6 Cool Things People Have Done Inside MRI Scanners April 27, 2012
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in List, Medicine, Music, Radiology.add a comment
There is a very interesting article in The Atlantic about things people have done in the MRI scanner. Here is the list, enjoy!
- Playing jazz
- Giving birth
- Reading T.S. Eliot
- Playing video games
- Unleashing animals into the room
- Having sex
Charles Limb, a Johns Hopkins otolaryngologist, tried to find out what it is like brain-wise to listen to music and used MRI scans in his research.
What can music cause in an old man’s mind? April 12, 2012
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Music, Video.1 comment so far
One of the best videos these days. An old man in a nursing home gets excited when listening to the old music he used to listen to every day.
Björk and the DNA March 11, 2012
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in DNA, Music, Video.2 comments
Björk, the extraordinary singer, released a new music video with her son Hollow which features a DNA animation created by biomedical animator Drew Berry. Enjoy!
The video for the song could be a documentary of a strange alien world or the beginning of life on Earth. Every frame is bursting with hyperactive life. It’s an odd feeling, watching DNA strands twist and form as small bits of proteins scurry around in the background. This is the unceasing chaos that is going on inside every one of us. The video could be a piece of a museum explaining our biological process were it not for the strange molecular face that appears near the end. That little addition adds a touch of mysticism to the piece and puts a small bit of humanity in a universe of mindless chemical processes.
Genetic Music Project August 4, 2011
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in DNA, Fun, Music, Web 2.0.2 comments
Some months ago I wrote about Alexandra Pajak, a graduate student at the University of Georgia, who released an album of music based on the DNA of HIV. And now here is the Genetic Music Project, an open source genetic art project combining music and science where everyone is art and everyone can be an artist.
Since all genetic information can only come in the language of four nucleotides (A Adenosine C Cytosine G Guanine T Thymidine) it is fairly easily conveyed in musical form. Another way of thinking about it is that each and every one of us and all life on this planet is made of music.
E-patient Rap: Gimme My Damn Data July 30, 2011
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E-Patient Dave has recently given a presentation about the importance of online available data of e-patients and performed a short rap about this issue. And now he is remixed, watch it and enjoy!
Health 2.0 News: From Rap to Sequencing April 29, 2011
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Fun, Health, Health 2.0, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Music, Video, Web 2.0, What's on the web?.add a comment
I’d like to get a small group of volunteer experts together – healthcare professionals committed to science and common sense – and have them read and approve links before they are promoted on Twitter. I have created a new Twitter account called “HealthyRT” – the volunteer experts will have access to this account and can promote content that is medically sound.
When the science you learned in school and the science you read in the newspaper don’t quite match up, the Meet Science series is here to help, providing quick run-downs of oft-referenced concepts, controversies, and tools that aren’t always well-explained by the media.
As we work to get our fellow physicians to emerge from the shadows, the last thing we need is a social health horror story. This week a Rhode Island physician was formally reprimanded for breaching patient confidentiality on Facebook. You can get catch up with the core story on MSNBC or read KevinMD’s nice analysis.
Why Songs Can Get You High January 17, 2011
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Music, science, Video.6 comments
According to a new study in Nature Neuroscience, there are songs that can arouse feelings of euphoria and craving by endogenous dopamine release in the striatum.
If music-induced emotional states can lead to dopamine release, as our findings indicate, it may begin to explain why musical experiences are so valued. These results further speak to why music can be effectively used in rituals, marketing or film to manipulate hedonic states. Our findings provide neurochemical evidence that intense emotional responses to music involve ancient reward circuitry and serve as a starting point for more detailed investigations of the biological substrates that underlie abstract forms of pleasure.
One of those songs according to Robert Zatorre, one of the authors:
(Hat tip: In and aound the lab)
Health 2.0 News: From WHO to Medical Songs December 15, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Cancer, Health, Health 2.0, List, Medicine 2.0, Music, twitter, Video, Web 2.0, What's on the web?.1 comment so far
AIDS Drugs Lower the Risk of HIV Infection
Synthetic Cell
Blood Test for Alzheimer’s
FDA Approves Botox for Migraines
Taking the Resuscitation Out of CPR
The FDA Restricts Avandia
Blood Test for Heart Attack
Predicting IVF Success
Artificial Ovary
Creating iPS Cells Safer and Faster
If it’s the latter, it may be time to find another doctor. With nearly 90% of online Americans searching the Internet for health resources, it’s likely you and your friends and family already use the Internet to research health issues. It’s true that the web has a jumble of health information, and engaging online takes time, which most health experts don’t have. The good news, however, is that the increasing number of health professionals now embracing the Internet as an important and useful tool for health and wellness is beginning to change your options as a consumer.
Research suggests that regardless of cultural differences, doctors around the world now view the internet as essential to how they practice. And around a fifth can be identified as highly ‘e-reliant’. One of the measures of this is where they get their clinical information, and more than 75% are saying they are getting that information online.
Medical Students Present Their University by Singing November 29, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Fun, Music, Video.5 comments
Here is the medical version of “Glow” music video made by graduating medical students of the University of Tromsø, Norway.
Sounds of HIV: Unique! October 31, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Music.4 comments
A few weeks ago, I wrote about Alexandra Pajak, a graduate student at the University of Georgia, who released an album of music based on the DNA of HIV. You can buy the album on Amazon (release date: 26, October). Note that some of the proceeds will go to the Emory Vaccine Center, which conducts research for an HIV vaccine. If you wonder how it was made, here is the explanation.
I just go my copy and it’s truly amazing. I love this kind of music.
