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Sample Cover Letter for the Scramble ApplicationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Though not strictly necessary, it does add a flavor of professionalism and even saves time when you send in an application - since you may simply copy-paste the cover letter as the email body. Here's a sample cover letter, which as I said, will serve as the body for the email or as the first page to be faxed : (American Graduates should make the necessary adjustments) "Dear Program Director /
Source: MY POST-MATCH RESIDENCY SCRAMBLE TIPS-N-TRICKS : Digitaldoc, MD - March 3, 2007 Category: USMLE Authors: Digitaldoc, MD Source Type: blogs

H1N1 Swine Flu Still Smoldering in U.S.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It's no wildfire, but H1N1 swine flu continues to smolder in the U.S. Last month, 300 people died of H1N1.
Source: WebMD Health - March 16, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Quebec swine flu campaign cost nearly $146MEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Quebec's public health institute says the H1N1 vaccination campaign last fall cost nearly $146 million, but they added that the price tag was lower than expected.
Source: CTV Health - March 11, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Should we use Closed or Open Infusion Containers for Prevention of Bloodstream Infections?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
What effect do closed infusion containers have on the risk of central-line associated bloodstream infections in critical care settings? Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 16, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pathology & Lab Medicine Source Type: news

Man Emerges From Coma a Compulsive ArtistEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Wasn't Creative Before Double Brain Aneurism Almost Killed Him; Also Was Speaking in Rhymes
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - March 13, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Pharmacy Swine Flu Trial Moves Into Phase II - Pharmaceutical Society Of AustraliaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The first phase of a swine flu vaccination program trial conducted in Tasmania by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia and the Department of Health and Human Services has proved popular with the community. Phase II of the pandemic vaccination program will now be rolled out to allow pharmacy-based clinics to support other elements of the swine flu vaccination program. During Phase I last month, more than 2500 patients were vaccinated at five pharmacies by nurse immunisers in just one week...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 11, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Swine Flu Source Type: news

Women: Drink Moderately, Gain Less WeightEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
© yashimaHear ye ladies! What's recently published at the Archives of Internal Medicine requires toasting for cheers: Healthy-weight women who drink a light to moderate amount of alcohol - no more than two servings a day of red wine, white wine, beer or liquor - tend to gain less weight over time than non-drinkers. Warning: don't binge on alcohol just yet. The key words are healthy-weight women and light to moderate amount of alcohol. According to cardiologist Lu Wang, lead researcher on the ...
Source: Straightfromthedoc - March 11, 2010 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Tags: Obesity , Studies , Weight Loss , Women's Health Source Type: blogs

McGill program lets users create digital medical fileEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
McGill University Health Centre launched a new web tool Monday that allows anyone with Internet access to maintain a list of personal health conditions, medications, allergies and family medical history.
Source: CTV Health - March 16, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Obesity Impairs Body's "Memory" Of How To Fight FluEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Obesity may limit the body's ability to develop immunity to influenza viruses, particularly secondary infections, by inhibiting the immune system's ability to "remember" how it fought off previous similar bouts of illness, according to new research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The results, published in the March 15, 2010, issue of The Journal of Immunology, support recent suggestions by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that obesity is as much a risk factor for H1N1 pandemic strains of flu as age (very young and very old) and compromised immunity...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 16, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Swine Flu Source Type: news

Children With Chronic Respiratory Illness Are Vulnerable To Critical H1N1Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As critical care professionals develop a better understanding of the progression of H1N1, they are becoming better prepared to treat children with severe cases, according to a new study that will be published in the March issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)...
Source: Pediatrics News From Medical News Today - March 13, 2010 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Swine Flu Source Type: news

Writing about being written aboutEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I was quick to post this link to Facebook yesterday from a website in Princeton which featured an interview-by-email with me on the subject of blogging about HIV/AIDS. Shruti Kalra, the writer of the piece, first contacted me early in the year, wondering a few things about me and this blog, and I wasn’t long agreeing to [...]
Source: My journey with AIDS - March 14, 2010 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: AIDS and HIV PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) activism autobiography bipolar II blog therapy family grief health-care mental health personal journal stigma type-II diabetes writing Source Type: blogs

UPDATE: 2009 H1N1 Flu International Situation UpdateEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This report provides an update to the international situation as of March 12, 2010. The World Health Organization (WHO) continues to report updated 2009 H1N1 flu-associated laboratory-confirmed cases and deaths on its Web page.
Source: CDC Swine Flu Updates - March 12, 2010 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: organizations

Senate Parliamentarian in a Starring Role as Health Care Bill RefereeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As the health care drama enters its final act, Alan S. Frumin, the Senate parliamentarian, is in a starring role.
Source: NYT > Health - March 14, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care Reform and Reorganization United States Politics and Government Senate House of Representatives Source Type: news

Medco, Mayo Clinic study finds reduced hospitalization rates with genetic testingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A simple genetic test can reduce hospitalization rates by almost a third for heart patients taking warfarin, the world's most-prescribed blood thinner, according to a study released today by researchers from Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (in association with the Medco Research Institute) and the Mayo Clinic.
Source: Healthcare IT News - March 16, 2010 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only American College American College of Cardiology ' s Atlanta Industry News Mayo Clinic Medco Health Solutions Inc. Medco Research Institute Mike Miliard Robert S. Epstein the American College Hospitals & IDNs Source Type: news

Applied Nanoscience Reports Positive H1N1, Rhinovirus Test Results And Strides Toward Commercialization Of NanoFense Protective Face MaskEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Applied Nanoscience Inc. (ANI) (PINKSHEETS: APNN), a nanotechnology-based filtration company, today announced that it has received extremely positive test results on the effectiveness of the disposable NanoFense™ Protective Face Mask when challenged with the current swine influenza virus (H1N1). In addition, their proprietary NanoFense coating formulation proved to be equally effective when challenged directly with rhinovirus, the cause of the common cold. Both of the studies were conducted by a nationally recognized independent BSL-3 laboratory...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 16, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Swine Flu Source Type: news

