Where did Zika virus come from and why is it a problem in Brazil?
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Source: The A and P Professor - January 27, 2016 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
How do you celebrate 10 years of an anonymous blog?
Today, The Neurocritic celebrates ten years as a blog. Given the ongoing use of a pseudonym, how should I commemorate the occasion?1. Should I finally update my blog template? (“Hey, 2004 wants their Blogger template back”).2. Should I throw a party? Popular London-based blogs Mind Hacks and BPS Research Digest held big public bashes in November 2014 and December 2015, respectively. My audience is only a fraction of theirs, however. I doubt a local gathering of fans would fill more than a broom closet.3. How about a Happy Hour, where I privately invite social media folks who live nearby? I know where many of you ...
Source: The Neurocritic - January 26, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Authors: The Neurocritic Source Type: blogs
Dare to make yourself more human
“Hey mon, you alright?”
“You have a blessed day.”
“How is your morning walk pretty ladies?”
“Yeah mon, no worries. Everything alright.”
These “stock phrases” are just a few of the things I heard each and every day while staying in Negril, Jamaica. I travelled to the island to take a short vacation and also attend a destination wedding this past month. While on the island, I was pleasantly greeted by the local Jamaicans anytime I left the bed and breakfast I stayed at. I was surprised at first at how friendly the locals were — I had heard from friends to be cautious of the crime in Jamaica....
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 21, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Aleah Chang Tags: Conditions Primary care Source Type: blogs
Like Pulling Teeth
“Like pulling teeth” is a commonly used idiom that refers to something difficult to accomplish. My video this month, however, would suggest that pulling teeth may actually not be all that tough.
I recently spent a week in Jamaica as part of a medical and dental team providing care under relatively harsh conditions. The layout of our makeshift clinics allowed me to work alongside a dentist and two dental assistants. Besides getting the opportunity to pull my first permanent tooth, I was able to enlist the dental team’s collaboration on a teaching video, in which we demonstrate the elemental steps of pulling a too...
Source: M2E Too! Mellick's Multimedia EduBlog - January 4, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Where Do K-1 Visa Holders Come From?
Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik were killed last week in a gun battle with police after they committed a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. Malik entered the U.S. on a K-1 visa, known as the fiancé visa, accompanied by Farook. Their attack is the first perpetrated by somebody on the K-1 visa - igniting a debate over increasing visa security.
The government issued approximately 262,162 K-1 visas from 2005 to 2013 – 3177 or 1.21 percent of the total to Pakistani citizens.
Senator Rand Paul’s (R-KY) SECURE Act identifies 34 countries as particularly terror-prone. There were 32,363 K-1 visa, 12.34 pe...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 7, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Alex Nowrasteh Source Type: blogs
The Wheat Belly Cruise 2015
Elizabeth “Betty” Klub is a popular girl on the Official Wheat Belly Facebook page, engaging in discussions, providing advice when needed, and just being a friend to all who join in the conversation. I met Betty on our recent Wheat Belly Cruise 2015 and enjoyed her company along with her friend, Pat, at an outdoor barbeque. The cruise took us to several ports-of-call around the Caribbean, including Cozumel and a (surprisingly) spectacular beach and entertainment compound on Haiti. That’s where Betty rode the zip-line starting on a small mountain, riding over the ocean! I regret that I did not see her ri...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - December 6, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: News & Updates entertainment gluten grains seminars wheat Wheat Belly cruise Source Type: blogs
The Very Inspiring Blogger Award
I extend deep gratitude to both Carol Gino and The Nursing Site Blog for nominating Digital Doorway for The Very Inspiring Blogger Award. This is an award given by bloggers to fellow bloggers who inspire them and who are motivated to maintain the blogosphere as a beautiful place.The Very Inspiring Blogger Award has a goal of honoring bloggers, and to honor and learn more about the people behind the blogs that we nominate. The rules that accompany the award are the following: The first rule is that I am asked to share seven or eight facts about myself. Here we go.....I'm been married to the writer, coach, and performer/mo...
