User talk:CynRN

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Will be on short Wiki break while I'm in Roatan is taking a short wikibreak and will be back on Wikipedia soon.

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[edit] Welcome!

Hello, CynRN! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking Image:Signature icon.png or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! -- Levine2112 discuss 18:35, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
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Hi Levine, Thanks for the welcome. Wiki is a great brain exercise, but leads to hours of sitting and eyestrain.;)

[edit] Thanks!

.. for the compliment! I agree with the "dense" description, too. Feel free to "thin" anything that comes to mind. -- Dēmatt (chat) 19:38, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dr. McDougall

Thanks for the info, Cyndy. I will look into it this weekend. I do think that proper nutrition is under-emphasized in lifestyle and wellness (aka health) and, as someone who exercises regularly I realize and appreciate how important it is in both health and diseased states! Cheers. EBDCM (talk) 20:57, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Veterinary chiropractic

Hi Cyn. Please come to our budding article and bring your much appreciated rational skeptical POV so the article adequately covers all facets (haha) of the topic. Right now I'm engaged in non-productive exchanges with the usual crew whereas you have demonstrated a superb ability to get the orthodox med POV in there with some good give and take (I wish it was more like this on the main page). Anyways, good to see you back! Cheers, CorticoSpinal (talk) 17:36, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks CorticSpinal! You have been very busy. The Veterinary chiropractic is a pet interest of mine, too (groan). It is unfortunate that more studies haven't been done on animals and manipulation, since you don't have the huge expense and red tape of human studies. All I see are testimonials, which, of course, can't be trusted. As for the chiropractic article, it is such a commitment to keep up with all the comments, etc. I get sucked in and then wonder why my garden is in such bad shape. Too much time required to really edit productively. Thanks for your encouragement, though! I'll pop in when I can.

[edit] Fun with sigs

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[edit] Veterninary Chiropractic - Safety

Hi Cyn, I have drafted a rewrite for that section without the controversial source. Comments? Talk:Veterinary_chiropractic#Candidate_for_Insertion:_Safety DigitalC (talk) 05:07, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank-you for your hard work in helping get Vet Chiro NPOV and being a constructive, collaborative editor. Though we may share differing POV, I know that your concerns and skepticism is not dogmatic and rigid and thus we can find middle ground. We need more "mainstream" editors like you. Someone give this girl (woman) a barnstar! CorticoSpinal (talk) 06:06, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Why thank you, Cortico! I have enjoyed this process and arguing/collaborating with you and the other brilliant and passionate folks who care about science and health. Wikipedia is a strange and fascinating alternate reality with complex rules and relationships I don't fully understand. It is difficult not to get sucked into it to the detriment of real life. I justify it as a brain workout to fend off future dementia.--—CynRN (Talk) 06:22, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
The politics of Wikipedia completely suck and blow at the same time, but having to research claims has made me a better clinician, believe it or not. You tend to keep even more abreast of the literature and learn new and exciting things from other health professionals. I agree re: dementia; some Sudoku could help and don't forget the neuro-protective effects of Omega 3 FAs. The more I read about that, the more it does. I came across this today; as a neuro-nurse it might would be cool to see this being used as a component in a rehab programme. If you ever want to do a case study and try this out I'd love to get involved in research with you. I'm already contributing to a few studies currently, hopefully they get published. The lead author on one of them has written the vaccination papers we cite. He's also a co-worker too, so I'm fortunate to get the inside scoop on some good details. I'm preparing my application for my PhD this fall; so do let me know if you want hook up on a project. My interests are primarily in neuromotor control mechanisms, manual therapies and neurophysiological effects and physical rehabilitation/performance optimization. Out of curiosity, CynRN, as a neuro-nurse do you do much clinical assessments and management? CorticoSpinal (talk) 21:41, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
I think it it's very exciting that you're involved in research and getting your degree! Nurses do lots of research, but I don't have the commitment to go down that road at this time in my life. I want to work as little as possible and concentrate on fun and creativity. If that makes me sound frivolous, too bad! I do try to follow the latest research on health and nutrition... try to keep up with neuro topics, esp. as relates to spinal surgery and neurodegenerative diseases. I'm in the trenches. As a floor nurse, I do plenty of clinical assessment. It's always interesting and challenging. Every day is a new set of problems to work out. I'd love to hear more about your studies.--—CynRN (Talk) 21:02, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Glad I could give you a chuckle ;-) I thought about writing it as... BOOOORRRIIINGGGG!!! but I thought that might upset the cart :-D -- Dēmatt (chat) 04:31, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Of Interest?

