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 'afraid'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:12:05 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096210&cid=t_159777_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fjust-a-woman-with-diabetes-who-had-a-baby%2F2011.08.03 When Jeff Hitchcock approached me last year and asked if I would feel comfortable leading the Pregnancy and Diabetes session at Friends for Life, I was honored.  But also a little confused.  What on earth was I going to tell the session attendees?  I couldn’t spout off medical information.  I am not a licensed medical professional. “I’m just a person with diabetes who had a baby.  And my pregnancy was a bit of a tangled one, too!”  I remember emailing to Jeff, wondering if they’d be better off with a doctor at the helm of that discussion. He replied within minutes, telling me that was exactly why they wanted me to lead the session.  And I grinned, but felt nervous. Before the little bird joined our family, I did a lot of research about pregnancy with di... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096210 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:00:36 +0100 5096210 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893924&cid=t_159777_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fdaily-moral-inventory%2F Twelve Step Fellowships suggest we ‘continue to take personal inventory’ as part of the program of continuing recovery.One way that many use is when we retire at night, we constructively review our day.Were we resentful, selfish, dishonest, or afraid?Tick Boxes daily. There might be one tick per line or there might be a tick in both sides or none Characteristics of Self Will     Characteristics of Higher Power’s Will Selfish & Self-Seeking  Interest In OthersDishonesty  HonestyFrightened  CourageInconsideration  ConsiderationPride  Humility – Seeking God’s WillGreed  Giving Or SharingLust  What We Can Do For OthersAnger  CalmnessEnvy  GratitudeSloth&#... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893924 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:29:00 +0100 4893924 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4525033&cid=t_159777_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fcancer-survivorship-and-fear%2F2011.02.26 I had breakfast this morning in Las Vegas with my friend, Dave Garcia. Dave is a pit boss on the graveyard shift at the Belagio Hotel where they made the modern-day “Ocean’s 11″ buddy movie from 1960. Dave is also a 52-year-old chronic lymphocytic leukemia survivor. He reached out to me online and we have been friends since soon after his diagnosis in 2002. Dave is a father of two young kids. He dreams of seeing them grow up. But, understandably, he worries. Some days more than others. Today was his day to see his oncologist and get the latest blood test results. Would his white blood count (WBC) be in the normal range? If so, his third round of treatment was still working. If not, he might be headed to a stem cell transplant, short-term disability, and living in another city... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4525033 Sat, 26 Feb 2011 16:00:36 +0100 4525033 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4450292&cid=t_159777_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fend-of-life-care-when-medicine-prolongs-dying-not-living%2F2011.02.08 The recent Washington Post article entitled, Who decides when medicine prolongs dying, not living? perfectly captures my earlier blog on why we’re afraid of death. An excerpt from the Post piece: [There's a] huge gap between Americans’ wishes about end-of-life care, as expressed in numerous public opinion polls, and what actually happens in too many instances–futile, expensive, often painful procedures performed on people too sick to leave the hospital alive–much less survive with a decent quality of life. Ninety percent of Americans say they want to die at home but only 20 percent do so. Half of Americans die in hospitals and another 25 percent in nursing homes, after a long period of suffering from chronic, incurable conditions that finally become untreatable. An ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4450292 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:00:00 +0100 4450292 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4300550&cid=t_159777_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fare-doctors-afraid-of-social-media%2F2010.12.30 We sometimes forget that public transparency can be scary. I’ve found this particularly true for doctors. And they tell me so. This tweet from MD Anderson’s Dr. Garcia-Manero hints that the daily digital repartee that I take for granted isn’t so easy for the newbie: And this comment came in today from a rheumatologist, Dr. Irwin Lim of BJC Health. It illustrates nicely the hesitancy physicians sometimes feel: Our clinic’s business manager was pushing me to blog as a means to improve the profile of our group musculoskeletal clinic. I found myself quite afraid of this, as I had not previously participated in social media. I was also wary that I could not control patient comments. Eventually, I tiptoed into LinkedIn. I then started reading blogs and came across yours. Your posts h... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4300550 Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:00:33 +0100 4300550 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3695844&cid=t_159777_180_f&fid=38612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpickthebrain%2FLYVv%2F%7E3%2FrkTORJOElys%2F Photo Courtesy of exfordy Every morning we wake up and face a new day with new challenges. It’s  human nature and this is the course of life. Even if I was not always prepared for whatever fate has given me to carry on my shoulders I struggled and I managed to get all things to an end. One of the greatest challenges I faced was fear: fear of change, fear of making wrong decisions and fear of holding my point of view. This instinct of fear can mess up our lives distorting the way we look at ourselves and at the people around us. From definitions, fear is a pre-programmed emotion that acts as an instinctual response to potential danger. And this instinctual response causes different physical reactions, because when we are afraid, the adrenaline and the stress hormone cortisol are released... PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3695844 Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:01:57 +0100 3695844 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3306921&cid=t_159777_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2Fblp_ZATKmA4%2F Fear of dentists seems to be universal. We all know people who are afraid to go see a dentist. Some people may have been traumatized while in a dentist’s chair earlier in life, some may have unknowingly developed their fear from the adults around them, or maybe they are just afraid. No matter the reason, although they may be afraid and delay trips to the dentist, they most likely end up going to have the necessary procedures done. However, there are many who are so afraid that they never go to the dentist, despite the condition of their teeth and this is a serious issue that has to be addressed. Dental care is more than cosmetic and it’s more than just fixing a broken tooth or putting in a filling. Dentists are trained to look for signs of oral cancers and they often can tell t... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3306921 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:55:48 +0100 3306921 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2981240&cid=t_159777_125_f&fid=34820&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dentalblogs.com%2Farchives%2Fadministrator%2Fdental-anxiety-a-cycle-of-bad-teeth-and-bad-feelings%2F Out of one thousand subjects, aged 15 to 32, who participated in a study with University of Otago in New Zealand, one quarter suffered from dental anxiety. For research purposes in this project, “dental anxiety” refers to people who completely avoid dental care out of fear. Head researcher, Prof. Murray Thompson, reports that anxious subjects became increasingly more anxious about dental care as time progressed, until dental work was unavoidable. The professor attributes this to the fact that postponing dental care will lead to more extensive dental problems, which require more significant procedures. In analyzing the patients, Prof. Thompson found that those with anxiety tended to have a more skeptical outlook on life and felt anxious in many situations outside of dental care. The stu... dental blog for dentists about dentistry blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2981240 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:17:10 +0100 2981240 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1921224&cid=t_159777_151_f&fid=35793&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thejunkyswife.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fsunday-night-chat-session.html I'll be the guest of honor at this Sunday night's salon chat at the Second Road. If you haven't set up your account over there yet, you'll need one to be able to join the session if you're interested in talking to me.Go to The Second Road, and after you set up your account, you can click on the "Chat" tab. The session will take place at 8:30 EST. (Source: Heroin Addiction Codependence) Heroin Addiction Codependence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1921224 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:30:00 +0100 1921224 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1418437&cid=t_159777_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F05%2F03%2Fsurprise-most-people-have-friends-and-stress%2F If it’s May, it must be Mental Health Month, that special, warm, cozy time of the year that we all gather around our medication bottles and sing a little mental health happiness song. Yes, I’m starting a new tradition. Please join in if you’d like. But for most Americans, Mental Health Month is meant to highlight mental health issues in a positive light to help people better understand them. Understanding something means not being so afraid of it, and if you’re not so afraid of something, maybe you won’t seek to avoid that thing in your life (e.g., stigmatize it). Virtually every big health condition or concern has such an “awareness month.” Mental Health America, formerly the National Association for Mental Health, brings us a timely survey thi... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1418437 Sat, 03 May 2008 17:50:38 +0100 1418437 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1297760&cid=t_159777_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F03%2F12%2Fthe-games-people-play-in-new-relationships%2F Whenever we begin a new relationship, there appears to be certain games that many people play, consciously or unconsciously. It can be maddening. Let’s pretend a friend of mine emailed the other week excited about a new relationship that had been going on for two months. She had met the man online (where an increasing number of people meet one another, whether through a formal online dating site, or just randomly through a common-interest site). The two of them had hit it off famously and the relationship was going extremely well. The sex was the most fantastic sex she has ever had. Uh-oh. So she writes me and says, “I think I’m falling for this guy.” More so, she says she’s never felt this way about any other guy before him (and let’s assume she&#8217... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1297760 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:43:16 +0100 1297760 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=861876&cid=t_159777_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F154989984%2F ‘What is potentially most interesting about our work is that it shows what people with autism can do given the right circumstances, rather than what they cannot do.’ So says Dr Courtenay Norbury, from Royal Holloway, University of London and the University of Oxford, about research suggesting that autistic persons “take note of social cues such as eye contact more closely than previously thought, regardless of whether or not they have an additional language impairment,” as noted in the September 10th Science Daily. Norbury and a team of researchers used eye-tracking devices to record the eye motions of a group of autistic teenage boys, half of whom did not have “language difficulties” and half of whom had “additional language impairments.” A pre... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=861876 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:08:56 +0100 861876 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=631563&cid=t_159777_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F05%2F23%2Fcancer-fears-fuel-self-fulfilling-prophecy%2F Filed under: All Cancers, OpinionAre Americans so afraid of cancer that the actual fear leads to lifestyle choices and other things that end up in one getting cancer? That's the conclusions from a recent study that said so many Americans don't believe they can do anything to protect themselves from cancer. Hence, the creation of a self-fulfilling prophecy.In other words, the more you believe something (even without proof), the more likely you are to somehow find a way to make it happen. The research here looked at 6,000 people; and 47 percent of them concluded that "nearly everything causes cancer." While that's not even close to being true, just how close it is? That's impossible to answer I think.The best you can do is to live as healthy as possible (within your means) and don't engage i... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=631563 Wed, 23 May 2007 04:00:00 +0100 631563