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'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:05:09 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5078073&cid=t_178176_180_f&fid=38607&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fsuccessbeginstoday%2FBHWQ%2F%7E3%2F8KkdK8uxlSo%2F Have you ever dreamed of planning out your perfect week where every minute of every day is spent in a productive manner? A week where things go exactly as planned. A week where each event brings a smile to your face, and there is no stress. You are in control, and the universe is aligned completely with your task list. I’ve had visions just like this on Sunday night as I write in my calendar for the following week. I set aside a time block here, I put a fun task there, and soon my week is completely full. I go to bed knowing that the coming seven days will be total bliss. As I awake on Monday morning, the sun crawling through the blinds, I look across the room. My day planner is where I left it the night before. There is total quiet in the room. This is going to be a great week, I tell ... Success Begins Today blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5078073 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:02:28 +0100 5078073 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4968578&cid=t_178176_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F06%2F25%2Fwhen-your-workplace-is-toxic%2F If you find yourself in a toxic relationship, you always have the option of ditching the friend and moving on. However, when the environment in which you make your bread and butter damages your self-esteem and robs you of self-confidence, you can’t exactly walk out… if you want to eat that night. What to do? More than a few friends have complained to me recently about toxic workplaces and their dilemma of how to live sanely within insane walls. So I thought about this more, consulted some experts, and offer a few suggestions. 1. Keep the focus on you. Just like you learn in a 12-step groups for friends and families of alcoholics, the only person you can totally control is yourself, so it’s best to begin there. Theoretically, no one can make you feel a certain way unless you allo... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4968578 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 12:18:01 +0100 4968578 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4968582&cid=t_178176_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F06%2F23%2Ffrustrated-by-devices-read-the-manual%2F Handsome, well-made tools are a joy to use; confusing devices are a drain. So often, I find, things once easy to operate — TVs, irons, dishwashers, alarm clocks, washing machines — are now humiliatingly challenging. Cognitive-science professor Donald Norman points out that when we expect a device — like a toaster or video camera — will be fairly simple to operate, and it’s not, we assume we’re at fault, instead of holding the object responsible. One Sunday afternoon, when I was frantically trying to synchronize the data on my laptop with my desktop, I kept getting strange error messages. In desperation, I asked my husband to take a look. “Oh. Our internet service isn’t working,” he announced after fifteen seconds on the computer. I’d assumed I was doing ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4968582 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:22:03 +0100 4968582 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4862632&cid=t_178176_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F05%2F24%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-may-24-2011%2F Saturday’s end of the world scare probably didn’t send you in a panic. Or maybe it did. Just a little? I know it wasn’t on my mind until two baristas decided to turn a boring day into an exciting one by counting down the last ten seconds to the end of the world. I started to think about how sad it would be if it were to all end here… before I had the chance to write that book I’ve always wanted to write, travel the world or own a home. A few days later, I began to think about the people in my life that I was unintentionally taking for granted (including me!). It turned a false alarm into an opportunity to revisit my priorities and rethink the way I was treating loved ones in my life. This week’s top posts reminded me of that. I think you will find new co... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4862632 Tue, 24 May 2011 10:42:40 +0100 4862632 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4560356&cid=t_178176_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F03%2F07%2Fthe-healthy-home-31-ways-to-protect-yourselves-from-toxins%2F In their exceptional, informative book The Healthy Home: Simple Truths of Protect Your Family From Hidden Household Dangers, son and father team Myron Wentz and Dave Wentz tackle the topic of toxins from room to room, starting with the bedroom and ending with the garage and yard. “Every second of every day, we face an onslaught of unnecessary dangers—toxic chemicals, negative energies, unforeseen side effects, and more—in our modern world,” writes Dave, the younger Wentz. Myron, his father, who holds a Ph.D. in microbiology with a specialty in immunology from the University of Utah, throws in the statistics: “A new chemical substance is discovered every nine seconds during the workday. Chemists discovered the eighteenth millionth chemical substance known to science on June 15... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4560356 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:40:57 +0100 4560356 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4549804&cid=t_178176_113_f&fid=34695&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMedicalConnectivityConsulting%2F%7E3%2F4_IfBZBpw3Y%2F Amcom Software was acquired March 3, 2011, for $163.3 million in cash (press release). USA Mobility, one of the few companies left standing in the declining pager industry, purchased the company to strengthen their position in health care, and move beyond paging into messaging and unified communications. Amcom was built through a series of acquisitions, including messaging middleware vendor CommTech Wireless.  