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 'interesting'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:02:33 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4953163&cid=t_121647_129_f&fid=27216&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifewithadhd.com%2Fadhd-drugs%2Fthree-interesting-facts-about-adhd-insights-for-parents.php Do you know what a ’smart’ drug is ? It is one of the ADHD drugs, like Ritalin or Adderall, now used more and more by university students to get through exams and to aid them in study sessions. Their days can last up to 36 hours ! In a survey organised by the magazine ‘Nature’, they found that up to 20% of the 1,400 people surveyed had taken one of these ’smart ‘ drugs. In the USA, researchers at the University of Michigan found that up to 8% had used these drugs to get through their exams but that figure could actually be about 15%, I reckon. Apart from being one of the three interesting facts that I want to outline in this article, the scary thing about all this is that no one has bothered much about the long term effects or the risks associated with t... Life With ADHD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4953163 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4953163 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4436796&cid=t_121647_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F02%2F04%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-february-4-2011%2F I love what you have been sharing on our Facebook page recently. Reading about the things you love about your uniqueness has been very inspiring. (If you missed it, catch up here.) Some days it’s hard to love ourselves-the quirky things we say, our crooked smile, or how we need to be around people as much as we need to get away from them. The funny thing is that what makes us different is often what makes us so lovable. Simply because there is no single person on this earth like you. When you think about it, isn’t that pretty cool? In the world we live in, it is sometimes hard to love our unusual parts, the things that make us stand out from the crowd. But your uniqueness (the way you write, speak, walk and how you just are) is really a fingerprint, a distinct and permanent imp... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4436796 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:00:32 +0100 4436796 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3545642&cid=t_121647_160_f&fid=36189&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.skinmdblog.com%2F74%2Fskin-pigmentation-genetics-the-sun-aging%2F Skin pigmentation is caused by the hormone melanin.  It is produced by specialized cells called melanocytes located in the deepest of the skin’s layers. Your genes are partially responsible for the amount of melanin present in your skin’s cells.  Other than that, sun exposure is the primary cause of increased melanin production. There are some medical conditions (mostly hormonal changes) that will cause increased melanin production.  Sometimes the melanin clumps or forms patches.  The appearance of clumps or patches can be distressing.  They are sometimes referred to as age spots. Although getting older may play a role, everyone wants to live a long life.  So, inevitably everyone will get older. What many people hope to do is to minimize the damage that time does to their faces a... Skin MD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3545642 Sat, 08 May 2010 12:40:59 +0100 3545642 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3469264&cid=t_121647_10_f&fid=34463&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmblog.lib.umich.edu%2Fdentlib%2Farchives%2F2010%2F04%2Fletter_from_the.html Hello everyone! We are delighted to announce our new website displaying beautiful xrays of flowers.  It is the work of my father, Albert Richards, who was a professor of radiology at The University of Michigan.  His flower prints were previously featured in the Smithsonian and National Geographic magazines. http://flowerxrays.com Enjoy! Kathy and Larry (Source: Dentistry Library) Dentistry Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3469264 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:08:18 +0100 3469264 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3362469&cid=t_121647_115_f&fid=38592&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.radiolopolis.com%2Findex.php%2Fmy-profile%2Fmy-blog%2Fjournal-of-radiology-case-reports-march-2010-issue-published.html The Journal of Radiology Case Reports has just published its March issueVol 4, No 3 (2010)Journal of Radiology Case Reports March 2010 issue Table of ContentsInterventional Radiology (Source: Radiolopolis Blogs) Radiolopolis Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3362469 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:29:30 +0100 3362469 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3288062&cid=t_121647_180_f&fid=38610&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.productivity501.com%2Fare-you-interesting%2F1919%2F What is so special about you?  Why would someone want to talk to you? More importantly (as Keith Ferrazzi points out in Never Eat Alone), why would someone want to talk about you? It is easy to get stuck in a rut of focusing on the things that make us successful in our work, but our skills are only one part of the equation.  Our relationships with others are at least as important as our skills. Building relationships is much easier when you aren’t a one-dimensional person.  