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 'butler'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:12:12 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4803024&cid=t_163605_87_f&fid=35060&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthnewsblog.com%2Fblog%2F505111 Karen Butler woke up speaking a British accent after being heavily sedated for dental surgery. MSNBC reports that she is suffering from foreign accent syndrome, a rare disorder that only affects about 100 people worldwide. She grew up in Oregon, but woke up afer surgery with an accent described as "Irish, Scottish and northern British, with perhaps a dash of Australian and South African." Preliminary tests suggest she has no neurological conditions other than her voice changing. Take a look: Permalink | Facebook | Twitter | Recent Headlines | News Feeds (Source: HealthNewsBlog.com) HealthNewsBlog.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4803024 Thu, 05 May 2011 20:00:00 +0100 4803024 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4517346&cid=t_163605_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F02%2Fmore-pharma-social-media-pioneers.html As evidenced by the first-ever pharma-hosted Twitter Chat (see "OMG! AstraZeneca Hosts Twitter Chat & World Does NOT End!"), there is still plenty of work for Pharma Social Media Pioneers to do and new pioneers to be recognized.Last year, I awarded the coveted "Pharmaguy Social Media Pioneer Award" to Alex Butler (see "First Pharmaguy Social Media Pioneer Award Given to Janssen's Alex Butler").I will continue to search out, find, and promote new pioneers, especially those who are actively using Twitter to engage in conversation. The chart below shows the pioneers I currently have in my database (view that database here). I have included in my list people who are employed by pharmaceutical companies (or very recently so employed) and who have over 200 Twitter followers.  If you kno... Pharma Marketing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4517346 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:18:00 +0100 4517346 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4446029&cid=t_163605_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F02%2Fsocialisation-of-internet-is-bogus.html "The whole web is now socialised..." said Alex Butler in a pharmaphorum interview ("Psoriasis 360: How pharma can do social media").Alex does NOT mean that socialists have taken over the Internet, although, if you think about it ... hmmm. I digress..."We live in a post-advertising age where messages no longer resonate without dialogue, and where information is best exchanged through community," said Butler (see "Social media doesn't really exist" and listen to this Pharma Marketing Talk podcast interview of Alex Butler: "Is 'Social Media' a Distinction Without Meaning in Today's World?"). "But although it is tempting to think that contact is now king, in fact high value dynamic content, valued by the consumer, has never been more important...there is little of value on the internet that is... Pharma Marketing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4446029 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:42:00 +0100 4446029 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4086513&cid=t_163605_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F10%2Ffirst-pharmaguy-social-media-pioneer.html Discussion with 'Psoriasis 360' on Facebook?").When I handed over the Hawaiian shirt to Alex, I stated that another important factor in my decision was that Psoriasis 360 is the first consumer-oriented pharma FaceBook page to allow comments without pre-moderation. All comments are posted first and then reviewed afterward. So far, only a few comments had to be removed -- mostly because of vulgar language or mentions of product names. If a comment includes a product  name, the moderator(s) ask that the comment be resubmitted with the product name removed.Psoriasis 360, however, may NOT be the FIRST pharma Facebook page that allowed unmoderated comments to be posted. Sanofi-Aventis' VOICES Facebook was probably the first, but only unintentionally! Listen to that story and its aftermath h... Pharma Marketing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4086513 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:02:00 +0100 4086513 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4040787&cid=t_163605_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F10%2Fmarkets-as-conversations-can-you-have.html Alex Butler, Digital Strategy and Social Media Manager at Janssen and candidate for the Pharmaguy Social Media Pioneer Award, just informed me by email that he and his team have launched the Psoriasis 360 Facebook page, which is part of a larger disease-awareness campaign.Alex wrote:"The Psoriasis 360 campaign has been developed by Janssen as part of an ongoing commitment to improving the lives of patients through the provision of useful and relevant information about psoriasis. We know that people who live with psoriasis don’t always get the help and support they need to manage their condition. Many people are not aware how severe their psoriasis is, the impact that this has on their life and how to speak to their doctor about managing the condition."This information forms the core of t... Pharma Marketing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4040787 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:18:00 +0100 4040787 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3896089&cid=t_163605_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F08%2Falex-butlers-signature-says-it-all-well.html I am getting excited about presenting at the upcoming DigiPharm Europe 2010 conference in London at the end of September mostly because I will be meeting several pharma people who are doing digital marketing in Europe! One of these people is Alex Butler who is Digital Strategy and Social Media Manager at Janssen-Cilag.You can tell that Alex is immersed in communication and social media just be looking at his email