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 'cornell'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:12:10 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4424395&cid=t_162561_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F01%2Fnovel-cancer-targeting-cornell-dot-nanoparticle-approved-for-first-in-human-clinical-trial%2F “Cornell Dots” — brightly glowing nanoparticles — may soon be used to light up cancer cells to aid in diagnosing and treating cancer. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first clinical trial in humans of the new technology. It is the first time the FDA has approved using an inorganic material [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4424395 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 23:26:35 +0100 4424395 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4419141&cid=t_162561_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fa-cocaine-vaccine%2F2011.01.30 Although cocaine use has declined steadily since its peak in the early 1980s, public health officials estimate that about 7 million Americans used the drug at least once last year. Many of these folks are addicted to the drug, and its intense, short-lived euphoric effects mean the addiction is terribly difficult to overcome. Addiction specialists believe existing treatment paradigms for cocaine addiction can be enhanced by a vaccine that prevents the drug from crossing the blood-brain barrier, thus blunting its euphoric effects. Scientists have worked hard to develop such a vaccine, but have had limited success so far.  About a year ago for example, Thomas Kosten and colleagues at Baylor reported partial success in a human trial of a cocaine vaccine. In that trial, 38 percent of subjects... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4419141 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 23:00:04 +0100 4419141 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4245354&cid=t_162561_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F12%2F09%2Fdoes-the-gre-measure-anything-related-to-graduate-school%2F The Graduate Record Examination, or GRE, is required for admission to many graduate schools around the country. The computerized test includes verbal, quantitative and analytical writing sections.   The test was designed to predict success in graduate school. The research, however, does not support the idea that a high GRE score will predict graduate school success. Sternberg & Williams (1997) conducted a study to investigate how well GRE scores predicted graduate students’ success. Forty psychology faculty members at Yale were asked to rate graduate students’ abilities on five scales:  analytical, creative, practical, research and teaching.   The researchers also looked at first- and second-year student’s grade point averages, and overall evaluations of disserta... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4245354 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 13:56:11 +0100 4245354 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4139480&cid=t_162561_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FQQmWLy0WjS4%2F Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us and we’ll share with it others. That’s right. Send us your announcements and we’ll find a home for them. Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is coming and going, especially with all the layoffs. Despite the downsizing, there is movement. Here are some of the latest changes. Recognize anyone? And here is our regular feature. Send us a photo and we will spotlight a different person each week. This time around, we note that Weill Cornell Medical College hired Steve Paul to head the Appel Institute for Alzheimer’s Research. Before joining the institution, Paul was vp of science and technology and president of at Eli Lilly Research Labs and was the scientific ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4139480 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:32:57 +0100 4139480 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3976531&cid=t_162561_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F09%2F16%2Fwhy-are-cell-phone-conversations-so-distracting%2F We’ve all been there — sitting in a public place, and feeling like that person over there, talking on their cell phone, is so annoying. Why are they so annoying? What makes a cell phone conversation that you overhear so distracting? Four researchers, led by Lauren Emberson (2010) from Cornell University, set to find out. Previous research has shown that we don’t seem to be as distracted when listening to a full dialogue between two people as when we are listening to a “halfalogue” — that is, just one side of a two-sided conversation. In two small studies conducted exclusively on 41 college undergraduates, the researchers devised tasks to measure how distracting mobile phone conversations are when we hear only one side of the conversation. Specifically, t... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3976531 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:44:51 +0100 3976531 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3690807&cid=t_162561_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2F7-ways-that-germs-can-be-good-for-you-and-why-you-should-think-twice-before-taking-antibiotics%2F Germs, especially bacteria, have a fairly tarnished reputation among health circles, but according to Martin Blaser, chairman of the department of medicine at New York University Medical School, we might actually need more of them. The former president of the Infectious Disease Society of America says that our use of antibiotics and antibacterial products has reduced the number of healthy bacteria in our digestive tracts, changing our digestion and contributing to the rise in obesity. According to an article from Forbes.com, he’s not the only one who thinks that bacteria could be a good thing: They’ve compiled a list of ways that germs can actually be good for you, backed up by research from several scientists: 1. Controlling Weight – According to research from Cornell Univer... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3690807 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:57:12 +0100 3690807 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3471737&cid=t_162561_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fwamu-worry-more-overlaps-between.html Investigations of the failures of major US financial corporations during the global financial meltdown continue to paint a picture of bad leadership.  The latest failed corporation to get public attention was Washington Mutual (WaMu).  As described by the Los Angeles Times, Before Washington Mutual collapsed in the largest bank failure in U.S. history, its executives knowingly created a 'mortgage time bomb' by making subprime loans they knew were likely to go bad and then packaging them into risky securities, a congressional investigation has found.In some cases, the bank took loans in which it had discovered fraudulent activity -- such as misstated income by borrowers -- and rolled them into mortgage securities sold to investors without disclosing the fraud, according to the rep... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3471737 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:44:00 +0100 3471737 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208286&cid=t_162561_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fhaiti-volunteer-trauma-surgeon-dr-soumitra-eachempati-writes-scathing-review-obama-administration-response%2F Prominent trauma surgeon Dr. Soumitra Eachempati and orthopedic surgeons Drs. Dean Lorich and David Helfel author a scathing editorial in the Wall Street Journal of the Obama administration’s response to the medical catastrophe. All of the authors are on staff at Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208286 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:33:22 +0100 3208286 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3251255&cid=t_162561_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F4873961%2F12jedf%2Fneuromarketing%7EPricing-Lessons-from-Restaurants.htm My last Neuromarketing post, Neuro-Menus and Restaurant Psychology, talked about various things restaurant menu engineers do to maximize sales and profits. I think it’s worth calling special attention to one aspect touched on in that post: how price presentation affects sales. Not, the price itself, which of course is very important, but the [...] CommentsThis is fascinating, I don't have any great insights but I am ... by Claire BoylesI've decided (years ago) to avoid rubbing currency signs in ... by Paul JohhnsonPlus 4 more... (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3251255 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:58:52 +0100 3251255 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3100748&cid=t_162561_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fwith-leaders-like-these.html My current favorite book about the global financial meltdown, aka great recession, The Sellout, by Charles Gasparino, featured vivid portraits of the bad leadership that lead to the collapse.  For example:Richard S Fuld, Jr, former CEO of Lehman Brothers (now bankrupt) - Fuld had become more isolated and arrogant. (p.208)As the firm's leverage increased, Fuld's grip on his management and board grew. He was revered by so many people in his circle of senior advisers that almost no one dared to speak out about the firm's risk and leverate, and almost never to Fuld himself. Everyone else was so scared to be cursed at in public or even fired that they simply kept their mouths shut.Fuld's leadership was more like that of a cult leader than even that of an imperial CEO. (p. 20... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3100748 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:04:00 +0100 3100748 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3089237&cid=t_162561_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F12%2F98-million-dollar-man.html We seem to have a new candidate for the award for best-paid CEO of a not-for-profit academic medical center, as reported in the New York Post,Wall Streeters aren't the only ones raking in big bonuses during tough economic times.Hospital presidents and CEOs also collect fat bonuses and 'incentive payments,' even as health-care systems cry poverty, claiming they struggle to break even against government cutbacks, tightwad insurers and skyrocketing costs.While warning of layoffs and slashed patient services, many hospitals shower their top execs and department heads with bonuses and perks. They include housing allowances, chauffeurs, first-class air travel, tuition for their kids and country-club memberships.Under new IRS rules, the extras are disclosed for the first time in recently filed 20... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3089237 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:29:00 +0100 3089237 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2862445&cid=t_162561_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Ftrustee-of-what-caliber-for-hospital.html The Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, a prestigious institution focused on orthopedics and rheumatology, closely affiliated with Weill Cornell Medical College, just announced its newest trustee, whose qualifications for the position turn out to be just a wee bit curious. Here they are as described by the press release:He is a former CEO of WachoviaHospital for Special Surgery announced today that Robert K. Steel, former President and Chief Executive Officer of Wachovia Corporation, has been named a member of the hospital's Board of Trustees.Steel facilitated Wachovia's merger with Wells Fargo to create the second-largest retail brokerage in the country.Before then, he served in the Treasury DepartmentPrior to running Wachovia, Steel served in the U.S. Treasury Department as Under S... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2862445 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:00:00 +0100 2862445 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1788750&cid=t_162561_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2F391007554%2F NPR's Science Friday covered fungi with several myco-luminaries on the radiowaves including: Kelli Hoover, Penn State University who recently discovered a new fungus related to Fusarium solani in the gut of Asian horn beetle that can break down lignin.(DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0805257105) Arturo Casadevall who has been a leader and pioneer in Cryptococcus research including recent work on its ability to use ionizing radiation as an energy source. David Fischer author of many great books on Mushroom identification Kathy Hodge, Cornell University and Cornell Mushroom Blog author The show also speaks with Gavin Sherlock on recently published work on the origins of lager yeast. © Jason Stajich for The Hyphal Tip: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics, 2008. | Permalink | No comment ... Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1788750 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:29:37 +0100 1788750 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1124228&cid=t_162561_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F01%2F01%2Fcornell-cuts-suicide-rate-in-half%2F Cornell University has made the controversial decision that a human life is worth more than strict privacy rules. As a result, it has cut its suicide rate amongst students in half in the past 6 years (as compared to the previous 6 years when this policy wasn’t in place). At the same time while undergraduate enrollment at Cornell has declined during most of the 2000’s, visits to the school’s counseling center have nearly doubled, from just over 11,000 in 2000 to nearly 20,000 in 2007. This may also help account for the reduction in the suicide rate. Students are making more use of the counseling services available to them, and staff at Cornell are keeping a closer eye on students who seem to experiencing extreme emotional difficulties: After years in which many colleg... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1124228 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:03:52 +0100 1124228 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=868332&cid=t_162561_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F155920670%2Fbreaking_codes_to_explain_deci.html One worker joins Rotary as a way to give back to the community … but struggles to limit his drinks at company functions. Another worker’s caught stealing from the company coffers … but heads up a college fund for disadvantaged employees. A third worker loses his job because he lashes out at others.How do you make daily decisions and why do some people where you work, act against their own best interests?  Thanks to a recent study, reported today, we now have a vital clue to help decode the complex communication signals between your brain cells. What does it mean to you? Interestingly, researchers have begun to listen in on specific cell talk that enables the complex systems of the brain’s decision making operations. Check out the... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=868332 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:47:57 +0100 868332