Link feast
In case you missed them - 10 of the best psychology links from the past week:
1. Rituals as social glue - In a fascinating piece for Nature, Dan Jones wrote about the role of different kinds of ritual in binding together small and large social groups.
2. Is TV better for babies than a book? Leading developmental psychologist (and former student of Piaget) Annette Karmiloff-Smith appeared on this week's The Life Scientific on BBC Radio 4.
3. The BBC published a wonderful short history of the ground-breaking Shenley (mental health) Hospital in Hertfordshire.
4. New Scientist reviewed The Face of...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - January 25, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Christian Jarrett Source Type: blogs
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Good Morning
Rise and shine, another chilly day is on the way. A shiny frost has enveloped the Pharmalot corporate campus this morning as we struggle to fire the furnace and deposit the short people at various houses of learning. Another way to keep warm, of course, is to reach for that fabled cup of stimulation. As always, we invite you to join us. Meanwhile, here are some tidbits. Have a great day and stay in touch…
Botox Maker Allergan To Buy MAP Pharmaceuticals (Los Angeles Times)
Vanda Sleep Drug Effective In Late-Stage Trial (Reuters)
China SFDA Orders API Export Survey (Xinhua News Agency)
Evidence Grows For Narcolepsy Lin...
Source: Pharmalot - January 23, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Allergan Bloodthinner Botox Bristol Myers Squibb Eliquis GlaxoSmithKline Hip Implants JJ Johnson & Johnson MAP Pharmaceuticals Narcolepsy Pfizer SFDA Sleeping Pills Vaccines Vanda Pharmaceuticals Source Type: blogs
The Impact of Caronia Case: What Happens Next?
Last month, in a landmark ruling, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in United States v. Caronia, vacated the criminal conviction of a pharmaceutical sales representative who was found guilty of conspiracy to introduce a misbranded drug, under the Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act (FDCA), because he spoke about off-label uses of a particular drug. The court held “that the government cannot prosecute pharmaceutical manufacturers and their representatives under the FDCA for speech promoting the lawful, off-label use of an FDA-approved drug.”
In a client alert written by the law firm Arnold & P...
Source: Policy and Medicine - January 17, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs
Collagenta Serum: Skin Savior or Scam?
Mdh must know…Apologies if this has already been discussed (couldn’t find a topic), but I stumbled across a free trial for Collagenta and wondered if the Beauty Brains had reviewed this product?
The Beauty Brains respond:
Collagenta is a mail order product line from London-based DS Marketing Ltd, the same company that markets the Dead Sea Minerals collection. Their Active Collagen Serum, which retails for $149 for what appears to be a 2 ounce container, seems to be the one offered in the free trial so let’s take a look at the key claims and the ingredients.
Collagenta Serum Claims
Regular use of Col...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - January 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: thebeautybrains Tags: Questions Source Type: blogs
Beauty Science Game – January 6
It’s time for our first Beauty Science game of 2013.
Everyone loves natural products, right? Which one of these natural ingredients is the REAL beauty science break through? Leave a comment!
Covering your eyes with Vitamin K rich Brussels sprouts can reduce dark circles.
Crushed worms can be used as a disgusting, but effective, skin moisturizing cream.
Frog’s skin is being used to develop a new generation of natural hair colorants.
Bee sting venom may be the new Botox because it can tighten skin and reduce wrinkles.
The “goo” that helps mussels and barnacles stick together has been used to create...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - January 6, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: thebeautybrains Tags: Questions Source Type: blogs
Brand names make it to the OED!
I first created this post in 2007, and apart from the home page, it has been the most viewed page on my blog (over 6,000 views). So here it is again, with a link to the latest OED update.
It’s fascinating to peruse the new words added to the OED. (Here is the latest update, December 2010.) Brand names often enter the language as generic terms, and I’ve listed a few of them below. (I wonder who they have in mind with the word “flip-flopper”. And what on earth is a cotylosaur? I thought “chicklet” meant a little piece of gum, but I was disappointed to discover that it means a small chick o...
Source: ANNE T-V's BLOG - January 18, 2011 Category: Professors and Educators Authors: annietv600 Tags: Friday Fun Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Acupuncture vs botox for chronic headaches
ACUPUNCTURE VS BOTOX FOR CHRONIC HEADACHESOvee 70% of women and 50% of men have disabling headaches. Often emotional stress is implicated, but many people have headaches at time of stress free weekends. It is difficult to label a headache by its type, as muscle contraction headaches are often confused with other headaches.Headaches often occur because of stress, fatigue, hormonal imbalance, eating cheese and wine and other tyramine foods, MSG, nitrites in hot dogs, chocolates, flickering lights, missed meals, allergens, and vaso-dilating drugs.Many headache treatments exist and most are ineffective. The drugs b...
Source: Dr. Needles Medical Blogs - October 22, 2010 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Tags: ACUPUNCTURE VS BOTOX FOR CHRONIC HEADACHES Source Type: blogs
Botox approved for chronic migraines
BOTOX APPROVED FOR CHRONIC MIGRAINES Many doctors have been using Botox for unapproved uses as headache and pain. Now the FDA has approved the drug to treat chronic migraines.The current pain medications for chronic migraines are rarely effective and do not prevent future migraines. Over 12% of Americans suffer from throbbing pulsating pain of migraines.The Botox drug company, Allergan, paid $600 million to settle criminal and civil allegations last month. Botox is a pure live form of the toxin of botulinum,, and is a nerve poison produced by the bacteria that causes botulism. Injections paral...
Source: Dr. Needles Medical Blogs - October 18, 2010 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Tags: BOTOX APPROVED FOR CHRONIC MIGRAINES Source Type: blogs
Yup, its the Teri Hatcher edition
Many readers write in about...
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Source: Awful Plastic Surgery - November 9, 2008 Category: Plastic Surgeons Authors: The Staff Tags: Teri Hatcher botox facelift rhinoplasty Source Type: blogs
Phoebe Price starts to look even weirder
Z-list wanna be celebrity and...
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Source: Awful Plastic Surgery - November 5, 2008 Category: Plastic Surgeons Authors: The Staff Tags: Phoebe Price botox Source Type: blogs
