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 'alarm clock'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:58:41 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3118922&cid=t_128643_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F12%2F24%2Fyes-depressives-there-is-a-santa-claus%2F This post was originally posted in December of 2006, but unfortunately my brain is still at battle, especially during the holidays. The rational, bah-humbug side wants to skip the tree and stockings. However, I also want to make the holiday season magical for my kids, because I’ve found that their wonder can be contagious. I almost blew it today. I almost told David there was no Santa Claus, or Tooth Fairy, or Easter Bunny. The practical, cynical, depressed side of my brain (the left) challenged the creative, optimistic, slightly manic side (the right) to a duel. For most of the afternoon, the left was winning. Why am I feeding my kids this Disney, make-believe crap that will make their fall to reality all the more crushing? I asked myself. Why encourage them to dream when they&#8217... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3118922 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:43:06 +0100 3118922 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1335264&cid=t_128643_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F260058257%2F Jim and I were running to catch a D train under the Port Authority bus terminal on Friday night when we heard the drumming: “Those guys are always here,” Jim noted of two men playing upside down white plastic buckets with sticks. One man wore a black cap; his drumming involved some acrobatic footwork (”$5 per photo” said a handwritten piece of cardboard). A large circle of people were watching as I glanced back. The train screeched in; the strong fast beats kept going. Would Charlie have stopped and stood, shoulders scrunched up and eyes squinting, to take in the sound and the sensations? I ask because Charlie was not with us, but home in New Jersey with my parents, and thinking about how Charlie thinks is a reflex for me. Jim’s putting on a sort of mini-confe... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1335264 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:18:59 +0100 1335264 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1316703&cid=t_128643_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F255058596%2F There was a time when I never was sure my alarm clock would go off to wake me up for work. I had a digital alarm clock and Charlie, starting when he was about six years old, loved to post himself on his knees in front of a digital clock and change the numbers. At first he just stared at the blinking red lights that turned into numbers when he pushed the buttons; eventually he figured out how to change the numbers. 0, 3, 5, and 8 were the ones he favored, and in different patterns. Charlie had learned his numbers quickly when he was 2 1/2; the alphabet letters were much more difficult, and he still identifies some incorrectly. But numbers always seemed to get his attention and he would even take the letter E’s from his alphabet puzzles and turn them around to be 3’s. It got to t... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1316703 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:28:08 +0100 1316703 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=707696&cid=t_128643_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F129576594%2Fwork_with_your_waking_brain.html By the time your alarm rang this morning your brain’s amazing auditory cortex and hypothalamus  leapt into the new day with gusto.  We often get miss miracles of the brain as we charge into another morning routine, and so we miss opportunities from its benefits.  Yet your brain prepared you for the day – even before the clock sounded time to get up. How so? First – your auditory cortex gathers information about the sound. In the meantime your inner clock, sometimes called a circadian rhythm, let’s you know the light is here and it’s time to rise. The Hypothalmus adjusts your system by lowering your levels of the chemical melatonin, which help you to awaken more fully for the day ahead.  Why not work with your brain in these two ways - 1). S... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=707696 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 23:33:55 +0100 707696