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 'guinea pigs'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:48:48 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050719&cid=t_105434_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F19%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-july-19-2011%2F Any pet owner can attest to the power of their animal friend. As an owner of fish, guinea pigs, parakeets and a dog, I highly agree with that statement. The unconditional love of a pet has helped me heal heartbreak and sadness on more than one occasion. My mom has, in a sentence I will never forget, thanked me with tears in her eyes for bringing our dog into her life. A dog she once told me to get rid of had broken her down and melted her heart, and brought back what pain, sadness and disappointment over one’s lifetime took away. She said our dog, now passed, opened her heart again. Of all the pets I had, however, the pet that has surprised me the most has been my 5 year old black rabbit. A lot of people get boggled by rabbit love. Those who don’t own a rabbit laugh and joke ab... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050719 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:41:09 +0100 5050719 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4600795&cid=t_105434_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FfXx2YtVF-qo%2F More clinical trials may be run overseas, but work has not dried up in the US. In fact, a robust Phase I industry continues, but there are concerns since many volunteers supplement their incomes by enrolling in trials as often as possible. Consequently, sponsors and investigators worry data will be skewed by people who enroll too soon after participating in other trials. Patient advocates, meanwhile, worry about the risks participants may face from exposure to some meds and follow-up care. And so once again, the notion of a national Phase I clinical trial registry is being raised. The latest call for action comes from a pair of physicians who published a commentary piece this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association. In their view, a registry is long overdue in the US in ord... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4600795 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:01:29 +0100 4600795 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3862189&cid=t_105434_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FXaZa343693Q%2F Why do some people volunteer for clinical trials? Are they aware of the risks? Are they treated properly? What kind of follow up should take place? These are among the issues that Roberto Abadie, a visiting scholar in the health-sciences program at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and a PhD in anthropology, explored in a new book, ‘The Professional Guinea Pig: Big Pharma and the Risky World of Human Subjects.’ He would like to see Phase 1 volunteers be recognized legally as workers, which would offer them protection under labor laws. And he favors the creation of a national registry of Phase 1-trial participants, which prevent people from participating in too many trials and help researchers identify long-term adverse effects associated with certain trials... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3862189 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:59:23 +0100 3862189 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3750274&cid=t_105434_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FeazSdtgmU7M%2F What is it like to volunteer for one Phase I clinical trial after another? Why do people particpiate? What is at stake? How risky is this practice? And should there be more university oversight? These are among the questions that are raised by Roberto Abadie, a visiting scholar in the health-sciences program at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, who spent a year living in youth hostels and group houses in Philadelphia and has just published a book about the subject. “Philosophers and bioethicists are very logical, and they can construct strong arguments,” Abadie tells The Chronicle of Higher Education. “But what they can’t do is to go in there and do what I did—to do an in-depth ethnographic analysis, spending weeks and months with volunteers.... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3750274 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:04:16 +0100 3750274 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2678808&cid=t_105434_133_f&fid=35127&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthefamilyvoyage.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Floads-of-books-and-punch-to-head.html Duncan and I took his brother and sister to summer scheme. He asked to look in the charity shop and being in no hurry, I parked the car and off we went. Well talk about hitting pay dirt. Someone must have cleared their book shelves and dropped the boxes off very recently. There were a good few children's book spilling out so I asked if I could dig through the lot and the man working there, a good guy as I've learned from previous visits, said to work away. So we plonked ourselves on the floor and shifted through the boxes. Duncan made a little pile of those he was interested in and I made a huge pile of my own. Then ecstasy, we found 3 Thomas the Tank Buzz books, Duncan's absolute favourites. I hauled the booty to the pay desk and told the man I'd probably need to nip over to the ATM as I ... The Voyage blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2678808 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:54:00 +0100 2678808 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1114003&cid=t_105434_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F205333136%2F We have fairly exciting news to report surrounding the very lethal cardiac rhythm disturbance V-Fib (ventricular fibrillation). This very sudden and deadly “electric explosion” that occurs inside the hearts of both old and young alike has long eluded scientists and researchers. The new research suggest that the tornado like activity of V-Fib and its electrical waves is organized into spiral vortices, no matter what species of mammal is experiencing the VF. These vortices or rotors as they are sometimes called, keep the heart’s pumping chambers from pumping in sync, thus disorganized impulses and ultimately death. The paper also shows that across animal species — from mice and guinea pigs to sheep and humans — the frequency of the VF activity can be scaled usin... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1114003 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 23:08:11 +0100 1114003 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=504543&cid=t_105434_133_f&fid=35127&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthefamilyvoyage.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F03%2Four-thrilling-weekend.html We examined a few engines, then I asked him to put them back and...he did! No problems so far. Next we picked up the doughnuts then Duncan and Lady helped me put a few other items in the trolley. Duncan was singing as we went, 'I want you back' by Take That. Lady told me proudly that some teenage girls were smiling at him; she reckons they thought he was cute! We didn't buy much, I didn't want to temp fate by going beyond Duncan's comfort limit. But I was so pleased with how well he managed to deal with all that temptation, to choose to stay beside me and to even help.Afterwards, we went to a lovely little playground, overlooking Belfast Lough and the children had fun and I played chase to keep warm.On Saturday I took the boys to another playground for a run around, while Gordon and Lady w... The Voyage blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=504543 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:00:00 +0100 504543 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=488269&cid=t_105434_133_f&fid=35127&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthefamilyvoyage.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2Fsisterly-pride.html LadyDuncanThomasLady was just admiring the photo of her brother on the last post, and I was telling her what I'd written about. She said that I should write, 'I don't mind autism because Duncan wouldn't be Duncan without autism and he's a nice boy, he's very funny and he was a cute baby.' She wanted me to include her opinion, so there you are. She also asked me to include a photo of Duncan as a baby and just to show off my gorgeous children, I've put up pictures of each of them.Another brother and SIL and their children came for a visit on Saturday. Lady and her cousin A (who's just over a year older than her) had a great girlie time together, playing with the guinea pigs, dressing up, making up dances and acting out Harry Potter games. Thomas and my only nephew were together all day, Dunc... The Voyage blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=488269 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:53:00 +0100 488269 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=488284&cid=t_105434_133_f&fid=35127&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthefamilyvoyage.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F08%2Fnew-lines.html At 6am, Duncan came bounding into our room and jumped into bed beside me, wrapping his skinny wee naked body around me, and squashing a Percy train, a Thomas train and Bulstrode the barge, in between us. He'd obviously wet his bed, so he was clever enough to shed the wet pyjamas and choose a nice, dry bed to lie in. He entertained us with some choice moments from the Thomas stories for half an hour before asking for the fan heater (which he loves to crouch in front of like a cat) and some cheese and carrots and apple juice.Thomas intercepted me as I tried to go downstairs and I was obliged to return to my bed with him for our morning hugs. That done, we were able to go down to eat. Thomas and I played a marathon game of snakes and ladders over breakfast. I never played the game for so long... The Voyage blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=488284 Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:22:00 +0100 488284 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=488283&cid=t_105434_133_f&fid=35127&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthefamilyvoyage.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F06%2Flost-and-found.html We're surprisingly organised here today. Lady is writing a letter to her very best friend in the world. Thomas is in his room playing with the wooden trains. Well no, as always, he's telling a story. Earlier he said, 'Get me the wooden trains because I want to tell a story called The giant boy and the other way of the tracks!' That title sounds a bit Harry Potter-like to me. He always refers to himself as the giant boy when he's playing with the trains.Duncan is sitting on my lap, wriggling and singing and closely examining a Lego 'Magic Roundabout' sword he made. Some people don't even realise that there was a sword in the Magic Roundabout!I'm a bit scratched. We had an incident with the guinea pigs last night. I took them out and laid them on the grass in our fully enclosed and Duncan-pr... The Voyage blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=488283 Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:21:00 +0100 488283 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=488282&cid=t_105434_133_f&fid=35127&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthefamilyvoyage.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F06%2Fwoes-and-cavies.html Earlier in the week, I read on Action for Autism about an appalling article describing antenatal screening for autism. A UCL geneticist is applying to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, to use pre-implantation genetic diagnosis to screen out male embryos, as there are thought to be 4 times more autistic males than autistic females. She wants to offer this highly invasive and very novel screening to families where autism had 'inflicted severe suffering'.This is horrible is so many ways; autism isn't an illness, there is no way of knowing how any child will develop and anyway, you do get autistic women you know.I looked at the comments on the Daily (hate) Mail site on this topic and was distressed at the horrible things people had written. I should know better than to read tha... The Voyage blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=488282 Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:17:00 +0100 488282