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 'bad news'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:17:16 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159203&cid=t_102709_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F08%2F23%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-august-23-2011%2F Every once in awhile, I like to snoop around my old diaries. Besides personally being one of the best non-fiction reads to me, it gives good insight into who I was and potentially who I will be. One of the jewels of wisdom I recently picked up from a 7 year old Winnie the Pooh journal contained information on my state of mind at the time. The details are not important. But the general feeling of that entire year was one of heartache and confusion. There was this sense of longing, emptiness, a feeling that whatever I was going through was not only uncomfortable, but unfair. I even wrote: “When I’m 50, I’ll probably look back on this moment and it will be a fleeting and insignificant memory. But right now, I’m having a hard time with it.” I smiled reading it bec... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159203 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:39:33 +0100 5159203 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5069533&cid=t_102709_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F26%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-july-26-2011%2F I call one of my relatives a “bad news bear.” Although he has good intentions, his spewing out the world’s greatest tragedies every few minutes does not help me. In fact, all that worrying and anxiety could hurt. After calling him out on it, he said his main intention was concern. I get that. I think parents today are like him. They just want to protect their children from the onslaught of offenders who are posted up all over the news 24/7. If you love someone, however, how do you best protect them? I think there is a balance between caring and being overprotective. And everyone deals with this in their own way. Some loved ones may minimize your pain because they hurt seeing you upset. That’s why they say things like, “I’m sure you’ll feel better s... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5069533 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:02:25 +0100 5069533 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4653379&cid=t_102709_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F03%2F29%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-march-29-2011%2F As a dental hygienist, my mom not only cleans people’s teeth, but listens to do them as she does so every day. And like hair stylists and therapists, she often hears their problems too. One of the most valuable advice she has ever given me is to not judge what other people are going through. “You never know what you would do in that situation unless it happened to you.” Our posts this week makes me think about what she said. You may have lived through difficulty, failure, loss of self-respect. You may, in fact, be going through this right now. If so, remember to find the people in your life who won’t judge you, but have compassion for your situation. That person may even be you. I hope you will enjoy our top posts this week! There are some good ones everything from ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4653379 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:31:31 +0100 4653379 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4592457&cid=t_102709_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F03%2F15%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-march-15-2011%2F There are just two things on my mind right now: Japan and the time change. One is weighing heavy on my heart and the other has turned me into a zombie. Both have affected the way I view my life. How can two things so different in severity–a natural disaster and a loss of an hour–have anything to do with each another? For me, it crowns time as King and places everything else as a lesser priority. What we choose to spend time in our lives suddenly becomes clearer. Like the grains of sand falling in an hourglass, time slips away putting a spotlight on the impact hardship and an hour loss have on what’s really important. It forces me to ask what moments should I be spending more time on and which ones should I lay to rest? As we begin a new week, our bloggers have a pulse on ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4592457 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:25:35 +0100 4592457 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4525033&cid=t_102709_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fcancer-survivorship-and-fear%2F2011.02.26 I had breakfast this morning in Las Vegas with my friend, Dave Garcia. Dave is a pit boss on the graveyard shift at the Belagio Hotel where they made the modern-day “Ocean’s 11″ buddy movie from 1960. Dave is also a 52-year-old chronic lymphocytic leukemia survivor. He reached out to me online and we have been friends since soon after his diagnosis in 2002. Dave is a father of two young kids. He dreams of seeing them grow up. But, understandably, he worries. Some days more than others. Today was his day to see his oncologist and get the latest blood test results. Would his white blood count (WBC) be in the normal range? If so, his third round of treatment was still working. If not, he might be headed to a stem cell transplant, short-term disability, and living in another city... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4525033 Sat, 26 Feb 2011 16:00:36 +0100 4525033 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4433137&cid=t_102709_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F02%2F03%2Fnegatively-oriented-therapy-takes-its-place%2F “Misery loves company and our company loves misery.” – I.M. Kidding, NOT founder “Hatred cannot coexist with loving-kindness, and dissipates if supplanted with thoughts based on loving-kindness.” – The Dhammapada In a recent issue of the Journal of Positive Psychology researchers Michael Cohn and Barbara Fredrickson were able to demonstrate the sustainability of positive experiences with subjects who had engaged in loving kindness meditation (LKM). This is the first time researchers from the field of positive psychology have demonstrated that an intervention designed to enhance subjects’ well-being produced sustainable results. Prior to this the positivity of any specific intervention was notable, but its enduring effects were unknown. The researchers were a... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4433137 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 11:00:14 +0100 4433137 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4225373&cid=t_102709_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F12%2F02%2F5-tips-for-a-low-stress-customer-service-experience%2F “Thank you for calling customer service! My name is Summer. How can I help you?” Wait, it’s after 5 pm. And this is the internet, not a phone. And I’m at my kitchen table, not in my drab fabric-walled cubicle. And I’m not wearing a headset. Let me switch hats for a moment and return to being a writer for the next few minutes. Tomorrow, I celebrate my last day of working in a customer service call center. (Despite the rumors, it’s not an easy gig.) Over the past few years, I’ve been called some less-than-savory names through the phone lines. A few customers have threatened me. Even more have called me a liar, played psychological games with me, and screamed words that their grandmothers would be ashamed to hear. Lesson learned: contacting a customer... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4225373 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:57:02 +0100 4225373 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3683618&cid=t_102709_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Ffor-medicare-patients-the-doctor-is-out%2F2010.06.21 In a last-minute shocker, the Senate voted Thursday against postponing a scheduled 21-percent cut in Medicare reimbursement to physicians and other healthcare providers. Sixty senators were needed to end filibuster debate and stop the cuts under Senate rules. Fifty six voted in favor, while 40 opposed. There was no Republican support. (And, of course, no support from Senator Lieberman, who is a Republican in disguise.) Another consequence of the vote is that tens of thousands of Americans who have exhausted their jobless benefits would not be eligible for more. In addition, new taxes on wealthy investment managers would not be imposed, along with an increase in liability taxes on oil companies, leading Democrats to contend that Republicans were protecting Wall Street and the oil industr... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3683618 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:00:00 +0100 3683618 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3044805&cid=t_102709_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=2796838&cid=t_102709_177_f&fid=38134&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbabybound.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F14%2Flets-take-inventory-shall-we%2F I’m all over the place.  Relieved, sad, devastated, bored, scared, petrified, lonely, fat, tired, exhausted, sick of talking, bloated, hungry, sick, nervous, alone. But not happy.  The one thing I am not is happy.  This may have been the right thing to do.  It was.  But nothing about it represents joy. (Source: B a b y B o u n d) B a b y B o u n d blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2796838 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:46:37 +0100 2796838 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349881&cid=t_102709_177_f&fid=38134&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbabybound.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F04%2F20%2Fle-grande-gesture%2F First we’re up, now we’re down.  It seems as though Mark has decided that he’s in charge here.  Ahhh sigh.  Men.  He has swung in the other direction again and “isn’t happy with the way he’s being treated”.  Because he’s 13. Being treated?  You mean the fact that I actually answered a phone call from the lying SOB that walked out on me?  Or the fact that I agreed to go to the dog park with him assuming that this was a small gesture - when in fact it was nothing more than an errand to the dog park.  Or how about the fact that I actually showed up to therapy against my own better judgement in the hopes that there would be signs of progress. I need the grand gesture here.  This man f.ed up big time.  When you walk out on your wife, you... B a b y B o u n d blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349881 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:59:54 +0100 2349881 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2348546&cid=t_102709_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F04%2F15%2Fwith-fda-change-ect-may-go-the-way-of-the-dinosaur%2F Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finally decided to start taking action to close a loophole that’s been around nearly as long as the agency itself. Last Wednesday it said that it would require safety and efficacy data from manufacturers of medical devices in 25 different categories. This data is equivalent to the types of data the FDA currently requires for medical devices and drugs — data that shows the device is both safe and effective in use for a prescribed disorder. One of those 25 categories is electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) machines. Yes, you heard right. For decades, the most notorious of all psychiatric treatments available has never met any type of rigorous FDA approval for their use. How can this be? In the case of electroconvulsive therapy ma... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2348546 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:51:52 +0100 2348546 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2161399&cid=t_102709_177_f&fid=38134&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbabybound.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F02%2F04%2Fyou-cut-the-phone-and-ill-grab-the-baby-not-sure-why-were-cutting-the-phone%2F I’m kinda feelin like goin all Raisin Arizona on that octuplet chick. I mean really?  Really?  There aren’t 14 other couples out there far more deserving of this blessing?  Take…o say ME for instance??  Have I not shown enough unnecessary weight gain desperation? So yeah.  I’m totally bitter.  This bitch has 14 children she cannot support.  Lives at home with her Mother who lost her own house so therefore also cannot support her and her baseball team.  There is no father.  I mean this all sounds so f.ing ridiculous that the only thing that would make this worse would be if we were to all find out that she was planning to purchase a couple of monkeys to help with the raisin. Sorry.  I know I should understand the need to have children.  And I know I should... B a b y B o u n d blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2161399 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:04:26 +0100 2161399 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2105520&cid=t_102709_177_f&fid=38134&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbabybound.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F01%2F14%2Fi-suck-at-hiding-i-think%2F OK I kinda had to come out of the cave.  It got really smelly in there.  I’m blaming the unruly bat that kept farting all night.  Stupid bat. I don’t even know quite how to say thank you to everyone for all the comments.  Its unbelievably amazing to me that the world is full of complete strangers that know exactly what to say when you need them.  My friends aren’t even that good to me.  Nothing can make a girl feel better than being popular right?  Dude.  You made me feel like I was the most popular cheerleader in school.  I almost got the courage to call that skinny bitch on MUNI out and tell her she’s fat and ugly and nobody wants to hear her phone conversation.  But I didn’t because I remembered that I am only virtually cool (for one post only) an... B a b y B o u n d blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2105520 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:40:27 +0100 2105520 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2054708&cid=t_102709_88_f&fid=38153&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ozemedicine.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D367 Here are some blogs worth reading which I found as I trawled the net: How to break bad news Don’t you dare touch me - thoughts of the cardiac arrest team leader - by the Happy Hospitalist blogging by doctors is important just don’t do it anonymously it ain’t safe “Doctors’ opinions are valuable. But doctors’ opinions have been conspicuously missing from public discourse, during an era in which healthcare delivery and health policy are increasingly important to the public, and when the public is better informed about medicine than ever before.” (Source: Oz E Medicine - emergency medicine in Australia) Oz E Medicine - emergency medicine in Australia blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2054708 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:07:15 +0100 2054708 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1931410&cid=t_102709_177_f&fid=38134&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbabybound.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F11%2F03%2Fim-annoying-sorry%2F Sorry.  No picts of that horrid costume.  Just know that after several walks through the car wash and a sandblaster, the glitter has all been extracted from my pores. Ugh.  On a different note.  I know something.  Something very good.  Something very very juicy.  But something that would absolutely ruin people if leaked.  Change a whole gaggle of lives.  And honestly?  I really wish I didn’t know. Its not hard to keep secrets.  While I am known through a few circles as a gossip, anyone that really knows me knows their secrets are safe with me.  Big ones.  Secrets that matter.  I am never out to ruin people’s lives and frankly find it less daunting to get involved. But this time its different.  This one seems dangerous.    It effects me.  I’m an innocent ... B a b y B o u n d blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1931410 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:18:03 +0100 1931410 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1856393&cid=t_102709_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F412951848%2Ffinancial_leaders_stop_messing.html Have you considered that the very gloom and doom we read daily related to our spiraling debt, is preventing powerful solutions that restore prosperity. Rather than lament monetary losses, let’s begin to consider solutions and use new brain insights to restore prosperity.  Imagine news programs that address 2-footed questions which could turn around the problems we’ve created, and repair broken finance systems we’ve supported. In fact, why repair busted ruts, when we could create refreshing pools to contain  rejuvenated financial prosperity? I’d like to start by posing this 2-footed question, as a way to draw on your best solutions. How can we bailout our community’s intellectual loss from daily overdoses of economic woes? Any innovative yet soli... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1856393 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:31:48 +0100 1856393 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1187256&cid=t_102709_158_f&fid=36024&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fcaregiver%2Fjeff%2Fa-caregiver-is-saddened-by-a-death-at-the-mill%2F There was a recent death at the Mill where my 90-year-old father lives. Because it is an apartment house for senior citizens, there are deaths there from time to time. But this latest death was one of my father’s friends, and someone who I knew too. I did not know Don well, but I often saw him when I visited my father, and I knew him well enough to like him. Don was disabled and his legs were shrunken. He rode around the Mill on a motorized scooter with a big smile on his face. He was always ready to swap stories and jokes with my father, and was pretty smart, too. He played online poker and was said to be a consistent winner On a personal note, Don met my dog Gulliver once when I brought him along to visit my father and made a big fuss over him. Whenever I saw him, Don would ask me when... Caregiver Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1187256 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:10:22 +0100 1187256 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=478756&cid=t_102709_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F03%2F06%2Fhundreds-of-thousands-to-die-early-as-diabetes-rockets-by-60%2F Filed under: Type 2, Adult Onset, Diet, Lifestyle, Daily News, ProductsAny headline that features die is bound to grab your attention. The headline appeared in an article published by The Scotsman. What the title lacks in sensitivity it makes up for in reader feedback. Both, statistically eye-popping and universally alarming, I give you extracts from the article and a few passionate responses from readers. How does it make you feel? Research from Edinburgh University reveals the number of people diagnosed with type-2 diabetes will soar by 60% within the next ten years. This is mainly due to the obesity crisis, with current estimates showing a quarter of the population is likely to be classed as obese by 2018. Doctors say they are treating an increasing number of teenagers for type-2 diabet... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=478756 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:00:00 +0100 478756