MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'achievements'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:00:21 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4872093&cid=t_166562_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Ffrom-the-cdc-top-ten-greatest-public-health-achievements%2F2011.05.27 The Center for Disease Control published the top ten public health achievements from 2001-2010, the first decade of the 21st century.  In no order they are: Vaccine-preventable Diseases – new vaccines for herpes zoster, pneumonia, HPV and rotavirus have saved thousands of lives  When you add in the older vaccines for diptheria, pertussus, tetanus and measles/mumps millions of lives have been saved around the world.  (I saw diptheria in Haiti and it is horrible) Tobacco Control- We have been battling tobacco since 1964 but there is finally progress with more states enacting smoke-free laws and raising cigarette taxes.  By 2010, the FDA banned flavored cigarettes and established restrictions on youth access.  We have a long way to go.  Smoking costs us all about $193 billion... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4872093 Fri, 27 May 2011 11:00:00 +0100 4872093 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4331276&cid=t_166562_180_f&fid=38612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpickthebrain%2FLYVv%2F%7E3%2Fj-73EghQGB0%2F How do you feel about setting goals? Maybe you’re not keen on the whole idea – it seems artificial to you, or you’re worried about failure. Or perhaps, like me, you’re really good at coming up with interesting goals – and less good at actually following through on them. Either way, just having a goal in mind isn’t going to get you far. You need to set goals in the right way – setting yourself up for success, rather than half-heartedly aiming for a vague dream. Here’s how to set great goals that’ll get you real results. Step 1: Make Sure it’s YOUR Goal One of the biggest mistakes that people make when setting goals is to choose things which they feel they “should” do, perhaps prompted by family, friends or society in general. If yo... PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4331276 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 06:45:51 +0100 4331276 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3354611&cid=t_166562_180_f&fid=38612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpickthebrain%2FLYVv%2F%7E3%2FIzaPtwTE38U%2F "Glitch" courtesy of Luiza O.S @Flickr Chances are you've got success on the brain if you're reading this article.  You've set your goals, you're on your way to achieving your dreams.  But they're not coming as fast as you would like.  You're ready for it to all come true right now.  You set a deadline to reach your goal, but it just didn't happen in that timeframe.  And now you feel a little deflated.  Maybe you've even allowed a little doubt to creep in, as you're not sure when (or if) it will ever happen. You know what a missed deadline tells you? It's just a feedback mechanism to tell you that your plans and execution of them weren't correct for the timeline you set.  You're not a failure.  You've just produced a result.  It may not be the result you wanted, but don't fret, be... PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3354611 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:19:58 +0100 3354611 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1478562&cid=t_166562_93_f&fid=36656&url=http%3A%2F%2Famericanmedicinbritain.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Fhalfway-there.html So today marked the official end of my last exam of my St. Andrews career. Essentially, I am halfway to becoming a doctor (assuming I passed this round and all future rounds of exams). It's quite scary, actually, but exciting at the same time. In proper St. Andrews tradition, my friend all showed up with massive amounts of water and drenched me the moment I left the Bute building. It was freezing but hey, traditions are traditions, and that's half of what St. Andrews is popular for (the other half being that the prince studied here)/Will be quite busy this summer with revision and other such things, not sure if i'll find time to post. So if not, see y'all next year for the start of my clinicals!-AMiB (Source: An American Medic in Britain) An American Medic in Britain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1478562 Thu, 29 May 2008 17:38:00 +0100 1478562 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1451781&cid=t_166562_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F05%2F19%2Fself-esteem-more-important-than-popularity%2F When we think about teens and young adults, we often think about how much they worry about their popularity amongst their friends and others at high school or such. I think society often emphasizes the importance of “popularity” with TV shows that show how much fun it is to be a part of the “in crowd.” But new research we reported on today suggests that such self-perception is possibly more important for feeling good about yourself and your social status amongst your friends than how popular you really are. You can be the biggest loser in high school, but if you think you’re cool, it doesn’t matter to your own sense of self-esteem and happiness. Which only goes to show you that its not really popularity that matters so much as how good we feel about o... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1451781 Mon, 19 May 2008 14:40:18 +0100 1451781 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1404393&cid=t_166562_93_f&fid=36656&url=http%3A%2F%2Famericanmedicinbritain.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F04%2Fcomparison-of-gene-expression-and-dna.html Abstract:Breast Cancer is one of the primary causes of death in women in the world. Many genes have been implicated in the predisposition to this disease. In this experiment, chromosomal copy number changes were analyzed alongside gene expression. Using CGH technology, changes in DNA copy number in four tumors were used to detect areas of DNA Amplification. Gene expression levels found on 250k SNP arrays were inspected to match areas of increased expression with the previously found amplicons. Areas of correlated expression were sought in the hopes of locating specific genes being over-expressed, with the possibility they are driver genes of the amplicon, and therefore possible oncogenes. Of the eighteen amplicons found, four yielded posivtive correlation results (correlation hugher than 0... An American Medic in Britain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1404393 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:52:00 +0100 1404393 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1331758&cid=t_166562_93_f&fid=36656&url=http%3A%2F%2Famericanmedicinbritain.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2F1-year-blogiversary.html Today marks the 1 year mark of my starting this blog. I was quite bored during reading week (aka procrastinating) and had been reading medical blogs for quite a while, and decided I should write one myself.To date, I have written 88 posts (much lower than I expected when I started), and have received 6,261 hits (definitely much MORE than I expected!). I have had quite the time this past year, with plenty of things happening, not only to me but the world as well.I would like to say thanks to all the people who read this, and hope you have enjoyed it. I definitely plan to keep this going, especially once I start my clinical time in Preston, so stay tuned!Thanks,-AMiB (Source: An American Medic in Britain) An American Medic in Britain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1331758 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:51:00 +0100 1331758 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1181935&cid=t_166562_93_f&fid=36656&url=http%3A%2F%2Famericanmedicinbritain.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2F6th-months.html Disclaimer: Any product endorsements written here are solely based on personal experience and preference. I have not been paid/bribed/bamboozled/hypnotized into writing anything, good or bad, about them, so yeah...Today (January 27th, 2008) marks the 6 month anniversary of the day I turned my life around.I was a 6'3", 280lbs (127kg/20 stone), and 29.1% body fat. I had always seemed to have been in denial about my weight - I always knew I was big (I was 10.5lbs at birth - and only went up from there), but I never really thought I "looked" it. My entire life, my parents had been on my case about my weight, always telling me to exercise (but also always feeding me so much), but I would never listen. I had high cholesterol (although I also have a bi-parental history) and my blood pressure was ... An American Medic in Britain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1181935 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:06:00 +0100 1181935