Medicine and Man http://medicineandman.com/blog Medicine and beyond... Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:00:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/http://medicineandman.com/http://medicineandman.com/images/weblogo.jpgMedicine and Man LogoMedicineAndManhttp://feedburner.google.com Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-18 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MedicineAndMan/~3/_deNKvg7pgg/ http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/10/18/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-10-18/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:00:00 +0000 Administrator http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/10/18/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-10-18/ Dietary modifications to prevent kidney stones http://j.mp/tfpzk # Elevated pre-op BNP is a predictor of cardiovascular events in first 30 days after non-cardiac surgery http://bit.ly/NxTjr # McDonald's has online math program for kids in Australia with the ad- "proudly provided by your local McDonald’s" http://bit.ly/8aHK0 # Google introduces search options for mobile browsers http://bit.ly/YUFnY #iphone #android #palm # The [...]
  • Dietary modifications to prevent kidney stones http://j.mp/tfpzk #
  • Elevated pre-op BNP is a predictor of cardiovascular events in first 30 days after non-cardiac surgery http://bit.ly/NxTjr #
  • McDonald's has online math program for kids in Australia with the ad- "proudly provided by your local McDonald’s" http://bit.ly/8aHK0 #
  • Google introduces search options for mobile browsers http://bit.ly/YUFnY #iphone #android #palm #
  • The New Yorker: How different are dogfighting and football? http://bit.ly/1THpqS #
  • The New Yorker Slideshow: This Is Your Brain On Football http://bit.ly/nFeiG #
  • For doctors, less sleep is linked with more mistakes http://bit.ly/1TqGpL #
  • In surgeries, mistakes were made nearly twice as often when the doctor had slept fewer than 6 hours http://bit.ly/1TqGpL #
  • The most frequent complications during surgeries (by surgeons who did not sleep) were injured organs and bleeding http://bit.ly/1TqGpL #
  • Google Wave already working on iphone and android http://bit.ly/yOelt #
  • Annals patient page: Assessing the best way to prevent spread of influenza http://j.mp/z8IR4 #
  • CNN video: 2-minute CPR lesson http://bit.ly/xKTZc (via @DrVes) #
  • RT @DrVes: Phenotypic differences between male physicians, surgeons, and film stars: comparative study. BMJ http://bit.ly/1bVdKx #
  • More MRI Scanners Lead to Excess Back Surgeries http://bit.ly/SQsVK #
  • NPR: Debate Over H1N1 Vaccine? There Shouldn't Be One-More at http://bit.ly/13syBr #
  • Report: Smoking bans protect nonsmokers' hearts http://bit.ly/3NhzHE #
  • Studies: Some nursing home elderly get futile care http://bit.ly/3d6o7L #
  • Video: iPhone App Remotely Drives a Chrysler Minivan http://j.mp/vwsmD #iphone #
  • People Wash Their Hands More When They're Watched http://j.mp/Oe7W3 #
  • FDA Warns of Unapproved and Illegal H1N1 Drug Products On the Internet http://j.mp/33Og6X #swine #flu #
  • RT @AHAScience: World Stroke Day is Oct. 29. Learn what you can do to make a difference. http://tinyurl.com/yzf8ugg #
  • Google Blog offers tips to manage your online reputation in search results http://bit.ly/2m7lY4 #
  • 30 years of failure: the username/password combination – and we still use it! http://j.mp/BVpk7 #
  • Tylenol reduces effectives of vaccines in children http://bit.ly/3LPbDp (Lancet) http://bit.ly/2Hfv3W (WebMD) #
  • FDA Approves Gardasil to Prevent Genital Warts in Men and Boys
    http://j.mp/2l4G0b #
  • RT @DrVes: WHO: New H1N1 flu is "strikingly different" from seasonal flu, kills younger people and often very fast http://bit.ly/1HDTDd #
  • NPR: H1N1 #swine Flu Claiming A Rising Toll-More at http://bit.ly/3KhHdq #
  • Popular Science: The Most Stunning Medical Images of 2009 http://j.mp/pX408 #


    • ]]>     http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/10/18/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-10-18/feed/ 0 http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/10/18/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-10-18/     Building a brain in a supercomputer http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MedicineAndMan/~3/adF5b3cqoKM/ http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/10/16/building-a-brain-in-a-supercomputer/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:44:32 +0000 Administrator http://medicineandman.com/blog/?p=807 “Henry Markram says the mysteries of the mind can be solved — soon. Mental illness, memory, perception: they’re made of neurons and electric signals, and he plans to find them with a supercomputer that models all the brain’s 100,000,000,000,000 synapses.” addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fmedicineandman.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F10%2F16%2Fbuilding-a-brain-in-a-supercomputer%2F'; addthis_title = 'Building+a+brain+in+a+supercomputer'; addthis_pub [...]

