Another important topic raised by ZDoggMD, the use of antibiotics for virus infection which is a waist of money, resources and has it’s complications as you can see in this video.
You see, there is a contagion in our midst, good people. A contagion that WE helped to create and then disseminate. Our overuse of antibiotics along with a lack of adherence to proper infection control practices has unleashed this unnatural plague upon the unsuspecting bowels of the world.
The recent generations have been bathed in connecting technology from birth, says futurist Don Tapscott, and as a result the world is transforming into one that is far more open and transparent. In this inspiring talk, he lists the four core principles that show how this open world can be a far better place.
Very inspiring talk, listen and be prepared for the next generations.
Gaming is a wide spread and popular activity in The Netherlands. Myself I enjoy quite some time in game playing. Mostly on my computer. In The Netherlands addiction health care is addressed by a separate institute in mental health. Although Dr Shock holds a liberal view on gaming and Internet reports sometimes publish evidence of negative effects of game playing including the risk of video game addiction or Internet addiction. Won’t go in any further on my objections to these constructs, they published elsewhere on this blog. Video game addiction might be included in the new DSM V, but then this bible of psychiatry possibly makes some more mistakes with including modern timely diagnoses.
This present study assessed not only problematic game play in adolescents but in a representative sample of the Dutch population, from 14-81 years old. Since problematic gaming behavior is a very subjective measure the researchers defined it as:
PGB was used with the following three items: ‘I think I spend too much time on gaming’, ‘I think my game behavior is problematic’, and ‘I think I’m
going to seek help’ (scale ranged from (1) ‘‘certainly not’’ to (5) ‘‘certainly’’.
Almost 50% reported playing video games, mean age was 38 years, almost two third were women.Gaming was most prevalent among adolescents and youn adults such as your own Dr Shock. The gaming prevalence significantly decreased with age for both men and women.Overall, no significant differences were found in mean playing time per week regarding gender and age. Browser games and offline games were the most popular types of games, online games are played by a relatively small part of the respondents, yet considerably more time is spent on these online games than on browser games, offline casual games, and offline games. Problematic video gaming was most prevalent among young male online game players.
The prevalence of problematic gaming in the total sample is 1.3 percent. Among adolescents and young adults problematic gaming occurs in 3.3 percent of cases.
Haagsma MC, Pieterse ME, & Peters O (2012). The prevalence of problematic video gamers in the Netherlands. Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking, 15 (3), 162-8 PMID: 22313358
It shows three icons of Irish rugby (Paul O’Connell, Brian O’Driscoll and Jonathan Sexton) asking house owners permission to play, and for volunteers to join them in a game of tip-rugby on the grassy area in front of their homes.
The ad spot was created to evoke the close bond between Irish Rugby players and their supporters at a time when the Irish team were heading off to the Rugby World cup in far away New Zealand.
Despite their speed, power and sporting reputations, these men demonstrate a childlike playfulness, humility, politeness, and humour which makes them instantly more human, likeable and accessible.
It’s unlikely to be a comfortable place to deliver a baby, but now a video documents the first birth in an MRI machine.
Christian Bamberg and a team from Charité University Hospital in Berlin, Germany, announced the world first in December 2010, but the movie has only recently been released.
Some people take aspirin or ibuprofen to treat everyday aches and pains, but how exactly do the different classes of pain relievers work? Learn about the basic physiology of how humans experience pain, and the mechanics of the medicines we’ve invented to block or circumvent that discomfort. If you suffer from pain, then go to these dallas pain management doctors so you can get treated.
You work hard all week, so when the weekend finally rolls around, you want to play just as hard. There’s nothing like a few rounds of golf, a hike in the mountains, or an intense workout at the gym to help you feel recharged, it is always recommended to carry on an aed is a lightweight, battery-operated, portable device that checks the heart’s rhythm and sends a shock to the heart to restore a normal rhythm. The device is used to help people having sudden cardiac arrest.
But all of that exercise can cause soreness and stiffness that shows up a day or two later. Don’t get sidelined by muscle pain, try to get the pain management you need. Find out the causes and treatments so you can stay on your game and aren’t bothered by your back pain. If you need quick treatment plans then you should visit this spine injury rehabilitation center.
Very Sepetuka accessibility to the city is vital, because after his sports injury he moves in a wheelchair. He could have gotten immediate Sports Medicine Injury Therapy to avoid making his injury worse, but by the time he knew he had a problem it was too late. His summer organization “Доступно.UA” implemented the project “10 mist for 4 month” journey through Ukrainian cities. In fact, Sebeok with colleagues visited 12 cities of Lviv and Lutsk in the West to Ochakov and of Cherkasy in the center and South of the country. Arriving in town, they checked the availability of its streets, public institutions, including the city administration, as well as public transport. Along the way the team “Доступно.UA” I met with local activists and government officials, noted barrier-free institution. The result will be an online accessibility map.
What’s Causing My Sore Muscles?