Pharmacy Swine Flu Trial Moves Into Phase II - Pharmaceutical Society Of AustraliaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The first phase of a swine flu vaccination program trial conducted in Tasmania by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia and the Department of Health and Human Services has proved popular with the community. Phase II of the pandemic vaccination program will now be rolled out to allow pharmacy-based clinics to support other elements of the swine flu vaccination program...
Source: Immune System / Vaccines News From Medical News Today - March 11, 2010 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Swine Flu Source Type: news

TaiGen Announces Nemonoxacin (TG-873870) Once-A-Day Oral Dosing In Diabetic Foot Infection Met Primary EndpointsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TaiGen Biotechnology Co., Ltd. announced the Phase II trial of nemonoxacin (TG-873870) in Diabetic Foot Infection (DFI) with once-a-day dosing met the primary endpoints and showed promising clinical efficacy and good tolerability. Nemonoxacin is a novel non-fluorinated quinolone that has a broad spectrum of activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria and atypical pathogens. Importantly, nemonoxacin possesses activities against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant pathogens...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 13, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes Source Type: news

UMass Teams Up With Child Weight-Loss CampEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The University of Massachusetts and an Amherst weight-loss camp for children have teamed up to fight childhood obesity.
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - March 14, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer

Working with your doctor as an HIV positive personEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The information found in this post is based on resources available on the “Doctor-patient relationship” web page of AIDS Action Committee’s HIV Health Library. An HIV diagnosis may change the way you look at the world. You may feel desperate, unsure about what to do next. At this time, it is very important to get into care with a medical team you can trust. You will need them to be committed, competent partners in your efforts to manage the disease. HIV-Experienced Doctors: The Preferred Option Managing HIV infection can be more complex than other diseases. It’s best to find a doctor who has extensive experience wo...
Source: AIDS Action Committee's Blog - March 11, 2010 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Lu Xing Tags: Uncategorized HIV Health Source Type: blogs

Regulatory T cells (CD4(+)CD25(bright)FoxP3(+)) expansion in systemic sclerosis correlates with disease activity and severity.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Increased numbers of Treg cells are present in patients with SSc, correlating with activity and severity of the disease. This expansion of Treg cells was not accompanied, however, by heightened TGF-beta or IL-10 production. Further studies to elaborate the causes and functional significance of Treg cell expansion in SSc are needed. PMID: 20096404 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Cellular Immunology - March 14, 2010 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Slobodin G, Ahmad MS, Rosner I, Peri R, Rozenbaum M, Kessel A, Toubi E, Odeh M Tags: Cell Immunol Source Type: journals

Biodiesel production from integration between reaction and separation system: reactive distillation process.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In this study, the experimental design was used to optimize the following process variables: the catalyst concentration (from 0.5 wt.% to 1.5 wt.%), the ethanol/soybean oil molar ratio (from 3:1 to 9:1). The reactive column reflux rate was 83 ml/min, and the reaction time was 6 min. PMID: 20221864 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - March 13, 2010 Category: Biochemistry Authors: de Lima da Silva N, Santander CM, Batistella CB, Filho RM, Maciel MR Tags: Appl Biochem Biotechnol Source Type: journals

NEW: Question & Answer: Morbid Obesity as a Risk Factor for Hospitalization and Death due to 2009 H1N1.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This document provides updated information on obesity and morbid obesity as risk factors for serious 2009 H1N1-related complications based on findings from recent studies.
Source: CDC Swine Flu Updates - March 16, 2010 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: organizations

Your partner has herpes - now the good newsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The genes that allow herpes virus to evade our immune system have been identified and deleted to form a new vaccine
Source: New Scientist - Health - March 11, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: journals

This week on Thrive: March 8 – 12Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Here’s a quick look at what Thrive was up to last week. Sleep deprivation affects how we interpret emotional cues. The FDA is tired of misleading food labels. Second hand smoke has deadly consequences. Children’s launches a new stem cell website. One mother tells her story of finding out her daughter has celiac disease. Do you know what disease sounds like? Children’s Facebook fan page reaches 100,000 fans. Ray Tye, a noted children’s philanthropist, dies. Michael Agus, MD, reports back from Haiti – twice. Should you take your kids to see Alice in Wonderland?
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - March 14, 2010 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Children's Hospital Boston staff Tags: All posts alice in wonderland movie celiac disease facebook fda food labels Haiti MD michael agus ray tye Second hand smoke Sleep deprivation stem cell Source Type: organizations

Getting a hang of the Unfilled Positions BEFORE ScrambleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The unfilled programs lists are no longer available in the public domain. Yet, Having information about the unfilled programs of the previous year (and maybe even a year before the previous) does offer a key advantage to those who have it before the scramble officially starts - Why ? Because, that unfilled program of the last year is very likely to have an unfilled position this year and when
Source: MY POST-MATCH RESIDENCY SCRAMBLE TIPS-N-TRICKS : Digitaldoc, MD - March 3, 2007 Category: USMLE Authors: Digitaldoc, MD Source Type: blogs

A qualitative exploration of carers' and 'patients' experiences of fibromyalgia: one illness, different perspectivesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: This study has provided new information regarding the lifeworlds both of people living with FMS and their spousal carers. We identified a number of practical and attitudinal barriers that had led to the diminution of social networks for both members of the couple and have explored the related clinical and theoretical implications of this. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Source: Musculoskeletal Care - March 15, 2010 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Karen Rodham, Nicola Rance, David Blake Source Type: journals

Light regime characterization in an airlift photobioreactor for production of microalgae with high starch content.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The slow development of microalgal biotechnology is due to the failure in the design of large-scale photobioreactors (PBRs) where light energy is efficiently utilized. In this work, both the quality and the amount of light reaching a given point of the PBR were determined and correlated with cell density, light path length, and PBR geometry. This was made for two different geometries of the downcomer of an airlift PBR using optical fiber technology that allows to obtain information about quantitative and qualitative aspects of light patterns. This is important since the ability of microalgae to use the energy of photon...
Source: Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - March 13, 2010 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Fernandes BD, Dragone GM, Teixeira JA, Vicente AA Tags: Appl Biochem Biotechnol Source Type: journals

