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 'eponyms'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:32:44 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4789393&cid=t_196673_113_f&fid=34933&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpalmdoc.net%2Findex.php%2F2011%2F04%2F10%2Fapp-updates-and-collaboration-on-ares-for-webos%2F Ares as you might know, is HP (formerly Palm)’s great browser based application development platform for creating webOS apps. It’s so easy that I have been using Ares exclusively for my webOS apps. One thing some might not be aware is that Ares supports online collaboration using Version control. If you register with a site like Assembla.com, you can upload an entire Ares project there and share the work and development with others. With a few mouse clicks you can commit and push updates as well as check out updates made by others. With the help of a collaborator, Radu Serban, we have ported MediPDA, one of our earliest apps for webOS which was coded using the Mojo SDK, over to Ares. This will make it far quicker to come up with new modules as Ares makes it very easy to desig... The Palmdoc Chronicles blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4789393 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4789393 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4399530&cid=t_196673_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FmC5xhZnxOEs%2F A shout out for Whonamedit.com: a biographical dictionary of medical eponyms that aims to present a complete survey of all medical phenomena named for a person. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4399530 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 01:00:33 +0100 4399530 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3780434&cid=t_196673_113_f&fid=34933&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpalmdoc.net%2F%3Fp%3D3151 Eponyms is a project by Andrew Yee, and most medical users should be familiar with this application which gives you access to “common and obscure medical eponyms (e.g., Rovsing’s sign, Virchow’s node) with descriptions” in your handheld. It was first available for PalmOS (we’ve blogged about it quite a number of times here) and then later became available in the other major mobile platforms including iPhone, Blackberry and Windows mobile (I even found an Android version not linked from Andrew’s website so I don’t know if it is “officially” sanctioned”). Anyway Andrew has been very gracious in providing us with the database in order to produce a WebOS version. It took a while and a bit of discussion in the PreCentral forums but fin... The Palmdoc Chronicles blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3780434 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3780434 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3687182&cid=t_196673_109_f&fid=38954&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffrontierpsychiatrist.co.uk%2Fpsychiatric-eponymns-cotard-syndrome%2F The Cotard delusion or Cotard’s syndrome is named after Jules Cotard (1840–1889), a French neurologist. Its more dramatic name is ‘walking corpse syndrome and it is characterized by the presence of nihilistic delusional ideation. Cotard first described the syndrome, calling it le délire de négation, at a lecture in Paris in 1880 whereupon he described ‘Mademoiselle X’ patient who denied the existence of God, the Devil, several parts of her body, and also her need to eat. Later she believed she was eternally damned and could no longer die a natural death. She eventually died of starvation. In a textbook example of the presentation a patient would hold a delusional belief that they are dead, do not exist, are putrefying, or have lost their blood or... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3687182 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:28:09 +0100 3687182 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3511505&cid=t_196673_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D8527 There’s a joke which goes like this. Doctor to Patient: “I have good news and bad news for you. First the bad news. You have a rare, incurable and fatal disease. The good news? It’ll be named after you.” Eponyms are widely used in medicine. They are so many and varied it can be hard to recall all of them. Some indeed are pretty obscure! Those of use who use PDAs would have heard of Dr. Andrew Yee’s Eponyms programme which helps you look up medical eponyms. There’s also a website whonamedit if you want to look them up on your browser. Anyway I am reminded about this because of a recent CNN article The men behind famous diseases. Are there any Malaysian named medical eponyms? None that I can recall, unfortunately. In whonamedit though, in the country list... Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3511505 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3511505 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3290861&cid=t_196673_109_f&fid=38954&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffrontierpsychiatrist.co.uk%2Fcharles-bonnet-syndrome%2F is a cause of complex visual hallucinations.  The core features are the occurrence of well formed, vivid, and elaborate visual hallucinations in a partially sighted person who has insight into the unreality of what he or she is seeing.  Its prevalence in patients with visual impairment varies from 10% to 15%.  To diagnose the condition there should not be features which might lead to an alternative explanation such as psychosis, dementia and intoxication. The syndrome occurs most commonly in elderly people, probably because of the prevalence of visual impairment in this group. The common conditions leading to the syndrome are age related macular degeneration, glaucoma and cataract. The hallucinations may last from a few seconds to most of the day and may persist for a few days to many ... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3290861 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:53:12 +0100 3290861 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3275861&cid=t_196673_109_f&fid=38954&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffrontierpsychiatrist.co.uk%2Fcharles-bonnett-syndrome%2F Charles Bonnet syndrome is a cause of complex visual hallucinations.  