It’s normal to have sore muscles after you work out, play sports, or even do housework, especially if:
You did something you’re not used to, like running a marathon when you normally jog just a few miles.
You suddenly kicked up your exercise intensity level or increased the length of your workout.
You did unusual exercises that lengthen instead of shorten your muscle, like walking downhill or extending your arm during a bicep curl and now you need to visit chiropractor Glen Huntly medical office.
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These changes to your exercise routine can lead to tiny injuries in your muscle fibers and connective tissue. About a day later, you’ll start to feel sore.
“We call that ‘delayed onset’ muscle soreness,” says Ethel Frese, PT, associate professor of physical therapy at St. Louis University. “It peaks within about 48 hours, and then it will gradually get better, I can recommend chiropractor Melbourne can help relieve and alleviate your back pain, neck pain and muscles pain caused by injuries.”
A chiropractor is trained to make sure your body is functioning as optimally as possible by using spinal manipulations to relieve pain in your joints and muscles. These spinal adjustments will increase blood flow and nerve conductivity to the joints and muscles that are experiencing pain.
The good news is that when you do the same activity again, your muscles will start to get used to it. “You will actually have no soreness or less soreness because now you’ve strengthened the muscle or connective tissue,” says chiropractor birmingham. He’s a professor and exercise physiologist at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.
What’s Causing My Joint Pain?
When your joints feel sore and achy, that’s usually a sign of osteoarthritis. This inflammatory condition becomes more common as you get older. The cartilage that normally cushions the joints wears away, leaving the joints inflamed and painful. Learn more about arthritic pain within joints
Joint pain can also be caused by overuse or injury, for example, tennis elbow or a knee injury caused by problem with a ligament or meniscus. Ligaments are bands of tissue that connect bones in your body. A meniscus is a rubbery disc that cushions your knee.
From those I normally speak about Facebook most of them use Facebook to keep track of their children and/or grandchildren. A Facebook group of medical students mostly use the group during exam periods. In a recent article the authors did a systematic review. They selected 42 articles evidence-based studies on factors contributing to Facebook use. All of these studies examined a population sampled from undergraduate and graduate schools. These studies do not represent those Facebook users that mostly use it to keep track of their relatives.
After a description of all the possibilities with Facebook they started with the sociodemographic variables and Facebook use. All you can say about these findings is that these findings point to cultural and sociodemographic differences in FB use. Specifically, females and ethnic minorities appear to use FB more often than males and Caucasians.
According to this review the following personality characteristics were important for Facebook use.
the review of the literature on Facebook use suggests that a high level of extraversion, low self-esteem, high levels of neuroticism, narcissism, and low levels of self-esteem and self-worth are associated with high FB use. Frequent Facebook use is also associated with lower academic performance but possibly higher self-esteem and sense of belonging.
The authors propose and explain based on the existing literature that Facebook users can be divided in two categories. This proposed models consists of Facebook use motivated by the need to belong. This is the need to affiliate with others and gain social acceptance. The other motivation is the need for self representation. Which is meant by the need for a continuous proces of impression management. The authors suggest that these two motivations can be both present in Facebook users but they can also be the single cause for Facebook use. These needs are influenced by a host of other factors, including the cultural background, sociodemographic variables, and personality traits, such as introversion, extraversion, shyness, narcissism, neuroticism, self-esteem, and self-worth.
Based on these assumptions the authors propose several new questions for research on Facebook use. For instance the influence of societies on Facebook use. Collectivistic and individual societies might differ in their Facebook use as hypothesized by the authors. In collectivistic societies might show a greater need to belong, while individualistic societies encourage self representation.
Ashwini Nadkarni, & Stefan G. Hofmann (2012). Why do people use Facebook? Personality and Individual Differences DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.11.007
A cadaver for every med student: BioDigital Human, a web-based 3D virtual cadaver to teach anatomy, diagnostics and surgery. a web-based 3D virtual anatomy model.
Regularly I post about research findings as published in scientific peer reviewed journals. Mostly on topics such as depression, chocolate, ECT and medical education. ResearchBlogging.org aggregates these posts based on peer-reviewed research to make it easy for blog readers to find your these posts about academic research. In PLoS ONE an article is recently published which analyzed a sample of blog posts from ResearchBlogging. They also analyzed the bloggers and referenced journals. So in a way this is also about me.
This is what they found:
bloggers showed a preference for papers from high-impact journals. the most frequently referenced journal sources in the sample were: Science, Nature, PNAS and PLoS One
they blog mostly about research in the life and behavioral sciences
most bloggers had active Twitter accounts connected with their blogs
at least 90% of these twitter accounts connect to at least one other RB-related Twitter account
the average blogger is male, either a graduate student or has been awarded a PhD and blogs under his own name.
Oh and here is the ResearchBlogging logo Shema H, Bar-Ilan J, & Thelwall M (2012). Research Blogs and the Discussion of Scholarly Information. PloS one, 7 (5) PMID: 22606239