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National Curry Week!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
November 22-28 is “National Curry Week” in the UK. Ah, how I wish I could be there! A Google Alert this morning took me to an interesting Liverpool Echo article (http://tinyurl.com/ydmobdo), which includes information on turmeric, chilli, garlic and ginger (and a curry recipe, too, on page 2). No need for me to comment on turmeric, right? And we are well [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - November 20, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Chocolate eases emotional stressEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
On Sunday I played cards in a charity tournament, which meant being in a large room for several hours with at least 50 other card players and yes, some of them were coughing up a storm. I was very careful never to touch my face, of course, but I had to breathe! Then on Tuesday one of my students [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - November 19, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Experimental brain transplantsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
My sister sent this to me…and I just had to share… Relatives gathered in the waiting room of a hospital, where a family member lay gravely ill. The doctor finally came in, looking tired and somber. “I’m afraid I’m the bearer of bad news,” he said, surveying the worried faces. “The only hope left for your [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - November 17, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Curcumin and the H1N1 flu virus: the full studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This is a continuation of my November 7 2009 post on *the first report demonstrating that curcumin exerts anti-influenza activity*. Before jumping into the full study, let’s have a quick look at a couple of items mentioned in the abstract (see: http://tinyurl.com/ybug9sl). The first is one that I had never seen (or paid attention to) before: [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - November 16, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Situationism in the Blogosphere – October 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 October 2009 (they are listed in alphabetical order by source). * * * From Deliberations: “When They Don’t See What You See” “A recent study highlights what might be the most important thing lawyers and clients miss about how juries will react to their cases. The same evidence that makes you angry at the other side might make jurors angry at you.” Read more . . . From Everyday Sociology: “Equality in Justice: Cognitive Dissonance and Fame” “Two cases involving the rape of a youn...
Source: The Situationist - November 15, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Gustavo Ribeiro Tags: Abstracts Blogroll Source Type: blogs

A case of spontaneous remission in smoldering myelomaEmail 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 remarkable study published in the “Journal of Clinical Oncology” (JCO) in October 2009. Unfortunately, there is no abstract (you won’t need it, though, since I will give you a summary of the study…uhm, just don’t tell anyone…shhh!). The title says it all: “Spontaneous Remission in a Patient [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - November 14, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Beauty Brains Clicks of the WeekEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Chic Click feature has fizzled so while the Left and Right Brains keep plugging away at book work, I thought I’d share some of the clicks from my RSS Feeds that were worth reading. The Beauty Addict has a funny rant about why sugar products always smell like lemons. The Future Derm takes a look at whether you want nanoparticles in your cosmetics. A Girl’s Gotta Spa has 5 tips for doing a DIY pedicure. Did you miss the raging debate about wearing thongs on the Real Simple blog? And of course you don’t want to miss the Beauty Brains dish on NYR Organic. Have you read something worth sharing? Leave a com...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - November 13, 2009 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Authors: Mid Brain Tags: Blogroll Beauty Industry Source Type: blogs