    “Henry Markram says the mysteries of the mind can be solved — soon. Mental illness, memory, perception: they’re made of neurons and electric signals, and he plans to find them with a supercomputer that models all the brain’s 100,000,000,000,000 synapses.”




    ]]>     http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/10/16/building-a-brain-in-a-supercomputer/feed/ 0 http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/10/16/building-a-brain-in-a-supercomputer/     Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-11 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MedicineAndMan/~3/pA2Vd_ZesTo/ http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/10/11/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-10-11/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:00:00 +0000 Administrator http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/10/11/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-10-11/ Smoke-free legislation reduces rate of heart attack, and these benefits grow with time http://bit.ly/RRUNI # Can air pollution cause appendicitis? http://bit.ly/3oUp4P Possibly!! # There is insufficient evidence to support evaluating risk of heart disease based on non-traditional risk factors http://bit.ly/kvasD # Non traditional risk factors for heart disease – CRP, homocysteine, lipoprotein(a), ABI, cardiac CT, CIMT http://bit.ly/kvasD # Hand [...]
  • Smoke-free legislation reduces rate of heart attack, and these benefits grow with time http://bit.ly/RRUNI #
  • Can air pollution cause appendicitis? http://bit.ly/3oUp4P Possibly!! #
  • There is insufficient evidence to support evaluating risk of heart disease based on non-traditional risk factors http://bit.ly/kvasD #
  • Non traditional risk factors for heart disease – CRP, homocysteine, lipoprotein(a), ABI, cardiac CT, CIMT http://bit.ly/kvasD #
  • Hand hygiene and face masks may prevent household transmission of influenza virus http://bit.ly/CtO1K #
  • The New Yorker: Swine Flu rumors and fears http://bit.ly/3vmil #
  • Is cystatin C the next creatinine? http://bit.ly/17q2bm #
  • 13 million songs were for sale online last year, 10 million never got a single buyer http://bit.ly/4FiwEk #
  • Last year 80% of all revenue came from about 52,000 songs (less than 1% of all songs) http://bit.ly/4FiwEk #
  • Convertibles Hazardous to Your Hearing: When driven at 70 mph, the noise averaged 89 decibels http://bit.ly/9KjmF (via @DrVes) #
  • Hypoxic pulmonary hypertension may be attenuated by iron supplementation and exacerbated by iron depletion http://bit.ly/cfKUi #
  • Can driving a convertible cause hearing loss http://bit.ly/21TFTg Possible #
  • NY Times: 20 Food rules to live by! http://bit.ly/19AXe9 #
  • Michael Jordan: "I’ve missed 9000 shots. I’ve lost 399 games. I’ve failed over and over again. And that’s why I succeed" via @SteveCase #
  • Hormone replacement therapy increases risk of death in women who ALREADY have lung cancer http://bit.ly/9yHpb #
  • Swine Flu: Who Is Most Vulnerable? http://bit.ly/vkmR8 #
  • 8 Ways Physicians Can Use Evernote http://bit.ly/x2iDd (via @DrVes) #
  • Exercise improves life expectancy in patients with chronic kidney disease http://bit.ly/nf9ii #
  • Google flu trends now analyzes data from 16 countries to try and predict influenza epidemic before health officials http://bit.ly/T9U6k #
  • Proton pump inhibitors attenuate the effect of anti-platelets but the interaction is not clinically significant http://bit.ly/14zSyu #


    • ]]>     http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/10/11/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-10-11/feed/ 0 http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/10/11/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-10-11/     Teen pregnancy rates and religion http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MedicineAndMan/~3/qeKwvNz0dvM/ http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/10/07/teen-pregnancy-rates-and-religion/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:41:43 +0000 Administrator http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/10/07/teenage-pregnancy-rates-and-religion/ I am not drawing any conclusions but interesting data nevertheless: Sources: The Examiner: High teen pregnancy rates/conservative religious states: New study results indicate correlation Links to Data on Swivel: Importance of Religion in One’s Life by State Teen Birth Rates by State addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fmedicineandman.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F10%2F07%2Fteen-pregnancy-rates-and-religion%2F'; addthis_title = 'Teen+pregnancy+rates+and+religion'; addthis_pub = [...] I am not drawing any conclusions but interesting data nevertheless:

    Teenage Pregnancy is Higher in States where Religion is

    Sources:

    The Examiner: High teen pregnancy rates/conservative religious states: New study results indicate correlation

    Links to Data on Swivel:

    Importance of Religion in One’s Life by State

    Teen Birth Rates by State


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    ]]>     http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/10/07/the-power-of-ohm/feed/ 1 http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/10/07/the-power-of-ohm/     Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-04 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MedicineAndMan/~3/Ed67A5v7xJE/ http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/10/04/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-10-04/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:00:00 +0000 Administrator http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/10/04/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-10-04/ BNP is a reliable test to diagnose significant structural or functional heart disease in children http://bit.ly/3GiMF8 # Want to Lose Weight? Avoid Skinny Overeaters http://bit.ly/zq7qb # There is more rapid decline in cognitive function in people with chronic kidney disease http://bit.ly/1EwLeF # Michelle Obama to appear on Sesame Street to spread message about planting gardens and eating veggies [...]
  • BNP is a reliable test to diagnose significant structural or functional heart disease in children http://bit.ly/3GiMF8 #
  • Want to Lose Weight? Avoid Skinny Overeaters http://bit.ly/zq7qb #
  • There is more rapid decline in cognitive function in people with chronic kidney disease http://bit.ly/1EwLeF #
  • Michelle Obama to appear on Sesame Street to spread message about planting gardens and eating veggies http://bit.ly/195BA6 #
  • Donepezil (used to treat dementia) may double the risk of hospitalization for bradycardia http://bit.ly/fyatU #
  • Preview the new redesigned PubMed http://preview.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/pubmed #
  • High-risk patients taking 3 drugs-statin, lisinopril, aspirin – cut risk of heart attack or stroke by 80% http://bit.ly/1711xO (via @DrVes) #


    • ]]>     http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/10/04/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-10-04/feed/ 0 http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/10/04/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-10-04/     Google Wave Overview http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MedicineAndMan/~3/IXiDsm1KtqQ/ http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/09/30/google-wave-overview/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:07:03 +0000 Administrator http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/09/30/google-wave-overview/ With the Google Wave invites going out now, google has published a video of Google Wave explaining the technology in under 10 minutes. [YouTube Video] addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fmedicineandman.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F09%2F30%2Fgoogle-wave-overview%2F'; addthis_title = 'Google+Wave+Overview'; addthis_pub = ''; With the Google Wave invites going out now, google has published a video of Google Wave explaining the technology in under 10 minutes.

    [YouTube Video]



    ]]>     http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/09/30/google-wave-overview/feed/ 0 http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/09/30/google-wave-overview/     The search for intelligent life forms!! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MedicineAndMan/~3/s1BUqaIT3jc/ http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/09/29/the-search-for-intelligent-life-forms/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:44:19 +0000 Administrator http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/09/29/the-search/ (Source: www.xkcd.com/638) addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fmedicineandman.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F09%2F29%2Fthe-search-for-intelligent-life-forms%2F'; addthis_title = 'The+search+for+intelligent+life+forms%21%21'; addthis_pub = ''; the_search.png

    (Source: www.xkcd.com/638)


    ]]>     http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/09/29/the-search-for-intelligent-life-forms/feed/ 0 http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/09/29/the-search-for-intelligent-life-forms/     Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-27 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MedicineAndMan/~3/LWyxjOmygjQ/ http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/09/27/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-09-27/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:00:00 +0000 Administrator http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/09/27/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-09-27/ How Scientists Are Using Xbox (and Other Game Consoles) for Serious Research http://bit.ly/3IjVaK # Medical games for iPhone and iPod Touch http://bit.ly/4qqBec # Unprofessional content posted by medical students on social networking sites poses new challenge for medical educators http://bit.ly/ZTUgN # Influenza infection may trigger heart heart attack in people at very high risk for cardiac disease http://bit.ly/XUFLY [...]
  • How Scientists Are Using Xbox (and Other Game Consoles) for Serious Research http://bit.ly/3IjVaK #
  • Medical games for iPhone and iPod Touch http://bit.ly/4qqBec #
  • Unprofessional content posted by medical students on social networking sites poses new challenge for medical educators http://bit.ly/ZTUgN #
  • Influenza infection may trigger heart heart attack in people at very high risk for cardiac disease http://bit.ly/XUFLY #
  • Influenza Quotient (IQ) – Take the H1N1 quiz http://bit.ly/4FHm40 #
  • Cutting daily average salt intake from 3.4g (US average) to 2.3g could save $18 billion in health costs http://bit.ly/121JT6 #


    • ]]>     http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/09/27/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-09-27/feed/ 0 http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/09/27/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-09-27/     Obama Health Care Plan in 4 minutes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MedicineAndMan/~3/Mmb9QlSOMX8/ http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/09/24/obama-health-care-plan-in-4-minutes/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:20:26 +0000 Administrator http://medicineandman.com/blog/2009/09/24/obama-health-care-plan-in-4-minutes/ Video of the Obama Health Care Plan in 4 minutes (Video): Reference: WhiteHouse.gov addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fmedicineandman.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F09%2F24%2Fobama-health-care-plan-in-4-minutes%2F'; addthis_title = 'Obama+Health+Care+Plan+in+4+minutes'; addthis_pub = ''; Video of the Obama Health Care Plan in 4 minutes (Video):


    Reference: WhiteHouse.gov


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