An introduction to cognition and cultureEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Culture and Cognition blog covers the territory where culture and psychology meet, and they've just released their 'reader' which has a list of essential books and papers to cover the interface between anthropology and the cognitive sciences. Many of the articles are available in full online and the list is a fantastic guide to the area. It includes both popular and academic texts but the list works best as a reference, so bookmark it as I'm sure you'll be returning to it time and again if you're like me and interested in the cross over between culture and psychology. Link to Cognition and Culture Reader.
Source: Mind Hacks - March 14, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Tags: Theory Source Type: blogs

AtCor Medical Will Launch New SphygmoCor Version At American College Of Cardiology MeetingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
AtCor Medical (ASX: ACG), the developer and marketer of the SphygmoCor® system which measures central blood pressure and arterial stiffness noninvasively, announced that it would debut SphygmoCor Version 9 at the Annual American College of Cardiology Scientific Session Exposition being held in Atlanta, March 14-16, 2010. AtCor will be demonstrating the system's new features at Booth 717 in the exhibit hall...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 14, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Source Type: news

Guns and Mental IllnessEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Virginia Tech shootings in April 2007 brought the issue of guns and mental illness very much in the public eye. The U.S. Congress, responding, passed a measure to strengthen existing laws regarding the purchase of firearms by some people with mental illnesses. Speaking about the House bill, National Rifle Association president Wayne LaPierre used language that anyone with any form of mental illness would find extremely offensive - mentally defective.
Source: About.com Bipolar Disorder - March 16, 2010 Category: Psychiatry Authors: bipolar.guide at about.com Tags: health Source Type: consumer

A Novel Mechanism Of Drug Delivery - PEGylated DendrimersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Science (MIPS) researchers, in collaboration with the biotechnology company Starpharma Holdings Ltd (ASX:SPL) have developed a new method to deliver medications that may benefit thousands of patients with particular types of cancer, HIV and lymphatic conditions world-wide. The Melbourne-based research team has shown how PEGylated Polylysine dendrimers, a new type of nano-sized drug delivery system, can be altered to target either the lymphatic system or the bloodstream...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 13, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer / Oncology Source Type: news

Hurt Dog Shows Up At NM Emergency RoomEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The patient was only slightly injured when he limped into a hospital in the northwest New Mexico city of Farmington.
Source: WDSU.com - Health - March 16, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news

TaiGen Announces Nemonoxacin (TG-873870) Once-A-Day Oral Dosing In Diabetic Foot Infection Met Primary EndpointsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TaiGen Biotechnology Co., Ltd. announced the Phase II trial of nemonoxacin (TG-873870) in Diabetic Foot Infection (DFI) with once-a-day dosing met the primary endpoints and showed promising clinical efficacy and good tolerability. Nemonoxacin is a novel non-fluorinated quinolone that has a broad spectrum of activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria and atypical pathogens...
Source: Diabetes News From Medical News Today - March 13, 2010 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Diabetes Source Type: news

Female Condoms: A Disruptive Weapon in the Fight Against HIV/AIDSEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Washington D.C. leads the nation with the highest HIV/AIDS rates in the country– 3% of all adults and adolescents in the District live with HIV/AIDS (any percentage over 1% is considered a severe epidemic by the World Health Organization). Officials have created an innovative partnership with a number of organizations and celebrities to distribute female condoms in HIV hotspots — and if you want to try them yourself, they’re now on sale at all the CVS’s in the District. Disruptive Women’s Wendy Grossman spoke for a few minutes with Mary Ann Leeper, senior strategic advisor for the Female Heal...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - March 16, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Women's Health AFrica Birth control Condom Department of Health HIV United States Washington DC Source Type: blogs

Word length and word frequency affect eye movements in dyslexic children reading in a regular (German) orthography.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We combined independently the word length and word frequency to examine if the difficulty of reading material affects eye movements in readers of German, which has high orthographic regularity, comparing the outcome with previous findings available in other languages. Sixteen carefully selected German-speaking dyslexic children (mean age, 9.5 years) and 16 age-matched controls read aloud four lists, each comprising ten unrelated words. The lists varied orthogonally in word length and word frequency: high-frequency, short; high-frequency, long; low-frequency, short; low-frequency, long. Eye movements were measured using...
Source: Annals of Dyslexia - March 12, 2010 Category: Neurology Authors: Dürrwächter U, Sokolov AN, Reinhard J, Klosinski G, Trauzettel-Klosinski S Tags: Ann Dyslexia Source Type: journals

Concerns About Bi-Polar Tubal Coagulation and ReversalEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Women on the Tubal Reversal Message Board share their experiences with sterilization reversal following the bi-polar method of ligation. Most techniques of bipolar cautery or coagulation allow for successful reversal of tubal ligation. The reversal experts of Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center have considerable experience with reversal of burned tubes and, in their hands, the chance of pregnancy after reversal of burnt tubes is approximately 70%.
Source: Tubal Ligation Reversal News - March 14, 2010 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: organizations

Trillium Expands Immunology Pipeline And Enters Stem Cell Field Through In-licensing Of Two New ProgramsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Trillium Therapeutics Inc...
Source: Immune System / Vaccines News From Medical News Today - March 13, 2010 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Stem Cell Research Source Type: news

EFMI at eHealth 2010 BarcelonaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The EFMI Board met during the EU High Level Conference (15-18 March in Barcelona). EFMI is organising partner of the...
Source: EFMI Portal News - March 16, 2010 Category: Information Technology Tags: News - Latest Source Type: organizations

Suppression of murine experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by interleukin-2 receptor targeted fusion toxin, DAB(389)IL-2.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Previously we have shown that DAB(389)IL-2, a recombinant fusion toxin targeting IL-2R bearing cells, suppressed disease in the rat experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) model of acute multiple sclerosis (MS). Our present study demonstrates that DAB(389)IL-2 can also effectively suppress acute (A)-EAE, relapsing (R)-EAE and chronic (C)-EAE in mouse demyelinating models. DAB(389)IL-2 significantly suppressed mitogenic proliferation of spleen cells while mutant fusion proteins DA(glu53)B(389)IL-2 and DAB(389)IL-2(8-10) did not. EAE was successfully suppressed when DAB(389)IL-2 was administered in various regime...
Source: Cellular Immunology - March 14, 2010 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Phillips SM, Bhopale MK, Hilliard B, Zekavat SA, Ali MA, Rostami A Tags: Cell Immunol Source Type: journals

