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 'field'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:55:26 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5139878&cid=t_115167_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F08%2F17%2F5-quick-facts-about-art-therapy%2F The very words “art therapy” can sound abstract (no pun intended!), and many people have little understanding about its origins, principles and purpose. That can easily create myriad misconceptions. Here, we lay out five facts about art therapy. 1. Art therapy has many uses. According to Cathy Malchiodi in her book The Art Therapy Sourcebook, art therapy is “a modality for self-understanding, emotional change and personal growth.” A vast field, art therapy has been used on a variety of populations, with everyone from young kids to the elderly, war veterans to prisoners and people with physical disabilities to those with psychological disorders. In her own practice, Malchiodi helps clients with everything from processing emotions to gaining personal growth. In her book, she explai... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5139878 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:36:16 +0100 5139878 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5069480&cid=t_115167_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-stories-in-medicine-that-need-to-be-told%2F2011.07.26 I can’t help but think that as time passes we’ll forget about how much medicine has changed with the introduction of the Internet.  We’re witnessing a transition that hasn’t been seen in generations.  We live with the end result but the memory of how we got here is fading quickly.  Like any kind of cultural shift, once we’ve arrived it’s hard to remember what it was like along the way. How did patients think before the information revolution?  And how did it go down when patients began to search?  How specifically did information clash with the old model of doctor and patient and how did we deal with it?  There are stories here that need to be told.  I think the real stories are in the small details of what went down between doctors and patients. But as early adopters, ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5069480 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:00:15 +0100 5069480 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028449&cid=t_115167_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F15%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-july-15-2011%2F There are some numbers I shy away from. Raise your hands if you occasionally lose your courage over scales, your inbox or the number of visitors on your blog. Anybody? For some reason, I can muster up courage to give presentations, interview people I’ve never met, but scared as heck when it comes to numbers like these. It’s probably that 5 letter word that starts with g. Guilt’s been plaguing me since I was 6 years old. One hot summer day I was on a field trip when I finally found a water fountain. I was so excited. I didn’t care that the water was warm or that I had to stand on my tippy toes to get to it. But when one of the young teachers came up next to me, all I could think of was how guilty I felt that she touched my dirty sweaty hair. It didn’t matter th... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028449 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:08:34 +0100 5028449 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934331&cid=t_115167_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F06%2F15%2Fcultivating-your-passions%2F Many of my happiness-project resolutions are meant to help me keep my vision wide. To counteract my impulse to work all the time, I push myself, with moderate success, to follow resolutions like Force myself to wander, Take time for projects, Read at whim, and Take notes without a purpose. And my most important resolution, of course, is to Be Gretchen. These resolutions have dramatically changed the way I react when I develop — as I sometimes do — unusual interest in a new subject. Nowadays, I allow myself to follow a new passion as far as I want. Sometimes, it’s true, I’m lucky enough to have been able to turn these passions into my work. When I became obsessed with Winston Churchill, I wrote a book about Churchill. What a joy it was to write that book! My preoccupatio... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934331 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:49:12 +0100 4934331 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4921529&cid=t_115167_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F06%2F10%2Fperceptions-of-income-distribution-and-preferences-for-redistribution%2F This study examines how individuals form these perceptions and posits that systematic biases arise from the extrapolation of information extracted from reference groups. A tailored household survey provides original evidence on the significant biases in individuals’ evaluations of their own relative position in the distribution. Furthermore, the data supports the hypothesis that the selection process into the reference groups is the source of those biases. Finally, this study also assesses the practical relevance of these biases by examining their impact on attitudes towards redistributive policies. An experimental design incorporated into the survey provides consistent information on the own ranking within the income distribution to a randomly selected group of respondents. Confronting ... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4921529 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 04:10:49 +0100 4921529 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4775431&cid=t_115167_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F05%2F02%2Ftwo-important-lessons-from-my-much-procrastinated-trip-to-the-dentist%2F The other day, I finally went to the dentist. I was due for a check-up in July, and for the last eight months, I’ve been moving the reminder card around my office and coming up with new excuses about why I couldn’t make an appointment. I made the Thursday, went in, and the whole process took thirty-eight minutes from the time I picked up a magazine in the waiting room to the time I walked out the door holding my bag with freebie toothbrush and floss. I walked the twenty-five blocks to get there, too, on this beautiful spring afternoon, so even half of my travel time was well-spent. From this experience, I draw two lessons for myself — both of which were quite apparent to me, although I neglected to act on them… 1. Procrastination is itself draining. That reminder c... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4775431 Mon, 02 May 2011 19:08:24 +0100 4775431 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4704732&cid=t_115167_111_f&fid=39123&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fnursingcomments%2Ftdtc%2F%7E3%2F_bdqCfd8pMs%2F This is a guest post by Catherine Bynes. Catherine is a career/ educational blogger and she writes mostly about CNA Training and Certification over at her blog. _________________________________________________ Choosing to become a CNA as a career option can be a good choice if you enjoy helping others and want to start an entry-level healthcare position.  If you work as a CNA, you will provide assistance with activities of daily living for patients, monitor vital signs and provide other basic care services for your patients. A career as a CNA can be a good option if you know you want to work in the medical field, but if you do not want to spend a great deal of time in training.  