Okay, listen up, MGUSers and SMMers!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This morning a blog reader (super duper thanks!!!) sent me the link to a paper that will be presented at the upcoming ASH (=American Society of Hematology) annual meeting. See: http://tinyurl.com/ykye8pf Well, this was a bit of a shocker (in a very good sense!) that made me drop everything I was doing and write this [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - November 11, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Health fears are nothing to sneeze atEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Quite a few people have asked me if the full curcumin-H1N1 study mentions which curcumin dose works against H1N1. No, unfortunately, it doesn’t. This is an in vitro study…infected cell cultures and test tubes and big-name assays and the usual technical thises and thats. The authors do say, however, that the doses they used were below the cytotoxic (=toxic to cells) level. [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - November 9, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Curcumin inhibits the H1N1 flu virus, too???Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Okay, okay, I know that curcumin does this that everything and more besides, but I would never have thought that it ALSO inhibits H1N1!!! But it does. Incredibly. A blog reader (merci!!!) sent me a recently published study on this very topic, see abstract: http://tinyurl.com/ybug9sl After reading the abstract, I commented to Piccolo (my male [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - November 7, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Nature abhors a vacuumEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A friend sent me the funniest thing last night. I don’t care if this is a hoax, it made me laugh. Enjoy! The following questions were set in last year’s GCSE examination in Swindon, Wiltshire (U.K.). These are genuine answers (from 16 year olds): Q. Name the four seasons. A. Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar. Q. Explain one of the [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - November 6, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Situationism in the Blogosphere – October 2009, 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 October 2009 (they are listed in alphabetical order by source). * * * From 3 Quarks Daily: “Lard Lesson: Why Fat Lubricates Your Appetite” “When you’ve spent the weekend splurging on greasy fast foods, your bathroom scale isn’t alone in reeling from the impact. Your brain does, too. New research shows just how saturated fat tricks us into eating more and elucidates the evolutionary basis for the propensity for poundage in developed nations. Our brain physiology, it seems, is glarin...
Source: The Situationist - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Abstracts Blogroll Source Type: blogs

What the…???Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
At the end of June my gynaecologist told me that I should have a mammogram. I couldn’t and can’t remember the last time I had one (=another one of those “fun fun fun…NOT!” tests…). It could have been when I was in grad school, or, more likely, when Stefano and I were considering enlarging our [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - November 5, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Haematologists and puffinsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I saw my haematologist today. The gist: I am as stable as a mountain. And yes, she confirmed that my numbers have improved compared to May 2009, except for the B2M, which will have to be monitored, she said. Apart from that, though, she was very pleased, and told me that we don’t need to meet again for [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - November 4, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

On the Far Side…Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I wanted to publish my ruminations on the curcumin-esophageal study today, but my brain was completely fried by the time I got home from work, so I finally had to give up. It seems that the more I do research for this post, the more I keep finding new things to look up, new studies, new words…how do [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - November 3, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Cellular psychopathEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I am still reviewing my draft on the curcumin-esophageal study, which I hope to publish tomorrow. This morning I finally realized that I really needed a refresher on the complex process of mitosis, so I went online and found an incredibly easy-to-follow, less-than-13-minute explanation (in English) of the importance of mitosis in cancer. Two birds with one [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - November 2, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Interent Addiction – Is There Such a Thing?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There is so much to do on the Internet, it is easy to spend hours each day moving from site to site – writing, playing, shopping, gambling – almost anything you can do in real life, you can do online today.That’s nice when there is a hurricane blowing outside or you want to save some gas and shop online or send a gift to a friend in another state. But if you are starting to find that your virtual life is taking over and you are spending many hours each day online, you may have an Internet addiction.From people who check their email every few moments to teens who are wired almost 24 hours per day, the Internet is play...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - November 1, 2009 Category: Addiction Tags: Addiction Blogging Blogroll Family On-line Gaming compulsive Internet www Source Type: blogs

