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Long Term Effects of Alcohol

Thank you for your interest in the effect of alcohols on worms. This effect in increasng longevity is interesting but deserves only minor comment in this article which is really focused on alcohol effects in humans. Mention of this effect seems fine if it is brief. That worms are used as models for longevity is worth mentioning. The genetic similarity of C elegans with humans is listed as 40%. There is mention of this in a Cold Spring Harbor webpage which briefly discusses C elegans. First I'm not sure this particular number is important, and second I had trouble finding an actual scientific article stating this. Does this realy need to be in an article about the long term (human health) effects of ethanol? Really? EtherDoc (talk) 05:34, 8 March 2013 (UTC) Is your research in genetics or molecular biology?

Yes, if we copy edit and incorporate this text "However, this seems to be statistically significant to with the previous human study discusses; Human macronutrients in food consist mainly of water and the Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) for water is 3.7 litres (3700 mL x 0.005% EtOH = 18.5 mL EtOH) for 19-70 year old males, and 2.7 litres (2700 mL x 0.005% EtOH = 13.5 mL) for 19-70 year old women." Can you do that? I'm just interested in optimal human health. --David Hedlund (talk) 11:10, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Moving this discussion to (talk) where it belongs.EtherDoc (talk) 13:57, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion

I have nominated Skumin syndrome for deletion; the related discussion is here if you are interested. Cheers, a13ean (talk) 16:09, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

WikiMedicine

Hi

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Hope to see you there! --Anthonyhcole (talk) 07:11, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks. I have limited time to edit wikipedia. My best role is to pick topics here and there with which I am familiar with literature. My goal is to give Wikipedia a more mature and scientific basis. EtherDoc (talk) 21:00, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Hello there! Maybe you might want to pick an article in your field of expertise and bring it up to good article status in 2013? See WP:MEDGA2013 for a list of goals. Best! Biosthmors (talk) 00:41, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. I've been working on Long-term effects of alcohol as you may see. EtherDoc (talk) 22:30, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Excellent. Thank you for that. Biosthmors (talk) 22:36, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Library now offering accounts from Cochrane Collaboration (sign up!)

The Wikipedia Library gets Wikipedia editors free access to reliable sources that are behind paywalls. Because you are signed on as a medical editor, I thought you'd want to know about our most recent donation from Cochrane Collaboration.

• Cochrane Collaboration is an independent medical nonprofit organization that conducts systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials of health-care interventions, which it then publishes in the Cochrane Library.
• Cochrane has generously agreed to give free, full-access accounts to 100 medical editors. Individual access would otherwise cost between $300 and $800 per account.
• If you are still active as a medical editor, come and sign up :)

Cheers, Ocaasi ^{t | c} 20:31, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

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