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 'affair'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:17:14 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5036276&cid=t_101474_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F16%2Fis-non-monogamy-the-key-to-an-affair-free-marriage%2F With each new sex scandal splashed across headlines, it’s become impossible to hide from the realities of marriage, i.e., monogamy is hard. And with so many high-profile persons seemingly shirking fidelity, it’s easier for couples unsatisfied in their relationship to start wondering if these cheating politicians just may have the right idea. It’s these concerns and questions that The New York Times Magazine took on when reaching out to leading sex-advice columnist, Dan Savage for their recent exploration of monogamy and marriage. Savage tells the Times that many of us have a hard time admitting that being monogamous is difficult. He believes that when people treat monogamy as the sole indicator of a successul marriage, it casts unrealistic expectations for not only themse... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5036276 Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:45:28 +0100 5036276 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4872164&cid=t_101474_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F05%2F26%2Fsexual-chemistry-and-keeping-your-relationship-alive%2F Our partner, YourTango.com, recently completed a scientific survey of over 20,000 people with their partner sites, MSN’s lifestyle website Glo.com and Chemistry.com, on sexual chemistry and what keeps a relationship alive and growing. The effort was overseen by a leading biological anthropologist and relationship expert, Dr. Helen Fisher, who also analyzed the results. Some of their findings might just surprise you, including the finding that 90 percent of men and women believe that dwindling attraction in a relationship can be rekindled. Their findings are detailed below. Did you know? The Truth About Sexual Chemistry (Video) The New Age Of Relationships: Sex, Love And Attraction In 2011 (An interview with Helen Fisher) Survey: 90% Of Americans Believe Attraction Can Be Rekindled... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4872164 Thu, 26 May 2011 16:34:38 +0100 4872164 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4704848&cid=t_101474_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FW0to4mwYGAA%2F For the record: I am not having an emotional affair. I need to articulate that very clearly because it gets a little uncomfortable when visiting my in-laws and they ask me what I’m writing about these days. “Emotional affairs,” I say. “Again?” I really did not set out to become an emotional affair expert. I did not major in “Infidelity Studies” at college. I wrote my first article on this topic three years ago because I noticed a very clear pattern in the mail I received from my readers. Over and over again I would read about a kind of romantic relationship outside of marriage that kept a person stuck in depression or anxiety. Countless readers were investing themselves into uncommitted relationships with the opposite sex expecting to get their needs met when no promises or e... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4704848 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:21:39 +0100 4704848 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4501639&cid=t_101474_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F02%2F20%2F12-steps-to-break-your-addiction-to-a-person%2F In his book, How to Break Your Addiction to a Person, Howard Halpern first explains what an addictive relationship is, then gives guidelines for recognizing if you’re involved in one. Then, he offers several techniques on how to end an unhealthy relationship (or an emotional affair). I’ve compiled and adapted all of his suggestions into the following dozen techniques, excerpting what I found to be the most important passages for each. 1. Keep a Relationship Log Keep track of the events and happenings of the relationship, but above all, and in as honest detail as you can, set down your feelings about the contacts with your partner. The reasons this can be extraordinarily helpful are (a) It compels you to notice what is going on and how you feel about it, (b) It can help you to l... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4501639 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 11:45:41 +0100 4501639 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4405824&cid=t_101474_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F01%2F26%2Fdont-fall-for-infidelity%2F I’m annoyed by infidelity. What’s gotten me so annoyed to write about it are radio advertisements I hear for a website that encourages people to cheat on their spouse or significant other, acting as though it were a common or even normal experience. Infidelity — or cheating, as people often refer to it — is neither common nor normal. If you’ve come to the fork in the road where you’ve cheated or are considering cheating on your partner, it’s time to acknowledge another reality — your primary romantic relationship is in trouble. Serious trouble. You can go down the easy road and cheat — because, after all, somewhere between 10 and 20 percent of people in relationships do. Or you can acknowledge something is going on with your relationshi... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4405824 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:23:36 +0100 4405824 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4065416&cid=t_101474_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F10%2F13%2F3-danger-signs-your-partner-may-be-having-an-affair%2F Mira Kirshenbaum is one of my favorite relationship experts. She has written two books that I often recommend to my clients: Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay and Women and Love. They are easy reads, full of compassion and insight. As I contemplated writing a post about how couples become vulnerable to affairs I read this interview of Ms. Kirshenbaum where she really says it all: Is Your Partner Cheating on You? on Mira’s blog. Here she talks not only about real risk factors, she also rules out signs that could be misread. In other words, not all suspicious signs point to an affair. “…it’s not so much about warning signs. It’s about risk factors. And if you know what the risk factors are, you can do something about them and have a better relationship to boot…&#... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4065416 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:02:28 +0100 4065416 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4060551&cid=t_101474_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Ffeel%2Fdramatic-or-dull-10-tv-relationships-were-glad-were-not-in%2F Watching TV is such an ego boost. Look at all the crazy relationships they’ve got going on inside that small screen! Sure, the characters have perfect teeth, expertly maintained figures, and shelter-magazine-worthy homes. And of course we’re jealous of all that. But we sure as hell don’t envy their romantic situations, whether they’re as dull as a doorknob or as dramatic as a David Mamet monologue. However, they’re all addictively fun to watch, because they make us feel better and superior about our own lives and relationships. (Thank you, tee-vee.) Yes, we know it’s just acting (and sometimes bad acting at that, Brothers & Sisters and Parenthood), but we’d like you to meet 10 TV relationships we’re thankful we’re not having. ... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4060551 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:20:04 +0100 4060551 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3386870&cid=t_101474_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Ffeel%2Ftodays-random-poll-cheater%2F John Edwards, philanderer (photo: WENN.com) Following up on our Quote of the Day (thank you, Tiger!), Blisstree wants to know what you think about the issue of extramarital affairs. Would you stay with a John Edwards or a Mark Sanford? Take our anonymous poll. #MicroPollDiv_241884 { width: 250px; margin: 0px auto; } Post from: BlissTree (Source: Healthbolt) Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3386870 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:33:37 +0100 3386870 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2786151&cid=t_101474_117_f&fid=38856&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timemastermd.com%2F%3Fp%3D766 Perhaps we should introduce a spanking bill for Congress? Spanking increases testosterone! At spanking parties, women showed significantly higher levels of testosterone when experiencing these types of S&M activities. The researchers said the testosterone boost may be a sign of stress, or may help women deal with the aggression displayed by their partner. Assemblyman Michael Duvall (R-Yorba Linda), whose remarks were videotaped in July during a lull in a Sacramento, California  hearing, stepped down less than 24 hours after the tape spread online.  He talked at length about spanking his his mistresses and her eye-patch underwear.  Now he denies any affairs!   Maybe he needs a spanking so that his testosterone increases and his memory clears! I don’t think this was the ac... Timemaster MD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2786151 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:12:51 +0100 2786151 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2406167&cid=t_101474_150_f&fid=36939&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscientific-misconduct.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fmisconduct-roundup-12-may-09.html I am going to try to make this a regular feature. Here are a few items of note:Professor Chris Gillberg, scientific misconduct and a problematical academic appointmentProfessor Christopher Gillberg is now in possession of an honorary Professorship and joins the staff list at University College London (UCL) and at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (see here). Gillberg, you will recall, is the scientist who headed the Swedish team that destroyed hundreds of thousands of pages of raw clinical research data after being asked to explain anomalies in their findings. The destruction took place in the face of a pending research misconduct examination. To make matters worse, Gillberg's supporters blamed scientologists for somehow causing the problem and supporters may have attempted to inti... Scientific Misconduct Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2406167 Tue, 12 May 2009 17:59:00 +0100 2406167 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2381096&cid=t_101474_136_f&fid=35294&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psa-rising.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F04%2F1293%2F is the slogan of Underwear Affair, a fundraising and awareness event initiated in Canada and now reaching Los Angeles and beyond. People hit the streets of Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal, Toronto and Los Angeles dressed in everything from briefs and boy-shorts to t-shirts and tracksuits to help fund life-saving [...] (Source: psa-rising.com/blog) psa-rising.com/blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2381096 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:49:18 +0100 2381096 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2169793&cid=t_101474_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F02%2F08%2F8-ways-to-affair-proof-your-marriage%2F According to Peggy Vaughan, the author of “The Monogamy Myth,” 60 percent of men and 40 percent of women will have an affair at some point in their marriage. In other words, the person who stays monogamous within her marriage is among a growing minority. Twelve years into my marriage, I can appreciate that statistic. Eric and I are getting to the hard part, where the pressing responsibilities of raising kids and growing two careers could easily blow apart the vows we recited on our wedding day. Because I want my marriage to stay on the happy side of the statistics, I’ve gathered these tips for how to make marriage affair-proof. 1. Nurture Safe Friendships. This is the most important affair-preventer in my life. No marriage can give you everything. A husband is going t... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2169793 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:53:15 +0100 2169793 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1739550&cid=t_101474_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fbreast-cancer%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Flife-circumstances-that-distract-from-your-breast-cancer%2F Elizabeth Edwards has a lot to deal with these days. Her husband, in the past month, was exposed for having an affair, their presidential bid is definitely over and maybe his political career too. I wonder how much of this matters in the light of her dealing with metastasized breast cancer. If she is like most of us, breast cancer has taken a back seat to her family issues. I think the media has proven to be more sensitive in the way they are handling John Edward’s confession, perhaps in part because of Elizabeth’s condition. However, yesterday I heard a radio program where a comment was made about these political wives stupidly standing by their man for their own gain. Who thinks of this stuff? If you love someone enough to marry him, why is it so far-fetched that you would lo... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1739550 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:34:35 +0100 1739550 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1062786&cid=t_101474_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2007%2F11%2F30%2Falzheimer%25e2%2580%2599s-patients-may-forget-they-are-married%2F Last week there was a big-to-do about former Supreme Court justice, Sandra Day O’Conner’s husband John O’Conner, and his love affair with another woman. One of the articles I read on this topic, posted on CNN.com and titled “Son: O’Connor not jealous of husband’s new relationship”, stated that Sandra is not jealous of her husbands new relationship and in fact she is even a bit relived. What? How can a wife not be jealous of her husband’s adulterous affair? Well, her husband John O’Conner has been suffering from the effects of Alzheimer’s for quite some time and apparently his affair has helped him to deal with living in the long term care treatment facility. John O’Conner, who lives in a Phoenix facility for Alzheimer’s patients, is involved in a fellow pati... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1062786 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:17:33 +0100 1062786 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=522297&cid=t_101474_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F04%2F04%2Flgbt-community-leader-el-farouk-khaki-to-seek-ndp-nod-in-toronto-centre%2F His paperwork having been filed today, community leader extraordianaire El-Farouk Khaki will officially launch his campaign tomorrow for the nomination as NDP candidate in the federal riding of Toronto Centre. El-Farouk’s accomplishments are so many as to make it impossible to crowd them all into adjectives before his name!  The Star recently profiled him. Fortunately, having just [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=522297 Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:35:46 +0100 522297