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 'balls'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:03:27 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028460&cid=t_137642_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F11%2F10-practical-ways-to-handle-stress%2F Stress is inevitable. It walks in and out of our lives on a regular basis. And it can easily walk all over us unless we take action. Fortunately, there are many things you can do to minimize and cope with stress. Here are 10 ideas for handling stress without causing more strain and hassle. 1. Figure out where the stress is coming from. Oftentimes, when we’re stressed, it seems like a big mess with stressors appearing from every angle. We start to feel like we’re playing a game of dodge ball, ducking and darting so we don’t get smacked by a barrage of balls. We take a defensive position, and not a good one at that. Instead of feeling like you’re flailing day to day, identify what you’re actually stressed about. Is it a specific project at work, an upcoming exam, a dispute with yo... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028460 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:19:54 +0100 5028460 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4389242&cid=t_137642_117_f&fid=38856&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timemastermd.com%2F%3Fp%3D1883 Watch out for SPERM RASH! There’s a mysterious phenomenon in which some men, immediately after having an orgasm, come down with a flu-like illness, or skin rash.  Scientists are saying these men may be allergic to their own semen.  The condition is known as post-orgasmic illness sydrome, or POIS.  I bet soon you will hear of another syndrome called pre-sex bullshit syndrome PSBS, where a man actually gets sick of his own lies told trying to convince a girl out of her panties.  You heard it here first! Semen is the cloudy white body fluid that is emitted from the urethra of the penis during orgasm. The average volume of semen produced in a single ejaculation is 5 ml, or a teaspoon. The semen is loaded with 600 million sperm, depending on the length of time since the last ejacula... Timemaster MD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4389242 Sun, 23 Jan 2011 04:35:48 +0100 4389242 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4338024&cid=t_137642_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F01%2F11%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-january-11-2011%2F Today is 1/11/11. Maybe for you, it will be a day filled with firsts. The first time you sought therapy. The first step you took towards healing yourself. The first time you realized how far you’ve come and how much you have achieved towards your goals and your mental health. If so, I hope you will celebrate these firsts and remember them when times get tough. Because ever year brings with it a new challenge, an obstacle we didn’t foresee and with it an opportunity for self-growth and a chance for a better more balanced life. When that opportunity comes, will you take it? For me, I’ve finally come home. The holidays are over. And instead of being surrounded by the voices of my family members, I’m here sitting back at my home in silence. This Christmas was as chaotic... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4338024 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:02:06 +0100 4338024 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212280&cid=t_137642_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fcommissar-ed-balls.html The increasingly impressive Gillian Lowe, a leading headmistress, and the current president of the Girls’ Schools Association is rightly critical of the endless top-down micro-management imposed upon the teaching profession by education commissar Ed Balls. Balls is often described as being Stalinist. I disagree. He is more Mao than Stalin. His collected utterances could be gathered together in a not so little Little Red Book. Take a look at the 16 diktats ("bright ideas") that have been handed down by Commissar Balls since September 2009.Gillian Low, the president of the Girls’ Schools Association, cited last week’s announcement that all pupils should be offered lessons in Mandarin. This came on top of proposals for lessons on debt management, parenthood and domestic violence. In an ... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212280 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:21:00 +0100 3212280 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208282&cid=t_137642_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F01%2Faspergillosis%2F Pathophysiology 1) infection with Aspergillus fumigatus (most common and serious), A. flavus, or A. niger 2) normally colonizes skin, mucous membranes, and respiratory tract, but can also cause fatal systemic illness (usually in immunosuppressed patients) 3) sinus infection occurs in three forms – fungus ball in a chronically infected sinus cavity (usually maxillary), invasive fibrous granulomatous inflammation, and allergic sinusitis (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208282 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:51:40 +0100 3208282 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3108424&cid=t_137642_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FcAut3arfXbY%2F We all know that babies and young children put just about anything they can in their mouth and that’s why most of us work so hard to baby-proof our homes to avoid tragedy. The holiday season is full of things that can harm little ones and it’s important to think of the things we may  not consider as dangerous. Many years ago, when my “baby” sister was a baby, I was minding her while my parents were out. I must have been about 14 or 15 and she was about a year and a half old. We had a piano in our dining room, which was an extension of the living room, where my sister’s playpen was – just beside the Christmas tree. I remember I was practicing the piano while she played in her pen – or so I thought. At some point, I turned around and her mouth was d... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3108424 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:21:53 +0100 3108424 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2916380&cid=t_137642_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FXTQvx6zxV5k%2Fsick-and-no-desire-to-cook.php The flu, or some other nasty virus, has reared its ugly head here at our house.  