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 'feline'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:38:12 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3757620&cid=t_377495_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.libsyn.com%2Fmedia%2Ftwip%2FTWiP013.mp3 Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier On episode 13 of the podcast This Week in Parasitism, Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of the obligate intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii with a consideration of the clinical consequences of infection and pathogenesis. TWiP is brought to you by the American Society for Microbiology at Microbeworld.org. Links for this episode: Isopod fish parasites (thanks, Kevin!) Farmscraper on Word Spy (thanks, Mitchell!) Toxoplasma and personalities (thanks, Greg!) Science podcast (July 2) on parasites and intelligence (transcript – thanks, Jim!) Letters read on TWiP 13 Download TWiP #13 (61 MB .mp3, 84 minutes) Subscribe to TWiP (free) in iTunes, at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed or by email Send your questions and com... virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3757620 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:00:31 +0100 3757620 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3676155&cid=t_377495_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.libsyn.com%2Fmedia%2Ftwip%2FTWiP012.mp3 Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier On episode 12 of the podcast “This Week in Parasitism”, Vincent and Dickson introduce the obligate intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, one of the most successful parasites on earth. TWiP is brought to you by the American Society for Microbiology at Microbeworld.org. Links for this episode: Global clinical burden of malaria (PLoS Medicine) T. gondii sporulated oocysts (jpg) T. gondii tachyzoites in parasitophorous vacuole (jpg) T. gondii life cycle (jpg) Insect bioterrorism conference (thanks, Don!) Parasite of the Day (thanks, Douglas!) World Science Festival Letters read on TWiP 12 Download TWiP #12 (70 MB .mp3, 90 minutes) Subscribe to TWiP (free) in iTunes, at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed or by email Send you... virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3676155 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:52:00 +0100 3676155 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2871955&cid=t_377495_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2Fk7GKMVvSpQo%2Fkitty-kitty.php Time and time again, I relate the story of how we told our cats they're not allowed to develop diabetes because there's enough of it in the house between my type 2 self and my type 1 husband.Time and time again, we were told to watch out for the effects of the steroids we give our older two kitties to treat their inflammatory bowel disease.  Namely, high blood sugar.  Too much drinking water, too much urination - signs common to humans.While we haven't been seeing any signs from any of the girls that diabetes is lurking, we came home from our recent vet visit with a couple packets of glucose detecting tablets to throw in the litter box.  Obviously with five cats and three litter boxes, it will be difficult to narrow down the suspect.  At this point, the most concern is ... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2871955 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:56:16 +0100 2871955 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1508710&cid=t_377495_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F06%2F09%2Fso-im-learning-what-its-like-to-type-in-all-caps%2F Angelbait is home and convalescing better than expected. Kamikaze is hissy and I feel drunk. Think mental health reform is contentious? I think the similarities with feline diabetes are about to blow my mind. The learning curve is steep, a week ago I did not know feline diabetes existed and today I’ve got a handle on the basics of diet, syringes, lancets, meters, ketones, spreadsheets, blood glucose home-testing, and my favorite, how to introduce hyperglycemia during insulin shock, which led to complete meltdown and eccentric 3 AM googling (guess which one is mine, ha ha ha). Yes, long-term hyperglycemia is bad, but you have to introduce it temporarily during hypoglycemia to save the cat’s life. Oh, ok. Now then, spend 3 days tracking down the ingredients in a can of cat food, ... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1508710 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:59:50 +0100 1508710 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=886303&cid=t_377495_136_f&fid=35300&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmetastaticlivercancer.org%2F2007-09-20-cancer-treatment%2Fpain-medication-for-felines%2F To keep my mind a bit occupied with cancer yet also away from dad’s cancer, I was wondering what to do when my cat would have cancer? Since we don’t go for colonoscopy on our cat, would we ever know he would ever have cancer in the first place? Googling things up I was very surprised to hear about Celebrex again (see Colon Cancer Signs) One particular class of drugs, the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), is very effective in controlling post-surgical pain as well as pain and inflammation due to arthritis. Eh, our GP gave dad Celebrex long before there was even talk about surgery! Just make sure that if one day your cat is in pain, go to your vet in stead of self medicating. Cats are very susceptible to exhibiting adverse effects from drugs like aspirin and aceta... Metastatic liver cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=886303 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:08:02 +0100 886303 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=861904&cid=t_377495_136_f&fid=35300&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmetastaticlivercancer.org%2F2007-09-11-cancer-treatment%2Ffeline-pancreatic-cancer%2F As in the case in human medicine, the causes of cancer in felines are often unknown. We never found out why father had metastatic liver cancer in the first place, and only God knows the why and what about Pavarotti Pancreatic Cancer. Mostly when we see the Pancreatic cancer symptoms it’s too late for a cure. Having a cat myself and with my neighbours dog recently diagnosed with canine cancer, I am having a look about cancers in cats. Read on as again for some strange reason: there are oh so many cancers, yet there is supposedly no clue in how to prevent it… Feline pancreatic cancer During a cat’s life they may have been exposed to different environment that may trigger the abnormalities in cells which will lead to the development of cancer. It could be too much sun, or chemi... Metastatic liver cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=861904 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:21:56 +0100 861904