Personality predictors of Facebook use: Conscientiousness leads to sparing use vs. Neuroticism to high frequency
This study investigates the role of personality factors as predictors of Facebook usage. Data concerning Facebook usage and personality factors from 654 Facebook users were gathered using a web survey. Here are the results:- Openness was a predictor of Facebook early adoption- Conscientiousness with sparing use- Extraversion with long sessions and abundant friendships- Neuroticism with high frequency of sessions- Agreeableness was possibly associated with low session frequency and friendships Related CNN video: Does Facebook toy with your emotions? Psychologists discuss the controversial Facebook research that altered the ...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - July 7, 2014 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Facebook Psychology Social Media Source Type: blogs
CNN anchor tries a "schizophrenia simulator" for a day (video)
CNN's Anderson Cooper tries to go through a normal day using a schizophrenia simulator:
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Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - July 2, 2014 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: CNN Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
3D mammograms may reduce false positives during breast cancer screenings - CNN video
From CNN: "Holly Firfer reports on 3D mammograms and how they can reduce false positive breast cancer screenings."
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Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - June 30, 2014 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: CNN Oncology Radiology Source Type: blogs
Top medicine articles for June 2014
A collection of some interesting medical articles published recently:Online heart age calculators can be misunderstood and disregarded (study) http://buff.ly/1kXxSHRTelemedicine Spreads Rapidly: Can sending a "selfie" of your sore throat help diagnose strep? A diagnosis and a prescription, usually in 15 minutes or less, for $40 to $50. In 2013, 11% of large employers offered telemedicine services to their employees and 28% were considering it. Cleveland Clinic invites patients to upload their medical records for a second opinion from anywhere in the world http://buff.ly/1g1XB36The saddest goodbye: cartoonist account of his...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - June 26, 2014 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Health News of the Day Source Type: blogs
Long term exposure to air pollution linked to coronary events - BMJ video
You can read the research study at the BMJ website: http://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.f7412Throughout the world particulate air pollution is estimated to cause 3.1 million deaths a year and 22% of disability adjusted life years (DALY) due to ischaemic heart disease. Several cohort studies have reported that long term exposure to air pollution is associated with mortality, in particular cardiovascular mortality. The ESCAPE Study (European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects) was conducted between 2008 and 2012 to quantify the associations between exposures and health outcomes. The study design included prospective c...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - March 20, 2014 Category: Professors and Educators Tags: BMJ Cardiology Pulmonology Source Type: blogs
State of Cleveland Clinic 2013 - CEO's annual report
Quite a few things about the U.S. healthcare system can be learned from this 40-minute presentation from the Cleveland Clinic YouTube channel:Their previous and new empathy videos are definitely worth-watching:Patient care is more than just healing -- it's building a connection that encompasses mind, body and soul. If you could stand in someone else's shoes . . . hear what they hear. See what they see. Feel what they feel. Would you treat them differently? CEO Toby Cosgrove, MD, shared this video, titled "Empathy," with the Cleveland Clinic staff during his 2012 State of the Clinic address on Feb. 27, 2013.When you're in t...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - March 8, 2014 Category: Professors and Educators Tags: Cleveland Clinic Source Type: blogs
Tinnitus - 2013 Lancet review
Tinnitus is perception of sound where there is noneIn 2011, British newspapers reported that a rock fan committed suicide to relieve tinnitus that he had for 3 months after a supergroup's gig. Tinnitus is characterized as perception of sound where there is none. The Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine published a review on Tinnitus: Patients do not have to ‘just live with it’ and Tinnitus relief: Suggestions for patients.From NHS YouTube channel:Tinnitus is a common medical symptom that can be debilitating. Risk factors include:- hearing loss- ototoxic medication- head injury- depression At presentation, the possibili...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - December 20, 2013 Category: Professors and Educators Authors: noreply at blogger.com (Ves Dimov, M.D.) Tags: ENT Lancet Source Type: blogs
Most People Crammed Into A Car: 20 (Guinness World Records Video)
How is a Guinness World Records video relevant to a medical blog? Well, if you have a few minutes to spare and watch some of the videos from the official YouTube channel of Guinness World Records, you can't help but notice that a few of the record attempts definitely look hazardous to the health of the contestants: http://www.youtube.com/user/GuinnessWorldRecords/videosFor example:Heaviest weight lifted with the eyelidCar Drawn By Hook Through MouthStretchiest Skin!Truck Pulled By HAIR?!Heaviest road vehicle pulled by teethCoconut Smashes To The Head?!Most scorpions in the mouthClimbing Stairs... WITH YOUR HEADChainsaw Jug...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - December 13, 2013 Category: Professors and Educators Tags: Trauma Video Source Type: blogs
Excessive sleepiness in teenagers - What are the causes and what to do?
