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 'emerging'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:05:03 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5008664&cid=t_171541_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FcgppHEcmtPk%2F After months of speculation and debate, Pfizer is now looking to sell or spin off its Animal Health and Nutritional businesses, although the drugmaker has apparently had a change of heart about its Consumer Health operation and appears committed to keeping the unit. The move comes after Pfizer signaled its intention several months ago to start disposing of major operations in a bid to focus mostly on pharmaceuticals, prompting a debate about the extent to which Pfizer can successfully transform itself into a growth company, even though shedding the Animal Health and Nutritional units could yield recognizable benefits (read this). “Both Animal Health and Nutrition are strong businesses with attractive customer bases and solid fundamentals, but distinct enough from our core businesses ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5008664 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:29:55 +0100 5008664 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893541&cid=t_171541_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fwhy-the-e-coli-outbreak-has-people-scared.html – The E. coli EHEC 0101:H4 outbreak that originated in Germany is spreading and Christine Gorman, writing in Scientific American, says she’s scared. At the time of writing, 10 countries had reported more than 1600 severe cases to World Health Organization in Europe and it’s likely that thousands more people have minor infection. The Centers for Disease Control has reported two cases (both travellers) in the US of infection with the EHEC 0101:H4 strain and state health departments are being urged to be vigilant. It is scary and people are dying. But, novel emerging diseases are nothing new and are inevitable in an evolving world. Open up a new niche and a pathogen will evolve to fill it. What is more scary is waiting to learn whether the authorities learned the lessons of... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893541 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:00:05 +0100 4893541 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4767630&cid=t_171541_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2F2011%2F04%2Fnucleic-acid-based-methods-for-pathogen-detection.html from Theron et al. in Nanotechnology in Water Treatment ApplicationsNucleic acid hybridization techniquesThe easiest way of detecting specific nucleic acid sequences is through direct hybridization of a probe to microbial nucleic acid extracts. These hybridization techniques rely on the specific binding of nucleic acid probes to complementary DNA or RNA (target nucleic acid). The probes are single strands of nucleic acid with the potential of carrying detectable marker molecules highly specific to complementary target sequences, even if these sequences account for only a small fraction of the target nucleic acid. Either DNA or RNA can serve as a nucleic acid probe, but for a number of reasons (e.g., ease of synthesis and stability), most studies have employed DNA probes. The probes may be ... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4767630 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 04:00:06 +0100 4767630 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4708859&cid=t_171541_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2F2011%2F04%2Fpolymerase-chain-reaction-%28pcr%29-in-pathogen-detection.html from Theron et al. in Nanotechnology in Water Treatment ApplicationsAs a consequence of the speed, specificity and low cost of the PCR, the procedure has become one of the most widely used assays for direct detection of low levels of pathogenic microbes in environmental samples. The PCR assay can be used to selectively amplify, to detectable levels, nucleic acid sequences associated with pathogens that might be present in low numbers in water samples. PCR is a process in which target DNA, synthetic oligonucleotide primers, a thermostable DNA polymerase and the DNA subunits are combined in a microcentrifuge tube and subjected to the temperature changes needed for the DNA duplication to occur. During the PCR process, different temperatures are used to facilitate DNA denaturation, annealing o... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4708859 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 04:00:07 +0100 4708859 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4677114&cid=t_171541_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FC_g_bkDy5kM%2F Hello, everyone, and welcome to the working week. We hope the weekend was relaxing. Now, of course, the routine of meetings and deadlines resume. This calls, of course, for a cup or two of stimulation. So please join us as we indulge. Meanwhile, here are a few tidbits to get you started. Have a great day and keep us in mind if you hear something interesting. See you later… Dendreon Faces Investor Uprising Led By Small Shareholder (Xconomy) Vivus Diet Pill Has Heart Benefits (Bloomberg News) BASF Raises API And Excipient Prices 10 Percent (InPharma Technologist) Antidepressants Linked To Narrowed Arteries In Older Men (Bloomberg News) Glaxo Faces Talent War In Emerging Markets (Bloomberg News) Cipla Seeks Voluntary License To Make Merck AIDS Drug (MoneyControl) FDA Staff Backs Efficac... