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 'graph'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:14:09 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5118710&cid=t_189476_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F08%2F10%2Fretractions-of-scientific-research-papers-going-up%2F Ed Silverman over at Pharmalot reports on the media coverage of a new study published by the Journal of Medical Ethics which shows a disturbing trend — more and more journals are retracting journal articles they previously published. Worse yet, nearly 32 percent of the retracted papers are not noted as retracted. “Retracted” in scientific language means that the paper has been withdrawn and should be ignored — as though it never existed in the scientific literature. Retractions generally occur because of sloppy research and errors in the data calculations, collection or statistics, or because of fraud. Is this a trend pointing to lower quality research and sloppier methods being employed? Or perhaps that because more people than ever can read the scientific research... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5118710 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:11:31 +0100 5118710 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4405962&cid=t_189476_132_f&fid=35006&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnsaunders.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F01%2F27%2Fdoes-your-linkedin-map-say-anything-useful%2F LinkedIn, the “professional” career-oriented social network, is one of those places on the Web where I maintain a profile for visibility. I’m yet to gain any practical value whatsoever from it. That said, I know plenty of people who do find it useful – mostly, it seems, those living near the north-east or west coast of the USA. My LinkedIn Network LinkedIn have something of a reputation for innovation – see LinkedIn Labs, their small demonstration products, for example. The latest of these is named InMaps. It’s been popping up on blogs and Twitter for several days. Essentially, it creates a graph of your LinkedIn network, applies some community detection algorithm to cluster the members and displays the results as a pretty, interactive graphic that you c... What You're Doing Is Rather Desperate blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4405962 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 04:40:24 +0100 4405962 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3490802&cid=t_189476_132_f&fid=35006&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnsaunders.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F04%2F21%2Fexperiments-with-igraph%2F Networks – social and biological – are all the rage, just now. Indeed, a recent entry at Duncan’s QOTD described the “hairball” network representation as the dominant cultural icon in molecular biology. I’ve not had occasion to explore networks “professionally”, but have always been fascinated by both networks and the tools used to analyse them. My grasp of graph theory, the mathematics behind networks, is more or less summarised by this Wikipedia page. I’ve also been exploring the igraph library and thought I’d share a few of my “experiments with igraph”. As I say, I’m learning myself as I go along, so none of this should be taken as professional advice. Let’s start with my favourite network – Friend... What You're Doing Is Rather Desperate blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3490802 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 06:21:36 +0100 3490802 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3280018&cid=t_189476_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F02%2F16%2Fmindapps-releases-ecbt-trauma%2F We’re pleased to announce that our partner MindApps has released a new iPhone/iPod Touch app known as eCBT Trauma. As you can guess, eCBT Trauma is focused on individuals who are coping with posttraumatic stress disorder — PTSD — in their lives. “With eCBT Trauma, we wanted to help people who have experienced a trauma by providing education and interventions to help them cope with the symptoms of PTSD,” said Michael Hufford, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist and Co-Founder and CEO of MindApps. “eCBT Trauma can serve as an adjunctive tool for therapists to use with their clients, or as a standalone intervention.” eCBT Trauma is an iPhone application that provides users with a way to assess their symptoms after experiencing a trauma, graph their symptoms ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3280018 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:53:00 +0100 3280018 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3092739&cid=t_189476_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F12%2F15%2Fpsych-central-mindapps-offer-ecbt-iphone-app%2F A few months ago, MindApps released an iPhone application called “eCBT Mood.” It allows a user to apply tried and true cognitive-behavioral techniques in their everyday life, and track their progress with those techniques over time with a simple graph. I liked it because it explained CBT stuff in a direct, easy-to-understand manner, and most importantly, was “actionable.” It walks you through specific steps of an automatic thought, for instance, and gives you encouragement to try and change it as it’s happening. The application’s core is an “eCBT toolbox” that allows you to learn more about your thoughts and feelings, identify your automatic thoughts, keep a feeling and thoughts log, challenge automatic thoughts, and identify and challenge co... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3092739 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:36:00 +0100 3092739 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2871707&cid=t_189476_105_f&fid=35048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMedicineAndMan%2F%7E3%2FqeKwvNz0dvM%2F I am not drawing any conclusions but interesting data nevertheless: Sources: The Examiner: High teen pregnancy rates/conservative religious states: New study results indicate correlation Links to Data on Swivel: Importance of Religion in One’s Life by State Teen Birth Rates by State addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fmedicineandman.