Efficacy of acupuncture in fibromyalgia syndrome--a systematic review with a meta-analysis of controlled clinical trialsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion. A small analgesic effect of acupuncture was present, which, however, was not clearly distinguishable from bias. Thus, acupuncture cannot be recommended for the management of FMS.
Source: Rheumatology - March 15, 2010 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Langhorst, J., Klose, P., Musial, F., Irnich, D., Hauser, W. Tags: Fibromyalgia CLINICAL SCIENCE Source Type: journals

Clay for Fibromyalgia?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
My mother was recently diagnosed with fibromyalgia. She is considering a clay treatment used both externally and internally. What do you know about this natural healing method and fibromyalgia?
Source: Dr. Weil Q&A - March 16, 2010 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: info

MPs condemn homeopathy reportEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
An early day motion claims shortcomings in the committee's recent homeopathy "evidence check"Last month, the Commons science and technology committee published a detailed report into the evidence for the efficacy, or otherwise, of homeopathic remedies. You can read it here. After taking oral testimonies from scientists, doctors and homeopathy advocates, the committee recommended the government halt NHS funding for this kind of alternative medicine and said the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency should ban false statements of medical efficacy on the labels of homeopathy products.In forming their conclusions...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 12, 2010 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Tags: Science Homeopathy Controversies in science guardian.co.uk Blogposts Source Type: news

AIBS Names 2010 Emerging Public Policy LeadersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) has selected Meredith Niles, a graduate student at the University of California, Davis, Ryan Richards, a graduate student at the University of Maryland, College Park, and Leslie Smith, a graduate student at the University of Rhode Island, to receive the 2010 AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award (EPPLA). “AIBS is committed to fostering a productive dialogue between policymakers and scientists,” said AIBS Executive Director Dr. Richard O’Grady. “We applaud Meredith Niles, Ryan Richards, and Leslie Smith for exemplifying this commitment thr...
Source: Public Policy Reports - March 16, 2010 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: organizations

Genetic influences on the dynamics of pain and affect in fibromyalgia.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Together, the findings offer researchers ample reason to further investigate the contribution of the catecholamine and opioid systems, and their associated genomic variants, to the still poorly understood experience of FM. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)
Source: Health Psychology - March 15, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Finan, Patrick H.; Zautra, Alex J.; Davis, Mary C.; Lemery–Chalfant, Kathryn; Covault, Jonathan; Tennen, Howard Source Type: journals

Usefulness of Vegetarian and Vegan Diets for Treating Type 2 DiabetesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article reviews observational studies and intervention trials on such diets, and discusses their efficacy, nutritional adequacy, acceptability, and sustainability. Research to date has demonstrated that a low-fat, plant-based nutritional approach improves control of weight, glycemia, and cardiovascular risk. These studies have also shown that carefully planned vegan diets can be more nutritious than diets based on more conventional diet guidelines, with an acceptability that is comparable with that of other therapeutic regimens. Current intervention guidelines from professional organizations offer support for thi...
Source: Current Diabetes Reports - March 10, 2010 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Current Diabetes Reports Source Type: journals

Post-Match Scramble ProcessEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This is how it will work: 1. NRMP publishes list of Unfilled programs on NRMP.org (u will see those after you login). This list is 'Dynamic' in the sense that it updates every one hour to tell you the tally of seats remaining. 2. The first thing you do is make that call to your programs in the order of preference! Some people 'employ' multiple friends to make calls via their cell phones as
Source: MY POST-MATCH RESIDENCY SCRAMBLE TIPS-N-TRICKS : Digitaldoc, MD - February 2, 2006 Category: USMLE Authors: Digitaldoc, MD Source Type: blogs

Interobserver diagnostic variability at “moderate” agreement levels could significantly change the prognostic estimates of clinicopathologic studies: evaluation of the problem using evidence from patients with diffuse lung diseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract: Does interobserver diagnostic variability (IODV) influence the accuracy of prognostic estimates of clinicopathologic studies? “Best evidence” from usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) and nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) patients was used to investigate the effects of IODV. Systematic literature review identified studies of UIP and NSIP providing “best evidence.” Survival proportions from studies were compared using χ2 and meta-analysis. Interobserver diagnostic variability was simulated in the data arbitrarily at 5% to 30% intervals. The various “diagnoses” were evaluated with κ, and χ2 sta...
Source: Annals of Diagnostic Pathology - March 12, 2010 Category: Pathology Authors: Alberto M. Marchevsky, Ruta Gupta Tags: Original Contributions Source Type: journals

Morphological and biochemical features of obesity are associated with mineralization genes’ polymorphismsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Morphological and biochemical features of obesity are associated with mineralization genes’ polymorphisms International Journal of Obesity advance online publication, March 16, 2010. doi:10.1038/ijo.2010.53 Authors: M Korostishevsky, Z Cohen, I Malkin, S Ermakov, O Yarenchuk & G Livshits
Source: International Journal of Obesity - March 16, 2010 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: M KorostishevskyZ CohenI MalkinS ErmakovO YarenchukG Livshits Tags: mineralization genes and obesity SNPs and haplotypes genetic association study gene interaction variance component models Source Type: journals

Insider View: Jon HoeksmaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As the British Medical Association has another fret about the Summary Care Record, Jon Hoeksma says it's time to ask: where are the clinical champions for NHS IT?
Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis - March 16, 2010 Category: Information Technology Source Type: info

