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Embarrassing Conditions: The Living Dead

2012-05-24T11:49:15Z

Imagine how horrific life would be when you are convinced to be dead, while you are still alive. This delusional belief of non-existence characterizes sufferers of the rare mental disorder Cotard Delusion. Slight variations include those that believe they are rotting or have lost their blood or internal organs....

Debruyne H, Portzky M, Van den Eynde F, & Audenaert K. (2009) Cotard's syndrome: a review. Current psychiatry reports, 11(3), 197-202. PMID: 19470281

Surgery in Humanitarian Emergencies: Lessons Learned from Recent Disasters

2012-05-23T14:27:53Z

TweetIn the days and weeks following the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, thousands of surgical procedures were performed to alleviate suffering, save lives, and hopefully allow patients to obtain rehabilitation and support in order to return to their lives. Surgery … Continue reading →...

Nickerson JW, Chackungal S, Knowlton L, McQueen K, & Burkle FM. (2012) Surgical Care during Humanitarian Crises: A Systematic Review of Published Surgical Caseload Data from Foreign Medical Teams. Prehospital and disaster medicine, 1-6. PMID: 22591739

Knowlton LM, Gosney JE, Chackungal S, Altschuler E, Black L, Burkle FM, Casey K, Crandell D, Demey D, Di Giacomo L.... (2011) Consensus statements regarding the multidisciplinary care of limb amputation patients in disasters or humanitarian emergencies: report of the 2011 humanitarian action summit surgical working group on amputations following disasters or conflict. Prehospital and disaster medicine, 26(6), 438-48. PMID: 22559308

Chackungal S, Nickerson JW, Knowlton LM, Black L, Burkle FM, Casey K, Crandell D, Demey D, Di Giacomo L, Dohlman L.... (2011) Best Practice Guidelines on Surgical Response in Disasters and Humanitarian Emergencies: Report of the 2011 Humanitarian Action Summit Working Group on Surgical Issues within the Humanitarian Space. Prehospital and disaster medicine, 26(6), 429-37. PMID: 22475370

Redmond AD, Mardel S, Taithe B, Calvot T, Gosney J, Duttine A, & Girois S. (2011) A qualitative and quantitative study of the surgical and rehabilitation response to the earthquake in haiti, january 2010. Prehospital and disaster medicine, 26(6), 449-56. PMID: 22469020

Video Tip of the Week: the New PubMed Filters Sidebar

2012-05-23T08:49:17Z

In today’s tip I am linking to a YouTube video from NCBI that briefly explains the new Filters Sidebar feature that has been added to PubMed. We first saw a tweet that the change was coming back on May 2nd, just as I was completing a total update to our full PubMed tutorial*. I struggled with [...]...

Sayers E. W., Barrett T., Benson D. A., Bolton E., Bryant S. H., Canese K., Chetvernin V., Church D. M., DiCuccio M., & Federhen S. (2011) Database resources of the National Center for Biotechnology Information. Nucleic Acids Research, 40(D1). DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr1184

Monozygotic Twins: Not So Identical As Previously Thought

2012-05-23T04:38:36Z

Until recently, researchers have largely assumed that identical twins are 100 percent genetically identical and that only environmental factors could cause any variations between them. But in recent years, research has shown that although identical twins may look the same, when it comes to the genetics there can be in fact tiny differences. In addition, a new 'twin study' has discovered that these subtle dissimilarities in DNA are associated with differences in psychopathologic traits such as Attention Problems (APs). ...

Ehli, E., Abdellaoui, A., Hu, Y., Hottenga, J., Kattenberg, M., van Beijsterveldt, T., Bartels, M., Althoff, R., Xiao, X., Scheet, P.... (2012) De novo and inherited CNVs in MZ twin pairs selected for discordance and concordance on Attention Problems. European Journal of Human Genetics. DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2012.49

Show off Your Best Side: It Works To Brag

2012-05-18T11:58:32Z

But recent research in the Journal for Social Psychological and Personality Science reveals that it is wise to actually show your best self when meeting new people. At least, when you want them to really get to know you....