Most nursing assistant training programs last for just a few weeks.  This is a good option if you need to st... Nursing Comments blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4704732 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:04:24 +0100 4704732 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4405998&cid=t_115167_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F01%2Fofficial-beginning.html We called ourselves "Thul Homeschool".But it felt sort of unofficial.Until our first field trip, and getting back into the swing this January,post cancer scans and epilepsy monitoring unit and holidays and snowstorms.We topped off a trip to the local museum with a trip to the local Culvers.Sticky, and sweet, and the perfect crowning treat for our first Field Trip with a capital F and T!Susan was along, just for fun.Caleb's newest, "I'm a boy and I'll be weird just to be weird" face.Topped off with a small Wednesday miracle, an "A" and a "4" from Amelia,courtesy of Wikki Stix, raved about by mothers of special needs kids on Amazon.We've recently switched to natural rubber pacifiers, which I added to thespecial needs shop I have created in Amazon as well. I'll have to tell the story...b... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4405998 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:32:00 +0100 4405998 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4399820&cid=t_115167_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F5O-AhlQNQ2Q%2F To earlier generations of TV viewers, Sally Field was known as the Flying Nun, but Genentech has succeeded in transforming her into something else - a modern-day marketing symbol as the official Boniva pitchlady. And her cherubic face and down-to-earth demeanor have helped Genentech considerably, since the ads for Boniva - which is approved for preventing osteoporosis in post-menopausal women - have become widely recognized staples in the media. But Genentech runs the risk of sullying this success with ads that contain misleading info. And that’s what the FDA says it found in one recent print ad featuring Field in the December 12, 2010, issue of Parade magazine. The ad contained this line just under a picture of Sally: “Studies show, after a year on Boniva, 9 out of 10 women st... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4399820 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:40:24 +0100 4399820 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4348427&cid=t_115167_46_f&fid=38787&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmsf.ca%2Fblogs%2Fphotos%2F2011%2F01%2F14%2Fbangladesh-6%2F Fulbaria, Mymensingh district – August 2010 Abu Bakkar, a farmer, in front of his paddy field. He came to the MSF kala azar clinic in Fulbaria with his wife Rokiya, who has post-kala azar dermal leishmaniasis. Kala azar is a neglected disease found largely in parts of Asia and Africa. After malaria, it is the second biggest parasitic killer in the world causing over 50,000 deaths every year. According to the World Health Organisation, approximately 200 million people in South Asia are at risk from the disease. Of the estimated 500,000 people in the world infected each year, many are thought to live in Bangladesh, Nepal and India. The disease is now being reported in 45 districts in Bangladesh. (Source: MSF Blogs) MSF Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4348427 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:25:41 +0100 4348427 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4304933&cid=t_115167_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2011%2F01%2F03%2Fwhat-is-a-good-bodyguard%2F Learned something new about field dependence and field independence. These are individual differences in learning style. There is a difference in how people perceive discrete items within a surrounding field. People at the one end of the extreme where perception was strongly dominated by the prevailing field were designated “field-dependent.” Field-dependent learners see the forest. At the other extreme, people were considered “field-independent”, if they experienced items as more or less separate from the field. Whereas field-dependent people see the forest, field-independent learners see the tree within the forest. Bomb disposal experts should be field independent whereas anti-terror units should be field dependent. What are bodyguards made of? Bodyguards were com... Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4304933 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 07:09:35 +0100 4304933 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4175765&cid=t_115167_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F11%2F17%2Fmental-health-and-the-media-in-new-zealand%2F AF: We are going to have to cut those lines from your play about people being in institutions. DT: Why? AF: We don’t have them here in New Zealand. – Adam Fresco, Director of the Rethink Theatre Challenge to me, October 7th, 2010 Last month I traveled to New Zealand because a one-act play I’d written won an international playwriting contest. The contest, sponsored by Mind and Body Consultants, was funded by their annual RETHiNK Grant and was part of the national “Like Minds, Like Mine” campaign, a publicly funded program aimed at reducing the stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness. Ten one-acts were chosen to be performed on World Mental Health Day, October 10th (10 plays, 10 minutes, on the 10th day of the 10th month 2010.) The contest drew entries from aro... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4175765 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:18:31 +0100 4175765 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3983370&cid=t_115167_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fmichigan-state-football-coach-mark-dantonio-recovering-heart-attack-surprise-play-beats-notre-dame%2F Michigan State football coach Mark Dantonio suffered a heart attack shortly after he called a surprise fake field goal play that beat Notre Dame in overtime this weekend. He is reportedly resting comfortably after receiving a stent to open a blocked coronary artery. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3983370 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 06:10:59 +0100 3983370 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3933070&cid=t_115167_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fmagnetic-woman-real-or-fake%2F According to the The Sun, a British woman can hold metal objects against her head and chest for up to 45 minutes, magnetically. She makes watches malfunction, car alarms go off, and light bulbs go out. There are a few other people in the world that can attract metal objects with their body. Experts think that maybe their bodies’ electromagnetic fields are just stronger than most people’s. What do you think: Hoax or a real-life Magneto? photo via Metro UK via AOL News Post from: BlissTree Magnetic Woman: Real or Fake? (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3933070 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:32:18 +0100 3933070 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3911739&cid=t_115167_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F08%2F27%2Fect-the-electric-personality-change%2F Patrice was misery incarnate. Unlike some of my depressed patients, who lived the proverbial life of quiet desperation, Patrice did not hide her suffering. She wept. She moaned. She regaled our walk-in clinic with a kind of biblical keening, which, understandably, attracted the attention of our clinic director. He took me aside one day and said, as gently as possible, “You really need to do something with that lady.” He was right, of course, and thus far I had done little to help Patrice, despite months of treatment. Aside from being poor and dealing with some physical limitations, Patrice had no discernible cause for her chronic depression. Her marriage was good, and despite her straitened circumstances, Patrice lived in a modest but comfortable home. Unlike many depressed patients, P... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3911739 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:26:14 +0100 3911739 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3666020&cid=t_115167_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F06%2F16%2Fif-you-build-it-he-will-come-on-pursuing-our-dreams%2F “If you build it, he will come” is the famous line in the classic 1989 flick, “Field of Dreams.” When Iowa corn farmer Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) starts hearing voices to build a baseball diamond in his fields — sacrificing all the income from his crop — everyone thinks he’s gone mad. He has. Sort of. But then he sees Shoeless Joe Jackson (Ray Liotta) on the field, and the details begin to fall into place. It’s funny how you pick up different things in a movie depending on where you are in life. The movie came out just as I was graduating from high school and figuring out how to live my life sober. My vision was very black and white then. It has to be in the early days of sobriety, or else you’ll end up drunk. So I remember the &#8220... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3666020 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:29:10 +0100 3666020 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3614510&cid=t_115167_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fthis-weeks-top-10-posts-on-crushable%2F Laura Leighton (photo: Adriana M. Barraza/WENN.com) 10 of our recent faves from Crushable, our sassy sister site, for your entertainment and enjoyment: 1. Cutegreggator: 23 Napping Kittens! 2. Bravo Readies Another Food Competition Show With Rocco DiSpirito 3. Young People More Emo Than Old People 4. Best Baby of the Week: Iron Man Baby 5. Patricia Field’s Fashion Advice: A Jersey Dress and a Pair of Heels 6. Fashion Do-Do: Jean Diapers 7. Gallery: Who’s Still In Character at the “Get Him to the Greek” Premiere? 8. “Pretty Little Liars” Mom Laura Leighton Likes Controversial Characters 9. iPad Outfits: Yay or Nay? 10. Meowmania: Best Site on the Internet? Post from: BlissTree This Week's Top 10 Posts on Crushable (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3614510 Sun, 30 May 2010 16:00:05 +0100 3614510 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3546849&cid=t_115167_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fkilling-lice-a-growing-healthcare-field-at-500-a-head%2F2010.05.08 What’s one of the fastest growing healthcare fields? A professional nitpicker — as in the profession of picking lice out of hair. In a recent New York Times story, it’s becoming apparent that parents will do anything to get rid of lice. Part of it is the stigma associated with it, part of it is the “ickiness” factor. As a parent myself, I certainly understand the sentiment. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at KevinMD.com* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3546849 Sat, 08 May 2010 17:50:23 +0100 3546849 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3416320&cid=t_115167_150_f&fid=34768&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmagossip.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fmany-people-believe-that-these-drugs.html John Mack asks some tough questions of bisphosphonates.Check the comments as well! (Source: PharmaGossip) PharmaGossip blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3416320 Sun, 28 Mar 2010 17:35:00 +0100 3416320 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3370376&cid=t_115167_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fso-bad-its-good-tv-brothers-sisters%2F Rachel Griffiths and Calista Flockhart in "Brothers & Sisters" (photo: Wenn) Last night’s episode of ABC’s drama “Brothers & Sisters” focused way more on the Walker girls (Sarah, played by Rachel Griffiths, and older sister Kitty, channeled by Calista Flockhart) than the boys. To recap: Kitty and Sarah got into a big fight. This happened because angry protesters heckled Kitty during one of her U.S. Senate campaign speeches, thanks to the sticky immigration status of Luc (Gilles Marini), Sarah’s swarthy French fling-turned-boyfriend. Oh, and because as a petit garçon, Luc lived in his uncle’s brothel. Oops. Later, Kitty and Sarah behaved like spoiled brats (as usual), refusing to apologize to one another while slinging back glasses of ... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3370376 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:01:09 +0100 3370376 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3200631&cid=t_115167_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F22%2Fvox-populi-how-do-your-define-tragedy%2F How do you define tragedy? … The loss of Archibald “Moonlight” Graham and Sue-Louise Newmann is certainly tragic, however, their lives exemplify hope and inspiration. Alabama Crimson Tide 37 — Texas Longhorns 21.  That was the final score of the Citi BCS National Championship football game, which was played in the Rose Bowl on January 7, [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3200631 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:58:05 +0100 3200631 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3171949&cid=t_115167_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F01%2F14%2Fintroducing-a-new-blog-bipolar-advantage%2F Bipolar disorder can be devastating… but it doesn’t have to be. I’m pleased to announce the introduction of Bipolar Advantage, hosted by Tom Wootton and his colleagues. I’m pleased to present this alternative view of bipolar disorder and depression, focused on how it can be used to achieve rather than simply endure. Tom said it best: The mental health field is plagued with the bigotry of low expectations. Far too many people are talking about “changing the stigma,” while creating the worst stigma of all — the idea that we are not capable of achieving greatness. While their intentions are good, they are doing terrible harm to everyone with a mental condition and those who love and support them. This “can’t do” attitude is rampant in professionals, consum... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3171949 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:11:15 +0100 3171949 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3015325&cid=t_115167_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F11%2F20%2F2009-rosalynn-carter-symposium-on-mental-health-policy-recommendations%2F Earlier this month, I was honored to attend the 25th Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy in Atlanta, Georgia. The focus of this symposium every year is to tackle a particular issue in mental health policy, population or care. This year focused, fittingly enough, on health care reform and how mental health and substance abuse programs need to be an integrated part of that effort: Currently health care in this country is focused on illness rather than health, on procedures and face-to-face interventions rather than on coordination and prevention, and on fragmented, specialty-driven care rather than on a primary care-driven delivery system. There is a solid evidence base that shows that a health system centered on primary care costs less and has better outcomes on a popu... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3015325 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:05:44 +0100 3015325 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2927332&cid=t_115167_107_f&fid=35026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fphylogenomics.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Ffield-guide-to-microbes.html Here is a link to an article in Microbe Magazine (Genomic Analyses Could Lead to “Field Guide to Microbes”) discussing in part a session from last years ASM Meeting on the "1$ Bacterial Genome". The article includes a discussion of my proposal to create a "Field Guide to the Microbes." Also the article has a link to an audio interview of me by the article author Jeffrey Fox.Audio interview with Jonathan EisenThe article does not quite capture what I mean by a Field Guide to the Microbes (not the authors fault - my talk did not capture this either). But I will be writing more on this soon. Very soon. Stay tuned. Also here are the slides from that talk, which I posted to slideshareJonathan Eisen talk on 1$ GenomeView more presentations from phylogenomics.Also see this talk I gave at the ... The Tree of Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2927332 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:28:00 +0100 2927332 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2883227&cid=t_115167_165_f&fid=36770&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmetaot.com%2Fblog%2Fbjbeadcom-tell-detail-white-lip-shell-handade-jewelry-field white lip shell is a tropical and subtropical marine bivalve mollusks. It is the endemic shell of China's South Sea. discount white lip shell is shaped like a plate. It is very big, generally 25 cm ~ 28 cm in length and 3 kg ~ 4 kg in weight. According to historical records, the biggest cheap white lip shell in the world is 32 cm in length and 5 kg in weight. White lip shell is the biggest among the shellfish and the most excellent pearl shell. Although handmade white lip shell is favorable, it is not widely distributed. On a global scale, it only lives in the coastal areas in several countries such as China, Australia, the Philippines, Myanmar and Thailand, China white lip shell has a high economic value. It is round and plump with delicious, nutritious meat, so it has been considered as... meta-ot blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2883227 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:10:04 +0100 2883227 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2865622&cid=t_115167_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D7954 Finally it’s out in the Star and the reporter got it right by calling it a Bleeding Scam. Whether or not carried out by hoemopaths, naturopaths, sinsehs or real doctors, Live Blood Analysis is indeed junk science. Rather curious that “Up to press time, Health Ministry’s director-general Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican had yet to respond to requests for comment on this practice.” I am sure the MOH is aware of this practice. Rather than let thousands and thousands of gullible Malaysians continue to be duped by this scam, shouldn’t the authorities do something? Related posts: Medical misinformation in Malaysiakini: the Live Blood Analysis hocus pocus Nutritional Live Blood Analysis Update 6/10/9 : The DG has made a statement in the press: No evidence to back LBA’s effect... Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2865622 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2865622 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2766002&cid=t_115167_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FMYE1NNP_d1A%2F Veronique de Rugy put up a post at The Corner referencing Rich Lowry’s defense of “enhanced interrogation techniques” and my response. Rich has since responded. With regard to the apprehension of Uzair Paracha, an Al Qaeda facilitator in New York, it seems likely that the apprehension of Majid Khan in Pakistan four days after Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s (KSM) apprehension came from material picked up with KSM and not from interrogation. The key here is that when Majid Khan was in Pakistan, Paracha was pretending to be Majid Khan in communications with immigration officials. Detective work was probably what brought this guy under the microscope. However, I’m willing to lay that aside because, as Rich points out, there is probably more to the story that shouldn’t be declassified. As... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2766002 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:48:46 +0100 2766002 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2698305&cid=t_115167_46_f&fid=38788&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmsf.ca%2Fblogs%2FChrisH%2F2009%2F08%2F13%2Ftari-first-weeks%2F In some ways it seems like I’ve only been here a few days, things move so fast in Tari – but in other ways it seems like I’ve been here forever, it is so easy to understand the challenges in Tari they are often so similar to those in Lae. I have actually been in Tari for about 2½ weeks. Since then I’ve been woken by VHF radio most nights when the hospital staff need the assistance of the expat nurses, anesthetist or surgeon. Last week the entire team responded at midnight to a lady who had been stabbed, I dealt with the extended family, tried to persuade them to donate blood, ran errands for the medics, fetching oxygen or passing messages to the laboratory technician who was collecting the blood. Twice since I’ve been here I’ve had to stop the vehicle t... MSF Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2698305 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:10:05 +0100 2698305 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2299039&cid=t_115167_136_f&fid=37858&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdessertyears.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F03%2F27%2Fsimple-delights%2F Life is full of simple delights … Pleasures within our days that we, all too often, zoom past without notice. These pleasures inspire thoughts, enable us to exhale just a little more completely and provide proverbial pieces to the multiple life-puzzles in our mind and memory. Cloud formations are a common simple pleasure for me. Especially when framed by the lens of my camera … Each afternoon,  my canine grrls and I enjoy a “recess” … We walk around our little country acreage, exploring this and that — enjoying the fresh air, the busyness of birds and squirrels and the big, ever-changing country sky! One afternoon, camera in-hand — clicking away the images of the day — I spotted this view! It proved to be a visual solution to the random, undefined... The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2299039 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:12:51 +0100 2299039 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2287311&cid=t_115167_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F9_4AP_RIl9E%2F From being the ultimate Bond poster girl to speaking up about osteoporosis, actress Ursula Andress has come a long way. Ursula Andress Ms Andress, born in Swizterland in 1936, was one of the major sexy women and actresses of her time. If you look at her now, you’d hardly believe she’s in her 70s. But, despite taking good care of her body and her physical beauty, time has ravaged her bones, resulting in osteoporosis. As a result of her diagnosis with osteoporosis, Ms Andress agreed to become a spokesperson for the disease, teaching women about the importance of osteoporosis prevention and treatment. To do this, she became involved in the “Timeless Women Campaign ,” an undertaking of the International Osteoporosis Foundation . According to the website, Ms Andress says... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2287311 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:59:53 +0100 2287311 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2296750&cid=t_115167_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F03%2Ffar-afield.html Hosted by "Tracy" at "Mother May I," but the photo-picture below will whizz you right there with one click.Just call me snap happy.Evidence of successful field trip! No matter that it was hateful, boring, hard work and had no souvenir shop. Despite all his numerous verbal complaints he still managed a veritable treasure trove of productivity.If you like what you read, send it to someone in 'need.' (Source: Whitterer on Autism) Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2296750 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:59:00 +0100 2296750 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2268011&cid=t_115167_136_f&fid=37858&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdessertyears.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F03%2F14%2F2185%2F Don’t choose your dreams based on what is certain to happen, choose them based on what’s likely to cause the change you want to occur around you. ~Seth Godin (Source: The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel)) The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2268011 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:43:10 +0100 2268011 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2236122&cid=t_115167_136_f&fid=37858&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdessertyears.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F03%2F03%2Fgot-pruners%2F We can’t do everything … But we can prune back! I confess. (In the event you don’t already know …) I am a dreamer. Pruning is not something that comes naturally for me — by any stretch of the imagination! However, I am ever-so slowly learning to prune back the distractions and errant limbs [...] (Source: The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel)) The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2236122 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:33:44 +0100 2236122 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2224566&cid=t_115167_136_f&fid=37858&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdessertyears.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F02%2F28%2Fmotivation-to-change-the-road-forms-a-t%2F Living in a rural area, I am used to a road dead-ending … Usually at a barbed-wire fence border around a country field; the pavement forms a “T” … A place where I will have to make a turn — take a new direction — in order to get back to the direction I was [...] (Source: The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel)) The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2224566 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:47:59 +0100 2224566 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2207532&cid=t_115167_136_f&fid=37858&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdessertyears.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F02%2F23%2Fintuition%2F Truly successful decision making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking. ~Malcolm Gladwell, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Source: The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel)) The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2207532 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:08:50 +0100 2207532 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2192507&cid=t_115167_136_f&fid=37858&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdessertyears.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F02%2F16%2Fare-you-a-people-pleaser%2F Ever have shining moments of blinding revelation? I had one this morning. Said revelation actually started dawning on me last summer … It had to do with a comment made to me by a close friend. Her exact words escape me at the moment — probably because I was in a state of semi-shock when she [...] (Source: The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel)) The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2192507 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:05:16 +0100 2192507 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2188792&cid=t_115167_136_f&fid=37858&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdessertyears.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F02%2F14%2Fsimple-beauty-of-nature-2%2F McClain County, Oklahoma The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple [...] (Source: The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel)) The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2188792 Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:36:40 +0100 2188792 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2185033&cid=t_115167_136_f&fid=37858&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdessertyears.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F02%2F13%2Fyou-have-today-what-will-you-do-with-it%2F So many times we get caught up in the notion that we don’t have time. A odd notion that somehow we have time to worry about the time we don’t have — instead of merely doing something with the time we have! You have today. What will you do with it? I know from my [...] (Source: The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel)) The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2185033 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:05:35 +0100 2185033 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2145391&cid=t_115167_136_f&fid=37858&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdessertyears.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F01%2F30%2Fhello-fear%2F You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, “I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along. …You must do the thing you think you cannot do. ~Eleanor Roosevelt        [...] (Source: The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel)) The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2145391 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:16:41 +0100 2145391 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2132756&cid=t_115167_136_f&fid=37858&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdessertyears.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F01%2F26%2Funder-construction%2F Several unexpected, um, situations? … surprises? during the past seven days. Surprises. Yeah. That is a gentle way to corral the randomness of this past week and ride through — and onward toward the wide open prairie of order! My online-life (that sounds a tad pretentious — or ridiculous … The stuff I [...] (Source: The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel)) The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2132756 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:15:40 +0100 2132756 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2108666&cid=t_115167_136_f&fid=37858&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdessertyears.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F01%2F16%2Fisnt-it-time%2F Isn’t it time to end the confusion and debate being broadcast in your mind? Isn’t it time to let go of people who will not ever “get it” — and either love ‘em anyway or limit/eliminate contact with them? Isn’t time said peeps stop having so much of your time? After all, these are choices you [...] (Source: The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel)) The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2108666 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:06:06 +0100 2108666 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2609140&cid=t_115167_46_f&fid=38791&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmsf.ca%2Fblogs%2Febolablog%2F2009%2F01%2F06%2Fbiography-evelyne-frauman%2F Evelyne Frauman, MSF Evelyne Frauman, 28, is a bioengineer and comes from Brussels, Belgium. In DRC, she is doing her third mission for MSF, after working in Southern Sudan and Myanmar (Burma). Evelyne is specialised in water and sanitation, a highly sought after profile on projects such as Ebola outbreaks, which require strict hygiene measures and rigid protocols to avoid any contamination. (Source: MSF Blogs) MSF Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2609140 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:17:47 +0100 2609140 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2056759&cid=t_115167_136_f&fid=37858&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdessertyears.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F12%2F21%2Fcold-december%2F The colors of the sky seem so much more vivid in the winter. All of my very favorite photos of the sky — sunrises, sunsets, clouds — are from cold December days. I wonder if this reflects nature or the nature of the observer. Perhaps a little of both? December is the month when I dream of walking [...] (Source: The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel)) The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2056759 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:42:56 +0100 2056759 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2056255&cid=t_115167_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2FNSM2d3MaPlA%2F var iamInit = function() {try{initIamServingHandler(420,278,351946,"http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/Resources/Css/css2.css")}catch(ex){}}() When you get diabetes, it seems like you immediately hear about all the other things you are at risk for as well. That’s yet another reason why it can be such an emotional burden to get the disease. I hear about a lot of things because I choose to be educated about diabetes. You have take the knowledge and then move on from it. Use it if it helps you, but if it’s something you really can’t do anything about, deal with it as best you can. That’s the way I’d like you to deal with this news. Recent news suggests that non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma occurs in diabetics more than people without diabetes. 19% higher, to be exac... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2056255 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:19:05 +0100 2056255 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2040326&cid=t_115167_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2FIdqIEryPMNY%2F var iamInit = function() {try{initIamServingHandler(420,631,351899,"http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/Resources/Css/css2.css")}catch(ex){}}() Every once in a while you hear some odd medical news that just doesn’t seem to make sense on the surface. This news falls into that category: people with psoriasis may face of higher risk of obesity. Apparently high-levels of a fat hormone leptin are to blame. Leptin is the hormone that manages metabolism, weight, and could also put people at risk to develop diabetes. So there’s yet one more reason to lose weight! Tags: dangers in obesity, Diabetes, fat hormone, health benefits, leptin, losing weight, psoriasis, risk of obesity, treatmentShare This (Source: Diabetes Notes) Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2040326 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:01:46 +0100 2040326 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2036246&cid=t_115167_136_f&fid=37858&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdessertyears.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F12%2F15%2Fwe-cant-do-everything-but-we-can-set-priorities%2F Winter Sky During the past couple of months, I have challenged myself to live up to my bio. What does that mean? Well, if I say I am a gardener, that means I enjoy time in my gardens. Other selected habits in my bio: writing; photography; beading; collage art; various activity and miscellany regarding social entrepreneurism. That [...] (Source: The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel)) The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2036246 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:10:27 +0100 2036246 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2027652&cid=t_115167_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2FnM7JtG3w3IA%2F var iamInit = function() {try{initIamServingHandler(420,631,329513,"http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/Resources/Css/css2.css")}catch(ex){}}() Do you hate your doctor? I’ll admit that I’ve found a few of my doctors over the years less than pleasing. Some have been arrogant, some rude, and some just plain ignorant when it came to diabetes. I’m thankful that I have a doctor I really like, but if I didn’t, I wouldn’t hesitate to find one I did. I was thinking of all this because I read this article about a diabetic man who said he had “little admiration or faith” in his doctor. He was developing leg cramps and (rightly so) worried about his health. I think sometimes diabetics can feel very defeated by the medical system. At some point we become fru... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2027652 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:38:49 +0100 2027652 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1956573&cid=t_115167_136_f&fid=37858&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdessertyears.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F11%2F12%2Fgoing-off-grid%2F There are times when one is completely tapped; nothing more to offer … Barely able to close the window blinds, unplug the phone and turn off all things plugged-in, in order to achieve off-grid status. Going off-grid. That is how I moved through this past Sunday and Monday. Too much information being processed and running faster [...] (Source: The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel)) The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1956573 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:07:02 +0100 1956573 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1842049&cid=t_115167_136_f&fid=37858&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdessertyears.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F10%2F01%2Fcant-walk-and-chew-gum-at-the-same-time%2F Sunflower Crop — Seiling, Oklahoma Well, I have to admit that it appears futile for me to consider blogging and “doing” at the same time. Recent “doings” include: completing the redesign and declutter of both my studio (de creativity) and my chamber (de restore); final notes regarding high school transcript for my (rejoicing to see the [...] (Source: The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel)) The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1842049 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:36:42 +0100 1842049 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1830895&cid=t_115167_136_f&fid=37858&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdessertyears.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F09%2F26%2Fwatercolor-life%2F Watercolor Sky, July 2008 (the drive-home was paused to enjoy this glorious sunset…) The notion of a watercolor life comforts me. It would include canvases of delicate, muted lines and broad strokes of color on pure-fiber archival paper and canvases … gentle mingling of pigments as each flows and transitions across the page … the clarity of [...] (Source: The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel)) The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1830895 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:06:40 +0100 1830895 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1827262&cid=t_115167_136_f&fid=37858&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdessertyears.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F09%2F25%2Fseriously%2F The conclusion of the day when I realized … It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined ~Henry James        (Source: The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel)) The Dessert Years . . . (the sequel) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1827262 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:03:38 +0100 1827262 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1499921&cid=t_115167_133_f&fid=35098&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclub166.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F06%2Frespite-dolphins-mummies-and-tractors.html Buddy Boy's "Memory Extractor"I haven't been posting a whole lot lately, especially about personal stuff. Things got really hard for awhile, and it became a combination of not being able/wanting to lay out my personal problems to the whole world (I am basically the silent, keep it in, work it out yourself kind of guy) as well as using all of my spare energy to do my best to keep our family from disintegrating. School's been out for two whole weeks here. And we're finally getting back to some semblance of normalcy.The school year started out really well for Buddy Boy. The majority of his time was spent included in a regular classroom. Buddy Boy had the best darn teacher in the whole school for his regular class, Mrs. J. His special ed class teacher (Miss E.) worked well with Mrs. J., and pu... Club 166 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1499921 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:24:00 +0100 1499921 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1461029&cid=t_115167_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F295576659%2F We all root for amputees—-until they win medals is the blurb on an article by William Saletan in the May 21st Slate. Saletan writes about Oscar Pistorius, the runner from South Africa who—he is a double amputee—runs on specially built prostheses called “cheetahs” ( j-shapes blades made of carbon fiber). Pistorius recently won a decision to be allowed to compete in the Olympic trials; the International Association of Athletics (IAAF—track’s governing body) had argued that he had an unfair advantage because of his high-tech prosthetic legs. But the Court of Sports Arbitration “deemed that there was not enough evidence to prove that Pistorius’s flexible j-shaped blades, attached below his knees, gave him an advantage.” It could as readil... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1461029 Thu, 22 May 2008 05:11:48 +0100 1461029 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1382820&cid=t_115167_107_f&fid=36585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FHighlightHEALTH%2F%7E3%2F272618287%2F This article was published on Highlight HEALTH. Related articlesCancer Research Carnival #7Cancer Research Carnival #7 Call for SubmissionsAlternative to DichloroacetateVitamin CFunding of Childhood Cancer, NF Research in Jeopardy (Source: Highlight HEALTH) Highlight HEALTH blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1382820 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:40:01 +0100 1382820 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1380710&cid=t_115167_107_f&fid=36585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FHighlightHEALTH%2F%7E3%2F272618287%2F This article was published on Highlight HEALTH. Related articlesCancer Research Carnival #7Cancer Research Carnival #7 Call for SubmissionsAlternative to DichloroacetateVitamin CFunding of Childhood Cancer, NF Research in Jeopardy (Source: Highlight HEALTH) Highlight HEALTH blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1380710 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:03:42 +0100 1380710 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=956237&cid=t_115167_107_f&fid=35670&url=http%3A%2F%2Fanteriorcommissure.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fproposal-lamentation-and.html So, in the past two days, pre-proposal panic has set in. (Apparently, alliterations are also abound). Though it's still a full ten days away, I finished a rough version of my talk last Friday evening and have holed myself away to catch up on literature that 1. I've forgotten about because I have a terrible memory for what I've read, and 2. I'd never gotten to read in the first place and am now attempting to use to putty the important little holes in my knowledge before my talk. I'm continually teased by my friends/family/strangers that I'm entirely overprepared for these types of things and that I shouldn't worry so much, which makes me believe that I might have some sort of low-grade anxiety problem. But hey, everyone has their "thing," right? Mine is just the mild-to-moderate schedule-in... The Anterior Commissure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=956237 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:55:00 +0100 956237 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=943113&cid=t_115167_107_f&fid=35670&url=http%3A%2F%2Fanteriorcommissure.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Flap-dancers-take-note-of-your-cycle.html My good friend and colleague Katie sent this writeup of some newly published research that at first glance seems a bit bizarre but actually reveals some intriguing nuances:In a particularly stimulating study, researchers have found that lap dancers--women who work in strip joints and, for cash, gyrate in the laps of seated men--earn more when they are in the fertile phase of their menstrual cycle.Crazy! How could you not be intrigued by a study like that? I had to look it up.The actual research article correlated tip earnings with the menstrual cycle phase of female lap dancers recruited through emails, advertisements and flyers. While the sample size was small (n=18), data was collected from over 5300 lap dances. Researchers found that the women earned less money during menstruation and e... The Anterior Commissure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=943113 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:01:00 +0100 943113 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=788399&cid=t_115167_107_f&fid=35670&url=http%3A%2F%2Fanteriorcommissure.