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 'frog'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:03:05 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4536135&cid=t_131076_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F03%2F01%2F7-ways-to-leave-your-job%2F Awhile back, psychologist and fellow Psych Central-contributor Elvira Aletta published a great post about the frog in the pot: Did you know that if you boil a pot of water and throw in a live frog that that frog will hop right out, saving his life to croak again another day (ha, ha)? If, on the other hand, you place a frog in a pot of cold water and turn the heat up slowly, that frog will stay in the pot. He will not jump out but slowly acclimate to the increasingly hot water until it boils to death. Truth or urban legend? To prove it I’d have to cook a live frog and that’s not going to happen. It sounds true and so should be because of what it teaches us. The day after I was laid off from my job, a fellow co-worker emailed me and said, “This is your next assignment … instructions... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4536135 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:02:32 +0100 4536135 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3542903&cid=t_131076_160_f&fid=36189&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.skinmdblog.com%2F56%2Fremoving-warts-with-duct-tape%2F Common warts are thickened, crusty lesions with noticeable black pinpoint dots. Contrary to what most people think, these aren’t caused by frog’s urine. They are caused by a virus called the human papilloma virus (HPV). There are a lot of ways to get rid of these pesky lesions but every technique aims to destroy the virus. You can apply an over-the-counter salicylic acid gel or solution, freeze it with liquid nitrogen, zap it with a laser or have it cauterized but I think the cheapest way to do it is to use duct tape. That’s right, DUCT TAPE!. Simply cut a piece of duct tape and apply it on the wart then leave it on for 7 days. On the eighth day, take it off and repeat the process until the wart disappears. It may take a month or two for it to completely resolve . This isn’t a guar... Skin MD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3542903 Fri, 07 May 2010 14:44:43 +0100 3542903 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3436249&cid=t_131076_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fhave-sex-to-save-animals-endangered-species-condoms%2F First rule of advertising? Sex sells. And the Center for Biological Diversity is using that to full advantage with their hilarious Endangered Species Condoms. They’re distributing 350,000 of the rubbers through volunteers in all 50 states in an effort to help spread the message that human population growth is driving species extinction. The slogans on these prophylactic wrappers are some of the funniest ways we’ve seen to communicate the contraceptive conceit: via geekosystem.com Post from: BlissTree Have Sex to Save Animals: Endangered Species Condoms (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3436249 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 19:20:09 +0100 3436249 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3374095&cid=t_131076_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fblisstree-quote-of-the-day-5%2F photo: Thinkstock It’s not that easy bein’ green. – Kermit the Frog Post from: BlissTree (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3374095 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:05:56 +0100 3374095 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3111650&cid=t_131076_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F12%2F15%2Fyou-cant-judge-a-princess-by-her-tiara%2F My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up: I’d kill to have had your childhood,” a writer friend once told me. She envied my bottomless pit of tragic inspiration. I, on the other hand, would kill to have had anything but. “I was frightened,” she said. But of Chucky, not her family or neighborhood… Read the rest on AOL. You Can’t Judge a Princess by Her Tiara. Things are not always as they seem, as proven by the iconic 1991 photograph of a tiara-adorned little girl dressed up as a princess, with a bleak Bronx street in the background. But the life of 6-year-old Guissette Muniz was no sob story. She was a happy kid. “My entire family lived in that area,” she said. “We knew everyone and anyone who came by.” The photographer captured h... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3111650 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:42:49 +0100 3111650 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2973909&cid=t_131076_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FID_nu9dAnGA%2F In the Obama era, the slippery slope has gone vertical. Instead of “eventually,” the feared extensions of government power come immediately. When President Obama decided to convert George W. Bush’s bailout of General Motors Corp. and Chrysler L.L.C. into effective government ownership, critics warned that this could lead to political intrusion into the management of automobile companies, with decisions being made for political instead of economic reasons. The companies would get less efficient. The government might try to preserve jobs or engage in political grandstanding rather than build sound companies that serve consumers – eventually. But there was no “eventually” about it. Before he had even secured government control, Obama fired the chief executi... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2973909 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:15:52 +0100 2973909 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2406247&cid=t_131076_155_f&fid=38406&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FThe1xObjective%2F%7E3%2FMMk85Ggikyo%2F Last Tuesday (5/5/09), San Francisco-based design company, frog design, hosted a Twitter-based conversation about the integration of technology in healthcare. They posed series of simple questions... Catch the rest of the story after the break... (Source: The 1x Objective) The 1x Objective blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2406247 Sun, 10 May 2009 16:23:10 +0100 2406247 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2353885&cid=t_131076_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F04%2F21%2Ffrog-in-the-pot-how-stress-creeps-up-on-us%2F Did you know that if you boil a pot of water and throw in a live frog that that frog will hop right out, saving his life to croak again another day (ha, ha)? If, on the other hand, you place a frog in a pot of cold water and turn the heat up slowly, that frog will stay in the pot. He will not jump out but slowly acclimate to the increasingly hot water