U.S. Army drops bayonets, busts abs in training revampEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
At 5 a.m. on the U.S. Army's largest training base, soldiers grunt through the kinds of stretches, body twists and bent-leg raises that might be seen in an "ab blaster" class at a suburban gym.
Source: CTV Health - March 16, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Strategies for enhanced annotation of a microarray probe set.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We aim to determine the biological relevance of genes identified through microarray-mediated transcriptional profiling of Xenopus sensory organs and brain. Difficulties with genetic data analysis arise because of limitations in probe set annotation and the lack of a universal gene nomenclature. To overcome these impediments, we used sequence based and semantic linking methods in combination with computational approaches to augment probe set annotation on a commercially available microarray. Our curation efforts enabled linkage of probe sets and expression data to public databases, increased the biological significance ...
Source: International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications - March 13, 2010 Category: Bioinformatics Authors: Powers TR, Virk SM, Serrano EE Tags: Int J Bioinform Res Appl Source Type: journals

AngioScore Announces Favorable Results From The MASCOT TrialEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
AngioScore, Inc., a developer of novel angioplasty catheters for use in the treatment of cardiovascular disease, announced today favorable clinical trial results from the MASCOT Trial, an important study evaluating the AngioSculpt® PTA Scoring Balloon Catheter for the treatment of femoro-popliteal PAD (peripheral artery disease). "PAD is one of the fastest-growing segments of the Endovascular Market, with an estimated two million annual procedures worldwide...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 15, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Vascular Source Type: news

Drug induced pancreatitisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
525 different drugs that can, as an adverse reaction, induce acute pancreatitis are listed in a WHO database. Compared to other causes drugs represent a relatively rare cause of pancreatitis. They should be considered as a triggering event in patients with no other identifiable cause of the disease, who takes medications that have been shown to induce pancreatitis. The prevalence of drug-induced pancreatitis is still unclear because most incidences have been documented only as isolated case reports. The overall incidence probably ranges from between 0.1 and 2% of pancreatitis cases. For only very few substances evidence fr...
Source: Best Practice & Research. Clinical Gastroenterology - March 13, 2010 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Claudia J. Nitsche, Nigel Jamieson, Markus M. Lerch, Julia V. Mayerle Source Type: journals

Smart pump customers show buyers' remorseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Nearly one in five smart pump customers say they would not buy their current pump again, with one exception, according to a new report from healthcare market research firm KLAS. The survey elicited responses from 348 providers. The report, Smart Pumps: Avoiding Buyer's Remorse, notes that roughly 20 percent of customers who purchased the B. Braun Outlook or the new Hospira Symbiq pump say they would not buy the same pump again, nor would 17 percent of those using the small Baxter Sigma pump, which is billed as user friendly.
Source: Healthcare IT News - March 16, 2010 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only B. Braun Outlook Baxter Sigma CareFusion Coray Tate Hospira Industry News Orem Hospitals & IDNs Source Type: news

Calgary researchers unlock gene secrets of opium poppyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Scientists at the University of Calgary announced Sunday they have unlocked one of the genetic secrets of the opium poppy, genes that allow it to make codeine and morphine.
Source: CTV Health - March 14, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Modal Codon Usage: Assessing the Typical Codon Usage of a GenomeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Most genomes are heterogeneous in codon usage, so a codon usage study should start by defining the codon usage that is typical to the genome. Although this is commonly taken to be the genomewide average, we propose that the mode—the codon usage that matches the most genes—provides a more useful approximation of the typical codon usage of a genome. We provide a method for estimating the modal codon usage, which utilizes a continuous approximation to the number of matching genes and a simplex optimization. In a survey of bacterial and archaeal genomes, as many as 20% more of the genes in a given genome match the ...
Source: Molecular Biology and Evolution - March 16, 2010 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Davis, J. J., Olsen, G. J. Tags: Research Articles Source Type: journals

Pluripotent plasticity of stem cells and liver repopulationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Different types of stem cells have a role in liver regeneration or fibrous repair during and after several liver diseases. Otherwise, the origin of hepatic and/or extra-hepatic stem cells in reactive liver repopulation is under controversy. The ability of the human body to self-repair and replace the cells and tissues of some organs is often evident. It has been estimated that complete renewal of liver tissue takes place in about a year. Replacement of lost liver tissues is accomplished by proliferation of mature hepatocytes, hepatic oval stem cells differentiation, and sinusoidal cells as support. Hepatic oval cells displ...
Source: Cell Biochemistry and Function - March 16, 2010 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Luisa Gennero, Maria Augusta Roos, Kirk Sperber, Tetyana Denysenko, Paola Bernabei, Gian Franco Calisti, Mauro Papotti, Susanna Cappia, Roberto Pagni, Giuseppe Aimo, Giulio Mengozzi, Giovanni Cavallo, Stefano Reguzzi, Gian Piero Pescarmona, Antonio Ponzet Source Type: journals

Pregabalin in fibromyalgia: meta-analysis of efficacy and safety from company clinical trial reportsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions. Pregabalin is effective in treating FM and is relatively safe. The size of therapeutic effect is similar to that with other recent interventions such as duloxetine and the combination of tramadol and paracetamol. Enriched enrolment randomized withdrawal design gives similar results to classical trial designs in FM.
Source: Rheumatology - March 15, 2010 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Straube, S., Derry, S., Moore, R. A., McQuay, H. J. Tags: Fibromyalgia CLINICAL SCIENCE Source Type: journals

New Food Labelling Guidelines - Diabetes UKEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has agreed to the implementation of a single approach to front-of-pack (FOP) nutrition labelling that it says will best help consumers make healthier choices when they buy food...
Source: Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today - March 14, 2010 Category: Nutrition Tags: Nutrition / Diet Source Type: news

ESCRT & Co.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In conclusion, the discovery of novel interactors has and will extend our knowledge of the biological roles of ESCRTs. PMID: 20222872 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Biology of the Cell - March 14, 2010 Category: Cytology Authors: Roxrud I, Stenmark H, Malerød L Tags: Biol Cell Source Type: journals

Some Britons Would Prefer Weight-Loss Surgery To Diet And ExerciseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
More than half of Britons would rather shift excess weight through drastic surgery than diet or exercise, a new poll has suggested. Women see weight-loss operations as the key to quick results while some men regard it as the "lazy option", it found. The survey was carried out among 1,305 members of the public on behalf of the Good Surgeon Guide website...
Source: Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today - March 14, 2010 Category: Nutrition Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news