Adolescents and young adults (13–22 years of age) are often excessively sleepy. This excessive sleepiness can have a profound negative effect on:- school performance- cognitive function- mood- increased incidence of automobile crashesExcessive sleepiness - What are the causes?The main reason adolescents don’t get enough sleep is that they simply don’t make enough time for it, because of early school hours, homework, part-time jobs, and other demands. The typical high school student falls asleep at 11 or later. One reason is that many teenagers cherish the late night as one of the few times they have all to themselves...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - November 26, 2013 Category: Professors and Educators Tags: Pediatrics Sleep Source Type: blogs
Bet You Didn't Know That About The Flu (video)
From History channel: Get the full story behind the aches, pains and dangerous history of the flu.
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Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - November 25, 2013 Category: Professors and Educators Tags: Infectious Diseases Video Source Type: blogs
What is the status of U.S. health care today - JAMA video
Health Care in the United States has changed over the past several decades for those who receive, provide and pay for care. So, what is the status of U.S. health care today and the trends that emerged in the last 30 years? Catherine Dolf explains in this week's JAMA Report:The key part of the video is the triangular diagram here, at 1:33 min: http://youtu.be/PyOlMYK2Y4o?t=1m33sReferences:JAMA Network | JAMA | The Anatomy of Health Care in the United States http://bit.ly/1d3f49jStatins for Heart Disease Prevention (With Known Heart Disease) | TheNNT http://bit.ly/1d3fhti
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Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - November 15, 2013 Category: Professors and Educators Tags: JAMA Source Type: blogs
Can the placebo effect provide healing?
Medical historian Prof. Dr. Robert Jütte explains the significance of the placebo effect, the fact that it's no delusion when pills without active ingredients help us, and what doctors and patients should know about this mechanism.
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Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - November 14, 2013 Category: Professors and Educators Tags: Video Psychology Source Type: blogs
How old are your ears? Test your hearing with a YouTube video
How Old Are Your Ears? An attempt to reproduce a hearing test, from AsapSCIENCE YouTube channel:
Note: You must watch in 1080p definition and use headphones. The 19,000 Hz frequency is not available due to YouTube compression the file.
Here is another video that illustrates the loss of hearing as a normal part of aging, from National Geographic:
Disclaimer: Do not make conclusions about your health based on online information. Always consult a physician.
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Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - November 12, 2013 Category: Professors and Educators Tags: ENT Source Type: blogs
Women in medicine: Why are so few female doctors in leadership positions?
From Germany (a report from Germany's equivalent of BBC World Service):
Two thirds of medical students are women. But there are very few female doctors in leadership positions. Just ten percent make it to the top of their profession.
Chief physician Doris Henne-Bruns says that should be changed:
Comments from Twitter:
Lyall Furphy RN @Lyall: I know another profession that has a 91% 'quota' in favour of a dominant sex according to her logic. Would that chief surgeon let a junior doctor leave on time if he was a new dad with child care responsibilities? #justpondering
Ves Dimov, M.D. @DrVes: Yes, these are good questi...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - November 1, 2013 Category: Professors and Educators Tags: Surgery Source Type: blogs
Brain decoding: MRI deciphers brain activity to figure out whether someone has been to the scene of a crime
Neuroscientists are starting to decipher what a person is seeing, remembering and even dreaming just by looking at their brain activity. They call it brain decoding.
In this video from the journal Nature, we see three different uses of brain decoding, including a virtual reality experiment that could use brain activity to figure out whether someone has been to the scene of a crime.
Comments from Google Plus:
Russell Faust: Awesome! Now how long will it be until people are being arrested for thought-crimes by the Pre-Crime Squad?
Amanda Bennett @abennett: Do you WANT people to look in your brain? RT @DrVes:MRI d...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - October 27, 2013 Category: Professors and Educators Tags: Video Nature Neurology Source Type: blogs
