The Wisconsin Department of Health Services announces that health care leaders from across the state have formed the Wisconsin Pressure Ulcer Coalition to help reduce pressure ulcers in Wisconsin's health care industry, including nursing homes and hospitals. A pressure ulcer, also known as a bedsore, is a painful condition that can occur in individuals who are unable to move without assistance.

(NaturalNews) Does it feel like nothing helps with your acne? You eat healthy, you live healthy and you've tried everything, but nothing helps. Your acne just won't budge. You may suffer from gluten sensitivity and it may prevent you from curing acne.Gluten sensitivity is one of those hidden and hard to detect causes behind many health problems. And something you might not think of in a million years. It also happens to be the reason many acne victims struggle to get clear skin.If you are badly sensitive to gluten, you could have a perfect diet and live the healthiest life but won't get clear because of regular exposure to gluten.To make matters worse, gluten is everywhere. You can find gluten in nearly all processed foods. And even in items you wouldn't think of, such as lipsticks, shampo...

Psoriasis affects 2-3% of people in the UK and can create both physical and psychological distress. Psychological discomfort is made worse by the visible nature of the condition whereby some people avoid exposing their skin and avoid social activity due to embarrassment. The University of Manchester has embarked on a PAPAA (Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Alliance) funded study to help people manage psoriasis better.

Psoriasis affects 2-3% of people in the UK and can create both physical and psychological distress. Psychological discomfort is made worse by the visible nature of the condition whereby some people avoid exposing their skin and avoid social activity due to embarrassment. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

• With help from the feds, a Denver scientist helps Second Life go nuclear - News - Westwordpage 1 - Westword

Press kit (PDF) Thanks to a generous grant from the National Library of Medicine, a brand new island dedicated to HIV/AIDS education, outreach, and support will open in Second Life on December 1 - World AIDS Day, 2008. Please join us at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Karuna/60/106/26 Note that the island will be open to the public on that day. Christened Karuna, a word taken from an early Indo-Aryan language, the name of the island embodies the desire to remove harm and suffering, and to bring about the well-being and happiness of others. Karuna team members include AIDS/HIV support group leaders as well as AIDS content information experts and educators, ensuring that the best, most recent, evidence-based information is available. The project objective is to empower individuals in healthcare decision making. Through this project, one-to-one health information reference services are provided by experienced medical and consumer health librarians. In addition to providing infomation resources, support, and networking opportunities, Karuna is built around a Garden of Experience, where the experiences of those dealing with HIV/AIDS will be shared in a variety of formats including poetry, photos, music, and video. For more information about this project, see http://www.karunasl.info. We are proud to be working with other organizations in this effort, including AIDS.gov, the University of North Carolina Center for AIDS research, Community Outreach, Dissemination, and Education Office (CFAR), and most recently, by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Together, we work to ensure that the idea of community is foremost. Individuals are at the heart of Karuna, and it is through sharing tales and human connections that we find our best selves.

Agenda

All times listed are Pacific Standard Times Location: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Karuna/60/106/26 Note that the island will be open to the public on that day 10-10:10 Story to Live By (Jenaia Morane) 10:10-10:20 AIDS/HIV Support & Experience (Ricken Flow) 10:20-30 Health in Second Life (Pathfinder Linden) 10:30-10:40 The HIV/AIDS Pandemic (Ellechim Fizzle) 10:40-10:50 Karuna: The Grant and the Vision (Carolina Keats ) 10:50-11:00 Questions and Answers 11:10 – 11:45 Tours of Karuna 11:45 – 1:00 Lunch break 1:00 – 3:00 Story writing workshop and posting of stories 5:00-5:15 Closing Ceremony – Candle of Hope is lit 6:00 – 8:00 Dance with live DJ 8:00 – 9:00 Music: Live performance by Cylindrian Rutabaga

A drug that is activated by light can be a quick, simple, and cheap treatment for tens of thousands of patients with skin cancer in Sweden alone. Researcher Leif Eriksson's team at rebro University in Sweden has now received about SEK 4 million from government research financiers, the Swedish Research Council and Vinnova, to further develop and commercialize the method.

Janssen-Cilag announced that ustekinumab, the first in a new class of biologics, has received a positive opinion for the treatment of adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis from the European Committee for Medical Products for Human Use (CHMP). People living with psoriasis suffer not only from the symptoms of the disease itself, but also have to endure the burden and inconvenience of the treatments used to manage this chronic condition.

With the focus on "Is there a Life after Second Life" I did a small kind of "class" Second Life for a couple of IDM Hanze Students today. It was an improvised session with lots of discussion, and I did not have a slideshow prepared. But here are some links to nice stuff out there:

• Want to Learn How to Use Second Life Quick ánd Good? Go To The Best Orientation Center for Second Life: Virtual Ability
• Second Life and Public Health:http://www.lib.umich.edu/hsl/SecondLifePublicHealth.mov
• All Health related sims and groups: SLHEALTHY.WETPAINT.COM
• My talk on Health Education: http://www.slideshare.net/digicmb/health-and-medical-eduation-in-second-life-idld2008-paris-presentation
• Claudia Linden in Holland Open, Sept 2008, Amsterdam http://www.vuvox.com/collage/detail/09f6e15d8 (!)
• Jeremy Kemp: From 7 to 700: Scaling graduate LIS instruction in virtual environments: http://www.slideshare.net/jeremykemp/from-7-to-700-scaling-graduate-lis-instructionin-virtual-environments-presentation San Jose State University, School of Library Informatics Systems!
• All the The Web in 3D: ExitReality: http://www.exitreality.com/
• Web 2.0 and the 3D Web (Virtual Worlds and Second Life®) : visualization of real-life date in Second Life ánd more
• Visit Weather Channel's Weather Island and go surfing, biking or skiing (and meet others), and see the realtime Weather visualization map
• Visit the International SpaceFlight Museum - built by volunteers - Spaceport Alpha
• Info International - Second Life Resource Center
• SciLands, All science islands meet
• A RESEARCH FOCUSED ON POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS OF SECOND LIFE FOR THE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN
• Final Project Report for HealthInfo Island Project in Second Life Now Available!
• New Update on Dutch Research Report into Second Life : EPN