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 'identification'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:00:43 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5118607&cid=t_105206_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FsIhHwzm_3Z0%2F By Jim HarperWith the Department of Homeland Security constantly spinning out new projects and programs (plus re-branded old ones) to investigate you, me, and the kitchen sink, it’s sometimes hard to keep up. But I was intrigued with a report that behvaior detection officers are getting another look from the Transportation Security Administration. Behavior detection is the unproven, and so far highly unsuccessful (Rittgers, Harper), program premised on the idea that telltale cues can reliably and cost-effectively indicate intent to do harm at airports. But there’s a new behavior detection program already underway. Or is it interrogation? Due to a bottleneck at the magnetometers in one concourse of the San Francisco airport (no strip-search machines!), I recently had the chance... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5118607 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:43:58 +0100 5118607 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096126&cid=t_105206_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F008217.html A Washington Post article on a Chinese company that is making very high quality fake IDs and selling them to American college students and credit fraudsters suggests to me something about the future of privacy: We are in a identification technology arms race between elaborate identity faking and identity verification capabilities. The inevitable result: less privacy. Less anonymity. To the naked eye — even the practiced eye of most bartenders and police officers — the counterfeits look perfect. The photo and physical description are real. So is the signature. The address may be, too. The holograms are exact copies, and even the bar code can pass unsophisticated scans. If drivers licenses were only rarely and poorly faked then police and... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096126 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5096126 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4318317&cid=t_105206_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FTtnjr5pJ7Ug%2F By Jim HarperI’ve emphasized in the past that a national ID requirement—for travel, for work, whatever the case—would exclude the indigent from rungs on the ladder. If you don’t know the story of the homeless man whose golden radio voice got him a second chance, you should.  But, as the New York Daily News reports, his long-awaited reunion with his mother has been delayed while he proves his identity so he can fly. A land of freedom doesn’t put paperwork requirements between a man on the rebound and a long-awaited reunion with his mother. ID Requirements and the Indigent is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4318317 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:44:03 +0100 4318317 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3954225&cid=t_105206_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FuHuuWrYRMjU%2F By Jason KuznickiThis month at Cato Unbound, political scientist James C. Scott joins us in a discussion of his landmark book Seeing Like a State. His lead essay “The Trouble with the View from Above” gets readers up to speed and reviews some of the key themes of the book. Here’s an excerpt: State naming practices and local, customary naming practices are strikingly different. Each set of practices is designed to make the human and physical landscape legible, by sharply identifying a unique individual, a household, or a singular geographic feature. Yet they are each devised by very distinct agents for whom the purposes of identification are radically different. Purely local, customary practices, as we shall see, achieve a level of precision and clarity—often with impres... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3954225 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:32:07 +0100 3954225 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3231106&cid=t_105206_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2F2010%2F02%2Fmicrobial-phylogenetics-global-markers.html The introduction of comparative rRNA sequence analysis represents a major milestone in the history of microbiology. The current taxonomy of prokaryotes as well as modern probe and chip based identification methods are mainly based upon rRNA derived phylogenetic conclusions. Also of importance is single gene based phylogenetic inference and alternative global markers include elongation and initiation factors, RNA polymerase subunits, DNA gyrases, heat shock and recA proteins. Although the comparative analyses are hampered by the generally low phylogenetic information content, and different resolution power, and multiple copies of the individual markers, the domain and prokaryotic phyla concept is globally supported read more ... from Molecular Phylogeny of Microorganisms by Aharon Oren and ... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3231106 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:32:00 +0100 3231106 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2939273&cid=t_105206_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FL6mcyxc6lZM%2F I have always regarded standard-setting organizations as serious players who take care to keep slightly boring the work of establishing uniformity in products and protocols. But a press release from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) may cause me to reassess. “IDSP Issues Report Calling for National Identity Verification Standard” is the release, and it’s bristling with error and malformed policy assertions. IDSP is the “Identity Theft Prevention and Identity Management Standards Panel,” an ANSI subgroup. Take this doozy: [T]he Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA) and the REAL ID Act of 2005 require verification of identity prior to the issuance of birth certificates and driver’s licenses / ID cards, respectively. Ho... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2939273 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:44:49 +0100 2939273 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2939274&cid=t_105206_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FmHspvR8s3dw%2F Last night I spoke at “The Little Idea,” a mini-lecture series launched in New York by Ari Melber of The Nation and now starting up here in D.C., on the incredibly civilized premise that, instead of some interminable panel that culminates in a series of audience monologues-disguised-as-questions, it’s much more appealing to have a speaker give a ten-minute spiel, sort of as a prompt for discussion, and then chat with the crowd over drinks. I’d sketched out a rather longer version of my remarks in advance just to make sure I had my main ideas clear, and so I’ll post them here, as a sort of preview of a rather longer and more formal paper on 21st century surveillance and privacy that I’m working on. Since ten-minute talks don’t accommodate footnotes ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2939274 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:07:10 +0100 2939274 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2886518&cid=t_105206_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2009%2F10%2F13%2Fwhy-women-drop-maths%2F Not only in the medical academic workforce are women underrepresented this also counts for science in general. Women earned 31.3% of chemistry PhD degrees between 1993 and 2003 but in 2002 were hired for only 21.5% of assistant professorships. Similar disparities exist for new faculty appointments in physics, engineering, and mathematics. As far as mathematics are concerned women continue to lag behind on math related careers. This gender gap has been tried to explain from a biological point of view but this ingrained prejudice has never been proven. Results from a wide range of studies shows contradictory results and remains inconclusive. From a recent review on this subject it’s concluded that factors for underrepresentation in math intensive field are: Math-proficient women dispr... Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2886518 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:51:47 +0100 2886518 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2882971&cid=t_105206_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F10%2F12%2Fthe-human-fertilisation-embryology-act-1990-disclosure-of-identifying-information-for-research-regulations-for-consultation%2F Title: The Human Fertilisation & Embryology Act 1990: disclosure of identifying information for research: regulations for consultation Skinny: Second consultation on the regulations to establish a procedure for authorising the disclosure of identifying information held by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, for research purposes, where it is not practicable to obtain consent to the disclosure from the persons to whom the information relates. Publisher: DH Size of Publication: 26p Published: 08/10/2009 Posted in Data Protection, Grey Literature, Human Rights, NHS Tagged: Consent, Data Protection, Grey Literature, Human Fertility, Identification, Regulations (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2882971 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:29:04 +0100 2882971 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2871924&cid=t_105206_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2F9MLSjyfo_A4%2F It all started when I read about the mystery of the “Unknown Child” who drowned in the Titanic. In 1912, a small child, wearing a petticoat, frock, socks and leather shoes, was found among the wreckage of the Titanic and buried in Nova Scotia. The boy became known as The Unknown Child, and a symbol for all 53 children who died. Nothing was left in the grave of the child except three little teeth, and clues that lead to two possible identities: 13-month old Eino Panula of Finland, and 19-month old Sidney Goodwin of England. So the U.S. U.S. Armed Forces DNA Identification Lab turned to someone who was great at finding people – DNA Detective Colleen Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick is a nuclear physicist who gave up her day job to become a forensic genealogist, one finds people – dead or a... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2871924 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:57:41 +0100 2871924 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2865623&cid=t_105206_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D7947 Ever had patients show you some white round pills they’re taking and expect you to know what they are? You’ll be surprised how common it is that patients don’t know exactly what medications they are taking. It may be also very important in the ER when dealing with unconscious patients who may have overdosed. Pill identification is easy if you have a good pharmacy service who can help. If you are on your own, perhaps these online tools can help. 1) Pillbox is an NLM/NIH initiative which is a cool Web 2.0 site powered by Adobe Flex (a simpler HTML interface is also available). It uses a system which narrows down your search based on pill imprints, shape, color, size and scoring. It’s still in beta and a little buggy e.g. some images are missing but it looks very prom... Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2865623 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2865623 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2807571&cid=t_105206_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FQyMMOPRxAZg%2F Constitutional rules often comport with common sense. The Fourth Amendment’s search and seizure clause — so burdensome to law enforcement, some argue — requires officials to look for evidence of crime where they think they’ll find it and not elsewhere. Common sense. So it is with an Indiana Court of Appeals ruling that the state’s voter ID law violates the equal protection clause of the state’s constitution. The law requires in-person voters to show ID, but makes no attempt to verify the identities of absentee voters. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the law against a recent challenge, but the Indiana court struck it down based on a broader protection in the state constitution’s equal protection clause. Think what you will on the legal merits. (I generally ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2807571 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:41:55 +0100 2807571 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2653663&cid=t_105206_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FNuabg4mS1KA%2F Let’s fisk a DHS press release! It’s the “Statement by DHS Press Secretary Sara Kuban on Markup of the Pass ID Bill by the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee.” Here goes: On the same day that Secretary Napolitano highlighted the Department’s efforts to combat terrorism and keep our country safe during a speech in New York City, This part is true: Secretary Napolitano was in New York speaking about terrorism. Congress took a major step forward on the PASS ID secure identification legislation. There was a markup of PASS ID in the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. It’s a step — not sure how major. PASS ID is critical national security legislation People who have studied identity-based security know that knowing p... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2653663 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:41:47 +0100 2653663 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2648966&cid=t_105206_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FNZDCQSUonM8%2F It was good of Ari Schwartz to respond last week to my recent post querying whether the Center for Democracy and Technology outright opposes a national ID or simply “does not support” one. Ari says CDT does oppose a national ID, and I believe that he honestly believes that. But it’s worth taking a look at whether the group’s actions are consistent with opposition to a national ID. I believe CDT’s actions — most recently its support of the PASS ID Act — support the creation of a national ID. (The title of his post and some of his commentary suggest I have engaged in rhetorical excess and mischaracterized his views. Please do judge for yourself whether I’m being shrill or unfair, which is not my intention.) First I want to address an unusual cl... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2648966 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:04:20 +0100 2648966 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2630054&cid=t_105206_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FpHXPcnkCiBc%2F The proposed PASS ID Act is a national ID just like REAL ID, and it threatens privacy just as much. Some argue that a national ID under PASS ID should be palatable, though, because it reduces costs to states. But savings to states under PASS ID are not at all clear. Let’s take a look at the costs of creating a U.S. national ID. The REAL ID Act, passed in May 2005, required states to begin implementing a national ID system within three years. In regulations it proposed in March 2007, the Department of Homeland Security extended that draconian deadline. States would have five years, starting in May 2008, to move all driver’s license and ID card holders into REAL ID-compliant cards. The Department of Homeland Security estimated the costs for this project at $17.2 billion dollars (net ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2630054 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:46:38 +0100 2630054 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2625958&cid=t_105206_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FsGncYnym6pA%2F Speaking of the Center for Democracy and Technology, Leslie Harris gave a terrific quote to Forbes.com for an article on cybersecurity: The Rockefeller-Snowe Bill represents just the sort of heavy-handed regulation that could stifle innovation and hurt the economy, argues Leslie Harris, president and chief executive of the Center for Democracy and Technology. “If you lock things down too tight and try to centralize and federalize all kinds of standards, you’re on a collision course with the innovators who may be making the next great tech product in their backyard,” she says. The question is why CDT doesn’t apply this thinking to the field of identification and credentialing. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2625958 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:22:45 +0100 2625958 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2613837&cid=t_105206_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FqHlDnarEDs4%2F Ari Schwartz responded in characteristic even tones to my critique of his testimony in favor of the PASS ID Act, which would revive the moribund REAL ID law. It’s worth a rejoinder, and I’ll offer him the same again here if he wishes. Ari clouds matters slightly by suggesting that my “strong biases” obscure certain facts. I readily admit having a strong bias in favor of liberty — it’s why I do what I do. Ari admits several biases, including one in favor of consensus-building, which was what I accused him of prioritizing over principle. Let’s put aside the question of bias. It’s good to see Ari state that CDT does not support a national ID system. It would be better to see him state that CDT opposes having a national ID system. (I imagine this... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2613837 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:40:58 +0100 2613837 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2610894&cid=t_105206_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FPY-43SDN4t0%2F The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing yesterday on the REAL ID Act and the REAL ID revival bill, known as PASS ID. I attended and want to share with you some highlights. Good News! Little good came from the hearing, as it was primarily focused on how to get the states and people to accept a national ID. But there is some good news. First, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano declared REAL ID dead (much as I did in my testimony two-plus years ago). “DOA” is how she referred to it. She also said that no state will be in compliance with REAL ID by the current December 31, 2009 deadline. This is important because a lot of people think that states doing anything about the security of drivers’ licenses and ID cards ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2610894 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:50:38 +0100 2610894 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2580188&cid=t_105206_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FG0mO0zd61pU%2F I’ve written about PASS ID here a couple of times before - first on whether or not it’s a national ID and, second, on the politics of this REAL ID revival bill. Now I’ll take a look at whether it fixes the privacy issues with REAL ID. Privacy is complicated. Buckle up. The day the bill was introduced, the Center for Democracy and Technology issued a press release giving it a privacy stamp of approval. “The PASS ID Act addresses most of the major privacy and security concerns with REAL ID,” said Ari Schwartz, Vice-President of CDT. The release cited four ways that PASS ID was an improvement over the bill it’s modeled on, REAL ID. Interstate Data Sharing? First, CDT said, PASS ID “[r]emoves the requirement that states ‘provide electronic access... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2580188 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:50:21 +0100 2580188 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2570390&cid=t_105206_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FXPWvuVgcriA%2F Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has been all over the map on national ID issues. As governor of Arizona, she signed a memorandum of understanding with the Bush DHS to implement “enhanced driver’s licenses” in her state. These are licenses with long-range RFID chips built into them. But then she turned around and signed legislation barring implementation of the REAL ID Act in Arizona. Now, having taken federal office, she again favors REAL ID — or at least under its new name: PASS ID. (Her efforts to put distance between REAL ID and PASS ID have not borne fruit.) In some respects, PASS ID is worse than REAL ID. It would give congressional approval to the “enhanced driver’s license” program — invented by DHS and State... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2570390 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:43:50 +0100 2570390 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405030&cid=t_105206_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FAMh0VpAbmsk%2F It’s a given that, once in place, a national ID would be used for additional purposes. In case you needed proof, on Wednesday, Senator David Vitter (R-LA) offered an amendment to H.R. 627, the Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights Act of 2009, requiring the Federal Reserve to impose federal identification standards on the opening of new credit accounts. Among the limited forms of ID credit issuers could accept are REAL ID cards, produced under the moribund national ID law. (Vitter may not realize that REAL ID is in collapse.) To compound things, his amendment would require credit issuers to run new credit card applicants past terrorist watch-lists. The sense of normalcy, efficiency, and common sense that makes airports so pleasurable to visit today would infect our financial servi... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405030 Thu, 14 May 2009 13:01:48 +0100 2405030 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2389659&cid=t_105206_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FjhwD7iG_CAc%2F The Heritage Foundation’s “The Foundry” blog has a post up called “Questions for Secretary Napolitano: Real ID.” Honest advocates on two sides of an issue can come to almost perfectly opposite views, and this provides an example, because I find the post confused, wrong, or misleading in nearly every respect. Let’s give it a brief fisking. Below, the language from the post is in italics, and my comments are in roman text: Does the Obama Administration support the implementation of the Real ID Act? (Hope not . . . .) Congress has passed two bills that set Real ID standards for driver’s licenses in all U.S. jurisdictions. REAL ID was a federal law that Congress passed in haste as an attachment to a military spending bill in early 2005. To me, “REAL ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2389659 Wed, 06 May 2009 12:38:42 +0100 2389659 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2364920&cid=t_105206_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FLkWzT79QIpA%2F CNN wrote an exciting headline on Wednesday: “Homeland Security Chief Seeks to Repeal Real ID Act.” What they left out was that the replacement would be . . . the REAL ID Act. Intentionally or not, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has created the impression that the national ID law might go away. But simply renaming the Department of Homeland Security’s national ID program is not a repeal of REAL ID. The REAL ID revival bill that has been circulating is the same national identification and tracking system with a few of the sharpest corners taken off and the hope of federal money held out to up-to-now recalcitrant states. The REAL ID revival bill would corral every American citizen into the national ID system to try and attack illegal immigrants. Bills to re... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2364920 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:15:49 +0100 2364920 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2353757&cid=t_105206_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FZf-KAaY_Ahk%2F Here’s Michigan state representative Paul Opsommer (R) on the Department of Homeland Security’s “Enhanced Driver’s License,” which contains a radio frequency identification chip with a long read range: Expect the Department of Homeland Security to tell you what a great thing they are doing by allowing you the ability to buy these RFID licenses. They create the problem, provide a solution that is the cheapest for them and most risky for you, and then expect you to like it. But RFID is not mandated by Congress, and if enough states stand up for themselves the policy will be changed. Michigan needs to say no and do just that. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2353757 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:41:06 +0100 2353757 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2084076&cid=t_105206_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2F504694343%2F SFChronicle has an article on musroom poisining from Amanita phalloides over this holiday season. They come in a variety of colors during their development depending on moisture and their surroundings. These are definitely beautiful and attractive mushrooms, but they are not to be eaten! Please be sure of what you are have found before eating. Waiting for that spore print is worth it when in doubt (at all!).  Get a copy of a good book especially if you are collecting in a new environment. Also see Richard Eshelman’s survial from a mushroom poisoning experience. © Jason Stajich for The Hyphal Tip, 2009. | Permalink | No comment Add to del.icio.us Search blogs linking this post with Technorati Want more on these topics ? Browse the archive of posts filed under news. ... Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2084076 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:23:56 +0100 2084076 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1429356&cid=t_105206_136_f&fid=36051&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FCancerCommentary%2F%7E3%2F285937094%2F A product of Pathwork Diagnostics, The Pathwork® Tissue of Origin Test is designed to increase diagnostic certainty for hard-to-identify tumors. The Pathwork® Tissue of Origin Test measures the expression of more than 1500 genes present in a tissue sample and generates the tumor’s gene expression profile. This profile is then compared to those of 15 known tissues, representing more than 60 morphologies. An objective, probability-based Similarity Score is provided for each of the 15 potential tissue types, enabling each tissue type to be ruled in or ruled out. What do patients need to know about The Pathwork® Tissue of Origin Test? If a patient has hard to identify cancer, the doctor may recommend this test in order to fully determine the best treatment plan for the patient. The P... Cancer Commentary blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1429356 Thu, 08 May 2008 08:20:56 +0100 1429356 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1336916&cid=t_105206_158_f&fid=36018&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaregiversbeacon.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2F85-year-old-woman-with-dementia-missing.html Another instance of a missing dementia patient who walked away from a facility, but was found later on Friday, highlights the need for electronic tracking bracelets to ensure safety. An article on Friday, March 28, 2008, in the San Luis Obispo Tribune says that Bernice Holcomb, an 85 year old woman with dementia, was missing from a care facililty at 1755 Skyview Lane, Paso Robles, (San Luis Obispo County) California. She evidently walked away from the facility. She was found at 6:30 on North River Road.Not long ago a man with dementia disappeared from his home in Pismo Beach, (San Luis Obispo County), CA, and was found 20 miles away riding a bicycle in Santa Maria. He was wearing a project lifesaver electronic tracking bracelet that helicopters can track. He was so far form home that autho... The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1336916 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 07:59:00 +0100 1336916 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1332797&cid=t_105206_158_f&fid=36018&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaregiversbeacon.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fexpired-identification-card-leads-to.html An elderly mother had been suddenly hospitalized, and her adult daughter who lived far away had arrived. But, in addition to the current crises, it turned out that the mother's California Identification Card (used by seniors who no longer have a drivers license) had expired six months ago. The daughter needed to obtain Power of Attorney quickly in the emergency, but ran into difficulties since the mother no longer had a California Identification card. Secure Horizons, the Medicare Supplemental, had not been paid by the mother for several months and was lapsing. But, they would not take a payment over the phone due to HIPPA.This was the sad story of misfortune I heard today from the adult daughter. She finally had two of her mother's neighbors sign as witnesses for her at a notary's. She wa... The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1332797 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:02:00 +0100 1332797 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1319392&cid=t_105206_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2F255668896%2F   This isn't fungal, but sounds pretty cool - ability to identify plants by echolocation.      Yovel, Y., Franz, M.O., Stilz, P., Schnitzler, H., Bourne, P.E. (2008). Plant Classification from Bat-Like Echolocation Signals. PLoS Computational Biology, 4(3), e1000032. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000032 © Jason Stajich for Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics, 2008. | Permalink | No comment Add to del.icio.us Search blogs linking this post with Technorati Want more on these topics ? Browse the archive of posts filed under fungi. (Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics) Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1319392 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:39:51 +0100 1319392 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=487197&cid=t_105206_133_f&fid=35098&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclub166.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2Fbe-machine.html I’ve been trying to understand for several months why Buddy Boy wants to be a machine or an inanimate object. I think if I can “Grok” this it might help me to see things thru his eyes a bit better.Although Buddy Boy has rarely voiced a desire to be a particular type of person (he used to always say he wanted to be a farmer when he grew up) for the past year or so he’s always wanted to be some sort of machine (or occasionally an inanimate object). When I say that I would like to have a Ferrari someday (hey, I can dream, can’t I?) Buddy Boy will say that he wants to be a fast car when he grows up. He doesn’t want to fly a plane, he wants to be a plane.I don’t necessarily think that this is a bad thing. Buddy Boy has always had a fascination with anything mechanical. Sometimes h... Club 166 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=487197 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:58:00 +0100 487197 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=463408&cid=t_105206_113_f&fid=34649&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftechnhealth.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F11%2Fchildrens-hospital-adding-telemedicine.html Children's hospital adding telemedicine Australian IT has published an article about the Royal Children's Hospital in Brisbane utilising telemedicine with an $18 million grant.A range of services will be made available including wireless networks that will enable remote telemedicine and radio-frequency identification technology in wristbands. You can read the full story hereGreat to see an IT Department in Health taking the initiative and utilising technology to help people! Well done. Let's hope others will follow...tags technorati : telemedicine radio - frequency identification Royal Children's Hospital Brisbane (Source: Tech 'n' Health) Tech 'n' Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=463408 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 05:00:00 +0100 463408