Enlightened Cream of Tomato Soup
Warning – The story behind this soup is a long one. A melodrama in three acts as it were.
Act I
It all started with a chicken that I purchased some weeks ago, in order to get a single chicken liver to use in a Bolognese ragu. After removing the liver from the little packet stuffed inside the chicken, I put the neck back in the cavity, put the chicken in the freezer and made the Bolognese.
Act II
Two weeks later, I took the chicken out of the freezer, put it in a pot with some veggies and water and cooked it, giving me a meat to make soft tacos for the a couple of dinners and lunches. And also a gorgeous...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - October 30, 2022 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Soups cream tomato soup Source Type: blogs
Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 09th July2022.
Here are a few I came across last week. Note: Each link is followed by a title and few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment ----- https://www.digitalhealth.net/2022/06/sector-react-to-governments-digital-health-and-care-plan/ Sector reacts to government ’s digital health and care plan From NHS Providers to the National Care Forum – there has been a lot of reaction to the government’s digital health and care plan. Hannah Crouch 29 June 2022 Digital Health has pulled together some of ...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - July 9, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
poem
Dead SpringIn my spring nothing growsLeafless trees splay Across the sky As frazzle headed wicks Of burned down candles Too smoked to know they ’re dead No grass needs mowedNo buds or bloomsIt ’s a season bereft of color—At least of any that I can see.I only know it ’s springBy the shift in the wind But no matterSoon it will be sweltering summerEverything moist and stickyThe drone of beesAnd crabgrass and weedsEveryone just gives up and sweatsFanning themselves on screened porches Too languorous to utter a single word I look forward to the fallThe ferrousfeuille morte e...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - April 26, 2022 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
Latin mottos translated
A puerile joke I’ve been making since schooldays when our motto was carpe diem is that it actually means “seize the fish”. Of course, it actually means “fish of the day” (see Garden, G. ISAHUC) and in a similar educational vein, a few more:
In loco parentis – Mum and Dad are coming by train after lockdown
Audio hostem – It’s my house, I get to choose what records to put on
Quid pro quo – The Italian branch of Poundland, just behind the Colloseum Bingo hall
Caveat emptor – we’ve run out of Spanish bubbly again
Status Quo – the same thing over and over a...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - March 25, 2021 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Sciencebase Source Type: blogs
Podcast: A Delicious Ritual to Reduce Stress
Living in our fast-paced world, many of us find ourselves stressed out, and many others don’t even realize how stressed they’ve become. Many people choose to ignore their stress, others use meditation, exercise, or other endeavors to reduce stress. This episode shares the story of a woman whose solution to stress involves regularly making challah, a traditional Jewish bread. Not only does the ritual of the making of the bread reduce stress, but the history and tradition of the bread are also important to her.
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Source: World of Psychology - December 13, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Show Tags: General Mindfulness Stress The Psych Central Show Beth Ricanati challah Gabe Howard Vincent M. Wales Source Type: blogs
London Community Gospel Choir
I feel rather privileged to have been among the choral guests of the London Community Gospel Choir in concert yesterday at Saffron Hall with TyrannoChorus and SBS Community Choir. We got to join them during rehearsals for “Oh, Happy Day” and then opened for them in front of a sold out auditorum with “El Noi” (Catalan, trad.) and James Taylor’s “Shed a Little Light”. We joined them again at the end for “Oh, Happy Day”.
They were incredibly welcoming and quite impressed by our performance too, I think. This is the same choir that sang on Blur’s “Tender” ...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - December 10, 2018 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Music Source Type: blogs
Fake bird news
This is a version of my bird report for our local village newsletter scheduled to appear in December.
At the time of writing, the summer visitors, such as the swifts, swallows, house martins, and various migratory warblers were all long gone. Indeed, it is still sunny and warm during the day, but the nights have turned decidedly damp and chilly and one friend reported early-morning frost on his car windscreen (it was 90 days until Christmas, at the time).
Well, speaking of Christmas for the birder can mean only one thing, and I don’t mean turkey, nor do I actually mean the winter visitors such as the fieldfare, redw...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - October 24, 2018 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Sciencebase Source Type: blogs
Researchers test curcumin in new bone-building study
After enhancing the bioavailability of curcumin using polymers, a group of Washington State University researchers proved that curcumin can increase bone growth by between 30% and 45% in a matter of weeks: “The presence of curcumin in TCP results in enhanced bone formation after 6 weeks.” (Quoted from the abstract.)
The researchers are currently testing other natural extracts as well, namely “aloe vera, saffron, Vitamin D, garlic, oregano and ginger [… ] that might help with bone disorders, including those that encourage bone growth or that have anti-inflammatory, infection control, or anti-cance...