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4677114 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:48:39 +0100 4677114 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4318372&cid=t_171541_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F01%2F06%2Fsustainable-marriages-satisfied-individuals%2F Want a sustainable marriage? Some emerging research suggests that the satisfaction of each individual in the relationship may be just as important as other, more traditional factors such as communication skills and how a couple argues. More and more, researchers are finding that happy marriages may be based in how much the relationship supports each individual in their own learning and self-growth. After all, a stagnant relationship isn’t exactly fertile ground for happiness. When we grow individually in a marriage, we also grow as a couple. This effect isn’t done in solitude — it occurs when your partner helps open your eyes to new experiences and learn new things. That’s why trying something you’ve never done before on a date is exciting! It expands your hor... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4318372 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:10:33 +0100 4318372 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4305101&cid=t_171541_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FCNvylDI-Y7k%2F Concerned that many of its drugmakers may be taken over in a wave of mergers and acquisitions, the Indian government is considering a proposal that would place a 49 percent lid on foreign direct investment in its pharmaceutical companies. Officials from the ministry of commerce and industry and ministry of health have met several times in recent weeks, and more meetings are scheduled, according to LiveMint. The initiative stems from a paper floated last summer by the Indian Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion in response to a growing wave of deals in which multi-national drugmakers have been acquiring Indian pharma companies. Global drugmakers have espoused the “emerging markets’ trend as they desperately seek to bolster their thinning pipelines. “Most of these companie... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4305101 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:49:51 +0100 4305101 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4293524&cid=t_171541_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2F2010%2F12%2Fdna-microarrays-in-pathogen-detection.html from Theron et al. in Nanotechnology in Water Treatment ApplicationsSignificant advances in the detection of sequence-specific nucleic acid hybridization have been achieved using microarrays. Microarrays are glass microslides or nylon membranes containing a high density of immobilized nucleic acids (genomic DNA, cDNA or oligonucleotides) in an ordered two-dimensional matrix. Microarrays can be prepared by synthesizing DNA in situ on a glass surface using combinational chemistry or by robotic microdeposition of cDNAs (0.5- to 2-kb) amplified by PCR. The sample DNA, usually bound to a fluorescent or enzyme label, is exposed to the microarray and hybridizes with the target sequences. The detection of the probe-target hybrid at each spot on the array is achieved either by direct fluorescence s... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4293524 Mon, 27 Dec 2010 05:00:06 +0100 4293524 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4271949&cid=t_171541_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2F2010%2F12%2Fdetection-of-waterborne-pathogens-current-and-emerging-approaches.html from Theron et al. in Nanotechnology in Water Treatment ApplicationsTraditionally, prediction of the presence of human enteric pathogens in water has been achieved by monitoring for established microbial "indicators" of fecal pollution. Not necessarily pathogenic themselves, fecal coliforms, total coliforms, E. coli, enterococci and bacteriophages are all examples of organisms that when present are viewed as predictive of the potential presence of enteric pathogens, since they have the same fecal source as the pathogenic organisms. Tests for coliform bacteria are standardized and relatively easy and inexpensive to use. Consequently, they are more rapidly administered than tests determining the presence of individual pathogenic microorganisms in water. Despite being successful in predicting... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4271949 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 05:00:07 +0100 4271949 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4245603&cid=t_171541_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FmW_dDStfJV4%2F Hello, everyone. Another sunny - and cold - day here on the Pharmalot corporate campus, where we are, as usual, hustling the short people off to this or that school house. To keep warm, we are brewing the mandatory cup of stimulation and searching for some hot news. Meanwhile, here are a few items of interest. We hope your days goes well. Do stay in touch… Pfizer Names Simmons As Head Of Emerging Markets (Bloomberg News) Teva’s MS Drug Meets Primary Endpoint (Reuters) Nigeria Denies Blame For Delay In Pfizer Payments (AllAfrica) India Will Not Compromise Local Pharma In EU Pact (LiveMint) Roche Advances Schizophrenia And MS Drugs (Reuters) Daily Aspirin Slashes Cancer Risk: Study (PharmaTimes) (Source: Pharmalot) Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4245603 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 13:00:39 +0100 4245603 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4196997&cid=t_171541_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F11%2F23%2Fimplementing-twitter-in-a-health-sciences-library%2F Twitter describes itself as “a service for friends, family, and co-workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?” [2]. The “answers” are equally simple, because the tweet (that what is being “said”) must fit in 140 characters. The tweet does not only [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4196997 Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:15:27 +0100 4196997 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4122007&cid=t_171541_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2FOCyjcN1eo88%2F Due to a certain volcano last year’s the emerging Fungal Diseases conference got postponed, but the 2011 New