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 'game'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:52:33 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5181903&cid=t_103667_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F08%2F30%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-august-30-2011%2F I’m not sure we’re ever fully immune to it-that pout, that stomp, that automatic childlike reaction to things not going our way. “It’s not fair,” seems to never want to grow up. As we get older, however, the disappointments get bigger. It’s not the game we lost, but the games we can’t even play that upsets us. It’s not the rides we can’t get on, but the rides that life thrusts upon us on that really gets our goat. It’s not the gifts we didn’t get, but the unwanted gifts we got that makes us want to be a kid again, throw our hands up in the air, cry and scream, “It’s not fair!” Whether it’s physical or mental illness, tragedy or a natural disaster, life will hand us unexpected challenges. Challenges th... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5181903 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:03:56 +0100 5181903 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5174805&cid=t_103667_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F08%2F29%2Fgames-for-health-keynote-speaker%2F One of the most promising conferences this fall will definitely be the Games for Health taking place in Amsterdam, between 24 and 25 of October. You know how close health games are to my heart. I was invited to be a keynote speaker for the event which I gladly accepted. I hope to see you there! Building on the successful editions in Boston (MA, USA) the first edition of ‘Games for Health Europe’ will be held October 24th and 25th 2011 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. More than 500 attendees from Europe, USA and Asia will participate in inspiring presentations, experience state of the art demonstrations and share knowledge in informative workshops. Conference content will be provided by a wide range of researchers, game developers and medical professionals. Also the conference will provid... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5174805 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 03:45:02 +0100 5174805 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050741&cid=t_103667_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F07%2F22%2Fthe-situation-of-fairness%2F Carlos Alós-Ferrer, Anja Achtziger, and Alexander Wagner, recently posted their paper “Social Preferences and Self-Control” on SSRN. We study the interaction of different motives and decision processes in determining behavior in the ultimatum game. We rely on an experimental manipulation called ego depletion which consumes self-control resources, thereby enhancing the influence of default reactions or, in psychological terms, automatic processes. We find that proposers make lower offers under ego depletion, i.e. self-centered monetary concerns are the default mode and not other-regarding considerations (fairness towards others). Responders are more likely to reject low offers under ego depletion, i.e. the affect-influenced reaction to reject unfair offers (reaction to unfairne... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050741 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 04:01:22 +0100 5050741 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028470&cid=t_103667_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F26392869%2F0%2Fneuromarketing%7EThe-Upside-of-Irrationality-by-Dan-Ariely.htm Nobody is doing more to add to our knowledge of the irrational side of human behavior than Dan Ariely. Not only does he conduct experiments that are elegant in their simplicity, but he writes about his work and that of other researchers in a highly acccessible way. Upside is the successor to the bestselling Predictably Irrational, and it takes to new topics, ranging from CEO pay to speed dating. Comments[...] The Upside of Irrationality, Dan Ariely describes an ... by Apologies Really DO Work | Neuromarketing[...] Dooley (Neuroscience Marketing) writes about Dan Ariely ... by Can a Crappy Video Effect Your Decision Making? | Will Video for FoodThanks, nice review. I loved Predictably Irrational. I think ... by Luke FosterRelated StoriesApologies Really DO WorkSecrets of th... Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028470 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:52:51 +0100 5028470 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028460&cid=t_103667_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F11%2F10-practical-ways-to-handle-stress%2F Stress is inevitable. It walks in and out of our lives on a regular basis. And it can easily walk all over us unless we take action. Fortunately, there are many things you can do to minimize and cope with stress. Here are 10 ideas for handling stress without causing more strain and hassle. 1. Figure out where the stress is coming from. Oftentimes, when we’re stressed, it seems like a big mess with stressors appearing from every angle. We start to feel like we’re playing a game of dodge ball, ducking and darting so we don’t get smacked by a barrage of balls. We take a defensive position, and not a good one at that. Instead of feeling like you’re flailing day to day, identify what you’re actually stressed about. Is it a specific project at work, an upcoming exam, a dispute with yo... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028460 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:19:54 +0100 5028460 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4794996&cid=t_103667_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F05%2F06%2Frockstar-scientists-in-lego-hilarious%2F Maia Weinstock thought it would be great to create the Lego forms of the most famous scientists, science bloggers, and science journalists who are also active online. The project is called Scitweeps because the scientists are identified by their Twitter feed. Amazing pictures and as a bonus, a Lego version of a TED talk: Here is the synthetic biologist and father of the Human Genome Project, Craig Venter: And the top science blogger, PZ Myers: Flying to Saturn: Carolyn Porco in LEGO: (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4794996 Fri, 06 May 2011 09:33:02 +0100 4794996 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4600800&cid=t_103667_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fwhat-aa-is-not%2F AA is not an institutional clearing program. It does not promise that we will receive suspended sentences, probations, or paroles. AA does not promise conditional releases, stays of proceedings, or the early releases from prisons or hospitals.AA is not a "dating game" nor is it a lonely hearts club or a place to find a temporary or permanent lover.AA is not an employment agency or manpower training program. It does not promise that we’ll all find jobs, get rich, or even become financially solvent.AA is not a charitable organization like the welfare system or the Salvation Army. It doesn’t promise that we’ll be loaned money or given cigarettes. AA is not a bank or a credit union, and is not set up to provide funds for anyone.AA is not a church program or a religi... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4600800 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:18:00 +0100 4600800 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4600812&cid=t_103667_180_f&fid=38607&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fsuccessbeginstoday%2FBHWQ%2F%7E3%2FmbKMAj9kiiY%2F I’ve been a blogger for over 6 years and have used many different computers and software programs to create blog posts. While blogging has radically evolved over the past few years, it actually has become more time consuming to create a post than ever before. First you have to write the post, edit the content, and add any links, photos, and video clips. Then you have to upload the post to WordPress and add any additional graphics for thumbnails and featured sections. It’s also a good idea to run the post through Scribe and optimize it for SEO. This whole process can actually double the time it actually takes to just write the post. I realized the secret to blogging frequently is to make the creation process as easy as possible. Over the past few days I’ve been experimenti... Success Begins Today blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4600812 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:48:28 +0100 4600812 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4592609&cid=t_103667_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F03%2F15%2Fwebicina-iphone-application-is-available-in-itunes%2F Finally, it’s a great pleasure to announce that the free iPhone application of Webicina.com is now available in iTunes. We cannot wait to hear your feedback and suggestions. The Android version is coming soon! Basically we wanted to let you access the curated social media resources we feature on mobile and also provide an interesting and educational game that discusses issues related to quality medical information online and the health 2.0 field. Enjoy and reach the highest score! Webicina.com curates online medical resources in social media for patients and medical professionals for free in over 15 languages in over 80 medical specialties and conditions. This application makes it easier to access these selected resources on smartphones and also includes a Health 2.0 Quiz which was d... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4592609 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 08:30:25 +0100 4592609 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4399619&cid=t_103667_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F23827562%2F0%2Fneuromarketing%7EIt-Really-DOES-Pay-to-Schmooze.htm One of my all-time favorite TV commercials is the classic 1990 United Airlines spot that shows a manager distributing plane tickets to the sales staff so they can visit their customers in person. This was filmed in the days before email and the Web, but even then phones and faxes were viewed as a substitute [...] Comments[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Roger Dooley, ... by Tweets that mention It Really DOES Pay to Schmooze | Neuromarketing -- Topsy.comRelated StoriesSecrets of the Moneylab by Kay-Yut ChenComputers As People: Happy Customers and AutomationRivalry Marketing (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4399619 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:41:10 +0100 4399619 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4399741&cid=t_103667_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F01%2F26%2Fvideogames-with-paramecia-players%2F Stanford University bioengineer Ingmar Riedel-Kruse and his colleagues are developing “biotic games” where players control paramecia and other living microorganisms. The PacMan-like video games are the first in which a player’s actions influence the behavior of living microorganisms while the game is being played. Here we propose the concept of ‘biotic games’, i.e., games that operate on biological processes. Utilizing a variety of biological processes we designed and tested a collection of games: ‘Enlightenment’, ‘Ciliaball’, ‘PAC-mecium’, ‘Microbash’, ‘Biotic Pinball’, ‘POND PONG’, ‘PolymerRace’, and ‘The Prisoner’s Smellemma’. We found that biotic games exhibit unique features compared to existing game modalities, such as utili... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4399741 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:05:50 +0100 4399741 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4324796&cid=t_103667_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FuvZfcmFgLy4%2F Perhaps the greatest documentary ever made is 'King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters'. It tells the incredible story of video game newbie Steve Wiebe's quixotic quest to break the 25 year-old Donkey Kong world record score held by the greatest gamer of all time, Billy Mitchell. It is also a brilliant depiction of psychopathology. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4324796 Sat, 08 Jan 2011 09:00:47 +0100 4324796 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4298718&cid=t_103667_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FRkIGbtcxVcQ%2F How can we help younger generations find the right path to lifelong brain health and performance — especially as they will live longer, and in more dynamic, complex environments? We created the Brain Health across the Lifes­pan series to curate reliable sources of information, and here you can  check out  the Top 10 Resources to Better Understand the Teenage Brain. Wishing you and your family a very brain-fit decade…please enjoy the December edition of our monthly eNewsletter: Research Bites Memory Training Reduces Brain Atrophy: Andreas Engvig, a former SharpBrains intern and current neuroscientist, gives us a unique peak into his lab’s work on how mem­ory train­ing can both improve memory performance and decrease brain matter reduction in older adults’ brains. Cognitive ... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4298718 Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:05:22 +0100 4298718 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4288628&cid=t_103667_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F12%2F25%2Fphylo-a-human-computing-framework-for-comparative-genomics%2F Phylo - A Human Computing Framework for Comparative Genomics is an interactive game that lets you contribute to science. I’ve been playing with that for a while. The Problem: Genetic sequences are difficult to understand and so to decipher their structure, we need to compare them to detect any similar regions they may have. Similar regions may indicate important elements of our genetic code. We have several genomes to align and we call this the multiple alignment problem. The Game: We abstract the multiple alignment problem to a game where the goal will be to align words made by pieces of different color instead of letters representing the genetic code (A,C,G,T). (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4288628 Sat, 25 Dec 2010 09:58:09 +0100 4288628 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4287502&cid=t_103667_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FzYaMfnKw5AM%2F Reaction time is the time it takes to react to something. It can be considered as an index of your speed of processing: It shows how fast you can execute the mental operations needed by the task at hand. Reaction Time is a basic measure used in many psychology studies. Participant are most often asked to push a button when done with the task, which can be as varied as detecting an object, memorizing a word, or identifying an emotion. As brain processing is quite fast, reaction times are usually measured in milliseconds (a thousandth (1/1000) of a second). What is your average Reaction Time? Ready to try? Click here to start. Fun twist: Try before and after your Christmas dinner! Merry Christmas from the SharpBrains Team (Source: SharpBrains) SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4287502 Fri, 24 Dec 2010 16:34:47 +0100 4287502 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4249144&cid=t_103667_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FxAEgL8C2KQY%2F The frontal lobes of the brain (in gray here) have been compared to an orchestra conductor, ­influencing, directing, and moderating many other brain functions. Indeed, the frontal lobes support the so-called executive functions: decision-making, problem-solving, planning, inhibiting, as well as other high-level functions (social behavior, emotional control, working memory, etc.). Ready for an executive workout? The functions of the frontal lobes are crucial for work and life in general. How can we preserve and enhance these functions? Research tells us that cognitive or brain reserve (i.e., the brain’s resilience to pathology) can be increased by mental exercise. Mental exercise has to be challenging (to trigger the formation of new synapses and neurons) and repeated (a single teaser wi... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4249144 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:48:25 +0100 4249144 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4237948&cid=t_103667_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2010%2F12%2F07%2Fgaming-used-for-teaching-psychopharmacolgy%2F Teaching psychopharmacology to med students can be very dull. Often tried ways of teaching this subject were through lectures or in smaller groups during seminars. At the University of Minnesota Medical School they tested the use of gaming compared to the ordinary lectures. The study was conducted during a 6-week psychiatry clerkship of third year medical students. They made 140 multiple choice questions which were evaluated by a senior psychiatry consultant. One hundred and twenty five were selected for the game, 25 questions per subject: selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI’s) and modern antidepressants, Tricyclic antidepressants (TCA’s) and MAOinhibitors, antipsychotics and anti-anxiety/sedatives/hypnotics and mood stabilizers. In a 45-min presentation, the senior r... Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4237948 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 06:37:47 +0100 4237948 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4230290&cid=t_103667_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F12%2F05%2Fcartoon-character-facebook-meme-im-bambi-or-not%2F My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up. Cartoon Character Facebook Meme. I’m Bambi. Or Not. I’m Bambi. I’d like to be, anyway. But it doesn’t take much to bring out the Tasmanian Devil in me. Yesterday ABC News reported on the new meme sweeping Facebook. People are replacing their profile pictures with a childhood favorite cartoon character. According to knowyourmeme.com, the cartoon character game started three weeks ago in Greece and Cyprus. The original plan was to remove all pictures of humans from Facebook, but that meme morphed into yet another “awareness” game, similar to the bra color (breast cancer) and purse (female empowerment) games months ago. This time the good cause was a “campaign against violence on children.”… Rea... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4230290 Sun, 05 Dec 2010 22:12:10 +0100 4230290 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4190559&cid=t_103667_180_f&fid=38612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpickthebrain%2FLYVv%2F%7E3%2FtRbnJeOuoos%2F According to Harvard Business Review: “Playing the blame game never works. A deep set of research shows that people who blame others for their mistakes lose status, learn less, and perform worse relative to those who own up to their mistakes. Blaming is contagious.” The bottom line is simple. When you blame others for how you feel, you give them your power.  No one can make you feel anything.  No one is more in charge of your destiny.  Believe this and watch your confidence soar. It’s an illusion if you believe, “If they’d be like that, I’d be like this.” You give away your power by believing your state is dependent on others.  By playing the blame game, you shout to the world: I have no control over my life—I’m a victim Other people in my life are more powerful than... PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4190559 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:49:35 +0100 4190559 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4172260&cid=t_103667_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F11%2F16%2Fprognosis-a-clinical-case-simulation-game%2F Finally, Prognosis, a new iPhone app is released. It is actually a clinical case simulation game for doctors, medical students and nurses. I can’t wait to see it on Androids. Tired of poring over long, complicated medical case studies? Try Prognosis : your Diagnosis – a fun and free game that lets you investigate, deduce and diagnose real life medical cases within minutes. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4172260 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:43:58 +0100 4172260 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4036789&cid=t_103667_118_f&fid=39279&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Ffoxepractice%2F%7E3%2FYltNdizeevg%2Fgame-dynamics-healthcare-hipaa As a result of bringing location-based social networking to the masses, Facebook Places will also bring us game dynamics. This will have huge implications for local businesses, including hospitals, medical practices and other healthcare providers. Let’s look at the implications and opportunities that the adoption of this technology will have for medical providers. What are game dynamics? If you’ve got 10 minutes, you may want to watch the highly distributed TED video “The Game Layer on Top of the World” (scroll to the bottom of this article for the video). In short, it’s just a fancy name for a range of incentives that reward desired behavior. We’ve had game dynamics in the “real world” for a long time, but it has recently been taken to ... Fox ePractice blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4036789 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:07:12 +0100 4036789 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3982123&cid=t_103667_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FqW6E3yNE59w%2F How could a woman abandon her family for a fantasy life online? All too easily, as I discovered Few people would have read the shocking newspaper story thinking it had any bearing on their own lives. A mother neglected her three children, aged 13, ten, and nine, and let her two dogs starve to death because she was so obsessed with playing a computer game. Invited by a Facebook friend, she retreated into the competitive online game after the sudden death of her husband and abandoned all control of daily life. The decomposed dogs lay in the dining room; the children fended for themselves in squalor. Despite predictable online comments of the ‘lock her up and throw away the key’ variety, this woman was obviously mentally ill. Why didn’t somebody (the children’s teach... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3982123 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:39:00 +0100 3982123 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3746857&cid=t_103667_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FEID5-wTAlF0%2F We often hear interest from people of all ages in being participants in the cognitive research we are doing in our UCSF lab. However, all of our experiments to date have been focused on under 20 year olds and the over 60 age group, and many people fall in between. Well, we have just launched our first experiment aimed at exploring the impact of distraction and multitasking on performance across the lifespan, with a large enough number of participants to allow for gender comparisons. So, we are reaching to people of all ages with the opportunity to be participate in this cool new experiment. This is a behavioral study using a video game that we created and developed to evaluate these skills. It sets the stage for both a brain training and brain recording experiment to follow. Taking part re... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3746857 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:29:57 +0100 3746857 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3740597&cid=t_103667_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fsexual-health-and-teens-privates-video-game%2F2010.07.09 Here’s a new video game from Zombie Cow Studios that could help educate teenagers about sexual and reproductive health in a colorful way. Elizabeth Boskey, Ph.D., About.com’s Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) guide, writes in her blog post entitled ”It’s Only A Game“: When I first saw the announcement for Privates, I found the concept vaguely appalling — condom-hatted soldiers (privates) swarming into people’s body parts (privates) to shoot at all the nasty invaders one can find there. However, the second I watched the trailer I was instantly converted to a fan. Privates was clearly designed by people who were paying attention in sex-ed class. The epithelium looks like epithelium! There are bacteria that I can recognize from what I’ve ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3740597 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:00:04 +0100 3740597 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3718623&cid=t_103667_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F07%2F01%2Fsexual-health-video-game%2F This is how teenagers could be educated about sexual and reproductive health in a colorful way. Privates is a platform twin-stick shooter in which you lead a teeny-tiny gang of condom-hatted marines as they delve into peoples’ vaginas and bottoms and blast away at all manner of oozy, shouty monsters. It’s rude, funny, bitingly satirical and technically pretty accurate if you don’t count the tiny people or the germs with teeth. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3718623 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:08:04 +0100 3718623 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3666020&cid=t_103667_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=3629747&cid=t_103667_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2Fa1Qb0iv17gM%2F (Editor’s Note: we are pleased to bring you this article thanks to our collaboration with Greater Good Magazine). Gaming for Good Research suggests that games like Lemmings, where the goal is to help others, inspire real-life acts of altruism. - By Kyle Smith For years, video games have been linked to aggression and violence, with researchers and media reports suggesting that violent games have inspired or even caused violent acts. But a new study suggests that video games can be a force for good, finding that games with positive objectives can actually inspire people to perform acts of altruism. Over four experiments, Tobias Greitemeyer and Silia Osswald, researchers at the University of Sussex in England and Ludwig-Maximilian University in Germany, respectively, had participants play ... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3629747 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:05:30 +0100 3629747 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3625587&cid=t_103667_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F06%2F03%2Fthe-ghost-of-stanley-milgram-and-the-game-of-death%2F Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him. — Martin Luther King, Jr. From August 7th, 1961, through the end of May 1962, in the basement of a classroom building at Yale University, Stanley Milgram conducted more than 20 variations of his infamous obedience to authority experiments. He shocked the world with data on how readily people would punish others when cajoled or intimidated by an experimenter. This was a pivotal point in psychology because it was empirical evidence of man’s inhumanity to man — something no one, then or now, really wanted to hear. The experiments began only months after the start of the trial of German Nazi war criminal Adolf E... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3625587 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:52:07 +0100 3625587 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3617808&cid=t_103667_87_f&fid=35060&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthnewsblog.com%2Fblog%2F529101 Fox News reports that a teenager had to have his testicle amputated following a stupid game called sack tapping. In sack tapping kids reportedly take turns trying to punch each other in the privates. David's mother, Christy Gibbons, said it wasn't until hours later that they realized something was wrong. "One o'clock in the morning he woke me up and told me he was in excruciating pain," she said. David was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Brainerd, Minn. where surgeons removed his right testicle. ABC News says that game involves boys trying to "slap or flick the groin of another boy to inflict discomfort or pain." You can read another article about sack tapping here. Permalink | Recent Headlines | News Feeds (Source: HealthNewsBlog.com) HealthNewsBlog.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3617808 Sat, 29 May 2010 18:00:00 +0100 3617808 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3603590&cid=t_103667_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fgames-for-health-2010%2F2010.05.27 It’s time for the 6th annual Games for Health conference. The conference, in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, provides a forum for experts in the fields of video games, healthcare, and science to come together and share the latest and greatest in health-related video game news and research. From their promotional pamphlet: Because digital games can actively engage and challenge people of all ages, they have the ability to help individuals manage chronic illnesses, support physical rehabilitation, pursue wellness goals and contribute to changes in health behaviors. Public health leaders, doctors and nurses, rehabilitation specialists, emergency first responders and other health professionals are also using games and game technologies to advance their skills and ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3603590 Thu, 27 May 2010 14:00:01 +0100 3603590 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3592309&cid=t_103667_122_f&fid=38275&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drjonathanreed.co.uk%2Fwordpress%2F2010%2F05%2Fcasual-games-that-are-educational%2F I recently wrote that too many educational computer games look too educational and are not fun to play.  I have recently, however, come across a couple of causal games that although they don’t set out to be educational actually are, but are also addictive and fun.   Casual games are simple, cheap games that are easy, yet compelling to play.   The first game Drop 7  by area/code is a game involving numbers but also works a bit like Tetris.  To play you have to drop different balls with numerals inside into rows or columns and try and ensure that the numerals and the number of balls match i.e. every time you line five balls up the ones with the numeral 5 in them disappears.  I think that this game, without intending to, actually reinforces numerosities,  which is the ability to ... Child Neuropsychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3592309 Sun, 23 May 2010 18:23:06 +0100 3592309 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3585577&cid=t_103667_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fgame-changers-entrepreneurs-and-social-change-qa-with-rachel-weeks-of-school-house%2F We think the world needs more female entrepreneurs, and it also needs social change, so Blisstree is always on the lookout for role models who are taking matters into their own hands. We call these women The Game-Changers, and Rachel Weeks of School House is one of them. Check out our Q&A with Rachel to find out how she’s changing the rules of the game, and what advice she has for others who want to do the same: What does your company do? We create trend-driven collegiate apparel in a living wage facility in Sri Lanka. Then we sell it. How did you start it? On a Fulbright grant to Sri Lanka, with $20,000 from the time I was hit by a car in New York while I was an undergrad. I used that capital to hire our Creative Director, Colleen McCann, and to create our first samples. What m... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3585577 Thu, 20 May 2010 19:07:43 +0100 3585577 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3566662&cid=t_103667_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F05%2F14%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-may-21-2010%2F Is it too late for spring fever? Those of you who are anticipating the end of a school year or an upcoming vacation (based on the tweets of our Twitter followers and Facebook friends there are a lot of you) will love this end of the week list of top posts. Why? Because we’ve got tips on how to get motivated, build your confidence, open yourself up to the possibility of love and make use of all that time you’ve spent sitting, waiting and dreaming of something you’d rather be doing instead of what you’re doing right now. So here we go! How the Moments You’re Missing Can Lead to a Better Life (Mindfulness & Psychotherapy) – In between point A where you are and point C where you want to get to, there’s point B the here and now. Learn how to embrace... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3566662 Fri, 14 May 2010 13:33:06 +0100 3566662 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3564028&cid=t_103667_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F05%2F14%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-may-21-2010%2F Is it too late for spring fever? Those of you who are anticipating the end of a school year or an upcoming vacation (based on the tweets of our Twitter followers and Facebook friends there are a lot of you) will love this end of the week list of top posts. Why? Because we’ve got tips on how to get motivated, build your confidence, open yourself up to the possibility of love and make use of all that time you’ve spent sitting, waiting and dreaming of something you’d rather be doing instead of what you’re doing right now. So here we go! How the Moments You’re Missing Can Lead to a Better Life (Mindfulness & Psychotherapy) – In between point A where you are and point C where you want to get to, there’s point B the here and now. Learn how to embrace... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3564028 Fri, 14 May 2010 13:33:06 +0100 3564028 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3556189&cid=t_103667_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F05%2Finfertility-maze.html This is a clever little game you can play to learn more about infertility !Download it free at drop.io/infertilitymaze ! (Source: The Patient's Doctor) The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3556189 Wed, 12 May 2010 05:24:00 +0100 3556189 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3487217&cid=t_103667_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FmSQehk9v2j4%2F Tomorrow we’ll probably witness a lot of media coverage about a experiment run by the BBC in the UK, to be published in Nature, on whether “brain training” works. The paper is still embargoed, so we cannot comment on it, but what I can do is to share fragments of my email to a BBC reporter six months ago, discussing impressions on what they had announced as the ultimate test of whether “brain training” works. Again, these were purely my impressions based on limited public information. Once we can comment on the published paper we’ll be able to provide a more informed perspective. “Hello XYZ, Here go some of my thoughts based on my external perception of your test: I agree with many of the premises for the test But “Does brain training reall... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3487217 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:10:50 +0100 3487217 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3467934&cid=t_103667_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FaC1y3NBPHKQ%2F Playing board games is a family activity that kids can enjoy from a young age. Even simple games can teach them about strategy and competitiveness, as well as winning and losing. So, what about cheating? You might think it’s harmless to let you child skip ahead a few spaces in Candyland or have an extra turn at Operation, but is it? Image: Hasbro After toddlerhood ends, it’s time your youngsters start to learn about playing by the rules. Though it may seem difficult to watch your five-year-old lose at Uno or Sorry!, in the long-run, it’s the best thing for her. If she tries to cheat, gently remind her that it’s against the rules and move on. After a few slip-ups, you child will quickly learn about fairness and cheating, and this is a skill that they can carry on int... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3467934 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:03:45 +0100 3467934 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3449018&cid=t_103667_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FRy1y-YiQKd4%2F Marian Diamond, UC-Berkeley: “People frequently do the same level of crossword puzzles to stimulate their brains year after year. They do not challenge their brains with more difficult levels of puzzles. In our research, we showed that if we challenged the rats to reach their food cups by having to climb over many obstructions, their brains increased more than those of rats who could walk unhindered to their food cups. Challenge increased brain size.” Tom Warden, Allstate: “… we see the opportunity that cognitive training provides as just the next evolution of things that we can advocate and get behind that ultimately make for a better driving experience, a safer driving experience for people. Not only for our insureds, but to help the roads be safer for everyone&#... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3449018 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:45:14 +0100 3449018 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3448825&cid=t_103667_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fyou-know-youre-unwell-if-%25e2%2580%25a6-you-play-dead-or-alive-paradise%2F We hope no one is letting their kids play this video game (if that’s what they’re calling it these days): Post from: BlissTree You Know You're Unwell If … You Play "Dead or Alive Paradise" (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3448825 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:05:47 +0100 3448825 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3311774&cid=t_103667_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F2vaFUv1QF6Y%2F The Wii game system has developed a consumer base that defies convention when it comes to video games: older adults. When we think of video games, we usually either think of kids and teens, glued in front of their screens, playing their games, or young men spending hours playing on the computer. But the Wii game system has appealed to people who may not usually play these types of games. Wii Game System It’s been published already that there are retirement communities and nursing homes that use the Wii system to help keep seniors active. Between bowling and other interactive games, the game encourages people to get up out of their chair and move around. There are even competitions among different groups, an Olympics of sorts. And, once again, there is a study that shows that the Wii ... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3311774 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:03:07 +0100 3311774 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3294755&cid=t_103667_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fcheck-mate-fire-breathing-dragons.html I lean over him to help with the tricky zipper on his back pack, “so are you ready to play Draughts now that you’ve finished your homework and packed lunch?”“Ugh!”“What’s up?” He shoves past me to dive to the sink, faucet on full flow, “jus a second coz I need water before I die from the smell.” He glugs several gallons before he’s ready to come up for air.“What smell?” I ask as he wipes his mouth on his sleeve.“Ugh! I can’t breathe!”“Are you alright!”“I fink I’m gonna faint.”“Faint? Do you know what that word means?”“Yes, it’s like dying but only temporary.”“!”“Aghhh!”“Give me a minute, I need to close the seal on the snack bag before we start, don’t want it to go soft.”“It is being your snack?”“Yes.”“What is it b... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3294755 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:46:00 +0100 3294755 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3287790&cid=t_103667_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F02%2F19%2Fseven-ways-to-access-your-inner-cheerleader%2F One way to stave off the urge to procrastinate is to call motivating thoughts to mind early, before you have to panic. Think of some inspiring phrases or statements, write them on sticky notes, and put them in places where you are likely to go to procrastinate, such as on your TV or video game unit. The idea is to activate your inner butt-kicker before your situation reaches a crisis level.   Has there ever been a time when others had doubt but you had faith? What words of encouragement would you have offered at that time? (“You can do it!” “Don’t give up.”) Try to remember a painful time that you thought would never end. Find a word or two that describes how it felt when it was over. (“Victorious.” “I’m a survivor.”) Call to mind one hardship that you have be... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3287790 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:34:51 +0100 3287790 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3251296&cid=t_103667_122_f&fid=38275&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drjonathanreed.co.uk%2Fwordpress%2F2010%2F02%2Fcomputer-games-and-neuropsychology-realizing-the-potential%2F There is increasing evidence that playing video games improves neuropsychological function.  I have just been reading another excellent paper from the people at the University of Rochester called Increasing Speed of Processing with Action Video Games.  The paper written by Mathew Dye, Shawn Green and Daphne Bavelier looks at a range of previous studies on reaction time and video game playing.  The introduction to the paper states: Playing action video games-contemporary examples include God of War, Unreal Tournament, GTA, and call of Duty – requires rapid processing of sensory information and prompt action, forcing players to make decisions and execute responses at a far greater pace than is typical in everyday life. Looking at lots of different studies they conclude that: Video ... Child Neuropsychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3251296 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:54:37 +0100 3251296 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3145951&cid=t_103667_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FYzgHWs1zuds%2F By Chris Moody Nat Hentoff reports on racism in Cuba. Federal judge dismisses charges against Blackwater guards over the killing of 17 in Baghdad. David Isenberg: “The fact that the Blackwater contractors are not getting a trial will only serve to further increase suspicion of and hostility towards security contractors. It is going to be even more difficult for them to gain the trust of local populations or government officials in the countries they work in.” New report shows state and local government workers have higher average compensation levels than private workers. Podcast: “Televising and Subsidizing the Big Game” featuring Neal McCluskey. “Everybody should watch the National College Football Championship because whether you’re interested or... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3145951 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:51:56 +0100 3145951 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3142520&cid=t_103667_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FZAXIWFAK4z4%2F By Tad DeHavenNeal McCluskey wrote an op-ed on the ways that taxpayers subsidize college football bowl games. As a college football fan, it pains me that I can’t even get a respite from big government on game day. This Wednesday’s matchup between Central Michigan and Troy will be particularly insulting to taxpayers because it’s the annual GMAC Bowl. GMAC, the former in-house financing arm of General Motors, has been sponsoring the bowl game since 2000, when it paid $500,000 for the right. More recently, the firm was battered by the collapse of GM and the housing market, and it was allowed to restructure as a bank holding company, which made it eligible for TARP bailout funds. The federal government has given GMAC $12.5 billion in return for 35.4 percent ownership stake in the company... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3142520 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:21:30 +0100 3142520 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3136593&cid=t_103667_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F01%2F02%2Flife-is-unfair-now-what%2F I probably don’t go a week without hearing some form of this complaint — life is unfair. It’s usually in the form of: “I can’t believe this happened to me! Why do bad things always seem to happen to me!?” “I’m a special person, why shouldn’t I be treated like someone special?” “Why does everyone else seem to succeed where all I can do is fail?” “I didn’t make the team/get the job/get asked out on a second date/get any of the attention my other siblings got.” You see how it goes. On and on, we don’t run out of examples of where we believe we’ve been untreated unfairly in life. Here’s how I try and look at it though — life is a never-ending game of learning. When something bad... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3136593 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:32:22 +0100 3136593 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3129630&cid=t_103667_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2009%2F12%2F30%2Fmri-puzzle%2F What happens if you combine magnetic resonance imaging with games and creativity? See the idea of Neil Fraser: (Hat tip: Idegenszövet) (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3129630 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:22:11 +0100 3129630 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2904952&cid=t_103667_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FyDF9dJg32-8%2F Oddly enough, it took a child to bring this information to light, but it could be a serious problem. According to a study spearheaded by St. Louis student, 11-year-old Deniz Ince, children who play an hour or more per day of video games have a higher chance of having wrist and finger pain. The study will be presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology’s annual meeting. Lucky for Deniz, his dad is a neurologist, so Deniz, his father and researchers from New York University set out to see if Deniz’s idea was right. A regular Wii-player, Deniz had been noticing that his hand hurt when he was squeezing an orange. The study involved having 171 of Deniz’s peers fill out questionnaires about their video game usage and if they experienced any pain. The findings sho... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2904952 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:58:40 +0100 2904952 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2882997&cid=t_103667_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Foperation-game-gone-high-tech%2F Did you have one of those games, Operation, when you were a kid or did one of your friends? That was the game with the silly clown body on cardboard with cut out holes, in which you would find various white body parts that you had to remove with a pair of tweezers. But you had to watch out because if you touched the side of the hole, ZAP! The red nose lit up and a buzzer went off. You lost. Since video games have come about, it’s not surprising to know that the old Operation games have been left in the dust and become much more intense and interactive. The Wii game system is on its second medical game already, Trauma Center: Second Opinion. If you don’t know what a Wii is, you’ve got to find out. It’s a cool video game system that’s more for us over-teens and ... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2882997 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:37:29 +0100 2882997 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2876182&cid=t_103667_122_f&fid=38275&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drjonathanreed.co.uk%2Fwordpress%2F2009%2F10%2Fcomputer-games-can-improve-reading-and-maths%2F I have just seen the preliminary findings of the first independent research study on Neurogames, the games I have developed to help reading and maths.  The study was undertaken on 20 children aged 4 to 6.   10 children were given the computer games to play for 20 mins twice a week for 13 weeks at school.  10 children were not given the game and received normal teaching in a different class.  Both groups were tested on standardized reading and maths tests (WIAT) before and after the intervention.   The results show that the computer game group had an average maths score of 102 (average) before using the games which rose to 123 (above average) after playing the game for 13 weeks.  The average group reading score before playing the games was 101.7, which increased to 114.9 after the gam... Child Neuropsychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2876182 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:48:53 +0100 2876182 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2851853&cid=t_103667_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2009%2F10%2F01%2Fits-not-the-video-game-its-the-player-thats-the-problem%2F Those video game players with more autonomy, competence and relatedness, thus who feel free to be themselves, and usually feel capable and have closeness and intimacy with others, often play video games because they like to. Those low on these traits often become obsessive game players, they have to play a video game. Moreover the first group enjoy their game play and feel energetic afterwards, while those in the latter group often feel more tension after game play and they usually play more hours. In the end you have those video game players that want to play and those that have to play. The self-determination theory says that those with high self determination have a harmonious passion for video game play while those low on this dimension have a more obsessive passion for video game pla... Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2851853 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:11:03 +0100 2851853 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2804178&cid=t_103667_136_f&fid=36070&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnetwork.nature.com%2Fpeople%2Fbasanta%2Fblog%2F2009%2F09%2F17%2Fthe-role-of-positive-interactions-in-enabling-cooperation Evolution of coperation is one of my main interests and I think it is a topic that could be very relevant to cancer researchers as I discussed a while ago. Rand DG, Dreber A, Ellingsen T, Fudenberg D, & Nowak MA (2009). Positive interactions promote public cooperation. Science (New York, N.Y.), 325 (5945), 1272-5 PMID: 19729661 Cooperation in nature occurs mostly between individuals that are closely related from a genetic point of view. In most other instances cooperation happens when all the interacting individuals benefit to some extent from their cooperation. Still, in some situations altruism happens if the benefactor expects to get rewarded at some point in the future, potentially by another individual. This is problematic as it was thought that a mechanism of punishment would be... Cancerevo: Evolution and cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2804178 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:49:33 +0100 2804178 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2800322&cid=t_103667_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fmedical-staff-suspended-for-lying-down%2F Have you come across the Lying Down Game? It’s the latest bizarre internet phenomenon that’s sweeping the world, causing people to, well, basically, lie down in the strangest places, including the engine of a jumbo jet (engine off, on the ground) There’s only one rule – you must have your palms flat against their sides and tips of your toes touching the ground. No place is out of bounds. And the more public the better. Pictures posted on the Facebook site have people lying down in front of tanks, on roads, on roofs… In one British hospital, the medical staff on night shift in the Emergency war laid down on the floors, the resuscitation trolley, and the hospitals helipad. Hospital management were not amused. Seven of the 18 staff who participated and posted pictures to the Lyi... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2800322 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:27:42 +0100 2800322 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2762009&cid=t_103667_122_f&fid=38275&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drjonathanreed.co.uk%2Fwordpress%2F2009%2F09%2F5-reasons-to-develop-computer-game-based-learning%2F There is a lot of debate particularly in the media about the pros and cons about computer use with children.  I believe that there are some fantastic potential benefits in developing computer games to teach children.  Here are 5 of them: Dissemination of information- Our knowledge about child neuropsychological development is increasing all the time.  But there is a problem communicating this to teachers and parents and applying this knowledge. Computer game based learning allows this knowledge to be disseminated to a large number of children.  An example is dyslexia (by this I mean difficulties in learning to read). As neuropsychologists we know how reading develops, what part of the brain is involved, how to intervene to improve reading and how this  changes the brain areas involve... Child Neuropsychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2762009 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:02:29 +0100 2762009 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2709196&cid=t_103667_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F08%2F18%2Fwould-you-even-recognize-sarcasm%2F Most people think they know what sarcasm is and could recognize it if they heard it. Most people would be wrong. Sarcasm is one of those areas of human behavior which has historically been a little difficult to study. But psychologists and researchers have gained some insight into sarcasm and how people use it, and how well people can identify (or can’t identify) sarcasm. For example, Derks et al. (2008) found that emoticons can convey sarcasm, and in fact in some ways can act as a suitable replacement for much of our nonverbal behavior. In a small experiment, Williams et al. (2009) found that people who made sarcastic statements tended to avert their eye gaze, suggesting a simple way to confirm whether a statement was intended to be sarcastic or not. But it was Rockwell’s (200... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2709196 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:05:28 +0100 2709196 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2653696&cid=t_103667_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fever-dreamed-of-being-a-heart-surgeon%2F Well, here’s your chance… Have a go at Open Heart Surgery. Definitely not for the faint of heart. With a simulated heart monitor beeping away, the pressure is on to perform. There’s a choice of three levels - intern, surgeon, and specialist. I should have chosen intern but I wanted to be the top gun. Bad move. As a specialist, I killed the patient within seconds. I was advised to ‘call my lawyer’. Or maybe something a little less challenging - performing open heart surgery on a stuffed bunny . Easy you think! Think again! You have 60 seconds to shock the heart, make an incision, do some intraoperative tasks and then suture the poor bunny back up.  I tried but the poor bunny did not survive. Don’t know about you, but my dream of being a (successful) su... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2653696 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:00:27 +0100 2653696 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2616764&cid=t_103667_122_f&fid=35065&url=http%3A%2F%2Feideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F07%2Ffamous-people-with-dyslexia-master-game.html "Gaming is actually a very important part of my life. I think the reason for that is that I was very severe dyslexic. I couldn't read, really." - Jordan Weisman, Game Designer, EntrepreneurA prolific game designer for over 20 years, creating role-playing, board, interactive site-based and computer games that have won more than 50 design and market awards, Weisman is also a serial entrepreneur (founded 5 companies) and helped create the first virtual reality immersive networked game. Weisman was Creative DIrector for the Microsoft Entertainment group (helped launch Xbox), founded Wizkids that created the category of collectible miniature games, and many others. His current company, Smith and Tinker is working on "reinventing play for the connected generation." From an interview:"I went thro... Eide Neurolearning Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2616764 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:01:00 +0100 2616764 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2598302&cid=t_103667_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2Fs14z6PxZR-M%2F …Than Sitting and Watching TV. Really! Add one to the Duh Study File: According to researchers in Oklahoma, children burn triple the number of calories if they’re playing a video game that requires moving about - such as some of the Nintendo Wii system games, than they do while sitting still and watching television. These findings were published in the August issue of the medical journal Pediatrics. While playing the games aren’t the same as getting outside and getting some good activity going, such as bike riding or playing tag, they may have their place in situations where children may not be able to go outside, such as when the weather is bad. That being said though - the games must be active and likely shouldn’t be used as a replacement for real exercise. ~~~~ I... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2598302 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:00:10 +0100 2598302 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2576778&cid=t_103667_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fa-better-analogy-to-describe-an-ms-symptom%2F In the first few months of blogging on Life with MS, I made an analogy between baseball and multiple sclerosis.  I was new to blogging and, well, it probably wasn’t my best work… The other day, however, baseball and multiple sclerosis made their way into my head once again and this time…it makes perfect sense! First, let it be said that baseball is the greatest invention/sport/game/call-it-what-you-will in the history of mankind (ok, save for the printing press).  Now that we have that out of the way, I’ll explain. An early summer’s evening and I’m out in the back garden doing whatever one does on such evenings: flipping chicken on the barbecue, watering the plants, picking peas, brushing the dogs; doesn’t matter.  I’m likely to have the l... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2576778 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:20:00 +0100 2576778 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2561335&cid=t_103667_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F07%2F01%2Fdads-daughters-and-body-image%2F We’ve already talked about how moms and daughters can help boost each other’s body image. However, moms aren’t the only influential ones. Dads, too, play a pivotal role in shaping their daughter’s body image. And parents today have a lot to contend with; our society isn’t getting any easier on girls (or boys). It’s tough enough on full-grown women to navigate the treacherous world of women’s magazines, double-zero clothing and weight-loss ads. Add to that peer teasing and cyberbullying, and it’s understandable why some dads are voicing their concern. Paul Nyhan in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer described his fears of raising his daughter in our appearance-conscious society: “Girls as young as 7 are now treated for anorexia, more than 40 percent of girls in first, second a... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2561335 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:59:39 +0100 2561335 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2523626&cid=t_103667_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F06%2Feven-more-bright-diabetes-ideas-a-little-help-from-your-friends.html As you know, I’ve been trolling through the copious creative designs we received in this year’s DiabetesMine Design Challenge, and today I’d like to take a moment to highlight those focusing on mentoring or community-based games to teach people about improving their diabetes management. This issue is near and dear to my heart, ’cause that’s what [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2523626 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:00:52 +0100 2523626 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2473257&cid=t_103667_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fjunior-hospital-doctors-are-incompetent.html Junior hospital doctorThose GPs who wake up in the morning listening to the Today programme on Radio 4 are used to the medical stories that always start, or contain, some criticism of GPs. We don’t know this, we don’t know that, we need more training, we are overpaid, we are lazy and so on. It is deeply depressing and saps morale.The medical story this morning was different. It was precise and to the point. British junior hospital doctors are incompetent, inexperienced, negligent fools who are allowing patients to die of acute renal failure, an illness that is eminently treatable if only it is promptly diagnosed. “It can be diagnosed at the bedside with a simple blood test” suggested the egregious twat of an academic who was clearly enjoying his two minutes of perceived fame on the... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2473257 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:51:00 +0100 2473257 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2458369&cid=t_103667_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2009%2F06%2F05%2Fproject-natal-in-medical-simulations%2F I’ve recently heard about Project Natal: Introducing Project Natal, a revolutionary new way to play: no controller required.  See a ball? Kick it, hit it, trap it or catch it.  If you know how to move your hands, shake your hips or speak you and your friends can jump into the fun — the only experience needed is life experience. Can you imagine the same system in medical simulations? I can. You set up a learning environment at your home, and simulate laparoscopic procedures. Or you study a medical specialty and try to memorize the answers through using Quiz.md and your voice. Unlimited opportunities in interactive learning… (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2458369 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:27:10 +0100 2458369 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441457&cid=t_103667_99_f&fid=35344&url=http%3A%2F%2Fzackarysholemberger.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fsuper-jewish-historical-prediction-game.html I. circa 1980Cathy Conservative: Women can be rabbis!Joe Modern Orthodox: Pshaw!II. 2009Joe Modern Orthodox: Women can...umm...kinda be rabbis!III. 2025Joe M.O.: ___________ (fill in the blank) (Source: Zackary Sholem Berger) Zackary Sholem Berger blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441457 Thu, 21 May 2009 17:14:00 +0100 2441457 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2424206&cid=t_103667_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F05%2F19%2Favatar-customization-increases-feelings-of-presence%2F Although it may be pretty obvious that allowing a user to customize their avatar would lead them to enjoy whatever service they’re using, new research confirms this conventional wisdom for children as well. (An avatar is simply a graphical representation of a person in a virtual or other online environment.) In a small study of 30 children ages 10 to 12, researchers found evidence to support their hypothesis that avatar customization (as opposed to being assigned an avatar, or choosing from a stock set of avatars) can affect both subjective feelings of presence and physiological indicators of emotions during their time playing a game: For game producers and sponsors, this means that creating more customizable games may make the experience more sympathetically arousing, which may in ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2424206 Tue, 19 May 2009 10:27:10 +0100 2424206 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2415553&cid=t_103667_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FKagBc3V3o3w%2F This is a press release that went through the wire earlier today. If you are interested, in attending the conference, you can learn more and register Here Note that below you can find 5 out of the 12 sessions - we will announce the full track tomorrow. To get a 15% off registration fees, you can use discount code: sharp09, when you register. --- The Games for Health Project, organizers of the 5th Annual Games for Health Conference, today announced its first Cognitive Health Track powered by SharpBrains, a leading market research company focused on the brain fitness and the cognitive health market. The Cognitive Health track builds upon previous year's sampling of sessions looking at cognitive health and fitness, expanding to a full two-day track at The Games for Health Conference, June 11-... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2415553 Tue, 19 May 2009 00:43:46 +0100 2415553 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414883&cid=t_103667_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F05%2F15%2F10-more-stress-busters%2F Awhile back I shared with you 10 of my stress busters. But lately I’ve needed 20. So here are 10 more. 1. Avoid stimulants and sugar. Here’s the catch-22: the more stressed you get, the more you crave coffee and doughnuts, pizza and Coke. But the more coffee, Coke, doughnuts, and pizza in your system, the more stressed you get. It’s not your imagination. When you are stressed and have low levels of serotonin, your brain produces cravings for sugar and simple carbohydrates, which primes the beta-endorphin system to want more and more. The same with caffeine. It’s a powerful drug that affects a number of neurochemicals in your brain, which means it produces withdrawal symptoms that can make you very very very very irritable. 2. Compare and despair. The last thing you ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414883 Fri, 15 May 2009 18:00:27 +0100 2414883 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405064&cid=t_103667_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fbreastfeeding123%2Fmy-mothers-day%2F Way back when I was dealing with infertility, it was far from clear that I would ever become a mother. I finally had my baby girl, and celebrated my first Mother’s Day just one month later. To commemorate that special day, my husband gave me a ring with three stones in it. He said one stone was for me, one for him, and one for the new baby. After my second daughter arrived, the stones came to symbolize me and my two girls. Now, seven years later, there is a stone for each of my three girls. Today, as my family worked to make my day special, I spent the time thinking how very blessed I am. You might recall that all I wanted for Mother’s Day was a hot bath and time to read a book. I indeed got that (and “breakfast in bath”)! I also received a new Blackberry gadget tha... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405064 Sun, 10 May 2009 22:36:26 +0100 2405064 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2367527&cid=t_103667_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F04%2F25%2F90210%25e2%2580%2599s-portrayal-of-bipolar-disorder%2F Whenever TV and movies portray a person with mental illness, it’s usually a “crazy schizophrenic,” an ax-wielding sociopath, a violent, drug-addicted mental patient or an insane asylum escapee — or a combo of all four. Either way, that person is almost always hopeless, dangerous and deranged. When the news media tries to tackle mental illness, it’s typically after a horrific tragedy has occurred. A writer for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Daily Cardinal explains: “The script usually goes as follows: tragic event occurs, media pounces, the feeding frenzy begins, the public is inundated with endless graphic and heart-wrenching details, pundits and analysts play the blame game until the next media firestorm occurs.” Stigma in mainstream media is nothing new, and ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2367527 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:32:46 +0100 2367527 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349534&cid=t_103667_136_f&fid=36070&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnetwork.nature.com%2Fpeople%2Fbasanta%2Fblog%2F2009%2F04%2F14%2Fgame-theory-and-iran Although I use this blog mostly to discuss cancer and evolution (thus the name of the blog) and the role of mathematical tools to study those, some times other topics manage to squeeze in. More often than not , for a reason. This time is not coffee but game theory. The tool that some researchers use to study evolution (and more recently cancer!) started as a mathematical tool to study the politics of the cold war. Von Neumann himself was, for a while, an employee of the DoD affiliated RAND corporation. Back to those roots, NYU’s Bruce Bueno de Mesquita delivered this TED talk in which he explains GT and how it could be used to understand the future of Iran’s nuclear policy. For those of you who don’t know TED, these are a series of conferences on the topics of Technology,... Cancerevo: Evolution and cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349534 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:19:54 +0100 2349534 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2323410&cid=t_103667_131_f&fid=34994&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gnxp.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F04%2Ffrequency-dependence-cooperation.php Snowdrift game dynamics and facultative cheating in yeast:The origin of cooperation is a central challenge to our understanding of evolution...The fact that microbial interactions can be manipulated in ways that animal interactions cannot has led to a growing interest in microbial models of cooperation...and competition...For the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to grow on sucrose, the disaccharide must first be hydrolysed by the enzyme invertase...This hydrolysis reaction is performed outside the cytoplasm in the periplasmic space between the plasma membrane and the cell wall. Here we demonstrate that the vast majority (99 per cent) of the monosaccharides created by sucrose hydrolysis diffuse away before they can be imported into the cell, serving to make invertase production and se... Gene Expression blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2323410 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:56:00 +0100 2323410 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2210582&cid=t_103667_136_f&fid=36070&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnetwork.nature.com%2Fpeople%2Fbasanta%2Fblog%2F2009%2F02%2F23%2Fusing-game-theory-to-explain-invasive-phenotypes I do not normally talk about reports on my work on other journals. The reason I am making an exception today is that finally, there’s a report on work I am directly involved in a journal. Last week, the Journal of the National Cancer Institute published this article by Mike Martin in which (despite the slightly misleading title implying that we study invasive metablism) together with former colleagues in Dresden we use game theory to study the emergence of invasive types. The results have been reported in a couple of papers here and here. The idea is that game theory, a mathematical tool whose first use was to study sociological problems, can be used to study the evolutionary dynamics of populations made of individuals with different behaviours (phenotypes biologically or strategies ... Cancerevo: Evolution and cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2210582 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:45:29 +0100 2210582 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2160970&cid=t_103667_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Faspieweb%2F%7E3%2FGt_X8X29OFA%2F Many of you may remember Heather Kuzmich a finalist on the TV Show “America’s Next Top Model” who also has Aspergers Syndrome.  She has just went on to further her education - by enrolling in a video game design school. According to Rahul Sood’s blog Kuzmich is getting into gaming because “I frigging love games and [...] This is an excerpt from an article on AspieWeb.net, A blog writen by an Autistic Blogger. (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2160970 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:13:09 +0100 2160970 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2130134&cid=t_103667_125_f&fid=38161&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fdentalheroes%2F%7E3%2F520644760%2F Colgate Smiles Promotion Colgate is currently running a sweepstakes and instant win game to promote what they call “Colgate Smile”. Colgate Smile is essentially a website dedicated to sharing your smile photos and stories with others. It’s one big smile party(overdoing the cheese there). Colgate probably describes it much better than I: As a company that makes smile care products, we realize that the health and appearance of your smile is very important. We want you to live life to the fullest — to be healthy, confident and happy. So, we have gathered a gallery of smiles and smile stories to show off those significant moments in life – moments of celebration, triumph, passion, encouragement and delight. How to Enter Entering is actually pretty easy. To enter, you... Dental Heroes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2130134 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:34:35 +0100 2130134 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2125356&cid=t_103667_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2009%2F01%2F22%2Fplay-medical-school%2F I mean through a flash game. Just a short post to provide some fun… And if we talk about games, don’t miss the newest collection  of Online Nursing Degree Guide: 50 Great Learning Tools & Video Games for Nurses & Health Professionals        (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2125356 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:39:26 +0100 2125356 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2089937&cid=t_103667_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2009%2F01%2F08%2Fis-playing-tetris-the-answer-to-dealing-with-post-traumatic-stress-disorder%2F  A recent UK study has found that playing the computer based puzzle game Tetris soon after witnessing a traumatic event might just help erase memories of the events witnessed. In the study, forty participants between the ages of 18 and 47 were subjected to a 12 minute video that featured horrific images of physical injury and death. After watching the video, all the participants were then kept busy for the next half hour filling out forms. Then 20 of the participants were installed in front of computers screens and instructed to play Tetris for 10 minutes. The other 20 participants were left to sit quietly with nothing to do. The results: Those playing Tetris apparently reported less flashbacks to the images of injury and death they had witnessed in the video than those who had simply... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2089937 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:38:33 +0100 2089937 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2074839&cid=t_103667_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2Few-tDUOHHUY%2F var iamInit = function() {try{initIamServingHandler(420,277,377812,"http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/Resources/Css/css2.css")}catch(ex){}}() I’m always interested in athletes with diabetes, aren’t you? It seems that much more difficult to manage diabetes when you are always pushing your body to the limit. But many athletes, like Denver Broncos Quarterback Jay Cutler, manage just fine thank you very much. Cutler checks his blood up to six times each game (which generally lasts about three hours.) He was apparently diagnosed “last spring just before his 25th birthday” and keeps Gatorade on hand to raise his blood sugar if he drops too low. Or if he gets too high, he takes insulin. I applaud Jay Cutler for reminding us all that diabetes does not have to slow you down... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2074839 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:26:24 +0100 2074839 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2041253&cid=t_103667_105_f&fid=36987&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FIvorKovicMd%2F%7E3%2F485424597%2F This is a game for the iPhone for which I wanted to do a video review, but I see that others have already done it, so I will just embed their video. Here is a description of this game: Prepare to go micro! You are Dr. Awesome, the world’s most popular microsurgeon. A deadly strain of virus is attacking the population and you are tasked to defeat it before time runs out! You must perform microsurgery to isolate and eradicate the mutagens that have infected your friends, personalized from your contact list. Cut and trap the offending viruses with your accelerometer-guided micro scalpel, avoid disruptive virus counter attacks and collect various power-ups to succeed. You’ll need a need steady hand to be the best! So, the game doesn’t make any sense from a medical perspective. You a... Ivor Kovic, M.D. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2041253 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:43:26 +0100 2041253 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1980877&cid=t_103667_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2008%2F11%2F22%2Fmedhead-interactive-learning%2F We always argued playtime was more important than class time. So here is MedHead, an interactive card game designed for medical students. It’s a really good idea, but I would like to see something similar online as well. MedHead is a creative way to master otherwise complex medical information. The game is designed for medical students, physician assistant students, or those in nurse practitioner programs. Surprise your teacher and yourself as you learn the key terms and medical conditions in physical diagnosis.        (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1980877 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:00:53 +0100 1980877 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1943412&cid=t_103667_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FMtUQIPCiFdM%2F 11-year-old Jonathan Rios has been missing since around 11am Friday morning in Northeast Portland, Oregon Live reports: Police said Jonathan Rios and was last seen around 11:00 a.m. on the 7300 block of Northeast Siskiyou Street. Police said Jonathan was in the car with his foster father when they had an argument about a broken video game. Jonathan’s foster father left him in the car while picking up another child from school, and when he returned, Jonathan was gone, police said. Jonathan is autistic and is said to have a history of running away. Tags: asd, asperger, autism, autism blog, disabilities blog, disability, foster child, missing child, Portland, video gameShare This (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1943412 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:37:33 +0100 1943412 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1886497&cid=t_103667_151_f&fid=35823&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FAddictionInbox%2F%7E3%2F423877860%2Fguest-post-video-games-controversy.html This article gives first-hand accounts of people who are addicted themselves, or know someone who is addicted, to World of Warcraft (the most popular MMORPG). These testimonies expose the potentially harmful nature of online gaming and how it can interfere with real world obligations and relationships.Another aspect which was evident in these testimonies was the difficulty of quitting. Two of the gamers said that they had tried to quit playing, but eventually came back and got hooked on the game again. Withdrawal symptoms were also clearly present. One of the gamers claimed that playing the game was “all [he] thought about.”The most dangerous aspect of these games, though, may be how easily and quickly a gamers' tolerance can rise. These games are engineered so they become more time co... Addiction Inbox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1886497 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:45:00 +0100 1886497 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1834897&cid=t_103667_105_f&fid=36987&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FIvorKovicMd%2F%7E3%2F404690469%2F I purchased my iPhone about six months ago and it has in many ways changed my life for the better. This is especially true regarding my work as a medical doctor. I believe that iPhone is a perfect gadget and that it can improve any physician’s performance. That is way I decided to present some of many useful ways you can utilize iPhone in your practice. Access your Electronic Medical Record Life Record is a company which produces Life Record Electronic Medical Record (EMR) software. What is interesting about it is that you can access your records form an iPhone. You can also make updates and even write prescriptions. View medical images To view your radiology images remotely you can use the Mobile MIM iPhone Application. This application provides multi-planar reconstruction of da... Ivor Kovic, M.D. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1834897 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:00:03 +0100 1834897 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1833696&cid=t_103667_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F403898522%2F Playing the Blame Game -- Video games stand accused of causing obesity, violence, and lousy grades. But new research paints a surprisingly complicated and positive picture, reports Greater Good Magazine's Jeremy Adam Smith. Cheryl Olson had seen her teenage son play video games. But like many parents, she didn't know much about them. Then in 2004 the U.S. Department of Justice asked Olson and her husband, Lawrence Kutner, to run a federally funded study of how video games affect adolescents. Olson and Kutner are the co-founders and directors of the Harvard Medical School's Center for Mental Health and Media. Olson, a public health researcher, had studied the effects of media on behavior but had never examined video games, either in her research or in her personal life. And so the first thi... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1833696 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:05:04 +0100 1833696 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1833697&cid=t_103667_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F403024865%2F Computer game boosts maths scores (BBC): - "It also found improvements in pupils' concentration and behaviour." - "The study involved more than 600 pupils in 32 schools across Scotland using the Brain Training from Dr Kawashima game on the Nintendo DS every day." - "Researchers found that while all groups had improved their scores, the group using the game had improved by a further 50%." - "Less able children were found to be more likely to improve than the highest attainers and almost all pupils had an increased perception of their own ability." Comment:  fascinating results supporting the potential role for "Serious Games" in education. Now, please take the results with a grain of salt, since the study doesn't seem to have been published... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1833697 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:20:46 +0100 1833697 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1825436&cid=t_103667_125_f&fid=34820&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dentalblogs.com%2Farchives%2Fadministrator%2Fdentist-smiling-after-game-show-winnings%2F Carlsbad, CA dentist, Richard Allen of Avia Dental Care, is almost “smarter than a 5th grader,” but he is smart enough to have won $175K on the Fox game show (episode 304, September 19, 2008). See the episode online here. Allen plans to pay for his boys’ college education with the funds. Where did Allen acquire all his knowledge? He’s a 1980 graduate of University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco. (Source: dental blog for dentists about dentistry) dental blog for dentists about dentistry blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1825436 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:09:03 +0100 1825436 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1723772&cid=t_103667_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F08%2F22%2Fthe-situation-of-neuroeconomics-and-situationist-economics%2F In July, The Economist had a nice article on the burgeoning field of neuroeconomics, titled “Do Economists Need Brains.” We’ve excerpted a few chunks from that article below. * * * In the late 1990s a generation of academic economists had their eyes opened by Mr LeDoux’s and other accounts of how studies of the brain using recently developed techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed that different bits of the old grey matter are associated with different sorts of emotional and decision-making activity. The amygdalas are an example. Neuroscientists have shown that these almond-shaped clusters of neurons deep inside the medial temporal lobes play a key role in the formation of emotional responses such as fear. These new neuroeconomists saw that it might ... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1723772 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:48:33 +0100 1723772 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1675337&cid=t_103667_101_f&fid=36535&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbackboardsandbandaids.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F07%2Flet.html (This is completely made up)Paged to a rollover.Find male patient, 30ish yo, standing outside of the wreckage. Pt's only complaint is severe pain to the upperpart of the face, specifically, the eyes. Pt has large lac to (L) side of jaw. (L) eye is grossly swollen, lac to bottom part of eyelid, through and through. Unable to open (L) eye, subcutaneous emphysema noted around eye. (R) eye is blood shot, filled with debris (grass, dirt, glass). Nose is bloody, (-) for CSF. No neck pain, (-) for abnormalties, but c-collared to protect our rear end...I mean, mechanism of injury. Pt backboarded for aforementioned reason. No JVD or tracheal shift. Pt has no abnormalites noted to chest. Breath sounds clear, equal and present in all fields. Pt's heartones normal. Pt's abdomen is non-tender, no rebou... Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1675337 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:38:00 +0100 1675337 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1508241&cid=t_103667_117_f&fid=34612&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoctorweighsin.com%2Fjournal%2F2008%2F6%2F11%2Flife-is-not-fair.html This study provided the anatomical locations where decision-making takes place. But what about function? What makes these neurological circuits come to life and contribute to decision-making? Knowing how things happen is in a way even more important than knowing where they happen. We know, for instance, that neurons communicate with each other through chemicals called neurotransmitters. So it would be nice to identify the neurotransmitters involved in decision-making. Once we understand how things work, or which chemicals are involved, it allows us to intervene, to modulate and modify the process. This remained unknown until a publication in Science magazine this month shed light on the mystery. In a paper titled “Serotonin Modulates Behavioral Reactions to Unfairness” scientis... The Doctor Weighs In blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1508241 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:56:49 +0100 1508241 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1485054&cid=t_103667_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F06%2F01%2Fteam-interested-decision-making%2F From Science Daily, here’s a brief research summary regarding how, even in individualistic cultures, team goals often trump individual goals. * * * People act in their own best interests, according to traditional views of how and why we make the decisions that we do. However, psychologists at the Universities of Leicester and Exeter have recently found evidence that this assumption is not necessarily true. In fact the research, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, shows that most of us will act in the best interest of our team — often at our own expense. Psychologists carried out the first systematic tests of team reasoning theories by assessing two well known views of how people behave. Orthodox or classical game predicts that people will act for selfish reasons... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1485054 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:12:35 +0100 1485054 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1420488&cid=t_103667_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F284107843%2F What do TV, ultrasounds, insufficient vitamin D, air pollution, a mother having the flu while pregnant, mercury, have to do with each other? All have been named as possible causes of autism. TK Kenyon looks at the puzzling spectrum of research into the cause of autism, some of which he labels as “just plain stupid”—the theory by economist Michael Waldman that tv causes autismautism causes tv—while others are “brilliant”—a 2006 study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), about a genetic variant that disrupts the transcription of MET, a gene that is a tyrosine kinase receptor and that “participates in brain growth and maturation, immune function, and repair of the digestive system.” As Kenyon further not... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1420488 Mon, 05 May 2008 19:10:45 +0100 1420488 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1417846&cid=t_103667_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Fgame-brain.html Yep - another fine New York Times interview about neuro gymnastics:Boomers, Exercise Your Brains, or Else You’ll...Uh...By KATIE HAFNERPublished: May 3, 2008"The fear of a decaying brain has inspired a mini-industry of products from dietary supplements to computer games."[ ... Read the full article ... ] (Source: BrainBlog) BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1417846 Sat, 03 May 2008 01:59:00 +0100 1417846 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1367154&cid=t_103667_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F268131761%2F This study challenges the theory that depression and dementia are caused by another factor. It therefore adds weight to, but does not prove, the theory that depression is a risk factor for dementia. However, this study has shortcomings, and further research that is free of these should provide a clearer picture. Until more is known, depression sufferers should not be overly worried that they will develop dementia." Comment: I guess that last sentence offers good news...   aging brain, Alzheimers Association, Alzheimers Tests, baby boomers, Baycrest, Brain games, Brain Training, brain training game, Casual Games, Centre for Brain Fitness, cognitive ability, cognitive deficits, Cognitive tests, Depression and Alzheimers, executive skills, fit brains, High blood pressure, Humana, life... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1367154 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:37:51 +0100 1367154 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1365102&cid=t_103667_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F268131761%2F This study challenges the theory that depression and dementia are caused by another factor. It therefore adds weight to, but does not prove, the theory that depression is a risk factor for dementia. However, this study has shortcomings, and further research that is free of these should provide a clearer picture. Until more is known, depression sufferers should not be overly worried that they will develop dementia." Comment: I guess that last sentence offers good news...   aging brain, Alzheimers Association, Alzheimers Tests, baby boomers, Brain games, Brain Training, brain training game, Casual Games, cognitive ability, cognitive deficits, Cognitive tests, Depression and Alzheimers, executive skills, fit brains, High blood pressure, Humana, lifestyle, Medicaid, Medicare, memory cl... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1365102 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:31:36 +0100 1365102 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1277912&cid=t_103667_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2008%2F03%2F04%2Fbe-an-amateur-surgeon%2F At Over My Med Body, I came across this funny game. A perfect method to waste your time with… Pretty typical scenario for this real-life, accurate Flash game called Amateur Surgeon: Pizza delivery guy hits a homeless guy with his car, performs surgery on him using his Pizza Delivery Guy Tools, and homeless guy then teaches him how to perform other surgeries, as it turns out he used to be a doctor. Do you want to play more? Simulated Open Heart Surgery: Be a Surgeon! D.N.A. Flash Game for Scientific Geeks Find out how long you can expect to live! Virtual Hip Replacement: Be a Surgeon! Escape the Health Center: You have 5 minutes left… (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1277912 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:07:37 +0100 1277912 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1221342&cid=t_103667_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F232779905%2Ftriumph_over_trials_lessons_fr.html If profits turned their backs on you lately … or if you simply need a breath of inspiration … do read J-Mac’s amazing story in … The Game of My Life. He didn’t speak until 5 … he could not maintain eye contact … he sat alone in the corner of his special-needs classroom … and his body went rigid at the slightest touch. Then he took the courts for a Greece Athena Trojans basketball team win – the moment of a lifetime – because his brain connected to a dream he chased. This remarkable tale of challenge, triumph and leadership – in the face of severe autism - can transform the toughest times into true wins. If a boy with severe autism can command his varsity basketball team … and if his brain can respond with a win ... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1221342 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:00:42 +0100 1221342 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1199830&cid=t_103667_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F02%2F04%2Fthe-agony-of-defeat%2F As a New England fan, I watched in horror as our team couldn’t keep the Patriots’ quarterback Tom Brady defended during last night’s game, resulting in a fairly humiliating defeat in Super Bowl 42. Two touchdowns? Wow. Definitely cringe-worthy. The Patriots’ defense played very well, keeping pressure on the Giants and their quarterback, Eli Manning, throughout. But it just wasn’t enough without their powerhouse offense to back them up. The New York Giants, on the other hand, played a superior game, always keeping the pressure up, and driving down the field when they needed to. Their players made some outstanding, Super Bowl plays. Their defense was relentless. In the end, they wanted it more and deserved the win. Still, it brings us to an end of an amazing ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1199830 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:41:20 +0100 1199830 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1199997&cid=t_103667_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F228792834%2F Jim took advantage of it being Superbowl Sunday—-with, it seems, some large percentage of New Jersey residents at home in front of the TV set—-and took Charlie on an eight-mile bike ride. There was almost no traffic on the road they took and, at 56 degrees, it was a positively balmy third day of February. Charlie had at first said “no bike, no bike, no” at mention of going on a bike ride and then waited in the driveway as Jim got out the bikes. Charlie has only ridden his new bike once: It’s a mountain bike, with bigger wheels and a bigger frame than his old yellow one, and, for the first block, Charlie tip-toed down the street. He kept trying to pull up one leg and then the other onto the pedals and then kept ending up back on his toes, hands tight around the... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1199997 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:20:05 +0100 1199997 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1195856&cid=t_103667_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F02%2F01%2Fwatching-the-super-bowl-may-be-hazardous-to-your-health%2F Watching the Super Bowl on Sunday may cause your heart more stress than it can handle, according to new research published earlier this week in the New England Journal of Medicine. The researchers looked at cardiac, or heart, emergencies and heart attacks in Munich, Germany when Germany won the 2006 World Cup tournament. “The more important the game, the greater the risk,” said Dr. Ute Wilbert-Lampen, one of the study’s lead authors. “There is also a direct correlation between the tension in the game and the amount of stress one feels — and thus the strain on the heart.” The researchers looked at 4,279 heart cases that occurred in the greater Munich area during World Cup games that Germany was playing in. They then compared that period to similar perio... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1195856 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:27:03 +0100 1195856 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1179719&cid=t_103667_85_f&fid=36194&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftesstermulo.com%2F2008%2F01%2F27%2Fsome-announcements%2F To announce some new stuff: My game blog is up!  It’s a blog dedicated to my new journey as an online gaming newbie.  Currently, I’m playing Perfect World.  And my character’s name is Friamar.  Please do visit! Also, our barkada’s first mini-movie is up too!  I didn’t post it in youtube because it really is our first time to do it, so it’s a bit crappy.  But we had so much fun doing it! So, just visit Cyber Sabeerday, our barkada’s blog, to see the movie! (Source: Prudence and Madness) Prudence and Madness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1179719 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:09:40 +0100 1179719 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1179693&cid=t_103667_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2008%2F01%2F26%2Fmedical-training-in-second-life%2F If you follow Scienceroll closely, you know well how much I support the opportunities provided by Second Life, the virtual world, that can be an additional e-learning tool in medical education. I have two new reasons for that: America’s Army Training Missions: America’s Army is one of the most popular computer games in the world. An excertp from the official page: Mission: Provide the Army with highly motivated, disciplined, warrior spirit Health Care Specialists, 68W, who are National Registry EMT-B certified, possessing the additional necessary medical skills to sustain the force, survive the battlefield and accomplish the mission. When Army physicians aren’t available, the 68W is authorized to step in to provide basic and emergency medical treatment to injured or wou... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1179693 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:09:53 +0100 1179693 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1162720&cid=t_103667_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F219450554%2F Did you read about the recent experiment where young chimps displayed amazing visual working memory capability, beating humans? - You can watch a short video here. - Lumos Labs has released a very fun game to test your own skills: try out this Chimp Game!   Also, some very good recent news articles: 1) Is it worth going to the mind gym? (New Scientist). This is one of the best articles we have read in a while (unfortunately requires subscription). - "Birdwatching is the brainchild of San Francisco-based Lumos Labs, just one of the dozens of companies that have sprung up in recent months to cash in on the "brain-training" craze. Like most of its competitors, the theory behind ..." Comments: the article introduces readers to much of the research and scientists we disc... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1162720 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:26:55 +0100 1162720 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1152562&cid=t_103667_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F217229324%2F Yes it’s for the exercise and with the hope of Charlie picking up some new skills of catching and throwing and shooting: These are all reasons why we signed Charlie up for Special Olympics basketball. But it’s also for the reason that Gemma Gallagher states on watching her 14-year-old son, David, playing basketball with the University of Albany women’s basketball team: “Often while watching David, I can see that he wants to be a part of something, but doesn’t have the ability to relate mutually with others…….In reality autism interferes with having real friendships. We’ve just been watching and enjoying today so much. Just seeing him smile makes this a good day.” Charlie did not walk up to any kids last Wednesday and say “hi&#... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1152562 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:30:59 +0100 1152562 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1152545&cid=t_103667_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2008%2F01%2F15%2Fvideo-game-surgeons%2F In a small study, they compared surgeons who played video games at least 3 hours a week to those who have never played. In their experiment, video gamers made 37% fewer errors and worked 27% faster. The video was made by Sciencentral. I’ve already subscribed to their Youtube feed. I encourage you to do the same. Anyway, I hope I’ll have time to see some results from similar experiments during the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality conference in the last days of January. Further reading: The International Virtual Association of Surgeons: Conference in Second Life! Virtual Hip Replacement: Be a Surgeon! Simulated Open Heart Surgery: Be a Surgeon! (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1152545 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:28:11 +0100 1152545 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1136826&cid=t_103667_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F01%2F08%2Fthe-psychology-of-deal-or-no-deal%2F The results of psychological research surround us every day, but few of us are aware of them. Psychology is interested in the study, observation and explanations for individual human behavior. It’s not about studying mice in labs anymore (although that’s still done, mostly in undergraduate psychology classes) so much as it is about studying real people in pseudo-real situations to better understand how and why people act, think or feel in the ways that they do. Sometimes that research results in unintended offspring, such as the U.S. television show, Deal or No Deal. Hosted by Canadian comedian and actor Howie Mandel, the show revolves around a single contestant who has to make a simple risk aversion choice — choose to keep an unknown amount of money the contestant hold... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1136826 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:58:00 +0100 1136826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1127376&cid=t_103667_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F210406405%2F It never rains but it pours: At 1 pm I’m talking about the need for more afterschool programs for autistic kids; by 5pm, Charlie’s been invited to two basketball programs, one soccer program, and bowling, and I’ve found about a new special needs Tae Kwon Do class near to where we live. Charlie has bowled at least two times and really enjoyed it: I guess you could call “bowling together” a (rather literal) variation on “parallel play”. He is strong enough to pick up his own ball and, I suspect, liked sticking his fingers into the holes (and he was not perturbed by wearing banged up bowling shoes). Any other “ball” sport has been a bit of an exercise in rather vain running back and forth across a field, court, etc., full of a chaotic tu... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1127376 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:41:43 +0100 1127376 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1123736&cid=t_103667_85_f&fid=36194&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftesstermulo.com%2F2008%2F01%2F01%2Fstart-the-year-with-some-blast-from-the-past-questions%2F Last December 29, my barkada and I had our post-Christmas party with the punk rock 80’s theme.  Er, supposedly it’s punk rock 80’s but nobody really followed the theme (hmph).  Most people are dressed in 80’s style, but not specifically punk rock 80’s.  But, oh well, what to do?  These are stubborn adults.  Haha. I was one of those planned the games and I thought of having a trivia contest.  However, I found it hard to be writing only about the 80’s (’coz, you know, I was still young then, so I don’t remember much ).  What was supposedly an 80’s trivia contest just turned out to be a general TV and movie trivia contest, from the 80’s onwards. I’m posting the questions here and I hope you’ll have fun answering. ... Prudence and Madness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1123736 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 09:20:53 +0100 1123736 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1113407&cid=t_103667_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2007%2F12%2F22%2F10-tips-christmas-gifts-for-science-geeks%2F Just 2 days to go before Christmas, so here is a list of possible ideas and gifts that a real science geek should buy or should get… Order Your DNA Portrait! Organ T-shirt… Genome Analysis? A special mousepad or a DNA necklace? A Brain Bag? A necklace with molecules? Internal Organs? Damien Hirst’s Diamond Skull A geek T-shirt? What are your tips? A couple of more ideas: Xmas pressie list from Genetics and Health! Nine Christmas Gifts for the Hypochondriac in Your Life. (Healthbolt) Christmas gifts! for the creative, picky, or perverse (Bioephemera) Top 10 Anatomy Related Gifts to Give this Holiday Season (Street Anatomy) (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1113407 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:53:30 +0100 1113407 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1111957&cid=t_103667_85_f&fid=36194&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftesstermulo.com%2F2007%2F12%2F21%2Fplaying-fairy-godmother-tycoon%2F And so, after lemonade business, sim cities, theme park, hospital, and even cruise ship tycoon games, the tycoon game series have come to the fairy-godmother-creating-sensation. Believe me, the first time I came across this game at Yahoo! games, I was like, “WTF?!?! Now we create fairy godmothers too?!” Actually, the title of the game is a bit misleading. In this game, you don’t create fairy godmothers. Instead, you try to resuscitate Fairy Godmother’s dying Potions Empire due to lots of competitors trying to boot her out of the business. Maybe it should have been named Professor Snape’s Potions Tycoon game. It’s the usual tycoon game: you apply the laws of supply and demand and try to balance all factors to attain the goals of each level, like earning ... Prudence and Madness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1111957 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:14:24 +0100 1111957 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1100250&cid=t_103667_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2F201809509%2F I have already shared this with my A Hearty Life readers so I have to let y’all in on my big ol’ secret as well! This is not groundbreaking research but I am so happy I want to scream it from the mountain tops (we live right next to the Chesapeake Bay so no mountains in sight). I wrote about the Nintendo Wii being used as therapy for recovering stroke, physical fitness and cardiac patients last week, and shared my strong want for one of these fabulous little game players. Well, guess what? My brother in law found one today at normal price and offered it up! So yup I am going to get myself in my caravanarama with cash in hand and travel southwest to his house and pick it up.Oh boy, I am so excited. I can’t play with it until after the kids pull it out from under the tree o... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1100250 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:56:43 +0100 1100250 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1100232&cid=t_103667_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F201806263%2F I have a very exciting update to share with you! This is not groundbreaking research but I am so happy I just have to share. I wrote about the Nintendo Wii being used as therapy for recovering stroke and cardiac patients last week, and shared my strong want for one of these fabulous little game players. Well, guess what? My brother in law found one today at normal price and offered it up! So yup I am going to get myself in my caravanarama with cash in hand and travel southwest to his house and pick it up. Oh boy, I am so excited. I can’t play with it until after the kids pull it out from under the tree on Christmas morning. Who will be more excited- my hubby, the girls or me?? I will fill you in on my Wii fitness progress! Share This (Source: A Hearty Life) A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1100232 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:48:01 +0100 1100232 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1097927&cid=t_103667_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F201286604%2F Just came across this very stimulating and fun Traveler IQ interactive game...enjoy!   Link: Traveler IQ Challenge Note: at the bottom of the page you can select a variety of challenges (flags of the world, UNESCO sites, North America...) My favourite: Photos of the World. adult brain teaser, brain game, brain teaser, fun, mind game, stimulating, traveler IQ addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sharpbrains.com%2Fblog%2F2007%2F12%2F16%2Ftraveler-iq-brain-teaser%2F'; addthis_title = 'Traveler+IQ+Brain+Teaser'; addthis_pub = 'sharpbrains'; (Source: SharpBrains) SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1097927 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:18:12 +0100 1097927 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1093042&cid=t_103667_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F12%2Fgame-brain_13.html From sfgate.com and The San Francisco Chronicle, continued penetration of pop neuropsychology into everyday life:'Brain gym' may exorcise Boomers' fears about agingHeidi Benson, Chronicle Staff WriterThursday, December 13, 2007Marathon-happy Baby Boomers, those 78 million Americans born from 1946 to '64, were the first generation to make a religion of physical fitness. Now, they are investing time and money to maintain what's above their six-pack abs and rippling biceps: their brains. "People are living longer, and they want their brains to keep up with their bodies," said Lisa Schoonerman, who is on top of the trend. She and her life partner, Jan Zivic, have opened a "brain gym," called vibrantBrains, on Sacramento Street in San Francisco. "Studies show that regular mental workouts are WD... BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1093042 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:45:00 +0100 1093042 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1079747&cid=t_103667_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2007%2F12%2F07%2Fescape-the-health-center-you-have-5-minutes-left%2F Imagination and adventure on Friday. In this flash game, you have 5 minutes to escape the health center, probably as a psychiatric patient. Have fun! What happens if you fail? (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1079747 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 22:08:51 +0100 1079747 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1058334&cid=t_103667_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2007%2F11%2F29%2Fvirtual-hip-replacement-be-a-surgeon%2F Of course, there is always a medical game you can waste time with. This time, you can become a surgeon and actively take part in a hip replacement surgery. You’ll get instructions regarding the pre-operative and post-operative tasks as well. Enjoy it! Do you want to play more? Simulated Open Heart Surgery: Be a Surgeon! D.N.A. Flash Game for Scientific Geeks Find out how long you can expect to live! Game: Who are on the picture? Do you want a DNA necktie or a James Watson Bobblehead? (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1058334 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:39:45 +0100 1058334 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1044043&cid=t_103667_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2007%2F11%2F21%2Fdna-flash-game-for-scientific-geeks%2F An other game for scientific geeks to waste time with. Here are the instructions: If you left click on two different colored proteins, you create a cell. If you chain 10 proteins together, you burst a cell. If you burst cells, you fill your colored quotas. And filling your quotas grows your experiment. Do you want to play more? Simulated Open Heart Surgery: Be a Surgeon! Find out how long you can expect to live! Game: Who are on the picture? Do you want a DNA necktie or a James Watson Bobblehead? (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1044043 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:42:45 +0100 1044043 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1031329&cid=t_103667_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F185601919%2F Here you have a collection of recent news coverage on brain heath, fitness and training topics: 1- Great Memory Special in National Geographic, including - Interactive 3D map of the brain - Memory Game 2- Fascinating What the Beatles Gave Science, by Sharon Begley at Newsweek - "Even in novices, meditation leaves its mark. An eight-week course in compassion meditation, in which volunteers focus on the wish that all beings be free from suffering, shifted brain activity from the right prefrontal cortex to the left, a pattern associated with a greater sense of well-being." 3- One of the best editions of Scientific American Mind - Solving the IQ Puzzle "The 20th century saw the Flynn effect: massive gains in IQ from one generation to another. Now Flynn explains why" -... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1031329 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:50:24 +0100 1031329 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1018428&cid=t_103667_85_f&fid=36194&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftesstermulo.com%2F2007%2F11%2F09%2Fa-ball-game-in-the-palace%2F A joke I received via SMS: During a cabinet meeting: GMA:  Kung sino ang tamaan ng bolang ito ay siyang magreresign. (Initsa ang bola.  Tumalbog pabalik sa kanya.) GMA:  O, practice lang ‘yun!  Ulit!  Ulit! I’m neither pro-Arroyo or anti-Arroyo, but this little joke about the President sure made ma laugh almost all night last night and everytime I read it in my phone’s inbox. However, I kept wondering who she maybe trying to hit with the ball? Who would you want it to be?  :-)  Come on, don’t be shy… (Source: Prudence and Madness) Prudence and Madness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1018428 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:42:01 +0100 1018428 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=983928&cid=t_103667_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2007%2F10%2F27%2Fvirtual-labs-of-cardiology-neurophysiology-and-many-more%2F That’s why I’m an admirer of Stumble Upon. I’ve recently come across the Virtual Labs of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. An other great example for education. They feature: The Transgenic Fly Virtual Lab The Bacterial Identification Lab The Cardiology Lab The Neurophysiology Lab (I’m sure Moheb will like this one.) The Immunology Lab Of course, I started with the Cardiology Lab: The focus of this lab is on heritable diseases of the heart. You are cast here as a virtual intern to accompany a doctor examining three different patients. Each patient is examined using more than one diagnostic tool, and at each stage, the doctor will invite you to examine the patient yourself and ask for your opinion. I find the quizzes extremely helpful. Check it out! (Source: S... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=983928 Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:42:59 +0100 983928 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=970097&cid=t_103667_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2007%2F10%2F22%2Fsimulated-open-heart-surgery-be-a-surgeon%2F Here is an other game with which you can waste some time and learn interesting facts about an open heart surgery. First choose your grade and study the anatomy of the heart or let’s get into the operation. But don’t forget to monitor the patient’s blood and brain function. It’s very realistic anyway. If you make a mistake, you should get a lawyer: (Via A Hearty Life) More funny posts: Find out how long you can expect to live! How not to use Powerpoint: Laugh with me! Daily Lol: This man must have a lot of friends Game: Who are on the picture? Do you want a DNA necktie or a James Watson Bobblehead? Medical fun again (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=970097 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:40:49 +0100 970097 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=966971&cid=t_103667_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F172962733%2F Oh my goodness. I found the coolest simulated open heart surgery “game”. It is very elementary on an anatomical level and has 3 different levels you can choose from. At the surgeon level, that would be mid-grade, I was successful. At the specialist level… not so much! In fact they advised me to “call my lawyer”. Haha. While it is only a depiction of what open heart surgery really consists of, it is fairly accurate. I have scrubbed open heart before and the simulation follows the same basic steps just without the complications, risks and unforeseen circumstances of real surgery. Give it a try and let me know how you do. You know you want to! Share This (Source: A Hearty Life) A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=966971 Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:00:38 +0100 966971 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=941976&cid=t_103667_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F168099798%2Fone_eyed_golf_brainiac.html Fix on the flag with your dominant eye – and watch the ball fly straight to the pin. That’s how the one-eyed-golf-brainiac does it anyway. Are you one? If not ... try this competitive edge golfer technique.  