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Selective Focus Lens Now Available For Digital SLR Cameras

... There have always been specialty lenses available for whatever particular types of cameras are currently available and now the same is true for digital cameras. Close up lenses, auxiliary wide-an...

Nokia E72 unveiled - pics and video

...Four Thirds Camera • 传当当网要出售 • Is QuickTime X The Missing Link For Flash On The iPhone? • PageRank sculpting • Taking the Web into our own hands, one computer at a time • Adobe AIR Zooms Pas...

What's the State of Your Air?

The American Lung Association (ALA) has just released the State of the Air 2009 report card on air quality, ranking cities most affected by outdoor air pollution. Click here to see where your city ranks in outdoor particle pollution. While improving outdoor air quality is important, indoo...

World's First Exercise Equipment Works Body And Brain

The world's first exercise equipment that works out both the body and the brain - Brain Center America's NeuroActive Bike - combines a solid cardio workout with a fun brain-training program designed to increase memory and cognitive function to offer your readers a better body and a sha...

Vitamin D, Protection For Cold and Flu

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 5843136 For many decades we have looked at Vitamin C as our protection for cold and flu. A new study is saying that it may be Vitamin D that do could that. According to the said study, increased levels of vitamin D may protect against common respiratory...

Photography - A casuality of the global economy

...80ex mk flash unit, has literally doubled in price up to £500. Loads of other things have gone up, lenses, bodies, the lot. I was planning an upgrade before christmas but now....I just can't aff...

Exercise and Osteoporosis

Here's another video from the Johnson & Johnson YouTube Channel . The video features a fitness instructor demonstrating some exercises that may help reduce the risk of osteoporosis.

Maize-Based Dietary Fibres For Weight and Diabetes Control

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 2931023 A University of Toronto study has reported that maize-based dietary fibres have been found to help lower glycemic and insulin responses. Thereby providing potential for their use in foods for weight management and diabetes control. The said fibr...

PearlyDreams: All-Natural Sleep-Inducing Toothpaste Aids in Insomnia, Jet Lag

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 2480184 Here's the first all-natural Sleep inducing toothpaste, PearlyDreams . New Yorkers can now rest easy. Manhattan's elite dentist, Dr. Arthur Zuckerman, has launched PearlyDreams, the patented, innovative new toothpaste specifically ...

OmegaBaby: New Omega-3 Product for Expectant Moms

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 1412814 There is a a new product created to help expectant and new moms get the Omega-3s they need without the fishy aftertaste that makes fish oil hard to swallow. DHA is a critical building block for a baby's brain, eye and central nervous system fro...

Goodbye 2008. Hello 2009.

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 6149793 First of all, I would like to greet all readers/visitors of Straight From The Doc a very Happy New Year. Thank you very much for being here, for sticking with me throughout the year 2008. Now I hope you will stay with me through the whole year ...

Vasovist: First Imaging Agent to Enhance Scans of Blood Flow, FDA-Approved

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 6980088 Vasovist Injection (gadofosveset trisodium) - the first contrast imaging agent for use in patients undergoing magnetic resonance angiography, or MRA - has been approved by the US FDA. MRA isa minimally invasive test for examining blood vessels. ...

Merry Christmas To All

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 6202314 Here's wishing everyone a fun-filled Christmas and holiday season. You must be with family by now, gathering on sumptuous dinner. Eat healthy folks!

Fuji Will Release Digital 3D Camera Next Year

...ly good results with a variety of old and new 3-D cameras. Those cameras use film, have 2 or more lenses and yield stereo slides, pairs of stereo prints to be viewed with a special viewer, or specia...

Castrade CV-MP01 is May Not Be Best But it is Tiny

...this thing will fit in a wineglass? I wonder how long it will take for these little LED projection lenses to show up directly inside of devices. The next iPod or iPhone could really kick butt if you ...

What? Tamiflu is Showing Resistance This Flu Season?!

That is what the report that CDC gave out last Friday. Still early this flu season in the United States, already it has been found out that Tamiflu is showing resistance to the common flu strain circulating this early in the United States. Tamiflu - a product of Roche - is the most popula...

FC2 (Female Condom 2), Approved by FDA Panel

A new, cheaper version of the female condom has been endorsed for approval by the FDA advisory panel . The product, dubbed as FC2 or Female Condom 2 is expected to become available in the United States by mid-2009. FC2 is manufactured by the Chicago-based Female Health, Co .

Vermont is Healthiest State

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Ugur Evirgen Mississipi used to be the most obese State in the U.S. Now it has been trumped by Louisiana while Vermont is now called the healthiest state based on obesity and smoking rates. Louisiana has displaced Mississippi as the unhealthiest U.S. state an...