Human, L., Biesanz, J., Parisotto, K., & Dunn, E. (2011) Your Best Self Helps Reveal Your True Self: Positive Self-Presentation Leads to More Accurate Personality Impressions. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 3(1), 23-30. DOI: 10.1177/1948550611407689

Candy Harms Your Brain

2012-05-18T01:15:00Z

Are you a sweet tooth? Maybe it’s time to change your high-sugar diet if you want to keep your brains healthy. Eating too much sugar – or rather high-fructose corn syrup added to most processed foods – slows the brain, hampering memory and learning, says new research....

Agrawal R, & Gomez-Pinilla F. (2012) 'Metabolic syndrome' in the brain: deficiency in omega-3 fatty acid exacerbates dysfunctions in insulin receptor signalling and cognition. The Journal of physiology, 590(Pt 10), 2485-99. PMID: 22473784

Sleepwalking Is Much More Common Than You Think

2012-05-16T07:22:19Z

New research shows that sleepwalking is not so unusual. Close to one-third of people in the U.S. may experience an episode of 'noctural wandering' in their lives....

Ohayon, M., Mahowald, M., Dauvilliers, Y., Krystal, A., & Leger, D. (2012) Prevalence and comorbidity of nocturnal wandering in the US adult general population. Neurology, 78(20), 1583-1589. DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182563be5

Are Invisible Extraterrestrials Out There?

2012-05-16T01:16:29Z

I recently watched The Darkest Hour, a film about invisible aliens that invade and terrorize Earth. While the movie itself leaves much to be desired, the concept of invisible aliens is one that I find noteworthy. As we search for alien lifeforms, could we be missing them due to their invisibility? While invisibility has been [...]...

Johnsen, S., & Widder, E. (1999) The Physical Basis of Transparency in Biological Tissue: Ultrastructure and the Minimization of Light Scattering. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 199(2), 181-198. DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1999.0948

Johnsen, S. (2000) Transparent Animals. Scientific American, 282(2), 80-89. DOI: 10.1038/scientificamerican0200-80

Johnsen, S. (2001) Hidden in Plain Sight: The Ecology and Physiology of Organismal Transparency. Biological Bulletin, 201(3), 301. DOI: 10.2307/1543609

Zylinski, S., & Johnsen, S. (2011) Mesopelagic Cephalopods Switch between Transparency and Pigmentation to Optimize Camouflage in the Deep. Current Biology, 21(22), 1937-1941. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.10.014

Nikolopoulos, D. (2002) The Relationship between Anatomy and Photosynthetic Performance of Heterobaric Leaves. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, 129(1), 235-243. DOI: 10.1104/pp.010943

The Five Love Languages

2012-05-15T19:48:31Z

Do you speak the language of love? Read this blog to find out....

Fiore A, & Swensen CH. (1977) Analysis of love relationships in functional and dysfunctional marriages. Psychological reports, 40(3 Pt 2), 707-14. PMID: 866510

Punyanunt-Carter NM. (2004) Reported affectionate communication and satisfaction in marital and dating relationships. Psychological reports, 95(3 Pt 2), 1154-60. PMID: 15762395

Blogging about science about blogging about science...

2012-05-13T13:16:35Z

So... I'm writing a blog post for ResearchBlogging.org about a paper about blog posts written for ResearchBlogging.org. And that means that if ever anyone else writes a paper about blog posts for ResearchBlogging.org it will be a paper about blog posts for ResearchBlogging.org including at least one blog post about a paper about blog posts for ResearchBlogging.org. Yes.(Read more ...)...

Shema, H., Bar-Ilan, J., & Thelwall, M. (2012) Research Blogs and the Discussion of Scholarly Information. PLoS ONE, 7(5). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035869