Source: Digital Doorway - November 27, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: blogs nurse nurses nursing nursing blog Source Type: blogs
'I Like the Shawties': Cruising the Caribbean
Listerine ‒ the oral cancer-causing mouthwash ‒ meant something else two weeks ago when I cruised to celebrate my friend Infinicuralier’s wedding, which took place mid-cruise in Grand Cayman. Cruises are expensive to begin with. And they are extravagant if you don’t smuggle “Listerine” on board.Infinicuralier and me carefully pouring lowest-shelf Colonel's Pride whiskey ($10 for a liter) into an empty Listerine bottle, which I placed in my checked bag and smuggled onto the cruise shipMy stateroom mate, Crabcakes, and I sat on our balcony many evenings searching for sharks with cool glasses of Colonel’s ...
Source: cancerslayerblog - November 27, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: my videos partying travels Source Type: blogs
Don’t delay any longer: The Wheat Belly Cruise sets sail soon!
If you haven’t yet booked a place on the Wheat Belly Cruise, you still have a chance to do so. We set sail from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida November 15th, 2015, return November 22nd.
We begin with a cocktail reception on the first evening, then kick off the course on November 16th. I plan to cover the entire scope of the Wheat Belly experience that can help everyone from beginner to seasoned Wheat Belly follower better understand and navigate this hugely empowering lifestyle. I will also be introducing the Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox experience, as well, to coincide with the launch of the new book by the same nameR...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - October 5, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle autoimmune blood sugar diabetes gluten grains Inflammation joint Weight Loss Wheat Belly cruise Source Type: blogs
Pythiosis in Humans
The following background data are abstracted from Gideon www.GideonOnline.com Primary references are available on request.
Human pythiosis was first described in Thailand, in 1987; and thirty-two cases had been published worldwide as of 2002. Most cases are reported from tropical and subtropical regions; however, human infection has also been encountered in United States, Israel and Australia. The principal pathogen is identified as Pythium insidiosum, and at least one case of Pythium aphanidermatum infection has been reported.
Most case reports of pythiosis are published from Thailand, which accounted for 78% of pub...
Source: GIDEON blog - August 18, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Dr. Stephen Berger Tags: General Source Type: blogs
Famous nurses (2): Mary Seacole
Mary Seacole was born in Jamaica, had lived in London, and went also to the Crimea, where she ran a hospital or hostel for soldiers. She had prior experience in nursing and herbal medicine. History seems to have forgotten her for some time, but more recently there have been efforts to remember her again. There seems some controversy over what she did, and a perception in some places that if she is made more important, it has to be at the expense of Nightingale. These issues are explored here (I can't see who makes this site, but it looks to be worth mentioning). Alongside this, seek out "A sho...
Source: Browsing - July 12, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Mary Seacole nursing Source Type: blogs
Making a bad thing good
One of my daughter’s favourite TV shows is Rastamouse, a Jamaican rodent who, along with a posse of friends, solves crimes during the day then relaxes by playing Rasta music in the evening. Each episode is built around the theme of redemption; a character will err with an adverse consequence, but will then be given the opportunity to “make a bad thing good”, and there is always a resolution.
This year in my state there was a doctor suicide cluster. Four of my colleagues took their own lives. I can only interpret this to mean that something is sick in our great and noble profession. When I heard that a softly spoken i...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - June 3, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Kristin Boyle Tags: Literary Medicine beyondblue depression Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 107
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…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 107
Question 1
What is the connection between the image and the 2010 earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand?
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Takotsubo
The image is of a Japanese octopus pot or trap, known as a “tako tsubo”.
The apical ballooning seen in stress cardiomyopathy resembles this, hence t...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - May 22, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Niall Hamilton Tags: Frivolous Friday Five Ackee fruit christchurch FFFF Winterbottom's sign Zoon's balanitis Source Type: blogs
If Poor Nations Want Economic Convergence and Capital Accumulation, They Need Good Policy
Daniel J. Mitchell
There’s a “convergence” theory in economics that suggests, over time, that “poor nations should catch up with rich nations.”
But in the real world, that seems to be the exception rather than the rule.
There’s an interesting and informative article at the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank which explores this theory. It asks why most low-income and middle-income nations are not “converging” with countries from the developed world.
…only a few countries have been able to catch up with the high per capita income levels of the developed world and stay there. By American living standards (as...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 31, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Daniel J. Mitchell Source Type: blogs
