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 'affect'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:13:01 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050946&cid=t_174811_129_f&fid=27216&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifewithadhd.com%2Fadhd-research%2Fadhd-and-how-nutrition-can-affect-it.php There is a lot of debate as to whether or not nutrition can improve ADHD. This calls into question a number of issues of course. Such as, is the diagnosis of ADHD accurate? There is controversy over what actually causes ADHD and so it is difficult to pinpoint what can improve a condition if you do not fully understand what causes the condition in the first place. Some behavioural symptoms can I indeed be caused by poor nutrition as the brain chemistry cannot function properly if it is missing the vital nutrients needed to make that happen. The other issue to consider here, is of course the quality of the nutrients that you are taking, not to mention which ones should you be taking.Well, all of this was the basis of a research programme that I carried out over 10 years ago in order to ident... Life With ADHD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050946 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5050946 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4862921&cid=t_174811_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FbtRrdLyDk40%2F Earlier this year, a scandal erupted after KV Pharmaceuticals won approval for its Makena drug to prevent premature births and charged $1,500 for treatment, an eye-popping increase for a med that was previously available from compounding pharmacies for $10 to $20 for decades. The move was possible because the FDA approval came with marketing exclusivity under the Orphan Drug Act (see here). The episode prompted accusations of price gouging and forced the FDA to decline to pursue compounders (read this and this). Moreover, the red-hot controversy focused renewed attention on older drugs that are repurposed, win FDA approval and gain a lock on the market that allows prices to be increased dramatically. And so Herb Kohl, who chairs the Senate Special Committee on Aging, and three members of t... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4862921 Wed, 25 May 2011 12:03:41 +0100 4862921 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4841474&cid=t_174811_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fcoffee-and-prostate-cancer-the-quality-of-news-reports-vary-significantly%2F2011.05.19 We simply don’t know why more news organizations can’t do an adequate job of explaining the limitations of observational studies – most notably, that they can’t prove cause and effect. Yes, they can show strong associations. But they can’t prove cause and effect. NBC Nightly News, as one example recently, inadequately explained the latest suggestion that coffee consumption can lower the risk of prostate cancer. In the anchor lead, Brian Williams framed this as another case of flip-flopping science, lightheartedly talking about what they say about “all those medical studies…if you don’t like the findings, wait for the next study.” The story seemed puzzled at how the same “lab” 30 years ago reported that coffee was linked to a... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4841474 Thu, 19 May 2011 21:00:55 +0100 4841474 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4693288&cid=t_174811_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fcan-people-really-be-themselves-in-social-media%2F2011.04.08 “The world will be better if you share more.” That’s what Mark Zuckerberg claims. And it’s part of a general philosophy of many fans of social media: that they help us to be more “social”, friendlier, cooperative, collaborative…in other words better. But what – in truth – is the default mode of social media? On the surface, one would think “social”. That can’t be true though, for no technologies have social implanted in them – by definition, human-social belongs to humans. So when I dip into my Twitter stream, for instance, I see huge volumes of people saying nice things, quoting positive aphorisms, replying to each other with accolades. If you didn’t know any better, you might conclude these are conversations between people who’ve know each other for decades.... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4693288 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:00:45 +0100 4693288 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4570534&cid=t_174811_87_f&fid=36941&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mazecordblood.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1172 We have all been told of the  negative effects of smoking during pregnancy, but here is yet another article stating devastating defects in children whose mothers smoked while pregnant. The new medical study found a connection between smoking during pregnancy and certain defects such as those that obstruct the flow of blood from the right side of the heart into the lungs and openings between the upper chambers of the heart. Therefore, according to a statement released by CDC Director Thomas R. Frieden, women who are thinking about having a baby or they are already pregnant should quit smoking immediately as tobacco can affect children’s health.Read here for more information. In addition, consider banking your baby’s umbilical cord blood in the event that he/she will need it i... Cord Blood News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4570534 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:31:05 +0100 4570534 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4133838&cid=t_174811_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F21795814%2F0%2Fneuromarketing%7EEmotional-Contagion-and-Beyond.htm Toxic bosses. Debbie Downers. Our language reflects the idea that some people have a real emotional effect on their fellow workers. Now, interesting research not only confirms this idea but adds to it in several important ways: – It’s not just a few people who infect others with their moods; everyone has a measurable impact [...] CommentsThat guy has a sad expression on his face. It's a negative ... by Darius cel TulbureRelated StoriesSome Learn From Mistakes, Others Don’tHire Happy People!Singing for Sales (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4133838 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:07:16 +0100 4133838 