musings on medicines from the Earth
Abel Pharmboy is the nom de plume of an academic researcher and educator who holds a PhD in Pharmacology. He writes on natural product drugs and dietary supplements, academic career development, medical journalism and, occasionally, making and listening to music and wine appreciation for the monetarily-challenged.
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February 28, 2007
Category: Pharmacy
So reads the title of an excellent essay Medscape has reprinted from a recent issue of the American Journal of Health-Systems Pharmacists by Emily Evans (free reg req'd). Evans is a Pharm.D. faculty member at the College of Pharmacy of...
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 7:53 AM • 22 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 27, 2007
Category: Medical education
As if everyone doesn't have enough deadlines right now, 1 March is the deadline for submission of medical education manuscripts to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The call for papers was issued in December and accepted manuscripts...
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 10:06 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 25, 2007
Category: Humor
You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard, Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of, People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame, Some who succeeded and some who suffered...
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 7:48 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 24, 2007
Category: Diet and Health
A Colorado high school has banned a newly-released energy drink after six students reported "symptoms including shortness of breath, heart palpitations and nausea." Interestingly, convenience stores near the high school have also stopped selling the energy drink, Spike Shooter. Tim...
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 8:57 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 23, 2007
Category: The Friday Fermentable
Do you have some ancient bottle of wine someone gave as a gift and you are waiting for that "special night" to open it? Well, tomorrow night is "that" night. We all seem to accumulate bottles of wine as souvenirs...
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 8:32 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Medical Journalism
A new daily alternative medicine show is about to be launched on the Healthy Living Channel. The Healthy Living Channel announced today it is adding to its line-up the widely popular "Nutritional Living with Dr. Ward Bond," a half-hour daily...
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 11:36 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 20, 2007
Category: Blog carnivals
Jake Young at Pure Pedantry has put together the "Oscars edition" of Grand Rounds for this week. The best of this week's medical blogging makes for great reading, but I got a kick out of Jake's explanation of the Oscars...
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 8:57 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 18, 2007
Category: Drug safety
Two examples of Internet drug-buying gone wrong that highlight the risks of purchasing medicines on-line, plus recommendations for evaluating on-line pharmacies.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 2:58 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 17, 2007
Category: Florida
If I live to 93 and someone holds a mirror up to my life, I wonder how proud or embarrassed I would be.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 5:23 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 16, 2007
Category: The Friday Fermentable
The Wall Street Journal recommendation: keep the 'critters' at bay.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 2:42 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 15, 2007
Category: Love for Terra Sig readers
The Department of Anatomy at SIU Medical School was kind enough to link to each of us cited by Nature last July among the top 50 blogs written by scientists. Here's to hoping that more widespread acceptance of blogs stimulates...
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 5:52 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 13, 2007
Category: Botany
Interesting advice from Flower Confidential by Amy Stewart.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 8:43 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 11, 2007
Category: Music
PharmGirl just called me into the living room to see the reunion of the defining band of my adolescence. Roxanne. Wow! Holy hell, is Stewart Copeland still an amazing drummer? Sting and Andy playing their original guitars. Why do I...
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 8:04 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 10, 2007
Category: Cancer
...has been the number one Google search term leading people to the blog this week - and that worries me.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 7:13 PM • 32 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 9, 2007
Category: Pharmaceuticals
Breaking blogger's malaise with more discussion of a Rx-to-OTC drug switch for a drug likely to be hugely popular.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 8:55 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 3, 2007
Category: Cancer
A prematurely-hyped cancer cure-all put in proper perspective.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 1:58 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 1, 2007
Category: Botanical/Herbal Medicines
Why we still need to explore the chemical basis of natural products and their biological risks to human health.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 11:18 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