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F10%2F07%2Fteen-pregnancy-rates-and-religion%2F'; addthis_title = 'Teen+pregnancy+rates+and+religion'; addthis_pub = ''; (Source: Medicine and Man) Medicine and Man blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2871707 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:41:43 +0100 2871707 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2862558&cid=t_189476_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F10%2F05%2Fprevalence-of-common-mental-disorders%2F In support of Mental Health Awareness Week — meant to increase awareness of mental health issues and helping people better understand mental disorders — we’ve created the graph below to give you a better idea of the prevalence (in the past year) of these disorders in the general American population. The media sometimes emphasizes one disorder over another, distorting the picture of how many people actually have the disorder. For instance, the graph shows that bipolar disorder — the subject of so many advertising campaigns, TV commercials and more — has similar prevalence rates to panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and binge eating. Mental disorders are more common than many people realize, and far fewer people seek out treatment for them than... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2862558 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:39:47 +0100 2862558 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2807660&cid=t_189476_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F09%2F17%2Fwhats-your-personality-like%2F An important part of improving one’s life, searching for happiness, and even helping us with mental health issues or our relationships in life is self-discovery. The more you know about yourself — your preferences, your way of thinking, your way of looking at the world — the more you can actually go ahead and make changes in your life. If you’re a big question mark to yourself, it’s lot more difficult to start to improve those areas of your life that you’d like to improve upon. For years now, Psych Central and other websites have offered online personality quizzes and tests that help give you some insight into your personality. And while these work well for what they can say about you, they don’t always give you as much information as you might lik... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2807660 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:32:18 +0100 2807660 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2788999&cid=t_189476_105_f&fid=35048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMedicineAndMan%2F%7E3%2FkrvpKL9VS0k%2F Interesting find on Swivel: There may be a silver lining in the cloud of recession. There’s evidence that life expectancy increases during times of high unemployment. This data shows the relationship between unemployment and life expectancy for the USA between 1960 and 2006. The following series are shown: residual life expectancy – the difference between the actual and expected life expectancy, in lay-terms, how much longer people lived than they were expected to unemployment % – the unemployment rate for the year Each series is normalized to show how many standard deviations it is away from the mean so that the scale is comparable across both series (necessary because Swivel does not yet support two-axis graphs). This graph was inspired by Feeling Better Lately? in ... Medicine and Man blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2788999 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:39:04 +0100 2788999 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2774881&cid=t_189476_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1677 Getting Ready for a Raid September 6th, 2009 Posted by Don Duncan Too soon for complacency in Los Angeles The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has recently stepped up enforcement against medical cannabis dispensing collectives in the city, and there is reason to believe that this may be the beginning of a new trend. Americans for Safe Access (ASA) is encouraging patients and providers to prepare in advance for a possible confrontation with local police. Taking some simple precautions in advance and knowing what to do during an LAPD raid can preserve your rights and keep you out of serious trouble. The federal threat to medical cannabis is receding under the Obama Administration, and the White House and US Attorney General have signaled a willingness to create a new federal policy in ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2774881 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:34:58 +0100 2774881 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2774882&cid=t_189476_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1663 Conclusion (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2774882 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:06:36 +0100 2774882 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2727390&cid=t_189476_137_f&fid=35426&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheAlzheimersReadingRoom%2F%7E3%2Fk4HKoTar5Fc%2Fhealthcare-spending-relative-ranking-by.html I am wondering if many people understand that we spend twice as much on healthcare as most industrialized countries. At the same time, our world ranking in healthcare delivery is poor.It might be interesting to note that the profits of healthcare insurance companies rose by more than 400 percent in the period 2000-2007.During the same period, the number of people without healthcare insurance, and the cost of healthcare insurance was rising fast.It also surprises me when I see people arguing on television that they prefer the status quo.All information is taking from 2005 OECD data unless otherwise noted.*2000, 2003-2005 World Health Organization Data. **2004 OECD data.Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, World Health OrganizationAnalysis by PricewaterhouseCoopersâ... Alzheimer's Reading Room, The blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2727390 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:46:16 +0100 2727390 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2695590&cid=t_189476_137_f&fid=35426&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheAlzheimersReadingRoom%2F%7E3%2Fk4HKoTar5Fc%2Fhealthcare-spending-relative-ranking-by.html I am wondering if many people understand that we spend twice as much on healthcare as most industrialized countries. At the same time, our world ranking in healthcare delivery is poor. It might be interesting to note that the profits of healthcare insurance companies rose by more than 400 percent in the period 2000-2007. During the same period, the number of people without healthcare insurance, and the cost of healthcare insurance was rising... This is a content summary. The Performance/Comparison chart is available on the website. Hit the headline to go directly to the article. I am interested in your comments, opinion, and viewpoint. (Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The) Alzheimer's Reading Room, The blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2695590 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:30:28 +0100 2695590 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2613879&cid=t_189476_105_f&fid=35048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMedicineAndMan%2F%7E3%2FhBqdVLgOht0%2F Swine flu continues its rampage - and it is not flu season yet! “Although the media buzz has died down a bit, swine flu continues to affect thousands of people each week. As of July 2, the H1N1 virus has killed 170 people in the U.S. The CDC reports 33,000 confirmed cases of the virus have affected 53 U.S. states and territories. “ More on Swine Flu addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fmedicineandman.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F07%2F17%2Fswine-flu-continues-it-rampage%2F'; addthis_title = 'Swine+Flu+continues+it+rampage'; addthis_pub = ''; (Source: Medicine and Man) Medicine and Man blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2613879 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:47:16 +0100 2613879 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2511164&cid=t_189476_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F06%2F17%2Fintroducing-the-psych-central-mood-tracker%2F After taking a look at a few of the mood trackers that have long been available online, I was very unsatisfied with both how they asked you about your mood (”How depressed are you today?”) and the results they displayed (can we say “unhelpful”?). Mood trackers are used to help you track your emotional state on a daily or weekly basis, helping you get a better grasp on your emotions. Mood trackers can also help you determine your treatment’s effectiveness over time. Like a screening quiz for depression or anxiety, you typically can’t just ask a person, “How depressed are you?” and get any kind of answer that you can hang your hat on. People aren’t always the best judge of their own mood states — especially when they are in the down... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2511164 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:04:19 +0100 2511164 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2442118&cid=t_189476_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FYGiLcf1OwxI%2F Our friend Paul Van Slembrouck has summarized and beautifully presented the main findings of our 150-page market report, The State of the Brain Fitness Market 2009, with this great visual. To view it, click Here. Brain Fitness, Brain Training, graph, market, market report, visual (Source: SharpBrains) SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2442118 Sat, 30 May 2009 00:04:10 +0100 2442118 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2387197&cid=t_189476_137_f&fid=35426&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheAlzheimersReadingRoom%2F%7E3%2FzYhi9euNhyA%2Fot-nasdaq-composite-15-year-perspective.html My Quantcast statistics indicate that a large fraction of subscribers to the Alzheimer's Reading Room are interested in investing. Quantcast also tells me the audience is highly educated and "more affluent". It is likely that many of the subscribers to the Alzheimer's Reading Room are investing for retirement. You might not know this, there are about 88 million individual investors in the United States.If you read my profile you know before I assumed my new life as a caregiver, I spent a couple of decades on Wall Street. In addition to the Alzheimer's Reading Room, I have two investor blogs.With this in mind, I decided to include one of my recent posts from All American Investor.I am putting up this Nasdaq Composite chart for one simple reason -- there are some real opportunities in the st... Alzheimer's Reading Room, The blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2387197 Mon, 04 May 2009 17:03:32 +0100 2387197 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2078892&cid=t_189476_107_f&fid=36698&url=http%3A%2F%2Fminingdrugs.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F01%2Fantithrombotic-graph-visualization.html "It’s not Information Overload. It’s Filter Failure. If you have the same problem for a long time, maybe it is not a problem, maybe it is a fact ... some of it is rethinking social norm ... we have continuously to improve filters, that just broke !" [Clay Shirky]"We intend to demonstrate how modern web technologies can be used to dramatically enhance the type of information that can be communicated using web-based tools over standard online publishing approaches." [ChemSpider journal (editorial board)]Inspired by the story about the chemical-study-group example of Clay Shirky (after minute 15), I got again reminded about the information overload problem. I agree totally with Clay that a long persisting problem, encourages a desire to get it changed. As shown by Tony from ChemSpider doe... Mining Drug Space blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2078892 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:37:00 +0100 2078892 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1975196&cid=t_189476_105_f&fid=35048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMedicineAndMan%2F%7E3%2F460263911%2F (Click Image to enlarge) Amazing response by the human body to return to normal if you quit smoking right now. On the other hand, this also shows how much harm cigarettes do to you. Reference: HealthBolt, KevinMD Interesting photos from Life Photo Archive: addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fmedicineandman.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F11%2F20%2Famazing-response-if-you-quit-smoking-now%2F'; addthis_title = 'Amazing+response+if+you+quit+smoking+now'; addthis_pub = ''; (Source: Medicine and Man) Medicine and Man blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1975196 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:26:46 +0100 1975196 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1968932&cid=t_189476_105_f&fid=35048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMedicineAndMan%2F%7E3%2F456655795%2F What if HIV mutates and can now be transmitted by sneezing and coughing - just like common cold?? What would this graph look like?   addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fmedicineandman.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F11%2F17%2Ffood-for-thought%2F'; addthis_title = 'Food+for+Thought'; addthis_pub = ''; (Source: Medicine and Man) Medicine and Man blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1968932 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:37:20 +0100 1968932 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1908833&cid=t_189476_105_f&fid=35048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMedicineAndMan%2F%7E3%2F432735015%2F Acquired Immuno-deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is potentially fatal disease caused by HIV virus. AIDS renders our body defenseless against any and every infection in the world by killing the immune system. The currently available treatment - highly active anti-retroviral treatment (HAART) is very effective in giving people a few more decades to live. However, HAART has 2 major problems: It is not a cure and the medications have to be taken lifelong The side effects of treatment at times may be as bad as cancer chemotherapy Therefore, it is of imperative importance that we find a cure for this deadly disease which is safer (ideally without side effects) and does not need to be taken over a protracted period of time. Mortality data of HIV/AIDS in the world and US: ... Medicine and Man blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1908833 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:03:45 +0100 1908833 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1553068&cid=t_189476_105_f&fid=35048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMedicineAndMan%2F%7E3%2F322209468%2F Some interesting data from the National osteoporosis foundation. Osteoporosis, or porous bone, causes bones to become fragile and weak. A sufferer’s bones can break from a minor fall, or even a sneeze! The disease is a major health threat for an estimated 44 million Americans, or about half of people ages 50 and older. This graph shows the prevalence of osteoporosis and low bone density among Americans over the age of 50 by gender and ethnicity. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fmedicineandman.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F06%2F28%2Fosteoporosis-among-americans-over-50%2F'; addthis_title = 'Osteoporosis+among+Americans+over+50'; addthis_pub = ''; (Source: Medicine and Man) Medicine and Man blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1553068 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:16:59 +0100 1553068 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1385832&cid=t_189476_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2F273939264%2F Linkfest I am sure there is something profound to be said about writing a gazillion books algorithmically, but it mostly escapes me Michael Barton riffs on Git and Github (and yes I have an account) Cascading is a large dataset build tool and a processing API for Hadoop Sun Microsystems has a Platform as a Service? Check out Project Caroline MetaBase - the place where life science databases go meta Papyrus, a student oriented feed reader Multimedia Hadoop Summit - Tons of great material Social Graph Foo Camp videos - See previous Word for scientific publishing Blogspotting Toby Segaran’s blog Venture Hacks - A long time favorite Events Barcamb2 7th International BIOKKD 2008 Self Assembly Well, you’ve already heard about my appearance on Jon Udell’s podcast. P... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1385832 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:18:29 +0100 1385832 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1147432&cid=t_189476_107_f&fid=36698&url=http%3A%2F%2Fminingdrugs.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fquotes-from-neighbors-october-2007.html ==Taverna Workshop, Day 1 Update (chem-bla-ics)==The second part of the morning session featured a presentation by Sirisha Gollapudi which spoke about mining biological graphs, such as protein-protein interaction networks and metabolic pathways. Patterns detection for nodes with only one edge, and cycles etc, using Taverna. An example data she worked on is the Palsson human metabolism (doi:10.1073/pnas.0610772104); she mentioned that this metabolite data set contains cocaine :) Neil Chue Hong finished with an introduction on the OMII-UK which is co-host of this meeting.After lunch Mark Wilkinson introduced BioMoby, which we actually use in Wageningen already. I have tried to use jMoby to set up services based on the CDK, but failed sofar. Will talk with Mark on that. Next was my presentati... Mining Drug Space blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1147432 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:39:00 +0100 1147432