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NIH Podcast Provides Insights on Autoimmune Diseases and their Impact on Women, September 3, 2009 News Release – National Institutes of Health (NIH)

iskanbasal — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:44:26 +0000

An important release on new advancement in the field of autoiimune diseases.

“This is an exciting time in research,” said Dr. Carter, “We are learning a lot about the immune system and we have made some progress, particularly in rheumatoid arthritis, and we are trying to apply many of the lessons that we’ve learned to other autoimmune diseases.”

NIH Podcast Provides Insights on Autoimmune Diseases and their Impact on Women, September 3, 2009 News Release – National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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NIH Researchers Identify Key Factor that Stimulates Brain Cancer Cells to Spread, August 18, 2009 News Release – National Institutes of Health (NIH)

iskanbasal — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:21:46 +0000

NIH Researchers Identify Key Factor that Stimulates Brain Cancer Cells to Spread, August 18, 2009 News Release – National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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Scientists on Twitter – Astronomers, Biologists, and Chemists, and more – Science Pond

iskanbasal — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:14:11 +0000

thanks to scienceroll this is a good page to scientists on Twitter.

Scientists on Twitter – Astronomers, Biologists, and Chemists, and more – Science Pond

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BMJ Group blogs

iskanbasal — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:02:51 +0000

interesting blogs to follow when time allows to enjoy some readings

BMJ Group blogs

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BBC NEWS | UK | England | Manchester | Teenager has eyelash transplant

iskanbasal — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:54:52 +0000

trichotillomania- obsessive plucking or pulling out hair. New things to learn

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Manchester | Teenager has eyelash transplant

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HPA – Trichloroethylene – Health Effects of Chronic / Repeated Exposure (Human)

iskanbasal — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:13:01 +0000

Trichloroethylene is the first substance I’m dealing with in my studying of toxicology. I don’t intend to read a lot about occupational toxicology but to concentrate more on monitoring of the important drugs used in therapy.

HPA – Trichloroethylene – Health Effects of Chronic / Repeated Exposure (Human)

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Why don’t medical students have to learn about health care policy? – By Christopher Beam – Slate Magazine

iskanbasal — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:37:04 +0000

I recall we studied a lot about the Italian health care system while doing the subject of “Hygiene and pubblic health”. One thing I remember that it was established two days before Christmas on that year. I thought it was presented as a gift to the population.

Why don’t medical students have to learn about health care policy? – By Christopher Beam – Slate Magazine

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Dynasty: Influenza Virus in 1918 and Today, June 29, 2009 News Release – National Institutes of Health (NIH)

iskanbasal — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:18:55 +0000

This is a very interesting release from the NIH about flu virus:

“The influenza virus that wreaked worldwide havoc in 1918-1919 founded a viral dynasty that persists to this day, according to scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. In an article published online on June 29 by the New England Journal of Medicine, authors Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Jeffery K. Taubenberger, M.D., Ph.D., and David M. Morens, M.D., argue that we have lived in an influenza pandemic era since 1918, and they describe how the novel 2009 H1N1 virus now circling the globe is yet another manifestation of this enduring viral family”.

Dynasty: Influenza Virus in 1918 and Today, June 29, 2009 News Release – National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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Popular Stop-Smoking Drugs to Carry Mental Health Risk Warnings

iskanbasal — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:27:10 +0000

The FDA said it will immediately require boxed warnings about the risk of serious neuropsychiatric symptoms on the packaging of two popular smoking cessation drugs, — varenicline (Chantix) and bupropion (Zyban, Wellbutrin, and generics).

First I read this from KevinMd site. Then from the medpage site. See the link below. To think that these drugs is said has been very effective in helping smokers to quit. I should go to read about their mechanisms of action but i recall the importance of Nucleus acumbens, situated at the base of the bran, in developing reward.

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Everything depends on everything else

iskanbasal — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:06:29 +0000

REVIEW, Clinical Microbiology and Infection, Vol: 15, Issue: s1

January 2009

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Abstract: In physics the concept of entanglement is well established and it has become increasingly apparent that all levels of biological organization (communities, organisms, cells, metabolism) consist of mosaics of interactive networks. There is a universe of bioactive microbial chemicals that have so far only been considered for their therapeutic applications; for example, the environmental roles of antibiotics have been little investigated. At sub-inhibitory concentrations, so-called antibiotics have been shown to modulate bacterial functions in subtle ways; they behave more like signals than toxins. It is proposed that networks of microbial cell signalling are primarily based on the interactions of low molecular weight compounds with macromolecular receptors; studies of the nature of these signals will reveal important information on the functions of microbial communities.

This is an interested article