and Emerging Fungal Diseases of Animals and Plants will be held in 25-29 June 2011 in Roscoff, France as part of the Jacques Monod Conferences. See the listing of speakers and topics here. (Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics) Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4122007 Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:00:37 +0100 4122007 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4025616&cid=t_171541_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Ffrom-epatient-connections-2010-getting-physicians-involved%2F2010.10.02 I attended ePatient Connections 2010 this week in Philadelphia and got the chance to meet some wonderful people interested in improving patient-provider relations, healthcare communication, and the adoption and employment of emerging technologies in healthcare. One of the questions I raised had to do with getting physicians involved in the growing discussions about these plays for importance. It’s my view that physician involvement can be a sort of limiting agent, and that rather than “taking on” physicians, they should to be approached from where they are coming from so that they can better understand why it’s important to listen. The video of my summary of the question is HERE, and you can catch up with the conference tweets HERE. *This blog post was originally published... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4025616 Sat, 02 Oct 2010 23:00:43 +0100 4025616 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3733260&cid=t_171541_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fhabits-for-hopeful.html Someday, 30 years from now, I want to be able to truly, honestly speak these words. To say that trusting God has become habit, whatever pain or suffering has been my life for the past hours, days, months, years.  This is from Joni Erickson Tada, on a recent radio program on suffering. She has been a quadriplegic for 30 years and now is suffering worsening of her disabilities while she endures treatment for breast cancer:It is at those times—and they happen all the time—that I fall back on the wonderfully godly habits that are just part of my character now. "We rejoice in suffering because suffering produces perseverance; perseverance produces character" (Romans 3:5-6). I’ve changed. I’m no longer the 14-year-old kid that I was once back some 30-odd-years ago.I’m a woman who ... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3733260 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:10:00 +0100 3733260 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3569804&cid=t_171541_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fis-minimally-disruptive-medicine-an-emerging-field%2F2010.05.17 I recently stumbled onto the “Minimally Disruptive Medicine” blog maintained by Dr. Victor Montori from the Mayo Clinic. I have to admit that the name caught my attention so I scoped it out. According to Dr. Montori, “minimally disruptive medicine refers to the practice of medicine that seeks to design effective treatment programs for patients while minimizing the burden of treatment.”  He describes this as an emerging field. I have to admit that I was simultaneously puzzled and intrigued. After all, how is this different from the way good medicine is practiced? I, for one, like to think that I create individually-tailored programs that meet my patients’ needs while minimizing their treatment burden. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at 3... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3569804 Mon, 17 May 2010 12:00:42 +0100 3569804 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3563646&cid=t_171541_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.virology.ws%2F023_W3310_10.mp4 Download: .wmv (346 MB) | .mp4 (91 MB) Visit the virology W3310 home page for a complete list of course resources. (Source: virology blog) virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3563646 Fri, 14 May 2010 13:00:51 +0100 3563646 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3546994&cid=t_171541_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F05%2Ffloating.html For this little girl, the best medicine is and always has been the bath. She had two seizures on Friday and took 4 baths. I reveled in the unbroken beauty of her spirit and her lithe figure, even in illness. She is preserved, so completely. Happy mother's day!Reminds me that, in addition to our brains and our science and our technological advances, we were first given herbs, wine, bread, oil (Psalm 104). The smallest blessings (running water, heated water, a large antique clawfoot tub) are sometimes the grandest life has to offer.He is jealous for me, Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree, Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy. When all of a sudden, I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory, And I realise just how beautiful You are, And how great Your affections are for ... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3546994 Sun, 09 May 2010 11:47:00 +0100 3546994 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3487369&cid=t_171541_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FxTrlIFILwaQ%2F Worldwide sales of prescription meds will slow to between 4 percent and 6 percent this year - down from 7 percent, or $837 billion, in 2009 - thanks to expiring patents for blockbuster drugs and tighter price controls imposed by European governments, according to a report from IMS Health. Sales growth in the US, meanwhile, is forecast to reach 3 percent to 5 percent. Other findings… - Emerging markets are expected to grow between 14 percent and 17 percent through 2014, while major developed markets will grow just 3 percent to 6 percent. As a result, the aggregate growth through 2014 from emerging markets will be similar to developed markets - about $120 billion to $140 billion; - In oncology, diabetes, multiple