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 'happenings'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:51:30 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4876415&cid=t_159933_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fthis-weels-happenings-on-the-alchemist.html This weel’s happenings on The Alchemist – This week, The Alchemist is looking to the sun for record-breaking power and sniffing the air to catch a whiff of blackcurrant. Testing times ahead for heavy metal in the pharmaceutical industry we learn, and logical molecules come to the for in potential biomedical and sensor applications. In child health, C&EN reports on fire retardants in baby products. And, finally, everyone's favorite gray-haired video chemist, Martyn Poliakoff, is nominated for the position of Foreign Secretary at the Royal Society. Related Posts:Alchemical happeningsNervous, Monopolar, SolventsAlchemical AnomaliesEarly Valentine’s AlchemistAlchemy bonusThis week’s happenings on The Alchemist is a post from: Sciencebase Science Blog (Source: S... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4876415 Sat, 28 May 2011 10:00:02 +0100 4876415 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3231580&cid=t_159933_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Falchemical-happenings-2.html The Alchemist this week learns of a golden opportunity to make a fundamental industrial feedstock, ethylene, from natural gas, rather than oil. In microfluidics, a droplet of acid finds its way out of a maze, while an accidental mineral could become the material of choice for magnetic tunnel junctions. In the zone between chemistry and physics, German researchers have discovered a new way to produce free electrons, which might help explain biological radiation damage, and in health PFOA emerges as a risk factor for thyroid problems. Finally, more than half a million small molecules have found a home in Cambridge, UK thanks to a grant from the Wellcome Trust. Find out more in this week’s Alchemist on ChemWeb.com Related Posts:Carbon Tet and Paradigm ShiftsCopper Tone AlchemistN... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3231580 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:00:18 +0100 3231580 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2556187&cid=t_159933_111_f&fid=34660&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.codeblog.com%2Farchives%2Fthe_scoop%2Fmedical-bloggers-discuss-healthcare-reform.html I participated in a podcast about healthcare reform.  We first listened to a Q&A between Dr. Val and Dr. Bob Goldberg at CMPI-Advance.  After that we were invited to ask questions. Dr. Goldberg is into policy, not bedside healthcare, so I think my question threw him for a loop.  I asked about futile care and how it fits in with healthcare reform.  His answer took on a very strong “ethics” angle, which is not the direction I had intended for my question to go! Despite my derailment, the other bloggers that participated in the call asked excellent questions - they are Kim, RN from Emergiblog, Dr. Wes Fisher,  Dr. Edwin Leap, The Happy Hospitalist, and Dr. Brian Vartabedian. You can listen to the podcast at Better Health.  Thanks Dr. Val for the opportunity to participat... code blog: tales of a nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2556187 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:41:35 +0100 2556187 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2376287&cid=t_159933_111_f&fid=34660&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.codeblog.com%2Farchives%2Fgeneral_medical_happenings%2Fup-to-the-minute-swine-flu-news.html Just in case you’re following this flu business, I’ve found this feed to be the best source thus far. I know.  It’s getting a little tiresome to read about all this flu business, but the first confirmed death in the US was reported today. A very young confirmed death.  :( (hat tip to Better Health for the link) (Source: code blog: tales of a nurse) code blog: tales of a nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2376287 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:13:58 +0100 2376287 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1865393&cid=t_159933_111_f&fid=34660&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.codeblog.com%2Farchives%2Fgeneral_medical_happenings%2Flive_blogging_a_liver_transpla.html Moreena at Falling Down is Also a Gift live-blogged her daughter's third liver transplant. If you want to read from the beginning, here is where she gets the call. Annika is out of surgery now and is in PICU but not yet out of the woods. Please keep this family in your thoughts and prayers. I'm sure a comment or two of support would not be unappreciated! (Source: code blog: tales of a nurse) code blog: tales of a nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1865393 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1865393 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1364876&cid=t_159933_111_f&fid=34660&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.codeblog.com%2Farchives%2Fgeneral_medical_happenings%2Foxygen_flow_meter_christmas_tr.html ERNursey wants to know: What do you people do with the christmas trees off the flo-meters anyway? Why do you take them off? Not a comprehensive list by any means: 1. Take them off the flow meter, add some beads, and you can make a kick-ass ID Badge lanyard. 2. A naughty little addition to that voodoo doll you made. 3. As, well, Christmas/fir trees for your kid's miniature doll house yard. 4. They go for about a buck apiece. They're always in demand. I think patients steal them and sell them on the black market. 5. Respiratory Therapy hoards them. 6. Add a little ball on top, some wings on the back, a little halo: instant green angel finger puppet. Okay, so the real reason we take them off the oxygen flow meters is so that we can put them on the portable oxygen tanks when the patient goes o... code blog: tales of a nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1364876 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1364876 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1117551&cid=t_159933_111_f&fid=34660&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.codeblog.com%2Farchives%2Fgeneral_medical_happenings%2Fworking_the_night_shift.html Over at Nursing Voices, there was a recent post about working the night shift as a new grad. I worked 11p-7a right out of school. I trained on evenings (3p-11p) for a few weeks then switched to night shift. There were no day/evening shift positions at the time. I'd worked nights during school on the weekends as an aide, so it wasn't completely new to me. But it still completely sucked. I sleep best at night. I like it dark and quiet. Sleeping during the day, for me, was horrible. Room darkening shades helped, but nothing much helped the noise. The majority of the world is awake during the day, and there are lots of traffic sounds, lawns to be mowed, and doorbells to be rung. At first it was kind of neat, being a full-time child of the night... but the novelty wore off quickly. Driving home... code blog: tales of a nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1117551 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 05:00:00 +0100 1117551 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1080341&cid=t_159933_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2007%2F12%2F08%2Fcyber-harassment-how-can-you-protect-your-children%2F As we continue to turn toward an increasingly digital existence to do business, to connect to people, to learn; so to will criminals and other unsavory characters turn to the virtual world to conduct their business. These persons will continue to devise new methods of manipulating us through technology. It appears however, that our judicial systems are not evolving at an equitable pace. This was especially true in the Megan Meier case, where the myspace page owner that was leaving nasty, threatening remarks which led to Megan’s suicide, was not found to be guilty of harassment or any other charge. I work with a group of close-knit, young females and it is a rare day that I don’t hear about some kind of myspace drama happenings. However, these theatrics seldom get any more harassing ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1080341 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 04:55:27 +0100 1080341 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=733459&cid=t_159933_111_f&fid=34660&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.codeblog.com%2Farchives%2Fgeneral_medical_happenings%2Fhow_the_other_half_lives.html I read a lot of ER nurse blogs. I know I've seen a lot - and I know they've seen much more. You think it's an some kind of urban legend when you hear about patients coming in with a broken nail (by ambulance no less! Where do these people come from?) but no - apparently it happens. I've also noticed that some blogger ER nurses are frustrated by floor nurses. Girlvet says that floors in her hospital "refuse patients" or won't take report because the admitting nurse is "busy" or "at lunch." This causes a delay in getting the patient to the floor and ties up the ER bed even longer, causing patients to back up in the waiting room, patient dissatisfaction, the whole sequelae. And ERnursey says, "Plenty of times when we are holding patients due to staffing there are nurses on the floors with all... code blog: tales of a nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=733459 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0100 733459