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3612023&cid=t_174811_133_f&fid=35095&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAutismsEdges%2F%7E3%2FAs-MfbdTejk%2Fdear-diary-2-i-hope-my-mom-doesnt-post.html (Source: Autism's Edges) Autism's Edges blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3612023 Sun, 30 May 2010 13:08:00 +0100 3612023 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3164059&cid=t_174811_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2F2tjF4bVGxUA%2F Smoking interferes with thinking and memory in recovering alcoholics Non-smoking recovering alcoholics outperform smoking recovering alcoholics on tests of memory, thinking, visual and auditory learning, and memory After six to nine months of abstinence from alcohol, recovering alcoholics who were also chronic smokers showed a significantly lower rate of improvement in tests of memory, reasoning, judgment, and [...] (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com) Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3164059 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:34:58 +0100 3164059 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3012585&cid=t_174811_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fpanel-recommendations-on-breast-cancer-not-popular%2F There is a lot of discussion about the newly released guidelines for mammogram screening for breast cancer. We got hundreds of comments on the last blog I wrote about these guidelines just after they were released Monday. They recommend that the age of women receiving annual mammograms should be moved to 50 from 40 and only done bi-annually. It seems we may not see these guidelines enacted. This turnabout from federal agencies came after a huge outcry. If you read through even a few of the comments posted to my blog on the issue, you can see why. These comments are about peoples’ lives. It is their story about their battle with breast cancer. Many wrote about sisters or mothers or wives who lost their life to the disease. It is apparent that breast cancer has impacted not just the one wi... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3012585 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:26:57 +0100 3012585 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2803996&cid=t_174811_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2009%2F09%2F17%2Fentrepreneur-feeling-good-make-plans-for-the-future%2F An entrepreneur is someone is a person who has possession of an enterprise, or venture, and assumes significant accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome. It is an ambitious leader who combines land, labor, and capital to often create and market new goods or services. An entrepreneur is also someone who wants to be his own boss and make a good living, which entails living where one wants, working with people one likes, and doing work one wants to do. With Web 2.0 an increase in entrepreneurship was seen. Hardware became cheap, free open source infrastructure is the norm, access to the world with web 2.0 leading to a growth of entrepreneurs on the web. These entrepreneurs are often portrayed as passionate, enthusiastic, and persistent even in the face of challenge and adversity.... Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2803996 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:24:00 +0100 2803996 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2800492&cid=t_174811_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FlFWiKNdoCSU%2F Allergies affect every area of your life, so why not your sex life? A new study published in Allergy and Asthma Proceedings said that as many as “83 percent of people with allergic rhinitis” mentioned that allergies have affected their sex life some of the time. It makes sense, doesn’t it? When your eyes are puffy, your nose is stuffy, and your lungs are wheezy, you are probably not in the mood. Lying down sometimes makes allergies worse. Post nasal drop makes people cough and keeps them awake as well. The key is finding a good allergy medicine, making sure you get updated on allergy treatments, visit your doctor, and remove allergens to the extent that you can. Image: sxc.hu. Post from: Blisstree Allergies Affect Your Sex Life (Source: A Hearty... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2800492 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:48:20 +0100 2800492 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2737801&cid=t_174811_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FYQgUPUZg3KY%2F As if we needed any more information on why we should get to a healthy weight, here’s yet one more reason. Your brain depends on it. That’s right, new evidence suggests that obesity can adversely affect your brain. A recent study found that “obese people have 8 percent less brain tissue than normal-weight individuals.” This translates to brains being effectually 16 years older than brains of normal weight people. You don’t have to be out and out obese to have this negative brain affect, however. Even if you’re considered overweight, your brain could have four percent less issue and be eight years older than it should be. Experts say about 300 million people all over the world are now obese. Image: sxc.hu Post from: Blisstree Br... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2737801 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:55:02 +0100 2737801 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2724930&cid=t_174811_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FdXbPPnOwgFY%2F The health care debate in Washington has really heated up. But one thing I’ve noticed is that people seem to cling to sound bytes to get their news about what’s really going on. Sometimes, the snippets they hear are taken out of context or even completely untrue. To see how much you might now, log on to CNN and take this health care debate quiz. You’ll get an idea of what you know versus what you’ve heard, to see which is the truth. I was surprised at how much I didn’t know. Image: sxc.hu. Post from: Blisstree Health Care Debate Quiz (Source: A Hearty Life) A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2724930 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:36:25 +0100 2724930 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2105540&cid=t_174811_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fintelligencetesting.