The core features are the occurrence of well formed, vivid, and elaborate visual hallucinations in a partially sighted person who has insight into the unreality of what he or she is seeing.  Its prevalence in patients with visual impairment varies from 10% to 15%.  To diagnose the condition there should not be features which might lead to an alternative explanation such as psychosis, dementia and intoxication. The syndrome occurs most commonly in elderly people, probably because of the prevalence of visual impairment in this group. The common conditions leading to the syndrome are age related macular degeneration, glaucoma and cataract. The hallucinations may last from a few seconds to most of the day and may persist ... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3275861 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:53:12 +0100 3275861 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3118941&cid=t_196673_109_f&fid=38954&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffrontierpsychiatrist.co.uk%2Fcouvade-syndrome%2F Also known as ’sympathetic pregnancy’, Couvade syndrome affects biological fathers, particularly during the first and third trimesters of pregnancy, who suffer the somatic features of pregnancy.  Cessation of symptoms occurs upon birth or shortly within the postpartum period.  Rarely other relatives including children may be affected. The syndrome is relatively common and epidemological studies report couvade symptoms in 11-36% of pregnancies predominantly affecting the gastrointestinal tract.  The commonly reported symptoms include indigestion, increased or decreased appetite, weight gain, diarrhea or constipation, headache, and toothache The name derives from an ancient custom whereby a new father took to his bed to be cared for by his recently delivered wife for a defined... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3118941 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:17:15 +0100 3118941 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3048195&cid=t_196673_109_f&fid=38954&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffrontierpsychiatrist.co.uk%2Fpsychiatric-eponyms-de-clerambaults-syndrome%2F Also know as erotomania, De Clérambault’s syndrome is one in which a delusional belief is held by a patient that another person, usually older and of higher social status, famous, wealthy or in a professional relationship with the patient is deeply in love with them. Pursuing the object of their affections and repeatedly pestering them by telephone, by letter and with gifts is typical.  Some people suffering from this disorder arrange ‘holidays’ or ‘weddings’ with their supposed lover. Key features are: The conviction of being loved Supposed lover does nothing to encourage or sustain the belief, usually making clear their lack of interest or concern Words or actions of supposed ‘lover’ are reinterpreted to maintain belief in requited love Belief that supposed r... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3048195 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:42:12 +0100 3048195 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3026751&cid=t_196673_109_f&fid=38954&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffrontierpsychiatrist.co.uk%2Fpsychiatric-eponyms-capgras-syndrome%2F addLoadEvent(meyshan_search_king_autocomplete_activate); Capgras syndrome is one in which a patient has a delusional belief that a person or persons, usually well known to them, have been replaced by an identical impostor(s).  It usually occurs in the context of a psychotic illness (more than half of cases are associated with schizophrenia) but may be seen with other psychiatric illnesses, including brain injury or dementia. The Capgras delusion is one of a number of delusional misidentification syndromes, a class of delusional beliefs that involves the misidentification of people, places or objects. Joseph Capgras (1873-1950) was a French psychiatrist who first described the disorder in a 1923 paper co-authored with Reboul-Lachaux about the case of a French woman who complained that var... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3026751 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:53:49 +0100 3026751 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1798171&cid=t_196673_113_f&fid=34933&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpalmdoc.net%2F%3Fp%3D1798 Eponyms, the great freebie by Andrew Yee has recently been updated and is now version 1.9 This is a database of 1600 common and obscure medical eponyms and will surely be useful for medical students and the clinician. Updated Description: 1.9 (9/9/08) * Split heme/onc and ob/gyn into separate categories, some copy edits. You can download the latest Palm version from Palmgear For other versions you can visit Andrew’s Eponyms Homepage. There’s not only a WM version but iPhone users can rejoice as they now have another medical app for the iPhone/iPod Touch a Eponyms updated (Source: The Palmdoc Chronicles) The Palmdoc Chronicles blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1798171 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1798171 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1692713&cid=t_196673_105_f&fid=36987&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FIvorKovicMd%2F%7E3%2F355496920%2F More and more health iPhone applications are available each day in the App Store. Most of them are for sale, but there are some which you can download for free. Here is my current top three of free health apps. 1. Epocrates Rx Includes the drug guide, formulary information and drug interaction checker. Also offers continual free updates and medical news. 2. Eponyms (for students) Offers a list of 1,600 common and obscure medical eponyms (e.g., Rovsing’s sign, Virchow’s node) with descriptions. 3. OBWheel A simple pregnancy calculator to determine the estimated delivery date and gestational age. (Source: Ivor Kovic, M.D.) Ivor Kovic, M.D. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1692713 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:01:42 +0100 1692713