Leah is sick, with a fever of 101.4, and David and I are not well, either.  All I want to do is sleep, but I can't with a baby and husband who are both ill.  That being said, I don't have much of an appetite.  Or a desire to cook.  I know, that's weird.  I love to cook!  So Simply Cooking is not going to have much to say today about food.  But I want to know what your favorite food to eat/make when you're sick is.  Mine is usually chicken soup with a matzo ball.  I have the stock, but zero energy or desire to make the matzo balls.  Anyone want to deliver some to us?In other news, check out our other blog to read about an awesome diabetes event that will be... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2916380 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0100 2916380 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2637783&cid=t_137642_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F5430siCE4RQ%2F In today’s Washington Post, education secretary Arne Duncan describes the administration’s $4.5 billion “Race to the Top” fund as “education reform’s moon shot” — a watershed undertaking that will transform the way children learn and dramatically improve outcomes. No doubt he believes that. But since he also seems to believe that he brought about dramatic academic gains in Chicago — something that I and others have shown is not the case — the secretary’s beliefs should be taken with a grain of salt. “Race to the Top” funds will be used to reward states that pursue education policies favored by Duncan and President Obama, and, by extension, to punish states that don’t. It is obedience training writ large. States that Dun... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2637783 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:57:39 +0100 2637783 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2572918&cid=t_137642_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F07%2Fgoodbye-mr-chips.html Just returned from an unexpected few days away in North Wales, hence the lack of posts. Mrs Crippen's sister and brother-in-law, both teachers in the state sector, both heads of respective departments and both in their early fifties, were with us. There is little that doctors can tell teachers about government interference in professional life or about top-down micromanagement. Over a glass of three of wine the conversation turned to retirement and, in particular, to early retirement.It is not acceptable to be "ageist". Indeed, our government has legislated to make it unacceptable. And it is good to see that Tesco and Sainsburys, for example, are employing people who are well into their eighth decade. These people still have a lot to offer.All is not well in the state education system. Mr ... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2572918 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:52:00 +0100 2572918 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2570378&cid=t_137642_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FejIX0lMC530%2F It seems U.S. education secretary Arne Duncan and British schools secretary Ed Balls disagree on the merits of national standards. While Duncan has said that homogenizing educational standards nationwide is his single most important goal while in office, Balls has just pulled the plug on the U.K.’s 10 year experiment with national reading and math strategies. He told the media: I think the right thing for us to do now is to move away from what has historically been a rather central view of school improvement through national strategies to something which is essentially being commissioned not from the centre but by schools themselves. The problem with saying that every 5th grader in the nation should learn the same things at the same time is that all 5th graders are not created equal.... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2570378 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:08:00 +0100 2570378 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2424089&cid=t_137642_88_f&fid=34857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscalpelorsword.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Ftool-time.html A doctor in rural Australia used a handyman's power drill to bore a hole into the skull of a boy with a severe head injury, saving his life.Nicholas Rossi fell off his bike on Friday in the small Victoria state city of Maryborough, hitting his head on the pavement, his father, Michael, said Wednesday. By the time Rossi got to the hospital, he was slipping in and out of consciousness.The doctor on duty, Rob Carson, quickly recognized the boy was experiencing potentially fatal bleeding on the brain and knew he had only minutes to make a hole in the boy's skull to relieve the pressure.But the small hospital was not equipped with neurological drills — so Carson sent for a household drill from the maintenance room.Carson called a neurosurgeon in the state capital of Melbourne for help, who ta... Scalpel or Sword? blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2424089 Wed, 20 May 2009 14:31:00 +0100 2424089 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2424172&cid=t_137642_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Flight-trials-balls.html In my SpecNOW science news column this week: C60, C80, C0, Go! - X-ray crystallography, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and other techniques have allowed German chemists to demonstrate their synthesis of the first non-carbon analogue of the C80 fullerene molecule. And yes, the title is an allusion to the Malcolm McClaren fashion vehicle of the post-punk era, Bow Wow Wow. Photosynthetic disorder - An international team has used solid state NMR spectroscopy to determine the structure of the chlorophyll molecules in green bacteria that are responsible for harvesting light energy. The discovery might ultimately lead to artificial photosynthetic systems. Clinical reflections - Clinical research studies into drug efficacy and side effects have often been laborious and time consuming, ne... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2424172 Wed, 20 May 2009 12:16:48 +0100 2424172 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2295068&cid=t_137642_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fmaintaining-your-balance-in-a-life-of-chronic-pain%2F No, we’re not talking about mental balance or our “marbles” again. We all seem to have agreed that they are rolling around quite a bit and occasionally we lose one. Today, I’d like to chat about the importance of literally maintaining our balance and therefore our strength. Most of us who live with chronic pain know what it is to feel unsteady on our feet. Many of us have had falls or stumbled. It’s a major challenge to stay upright at times, to push on when we would like to sit down and to perform just one more chore before we rest. It’s a good thing that life pushes us to work, to cook, to clean, etc. These chores and obligations keep us fit. Sometimes I long for a red velvet fainting couch, a box of Godiva chocolates and a maid, but alas. I awaken. I am just finally getting ... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2295068 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:40:44 +0100 2295068 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2256099&cid=t_137642_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fanother-load-of-balls.html It beggars belief. If you made it up, you would be regarded as mad.Lord Laming's review into services in England found reforms brought in after Victoria Climbie's death in 2000 have not been properly implemented. The peer led the Climbie inquiry and reviewed progress after Baby P's death in the same north London borough. Children's Secretary Ed Balls said he accepted all the new recommendations.BBCSo far, so good. It sounds promising. What had Lord Laming’s most recent review found?There had been an "over-emphasis on process and targets" - resulting in a "loss of confidence" among social workersProgress was being "hampered" by the lack of a centralised computer system and an "over-complicated... tick-box assessment and recording system"There was a lack of communication and joined-up work... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2256099 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:30:00 +0100 2256099 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2156740&cid=t_137642_97_f&fid=35606&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theangriestpharmacist.com%2F2009%2F02%2F03%2Fdrug-topics-viewpoint%2F Much like DrugMonkey, I too submitted a viewpoint (I wonder why we both decided to at the same time :-). I sent mine in on January 4th, 2009. I, like him, heard dick back from them. This pisses me off more than a f.ing rejection. These dickless f.s don’t have the balls to reject me. They don’t have the balls to publish me. They don’t have the balls to tell me they don’t have the balls to do either of them. It’s f.ing disgraceful. And rather than use DrugMonkey and I to help save that tanking shitstorm they call a magazine, they are going to watch it die. They are going to watch it die at the hands of none other than myself and DrugMonkey. A free service provided to the end-user at their fingertips. It’s just a matter of time before the advertisers leap f... The Angriest Pharmacist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2156740 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:07:45 +0100 2156740 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1955213&cid=t_137642_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2008%2F11%2F12%2Fhealthbolt-bizarre-the-testicle-cookbook%2F I mentioned this e-cookbook briefly in one of last month’s The Monday Sidebar. Since then, I’ve discovered that there is a ‘free teaser version’ of  The Testicle Cookbook available, complete with the history of testicle cooking, five recipes and how-to videos. So if anyone’s interested in ‘cooking with balls’, this one’s for you…              Click here to read the sample version of The Testicle Cookbook. And here if you want to purchase the full version… Tags: cookbooks, cooking, cooking with balls, e-cookbooks, Healthbolt, healthbolt bizarre, testicles, The Testicle CookbookShare This (Source: Healthbolt) Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1955213 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:19:50 +0100 1955213 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1883685&cid=t_137642_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fchronic-pain%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fweighing-options-in-a-life-of-chronic-pain%2F Everyone who lives with chronic pain and illness gets discouraged at one time or another. How can you not? When is the worse time of day for you? For me it is the early mornings, when I awaken and haven’t yet had my daily dose of pills; and I must say it is often late at night, depending on what I have done that day. There is always a price to pay for activity when your body is in pain. The anathema of it is that exercise and movement is necessary for those of us with all forms of arthritis in order to keep limber, active and functioning. Eventually, you decide what works for you and what does not. Stretches are usually a good idea as well as some strength training whether or not you use light weights. Consistency is the key, of course, so your body knows what’s coming. You don’t wan... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1883685 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:16:23 +0100 1883685 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1583022&cid=t_137642_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F328089770%2F A scandal is mushrooming because the Schools Secretary has appointed a Glaxo exec to the board of the government’s official education watchdog agency, known as Ofsted. And the move occurred less than a month before the government awarded a reported $200 million contract to Glaxo for its HPV vaccine for school-age girls 12 years and older, which some parents fear will give a green light to teenage sex, The Daily Mail reports. The appointment also comes at a time when a growing number of families are filing lawsuits against Glaxo over its Paxil antidepressent, claiming the drug caused suicide or attempted suicides. (Paxil is called Seroxat in the UK). Consequently, critics say the decision by Schools Secretary Ed Balls (pictured at top) has conferred moral authority on Glaxo and commer... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1583022 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:29:55 +0100 1583022 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1553078&cid=t_137642_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F321881923%2F Not “a school for kids with autism,” but “a school that accepts kids with autism”—so Alison Moors, director of the Academy for Precision Learning says in an article in the June 27th Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Paul Nyhan. The school is just finishing its first year, with four teachers and five students. It was started by six parents of children with autism only ten months ago; next year, its enrollment will double and the school will move to the University District in Seattle. Currently, families pay tuition ($36,000 for one-on-one teaching, $21,000 for some support, and $14,000 for general education) The teaching style at the school is what Nyhan describes as “Montessori on steroids”: Based on the “Precision Teaching” method, which t... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1553078 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:51:33 +0100 1553078 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1475245&cid=t_137642_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F300144648%2F I always make sure now that daily Adapted Physical Education (APE) is written into Charlie’s IEP. Around 10.30am every morning he does “fitness” (calisthetics and walking/running), soccer, bowling, yoga (his favorite) and other activities; his PE teacher is trained to teach autistic special needs kids. In previous schools he had PE maybe once a week (one year, it was at Friday around 1.30pm). I realize now how important it is for Charlie (and any child, I think!) to have PE daily: Moving around and “thinking with other parts of his body” are essential for Charlie’s learning at his desk. I was very interested to read this website on bringing fitness into the lives of autistic children by Eric Chessen, who identifies himself as a “Fitness Therapist, ... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1475245 Wed, 28 May 2008 22:54:21 +0100 1475245 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1469590&cid=t_137642_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Fno-thank-you-mr-balls.html Swinging ballsI feel I am loosing the battle of trying to explain how the government’s micromanagement of health care is wearing down doctor’s morale and gradually destroying the NHS. From many of the comments I get, it seems that few believe what I am saying. Let me try again by giving another two examples of top-down, unthinking, Maoist micromanagement.  One from the NHS, which you might not understand and one from education which you will understand if you have children.Gordon Brown announced in March that GPs would be providing additional hours of patient access from 1st April 2008. The festering boil of GP availability had thus been lanced and the problem could be moved off the agenda. A triumph for the government. If only. What has really happened is that nothing has happened. A... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1469590 Tue, 27 May 2008 13:42:00 +0100 1469590 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1298677&cid=t_137642_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fits-not-brown-its-balls.html This afternoon, an eagle-eyed watcher of the budget statement picked up a gem of a heckle from Ed Balls, Brown's anointed heir apparent.David Cameron said:"Under Labour, Britain is more taxed than at any point in its history".To this, Flabbyballs said:"So what."So what, indeed.Flabbyballs was appointed Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families on 28 June 2007. His principal focus then was to ...ensure that every child gets the best possible start in life, that they are safe and healthy, that they secure the highest standards of achievements, that they enjoy their childhood and that they can make a positive contribution to society free from the effects of poverty.Flabbyballs certainly got the best possible start in life himself. No nasty comprehensive school for him. He comes... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1298677 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:45:00 +0100 1298677 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=783949&cid=t_137642_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F141548902%2F “Far from Par” is the name of a 4-week summer golf program for autistic children in Bergen County, New Jersey. The August 4th Bergen Record notes that the program is the “first of its kind in the nation”: Fifteen children, ranging in age from 11 to 16, are taking part. In the first three days, they spent an hour learning some of the rules of the game, how to grip a golf club, and how to putt. While they all will get an opportunity to play with regulation golf clubs and balls as the program progresses, their first experience was with something called “snag golf.” They used solid plastic, large-headed clubs and furry tennis balls, aiming for a yellow Velcro-covered target that looks like an overturned bucket with a flag on top. Charlie did try mini-golf la... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=783949 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:39:18 +0100 783949 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=694194&cid=t_137642_87_f&fid=34866&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecardioblog.com%2F2007%2F06%2F25%2Fhome-is-where-the-heart-gets-healthy%2F Getting regular exercise is so important for your heart, but going to the gym isn't for everyone. If you loathe leaving the house to workout, why not bring the gym to the house? Do-it-yourself gyms are easy to put together, and they can be inexpensive too. The first step is determining what kind of workouts you like doing, and once you've established that, you can decide whether you really need a gym membership. For some, getting your heart in good shape can be achieved in the comfort of your own home with a DIY gym. DIY gyms can be expensive, but they don't have to be. A few weights, some resistance bands, a exercise ball and a few fitness DVDs will do wonders for your heart and your health if you can stick to your exercise program. For more inspiration, check this out.Read | Pe... The Cardio Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=694194 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 694194