The CommTech Wireless solution provides event notification, including alarm notification that is called out in the final MDDS rule by FDA for enforcement discretion. Amcom’s plans regarding potential FDA regulation or limiting marketing claims (to exclude alarm notification) are not known. The company was undecided when asked about it at HIMSS in 2010. One would hope that this... Medical Connectivity Consulting blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4549804 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 23:49:43 +0100 4549804 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4501589&cid=t_178176_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2F7krMyt1h-TA%2F The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4501589 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:56:05 +0100 4501589 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4626892&cid=t_178176_113_f&fid=34695&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicalconnectivity.com%2F2011%2F02%2F17%2Ffda-signals-enforcement-with-final-mdds-rule%2F On February 14, 2011 the FDA published notice (PDF version and press release) of the long awaited final rule for medical device data systems (MDDS). The real news behind the final MDDS rule is not the less-burdensome path to market trumpeted by many news stories, but the FDA’s stated intent to exercise “enforcement discretion” with regard to those who create MDDS. For the MDDS vendors who are already regulated (Capsule Tech, Cardiopulmonary Corp, Dawning Technologies,  Nuvon and others) this final rule is an easing of the regulatory burden. For those that aren’t (e.g., Bridge-Tech Medical, CareTrends, iSirona and others – I currently track 16 companies in the MDDS category) this final rule signals that FDA enforcement actions will be forthcoming for manufactu... Medical Connectivity Consulting blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4626892 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 01:12:06 +0100 4626892 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4577943&cid=t_178176_113_f&fid=34695&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicalconnectivity.com%2F2011%2F02%2F17%2Ffda-signals-enforcement-with-final-mdds-rule%2F On February 14, 2011 the FDA published notice (PDF version and press release) of the long awaited final rule for medical device data systems (MDDS). The real news behind the final MDDS rule is not the less-burdensome path to market trumpeted by many news stories, but the FDA’s stated intent to exercise “enforcement discretion” with regard to those who create MDDS. For the MDDS vendors who are already regulated (Capsule Tech, Cardiopulmonary Corp, Dawning Technologies,  Nuvon and others) this final rule is an easing of the regulatory burden. For those that aren’t (e.g., Bridge-Tech Medical, CareTrends, iSirona  and others – I currently track 16 companies in the MDDS category) this final rule signals that FDA enforcement actions will be forthcoming for manufac... Medical Connectivity Consulting blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4577943 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 01:12:06 +0100 4577943 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4151803&cid=t_178176_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FPzb-70upAEc%2F If you silence the alarm for any reason and there is subsequent oxygen supply failure within the next 2 minutes you will have no audible alarm. Unlike other ventilators on the market the Oxylog® 3000 cannot ventilate without an oxygen supply. This issue has been raised with Dräger but they have elected not to perform a software upgrade as they don’t see the need to offer a breakthrough alarm system for this potentially lethal fault... (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4151803 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 01:29:38 +0100 4151803 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4060589&cid=t_178176_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Ftoo-much-data-can-it-overwhelm-doctors-and-harm-patients%2F2010.10.12 One of the supposed strengths of electronic medical records is better tracking of test data. In theory, when using more sophisticated digital systems, doctors can better follow the mountains of test results that they encounter daily. But a recent study, as written in the WSJ Health Blog, says otherwise. Apparently, a study performed in 2007 found: VA doctors failed to acknowledge receipt of 368 electronically transmitted alerts about abnormal imaging tests, or one third of the total, during the study period. In 4% of the cases, imaging-test results hadn’t been followed up on four weeks after the test was done. Another study, published in March in the American Journal of Medicine, showed only 10.2% of abnormal lab test results were unacknowledged, but timely follow-up was lacking in 6.8% ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4060589 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:00:11 +0100 4060589 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3876648&cid=t_178176_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fdoctors-and-alarm-fatigue-potential-for-patient-harm%2F2010.08.17 The hospital is never a quiet place. Walk through the wards on a typical day and you’ll hear a cacophony of alarms, bells, and other tones coming from both computers and medical equipment. American Medical News recently discussed so-called “alarm fatigue.” They cite a study showing find that “16,934 alarms sounded in [a medical] unit during an 18-day period.” That’s astounding, and for those who are wondering, that’s about 40 alarms an hour. It’s not surprising that doctors become desensitized to these alarms, and that has potential to harm patients, as physicians may miss legitimate, emergent findings. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at KevinMD.com* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3876648 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:00:48 +0100 3876648 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3490593&cid=t_178176_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Ffeel%2Fgreen-sex-for-earth-week-with-toys-in-babeland%2F No, really! In honor of Earth Day, Toys in Babeland is donating 20% of its “eco-toy” sales to Grist.org for the entire month of April. Grist.org is an award-winning online eco-news source based in Seattle, Washington, and the Toys in Babeland donations will go toward creating more great content to keep us clued into environmental news. If you don’t have time to volunteer for Earth Day; you can at least squeeze in a ride with the Solar Bullet. So what exactly is an “eco-sex toy”? Here are a few to ignite your, um, imagination: The Solar Bullet: turn eight hours of sunshine into one hour of vibes. ($34) Eco-Sexy Kit - Organic lube, all natural spa products and a latex-free "Laya Spot". ($64) Birds n' Bees Condoms - Certified vegan pre-lubricated ... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3490593 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:10:40 +0100 3490593 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3403925&cid=t_178176_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F03%2F25%2Fbending-science-in-service-of-book-promotion%2F Conclusions – People love sex. People love reading about sex. And people really love reading about how everything can be explained by sex or some gender differences. If it’s something about rats, that’s fine… You can gloss over the fact that it’s only been proven in rat studies by simply leaving that to the footnotes or references. Simplicity – You need to get to the point. Nobody’s buying the book to read dry academic studies. So authors make sure they season their book with lots of little anecdotes about small, unpublished classroom studies, or something overheard at a dinner party. People like stories because they’re simple and engaging. Stories have little scientific value, but they will “prove” the points nonetheless, at lea... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3403925 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:23:59 +0100 3403925 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3118922&cid=t_178176_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=3023454&cid=t_178176_180_f&fid=38610&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.productivity501.com%2Ftip-wake-up-right%2F181%2F Imagine waking up to your alarm clock. Now imagine gently waking up as the sunlight fills your room with light. Which one seems like a better recipe for having a wonderful, high performance day? Alarm clocks are designed to wake you up, so they make annoying and jarring sounds to jerk you right out of your peaceful sleep. You have to wonder if this is really a good way to start your day. I mean, really, do you want the first few seconds of each day to be associated with something containing the word “alarm”? When I was a kid, my brother and a friend decided we wanted to see what the early morning cartoons were like. I constructed a device with a small fire alarm style bell, hooked to a transformer, hooked to one of those switches that you can use to turn your lights on and off... Productivity501 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3023454 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:00:00 +0100 3023454 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2790312&cid=t_178176_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2Ff1pafBvGHNw%2F If you or a loved one uses a pendant (necklace) style Lifeline personal safety alarm, or any other medical alert system’s pendant, Philips Lifeline has issued a safety warning. Photo: LifelineSys.com A personal safety alarm like this is usually hooked up to a central control station. When someone pushes the button because they’ve fallen, become ill or is in a frightening situation, the control station is contacted and emergency personnel are dispatched or phone contact is made. These Lifeline buttons are also available in a bracelet/watch format as well. As you may have noticed, the cord that holds the pendants is sturdy, ensuring that the pendant doesn’t come off, allowing the person to have access to it at all times. Usually, the cords do not have a break-away system... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2790312 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:31:55 +0100 2790312 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2464490&cid=t_178176_180_f&fid=38610&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.productivity501.com%2F7-ways-to-wakeup-in-the-morning%2F161%2F Your method of waking up is the first thing that starts your day. I’m not saying that waking up to an annoying alarm will ruin your day, but it probably isn’t going to help anything. Here are a few ideas for waking up: Wake up to a CD. Many stereos have a built in alarm clock that will start the CD at a certain time. (This can also be the basis of a nice college dorm prank.) Wake up to the radio. Most clock radios let you wake up to whatever is being broadcast instead of the normal alarm. Wake up to light. A simple outlet timer hooked to a bright light can be a great way to wake up because the light will help tell your body that the day is starting. (You might want to set a backup alarm when trying this for the first time.) Wake up to cool air. In high school I concocted an e... Productivity501 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2464490 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:00:51 +0100 2464490 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2458069&cid=t_178176_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fmusical-diapers-for-toilet-training%2F Having trouble toilet training the toddler? Then check out this interesting idea - a musical diaper that triggers a ‘wetting alarm’.  Seriously. In a study recently published in Neurology and Urodynamics, the participants (young healthy children between 18 and 30 months) in a daycare center were observed for the effectiveness of wearing a diaper with an ‘alarm’ system. Some wore the actual diapers with the actual wetting alarm and others wore diapers with a placebo alarm. The results - those wearing the ‘wetting alarm’ diapers achieved independent bladder control almost 60% of the time as compared to the placebo alarm group that achieved independent bladder control only 8.3% of the time. Makes sense really. The ‘wetting alarm’ training method offers both the child and the... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2458069 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 05:26:25 +0100 2458069 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2353916&cid=t_178176_113_f&fid=34695&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMedicalConnectivityConsulting%2F%7E3%2FbV5-9EdevmE%2F The second day of GlobeStar’s World Connex user group meeting included more informative end user experiences implementing ConnexALL. Shawn Sicard, CEO of PiiComm in Toronto, Canada lead the customer presentations with a discussion about putting togeter complete solutions.  PiiComm is a systems integrator targeting the health care vertical market, with a long term relationship with GlobeStar. As an event sponsor, PiiComm has an exhibit demonstrating many of the products they support. Sean highlighted the Motorola CA 50 wireless VoIP phone with built-in barcode scanner. Built orignally for Home Depot, the phone has found some interest in health care. The phone has push to talk (PTT), a 1D barcode scanner in a small size (4.37″x 1.81″ x 1″ and about 4 ounces). The CA ... Medical Connectivity Consulting blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2353916 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:17:59 +0100 2353916 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2206775&cid=t_178176_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D6196 Nurul sent this in: Good day. I’m Nurul Ashikin bt. Ibrahim, a student from University of Malaya(UM). I’m doing a research on watches for medication or therapy for my assignment for the course, History of Science and Technology in Malaysia. I wanted to your blog on medication watches but it seems there’s something wrong with the website so I was not able to read the blog properly. I was wondering if you could email to me about that watch, the functions,benefits etc as it is quite hard to find information on it. I am very interested with this invention so it would be a really big help and contribute a lot for my assignment. Also I would be glad to hear some suggestions from you, on where I could find more information or places (shops, centres) I could go as field work. On... Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2206775 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2206775 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1892430&cid=t_178176_105_f&fid=36987&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FIvorKovicMd%2F%7E3%2F427083120%2F Just 2.5% of the planet’s water is fresh and less than 1% is available for human consumption because the rest is stored in the form of ice bergs. Think about this the next time you’re taking a shower. The average shower uses 64 liters of water, but this number can be even higher. Modern power shower can easily use 20 liters of water a minute, meaning more than five minutes in the shower could use more than 100 liters. Astonishing figures! There are some cheap and smart devices on the market which can help you save water, money and maybe even your life. CUE the breast self-exam reminder is an electronic breast self-exam reminder, a shower timer, a clock, a doctor’s visit reminder. It helps you reduce the time you spent in the shower and the amount of water you use, but it... Ivor Kovic, M.D. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1892430 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:01:01 +0100 1892430 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1346239&cid=t_178176_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F262789554%2Fmemory_myths_it_pays_to_forget.html In a recent discussion about human brains ... with Gus Gustavus at Montgomery College-Rockville ... I was reminded of several memory myths it pays to forget. Fall for these fables … and you’ll likely limit your brain’s basal ganglia operations ... which hold long term memories. The myths also shortchange the brain’s working memory from yielding its extravagant dividends. Have you seen it happen?Recent research is yielding magic keys about how to remember more. How so? In this month’s cover story The Brain at Work at HR Magazine we’re reminded how scientists once believed that the brain was “hard-wired” early in life. They now know that the brain of a 71-year-old is the same as the brain of a 17-year-old in its ability to make ... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1346239 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:10:00 +0100 1346239 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1335264&cid=t_178176_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_178176_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=1271271&cid=t_178176_113_f&fid=34695&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicalconnectivity.com%2F2008%2F03%2F01%2Ffda-issuesfrom-new-mdds-rule%2F On February 8, 2008 the FDA published a proposed new rule for public comment (pdf version). The new rule provides some definitions of connectivity software and proposes to reclassify some types of connectivity software. The rationale for the proposed rule is as follows: Since 1989, the use of computer-based products and software-based products as medical devices has grown exponentially. In addition, device interconnectivity and complexity have grown in ways that could not have been predicted in 1989. This growth and expansion have created new considerations for elements of risk that did not previously exist. Up to this point the FDA has relied on their “Draft Software Policy” published in 1989 (link - pdf). This software policy recognized that software could (and did) meet the... Medical Connectivity Consulting blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1271271 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:12:11 +0100 1271271 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=915081&cid=t_178176_151_f&fid=35793&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thejunkyswife.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fneedle-in-haystack.html There was a needle in a flower bed today in my front yard. Yeah, that kind of needle. It didn't look old.I brought it inside and asked how in the world something like that could have gotten in the front yard. He says that it must have been old.I promptly went into the bathroom and had a giant meltdown. I cried, and I cried, and I couldn't breathe, and I couldn't collect myself.And then, I did.So there was a needle. I live with a heroin addict. Heroin addicts leave needles around.Maybe it's brand new and just fell out of his pocket this morning. Maybe it's been buried in our front yard for months and it just got uncovered by the wind. Either way, I'm safe. My stuff is safe. He's going to meetings.I could scream and cry and blow up at him, beg and beg that he tell me the truth. He will tell ... Heroin Addiction Codependence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=915081 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 05:14:00 +0100 915081 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=707696&cid=t_178176_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