Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles related to healthcare social media (#HCSM) in the past 2-4 weeks:'Like' Facebook's 'Year in Review' function? Many don't http://buff.ly/1rrmFpS - Facebook "Year in Review" feature highlights a larger digital design problem: Algorithms and code aren't...

Keeping HIV and AIDS in check: Dr. Keikawus Arastéh is an internist at the Center for Infectious Medicine and HIV of the Berlin-based Auguste-Viktoria-Klinikum. He explains how to recognize an HIV infection, how to avoid contracting it in the first place, and what therapies help keep it in che...

From Deutsche Welle (DW): Dr. Christian Kessler discussed stress and its harmful impact. What are some good ways to relieve stress and relax? And how can meditation help both body and mind cope with stre...

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles related to healthcare social media (#HCSM) in the past 2-4 weeks:Social media and physicians: Exploring the benefits and challenges. http://buff.ly/1yNZ0iVAre You Tweeting Away Your Relationship? http://buff.ly/1mN0rqH -- Imagine you invested...

Sometimes, against a uniform, bright background such as a clear sky or a blank computer screen, you might see things floating across your field of vision. What are these moving objects, and how are you seeing them? Michael Mauser explains the visual phenomenon that is floaters.Eye floaters are called...

From TV-watching marmosets to pretend baby penguins, this is Nature’s pick of the cutest animal stories in science this ye...

Texting shrinks peripheral vision to only 10%. "Cell phone use is on the rise and our eyes keep looking down. Try looking up and see what you've been missin...

A collection of some interesting medical articles published recently:What Kids Around the World Eat for Breakfast. “In many parts of the world, breakfast is tepid, sour, fermented and savory.” After birth, babies prefer the foods they were exposed to in utero, a phenomenon called “prenatal flavor learning”...

From TED-Ed: We hear anywhere from 10 to 200 lies a day. And although we’ve spent much of our history coming up with ways to detect these lies by tracking physiological changes in their tellers, these methods have proved unreliable. Is there a more direct approach? Noah Zandan uses some famous examples...

The color blue suppresses appetite more than any other color. Apart from blueberries and plums, which are mostly purple, there are few naturally blue foods. The hypothesis is that in the remote past, when humans foraged for food, blue was a warning of spoilage or danger.The Buffet Blues by National...

 In this global study, adults over 50 who were at high risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes who walked an additional 2,000 steps a day—about 20 minutes of brisk walking—reduced their risk of having a cardiovascular “event,” such as a heart attack or stroke, by 10 percent over...

Talk about big picture.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently estimated that if everyone didn’t smoke, ate a healthy diet, exercised regularly, achieved a healthy weight, and got regular checkups so they could control risk factors such as high blood pressure and elevated...

The highly virulent Ebola virus has seen a few major outbreaks since it first appeared in 1976 -- with the worst epidemic occurring in 2014. How does the virus spread, and what exactly does it do to the body? Alex Gendler details what Ebola is and why it's so hard to study.Lesson by Alex Gendler, animation...

How do the lungs work? TED-Ed videoWhen you breathe, you transport oxygen to the body’s cells to keep them working, while also clearing your system of the carbon dioxide that this work generates. How do we accomplish this crucial and complex task without even thinking about it? Emma Bryce takes us into...

Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is an angiopathy that affects medium-sized arteries predominantly in young. Renal involvement occurs in 60-75%, cerebrovascular involvement in 25-30%, visceral involvement in 9%, and arteries of the limbs in about 5%. Cleveland Clinic physician, Dr. Gornik and Pam Mace...

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From DW: "Handwritten texts are experiencing a boom. A Berlin startup offers invitations, cards and love letters written by hand: it's more personal and original. And calligraphers who copy famous people's handwriting or important documents are more in demand than eve...

This CDC video provides information about the leading causes of death in the U.S. and where we may be in 2030, if we continue down the current path. It suggests small steps that providers can take now to make a difference in the future health of our nati...