Bone Growth Is Controlled In The Gut!

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 6827769 Such is the new discovery by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center: bone growth is controlled in the gut through serotonin . Until now, the skeleton was thought to control bone growth, and serotonin was primarily known as a neu...

New Drug To Treat Severe Epilepsy, Approved by the FDA

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 141095 Manufactured by Eisai Medical Research Inc. - Banzel (rufinamide) - has been approved by the FDA as an adjunctive (add-on) treatment for seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome - a severe form of epilepsy. Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is a s...

3D Camera? FujiFilm have you covered!

...been possible to make your own 3D images; until now. Fujifilm are demonstrating a 3D camera with 2 lenses, as shown above. It takes 2 photos, merges them together, does some trickery, and makes them ...

Ginkgo Biloba Not Beneficial Against Alzheimer's, Dementia

If you are one of the older member of the population who keeps taking the herbal supplement ginkgo biloba ...you may want to throw it away, as the largest and longest study on it didn't show benefits against Alzheimer's disease and other age-related dementias. A little more than 3,000...

You Don't Have to be Oprah to receive the Benefits of Acai

When Oprah endorses a product, the world rushes out to buy it. But what happens when those people don't know where to find it? Recently, the Açaí berry has become all the rage with celebrities and health experts alike, starting when one of Oprah's guest doctors named Açaí as the number ...

The iLASIK Procedure Debuts With Leading Technologies

Considering eye surgery can be a nerve-wracking experience. LASIK is the #1 elective procedure in the world, yet you still probably find yourself wanting to know as much as possible before you make that final decision. Will it work? Is it safe? How much does it cost? Which techniques are best? ...

HPV Vaccine Gardasil May Help The Male Population

The popular HPV vaccine gardasil by Merck may not only help the female population but the male population as well. Such is the latest development on Gardasil : Gardasil, a vaccine against four strains of human papillomavirus (HPV), may help prevent genital warts in boys and men. That&#...

Esophageal Cancer Awareness

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Mark Strozier According to the American Cancer Institute, more than 16,000 esophageal cancer cases are presented every year in the US. It is crucial that the causes and symptoms of this under diagnosed, fatal cancer are brought to patients' attention. Below ...

Checkout Cystic Fibrosis Support Group

Are r\you suffering from cystic fibrosis? Are you looking for a support group on the internet? Checkout mdjunction.com/cystic-fibrosis . This info was sent in by Michelle Savta, POB 200067, Pittsburgh , PA. Check it out.

Germy Wormy(TM): Battling Germs in The Home and Classroom

I got the following in the mail and I thought I'd help spread the word: Hi Gloria , Saw your blog on trustedmd and thought you might be interested in a great new tool to reduce germs this cold and flu season. I am a Momprenuer who has invented a cool new way to teach young kids to c...

Liquid Nutrition for a Peaceful Sleep

Welcoming winter means shorter days and longer nights, and with Daylight Savings coming up this weekend on Sunday, November 2, Americans will switch their clocks back one hour and enjoy those longer nights with one more hour of sleep. Now, AgroLabs can make that extra hour even more enjoyable...

Benefits of Early HIV Therapy

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Stefan Klein New clinical findings suggest earlier treatment in HIV may produce statistically meaningful benefit. The findings were presented at the ICAAC/IDSA meeting , which is occurring this week in Washington, DC. In the study, those getting early antiretro...

Nike Hindsight - Glasses That Mom Would Love

...y see behind themselves. The glasses work like bifocals, but instead of magnifying, the glasses use lenses to extend a person's field of vision approximately 50 degrees (25 on each side) past the ...

November is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Awareness Month

November is COPD Awareness Month. Even though Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is the 4th leading cause of death in the U.S. it is not well-known and it is under reported on. More than 12 million people are currently diagnosed with COPD and an additional 12 million likely have the d...

Surgical Video Community SurgyTec Launched Its Redesigned Website: www.surgytec.com

SurgyTec is the first global online surgical community where surgeons can exchange essential knowledge through freely accessible video and slide shows. It facilitates the barrier-free sharing of know-how and skills to the surgical community on all continents, across all surgical and invasive...

Social Vibe and Keep-A-Breast.org For Breast Cancer

SocialVibe is helping raise awareness for breast cancer by partnering with Keep-A-Breast.org , a non-profit organization creating plaster forms of the female torso , customized by artists and auctioned off to raise funds for breast cancer research. SocialVibe will be selling 50 Limited Edition...

