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 'awake'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:28:42 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3133575&cid=t_108932_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D8159 Interesting video sent in by my sister which shows brain surgery being conducted on a patient who is awake - necessary if one wants to preserve certain functions e.g. speech. FYI, this type of surgery is available in Malaysia as well. from the Malaysian Medical Resources Awake Brain Surgery (Source: Malaysian Medical Resources) Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3133575 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3133575 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2469635&cid=t_108932_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2Fj0C5THIXlJo%2F In this study of 25 people, researchers found that people didn’t have those risky behaviors if they had caffeine every night (equaling 1 to 2 cups of coffee every 2 hours from midnight to dawn) while awake for three straight days. Half the group received a caffeine gum that provided them with the coffee equivalents and the other half received a placebo gum; neither group knew what they were chewing. Each day, in the mid-morning, the participants were given a computerized behavioral risk test: Participants who received the placebo were unchanged from baseline on the cost/benefit ratio of the BART at 51 hours of sleep deprivation, but showed a significant increase in risk-taking by 75 hours. The caffeine group remained unchanged from baseline at either 51 or 75 hours of wakefulness and... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2469635 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:49:27 +0100 2469635 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2463564&cid=t_108932_180_f&fid=38602&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.armstrongmethod.com%2Fblog%2Fgive-your-self-esteem-a-boost-awaken-your-intuition%2F Do you suffer from low-esteem?  Do you question your choices and often doubt your decisions?  Is your self-talk negative?  Are you your own worst critic? Have you thought of using your intuition to give your self-esteem a boost? What is Intuition? Intuition is an immensely powerful tool that’s available to everyone.  I am a big fan of intuition and I speak of it often in my classes and workshops. A natural ability, intuition is something deep within us all.  It is a powerful sense of knowing something without a logical rationale for how it is known or where the information came from.  For many of us, our upbringing during childhood forced us to abandon our intuition at early ages because it was considered abnormal, childish or freakish to entertain such an irrational idea as inform... Armstrong Method blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2463564 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:50:28 +0100 2463564 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1908861&cid=t_108932_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2F433200874%2F Sometimes, I can’t sleep even after I’ve taken the Ambien. At times like these, I find a new world in this half-awakeness. Life takes on a thinner and more ebullient sheen. This is a special time between waking and sleeping and I want to make the most of it. Unfortunately, I can think of few ways to do that than utter words to the effect that I want to make the best of it. The immanence of sleep in my brain says all bets are off, and I have no choice but to read it and think about it till sleep comes. Copyright © 2008 white pebble. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact legal@www.white-pebble.net so we can take legal action immed... white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1908861 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:23:12 +0100 1908861 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=513810&cid=t_108932_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F03%2F31%2Fsearching-for-stillness%2F Filed under: All Cancers, Environment, Cancer SurvivorsWhen I sit still in the middle of the day, I fall asleep. I'm not sure if it's a side effect of cancer or of life in general, but as a result, I keep myself moving at all times. I'm always doing something -- writing, emptying the dishwasher, packing a school lunch, reorganizing cabinets and closets and drawers. There's always something to fiddle with, something to keep my body from crashing into a deep sleep.My little boys have been playing with Lego all afternoon. For hours they have been content and happy and full of imagination. They've built flying boats and castles and pirate contraptions. My wish: to just sit and watch them, to absorb their words, their sound effects, their interactions. I tried to just sit and watch, tried to ho... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=513810 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 513810