This BMJ study found that police officers’ risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) was 34 to 69 times higher during restraints or altercations; 32 to 51 times higher during pursuits; 20 to 23 times higher during physical training; and 6 to 9 times higher during medical or rescue operations, as compared with...

Chefs and authors discuss the importance of the communal meal:The Future of Food. Chefs Jose Andres and Barton Seaver talk about the importance of food as a resource and how we can save ...

If you've been keeping tabs on Microsoft's Windows 10 Technical Preview then you should really focus in here for a second. Microsoft has been consistently tweaking its Windows 10 Preview with new builds loaded with new features. These builds have been coming out pretty regularly with the first one debuting...

A collection of some interesting medical articles published recently:'To Burn Off Calories in This Soda, Walk 5 Miles' - new label http://buff.ly/1vzbCKHTwo new medications for IPF: Pirfenidone (Esbriet) affects scarring, Nintedanib (Ofev) is a kinase inhibitor http://buff.ly/1psam6m80% of people have...

Along with parking and steering, parents also need to teach teenagers how to spot crash hazards. WSJ's Sue Shellenbarger and Tanya Rivero discuss some ti...

Adrenal insufficiency is the deficient production or action of glucocorticoids, with or without deficiency also in mineralocorticoids and adrenal androgens. It is a life-threatening disorder that can result from:- primary adrenal failure- secondary adrenal disease due to impairment of the hypothalamic—pituitary...

In this video, Dr. Timimi discusses the quiet revolution of Twitter in healthcare, including how it can be used in practice and in education. Of time spent online in the US, one in six minutes is spent in a social network. Of the popular social networks, Twitter is one of the best introductory platforms,...

Resistance to antimicrobial drugs is a growing public health concern. Watch this NIAID video to learn more about how antimicrobial resistance develops and what scientists are doing to fight i...

After completing the 2014 New York City Marathon, participants fight through fatigue and physical exhaustion on the streets of Manhattan. Produced by: Deborah Acosta for The New York Tim...

Fifty years ago, Eugene Garfield published the Science Citation Index (SCI), the first systematic effort to track citations in the scientific literature. Nature’s news team wondered which were the most highly-cited papers of all time, so asked Thomson Reuters and Google for their top 100. They are not...

No drugs cure high blood pressure.All drugs against hypertension without exception, are toxic and have distressing side effects.The safest way to cure hypertension is to remove the real cause.The natural way of dealing with it is to eliminate the poisons from the system which cause it. Persons with...

heart attack, blood pressure, Heart Disease overviewHeart Disease is one of the world’s largest health problems today. It not only affects the wealthier nations it is also affecting the poorer ones. Heart Disease covers a wide range of health ailments relating specifically to the heart. There are many...

A collection of some interesting medical articles published recently:Once-weekly insulin shot - Novo Nordisk's next idea http://buff.ly/1tiUC6vHow Lufthansa Cares for Passengers' Medical Needs http://buff.ly/1pK4ILCHow scammers trick your mind - they repeatedly use one or more of the same 7 persuasion...

Would mathematics exist if people didn't? Did we create mathematical concepts to help us understand the world around us, or is math the native language of the universe itself? Jeff Dekofsky traces some famous arguments in this ancient and hotly debated question....

A collection of some interesting medical articles published recently:Hand-grip strength is an amazingly good predictor of future rates of mortality and morbidity, or sickness http://buff.ly/1BK759H -- Hand grip strength should be considered as a vital sign useful for screening middle-aged and older...

Multi-dose flu shot has only 25 mcg of mercury - most commercial fish contain 23 mcg of mercury per 8 ounces of fish http://buff.ly/11CTRPwAre multi-dose vials less expensive?Economics are a bit complicated due to wastage with multiple vials:Single versus multi-dose vaccine vials: an economic computational...

Sponsored By Rentacomputer.com--Your Technology Travel AgentWhen HP took over UK software group Autonomy the results were pretty bad. So bad, in fact that HP went into a full-blown crisis, which inspired the company to break up the two companies. This news comes after allegations have been going back...

