January 2012
9 posts
Instead of Exercise, try Irisin: The Muscle... →
// Dana-Farber Institute research found a hormone released during exercise, which is responsible for converting stagnant white fat cells into brown fat cells. Brown fat cells burn calories, rather than store calories.
// Researchers injected obese mice with this protein and found better glucose tolerance and decreased body weight.
// I don’t like the idea of treating lifestyle problems...
Gates donates $750 million to fight AIDS, TB and... →
// Bill Gates and his Foundation deserve a Nobel Prize
// What he has done with his great fortune is far beyond simple donation, he has saved millions of lives from starvation, infection and lack of basic healthcare.
// He is no longer the richest person in the world, simply because he contributes so much damn money. awesome
// A truly inspirational person. Need more Bills like this.
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Video consults with dermatologists aid treatment →
// Dr. April Armstrong from UC Davis looked at Live-Video derm consults of 1,500 patients 2003 - 2005
// Great work… what I see to be done further is have a control group to compare patient outcomes between PCP vs Telederm and stratify by disease type. Ultimately, PCP’s will learn to take care of many derm conditions with occasional oversight via TD
They found that the video consult...
Bill Gates Has Given Away $28 Billion Since 2007,... →
// The amazing impact of the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation. This is a great read. Great respect.
// The amount that foundation has invested into philanthropy is $2B more than the US Budget for Foreign Aid
// Their biggest impact on lives has been through Vaccination and Immunization!
(via BusinessInsider.com)
Surgeons Implant Synthetic Trachea in Baltimore... →
// Sweden does it again!
// 2nd such operation in the world. How amazing.
“What we did is surgically remove his malignant tumor,” Dr. Macchiarini said. “Then we replaced the trachea with this tissue-engineered scaffold.” The Y-shaped scaffold, fashioned from nano-size fibers of a type of plastic called PET that is commonly used in soda bottles, was seeded with stem cells from Mr. Lyles’s bone...
India on Track to Be Declared Polio-Free Next... →
// Truly amazing!
// Vaccines have saved more lives in the history of mankind than any other invention. Salk invented the 1st Polio vaccine (injected) in 1952 followed by Sabin oral drops vaccine (now used in the developing world).
For the first time, the polio virus has disappeared from the country for 12 months, but it could still be re-imported from neighboring nations that continue to...
Weighing the Evidence on Exercise - NYTimes.com →
// Timely piece for many New Years Resolutions…
“In general, exercise by itself is pretty useless for weight loss,” says Eric Ravussin, a professor at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La., and an expert on weight loss. It’s especially useless because people often end up consuming more calories when they exercise. The mathematics of weight loss is, in fact, quite...
Dermatology Top Stories of 2011 →
// So much new medical information is published daily, it is sometimes overwhelming to stay on top of everything….
// JournalWatch is a great website that I subscribe to. They filter the top stories per my interests and send me email updates.
// Here is the list of the top Dermatology Publications in 2011 - Great list indeed!
(via JournalWatch)