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 'feed'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:54:38 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4911815&cid=t_109301_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FgRHackJWG0U%2F Pfizer is voluntarily suspending US sales of its Roxarsone product, which has been used as a chicken-feed additive by poultry farmers for nearly 70 years, after a recent FDA study of 100 broiler chickens found inorganic arsenic, a known carcingoen, at higher levels in the livers of chicken that were given the med compared with untreated chickens. Roxarsone contains organic arsenic, which is a less toxic form of arsenic, but this can transform into inorganic arsenic, according to the FDA which, by the way, maintains levels detected were very low and continuing to eat chicken does not pose a health risk. However, chronic exposure is known to cause cancer and has been linked to heart disease, diabetes and declining brain function. Organic arsenic is added to the feed of most roasters grown in... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4911815 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:58:08 +0100 4911815 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4472951&cid=t_109301_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-still-incredible-edible-egg%2F2011.02.12 Enriched chicken feed may have resulted in eggs having less cholesterol and more Vitamin D than previously measured, reports the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). A large egg today has about 185 milligrams of cholesterol, down 14 percent from 215 milligrams in 2002, according to new research from the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, reports USA Today. Also, an egg today has 41 international units (IUs) of Vitamin D, up 64 percent from 25 IUs measured in 2002. (That’s still only about 7 percent of the 600 IUs recommended per day.) The agency regularly does nutrient checks on popular foods, this time analyzing eggs taken from store shelves in 12 locations around the country. The American Egg Board said in a press release that hen feed is made up mostly of corn, soyb... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4472951 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 20:00:00 +0100 4472951 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4470410&cid=t_109301_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-still-incredible-edible-egg%2F2011.02.12 Enriched chicken feed may have resulted in eggs having less cholesterol and more Vitamin D than previously measured, reports the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). A large egg today has about 185 milligrams of cholesterol, down 14 percent from 215 milligrams in 2002, according to new research from the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, reports USA Today. Also, an egg today has 41 international units (IUs) of Vitamin D, up 64 percent from 25 IUs measured in 2002. (That’s still only about 7 percent of the 600 IUs recommended per day.) The agency regularly does nutrient checks on popular foods, this time analyzing eggs taken from store shelves in 12 locations around the country. The American Egg Board said in a press release that hen feed is made up mostly of corn, soyb... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4470410 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 20:00:00 +0100 4470410 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4309870&cid=t_109301_175_f&fid=39258&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FInsidePaTraining%2F%7E3%2FO03SVUnNLmE%2Fthe-secret-to-acing-any-interview-not-just-for-pa-students If I'm being honest, I didn't plan for very long before I applied to PA school. But by the time I interviewed, I had become something of a prodigy on the field. Not medically, of course, but on the PA profession as a whole. I've written articles on the application process, interviews, and the other aspects of getting in to PA school, and I've made much out of the need to show up prepared. But how?Visit us at Inside PA Training - Becoming A Physician Assistant (Source: Palpating the Field) Palpating the Field blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4309870 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 07:37:57 +0100 4309870 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4060592&cid=t_109301_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fin-the-news-political-doctors-antibiotic-resistance-and-stem-cell-research%2F2010.10.11 Medical organizations are donating heavily to doctors running for the U.S. House. Dentists, ophthalmologists, radiologists, surgeons, neurologists and ENTs have contributed heavily. The goal is to get doctors onto committees where they can have the most impact. So far, the candidates have trended heavily Republican and have, in at least one campaign, vowed to overturn healthcare reform. The stakes are high if opposing legislators succeed, because they could underfund or block portions of reform to the point that it works poorly or not at all. (Politico, New England Journal of Medicine) Spurred by antibiotic resistance seen in almost every drug class, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, FACP, is turning the agency’s attention toward animal feed. With little to no development of new ant... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4060592 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 22:00:00 +0100 4060592 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3648494&cid=t_109301_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmedical-journals-a-social-media-model-for-the-21st-century%2F2010.06.10 The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology is the official publication of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, and a good example for all medical and scientific journals about how they should embrace social media: Proper RSS feed (major element with peer-reviewed journals) Blog that serves as a journal club Twitter account Podcasts Facebook page *This blog post was originally published at ScienceRoll* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3648494 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:00:08 +0100 3648494 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3585572&cid=t_109301_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fhunter-philanthropists-brought-to-you-by-sportsmans-channel%2F Photo: Thinkstock Hunter-Philanthropist may seem like an unlikely breed of modern man, but the Sportsman’s Channel (yes, that is a channel) is encouraging just that. The channel has a new non-profit initiative to feed the hungry called Hunt.Fish.Feed., and the basic idea is that hunters bring their kill (and fishers bring their catch) to impoverished people in Los Angeles, including those in shelters. The thought of a burly hunter slamming a dead deer carcass onto a soup kitchen table make us snicker, but it’s hard to criticize a program whose goal is to feed the hungry. We do wonder if the organization could have used the money spent on bullets, transportation, permits, and butchering to get a lot of fruits and vegetables for L.A.’s hungry, though. As Care2 also points o... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3585572 Thu, 20 May 2010 21:35:43 +0100 3585572 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3443904&cid=t_109301_131_f&fid=34995&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.discovermagazine.com%2Fgnxp%2F2010%2F04%2Fplease-change-rss-feeds-if-you-havent%2F If you are still subscribed to: http://feeds.feedburner.com/scienceblogs/gnxp You are receiving updates from the new RSS feed. But at some point these updates will cease. You will need to switch to the new RSS feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/GeneExpressionBlog It’s been a week since I first mentioned this issue, and the old feed still has over twice as many subscribers as the new feed. I’m sure many of them are evil people who are subscribed but no longer read the blog, but for those of you who are good please switch feeds. It is a mitzvah. Danke. (Source: Gene Expression) Gene Expression blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3443904 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 06:30:42 +0100 3443904 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2758105&cid=t_109301_137_f&fid=35426&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheAlzheimersReadingRoom%2F%7E3%2FAt8ETZmxHeY%2Falzheimersread-901.html Here are a few of the articles from my Twitter Feed @ALZHEIMERSREAD. Is Family Caregiving Better Than Institutional Care? Assuming the role of caregiver for a loved one can be challenging and with the amount of stress and aggravation that comes with the job, you would think that the caregiver would rather turn the loved one over to a nursing home or other organized care facility. However, the opposite it true! To continue reading go here. Oklahoma legislative task force addresses Alzheimer’s Requirement that medical school students learn more about diagnosis of Alzheimer’s. To continue reading go here.  Finra bars 2 brokers for conning widows, Alzheimer’s victims and disabled Among the victims were 15 widows, two Alzheimer’s victims and an individual with developmental disa... Alzheimer's Reading Room, The blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2758105 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:59:13 +0100 2758105 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2256067&cid=t_109301_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F03%2Ffeed-me-for-some-bioetech-scientists-it.html The sense of entitlement is so thick, so embedded within the genome of the biotech research community, that apparently no matter the extent to which they are catered, it is never, ever enough. Only days after they got virtually all they claimed they wanted from President Obama, some scientists are already whining that they might receive less money from other sources that have so far bounteously funded ESCR. From the story "Stem Cell Decision Worries Some Scientists" in the New York Times: While praised by scientists, President Obama's decision to lift restrictions on federal financing of embryonic stem cell research could cause state governments and philanthropists to pull back on billions of dollars they have pledged for such work.A number of states and philanthropies rushed in to fill th... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2256067 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:53:00 +0100 2256067 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2191221&cid=t_109301_136_f&fid=36162&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyelomablog.com%2F2009%2F02%2F15%2Frss-feed-aggregator-myeloma-blog-list%2F I’m putting my links to blogs into a feed aggregator. If your blog has an RSS feed and you’d like to have it on the list, let me know. Just us the contact form.  Don’t forget to tell me what the URL for your valid RSS feed is. http://healthblogs.org/planet/health/blogs/ If you don’t have a blog or an RSS feed, why not set up one at healthblogs.org? (Source: beth's myeloma blog) beth's myeloma blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2191221 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:59:14 +0100 2191221 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1977552&cid=t_109301_125_f&fid=38161&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fdentalheroes%2F%7E3%2F460363688%2F First of all, I want to thank everyone who is currently subscribing to the Dental Heroes RSS feeds. I hope you’re enjoying the blog and the valuable content that I’m pumping out as fast as I can. For those of you who haven’t yet subscribed to the Dental Heroes RSS Feed, please take a couple of seconds to do so. This would not only make me happy :), but you’ll also be able to stay on top of all of my latest posts and not miss a beat. Subscribe now. Finally, for any of you who may be confused about just what the heck an RSS Feed is, Darren Rowse at Problogger.net provides a fantastic explanation. Subscribe to the Dental Heroes RSS Feed (Source: Dental Heroes) Dental Heroes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1977552 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:49:55 +0100 1977552 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1968861&cid=t_109301_109_f&fid=35044&url=http%3A%2F%2Fadultaddstrengths.com%2F2008%2F11%2F18%2Fsocial-media-and-seo-scorecard%2F Conclusions Of the 25 different metrics I used, Gregor won 17, Peter Ladner won 6, and they tied on two. Gregor Robertson was the clear winner. He won every single category in the search engines if you don’t add the 2nd NPA Vancouver website. Gregor Robertson’s Online Campaigner was Kori Brus. who has a blog, and twitter account and is active online While the twitter jacking was a definite screw up, overall he performed far superior to his counterpart in Peter Ladner’s campaign, if in fact Peter did have a dedicated person for that. I couldn’t find out by googling it. Clearly not a good sign. Both campaigns could have done better in engaging people on Youtube, Flickr and Twitter instead of just old fashioned push broadcasts. They both could have had created groups o... Adult ADD Strengths blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1968861 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:12:06 +0100 1968861 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1947194&cid=t_109301_109_f&fid=35044&url=http%3A%2F%2Fadultaddstrengths.com%2F2008%2F11%2F05%2Fobama-vs-mccain-social-media%2F Conclusions Overall Barack Obama’s campaign has a larger, more comprehensive presence more followers or subscribers on the social media websites more interaction with those followers much greater results in search engines This is in spite of John McCain being a big political celebrity FAR longer than Barack Obama was. John McCain was first elected to congress in 1982, and even before McCain ran in 2008, other than George Bush, McCain was probably the best known, most interviewed, and most written about Republican politician. That’s why I laughed when I saw McCain’s celebrity ad about Obama, look at how many mention’s John McCain has in the Internet Movie Database, like Bill Clinton, he was jealous because he was no longer the biggest political celebrity in Washing... Adult ADD Strengths blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1947194 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:01:23 +0100 1947194 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1945233&cid=t_109301_109_f&fid=35044&url=http%3A%2F%2Fadultaddstrengths.com%2F2008%2F11%2F05%2Fobama-vs-mccain-social-media%2F Conclusions Overall Barack Obama’s campaign has a larger, more comprehensive presence, more followers or subscribers on the social media websites and more interaction with those followers and much greater results in search engines. This is in spite of John McCain being a big political celebrity FAR longer than Obama was. McCain was first elected to congress in 1982, and even before McCain ran in 2008, other than George Bush, McCain was probably the best known, most interviewed, and most written about Republican politician. . That’s why I laughed when I saw McCain’s celebrity ad about Obama, look at how many mention’s John McCain has in the Internet Movie Database, like Bill Clinton, he was jealous because he was no longer the biggest political celebrity