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 'crab'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:31:08 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4133807&cid=t_142224_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSciencebaseScienceBlog%2F%7E3%2FuyWyzE7plmY%2Flatest-science-snippets-2.html Shampoo in your eyes – Botanical extracts added to shampoos almost never do anything at all and are usually  there purely and simply to make the product look more natural.   They are used at very low levels indeed. Expensive shampoo is a waste of money as is the cheap stuff you buy by the gallon. Supermarket own brands are fine, apparently. Free scientific calculator – Red Crab is a free and portable calculator for Windows that is perfectly suitable for complex algebraic equations like fractions, square roots, exponents and a lot more. The best option to take a look at the calculator’s capabilities is to load a few of the demo projects that ship with the download. First all-digital science textbook will be free – Within two and a half years, the E.O. ... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4133807 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 10:00:04 +0100 4133807 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2528074&cid=t_142224_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2F2fiGwHjOWo0%2Fgazpacho.php My mom makes the best gazpacho.  I don't know how she does it, but every time seems to be better than the last.  When I asked her how she made it, she said she didn't really follow a recipe, but gave me some basic ideas for how to start.  I love to top my gazpacho with some avocado, a little sour cream, and some crabmeat or shrimp.  Gazpacho1 hothouse cucumber,... (Source: Diabetes Daily) Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2528074 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:00:00 +0100 2528074 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512631&cid=t_142224_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FgmVGI7yRbA0%2Fhow-to-cook-soft-shell-crabs.php When we were down in New Orleans a couple weeks ago, we ate a lot of soft shell crab.  Sweet, succulent, and perfectly in season this time of year (May through July), soft shell crabs are a great addition to your summer menu.What are soft shell crabs?As crabs grow larger, their shells cannot expand, so they molt the exteriors and have a soft covering for a matter of days when... (Source: Diabetes Daily) Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512631 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:00:00 +0100 2512631 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2473939&cid=t_142224_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2F31uPLS4fkBI%2Fwhat-is-in-your-picnic.php This afternoon, David, Leah and I are driving down to see David's grandpa since we won't be able to celebrate father's day with him next weekend.  I made a bunch of food to take down with us, and what better kind than a picnic!  I made fried chicken, mashed potatoes, steamed green beans, a salad of tomatoes and fresh basil, and of course, an apple pie.  We used to pack... (Source: Diabetes Daily) Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2473939 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:33:27 +0100 2473939 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2297308&cid=t_142224_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FRpiVU4H9nM0%2Fcioppino.php I love cioppino.  When I was in Italy a few years ago, it was one of the few items that I would order again and again while we were out to eat.  It's a classic and hearty stew made from fresh fish and shellfish, sometimes served over pasta or sometimes with a good, crusty bread.  Either way you eat it, cioppino is a delicious way to incorporate seafood into your... (Source: Diabetes Daily) Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2297308 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:00:00 +0100 2297308 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1646058&cid=t_142224_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F07%2Ftues-for-ww-pincer-grip.html This is a drawing kindly provided by "Andrea" from "Andrea's Buzzing Around:." If only I could draw like "that."Pincer or Pincher grip definition:-A skill that "generally" develops in infants between the age of 12 and 15 months.Can you do it? Not "draw like Andrea" but put your hand in that position?Many people can't or have great difficulty making the two tips touch. Sometimes even if we can manage to get them to touch, we lack the finger strength to maintain a good hold. It can be very frustrating for everyone concerned.How about "this?"Of course if truth be told we don't hold spoons in a pincher grip anyway but it's a great tool to avoid getting pinched until you master it.Better late than never. So glad we got around to it "eventually."If you like what you read, send it to someone in '... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1646058 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:46:00 +0100 1646058 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1634979&cid=t_142224_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F07%2Fanother-crabby-old-day-england-is-evil.html The trouble with holidays is that they are just so exhausting. Without the bribery of ‘electronics’ time, we fail miserably in the ‘discipline’ and ‘routine’ departments. Even when we ignore the issue of jet lag, they’re still up and buzzing about until gone 11 every night. “Go to sleep and tomorrow we shall have a treat!” just doesn’t cut the mustard. “Go to sleep and then tomorrow you can rot your teeth on candy,” is no sweetner. “Go to sleep and we’ll go to the beach tomorrow / have a day trip / insert any other enticement you can think of!” fails to meet the mark. Sadly they need no electronic assistance to ping them out of bed just before six every morning. I drag them to the beach for an educational extravaganza. I’ve given up saying ‘it will be FUN,... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1634979 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:12:00 +0100 1634979 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1603111&cid=t_142224_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F330920433%2F Yesterday I posted about tracking eye movements as a way to test very children for autism — and then, later in the day, read about another possible marker for detecting autism in young children. University of Florida researchers Osnat and Philip Teitelbaum think that different patterns of movement in babies and toddlers may be indicators of autism, as noted in the Orlando Sentinel. The Teitelbaums spent five years viewing home videos of babies who were later diagnosed with autism. Osnat and Philip Teitelbaum discovered some unmistakable patterns among autistic children. “I compare it to music,” says Philip Teitelbaum. “After you get so many scores, you look at them and you see this pattern happens here and here and here.” For instance, one of the most common c... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1603111 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:33:34 +0100 1603111 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1279534&cid=t_142224_136_f&fid=36163&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyelomahope.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fmayo-clinic-day-2.html A Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scan employs a radioactive isotope which acts like a tiny lighthouse within the body. The body is transparent to this radioactive light (gamma rays), so the PET scanner can see it and can locate the isotope with precision. The isotope is attached to sugar (glucose) molecules, which are injected into the body and taken up in greater amounts by hungry cancer cells than by the body's other cells. Thus the scanner can see a lot of these tiny lighthouses wherever there are concentrations of cancer cells. In myeloma patients, the PET scan can spot hot spots capable of causing bone damage, before the damage is ever done. PET scans are expensive, Sandy the nurse said $3500, and for myeloma patients they are not covered by Medicare. However, Medicare is current... Myeloma Hope blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1279534 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:08:00 +0100 1279534 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1131312&cid=t_142224_136_f&fid=36163&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyelomahope.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2Fhumpf.html Disappointing Test Results. Last October my new "everything including the kitchen sink" self-treatment regimen seemed to be producing results, with a significant reduction in IgG from September to October, and a slight reduction in "spike." Yesterday I received the results from the last nine weeks on the regimen, and those results are not as encouraging: IgG up 11.5% to 3000 mg/dL, near the high September level, SPEP monoclonal protein (SPEP) is up 11% to 2.05 g/dL, an all-time high, and For the first time ever, slight amounts of lambda light chains were found in my urine. I hoped and almost expected those numbers to go down, not up, so this is a disappointment. However, the news is not all bad. I have a beer here, but I'm not crying in it :-) Calcium remains low, as does creatinine, bo... Myeloma Hope blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1131312 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:09:00 +0100 1131312 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=977470&cid=t_142224_136_f&fid=36163&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyelomahope.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fexcellent-test-results.html Yippee! Ok Don, calm down. "EXCELLENT" would be "it turns out you really don't have cancer after all." So these test results are just VERY GOOD! Can you tell I'm happy? This was a short interval, too, only five weeks. Some important results: IgG is down 13%, from 3110 to 2690 mg/dL. My IgG had not declined in the previous eight sets of tests, in fact increasing linearly and predictably for more than two years; Spike (the SPEP test) is down slightly, from 1.90 to 1.85 mg/dL. This is not highly significant, because the SPEP does bounce around, except that this is the second DOWN bounce in a row and it has not bounced DOWN in two tests since the Big Bang. Calcium dropped WAY down, from 10.4 mg/dL (slightly over the normal high range) to 9.7, perfectly normal. This had been the only C.R.A.B. ... Myeloma Hope blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=977470 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:41:00 +0100 977470 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=903939&cid=t_142224_136_f&fid=36163&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyelomahope.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fsmoldering-myeloma.html Donna left a nice, informative comment on an earlier post here titled More Thoughts About Marching. This is my response, long enough for a post rather than just a comment. We're the lucky ones, Donna, in my opinion. We found out about our myeloma by accident, long before we broke a bone, or suffered kidney damage, or whatever. We have the chance to pack a little more life into the next years than we might have done otherwise. Furthermore, we have the chance to learn about the treatment possibilities and about our own disease before having to make the serious life-changing decisions. I'm in the position of making one of those decisions soon, because my particular oncologist is asking me to make it. Mayo and UAMC are right - studies have not shown any survival advantage in starting treatme... Myeloma Hope blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=903939 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:19:00 +0100 903939 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=873202&cid=t_142224_136_f&fid=36163&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyelomahope.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fmore-thoughts-about-marching.html Margaret and Ana, Thank you both for your comments on the previous post. My heros, two kind and clever women in Italy! I do feel better. The decline of 3% in M-spike is probably well within the margin of repeatability of that test, but at least it suggests that monoclonal proteins did not go UP. I do not know of any reason why the normal IgG should have gone up - I was not dealing with any kind of infection that I know of on blood-draw day - but of course it could be due to a transient subclinical infection of some kind. Perhaps the myeloma is not marching; we shall see in five weeks or beyond. Meantime I will: Continue with the curcumin, Add low-dose naltrexone, Add resveratrol and perhaps more, Get the bone survey (I had a skull MRI done in April), Look into the new Life Extension Curc... Myeloma Hope blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=873202 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:41:00 +0100 873202 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=864727&cid=t_142224_136_f&fid=36163&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyelomahope.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fcrab.html I have "smoldering" myeloma (or just MGUS, depending how you look at it), which means my myeloma is not symptomatic. No broken bones, kidney failure, nothing. I even ran four marathons this year, so far. But my numbers (IgG, M-Spike, Light Chains) keep climbing, so I walk around with my fingers crossed, hoping to continue smoldering but nervously looking for that first little flame somewhere. Enter the CRAB criteria: Calcium, Renal (creatinine), Anemia (hemoglobin), and Bone lesions. A person is considered to have active myeloma ("end" organ damage) when any of these criteria are out of whack. Mine seem to be well within whack, except for the first, calcium. In the last three lab tests, calcium has edged toward the high limit of normal according to that lab. So I checked the internet to... Myeloma Hope blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=864727 Sat, 18 Aug 2007 02:47:00 +0100 864727