We meet Sundays 7pm eastkost time, 4pm leftkost, 3 or so hrs to fit in everyone's afternoon/ evening. Kosmail to postmodernista if you're interested in contributing a diary, new or for republication. UPCOMING SCHEDULES post between WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY. See our archive for diary examples & good reading & our logobox for more about Sundays. Click on ♥ FOLLOW at the top of the page if you'd like our posts in your stream.
Oct 19 - Medscape Slideshow & Links on Foods Good & Bad for Brain, Cognition, Mood, & Dementia - by Darwinian Detritus
Oct 26 - EITHER "Protein Folding" by Darwinian Detritus (is it sorta like supermicroscopic origami?) OR a diary by chicating
November 2 - OPEN THREAD NIGHT & POTLUCK: bring a favorite quote...other than yer sig line!
November 9 . . . . . . . . . . . your diary here!
November 16 . . . . . . . . . . . and here!
November 23 . . . . . . . . . . . and here, too!
November 30 . . . . . . . . . . . and even here or maybe a holiday stress venting session
December 7 - OPEN THREAD NIGHT & POTLUCK: bring a favorite(?) household disaster!
December 14 - a Medical Marijuana diary by side pocket, "co-produced" with the Kitchen Table Kibitzing group! :)
January 4 - OPEN THREAD NIGHT & POTLUCK: bring a favorite bad joke!
February 1 - OPEN THREAD NIGHT & POTLUCK: bring a favorite bumpersticker!
February 8 - “Never Again: Coming to Grips with Life After Stroke - Year 1...and 23” by Steven Park
March 1 - OPEN THREAD NIGHT & POTLUCK: bring a favorite bumper sticker!
April 5 - OPEN THREAD NIGHT & POTLUCK: bring a favorite tshirt saying!
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KosAbility diaries can be one paragraph, two, twenty, or more. Unscheduled diaries in planning/drafting stage are: ■ fibromyalgia at the individual/personal level ■ food as medicine ■
holiday stress venting sessions ■ ...and whatever
you our members have on your mind that you'd like to write and talk about! The
New Diarists group is a great place to ask questions, get skillz, find coaches/mentors at your own pace, and see diaries of how-to. Globally health-related topics that might suggest diary ideas: we're in the
U.N. Decade of Education for Sustainable Development...
"...to achieve an improvement in the quality of life, particularly for the most deprived and marginalised, fulfillment of human rights including gender equality, poverty reduction, democracy and active citizenship"
...and • the
2nd International Decade of the World's Indigenous People • the
Water for Life Decade • the
U.N. Decade for Deserts and the Fight Against Desertification •
FREE HEALTH-MED & RELATED LINK FINDS OF THE WEEK BELOW THE ORANGE-PEEL:
Mostly Plain English Med Journal Article Links on Colon Cancer Screening Options
See the very end for introduction to free Medscape use - other links are free as-is.
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KosAbility is a Sunday 7pm eastkost/4pm leftkost volunteer diarist community of, by & for people living with disabilities, who love someone with a disability, or who want to know more about the issues. Our use of "disability" includes temporary as well as permanent health/medical conditions, from small, gnawing problems to major, life-threatening ones. Our use of "love someone" extends to cherished members of other species.
Our discussions are open threads in the context of this community. Feel free to comment on the diary topic, ask questions of the diarist or generally to everyone, share something you've learned, tell bad jokes, post photos, or rage about your situation. Our only rule is to be kind; trolls will be spayed or neutered. If you are interested in contributing a diary, contact series coordinator postmodernista.
