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 'dangers'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:02:21 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5174759&cid=t_118577_129_f&fid=27216&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifewithadhd.com%2Fadhd-drugs%2Fthe-dangers-of-overprescribed-adhd-medications.php Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has become the fastest growing diagnosed disorder among children under the age of 18. Many children in countries such as the US, New Zealand and Australia are being prescribed medications at an alarming rate. As the FDA requires ADHD drugs to carry warning labels, the overmedication of children with ADHD is becoming a real concern. Most ADHD drugs are stimulant that contain amphetamine. Various side effects have been reported from taking these drugs. Some of them tend to suppress feelings of any kind, making children unhappy. Some are addictive and prone to substance abuse. In some cases, depression can lead to suicidal thoughts or actions. Ritalin is a common prescription medication for ADHD in children to help them concentrate better. The s... Life With ADHD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5174759 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5174759 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5158894&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F008249.html Sunspots can be predicted 1-2 days in advance. The researchers got help from the Michelson Doppler Imager aboard NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory satellite, known as SOHO. The craft spent 15 years making detailed observations of the sound waves within the sun. It was superseded in 2010 with the launch of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite, which carries the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager. Using the masses of data generated by the two imagers, Stathis Ilonidis, a Stanford graduate student in physics, was able to develop a way to reduce the electronic clutter in the data so he could accurately measure the solar sounds. The new method enabled Ilonidis to detect sunspots in the early stages of formation as deep as... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5158894 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5158894 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5130674&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F08%2Fcongresswoman-renee-elmers-on-health-it.html A letter on Health IT from Congresswoman Renee Ellmers, (R) NC, Chairwoman of the U.S. House of Representative's Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Healthcare and Technology was just sent to Secretary of the Dept. of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius. The themes in the letter will be familiar to readers of Healthcare Renewal. A PDF copy of the letter can be downloaded by clicking below, and the text follows. (click here to download PDF) Here is the text, along with several comments: August 11, 2011 The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 lndependence Avenue, S.W. Washington, DC 20201 Via Facsimile: 202. 690.7380 Dear Secretary Sebelius: The House Small Business Committee, on which I serve, is required by the R... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5130674 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:58:00 +0100 5130674 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5125698&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F08%2Fcongresswoman-renee-elmers-on-health-it.html A letter on Health IT from Congresswoman Renee Ellmers, (R) NC, Chairwoman of the U.S. House of Representative's Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Healthcare and Technology was just sent to Secretary of the Dept. of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius. The themes in the letter will be familiar to readers of Healthcare Renewal. A PDF copy of the letter can be downloaded by clicking below, and the text follows. (click here to download PDF) Here is the text, along with several comments: August 11, 2011 The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 lndependence Avenue, S.W. Washington, DC 20201 Via Facsimile: 202. 690.7380 Dear Secretary Sebelius: The House Small Business Committee, on which I serve, is required by the R... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5125698 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:58:00 +0100 5125698 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5103317&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F08%2Fmedical-data-mix-up-major-system-error.html This from Down Under. Apparently an American IT system by Cerner was involved:Medical data mix-up, major system error Kate Hagan | August 5, 2011 MELBOURNE hospitals have sent incorrect patient records to GPs due to an error with Victoria's troubled health technology program over the past two months. The discharge summaries from Eastern Health and the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital mixed patients' names with other patient data, including test results and diagnoses.[A major patient misidentification error - ed.] The data was faxed to GPs under the HealthSMART program, which Health Minister David Davis has described as ''the myki of health''.[I think 'myki' refers to the contactless smartcard ticketing system being introduced on public transport in Victoria, Australia. Did I mention I... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5103317 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:15:00 +0100 5103317 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5103318&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F08%2Fwhy-radiologists-should-review-reports.html Another way computers in medicine can lead to maimed and dead patients: .firefox .portlet-boundary_EXT_4_ #article-comments p sup { }.ie #article-comments table { margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: -8px; }#article-comments div { font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.7; text-align: left; }.ie .article-comments-date { margin-bottom: 5px; } Why Radiologists Should Review Reports CarefullyDiagnostic Imaging By Arun Krishnaraj, MD | August 2, 2011 Mrs. Anderson called her doctor and spoke with pressured speech: “I think there is a mistake. That cannot be my ultrasound. I don’t have a gallbladder.”Mrs. Anderson was accessing our hospital’s open EHR, which allowed her to view her radiology reports, and noticed a discrepancy. An ultrasound had been performed which identified “multip... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5103318 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:56:00 +0100 5103318 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5069406&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F07%2Fon-ehr-warnings-sure-experts-think-you.html I frequently mention what I call an "irrational exuberance" about health IT affecting the judgment of otherwise intelligent people.Here's an example where an expert's prescient warning about HIT problems was ignored.This letter of April 21, 2010 was FAXed to the CEO and CC'd to the CMO of the hospital where my mother was injured due to a May 19, 2010 EHR-related error.Incidentally, they have, to my knowledge, no postdoctorally-trained Medical Informatics specialists on staff, and possibly nobody with substantive formal training in the domain.Names of people and places have been redacted. To the best of my knowledge, the letter's concerns were ignored:April 21, 2010CONFIDENTIAL[name redacted]President and CEO[name redacted] Hospital[address redacted]Re: Electronic medical records observatio... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5069406 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:39:00 +0100 5069406 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5069407&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F07%2Fchilling-effects-to-blog-or-not-under.html On the travails of being a citizen journalist and medical watchdog:I must admit I almost gave up blogging recently.First, the death of my mother June 6, 2011 from an EHR-related medication continuity error has strained me severely. I took care of her at home since Sept. 2010 in a hospital bed rented for the living room, having promised her (and my father before he passed in 2000) that I would never put her in a nursing home. I kept my promise, but at great psychical cost. It was seriously distressing to watch her suffer and decline, cry, call out for her own long-deceased parents, and to have to administer hospice-supplied medications such as large doses of benzodiazepines, haldol (a major tranquilizer), and morphine in her final weeks to ensure she was as comfortable as possible.The effec... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5069407 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:46:00 +0100 5069407 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5062198&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F07%2Fehrevent-and-national-database-of-ehr.html At my Nov. 2011 posts on a new entity called "EHRevent.org" that is supposed to be a health IT industry watchdog, I expressed various forms of skepticism. See my Nov. 2010 posts at the following HC Renewal links:November 15, 2010: EHRevent.org: Web Site to Collect EHR Safety Reports November 16, 2010: EHRevent: survey amateurism, bias, or something else?November 17, 2010: Some answers about new site "EHRevent.org" for health IT and drug adverse event reportingNovember 22, 2010: EHRevent.org CEO Edward Fotsch MD: The Real Challenge with EHRs is -- User Error? Now, approximately eight months later, I read this in the July 2011 EHREvent newsletter at this link, written by Michael Victoroff, MD, Editor in Chief:... The media has drawn our attention to the case of Genesis Burkett, a... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5062198 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 21:58:00 +0100 5062198 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5062199&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F07%2Feprescribing-assuming-issues-like-this.html No surprise here to anyone with engineering sense (e.g., in my case, arising from my decades of experience in amateur radio, operating many different brands and types of extremely complex radio equipment):American Medical News (American Medical Association)Upgrading e-prescribing system can bump up error riskSome of those risks can put patients in jeopardy in the first few weeks of implementation, a study finds.By PAMELA LEWIS DOLAN, amednews staff. Posted June 13, 2011.Switching to new or upgraded electronic-prescribing systems may pose patient safety risks during the transition period, despite the advanced clinical decision support tools offered by the newly implemented technology.Let me translate this euphemism: "Patient safety risks" = risks that patients will be maimed or killed.Many ... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5062199 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 13:04:00 +0100 5062199 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028087&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F008177.html Kyle Munkittrick argues we need cognitive enhancement to deal with existential threats. The reason I use Ender’s Game as an example is that we human beings face a lot of existential threats. We have our current challenges such as climate change, over-population, the looming health care crisis, and the ever present threat of global nuclear war (forgot about that one for a while there, didn’t ya?); not to mention the improbable but possible future-threats of asteroid impact, AI uprising, or alien invasion. Having more rather than less great minds to work together to solve these problems could be the difference between human survival and extinction. But, as it stands, the number of geniuses among humanity is a result of genetic statistical probability.... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028087 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5028087 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028088&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F008178.html Even if more human geniuses get produced by genetic engineering before artificial intelligence is realized does AI doom us anyhow because geniuses will underestimate the threat? This becomes a plausible idea if even geniuses suffer from the Dunning-Kruger Effect. The Dunning-Kruger Effect? Yes, the Dunning-Kruger Effect. It could doom us to being wiped out by hostile A.I.'s. As you can read at that link, Cornell professor of social psychology David Dunning and his then grad student Justin Kruger did some cool experiments showing that incompetent people are not competent enough in self evaluation to know they are incompetent. People don't know their limits. People assume they can model what's important about their place in the world and make decisions wisely.... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028088 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5028088 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4984448&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fosteoporosis-treatment-with-bisphosphonates-is-exercise-good-or-dangerous%2F2011.06.30 My 86 year-old mother, who is generally in good health, slipped and fell recently and suffered a fractured femur. She was unfortunate to have suffered the accident, but had the good fortune to be discovered quickly, treated promptly and well by the paramedics who responded to her, and then to have a swift and skillful operation by an orthopedic surgeon to repair the fracture. Almost miraculously, she was standing upright (with a considerable amount of pain) the next day and had begun the rehabilitation process. At her age—indeed at any age—a fractured femur is a very significant injury. This past year, I have learned of friends and others who have suffered falls and broken their legs, ankles, or backs, as well as others who suffered “pathological fractures.” The latter group had th... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4984448 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:00:00 +0100 4984448 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4975793&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F06%2Fbabys-death-spotlights-safety-risks.html Two tragic cases.Case #1. See Baby's death spotlights safety risks linked to computerized systems by Judith Graham and Cynthia Dizikes in the Chicago Tribune.A baby died at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital due to an intravenous solution containing a massive overdose of sodium chloride — more than 60 times the amount ordered by the physician. The authors write:Although a series of other errors contributed to the tragedy, its origin — a piece of data entered inaccurately into a computer program — throws a spotlight on safety risks associated with medicine's advance into the information age, a trend being pushed aggressively under health reform.One wonders - what happened to the alerting features, for the tens or hundreds of millions of dollars the hospital spent on health IT?I've als... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4975793 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:26:00 +0100 4975793 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4952749&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F06%2Femrupdates-thoughts-on-health-it.html I had posted about my mother's demise at the EMRupdate.com site here where I have written or cross-posted a number of essays over the years. The site's proprietor Nick Harrington of the U.K. replied. In his bio:Managing Director of UK based document management software vendor Ambay Software providing hosting and support to emrupdate.comI recognized a number of familiar themes in his reply.In turn, I replied to his reply as follows:Nick Harrington replied on Mon, Jun 20 2011 10:12 AMDr. Silverstein, We're sorry for your loss. Genuinely. However, I don't think this is the right place for you to start a campaign against EMR. The Healthcare industry is making... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4952749 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:28:00 +0100 4952749 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4852855&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwhy-cloud-computing-can-be-dangerous-in-healthcare%2F2011.05.23 A lot of people are intrigued with using “cloud” applications and storage for personal health data. This week we’re seeing what I think is the final nail in the coffin of “cloud only” for anything important. You gotta have offline backups: two huge cloud vendors – Amazon and now Google – have demonstrated that even they can go down, leaving their users absolutely powerless. Cloud computing (Wikipedia) is hugely attractive to software developers and businesses. As shown in this diagram from Wikipedia, the idea is that you do your computing using storage or tools that are on some computer somewhere out there “in the cloud.” You don’t know or care where, because somebody out there takes care of things. As your business or database grows, “they” take care of it. And it... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4852855 Mon, 23 May 2011 18:00:31 +0100 4852855 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4852828&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F008093.html Apocalypse Not Yet. You notice any new signs of the end of the world today? I have to say I got distracted and missed paying attention at the moment when it was all supposed to end. My neighborhood is quiet and peaceful. But religious belief is not the only source of predictions of the end of the world. A pair of astronomers say in about 1 billion years the output of our Sun will go up enough to evaporate the oceans and rivers into water vapor. The story begins some 4.57 billion years ago, when the young sun's nuclear furnace ignited and stabilized. Back then, solar physicists estimate, the sun was 30 percent dimmer than it is today. As it... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4852828 Fri, 20 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4852828 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4828816&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F05%2Felectronic-medical-records-and.html There are many parallels between the health IT sector (with known injuries and deaths [1]; deliberate lack of regulatory enforcement in part due to regulatory capture [2]; willfull blindness and special pleadings by vendors and purchasers regarding the dangers of the devices [3]; 'certification' standards that ignore safety [4], and other cavalier practices), and this tragic story below:Swimming pool maker pleads guilty to criminally negligent homicideSource: Claims Journal "Pool Company Admits Guilt in Connecticut Boy's Drowning" John Christoffersen, April 15, 2011After the tragic drowning of a 6-year-old Connecticut boy in 2007, his parents have brought a lawsuit against the swimming pool company. The lawsuit against Shoreline Pools detailed statistics of pool entrapment deaths and injur... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4828816 Sat, 14 May 2011 11:52:00 +0100 4828816 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4828829&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F008086.html Looking at photos of Mississippi River flooding submerging some mobile homes triggered a thought: What would it cost to build a floatable mobile home? Note that unlike a house boat it would not need to be water-tight at all time.s It could be designed for easy to conversion into something floatable. It could sit on sealed barrels that are anchored to it. Or a set of inflatable cushions could be brought in and inflated under it. The potential costs of a really big flood triggered these thoughts. A Christian Science Monitor piece about past great floods mentions that a flood as large and lasting as the 1927 Mississippi River flood would cost $160 billion. A Risk Management Solutions study, published... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4828829 Thu, 12 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4828829 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4762728&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fwhen-will-first-class-action-lawsuit-on.html At this post a few weeks ago about FDA (non)regulation of health IT, I observed several salient points:FDA's Chair of the Center for Device and Radiological Health (CDRH) Dr. Jeffrey Shuren, a physician and lawyer, stated that under the Federal, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [that regulates all drug, medical devices, etc. in the United States - ed.] HIT software is a medical device (link to testimony);FDA is aware of HIT risks of injury and death, including specific examples, and issued an internal memo (direct link to memo PDF) taxonomizing these risks in great detail. The memo was publicly divulged by the Huffington Post Investigative Fund; The aforementioned chair of CDRH believes these incidents - including 44 reported injuries and 6 reported deaths - are likely just the "tip of the ice... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4762728 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:21:00 +0100 4762728 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4723769&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F008035.html In response to the BP Macondo Deepwater Horizon oil well blow-out and resulting 87 days of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico 2 consortiums of oil companies and formed 2 companies to develop devices that can be brought on after a blow-out to cap a run-away well within a couple of weeks of a blow-out. 10 major oil companies (e.g. Exxon and COP) that account for 70% of the oil pumped in the Gulf put up $1 billion to fund the Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) to create what are called capping stacks. Some of these stacks are ready for deployment. A separate group of oil companies founded Helix Well Containment Group which has developed their own capping stacks.... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4723769 Sun, 17 Apr 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4723769 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4670078&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fcommon-sense-on-side-effects-lacking-in.html At my Mar. 27, 2011 post "Those Who Dismiss Healthcare (and Healthcare IT) Adverse Events Reports as Mere "Anecdotes" Have Lost - Supreme Court-Style" I wrote that the SCOTUS decided in MATRIXX INITIATIVES, INC., ET AL. v. SIRACUSANO ET AL. (link to PDF) that:... We conclude that the materiality of adverse event reports cannot be reduced to a bright-line rule ... Because adverse reports can take many forms, assessing their materiality is a fact-specific inquiry, requiring consideration of their source, content, and context.Wall Street Journal author and "Numbers Guy" Carl Bialik adds to that point in an article today "Making a Stat Less Significant" where he writes:To determine whether a medical side effect is significant in an experiment requires knowing that every incidence of that side ... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4670078 Sat, 02 Apr 2011 12:47:00 +0100 4670078 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4631452&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F007984.html Of course a scientist warned of the tsunami risk to nuclear plants and was ignored. Yukinobu Okamura, a prominent seismologist, warned of a debilitating tsunami in June 2009 at one of a series of meetings held by the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency to evaluate the readiness of Daiichi, as well as Japan’s 16 other nuclear power plants, to withstand a massive natural disaster. But in the discussion about Daiichi, Okamura was rebuffed by an executive from the Tokyo Electric Power Co., which operates the plant, because the utility and the government believed that earthquakes posed a greater threat. Read the full article. One defense of Tepco and Japanese regulators was that the recent tsunami was not foreseeable. But that's... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4631452 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4631452 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4592336&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F007969.html In Technology Review Kevin Bullis highlights nuclear reactor design improvements that would cut the risk of cooling system failures. The latest nuclear reactor designs could help avoid the overheating and explosions that have occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan following the powerful earthquake and tsunami that struck on Friday. Newer reactor designs propose the use of passive cooling systems that would not fail after a power outage, as happened in Japan, as well as other novel approaches to managing reactor heat. Passive systems are key in my view. Human operators make mistakes and active systems can get damaged when you most need them. According to a Bloomberg report the Japanese reactors had back-up generators designed to withstand... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4592336 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4592336 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4580884&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F007967.html Planet Earth is dangerous. Those of us on the US, Canadian, and Central American West Coast should think seriously about what we can learn from the Japanese earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear reactor failures. Japan’s massive earthquake and tsunami is alerting the US west coast that the same kind of thing could happen here. In fact, say experts who study the earth’s shifting crust, the “big one” may be past due. The Pacific Northwest is especially vulnerable and could experience a 9.0 earthquake either onshore or offshore. If offshore the time to get to higher ground would be on the order of about 15 minutes. The Cascadia subduction zone could shake and cause offshore landslides that would cause massive wave movement.... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4580884 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4580884 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4570653&cid=t_118577_129_f&fid=27216&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifewithadhd.com%2Fadhd-drugs%2Fadhd-drug-dangers-opting-for-safer-choices-to-protect-your-child-from-mindless-medication.php I use the term ‘mindless medication’ in the title of this article with very good reason. This is because I know that when medication using psychostimulants is used as the main weapon in ADHD treatment, the child’s chances of successfully overcoming his ADHD are much reduced. The ADHD drug dangers are legion and it would take a whole book to outline them. But let us consider what the implications of the ADHD drug dangers on the life of the ADHD child can be for him and his family. The first fact is that these medicines which are using amphetamines as their main ingredients are considered by The Drug Enforcement Agency as controlled substances and therefore production has to be limited. The FDA knows the risks that these medications can carry and have reacted by taking no c... Life With ADHD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4570653 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4570653 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4560356&cid=t_118577_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F03%2F07%2Fthe-healthy-home-31-ways-to-protect-yourselves-from-toxins%2F In their exceptional, informative book The Healthy Home: Simple Truths of Protect Your Family From Hidden Household Dangers, son and father team Myron Wentz and Dave Wentz tackle the topic of toxins from room to room, starting with the bedroom and ending with the garage and yard. “Every second of every day, we face an onslaught of unnecessary dangers—toxic chemicals, negative energies, unforeseen side effects, and more—in our modern world,” writes Dave, the younger Wentz. Myron, his father, who holds a Ph.D. in microbiology with a specialty in immunology from the University of Utah, throws in the statistics: “A new chemical substance is discovered every nine seconds during the workday. Chemists discovered the eighteenth millionth chemical substance known to science on June 15... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4560356 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:40:57 +0100 4560356 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4549718&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F03%2Fthanks-to-wonders-of-ehr-this-premature.html Thanks to the distractions of EHR and the wonders of EHR auto entry, cut and paste etc., this premature baby went to the grave, prematurely:Failures in care alleged after premature birth - $1,000,000 SettlementBy Virginia Lawyers WeeklyPublished: October 18, 2010Tags: Fairfax County Circuit Court, Medical Malpractice, Million-Dollar SettlementsDecedent and his twin sister were born healthy at 27 weeks gestation. Decedent was placed in the neonatal intensive care unit. Six days after birth, a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) was inserted into the right axilla and used to infuse nutrition, medication, blood products and lipids.Within 48 hours, the PICC insertion site began to show evidence of compromise. The attending physician gave a verbal order to monitor the arm, but the ord... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4549718 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:30:00 +0100 4549718 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4512396&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=39261&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvactruth.com%2F2011%2F02%2F23%2Fdoctors-in-uk-warned-after-a-catalogue-of-vaccine-mix-ups%2F Doctors across the UK have come under immense criticism after a survey revealed a catalogue of vaccine blunders. The Medical Defence Unit (MDU), who defends doctors accused of medical malpractice, carried out the survey.  The results revealed that family doctors had been involved in vaccination blunders affecting 98 children and 10 adults over the last five years. These involved patients being given the wrong vaccine, the wrong dose of vaccine or were vaccinated without consent. Amazingly, these errors included babies being administered the MMR shot ‘seven months’ before they should have been. In some instances children were given a meningitis shot when they should have been given the MMR. Dawn Boyall speaking on behalf of the MDU had this to say to the Guardian 21st February ... vactruth.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4512396 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:49:38 +0100 4512396 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4389173&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F007846.html Either we won't live to see it or Betelgeuse could do a supernova explosion at any time and for a couple of weeks it'll be much brighter out. The second biggest star in the universe is losing mass, a typical indication that a gravitation collapse is occurring. When that happens, we'll get our second sun, according to Dr Brad Carter, Senior Lecturer of Physics at the University of Southern Queensland. I think this means it will be bright at night if Earth is at the right point in its orbit. Anyone know the direction of Betelgeuse as compared the plain of our solar system? Do we have the Sun between us and Betelgeuse during some part of the year? If... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4389173 Sat, 22 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4389173 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4360933&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F007837.html Michael Anissimov sees the Singularity as the biggest threat to the continued existence of the human species. Some folks, like Aaron Saenz of Singularity Hub, were surprised that the NPR piece framed the Singularity as “the biggest threat to humanity”, but that’s exactly what the Singularity is. The Singularity is both the greatest threat and greatest opportunity to our civilization, all wrapped into one crucial event. This shouldn’t be surprising — after all, intelligence is the most powerful force in the universe that we know of, obviously the creation of a higher form of intelligence/power would represent a tremendous threat/opportunity to the lesser intelligences that come before it and whose survival depends on the whims of the greater intelligence/power. The... (Source: FuturePu... FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4360933 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4360933 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4360934&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F007836.html Enough of hum drum partisan political fights, recession, debts, and deficits. Time for a novel disaster fantasy. The U.S. Geological Survey has released a report on what the most severe storm for California, a once in 500-1000 year event, would do to the state. This document summarizes the next major public project for MHDP, a winter storm scenario called ARkStorm (for Atmospheric River 1,000). Experts have designed a large, scientifically realistic meteorological event followed by an examination of the secondary hazards (for example, landslides and flooding), physical damages to the built environment, and social and economic consequences. The hypothetical storm depicted here would strike the U.S. West Coast and be similar to the intense California winter storms of 1861 and... (Source: Fut... FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4360934 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4360934 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4294591&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F007779.html This report tells the story from the perspectives of many participants. Worth reading. The result, the interviews and records show, was paralysis. For nine long minutes, as the drilling crew battled the blowout and gas alarms eventually sounded on the bridge, no warning was given to the rest of the crew. For many, the first hint of crisis came in the form of a blast wave. The paralysis had two main sources, the examination by The Times shows. The first was a failure to train for the... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4294591 Sun, 26 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4294591 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265642&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F007752.html Suppose you find yourself half buried under rubble after your city gets nuked. What to do? Flee? Nope. Find a stable building and go inside and stay there. Time spent outside fleeing will radiate you and get you killed. Of course, if you are really close to the center of the blast you have nothing to worry about except maybe the afterlife. Suppose the unthinkable happened, and terrorists struck New York or another big city with an atom bomb. What should people there do? The government has a surprising new message: Do not flee. Get inside any stable building and don’t come out till officials say it’s safe. Even staying inside a car will cut your mortality risk by 50%.... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265642 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4265642 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4164521&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fnew-cigarette-labels-from-the-fda%2F2010.11.14 The FDA will soon require new cigarette package labeling to deter smoking. So in politically-correct governmental fashion, they are asking which labels you’d like to see. (You can pick your favorites here.) My personal favorite (so far) is the one shown to the left, but its impact factor pales in comparison to this example found in England. (That, my friends, is cancer!) Ironically, it appears the FDA isn’t too sure how forceful it should be in these warnings about the dangers of smoking. They offer a cornucopia of milquetoast labeling options, many of which contain cartoons. Might such unrealistic portrayals defy they hard-hitting message they want to project? Worse, at least one cartoon (seen here) even seems to promote cigarettes AND drug use together! In an even more astoni... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4164521 Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:00:00 +0100 4164521 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4162926&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhow-much-pesticide-is-in-that-cigarette%2F2010.11.12 I had a fascinating discussion with an ex-tobacco farming expert. He’s an expert because he used to grow tobacco, but not anymore. If you’re a smoker, or user of any tobacco leaf product, what he said should shock you. I take that back — you’re a smoker: “shocked” is never going to happen to you. What did he say that was so striking? I’m not a farmer, so it became a little difficult to understand all the science behind the conversation. Needless to say, he said they used to farm vegetables and tobacco side by side. He said something about potato farming being timed with tobacco crops, and when the potato market went south he got out of the tobacco farming business for good and went with just vegetables. Now he’s a full-time vegetable fa... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4162926 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:00:00 +0100 4162926 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4121844&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F007610.html Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) from the Sun can cause magnetic field fluctuations that induce destructive current flows in electric power transformers. A large CME can potentially cause very large scale and long lasting electric grid failures. NASA has a computer software project to try to predict dangerous current flows so that utilities can take steps to protect their equipment. Every hundred years or so, a solar storm comes along so potent it fills the skies of Earth with blood-red auroras, makes compass needles point in the wrong direction, and sends electric currents coursing through the planet's topsoil. The most famous such storm, the Carrington Event of 1859, actually shocked telegraph operators and set some of their offices on fire. A... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4121844 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4121844 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4097939&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmore-unvaccinated-children-cause-public-health-fears-to-increase%2F2010.10.22 Dr. Robert Sears’ The Vaccine Book, is, as Dr. Rahul Parikh puts it, “a nightmare for pediatricians like me.” In a piece from Salon, Dr. Parikh brings his issues to the author. The controversy of the book is the so-called “alternative vaccine schedule,” which, as vaccine developer Paul Offit puts it: …is “misrepresentation of vaccine science” that “misinforms parents trying to make the right decision for their children” in the Journal of Pediatrics. And yet, as a pediatrician myself, I have seen an increasing number of caring, reasonable parents hold it up like a bible in my practice (and that of my colleagues). This post, however,  isn’t about the vaccine controversy — I’ll leave you to read Dr. Parikh’s excellent piece for yourself. What I found interest... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4097939 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 20:00:28 +0100 4097939 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4097877&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F007587.html How to align the Mayan calendar with the Western world's calendar is disputed by an academic who thinks the Mayan calendar might already have expired. It's a good news/bad news situation for believers in the 2012 Mayan apocalypse. The good news is that the Mayan "Long Count" calendar may not end on Dec. 21, 2012 (and, by extension, the world may not end along with it). The bad news for prophecy believers? If the calendar doesn't end in December 2012, no one knows when it actually will — or if it has already. Click thru and read the details. The academic who disputes the widely accepted December 2012 date does not know what the correct date is. So the world... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4097877 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 23:00:00 +0100 4097877 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4060557&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F007563.html Geologists at UT Austin are doing research that lays the foundations for new disaster movie plot lines. Geologists studying the Jan. 12 Haiti earthquake say the risk of destructive tsunamis is higher than expected in places such as Kingston, Istanbul, and Los Angeles. Like Haiti's capital, these cities all lie near the coast and near an active geologic feature called a strike-slip fault where two tectonic plates slide past each other like two hands rubbing against each other. Until now, geologists did not consider the tsunami risk to be very high in these places because when these faults rupture, they usually do not vertically displace the seafloor much, which is how most tsunamis are generated. This latest research suggests even... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4060557 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 23:00:00 +0100 4060557 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3959921&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F007477.html Think the future might be boring? Not to worry. Researchers at Georgia Tech are busy developing technology that will turn the future into an epic technological disaster. A robot deceives an enemy soldier by creating a false trail and hiding so that it will not be caught. While this sounds like a scene from one of the Terminator movies, it's actually the scenario of an experiment conducted by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology as part of what is believed to be the first detailed examination of robot deception. "We have developed algorithms that allow a robot to determine whether it should deceive a human or other intelligent machine and we have designed techniques that help the robot select... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3959921 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3959921 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3938312&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F007475.html Picture a movie where robotic flies swarm and wipe out one town after another. Someone escapes and tries to warn the authorities. No one will believe our hero that robotic flies threaten to wipe out humanity. How does it end? Harmless and useful for humanity or the foundation of a nightmare future? CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 2, 2010 -- Engineers at Harvard University have created a millionth-scale automobile differential to govern the flight of minuscule aerial robots that could someday be used to probe environmental hazards, forest fires, and other places too perilous for people. Their new approach is the first to passively balance the aerodynamic forces encountered by these miniature flying devices, letting their wings flap asymmetrically in response to... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3938312 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3938312 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3929233&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fresponsible-vaccine-advocacy-how-to-make-a-difference%2F2010.09.02 I lost a patient this season, an infant, to whooping cough (pertussis). After falling ill, he lived for nearly a month in the intensive care unit on a ventilator, three weeks of which was spent on a heart/lung bypass machine (ECMO) due to the extent of the damage to his lungs. But all our efforts were in vain. The most aggressive and advanced care medicine has to offer couldn’t save his life. The only thing that could have saved him would have been to prevent him from contracting pertussis in the first place. He was unvaccinated, but that was because of his age. He was part of the population that is fully dependent on herd immunity for protection, and that is exquisitely prone to a life-threatening course once infected. This is a topic we’ve covered ad nauseum, and I’m not incli... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3929233 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:00:35 +0100 3929233 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3891662&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F007425.html The next SoCal earthquake is probably stuck somewhere in a traffic jam. Earthquakes have rocked the powerful San Andreas fault that splits California far more often than previously thought, according to UC Irvine and Arizona State University researchers who have charted temblors there stretching back 700 years. The findings, to be published in the Sept. 1 issue of Geology, conclude that large ruptures have occurred on the Carrizo Plain portion of the fault – about 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles – as often as every 45 to 144 years. But the last big quake was in 1857, more than 150 years ago. You can see the fault running thru the Carrizo Plain in a USGS map. It is toward... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3891662 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3891662 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3772337&cid=t_118577_117_f&fid=38158&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twitter.com%2Famacupuncturehttp%3A%2F%2Famericanacupuncture.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fdangers-of-body-piercing.html  Punching a hole in your  tongue, nipples, or worse your genitals, is a serious decision.  Before you decide to have a body piercing, consider the risks of infection, allergic reactions, nerve damage, teeth damage, bleeding, and  bacterial and viral infections.DANGERS OF BODY PIERCINGFashion has no boundaries. We will go to to all limits to keep up with the latest fashion.  For the past 20 years, celebrities, singers, and sport stars, all have had some body piercing.  Popular body parts are the:  eyebrows, lips, tongue, nose, ear, and even genitalia.    EAR PIERCINGOver the last hundred years, body piercing has been limited to the ears.  As US rebellious hippy  teens traveled to India, looking for enlightenment in t... Dr. Needles Medical Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3772337 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:18:00 +0100 3772337 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3737133&cid=t_118577_117_f&fid=38158&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twitter.com%2Famacupuncturehttp%3A%2F%2Famericanacupuncture.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fdangers-of-energy-drinks.html It seems everyone today is looking for energy.   They have found the answer in energy drinks, which are becoming their own food group.The true remedy for lack of energy is getting enough sleep and eating right.  Energy drink chemicals have enormous dangers and side effects.   The stimulating properties in energy drinks increase heart rates and blood pressure, and prevent sleep.  People who eat well, drink water, and get enough physical activity and rest will have plenty of energy — the natural way.DANGERS OF ENERGY DRINKSIt seems everyone today is looking for energy.   They have found the answer in energy drinks, which are becoming their own food group.  The drink’s popularity has exploded across the world. It is now common to... Dr. Needles Medical Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3737133 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:02:00 +0100 3737133 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3678515&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F007262.html North American volcanic eruptions of 40 million years ago spewed climate-cooling sulfur aerosols on a scale not seen in modern times. Millions of years ago, volcanic eruptions in North America were more explosive and may have significantly affected the environment and the global climate. So scientists report in this week's issue of the journal Nature. The researchers found the remains--deposited in layers of rocks--of eruptions of volcanoes located on North America's northern high plains that spewed massive amounts of sulfate aerosols into the atmosphere 40 million years ago. The scientists conducted their research at Scotts Bluff National Monument, Neb., and in surrounding areas. "Combining measurements of the sulfate in ancient volcanic ash beds with a detailed atmospheric chemistry mode... FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3678515 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3678515 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3595546&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F007200.html Move over California. Oregon, Washington state, and British Columbia might have a far more devastating earthquake. CORVALLIS, Ore. – The major earthquakes that devastated Chile earlier this year and which triggered the catastrophic Indonesian tsunami of 2004 are more than just a distinct possibility to strike the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States, scientists say. There is more than a one-in-three chance that it will happen within the next 50 years. New analyses by Oregon State University marine geologist Chris Goldfinger and his colleagues have provided fresh insights into the Northwest’s turbulent seismic history – where magnitude 8.2 (or higher) earthquakes have occurred 41 times during the past 10,000 years. Those earthquakes were thought to generally occur every 500... (S... FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3595546 Sun, 23 May 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3595546 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3200406&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F006891.html Chump change. WASHINGTON -- A new report from the National Research Council lays out options NASA could follow to detect more near-Earth objects (NEOs) – asteroids and comets that could pose a hazard if they cross Earth's orbit. The report says the $4 million the U.S. spends annually to search for NEOs is insufficient to meet a congressionally mandated requirement to detect NEOs that could threaten Earth. An asteroid could wipe out human civilization. Surely the threat warrants more than $4 million per year to detect a large asteroid or comet on a collision course with Earth. Congress said go find potential threats. But didn't legislate the money to do the job. Congress mandated in 2005 that NASA discover 90... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3200406 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3200406 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3096811&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F006796.html Former astronaut Rusty Schweickart’s group for promoting the development of asteroid defenses points out a curious problem: While an asteroid would be in the process of getting deflected its aim would shift across the planet Earth. Countries would oppose an asteroid's collision path cross over their territory while it was in the process of being re-aimed to miss Earth entirely. Schweickart’s group, The B612 Foundation, has advocated a different approach to asteroid deflection, but one that will require an equally difficult international negotiation. They propose to bump or tow an asteroid “in a controlled manner” so that it misses Earth. The only problem is that such a process would take time and as the asteroid’s trajectory changed, it would be... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3096811 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3096811 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3044710&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fdrink-can-tabs-choking-hazard-for-teens%2F I’m not quite sure where this would fit, after all, we’d like to think that people should know better. Baby boomers and older people may remember the pull tabs on drink cans. We used to pick up the edge of the tab, a circle usually, pull up and the tab would pull off. Most people would throw them away and then drink out of the can, but some people would push the tab into the can or it some how ended up in there. The result was some people would end up swallowing the tab and choke on it. To counter this, the tab system was changed and the tab is no longer immediately removable. The problem is though, sometimes the tab comes off anyway, deliberately or not, and choking is still happening. And, while choking on foreign objects is usually a problem reserved for babies and toddlers,... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3044710 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:30:56 +0100 3044710 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3023079&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F006735.html About 73,000 years ago (74,000 by some estimates) a massive volcano on the Indonesia island of Sumatra erupted with a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 8. Such an eruption is so severe in its effects it basically would cause the deaths of billions of people today. New evidence finds that Toba's eruption caused deforestation in what is now central India. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new study provides "incontrovertible evidence" that the volcanic super-eruption of Toba on the island of Sumatra about 73,000 years ago deforested much of central India, some 3,000 miles from the epicenter, researchers report. The 800 cubic kilometers of ash ejected by Toba compares with the mere 160 cubic kilometers ejected by the 1815 Tambora eruption. The... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3023079 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3023079 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2930936&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F006658.html An asteroid over Indonesia exploded too high up to cause ground damage but with enormous force. On 8 October an asteroid detonated high in the atmosphere above South Sulawesi, Indonesia, releasing about as much energy as 50,000 tons of TNT, according to a NASA estimate released on Friday. That's about three times more powerful than the atomic bomb that levelled Hiroshima, making it one of the largest asteroid explosions ever observed. No telescope spotted it before it entered Earth's atmosphere. Rather than try to return to the Moon or go to Mars I would rather build an asteroid defense system. My motto: First, don't die.... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2930936 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2930936 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2902768&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F006638.html We remember the 20th century because we've all lived in some part of it (unless of course a 9 year older is reading this) and seen lots of video about it. The century was well covered by modern media. We know less of the 19th century and some of its major natural events are not widely known. As compared to the 19th century the 20th century was pretty calm from the standpoint of big natural changes. What I'm going to do with this post: Imagine that the 21st century turns out to be like the 19th century in terms of the severity of climate, volcanic, and other natural events. How do we start out? Well, I'm going to ignore the... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2902768 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2902768 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2871853&cid=t_118577_117_f&fid=38158&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drneedles.comhttp%3A%2F%2Famericanacupuncture.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fmedical-device-safety-questioned.html As a medical physician for over 50 years, I strive to give you the best medical information on controversial medical subjects and let you, the reader, come to your own conclusions. I have no ties to any organization, pharmaceutical, or lobby group. As an practicing medical acupuncturist since 1982, I find western medicine and medical acupuncture are very complimentary that results in astounding healing in pain management, addictions to cigarettes and food, and a host of other maladies. Let me know how we are doing. Your constructive comments are always appreciated. Click the RSS post button on the upper right hand corner if you would like to receive by email our future medical blogs.Visit http://www.americanacupuncture.com/ for more detailed information on healing.WHO CHECKS MEDICAL DEVICE... Dr. Needles Medical Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2871853 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:48:00 +0100 2871853 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2862450&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F006594.html At the Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) boundary of mass species extinctions the microorganisms bounced back sooner than previously thought. In 1980, Luis Alvarez and his collaborators stunned the world with their discovery... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2862450 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2862450 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2855719&cid=t_118577_117_f&fid=38158&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drneedles.comhttp%3A%2F%2Famericanacupuncture.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fdangers-of-vigorous-exercise.html As a medical physician for over 50 years, I strive to give you the best medical information on controversial medical subjects and let you, the reader, come to your own conclusions. I have no ties to any organization, pharmaceutical, or lobby group. As an practicing medical acupuncturist since 1982, I find western medicine and medical acupuncture are very complimentary that results in astounding healing in pain management, addictions to cigarettes and food, and a host of other maladies. Let me know how we are doing. Your constructive comments are always appreciated. Click the RSS post button on the upper right hand corner if you would like to receive by email our future medical blogs.Visit http://www.americanacupuncture.com/ for more detailed information on controversial medical topics.THE ... Dr. Needles Medical Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2855719 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:00:00 +0100 2855719 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2851725&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F006585.html Live near a major fault? When you read about distant earthquakes brace for the possibility of big local one as a result. HOUSTON -- (Sept. 30, 2009) -- U.S. seismologists... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2851725 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2851725 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2828331&cid=t_118577_117_f&fid=38158&url=http%3A%2F%2Famericanacupuncture.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fhidden-world-of-making-vaccines.html As a medical physician for over 50 years, I strive to give you the best medical information on controversial medical subjects and let you, the reader, come to your own conclusions. I have no ties to any organization, pharmaceutical, or lobby group. As an practicing medical acupuncturist since 1982, I find western medicine and medical acupuncture are very complimentary that results in astounding healing in pain management, addictions to cigarettes and food, and a host of other maladies. Let me know how we are doing. Your constructive comments are always appreciated. Click the RSS post button on the upper right hand corner if you would like to receive by email our future medical blogs. http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/pingVisit http://www.americanacupuncture.com/ for more detailed information o... Dr. Needles Medical Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2828331 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:04:00 +0100 2828331 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2823937&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F006564.html If we could even detect the black hole's approach is there any way to divert it from hitting our Sun? Black holes are invading stars, providing a radical explanation to... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2823937 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2823937 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2809758&cid=t_118577_117_f&fid=38158&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drneedles.comhttp%3A%2F%2Famericanacupuncture.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fdynamics-of-sauna.html As a medical physician for over 50 years, I strive to give you the best medical information on controversial medical subjects and let you, the reader, come to your own conclusions. I have no ties to any organization, pharmaceutical, or lobby group. As an practicing medical acupuncturist since 1982, I find western medicine and medical acupuncture are very complimentary that results in astounding healing in pain management, addictions to cigarettes and food, and a host of other maladies. Let me know how we are doing. Your constructive comments are always appreciated. Click the RSS post button on the upper right hand corner if you would like to receive by email our future medical blogs. Visit http://www.americanacupuncture.com/ for more detailed information on healingGETTING HOT MAY BE DANGER... Dr. Needles Medical Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2809758 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:28:00 +0100 2809758 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2789060&cid=t_118577_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FrUQmgU86UQk%2F Pass the salt! Or rather, don’t. A new study says that if Americans were to simply cut their salt intake back they could “save billions of dollars in health care costs.” The recommended amount is supposed to be 2,300 mg per day, and Americans get 3,300 mg. The study suggests that if Americans consumed less sodium, eleven million people would not get high blood pressure – which would save on costs for medication, treatments for heart disease, fallout from stroke, and other related issues. Where does all the salt come from? Surprisingly, the largest amounts come not from our own salt shakes, but from packaged foods and from eating out. Fast food is a big culprit in this. The study advises us to read packages, avoid the higher salted foods when eating out, and of cou... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2789060 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:52:55 +0100 2789060 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2778694&cid=t_118577_151_f&fid=35822&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhatWinnersDo%2F%7E3%2F9H6AxbmyZ40%2F After reading a post over at TDA about Lame PSA's Blamed For Drug Use, I got to thinking about how we tell young people about the dangers of addiction. The answer...we don't really do that at all. We tell them that if they use too many drugs they will lose their personality. We tell them not to drink and drive. We tell them that Oxycontin ruined our lives. We even go so far as to tell them that if they smoke pot while babysitting the child will drown in the pool (seriously, have you seen this one?). What we don't do is explain the true reasons why for some people drinking and drugging becomes an addiction that can take over their entire life and sometimes lead them so far down that they never come back up. But how do you explain the dangers and warning signs of addiction to young people? I... What Winners Do blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2778694 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:26:45 +0100 2778694 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2751981&cid=t_118577_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FcdTHdUjmbRQ%2F We know that being obese cuts your life span, but now researchers have actually put a number on just what the term “shortened life span” really means. A new study says that “extremely obese people” (which is defined as being more than 80 pounds overweight) die as little as three years and as much as twelve years sooner than normal weight individuals. There could be a lot of reasons for this. The more obese a person becomes, the less they are probably moving around, exercising, and taking care of themselves. It’s like a snowball effect on your health. The study also said “66% of adults in the USA are either overweight or obese.” Interestingly enough, this study found that just being a little overweight didn’t seem to affect your life span ver... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2751981 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:49:33 +0100 2751981 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2745524&cid=t_118577_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FcdTHdUjmbRQ%2F We know that being obese cuts your life span, but now researchers have actually put a number on just what the term “shortened life span” really means. A new study says that “extremely obese people” (which is defined as being more than 80 pounds overweight) die as little as three years and as much as twelve years sooner than normal weight individuals. There could be a lot of reasons for this. The more obese a person becomes, the less they are probably moving around, exercising, and taking care of themselves. It’s like a snowball effect on your health. The study also said “66% of adults in the USA are either overweight or obese.” Interestingly enough, this study found that just being a little overweight didn’t seem to affect your life span ver... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2745524 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:49:33 +0100 2745524 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2737799&cid=t_118577_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2Fev-dzIDanz0%2F Do we need yet another reason to lose weight? A new study reveals that obesity is linked to GERD, or gastroesophageal reflux disease. The appearance of GERD has increased steadily over the last few years, just like obesity. Now, almost “1 in 5 people have the disease.” This research makes sense when you consider that the same types of eating contribute to obesity and GERD both. Here’s the kicker, however. Even if you lose weight, it won’t help GERD unless you’re in the earliest stages of the disease. The only true prevention is to not become obese in the first place. However, there are plenty of ways to treat GERD once you have it. Image: sxc.hu. Post from: Blisstree Obesity Linked to Reflux Disease (Source: A Hearty Life) A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2737799 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:51:03 +0100 2737799 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2737801&cid=t_118577_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FYQgUPUZg3KY%2F As if we needed any more information on why we should get to a healthy weight, here’s yet one more reason. Your brain depends on it. That’s right, new evidence suggests that obesity can adversely affect your brain. A recent study found that “obese people have 8 percent less brain tissue than normal-weight individuals.” This translates to brains being effectually 16 years older than brains of normal weight people. You don’t have to be out and out obese to have this negative brain affect, however. Even if you’re considered overweight, your brain could have four percent less issue and be eight years older than it should be. Experts say about 300 million people all over the world are now obese. Image: sxc.hu Post from: Blisstree Br... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2737801 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:55:02 +0100 2737801 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2703868&cid=t_118577_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F9NMnRQm3hts%2F The story of 48-year old Andy Kessler really caught my attention this week. He died of an allergic reaction to an insect bite. Apparently “at least 40 people in the United States die each year as the result of insect stings,” and while that number may not sound huge right now, I can tell you that if it’s your loved one you would wonder why modern medicine can’t do something about a severe allergic reaction. Many people have the potential to have an allergic reaction but either avoid insects to the extend they can, or get lucky. Some don’t ever know they are allergic until it’s too late. People will generally have redness or shortness of breath when a reaction occurs. But I can already tell you from having an allergic reaction once myself, doctors DO NOT... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2703868 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:54:36 +0100 2703868 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2695442&cid=t_118577_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FMjDnCUQInBo%2F A recent article pointed out several ways to become healthier, and one of those ways has nothing to do with diet and exercise. It has to do with cleaning and furniture. Specifically: a cluttered bedroom. Now, I don’t know about you, but I love piles of books in my bedroom. There’s something very comforting about looking over at a shelf full of literature, or checking out a pile I might have on the nightstand. I’m a bit of a bookaholic, truth be told. But one article says that too much “stuff” in your bedroom (like books, magazines, and even piles of pillows) can attract dust mites and make your bedroom a place that might even make you sick. Allergies aren’t the same as colds, but there are times when they certainly feel very similar. So if allergies a... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2695442 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:42:21 +0100 2695442 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2695443&cid=t_118577_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FKnDMvrbXh4E%2F The Web was buzzing after Billy Mays was found to have a mix of drugs in his system that included three different pain killers and cocaine. Because cocaine was in this mix, it led many to wonder if perhaps Mays was abusing prescription drugs, as well as the illegal drug of cocaine. So would a doctor really prescribe hydrocodone, oxycodone, and tramadol to one patient? In a word, yes. It can happen with chronic pain. One source says that a: “doctor might prescribe one medication to treat chronic, baseline pain and another one for a more acute pain that the first drug couldn’t prevent. In unusual circumstances, a third medication might be used to treat another “breakthrough” pain.” The issue of three medications in Mays’ system probably would not have bee... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2695443 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:50:08 +0100 2695443 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2674330&cid=t_118577_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FNhyUZ7hnq2I%2F This news shouldn’t be surprising. A new report says that people involved in or exposed to the collapse of the Twin Towers have a greater chance of developing asthma. With all the dust and debris that flew during that event, it makes sense that there would be some lasting health effects. About “1 in 7, or 13.5 percent of adults who encountered intense dust clouds after the collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11 were later found to have asthma.” Those with no dust exposure came in at 8.4 percent with asthma. This was true of those in buildings who were rescued and the rescue workers themselves. In fact, rescue workers had the highest rates of asthma. All the more reason we appreciate their brave efforts. Image: sxc.hu. Share and Enjoy: ... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2674330 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:53:07 +0100 2674330 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2660789&cid=t_118577_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F82K8UGxYpQQ%2F Fans of the fabulous writer E. Lynn Harris were saddened to learn that he had passed away last week. Now, a coroner’s report confirms that he died of heart disease combined with high blood pressure and hardening of the arteries. He was only 54. At first the official report was that he died of natural causes. But natural causes at 54? I’m glad they did an autopsy and found the real reason. Harris, for those of you that don’t know, was a pioneer in writing. He had ten New York Times best sellers, and over four million books in print. Amazing. We will miss him. Image: Zuma Press Share and Enjoy: Post from: Blisstree E. Lynn Harris Died of Heart Disease (Source: A Hearty Life) A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2660789 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:00:20 +0100 2660789 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2641283&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F006396.html John Markoff of the New York Times reports on a recent scientific conference in Monterey California where dangers of artificial intelligence were discussed. Impressed and alarmed by advances in artificial... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2641283 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2641283 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2593133&cid=t_118577_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FeUwaBd_AtBg%2F New research has determined that diets high in fermentable carbohydrates can cause poor dental health. We always think of carbs as adding to health problems such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes, but rarely does the subject of dental health arise. Until now. A new article in this month’s Dental Research magazine says that “poor dental health has been linked to a number of chronic diseases.” The article argues that dentists should be asking their patients about their nutritional habits as part of their regular care. Image: sxc.hu. Share and Enjoy: Post from: Blisstree Carbs Bad for Dental Health (Source: A Hearty Life) A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2593133 Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:07:44 +0100 2593133 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2570430&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fcasino-workers-and-second-hand-smoke%2F Despite all the smoking bans in place, there are still some places, such as casinos, where workers are still consistently exposed to second hand smoke. A new study, funded by the Flight Attendent Medical Institute, finds that casino workers face higher risks of heart disease and lung disease because a smoke filled work environment. In the study, the air quality in three Pennsylvania casinos was tested for levels of two indicators of tobacco smoke - cancer-causing chemicals and particles small enough to inhale.  At the same time, eight volunteers, each of whom spent four hours in the casinos, provided urine samples which were measured for levels of a tobacco smoke byproduct. Measuring the air quality revealed that the tobacco smoke indicators inside the casino was four to six times higher ... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2570430 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:15:53 +0100 2570430 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2477580&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F006290.html Maybe Mt. St. Helens connects to a common hot zone that it shares with Mt. Rainier and Mt. Adams. Graham Hill of GNS Science, an earth and nuclear science institute... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2477580 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2477580 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2464267&cid=t_118577_117_f&fid=38158&url=http%3A%2F%2Famericanacupuncture.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fis-fluoride-slowly-killing-you.html As a medical physician for over 50 years, I strive to give you the best medical information on controversial medical subjects and let you, the reader, come to your own conclusions. I have no ties to any organization, pharmaceutical, or lobby group. As an practicing medical acupuncturist since 1982, I find western medicine and medical acupuncture are very complimentary that results in astounding healing in pain management, addictions to cigarettes and food, and a host of other maladies. Let me know how we are doing. Your constructive comments are always appreciated. Click the RSS post button on the upper right hand corner if you would like to receive by email our future medical blogs. Visit http;//www.americanacupuncture.com/ for more detailed information on healing.IS FLUORIDE SLOWLY KILLI... Dr. Needles Medical Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2464267 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:48:00 +0100 2464267 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2452871&cid=t_118577_117_f&fid=38158&url=http%3A%2F%2Famericanacupuncture.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fkiller-cortisone-turns-60.html As a medical physician for over 50 years, I strive to give you the best medical information on controversial medical subjects and let you, the reader, come to your own conclusions. I have no ties to any organization, pharmaceutical, or lobby group. As an practicing medical acupuncturist since 1982, I find western medicine and medical acupuncture are very complimentary that results in astounding healing in pain management, addictions to cigarettes and food, and a host of other maladies. Let me know how we are doing. Your constructive comments are always appreciated. Click the RSS post button on the upper right hand corner if you would like to receive by email our future medical blogs.Visit http;//www.americanacupuncture.com/ for more detailed information on healing.KILLER CORTISONE TURNS 60... Dr. Needles Medical Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2452871 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:29:00 +0100 2452871 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2442049&cid=t_118577_117_f&fid=38158&url=http%3A%2F%2Famericanacupuncture.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fare-statins-in-your-future.html As a medical physician for over 50 years, I strive to give you the best medical information on controversial medical subjects and let you, the reader, come to your own conclusions. I have no ties to any organization, pharmaceutical, or lobby group. As an practicing medical acupuncturist since 1982, I find western medicine and medical acupuncture are very complimentary that results in astounding healing in pain management, addictions to cigarettes and food, and a host of other maladies. Let me know how we are doing. Your constructive comments are always appreciated. Click the RSS post button on the upper right hand corner if you would like to receive by email our future medical blogs. Visit http;//www.americanacupuncture.com/ for more detailed information on healing.ARE  STATINS IN YOUR FU... Dr. Needles Medical Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2442049 Tue, 26 May 2009 20:21:00 +0100 2442049 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2389972&cid=t_118577_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FllrpUsWi3c0%2F We’ve all done it. Some of us try to hold it back, others do it so loudly that it can be heard down the hall. Some are delicate about it, others sound like Canada geese migrating in the fall. Some people even describe it as being something close to having an orgasm. Seriously. What is it? Sneezing. Why do we sneeze? It’s a physiological (biological) response to the nose’s lining getting irritated. Regardless of what causes the irritation (allergies, irritation from a powder, etc), the nerve endings are stimulated and this causes an impulse that travels along the nerves responsible for the sensation (the sensory nerves), as well as the muscles that control the head and neck. While this is happening, your vocal cords have closed and there’s pressure building up inside... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2389972 Wed, 06 May 2009 00:05:07 +0100 2389972 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2353792&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F04%2Ftwin-home-births-some-fascinating-legal.html Some fascinating legal and moral issues arise from this story, sent to me by an NHS BLOG DOCTOR reader:A COUPLE are facing a bill of thousands to have their twins born at home after being told NHS midwives were not experienced enough to handle the birth.Parents-to-be Neil Harrison and Joanne Morris want their children to arrive at home in Stone in four weeks' time. But Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust has told them it does not support the home delivery of twins, as its midwives are not experienced in that field. The trust says staff will only be sent to the Pembroke Drive home on an "on-call" emergency basis. The couple say they are being denied their rightful choice and feel they are being pushed into having a hospital birth. Instead, they intend to take a bank loan to pay for the t... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2353792 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:00:00 +0100 2353792 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2347987&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fmadwives-are-back.html Virginia HowesAn NHS BLOG DOCTOR reader emails to draw my attention to this:WOMEN could soon get the services of a private midwife on the NHS. Talks are going on between local health authorities and midwives to buy in their services for health service patients.Private midwives face extinction because new laws will eventually make it compulsory for them to have health insurance in case of birth complications. No priv­ate midwife has been able to obtain insurance since 2002 because they were seen as too high a risk to insure. But now the Government has come up with a solution. Midwives who sell their services to the NHS on a contract will be protected by the NHS’s insurance.Just think about that. There is no reputable insurance company in the world that is prepared to provide indemnity in... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2347987 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:20:00 +0100 2347987 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2313777&cid=t_118577_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FdHisEd6QAzA%2F Dealing with insomnia each night may cause you more harm than just a groggy morning after. Two new studies point to a “rise in blood pressure” and an “increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior” as part of the possible outcomes that can occur when you don’t get enough sleep. People that had insomnia for a year or longer and slept less than five hours a night were “five times as likely to have high blood pressure.” This confirms that the power is sleep is important. If you are having trouble that you think might be insomnia, seek medical attention. Image: sxc.hu. (Source: A Hearty Life) A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2313777 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:04:09 +0100 2313777 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2200625&cid=t_118577_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2F6hZf_SGbMRc%2F The potential and safety of using stem cells to treat diseases suffered a setback with the news of a botched experimental treatment of a human being. A teenage boy who received fetal stem cells developed brain cancer four years after the transplant, reports PLoS Medicine this week. The patient suffered from a recessive genetic disorder called ataxia telangiectasia (AT), an incurable rare disease that causes degeneration of the part of the brain that controls movement and speech. When the boy was 9 years old, his parents took him to Moscow to have experimental stem cell therapy. Russian researchers injected the boy with transplants of neural stem cells taken from the brains of aborted fetuses. Four years later, the donor stem cells inside the boy’s brain differentiated into a cancerous... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2200625 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:57:22 +0100 2200625 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2192563&cid=t_118577_117_f&fid=38158&url=http%3A%2F%2Famericanacupuncture.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Fnatural-supplements-can-be-dangerous.html NATURAL DRUGS DOES NOT ALWAYS MEAN SAFE DRUGSHalf of Americans take some form of dietary supplement, from energy builders to mood escalators to libido enhancers.  Whether it's a tonic a pill or a tea, even if it's all natural, supplements can still pose a great risk.We have a love affair with pills, powders, potions, and teas that are based on natural occurring substance. Annual sales of dietary supplements in the United States are approaching $16 billion.  The health and fitness crowd provide a huge market for diet supplements. An average of 1,000 new products are developed each year.  REGULATION Since naturally occurring substances are not Big Pharma drugs, they are not regulated.  The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) established in 1994 that dietary supplements a... Dr. Needles Medical Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2192563 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:26:00 +0100 2192563 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2172866&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F02%2Flbc-mmr-jeni-barnett-an-early-day-motion-the-times-and-er-a-bit-of-stephen-fry%2F I thought since a few days have passed that I should let you know what’s happening with the slightly ridiculous LBC situation. If you skip to the bottom you will find a discussion on some mischievous activism which I think has great potential. Since LBC unwisely threw their legal weight around to prevent you from being [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2172866 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:48:37 +0100 2172866 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2169058&cid=t_118577_117_f&fid=38158&url=http%3A%2F%2Famericanacupuncture.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Fto-douche-or-not-to-douche.html TO DOUCHE OR NOT TO DOUCHE!It is estimated that 20% to 40% of American women aged 15 to 44 years douche regularly.   About half of these women douche every week.  Over 50% of sexually active teen agers douche after sex.  Sexually transmitted infections are also more common in these girls.   A discussion of douching and vaginal cleansing is in order. Research shows that women who douche regularly have more health problems than women who do not.  Women douche for a lot of reasons, but we doctors do not recommend douching.   Douching can change the vaginal flora, and predispose  to vaginal infections as bacterial vaginosis and yeast infections, infertility and even ectopic pregnancy. The vagina is self-cleansing and doesn’t need any treatment.  The vulva and vagina have friendly ... Dr. Needles Medical Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2169058 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:20:00 +0100 2169058 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2132292&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F005906.html Sooner or later southern California will get hit by a massive damaging earthquake. It will not only kill people in the initial event but also so damage infrastructure that electric... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2132292 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2132292 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2132291&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F005909.html Homemade do-it-yourselfer genetically engineered organisms are still pretty difficult for hobbyists. But some people are already fiddling with the genetics of organisms at home. Using homemade lab equipment and the... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2132291 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2132291 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2102554&cid=t_118577_117_f&fid=38158&url=http%3A%2F%2Famericanacupuncture.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F01%2Fdangers-of-mri.html Your comments are always appreciated.Visit http:\\www.drneedles.com for more information on controversial medical subjects. Visit htttp:\\americanacupuncture.com for alternative medical information about american medical acupuncture and realted subjects. MRI DANGERS Have you ever had an MRI this year?  Well you are one of 75,000 who were tested with this high magnetic imaging test to find your problem? You are first given a dye, gadolinium, that is injected before the MRI is done.   Then you are place in chamber with a strong magnet 50,00 times the gravitational force of the earth’s magnetic energy.  The magnet sends stimuli to the center of every cell of your body. The cells send a signal to create an image that is picked up by a computer.  It is a highly sophisticated test.  But... Dr. Needles Medical Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2102554 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:42:00 +0100 2102554 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2090925&cid=t_118577_117_f&fid=38158&url=http%3A%2F%2Famericanacupuncture.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F01%2Fc-sections-increase-breathing-risks-to.html C-SECTION INCREASE  BREATHNG RISKS TO NEWBORN Women who choose a cesarean will place the fetus is at a higher risk for respiratory disorders. Breathing problems occur in 5% of those delivered at 38 weeks, and over 8% in those born at 37 weeks In the past, C-sections were done only in the presence of impending fetal distress, preclampsia, or failure to progress in labor.  Caesarean sections often are medically necessary. They are done if the baby’s heart beats abnormally, or the baby is just too big. Labor can slow or stop. The placenta can be in the wrong place, or the umbilical cord can slip out first. They increase their risk of mortality by 400 percent of the rate of mortality for a natural birth Yet, thirty one percent of all deliveries are now C-sections. Today 8 % of deliveries a... Dr. Needles Medical Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2090925 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:01:00 +0100 2090925 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2074148&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F005844.html A mere 12,900 years ago Clovis civilization in North America got brought down by an asteroid. Abundant tiny particles of diamond dust exist in sediments dating to 12,900 years ago... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2074148 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2074148 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2054907&cid=t_118577_117_f&fid=38158&url=http%3A%2F%2Famericanacupuncture.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F12%2Fbig-bellies-lead-to-early-deaths.html DANGERS OF MIDDLE AGE BELLY SPREAD After 40 your waist tends to have a middle age spread.  Your belly will get hard like a summa wrestler or soft like jelly. The jelly fat under the abdominal skin only sits in storage waiting to be burned for energy.  Not all fat cells work alike.  The hard belly fat is under the abdominal muscle and is much more dangerous than soft jelly fat under the skin.  Fat accumulation inside the abdomen is more dangerous to your health than fat anywhere else in your body It is very biologically active and doubles your risk of an early death.   This fat produces more inflammation than fat found in other areas of the body.  Inflammation is thought to play a key role in heart disease and a host of other chronic diseases. Visceral fat wraps around your inner ... Dr. Needles Medical Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2054907 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:16:00 +0100 2054907 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2040326&cid=t_118577_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2FIdqIEryPMNY%2F var iamInit = function() {try{initIamServingHandler(420,631,351899,"http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/Resources/Css/css2.css")}catch(ex){}}() Every once in a while you hear some odd medical news that just doesn’t seem to make sense on the surface. This news falls into that category: people with psoriasis may face of higher risk of obesity. Apparently high-levels of a fat hormone leptin are to blame. Leptin is the hormone that manages metabolism, weight, and could also put people at risk to develop diabetes. So there’s yet one more reason to lose weight! Tags: dangers in obesity, Diabetes, fat hormone, health benefits, leptin, losing weight, psoriasis, risk of obesity, treatmentShare This (Source: Diabetes Notes) Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2040326 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:01:46 +0100 2040326 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2019504&cid=t_118577_117_f&fid=38158&url=http%3A%2F%2Famericanacupuncture.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F12%2Fdangers-of-bpa-plastics-to-you-and-your.html DANGERS OF BPA PLASTICS TO YOUR BABY Plastic is convenient and used in much of our food storage and cooking, but may be costly to your health. Some petroleum-based plastics leach harmful chemicals into your food and your drinks.  