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 'blend'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:00:30 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3621636&cid=t_169374_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Famerican-cigarettes-more-toxic-than-foreign-cigarettes%2F Photo from Flickr user dopesmuglar European stereotypes practically revolve around slowly-smoked cigarettes and smoky cafes, but it turns out their smoking habits might actually be healthier than ours: Americans are getting a higher dose of the most deadly carcinogens in cigarettes, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. American cigarettes are made from the “American blend” tobacco, which has higher levels of carcinogenic nitrosamines because of growing and curing methods. While it might be tempting to get your pen pal across the Atlantic to send you care packages full of less-toxic British cigarettes, we suggest you use this as yet another reason to kick the habit for good. via LA Times Post from: BlissTree American Cigarettes More Toxic Than Foreign Smok... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3621636 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:13:15 +0100 3621636 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3153424&cid=t_169374_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F01%2F08%2Fa-psychologist-pioneer-clay-tucker-ladd-phd-78%2F Most of you have never heard of Dr. Clay Tucker-Ladd, and yet in many ways, he was just as influential as any psychologist because he did something revolutionary in his day. In 1970 — 40 years ago — he taught a class on how to apply psychology to personal life. Yes, that’s right — Dr. Tucker-Ladd pre-dated all of those positive psychology folks and self-help gurus who talk about how you can apply basic psychological principles to help improve our own happiness and well-being. But I met Clay many, many years later — in 1996 — when we began discussing and working on how to publish his self-help book online, the first online self-help book. The self-help book is called fittingly enough Psychological Self-Help, a book he began writing back in 1973. No publ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3153424 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:48:01 +0100 3153424 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2765952&cid=t_169374_85_f&fid=34924&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baggas.com%2Fposts%2F2009%2F09%2F04%2Fmedical-script%2F Here’s a cool passage we discovered the other night in our small group. How I wish this one had’ve made it into the canon 1Honour physicians for their services, for the Lord created them; 2for their gift of healing comes from the Most High, and they are rewarded by the king. 3The skill of physicians makes them distinguished, and in the presence of the great they are admired. 4The Lord created medicines out of the earth, and the sensible will not despise them. 5Was not water made sweet with a tree in order that its power might be known? 6And he gave skill to human beings that he might be glorified in his marvellous works. 7By them the physician heals and takes away pain; 8   the pharmacist makes a mixture from them. God’s works will never be finished; and from him health  ... Baggas' Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2765952 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:36:05 +0100 2765952 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1225257&cid=t_169374_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F02%2F12%2Fis-mindfulness-based-cognitive-therapy-effective%2F Mindfulness cognitive therapy (or mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, MBCT) is a blend of two very different approaches — cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) which focuses on changing our thoughts in order to change our behaviors, and the meditative practice of mindfulness, a process of identifying our thoughts on a moment-to-moment basis while trying not to pass judgment on them. While cognitive behavioral therapy has always emphasized the end result of change of one’s thoughts, mindfulness really looks at how a person thinks — the process of thinking — to help one be more effective in changing negative thoughts. This is a newer (1979) add-on approach to traditional cognitive behavioral therapy and has recently gained more attention as people look to simplify thei... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1225257 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:00:34 +0100 1225257