Imaging multiple intermediates of single-virus membrane fusion mediated by distinct fusion proteinsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Membrane fusion plays an essential role in the entry of enveloped viruses into target cells. The merging of viral and target cell membranes is catalyzed by viral fusion proteins, which involves multiple sequential steps in the fusion process. However, the fusion mechanisms mediated by different fusion proteins involve multiple transient intermediates that have not been well characterized. Here, we report a synthetic virus platform that allows us to better understand the different fusion mechanisms driven by the diverse types fusion proteins. The platform consists of lentiviral particles coenveloped with a surface antibody,...
Source: Microscopy Research and Technique - March 15, 2010 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Kye-Il Joo, April Tai, Chi-Lin Lee, Clement Wong, Pin Wang Source Type: journals

`Anti-ageing medicine' in Australia: Global trends and local practices to redefine ageingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Health Sociology Review 18(4): 446-460 Abstract Through interviews with users and providers of anti-ageing medicine in Australia as well as the analysis of various internet sites, anti-ageing clinics, journals and magazines dealing with anti-ageing medicine, this paper will argue that the anti-ageing industry in Australia is an example of how `mediascapes' operate, seeking in this case to replicate the American model while developing a more localized practice meeting local needs, cultural orientations and regulatory frameworks. The products being studied here include some which have been on the market for many years in the...
Source: Health Sociology Review - March 15, 2010 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Beatriz Cardona Source Type: journals

May Toxoplasma gondii increase suicide attempt-preliminary results in Turkish subjects? - Yagmur F, Yazar S, Temel HO, Cavusoglu M.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Suicide attempts are one of the risk factors of suicide. Possible mechanisms by which Toxoplasma gondii may affect human behavior and it may also cause humans to attempt suicide. The aim of this study is to find out whether or not T. gondii is one of th...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 13, 2010 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: info

Three New Research Projects Into Coeliac DiseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Coeliac UK, the national charity for people with coeliac disease, announces it has granted funding for three medical projects totaling £300,000 over three years. 1 in 100 people in the UK has coeliac disease, an autoimmune disease caused by intolerence to gluten but only 1 in 8 or 12.5% of those have been diagnosed...
Source: Immune System / Vaccines News From Medical News Today - March 11, 2010 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology Source Type: news

March 12 - WHO Updates International H1N1 Flu SituationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases - March 12, 2010 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Celiac disease in Brazilian patients: associations, complications and causes of death. Forty years of clinical experienceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions - This experience is similar to those described in the world literature. Celiac disease presents the same characteristics independently of the geographic region. We recommend periodic evaluations, from childhood, independent of the duration of the diet. The key is to establish an interval between evaluations.CONTEXTO: A doença celíaca é uma enfermidade multissistêmica e autoimune que pode se manifestar em qualquer idade, em indivíduos geneticamente predispostos. OBJETIVO: Identificação das associações, complicações e causas de morte em pacientes brasileiros após longo período de acompanhamento. MÉ...
Source: Arquivos de Gastroenterologia - March 13, 2010 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: journals

The truth about internet profilesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There's more honesty out there than you thinkNearly 17 years ago, the New Yorker ran what is probably still the best-known cartoon about the world wide web. It featured two dogs sat at a computer, with one pawing the keyboard while saying to his chum, "On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog."The notion that the internet is full of barefaced liars remains a popular one. And with good reason: dating sites allow Devito-esque men to pass themselves off as Schwarzenegger, while teens on MySpace Photoshop away their acne. And then there are the internet predators, such as Peter Chapman, convicted this month for murdering Ash...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 16, 2010 Category: Science Authors: Aditya Chakrabortty Tags: Internet Psychology Science Facebook The Guardian Features Source Type: news

Mrs. Obama Talks Anti-Obesity To Food GiantsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Michelle Obama has talked to schools and nutrition groups across the country in her effort to reduce childhood obesity. On Tuesday she will face the food companies that make the snacks and junk food that stuff grocery aisles and school vending machines.
Source: WDSU.com - Health - March 16, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news

ANTIBIOTIC RESPONSIVE DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY RELATED TO LYME DISEASEEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Source: Neurology - March 15, 2010 Category: Neurology Authors: Grisold, W., Vass, A., Muley, S. A., Parry, G. Tags: CORRESPONDENCE Source Type: journals

The painful price of migraine pillsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The prohibitive cost of migraine medication is causing sufferers to think twice before reaching for their pain relief, writesFIONA REDDAN
Source: The Irish Times - Health - March 16, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Recipe: Lean country-style breakfast sausageEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Lean country-style breakfast sausage — one of many healthy recipes from Mayo Clinic.
Source: MayoClinic.com Recipe of the Day - March 14, 2010 Category: Nutrition Source Type: organizations

Volcano Expands Access To FFR With Ability To Integrate With The Majority Of Hemodynamic Monitoring SystemsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Volcano Corporation (Nasdaq: VOLC), a leading developer and manufacturer of precision intravascular therapy guidance tools designed to enhance the diagnosis and treatment of coronary and peripheral vascular disease, announced today its Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) technology can now integrate with the FFR modules of hemodynamic monitoring systems from GE, Siemens, McKesson, and Mennen...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 13, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Source Type: news

Increased BDNF promoter methylation in the wernicke area of suicide subjects. - Keller S, Sarchiapone M, Zarrilli F, Videtic A, Ferraro A, Carli V, Sacchetti S, Lembo F, Angiolillo A, Jovanovic N, Pisanti F, Tomaiuolo R, Monticelli A, Balazic J, Roy A, Marusic A, Cocozza S, Fusco A, Bruni CB, Castaldo G, Chiariotti L.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONTEXT: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays a pivotal role in the pathophysiology of suicidal behavior and BDNF levels are decreased in the brain and plasma of suicide subjects. So far, the mechanisms leading to downregulation of BDNF expressio...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 13, 2010 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: info

Trillium Expands Immunology Pipeline And Enters Stem Cell Field Through In-licensing Of Two New ProgramsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Trillium Therapeutics Inc. (TTI), a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative immune-based biologics, announced that it has entered into two definitive license agreements with University Health Network (UHN) and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, Ontario, granting Trillium exclusive worldwide rights to commercialize two immunology programs in the areas of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and cancer. "We are very excited to have strengthened our immunology franchise and to have reinforced our existing bond with Toronto's world-class immunology community...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 13, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stem Cell Research Source Type: news

