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 'health history'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:14:37 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4592623&cid=t_199748_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FB3U_aR7LtY8%2Fdiabetes-genetics-how-is-diabetes-inherited.php An estimated 2.5 to 3 million Americans have type 1 diabetes. My father was one of them. Diagnosed around age 10, he spent most of his life injecting insulin into his arms, stomach and legs. Eventually, his eye sight and heart could no longer function properly, and he passed away when I was in high school.Around this time, I was introduced to the subject of genetics. I thought back to all those check-ups at the Joslin clinic (now Joslin Diabetes Center) and realized that genetics was the reason everyone watched me and my sister so closely. Genetics was the reason my family was so scared when I starting gaining too much weight in middle school and freaked out every time my foot fell asleep or I was thirsty. Genetics.The loss of my father and timely introduction to genetics drove my decision... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4592623 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:05:07 +0100 4592623 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4580894&cid=t_199748_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwhat-i-want-her-to-know-about-diabetes%2F2011.03.13 After a tough low this morning: I want her to know that she was wanted so much, well before she arrived, and that her parents went to great lengths to make sure her arrival was as safe as they could manage. I want her to know that those moments when she has to wait while I test, or while I bolus, or the times when I have to set her in her crib and gulp down grape juice while she stands there with her big, brown eyes staring at me while her mouth tugs into an impatient smile, that I love her and I just need to deal with diabetes for a few seconds so I can be the best mommy I can. I want her to know that if my eyes don’t get better, it’s not her fault. It’s not my fault, either. The fault lies with diabetes. I want her to know that the reason I’ll sometimes frown at... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4580894 Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:00:34 +0100 4580894 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4337940&cid=t_199748_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fconsider-medical-conditions-before-jumping-on-the-new-years-resolution-diet-and-exercise-bandwagon%2F2011.01.11 The first week of January was full of news reports of giving advice on your new diet and exercise program to help you lose the weight you’ve always wanted to. In a previous post and video I talk about some do’s and don’ts when planning for your weight loss New Year’s resolution. In the video below, I talk about some medical issues to keep in mind before starting your program. For example, do you have a family history of medical problems like high blood pressure or diabetes? If so, you may want to schedule an appointment with your personal physician before jumping on the diet and exercise bandwagon. If you find this video helpful, I invite you to check out other TV interviews at MikeSevilla.TV. Enjoy! *This blog post was originally published at Doctor Ano... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4337940 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 20:00:00 +0100 4337940 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4164524&cid=t_199748_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Ftalk-to-patients-before-running-tests%2F2010.11.14 The Associated Press ran a provocatively-titled piece recently, “Family health history: ‘best kept secret’ in care”, which noted how a geneticist at the Cleveland Clinic discovered that asking about family members and their history of breast, colon, or prostate cancer was better than simply doing genetic blood testing. Surprising? Hardly. This is what all medical students are taught. Talk to the patient. Get a detailed history and physical. Lab work and imaging studies are merely tools that can help support or refute a diagnosis. They provide a piece of the puzzle, but always must be considered in the full context of a patient. They alone do not provide the truth. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at Saving Money and Surviving the H... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4164524 Sun, 14 Nov 2010 15:00:00 +0100 4164524 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3920841&cid=t_199748_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fa-dermatology-visit-10-tips-to-get-the-most-out-of-it%2F2010.08.31 Having a high-quality doctor’s visit takes effort on your doctor’s and yours. Here are 10 tips to get the most out of your next visit with a dermatologist: 1. Write down all the questions you have and things you want to discuss with me. Be sure to list any spots you’d like me to check or any moles that have changed. Have a loved one lightly mark spots on your skin they are concerned about. 2. Know your family history: Has anyone in your family had skin cancer? What type? Patients often have no idea if their parents have had melanoma. It matters. If possible, ask before seeing me. 3. Know your history well: Have you had skin cancer? What type? If you have had melanoma, then bring the detailed information about your cancer. Your prognosis depends on how serious the melanoma was, ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3920841 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:00:13 +0100 3920841 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3404028&cid=t_199748_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fshine-on-scotland-for-more-vitamin-d%2F I live with Multiple Sclerosis; it cannot be prevented in me… Researchers are working around the world to figure out how to cure my MS, how to improve my life with MS, how I even got MS in the first place. Some of the research is “natural history” research which looks back at health history of people with and without a particular disease, some is forward looking. Most of the research is, to this point, inconclusive… One bit of research which has been growing for a few years now has to do with MS and vitamin D (vitamin D3 to be specific).  