Source: Margaret's Corner - June 16, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll bone building bone formation curcumin myeloma Source Type: blogs
Top 10 Spices for a Healthy Brain
Your diet plays a crucial role in your mental well being and physical health, as they are intricately connected. Have you ever thought about everyday spices that could give your brain an internal boost and reset from within to function at an optimal level?
Consider adding these 10 spices below to your current diet, or better yet cook with them to improve overall brain health, and help prevent, or at the very least stave off future cognitive decline. These top spices have been studied extensively by world renowned psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen, and is widely discussed in many of his journal publications and books, including ...
Source: World of Psychology - February 24, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Emily Waters Tags: Alternative and Nutritional Supplements Books Health-related Mental Health and Wellness herbs rosemary Spices Turmeric Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 176
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 176.
Question 1
Piperazine was first introduced as an anti parasitic drug in 1953 but it has a side affect. What is ‘worm wobble’?
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Cerebral Ataxia
The neurotoxic effects are usually seen after the initial doses, and resolution of symptoms is rapid and complete within 24...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - February 10, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five Albright's bezoar cerebral ataxia colchicine Hello Kitty Kallmann's meadow saffron Puberty Rapunzel Syndrome snakes Taiwan wobble worm Source Type: blogs
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Wow. It ' s been three months since I last checked in with you, my loyal readers. All 3 of you. As you might guess from reading my ranting over the past 11-plus years, I ' ve been in the midst of a dilemma, in this case trying to figure out what my future should hold. There are many directions to go, many options to consider, and many needs to satisfy. But I think I ' ve got it. Finally.To be totally honest, my basic instinct was to retire completely at the end of the year. Which was my intentionlast year, but somehow I stayed on. And I will indeed continue to work for another year, although I ' ll cut back my weeks e...
Source: Dalai's PACS Blog - October 5, 2016 Category: Radiology Source Type: blogs
Flight stalking Mrs Sciencebase
Mrs Sciencebase was on her way home from Seville in Southern Spain yesterday and like any good husband I wanted to make sure she was safe and sound on her travels, best I could do was use one of the flight-tracking websites, among them FlightView, FlightAware, FlightStats, and FlightRadar24. The latter shows pretty much all the same details as the others: Flight number, departure airport and time, and ETA and destination. Aeroplane type, windspeed, altitude, latitude and longitude, weather and various other parameters. But, FlightRadar24 has the best graphs, aircraft positions and an altitude and speed chart.
It’s fa...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - September 13, 2016 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science Source Type: blogs
Tahcheen-e Esfenaj (Baked Persian Rice Cake with Lamb, Spinach & Prunes)
I must apologize for the infrequency of my blog posts over the past year. My new position at the medical school has kept me much busier than I’d ever imagined. Now, a year later, things are finally settling in and I’m hoping to bring this blog thing back to life, if only because the act of writing truly grounds me.
One of the better parts of my new position has been getting to know our Qatar-based medical school faculty and staff, who sent me the most amazing Persian cookbook – Saraban: A Chef’s Journey through Persia by Greg and Lucy Malouf. (Thank you Shahrad and team!)
This is a cookbook tha...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - August 7, 2016 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Meat & Poultry Lamb Rice Cake Spinach Tachchin Tah-Chin Tahcheen Source Type: blogs
Can you exfoliate your feet with Listerene and vinegar? Episode 116
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Randy was interviewed on a radio program called “American Made Beauty” which is run by Patty Schmucker, who’s been in the industry for over 35 years. She interviews different experts to give a behinds the scenes look at the beauty biz. And she wanted to hear all about the Beauty Brains! It was fun and here’s a link to the Beauty Brains on American Made Beauty where you can listen to the show for yourself. We talked about…
What is Beauty Brains and why is our message impor...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - January 19, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perry RomanowskiDiscover the beauty and cosmetic products you should use and avoid Source Type: blogs
Is red sandalwood an effective sunscreen?
Firoza asks…I often find producers of “herbal” or “ayurvedic” cosmetics selling sunscreens containing red sandalwood as the active ingredient. They rate these sunscreens as SPF 50 or higher. Does red sandalwood actually have any sun blocking properties?
The Beauty Brains respond
Red Sandalwood may have certain medicinal properties when applied topically (see link ) but it is not approved for use as a sunscreen. Any products using this as the “active” sunscreen ingredient would be illegal drugs in the U.S. (and several other countries.)
Red Sandalwood + Sunscreen
I did a quick check on this ingredient and fo...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - May 14, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perry Romanowski Source Type: blogs