Catchy!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I have received many messages from excited blog readers and MM list friends sending me links to different news reports on a recent study showing that curcumin kills esophageal cancer cells. Yep, I checked, the news that there is a new executioner in Cancer City is all over Internet. Well, that should really come as no surprise [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - October 31, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Situationism in the Blogosphere – September 2009, 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 September 2009 (they are listed in alphabetical order by source). * * * From PsyBlog: “Group Polarization: The Trend to Extreme Decisions” “[…]We tend to think that group decisions average out the preferences of participants so they would come up with something closer to the Ford Focus. But the psychological research doesn’t support this conclusion. In fact group discussions tend to polarize groups so that, rather than people’s views always being averaged, their initial preference...
Source: The Situationist - October 31, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Abstracts Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Update on saw palmettoEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I just finished reading a very technical study on a fascinating but VERY complex topic. When I saw that the study was only eleven pages long, I figured, “hey, no problem, I will have a first draft within the hour and publish the final version on the blog later today.” Uhmmm…that was three days ago! True, I have had plenty of other stuff [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - October 30, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Hot spot kittyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Although my favourite Simon’s Cat video is still “Cat Man Do,” Simon’s new ”Hot Spot” is amusing, too: http://tinyurl.com/y96ln4x I think of the Cat Man Do video every time my boy Piccolo (who weighs at least 8 kilos) walks on my head in the early morning…that’s his not-so-subtle way of letting me know that I need to get up quickly and give [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - October 28, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Situationism in the NewsEmail 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 quote from some of the Situationist news over the last several weeks. * * * From Boston.com: “She’s just not that into it” “It goes without saying that men are aggressive. But that’s exactly the problem, according to psychologists. They asked men and women to imagine various conflict scenarios and found that men systematically overestimate the prevalence and social approval of aggression, even while having mixed feelings about it themselves.” Read more . . . From Discovery Channel: “As Reactions to Threats Fade, Fear Does Too” “Remember the global financial cris...
Source: The Situationist - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Blogroll Situationism in the news Source Type: blogs

Funny baby videosEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Lovely day in Florence today. I did some laundry, finished part of a translation that is due tomorrow, enjoyed the sun a bit (trying to soak in some vitamin D!) and took a photo from our attic window that I then posted as my current blog banner. It turned out a bit dark because of the rather [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - October 27, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Hop Like a Frog, Walk Like a BearEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
While we were waiting for the bus, I said to Alex, “Say, ‘I like sports and fitness!’ ” “No!” Alex replied, shaking his head for emphasis. Photo courtesy of longhorndave (flickr.com) So much for going in with an enthusiastic beginning. Still, we thought it could be fun for Alex to do a little fitness and sports-type stuff in a supportive atmosphere. (Note: his new school is big on this, and we get occasional e-mails from the unit teacher saying how much he likes the gym routines and the therapy balls.) Unfortunately this event took place right near a playground Alex is very fond of, with...
Source: Autism Vox - October 26, 2009 Category: Autism Authors: Jill Cornfield Tags: Blogroll Family Parenting Sports Treatment autism fitness pdd-nos Source Type: blogs

How a virus invades the body…Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Okay, recently I have been writing way too much about the flu and flu vaccines and flu prevention…so much so that I have begun to develop a few flu symptoms…! Seriously now, whenever you have a bit of free time, exactly 3 minutes and 39 seconds!, check out this really neat, well-made cartoon video depiction of what [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - October 26, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Elderberry and H1N1Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Now that I have decided not to have the H1N1 vaccination, I am looking around for natural ways to protect myself and my family. One very very promising substance appears to be elderberry (Sambucus nigra). It’s the same old tune: this plant has been used for ages in folk medicine to treat flu, colds and [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - October 24, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

The multiple myeloma patient and family seminar in Florence. Part 2Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
During the question period, I made the point that non toxic plant extracts with strong anti-myeloma activity, such as curcumin and resveratrol (and the more than 20 other substances that I have listed on my blog, and who knows how many more I will come across…), have been studied in laboratory settings both in vitro [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - October 23, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Situationism in the Blogosphere – September 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 September 2009 (they are listed in alphabetical order by source). * * * From Neurophilosoply: “If You Want to Catch a Liar, Make Him Draw” “A man accused of a crime is brought into a police interrogation room and sits down at an empty table. […] He sets them in front of the suspect, steps back, and calmly says, “draw.” That’s a greatly oversimplified description of what could happen in actual interrogation rooms if the results of a recent study in the journal Applied Cognitive Psychol...
Source: The Situationist - October 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Abstracts Blogroll Source Type: blogs