The New Traditional FamilyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The one-child family is the fastest growing family unit in the US.
Source: Psychology Today - March 16, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Susan Newman, Ph.D. Tags: Parenting Stand Up and Be Counted Source Type: consumer

Advances in disease surveillance: Putting the "public" into public healthEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
MIAMI--Before a government reports a disease outbreak, cases must usually be counted, verified and assessed--a process that can take days, weeks or months. [More]
Source: Scientific American Topic - Medical Technology - March 13, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Biology,Health & Medicine,Health Medicine,Technology,Society Policy,Everyday Science,Basic Science,Energy Sustainability,Science Education,Evolutionary Biology,Ecology,Ethics,Infectious Diseases,Medical Technology,Pharmaceuticals,Communications, Source Type: info

Siemens Wireless Digital Radiography Boosts Patient CapacityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust has installed a total of ten Ysio wi-D™ Digital Radiography (DR) systems from Siemens Healthcare. Queen Alexandra Hospital will support in and outpatient, adult, paediatric and emergency imaging needs with eight DR systems...
Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today - March 14, 2010 Category: Information Technology Tags: Radiology / Nuclear Medicine Source Type: news

MRSA survivors say 'superbug' an epidemicEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CHICAGO, March 16 (UPI) -- A group of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus survivors said they want U.S. health officials to declare MRSA an epidemic.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - March 16, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Health headlines: Sports injuries, lazy ear and liceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Other stories we’ve been reading: Be sure to keep liquid detergent capsules out of your kids’ reach. Scientists find out why Vitamin D is important. [Read how children are at risk of a Vitamin D deficiency.]There’s a jump in kids’ sports injuries due to overuse. [Read about how girls' soccer injuries are preventable.] Twenty percent of U.S. babies don’t get the hepatitis B vaccine. A Canadian vaccine study proves the idea of “herd community.” [Read about this year's vaccine schedule.] A new drug could help protect against treatment-resistant lice. Parents can help prevent bullying by modeling kindness and emp...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - March 13, 2010 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Children's Hospital Boston staff Tags: All posts behavioral optometrist bullying food advertisers health headlines hepatitis B vaccine herd community irritable bowel syndrome lazy ear lice liquid detergent capsules OWL peanut allergies pediatric obesity program Spec Source Type: organizations

Talks underway for next pandemic flu vaccine contractEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The federal government has told the vaccine industry it wants to explore options for Canada's next pandemic flu vaccine contract.
Source: CTV Health - March 16, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The "NRMP MATCH TRICK" - or is it ?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The problem with my digitaldoc2002@gmail.com inbox is that I am finding it next to impossible to reply to, and at times even read, each one of the daily 30-50 emails and/or blog comments I receive. But hell - who am I to complain, at least the situation ain't as bad as God's Inbox...;-) Not that I am comparing myself to God - and surely not claiming legal status as God - as this dude from Mumbai
Source: MY POST-MATCH RESIDENCY SCRAMBLE TIPS-N-TRICKS : Digitaldoc, MD - March 3, 2007 Category: USMLE Authors: Digitaldoc, MD Source Type: blogs

Dihydroartemisinin upregulates death receptor 5 expression and cooperates with TRAIL to induce apoptosis in human prostate cancer cells.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Dihydroartemisinin (DHA) is a derivative of artemisinin and is an effective anti-malaria therapeutic used worldwide. In this paper, we report that DHA is as a potential anti-cancer drug for prostate cancer. Our data indicate that DHA suppresses the PI3-K/Akt and ERK cell survival pathways and triggers the induction of death receptor DR5 and activation of extrinsic and intrinsic cell death signaling. DHA-mediated DR5 induction appears to occur via increased transcriptional activity of DR5 promoter. Our data also show that, while DHA has strong cytotocixity in tumor cells, it exhibits minimal cytotoxic effects on normal ...
Source: Cancer Biology and Therapy - March 14, 2010 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: He Q, Shi J, Shen XL, An J, Sun H, Wang L, Hu YJ, Sun Q, Fu LC, Sheikh MS, Huang Y Tags: Cancer Biol Ther Source Type: journals

American Heart Association Comment On The FDA Drug Safety Communication Regarding Boxed Warning For ClopidogrelEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a drug safety communication to patients and healthcare professionals regarding the use of clopidogrel, an anti-clotting medication. The FDA is requiring a "Boxed Warning" on the label of clopidogrel to tell patients and healthcare providers that certain patients may lack genetic factors required to effectively metabolize the drug...
Source: Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today - March 15, 2010 Category: Cardiology Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news

Immunohistochemical markers predict response to neoadjuvant chemotherapyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Simple immunohistochemistry-based categorization of breast tumors can help predict the extent of tumor response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy, US study findings indicate.
Source: MedWire News - Breast Cancer - March 13, 2010 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

American Heart Association Comment On The FDA Drug Safety Communication Regarding Boxed Warning For ClopidogrelEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a drug safety communication to patients and healthcare professionals regarding the use of clopidogrel, an anti-clotting medication. The FDA is requiring a "Boxed Warning" on the label of clopidogrel to tell patients and healthcare providers that certain patients may lack genetic factors required to effectively metabolize the drug. These "poor metabolizers" may not receive the full benefits of clopidogrel. According to the FDA, approximately 2 to 14 percent of the population are poor metabolizers of clopidogrel...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 15, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news

Relative expression analysis for molecular cancer diagnosis and prognosis.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The enormous amount of biomolecule measurement data generated from high-throughput technologies has brought an increased need for computational tools in biological analyses. Such tools can enhance our understanding of human health and genetic diseases, such as cancer, by accurately classifying phenotypes, detecting the presence of disease, discriminating among cancer sub-types, predicting clinical outcomes, and characterizing disease progression. In the case of gene expression microarray data, standard statistical learning methods have been used to identify classifiers that can accurately distinguish disease phenotypes...
Source: Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment - March 14, 2010 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Eddy JA, Sung J, Geman D, Price ND Tags: Technol Cancer Res Treat Source Type: journals

