Parkinson's drugs may be addictive

Some people with Parkinson’s disease develop severe withdrawal symptoms when they try to taper off a widely used type of Parkinson’s drug, researchers report. The drugs, called dopamine agonists, include pramipexole, sold as Mirapex, and ropinirole, sold as Requip. They help control the movement problems caused by Parkinson’s, but may cause other troubles in some patients — including impulse control disorders, in which people compulsively eat, gamb le or shop.
Some patients who have tried to stop taking the drugs because of the compulsions quickly developed withdrawal symptoms like panic attacks, nausea, sweating, pain, fatigue, dizziness and drug cravings...

DISCOVERY OF THERMOMETER

SANTORIO ...

The first thermometers were called thermoscopes and while several inventors invented a version of the thermoscope at the same time, Italian inventor Santorio.

Santorio was the first inventor to put a numerical scale on the instrument. Galileo Galilei invented a rudimentary water thermometer in 1593 which, for the first time, allowed temperature variations to be measured. In 1714, Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first mercury thermometer, the modern thermometer.

STUDY HELP FOR MEDICOS

Glycolysis steps:

"Goodness Gracious, Father Franklin Did Go By Picking Pumpkins (to) Prepare Pies":


Glucose
Glucose-6-P
Fructose-6-P
Fructose-1,6-diP
Dihydroxyacetone-P
Glyceraldehyde-P
1,3-Biphosphoglycerate
3-Phosphoglycerate
2-Phosphoglycerate (to)
Phosphoenolpyruvate [PEP]
Pyruvate

· 'Did', 'By' and 'Pies' tell you the first part of those three: di-, bi-, and py-.
· 'PrEPare' tells location of PEP in the process

JOKES

A man suffered a serious heart attack and consequently had a quadruple heart bypass surgery. He woke up to find that he was in the care of nuns at a catholic hospital. When he had recovered sufficiently a nun began to ask him questions as to how he was going to pay for the treatment he has had.


The nun asked…"Do you have health insurance?"
The patient replied in a rapsy voice…."No health insurance.."


The nun asked …."Do you have money in the bank?"
The patient replied…"No money in the bank."


Somewhat impatient the nun asked…"Do you have a relative who will be willing to help you settle the account for your treatment?"
The patient replied…"I only have a spinster sister who is a nun."


The nun became agitated and announced loudly.."Nuns are not spinsters! They are married to God."
The patient retorted.." Then send the bill to my brother in law.”

Medical thrillers - Chromosome 6

From the world's bestselling master of the medical thriller comes this tale of a mysterious transmission from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean that leads a crew of oceanographers and divers to a phenomenon beyond scientific understanding.


CHROMOSOME6 - PART 1
CHROMOSOME6 - PART 2
CHROMOSOME6 - PART 3
CHROMOSOME6 - PART 4

MUSICAL TALENT AND VISUAL IMPAIREMENT CLOSELY LINKED

New research suggests musical talent and vision impairment are closely linked. High-profile and brilliant blind musicians such as Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder and Andrea Bocelli have long caused people to wonder if there is a link between music and blindness.

Now Professor Adam Ockelford, a musician and visiting research fellow at the Institute of Education, London, has some solid evidence.

He and his research team surveyed and visited visually impaired children who had been premature babies, at home and at school.

Working with around 40 blind children, as well as surveying parents, teachers and music therapists, the study showed that blind children are 4,000 times more likely to have perfect pitch — a traditional marker of exceptional musical ability — than their fully sighted peers.

Ambulance and concept of emergency medicine

During the Crusades of the 11th Century, the Knights of St John received instruction in first-aid treatment from Arab and Greek doctors.

The Knights of St John then acted as the first emergency workers, treating soldiers on both sides of the war of the battlefield and bringing in the wounded to nearby tents for further treatment.

The concept of ambulance service started in Europe with the Knights of St John, at the same time it had also become common practice for small rewards to be paid to soldiers who carried the wounded bodies of other soldiers in for medical treatment.

The Surgeon-in-Chief of the French Grand Army, "Baron Dominiquie Larrey" created the first official army medical corp. in 1792. Trained attendants with equipment moved out from the field hospitals to give first-aid to the wounded on the battlefield and/or carried them back by stretcher, hand-carts and wagons to the field hospitals.

Motorized ambulance vehicles have been in use since the beginning of the 20th century. In the 1950s the United States pioneered helicopter-ambulances during the Korean War. In 1968, St Vincent's Hospital in New York City started the first mobile coronary care unit.