If all you do is work, you may be very good at your job, but you are drastically limiting your circle of friends. Worse still, you are limiting them to people who are very similar to yourself. Making the effort to get outside of your comfort zone can be a very good investment.  Not only does it make you a mor... Productivity501 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3288062 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:00:12 +0100 3288062 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3158187&cid=t_121647_10_f&fid=34463&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmblog.lib.umich.edu%2Fdentlib%2Farchives%2F2010%2F01%2Fwarm_greeting.html Soldier returns home after 14 months in Iraq--to warm, enthusiastic greeting: http://tinyurl.com/yfjl2ue (Source: Dentistry Library) Dentistry Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3158187 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:16:55 +0100 3158187 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2796560&cid=t_121647_115_f&fid=38592&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.radiolopolis.com%2Findex.php%2Fmy-profile%2Fmy-blog%2Fradiology-case-of-the-week-opened-.html As a new educational treasure on Radiolopolis, we just implemented the new Radiology "Case of the Week". Each week, we present you with a new teaching file created by our affiliated teaching file server Radiology Teacher. The Case of the Week presents with several multiple choice questions. You may test your Radiology knowledge and receive yiur scores and detailed explanations for the teaching file. You may access the Case of the Week by several ways:ClicRead More... (Source: Radiolopolis Blogs) Radiolopolis Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2796560 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:36:57 +0100 2796560 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405971&cid=t_121647_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F05%2F14%2Fobama-the-socialist-bring-it-on%2F My new post on Woman Up / Politics Daily on AOL: Obama the Socialist? Bring It On! Posted in Interesting Times, Woman Up Tagged: job loss, outsourcing, socialism, socialist, unemployment (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405971 Thu, 14 May 2009 21:49:48 +0100 2405971 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2390258&cid=t_121647_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F05%2F05%2Felizabeth-warren-for-the-supreme-court%2F My new post on AOL’s political blog Woman Up (as in: Are you gonna just sit there and cry, or are you gonna woman up?) Elizabeth Warren for the Supreme Court. Posted in Interesting Times, Woman Up Tagged: elizabeth warren, justice, supreme court, tarp (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2390258 Wed, 06 May 2009 18:11:13 +0100 2390258 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2376650&cid=t_121647_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F04%2F27%2Fgrowing-up-white-trash%2F My first post as a contributor on the brand new blog Woman Up on AOL’s Politics Daily. Y’all click! Growing Up White Trash Posted in Interesting Times, Media, Writing Tagged: growing up white trash, trailer trash, white trash (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2376650 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:29:44 +0100 2376650 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2458229&cid=t_121647_115_f&fid=38592&url=%2Findex.php%2Fmy-profile%2Fmy-blog%2FHandyRad-Patient-tracker-for-interesting-cases.html We wanted to let you know that we are close to announce the implementation of HandyRad (http://www.handyrad.com/) into Radiolopolis. We are working hard on the integration of this patient tracker for interesting teaching files and practice. More detailed description about this program will follow. We expect to launch it till the end of this week. Please be patient! :-) (Source: Radiolopolis Blogs) Radiolopolis Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2458229 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:00:00 +0100 2458229 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2306653&cid=t_121647_87_f&fid=36710&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.organizedwisdom.com%2Fhealth%2F2009%2F04%2Fwere-curating-the-best-health-information-for-you-.html At OrganizedWisdom, we've always called the men and women who hand-craft our WisdomCards "Guides" but perhaps we should start calling them "Curators." Let me explain. Just like the art aficionados who painstakingly select the masterpieces that will adorn a museum's walls, our Guides carefully assemble WisdomCards full of resources to address the very health topics you're searching for. And it just so happens that the concept of curation is seen as the next big thing in media. Steve Rosenbaum's recent piece in the Silicon Alley Insider explains that there is a new role for media companies that's all about: "giving folks who don't want to spend their lives looking for an editorial needle in a haystack a high-quality collection of content that ... The Health Wisdom Blog™ (by OrganizedWisdom) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2306653 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 05:57:25 +0100 2306653 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2299053&cid=t_121647_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F03%2F28%2Fnewspapers-all-over-but-the-cryin%2F Newspapers may be disappearing, the thinking goes, but journalism is healthier than ever. We’re just trading dead trees for pixels. Oh, if only. Like the elderly wife of a man who sickens and passes away, I fear journalism will soon follow newspapers to the graveyard. No doubt something will emerge to take their place, but we don’t know what or when. We can no more imagine it than the town crier could predict the World Wide Web. Cartoon by Robert & Donna Trussell © 2009 For years my interest in media’s evolution was tepid at best. Until now. As Samuel Johnson noted, hanging at dawn tends to focus the mind. My husband, a journalist at The Kansas City Star since 1977, was just cut to part time. What do you do if, after 32 years on the job, your industry suddenly starts to... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2299053 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:10:19 +0100 2299053 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2222495&cid=t_121647_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F02%2F26%2Flexapro-maker-accused-of-fraud%2F Yet another story about a drug maker getting into trouble for its off-label marketing practices for a psychiatric medication, this time to children and teens. The drugs? Lexapro and its older sibling, Celexa. The manufacturer of them? Forest Laboratories. The New York Times has the story: In a civil complaint filed by the United States attorney’s office in Boston, federal prosecutors alleged that former top executives at Forest concealed for several years a clinical study that showed that the drugs were not effective in children and might even pose risks to them, including causing some to become suicidal. From 2001 to 2004, Forest heavily promoted results from another clinical trial it had financed that showed that the drugs were effective, without disclosing the negative study to those... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2222495 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:00:36 +0100 2222495 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1914593&cid=t_121647_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2008%2F10%2F27%2Fthe-monday-sidebar-4%2F No candy. No sodas. And no birth control. - it will be interesting to see if this unconventional business plan will work for the Divine Mercy Care Pharmacy, a new drug store at a Virginia strip mall. It just one of at least seven pharmacies across America that is refusing to sell contraceptives of any kind as a matter of faith, even if a person has a prescription. Singing a Song of Sanitation - When Feliciano Dos Santos, a leading South African musician, is not touring Europe with his band Massukos,  he can be found wandering Mozambique’s highland villages, singing about going to the bathroom and washing your hands when you are done. As head of Estamos (”we are”), a small charity that focuses on clean water and safe sanitation for some of the poorest provinces in Mozambi... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1914593 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:45:20 +0100 1914593 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1717149&cid=t_121647_109_f&fid=34752&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPsychsplash%2F%7E3%2F369094807%2F URL: http://www.faceresearch.org/Rate attractiveness (facial, voice, different ages, etc.) and other qualities alongside questionnaires about your hormonal cycles, tastes and attitudes in Flash-based tests designed by psychologists at the University of Aberdeen. For: Anyone, Anyone, Anyone, Clinicians, Consumers, Researchers, Students, TeachersTopics: Clinical Psychology, Depression, Self-help, Cognitive, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Academia, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive, Cognitive Training, Research ProgramFeatures: Information, Mood Tracking, Self Monitoring, Careers, Case Studies, Clinical Tools, Information, Links, e-learningFace Research Rate attractiveness (facial, voice, different ages, etc.) and other qualities alongside questionnaires about your hormonal cycles, tastes and atti... PsychSplash blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1717149 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:52:17 +0100 1717149 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1488561&cid=t_121647_87_f&fid=36710&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.organizedwisdom.com%2Fhealth%2F2008%2F06%2Forganizedwisdom.html For those of you in the Health 2.0 space that work frequently with or are involved with the pharmaceutical industry, we highly recommend the new blog called Pharma 2.0 - Exploring the Convergence of Social Media and the Life Sciences. The blog is authored by Bunny Ellerin, who is a Managing Director in the New York office of Interbrand Wood. We recently did an interview (which is posted today) with Bunny about why we decided to launch OrganizedWisdom and tackle some of the biggest challenges in health care, among other topics.  Read the full interview here. (Source: The Health Wisdom Blog™ (by OrganizedWisdom)) The Health Wisdom Blog™ (by OrganizedWisdom) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1488561 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:39:25 +0100 1488561 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1286395&cid=t_121647_87_f&fid=36710&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.organizedwisdom.com%2Fhealth%2F2008%2F03%2Fventurebeat-fea.html We're happy to be one of only six companies from more than 50 attending Health 2.0 to be featured in David Hamilton's VentureBeat post today titled: Six Health 2.0 firms reinvent doctor-patient ties. Here's a snippet from the post:OrganizedWisdom already has an established presence in Health 2.0 with its “human-powered” medical search engine, a Mahalo-like attempt to bring expert attention