The multiple myeloma patient and family seminar in Florence. Part 1Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There weren’t very many people at the seminar yesterday, but that was a good thing, as Susie Novis, president of the International Myeloma Foundation, pointed out, in the sense that we had more time to ask questions and didn’t have to “compete” with 1000 other patients/family members. Dr. Durie is a first-rate public speaker, in my [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - October 22, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Startled children and too many foreigners…Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A blog reader/friend (thanks!) sent me this amusing list today. Some of the items seem too good to be true but, regardless, they gave me a good chuckle, and that is what is important. So…enjoy!!! This was sent around from Thomas Cook Holidays – listing some of the guests’ complaints: · “I think it should be explained in the brochure that the [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - October 19, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Sea cucumbers and smoldering myelomaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Just by chance, I don’t even remember how!, I came across an interesting bit of information. In St. Vincent’s Comprehensive Cancer Center in New York City, there appears to be a Phase II trial testing a sea cucumber extract on “untreated asymptomatic myeloma patients.” Here is the link: http://tinyurl.com/ykq8kxt I found a lot of information [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - October 15, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Rattling the clone’s cage…Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Yesterday I discussed my results with Sherlock who expressed caution, based on the fact that I had changed hospital labs (see yesterday’s post). Now, I am all in favour of being cautious. However, last night Stefano reminded me that Sherlock (who btw hasn’t been testing anything new but has been taking only curcumin and fish oil) went to the [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - October 14, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Ashwagandhaaa!!!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
What I am about to write may sound almost too amazing to be true, and perhaps it is. When I got home from work today, I found my early October blood test results lying in my mailbox. Surpriiiiise!!! According to the schedule, you see, my results weren’t supposed to be mailed off until October 21st!!! My [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - October 13, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Saw palmetto and multiple myeloma: the full studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A blog reader, an 8-year survivor of multiple myeloma, recently told me that he began taking curcumin last summer, after reading my post on the curcumin-bortezomib study. This combination, he believes, produced much better results than the Velcade alone would have. Based on my July 23rd 2009 post on saw palmetto, or Serenoa repens, he [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - October 12, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Situationism in the Blogosphere – September 2009, 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 September 2009 (they are listed in alphabetical order by source). * * * From Brain Blogger: “Religion – A “Natural” Phenomenon?” “All human societies have some phenomenon that can be described as religion. It is difficult to understand why religion is so pervasive in human culture. Some theories suggest that religion is a byproduct of evolution. However, no other animal group has anything that even remotely resembles the concept that has been labeled as religion in anthropology.” Read ...
Source: The Situationist - October 12, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Abstracts Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Upcoming seminar for multiple myeloma patients/families/caregivers in FlorenceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A seminar for myeloma patients and their families/caregivers will be held here in Florence on Wednesday, October 21st, at the 15th century Villa La Pietra, now owned by NYU. I received this bit of news just this morning. I plan to attend, of course, since (luckily!) I don’t work on the 21st. This will be [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - October 11, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Peekaboo in a bag…Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I am reading, or trying to read!, the full dendritic cell study (see my October 6th post) and also recovering from some sort of minor “bug,” that held me captive for about 24 hours this week. No big deal, I am fully recovered now…in fact, I went back to work today and feel 100% fine…but I am [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - October 9, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Corrupt immune system cellsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A myeloma list friend (thanks!) posted about a Science Daily article discussing a recent discovery that may be of fundamental importance for future myeloma research. See: http://tinyurl.com/ye6d5bu Bad news: our immune system cells (=plasmacytoid dendritic cells, specifically) can be tricked into protecting the blasted myeloma cells, thus promoting their growth and general wellbeing… Good news: this process may be reversible. Well, well, interesting…go have a look… (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - October 6, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Astonishing ashwagandha…Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Stefano and I went to have our blood tests on Saturday. His were merely part of a routine check-up…mine were the usual myeloma ones, with a few extra tests thrown in, as you will see. Through Sherlock (I thanked her privately but this deserves a huge public note of thanks, grazie, carissima!), I discovered that you can [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - October 5, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

BlogrollEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Check out Pre-Hospital Blog, if you haven't. I just found him through the EMS1.com blog network. If I've missed you on the most recent blogroll(make sure to click "show all") please let me know. Click the contact lick above or comment here. (Source: medic(THREE))
Source: medic(THREE) - October 5, 2009 Category: Ambulance Crew Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Ranting and ravingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I am still astounded at what I read yesterday in the October 1 newsletter of one of the main myeloma organizations. At first glance, I thought that the news item about denosumab, a monoclonal antibody currently under study for the treatment of osteoporosis and some types of cancer, including multiple myeloma, sounded quite interesting. The title: “Amgen [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - October 3, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

IGF-1, the American mayapple, curcumin and multiple myeloma. Part IIEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
First, I searched PubMed to see if curcumin possibly inhibits this growth hormone that has such a negative impact on myeloma patients. Hah. Quelle surprise! It does! So curcumin-takers are a step ahead, it would seem. Here are the two main studies: A 2008 study on colon cancer cells, chemo and curcumin (see: http://tinyurl.com/yajdk5s) found that the [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - October 2, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

IGF-1 and multiple myeloma. Part I.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This is not an easy topic. Therefore, I am going to divide it into two parts. In the first, I will make a feeble attempt to provide a brief description of IGF-1…focusing mainly on what it means for myeloma patients. In the second part, I will bring up a couple of things that we can do [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - October 1, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

As I was driving to work yesterday,Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I read this love message scrawled on a street sign: “I am always thinching about you.” (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - October 1, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Situationism in the Blogosphere – August 2009, 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 August 2009 (they are listed in alphabetical order by source). * * * From Neuronarrative: “Dishonesty and Emotion have a Stronger Link than We Think” “We normally associate acting dishonestly with causing harm to others, but it’s also quite possible that a dishonest act can help someone, […]. Under what conditions we’re prone to act dishonestly to hurt or help another is what a new study in the journal Psychological Science investigated.” Read more . . . From Orgtheory: “Framing Hea...
Source: The Situationist - September 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Abstracts Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Viva la ciccia!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
My parents are leaving for the U.S. later today. I won’t see them again for months, but I don’t want to think about that right now…I want instead to write about what we did yesterday. Yesterday morning Stefano suggested that we drive down to Panzano, near Greve in Chianti…if that means nothing to you, well, it’s [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - September 28, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Laughter and allergiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
“Lucy…I’m hooome!” Yes, my computer is fixed…it works perfectly…in fact, even better than before! Yaaay! Oh, okay, actually, to be honest, my genius of a husband fixed it a couple of days ago, but I took some time off and had some fun with the family over the weekend. More on that tomorrow…(grin)… Anyway, I just finished reading a fascinating [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - September 27, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Atchoo!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Well, my computer’s slight sniffle (=what seemed to be a small, easily fixable problem) has turned into a rather violent sneeze fest. The new hard disk turned out to be incompatible with the floppypoppy, which then screwed up the schloopyloopy, and then the snappynappy didn’t work anymore. As you can see, I have no clue as to what happened. All [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - September 23, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Situationism in the Blogosphere – August 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 August 2009 (they are listed in alphabetical order by source). * * * From Frontal Cortex: “Health Insurance” “Why do people buy insurance? On the one hand, the act of purchasing insurance is an utterly rational act, dependent on the uniquely human ability to ponder counterfactuals in the distant future. What if my a fire destroyed my house? What if my new car got totaled? What if I get cancer and require expensive medical treatments? We take this cognitive skill for granted, but it’s act...
Source: The Situationist - September 22, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Abstracts Blogroll Source Type: blogs

I’m an ailurophile…Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Day before yesterday a blog reader sent me the full study on curcumin and myeloma cells’ multidrug resistance…yaaay! Then this morning another blog reader did the same, joking that it had actually not yet been translated but was still in the original Chinese (haha…well, yes, I admit, it is not at all an easy text [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - September 20, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs