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 'automobile'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:32:59 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4820922&cid=t_203984_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F05%2F12%2Funderstanding-research-methodology-5-applied-and-basic-research%2F In conclusion, I will leave you with the words of Keith Stanovich: [I]t is probably a mistake to view the basic-versus-applied distinction solely in terms of whether a study has practical applications, because this difference often simply boils down to a matter of time.  Applied findings are of use immediately.  However, there is nothing so practical as a general and accurate theory. (2007, p.107) References Stanovich, K. (2007).  How to Think Straight About Psychology: 8th Edition.  Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon. Photo by Helen Cook, available under a Creative Commons attribution license. (Source: World of Psychology) World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4820922 Thu, 12 May 2011 19:55:10 +0100 4820922 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4631569&cid=t_203984_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fdisabled-parking-about-to-take-a-hit-in-seattle%2F In a move parking officials in Seattle see as a way to “free up hundreds of [parking] spaces,” our city council is looking to limit free parking for people with legitimate disabling issues… in the neighborhoods around hospitals! According to flyers posted around the proposed “test” area, the city wants to impose a 4-hour limit on people who need extra time to get around because, “[Disabled parking] placards represent golden tickets to free parking, especially in downtown Seattle where monthly parking is so expensive.” Mr Mayor, City Council of Seattle: I am offended! So my disability – the medical condition that slows everything from my thinking to my ability to move around my city – is a Golden Ticket in your eyes?!?!?! Are You Kidding Me? Don’t get me wrong. I... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4631569 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:29:22 +0100 4631569 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4577906&cid=t_203984_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fred-light-cameras-save-lives%2F2011.03.12 Most people don’t like them. Privacy advocates abhor them. But, really– how many things can you name that save lives AND generate revenues for cash-strapped local and state governments? Red-light cameras are one such item. A recent study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has shown that red-light cameras saved 159 lives over a four-year period in the 14 large U.S. cities where the study took place. The scientists claimed that more than 800 traffic fatalities would have been prevented during the course of the study if the cameras had been deployed in all large U.S. cities. The scientists compared fatal car crash rates in U.S. cities with populations of at least 200,000 for two four-year periods: 1992 to 1996 and 2004 to 2008. They excluded cities that had already deploy... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4577906 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 15:00:34 +0100 4577906 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4575150&cid=t_203984_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Femergency-preparedness-and-ms-annette-funicello-and-the-japanese-earthquake%2F On a night when my multiple sclerosis was quiet and actually allowing for a good night’s sleep, I was awakened just after 5:00 am by a text message from my father in Florida. While he knows we live a couple of hundred feet above sea level, we aren’t far from the sea on the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States. News of the devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan was racing around the news wires and internet and he, being fatherly and all, wanted to make sure our pack was safe. We are. As I searched the internet and surfed television channels I came across other alarming news… The first love of an entire generation of American boys, Annette Funicello (of Mickey Mouse Club and surf movie fame), was rushed to the hospital this morning as a fire engulfed her Souther... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4575150 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:50:14 +0100 4575150 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4489833&cid=t_203984_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fgetting-behind-the-wheel-with-ms-multiple-sclerosis-driving%2F Ah, for the days when getting into the driver’s seat simply meant pushing it back, adjusting the mirrors, and turning the engine over… Nowadays, before I even grab the keys – from their designated resting place where I’d lose them were they not returned each and every time they are not in my pocket – there is a whole other checklist I must complete. Is my clutch leg strong enough today? Is there any sign of an impending migraine? Reflexes seem to be normal? Vision okay? Bladder empty? Lhermitte’s sign acting up? Any “cog-fog” today? Mobile phone… “just in case”? We’ve talked about driving with MS before, but, hell, we’ve been writing about living with MS for nearly five years… we’ll re-cover things from time to time… Many of us have been driving ever since ... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4489833 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:55:41 +0100 4489833 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4436750&cid=t_203984_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Ftoo-drunk-to-drive-your-car-will-tell-you-if-s%2F2011.02.04 Drunk driving continues to be a serious problem. In 2009 for example, alcohol was a factor in more than 10,000 highway deaths. The same year, a stunning 10 percent of respondents to a survey of U.S. adults said they had operated an automobile while drunk during the previous year. Nearly 6 percent said they had done it more than once. So how would you feel about a car that can instantly detect whether a driver is drunk and prevent that person from starting the car? You better make up your mind quickly, because scientists are close to perfecting this technology. “We’re five to seven years away from being able to integrate this into cars,” Robert Strassburger, the VP for safety at the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (AAM) told the Washington Post. The AAM, an automotive trade... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4436750 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:00:23 +0100 4436750 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3895865&cid=t_203984_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FbIGYk2CC6lQ%2F Our friends at The Economist magazine usually talk good sense about free trade and free markets, which makes their retrospective endorsement of the government bailout of General Motors all the more disappointing. In a leader in the current issue, the editors write that critics of the bailout (count Cato scholars among them) owe President Obama an apology. “His takeover of GM could have gone horribly wrong, but it has not,” they opine. The Economist argues that, in contrast to state coddling of industries in, say, France, President Obama has driven a hard bargain by requiring GM to fire top management, cut jobs, close plants, and reduce its brand names. The magazine grants that the president’s labor-union allies won special concessions that came at the expense of bondholders, but “b... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3895865 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:25:48 +0100 3895865 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3872655&cid=t_203984_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fdear-ms%2F I am in the throes of writing a rally program for the annual Bike MS event, which takes place in a couple of weeks. The purpose of the evening’s event is to thank everyone for their ride on day one, hand out prizes to the top teams and riders, and (this is where it gets difficult…) remind everyone of our mission at the ride. For the guys who decorated in “Animal House” décor and are now attending in full Roman toga, it can be a tough transition from “Best Team Tent” to “this is why we ride …” Then I stumbled across something in the information I was reading about our chapter’s recent Kids MS Journey Camp. At camp, kids were given the opportunity to write a letter to multiple sclerosis. In reading the content of some of these tomes to our disease… WOW! I’ve been... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3872655 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:16:02 +0100 3872655 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3743519&cid=t_203984_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fembrace-life-with-your-seatbelt%2F2010.07.11 Watch this gorgeous video from the UK promoting seatbelt use. And buckle up! *This blog post was originally published at The Blog that Ate Manhattan* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3743519 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3743519 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3224872&cid=t_203984_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F01%2F30%2Fwhy-crash-rates-dont-automatically-fall-with-cellphone-bans%2F Last week, the Highway Loss Data Institute released a report that examined whether collision claims had gone up, down, or stayed the same in states that have banned cellphone use while driving. Their findings should have surprised no one, but seemed to have surprised everyone — crash rates did not go down after a hand-held cellphone ban took effect. Why should this have been of little surprise? 1. A law doesn’t automatically change human behavior. Laws can be wonderful things, but they are only as effective as when people obey them. This is often done with a stick — enforcement — rather than a carrot (such as incentives for safe driving practices). The laws have, according to the New York Times reporting on this study, reduced the use of hand-held cellphones 41 to 7... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3224872 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:06:56 +0100 3224872 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2613993&cid=t_203984_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fits-been-july-for-a-while-so-hows-your-ms%2F Did multiple sclerosis grab hold of my brain in the first week of the month?  Did it grab hold of yours? We usually try to open the cyber floor for an open discussion of how everyone’s doing with their MS midway through the month.  However, this month it seems to have totally slipped my mind!  Must have slipped everyone’s mind (save Rusty, but it took her a couple of weeks too)! I’m writing this at midnight (PST) and I’ve yet another busy day that begins in just a few short hours so I’ll keep this brief. As you read earlier this week, I’ve started this Low-Car Diet and EVERYTHING away from the house takes longer now.  When you couple that with the heat and the extra walking this busy week is becoming something less than pleasant. I’ll make it through… we always do. ... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2613993 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:31:06 +0100 2613993 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441687&cid=t_203984_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F05%2F29%2Fteens-text-a-lot-adults-worry%2F I sometimes wonder if we’re not living in a mirror world every 20 or 30 years. Because it seems like that’s about the time period where some new technology comes along, and suddenly adults — almost always led by well-meaning doctors, child professionals and researchers — get up in arms about the negative effects of that technology on children. With each significant technological development within society, we can go back into history and find newspaper and magazine reports about the potentially “harmful effects” of the technology, led by academics and researchers. For instance, it was very disturbing to many in society at the time when the radio entered into the American household and suddenly changed the nature of many families’ communications. In... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441687 Fri, 29 May 2009 14:37:07 +0100 2441687 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2005730&cid=t_203984_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F12%2F02%2Fsafer-to-chat-with-passenger-than-on-cell-phone%2F Tara Parker-Pope blogged about new research describing results that found talking to the passenger in your car is safer than talking on a cell phone. David Strayer, professor of psychology at the University of Utah and the study’s lead author [said,] “When you’re in the same physical environment, you tend to adjust your discussions to the difficulty of driving. If driving becomes difficult, they stop talking or they point out hazards.’’ The current research, like virtually all research into driving behaviors, was done in a simulator. But this study also used hands-free cell phones, suggesting that even hands-free isn’t as safe as we might have been led to believe. So states that have banned handset cell phone conversations while allowing hands-free conversations (I&#82... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2005730 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:29:48 +0100 2005730 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1848355&cid=t_203984_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F408387719%2F Insurance company Allstate and brain fitness software developer Posit Science just announced (see press release Protecting Pennsylvania Drivers, One Brain at a Time) a very intelligent initiative: Video exercises aid driving skills (Chicago Tribune) -"Allstate, which called the Posit program "potentially the next big breakthrough in automobile safety," said it expects its software exercises to reduce risky driving maneuvers by up to 40 percent and improve stopping distance by an average of 22 feet when traveling at 55 miles per hour." -"We'll look to see whether over the next six to nine months there will be a reduction in" the number of accidents between the group participating in the video exercises and those sitting out, said Tom Warden, assistant vice pres... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1848355 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:43:57 +0100 1848355 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1829119&cid=t_203984_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F09%2F25%2Fdiscriminating-against-people-with-mental-illness%2F You’d think that as people become more and more educated about the complex biological, social and psychological factors that go to make up mental illness, people would become more understanding and less stigmatizing. As we are on the cusp of having a nationwide ban from discriminating in mental healthcare reimbursements, you’d think government and ordinary people are getting the message. Well, you would be wrong. First, we learn from the Mental Health Blog that Nova Scotia almost began discriminating against drivers renewing their driver’s license because of a mental disorder. Their new renewal form initially had a question regarding one’s prior history of mental disorder diagnoses, as though there were any research to show that people with a mental illness someh... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1829119 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:21:42 +0100 1829119 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1100384&cid=t_203984_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fmultiple-sclerosis%2Flife-with-ms%2Fthe-perfect-ms-mode-of-transportation%2F A few weeks back, Rusty (a regular here on the Life with MS blog), made mention of the search for a new vehicle. I posted something about a ‘new’ 1982 VW Bus back in the spring when I made that purchase. Since many of us still drive I started thinking that perhaps we should be responsibly mindful of our MS when purchasing a vehicle just like we are thoughtful of MS when we make other choices in our life. Granted, buying a manual transmission / manual steering behemoth was not the best MS decision for me. If I were to sift out the reasons for that purchase, the new addition of a 13 year old dog to the household played as much a part as anything else. Stella does not need the low entry clearance today as she acts far younger than her years. But there will come a time when she wal... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1100384 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:39:02 +0100 1100384