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 14 - Introducing GAP: Generic (drugs/meds) Assistance Program - by postmodernista
Sept 21 - - (tentative) Hi! Epilepsy Brings Me to KosAbility All A-Quiver by Village Vet (alternatively, "Medscape Slideshow & Links on Foods Good & Bad for Brain, Cognition, Mood, & Dementia - by Darwinian Detritus" will be moved here from Oct 19.)
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . and 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 even here!
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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‗‗‗ Finding new approaches for therapeutics against Ebola virus ‗‗‗ Scientists discover how to ‘switch off’ autoimmune diseases ‗‗‗ Asking the Experts: Complementary & Alternative Medicine and Cancer ‗‗‗ Complementary & Alternative Treatments in Cancer ‗‗‗ 'Strikingly Effective' Approach for Depression in Cancer Pts ‗‗‗ Ethical Controversies Surrounding the Management of Potential Organ Donors in the Emergency Dept ‗‗‗ loss of neurons in the intermediate nucleus is associated with sleep fragmentation in older adults with & without Alzheimer disease ‗‗‗ Major Sleep Disorders Among Women (Women's Health Series) ‗‗‗ Poor Sleep Quality Linked to Cortical Atrophy ‗‗‗ American Academy of Pediatrics Issues a Wake-up Call on Teen Sleep, circadian rhythm of adolescence, & recommended school-start-hours ‗‗‗ Space Oddity: Use of Sleep Aids by Astronauts Astronomical ‗‗‗ Getting a Good Day's Sleep ‗‗‗ Help Me Make it Through the Night (Shift) ‗‗‗ 'Brain Training' May Cut Risk for Cognitive Decline ‗‗‗ PARADIGM-HF: New Drug Class Outclasses ACE-I in Chronic Heart Failure in Study ‗‗‗ 1st Discuss Risk, Then (Maybe) Write a Statin Prescription ‗‗‗ Food Additives We Eat That Other Countries Ban ‗‗‗ The 5 Stupidest Chemicals That Shouldn't be in Your Home ‗‗‗ Internet Brownout Exposes Risk of Cloud-Based EHRs - 22Aug2014 ‗‗‗ Stress, Nurses, & Hurricane Sandy: Improve Disaster Plans ‗‗‗ Patient Goal-Directed Care for Older Adults With Multiple & Complex Conditions ‗‗‗ Gene Polymorphism & Childhood Trauma Tied to PTSD ‗‗‗ Higher Potassium Intake Linked to Reduced Stroke: potatoes, banana, orange juice, spinach, salmon, raisins, apricots, white beans, yogurt ‗‗‗ Doctors Need to Learn About Nutrition ‗‗‗
also...
‗‗‗‗It Ain't Necessarily So: Why Much of the Medical Literature Is Wrong‗‗ !!!
;-)
and Data Re-analysis Changes 35% of Trial Conclusions
and from 2011 on related points:
‗‗‗‗Huge Databases and Meta-Analyses: Can We Trust Them to Treat?
‗‗‗‗Your Patient Is at 21% Risk for Something -- Now What?
‗‗‗‗Warning! Media Distorts Results With Alarming [& Over-Promising] Headlines!
KosAbility is a Sunday 7pm east/4pm leftkost volunteer diarist community of, by & for people living with disabilities, who love someone with disabilities, or who want to know more about the issues. Our use of "disability" includes temporary as well as permanent conditions, from small, gnawing health-medical problems to major, life-threatening ones. "Love someone" extends to cherished members of other species.
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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.