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Crappy newsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There is no easy way to say this, so here goes: about two weeks ago, Stefano’s father was diagnosed with Stage III invasive melanoma, based on the biopsy of an itsy bitsy spot on his cheek, which, he said, didn’t bother him in the least but was “wet.” As soon as the biopsy results came in, my [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - February 6, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Situationism in the Blogosphere – January, Part IEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Below, we’ve posted titles and a brief quotation from some of our favorite non-Situationist situationist blogging during January 2010 (they are listed in alphabetical order by source). * * * From BPS Research Digest: “Morbid warnings on cigarette packs could encourage some people to smoke” “Every now and again a finding comes along that provides perfect ammunition for psychologists confronted by the tiresome claim that psychology is all ‘common sense.’ Researchers have found that death-related health warnings on cigarette packs are likely to encourage some people to smoke. The surprising result is actu...
Source: The Situationist - February 5, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Abstracts Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Crazy feline household updateEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
When I opened our bedroom door to let the new kitty out (for good!) on Tuesday morning, the hissing competition began…at times it was so loud that it seemed as though our house had been invaded by swarms of snakes. So much drama! Not to mention all the scampering and chasing up and down the stairs, see photo. Yesterday things settled down somewhat, and [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - February 4, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Solitary Bone Plasmacytoma and curcumin or…?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A blog reader’s husband, 38 years old, was diagnosed with solitary bone plasmacytoma last October. She asked me if I knew of any other reader…with the same diagnosis, of course…that was taking curcumin, resveratrol or any other supplements. I told her I would publish a post asking anyone with SBP to contact my reader by leaving a comment [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - February 3, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Pinga the TerribleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I know she looks HUGE in these photos, but she is really a little bitty thing. This morning I picked her up and took her to the vet who confirmed her age: 4 months. Pinga was fine until the vet and her assistant tried to draw blood from one of her paws. At that point my sweet [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - February 1, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Vote for Pinga!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Yesterday, it almost goes without saying, we adopted the little white kitty (see previous post). We didn’t bring her home immediately because we want her to be seen by the vet first (= tomorrow morning). So today she is still in her friendly foster home. Since she was found out on the street, we want [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - January 31, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Cat number five?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Premise. During the Xmas holidays, Stefano told me that he had had a weird sort of day dream, in which we adopted another male cat called Prezzemolo, which means “parsley” in Italian. So we decided on the spot that we would adopt the first cat in need. No hurry, though…! Story. I have been going to the same pet [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - January 29, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Reversing cancer?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I recently read an absolutely fascinating New York Times article (see: http://tinyurl.com/yfcshow) on how cancer research in the past couple of decades has been so focused on genetic mutations that other factors, namely the interactions between rogue cells and surrounding tissue, have been ignored…until recently, that is. In fact, I couldn’t even tell you how many studies I have read on [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - January 28, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Thyme oil inhibits COX-2 and suppresses inflammationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In 2007 I wrote a post and page (http://margaret.healthblogs.org/antioxidants-and-chemotherapy/natural-cox-2-and-nf-kb-inhibitors/) on natural COX-2 inhibitors, which include curcumin, ashwagandha and boswellia (just to mention a few…). COX-2, or cyclooxygenase-2, is an enzyme responsible for inflammation and pain as well as an independent predictor of poor outcome in myeloma (see, e.g., this 2005 “Blood” study: http://tinyurl.com/2lvw9t). It also plays a [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - January 27, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Worrying about low ferritin levels…no more!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I have always been a bit apprehensive about my low levels of ferritin (= a protein that binds to and stores iron, which the body can use when needed). At times, my ferritin has even fallen below the normal reference range…this happened in last May, in fact. Well, I am happy to say that my ferritin [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - January 25, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll high ferritin myeloma survival Source Type: blogs

For cat and dog lovers…Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
On December 5th 2009 I posted a link to one of the cutest videos I have ever watched (its parody was quite amusing, too): http://tinyurl.com/yacyao2. My cousin, grazie!, recently sent me another (Italian-made, it would seem) parody that made me laugh out loud: http://tinyurl.com/ycq3zmc By the way, I tried to get my own cats to do the surprised [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - January 24, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Grading side effectsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
At the end of the SMM abstract presented at ASH 2009 (see previous post), the authors write about a manageable and acceptable toxicity profile. I would like to take a closer look at this statement today. Let’s see. Many of these smoldering patients suffered from G3 adverse events…but what exactly does G3 mean? Well, it just so happens that a fabulous [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - January 23, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

A high-risk SMM study presented at ASH 2009Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Today a blog reader’s comment prompted me to finish editing this post, which I actually wrote a few weeks ago and then left buried in my ever-increasing pile of drafts, sigh. Last month, a study, presented at the 2009 American Society of Hematology meeting (see: http://tinyurl.com/yz965fc), was brought to my attention…a study concerning high-risk smoldering patients, [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - January 20, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Love your wrinkles!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In December, a blog reader, thanks!, sent me a warning about hyaluronic acid and multiple myeloma. She sent me the link to this 2001 study, whose full text is available online: http://tinyurl.com/yhwcb5w. First of all, what is hyaluronic acid, or HA? Well, it is a major component of our connective tissue, with a lubricating and cushioning [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - January 18, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Academia translated into plain EnglishEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As you know, I read a ton of scientific/medical/etc. studies on all sorts of topics, mostly related to myeloma, of course. And I am frequently puzzled by sentences that make no sense (to me). That is why I was very much amused yesterday when I found and read the following list of commonly utilized research phrases and their translation into [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - January 16, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Yoga reduces levels of IL-6Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A new study (see: http://tinyurl.com/ydambjq) has showed that women who regularly practice yoga have reduced levels of the cytokine IL-6, which, as we know, is a major myeloma growth factor and has also been implicated in heart disease, stroke, type-2 diabetes, arthritis and a host of other age-related debilitating diseases. Well, well, this is very interesting. Please [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - January 15, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Situationism in the Blogosphere – December, Part IIEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Below, we’ve posted titles and a brief quotation from some of our favorite non-Situationist situationist blogging during December 2009 (they are listed in alphabetical order by source). * * * From Mind Hacks: “Fan violence: take a swing when you’re winning” “Popular sporting occasions have long been associated with violence and it was long assumed that assaults were more likely to be initiated by losing fans taking out their frustration. This has been contradicted by recent research that suggests it is fans of the winning team whom are more likely to be violent.” Read more . . . From Neuronarrative: “Wha...
Source: The Situationist - January 15, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Abstracts Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Can’t speak English…Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
An amazing story (watch the video): http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO133130/ (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - January 14, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Myeloma, papayas and papainEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A blog reader, thank you!, sent me a link to a Myeloma Beacon article (see: http://tinyurl.com/y86k9py) on papain, an enzyme contained in papaya fruit trees, which breaks down proteins. One such protein, called fibrin, makes up the protective layer of cancer cells. Papain degrades fibrin and damages this protective layer, making the cells more susceptible to immune response [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - January 13, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Cat calls…Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Premise 1. Stefano stores his palm pilot (a sort of fancy flat cell phone with all sorts of neat features) inside a nice black cloth bag with a drawstring (see photo 2). Premise 2. Peekaboo loves socks (photo 1)…so much so that I always have to be careful to put away our clean laundry immediately, or [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - January 12, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

How I treat multiple myeloma in younger patients…Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
At the end of my December 17 2009 post, I mentioned a study that I was reading. It is titled “How I treat multiple myeloma in younger patients” and was published in “Blood” in October 2009. It doesn’t have an abstract, but here is the link: http://tinyurl.com/yan57ow (By the way, many thanks to Sherlock for [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - January 11, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Maintenance therapy for a myeloma patient includes curcuminEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Okay, the holidays are finally over…I have been giving my brain a bit of a rest but am now ready to start reading the studies that have been collecting dust on my desktop… Today, though, since I have some translations to do, I only have enough time to post about a recently-published abstract that I just read, see: http://tinyurl.com/yaewa9q. Here we have the [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - January 8, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Situationism in the Blogosphere – December, Part IEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Below, we’ve posted titles and a brief quotation from some of our favorite non-Situationist situationist blogging during December 2009 (they are listed in alphabetical order by source). * * * From Brain Blogger: “Sex, Violence and The Male Warrior Hypothesis” “Throughout the history of human civilization, wars have a common feature of being practiced primarily by males. This group aggression by males is a persistent trait of human behavior, seen across different continents among civilizations that have developed independent of each other.” Read more . . . From Brain Blogger: “White Bears – The Paradox of Men...
Source: The Situationist - January 7, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Abstracts Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Learning to speak Latin…Mrs. Orpheus…Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A blog reader (thank you!) sent me a list of test blunders (real ones, apparently) that cracked me up this morning. Enjoy! Q: What was Sir Walter Raleigh famous for? A: He is a noted figure in history because he invented cigarettes and started a craze for bicycles. Q: What did Mahatma Gandhi and Genghis Khan have in common? [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - January 6, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Southwestern Tuscany tourEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
On Saturday Stefano and I met my best friend (see previous post), his wife and 8-year-old daughter (cute as a button; she has officially adopted me as “aunt,” by the way…I am very proud and happy about that!) at San Galgano, a Cistercian abbey built in the 13th century in the province of Siena, a [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - January 5, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Happy New Year! Buon Anno!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The best part about these holidays: being together (=Stefano and I) whenever we want, not just on weekends and weekday evenings. getting together (after several years of being apart) with my best friend from my University of Florence period and realizing that true friends are friends forever…I am so happy that we have found each other again! forgetting about [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - January 1, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Reasons I haven’t been posting much…and my saw palmetto test resultsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Wow, that was FAST! I wasn’t supposed to receive my saw palmetto test results until after January 7th. But they arrived yesterday! Surprise, surprise! Thing is, I was so busy yesterday that I barely had enough time to glance at them. Until this morning. But first things first. I haven’t been posting lately because we have been, [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - December 30, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Un Natale da leccarsi i baffi!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I wasn’t going to post anything today, but I just couldn’t resist sharing the adorable shot that I took of Peekaboo playing with a Xmas ribbon earlier this morning. All the cats helped us open our presents, but Peekaboo was certainly our most active, er…helper! Again, to all my blog readers, my best wishes for a very very VERY MERRY [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - December 25, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Tantissimi auguri!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I would like to wish everyone a very Merry and Healthy Xmas! Tantissimi auguri di Buon Natale a tutti! (And yes, that is indeed the back part of one of our cats, guess WHICH one!, snooping around the presents under our Xmas tree a couple of nights ago…) Finally, here is a charming Xmas cartoon video…enjoy!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7iLc7XhU8E (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - December 24, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Pomegranate ointment can treat MRSAEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Well, lookie here, quelle coincidence…just a few days ago I wrote a post about Manuka honey and its amazing infection-fighting properties (my cut is completely healed, by the way!)…and today I read a Science Daily article on the same topic. Except this time it’s pomegranates. Have a look: http://tinyurl.com/yj8mxbd According to Prof. Naughton, the head researcher in [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - December 23, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Simon’s cat and a cheeky bird…Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A new cartoon video just in time for Xmas…enjoy! http://tinyurl.com/yewbybc (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - December 22, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Situationism in the Blogosphere – November, Part IIIEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Below, we’ve posted titles and a brief quotation from some of our favorite non-Situationist situationist blogging during November 2009 (they are listed in alphabetical order by source). * * * From Neuronarrative: “Thinking You’re in Control Can Lead to an Impulsive Demise” “[…] A new study in the journal Psychological Science investigated the dynamics underlying why we repeatedly convince ourselves that we’ve overcome impulsiveness and can stop avoiding our worst temptations. This particular tendency toward self-deception is called restraint bias, and four experiments were conducted under this study to test...
Source: The Situationist - December 21, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Abstracts Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Infection-fighting goo…Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It’s hard to explain what happened without actually showing you a photo of my finger (which I don’t have anyway, since, at the time, I wasn’t thinking of documenting this, er, event!), but I will do my best: in winter, particularly when it gets really really cold, what I can only describe as small slits [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - December 20, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Snow in Florence!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Margaret's Corner - December 19, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

CRAB symptoms and a blog reader story…Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
If you had a cavity, would you let your dentist pull out all your teeth? Nope, didn’t think so. Well, today I am going to tell an incredible (from my viewpoint) story, which might have had a different development, had I perhaps not intervened…sometimes I just cannot remain silent, even though I do try NOT [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - December 17, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Turmeric holiday cookies, blood tests, rashes, pizza dough and card games…Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
After getting home from work yesterday, I began my annual Xmas cookie baking marathon. I tried a new recipe that yielded a batch of incredibly delicious raisin oatmeal spice cookies. The recipe calls for different spices–ginger, cumin, cloves, cinnamon, cayenne pepper and I forget what else. Turmeric is not listed, but of course I added [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - December 16, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Xmas tree catsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We have two (fake…but very good quality fake!) Xmas trees. In the past few years we have used only the smaller one, which fits nicely on one of our dining room cabinets. The second one is a tall and very handsome tree…more than two meters high. But we haven’t used it since Priscilla was a [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - December 14, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

The gadolinium used in MRIs makes myeloma cells proliferateEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A friend of mine, who has just had his second autologous stem cell transplant here in Italy, wrote me a note this morning about a paper presented at the recent ASH meeting on gadolinium, which is used as a contrast agent in MRIs. The paper (see: http://tinyurl.com/ybhb6oc) shows that the most common Gd-containing agent, Omniscan, [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - December 13, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

All you ever wanted to know about serum free light chains…and more…Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A blog reader, thank you!, sent me the link to an online educational resource with continuously updated information on serum free light chain and Hevylite™ analysis set up and maintained by a Binding Site scientific team: http://www.wikilite.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Its focus is on serum free light chains in multiple myeloma…impressive, really impressive. Ah, and yes, I agree, it’s overwhelming, I [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - December 11, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Situationism in the Blogosphere – November, Part IIEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Below, we’ve posted titles and a brief quotation from some of our favorite non-Situationist situationist blogging during November 2009 (they are listed in alphabetical order by source). * * * From Art Markman Psychology Today Blog: “When cigarette warnings backfire” “[…] There are two classes of measures that have been taken to fight smoking (and related public health problems like alcohol and unhealthy eating). One is to make smoking less attractive in the short-term to counteract the positives of smoking. The other is to provide warnings about the dangers of smoking. […] A paper by Jochim Hansen, Susanne W...
