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 'april fool's day'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:56:41 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3429380&cid=t_344944_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fnew-top-10-super-diabetes-links.html After at least 20 minutes of research, here they are, in Letterman-style countdown order: 10. High Fat Diets Make Us Lazy & Stupid (Really? Us? Or just the rats?) 9. dLife: People are Stupid (a little dated, but still relevant?) 8. Eureka! It’s the Soda’s Fault 7. Ultra Diabetes on Wikipedia (sort of – eat your heart out, [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3429380 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:00:34 +0100 3429380 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2321728&cid=t_344944_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fhows-your-ms-on-this-april-fools-day%2F How appropriate that our monthly blog post, “How’s Your MS Today?” falls on April Fool’s Day!  To me, living with multiple sclerosis is much like having some annoying bully pull practical jokes on me when I least expect.  You know what I mean? For those new to these pages, we take one post each month to check-in, check-up and try to avoid checking-out!  Many find this a chance to take stock and look back, from one month to the next, to see how their MS has progressed, remitted or held steady. We also use the comment section of each month’s post as open forum for general questions, comments and conversation.  Please feel free to do so here and have a look at our other posts in the Life with MS blog archive. There really is good information in there, most of... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2321728 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:11:51 +0100 2321728 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2313406&cid=t_344944_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F04%2F01%2Fthe-situation-of-april-fools-day%2F Taya Flores of the Journal and Courier has a timely piece on the pranking of others that so often take place each April 1st.   We excerpt her piece below. * * * April Fools’ Day is characterized by pulling pranks and playing jokes. While most experts and pranksters agree that it can be done in good fun, some say pranksters have to tread a fine line between pulling a comical prank that evokes laughter or committing a humiliating act that induces tears. Jan Yager, friendship expert, speaker and author of “When Friendship Hurts…” and “Friendshift…” said pranks are not recommended. She said people have to be careful today when it comes to pulling pranks — especially on electronic media. She advised against using April Fool’s Day as an opp... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2313406 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:09:52 +0100 2313406 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2318538&cid=t_344944_117_f&fid=36026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Fzimney-health-and-medical-news-you-can-use%2Fnew-cigarette-tax-the-perfect-time-to-quit%2F On April 1 cigarette smokers are in for a big shock, and it’s one that won’t be an April Fool’s joke. That’s because the federal tax on cigarettes is going up 62 cents, from 39 cents to $1.01 per pack. The monies collected are earmarked to pay for an expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which was signed into law by President Obama in February. So in an effort to make lemonade out of what many smokers will doubtless see as one huge lemon coming their way I’d suggest they take this as a perfect opportunity to quit. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), “tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of disease, disability, and death in the United States. Each year, an estimated 443,000 people die prematu... Dr. Z's Medical Report blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2318538 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:50:55 +0100 2318538