Given the importance of a good night's sleep, how do you pick the best possible bedtime? WSJ's Heidi Mitchell and Stanford University's Dr. Rafael Pelayo discuss with Tanya Rivero.Related:What Makes A Great Bedtime? | Craig Canapari, MD http://bit.ly/1vstZzJShift workers and people who get jet lag may...

A 65-yo female patient received a standard-dose flu shot already this season. Should he get the high-dose shot too? Or try to get a second regular flu shot?The simple answer is no. The patients should consider herself immunized. Studies show that getting a delayed second dose doesn't necessarily increase...

In this video, the BMJ's research team discuss what they look for in a paper submitted for publication.They discuss some of the pitfalls authors fall into when writing up their research, and how to present some of the information that all journals will require.More BMJ-specific info here: http://ww...

What Can Raise Your Blood PressureWhat Can Raise Your Blood Pressure?Are you concerned about what might increase your blood pressure? There are quite a few things that can factor in to raising your blood pressure. Luckily you can fix many of these with a few lifestyle changes.If you do not watch your...

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles related to healthcare social media (#HCSM) in the past 2-4 weeks:15 Lessons from 15 Years of Blogging: Link to everything you create elsewhere on the web. And if possible, save a copy of it on your own blog. Things disappear so quickly, and even important...

When Prozac was introduced in 1988, the pill to treat depression launched a cultural revolution that continues to echo. Read the story here: http://nyti.ms/XMX...

Halitosis is a generic term used to describe unpleasant odor emanating from the mouth air and breath, independent of the source where the odor substances originate. It affects between 50 and 65% of the population, but despite its frequency, this problem is often unaccepted and declared as taboo. 90%...

Diagnosing Ebola in an person who has been infected for only a few days is difficult, because the early symptoms, such as fever, are nonspecific to Ebola infection and are seen often in patients with more commonly occurring diseases.However, if a person has the early symptoms of Ebola and has had contact...

Professor Hubert Mönnikes talks about why people with IBS are often mislabeled as hypochondriacs, and how to best treat the symptoms.Are Dietary FODMAPs a Cause of Irritable Bowel Syndrome? (Fermentable, Oligo-, Di-, Monosaccharides, And Polyols). IBS symptoms improved with a diet low in short-chain...

A collection of some interesting medical articles published recently:FDA Approves Inhaled Insulin: Afrezza, is a rapid-acting insulin to be taken at mealtime or soon after http://buff.ly/1qd6lFFCan meditation help prevent the effects of ageing? BBC http://buff.ly/1qzXyzmNew Weapon in Fight Against 'Superbugs':...

From The Economist: "An unusual way to boost the food supply and feed people sustainably: by eating less meat, and more insects.About 2 billion people already eat bugs. Mexicans enjoy chili-toasted grasshoppers. Thais tuck into cricket stir-fries and Ghanians snack on termites. Insects are slowly creeping...

The “Best of Medical Blogs - monthly review” is a monthly summary of the best posts from medical blogs. Please email your suggestions for inclusion to clinicalcases AT gmail DOT com. Best of Medical Blogs (BMB) is meant to continue the tradition of the Grand Rounds carnival (discontinued in 2008).The...

It's nice to be on the list of The top 50 science stars of Twitter according to AAAS/Science. However, the list is based on somewhat arbitrary criteria and is meant to provoke discussion rather than to be taken seriously. What is valuable, however, are some of the quotes by scientists interviewed for...

Last week Micron announced its newest solid-state drive (SSD), one that uses its densest process ever and one that has a chip capable of programming the memory to act like a high-performance SLC or high-capacity MLC flash drive. This new client-class SSD is known as the M600 SSD and uses Micron's new...

High Blood PressureHigh Blood Pressure,Are You at Risk for?Do you know what the risks are of high blood pressure? How do you know if you are at risk? There are many different causes for high blood pressure. In this article you will find out if you are at risk and how you can help prevent and control...