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 'crystal'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:11:28 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159029&cid=t_138728_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D4683%26utm_source%3Drss%26utm_medium%3Drss%26utm_campaign%3Dprofessor-geoffrey-petts-of-the-university-of-westminster-says-they-are-not-teaching-pseudo-science-the-facts-show-this-is-not-true Jump to follow-up On 23rd May 2008 a letter was sent to the vice-chancellor of the University of Westminster, Professor Geoffrey Petts Dear Professor Petts   You may be aware an article by Zoe Corbyn, published in Times Higher Education 24 April 2008, with the title Experts criticise ‘pseudo-scientific’ complementary medicine degrees.   The subtitle of the article was Vice-chancellors should re-examine courses, say campaigners.  In the light of that, we wondered whether you had anything to add to the comments made by David Peters in todays THE.  We are preparing a response to that, and it seems fair to ask your view before we proceed. (In order to save you time, copies of the two articles are attached.)   As an expert on... DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159029 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:37:57 +0100 5159029 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4715015&cid=t_138728_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FQz8Sw-i4Qjs%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 Aileron Therapeutics hired Tony Manning as sr vp of research and preclinical development. Most recently, he was vp and head of inflammation and autoimmune diseases research at Biogen Idec. Before that, he was vp and global head of inflammation,... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4715015 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:52:14 +0100 4715015 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4438932&cid=t_138728_117_f&fid=38856&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timemastermd.com%2F%3Fp%3D2024 LET’S ALL MATE LIKE RABBITS THIS YEAR 29 year old Alessandra Ambrosio – says “Happy Chinese New Year” – Brazilian Victoria Secret Supermodel Style!  She has two really big ears. We are 3 days into the Year of the Metal Rabbit! The rabbit’s peaceful nature combines with the noble, protective metal element to usher in a gentle phase governed by diplomacy. These Rabbits are very ambitious and can be quite crafty in their dealings with others. They throw themselves and their emotions into everything they do, making them intense lovers and immerse themselves into projects…both business and personal. This Chinese New Year will allow more time for family pursuits. Spending time with your nearest and dearest will take precedence over work and romantic love.... Timemaster MD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4438932 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:47:26 +0100 4438932 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4125062&cid=t_138728_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F11%2F01%2Falcohol-the-most-dangerous-drug-probably-not%2F Researchers using their own classification and rating system in order to try and assess a drug’s overall harmful effects — not to oneself, but to society as a whole too — recently published their findings. Here’s what they found, according to various news outlets: The Most Dangerous Drugs? Alcohol, Heroin and Crack—in That Order TIME – Catherine Mayer Alcohol is more harmful than heroin or crack: study New York Daily News Study: Alcohol ‘most harmful drug,’ followed by crack and heroin CNN International Experts: Alcohol More Harmful Than Crack or Heroin WebMD – Tim Locke If you just read the headlines, you’d think the study showed that the most dangerous drug available today is alcohol, based upon clinical or government data. It&#82... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4125062 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:30:04 +0100 4125062 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3808790&cid=t_138728_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FFAlvP9ysSuY%2Fthebetesnow.php is a really fun project that I bumped into at the CWD Friends For Life (FFL) conference.  It's a project that a couple of the super creative Dunlap teenagers are putting together, and I'm so impressed with how it is turning out.  I'm proud of them, and proud to have had a chance to participate.  From their site: "We at theBetes:NOW aim to serve Type 1 families by offering them a multi-media platform to share their experiences with the larger Type 1 community. We are a project for Type 1 families, by Type 1 families."They had a neat little station set up right in the hallway of the convention center, and as people would walk by they could record a little message, then it would be edited on the spot, and played on a display screen just minutes later.  It was really fun... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3808790 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 01:41:00 +0100 3808790 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3549503&cid=t_138728_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F05%2Famerican-idol-contestant-crystal-bowersox-%25e2%2580%2594-doing-her-thing-with-the-betes.html Like Jessica over at A Sweet Life, I have to say that Crystal Bowersox is hands-down my favorite American Idol contest this year, and not just because she has diabetes.  