sclerosis and HIV, annual sales growth is expected to exceed 10 percent ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3487369 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:29:14 +0100 3487369 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3164043&cid=t_171541_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F5gcj2gS4nrM%2F The drugmaker hopes to eventually boost sales and profits of various meds in the region, part of a stepped-up emphasis on so-called emerging markets. And at the same time, Sanofi-Aventis also hopes to win kudos for widening availability of its meds in poor nations, a move also recently embraced by GlaxoSmithKline. Patients in Indonesia and the Philippines may save up to half for such as the Lantus diabetes med and the Taxotere cancer treatment, Jean-Louis Grunwald, Sanofi’s Southeast Asia head, tells Bloomberg News, adding that the program will be expanded to other countries in the region. “Answering this need is a must. Our capability to solve this access issue, together with other stakeholders, will define the success of our organization in this part of the world in the years to come... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3164043 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:26:43 +0100 3164043 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3019210&cid=t_171541_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F11%2Ffinding-new-song.html We've found it in the familiarity and trials of sisters finally together to embrace...to play...to relearn the boundaries of living in this family together. Well or ill alike.We've found it in family celebrations cut short by sudden trips to the emergency room.We've found it in celebrating our sameness and togetherness with a set of matching hair cuts.I've found it - the reticent, type A mother that I am - in all the ways I've searched out to make Amelia love living, headaches, and stumbling, and speech impediments and all. Here she is with her radical new hair cut. I cut off that lioness mane with a few tears falling. Because it hurt her so badly every time I brushed or braided or piggytailed.It's a new song.There are a few discordant notes.But we are singing it together. (Source: Turquoi... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3019210 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:04:00 +0100 3019210 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2920490&cid=t_171541_150_f&fid=38374&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2FG1rz7RKuqnk%2Fchris-anderson-editor-in-chief-of-wired.html (Source: ePharma Summit) ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2920490 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:46:00 +0100 2920490 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2741108&cid=t_171541_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FVirologyBlog%2F%7E3%2FerWGm6bFOVg%2F My colleague Ian Lipkin has developed new methods to rapidly identify pathogens. At Pop!Tech 2008, he explained how an increased understanding of zoonotic diseases, together with advancements in diagnostic technology, are helping to detect the next emerging virus. (Source: virology blog) virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2741108 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:47:55 +0100 2741108 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1926552&cid=t_171541_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2F437755953%2F A Brevia piece in Science today describes efforts to describe the causal agent in white-nose syndrome (WNS) in bats which appears to be contributing to bat decline. According to the authors, previous work had described an uncharacterized fungus associated with bats that showed signs of being sick with WNS. This is an emerging pathogen as the samples described in this paper were from Spring 2008. Phylogenetic analysis of the rDNA (and presumably ITS) sequence of fungal isolates from diseased bats placed it as a Geomyces spp, in the Helotiales order (in the Leotiomycetes if you are wondering what are the closest sequenced fungal genomes for this species). Other Geomyces spp are also psychrophiles and found colonizing the skin of animals in cold climates (it must be hard to make a living). Th... Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1926552 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:01:49 +0100 1926552 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1720473&cid=t_171541_85_f&fid=36194&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftesstermulo.com%2F2008%2F08%2F20%2Fmy-very-late-top-10-emerging-influential-blogs-of-2008-post%2F And to be more accurate, this post is already 9 days late. But it’s better…(and no, I’m not going to say “better late than never”). Just because. Haha. The Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs of 2008 Awards night was held at the Legend Villas last August 11. I was glad that there was a change of venue (it was previously slated to be held somewhere in Ortigas, I think) because the Legend Villas is more accessible for me (it’s near Forum Robinson’s at Pioneer Street, Mandaluyong). Let me share first some photos from the event: For those who’re wondering why I don’t have a pic during the event, I’m sorry but I wasn’t in the mood taking photos of myself because 1) It was a bad hair day (or night); 2) I came from 30-hours of hospi... Prudence and Madness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1720473 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:12:31 +0100 1720473 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1593936&cid=t_171541_85_f&fid=36194&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftesstermulo.com%2F2008%2F07%2F08%2Fmy-top-10-emerging-influential-blogs-for-2008%2F Goodness!  It really did take me some time before I was able to decide which blogs to include in this list.  