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 'immortality'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:22:58 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893819&cid=t_165388_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F06%2Fmoths-hovering.html The clouds beckon the coming storm, and I rock in my chair and survey the grandeur. Yellow, orange, pink, purple...and every shade in between. I bask in the eye of the storm, waiting for sunset to fade it's glow   melting the the evening sky to bring out it's lights of night. Waiting for the first mist of cold rain to come across the fields.I've been in a storm since the beginning of April. My diagnosis is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and I am taking a slew of medication in an attempt to slow the anxiety and help me keep control of my impulses. I have gone 4 weeks now without hurting myself intentionally. One therapist pointed out that physical pain is helpful because it shunts electricity from one part of the brain (the conscious part that is running scared) to less intellect... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893819 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:49:00 +0100 4893819 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4119040&cid=t_165388_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSciencebaseScienceBlog%2F%7E3%2FPqmQqTsh2mM%2Fsix-sexy-science-books.html at least one or two of which would make perfect holiday gifts for the science geek, nerd, dweeb, or dork in your life. Remember Science is Vital and so are books. Science: The Definitive Guide by Piers Bizony – As a kid, I devoured books like this, you probably did too, it is a big, bold, and eyecatching introduction to chemistry, physics, geology, biology and cosmology. Each section has a big-fonted title and a lively opener followed by more in-depth exploration. But, these days, having authored and co-authored several of the genre myself, I find each new one sadly lacking. Yes, they give you a nice taste of science, but they're never definitive, there's always some topic that has been overlooked, some niche that is not covered in quite enough depth. Casual readers ar... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4119040 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 07:42:36 +0100 4119040 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2205280&cid=t_165388_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E3%2F544734283%2Ftransbeman-era-of-cyberconsciousness-or.html This past week, I had the pleasure of attending a private screening of Transbeman, a techno-fable film produced by Martine Rothblatt, that explores ethical, legal, and social implications of techno-immortality. I've asked for a clip/teaser to post, so that our readers can get a flavor for the film, but I can tell you that it is thoughtful, provocative, and raises many questions that would be a lot of fun to discuss in law classes or bioethics classes.In an interview with We magazine, we get a peek into Martine's motivation: trying to make the world a better place. The problem, she explains is not that we are not smart enough, but that we are not empathetic, or kind, or compassionate enough, and the film explores that issue, masterfully. (And in the interest of full disclosure, Martine and ... Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2205280 Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:46:18 +0100 2205280 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2190515&cid=t_165388_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Fvisit-from-dave.html Barbara is 75 years old. She has lived alone since Bob, her husband, died a few years ago. She is still quietly grieving. Bob did all the household accounts. He paid the bills, and was a dab hand at D.I.Y. Barbara does it all now. Apart from the D.I.Y., which her son, Tom, has taken over. She is managing very well, thank you. Except when the central heating boiler makes that clunking noise. It worries her. It clunked when Bob was alive but he said it was nothing serious, just the pipes expanding. Barbara understands that, but she still worries. So when that nice young man in the white van, with "Plumber" written on his smart overalls,  knocked on her door and said he was in her area, and would she like her boiler checked before the onset of winter, Barbara accepted the offer. Dave was fri... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2190515 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:49:00 +0100 2190515 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2123239&cid=t_165388_117_f&fid=38158&url=http%3A%2F%2Famericanacupuncture.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F01%2Fwhy-we-age.html WHY WE AGE!  METHUSELAH’S SECRET TO  LIVING 900 YEARS. Sun worshipping may be dangerous to your health.  Aging is not so much diet, exercise or heredity.  Of the many theories about aging, none consider sunlight. The long-lived biblical patriarchs, as Methuselah, lived in a different environment.  They were shielded from strong sunlight by a canopy of ice that let them live long lives. They had the secret magic bullet to longevity.  The bible gives clues to man’s early life on this planet. What  happened?  First the water separated with water below the earth and water above the sky’s canopy of ice. There was insufficient sunlight and rain could not form.  The flood occurred as the windows of the heavens opened. and the ice canopy broke up.  With strong sunlight visible, t... Dr. Needles Medical Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2123239 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:40:00 +0100 2123239 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1856102&cid=t_165388_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FNbD8OsDNa1I%2F It’s not exactly the secret of immortality, but scientists have discovered the nearest thing to the secret of a long life. It’s in your genes. Or rather, it’s in the gene called FOXO3A or the so-called “long life gene”, which The Hawaii Lifespan Study found was associated with better health and a longer life. The team led by Drs. Bradley Wilcox followed 8,000 Japanese-American men who had regular health exams since the 1960s, where they found that men who lived an average 98 years - the longevity group - had similarities in their genotypes. Men who carry one copy of the nucleotide G at a certain location in the FOXO3A gene doubled their odds of living longer, while men who had two G copies almost tripled their odds of living beyond a century and were healthier... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1856102 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:00:07 +0100 1856102 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1449244&cid=t_165388_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F05%2Fanti-transhumanist-wisdom-on-battlestar.html In Marshall McLuhan's vast television wasteland that is getting vaster and more wasted with each passing year, there are a few shining examples of true excellence. Perhaps the best show on television today--and one of the best ever--is Battlestar Gallactica, a program that like the best science fiction explores the most meaningful issues of human existence and societal complexity.For those who don't know: the premise of the show is that human beings made millions of robots known as cylons that developed artificial intelligence. The cylons decide to wipe out the human race because of our defects and all but succeed in a suprise nuclear attack.The last 40,000 humans escape in a ragtag spaceship fleet led by the obsolete war "battlestar" called Gallactica. Eventually, in desperation, the flee... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1449244 Sat, 17 May 2008 03:54:00 +0100 1449244 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1163178&cid=t_165388_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F01%2Fnew-staph-strain-demonstrates-futility.html There is an alarming story in today's San Francisco Chronicle, byline Sabin Russell, that illustrates how life evolves to ensure that no matter how far we advance scientifically, death will always remain part of the experience of living. A terrible antibiotic-resistant strain of staph bacteria is spreading that could threaten us all. From the story:Dr. Jeff Brooks has been director of the UCSF lab for 29 years, and has watched with a mixture of fascination and dread how bacteria once tamed by antibiotics evolve rapidly into forms that practically no drug can treat."These organisms are very small," he said, "but they are still smarter than we are."Among the most alarming of these is MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a bug that used to be confined to vulnerable hospital p... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1163178 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:09:00 +0100 1163178