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 'blog'. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:07:27 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3363851&cid=t_99466_180_f&fid=38607&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fsuccessbeginstoday%2FBHWQ%2F%7E3%2Fedtk3Qy2KIE%2F John Jantsch over at the AE Open Forum posted an incredibly useful article about combining Twitter and Google search together. He lists seven different ways you can use advanced queries to find the data you want. I gave some of his scripts a try and I was blown away how powerful they are. The seven different areas are Occupation Bio Location New Sign Ups Industry Competition Trending Photos So how can we use these scripts to add to our Twitter experience? 1. Finding People To Follow: If you are new to Twitter, one of the first things you want to do is find people in your particular niche or interest area that are tweeting about subjects that are of interest you. For Example, let’s say you are a writer and want to find other writers on twitter… intitle:”writer* on twitter&#8221... Success Begins Today blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3363851 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:26:13 +0100 3363851 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3363790&cid=t_99466_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F03%2F14%2Fblogging-about-being-blogged-about%2F I was quick to post this link to Facebook yesterday from a website in Princeton which featured an interview-by-email with me on the subject of blogging about HIV/AIDS. Shruti Kalra, the writer of the piece, first contacted me early in the year, wondering a few things about me and this blog, and I wasn’t long agreeing to [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3363790 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:29:48 +0100 3363790 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3362542&cid=t_99466_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fincluding-family-in-breast-cancer-decisions%2F My son – The Big Guy – injured his knee last fall and had minor surgery to repair a torn meniscus. This is huge in his world because he is a college football player attending school on an athletic scholarship. This past week he injured his knee again and I am beside myself with worry about him, his emotions, and his future. Of course I am not at all concerned about his football, that is the least important to me, but not to him. We have different perspectives and different priorities. Truthfully though this is a minor injury and if we can get him to rest and stay off his knee this should clear on its own, but I still worry. The Big Guy is only 18 and can’t see beyond the next few years. For many of us that face breast cancer we often find that our priorities are different than our fa... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3362542 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:26:00 +0100 3362542 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3362491&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fms-and-social-media%2F The topic of MS and social media brings a joke to mind: Man I: Did you hear about the latest tech news? Man II: No. Man I: YouTube, Twitter and Facebook have announced a merger. Man II: Really; what are they going to call it? Man I: YouTwitFace. I was never a social media person; remember I didn’t even know what a blog was when I was asked to start this journey.  I must, however, admit that I’ve really enjoyed being able to catch up with long-lost pals through the medium. Many people who are limited in their access to the “outside world” due to MS, find such sites and their communities at least a diversion and at best a real lifesaver. I’ve noticed, especially when it comes to the “MS Underground”, that social media sites are full of people spouting opinions as facts and dec... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3362491 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:34:18 +0100 3362491 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3362569&cid=t_99466_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F03%2F12%2Fblogroll_update.php Time to sweep out the inactive chemistry sites and bring in some new ones. Welcome to Chemistry Blog, Pharma Strategy Blog, Practical Fragments, Fragment -Based Drug Discovery Literature, Symyx Blog, and All Things Metathesis! And in the resources section, there's Chempedia Lab, a chemistry-question site that's looking for a broader user base. (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3362569 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:54:19 +0100 3362569 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3362594&cid=t_99466_180_f&fid=38607&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fsuccessbeginstoday%2FBHWQ%2F%7E3%2FFG-tYRUZIfs%2F Out of the box, Twitter comes with 20 built in themes that you can select from. They range from the default light blue theme with clouds, to more whimsical themes featuring leaves, trees, and birds. While these themes are a good starting point, you’ll certainly want to change the background to show the world who you are. For a business or personal niche site, you’ll want a customized background that lists your name, contact information, and a blurb about your product, service or niche. There area few common ways to do this. You can go to one of the popular Twitter background sites and download one of their free offerings, create one in a high end graphics program like Photoshop, or have a designer create a custom one for you. Unfortunately, most people don’t have Photoshop and spend... Success Begins Today blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3362594 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:16:22 +0100 3362594 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3359165&cid=t_99466_131_f&fid=34995&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgnxp%2F%7E3%2FJMax_ZvI8I8%2Fkatz_98.php Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Gene Expression) Gene Expression blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3359165 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:11:23 +0100 3359165 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3359027&cid=t_99466_105_f&fid=38964&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrwes.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fmeet-my-counterpart-covering-acc10.html Sarah Clarke, MD will be blogging ACC10 and i2 Summit from a uniquely British perspective over at The BCS Blog.Geez. Competition? Nah.Camaraderie. -WesMusings of a cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist. (Source: Dr. Wes) Dr. Wes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3359027 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:34:00 +0100 3359027 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3359128&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fcreativity-is-a-miraculous-treatment-in-a-life-of-chronic-pain%2F I know you want to be healthy and as well as possible, of course you do. We have covered so many chronic pain treatments over the last few years. We’ve discussed medication, physical therapy and exercise, as well as alternative treatments. We’ve discussed diet and nutrition and the influence on our lives by other people. I always love to chat with all of you about pet therapy and it’s powerful, loving influence on our lives and health. Today, I’d like to talk about another kind of therapy and that is the importance of creative therapy. So grab a lollipop, a Popsicle or a Tootsie pop and read along with me. Those of us who are around small children have the benefit of being reminded of the joys in creativity. When a small child sits down at the dining room table with a large pad and... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3359128 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:05:05 +0100 3359128 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3354467&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fnaturopathy-and-ms%2F Today, I am keeping one of my New Year’s Resolutions! I am packing myself off to see a new doctor for my MS (and for my whole health).  Today I’m off to see a Naturopath. For well over 2 years, I’ve had the very good intentions of adding Naturopathy to my medical regimen.  For just as long, I’ve found reasons not to make the appointments.  It’s not like it was difficult; there is a wonderful clinic not 5 miles from my house with NDs who have a keen interest in multiple sclerosis (in fact, the clinic chief is recommended by my MS neurologist!) I’m not using Naturopathy as an alternative to more standard “western medicine”.  Rather, I intend to augment and compliment my other MS treatments/procedures with the practice. I’m sure that the battery of lab work will expos... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3354467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:45:45 +0100 3354467 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3354532&cid=t_99466_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fremembering-farrahs-brave-cancer-battle%2F The Oscars are always fun to watch. This year’s awards couldn’t pass without a little controversy though. During the In Memoriam segment, Farrah Fawcett was not included among the actors shown and I was a little perturbed when the segment ended and her face was not shown on screen with the other actors that had passed away during the year. Farah lost her battle with anal cancer and I wrote a blog to commemorate her just after her death. I think she was such a big icon during my life, and especially when I was a young woman, that I almost feel snubbed that they forgot her. Her battle with cancer was chronicled by herself and was terrifically brave.  Her death reminded me that although I beat cancer once I still need to be vigilant against this foe. In my life it claimed a breast, i... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3354532 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:59:10 +0100 3354532 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350353&cid=t_99466_111_f&fid=34615&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergiblog.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fand-now-a-word-from-our-sponsor.html Contrary to popular belief, I have not fallen off the face of the earth! At the moment I am axilla-deep in papers for school and in major essays for my grad school application. (I can tell you one thing, the student in the front row, right has something other than nursing theory on her mind!) Change of Shift will be hosted at Nursing Student Chronicles on the 18th of this month – and our hostess is promising “a party-and-a-half”! Submissions can go through Blog Carnival or to  “dancingsoul135 at gmail dot com”. Of course, I am always happy to forward any that you want to send to me. So…please pray that I am able to sound mature, articulate and coherent in my application essays and I’ll be posting ASAP! I have a list of topics as long as my stethos... Emergiblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350353 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:57:28 +0100 3350353 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350439&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fwisdom-from-the-ages-in-a-life-of-chronic-pain%2F If there’s one thing we need as we chug along with this life of pain everyday, it’s wisdom. Many of our founding fathers were full of profundity and wisdom which sure could come in handy in today’s fast-paced world. Thomas Jefferson said, “Take care of your change; dollars will take care of themselves.” Certainly, many of us have discovered the same truth applies to minutes. Take care of your minutes; your hours and yes days, will take care of themselves. If you have to scoot, push, pull or crawl toward that goal, surely, you and I can do it one minute at a time. My goodness, Jefferson and a handful of other independent thinkers founded a whole new country. They did it one act, one township and one battle at a time. So often we look down this road of chronic pain and it appea... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350439 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:34:30 +0100 3350439 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350616&cid=t_99466_180_f&fid=38607&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fsuccessbeginstoday%2FBHWQ%2F%7E3%2FLuQjHl1Mhxg%2F At the heart of Social Media is Twitter. An online communication portal limited to 140 characters per message (tweet). The easiest way to understand Twitter is to setup an account. Lets set one up for our new Meedeeah domain name that we setup yesterday. Step One: Open a web browser and go to http://twitter.com You’ll see the following login screen. Since we don’t have a login yet let’s click on the sign up now button. On the next screen you’ll be asked for your login information. Sign up as follows… Once we click the sign up button, a confirmation e-mail message will be sent to the e-mail account we signed up with. Click the confirmation link to complete the signup process. Step Two: Setup your profile. Login to your new account and click on the settings button in the top m... Success Begins Today blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350616 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:50:52 +0100 3350616 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3346653&cid=t_99466_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fhappiness-and-breast-cancer%2F Are you happy? I don’t mean happy with your life, or happy with your job or happy with your mate. I mean are you happy despite everything that might not be great in your life right now? I guess I should ask instead; are you a happy person? When I was thinking about what makes me happy I realized that I don’t need anything to make me happy. I am happy a lot of the time. Not the silly superficial happy, or the happy that comes with always finding people to party with, but really happy. In people who are happy there is just a sense of cheerfulness and optimism. These people have the ability to bounce back from sad and tragic places and move on. We can find the cancer in a body and the lump in a breast, but no one has found where happy resides. Is it in the heart or the head? I do ... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3346653 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:35:12 +0100 3346653 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3346595&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fms-awareness-week-are-you-ready%2F Even though World MS Day is still more than a month away (May 26th), this is MS Awareness Week in North America. It’s time to dust off the talking points, break out the MS buttons and get ready to answer questions. There will be television adverts, billboards and radio PSAs this week which could afford each of us to speak about MS this week. I know that here in Seattle, our chapter of the NMSS (which has just recently been expanded to support people living with MS in Alaska) has a new “Is It MS?” campaign which has been stirring up questions and conversations…and doctor’s appointments It’s not like each and every one of us has to give a press conference or stand on an overpass waving an “I Have MS; Ask Me!” banner. But, I think we owe it to ourselves and to one another to b... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3346595 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:16:24 +0100 3346595 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3346760&cid=t_99466_180_f&fid=38607&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fsuccessbeginstoday%2FBHWQ%2F%7E3%2FJtZPBiiE_s0%2F In the world of social media your name is everything. It can be your domain name, Twitter name, your login on Facebook, and your link on LinkedIn. If you have an uncommon name like Gary Vanerchuk or Phil Gerbyshak, you can pretty much be assured that you will have an easy time of securing a domain name and login names in all of the social media accounts. But what if you have a common name like mine. There are thousands of John Richardson’s around the world and all facets of that name have been used multiple times. As a blogger for five years, I have quite a bit of traffic to my site, yet I fall on page three or four on Google when searching for my name. I tell people all the time to search for “goal setting” instead of my name to find me. In any type of web presence, an easy to... Success Begins Today blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3346760 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:28:46 +0100 3346760 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3342936&cid=t_99466_180_f&fid=38607&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fsuccessbeginstoday%2FBHWQ%2F%7E3%2Ftf-ciE6zdTs%2F Have you ever wondered about Social Media and what the buzz is all about? Have you setup a Facebook or Twitter account and felt lost in the noise and confusion of the site? You’re not alone. Social media can be a powerful tool to build your business, help you find a job, or reach out to the world in your own personal niche. But the tools can be confusing and you’ll need a strategy to tie them all together. Over the next Twelve weeks, I want to take you on an adventure through the amazing land of social media. We’ll discover Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and end up in the emerald city of Wordpress. Along the way, we’ll meet some amazing people who have created impressive businesses, raised money for compelling causes, and created unique niches that never existed before. Take a look ... Success Begins Today blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3342936 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:02:22 +0100 3342936 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3342821&cid=t_99466_131_f&fid=34995&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgnxp%2F%7E3%2FS4yiLsMcoDA%2Fon_content_redundancy.php Felix Salmon, Link-phobic bloggers at the NYT and WSJ: The problem, here, is that the bloggers at places like the NYT and the WSJ are print reporters, and aren't really bloggers at heart. I discovered this a couple of weeks ago, after I posted a long and detailed blog entry on the court case between JP Morgan and Mexico's Cablevisión. The WSJ's Deal Journal blog didn't link to it, but a couple of days later, the blog's lead writer, Michael Corkery, had a piece in the print version of the newspaper which added nothing to the story, quoted the same Cablevisión executive that I had spoken to, and didn't mention my post at all. The decision not to cite or link to my blog was made by Dennis Berman, the editor of the WSJ story and a former Deal Journal blogger himself. Corkery and Berman read... Gene Expression blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3342821 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:37:11 +0100 3342821 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3339799&cid=t_99466_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fmy-thoughts-at-end-of-day_06.html People Come and Go, and Strange Emails… A lot of people have come and gone over the course of this blog.  I wonder what makes people stay around for a long time, and what makes people leave after reading for so long?  I guess my blog can get like a broken record, but aren’t all our lives mostly routine and mundane?  One lady named Kathy emailed me a few months ago and said she was quitting reading because of my religious views.   Religion and politics are two things I specifically avoid writing about on the blog due their their sensitive and polarizing nature and my eclectic views on both.   I didn’t even write back thinking it was probably for the best that she went her own way.  I didn’t even know her anyway.   I’d never even s... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3339799 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:25:00 +0100 3339799 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3338351&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fno-%25e2%2580%259cdeath-with-dignity%25e2%2580%259d-for-ms-patients%2F I am not a morbid person - a black sense of humor; that I’ll cop to – but a recent batch of comments on a previous post on the subject brought the topic back to my mind. I’ve been meaning to post something of a follow-up ever since my state passed a “Death With Dignity” Act, back in 2008. It was a hard-fought battle between the two sides with impassioned pleas from proponents and opponents alike.  In the end, the measure passed overwhelmingly. The thing is, the law was crafted with such tight restrictions as to make (some say “appropriately”) difficult to carry out.  In fact, a reading of the 10 pages of legalese which is the law makes it quite clear that a person in the final throws of MS would not be eligible for the relief intended by the law. A person, in Washin... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3338351 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:42:03 +0100 3338351 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3338423&cid=t_99466_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fi-need-favor-from-my-readers.html I am having tons of paranoia these past few days.  I just got around to checking my email today after a week or two of letting it languish.  Liz, you will be the first to get an email back.  Thank you for all your mail. I *heart* you!  Laura S., you are also in the queue to get an email from me.  It is flattering that you wrote a whole chapter about me in your thesis.  I will endeavor to read your thesis tonight and respond in kind. What I need is someone to check the recent comments on the blog and email me back if they are safe to read or not.  I don’t need any triggering mechanisms emotionally at the moment.   I am very sensitive and paranoid right now about comments and emails, and just can’t take a lot of criticism.  I am being the... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3338423 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:23:00 +0100 3338423 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3335518&cid=t_99466_131_f&fid=34995&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgnxp%2F%7E3%2FRsp__MZG_2M%2Fkatz_97.php Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Gene Expression) Gene Expression blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3335518 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:14:44 +0100 3335518 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3335282&cid=t_99466_87_f&fid=35747&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthaffairs.org%2Fblog%2F2010%2F03%2F04%2Flatest-edition-of-health-wonk-review-is-up%2F Over at his blog “Wright On Health,” Brad Wright presents some of the best in recent health policy blogging in the latest edition of the Health Wonk Review. Copyright © 2010 Health Affairs Blog. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. All material published on Health Affairs blog, excluding links, is covered under a Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial - No Derivs 2.5 license.Plugin by Taragana (Source: Health Affairs Blog) Health Affairs Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3335282 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:25:25 +0100 3335282 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3335264&cid=t_99466_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F03%2F05%2Fresearch-blogging-awards-2010%2F It is now possible to vote for the winners of the 2010 Research Blogging Awards. Yet another blog contest, I can hear you say. Yes, another blog contest, but a very special one. It is a contest among outstanding bloggers who discuss peer-reviewed research. There are over 1,000 blogs registered at ResearchBlogging.org., responsible for 9,500 posts about peer-reviewed [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3335264 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:27:01 +0100 3335264 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3335484&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fa-life-of-chronic-pain-and-the-domino-effect%2F In the last twenty years, since I’ve been living with chronic pain, I’ve met very few individuals who have only one problem. Most of them, like me, have numerous ones. Some of them are permanent and some come and go like unwelcome guests. I often have to be careful because some of my friends feel they are in crisis when they have some current issue arise and their life is in a spin, trying to deal with it. The size of the problem is not the real issue; it’s the jarring effect it has on the life of the individual as it disrupts, worries and often, hurts. Since I’m an old hand at this suffering gig, I often have to watch my level of empathy and keep it in check. It’s not their fault I’m a veteran in the game and they’re not. Thank God they’re not. As I’ve mentioned so often... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3335484 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:00:44 +0100 3335484 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3331568&cid=t_99466_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fthoughts-for-day_04.html Binge, not Purge… My obsessive compulsive addictive behavior is in full force these past few days.  If I can only just weather the storm I keep telling myself, this, too, shall pass and it most likely does.  I just have to let it run it’s course and hope for the best in damage control.  Last night, I was sitting in front of this computer reading Wikipedia about the origin of dogs when I had a strong craving and compulsion  for candy.  Mom had bought me two bags of Snickers and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Wednesday on grocery day.  Well, I ate both big bags of candy at one sitting.  Usually, this would be followed by a purging session, but I made myself keep it down.  I had one hell of a sugar rush after about thirty minutes.  It was quite... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3331568 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:38:00 +0100 3331568 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3327181&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fmarch-forth-and-tell-us-hows-your-ms-today%2F Tomorrow is the only day I know of which sounds like an order: “March Fourth!” So, we do…with MS, we March Forth! Every month we take a moment and assess our MS symptoms, treatments, coping mechanisms, triumphs and tribulations; our lives with MS. Today, have a check-in moment with yourself and answer the question; “How is your MS today?” My MS has been static the past several weeks.  I’m pretty glad as I have not been!  Maybe it’s because I’ve gotten used to the “stuff” MS has already taken away, but life with MS has been alright (relative) this past four weeks.  Anyway, I’ve had a lot going on (I’ve already traveled away from home 2 weeks on three trips this year…and it’s only the third month!) and I’m happy that I haven’t had any new stuff to deal with... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3327181 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:34:58 +0100 3327181 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3327250&cid=t_99466_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fbattling-breast-cancer-with-memories%2F Cancer is a family affair. One life may be affected but all lives are disrupted. When you talk to someone who had a mother or sister or wife or daughter that battled breast cancer, it is plain that they felt the pain of that diagnosis and the fear of loss. It is at those times a family needs to remember all the happy days they had. I think of all the happy days in my family’s life and am grateful that they outweigh the cancer days. Making memories becomes so important for those of us that survive cancer and realize how much those happy days we created before the diagnosis meant to us during the battle. I think this is what is fueling my need for family pictures all over the house. For the past three months I have been buying frames and photo books and even have one wall in the hallw... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3327250 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:34:14 +0100 3327250 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3327215&cid=t_99466_131_f&fid=34995&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgnxp%2F%7E3%2FUshLFA8LHm0%2Finterview_with_vikram_savkar_o.php Last spring I posted a review of Scitable at Nature. Since then Scitable seems to have expanded a bit, and I have given some more thought on its possible role in the ecology of the infosphere. Back in 2004 when I began to use Wikipedia regularly I was very impressed by the quality of the technical articles, but now that it's 2010 I have to say that far too often the Wikipedia entries are a bit thin in some domains. I suspect that my own expectations have started to outrun what is possible with Wikipedia, and probably I notice the "lack" because I've stopped going to Google as the first option when trying to find a "quick & dirty" overview of a topic. That's a long way of saying that I now believe that there is a viable role for websites in the layer of technical fluency between Wikipedia a... Gene Expression blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3327215 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:52:37 +0100 3327215 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3327180&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fa-life-with-chronic-pain-and-my-enemies%2F GRAVITY is always there, to trip us up, drag us down or rocket some object into our pathway. It is also an enemy to us as the pull of the earth draws all body parts downward. It’s truly amazing how quickly your face can hit the floor. PAIN of course, that’s a given with the title of this blog. Pain everyday pokes, prods, tugs, needles, cramps and generally befuddles, bewilders and baffles a normal existence. Pain is the giant wrench in the engine of life as it attempts to chug along life’s track. NEGATIVITY can rock your world, darken your day and cause the skies to open up. When you need every bit of positive fortitude within you to tackle a challenging life, this comes along to tie your hands, dim your wits and cause tears to stream down your face. It very soon can warp into it’s... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3327180 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:38:12 +0100 3327180 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3322435&cid=t_99466_111_f&fid=34615&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergiblog.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fnew-day-at-himss-with-better-health.html It’s Day 2 of Better Health at HIMSS. Interviews are flying today! Dr. Val, Nick Genes and the venerable Dr. Anonymous are interviewing the latest and greatest in Health IT! Here is the live feed, you can also see it here:   Free live streaming by Ustream New Day at HIMSS With Better Health (Source: Emergiblog) Emergiblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3322435 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:06:48 +0100 3322435 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3322387&cid=t_99466_105_f&fid=38964&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrwes.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fheart-rhythm-societys-new-blog.html The Heart Rhythm Society has launched a new blog called epinsights.org, co-authored by two members of the Heart Rhythm Society: John Day, MD and allied professional David Wiggins, RN, BS BME. They'll be writing on topics such as clinical guidelines, health policy and advocacy, professional education, practice information, quality improvement, research and Scientific Sessions. Welcome to the fray, gents!-WesMusings of a cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist. (Source: Dr. Wes) Dr. Wes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3322387 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:50:00 +0100 3322387 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3322569&cid=t_99466_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F03%2F2010-design-challenge-get-your-posters-here.html More on the 2010 DiabetesMine Design Challenge today —in part because I can’t think about much else this week I almost forgot to mention the beautiful and very official contest fliers/posters we’ve prepared. They’re available for downloading and distributing in PDF format here, as you like. For interested universities and other organizations – we can [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3322569 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:00:05 +0100 3322569 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3322316&cid=t_99466_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F03%2F02%2Fthree-editions-of-the-medlibs-rounds-call-for-submissions%2F I’m running behind…. Two Three editions of the MedLibs Round have already been published since my last post on the subject. The MedLibs Round -as you may know- is a monthly blog carnival of blog posts on subjects pertaining to medical information. At one point almost half of my posts was about a Grand Round, the MedLibs [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3322316 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:28:38 +0100 3322316 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3322519&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fhow-are-you-proactive-with-your-ms%2F Let me begin this posting with a disclaimer.  I am not an expert at living with multiple sclerosis.  I am a student of living with my MS. Last week we began an 8-week course of “Empowered Living for Couples”.  The program is offered by my local chapter of the National MS Society and taught (though she prefers “facilitated”) by my dear friend Maureen Manley. For the next eight weeks, a group of 7 couples will take 2-hour journeys of discovery and (hopefully) learn skills for living our lives more aware.  I suspect the concept may be a little touchy-feely for some, but I’m looking at it as; anything that may help us live our lives better, in the company of this uninvited guest, is worth a go. Part of our initial meeting divided us into two groups (the haves and the have nots) w... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3322519 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:18:10 +0100 3322519 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3322585&cid=t_99466_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fnot-on-the-run-to-beat-breast-cancer%2F Today I saw a woman jogging through the snow. She made it look like a walk in the park. I took up skiing just last year and love it, I went back to school and aced some college courses but I just can’t jog further than my mail box! I remember with triumph a time when I ran around the block at my parent’s house. That was 15 years ago and I could only do it once. Truly this is a dream of mine; to be able to lace up my Nikes and run for at least 15 minutes straight. All I can say is that when I battled breast cancer, it’s a good thing I didn’t have to out run it. Sometimes in my mind I feel like superwoman. I went a round with cancer and surgery and chemotherapy and I’m still standing, shouldn’t that mean I could at least run a 15 minute a mile? Seriously, this woman looked great.... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3322585 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:39:51 +0100 3322585 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3322584&cid=t_99466_136_f&fid=35316&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnotjustaboutcancer.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fquality-of-life.html I just returned from the 10th Annual Conference For Young Women Affected By Breast Cancer in Atlanta.I am so tired I can barely see straight.It was a terrific experience and I really learned a lot but I'm feeling too brain dead to share any of the many stories swirling around in my brain.Instead, I'll share some notes I took from a presentation by Dr. Julia Rowland, director of the National Cancer Institute's Office of Cancer Survivorship, called "Living Fully Is The Best Revenge."In particular, Dr. Rowland shared with us the "factors associated with quality of life outcomes" - the things that need to happen for those of us who have had cancer to live long and well. My editorial comments are in brackets.1. Accessing state of the art care (well, yeah).2. Social support (having it and using ... Not just about cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3322584 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:56:00 +0100 3322584 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3322436&cid=t_99466_111_f&fid=34615&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergiblog.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fhimss-from-the-front-line.html It’s happening right now! The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference is going full blast in Atlanta and Better Health is on the scene, bringing us interviews and information from the latest in telemedicine/emedicine! The Ustream is live right now: Live Video streaming by Ustream Dr. Anonymous and Dr. Val are interviewing the leading healthcare technology entrepreneurs! Unbelievable stuff for nursing here! HIMSS From the Front Line (Source: Emergiblog) Emergiblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3322436 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:06:35 +0100 3322436 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3318646&cid=t_99466_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F03%2F01%2Fblog_traffic_thanks.php Just a quick note to say that traffic here broke all the house records last month - over 440,000 page views (partly thanks to a late surge in interest in the wonderful properties of dioxygen difluoride). The number of people interested in this sort of thing continues to exceed my estimates. . .! (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3318646 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:34:59 +0100 3318646 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3318604&cid=t_99466_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fannouncing-the-2010-diabetesmine-design-challenge-open-for-entries-now.html After months of preparation, today I am indescribably excited and proud to kick off the 2010 DiabetesMine™ Design Challenge, an online competition to encourage creative new tools for improving life with diabetes! You know the drill: Do you have an idea for an innovative new diabetes device or web application? This is your chance to win [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3318604 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:00:24 +0100 3318604 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3318370&cid=t_99466_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fbreastfeeding123%2Ftell-me-about-the-joys-of-breastfeeding%2F For the Carnival of Breastfeeding in February, contributors shared how they overcame obstacles to breastfeeding. For the March Carnival of Breastfeeding, let’s show the other side — “The Joys of Breastfeeding.” Happy breastfeeding mother and baby in Oecusse, East Timor; Photo by NeilsPhotography on flickr.com While breastfeeding sometimes gets off to a rocky start, it can be such a joy once mother and baby get the hang of it. Write a post about what you like best about breastfeeding and email me your submission by March 15, 2010, for consideration for the blog carnival on March 22, 2010. As a reminder, here are the guidelines that will increase the chances a post will be selected for inclusion in the carnival: – A well-written, grammatically correct post – Thou... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3318370 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:06:47 +0100 3318370 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3316146&cid=t_99466_113_f&fid=36504&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMedicalRecordShow%2F%7E3%2FZkDRVMR4L-I%2F via mashable.com I can’t think of a better example of a technology working so quickly, so directly, so without any kind of special prep or FEMA-approved infrastructure, to help individuals connect in the most catastrophic of conditions. Usually, communications are the first things to implode in times like this! There are lessons to be learned, here, re: network durability, viral participation, and the primacy of doing what needs to be done. This story could not have happened without people participating, working hard to help. And it could not have happened without the global software and hardware system collectively known as social networking. Yes, it really works. Posted via web from Peter Beck Kim’s Other Blog (Source: The EMR/EHR Show: Making Your Electronic Medical R... The EMR/EHR Show: Making Your Electronic Medical Records Really Work blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3316146 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:33:30 +0100 3316146 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3314773&cid=t_99466_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Feveryone-deserves-a-lifetime%2F I am starting to hear ads in Michigan for the 3-day walk to end breast cancer. Many of you have written to me about your participation in this event and how rewarding it is. The one thing that I love about this year’s ad is the line at the end when the announcer says that “everybody deserves a lifetime.” I am sure that I have heard this line before, but it really hit me this week. The whole medical community, all the research and info sites like everydayhealth.com are dedicated to the premise that everyone deserves a lifetime. No one’s life should be cut short because a tumor began to grow in their breasts. The United States has a 5- year survival rate of over 90%. This is so exciting when you think about it. People are surviving the disease. My concern is how well we recover after... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3314773 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:36:43 +0100 3314773 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3311865&cid=t_99466_131_f&fid=34995&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgnxp%2F%7E3%2FbaYY0SZ0Ek4%2Fkatz_96.php Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Gene Expression) Gene Expression blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3311865 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:39:31 +0100 3311865 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3311834&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Ftime%2F The clock is non-judgmental It doesn’t care at all No thought it gives to me As it stands within the hall. The gold watch on my wrist The alarm clock by the bed, What care they for misery Or what may lay ahead? They only serve one purpose And that’s to track my life, Moment by moment, clock ticking Time maps this life of strife. The good days and the bad They are the same in length As you and I struggle to balance Our pain against our strength. I try to stop the pendulum Save time for better days But the treadmill of time keeps moving It cares not if I’m ablaze. When I was very young, time dragged Christmas’s eons apart and I measured life by birthdays Not knowing what life would impart. Why does wisdom come so late? Why wasn’t I prepared? Is everyone caught by surprise? I didn�... