We meet Sundays 7pm eastkost time, 4pm leftkost, 3 or so hrs to fit a part of everyone's afternoon/ evening. We also pub& republish diaries over the week: kosmail to one of our active admins (postmodernista or Darwinian Detritus or mettle fatigue) when you queue a diary, or to send us the link of what you'd like repub'd, so we can schedule each a fair timespan at the top of our mainpage without crowding. 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.
Sept 21 - Hi! Epilepsy Brings Me to KosAbility All A-Quiver by Village Vet
September 28 - Fibromyalgia Now MAY BE/Maybe Treated Effectively: 200 Free Links to Medical Journal Discussions & Research Reportage on & relating to FM treatment; + Op-Ed by mettle fatigue
October 5 - OPEN THREAD NIGHT & POTLUCK: bring a favorite pet peeve!
Oct 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . your diary here!
Oct 19 - Medscape Slideshow & Links on Foods Good & Bad for Brain, Cognition, Mood, & Dementia - by Darwinian Detritus
Oct 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . and your diary here, too!
November 2 - OPEN THREAD NIGHT & POTLUCK: bring a favorite quote...other than yer sig line!
December 7 - OPEN THREAD NIGHT & POTLUCK: bring a favorite(?) household disaster!
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
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MORE FREE HEALTH-MED & RELATED LINK FINDS OF THE WEEK
See end of diary for introduction to free Medscape use - other links are free as-is.
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Expert panel says hydroxyurea & long-term, periodic blood transfusions should be used more often for sickle cell disease patients ▬▬
Texas Abortion Provider to Reopen After Court Lifts Restrictions ▬▬
FDA Approves Contrave
combination of
bupropion (an atypical antidepressant and smoking cessation drug) &
naltrexone (a pharmacogenetic-specific competitive antagonist at μ- {mu} and κ-{kappa} opioid receptors, somewhat at δ- {delta} opioid receptors
) for Obesity ▬▬
Leg-Stand Test Predicts Hip-Fracture Risk in Women "The inability to stand on 1 leg for 10 seconds or to squat down to reach the floor represent strong early predictors of hip fracture and mortality in postmenopausal women, according to a 15-year follow-up study presented here at the American Society for Bone & Mineral Research 2014 annual meeting." ▬▬
GOP Candidates Challenged on OTC Birth Control ▬▬
Can Regret Help Identify Mood Disorders? "Decision-Making Dysfunctions of Counterfactuals in Depression: Who Might I Have Been?" ▬▬
Gluten May Cause Depression in Subjects With Non-Coeliac Gluten Sensitivity: An Exploratory Clinical Study ▬▬
Inability to Empathize: Brain Lesions That Disrupt Sharing & Understanding Another's Emotions ▬▬
Mice Depleted of Brain Serotonin Don't Seem Depressed ▬▬
Antidepressant-Induced Suicidality: How Translational Epidemiology Incorporating Pharmacogenetics Into Controlled Trials Can Improve Clinical Care i.e., WHY GENETICS MATTERS & HOW IT CAN HELP US: EXAMPLE:
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have been a staple of the drug development process for several decades. Here, we review the origins of RCTs and their adoption within drug development, highlighting shortcomings that tend to be ignored and possible solutions offered from personalized medicine:[if prescribed without discrimination for individual genetic capacity to metabolize a drug well, its] adverse effects may outweigh the benefits. As an example, we focus on the development of antidepressants and [the severe adverse drug response potential involved, and] we conclude with a discussion of how pharmacogenetics may address some of the deficiencies of RCTs, bringing the focus of drug response back to the individual patient[as exemplified by] the discovery of genetic markers associated with antidepressant-induced suicidal ideation.
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Data Reanalysis Changes 35% of Trial Conclusions ▬▬
Low-Dose Fish Oil Shows Reduced Seizures in Epilepsy ▬▬
Next-Generation [gene] Sequencing Pinpoints Multiple Mutations ▬▬
Why MDs Abuse Prescription Drugs ▬▬
Drug-Test Doctors Despite False Positives & Self-Policing ▬▬
Doctors', Nurses' Opinions Differ About End-of-Life Care ▬▬
Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption Among Adults — 18 States, 2012 ▬▬
A High-Soy Diet May Drive Breast Tumor Growth ▬▬
Green Spaces & Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes ▬▬
Poll Finds Affordable Care Act No Reason for GOP Election Enthusiasm ▬▬
The Free Clinic Movement: America's Best-Kept Healthcare Secret An Expert Interview With Nicole Lamoureux, Executive Director of the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics ▬▬
Number of States With Enterovirus-D68 on the Rise ▬▬
5 Polio-Like Syndrome cases Surfaces in California, Similar reported in Australia & Asia ▬▬
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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 read than listen. 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.