Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 228
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Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 228.
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Who is the Berlin patient?
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Timothy Ray Brown
Arguably the first person to be cured of HIV. There are other patients w...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - March 2, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five Berlin patient bullet virus HIV PCP pneumocystis carinii Pneumocystis jiroveci Queen Square Hammer rabies Reflex hammer reflexes Taylor Hammer The Ramones Timothy Ray Brown Troemner hammer Source Type: blogs
Why it's a pleasure treating well informed patients !
A patient sent me this emailWe are considering embarking upon IVF to have our 4th living child . We have a history of successful pregnancies (births 2008, 2010, 2012) mixed with miscarriages (3 in 2007, one in 2017). We want to expedite conception rather than trying for years more on our own. My AMH appears reasonable (21.6 pmol/l) and my CD3 FSH was 8.3; LH and estradiol, prolactin etc. were in normal range). We have approached two fertility clinics (one in Greece, one in the Czech republic, both well known) who have both recommended a hysteroscopy before proceeding. I do not feel that this is evidence-based practice. I h...
Source: Dr.Malpani's Blog - February 20, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: blogs
Could Marijuana Contribute to Sexual Dysfunction?
Marijuana consists of a mixture of dried plant leaves, flowers, and/or stems of the Cannabis Sativa plant. In addition, there is a resin-based version of marijuana that is called hash. Most people either smoke marijuana or vape it (warming it, but not cooking it), but it can also be ingested in oil form. The most common way to ingest marijuana is to roll it up and smoke it like you would a cigarette or cigar, or use a smoking tool like a pipe. Some users, however, consume weed by infusing foods (i.e., butter and cooking oil) or teas.
What happens to your body when you ingest marijuana?
THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) is the mos...
Source: World of Psychology - February 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Psych Central Staff Tags: Brain Blogger Publishers Research Sexuality Substance Abuse Cannabis Climax Dopamine effects of marijuana erection Orgasm Pot Premature Ejaculation Sexual Desire Sexual Dysfunction THC types of sexual dysfunctions Weed Source Type: blogs
Guide to the Diversity Visa: Demographics, Criminality, and Terrorism Risk
ConclusionThe diversity visa is a relatively small green card category that has allowed in about a million legal immigrant principals since 1993, or about 5 percent of the total. As far as we know, immigrants who entered on the diversity visa are responsible for committing one terrorist attack on U.S. soil that murdered eight people. Foreign-born people from countries that have sent many diversity visa immigrants to the United States have lower incarceration rates than native-born Americans. Calls to end the diversity visa based on a single deadly terrorist attack are premature. Table 1Diversity Visa Admissions by ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 2, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Alex Nowrasteh Source Type: blogs
Deans Need Progressive Responsibility Too
Dr. Antman and her family at the 2016 American Heart Association Boston Heart & Stroke Gala
Editor’s Note: This blog post complements the recently published study “The Decanal Divide: Women in Decanal Roles at U.S. Medical Schools.” Read the full study on academicmedicine.org.
By: Karen Antman, MD
Dr. Antman is dean, Boston University School of Medicine, provost, Boston University Medical Campus, and chair, AAMC Council of Deans
Why aren’t more medical school deans women? Medical school faculty don’t normally wake up thinking, “I want to be dean.” How then does one end up there? I was asked to...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - September 12, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Featured Guest Perspective AAMC Council of Deans Boston University Medical Campus Boston University School of Medicine gender leadership research women Source Type: blogs
Going After Your Past – The Big National Geographic Ancestry Test Review
Have you ever wondered to which people your ancestors belonged thousands of years ago? Or how your ancestors ended up living in the region where you were born? Did you know that your genes can reveal this information? The National Geographic Ancestry Test promises to take you on a journey into your faraway past and to be part of the Genographic Project aiming to uncover one of the greatest stories of humanity – our origins. I was excited to see what my genes hide so I ordered a test with full of curiosity. Here are my results.
Where do we come from?
Have you ever wondered where would you find your ancestors if you ha...
Source: The Medical Futurist - July 12, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Genomics ancestry clinicla genetics DNA future gc3 genes Innovation national geographic personal genomics personalized genetics Source Type: blogs
Czech Parliament Aims to Shoot Down European Gun Control
As a wave of Islamist terror attackssweep across Europe, London police urge people to“run, hide, tell”. The Czech Republic ’s response? Fight back.The Czech parliament is working toliberalize the country ’s gun laws, allowing people to better defend themselves. The reason for this new policy is safety, as well as practicality; in light of recent attacks in neighboring countries, the Czech government recognizes that disarming people puts them in danger, and that broad European gun control policies are ineffective. TheInterior Minister said it best when he asked parliament to “show [him] a single terrorist attack i...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 29, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Ilya Shapiro Source Type: blogs
Research Bytes: The Flynn effect in the Czech Republic via BrowZine
The Flynn effect in the Czech RepublicLaciga, Ji ří; Cígler, HynekIntelligence: Articles in pressUniversity of Minnesota Users:http://login.ezproxy.lib.umn.edu/login?url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289616302239Non-University of Minnesota Users: (Full text may not be available)http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289616302239Accessed with BrowZine, supported by University of Minnesota. (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner))
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - December 26, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: blogs
Tick-Borne Encephalitis in the Czech Republic
Rates of Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in the Czech Republic are similar to those reported by Austria during the 1970’s. [1,2] Following the institution of mass vaccination by Austria in 1981, TBE rates decreased to levels experienced in neighboring countries. [3] Enhanced administration of TBE vaccine might also prove effective for the Czech Republic.