This is especially so,when the plastic is in contact with oily or fatty foods, during heating and microwaving, when exposed to excessive moisture,.or when harsh cleaners are used. DANGERS OF PLASTIC IN BABY BOTTLES Many parents have thrown out their plastic baby bottles over concerns about bilsphenol A, or BPA, an estrogen-like chemical used in polycarbonate plastic.   BILSPHENOL  A , (BPA), is a chemical produced in large quantities for us primarily in the production of poly carbonate plastics.  The chemical is most commonly found in water bottles, baby bo... Dr. Needles Medical Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2019504 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:17:00 +0100 2019504 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1794550&cid=t_118577_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2FFUGmKKpWnd4%2F The “lust” of my life sent me this email and I thought I’d share it with you. It sounds sooo typical of us… Dear friends, I just read an article on the dangers of heavy drinking…. Scared the sh** out of me. So that’s it! After today, no more reading. Share This (Source: A Dozen Steps) A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1794550 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:15:53 +0100 1794550 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1700661&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2008%2F08%2F12%2Fare-you-a-sneeze-holder-hope-not%2F When I saw a recent blurb on holding sneezes, I immediately thought “Guilty as charged!” Because, yes, I indeed hold my sneezes in. Not always, but certainly often. Unfortunately, that is a very bad thing to do. Here’s why: * A human sneeze clocks in at 103 mph - that’s a whole lot of force going nowhere! * It may be rare, but you can rupture and eardrum, damage membranes in your inner ear, or cause small capillaries in your eyes to burst. Eep. * By holding it in, the very cause of the sneeze is still in tact. I suppose you can add the occasional leaking issue from having a full bladder while a sneeze attack comes on to the list above - not that that’s ever happened to me, mind you, but to some poor schmucks, I’m sure it has… Anyhoo, long story sho... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1700661 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:52:22 +0100 1700661 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1655414&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2008%2F07%2Fblame-everyone-but-yourselves%2F Ben Goldacre The Guardian, Saturday July 26 2008 Like many professions who kill people with some regularity, doctors have elaborate systems for seeing what went wrong afterwards, and the answer is rarely “Brian did it”. This week the papers have been alive with criticism for quack nutritionism after the case of Dawn Page, a 52 year old [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1655414 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:05:49 +0100 1655414 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1637778&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F005370.html One thing strikes me about the world's history of huge volcanic eruptions: Another one is probably inevitable. 93 million years ago a volcanic eruption might have caused a worldwide massive... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1637778 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1637778 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1560846&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F005328.html Asteroids are like cancer. Early detection is the key to effective treatment. An asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs. A big enough asteroid could wipe out humanity if we do not... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1560846 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1560846 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1375087&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F005139.html The next big earthquake in California might not come until after the singularity or the robot take-over. So we might not still be around to deal with it. The odds... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1375087 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1375087 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1335293&cid=t_118577_151_f&fid=35822&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWhatWinnersDo%2F%7E3%2F260244804%2F After reading a post over at TDA about Lame PSA’s Blamed For Drug Use, I got to thinking about how we tell young people about the dangers of addiction. The answer…we don’t really do that at all. We tell them that if they use too many drugs they will lose their personality. We tell them not to drink and drive. We tell them that Oxycontin ruined our lives. We even go so far as to tell them that if they smoke pot while babysitting the child will drown in the pool (seriously, have you seen this one?). What we don’t do is explain the true reasons why for some people drinking and drugging becomes an addiction that can take over their entire life and sometimes lead them so far down that they never come back up. But how do you explain the dangers and warning signs of addict... What Winners Do blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1335293 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:19:47 +0100 1335293 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1259949&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F005033.html Do you see Terminators threatening all of humanity in the future? A robotics expert at the University of Sheffield will today (27 February 2008) issue stark warnings over the threat... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1259949 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1259949 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1179730&cid=t_118577_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F223521772%2Fgrowing_dangers_from_rejected.html According to this study … any reminder of one's strengths or close relationships appear to reduce negative effects of negativity that comes from  appearance. Seems like a strong case for a boost from  smart skills propelled into action. What do you think?    (Source: BrainBasedBusiness) BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1179730 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:34:28 +0100 1179730 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1107001&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F004874.html Weird wild stuff. The idea that time itself could cease to be in billions of years - and everything will grind to a halt - has been set out by... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1107001 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:00:00 +0100 1107001 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=974233&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F004708.html The US West might be facing long massive droughts and the megafire problem now plaguing Southern California might portend even worse problems to come. Longer term, climate change across the... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=974233 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:00:00 +0100 974233 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=925280&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F004647.html A nuclear war between Pakistan and India would kill over a billion people just from starvation. "An Assessment of the Extent of Projected Global Famine Resulting from Limited, Regional Nuclear... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=925280 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 04:00:00 +0100 925280 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=838802&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F09%2F04%2Fwhen-a-child-cant-remember%2F Filed under: Type 1, Childhood, Research, Opinion, Allie Beatty, Retro Review, PersonalitiesIn the fall of 1985, a very scary thing happened shortly after I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. One morning I woke up and I couldn't remember things I would normally remember. I couldn't remember the name of my neighbor's dog. I had a fanatical love for Cookie. Of course I would remember Cookie! A diabetic child would never forget such a sweet name for such an adorable dog! One more thing -- I had a pounding headache. My mom brought me to the hospital, where my endocrinologist met us. They ran test after test and nary could an expert explain my memory loss. They confirmed I was experiencing amnesia, which turned out to be temporary because I was back to normal the next day. How many people hav... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=838802 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 04:00:00 +0100 838802 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=808641&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F004500.html If rich people are so smart why do they sit in the front? Those first class seats in the front are relatively dangerous. To maximize your chance of survival sit... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=808641 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 808641 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=699227&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D441 Not sure if there are many Millecam articles around in English, this translation emailed in to me, so I’m bunging it up here for archive/interest really, let me know if there are more? Not that I’m a professional translater by any means, but I’d like to think I’ve done a better job than babel fish [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=699227 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:44:15 +0100 699227 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=692324&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D439 Ben Goldacre Saturday June 23, 2007 The Guardian I’m dispatching this column to you from the frontline of the healing fields at Glastonbury festival, where I can cheerfully offer aura reading, structural integrative massage, soul therapy in the pyramid healing space, happy footbaths, crystal magick, positive thinking yoga and angel therapy. In an angelically charged dome. There are no [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=692324 Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:14:02 +0100 692324 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=682754&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F06%2F18%2Fbeware-the-wrath-of-alli%2F Filed under: Type 2, Adult Onset, Diet, Drugs, Research, Products, SupportIt's here and you should know all about the first over the counter FDA approved weight loss pill, alli. A word of caution: if you're a cheater on your diets - it seems like Glaxo is raising red flags before things get messy. No seriously, read on to find out what I'm talking about. Alli works by preventing your body from absorbing some of the fat you eat. It attaches to natural enzymes in the digestive system and prevents absorption of fat from the foods you eat. Undigested fat cannot be absorbed and passes through the body naturally. I know you're wondering about side effects, so here you go: the most common treatment effects (as they're eloquently called) come from eating meals with too much fat. The unabsorbed ex... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=682754 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 682754 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=611584&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D411 Ben Goldacre Saturday May 12, 2007 The Guardian So normally you just wouldn’t bother with the New Age stuff. The people are pretty friendly and harmless, and they tend not to make too many scientific claims. But Tony Blair stepped over some pretty significant lines. In 2002 he refused to say whether his son Leo had received the [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=611584 Sat, 12 May 2007 02:10:35 +0100 611584 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=577031&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F004216.html The creation of the North Atlantic Ocean might have spewed so much carbon dioxide that it toasted the Arctic ice covering. Michael Storey at Roskilde University in Denmark and colleagues... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=577031 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 577031 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=505829&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F004152.html Julian Simon and others (myself included) have argued we do not have to worry about near to medium term future shortages of natural resources because technological advances create access to... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=505829 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 505829 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=481014&cid=t_118577_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F004129.html Benny Peiser (and Wikipedia), a social anthropologist at Liverpool John Moores University in England, writes on catastrophism and large scale threats both natural and man-made. On his CCNet list (which... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=481014 Sun, 18 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 481014