The problem I had in compiling the blogs was that most of the blogs I visit cannot qualify for the Top 10 anymore because their blogs started way before 2007.  I was keen on putting a vote for The Blog Rounds (TBR), a medical blog carnival started by Filipino doctors, as spearheaded by Bone MD.  But the problem is that the TBR isn’t hosted in its own blog, but rather is currently a section of Bone MD’s blog.  So I’m not sure if it would still qualify, though I’m more inclined to think that it wouldn’t.  So I’ve to review the other blogs I visit and came up with the following (listed in no particular order): Filipino Voices.com It is general... Prudence and Madness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1593936 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:13:13 +0100 1593936 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1280821&cid=t_171541_10_f&fid=35345&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gideononline.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F03%2F05%2Femergence-of-infectious-diseases-in-the-21st-century%2F As of 2008, mankind is confronted by 346 generic infectious diseases, distributed in a seemingly haphazard fashion across 220 countries. An average of three new diseases are described every two years - and a new infecting organism is published every week ! Over 1,600 human pathogens have been reported, each with a specific set of phenotypic, genomic and susceptibility characteristics which must be confronted by diagnostic laboratories and clinicians. The pathogens are in turn confronted by 276 generic anti-infective agents and 67 vaccines - marketed under 10,493 proprietary names. Table 1, below, lists the major infectious diseases and pathogens which have been reported since 1972. Many conditions on this list (ie, Lyme disease, Legionellosis, Cyclosporiasis) are in fact old diseases whic... GIDEON blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1280821 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:33:39 +0100 1280821 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=966545&cid=t_171541_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F170226344%2F Very good article in the LA Times today. Like a StairMaster for the brain: Can mental workouts improve the mind's agility? Baby boomer concerns stimulate an industry expansion. The reporter, Melissa Healy, reviews the healthy aging segment in the Brain Fitness field. A few selected quotes: - "There is plausibility, both biological and behavioral, to the claim that these may work," says Molly Wagster, chief of the National Institute on Aging's neuropsychology branch. "But it is still a situation of 'buyer beware.' " - "I see this as a new frontier of fitness overall," says Alvaro Fernandez, founder and chief executive of the website SharpBrains .com, which tracks the business and science of brain-training. Americans already understand the value of physical fi... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=966545 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:49:37 +0100 966545 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=925338&cid=t_171541_97_f&fid=35050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmaGazette%2F%7E3%2F164874755%2Fcleaveland_clinics_top_10_innovations_for_2008.html Cleaveland Clinic announced today their top 10 medical innovations list.  The list includes technologies that are expected to have a significant impact on healthcare in 2008.Flexible Intraluminal RoboticsPercutaneous Aortic Heart ValvesRNA-based TherapeuticsConvergence of advances in genome scanning and informatics to support clinical applicationsNew oral anticoagulant drugs for treating and prevent thrombosisLive attenuated influenza vaccine for children as young as six monthsImage fusion for diagnostic and therapeutic useImplanted device allowing neural control of objects by the severely disabledEngineered cartilage products for joint repairDual energy source computed tomography (CT) imaging[Source: PRNewsWire] (Source: PharmaGazette) PharmaGazette blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=925338 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:30:18 +0100 925338 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=676456&cid=t_171541_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F06%2F08%2Flife-death-ashes-dust-spirit%2F “At one point I had to explain how I differed on a certain point from both Catholics and Fundamentalists: I hope I shall not for this forfeit the goodwill or the prayers of either. Nor do I much fear it.” C.S. Lewis in Reflections on the Psalms Life after death is [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=676456 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:03:58 +0100 676456 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=620434&cid=t_171541_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F05%2F17%2Fforwarded-from-utcca%2F Donations to the Craig Chaplin Memorial Fund The Rev. Craig Chaplin, friend, pastor, teacher and graduate of the United Theological College died on Wednesday May 9th 2007. Over a decade ago Craig made the decision to make a bequest to the United Theological College that would support an award recognizing the remarkable contributions of ministry offered by [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=620434 Thu, 17 May 2007 18:00:32 +0100 620434 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=498912&cid=t_171541_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F03%2F24%2Fon-a-similar-wave-length-as-view-from-the-edge%2F I knew the spam-filtering, skill-testing question (”the sum of five plus seven”) but, for whatever reason, I was unable to leave my comment on this post after several attempts and the same error message. Never mind. I recommend the original post and will try to repeat the substance of my would-be comments here. It started with [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=498912 Sat, 24 Mar 2007 20:39:07 +0100 498912