Cyndy, I was just browsing through and found this article on Omega 3 FAs. It's fully referenced as well. Cheers. CorticoSpinal (talk) 00:10, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Sorry I'm late in replying. I love info on diet/supplements. Omega 3s have some interesting effects.
Have you been following the new meta-reviews on anti-oxidants and mortality? I suspect that supplementing with anti-oxidants (not getting them in food) may interfere with the body's natural oxidant defence mechanisms. This meta-analysis shows increased mortality with some antioxidants.[[1]].--—CynRN (Talk) 16:48, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] On Holistic...

I asked another editor who is real good at helping and explaining how to on things if he would give you a hand so we both can learn how to move the paragraph up above the index. [2] Happy editing! --CrohnieGalTalk 13:21, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi, that's me.
The problem started here, when you tried to add a lead; leads always go at the top of the article (meaning no ==Section headings== at the tops of the paragraphs) and are meant to summarize the content below them. By using the section heading you made it part of the body text instead of the lead.
Also note - MOS:CAPS, which talks about article name capitalization (don't do it is the bullet point), and I think it also mentions section headings. For both pages and sections, capital letters are only used for the first letter of the first word, and proper names. Cat Deeley is OK, Cats Dealing is not (should be Cats dealing and I'd love to see the article that section appears in, unless it's about a picture called Cats Dealing, in which case both should be capitalized).
You may also be interested in this essay I wrote for newcomers, as well as the following tools:
  • Citation templates
  • Google scholar autocitation, a google-style search engine and reference generator. Useful when the article doesn't have a pubmed number (old, social sciences or humanities) but the citation template isn't as neat and it does not fill in ISBN or pubmed numbers
  • ISBN searchable database, used in conjunction with Diberry to find, and generate citation templates
  • pubmed/isbn Diberry's template generator, incredibly useful, uses the [www.pubmed.org pubmed] number or isbn to automatically generate a citation template for you; the most useful if you have a pubmed or ISBN
Diberri is by far the most useful.
Also be aware of coatracking and content forking - both are used pejoratively but that's not how I'm using them here. Basically, try to avoid explaining a topic twice - if accupuncture has its own article, in the HVN article you don't need to explain accupuncture again because we already have an article for that. I'm going on a quick read-through of the page and I've not checked very deeply in the history so I don't know if you actually wrote the sections or if they were already there. If you're going to do a comprehensive re-write of the article, they're two policies you may want to keep in mind. You may also find the {{main}} link interesting and the manual of style is always useful.
Crohnie's a good editor to know and work with, I encourage you to talk to her a lot (particularly given her excellent wikiquette); if you've other questions, please feel free to ask me also. Answering questions inflates my sense of self-importance. And for the absolute peak of useful people on wikipedia, User:SandyGeorgia can't be beat. WLU (talk) 14:21, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks WLU! I am here in Honduras on a tropical island and it's amazing that the internet works. I really appreciate your input on the article that I'm kind of using to practice. It had those sections already, but I see your point that they needn't be covered in the article since Wikipedia covers them nicely already. I will not be back for a week or so, but when I return, I'll use your advice to rework the article. Very kind of you to lend a hand!--67.142.130.42 (talk) 14:04, 10 June 2008 (UTC)--67.142.130.42 (talk) 14:04, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikibreak template

Hi Cyn, I put the wiki template above and on your user page using your message so it is easily seen. [3] Someone helped me and put the template up for me and so I thought I too would help you put it up. I hope this is ok. I did it because I don't always go to the user's page and didn't see you were away <plus it's prettier> :). I hope you don't mind, which I don't think you will! If you need help to remove it when you return let me know and I will explain, though I think this is something you will understand how to remove. I hope you are having a wonderful and healthy time. --CrohnieGalTalk 11:27, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi Chronie, I love the template. It looks like the beach here! Thanks!--67.142.130.42 (talk) 14:06, 10 June 2008 (UTC)