to search requests. The startup essentially lets people search through precompiled “wisdom cards,” each vetted by medical experts, that list reliable resources on diseases and drugs along with recent news headlines, treatment alternatives, support groups and message boards, and research findings. OrganizedWisdom now plans to supplement that information with a new service it calls Live Wisdom, i... The Health Wisdom Blog™ (by OrganizedWisdom) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1286395 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:45:31 +0100 1286395 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1271833&cid=t_121647_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F03%2F02%2Fborderline-personality-disorder-and-the-brain%2F Some are suggesting that this study is some sort of groundbreaking work in understanding borderline personality disorder. While an interesting brain study, I’d suggest it tells us a lot less than the authors purport. First, this is a classic laboratory study. And while laboratory studies of this nature are the foundation for later clinically-relevant studies, they are, by their very nature, limited in what they can test and how they test it. With limited testing ability (and re-test ability, accounting for different moods on different days, which this study did not do), results are not generalizable to a clinical population — e.g., people with this actual disorder. Why is this a laboratory test? Because borderline personality disorder is first and foremost characterized by e... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1271833 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 12:02:16 +0100 1271833 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1225266&cid=t_121647_109_f&fid=34752&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPsychsplash%2F%7E3%2F233653086%2F URL: http://psyris.com/ Psyris includes links to psychology information, psychology articles, and a referral directory, connecting the public with providers. For: Clinicians, ConsumersTopics: Counselling, Psychotherapy, VariedFeatures: Articles, CE Activities, Careers, Case Studies, Commentary and Blogs, Databases, Links, Referral, Therapist Directory (Source: PsychSplash) PsychSplash blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1225266 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:56:34 +0100 1225266 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1191350&cid=t_121647_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F01%2F31%2Fis-having-depression-or-bipolar-an-advantage%2F Philip over at Furious Seasons has a great interview with author Tom Wootton about his two books, The Depression Advantage (2007) and The Bipolar Advantage (2005). These are two self-help books that use “accelerated learning techniques [the author] developed as a corporate consultant to Fortune 500 companies” (according to the Amazon blurb). The Amazon reviews are worth the read, as some readers have some reservations about the author. It’s an interesting interview and the author makes a very important point that we often see lost in the conversation about coping with long-term depression or bipolar disorder. You can learn important lessons from dealing with adversity, which includes any adversity in our lives. I’m not sure I buy into the idea that having a serious... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1191350 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:40:37 +0100 1191350 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1187237&cid=t_121647_149_f&fid=35785&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMoleculeOfTheDay%2F%7E3%2F225612245%2Fhelicene_mmm_twisty.php After this weekend's discussion of chirality in advertising, I figured I'd post an interesting, more rigorous example of chirality. Most chiral (left- or right-handed)molecules have "asymmetric" carbons, or ones with all different things attached. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Molecule of the Day) Molecule of the Day blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1187237 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:53:02 +0100 1187237 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1156025&cid=t_121647_87_f&fid=36710&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwisdom.blogs.com%2Fhealth%2F2008%2F01%2Fhealthcare-08.html We all may be getting tired of the endless debates and media coverage for the upcoming presidential nominations, but in our opinion there still hasn't been nearly enough discussion about health care policy given the importance these issues have on the daily lives of so many American families. Our friends at HealthCentral.com have just launched a great new tool that outlines each of the candidates' positions, and lets you see how they rate relative to your own thoughts on the issues.  They also have some of their expert bloggers participating. I guess it will be up to us bloggers and Health 2.0 companies to make sure this issue stays front and center... Go to www.healthcare08central.com to see where your favorite candidates stand. (Source: The Health Wisdom Blog™ (by OrganizedWisd... The Health Wisdom Blog™ (by OrganizedWisdom) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1156025 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:03:19 +0100 1156025 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1117837&cid=t_121647_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2F206572805%2F Top 5 interesting tidbits of news about diabetes from around the world this fine Wednesday morning… 1. One out of every four citizens of the United Arab Emirates has diabetes — a federation that includes the city-states of Dubai and Abu Dhabi. 2. While the treatment of people with diabetes who suffer a heart attack has improved, along with subsequent survival rates, mortality is still higher than in non-diabetics, a study shows. 3. About 250,000 children in Germany have diabetes and concerns grow as three to four new children here are diagnosed with diabetes every day… some families have turned to a private nanny service to help with the rigorous medical care, often including thousands of insulin injections throughout a patient’s childhood. 4. In adults, the development... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1117837 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:05:13 +0100 1117837 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=936783&cid=t_121647_109_f&fid=34752&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPsychsplash%2F%7E3%2F167224647%2F Head over to Anxiety, Addiction and Depression treatments for a brief article on the uptake and growing popularity of computer based therapies in the UK. Article contains links to a couple of web-based programs for anxiety/depression, called Fear Fighter and Beating the Blues. (Source: PsychSplash) PsychSplash blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=936783 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:15:23 +0100 936783 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=817583&cid=t_121647_109_f&fid=34752&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPsychsplash%2F%7E3%2F147201703%2F I haven’t generally linked to published research on PsychSplash, due mainly to the fact that I do not blog regularly in specific clinical areas. I did however find a link in one of my emails to a brief but informative article from the Medical Journal of Australia on Web 2.0 and its impact in medicine. A neat little article for those looking for a definition of Web2.0 and some useful medical links in the area. There were even a few links in there that I had not come across! (Source: PsychSplash) PsychSplash blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=817583 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:06:54 +0100 817583 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=788358&cid=t_121647_132_f&fid=35624&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsuicyte.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F08%2F09%2Finteresting-papers-aug07-edition%2F August has only just begun, but I have already found one paper that deserves featuring in my ‘interesting papers‘ series. I will also talk about a second paper I found today, although I am not yet totally sure if it is really that much interesting. As I mentioned in a previous post, I feel attached to the UBA domain, a small but quite abundant ubiquitin recognition domain. This month’s edition of Molecular Cell features a paper from Kalle Gehring’s group, entitled “Structural Basis for Ubiquitin-Mediated Dimerization and Activation of the Ubiquitin Protein Ligase Cbl-b“. This paper describes a new trick of UBA domains, which expands their repertoire of operating modes. The classical view of UBA and other ubiquitin receptor domains is that they bind to ... Suicyte Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=788358 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:20:29 +0100 788358 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=775559&cid=t_121647_149_f&fid=35785&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMoleculeOfTheDay%2F%7E5%2F140123949%2Ftropylium.gif Aromatic rings have 4n+2 pi electrons, where pi is any integer. You don't see odd numbers of carbons in aromatic rings too often because the pattern of alternating double bonds is disrupted - if you have a cation or anion, though, odd-numbered aromatics are possible. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Molecule of the Day) Molecule of the Day blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=775559 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:47:53 +0100 775559 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=644326&cid=t_121647_10_f&fid=34463&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmblog.lib.umich.edu%2Fdentlib%2Farchives%2F2007%2F05%2Fdentist_climbs.html As a followup to our earlier exhibit on dentist athletes, you might be interested to hear of the 41-year-old Irish woman dentist, Hannah Shields, who climbed Mount Everest recently. BBC News: Warm welcome for Everest climber (May 30, 2007): http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6704367.stm (Source: Dentistry Library) Dentistry Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=644326 Wed, 30 May 2007 15:08:06 +0100 644326 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=644862&cid=t_121647_109_f&fid=34754&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstaffpsychologist.com%2Findex.php%3Fitemid%3D203 When someone is described as a "good person", various qualities come into mind for each of us. New research asked laypeople how they defined a good person, and results were quite interesting. Specifically, across cultures, the three largest factors that defined a good person were: benevolence, conformity, and traditionalism. In the US, the top 5 listed qualities were: 1. Caring 2. Generous 3. Honest 4. Kind 5. Intelligent I think this was a cool study that sheds some light on qualities that people publically value in others across cultures. Smith, Smith, & Chambers Christopher (2007). What defines a good person? Cross-cultural comparisons of experts' models with lay prototypes. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 38, 333-360. (Source: Staff Psychologist) Staff Psychologist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=644862 Mon, 28 May 2007 01:40:43 +0100 644862 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=639763&cid=t_121647_132_f&fid=35624&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsuicyte.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F05%2F08%2Fbeam-me-up-scotin%2F I have seen quite a few blog posts being spawned by the appearance of a particularly interesting publication. In a more destructive vein, I will do the opposite: a blog post spawned by the lack of a publication (interesting or otherwise). Some of us will have noticed the phenomenon from time to time: I high-profile paper describes an exciting new gene/protein/effect, and then - nothing. You wait 6 months - the group should have a follow-up paper by then. You wait a year - the competitors should have started jumping the bandwagon . You wait three years - still no follow-up, no retraction, nothing. Several possible scenarios come to mind to explain such ‘ephemeral discoveries’. Maybe the grad student has left and the lab has so many hot topics to work on that one got lost on the ... Suicyte Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=639763 Tue, 08 May 2007 23:24:37 +0100 639763 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=543567&cid=t_121647_123_f&fid=34879&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdistractiblemind.ambulatorycomputing.com%2F2007%2F04%2F14%2Finteresting-case-5-solution%2F First let me say that technically there are two correct answers, although I added an adjective to the choices that made it a little easier to separate the two.  The answer is: MRSA. Up to approximately two years ago, MRSA was limited to hospitalized patients.  In general, it was not an invasive organism, but its presence did mean that the patient had a higher mortality and it was treated with great care.  Two years ago, however, MRSA started showing up in the office.  It would generally show as skin abscesses with accompanying cellulitis (infection of the skin).  This transition from a non-invasive to invasive organism has been well-documented, the two known strains being described as community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) and hospital-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA). ... Musings of a Distractible Mind blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=543567 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:21:03 +0100 543567 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=538243&cid=t_121647_123_f&fid=34879&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdistractiblemind.ambulatorycomputing.com%2F2007%2F04%2F11%2Finteresting-case-5%2F OK - back to pediatrics. This one is quick. 8-day old male presents to the office with rash in diaper area. Mother noted it 4 days prior to the visit and had since gotten progressively worse. He was born full-term via c-section after an uncomplicated pregnancy. No significant problems prior to developing the rash. On exam, the child appeared normal. He was circumcised and that was healing appropriately. He had areas of redness on inner L thigh, on the shaft of the penis, and on the buttock. Each area had some accompanying blistering lesions with cloudy fluid. A culture was obtained from one of the bullous lesions. What is the diagnosis? Herpes Simplex Typical Bullous Impetigo Candida Methicillin-resistant Staph Aureus (MRSA) Thimerosal anticipatory stress syndrome (TASS) Physician Bullous... Musings of a Distractible Mind blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=538243 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:58:56 +0100 538243 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=395928&cid=t_121647_10_f&fid=34463&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmblog.lib.umich.edu%2Fdentlib%2Farchives%2F2007%2F01%2Fheavy_metal_den.html Ever heard of the band "Dentistry the Metal Chapter, an eight-piece, hard-rock cover band that includes seven students from the UMKC School of Dentistry and, for the moment, a fledgling professional baseball player"? Kansas City Star: Brush Up On Driller Metal: http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/entertainment/music/16428102.htm Excerpt to appreciate: “A dental student is one of the more stressed-out lifestyles,” Johnson said. “You’ve got tests, classes, exams. When we get together and turn up the amps, it’s the ultimate release.” NOTE to the world -- I want a band t-shirt! Really, and will pay the list price plus USPS shipping. (Source: Dentistry Library) Dentistry Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=395928 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:10:16 +0100 395928 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=395930&cid=t_121647_10_f&fid=34463&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmblog.lib.umich.edu%2Fdentlib%2Farchives%2F2007%2F01%2Fthe_kings_crown.html Once upon a time, Elvis was performing, knocked himself in the mouth with a microphone, and cracked a tooth. A crown made for this event and an impression of Elvis's mouth are currently being auctioned off on eBay. News & Observer: Check It Out: The King's Crown: http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/531035.html eBay: Elvis Crown and Teeth Model Bidding ends Sunday, for those enquiring minds that want to know. (Source: Dentistry Library) Dentistry Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=395930 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:58:07 +0100 395930