February 2012
11 posts
“Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved...”
– Maurice Sendak (via bookoasis)
“His hope is that there will be a “coming out” moment in science. “It’s like gays...”
– Rupert Sheldrake: the ‘heretic’ at odds with scientific dogma | Science | The Observer (via proliferate)
“*Incidentally, the lobotomy lost favor not so much because of ethical concerns,...”
– David Eagleman Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain (via Jacob C. Sutton)
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Genetics and Gene Expression Involving Stress and... →
fibrofightclub:
Abstract
In complex multisymptom disorders like fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) that are defined primarily by subjective symptoms, genetic and gene expression profiles can provide very useful objective information. This paper summarizes research on genes that may be linked to increased susceptibility in developing and maintaining these disorders,...
A day in the life: Pain & Cognitive Function in... →
heathersday:
You’re going to like this.
A few days ago, a German researcher told the 6th World Congress of the World Institute of Pain that, according to his latest study, the cognitive dysfunction (fibro fog) of fibromyalgia is primarily related to one single factor.
That factor is…
“Don’t be put off if the chronic pain sufferer seems touchy. If that’s the...”
– How to Understand Someone With Chronic Pain: 12 steps (with pictures) - wikiHow (via fibrofightclub)
“Do The Next Right Thing
“I took a long, deep breath and wondered as usual,...”
– Interlude: Meditation of the Week at interluderetreat.com (via fibrofightclub)
January 2012
12 posts
“So, we feel, the brain itself can’t really have mental states, only...”
– Neuroskeptic: The Wriggling Brain
“Many in the humanities have embraced these views with astonishing fervor. New...”
– Book Review: Who’s in Charge? | Incomplete Nature - WSJ.com
Charting The Average Nap
fakescience:
Curiouser and curiouser!: 95 →
thisisntlisa:
if up’s the word;and a world grows greener minute by second and most by more- if death is the loser and life is the winner (and beggars are rich but misers are poor) -let’s touch the sky: with a to and a fro (and a here there where)and away we go in even the laziest creature among us a wisdom no…
“Farmer Hoggett knew that little ideas that tickled and nagged and refused to go...”
– Babe - 1995 (via falloutof)
Structure of Suchness, Thich Nhat Hanh
Do not scold the little birds, We need their songs. Do not hate your own body, It is the altar for humanity’s spirit.
Your eyes contain the trichililocosm, and your ears have sovereignty over the birds, the springs, the rising tide, Beethoven, Bach, Chopin, the cries of the baby, and the song that lulls her to sleep. Your hands are flowers of love that needs not be picked by anyone, and...
December 2011
5 posts
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November 2011
27 posts
“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used...”
– ― Arundhati Roy (via justbesplendid)
“—time is a tree(this life one leaf)
but love is the sky and i am for you
just...”
– e. e. cummings - “[as freedom is a breakfastfood]” in Complete Poems (via acorda)
“We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension,...”
– ― Anaïs Nin (via justbesplendid)
Think about it. "Inducing Disbelief in Free Will... →
psydoctor8:
From the Neuroethics and Law blog:
Abstract
The feeling of being in control of one’s own actions is a strong subjective experience. However, discoveries in psychology and neuroscience challenge the validity of this experience and suggest that free will is just an illusion. This raises a question: What would happen if people started to disbelieve in free will? Previous research has...
“The finding potentially suggests that exercise may lead to improvement in the...”
– Exercise helps Fibromyalgia patients - USATODAY.com
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“But, just as important, Walitt has provided the validation that Ryan needed, she...”
– Understanding “Invisible” Disorders - Featured Stories - Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC)
Today I learned only 30% of patients respond to...
lorris:
When I first read it, I thought it was pretty depressing. I don’t feel well most days, and the thought that there may not be a treatment that will help me is kind of a debbie downer.
Then I realized - It doesn’t matter what the numbers say. God is in control. And that’s that. There’s no but’s or if’s or maybe’s. Just God.
“Have you forgotten that we invented time? That clocks did not exist in any real...”
– Hurry up, get more done, and die. Plus, 7 essential cross-disciplinary books to understand time. (via curiositycounts)
