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 'farm animals'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:01:51 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4968496&cid=t_289865_87_f&fid=39261&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvactruth.com%2F2011%2F06%2F24%2Fantibiotics-in-vaccines%2F Antibiotics are in your vaccines. On June 2, 2011, The New York Times posted an online editorial that caught my eye, “The High Cost of Cheap Meat,” in which small doses of antibiotics in animal feed were discussed as the probable cause of the growing concern over an ineffectiveness in eliminating bacterial ‘super bugs’ that are overwhelming our immune systems and the practice of medicine. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/03/opinion/03fri3.html However, this ‘gem’ really sums up the issue: Last week, the Natural Resources Defense Council, joined by other advocacy groups, sued the Food and Drug Administration to compel it to end the nontherapeutic use of penicillin and tetracycline in farm animals. I must admit that was music to my ears. I’ve been promoting that ever since I lear... vactruth.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4968496 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:41:33 +0100 4968496 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3813204&cid=t_289865_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FP3cHqKbWaWQ%2F There was a 13 percent drop in the number of animals used for toxicology testing last year in the UK - to slightly more than 672,000 - although overall usage is up since the beginning of the decade, according to OutsourcingPharma. For instance, about 549,000 animals were used in experiments in 2000 and the number rose steadily to roughly 769,000 in 2008 before declining. Over the past 10 years, more than 3 million mice were chosen for testing safety, quality control, efficacy and ADME (absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination/excretion), making them far and away the most popular creatures, followed by rats at 1.83 million; 266,000-plus rabbits; 400,000 or so fish; 150,000 fowl; 97,000 beagles; 53,000 monkeys; roughly 27,000 pigs and about 22,000 cattle. Last year, however, the... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3813204 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:51:31 +0100 3813204 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3762897&cid=t_289865_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fasses-wearing-sunglasses-photo-of-the-day%2F These kick-ass donkeys are part of a 30-piece photography collection called Pencil vs. Camera. They’re amazing. They’re funny. They’re provocative. (And did you know donkeys keep all the other farm animals calm?) Check out Ben Heine’s entire series here. Photo from Flickr user Ben Heine Post from: BlissTree Asses Wearing Sunglasses: Photo of the Day (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3762897 Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:00:09 +0100 3762897 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1369670&cid=t_289865_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F04%2F13%2Ftherapy-with-animals-%25e2%2580%2593-not-just-a-cats-and-dogs-game-anymore%2F If you suffer from a mental disorder maybe you’d feel more at ease – home on the range. At least that’s what a new study out of the Norwegian University of Life Sciences supports. To assess the benefits of Green care, the researchers asked ninety patients (59 women and 31 men) with schizophrenia, affective disorders, anxiety, and personality disorders to complete self-assessment questionnaires on quality of life, coping ability and self-efficacy, before a 12-week period spending three hours twice a week working with the farm animals. The research results showed that the patient’s experience with the farm animals positive results on the patient’s ability to copy with psychiatric symptoms and thus improving their quality of life. In addition, after six months self efficacy was s... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1369670 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:00:31 +0100 1369670 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1160989&cid=t_289865_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F01%2F18%2Fthe-cause-of-schizophrenia-remains-unclear%2F For all of the money, energy and focus that has gone into gene studies on schizophrenia, two findings this week call into question much of that effort. The first one has been widely reported yesterday, Parasite May Lead to Schizophrenia. The parasite? Good ‘ole toxoplasma gondii, a common organism carried by carried by cats and farm animals. In most cases, the parasite is harmless (except for pregnant women, who have long been taught to avoid handling cat litter when pregnant). But in the latest study, researchers found that 7 percent of people with schizophrenia had this parasite, compared to only 5 percent in people who were not diagnosed with schizophrenia. That puts someone who has this parasite at a 24% increased risk of also getting schizophrenia. The second study, not yet ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1160989 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:04:44 +0100 1160989