We meet Sundays 7pm eastkost time, 4pm leftkost. Kosmail to postmodernista if you're interested in contributing a diary, new OR for republication. UPCOMING SCHEDULES post between Wednesday & Friday. See our recent & past diaries here & our logobox for more about Sundays. Click on ♥ FOLLOW at the top of our page to receive our posts in your stream.
Oct 26 - "On Breaking Through?" by chicating
November 2 - OPEN THREAD NIGHT & POTLUCK: bring a favorite quote...other than yer sig line!
November 9 - (tentative)"Protein Folding" by Darwinian Detritus (is it sorta like supermicroscopic origami?)
November 16 . . . . . . . . . . . your diary here!
November 23 . . . . . . . . . . . and here, too!
November 30 . . . . . . . . . . . and even here
OR MAYBE A HOLIDAY STRESS-VENTING SESSION SOMEWHERE IN THERE ??? (VOTE IN THE POLL)
Tally to date: Nov. 30, Dec 7 (top favorite so far) (Dec 7 topic would bump to January & so on) & Dec 21 (Nov 30 & Dec 21 are tied for 2nd place). We can have more than one stress-venting session if readers vote in the poll for more.
Dec 7 - OPEN THREAD NIGHT & POTLUCK: bring a favorite(?) household disaster! OR holiday stress venting session! :)
Dec 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 tshirt saying!
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Unscheduled diaries in planning stages are: ■ food as medicine ■ Coffee hath it's (health) perks ■ member nominations for best online and public health-med information sources (PubMed? Grateful Med? MedlinePlus? public library reference dept? etc) ■ How med school is changing in America & what difference does it make ■
holiday stress venting sessions ■ ...and whatever
you our members & friends have in mind to talk and write about (post comments below).
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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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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.