September 2011
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Anonymous asked: do you have any reviewer or anything that would make studying insulin a whole lot better. It's killing me.
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"Grey" matter
ucsdhealthsciences:
A human neuron
Tonight is the season premiere for ABC’s long-running, popular medical drama, “Grey’s Anatomy.” Among the story lines is the ongoing clinical trial of an experimental Alzheimer’s Disease treatment that involves injecting patients with a Nerve Growth Factor drug to reduce and prevent brain cell loss.
It’s fiction inspired by fact. A similar clinical trail is...
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Miss MD To Be: Probiotics and Colds →
missmd2be:
“Probiotics modestly help stave off colds and the need for antibiotics to treat them, according to a Cochrane review.
Taking prophylactic doses of healthy bacteria in yogurt and supplements was associated with 12% fewer acute upper respiratory tract infections (rate ratio 0.88 versus placebo,…
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D.I.Y Kettlebells - Look No Further Than Your...
fitvillains:
I discovered this trick last week, and wanted to share it with ya!
If you have empty laundry detergent bottles lying around, they make for fabulous makeshift weights. Because of the handles, they are also HIGHLY swingable.
Fill them with water or sand and you’ve got yourself a 5-8lb weight kettlebell supplement. The larger the bottle, the heavier the weight. Make sure the cap is...
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Psychiatry -- Anton's Syndrome
nocturnalnurse:
An ANT is ON me and I can’t see it!
Anton’s Syndrome is cortical blindness without awareness of the deficit. A condition where a person is unable to accept the fact that they are partially or totally blind. They make excuses for not being able to see despite medical advice to the contrary.
Another one of the mnemonics ^_^
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Can traumatic memories be erased?
braincubix:
Life scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles, have discovered that long-term memory in the marine snail can be erased by inhibiting the activity of a specific protein kinase (PKM) associated with memory.
The study may be relevant to veterans of war, rape victims, and people who have seen other horrific crimes.
The scientists studied a simple kind of reflexive...