LEV Pharma's Cinryze™ Got FDA Marketing Approval For HAE

A rare genetic and life threatening disease, hereditary angioedema (HAE) is an autosomal dominant disorder of C1 inhibitor (C1-INH) deficiency manifested by painless, nonpruritic, nonpitting swelling of the skin. Now, LEV Pharma 's Cinryze™ has been given marketing approval for the pro...

Some Tips For The Flu Season

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 6186051 With influenza season beginning Wednesday, there is no time like the present to take precautions against colds and flu. School-age children are most likely to get infected with flu and to spread it, recent studies have found. We know that in th...

Straight From The Doc - redOrbit.com Blog of the Day

This blog has just been awarded the redOrbit.com 's Red Hot Blogs of the Day . In lieu of the last post? Maybe not. Hopefully due to previous posts as well. In any case, thank you very much red Orbit . What a great way to end the week. Have a nice weekend, everyone.

9 Megapixel Camera - How Much is Too Much?

...nes. In addition to the insanely high image resolution, the DIS6931 will also feature high quality lenses, fast auto-focus, and very fast image capture speeds. Based on time-to-manufacturing estimate...

American Medical Association and the Voice for the Uninsured

Join American Medical Association (AMA) President Nancy Nielsen, M.D., Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Congressman Michael Burgess (R-TX) ask you to show your support and help get the AMA's proposal to expand the health insurance coverage to the uninsured. The AMA proposal: To provide...

Cutting Your Breast Cancer Risk

Check out Health.com's decade-by-decade guide to help women reduce their risk of getting breast cancer . No matter what your age is, whether you're in your 20s or past 60s , there are steps you can take to reduce your chances of suffering from breast cancer. One common denominat...

Panasonic Announces Half Size Full Featured Digital SLR

...mbine the advanced technology of this 12.1 megapixel camera with its superb array of Leica inspired lenses you have a killer package that is ideal for people on the go and with minimum space to spare....

Best Websites About Cystic Fibrosis (ATS Review)

5037278 Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Sean Locke The American Thoracic Society has reviewed and compiled some of the most detailed and well annotated websites on cystic fibrosis providing educational material for physicians as well their patients (and their families). These sites were stri...

Sony Cybershot DSC-W300 Digital Camera Is Close To Perfect

...storage are just fine, so picture taking ability is not adversely affected. I like German designed lenses because to me they yield excellent contrast and high resolution. Maybe it's a leftover fr...

2008-2009 Flu Vaccines, Approved By The FDA

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, shannon drawe Earlier this week, the FDA has announced its approved flu vaccines for the 2008-2009 flu season in the United States. Six vaccines approved and their manufacturers are: Afluria by CSL Limited Fluarix by GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals Flu...

Silk Optics: Biodegradable and Biocompatible Optics

...s that were cured in water, dried and optically evaluated. A similar process was followed to create lenses, microlens arrays and holograms. Film thicknesses from 10 to 100 µm were characterized for tr...

Exercise Pill...Anyone?

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Andi Berger Researchers at Salk Institute may have found a pill that will trick the muscle that its working out, in their study in laboratory mice. They identified two signaling pathways that are activated in response to exercise and converge to dramatically...

Old Russian Antihistamine Dimebon: Potential Anti-Alzheimer's?

Dimebon is a drug once used in Russia as antihistamine . Now, initial trials conducted by a team from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston using the drug against Alzheimer's disease has shown promising positive results. Findings are published in the current issue of the The Lan...

Hyaluronic Acid as Natural Moisturizer for Contact Lenses

... fluid naturally produced in the human body, can be used as a natural moisturizing agent in contact lenses to prevent eye dryness and increase wearer comfort. The substance can be entrapped in existin...

Lycopene: Equally Effective as Statins for Arterial Health

© St0rmz According to a recent rabbit study - published in the journal Nutrition - supplementation of lycopene may be as effective as statins (cholesterol lowering drugs) in reducing the formation of plaques in the arteries that cause atherosclerosis. Lycopene is an antioxidant that is...

Nikon D3 / D300 Firmware Updates

...ports all types of G- and D-type lenses, except DX and PC lenses. • The "Vignette control" compensation value has been optimized for shooting with "Active D-Lighting" the shooting ...

Shoot Some Fireworks With Your Digital Camera

...g greatly misunderstood by many amateurs. One would have thought that fast film and long telephoto lenses would do the trick, when actually the opposite is true, unless the display was a long distanc...

Inadequate Sleep and Aging

We all have sleeping problems as we age, right? I have observed from my parents and grandparents, that as they age, the sleep less and less. I hate to admit, but I think I am going in that direction. © timsnell Now...I can help bu think that the two are really are linked. But like the egg an...

