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 'attractive'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:53:05 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4693333&cid=t_175436_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F04%2F08%2Fthe-forbidden-fruit-in-relationships%2F A long-term, stable romantic relationship with a committed, caring partner has many psychological benefits, which we know from the oodles of psychological research published about them. So it’s a good thing to try and protect one’s relationship from external influences. One of the most difficult to recover from and damaging influences is cheating. If cheating will harm a relationship (and cheating appears to be one of the primary reasons cited in many, if not most, relationship breakups), what can be done to minimize it? After all, isn’t it human nature — and the nature of temptation — to constantly look for desirable alternatives? One of the ways people look to protect their long-term relationship is to simply remain inattentive to those alternatives. Researc... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4693333 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:30:13 +0100 4693333 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3848912&cid=t_175436_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F08%2F09%2Fbeing-beautiful-doesnt-always-help%2F We often hear of how beautiful people seem to get all the breaks — first through the door at nightclubs, being chosen to be on a team or as a friend based upon looks alone, even getting a date just because of your physical beauty. But as previous research has shown, sometimes being beautiful can put a person at greater risk while they try and attain an ideal of beauty that doesn’t exist. Now new research suggests another barrier faced by some of the beautiful people — applying for a job. In the study, attractive women were discriminated against when applying for jobs considered “masculine” and for which appearance was not seen as important to the job. Such positions included job titles like manager of research and development, director of finance, mechanical engineer ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3848912 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:09:55 +0100 3848912 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3805820&cid=t_175436_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fgood-looks-in-medicine-does-it-matter%2F2010.07.30 I found this sign while driving past a mechanic’s shop the other day. Of course, now I get it. How do women pick their mechanic? This sign explains it all. Just look for the “Handsome Mechanic ‘Now On Duty’” sign. I wonder if it works for doctors, too. Be honest. If your doctor had exceptionally good-looking physical features by most people’s standards, would you be more likely or less likely to keep him or her as your doctor? Would you be more likely or less likely to think of them as highly intelligent? Would you be more likely or less likely to sue them when something goes wrong? We know that babies respond to good-looking parents differently even as newborns. So why would we expect adults to respond to handsome mechanics and doctors any differen... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3805820 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:00:00 +0100 3805820 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3316100&cid=t_175436_97_f&fid=35606&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theangriestpharmacist.com%2F2010%2F02%2F28%2Ffinally-a-hot-pharmacists-contest-we-can-respect-2%2F I’m sure there are hot pharmacists out there. Why do I work with the ugmos and or dudes? Prove to me there are pretty female pharmacists out there. I’m gonna steal a page from the now defunct hot pharmacists website out there. I’m gonna run a HOT RPH contest. I will filter through the photos and ween down to the top 5 to 10 females them run a POLL on my website to declare the hottest pharmacists. Categories are as follows: - American RPh Female - Abroad RPh Female - Student Pharmacist Female - Technician Female - Technician Male - Student Pharmacist Male - International RPh Male - Cutest Pharmacist Offspring/Spawn {My wife will judge the male categories} Winners will get a free ANGRIEST PHARMACIST T-Shirt ( http://www.Zazzle.com/TheAngriestPharm* ) of their choosing. [Bab... The Angriest Pharmacist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3316100 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:02:11 +0100 3316100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3063298&cid=t_175436_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F12%2F07%2Fperhaps-why-tiger-woods-cheats%2F While more details of the Tiger Woods scandal continuing to emerge, the inevitable question arises — Why would such a successful, attractive man cheat on his wife and family? Why, in general, do men — and women — cheat? And why would Tiger Woods, one of the most successful professional golfers of all time, cheat on his wife, Elin Nordegren? Psychological research has examined this question and has a few answers. Infidelity occurs for numerous reasons, ranging from personality factors (Orzeck & Lung, 2005) to evolution-based theories about how extra-partner relationships are natural while monogamy is unnatural (Barash & Lipton, 2001). It’s not surprising to find personality factors may influence cheating behavior, because people who are more similar in per... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3063298 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:58:51 +0100 3063298 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2132272&cid=t_175436_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F01%2F25%2Fresearching-human-female-sexuality%2F Greg Downey, writing on the blog Neuroanthropology, has a lengthy commentary on a New York Times Magazine article exploring the research on (and the researchers who study) human female sexuality. Naturally, such a complex human behavior is going to take pages to explore, and the NY Times Magazine article does just that. But the blog commentary by Downey is nearly as long and, in many ways, far more interesting because it calls into question why we’re asking such silly, simplistic questions in the first place: “What do women want in a mate?” The answers, of course, are intrinsically complicated and layered, just as all human relationships are. And the answers, too, will be completely bound by the type of questions researchers ask: The irony is that, with such a tangle... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2132272 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:08:04 +0100 2132272 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1901443&cid=t_175436_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F10%2F23%2Fare-we-really-that-shallow%2F In three intriguing experiments into what shapes voter perceptions in the 2004 presidential election between Kerry and Bush, researchers took photos of the candidates, as well as photos of the study participants, and subtly “morphed” the candidates to look a little more like the participants. They made the effect subtle enough so that you wouldn’t be able to detect something had been done to the photo. They then asked which candidate the participant would vote for. The results? Those who looked at the real photos said they would vote for Bush over Kerry by 46 to 44 percent, predicting the same two-point spread that marked Bush’s victory in the actual election. When the other groups examined the morphed photos, the gap grew markedly. Those who had their photos combi... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1901443 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:27:29 +0100 1901443 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1692141&cid=t_175436_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F08%2F08%2Fdoes-our-own-attractiveness-affect-our-dating-preferences%2F Do less attractive people think the people they date (who also tend to be less attractive) delude themselves into thinking their dates are more physically attractive? According to new research, the answer is “no.” You remember that website that used to be popular, HOTorNOT.com, which allows visitors to rate the attractiveness of random, anonymous photographs, right? Well, researchers are using the site to conduct research into people’s attractiveness and perceptions of attractiveness, because now it includes a dating component too. A team led by Leonard Lee (2008) from Columbia University recently looked into the question of whether our own attractiveness biases affect our perceptions of those we date using the site. There is an existing body of research, as the invest... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1692141 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:55:19 +0100 1692141 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1327481&cid=t_175436_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F03%2F25%2Fhow-women-choose-their-partners%2F We’ve talked about human attraction between men and women in the past here and here. Previous researchers argued that what women value depended on the type of relationship they were looking for. Women looking for long-term partners want someone who will be a good provider for them and their children, but women seeking short-term flings care more about masculinity and physical attractiveness, features that may be passed down to children. New research, however, has identified four categories of characteristics women seek in a partner: Good genes, reflected in desirable physical traits Women look for attractiveness because it means the person has “good genes” (whether or not they actually do). Resources Who doesn’t like a person with good resources — a home... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1327481 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:35:47 +0100 1327481