This year's AACE annual meeting, held in Philadelphia, is the largest one yet. There is representation from more than 40 countries, and more abstracts, poster, and original research than previous years. As program chair this year, Dr. George Grunberger said he the challenge was including something for everyone, whether they are young endocrinologists, or well-known figures in the field. Continue reading →
DALLAS � Deadly invasive fungal infections are increasingly being identified in soft-tissue and intra-abdominal wounds in troops deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, prompting the creation of hospital-based clinical practice guidelines. When the first case emerged in July 2009, the medical team initially suspected significant bacterial infection in a young, previously healthy Marine with extensive soft-tissue injuries. By the time appropriate antifungal therapies were initiated in week 3, it was too late. An autopsy revealed that the 22-year-old soldier�s death was from systemic angioinvasive Aspergillus terreus (Surg. Infect. [Larchmt.] 2011;12:397-400).Patrice Wendling/IMNG Medical Media Lt. Col. Debra Malone, MD "We were not expecting the degree of mold infestation early on," Col. Debra Malone, MC, USAF, trauma research director of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (NMMC) ... Continue reading →
By Peter Nicks Waiting for Health Care: The filmmaker Peter Nicks goes behind the doors of an American public hospital struggling to care for a community of largely uninsured patients. Continue reading →
Phineas Gage (1823-1861) It's easy enough to understand the ghastly accident that befell poor Phineas Gage in Cavendish, Vermont on Sept. 13, 1848: the 25-year-old railroad worker was using an iron rod to tamp down blasting powder when the stuff exploded, sending the 43-inch-long, 13-pound rod through his left cheek and out the top of his head. What's not so easy to understand is why Gage survived the accident--or the precise reason for the dramatic change in his personality afterward. John Harlow, the doctor who treated the once-affable Gage, wrote that he "could not stick to plans, uttered 'the grossest profanity' and showed 'little deference for his fellows,'" Smithsonian magazine reported in 2010. But now researchers are closing in on answers. For a new study ... Continue reading →
Published: May 17, 2012 The Facebook Offering: How It Compares Company value In billions Year of I.P.O. Continue reading →
These photos - Science and Art of Diagnostic Medical Imaging - are amazing... Continue reading →
Google Search Strategy Helps Scientists Predict Cancer Survival Using a strategy Google’s search engines use to find relevant websites, scientists are hoping to find gene expression profiles that predict cancer outcomes. Image: iStockphoto.com/Alija Scientists have found a way to predict the prognoses of patients with pancreatic cancer based on analysis of gene expression patterns within each patient’s tumor by using a variation of the algorithm Google’s search engines use to scour the Internet for relevant websites, according to a study published today in PLoS Computational Biology. High-volume genetic techniques have allowed scientists to identify thousands of genes that may be differentially expressed in tumor cells. Many have hoped that this capability would enable researchers to better predict a patient’s prognosis or better match treatments to ... Continue reading →
A good 10-minute video about the power of performing arts in healing - by the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts + story. Continue reading →