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F01%2Fis-crying-good-for-you-it-depends.html This post about crying behavior is way off task for the focus of my blog.  But the title of the article captured my attention, and upon further review, I discovered, much to my delight (and preference for good model-based research) that the article presented a nice conceptual/theoretical model for understanding crying behavior.Bottom line---according to Rottenberg et al. (2008) a "good cry" may be beneficial...but sometimes it is not and it may exacerbate stress.  Crying, like many human behaviors, is the result of a complex interaction of personal individual difference variables and environmental settings.  The authors model (see nice visual-graphic represenation above) suggests that the pros/cons of crying are a function of (a) how crying behavior is measured in research, (b) the cond... Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2105540 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:35:00 +0100 2105540 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1873230&cid=t_174811_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fbreast-cancer%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fhow-the-bad-economy-affects-breast-cancer%2F I am wondering how the economy is affecting breast cancer. With more people losing their jobs, more people will be without healthcare and fewer women will get tested; that’s one way breast cancer will be affected. Another way is that charitable giving to organizations that support research to find a cure for breast cancer may also go down. The economy issues and the presidential race dominating the media breast cancer awareness month is not getting as month attention as it usually does compared to last year. Money doesn’t just drive the economy; it drives breast cancer awareness and research. I wrote in a blog post long ago about how President Nixon declared war on cancer over 20 years ago. That is the longest war that Americans have ever fought and it’s not over. We have spent trill... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1873230 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:38:11 +0100 1873230 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1755337&cid=t_174811_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F09%2F03%2Fcategorically-biased-abstract%2F Ron Chen and Situationist contributor Jon Hanson recently posted their article, “Categorically Biased: The Influence of Knowledge Structures on Law and Legal Theory” (77 S. Calif. L. Rev. 1103) on SSRN. Here’s the abstract. * * * This Article focuses primarily on one slice of social psychology and social cognition research, namely the vast and vibrant field examining the integral role that knowledge structures play in the way we attend to, remember, and draw inferences about information we encounter and, more generally, the way we make sense of our world. The human system of processing information is, in many cases, an efficient means of understanding our worlds and ourselves. Classification of people, objects, and other stimuli is often both indispensable and ineluctable... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1755337 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:01:29 +0100 1755337 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1692163&cid=t_174811_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F08%2Ffda-intern-says-obamas-ad-is-more.html In a previous post, FDA Intern asked readers to take part in a little demonstration of the "Affect Misattribution Procedure" that the FDA proposed to use to test DTC broadcast ads (see "FDA Intern Learns All About the 'Affect Misattribution Procedure'").But instead of applying this rating methodology to boring DTC ads, it was applied to two political broadcast ads -- one by Sen McCain attacking Sen. Obama and one by Sen. Obama giving an uplifting speech. Of course, when doing the test, FDA Intern did not characterize the test ads in any way.The results, which clearly show that Obama's ad was much more pleasing than McCain's ad, are summarized by FDA Intern below.Click on image to get an enlarged view. (Source: Pharma Marketing Blog) Pharma Marketing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1692163 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:23:00 +0100 1692163 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1686241&cid=t_174811_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F08%2Ffda-intern-learns-all-about-affect.html Yes, it's FDA Intern! Strange visitor from an Ivy League school who came to FDA with powers and ability far beyond those of Janet Woodcock or even FDA commish Andy von Eschenbach!FDA Intern! Who can change the course of mighty clinical trials, approve drug ads faster than a speeding bullet, jump through Congressional Subcommittee hoops of fire and ire, and who disguised as Emily Jameson (no relation to Jenna Jameson), mild-mannered intern for a great regulatory agency, fights a never ending battle for fast-track drug approvals, pharmaceutical company user fees, and the FDA way!Today, as every day, FDA spends most of her time reading the Federal Register, where she comes across Docket No. FDA-2007-N-0451, formerly the docket known as 2007N-0321. This docket -- as you may recall from a post ... Pharma Marketing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1686241 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:49:00 +0100 1686241 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1332722&cid=t_174811_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F259632331%2F Anyone familiar with involuntary emotional expression disorder? This is another way of saying uncontrollable laughing or crying, and a little drugmaker called Avanir Pharmaceuticals hopes to market a pill for this “distinct neurological disorder.” Also known as pseudobulbar affect, the affliction has gotten talked up in recent years and investors are buying into the concept. Earlier this week, Avanir received commitments for $40 million in funding from a group of venture capital firms, including ProQuest Investments, whose scientific advisors include Howard Scher, a noted oncologist caught up in the conflicts-of-interest scandal engulfing the FDA over the Provenge prostate-cancer vaccine. The proceeds will be used to complete a Phase III test of its Zenvia pill, which used to b... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1332722 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:49:44 +0100 1332722