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3311834 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:09:10 +0100 3311834 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3311835&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36036&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Fkelly-building-a-crohns-disease-community%2Fsupport-the-ibd-research-and-awareness-act-for-crohn%25e2%2580%2599s-and-ulcerative-colitis%2F Last year, an important Act, The IBD Research and Awareness Act, was introduced to the House and Senate to expand research for Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.  The legislation would enhance activities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis, as well as, expand biomedical research for IBD (Irritable Bowel Disease). You can help advocate for the passage of the IBD Research and Awareness Act with the help of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA).  They have made this really great website where they make it easy for you to contact your legislators and ask them to cosponsor H.R. 2275 (House bill number) and S. 981 (Senate bill number). It is very easy to do.  Just click here. Then, scroll down to the ‘compose m... Life with Crohn's blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3311835 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:00:56 +0100 3311835 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3306982&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Flatest-ccsvi-results-raise-a-question%2F We’ve had a few postings here at Life with MS on the topic of CCSVI and they’ve all stirred a spirited debate. Well, as I was re-reading the latest research results something new stirred inside my brain. Unlike Dr Zamboni’s original research findings, wherein none of the “non-MS” subjects showed signs of CCSVI, this (more extensive and single blinded) study showed over a quarter of non-MS patients also living with CCSVI. While everyone is focusing on the 55%-62% (depending on which way you read the results) of people living with MS who show signs of CCSVI, I’d like to know more about the nearly 26% of “healthy” subjects who exhibit signs of something that was heretofore thought to be (nearly) exclusive of people living with multiple sclerosis. Don’t get me... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3306982 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:09:21 +0100 3306982 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3307045&cid=t_99466_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Ffight-breast-cancer-with-pomegranates%2F I love a lot of different fruits. Oranges are my favorite, but I love strawberries and blueberries too, but pomegranates are a special treat. When I was a little girl, every now and then my mom would buy one, which was a big deal when you consider we were living in a little tiny mining town in northern Ontario at the time.  She gave my sister and me each half and sat us outside to pick through the juicy seeds.  I’m sure part of her plan was to keep us occupied for a very long time. Since then I lost my patience for that delightful fruit until this fall. I couldn’t get enough pomegranates, I ate pretty much one a week until early this year when they went out of season. I also love pomegranate juice. I keep a little bottle in my fridge all year round. When I am out to dinner or a speci... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3307045 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:51:32 +0100 3307045 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3306898&cid=t_99466_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F02%2F24%2Fintroducing-adhd-in-focus%2F Attention deficit disorder is a serious mental health issue that affects the lives not only of children and teens, but millions of adults as well. So we’re pleased to announce the launch of our latest blog, ADHD In Focus, that will focus on topics in attention deficit disorder (ADHD). ADHD In Focus is hosted by Kathryn Goetzke. Kathryn is the driving force behind the non-profit organization for depression called iFred (the International Foundation for Research and Education on Depression). iFred is dedicated to encouraging research on depression and reducing the stigma associated with the disease. In addition to her incredible work on iFred, Kathryn is someone who actually battles attention deficit disorder, hence the reason she agreed to write for this blog. I’m proud to welcome h... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3306898 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:57:35 +0100 3306898 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3302625&cid=t_99466_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F02%2F24%2Fwrite_a_book_why_dont_you.php Yesterday's "Things I Won't Work With" post has brought on calls to turn these (and some other parts of the blog) into a book. And you know, I'm game, actually - but I have no real contacts in the publishing world. If anyone out there in the readership knows a good agent, or knows someone who does, I'd be glad to have some contact information. Thanks! (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3302625 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:33:59 +0100 3302625 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3302317&cid=t_99466_88_f&fid=34729&url=http%3A%2F%2Fallscrubbedup.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fanyone-still-listening.html So, SA Doc is losing a bit of faith in this blog, not finding the time to feed her ghost writer with juicy medical tidbits. Is there anyone out there still reading this?Time to pack in the towel on 2 years of awesome medical blogging and fun - or should we kick SA Doc in the ass and get some more stories? (Source: All Scrubbed Up) All Scrubbed Up blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3302317 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:45:00 +0100 3302317 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3302493&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Freward-yourself-with-a-treat%2F My dogs have taught me over the years, the importance of the reward. There’s nothing quite as inspirational to a pooch as the question, “Want a bone?” The only other motivator that comes close is a platter of juicy steak, but that’s a bit messy to pop into your pocket. Sure, you smell good and have every dog in town following you, but oh, the grease stains. Our Jack Russell, Annie, is aging and often has a recalcitrant, doubtful attitude about climbing the stairs in our home. I can hear her little nails tapping on the wood floor at the foot of the steps and often go to the head of the stairs and utter that question to her, “Want a bone?” That simple question gives her the “oomph” she needs to ascend the dreaded stairs. It reminds me that many of us who have chronic pain al... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3302493 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:52:51 +0100 3302493 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3302351&cid=t_99466_105_f&fid=38964&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrwes.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fjacc-to-appear-on-kindle.html This Christmas, I bought my wife, an unmitigated book-lover, a new Kindle 2 from Amazon. While she's a bit of a Luddite when it comes to technology, she has quickly become a believer - uploading three books at a time to bring with her on weekend trips. (She's even one of my three subscribers to this blog on the Kindle!) My only regret is hearing the soft "*click* ... (pause) ... *click*" in bed as she turns electronic pages at bedtime.While hard copy books will still be great permanent reference sources, the plethora of fast-moving printed journals seem ripe for electronic disruption. I wouldn't be surprised to find that most journals as we know them eventually go the way of the dinosaur. As proof comes this from the ACC: The Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) will be ava... Dr. Wes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3302351 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:38:00 +0100 3302351 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298644&cid=t_99466_180_f&fid=38607&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fsuccessbeginstoday%2FBHWQ%2F%7E3%2FqGBfSuyPPi0%2F Have you ever had somebody approach you with a new product or service that seemed to be “Too good to be true?” What was your response? If you are like me, you probably had reservations and probably wondered what the real story was. I’ve been pitched enough faulty products, unworkable MLM businesses, and million dollar get rich schemes, that I am skeptical about anything that seems too easy or doesn’t require much time and effort. Yet… what if someone handed you a cool new product and wanted you to endorse it… would you have enough faith to do it? This is what heavyweight boxer George Foreman faced when his boxing career was coming to an end. A small little kitchen appliance company wanted him to endorse a little two sided electric grill and put his name on it. The company gave... Success Begins Today blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298644 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:55:13 +0100 3298644 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298512&cid=t_99466_131_f&fid=34995&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgnxp%2F%7E3%2Fluk0BNJsZy0%2Fgene_expression_classic_moves.php For various reasons it was no longer feasible to run the Gene Expression Classic website on Blogger. So I've switched over to WP. Please update your RSS feeds if you are subscribed to that blog: http://www.gnxp.com/wp/feed Read the comments on this post... (Source: Gene Expression) Gene Expression blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298512 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:08:16 +0100 3298512 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298396&cid=t_99466_111_f&fid=34615&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergiblog.com%2F2010%2F02%2Ffive-years-on.html Well, this is creepy! It’s a photo from the Library of Congress‘ digital nursing collection. It looks like a still from a Hitchcock film. She’s going to the light…. Actually, she is probably going down to central supply for gauze. Wouldn’t be surprised if Rod Serling stepped into view… “Nurse Nell is about to take a step…into the Twilight Zone…” Oh geeze, now I’m freaking myself out. ******************** I came across a blog post today. I was floored. I have reprinted it here with permission: I’ve come to terms with something recently; I have absolutely NO urge to get my BSN. I used to think that I should, if I could and that I would. Eventually. Now the kids are virtually grown, I have the time, I could swing the funds an... Emergiblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298396 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:44:15 +0100 3298396 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298550&cid=t_99466_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fbreast-cancer-and-the-power-of-napping%2F There is new information out of the University of California at Berkley that indicates that napping during the day boosts cognitive power. I like this! I am a napper. I don’t always get the opportunity for a short afternoon nap, but when I need it I take it. It might just be a few minutes before dinner or an evening class but it helps. When we go through chemotherapy or radiation one of the most distressing side effects is fatigue. Usually I worked in the morning and then went to Chemotherapy in the afternoon, returning to work the next day. This resulted in only a half day off from work. After a couple of months I would take the day after chemo off as I began to feel the cumulative effects of months of treatment. That would give me the whole day to rest. I then learned that if I cou... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298550 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:16:14 +0100 3298550 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298469&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fthe-music-of-the-mri%2F “Take a picture, what’s inside? Ghost image in my mind Natural pattern like a spider Capillary to the center” Sitting with our morning coffee on Sunday, our pack of dogs snuggled around and on top of us, Caryn and I were listening to NPR’s Weekend Edition. It’s a little thing we try to do on the weekends to recover from one week and steel ourselves for the next. As soon as I heard an introduction of a segment with the letters “IRM”, my attention was caught. It is the acronym, in many languages for what we know as MRI. I made that correlation quickly. What I wasn’t getting was that this was to be an interview with a French singer about her new album. Well, as soon as they played title track from Charlotte Gainsbourg’s release IRM, I knew that my assumption ... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298469 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:12:46 +0100 3298469 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298379&cid=t_99466_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F02%2F22%2Fdoes-happiness-follow-on-vacation%2F One of the holy grails of modern psychology is figuring out what makes people happy. The thinking goes, “If we know what makes people happy, people can then do more of that thing and increase happiness in their own lives.” Makes sense. We’ve noted previously how an experience — such as a vacation or going out to dinner — is more likely to increase happiness than buying a material gift. The reasoning behind this is that experiences create (hopefully fond) memories, which can be later recalled and enjoyed again. While you may also enjoy a gift, it just doesn’t seem to have the same impact that an experience does. But research published last week demonstrates that this finding be more complicated than we originally thought. That research by Nawijn and col... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298379 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:30:54 +0100 3298379 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3294543&cid=t_99466_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F02%2F21%2Fworrying-wordpress-shut-down-a-blog-of-a-student-critizing-the-naturopath-christopher-maloney%2F Last Thursday PZ Myers, author of the very successful science blog Pharyngula tweeted that Christopher Maloney was a quack” (see first tweet below). Prior to that tweet I’d never heard of Christopher Maloney. I used to be rather indifferent about homeopaths and other people practicing CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine), thinking that it might help some [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3294543 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:59:19 +0100 3294543 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3291932&cid=t_99466_125_f&fid=38161&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dentalheroes.com%2Fdental-blogs-week-in-review-february-15-19-2009%2F Top Stories of the Week 1) Best Practices for Dental Patient Records Barry F. Levin, Esq. and Philip M. Bogart, Esq. discuss the importance of everything from correcting mistakes to documenting refusal of treatment in dental patient records… 2) Grow Your Dental Practice Jay Grier discusses three ways to start doubling your growth right now even if you hit a plateau… 3) Bad Reviews…What Can I do? Jason T. Lipscomb discusses a number of good methods for dealing with negative reviews online. Every dentist NEEDS to know this information… 4) Sheep Herding? Dental practice management expert, Linda Zdanowicz, describes the management phenomenon she calls “sheep herding” and how you will have to “ride herd” over many employees for a period of time &#8230... Dental Heroes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3291932 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:53:52 +0100 3291932 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3290862&cid=t_99466_111_f&fid=34615&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergiblog.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fwhy-dont-you-just-become-a-doctor.html Ah, the Nursing Olympics! Here we see the U.S Synchronized Study Team. The judge, visible at the end of the table, will look for uniform cap placement, the exact angle of the binders, the uniformity of handwriting and the perfect 90 degree angle of the elbows. Should they meet the stringent criteria, they will receive the coveted Gold Stethoscope. Which will inadvertently be taken by a physician who asks to borrow it. (Here’s how long I’ve been a nurse: I was once told by a colleague to get a pink stethoscope because no doctor, being male, would walk off with a pink stethoscope. Yeah, I’m old!) But in defense of doctors, I recently worked with an ED doc who was frantically searching for his stethoscope. Could not find it anywhere. Finally, one of the nurses found it. Arou... Emergiblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3290862 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:32:54 +0100 3290862 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3290944&cid=t_99466_131_f&fid=34995&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgnxp%2F%7E3%2FJPu0aqoAFr4%2Fpijinz.php Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Gene Expression) Gene Expression blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3290944 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:37:06 +0100 3290944 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3290792&cid=t_99466_87_f&fid=35747&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthaffairs.org%2Fblog%2F2010%2F02%2F19%2Fhealth-wonk-review-is-up%2F Over at medicaidfirstaid, Brady Augustine hosts the latest edition of the Health Wonk Review. Brady provides the best in recent health policy blogging, along with Doctor Phil, John Stewart, and Kermit the Frog (all of whom would definitely liven up next week’s televised health policy session at Blair House). Copyright © 2010 Health Affairs Blog. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. All material published on Health Affairs blog, excluding links, is covered under a Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial - No Derivs 2.5 license.Plugin by Taragana (Source: Health Affairs Blog) Health Affairs Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3290792 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:21:35 +0100 3290792 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3290967&cid=t_99466_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Ftaking-inspiration-from-other-breast-cancer-survivors%2F There is a lot of transition in my life right now. I am working on new projects and my husband is refocusing his career while my boys are working on major plans of their own. During times like this, not necessarily bad times, but when I am not the one being able to predict how we will all end up, I feel agitated and overwhelmed. I am not one to back away from risk or change, but I do fantasize about going in my office covering myself with a blanket and sitting under the desk until everything works out. Sounds crazy, but I’ve come a long way from when I used to imagine locking myself in the closet. I didn’t have these feelings when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I really am a fighter. Show me injustice and I’ll speak up, pick on my friend and you pick on me. Take on o... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3290967 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:22:33 +0100 3290967 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3290901&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fgoodbye-to-our-behind-the-scenes-ms-advocate%2F Why is it, do you suppose ,that I had an easier time writing a farewell blog post to a fictional American president with MS than I am writing this goodbye? For nearly four years this blog has been quietly (to most of you at least) nudged along in its existence to the place of recognition we currently hold.  Through diligent behind the scenes efforts one cannot search for an MS blog and not have our Life with MS pop up “above the fold” on the first page of a search engine’s results page. New readers join us every day and partake (and sometimes participate) in our lively conversation, advice and experience because of her tireless work. It may seem that I have been at the helm of this ship but I’ve had a little (one might say “pixy-like”) voice on my shoulder, whispering things l... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3290901 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:21:15 +0100 3290901 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3287889&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fdont-feed-the-chronic-pain-monsters%2F Please don’t feed the chronic pain monsters, it only encourages them. Never make them feel welcome or they will move in and make a complete mess of your life, your home and your mind. Please don’t feed them anger and bitterness, it only makes them thrive and feel empowered, and you don’t want that. The best way to deal with the monsters is to turn your back on them and get on with your life. It will frustrate them when they realize they aren’t winning, which is of course their goal. They will throw an ugly tantrum, they’ll scream, and rant and rave; just find a peaceful place of safety and they will eventually go away. Certainly they will come again, probably every day. These monsters are tenacious and stubborn. Once they dig in they hold on tightly, but if you firmly tell them, ... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3287889 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:42:22 +0100 3287889 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3283625&cid=t_99466_109_f&fid=34786&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrmichelletempest.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fnewsflash.html Today an article I wrote about Labour's lamentable NHS legacy is featured on the Blue Blog. (Source: The Psychiatrist Blog) The Psychiatrist Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3283625 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:47:00 +0100 3283625 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3283785&cid=t_99466_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fis-it-seasonal-affective-disorder-or-breast-cancer-depression%2F It’s snowing today. Well, it is Michigan. I keep asking my husband, ‘What self-respecting Canadian (me) moves south of the border and stops in Michigan?’ I grew up in northern Ontario where it snowed a lot more than Michigan. The difference in the winter weather between the two places is huge though. In the little city where I grew up we had tons of snow, but we also got a lot of sunshine. The sun shone almost every day in the winter, so much so that our city was called the sunshine capitol of the North. It made for a fun winter. Even though I had a great weekend skiing in the north part of Michigan and we haven’t had near the snow we had last year, I am finding the gloomy winter almost unbearable this year. Usually I muddle through but I have to say that I am battl... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3283785 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:08:07 +0100 3283785 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3283722&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fwe-need-information-not-hype-on-ccsvi%2F CCSVI, CCSVI, CCSVI.  For the past three months, the world of multiple sclerosis world has been turned on its ear with discussions of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI). The concept broached by Italian medical doctor and professor, Dr. Paolo Zamboni, was a reexamination of several old theories (with significantly more sophisticated equipment) as to the relationship/correlation of tiny iron deposits in and around MS lesions. While Dr. Zamboni and his team of researchers presented academic papers showing a unique similarity (dubbed CCSVI) in 100 percent of MS patients they studied, these publications called for further investigation within the peer-review system.  Dr. Zamboni’s specialty is the vascular system and hence began experimental treatment of these patients with ... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3283722 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:32:44 +0100 3283722 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3283721&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36036&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Fkelly-building-a-crohns-disease-community%2Fbreakfast-with-crohns-disease%2F I think that I have mentioned before that I have been experimenting with my diet for the last year in an effort to improve my Crohn’s symptoms.  I have eliminated all dairy products and now use only Rice milk because it causes the least amount of trouble and tastes good.  I am also limiting the amount of gluten that I eat.  I still eat some items that have a little bit of gluten, but have for the most part deleted that out of my diet too.  I also don’t eat a lot of fiber because it seems to make matters worse.  Once you get rid of dairy, gluten and fiber, there are not a lot of choices left for breakfast. For the last year, I have been eating Trix for breakfast.  I recently discovered Berry Berry Kix and have switched to that instead because it has a lot less sugar.  I don�... Life with Crohn's blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3283721 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:26:52 +0100 3283721 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3280093&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fbeware-of-the-legal-drug-pushers-theyre-out-there%2F Occasionally, in my experience as a nurse I have run into doctors who are very, shall we say, “loose” with the prescription pad. I don’t know why or what drives an educated physician who has practiced for a short time or long to decide to take the road of least resistance; but some do. You have to wonder why they would risk their professional trust, but occasionally some do. I’m sure there are a myriad of reasons but that’s not for me to say. Part of the problem is the complete subjective nature of pain. When a patient enters a doctor’s office and states they have pain, it often is not as simple as it sounds. Sometimes it is a legitimate complaint, sometimes it is not. There are many ways this can be expressed to the doctor during an office call. I would presume there are as ma... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3280093 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:26:57 +0100 3280093 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3280094&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fwhat-do-you-think-about-your-ms-society%2F As many of you are aware, I am an ambassador for my local chapter of the National MS Society (the US organization). There are “MS Societies” all over the world and, even here in America, each chapter runs things a little differently. Of course I know that not everyone has the same relationship with their chapter of the society.  I also have come to the understanding that some are vehemently opposed to these organizations. As I reviewed comments on the web about CCSVI I was taken aback to read that some of you were even calling for “war” against organizations (NMSS being one) who were conspiring to “keep us sick.” I do not think that this is a pervasive attitude but I thought it was time to check in on this topic. I’m not a member who thinks these societies are above reproach... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3280094 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:06:12 +0100 3280094 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3276072&cid=t_99466_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F02%2F16%2Ftwitter_and_science_revisited.php So I have a number of people trying to set me straight about Twitter. . .well, I'll see what I can do. For some time I've had it set up just to take 140 characters off the top of each post I do here, to serve as a sort of "I've posted something" alert, and that'll continue. I hardly follow anyone there, true. . .and many of them are non-chemical sources (Iranian politics and the like). What I probably need to do is set up more than one Twitter account, with one reserved for blogging and science. But even then, I don't see how I'll have time to look at it during the day, so people who fire messages back to me via Twitter are still going to come away disappointed. (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3276072 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:29:48 +0100 3276072 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3275830&cid=t_99466_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FWMBTCqPUtaY%2Fscientia_pro_publica_21.php tags: Scientia Pro Publica, Science for the People, biology, evolution, medicine, earth science, behavioral ecology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, blog carnival Image: wemidji (Jacques Marcoux). Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est (And thus knowledge itself is power) -- Sir Francis Bacon. Welcome to the 21st edition of Scientia Pro Publica, the blog carnival devoted to nurturing and encouraging an online community of blog writers who communicate with the public about science, environment and medicine. Since it was the 201st anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, I think it is important to mention that writing about science for the public has historical precedent: Darwin and other scientists of yore wrote extensively about their ideas for the public. In this blog carnival, you'... Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3275830 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:29:21 +0100 3275830 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3275736&cid=t_99466_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2FTu1tpn2U-HI%2Fthe_130th_meeting_of_the_skeptics_circle.php I've been a bad, bad organizer. Poor Martin went through all that work to put together another bang up Meeting of the Skeptics' Circle (the 130th, to be precise), and I didn't publicize it. Well, hopefully better late than never. Go. Read. Learn. Then don't forget that less than two weeks hence, on February 25, the 131st Meeting of the Skeptics' Circle will be held at Providentia. Guidelines for submission can be found here. So start getting your skeptical blogging going to produce yet another great edition of the Skeptics' Circle, which, believe it or not, has been running five years now. Finally, if you want to host, check out the schedule and drop me a line at orac@scienceblogs.com. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Respectful Insolence) Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3275736 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:00:01 +0100 3275736 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3283610&cid=t_99466_109_f&fid=34754&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwillmeekphd.com%2Findex.php%3Fitemid%3D209 2/14/10: I work with many people on difficult relationships with their parents and siblings. This struggle looks different throughout the lifespan, and one of the unique stages is in young adulthood. Parents who have continued to evolve their style of love and support, and foster their now adult child's independence and sense of self, generally don't end up with some of these difficulties. However, if a tense, critical, or unsupportive pattern became fixed during an earlier stage, it can challenge the longevity of the relationship altogether, and place the now adult-child in a difficult position. An old supervisor of mine often said that we always have 3 basic choices in relationships: A. Stay connected in anger/depression (status quo) B. End the relationship (cutoff) C. Make the b... Staff Psychologist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3283610 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:37:29 +0100 3283610 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3272948&cid=t_99466_109_f&fid=34754&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwillmeekphd.com%2Findex.php%3Fitemid%3D209 2/14/10: I work with many people on difficult relationships with their parents and siblings. This struggle looks different throughout the lifespan, and one of the unique stages is in young adulthood. Parents who have continued to evolve their style of love and support, and foster their now adult child's independence and sense of self, generally don't end up with some of these difficulties. However, if a tense, critical, or unsupportive pattern became fixed during an earlier stage, it can challenge the longevity of the relationship altogether, and place the now adult-child in a difficult position. An old supervisor of mine often said that we always have 3 basic choices in relationships: A. Stay connected in anger/depression (status quo) B. End the relationship (cutoff) C. Make the b... Staff Psychologist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3272948 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:37:29 +0100 3272948 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3269852&cid=t_99466_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Ftoo-quiet-on-the-breast-cancer-front%2F I have been in the breast cancer business for six and a half years. I call it “the business” because of how it affects my life, not because of the science or medicine. In all that time I have held to the hope of a cure for breast cancer. Not a treatment, not just a drug to eliminate risk; a real cure. In the past four years I have read and written about research studies and findings and breakthroughs. I have even blogged about British scientists that said there would be a cure in two years – that was in 2009. Things are very quiet right now about breast cancer and the quiet is deafening. We are in a war. The war against cancer. Remember, Nixon declared war on cancer and no one to my knowledge has declared a truce. When you are in a war you need to know what is happening on the front ... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3269852 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:38:40 +0100 3269852 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3267074&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fcartilage-and-its-role-in-my-life%2F For many of you who read this blog and also lead a life of chronic pain, the “bad guy” in your life is called bone. Many of you have suffered injuries of the spine or other bones. Others have contacted diseases of the bones in one of the many forms of rheumatoid disease. They are all different in their approach, advance and insult to the body. For all of us it is important to remember that the human body is a wonder of connections of many types of substances as bones, nerves, ligaments and cartilage all move as one because of that connection. This makes it a bit tricky to diagnose and I believe that’s why physicians so often rely on lab work. It’s difficult for doctor’s to know and actually impossible for them to see within us…X-ray vision is not available for doctor’s unless... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3267074 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:48:21 +0100 3267074 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3262759&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36036&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Fkelly-building-a-crohns-disease-community%2Fwhat-kind-of-job-would-accomodate-crohns-disease%2F It seems that I may be looking at a change of careers very soon, or at the very least, a change of tasks.  I hope the impact is only a change of task, but I fear that it may be worse.  Last week I found out that the program that I have been working on is likely to be canceled.  I only say likely because there is still a small chance that Congress will vote against the President’s plan, but from what I am hearing, the outlook is not good.  No one knows what may happen or what the new “vision” really entails or how we in Houston will fit into the big picture.  I hope to stay with my current company but may be forced to look elsewhere or even into a whole new career path if nothing else is available. I really like my current employer and hope that there will be some task that I can... Life with Crohn's blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3262759 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:47:11 +0100 3262759 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3262872&cid=t_99466_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fsleep-eluded-me-last-night.html I am lucky on nights like last night when I can’t sleep that I don’t have to work the next day.  It is truly a blessing and lately my sleeping habits have been so erratic that I don’t know what each night will bring sleep wise.  I slept for four hours and awoke wide awake around 2 AM.  As if I had drank a quart of caffeine, I was buzzed and ready to start my day.  I drove over to get my cokes after letting my car warm up and settled in my command center to begin watching the weather, writing, reading, and twittering.  It is 7:00 AM and I am beginning to feel winded from my post midnight Internet marathon.  Maybe I will sleep soon after I procure more cigarettes before the snow starts.  I am obsessing about that this morning.  Charlie came over... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3262872 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:52:00 +0100 3262872 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3262760&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fstaying-employed-with-multiple-sclerosis%2F A topic which seems to thread itself into the tapestry of nearly all of our conversations at our Life with MS blog is employment. In these economic times, finding and/or keeping a job is difficult for “typical” people.  For we of the compromised myelin, the idea of finding new employment is daunting, while the thought of losing our jobs (and oft, thus our health insurance) is downright frightening! There are so many questions we have about MS and employment: Who do we tell and when?  How much do we disclose?  What are reasonable accommodations to request?  What does discrimination look like?  When do we say when? There is no shortage of questions…the problem is: Who do we ask? That one, I can answer! I am in the process of writing a two-hour television program/webcast which I’... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3262760 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:12:11 +0100 3262760 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3262758&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fis-your-dna-your-destiny-in-a-life-with-chronic-pain%2F For many of us who have daily pain due to disease, we are very familiar with the role genetics play in our lives. Do we have to allow fear to enter our lives and our futures if we had close relatives, such as mothers or fathers, who suffered similar diseases? Most of us have been taught in college that your DNA is more or less set in bedrock and determines your future. I have a relative who has been obsessed for many years in finding health information on all our relatives, living and dead. At a family gathering she corners a relative or two and questions them about their health in minute detail.  I believe she does this out of sincere concern for the future health of her children and grandchildren but also out of fear for herself. Sadly, I often sense a feeling of hopelessness in her man... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3262758 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:10:55 +0100 3262758 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3262847&cid=t_99466_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fwhy-am-i-keeping-this-wig-after-i-survived-cancer%2F Like a lot of women I know I have fat pants in my closet. You know, the ones you kept from when you were at your heaviest so you can remind yourself how much weight you lost. They are usually one or two sizes bigger than you are now. Only some of us keep them because every now and then our weight creeps back up and we actually need a pair of bigger pants. We refuse to pay for fat clothes because we are convinced the weight will come off again. Some of us never even tell anyone but sisters and close girlfriends about our fat pants. Certainly my husband doesn’t know. When he comes with me to doctor’s offices I don’t even let my husband see the nurse weigh me or check my height; I don’t want to ruin his image of me as tall and thin, which isn’t easy to accomplish... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3262847 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:29:19 +0100 3262847 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3262874&cid=t_99466_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fhappiness-in-plasticrickie-lee-jones.html (Source: The 4th Avenue Blues) The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3262874 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:07:00 +0100 3262874 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3259185&cid=t_99466_136_f&fid=35316&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnotjustaboutcancer.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fit-scares-me.html Every since I could read (and probably even before), I have wanted to be a writer of fiction.And now that I have the opportunity, I am terrified.My professional life helped me overcome a great deal of writing anxiety. When you have a writing deadline and you know that fifteen other people are going to comment and edit what you write, you learn to just put fingers to the keyboard and get the job done. This is a lesson it took me a long time to learn but I got there (more or less).I enjoyed doing the kind of writing that I was able to do for advocacy organizations and labour unions but I seldom got to pick the subject of the pieces I wrote. I learned to write in the voice of the organization I represented or the person for whom I was writing a statement or speech. It was fun and I got to be ... Not just about cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3259185 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:30:00 +0100 3259185 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3259026&cid=t_99466_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F02%2F10%2Fnewsweeks-take-on-antidepressants-more-reactions%2F Since Newsweek published its article on antidepressants last week, we’ve seen a wide range of opinions posted about it online. Psych Central blogger and journalist Christine Stapleton asks, Am I treating my depression with expensive Tic Tacs? She reacted strongly to the main premise of the article — that antidepressants are nothing more than expensive Tic Tacs. It’s a personal but very real reaction from someone who has battled depression and has found relief in antidepressants — like millions of other Americans. Indeed, it echoes my own arguments. Research can inform us about many things in general, but they can never tell us anything about how a specific individual will benefit (or not). Christine posted a followup entry today, Antidepressants: JAMA, Newsweek an... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3259026 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:18:19 +0100 3259026 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3254586&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fnew-information-from-the-fda-on-tysabri%2F As if progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) wasn’t a big enough word to get out of our mouths and a big enough concept around which to get our brains…now there’s immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS)! This morning, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has posted notice to the neurologic community (and thus they believe to patients) that the risk of developing PML increases with the number of doses one receives.  In the same MedWatch bulletin the FDA mentions another adverse event which is, “characterized by a severe inflammatory response” and can create serious issues for people even after return of the immune system to normal function. As of last week, the number of confirmed cases of PML for patients using Tysabri as their MS disease modifying ther... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3254586 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:42:05 +0100 3254586 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3254667&cid=t_99466_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fmaking-up-for-things-breast-cancer-has-stolen%2F I was looking for a pair of earrings the other day that I haven’t worn in years. I couldn’t find them because they were among the pieces of jewelry that were stolen during a break-in that occurred during the first months I was going through chemotherapy. It happened during the day while everyone was out of the house. I had forgot the earrings were among the things stolen. In the midst of battling breast cancer, a break-in seemed like a small thing. Now and then though I realize that pieces of me were stolen during that robbery. Little things that might not have been extremely valuable but meant a lot. Like the pearls my parents gave me, or a pendant from a friend; things that I can never replace. My husband took the insurance money and bought me a huge diamond ring to try to ma... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3254667 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:16:12 +0100 3254667 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3251244&cid=t_99466_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F02%2F08%2Fintroducing-the-pop-psychology-blog%2F Genders issues in mainstream psychology are of interest to a great many people, us included. So we’re happy to welcome Yale University student, Johannah Cousins, as our newest blogger to be blogging about the intersection of gender issues and pop psychology in her new blog, Pop Psychology. Johannah Cousins is a senior English major at Yale University with a focus on gender studies and contemporary popular culture. She recently completed her senior thesis, an analysis of the cultural and feminist context of the Twilight series. She is a film and music critic and staff writer for the Yale Herald Arts & Entertainment Section. Please head on over to Pop Psychology and check it out today! (Source: World of Psychology) World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3251244 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:11:00 +0100 3251244 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3251274&cid=t_99466_113_f&fid=36671&url=http%3A%2F%2Fopen.medicdrive.org%2Fblog%2F2010%2F02%2F08%2Fwe-are-featured-as-one-among-the-top-50-healthcare-it-blog%2F According to The Health Sensei Mastering health and fitness Constructive Medicine is one among the Top 50 Healthcare IT blog: So many great blogs about healthcare IT exist, but — unfortunately — many of them are not updated on a regular basis. This point is important for blogs that deal with an ever-changing field. This is one point [...] (Source: Constructive Medicine 2.0) Constructive Medicine 2.0 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3251274 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:52:49 +0100 3251274 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3251183&cid=t_99466_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fbreastfeeding123%2Fhow-you-overcame-challenges%2F For the February Carnival of Breastfeeding, write a post that tells how you overcame a breastfeeding challenge. Did you experience a lack of family support, deal with mastitis, or have a baby in the NICU? Email me your post by February 15, 2010, for consideration for the blog carnival on February 22, 2010. Mom and baby in the NICU; Photo courtesy of EraPhernalia Vintage on flickr.com As a reminder, here are the guidelines that will increase the chances a post will be selected for inclusion in the carnival: – A well-written, grammatically correct post – Thoughtful commentary directly on point for the carnival subject – Overall quality of the rest of your blog and whether the general subject matter is something of interest to our readers (breastfeeding, parenting) If your post is selec... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3251183 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:46:38 +0100 3251183 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3248567&cid=t_99466_109_f&fid=34754&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwillmeekphd.com%2Findex.php%3Fitemid%3D205 We all know that how we feel during any given day or period of time in our life can be different, even if we don't have the words to describe it. For example, sometimes we are deeply engaged, aware, and present, which I call "living". This style of being feels good, and we are alive with energy and able to connect to ourselves, others, and the world. When we are really living, we embrace our lives and potential, and make the most of our time. In contrast, there are times we feel disengaged, disconnected, unconscious, and distant. Some people say "I feel like a zombie" or that they are on "autopilot", or in "survival mode". This is what I refer to as "existing". Our bodies are still breathing and pumping blood, but our souls are not. Before going further, I want to make a distinction fr... Staff Psychologist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3248567 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:12:28 +0100 3248567 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3246926&cid=t_99466_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F02%2F06%2Ffacebook-continues-to-dominate-among-youth%2F Last week, we discovered that 4 out of 5 teens prefer and use Facebook over the leading sugarless gum. Oh, sorry, I meant to say that while 7 out of 10 (73% to be exact) teens use social networking websites like Facebook, only 1 in 12 teens use Twitter. Clearly, the still-in-place-to-be is on Facebook and other social networking websites like it. The new data comes from our friends over at the Pew Internet and American Life Project, who conducted a phone survey in the middle of last year of 800 adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17. And while teens continue to embrace social networking, they seem to be abandoning their use of blogs. Blogging amongst teens has been slashed in half in just 3 years, according to the Pew data (from a high of 28% in 2006 to a current 14% of teens surveyed... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3246926 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:17:43 +0100 3246926 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3243763&cid=t_99466_87_f&fid=35747&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthaffairs.org%2Fblog%2F2010%2F02%2F05%2Fha-blog-top-10-for-january-reform-and-beyond%2F Here in DC we’re bracing for the storm of the century — snow storm, that is.  What better time to catch up on some health policy reading? We list here the top 10 most-read posts from January on Health Affairs Blog. Topics cover health reform, health care costs, the mammography guidelines controversy, and more. And don’t forget the Top 20 most-read Health Affairs articles from 2009. They’re still free access for one more week. Here’s the list from Health Affairs Blog for January: Health Care Reform: State Winners And Losers by Claudia Schur and Marc Berk Would Reform Bills Control Costs? A Response To Atul Gawande by Alain C. Enthoven An Inconvenient Truth: The Health Care Cost Curve Is Already Bent by Jeff Goldsmith The Grandparents Corps: A New Primary Care... Health Affairs Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3243763 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:26:10 +0100 3243763 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3243764&cid=t_99466_87_f&fid=35747&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthaffairs.org%2Fblog%2F2010%2F02%2F05%2Fhealth-wonk-review-what-now-for-reform%2F So what now for health reform? That’s the focus of today’s edition of the Health Wonk Review, a biweekly roundup of the best of health policy blogging. Joe Paduda, one of the founders of the Health Wonk Review, hosts this edition on his Managed Care Matters blog. He cites the post-State of the Union blogs by Joe Antos and Henry Aaron from Health Affairs Blog, links to other bloggers taking exception to Antos, and welcomes the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s blog to the HWR fold. Copyright © 2010 Health Affairs Blog. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. All material published on Health Affairs blog, excluding links, is covered under a Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial - No Derivs 2.5 license.Plugin by Taragana (Source: Health Affairs Blog) Health Affairs Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3243764 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:03:03 +0100 3243764 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3243862&cid=t_99466_111_f&fid=34615&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergiblog.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fchange-of-shift-is-up-next-edition-taking-submissions.html The new edition of Change of Shift is up at Rehab RN! The next edition will  be hosted at the Blog of the Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative, also known as the INQRI Blog. The Initiative is associated with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The theme for this edition of Change of Shift is nursing education. Submissions can be sent to “INQRIChangeofShift at gmail dot com”. Change of Shift is Up; Next Edition Taking Submissions! (Source: Emergiblog) Emergiblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3243862 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:05:50 +0100 3243862 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3243920&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fsize-doesnt-matter-in-a-life-with-chronic-pain%2F I’m constantly amazed at the power of the human spirit. I’ve met so many wonderful people in my nursing career and on this blog. The degree, the size or the intensity of the pain is not nearly as important as the size of the courage that is called on to meet it. When you think about life it is sometimes the little things that get you down; the splinter in a finger, the blister on a heel or the flea on the dog. If you’re in the right frame of mind, little things can “do you in” as much as the larger incidents. We all have learned the power of the insistent “little things” as they persist in nagging and niggling at our self-control. How many times can you be stuck by the tiniest pin before you react? How many red, raw areas beneath surgical tape does it take to make you miserab... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3243920 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:12:42 +0100 3243920 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3244032&cid=t_99466_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2F242-gb-of-music-you-think-i-have-enough.html (Source: The 4th Avenue Blues) The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3244032 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:11:00 +0100 3244032 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3239640&cid=t_99466_111_f&fid=34615&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergiblog.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fthe-kids-are-alright.html Nurse Jones was impressed with the NeoNatal App on her new iPad, but the device was much larger than she expected. I plan to get an iPad. I wonder if it comes with “wings”. Is the deluxe version called a Max-i-Pad? Sorry, I had to get my feminine hygiene jokes out of the way. I mean, Steve Jobs could hold up a toilet paper roll and I’d go into debt for it. But, this time I’m waiting. I will wait until the iPad runs OS X, supports video and runs more than one app at at time. Don’t make me wait too long, Steve! ******************** Speaking of Steve, he figures prominently in this week’s Grand Rounds over at Dr. Rob’s Musings of a Distractible Mind. Ground hogs and llamas and iPads, oh my! Change of Shift will be up today evening at Rehab, RN! Selena... Emergiblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3239640 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:31:08 +0100 3239640 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3239795&cid=t_99466_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fmedia-matters.html I have over 500 compact discs I bought and collected in the years before I become sick and when I still worked full time.  Along with reading again, I’ve been able to listen to music avidly again for the first time in years.  