In the works: Anti-Migraine Device?

Though not yet approved by the US FDA, the California-based medical technology company called Nueralieve has developed a hand-held magnetic device to help ease migraines dubbed as the migraine zapper . Now, a new study suggests that there may be a drug-free alternative to treating some migr...

Women and Casual Sex

Apparently, women (according to experts) have not adapted to casual sex . Interesting, eh? © EfrénCD According to Professor Anne Campbell from Durham University (UK) : The negative feelings reported by women after one-night stands suggest that they are not well adapted to fleeting sexu...

Teens Should Think Twice About Oral Piercing

Piercings in the mouth area (tongue, lips) maybe the in thing with teeners. But on a medical standpoint, experts warn that teeth and jewelry don't mix. © Rodrigo Galindez Such were the findings recently reported by Tel Aviv University researchers: Dr. Liran Levin, a dentist from th...

Sporting pack mule

...Ipod Headphones Deck of cards Four gatorades Water bottles Grapes Brownies Money for dinner Camera, lenses, batteries and memory card Chair Cooler Magazine ...

NDG's 101 Wellness Tips You've Never Heard Before

I'm not sure where exactly to categorize this post forwarded by Jimmy Atkinson: 101 Wellness Tips You've Never Heard Before , published at NDG - simply because it spans most of the categories I have in this blog. It is a great read, especially if you are someone open to alternative or ...

At 35, I Got The Mumps!

I spent a long weekend out-of-town and got the mumps . I got home Sunday with a hard, painful swelling under my right ear. © AndrewEick Obviously I didn't get the mumps vaccine when I was a baby because I contacted the mumps several times when I was a young child. According to my...

Make A Great Digital Camera Or Lens Better With Bibble Pro

... For those of you who own some of the more popular DSLRs or DSLR lenses here's something you should know about. A program called "Dibble Pro" is claimed to enhance your digital ima...

First Generic Ropinirole, Approved by The FDA

Requip (ropinirole hydrochloride) tablets - product of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) - are for the treatment of moderate to severe Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) . © Brymo From the NINDS-NIH : Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a neurological disorder characterized by unpleasant sensations in the...

For STD Awareness Month

Though STD awareness should be an all-year campaign, April was STD Awareness Month . When I read and think STD, the first thing that comes to my mind is human papilloma virus (HPV) and cervical cancer . © fadedmilkyway Where do women get HPV? Through genital contact, from your sexual ...

Sponsored Post: rVita, An Online Resource on Alternative Medicine

There is a myriad of information out there on the web about alternative medicine . However, as consumers, we must be wary and critical of the information we read. Are the health and therapeutic claims substantiated and validated by scientific studies? Are the scientific studies conducted s...

ChefMD's Big Book Of Culinary Medicine

My favorite - ChefMD - has a new book. And it's really exciting, from the title alone: ChefMD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine , in a way that only Dr. John La puma can be bring us. Said John La Puma, MD in the official email he sent to subscribers to announce the book: This ...

An Aspirin A DAy: Keeps Breast Cancer Away?

© +lyn Daily intake of aspirin may lower women's risk of developing estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancers only and not in other types. Around 75% of breast cancers are estrogen receptor-positive (ER+), which means the cancer cells have receptors for the female hormone estrogen ...

Get A Great Deal On A Slightly Old New Camera

... is nice, the lens and processing engine are important too. Fewer pixels with better processors and lenses can produce better pictures than more pixels and lesser glass and processing. Check out this...

Why You Should Know About The Latest Digital Cameras

...ens construction was an area that boomed and photographers constantly sought the next generation of lenses hoping they would improve picture quality. Now, new digital cameras are introduced constantl...

Depression and Alzheimer's Disease

© chez_sugi As recently reported by Neurology® - the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology - people who have or had depression are more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than those that never had a brush with depression at all. The study involved 486 people age 60 ...

Rotavirus-Caused Gastroenteritis Vaccine Rotarix: Approved by US FDA

Rotarix - the second oral U.S. licensed vaccine for the prevention of rotavirus (an infection that causes gastroenteritis (vomiting and diarrhea) in infants and children) - has been approved by the US FDA . There are many different strains of rotavirus. The vaccine protects a...

Tagged by Allergizer: The 7 Random Things About Me

Hey...April Fools' Day is over and here comes another month. Hello, Spring! Done your spring cleaning already? Anyways...to start the month off, lemme answer the tag by Ruth of Allergizer . 1. Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog. 2. Share seven random and/...