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 'flies'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:33:14 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3899368&cid=t_213928_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fan-open-letter-to-paranoid-humans-from-misunderstood-bedbugs%2F photo courtesy of SteamVictoria.com.au Dear paranoid, irrational, germophobic humans: We understand from recent media reports that some of you have become infatuated – dare we say, obsessed – with us lately. We can’t blame you, but this madness really has to stop. We live together, and yet we don’t know each other at all. You’re so critical, so judgmental, so hateful, so unwilling to work on the problems in our relationship. It’s sad, really. Now, we don’t want to get into a whole name-calling thing here, but we think you’re being hypocritical – and we don’t take pleasure in saying so. But you go to the beach. You sit outside. Mosquitoes bite you. You scratch, complain briefly, apply ointments, and perhaps suggest to your host that he invest ... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3899368 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:30:50 +0100 3899368 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2871751&cid=t_213928_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F10%2F07%2Fdo-czech-teens-lie-online%2F Do Czech teens lie about themselves and their lives on their blogs? A new research study suggests the answer may surprise you — generally, “No.” In a survey of 113 teens, ages 13 to 17 years old, researchers discovered that when presenting personal information such as their age, gender, and place of residence, teens were generally pretty truthful in their blogs: Generally, the level of dishonesty was low, with young adolescents tending to lie more often about their interests. Public topics (school and life) had the most truthful answers, whereas the least truthful answers concerned intimate topics (family life, partnership). This flies in the face of some people’s previous opinions that a lot of people exaggerate or lie outright on their blogs. At least when it co... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2871751 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:57:28 +0100 2871751 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2329689&cid=t_213928_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fsleep-memory-lessons-from-fruit-flies.html Two new studies in the journal Science use fruit flies to examine the link between sleep and memory.One study shows that the connections between nerve cells in the brain increase during the day. Then these “synapses” decline during sleep. This reduction of synapses is prevented by sleep deprivation.This suggests that sleep may “prune” less important connections. This may create space for the brain to store more important memories.Author Paul Shaw said in a statement that these results have practical implications.“These data suggest the best thing you can do to make sure you stay sharp…is to make getting enough sleep a top priority," he said.Another study used three-dimensional photos to look at protein levels in the brains of fruit flies. It focused on proteins that carry messa... Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2329689 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:37:00 +0100 2329689 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1501501&cid=t_213928_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F307174033%2Ffruit_fly_robots_with_humanlik.html Next time you consider benefits that could come from becoming a fly on the wall … toss in robot flies that yield secrets about the human brain. How so? An international contingent of research experts is meeting this week to create a  "virtual fly brain" as a way to understand more about how human brains work. Neuroscientists, biologists and computer experts are currently gathering in Edinburgh to look into possibilities for simulating the brain of drosophila fruit flies. Why create a robot from this species?Apparently, this  fruit fly possesses about 100, 000 neurons. Within a rather simple brain ... the fruit fly manages complex behavior, including a unique capability to learn.J Douglas Armstrong, at Edinburgh University's Centre for Bioi... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1501501 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 06:11:37 +0100 1501501 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=850134&cid=t_213928_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F153500256%2F Recent research studies have noted that “mutant mice with an autism gene display striking learning and memory skills mirroring those seen in human ’savants’”; the September 6th Science Daily further suggests that a mouse model of autism spectrum disorders has been developed: Mice with this mutation show a similar type of social impairment and cognitive enhancement as the type seen in some people with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). ASDs are enigmatic cognitive disorders that impair a patient’s social interactions, but do not necessarily limit their intelligence. The scientists said the mice they developed may represent an important advance in modeling autism spectrum disorders in mice and offer researchers a new tool for understanding how specific defects in... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=850134 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:02:42 +0100 850134