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fsowhat-are-you-expecting.html I'm certainly not a climate scientist (though oddly, as a scientist, I'm asked about climate change much more frequently than you'd think) and am supposed to be reading more about it. But something about a recent post by Freakonomics co-author Steven Levitt riled me. Per a recent conference on the relationship between global warming and hurricanes, he says:In general, I am not a fan of science by consensus. It is interesting, however, that you can get a bunch of scientists to basically agree that they don’t even know whether global warming will cause hurricanes to increase or decrease. The conclusion is especially surprising because no one ever wants to look like they don’t know the answers, and because scientists who work on hurricanes have strong incentives to convince everyone else ... The Anterior Commissure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=788399 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:06:00 +0100 788399 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=763144&cid=t_115167_107_f&fid=35670&url=http%3A%2F%2Fanteriorcommissure.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Ffrisky-foxes.html While it's one of the better article titles that I've seen for a while:Free love in the far north: plural breeding and polyandry of arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus) on Bylot Island, Nunavut...I've gotta admit that it's not completely unexpected.Potential trashy romance novel-inspired manuscript titles aside (talk about framing!), monogomy is relatively rare amongst most species. Because, from a flash-bang evolutionary sense, it's not particularly adaptive. Males of most species attempt to spread their genes throughout as much of the gene pool as possible, providing their offspring with the widest range of genes to combine with and consequently imparting the greatest likelihood of survival. Hence, "free love." Odds are, at least a handful of the females that a male's mated with will produce fi... The Anterior Commissure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=763144 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:19:00 +0100 763144 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=753462&cid=t_115167_107_f&fid=35670&url=http%3A%2F%2Fanteriorcommissure.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fode-to-rat.html Natalie Angier loves her rats. Well, she's at least warmed up to them, and posted a (relatively) nice article in ScienceTimes about them.While the piece reads a bit like one of Pablo Neruda's more esoteric odes, her points are well-taken: rats are certainly a useful and informative model that scientists have used for (now) centuries to learn about the biological world and, through it, ourselves. How research informs the human condition is considered to be the most meaningful role of scientific inquiry - what can we learn in the animal, that we can't figure out about ourselves but just might apply.I appreciate her article and its relative subjectivity, because the message serves both scientists and non-scientists alike. As scientists, we're working with a more simplistic biological model th... The Anterior Commissure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=753462 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:59:00 +0100 753462 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=751687&cid=t_115167_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F07%2F23%2Fdad-blames-diabetes-after-semi-pro-football-players-death%2F Filed under: Type 1, Lifestyle, Daily News, Care, ComplicationsA few days ago, Bev posted a football-related blog. Now here's another. This one, though, is decidedly less uplifting. In fact, it's the kind of story you file under 'What Went Wrong?' Takirra La'Fee "TT" Koonce (28), a promising young semi-pro footballer for the New Bern Grizzlies of North Carolina, died suddenly on the playing field in the middle of a game. His death occurred on the Saturday before last (July 14). Teammates and a medic tried unsuccessfully to revive him until an ambulance arrived. It is not known whether or not a blood sugar test was administered to Koonce, who was diabetic, or whether he was given anything to correct hypoglycemia.Doctors say the cause of Koonce's death probably won't be revealed for four to ... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=751687 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0100 751687 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=569556&cid=t_115167_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F04%2F25%2Fthought-for-the-day-shielding-astronauts-from-cancer%2F Filed under: All Cancers, Research, Environment, Products, Daily news, Thought for the DayThose venturing into space face a very serious occupational hazard -- cancer. The disease can be caused by radiation from the cosmic rays and solar flares astronauts encounter when they travel beyond the Earth's protective magnetic layer or magnetosphere.British scientists are working on rectifying this problem by creating a Star Trek-style deflector shield to protect astronauts from radiation.Think about this:Scientists wish to mimic the magnetic field that protects the Earth with shields deployed around spacecraft and on the surfaces of planets to deflect harmful energetic particles. Details, presented at the Royal Astronomical Society's National Astronomy Meeting in Preston, UK, include the followi... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=569556 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 569556 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=524348&cid=t_115167_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fweb-20-hates-sally.html Sally Field is all over the TV these days hawking Boniva. One night she's talking about her own experience with osteoporosis and the next she's talking about "her friend."The FTC soon may have a thing or two to say about celebrity spokespersons, especially those who do not reveal that they are being paid to mention drug names on talk shows (see, for example, "FTC Begins Review of Celebrities in Ads After Stars Take Undisclosed Drug Money"). Yet, the FTC has traditionally ceded oversight of drug ads and promotions to the FDA (see "If FDA were as Powerful as FTC") and that may give the drug industry a free pass.Web 2.0 (aka, social networking), however, is not as forgiving.Over at the National Psoriasis forum, for example, I found this:To Martha Stewart...Sally Field was on her show today an... Pharma Marketing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=524348 Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:29:00 +0100 524348 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=511458&cid=t_115167_107_f&fid=35025&url=http%3A%2F%2Frrresearch.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F03%2Frunning-gels.html I've got two gels running while I type. Both will help me decide if the MAP7 DNA preps we have are suitable for my tweezers experiments. Both gels contain high and low concentrations of two different MAP7 DNA preps, along with a size standard consisting of intact phage lambda DNA (48.5kb) and a HindIII digest of the same DNA.The first gel is a conventional agarose gel - the voltage is created by a pair of simple wire electrodes, one running across each end of the gel box. To increase the resolution (i.e. separation) of DNA fragments bigger than 15-20kb, the gel has a lower concentration of agarose than is usually used (0.6% rather then 0.8-1.0%). This makes it more fragile, so I'll need to handle it very carefully tomorrow when I'm photographing it. I'm also using a much lower voltage, whi... RRResearch blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=511458 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:07:00 +0100 511458