signature, which I reproduce below (without revealing his personal phone and email address):I need to update my sig file to look more like this!I first learned about Alex when I asked people to nominate candidates for the Pharmaguy Social Media Award (learn more bout that here).Alex's signature says it all, or ALMOST all. There is a lot more to learn about Alex and what he is doi... Pharma Marketing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3896089 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:34:00 +0100 3896089 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3603651&cid=t_163605_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F05%2F27%2Fdo-you-think-you-smell-olfactory-reference-syndrome%2F Do you think you smell? Well, if we assume for a moment that you actually don’t smell or emit some sort of stinky odor, you’re like most people. In this modern world where many don’t think twice about showering each and every day, our bodies often have little chance to work up any kind of odor. However, if you’re amongst a small group of people who think they smell even when they don’t, then you might be suffering from Olfactory Reference Syndrome. Olfactory Reference Syndrome is a “new” syndrome coined by researchers who’ve discovered that amongst people who think they smell bad — even when they don’t — suicidal thinking and behavior is rampant. And it’s no wonder — if you think you smell bad and others are not... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3603651 Thu, 27 May 2010 13:37:40 +0100 3603651 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3463583&cid=t_163605_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F1zKnBc3aJqQ%2F By David BoazBoth the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times have just run major stories on presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s difficulties in getting people to understand the difference between his Massachusetts universal-health-care plan, which featured an individual mandate, subsidies, and forbidding insurance companies to deny coverage for preexisting conditions, and the Obama-Reid-Pelosi plan, which features an individual mandate, subsidies, and forbidding insurance companies to deny coverage for preexisting conditions. President Obama is putting Romney on the spot by telling Matt Lauer that his bill is similar to Romney’s. Daniel Gross of Newsweek recommends that Obama hire Romney — someone who has management experience, no current job, and “relevant e... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3463583 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:17:01 +0100 3463583 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3262659&cid=t_163605_109_f&fid=34786&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrmichelletempest.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fawaiting-interesting-read.html Eamonn Bulter wrote a chapter in 'The Future of the NHS'. His new book is entitled 'The Alternative Manifesto'. The book has been described as a 'sort of workshop manual for fixing Britain, and it doesn't flinch from getting the spanner round those nasty problems that the politicians of all sides don't want to talk about.' In fact, the cover describes it not as a workshop manual but as a twelve-step plan to wean the political class off their fiscal alcoholism. It's offically released on the 25th Feb, however, early birds can buy it here. (Source: The Psychiatrist Blog) The Psychiatrist Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3262659 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:11:00 +0100 3262659 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3039844&cid=t_163605_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F11%2F29%2Fwhen-all-else-fails-brain-surgery%2F Like many others, I’ve never been a big fan of surgery as a solution for mental disorders like obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) or depression. A medical procedure done on a bodily organ whose functioning we’re only beginning to grasp — the brain — seems a little premature. It hits too close to the thinking behind frontal lobotomies and the justifications doctors used for them back in the 1950s and 1960s, “By cutting and removing the front part of the brain, we help quiet the unrest in these troubled minds.” As we later found out, we also quieted the entire person to the point of many of those people become drooling vegetables. That was considered “progress” by many well-educated professionals for many, many years during this time. Amazing.... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3039844 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:22:31 +0100 3039844 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2902929&cid=t_163605_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F10%2F15%2F1909-picture-only-tells-a-fraction-of-the-story%2F Thomas Butler was born in Bathurst, Lanark County, Ontario in 1826, one of nine children of 1819-1820 Irish immigrants John Butler and Alice Warren. While six of his siblings married Warren cousins, in 1852 Thomas Butler married Dorcas Radford, born in 1835, also in Bathurst Township. That’s their picture, taken in 1909! According to [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2902929 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:50:53 +0100 2902929 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2899152&cid=t_163605_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F10%2F15%2F1909-picture-only-tells-a-fraction-of-the-story%2F Thomas Butler was born in Bathurst, Lanark County, Ontario in 1826, one of nine children of 1819-1820 Irish immigrants John Butler and Alice Warren. In 1852 he married Dorcas Radford, born in 1835, also in Bathurst Township. That’s their picture, taken in 1909! According to a 1974 family history Barker and Warren Families from [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2899152 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:50:53 +0100 2899152 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2688872&cid=t_163605_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2F5meHtcjRIZE%2F