until it boils to death. Truth or urban legend? To prove it I’d have to cook a live frog and that’s not going to happen. It sounds true and so should be because of what it teaches us. A women comes to see me for help. She tells me her story, sighs, and then says, “Really, it’s not that bad.” Oh, yes, it is! She’s sitting in a pot of very hot water. If she had been dropped into her intolerable situation all ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2353885 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:00:48 +0100 2353885 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349533&cid=t_131076_136_f&fid=36162&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyelomablog.com%2F2009%2F04%2F19%2Ftadpole-salad%2F This is a video of some tadpoles that live in the water that’s collected on top of my pool cover. They’re eating some salad greens I tossed onto the water for them. There are hundreds left, even though I’ve given at least a hundred away for kids to watch as they develop into toads or frogs, or whatever they’ll be. They don’t have legs yet, so it could be some weeks before they leave. If you’re local and would like some pollywogs for your classroom aquarium, let me know. (Source: beth's myeloma blog) beth's myeloma blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349533 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:12:28 +0100 2349533 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1497501&cid=t_131076_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2F305452837%2F A year ago researchers at James Madison University discovered that, Pedobacter cryoconitis, a bacteria first found on the skin of red backed salamanders, was found to prevent the growth of the chytrid B. dendrobatidis, which is currently decimating frog populations. (Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog from wikipedia) The newest research on the subject is being presented this year at ASM by Brianna Lam who worked with other biologists from both San Francisco State University and JMU. Lam’s research indicates that adding pedobacter to the skin of mountain yellow-legged frogs would lessen the effects of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a lethal skin pathogen that is threatening remaining populations of the frogs in their native Sierra Nevada habitats. Lam first conducted petri dish experi... Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1497501 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:49:39 +0100 1497501 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1336306&cid=t_131076_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2F258643529%2F Nature news articles on the frog decline (doi:10.1038/452394a) and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (doi: 10.1038/452394a). © Jason Stajich for Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics, 2008. | Permalink | No comment Add to del.icio.us Search blogs linking this post with Technorati Want more on these topics ? Browse the archive of posts filed under chytridomycota, pathogens. (Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics) Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1336306 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:15:55 +0100 1336306 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1294349&cid=t_131076_132_f&fid=35024&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBlindscientist%2F%7E3%2F249650770%2F This serves as a thank you note for all frog species. Thanks a lot and enjoy your year. Hope this is only the first of many. (Source: Blind.Scientist) Blind.Scientist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1294349 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:18:24 +0100 1294349 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1147430&cid=t_131076_107_f&fid=36698&url=http%3A%2F%2Fminingdrugs.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fopen-source-conformer-generators-are.html FRee Online druG 3D conformation generator (Frog)Noel announced that the source code will be incorporated into OpenBabel under the GPL.smi23d - 3D Coordinate GenerationThe source code is available under the Apache 2.0 license.ReferencesT. Bohme Leite, D. Gomes, M.A. Miteva, J. Chomilier, B.O. Villoutreix and P. Tufféry, Frog: a FRee Online druG 3D conformation generator, Nucl. Acids Res., 2007, 35, W568-W572. DOI 10.1093/nar/gkm289D. K. Agrafiotis, H. Xu, A self-organizing principle for learning nonlinear manifolds, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 2002, 99, 15869-15872. DOI 10.1073/pnas.242424399S. Izrailev, F. Zhu, D. K. Agrafiotis, A distance geometry heuristic for expanding the range of geometries sampled during conformational search, J. Comp. Chem., 2006, 27, 1962-1969. DOI 10.1002/jcc.20506 (... Mining Drug Space blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1147430 Sat, 13 Oct 2007 22:55:00 +0100 1147430 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=773362&cid=t_131076_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2F139675446%2Fgray_tree_frog.php tags: Gray Tree Frog, Hyla versicolor, Hyla chrysocelis, Image of the Day Here is today's pic, a Gray Tree Frog, from Konza Prairie in eastern Kansas. There are two species of Gray Tree Frog, Hyla versicolor and Hyla chrysocelis, which look identical and can only be distinguished by their call. This one wasn't calling... It is also not grey; these frogs have the ability to change color, from gray to brown to green, depending on their surroundings and ambient temperature, humidity, etc. This one was sitting quietly on a milkweed leaf, trying to look as green as possible. Image: David A. Rintoul, KSU [larger] More information below the fold .. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=773362 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:59:25 +0100 773362 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=728476&cid=t_131076_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F132890309%2F The topic of this month’s b5media Science & Health channel theme day is “go green” and I’ve been going back and forth in my thoughts thinking “go green—do something environmental” and “go green, well, Charlie has that apple green t-shirt that exactly matches one that Jim has, and there’s that golf jacket that Jim wears in the spring and that Charlie has added to the pile on the foot of his bed—-and the beat-up lime green lizard backpack that was Charlie’s a few years ago and that Jim found in a closet and, since the strap on his briefcase was broken, decided to use as his backpack…..like Charlie, like Dad……” Then there’s “green guacamole,” which Charlie is very fond of, and a &#... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=728476 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 06:12:57 +0100 728476