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█ Medicare Streamlining Coverage for noninvasive Colon Cancer Lab Test █ Can Cologuard Improve Colon Cancer Screening Rates? █ Cologuard Stool DNA Test May Enhance Colon Cancer Screening if at the cost of more false-positive results. █ A fecal-occult-blood lab test (FOBT) non-invasively checks for hidden (occult) blood in the stool (feces), newer such tests look for globin and DNA and other blood factors including transferrin while conventional Stool guaiac tests look for Heme. █ High-Carb Diet Increases Risk for Colon Cancer Recurrence █ Walking Is the Superfood of Fitness █ Lower Risk of Advanced Neoplasia Among Patients With a Previous Negative Result From a Fecal Test for Colorectal Cancer █ Are Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) Results Influenced by Sample Return Time? A Population-based [noninvasive home test kit] Colorectal Cancer Screening Trial █ Does Acetylsalicylic Acid [aspirin] or Warfarin Affect the Accuracy of Fecal Occult Blood Tests? █ Automated phone calls and text messages sharply increased rates of annual colorectal cancer screening by fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) █ Cologuard: Breakthrough in CRC Screening █ Study Finds Most Web-Based Colon-Screening Information Far From Optimal, written at too high a reading level and lacking important risk and benefit information. █ American Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates 'Far Too Low' — about 1 in 3 aged 50 to 75 years —23 million Americans— have not been screened. █ Ready for the Storm of 40 Million Strong? █ $50 Target Gift Card Boosted Colon Cancer Screening in San Diego Men by 15% █ The Best Test Is [whichever] One Actually Gets Done █ Summer Heat Increased False Negative Results of Fecal Immunochemical Occult blood tests in Italy (July 07, 2010) █ Random Comparison of Repeated Faecal Immunochemical Testing at [varying] Intervals for Dutch Population-based Colorectal Cancer Screening: [accuracy] is not [impaired] by intervals up to 3 years [and the return participation rate is ] stable and acceptably high... This implies that screening intervals can be tailored to local resources. █ SnailMailed fecal immunochemical test (FIT) home kits get good returns in Underserved Populations and better screening rates than mailing an invitation for a free colonoscopy. █ Home-Based Mail-to/Mail-Back Stool Test Kits Detect 79% of Colorectal Cancers in studies going back to 2008 █ Genomics in Practice at the 2013 European Cancer Congress: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS REPORTS • 70-Gene Panel Predicts Breast Cancer Recurrence • Mutations in PI3K Pathway Predict Response to HER2 receptor breast cancer-Targeting Therapy • KRAS Mutations Predict Colon Cancer Survival • PIK3CA Mutations Predict Response to Aspirin in Colon Cancer Patients • █ FIT-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening Cuts CRC Deaths █ FIT Testing Is Equally Sensitive for Proximal and Distal Advanced Neoplasia (2012) █ Scottish physician talks about taking CRC Screening to the Underserved populations of recent immigrants, the uninsured/underinsured, marginalized racial and ethnic groups, and the undereducated in the UK and US: "It is in everyone's economic interest to help. The strong should help the weak; the rich should help the poor. We should come together as a more interwoven society to help those who are at the moment a bit beyond the reach of the society." █ NCI Panel: Stop Calling Low-Risk Lesions 'Cancer': New Proposals to Reduce Overdiagnosis & Overtreatment, their unnecessary economic, physical, psychological and potentially lethal harms to patients, and their unnecessary burdens on the effectiveness of healthcare delivery to the whole population. █ Physicians Incommunicative About Overdiagnosis Risks, Patients Say █ Balloon Technology Improves Colonoscopy █ New Guidelines For Colonoscopy Bowel Prep geared to remedy 25% inadequacy and consequent lower adenoma detection, longer procedural time, over-frequent exams, excess costs. █ 'Decision Fatigue' as the day wears on May Lead to 25% Unnecessary Prescribing in the Doctor's office. "Past studies have looked at people's tendency to opt for the easiest or safest choices when they've been making a lot of decisions and may be feeling burned out. For example, judges are more likely to deny parole later in the day" █ VIRTUAL COLONOSCOPY MedlinePlus results █ Cancer? Not! █
MEDSCAPE is a mostly-plain-English news & research report service geared for healthcare professionals but FREE to all who register - choose "Consumer" on the PROFESSIONS list in the registration process that starts when you first click on a Medscape link.
Picking multiple topics for email notification may flood your inbox, since a tremendous number of medical journals worldwide contribute articles to Medscape, so it's a good idea to start with few or just one notification topic, and see how it goes (or none, if you prefer access without emails).
Many Medscape articles are commentable - if you use a screen-name for privacy, it's worth devising one that won't undermine your own comments' impact.
Articles with videos of speakers provide a transcript below the vid window. Click sound off if you'd rather just read. Some articles are slideshows or quizes with accompanying text.
Keep in mind that the competitive nature of publishing can skew writing to suggest certainties not fully supported by findings, and there are always the basics to watch out for, such as, "Many Studies Have 'Elementary Statistical Errors'" and It Ain't Necessarily So: Why Much of the Medical Literature Is Wrong and Data Re-analysis Changes 35% of Trial Conclusions. Medical science, like every realm of human endeavor, is a work in progress. Read critically for best results.