Image via Wikipedia My old high school English teacher took it upon herself, for reasons unknown to me, to give me extra reading assignments. I was a book geek, and so was always glad to get suggestions of writers to read, and she did thus start me on a lifelong love of Yeats and some of Henry James‘ stories that I would never have come across otherwise. She also, for reasons also unknown to me but compatible with the previous unknown reasons, tried to change my taste in music from Rock to Classical. Rock, she seemed to reason, was incompatible with a cultured mind, which I was otherwise gaining. Classical music is something I can take or leave. However, one recording she lent me (you had to actually lend someone a piece of vinyl encased in cardboard, back then, and hope they... white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2688872 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:19:00 +0100 2688872 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2678889&cid=t_163605_165_f&fid=37959&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthskills.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F08%2F07%2Fmirror-box-video-david-butler%2F David Butler is a physiotherapist, and takes the ‘Explain Pain’ courses. If you’re keen to find out more about NOI group – head here This video is a good overview of the mirror box – in 7 minutes!  Enjoy. (Source: HealthSkills Weblog) HealthSkills Weblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2678889 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:38:22 +0100 2678889 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1446562&cid=t_163605_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F05%2F15%2Fthe-situation-of-judges%2F Below we have mashed up three articles about the recent, highly contentious Wisconsin Supreme Court election — “Big money, nasty ads highlight Wisconsin judicial race” by Bill Mears for CNN, “Life, liberty and the pursuit of a fair judiciary” from The Economist, and “Gableman victorious” by Stacy Forster and Patrick Marley for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — and sprinkled in several illustrative Youtube videos of campaign ads. * * * Justice is meant to be impartial. To this end, Britain’s judges are appointed for life. In America federal judges are as well. But in 39 states some or all judges must face election and re-election, often with unbecoming hoopla. An election to the Supreme Court of the state of Wisconsin has just involved ab... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1446562 Thu, 15 May 2008 18:14:59 +0100 1446562 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1251259&cid=t_163605_122_f&fid=36506&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainSciencePodcastBlog%2F%7E3%2F239838765%2F In a recent blog post I objected to Richard Lewontin’s claim that we know nothing about the evolution of the human brain. Apparently my reaction was shared by quite a few researchers in the field. Michael Butler describes their reaction at an interdisciplinary panel that was also held at this year’s AAAS annual meeting. One thing that seems to drive some of these discussions is a difference of opinion about whether their is an insurmountable gap between human intelligence and what other animals can do. This connects with the ongoing debate about the importance of genetic factors. But there seems to be no doubt that this is an extremely fruitful area of research. “How Human Intelligence Evolved–Is It Science or ‘Paleofantasy’?” by Michael Balter. Sc... the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1251259 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:10:44 +0100 1251259 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1139851&cid=t_163605_134_f&fid=35152&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsstrumello.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2Fprotein-treatments-to-cure-type-1.html Proteins are being investigated for use in treating a variety of diseases because they can influence cell behavior by fueling or dampening certain molecular signals, therefore their use may be used to influence the regeneration of certain cells, in the case of diabetes, the pancreatic beta cells. This falls under the broader diabetes research objective to investigate inducing beta cell regeneration. Several methods are now being investigated or reviewed, including (among others), INGAP as well as several other techniques that were seen as useful in beta cell regeneration. If you aren't familiar with INGAP, that story was chronicled a few years ago. To read the background on that, please see the following archived story links below:Spring 2002Winter 2002Summer 2003Spring 2004Fall 2006Curren... Scott's Web Log blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1139851 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:30:00 +0100 1139851 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1009435&cid=t_163605_132_f&fid=35001&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nodalpoint.org%2F2007%2F11%2F06%2Fnodalpointless_whats_the_point_of_blogging Sometimes I wonder what what the point of blogging is and just how much time people (myself included) waste reading and writing them. Let's face it, most leading scientists are too damn busy to pay much attention to the blogosphere, especially when it descends (as it frequently does) into "uncontrollable verbal discharge". This unfortunate medical condition is also known as Blogorrhoea. A free-flowing blog is unlikely to directly increase a scientists productivity (as approximated by the infamous h-index), and might even decrease it. Now, we all know that powerpoint can be PowerPointless, so is blogging a pointless activity? Or to put it another way: Nodalpoint or Nodalpointless? read more (Source: nodalpoint.org - A bioinformatics weblog) nodalpoint.org - A bioinformatics weblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1009435 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:51:11 +0100 1009435