Source: The Situationist - December 11, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Vitamin D levels and multiple myelomaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This is a continuation of yesterday’s post. Well, knock me down with a cat’s whisker! I am really pleased with what I found on PubMed: quite a few studies on multiple myeloma and vitamin D levels. Almost 100, in fact! I don’t have time to go through ALL of them (hah)…I have looked only at some of the studies [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - December 10, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Vitamin D levels associated with survival in lymphoma patientsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A new study has found that the amount of vitamin D in patients being treated for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma was strongly associated with cancer progression and overall survival. After rereading that sentence for the hundredth time, I realized how ambiguous it actually sounds…does it imply that high vitamin D levels are good or bad for lymphoma patients? Let [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - December 9, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Curcumin, the Indian solid goldEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
If you are new to the fantastic world of curcumin, and even if you are an old hand at it!, go have a look at a website set up by the Cytokine Research Laboratory at the Department of Experimental Therapeutics, MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas: http://www.curcuminresearch.org/ You will find tons of information there…all sorts of interesting [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - December 8, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Florence and Volterra in two daysEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We have had a faaabulous weekend. It involved a huge amount of walking, which was tiring but well worth the effort. On Saturday, Stefano and I went into town to stretch our legs (this turned into a five-hour nonstop trek…ooofff, I thought my legs were going to fall off toward the end!), take some photos [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - December 7, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Surprised kitty…cutest thing I’ve ever seen!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This is a “laugh out loud” video that I received today, quelle coincidence!, both from my cousin and a blog reader (thank you, guys!)! I guess this is “Cute Kitty Day”! Even if you aren’t particularly enamored of cats (impossible!!!), check it out: http://tinyurl.com/yacyao2 Okay, well, if THAT didn’t make you smile or giggle or [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - December 5, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Interview with Prof. Bharat Aggarwal: thinking outside the boxEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It is raining in Florence today, it’s damp, chilly and miserable out there, but for me it couldn’t be a lovelier, sunnier day. Ah yes, thanks to a December 2009 interview with Prof. Bharat Aggarwal that I read this morning, I am as happy as a purring cat. A blog reader sent me the link, thank you sooo much. The interview contains a huge amount [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - December 4, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Only works out loud.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Sex with a fat Glaswegian? A weighty f.. (Source: Trauma Queen)
Source: Trauma Queen - December 4, 2009 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: Kal Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Maintenance therapy for multiple myeloma: leeches, steel, quinine and urethane…Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A blog reader (thank you!) reminded me of a historical overview of myeloma and myeloma treatment that I had read some time ago: http://tinyurl.com/2r7gw3 My post title refers in fact to the 19th century practice of treating myeloma with leeches (etc.). Eeek! Both my blog reader and I are glad that said practice is no [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - December 3, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Situationism in the Blogosphere, November 2009 – Part IIEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Below, we’ve posted titles and a brief quotation from some of our favorite non-Situationist situationist blogging during November 2009 (they are listed in alphabetical order by source). * * * From Nicholas Herrera Psychology Today Blog: “Attributional Biases and Violent Soccer Play” “On November 5, 2009, during a soccer match between the University of New Mexico and Brigham Young University, UNM defender Elizabeth Lambert behaved badly. […] People seem to think that Lambert’s actions on the field reflect a deep-seated anger, moral defect, or unconscious conflict. […] These simple explanations are comforti...
Source: The Situationist - December 3, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Abstracts Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Useful links for figuring out Freelite test resultsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A blog reader who was recently diagnosed with smoldering myeloma wrote to me about his rather high serum free light chain (Freelite) test results. Our exchange reminded me of how puzzled I was back in May when I read my first (ever) Freelite results. At the time, my blog reader Rudi very kindly helped me [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - December 2, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs