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 'german'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:01:36 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734205&cid=t_110993_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F04%2F21%2Fa-snippet-of-psychologys-scientific-roots%2F Throughout the years, sometimes it seems that the public has been iffy about psychology and psychologists. Part of the problem is a lack of knowledge. Past surveys have shown that many people have no idea what psychologists even do. More recent research has found that the public largely views psychology in a positive light. But people still have a limited understanding of the discipline and don’t view it as a hard science. A 1998 survey revealed that both adults and college faculty viewed the physical sciences more favorably. They believed that psychology — along with sociology — led to fewer critical contributions to society and had less expertise than the physical sciences. How did psychology get this bad reputation? PsyBlog’s Jeremy Dean (which, by the way, is an aweso... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734205 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:01:13 +0100 4734205 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4719880&cid=t_110993_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F1aPkIMF85rM%2F By David RittgersTSA screeners and behavior detection officers may give you extra attention if you complain about security protocols (video at the jump). Former FBI agent Michael German sums up my feelings pretty well: It’s circular reasoning where, you know, I’m going to ask someone to surrender their rights; if they refuse, that’s evidence that I need to take their rights away from them. And it’s simply inappropriate. In related news, the GAO recently told Congress that the TSA’s Screening Passengers by Observation Technique (SPOT) is not scientifically grounded. The GAO testimony is available here. More Cato work on TSA screening here, here and here. TSA: If You Object to Giving Up Your Rights, We Should Take a Closer Look at You is a post from Cato @ Liberty -... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4719880 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:52:08 +0100 4719880 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4399507&cid=t_110993_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FNb9gopEJD8o%2F By David RittgersIf you haven’t seen it already, I recommend the Frontline report Are We Safer? Since September 11, 2001, the government has gone on a spending spree without any regard for fiscal federalism, dumping $31 billion into grant programs. The program is based on The Washington Posts’ Top Secret America article, “Monitoring America.” Watch it below: Much of this spending has gone to local pork projects or allowed state and local governments to avoid the realities of budgeting – spend federal counterterrorism dollars on normal law enforcement requirements while spending the local tax base on unsustainable pensions for public employees. For a tally of this excess, check out the Price of Peril, an interactive map showing homeland security spending by state, courtesy of the... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4399507 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:49:22 +0100 4399507 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4272412&cid=t_110993_117_f&fid=38856&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timemastermd.com%2F%3Fp%3D1664 Fat Burning Secret is in the sole of your shoes – fat busting is measured in how many steps run, not reps you pull!  New science says your best way to slim and sexy is running, not lifting weights! Monitoring Fat Loss in Runners A key finding in a German study on long distance runners show that the first tissue affected by running was fat tissue!  More importantly, visceral fat loss -the most dangerous fat  linked to cardiovascular disease goes away.  This is big news! Liposuction cannot reach inside your guts to get to the fat It has always been dogma, that when you put yourself in a negative calorie state through dieting or catabolic exercise, that your body burns protein (or muscle) first, not fat.  We have always used hormones to protect the fat which works well.  But, thi... Timemaster MD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4272412 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 03:55:44 +0100 4272412 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3998905&cid=t_110993_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fgerman-surgeon-dr-hakan-baysal-admits-punching-colleague-operating-room%2F Ears, nose, and throat surgeon Dr. Hakan Baysal admitted in a German court that he punched the anesthesia provider in the face and then kicked him after he had fallen in a dispute over the operating room schedule for the day. The patient on the table did not awaken during the fracas. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3998905 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 02:30:31 +0100 3998905 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3911674&cid=t_110993_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fhiv-positive-german-pop-star-convicted-for-having-unprotected-sex%2F The German pop star Nadja Benaissa, was convicted for carelessly transmitting HIV through unprotected sex yesterday, and was convicted and sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence and 300 hours of community service among the HIV-positive. The singer, now 28, had unprotected sex and failed to disclose her HIV-positive status with three men when she was 17, one of whom contracted HIV. The singer has apologized, but her HIV-positive responded by telling her, “You have borne so much suffering in the world.” Though we don’t think her crime should go unpunished, we also aren’t sure the German authorities handled the case in an appropriate manner: The star was arrested in front of her fans, and her crime (and HIV-positive status) was revealed to the public after she&#821... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3911674 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:32:08 +0100 3911674 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3740629&cid=t_110993_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2Fb40ZlWo4v_w%2Fdream_life.php I've noticed that I've recently started to dream in German. Well, the people who pop up in my dreams are speaking German, and I seem to understand them and act accordingly, but I never speak in German in my dreams. Actually, I rarely say anything in my dreams anymore; probably a reflection of real life. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3740629 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:11:30 +0100 3740629 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3710558&cid=t_110993_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-male-menopause-story-journalists-all-over-the-map%2F2010.06.29 An article on the Knight Science Journalism Tracker comments on German media coverage of the “Is there male menopause?” question. An excerpt: One study, but very different types of headlines: “‘Male Menopause’ discovered” and “Men have no Menopause.” Both types of headlines are based on one study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, which analyzed 3219 European males between 40 and 79. Blood samples provided testosterone levels and questionnaires (!) asked about the “general, sexual, physical, and psychological health.” What the scientists found was nothing more and nothing less than a correlation between a low testosterone level and three clinical symptoms (”decreased frequency of morning erection, decreased fr... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3710558 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:01:05 +0100 3710558 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3629565&cid=t_110993_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fdetails-oil-eating-bacterium-alcanivorax-borkumensis%2F Officials and responders are hoping that the oil that is not able to be gathered from the BP oil spill sites will eventually be broken down by the environment. One species of bacteria that is extremely rare in the open ocean but that multiplies exponentially at sites of oil spills is Alcanivorax borkumensis. How does this obscure microbe thrive in an environment that is toxic to most other living organisms? Scientists at the German Research Center for Biotechnology in 2006 analyzed all three million base pairs in the microbe Alcanivorax borkumensis and found that it is particularly adept at utilizing both inorganic and organic nitrogen and also at breaking down the oil molecule to get to the highly desirable alkanes. At this point it is uncertain how long it will take for this microbe and ... Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3629565 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 03:02:23 +0100 3629565 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3625587&cid=t_110993_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=3429217&cid=t_110993_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FjIdfnUYyTN0%2Frandom_observations_about_life_1.php tags: cultural observation, expat life, Life in Germany, Brot, bread Brot-Shop. Nordwestzentrum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Image: GrrlScientist, 20 March 2010 [larger view] Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3429217 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:59:30 +0100 3429217 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2823960&cid=t_110993_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fni3JeY2oNBA%2F The NYC/Denver terrorism investigation has Andy McCarthy all riled up. In this article at National Review, McCarthy says that the risks associated with terrorism require a domestic preventive detention regime where investigators can go to a court with something less than probable cause and detain individuals without charge until they can gather the evidence for an indictment. This is a pretty bold proposition, given the fact that he lays out in this post on The Corner the power that investigators already have to detain material witnesses while gathering evidence. Not to mention the power to detain allegedly dangerous individuals picked up on relatively minor charges such as lying to federal agents, the current disposition of the NYC/Denver suspects. Then McCarthy comes full circle in this ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2823960 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:25:29 +0100 2823960 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2823966&cid=t_110993_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FmOxA_hWb6k4%2F While there are many choice tidbits to relate from Tuesday’s hearings on PATRIOT Act reform at the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution—not least the fellow who had to be wrestled from the room, literally kicking and screaming, after he tried to stand and interrupt with a complaint about alleged FBI violations of his civil rights—I’ll just relate a novel theory of the Fourth Amendment advanced by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa). The ACLU’s Mike German, a former FBI agent turned surveillance policy expert, was explaining that it’s hard to know whether expansive surveillance powers are being abused, they’re mostly used in secret and deployed via third-parties like financial institutions and telecoms, who have little incentive to raise ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2823966 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:46:45 +0100 2823966 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2790400&cid=t_110993_140_f&fid=34844&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheicarusproject.net%2Falternativetreatments%2Fharmreductionguidegermantranslation-harmreduction-leitfadenzumrisikoarmenabsetzenvonpsychopharmaka The Harm Reduction Guide to Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs, published by The Icarus Project and Freedom Center, is now available in German - thanks to the dedicated volunteer translation work of Inez Kochius.read more (Source: The Icarus Project - Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness) The Icarus Project - Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2790400 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:54:48 +0100 2790400 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2765999&cid=t_110993_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FirnGW8C1JHU%2F Over at The Corner, Rich Lowry put up a post on detainee interrogations that I responded to. Follow-up posts are available here and here. Jay Nordlinger steps in to offer the view that, with terrorists, the difference between a “schlub” and a “monster” isn’t much. A pathetic radical can cause a lot of damage with just a little bit of luck. This may be true, but there is a valuable ends-means calculation that must be considered (also addressed in Julian Sanchez’s post here). How many times must we use coercive interrogation and get nothing, suffering the inevitable backlash in public opinion and enemy recruiting, for each intelligence success? If you are willing to torture a dozen/hundred/thousand men for each schlub, you will motivate a sufficient number of monsters to make a s... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2765999 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:34:46 +0100 2765999 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2464207&cid=t_110993_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FAyI3XflToKY%2F Medical professionals make sweeping assessments when they work. Doctors, nurses, and midwives (among others) are trained to pick up details that give them clues on what is going on. One such assessment is the Apgar score, which is done on every newborn and has been done for almost 60 years now. What is the Apgar score? The Apgar score, named after Dr. Virginia Apgar, looks at how the newborn is 1 minute after birth and again at 5 minutes after birth. They are looking at how the baby moves and muscle tone (Activity), heart rate (Pulse), reflex (Grimace response), skin color (Appearance), and breathing rate and effort (Respiration). Each assessment is worth from 0 to 2 points. If the assessment is good, the baby gets 2 points, if it’s absent, the baby gets zero, if it’s there but... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2464207 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:13:35 +0100 2464207 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414881&cid=t_110993_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F05%2F16%2Fonline-treatment-for-depression-deprexis%2F Online treatment for mental disorders is not exactly a new idea. The Australian National University’s Centre for Mental Health Research released MoodGYM five years ago, with multiple studies supporting its effectiveness and validity. One of their studies even suggests that the positive effects of completing the MoodGYM program continue for up to 12 months. This is good stuff. But under the “more is better” heading, a group of German researchers developed their own online coping with depression program called Deprexis. Like MoodGYM, participants complete each module on a website: The Web-based intervention consists of 10 content modules representing different psychotherapeutic approaches, plus one introductory and one summary module, each of which can be completed in 10 t... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414881 Sat, 16 May 2009 16:00:05 +0100 2414881 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1727804&cid=t_110993_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F07%2F29%2Fnon-platinum-topotecan-drug-combination-therapy-provides-no-survival-advantage-over-topotecan-monotherapy%2F “In women with recurrent ovarian cancer, treatment with topotecan along with etoposide or gemcitabine offers no survival advantage over topotecan monotherapy, German and Austrian researchers report in the July 1st issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.” “In women with recurrent ovarian cancer, treatment with topotecan along with etoposide or gemcitabine offers no survival advantage over [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1727804 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:33:33 +0100 1727804 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1616177&cid=t_110993_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F333136176%2F I first heard about training dogs specially for autistic children years ago through a friend of a friend; since then, there have been frequent reports about “four-footed therapists.” An organization called 4 Paws for Ability has placed more than 200 service dogs with autistic children, today’s Star-Ledger (NJ). The parents of 7-year-old Will Polak are trying to raise $11,000 for a service dog; so far they’ve raised $3500 through fundraising letters and a garage sale. Dogs need to receive some 500 hours of training from inmates at a local correctional facility first, then from professional trainers and then the family. A recent article in Scientific America asked about the long-term efficacy of therapy animals in particular, and whether they might only provide &#8220... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1616177 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:22:51 +0100 1616177 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2523785&cid=t_110993_154_f&fid=37875&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnetwork.nature.com%2Fpeople%2Fianmulvany%2Fblog%2F2008%2F05%2F06%2Fgerman-tutorial-for-using-connotea A student from the Danube University Krems has created a short Wiki page with a concise description of how to use Connotea in German. You can have a look at the page here. Many thanks! Connotea Blog (Source: Connotea) Connotea blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2523785 Tue, 06 May 2008 10:44:13 +0100 2523785 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1369709&cid=t_110993_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F269865248%2F “Let’s just drive,” said Jim after he and Charlie had each had their turn in the barber’s chair on Saturday. We had been planning to take the train into New York as Jim needed to go to his office. He can only get into the building until 4pm on Saturday and during the week the train is the most efficient way to go, but weekends can be different. “Sure why not? We haven’t driven in in a while,” I said, glancing back at Charlie in the backseat. He’d gotten a smooth buzz cut from Vince the barber and was rubbing the crown of his head. The transportation gods must have decided to shine on us because we were up the Turnpike across from the Hudson River and then through the Lincoln Tunnel with ease. We left the black car in a garage on 57th street a... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1369709 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:00:46 +0100 1369709 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=828483&cid=t_110993_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F149363108%2F4080_to_man_who_loses_head_in.html  According to Canada.Com a man was awarded $4,081.00 ... for losing the top of his head in a German hospital. Yikes! Seems doctors were keeping the top of his head cold – while they operated – so it could be reattached.  The fridge malfunctioned and the man’s lid warmed up too much to be preserved in tact for reattachment. For his part ... the man requested $27,000 dollars for the hospital's mistake. Unfortunately, he was awarded just over $4000 - by the German courts. Why so little?  “Following consultations with experts, the court found that the operation had caused the man’s discomfort, not the loss of the top of his skull.”Added to their reasons above -- German experts argued that their new skull ... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=828483 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:49:51 +0100 828483 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=764995&cid=t_110993_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F07%2F29%2Ffor-heart-health-type-1-kids-must-move%2F Filed under: Type 1, Childhood, Lifestyle, Research, Exercise, ComplicationsA new report says physical activity is critical for kids with type 1 diabetes because it helps prevent heart trouble later in life. The German and Austrian researchers behind the study reached this conclusion after crunching the numbers for more than 23,000 kids between ages three and eighteen, comparing their health with activity levels. As you would expect, the most active kids had the healthiest hearts and lower levels of cholesterol and triglycerides. By comparison, thirty-six percent of children who were active only once or twice a week had high cholesterol and triglycerides. For type 1 kids, activity levels relate to HbA1c levels: fit children had lower HbA1c levels. High HbA1c levels in childhood practically... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=764995 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0100 764995 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=629107&cid=t_110993_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F05%2F22%2Fa-theory-to-furrow-your-brow-over%2F Filed under: Type 2, ResearchThe J.F.K. assassination. The whereabouts of Jimmy Hoffa. Causes of major disease. What do all three have in common? Questionable theories to explain each of them. Leaving my own questionable theories out on the first two, I came across a theory on the third one -- related to a person's risk for developing diabetes. While your eyes may be the window to your soul, your eyebrows apparently are the window to your health. That's because German scientists recently concluded that eyebrow color may tell of a person's risk of diabetes. After examining the blood glucose levels of 100 men with gray hair, they found that those of them who had dark eyebrows, 76 percent had diabetes. This was compared against the mere 18 percent of men with gray eyebrows who had diabetes. ... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=629107 Tue, 22 May 2007 04:00:00 +0100 629107 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=534126&cid=t_110993_87_f&fid=34866&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecardioblog.com%2F2007%2F04%2F10%2Fhot-cocoa-may-be-a-healtheir-choice-than-tea%2F Filed under: Diet, Research, NutritionYou're concerned about your heart health. You make dietary decisions based on these concerns. Knowing that tea has beneficial effects on blood pressure, you've tried to down a cup or two each day. But, how much do we actually like tea? Sure, it's tasty enough, especially some of the funky flavored kinds, but let's face it, a nice cup of hot cocoa tastes a hell of a lot better. Surprisingly enough, that same cup of cocoa may actually be better for you, too. German scientists just released findings showing that patients who drank cocoa for two weeks had a marked reduction in their blood pressure -- comparable to the reduction typically seen in people taking prescription blood pressure medication. Tea and cocoa contain polyphenols, which is known to redu... The Cardio Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=534126 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 534126