She’s just cool. She wears dreadlocks, and plays guitar. People call her “Mama Sox” because she has a one-year-old son. (They call her “Mama” and [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3549503 Mon, 10 May 2010 11:00:24 +0100 3549503 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3457827&cid=t_138728_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fpoll-of-the-day-should-parents-show-kids-porn%2F Kids of divorced parents are often caught in the crossfire of bad arguments and legal disputes. But Jack and Crystal Buckner’s daughters are in the middle of a uniquely controversial case in northern Texas. NPR reports that when the couple’s eight-year-old started having behavioral problems, she went to a therapist, and eventually told the therapist that her Dad had been showing both of his daughters adult porn on the computer – and Daddy told the girls it was to teach them about sex. The therapist called Family and Protective Services (we’d do the same), but Texas law isn’t so straightforward. Though the Texas penal code makes it possible to prosecute anyone who sells or shows harmful material to a minor (and defines pornography as harmful), it doesn’t appl... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3457827 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:41:30 +0100 3457827 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3432912&cid=t_138728_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FnEK_XTbGypc%2F Billy Crystal was looking... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Awful Plastic Surgery) Awful Plastic Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3432912 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 07:51:31 +0100 3432912 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3374084&cid=t_138728_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Ffeel%2Fblisstrees-random-poll-of-the-day%2F photo: Thinkstock Today we’ve been thinking a lot about crystal balls, tarot cards, and fortune-tellers predicting the future. And we wonder what you think about the concept of clairvoyance. Take our poll below. (Of course, if we were psychic, we’d already know your answer.) #MicroPollDiv_240950 { width: 250px; margin: 0px auto; } Post from: BlissTree (Source: Healthbolt) Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3374084 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:01:39 +0100 3374084 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3135514&cid=t_138728_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D2618 Can’t resist another bit of straight plagiarism. In this week’s Times Higher Education, the inimitable Laurie Taylor wrote this. Rock around the clock Professor Georgina Kunzite, the Head of our Department of Crystal Healing, has reacted strongly to the recent High Court ruling that the University of Central Lancashire must hand over teaching materials from its defunct homeopathy course to a campaigning sceptic. Speaking to our reporter, Keith Ponting (30), she said she had no intention of acceding to any similar request for materials from her own oversubscribed course in crystal therapy. Such a move, she argued, risked undermining the power of the crystals, which were notoriously wary of attempts to question their curative validity. She had initially been disconcerted by... DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3135514 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:08:32 +0100 3135514 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2995715&cid=t_138728_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fbreastfeeding123%2Fnaturally-fresh-crystal-deodorant-review%2F I am almost embarrassed to post this review, but it’s for one of those products that I wonder why I had never heard of it before I stumbled across it on some crunchy blog somewhere. It’s the Naturally Fresh Crystal Deodorant. Once I became pregnant and then became a nursing mother, I became increasingly concerned about the products I use and the chemicals they contain. This deodorant contains natural mineral salts and ammonium alum and checks out well on the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep Cosmetic Database. It’s important to note that this product is a deodorant and not an anti-perspirant. While you might still sweat, the crystal provides a natural barrier against odor-causing bacteria. You simply moisten the stone (or apply it to wet armpits after a showe... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2995715 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:54:06 +0100 2995715 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2570471&cid=t_138728_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D1864 Hilarious. (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2570471 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:28:20 +0100 2570471 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2206855&cid=t_138728_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FBreastfeeding123%2F%7E3%2FmYtql4owzlw%2F Approximately 30 people braved the cold to protest outside the Asheville, North Carolina, Denny’s where Crystal Everitt was asked to cover up while breastfeeding her son. Another handful of protesters met outside a Hanover, Pennsylvania Denny’s, and Everitt said other nurse-ins were scheduled as well. The media coverage so far: Newspaper article: Asheville Citizen-Times: Nursing Mom Leads Protest Television news: Pennsylvania: WFMZ-TV covers the Hanover Township, Lehigh County nurse-in (great job speaking to the media, mama!!) First-hand blog account of the nurse-in: Jenny Harmon at Mothering without a Manual Video of Corporate Statement: You can watch the rather insincere and unsatisfactory statement of Rick Pate, representative for Success Management, which runs several Denn... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2206855 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:04:22 +0100 2206855 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2183214&cid=t_138728_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FBreastfeeding123%2F%7E3%2FfS6vGEDlh_4%2F Crystal Everitt was breastfeeding her 1-year-old son in a Denny’s restaurant when she was asked by a manager to cover up. When Everitt declined to do so, the police were called and she was told that she would have to leave or be arrested for trespassing. The Denny’s in question is in Asheville, North Carolina. The manager told the Asheville Citizen-Times: In this particular case, this guest was exposed in a manner that was causing discomfort toward other guests to the point of them complaining to management and leaving the restaurant. The manager clearly needs an education in the North Carolina indecent exposure law, which provides: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a woman may breast feed in any public or private location where she is otherwise authorized to be, irre... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2183214 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:59:02 +0100 2183214 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1508289&cid=t_138728_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F06%2F11%2Fwhy-girls-take-crystal-meth%2F Phoenix Beck, a young woman in recovery, talks about her experience in the short video Why Girls Take Meth (the video doesn’t quite fit its frame, scroll down a bit to see the play button). A good point she makes is that while she was using the drug others treated her as “disgusting” and “shameful” but when she quit everyone was supportive and helpful. She says that if they’d been supportive and tried to get her help while she was using then she mightn’t have felt so depressed, which kept her going back to do more drugs, and instead might have sought recovery earlier. So why did she take meth? Phoenix had low self-esteem and was bullied, and started hanging out with drug users for a sense of community. Within two weeks she was addicted. Researche... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1508289 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:51:20 +0100 1508289 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1394104&cid=t_138728_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D227 Times Higher Education has published a league table showing that the University of Westminster is head of the league table for the number of courses in quackery. With fine timing, I just acquired the slides for their lecture on "vibrational medicine". See a selection of them. It seems that Amethyst; the 'Transmutator' . . .emits high Yin energy so transmuting lower energies and clearing and aligning energy disturbances . . .". This is part of a vocational "Bachelor of Science" degree. It is beyond parody. You couldn't make it up. (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1394104 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:16:15 +0100 1394104 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=730623&cid=t_138728_151_f&fid=35799&url=http%3A%2F%2F12steps1journey.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fwatch-addiction-videos-online_21.html I have found that learning as much as I can about the science and psychology of addiction has enhanced my spiritual recovery. I strongly believe that I am recovering from a spiritual illness and that this is the core issue. However, understanding the potential physical or psychological differences that may pre-dispose me to addiction helps reinforce how important the spiritual work is for people like me.Addiction - A documentary series from HBO films.Frontline: The Meth Epidemic - An investigation into how Meth became so big and the people involved.NOVA: Dying to be Thin - A documentary about eating disorders.If you have others to share please add them as a comment to this post.Twelve Steps, One Journey - Recovering from addiction one moment at a time. (Source: Twelve Steps, One Journey) Twelve Steps, One Journey blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=730623 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:21:00 +0100 730623 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=478754&cid=t_138728_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F03%2F07%2Fanalyze-this-for-better-blood-sugar-control%2F Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Lifestyle, Drugs, Research, ProductsRemember that movie with Billy Crystal and Robert De Niro, Analyze This? Well we all don't have super-risky mobster lifestyles to induce depression like Paul Vitti's, but according to a new study of depressed type 2 diabetics -- depression has a negative impact on blood sugar control. Researchers treated 93 patients with type 2 diabetes and depression with the antidepressant bupropion (Wellbutrin). They chose the drug because it is capable of reducing depression and weight simultaneously. The hypothesis behind the treatment was mood enhancement and weight reduction would, in fact, improve blood sugar control. (Always a gold star day in my book!) The results were documented in the March issue of Diabete... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=478754 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 05:00:00 +0100 478754