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 'germ'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:22:30 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028221&cid=t_156270_87_f&fid=39261&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvactruth.com%2F2011%2F07%2F12%2Fwhy-isnt-herd-immunity-working%2F Californians have a new law regarding vaccination of children: Effective July 1, 2011, all students in grades 7 through 12 will be required to get a booster DTP [Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (Whooping Cough)] due to outbreaks and increases for Pertussis in children. Something doesn’t make sense, I think. What’s happening to ‘herd immunity’ that supposedly is established—at least that’s the spin—through mandatory vaccination programs that have been in effect for years? First, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the vaccination rate of children entering kindergarten in the USA is over 90 percent. That means most kiddies at kindergarten age have been vaccinated for Pertussis. So why an outbreak in California? Is it that medical authorities c... vactruth.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028221 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:00:01 +0100 5028221 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4911574&cid=t_156270_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F06%2F07%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-june-7-2011%2F Life lessons come in unexpected packages. Take yesterday, for example. I was peering into my nightly stack of “I’m-going-to-eventually-get-to-these-books,” when I came across the yellow covered copy of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden. The only reason why I hadn’t finished yet, is that I did what I normally do when I’m infatuated with a book. I read it slowly as if each word were being analyzed with a microscope. I would ponder over an author’s choice of one word over another, for example or got lost in why a particular passage was so magical, so descriptively perfect. When I picked up where I left off, I was enchanted by the beginning of the last chapter, which started with this: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “[... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4911574 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:32:53 +0100 4911574 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4122024&cid=t_156270_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F10%2F31%2Fgirls-with-stage-i-ovarian-germ-cell-tumors-can-safely-skip-chemotherapy-until-recurrence%2F Researchers from Dana-Farber/Children’s Hospital Cancer Center found that as many as 50 percent of young girls treated for germ-cell ovarian tumors may be safely spared chemotherapy using a “watch and wait” strategy to determine whether follow-up treatment is needed. Researchers from Dana-Farber/Children’s Hospital Cancer Center (DF/CHCC) found that as many as 50 percent of young girls [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4122024 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:23:31 +0100 4122024 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4074464&cid=t_156270_155_f&fid=39055&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjulesberman.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F10%2Fgerm-cell-tumor-web-page-available.html The recent blog series on germ cell tumors has been packaged into a single web page available at:http://www.julesberman.info/factoids/germcell.htm- © 2010 Jules Berman key words: carcinogenesis, neoplasia, neoplasms, tumor development, tumour development, tumor biology, tumour biology, carcinogenesis (Source: Specified Life) Specified Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4074464 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:12:00 +0100 4074464 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4040802&cid=t_156270_155_f&fid=39055&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjulesberman.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F10%2Fgerm-cell-cancers-of-testes-conclusion.html This is the last entry on a series of blogs on germ cell cancers of the testes.I've added forward and backward links for each of the blogs in the series, so you can visit the first blog in the series and click forward or backward through the sequential entries.Basically, in this series, we showed, using the SEER public use data files, that there has been a large increase in the incidence of germ cell cancers of the testis in white non-Hispanic males since the first SEER observation year (1973) up to the most recent data year (2007).Along with the increase in seminomatous germ cell cancers was a lesser but parallel increase in the non-seminomatous germ cell cancers of the testis, when compared in birth cohort populations. The seminomatous and non-seminomatous germ cell cancers, though deriv... Specified Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4040802 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 20:38:00 +0100 4040802 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4036957&cid=t_156270_155_f&fid=39055&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjulesberman.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F10%2Fexplaining-rise-in-testicular-germ-cell.html In yesterday's blog we saw that the rise in testicular cancer rates in white males showed a parallel increase in seminomatous and non-seminomatous germ cell cancers among birth cohorts.What can explain this increase?There is one class of conditions that is overwhelmingly associated with the development of germ cell tumors of the testis: disorders of sex development of the testes.[1] Among the conditions within this general group are testicular dysgenesis, testicular feminization (insensitivity to androgens), and cryptorchidism. Disorders of sex development of the testis raise the incidence of intratubular germ cell neoplasia or of gonadoblastoma, both of which are testicular precancers. As you might expect, along with the observed increase in testicular germ cell cancers in white males, th... Specified Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4036957 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:31:00 +0100 4036957 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4036958&cid=t_156270_155_f&fid=39055&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjulesberman.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F10%2Fexplaining-germ-cell-cancer-rates.html In yesterday's blog we explained how the precancer of testicular germ cell tumors, intratubular germ cell neoplasia, gives rise to seminomas (differentiated germinomatous lineage) and non-seminomas (tumors of pluripotent progenitor cells that are not of germ cell lineage).In the first blog of this series on germ cell tumors , we noted that the increase in occurrences of seminomas has outpaced the occurrences of the nonseminomatous germ cell tumors. Here is a graph, produced from the SEER public use data sets, of the crude occurrences of seminoma and non-seminoma testicular germ cell tumors, in white males, since 1973.The light blue bars are the seminomas, and the maroon bars are the non-seminomatous germ cell tumors of the testes. Since 1973, the seminomas increased from a number much lowe... Specified Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4036958 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:47:00 +0100 4036958 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4013597&cid=t_156270_155_f&fid=39055&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjulesberman.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fnon-seminomatous-germ-cell-tumors.html In yesterday's blog, we examined the enormous increase in the incidence of seminomatous germ cell tumors occurring in white non-Hispanic males.There are two categories of germ cell tumors: seminomatous and non-seminomatous.The seminomatous tumors are tumors composed predominantly of a single cell type, the gonocyte. The non-neoplastic gonocyte would normally produce sperm cell in the testis. Seminomas are permitted to contain a few neoplastic trophoblasts, but otherwise, seminomas are composed of a population of large, round, monomorphic cells. The other type of germ cell tumors is the non-seminomatous tumors, and these tumors are composed of malignant cells resembling those of the pluripotent primitive embryonic (from the early embryo) or extra-embryonic (from the placenta) malignant cell... Specified Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4013597 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:00:00 +0100 4013597 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4003451&cid=t_156270_155_f&fid=39055&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjulesberman.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fgerm-cell-tumors-problems.html Germ cell tumors are very rare neoplasms that occur most often in young adults and children.For a variety of reasons, which I'll try to explain in the next few blog posts, much of what we think we understand about these tumors is highly confusing and probably wrong.Considering that these are rare tumors, you might accept a certain degree of ignorance, but sometimes the mysteries that surround rare tumors must be solved before we can make any headway understanding the more common tumors.Also, for some strange reason, the incidence of seminomatous germ cell tumors of the testes, in the white population, has been increasing over the past 35 years (at least).Here are the numbers, computed from the SEER (the U.S. National Cancer Institute's Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results) public use ... Specified Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4003451 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:40:00 +0100 4003451 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3266858&cid=t_156270_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fovarian-tumors-primary%2F Pathophysiology 1) neoplastic transformation of the ovaries (can be malignant or benign) 2) classified by cell origin of abnormal growth – epithelial (70%), sex cord stromal (5%-10%), or germ cell (15%-20%) tumors Signs and Symptoms 1) abdominal pain 2) bloating 3) urinary frequency 4) constipation 5) palpable pelvic mass on gynecologic exam 6) granulosa cell tumor (type of sex cord stromal tumor) causes vaginal bleeding and precocious puberty 7) Sertoli/Leydig cell tumors cause virilization and hirsuitism generally do not become symptomatic until late stage Characteristic Test Findings Laboratory – 1) presence of CA-125 tumor marker (occurs in 85% of patients, but very controversial when used as a screening test because other conditions cause increased levels) 2) increased se... Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3266858 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:46:51 +0100 3266858 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2934818&cid=t_156270_115_f&fid=34670&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsumerdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fdermoid-ovary-ct.html Classical CT image of an ovarian dermoid. Reported by Teleradiology ProvidersFrom Sumer's Radiology Site http://www.sumerdoc.blogspot.com -The Top Radiology Magazine. Teleradiology Providers at www.teleradproviders.com Mail us at teleradproviders@gmail.com (Source: Sumer's Radiology Site) Sumer's Radiology Site blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2934818 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:06:00 +0100 2934818 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2662484&cid=t_156270_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Ftripadvisor%25e2%2580%2599s-top-5-germiest-world-attract%2F With swine H1N1 flu constantly making front page news, travellers have got germs on the brain. According to a recent TripAdvisor site poll of nearly 5,000 travellers, a third of them are being more ‘germ aware’ and are washing and disinfecting their hands much more often. In keeping with this theme, TripAdvisor has ‘coughed up’ a list what they think might be the world’s top ‘germiest’ attractions… photo by ge'shmally (flickr) 1. The Blarney Stone in Ireland where ‘up to 400,000 mouths from all over the world touch the stone each year‘. 2. Seattle’s Wall of Gum where, since the 1990s people have been deposit their masticated gum while waiting in line for Theatresports 3. Oscar Wilde’s Tomb in Paris which is has a ‘rainbow of hundreds of visible kiss marks ador... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2662484 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 10:06:37 +0100 2662484 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2380884&cid=t_156270_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F04%2F29%2Fworrying-about-the-swine-flu-some-pesky-questions%2F Another blogger here wrote a great piece on reducing your anxiety about the swine flu outbreak. My post is going to be a little different, a little less on the practical side. No global truths or silver bullet theories, just honest human wonderings about worrying and this swine flu thing. I’m about to be the pesky six ear old in your family who bombards you with questions at holidays. 1- Is all worry a bad thing? Well, excessive worry is definitely a bad thing. It causes people to build their lifestyle around their anxiety. It causes them to not do things they value because of the potential to make them anxious. 2- But couldn’t worrying be OK in some situations? I mean, a moderate amount of worry can get us off our rear ends and into planning mode or action when needed. For ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2380884 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:06:04 +0100 2380884 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2287241&cid=t_156270_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F03%2F17%2Fsick-days-working-parents-and-the-bad-economy%2F It’s an epic battle that surfaces every year in about October, and usually dies down in the spring. Microscopic invaders keep thousands of kids home from school every day during the fall, winter, and early spring months. Parents do their best, but we often feel powerless to prevent sick days. In light of the current national job situation, a working parent today may have more on their mind than just their child’s health. I work part time and am able to stay home with my kids most of the time. Nevertheless, I have had my share of trouble with “kid germs” interfering with my work schedule. I’ve missed more than one “really important meeting,” rescheduled training days, and reworked my writing projects around nebulizer treatments and doctor’s ap... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2287241 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:15:00 +0100 2287241 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1701781&cid=t_156270_107_f&fid=36585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FHighlightHEALTH%2F%7E3%2F363568171%2F This article was published on Highlight HEALTH. Other Articles You May LikeExactly What are Stem Cells?Healthy Fast Food Not So HealthyMapping Connections in the Human BrainIncreased Coffee Consumption Associated with Lower Risk of Liver CancerDid You Eat Your Fruits and Vegetables Today? (Source: Highlight HEALTH) Highlight HEALTH blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1701781 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:37:42 +0100 1701781