It is inconclusive, but many of us have already gotten our levels of the hormone (yes, vitamin D3 is a hormone; produced in the body via the sun) and we know we are low. Exactly how (or even whether) vitamin D may be related to MS still unknown. ... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3404028 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:53:31 +0100 3404028 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2908537&cid=t_199748_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F10%2F20%2Fat-our-bodies-our-blog-sexual-healing%2F In yesterday’s post at Our Bodies Our Blog, I point to an article in The Nation on the medicalization of sex, and some additional books and documentaries worth checking out on the topics of hysteria, vibrators, and physicians’ historical approach to women’s sexuality. Posted in Sex & Sex Education, Women's Health (Source: Women's Health News) Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2908537 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:51:53 +0100 2908537 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2266684&cid=t_199748_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F03%2F14%2Fthe-end-of-remote-prescribing%2F There’s long been a gray market in the U.S. for prescription medications that can be had online without actually having a prescription. Erectile dysfunction medications are the most common such prescriptions. This practice has commonly been done on websites based in India or another country. The prescription is then forwarded to a pharmacy clearinghouse in the U.S. that has contracted with physicians to write prescriptions for such orders. How can a doctor do this without a physical exam? Easy! It’s called a form that the customer fills out on the prescription website. The doc reviews the form and ostensibly ensures the customer has no pre-existing condition that may cause untoward side effects with the sought-after prescription. But this business, which has been going on for y... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2266684 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:00:33 +0100 2266684 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1975222&cid=t_199748_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2Fe_eg6Yj6d40%2F Back in July, it was reported that the rate of autism in Somali children in Minnapolis was notably high. According to the Minnesota Department of Education: in the Minneapolis’ early childhood and kindergarten programs, more than 12 percent of the students with autism reported speaking Somali at home. According to Minneapolis school officials, more than 17 percent of the children in the district’s early childhood special education autism program are Somali speaking. Almost 6 percent of the district’s total enrollment is made up of Somali-speaking students, and about 6 percent of the children in the district’s overall early childhood and kindergarten special education programs are Somali. Speculation about what could be causing this “cluster” of autism cases in so specif... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1975222 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:00:17 +0100 1975222 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1933329&cid=t_199748_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FuuWARbou32g%2F Yesterday ABC News reported on the difficulty of diagnosis and featured Jason Ross. Today’s ABC New looks at life after an autism diagnosis and interviews three mothers of autistic children to describe how families adjust after learning that a child is autistic. “‘There isn’t one stream that families find themselves in where they get carried along…….Life after diagnosis is normally a haphazard unfolding and everything is learning as you go,’” Dr. Jon Markey, a child psychiatrist at William Beaumont Hospitals is quoted as saying. Families—as Judith Ursitti, Kim Stagliano, and Jennifer Wood note—too experience “physical, emotional and financial meltdowns”; marriages are strained (one mother interviewed is divorced); par... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1933329 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:52:39 +0100 1933329 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1926561&cid=t_199748_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F413jGg5LseA%2F So Denis Leary issues an apology—what if he’d just not said a word about autism in the first place? And allow me to air a frustration: Leary’s gotten quite a lot of attention (however negative) for his comments and become a subject of discussion in the autism community. But I think I’d prefer to spend the time talking about autistic persons, rather than the ultra-uninformed mouthings of the likes of Leary. ‘Nuff said! Tags: ada, asd, asperger, autism, autism blog, denis leary, disabilities blog, disability, Education, emerson college, Health, History, michael savage, Parenting, pdd-nosShare This (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1926561 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:58:42 +0100 1926561 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1924541&cid=t_199748_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F1efolAjM-MY%2F “Special”—as in “special needs”: It’s a term used primarily (exclusively?) in regard to children. Sometimes, just saying “special children” means the same thing. But one wouldn’t use the word to refer to adults with disabilities. Consider this example: At at an October 30th rally in Rush Limbaugh’s hometown of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, McCain-Palin campaign representative Senator Kit Bond (R-Mo) mocked Presidential candidate Senator Barak Obama for saying that he’s looking to nominate judges who empathize with “the disabled.” Sen. Bond was joining Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin at the rally. As noted in a press release from ADA Watch and the National Coalition for Disability Rights: “It’s Halloween and it se... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1924541 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:30:29 +0100 1924541 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1911388&cid=t_199748_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FHuO04v0-mSE%2F From the October 28th Boston Herald: “I have nothing but admiration and sympathy for the people I know who are raising children with autism. In fact, they were the inspiration for the chapter I wrote about the subject,” the Worcester native and author of the provocative forthcoming book “Why We Suck” said in a statement to the Herald. “To them - and to all parents of children with autism - I apologize for any pain the out-of-context quotes from my book may have caused.” Not a complete recantment—-the Boston Herald notes that Leary still said that “‘“taking one or two sentences out of context” from the book’s chapter “Autism Shmautism” is “unfair and misleading.’” Well, Mr. Leary, to throw around even “one or two” phrases lik... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1911388 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:38:38 +0100 1911388 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1908840&cid=t_199748_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FfEMbc1CDGko%2F Autism gets mentioned for the first time in a presidential debate on October 15th; here’s more news: After Many Years, A Diagnosis Deborah Lipsky was in her 40s when she found out that has autism. There Goes Another Autism Myth While out riding his bike, Charlie hears another child crying and……. Denis Leary Does a Michael Savage I know Leary’s a comedian but some things just aren’t funny—-alumni from Emerson College don’t think so either. McCain and Obama Debate: Down Syndrome, Autism, Special Needs Disability historian Paul Longmore writes about Sarah Palin as “talking about special needs children” and Obama as having substantive plans for all people with disabilities” in the October 3rd Huffington Post Barney Can Wait What happened to all tho... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1908840 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:35:07 +0100 1908840 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1901609&cid=t_199748_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FqK24juzSMGE%2F From the October 23rd The Swamp, the Chicago Tribune’s Washington Bureau, is the transcript of an interview with Sarah Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president. Here’s some of what she said about families of children with special needs (Palin is to give a speech today in Pittsburgh—her first on policy—about special needs children): “the federal government can play a very appropriate role in making this country a more welcoming country to those children with special needs to really make manifest our commitment to these children to provide them with equal opportunity with education, equal opportunity as they grow up to good employment and a chance to contribute and be quite productive and fulfill, and I think we can do a better job than where we’ve... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1901609 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:43:53 +0100 1901609 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1892046&cid=t_199748_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FUPjxQBes6bE%2F A commenter under the moniker of “Rainmanretired” posted this about the Q & A on autism and what John McCain said that was posted on Newsweek yesterday: Kristina said she knew nothing about autism before she had a son with it, I was wondering just how she expected John McCain to know all about it? No he probably doesn’t know what all the differents’s are between all the different things that effect children BUT he wants to help ALL not just autism children. ……. I thought of this very question as I was talking during the interview about how I indeed “knew nothing about autism” before my son was diagnosed. I had barely heard, let alone thought of, the word “autism” before daycare teachers and an “evaluator” let the w... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1892046 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:07:27 +0100 1892046 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1868572&cid=t_199748_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FkutojrHLPQk%2F Jim noted to me last night that the stock market is now pretty much back to where it was around the time Charlie was born. Having spent the past ten days writing about vaccines and autism for the Science Blogs Book Club, it’s occurred to me that the whole vaccine-autism issue has been part of, and even dominated, public discussion about autism for most of Charlie’s life. It was in 1998 that Dr. Andrew Wakefield announced that he had found the cause of autism—-the MMR vaccine—and launched far more than a thousand discussions, diatribes, and disputed claims. 10 years, 11 years and counting of a good life with our boy. Tags: andrew wakefield, asd, asperger, autism, autism blog, disabilities blog, disability, economic crisis, Education, Health, immunizations, mercury, m... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1868572 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:25:17 +0100 1868572 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1868573&cid=t_199748_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F3_Xf9dfnxMw%2F Disability historian Paul Longmore writes about Sarah Palin as “talking about special needs children” and Obama as having substantive plans for all people with disabilities” in the October 3rd Huffington Post: Even though 90% of the 54 Americans with disabilities are adults, Palin, John McCain, and the news media have talked almost exclusively about children. And that talk has been mostly about “compassion” not “issues.” The McCain-Palin campaign website has a single page on “Americans with Disabilities for McCain,” but it says nothing about policy positions. Other pages mention autism and disabled veterans but no other issues. In contrast, Barack Obama and Joe Biden have said little on the campaign trail about disability issues but th... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1868573 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:35:40 +0100 1868573 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1794450&cid=t_199748_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FErZeMKMRlsQ%2F A simile, as my students are quick to tell me, is when you’re comparing something to something else and you use “as” or “like.” It’s a comparison of something by way of mentioning something else, and the “‘as’ or ‘like’” makes it very clear what you’re up to. “Simile” is the title of one of my favorite poems from Line Dance (Word Press 2008) by Barbara Crooker: My son showd me his paper from remedial English; he was supposed to fill in the blanks. Cool as a __________. Smooth as a __________. Neat as a _____. He came up with: angry as a teakettle and when I asked, “Why?” said, “Because it was boiling mad.” Of course, it was marked wrong, one more red mark in his life’s lo... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1794450 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:06:55 +0100 1794450 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1734694&cid=t_199748_87_f&fid=36941&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mazecordblood.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D47 One of the questions frequently asked of our cord blood coordinators is, “Why do you need to know about my travel history?”  This is because one of the questions on our health history form asks about parents’ travel history outside the U.S.  We ask this because the NY State Department of Health requires that we keep this information on record.  The information is important in case a health advisory were to be issued for a certain country for a specific period of time (similar to Great Britain during the mad cow scare).  If that were to happen, all of the records would be available. Any cord blood bank that is licensed in NY State is required to collect this information.  It is important to guarantee the safety of all of the cord blood in our care. (Source: Cord Blood... Cord Blood News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1734694 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:03:17 +0100 1734694 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1717246&cid=t_199748_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F_kT-OVgZAqc%2F Yes, we’ve been on vacation; meanwhile, the usual back and forth about vaccines and autism rages: CBS news say they’ve unearthed “details of a third case of vaccine injury in a child born in 1974″—as Kev’s noted, Kathleen Seidel described this same case five months ago on the Neurodiversity blog, CBS news is catching up in these dog days of summer. No mention of autism and vaccines is complete without a nod to mercury: Translating Autism reviews a recent study in Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, entitled An Investigation of Porphyrinuria in Australian Children with Autism. Here’s his summary: The study examined urinary porphyrins as a measure of mercury exposure in children with autism. Porphyrinuria, or the excess urinary ex... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1717246 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:48:26 +0100 1717246 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1671479&cid=t_199748_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2008%2F07%2F31%2Fa-new-way-to-track-your-familys-health-history-myfamilyhealthcom%2F Most of us know the importance of being familiar with our family’s health history. In fact, there is nary a doctor’s office visit where we’re not grilled on the diseases/afflictions that run through our gene pool. But sometimes it’s hard to remember it all, and sometimes we just don’t know all there is to know about Gram and Gramps, right? Well now there may be a viable solution: MyFamilyHealth.com. From the company, here are some of the benefits: MyFamilyHealth.com is the most advanced online family health history tracking tool and compliant with the latest recommendations from the US Department of Health and Human Services. The site addresses the key problems of how to effectively gather, organize and analyze this information, making it easier than ever bef... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1671479 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:30:53 +0100 1671479 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1463857&cid=t_199748_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F296330397%2F Charlie and I went to the playground today. That probably doesn’t seem to be anything much to report, especially given other things going on this week. Charlie and I haven’t been to the playground in a while—in several months—and there was a time when we went at least twice a day. After school and before dinner. Mid-morning (on a weekend or holiday) and sometime after 3pm. Many posts when I first started blogging recount those hours of Charlie climbing and trying to walk up slides with the summer sun beating down on us. With the sun just starting to set, Charlie climbed up a rope net. He’s so tall now that he really only had to reach out his hands to grasp the wood edge and pull himself up. He tramped up the slides several times, then went down the rope net. I... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1463857 Fri, 23 May 2008 05:36:24 +0100 1463857 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1382404&cid=t_199748_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F273034745%2F There’s a video out on the web now called Autism Yesterday, echoing the title of another video that appeared in 2006, Autism Every Day. The latter video by director Lauren Thierry strove to present “what it’s like” for families to live with a child for autism. The other video, “Autism Yesterday,” presents the message that “autism is reversible” via biomedical interventions; autism could become a thing of yesterday if families chose to use such treatments (many of which we have used for my son, when he was younger). I’ve never been one for taking a lot of videos of my son. I suppose you could say, I’m too busy watching and being with him to be inclined to run and get the camera. It is certainly “life with an autistic son&#822... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1382404 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:36:32 +0100 1382404 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1368871&cid=t_199748_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F269257905%2F This past Friday, a government-appointed working group met for the first time to discuss research about the safety of immunizations. Federal health officials said that the meeting is not in response to the recent concession by the government that vaccines aggravated an underlying mitochondrial condition in 9-year-old Hannah Poling and led to symptoms of autism; the April 13th New York Times states otherwise: The meeting, the first of more to be set, came amid new controversy about vaccines and autism — and a fledgling theory that vaccinations might worsen a rare condition called mitochondrial dysfunction that sets off certain forms of autism. Said Dr. Bruce Gellin, head of the National Vaccine Program Office: “A crisis of trust is going to be a crisis of public health.” Healt... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1368871 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:02:54 +0100 1368871 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1162709&cid=t_199748_155_f&fid=36520&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrzeusforensicfiles.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2Fyes-yersinia.html There IS a Santa Claws. (Sorry I couldn't resist.) Tara Smith has a three-part post about the black death (one of my faves) over at Aeitology. They've done some neat historical forensic DNA work on the issue. As a history person and a pathologist, I really enjoyed it. (Source: Dr. Zeus's Forensic Files) Dr. Zeus's Forensic Files blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1162709 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:18:00 +0100 1162709 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=836450&cid=t_199748_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F150960667%2F On the first day of the class on ancient Greek history that I am teaching this semester, I asked my students, What is history? Then I passed out the opening lines of the 8th-century poet Hesiod’s Theogony, which details the birth of the gods of Greek mythology. Why, I asked my students, are we reading mythology—traditional stories and legends including those found in Homer’s epic poetry and the Greek tragedies—at the start of a history class? Isn’t history about “what really happened“—about facts, about reality, the truth? Why read about the birth of Aphrodite and how the titan Prometheus stole fire to give to humans? The ancient Greek word for “history” is historia,” which means first of all an “inquiry,” and al... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=836450 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:12:27 +0100 836450 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=793938&cid=t_199748_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F08%2F12%2Fsunday-seven-seven-ways-to-fine-tune-your-health%2F Filed under: Prevention, Diets, Exercise, Nutrition, Vitamins and nutrients, Smoking, Sunday SevenThere are countless methods we can use for optimizing our health. Each of us can surely rattle off a bunch right now. Give it a try. Quick. Name three actions you can take to improve your body, your mind, your soul. Good. Now remember what you picked -- and make each one happen.In a recent newspaper article, one journalist listed 25 ways to live a healthy life. They're all super ideas. But I only have space today for seven. Here they are. Stop back in two weeks, and I'll give you another seven.Keep your weight in check Make sure your weight is appropriate for your height, age, sex, and body frame. The American Institute for Cancer Research reports that having an ideal body mass, eating properl... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=793938 Sun, 12 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 793938 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=765736&cid=t_199748_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F07%2F30%2Fyoutube-presidential-debate-features-cancer-question%2F Filed under: Breast Cancer, Events, Politics, Daily newsOn July 23, a milestone in presidential campaign history was delivered when Democratic presidential candidates fielded questions sent in via YouTube, a popular video sharing website where users can upload, view, and share video clips. On September 17, Republican candidates will take part in the second CNN-YouTube debate.Aired live on CNN, this unusual debate featured 39 serious questions -- about immigration, climate change, the voting system, even cancer.Thirty-six-year-old Kim of Long Island, who pulls off her wig mid-question, asks in her video clip about the millions of uninsured Americans who don't have access to preventative medical care."What would you, as president, do to make low cost or free preventative medicine available f... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=765736 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0100 765736