You'll likeley win your next match, and become the next one-eyed brainiac golfer all in the same round.  How so? 1. First ... point directly to the flag while you stand on the first tee. 2. Then ... with your pointer finger still targeted … cover your right eye. Open your eyes. Is your finger still pointing directly to the flag?3. Now ... cover your left eye, without moving your pointer finger. Is the flag direction still in line perfectly with your finger's pointed direction? 4. Finally ... whichever finger is still di... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=941976 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:38:02 +0100 941976 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=941854&cid=t_103667_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2007%2F10%2F10%2Ffind-out-how-long-you-can-expect-to-live%2F We always find some games and tests with which we can waste some time, but at least, this one seems to be interesting. Let’s find out how long you can expect to live based on some questions related to your health (smoking status, body-mass index, sport, diet, drinking etc.). We developed the Longevity Game to give you a peek into your future by identifying the factors that can lead to a healthier, more productive life. At Northwestern Mutual, we know a thing or two about longevity because we’ve been tracking statistics that impact life since 1857. And that wealth of knowledge helped us shape the Longevity Game. Through the game, we hope to give you insight into your daily lifestyle—plus tips on how you can make some positive changes. It’s funny and after answering all the q... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=941854 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:48:16 +0100 941854 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512981&cid=t_103667_140_f&fid=36503&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAzureone%2F%7E3%2FiqtO49RcKm4%2Fbipolar-fun-con.html It makes perfect sense. Bipolar disorder is an illness of variations, therefore the entertainment this week is from two variations on the con game. The first con exploits bipolar disorder in an attempt to trick the court system into handing down a ‘get out of jail free card.’ The second con uses caring words and ridiculous ‘celebrations’ to maintain the status quo thereby securing benefactor roles for two organizations. Bipolar disorder is once again at play this week. This time it is a pawn in simple and elaborate con games. Let’s begin with a master con artist, Sharon Blevins. Blevins, the would-be ‘poster child for bipolar disorder,’ seems an unlikely choice for a poster child. As, Mike Willis, the team leader of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service describes, “She [Blevin... azureone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512981 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:54:00 +0100 2512981 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=847396&cid=t_103667_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2F153220706%2F Okay, here is a little personal reflection if you will. I want some chocolate like it is going out of style. I am so darn hungry for some “junk” right now. My hubby and I are sitting here watching the first game of the NFL season and all I can think is, “chocolate cheesecake”. Thank goodness we have nothing like that in the house at the moment or I would be in trouble. Don’t you have self control you ask? Yes, I had self control 2 days ago when everyone at work ordered treats from a local baker and gulped down sugary, sweet and yummy Starbucks beverages on the house. And I had all the control in the world last night at a training session for work when there was candy, cookies, scones, cakes and cheesecake (and y’all know what cheesecake does to me) with ... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=847396 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:05:35 +0100 847396 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=847512&cid=t_103667_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F153177471%2Ftry_scientifically_proven_mind.html If you feel creative … try the MindFit test. Better still … put your supervisor to the test. Then, rather than spend breaks bored with small talk – which does little for your brain or your business … why not get colleagues in on this newly proven brain game.That’s right … news is just out … that MindFit’s endorsed by Baroness Greenfield … a top neuroscientist who directs the Royal Institution. Why are brain experts behind this one? Telegraph.co.uk today reported that MindFit’s scientifically proven to improve the brain functioning – especially of the over 50s.The two-year clinical trial assigned 121 volunteers, aged 50 years and over, to use either MindFit or a variety of popular computer games.MindFit users experience... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=847512 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:35:50 +0100 847512 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=816835&cid=t_103667_107_f&fid=36045&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbayblab.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fvirtual-epidemiology.html The PS3 Folding at Home project harnesses the distributed processing power of idle playstations to use computational methods to understand protein folding, misfolding and related diseases. (The project isn't limited to the playstation - anybody with a PC and an internet connection can donate spare processor cycles). Now scientists are considering using World of Warcraft (WoW) to model infectious diseases. They think the natural interactions of a massively multiplayer online game (MMORPG) community (including travel and social interaction) can be harnessed to test hypotheses about disease spread. How well teleporting from Teldrassil to Durotar mimics an airline flight from New York to Toronto remains to be seen, but it's an interesting idea. A couple of years ago a virtual plague swept thro... Bayblab blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=816835 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:53:00 +0100 816835 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=693221&cid=t_103667_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fgame-theory.html From the Scientific American website:May 20, 2007 The Traveler's Dilemma When playing this simple game, people consistently reject the rational choice. In fact, by acting illogically, they end up reaping a larger reward--an outcome that demands a new kind of for­mal reasoning By Kaushik Basu Lucy and Pete, returning from a remote Pacific island, find that the airline has damaged the identical antiques that each had purchased. An airline manager says that he is happy to compensate them but is handicapped by being clueless about the value of these strange objects. Simply asking the travelers for the price is hopeless, he figures, for they will inflate it. Instead he devises a more complicated scheme. He asks each of them to write down the price of the antique as any dollar integer betw... BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=693221 Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:46:00 +0100 693221 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=651157&cid=t_103667_122_f&fid=35065&url=http%3A%2F%2Feideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fvisual-crowding-is-real-phenomenon-that.html In this study, the training period consisted of just 30 hours (hey, summer vacation is coming)...maximum 2 hours per day, minimum 5 hours per week, maximum 8 hours per week.Have a great weekend - see you next Monday on the blog!Action Games Increase Spatial Resolution pdfEide NL Blog: Video Games Training BrainUnreal TournamentEide NL Blog: Visual Crowding for Faces and Words - Implications for Autism and DyslexiaTechnorati tags: visual processing, dyslexia, autism, video game training, brain, rehabilitation, science, readingEide Neurolearning Blog (Source: Eide Neurolearning Blog) Eide Neurolearning Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=651157 Thu, 31 May 2007 07:01:00 +0100 651157 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=650898&cid=t_103667_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F05%2F31%2Fvideo-game-for-teens-diagnosed-with-cancer%2F Filed under: Teen Cancers, Video games, Products, ServicesCigna Corp. is offering a free video game for teens called Re-Mission. The video game lets teens and young adults blast cancer while learning how to improve the odds of beating the disease. The creator of the game is Hopelab, a non-profit organization seeking to improve the health of young people with a mix of good science and fun technology. Re-Mission is a teen-rated shooting game featuring a nanobot named Roxxi who roams inside the bodies of fictional cancer patients, destroying cancer cells, battling bacteria infections and managing side effects associated with cancer and cancer treatments. Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments (Source: The Cancer Blog) The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=650898 Thu, 31 May 2007 04:00:00 +0100 650898 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=603451&cid=t_103667_136_f&fid=35332&url=http%3A%2F%2Fyouainthearditfromme-rice.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Falyssa-superstar.html A is quite the little athlete. She plays softball on a team that is coached by her father, Keith. They won their first game tonight, as reported by proud mom, Christine. A got a hit with two outs, driving in two runs. She also scored the winning run. I remember her mom holding her in the dining room when she was just born. It is hard to believe she is running around playing softball. She also met Julie Andrews and interviewed her for a newspaper column. Smart, pretty and athletic. Watch out boys! (Source: You Aint Heard It From Me) You Aint Heard It From Me blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=603451 Fri, 11 May 2007 00:56:00 +0100 603451 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=522844&cid=t_103667_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F04%2F05%2Fnuggets-coach-misses-lakers-game-cares-for-son%2F Filed under: Prostate Cancer, Thyroid Cancer, Daily news, SportsDenver Nuggets coach George Karl missed his team's match-up against the Lakers Tuesday night so he could spend some quality time with his son, Coby, who had surgery for the removal of cancerous lymph nodes on Monday.Coby Karl, 23, spent seven hours in surgery. It was his second surgery in 13 months -- he had his thyroid removed last year after he was diagnosed with a treatable form of cancer called papillary carcinoma. Chemotherapy followed the first surgery to kill off any remaining cancer cells.All reports indicate both Karls are doing fine and Coach Karl, who has been surviving prostate cancer since 2005, was back to his coaching duties last night. His team took on the Sacramento Kings -- and won. Coby Karl is taking it eas... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=522844 Thu, 05 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 522844 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=513809&cid=t_103667_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F03%2F31%2Fread-this-what-you-dont-know-can-kill-you%2F Filed under: Prevention, All Cancers, BooksWOW, what a book -- a perfect guide for those just embarking on a medical journey and a valuable resource for people like me -- already surviving a major illness -- who wish to better manage their health care for all of time.Author Laura Nathanson, MD, wrote What You Don't Know Can Kill You: A Physician's Radical Guide to Conquering the Obstacles to Excellent Medical Care in honor of the husband she lost after a series of misdiagnoses and for everyone wishing to prevent such tragedy in their own lives.Nathanson offers readers techniques for identifying signs of misdiagnosis and misleading analysis of symptoms. She shares tips for preventing medical miscommunication, keeping safe in the hospital, and choosing health care plans without falling into ... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=513809 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 513809 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=501620&cid=t_103667_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F03%2F26%2Fall-star-cinicinnati-reds-catcher-ed-bailey-dies-of-cancer%2F Filed under: Throat Cancer, Daily news, SportsAll-Star Cincinnati Reds catcher Ed Bailey -- famous in the 1950s -- died of throat cancer on Friday, six months after he was diagnosed with the disease. He was 75.Bailey, a five-time All-Star, started his baseball career with the Reds in 1953. He went on to hit 28 home runs for the team in 1956 and then went on to play for the Milwaukee Braves, the Chicago Cubs, and the California Angels. He played in his final game in 1966.Bailey is survived by his wife, Betty, and four sons, Jack, Jeff, Joe, and Jim Bailey of Knoxville.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments (Source: The Cancer Blog) The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=501620 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 501620 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=489979&cid=t_103667_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F03%2F21%2Fson-of-denver-nuggets-coach-battles-cancer%2F Filed under: Thyroid Cancer, Daily news, Sports, SurgeryBoise State basketball player Coby Karl, son of Denver Nuggets coach George Karl, had surgery 13 months ago to remove his thyroid after he was diagnosed with papillary carcinoma, a form of treatable cancer. And while Karl received chemotherapy to kill off any lingering cancer cells, he must undergo cancer surgery once again.Karl, who plans to play in the NABC All-Star game in Atlanta on March 31, will return to Boise on April 2 for surgery to remove cancerous lymph nodes.The lymph node cancer was identified in January, but Karl, 23, kept his condition private until his team lost to New Mexico State in the Western Athletic Conference tournament semifinals. This ended the Broncos' season. And now begins Karl's second go-round with cance... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=489979 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 489979 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=481867&cid=t_103667_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F03%2F19%2Fthought-for-the-day-some-berry-good-news%2F Filed under: All Cancers, Research, Cancer prevention foods, Daily news, Thought for the DayOf 1,500 foods tested in a University of Oslo study, blackberries were identified as nature's top cancer fighter. Blackberries apparently have the highest antioxidant content per serving of any food tested. And a compound found in fresh blackberries appears to stop the development of skin tumors and lung cancer cells.Think about this:This sweet and juicy fruit, available year-round but plentiful and perfectly potent in April and May, was promoted in a television commercial that aired during the recent Michigan-Ohio State football game. Ohio State University is a recipient of federal grants to study the health effects of blackberries, and the student who appeared in the TV ad plugged the school's res... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=481867 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 481867 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=478738&cid=t_103667_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F03%2F17%2Fa-clue-to-the-rise-in-type-1-diabetes%2F Filed under: Type 1, Childhood, Lifestyle, Research, Daily News, OpinionThousands of pre-school age children are being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes as new figures show a dramatic rise over the past 20 years. Between 1985 and 2004, the study conducted by Bristol University, has seen an increase in cases of type 1 diabetes in children under the age of 5 five times the previous average. Type 1 diabetes is an auto-immune disease in which the body fails to produce insulin or makes only a little. One of the theories leading to the rise in type 1 diabetes is due to infants being exposed to exorbitantly clean households. The researchers found that incidence in all children under 15 had doubled. But the incidence of type 1 diabetes in children under the age of five went from .2 cases per 1,000 to... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=478738 Sat, 17 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 478738