in Washingto... Adult ADD Strengths blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1945233 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:39:28 +0100 1945233 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1939105&cid=t_109301_109_f&fid=35044&url=http%3A%2F%2Fadultaddstrengths.com%2F2008%2F11%2F05%2Fobama-vs-mccain-social-media%2F Conclusions Overall Barack Obama’s campaign has a larger, more comprehensive presence, and more interaction with people on the internet and in social media sites. This is in spite of John McCain being a big political celebrity FAR longer than Obama was. McCain was first elected to congress in 1982, and even before McCain ran in 2008, other than George Bush, McCain was probably the best known, most interviewed, and most written about Republican politician. Outside of Illinois, Barack Obama was largely unknown until he gave his famous keynote speech at the democratic convention in 2004. So 26 years of exposure vs 4 and yet Obama still massively dominates the online landscape. Obama’s website one of the best designed websites I’ve seen in 15 years online, far better design... Adult ADD Strengths blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1939105 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:16:12 +0100 1939105 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1925591&cid=t_109301_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsandnsurf.medbrains.net%2F2008%2F11%2Fhealth-feed-aggregation%2F There is a Brobdingnagian amount of health information on the web - becoming more gargantuan every day. So how does one stay informed and on top of ones game in this pixelated world that never sleeps. Textbooks are great for reviewing well-recognized facts and journals great for reviewing research developments (if a tad slow in [...] (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1925591 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:09:17 +0100 1925591 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512105&cid=t_109301_125_f&fid=38161&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dentalheroes.com%2Fuser-link-feed%2F ***Update*** I have decided to discontinue the Dental Heroes User Link Feed indefinitely. I found not only that it wasn’t very popular, but the submissions were not what I was looking for. Instead of having people submit their sites, I was looking for specific posts or specialized resources that are beneficial for the Dental Heroes audience in some way. In any event, thanks to those who submitted in the past, and perhaps I’ll bring back the user link feed one day. Hello! Welcome to the Dental Heroes User Link Feed. The User Link Feed is a place where anyone can submit links with a short description that they find useful to the Dental Heroes Community. Once I approve the links to ensure that they meet the content standards, they’ll appear in the Dental Heroes sidebar for a... Dental Heroes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512105 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:53:04 +0100 2512105 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1773187&cid=t_109301_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F09%2F08%2Fdoes-twitter-draw-us-closer%2F Pages: 1 2 Next »     Single Page The New York Times today has a great article about the latest digital fad — “ambient awareness.” Being aware of hundreds or even thousands of other people’s lives, while still not even necessarily knowing any of them. Ambient awareness is a term to describe the sum of knowledge pieced together from the little tidbits of information we gain from others through information technologies such as Facebook’s News Feed, or twitter. It requires each user, however, to keep that feed updated. Constantly. Without updates, the feed becomes completely stale and useless. Like blogging, most people who sign on to try out a service like twitter don’t keep it updated for very long unless their immediate social netw... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1773187 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:05:44 +0100 1773187 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1527497&cid=t_109301_107_f&fid=36585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FHighlightHEALTH%2F%7E3%2F313890055%2F This article was published on Highlight HEALTH. Related articlesPresenting Highlight HEALTH 2.0The Best of Highlight HEALTH 2007 - The Year in ReviewThe Highlight HEALTH Network RSS Dashboard WidgetSocial Networks and Health - The Research and the Reviews (Source: Highlight HEALTH) Highlight HEALTH blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1527497 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:10:44 +0100 1527497 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1407125&cid=t_109301_93_f&fid=36200&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.jammedph.com%2Fhow-to-get-completely-free-traffic-with-blog-contests%2F Contests are nothing new in the online world. Many people have been using contests to get free web traffic for years. However, there is a slightly new twist since the blog revolution that has made running a contest much more effective and fun. The concept is the same. You come up with a prize (or many prizes) that would be appealing to your blog readers. Of course, offering your own product as the prize would be preferable since you can mention it on your blog (so everyone who sees your contest will also see your product link). But, if you don’t have your own product, you can easily ask around and find people who will donate. Once you have your prizes, the fun starts. You have several options for your contest: If your goal is to get people to interact, ask your readers to post a comment... Jammed: Full into Capacity blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1407125 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:15:05 +0100 1407125 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1286325&cid=t_109301_93_f&fid=36200&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.jammedph.com%2F5-things-i-learned-from-fellow-bloggers-on-increasing-my-feed-subscribers%2F This blog has been online for over a year but I have not received enough number of feed subscribers to boast. I only got around 10 subscribers. Recently though, I saw how my feed subscriber count went as high as 51 (as of this moment). This wouldn’t have been possible without the help of articles I read from other bloggers. When it comes to increasing your feed subscribers, I found these great tips helpful: 1. Always provide good and helpful content. This has been overly emphasized in every blogging tips about increasing feed count. Of course, this is vital in attracting visitors, and potential subscribers as well. This has two benefits: getting new subscriptions and preventing unsubcriptions. 2. Adhering to frequent posting or not? There has been a debate going on in the blogosphere... Jammed: Full into Capacity blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1286325 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:24:10 +0100 1286325 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1246582&cid=t_109301_132_f&fid=35006&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnsaunders.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F02%2F21%2Ffeedjournal-silly-but-fun%2F Via LifeHacker: Web application FeedJournal turns your RSS feed(s) of choice into a newspaper-formatted PDF. A little clunky and buggy when I tried it out, but I eventually generated this PDF from a few of my Google shared items. I’m not keen on the way articles are headed “by neilfws” - I didn’t write any of them! What use is it? Not much - perhaps a nice way to generate a PDF for the next edition of Bio::Blogs. (Source: What You're Doing Is Rather Desperate) What You're Doing Is Rather Desperate blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1246582 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:55:08 +0100 1246582 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1147503&cid=t_109301_122_f&fid=36506&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainSciencePodcastBlog%2F%7E3%2F216061731%2F There is lots of interesting stuff on the internet about the brain and neuroscience, and obviously no one can keep up with it all. I have decided to follow Leo Laporte’s example by creating a del.icio.us tag that we can all use to facilitate sharing what we find with each other. The tag will be brainscience, spelled as one word. Obviously someone who doesn’t listen to the Brain Science Podcast could choose the same tag, but it would like bring our attention to something relevant. In addition, since del.icio.ous automatically creates an RSS feed for each tag, I have created a special feed that you can subscribe to if you want to keep track of what is being added by others. Notice that the last 3 items added will always appear in the left side bar of this website. Subscribe to d... the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1147503 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:44:44 +0100 1147503 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1146897&cid=t_109301_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FBreastfeeding123%2F%7E3%2F215587746%2F Here’s a shout-out to Australian readers! The rest of us could learn from the Australians, who are taking a proactive approach to gaining support for breastfeeding in public. Rather than expressing outrage and staging nurse-ins (which do have their place) after an incident occurs, the Australian Breastfeeding Association is promoting the “Feel Free to Feed Campaign” in an effort to grow support for breastfeeding mothers at home, in public, and in the workplace. The Campaign The campaign aims to raise the public profile of breastfeeding, making it more acceptable and accessible to new mums and their babies. The focus is on three key awards that support breastfeeding away from home: the ABA’s Breastfeeding Welcome Here and Breastfeeding Friendly Workplace Accreditatio... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1146897 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:37:55 +0100 1146897 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1114108&cid=t_109301_107_f&fid=36585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FHighlightHealth%2F%7E3%2F205233858%2F This article was published on Highlight HEALTH. (Source: Highlight HEALTH) Highlight HEALTH blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1114108 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:01:25 +0100 1114108 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1066005&cid=t_109301_113_f&fid=36474&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMedsqodPodcastingForMedicalProfessionals%2F%7E3%2F194306984%2F Plain and simple, medpros are dusty old farts when it comes to the Internet and modern technology. You know: what everyone else is using to learn and talk about current events, their health, their job prospects, their friends and coworkers…their healthcare providers. The critical stuff. Health and Human Services Director, Michael Leavitt, recently put it like this: It’s obvious that the medical establishment has yet to complete the jump to the Internet Age. Our health care system has fallen behind every sector of our economy, from car repairs to manufacturing to air travel, for no good reason. There’s something wrong when you can walk away from a bank or mechanic with a detailed, easy-to-read printout but, when it comes to your health, you’re left hoping the pharmac... MedSqod: Podcasting for Medical Professionals blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1066005 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:44:59 +0100 1066005 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=998657&cid=t_109301_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2007%2F11%2F01%2F10-reasons-why-nature-is-the-best-in-science-20%2F In the era of web 2.0, we have plenty of opportunities of education and communication in either science or medicine. In this special field (often called science 2.0), Nature Publishing Group has become the leading force and I’ve got 10 reasons for that. Scintilla: Scintilla collects data from hundreds of news outlets, scientific blogs, journals and databases and then makes it easy for you to organise, share and discover exactly the type of information that you’re interested in. You can rate items and recommend them to any colleagues who’ve also signed up to the site. Precedings: Nature Precedings is a place for researchers to share pre-publication research, unpublished manuscripts, presentations, posters, white papers, technical papers, supplementary findings, and oth... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=998657 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:44:44 +0100 998657 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=988447&cid=t_109301_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2007%2F10%2F29%2Frss-and-firefox-add-ons-in-medicine%2F I’ve written several times about how you can use RSS in medicine. I’ve featured: PubMed Save Search Third-Party PubMed tools Intelligent RSS Tags, Google Alert and many more Source But here is a new and extremely detailed video about what RSS is and how it is useful. RSS is just awesome! Kudos to the author! Now I have to go and create the RSS feeds of my Technorati pages. Don’t miss today’s best post of the medical blogosphere, Firefox Add-ons for Molecular and Cell Biologists at Bitesize Bio. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=988447 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:17:56 +0100 988447 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=948647&cid=t_109301_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2F169498603%2F Oh boy! I will apologize in advance but I have to give you some “are you flippin’ kidding me” type of studies. Last month I had a day like this as well. A day where I found nothing but in your face, plain as day, we already know this 100 times over research and findings. Just this past week, a US study found that women with hypertension have a three time larger chance at developing diabetes than women with lower blood pressure. Hmm… I think we already knew that, like in the year 1980 or so. I just don’t understand why we keep examining the same issues when what we need for diabetes is a ground breaking study to further progress for a cure. Again, maybe it is that I am very tired, or maybe it is the cool fall weather here on the US east coast. But come on Harva... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=948647 Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:11:47 +0100 948647 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=932688&cid=t_109301_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2007%2F10%2F06%2Fopen-letter-to-the-physicians-of-the-world%2F Dear Medical Professionals, I’m writing to you to describe why to use web 2.0’s features in your practice. I’m pretty sure web 2.0, the new generation of web services, will play an important role in the future of medicine. These web tools, expert-based community sites, medical blogs and wikis can ease the work of physicians, scientists, medical students or medical librarians. We, medical bloggers, believe the new generation of web services will change the way medicine is practiced and healthcare is delivered. In the field of medicine, the most important thing is to get the right information in time. With the tools, services and sites of web 2.0, it’s getting easier and even more comfortable. Those physicians, who want to be up-to-date in their fields, should be open to... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=932688 Sat, 06 Oct 2007 15:00:42 +0100 932688 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=927971&cid=t_109301_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F165447073%2F Heart disease of the left main coronary artery has been found to be an inherited condition. Families tend to “share” this form of heart disease. “In our study we focused on the coronary disease pattern underlying coronary artery disease and found that, for left main coronary artery disease, 49 percent of the phenotypic variation that is due to genetic effects was inherited. This substantial heritability is even higher than that for coronary artery disease or myocardial infarction in general.” Why is this important? It can provide for more intensive screening and treatment strategies for patients that have known heart disease clumped in their family. It really does offer some very important clinical implications. Let’s hope we can pinpoint even more aspects of ... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=927971 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 23:39:35 +0100 927971 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=925479&cid=t_109301_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2F164962449%2F Would you be willing to give up 8 years of your life to do away with your diabetes regimen? Do you feel like your medications and treatments are an enormous burden? If your answers are yes… and yes, then you are not alone. A group of researchers conducted face to face interviews with over 700 type 2 diabetics and found that they equate their diabetes with kidney disease and angina. Many diabetics say the burden of constant therapeutic vigilance and daily insulin injections have as much impact on their lives as complications. And over 10% of the patients polled were willing to give up 8-10 years of their lives to live without these everyday burdens. Wow! How do you feel about this? Would you be willing to give up the final decade of your life to live without prescription bottles and ... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=925479 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:54:40 +0100 925479 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=918091&cid=t_109301_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F163809143%2F Hmm… I will present this to you with no opinion or comments from me. It seems that researchers out of The Bristol Heart Institute in Britain have confirmed the belief that certain patients that have survived heart attacks and heart disease become more naturally pre-conditioned than their healthy counterparts. … Discovered surprising responses of the heart to mock cardiac surgery in a mouse model. When the heart was stopped and restarted — mimicking the conditions used in most heart bypass surgery — scientists found hearts with coronary disease from genetically modified mice were more resistant to damage than hearts without coronary disease. So what do you think? Have you ever heard of this before? The research team detailed their findings in the October issue of th... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=918091 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:39:59 +0100 918091 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=896451&cid=t_109301_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F160730982%2F Get your child’s cholesterol checked! That is what they are suggesting now. Researchers are urging parents to have their children’s cholesterol checked as early as 15 months. Researchers at Barts and the London Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry found that screening was most effective if done between the ages of 1 and 9. They said the screening at this age detected 88 percent of affected individuals. Once an “affected” child is identified, the parents would then be screened. This could ultimately help in the medical prevention and treatment of the child and the adult. Killing 2 birds with 1 stone! I am all for it. There is blood work done routinely in children of this age anyway, might as well add a cholesterol panel to the blood work as well! Doesn... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=896451 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:16:10 +0100 896451 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=896824&cid=t_109301_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2F160724729%2F U.S. biomedical engineers have demonstrated a smart particle insulin release system that detects glucose spikes and releases insulin to counter them. Researchers at the University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences, led by Associate Professor Ananth Annapragada, said the system is designed to mimic the functions of the pancreas, which produces the hormone insulin. This system worked in stabilizing blood sugars in animals for up to 6 hours. How does this work in plain English… or at least easy to understand words? Well, there are liposomes that are coated with sugars to form the inhaled particles, and when sugars becomes present in the blood, the particles bind independently to the sugar then releasing the particles that release their insulin. So basically, they bind to th... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=896824 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:01:05 +0100 896824 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=876140&cid=t_109301_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2F157604158%2F Well, I am back. I apologize, I haven’t been around for a few days. My middle daughter had surgery late last week and we have been nursing a hurtin’ little 5 year old back to “healthy”. She’s almost there. Kids sure do bounce back quicker than adults, don’t they? There hasn’t been much out there in the way of “new news” either. I did see an updated report on the drug Avandia. The study out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine reports that there is an increased risk of heart attack by 42 percent and a doubled risk of heart failure with long term use of the diabetic drug. Science Daily is reporting that the there has been a third abnormality found in the link between obese patients and type 2 diabetics. Apparently, neurons in our ... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=876140 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:41:38 +0100 876140 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=867392&cid=t_109301_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F155612175%2F Come on ladies, don’t let me down! I am so disappointed by the following research findings… Researchers at University of Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas found that women with a family history of heart disease were less likely than men to change habits such as smoking and infrequent physical activity. In fact, they were more likely to engage in lifestyle choices that increase their risk of heart disease than are women who didn’t report a history of heart disease. Seriously speaking, we need to be smarter than that. If you know what a risk factor is, which I know most of us do, then why not do all that you can to change the situation? Us women need to stick together and support and encourage each other. Find a buddy to walk and diet with or ask your partner to help y... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=867392 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:49:30 +0100 867392 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=840636&cid=t_109301_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2007%2F09%2F04%2F7-tips-how-to-track-the-information-you-need%2F Recently, some of the researchers here in Debrecen have asked me how they could track the changes of their field of interest. Even in the field of medicine or science, it’s crucial to be up-to-date and to find methods/tools that can make your work easier and more comfortable. So here are some tips on how to track the information you need, how to be up-to-date in your field. PubMed Save Search: Most of the physicians and scientists I know, go back to PubMed time by time and search for the old terms to see whether there are new additions to the database. If you use the Save Search function, you can get your PubMed updates via e-mail. You don’t have to search again and again, just sit back and wait for the next letter containing the newest articles in your field. How? Create an... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=840636 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:51:42 +0100 840636 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=838125&cid=t_109301_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F151623195%2F A Heart failure pump has been developed to assist those patients awaiting their gift of life. I really do hope that this is a success. The pump is implanted into the patient’s body and pumps blood from the weakened left ventricle to the rest of the body at the same rate as a healthy heart. In addition to helping 75 percent of patients stay alive for at least six months, or until a donor heart becomes available, the device assists patients’ original hearts regain function, thereby allowing other organs to heal by restoring blood flow. The device is about the size of a “D” sized battery which will allow it to help patients both big and small and male and female. Pretty cool! via Science Daily Share This (Source: A Hearty Life) A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=838125 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 13:19:24 +0100 838125 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=828447&cid=t_109301_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2F149188995%2F I have to do it this morning. I have been fighting the urge for over 2 weeks now. Every morning as I wade through all the new and updated diabetes information, I come across the most obvious, ridiculous almost “slap in your face” kind of findings. So I am going to share a few with you this very fine morning. Now don’t laugh too hard! To think that our tax dollars and private investors fund such research is mind blowing… Staying active — getting regular physical exercise, helps prevent and control diabetes, advises a U.S. expert. Researchers have found new evidence that soft drinks sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) may contribute to the development of diabetes, particularly in children. In a laboratory study of commonly consumed carbonated bevera... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=828447 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:26:20 +0100 828447 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=825592&cid=t_109301_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2F149188995%2F I have to do it this morning. I have been fighting the urge for over 2 weeks now. Every morning as I wade through all the new and updated diabetes information, I come across the most obvious, ridiculous almost “slap in your face” kind of findings. So I am going to share a few with you this very fine morning. Now don’t laugh too hard! To think that our tax dollars and private investors fund such research is mind blowing… Staying active — getting regular physical exercise, helps prevent and control diabetes, advises a U.S. expert. Researchers have found new evidence that soft drinks sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) may contribute to the development of diabetes, particularly in children. In a laboratory study of commonly consumed carbonated bevera... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=825592 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:54:34 +0100 825592 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=811925&cid=t_109301_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2007%2F08%2F21%2Fbehind-the-scenes-of-medical-blogs-microbiologybytes%2F I’ve already presented some famous medical bloggers to you. My aim is to get my readers closer to these quality blogs and the bloggers as well. I’d like to convince more and more health professionals/people interested in medicine to create their own blogs by providing interesting “behind-the-scenes” interviews. The sixth blogger in this series is Dr Alan Cann, the blogger of MicrobiologyBytes, Science of the Invisible and the maintainer of microbiologybytes.com. How do you find information for your blog? You certainly read other blogs, journals but do you use RSS reader? How many blogs do you track? Since I started blogging, I read more than I have ever done. I couldn’t do it without RSS. I feel I need to convert people to the joy of RSS! To help with that, I’ve j... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=811925 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:03:48 +0100 811925 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=767586&cid=t_109301_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2007%2F07%2F30%2F7-tips-how-to-be-up-to-date-in-geneticsgenomics%2F As I plan to pledge my life to personalized genetics/genomics and my hobby is writing about the relationship between web 2.0 and medicine, then this is a crucial question to me. I try to give you some tips on how to be up-to-date on the field of genetics/genomics. 1. Follow the most reliable genetic sites: Personalized Medicine Coalition Genomics at FDA National Human Genome Reearch Institute Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Genetics & Genomics Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy 2. Follow the best genetic blogs: Cancer Genetics Clinical Genetics Blog DNA direct Epigenetics News evolgen Eye on DNA Gene Expression Gene Genie Genetics and Health Genomicron OMMBID blog Sandwalk The genes Sherpa The Genetic Genealogist The Personal Genome 3. Use RSS web feed and follo... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=767586 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:23:42 +0100 767586 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=693022&cid=t_109301_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2007%2F06%2F24%2Fmedicine-20-the-second-edition%2F Steven Murphy was supposed to host today’s edition, but for personal reasons, he asked me to do it this time. So here is Medicine 2.0 again, a new blog carnival on web 2.0 and medicine. More and more blogs are getting closer to this subject as physicians, medical students, health care lawyers and medical librarians all realize the importance of web 2.0 and also understand how these tools, services could help their works. Uri Ginzburg examines Twitter’s possible role in a hospital. With Twitter, connections can be quicker and elegant. Twitterers, join me there! Our favourite star-medical librarian, David Rothman says his hospital’s president and CEO has a blog now and presents a slideshow about how to use RSS in health care. Ves Dimov has come up with two, web 2.0 based posts... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=693022 Sun, 24 Jun 2007 15:08:21 +0100 693022 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=675983&cid=t_109301_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2007%2F06%2F16%2Fnews-of-the-world-of-medicine-20-the-collection%2F I know it’s not the time for Medicine 2.0, our blog carnival on web 2.0 and medicine, but I’ve found so many interesting posts and articles that I have to share with you right now: Nature Precedings ( business|bytes|genes|molecules) I am cautiously optimistic. There is still some form of cultural change required for the larger community to get involved in such projects, but with Nature and PLoS taking a leading role, there is hope. I do believe that for these efforts to be truly successful, Science needs to get involved as well. Twitter - applications for the health 2.0 world (Medical 2.0) Creating Twitter webpage for every doctor in your hospital. Even small updates can have a great flow by twitter. Nurses can find you everywhere and anytime if you want to. WikiMindMap ... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=675983 Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:29:52 +0100 675983 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=675990&cid=t_109301_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2007%2F06%2F12%2Fnew-additions-to-my-feedreader-4%2F Here are the newest additions to my feedreader program. What is that feed? I just let the information come to me. I subscribe to the feeds (or RSS) of my favourite blogs and journals, and they send their articles to me automatically. Without energy and work, I can be up-to-date on my field. Bioinformatics Zen Michael Barton’s thoughts on best practice techniques in Bioinformatics. Doctors Gadget It covers the latest advances in personal technology for doctors. - by Dr Chris Paton, Editor eHealth A blog devoted to eHealth and healthcare Information Technology - by John Sharp. Internet (Web2.0) et ophtalmologie A French blog on web 2.0 and ophtalmology. Everything related to tomography My friend and fellow medical student writes this great blog about the special field of tom... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=675990 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:49:39 +0100 675990 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=675993&cid=t_109301_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2007%2F06%2F10%2Fmedicine-20-the-blog-carnival-of-web-20-and-medicine%2F Please welcome Medicine 2.0, a new blog carnival devoted to the special relationship between web 2.0 and medicine. I’ve been writing about it for a long time now and I see that more and more blogs are getting closer to the the subject. We hope that with these post-collections, we can help physicians, nurses, medical students and all the readers how to use the tools, services of web 2.0 in medicine. Let’s start with an exceptional video about what exactly web 2.0 is: First, here are the articles of the masters of medicine 2.0: Ves Dimov presents a short post about Youtube’s role in nursing education and a long one about the improvements of AskDrWiki, a collaborative medical encyclopedia. David Rothman created a great list of social networks for clinicians. Victor Castilla... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=675993 Sun, 10 Jun 2007 06:28:40 +0100 675993 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=675994&cid=t_109301_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2007%2F06%2F08%2F10-tips-for-how-to-use-web-20-in-medicine%2F You know well how much I like to talk about the special relationship between web 2.0 and medicine. It’s true that Ves, Victor and Bob have already told you several times how important it is to know more about the tools of web 2.0 created for patients and physicians. But now I’d like to provide a hopefully useful list about how you can use these tools in medicine even if you’re a patient or a physician. Enjoy it! 1. Do you have a Second Life? Second Life is a virtual world where you can establish your second life. If you’re a patient, then you should try it how it is like to lie in a CT scan or ask a virtual doctor about your problems at the Ann Myers Medical Center. If you’re a physician, take part in constructing the future of medical education. Train medica... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=675994 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:07:20 +0100 675994 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=939244&cid=t_109301_113_f&fid=36474&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMedsqodPodcastingForMedicalProfessionals%2F%7E3%2F122853651%2F Three little letters can make or break your show. RSS. As in, “RSS feed.” Problems with your RSS feed…suck. Your listeners automatically get your shows via this text-based file that shouts, Computer, look here for new content. People like that “automatically” part - they expect the automatic update notification to happen regularly, and without glitches. Your material is loaded into their podcast or blog reading software, and without having to lift a finger, your feed subscribers get your newest content, to be played back at their own convenience. You see the problem? (more…) (Source: MedSqod: Podcasting for Medical Professionals) MedSqod: Podcasting for Medical Professionals blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=939244 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 07:52:25 +0100 939244 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=638185&cid=t_109301_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2007%2F05%2F26%2Fion-channel-media-group-a-place-for-scientists%2F I’d like to present a scientific aggregator that provides dozens of portals focusing on the many subbranches of science: Ion Channel Media Group controls many biotechnology web properties. The material offered by these sites attracts a high caliber of visitor. The scientist rankings, recent literature, job offers, and laboratory directory is of little interest to the general public, so you can be sure that serious scientists and business people will be your main audience. Just take an example, what can you find in the bioinformatics portal: Recent High Impact Publications Top Ranked Bioinformatics Scientists Advance Publications Compiled By SciFeeds Recent Bioinformatics News Recent Bioinformatics Jobs Top-Rated Bioinformatics Links Here are the genetics-related portals: ... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=638185 Sat, 26 May 2007 17:51:47 +0100 638185 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=629252&cid=t_109301_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2007%2F05%2F21%2Fthe-biggest-list-ever-of-web-20-tools%2F This list is awesome! Here are my favourite, newly discovered tools: Blog goggle - Categorize and rate pro bloggers. Connotea - Free online reference management for all researchers, clinicians and scientists Hubpages - Share your genius. You can easily publish information on a topic you love to write about. Try the health category! Librarything - Catalogue & share your library. It’s an easy, library-quality catalog. LibraryThing also connects you with people who read the same things. Visualthesaurus - Find & visualize synonyms. An interactive dictionary and thesaurus with an innovative display that encourages exploration and learning. Medical Portal: MedChecker MEDchecker.com will be a PDR (Physicians Desk Reference) geared mostly towards a full coverage of i... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=629252 Mon, 21 May 2007 18:46:32 +0100 629252 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=623626&cid=t_109301_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2007%2F05%2F19%2Fpostgenomic-the-best-aggregator%2F I’ve recently realized that Scienceroll is included in Postgenomic’s group. It’s one of the best scientific blog aggregators, so it’s worth giving it a try. Scienceroll’s rank is 15! Some numbers describing my posts: words per post: 458 percent complex words: 17.10% Flesch reading ease: 49.7 Most states require insurance forms to score 40–50 on the test. Time magazine scores about 52, so I don’t worry. Flesch-Kincaid grade level: 8.1 (grade 9) It indicates that the text is expected to be understandable by an average student in 9th grade. Gunning-Fog index: 9.7 Scienceroll is between Newsweek (10) and Reader’s Digest (9). incoming bloglove: 16 outgoing bloglove: 20 incoming links: 48 outgoing links: 1,034! Wow! As a blogger, take ... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=623626 Sat, 19 May 2007 06:23:06 +0100 623626 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=603760&cid=t_109301_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2007%2F05%2F11%2Fnew-additions-to-my-feedreader-3%2F Here are the newest additions to my feedreader program. What is that feed? I just let the information come to me. I subscribe to the feeds (or RSS) of my favourite blogs and journals, and they send their articles to me automatically. Without energy and work, I can be up-to-date on my field. Center for Internet and Digital Medicine Thought leaders in the evolving Internet and its application to the Healthcare sector. The Center will identify and promote effective internet and related technologies models of excellence, and seek to understand the implications as they relate to healthcare, e-health and digital medicine. Eye on DNA Hsien-Hsien Lei, a star-blogger who just left Genetics and Health, started this blog to let us know about the news of this genomic era. Gene Genie The offici... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=603760 Fri, 11 May 2007 19:50:42 +0100 603760 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=603761&cid=t_109301_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2007%2F05%2F11%2Fthe-dna-network-the-best-idea-of-the-last-months%2F The DNA Network is a FeedBurner network made by Hsien-Hsien Lei of Eye on DNA and Rick Vidal of My Biotech Life. They were very kind and asked me to join this great project. The official description says: A network (double helix?) composed of life science enthusiasts with specialized views in areas such as genetics, biology, biotechnology, health care, and much more. So this is an aggregation of the latest posts and articles of the best genetic and genomic blogs. It currently consists of the following members: My Biotech Life DNA Direct Talk Epidemix Epigenetics News evolgen Eye on DNA Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You Genomicron henry, the human evolution news relay Omics! Omics! ScienceRoll The Genetic Genealogist You can subscribe to the feed here. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=603761 Fri, 11 May 2007 18:24:31 +0100 603761 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=588220&cid=t_109301_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2007%2F05%2F02%2Fmedicine-20-a-slideshow-of-a-new-era%2F This slideshow is the summary of all of my works done on the field of web 2.0 and medicine. I’ve uploaded it to SplashCast, but as it contains at least a hundred links, I’m going to post it at Slideshare.net as well. Feedback or suggestions are welcome! Related links: Genetics and Web 2.0: the presentation. Medicine 2.0: the beginning of a new era (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=588220 Wed, 02 May 2007 19:46:56 +0100 588220 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=577174&cid=t_109301_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2007%2F04%2F29%2Fmedicine-20-the-beginning-of-a-new-era%2F I just created a new page in the upper sidebar to make it easier to access all of my medicine 2.0-related articles. I’m pretty sure that web 2.0, the new generation of web services, will (and already is playing) play an important role in the future of medicine. These web tools, expert-based community sites, medical blogs and wikis can ease the work of physicians and scientists (and medical students). So I decided to collect sites, presentations and services that could be helpful for medical experts. I collaborate with Ves Dimov (at clinicalcases.org), Bob Coffield (at healthcarebloglaw.blogspot.com), Brian Jefferson and Ken Civello (at askdrwiki.com). I’ve had several opportunities to present my work in many clinics here in Debrecen, Hungary, but now I’m planning to searc... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=577174 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:03:23 +0100 577174 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=529678&cid=t_109301_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F04%2F08%2Fsunday-seven-seven-ways-to-prime-kids-for-healthy-living%2F Filed under: All Cancers, Environment, Diets, Stress Reduction, Exercise, Obesity, Nutrition, Smoking, Sunday SevenYou've surely known kids whose parents smoke declare their repulsion for the habit. The health risk, the expense, the filth of smoking seem to deter many youngsters from following in the footsteps of mom and dad. Theoretically, anyway. In practice, these same kids may fall prey to the very act they vowed to reject. How about kids raised in households filled with sugary snacks and drinks, foods packed with fat, salt, and calories, and parents with expanding waistlines? Seems only natural these children, despite good intentions, end up struggling with healthful eating and weight management.We are what our parents teach us. It's all we know for a good many years. And by the time ... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=529678 Sun, 08 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 529678 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=516528&cid=t_109301_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2007%2F04%2F02%2Fnew-additions-to-my-feedreader-2%2F 8 new additions to my feedreader program. I hope you’ll enjoy them: Biosingularity A medical blog of the highest quality. It has had over 220,000 readers. Citizendum Blog It became interesting for me as I’ve recently joined the Citizendum team (I’m going to post about it soon). David Rothman Web 2.0 and medical librarianship My Biotech Life A personal look into all things related to the field of biotechnology. Microarray blog About the use of microarrays in clinical diagnostics, cancer therapy, transgenomics, genetically engineered products screening and many more. Health Related Infos Health Related Infos is a health news platform, updated daily. GadgetDNA Interesting devices, not medical ones, but I couldn’t resist… Plasmetic.com The fi... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=516528 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 20:10:14 +0100 516528 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=396870&cid=t_109301_86_f&fid=34461&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigicmb.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F01%2Ffeedscrapers-and-other-ways-to-re-use.html Our hospital has a very good website on the internet, but does not offer RSSfeeds (yet). By using a Feedscraper like Feedity I created rssfeeds of the news webpages, the Promotions (doctoral degree), Agenda and Press Releases, that are now available via the QuickSearch LIrbary Toolbar, and visible on my blog in the sidebar. "Feedscrapers" are tools that can make an RSSfeed of (almost) any webpage. This can be usefull if the website has no rssfeeds available or is (not yet) configured to deal with RSS.Feedity - RSS Web Feed Generator for Web Pages without Syndication (previously FeedTier) WotzwotFeed43 makes it possible to convert elements of pages into RSS instead of the standard complete page.FeedYes van startScrappyGoo - Google News Feed ScraperRSSgenr8: HTML to RSS Converter - Generate ... DigiCMB blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=396870 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:39:00 +0100 396870