_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F12%2F09%2Fthe-art-of-airbrushing%2F Airbrushing, the process of manipulating a photograph to hide flaws and create a better image, is nothing new. In fact, photo manipulation has been around for a long time. One of the earliest manipulated photos is a famous image of President Lincoln — in reality, a composite of Lincoln’s head on another politician’s body. Politicians always have interfered with images, wielding their power to rewrite history, purge opponents from pictures and promote their own agenda. How funny that today it’s used to make stars flawless, more glamorous, thinner and less like us (i.e., human). Airbrushing has gone from the crude use of the digital wand — with images like that of Oprah in 1989’s TV Guide when her head was fused with another actress’s body (available at the same site as the... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2026956 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:19:05 +0100 2026956 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1870612&cid=t_162401_113_f&fid=34603&url=http%3A%2F%2Fginasmith.typepad.com%2Fgina_on_gina%2F2008%2F10%2Fblue-angels.html Eric took this picture of the blue angels today. (Source: I'm Gina Smith) I'm Gina Smith blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1870612 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:48:58 +0100 1870612 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1433713&cid=t_162401_113_f&fid=34603&url=http%3A%2F%2Fginasmith.typepad.com%2Fgina_on_gina%2F2008%2F05%2Fjust-got-back-f.html Just got back from Seoul (the excellent Seoul Digital Forum). I was reticent at first, worried about N. Korea's pointing nukes at Seoul at all. But I went and had a blast. Will post pictures later ... And I'M SO GLAD I MISSED JAVA ONE this year. What if you held a conference and the noro-virus dropped by to visit? Hey, if you were a victim I'd love to hear from you. Thanks to John C. Dvorak, who had the good fortune to be in Seoul with me, for this one. http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=17760 (Source: I'm Gina Smith) I'm Gina Smith blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1433713 Sat, 10 May 2008 10:33:40 +0100 1433713 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1409772&cid=t_162401_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F280905593%2F Teeth-brushing has been a skill on Charlie’s IEP for the past three years—-prior to that, I brushed his’s teeth or, rather, worked on teaching him to open his mouth and to tolerate having a piece of plastic and wiry bristles on his tongue and teeth. I started using an electric toothbrush for Charlie when he was 4 years old, on the advice of a dentist who had two autistic children himself; the electric toothbrush got in some extra brushing, at a slightly faster rate. If it wasn’t a good night, we often skipped the tooth-brushing and sometimes a fairly quick brush of toothpaste to the surfaces of the teeth counted as “brushing teeth.” Over time, Charlie learned to open his mouth and to let me brush his teeth. (It also helped that he started to like the tas... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1409772 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:53:55 +0100 1409772 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1386023&cid=t_162401_113_f&fid=34603&url=http%3A%2F%2Fginasmith.typepad.com%2Fgina_on_gina%2F2008%2F04%2Fplane-crash-inf.html Click here for a site with plane crash cockpit recordings and transcripts. It's called Plane Crash Info. But be forewarned. If you're afraid of flying, don't even think of visiting this site. Man. What the Internet wrought. (Source: I'm Gina Smith) I'm Gina Smith blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1386023 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:15:22 +0100 1386023 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1385672&cid=t_162401_113_f&fid=34603&url=http%3A%2F%2Fginasmith.typepad.com%2Fgina_on_gina%2F2008%2F04%2Fthe-last-lectur.html Did you hear about the touching lecture on how to live life and achieve your childhood dreams, delivered by a dying young professor with amazing joy and candor at Carnegie Mellon. Here is Dr. Pausch's page -- which will live on surely -- and on it is the full video of his lecture. I give it my highest recommendations. Click here. (Source: I'm Gina Smith) I'm Gina Smith blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1385672 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:38:32 +0100 1385672 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=686937&cid=t_162401_113_f&fid=34603&url=http%3A%2F%2Fginasmith.typepad.com%2Fgina_on_gina%2F2007%2F06%2Fgood-news-for-a.html ... from the Environmental Defense Action Org. The gorgeous American bald eagle is off the extinction list! Click here and consider joining this group's email list, where just one click get you to sign petitions, write letters to CEOs, really make a difference. I once did a story on Good Morning America on how the Internet would change politics, but man, I never imagined it ballooning into this. (Source: I'm Gina Smith) I'm Gina Smith blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=686937 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 04:03:15 +0100 686937 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=623181&cid=t_162401_113_f&fid=34603&url=http%3A%2F%2Fginasmith.typepad.com%2Fgina_on_gina%2F2007%2F05%2Fcarcinogenic_ch.html Of the 100 plus products banned in Europe, only four are banned here. Thanks to our puppet FDA. I found this out during an interview I did with Jeanne Rizzo (The Breast Cancer Fund) on a documentary for LinkTV. See if your personal products are posing a danger. www.safecosmetics.org. Click on the box on the side that says Skin Deep. You can type in a product you use (makeup, moisturizer, sunscreen, nail polish, shampoo, contact solution, you name it) and find out how chemically dangerous it is. Outrageous. For instance, if you use Renu as your contact solution, this site rates it as among the most dangerous. (Source: I'm Gina Smith) I'm Gina Smith blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=623181 Sat, 19 May 2007 10:30:00 +0100 623181 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=460761&cid=t_162401_113_f&fid=34603&url=http%3A%2F%2Fginasmith.typepad.com%2Fgina_on_gina%2F2007%2F02%2Fbrush_with_deat.html I should make that -- Brush with Death -- a new category on the blog. What reminded me is how all the wind damaged those jet airliners' windshields today. Quite a disaster. In the mid 90s, I was on a United SFO to LAX flight to get down  for some computer party. At 30,000 feet -- and with no explanation from anyone -- plane went into a nose dive. You could not have heard an earring drop. There was no screaming. I was in first class and looked frantically at the stewardess across from me, she was strapped in with her eyes closed. The guy next to me was a few years older, as I recall. A lawyer from LA. And he said, well, you wanna call anybody? We both had phones in our seats. Neither us made a call. He said keep looking out the window and look for strips of highway or flat areas he... I'm Gina Smith blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=460761 Sun, 18 Feb 2007 02:29:03 +0100 460761