Chocolate milk after intensive prolonged exercise helps recovery much better than a carbohydrate replacement drink or a fluid replacement drink. After my 10 kilometer run on Sunday I'll have some chocolate milk. This was tested in a study in which during recovery from prolonged exercise (cycling) the participants ingested chocolate milk, carbohydrate replacement drink or a fluid replacement drink. After the chocolate milk the participants cycled 51% and 43% longer than after drinking carbohydrate replacement drink or a fluid replacement drink. This could be due to differences in carbohydrate type and or fat content of the beverages. The absence of sucrose in .....read more »

This month’s theme was “evidence” - not just in the terms of “Evidence Based Medicine” but in the widest possible sense. Evidence is a hot topic in the UK at the moment - indeed, the National Library for Health (NLH) is to be relaunched at the end of this month as NHS Evidence, “a web-based service that will help people find, access and use high-quality clinical and non-clinical evidence and best practice.” A very interesting read also for physicians (Evidence Based Medicine anyone?) and the likes, go read at First Person NarrativeRelated posts: Medlib’s Round Call for Submissions MedLib Round 1.2 Medlib’s Round 1.10 ..read more »

As I suggested in the call for submissions, the theme for this week’s Grand Rounds was loosely reflections on the way life used to be. For me, this theme was prompted by the fact that I have been a patient blogger for almost a year now, was diagnosed with lupus and rheumatoid arthritis almost a year ago to the day, and am finishing my second year of graduate school in a few weeks. When I think about the way life used to be, I automatically think about change, and the myriad ways in which my life has changed over the past .....read more »

Teaching communication skills is an important component in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. It is one of the core competencies of physicians. But how to teach these communication skills? Why do physicians have to learn these communication skills? Because they have to discuss important topics with their patients such as: Discussing end-of life issues Delivering bad news They have to attend to psychosocial aspects of patients They have to disclose errors or adverse events These are not easy topics to discuss. There is a set of universal guidelines by which effective communication skills can be taught, evaluated, and utilized in medical education and practice. The Kalamazoo .....read more »

In a recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, depressive symptoms were associated with an increased risk of fatal coronary Heart Disease (CHD) in relatively healthy women with no prior coronary disease. Depressive symptoms especially antidepressant use were also associated with sudden cardiac death (SCD). One of the main advantages of this study was the prospective design and the inclusion of a large group (n=63,469) of women without coronary disease, stroke, or malignancy. They were followed for cardiovascular events and depression on follow-up between 1992 and 2004. Most prior studies were retrospective observational studies with .....read more »

This photo is one of a photo gallery on Life.com, photos from the day Martin Luther King died. LIFE.com launched early last week, a joint venture between Time Inc and Getty Images. At launch the site had over seven million images available from the LIFE and Getty Images archives, with the plan to add about 3,000 new photos a day. It’s in beta, and if you hadn’t guessed yet the URL of the site is http://www.life.com. Thanks ResearchBuzz Related posts: Photos that changed the world Free Photos 38 Bookmarks for Photos ..read more »

Find more videos like this on Top Secret Dance Off Dr Shock has written a thousand posts on his blog, time for some dancing. It has been great fun and he is still enjoying it. From: Top Secret Dance Off Welcome to The Top Secret Dance Off, an underground network of otherwise ordinary people seeking to activate the dance secret -- an elusive power said to be hard-wired into our brains, and requiring highly unusual dance experiences to unlock it. Thanks BoingBoing Related posts: Favorite Posts on Dr Shock in 2009 Never-Before-Published Photos From Memphis when MLK Died 7 Posts about Adolescents and Depression ..read more »

Starting with four basic questions (that you may be surprised to find you can't answer), Jonathan Drori looks at the gaps in our knowledge -- and specifically, what we don't about science that we might think we do. Related posts: Stanford cardiologist answers your questions on YouTube 13 questions about depression answered by OrganizedWisdom 10 Questions for Emma Watson from Harry Potter ..read more »

Falling in love is the most overwhelming of all affective states, it typically involves emotional, cognitive, behavioral and erotic components. The functions of romantic love appear not to be limited to generate offsprings, but also to promote in individuals a stable emotional environment as well as to arise pleasant and safe feelings of happiness and sex arousal. The process of romantic love in humans begins with falling in love, a subjective experience characterized by intense focused attention on a preferred individual, obsessive thinking about him or her, emotional dependency on and craving for emotional union with this beloved, euphoria and increased .....read more »

The Dutch grand round had a short live. Nevertheless some medbloggers in The Netherlands produce interesting posts. Had lost track of most of them. Decided to produce a monthly selection as a kind of grand round. Choices are very biased and made by myself. If you feel left out, unappreciated or anything else please contact me. First the English written or easy to comprehend posts for International readers Cryprocheilus has some pictures of the pope: God's Rottweiler Dr Lutser joins the discussion about the new aircraft for our air force. Should it be the Swedish Saab Grippen or the Joint Strike Fighter? He .....read more »