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 'antidote'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:43:30 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050713&cid=t_226709_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F21%2Fthe-5-types-of-girlfriends-you-need-in-your-life%2F In her classic book, Gift from the Sea, Anne Morrow Lindbergh articulates the process of gathering girlfriends. She writes, “I shall ask into my shell only those friends with whom I can be completely honest. I find I am shedding hypocrisy in human relationships. What a rest that will be! The most exhausting thing in life, I have discovered, is being insincere.” Girlfriends are as unique as the shells Lindbergh describes in her pages. Some have the gift of empathy and compassion, while others challenge us in ways that lead to growth; some friends listen, while others dole out smart advice. Women need different kinds of friendships at different points in their lives. I have compiled these five types of girlfriends, drawing from the examples in Robert Wick’s book, Bounce: Living the Res... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050713 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:36:13 +0100 5050713 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4074149&cid=t_226709_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F10%2F15%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-october-15-2010%2F Do you smell it? That’s change in the air. There may have been slight shifts and evidence lurking for some time now, but now here it is. If you resist change, life feels so much harder. Like walking uphill or swimming against the current, for example. But accepting something unfamiliar can be so anxiety provoking that we’d rather look the other way. Instead, you may forget about that looming bill and stuff it in a drawer. Or your dog’s illness may be so overwhelming that the thought of his death is too much to handle. A few months later the bills are piling up and your best pet pal dies. How do you deal with the change? These are difficult times. Yet, there is hope. The light at the end of the tunnel is nearby and there are resources that can get you through it. Here&#821... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4074149 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:56:18 +0100 4074149 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3965427&cid=t_226709_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FUVddhU-FBLU%2F A 37 year-old man is BIBA to the emergency department following a fire at his apartment. He has a fluctuating level of consciousness (GCS 10) and is hypotensive (BP 85/50). He has no evidence of airway compromise, burns or other injury. A venous gas shows that he has a COHb of 21% and a lactate of 14 mmol/L. Can you keep this man alive? (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3965427 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:35 +0100 3965427 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3067138&cid=t_226709_109_f&fid=38951&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarlatpsychiatry.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fcheck-out-antidote-best-blog-on.html Occasionally I admire the work of William Heisel, a journalist and blogger who writes the razor-sharp health blog Antidote, hosted by the University of Southern California and the Annenberg School for Communication. Lately, Heisel has been digging into UCSF's Drug Industry Document Archive (DIDA), specifically its huge collection of smoking gun documents about the medical writing company DesignWrite. There are reams of material here and there is nobody better than Heisel at making sense of it all, and revealing the bankrupt sense of morality that seemed to have permeated DesignWrite and everything it touched.Currently, Heisel is blogging about Dr. David Archer, an ob/gyn and a key part of the Wyeth/DesignWrite team. Wyeth pharmaceuticals hired DesignWrite to ghostwrite dozens of articles t... The Carlat Psychiatry Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3067138 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:18:00 +0100 3067138 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3044805&cid=t_226709_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F12%2F01%2Fthe-10-types-of-female-friends%2F Awhile back I wrote about the four kinds of friends you need in your life to become more resilient. Now let’s talk about the kind of friends you actually have! Or at least the 10 types of female friends described by author Susan Shapiro Barash in her new book, Toxic Friends: The Antidote for Women Stuck in Complicated Friendships. (I promise to follow up with one for the guys, okay?). For her book, Shapiro interviewed 200 women of assorted backgrounds and ages, and asked them all kinds of nosy questions about their friends. The result is a labyrinth of 10 types of female friendships. I have excerpted the following descriptions from her book: 1. The Leader The leader is the friend we feel we must have, the one who can make or break our social lives. Being the leader renders one a &#82... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3044805 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:29:49 +0100 3044805 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414883&cid=t_226709_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F05%2F15%2F10-more-stress-busters%2F Awhile back I shared with you 10 of my stress busters. But lately I’ve needed 20. So here are 10 more. 1. Avoid stimulants and sugar. Here’s the catch-22: the more stressed you get, the more you crave coffee and doughnuts, pizza and Coke. But the more coffee, Coke, doughnuts, and pizza in your system, the more stressed you get. It’s not your imagination. When you are stressed and have low levels of serotonin, your brain produces cravings for sugar and simple carbohydrates, which primes the beta-endorphin system to want more and more. The same with caffeine. It’s a powerful drug that affects a number of neurochemicals in your brain, which means it produces withdrawal symptoms that can make you very very very very irritable. 2. Compare and despair. The last thing you ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414883 Fri, 15 May 2009 18:00:27 +0100 2414883 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2376219&cid=t_226709_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F04%2F28%2Fwhat-me-worry-swine-flu%2F Picture the little kid crying in front of Mom. She’s wagging a finger at him saying, “I’ll give you something to cry about!” Anyone else feeling that way or is it just me? Terrorism, recession, and now what? Swine flu? Oy! What’s next? A plague of locusts? Once again the media pounces and every five minutes we are hounded by how we shouldn’t panic. So much of what’s in the news right now is about as helpful as someone yelling “Fire!” in a crowded theater. “We don’t want you to panic, but there might be a three alarm blaze in the lobby.” Really, is that helpful? So what can we do to address our anxiety over this crisis du jour? Treatment for situational anxiety doesn’t change much even if the trigger causing it do... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2376219 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:00:23 +0100 2376219 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2348540&cid=t_226709_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F04%2F18%2Frecession-anxiety-how-i-stopped-worrying-and-learned-to-love-thrift%2F Anxiety is a sneaky thing. It starts with watching the news of yet another company closing doors. Then we hear about a friend who just got laid off and we think, “There but for the grace of God….” The unopened envelope holding the latest report on our 401K sits on the desk mockingly. Sleep becomes elusive. The future, once so bright with promise, becomes the dark tunnel of the Haunted House ride. Anxious? How about terror stricken? And yet it could very well be that none of the things mentioned above affect our lives today. That’s the thing about panic. We don’t have to be directly threatened to feel as if we are. A recent article in the New York Times, Recession Anxiety Seeps Into Everyday Lives, reports that across the country latent anxiety, triggered by ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2348540 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:00:39 +0100 2348540 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2227167&cid=t_226709_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F03%2F01%2Fthe-disease-of-a-thousand-things-to-do%2F I have contracted an illness called “the disease of a-thousand-things-to-do.” That’s how author Abby Seixas describes it in her insightful book, “Finding the Deep River Within.” It’s a modern condition whereby human beings are always rushing, trying desperately to cross off every task on their to-do lists, and are bombarded by interruptions and information overload. Does this sound famililar? Consider these observations she makes to claim her case of what has become a very unbalanced and frenetic culture: The average working couple in America spends 20 minutes a day together. “Family time” has become a goal, an achievement, rather than a natural consequence of being a family. Most Americans are trapped in a vicious cycle of overwork and overconsumption. Dropping in on ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2227167 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:20:42 +0100 2227167 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2207673&cid=t_226709_107_f&fid=38269&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrdonnadouglas.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F02%2F04%2Fare-you-prepared-for-an-accidental-poisoning%2F More than 90% of poisonings occur in the home through ingestion of simple household cleaners. Children under 6 are the most frequent victims though adults taking the wrong medication or taking it at the wrong time can also be harmed.  Poisoning can occur when a toxin is inhaled, spilled on the skin, or splashed in the eyes. Generally, any product that gives off fumes or is an aerosol that can be inhaled should be considered a possible poison. Symptoms of a suspected poisoning may vary depending on the person’s age, the type and amount of poison and how much time has elapsed since exposure. Signs to watch out for include:                           Nausea, vomiting, Drooling.                           Headache, abdominal Cramping.  ... Dr. Donna, MedicineWoman blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2207673 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:04:35 +0100 2207673