Reduced density of ADAM 12-immunoreactive oligodendrocytes in the anterior cingulate white matter of patients with schizophrenia.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions. Although the pathophysiological implications of this finding are currently unknown, it is well conveyable that reduced ADAM12 protein contributes to a deviant metabolism of some of its substrates. These substrates are either parts of important signalling cascades (EGF, betacellulin, TGF-beta) or chemical components of myelin (neurofascin-ankyrin) known to be compromised in schizophrenia. PMID: 20218926 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry - March 14, 2010 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Farkas N, Lendeckel U, Dobrowolny H, Funke S, Steiner J, Keilhoff G, Schmitt A, Bogerts B, Bernstein HG Tags: World J Biol Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Accelr8 Announces Acceptance Of Scientific Presentation, And Pilot Results With A New Rapid Test For A Major Emerging Resistance ThreatEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Accelr8 Technology Corporation (NYSE Amex: AXK) announced that it has received acceptance to present results for a study on 2-hour, culture-free, quantitative pathogen identification. The study was co-authored with principal investigators at the Denver Health Medical Center and the Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis...
Source: MRSA / Drug Resistance News From Medical News Today - March 11, 2010 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Source Type: news

Youth panel urges advert ban in drive to counter Scots drink cultureEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A YOUTH panel is to call on the government to ban alcohol advertisements from public places in an effort to "change Scotland's culture of alcohol misuse".
Source: Scotsman.com News - Health - March 16, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Analysis of Risk Factors Associated with Salmonella spp. Isolated from U.S. Feedlot CattleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Foodborne Pathogens and Disease , Vol. 0, No. 0.
Source: Foodborne Pathogens and Disease - March 16, 2010 Category: Food Science Tags: article Source Type: journals

Pilots Require Time And Evaluation, Says BDAEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The British Dental Association (BDA) has reaffirmed its support for the piloting of the reforms in Professor Steele's review of dentistry, following today's announcement that at least 30 dental practices have been selected to trial new ways of improving services for patients...
Source: Dentistry News From Medical News Today - March 14, 2010 Category: Dentistry Tags: Dentistry Source Type: news

The Five Year BanEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
One solution to battle overpopulation
Source: Psychology Today - March 16, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steven Kotler Tags: Philosophy Stand Up and Be Counted Source Type: consumer

Discovery Of Powerful Molecule Regulator In Blood Pressure Control SystemEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University's School of Dentistry have discovered that nitric oxide is a powerful regulator of a molecule that plays a critical role in the development and function of the nervous system. The finding could someday play a significant role in the prevention and treatment of high blood pressure, which affects about one in three adults in the United States. The new discovery is published online and will appear in the May issue of the Journal of Neuroscience Research. Changes in blood pressure are signaled to the brain by nerve cells called baroreceptors...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 13, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hypertension Source Type: news

The Formula For Making Teeth Will Soon Be FoundEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Each cusp of our teeth is regulated by genes which carefully control the development. A similar genetic puzzle also regulates the differentiation of our other organs and of all living organisms. A team of researchers at the Institute of Biotechnology of the University of Helsinki has developed a computer model reproducing population-level variation in complex structures like teeth and organs...
Source: Dentistry News From Medical News Today - March 16, 2010 Category: Dentistry Tags: Dentistry Source Type: news

NCCN Prostate Cancer Guideline: "Ahead of Its Time," Says Panel ChairEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The NCCN's new guideline on prostate cancer is the first ever to recommend not treating cancer, says the guideline panel chair. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape PublicHealth Headlines - March 16, 2010 Category: Primary Care Tags: Hematology-Oncology Source Type: info

Inhibition of Cytokine Expression and Prostaglandin E2 Production in Monocyte/Macrophage-Like Cells by Avocado/Soybean Unsaponifiables and Chondroitin SulfateEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Osteoarthritis is characterized by inflammation and increased production of pro-inflammatory mediators including cytokines and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2). Macrophage-like cells in synovial tissue produce these mediators which induce degradative enzymes that break down cartilage. We determined whether avocado/soybean unsaponifiables (ASU) and chondroitin sulfate (CS) can inhibit cytokine expression and PGE2 production using monocyte/macrophage-like cell models. Cells were incubated for 24 hours with either control media alone, ASU alone (NMX1000; 8.3 μg/ml), CS alone (TRH122; 20 μg/ml), or a combination of both preparations....
Source: Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine - March 12, 2010 Category: Complementary Medicine Tags: Inflammation Source Type: journals

Antiseptic Cloths Reduce Deadly BacteriaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Bathing trauma patients daily using cloths containing the antiseptic chlorhexidine may be associated with a decreased rate of infection by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other difficult-to-treat bacteria.
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - March 16, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Damaged ankles can be fused or replaced, but these surgeries have drawbacksEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The best athlete I knew in college has just had both his hips replaced. Another friend recently got two new titanium knees. We're all in our 50s -- once among the fittest in our college classes and now suffering from the kind of worn-out, creaking joints that generally come at a much older age.
Source: Wash Post Health - March 16, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nancy Rome Tags: Damaged ankles can be fused or replaced, but these surgeries have drawbacks Source Type: news

A cell permeant peptide containing the cytoplasmic tail sequence of Fc receptor type IIA reduces calcium signaling and phagolysosome formation in neutrophils.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Receptors for the Fc domain of IgG mediate target recognition, signal transduction, and effector functions including antibody-dependent cytolysis, phagocytosis, and phagolysosome formation. To better understand FcR-mediated functions and to identify potential therapeutic strategies, we employed cell-penetrating ("Trojan") peptides to deliver "wild-type" (LTL) or modified (AAA) FcgammaRIIA tail sequences to the neutrophil's cytoplasm. The Trojan-LTL peptide appeared to label the endoplasmic reticulum whereas the Trojan-AAA peptide distributed throughout the cytoplasm. The Trojan-LTL peptide, but not the Trojan-AAA pepti...
Source: Cellular Immunology - March 14, 2010 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Clark AJ, Petty HR Tags: Cell Immunol Source Type: journals