References:
1. Berger SA. Tick-Borne Encephalitis: Global Status, 2015. 65 pages, 45 graphs, 564 references. Gideon e-books, http://www.gideononline.com/ebooks/disease/tick-borne-encephalitis-global-status/
2. Berger SA. Infectious Diseases of the Czech Republic, ...
Source: GIDEON blog - February 10, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Dr. Stephen Berger Tags: Ebooks Epidemiology Graphs ProMED Czech Republic Tick-borne Encephalitis Source Type: blogs
“A man cleaned snow off his car in Desna, a #Czech...
"A man cleaned snow off his car in Desna, a #Czech mountain village. A company here called Preciosa Ornela — the chief employer in this village of 3,000 people — claims to be the world's largest producer of high-end glass beads. Since Czech artisans brought back the secrets of glassmaking from the Venetian island of Murano more than 4 centuries ago, the narrow and tree-choked valleys of northern Bohemia have been producing a dizzying array of beads. Preciosa sells to the Masai and Samburu tribes in Kenya and Tanzania, and to the Zulus, Xhosas, Ndebele and other tribes of southern Africa. In North America, the largest m...
Source: Kidney Notes - January 13, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Joshua Schwimmer Source Type: blogs
Scottish Independence Will Kill Socialism on Both Sides of the Border
Marian L. Tupy
Much has been said about the impact of Scottish independence on British politics. With the predominantly socialist parliamentarians from Scotland gone, the Conservative Party would likely come to dominate British politics for the foreseeable future. The much needed economic reforms and, perhaps, withdrawal from the European Union would become very likely.
What about the impact of independence on Scotland? The breakup of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic some 21 years ago provides an interesting example.
The 1992 elections produced dramatically different results in the two parts of the former Czech...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 17, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Marian L. Tupy Source Type: blogs
International Physician Payments Sunshine: EFPIA Code on Transfers of Value and Inconsistencies Within European Member Associations
The recent National Disclosure Summit featured many practical seminars for compliance with the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. The presentation entitled "The Status of Implementation of EFPIA's Code by Member Associations and, to the Extent Countries have done so, where are there Consistencies/Inconsistencies among the Codes" expanded its sights beyond the United States and onto European disclosure laws.
D. Jeffrey Campbell, Managing Principal of Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, spoke first to the large European pharmaceutical market, which comprises 26 percent of the global market, employs 700,000 people in the European ...
Source: Policy and Medicine - March 20, 2014 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs
EMCC Blog update
Yes, it is that time of the year again when we update our database Emergency Medicine and Critical Care blogs and podcasts
For the last 5 years we have reviewed, revised and revitalised the EMCC blog and podcast lists. It is a great way to add new sources, marvel at the global collaboration and wealth of educational resources in the #FOAMed blogosphere. It is also useful to analyse the trends in the use of social media, and blogging platforms. The full updated tables have been added to the Resource Landing Page and also at the bottom of this post. Readers can subscribe to ALL the EMCC blogs through FOAMEM either by RSS Fe...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - November 16, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Mike Cadogan Tags: Blog News Bloggers Blogiversary Education eLearning Emergency Medicine Featured Blogroll EMCC EMCC Blog Emergency Medicine Blog Source Type: blogs
Can the Communist Party Take Back the Czech Republic?
Doug Bandow
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC—The Czech Republic is one of the most successful members of the former Soviet Empire. Yet Czechs with whom I recently spoke fear liberty is in retreat. The former Communist Party might reenter government after elections later this month.
Czechoslovakia was “liberated” by the Red Army at the end of World War II. After the Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989, the so-called Velvet Revolution ousted the Czech Communist Party. Czechoslovakia soon adopted wide-ranging free market economic reforms and split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
In March Milos Zeman became the...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 8, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Doug Bandow Source Type: blogs
Margaret Thatcher and Eastern Europe
Dalibor Rohac
A week ago, my colleague Marian Tupy wrote movingly about his personal encounter with Lady Thatcher. Although I never had a chance to speak with her at any length, I echo his sentiments in my recent piece for the Spectator (U.K.), where I argue that both the substance of her policies and the symbolic value of her actions - such as her visit to Gdańsk in November 1988 - played an important role in post-communist transitions:
Symbols matter. In Czechoslovakia, the communist party newspaper, Rudé právo (‘The Red Law’) chose to ignore the Gdańsk episode, providing instead a short notice about her talks w...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 16, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Dalibor Rohac Source Type: blogs