Well, I’ve spent hours tonight ripping all my CDs into MP3s.  I have about 100 left and I will be finished.  I am slowly filling up that 2 Terabyte harddrive.  It is going to be so neat today to listen to music I love and haven’t listened to in years.  I have a complicated matter to share with you all this morning.  A conundrum of sorts.  I am almost finished with reading Interview with the Vampire.  Well, the library didn’t have the second book in the series, The Vampire Lestat.  They said it was on loan to a... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3239795 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3239795 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3239709&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fhows-your-ms-today-where-did-january-go-edition%2F It’s one thing for February to fly by at the speed of a cartoon character, but January is a full on all-the-days month; where did it go?!?! Every month we take time out in one of our postings to open the cyber floor 100 percent to your issues.  We begin by asking the title question, “How’s Your MS Today?” and it goes from there. Multiple sclerosis changes seasonally, new treatments come and go from the press, symptoms arise, disease progresses, and every month, we (try to) stay a constant in this post. It gives you a chance to check-in with others in our community and with yourself.  Update us on how things are going with you this month.  We’ll celebrate your successes and commiserate with your losses. How is my MS today? I’m having some old pain in my left foot returning. ... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3239709 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:11:29 +0100 3239709 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3235973&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fchoices-you-can-make-in-a-life-of-chronic-pain%2F Either I accept my limitations and challenge them Or I use them as an excuse to lose my life, without putting up a fight. Either I lie here and feel the full weight of my self-pity Or I rise up and do just one thing that is productive. Either I sit here during this commercial Or I arise off my seat and perform one quick chore. I either water that pot of African violets Or I watch them wither and die. I either walk down the stairs to let the dog out to pee Or face the consequences with paper towels in hand. I either snatch a small fragment of time to be productive Or I achieve nothing, willingly and without guilt. What’s with all this guilt, anyway? Either I consider the act of resting to be healing and do it without guilt Or consider it wasteful and of little importance. I’m the judge ... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3235973 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:12:53 +0100 3235973 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3231679&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fweighing-in-on-ccsvi-and-the-liberation-treatment%2F Before I launch into this topic for a second (and more informed) time, let me remind us all that just because I write this blog, it does not mean I have all the answers…not even a plurality of them, really. Earlier in the month we posted my preliminary thoughts on the subject of Dr. Paulo Zamboni’s research into chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) and what he calls the Liberation Treatment.  At that time, I stated a skepticism which I felt healthy but others equated to some form of conspiracy, in which I was a player. I am not. After reading the published papers of Dr. Zamboni, et al, I could sum up my thoughts in just four words: “I don’t get it.” I don’t get it, and that’s why I’m excited to know that there is further research into the premise. While the t... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3231679 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:59:33 +0100 3231679 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3231788&cid=t_99466_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Ffor-christinamaggie-unleashed.html (Source: The 4th Avenue Blues) The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3231788 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:34:00 +0100 3231788 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3227963&cid=t_99466_136_f&fid=35316&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnotjustaboutcancer.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fsoup-and-missing-muse.html I made three soups in January.Red lentil and carrot from Cooking With Foods That Fight Cancer.Broccoli cheddar from Looneyspoons.Jambalaya from Weight Watchers (heavily modified: I substituted white fish for shrimp, used more liquid and had sausage on the side, so folks could choose their level of spiciness. And I didn't use chicken. And I used different spices. This for me, was a wildly adventurous departure).If I don't run out of time today, I plan on making a pre-chemo Sweet potato and roasted garlic soup from the Eat Clean Diet. A friend gave this one to me. I recall it being time consuming but delicious..I have had a post on the tip of my fingers about my current highly ambivalent feelings about my life, identity and treatment but I can't seem to bring myself to write it.In fact, I ca... Not just about cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3227963 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:15:00 +0100 3227963 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3227832&cid=t_99466_109_f&fid=34754&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwillmeekphd.com%2Findex.php%3Fitemid%3D201 We have all lived through things we wished we had not experienced, some of us more than others. Coping with these memories, images, or feelings can be quite difficult. Something I notice when people talk about their painful past experiences is that many seem to be transported back to the time period it happened in. This is referred to as "reliving", and it is understandable why we put so much effort into avoiding this material if our only way to work with it is to experience it all over again. I hold reliving in contrast to "remembering", which is when we can look at the past material from our current position, rather than be transported back in time. When we are able to do this, we are more likely to be able to recall old feelings without becoming trapped in the past. The steps I try ... Staff Psychologist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3227832 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:25:20 +0100 3227832 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3223489&cid=t_99466_151_f&fid=35792&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.usdrugrehabcenters.com%2F2010-01-29%2Fresponsibility-and-drug-rehab-treatment%2F Who is ultimately responsible for people who suffer with addiction?  Where does the buck stop?  Is it with the government?  Is it with the family?  Or the addict themselves?  Is it possible to lay the "blame for the growing problem of drug and alcohol abuse?  We live in a society where the it is more and more convenient to point the finger at someone other than ourselves.  To be fair, schools teach many things but still dont spend significant amounts of time on coping in an increasingly more complex and impersonal world.  Stress grows by the day in most of our lives.  The world news certainly is nothing to find comfort in most days.  So it is easy to find many areas at fault.  Here is the difference though.  All the stress a... US Drug Rehab Centers blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3223489 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:23:17 +0100 3223489 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3223463&cid=t_99466_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Ftaking-a-new-medication-to-reduce-breast-cancer-risk%2F The new prescription for Femera is pinned to my fridge with a magnet. I’ve put it there so I won’t forget about filling it at the end of the month and guess what? It’s the end of the month. I had such a bad experience with Arimidex that you can hardly blame me for not being more enthusiastic about starting this new one. I didn’t mind tamoxifen at all, but my doctor decided that I am done with it. Studies show that there is no increase in benefit from taking tamoxifen for more than five years. Now my oncologist insists that following with five years of Femera will provide the greatest risk reduction for cancer returning. I always said that if it came down to it that I would choose to take medication rather than have cancer. I guess it helps to have a bottom line, but... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3223463 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:32:19 +0100 3223463 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3223207&cid=t_99466_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F29%2Fpracticing-medicine-in-the-web-2-0-era%2F Many people don’t get Web 2.0 – and certainly not Medicine 2.0. Just the other day a journalist asked me if the redesigned PubMed could be called PubMed 2.0. I said: “well no….no… not at all” ….Web 2.0 is not merely tools or fancy looks, it is another way of producing and sharing information and new web [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3223207 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:27:30 +0100 3223207 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3223225&cid=t_99466_87_f&fid=35747&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthaffairs.org%2Fblog%2F2010%2F01%2F29%2Ftop-20-health-affairs-journal-articles-for-2009%2F We are pleased to announce the “most-read” Health Affairs journal articles published in 2009. The number 1 article published in 2009 was on “Annual Medical Spending Attributable To Obesity” by Eric Finkelstein and colleagues.  All articles below are open to all readers for the next 2 weeks—through February 12, 2010. Top-viewed articles published in 2009 Annual Medical Spending Attributable To Obesity: Payer-And Service-Specific Estimates by Eric A. Finkelstein, Justin G. Trogdon, Joel W. Cohen, and William Dietz Health Spending Projections Through 2018: Recession Effects Add Uncertainty To The Outlook by Andrea Sisko, Christopher Truffer, Sheila Smith, Sean Keehan, Jonathan Cylus, John A. Poisal, M. Kent Clemens, and Joseph Lizonitz National Health Spending In 2007: Slo... Health Affairs Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3223225 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:53:43 +0100 3223225 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3220728&cid=t_99466_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F01%2F29%2Fsure_thing.php I get a lot of press releases around here - not a day goes by that several don't show up in the e-mail queue. I glance over the titles, and I'll open up the more interesting ones and look at them in more detail. Since I feel no obligation to read unsolicited bulk mail (who does?), the less interesting ones get deleted without opening. Most of what shows up is reasonably well targeted, from university press offices or scientific publishers, and once in a while one of them will lead to a blog post. The PR from small pharma/biotech companies is also probably well targeted, but it's much less likely to lead to anything, simply because there's so much of that stuff around and because it tends, on the average, to be decidedly less interesting: "Spamozyme, Inc. announces its new ZippyChip assay,... In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3220728 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:43:42 +0100 3220728 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3220470&cid=t_99466_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fhaiti-blog-updates-photos-society-critical-care-medicine%2F Reports and photos from The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) advance field team in Dominican Republic. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3220470 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:21:21 +0100 3220470 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3220648&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fdo-we-ever-get-too-old-or-ill-for-dignity%2F “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” It’s an old quote, and often used but do you think it’s true? Yesterday we received a brief update on Lolly, my husband’s Mom. As many of you know, she is quite elderly and receiving help at home in an effort to allow her to stay in her own comfortable environ with her beloved pets. Her case manager sends us updates from time to time and in each one she refers to Lolly as “Mother” or “Mom.” I confess, this affectation really bothers me. As far as I know Lolly only has one living child and I’m married to him. It reminds me of an incident, many years ago, when my family took my Dad out to dinner for his birthday. We were all stretched out along a large table at our favorite Italian restaurant, classic red and white checked ... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3220648 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:13:50 +0100 3220648 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3220721&cid=t_99466_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fcommand-center-grows-they-will-be.html (Source: The 4th Avenue Blues) The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3220721 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:26:00 +0100 3220721 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3216513&cid=t_99466_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2FMLvh3-XygsM%2Fthe_129th_meeting_of_the_skeptics_circle.php Faster than a blink of an eye (well, not really, but it sure seems that way sometimes) another fortnight has flown by, meaning that it's time yet again for another meeting of that venerable blog carnival of critical thinking, the Skeptics' Circle. This time around, we have our first ever veterinarian hosting. I could make jokes about the Skeptics' Circle going to the dogs, but I'll exercise some rare self-restraint and refrain from doing so. (Oh, wait...) In any case, this time around, the 129th Meeting of the Skeptics' Circle is being held over at SkeptVet. Head on over and check it out. Then join us in two weeks for the next installment in this ever-growing exercise in blogging about skepticism, critical thinking, and science, when it will be held at The Lay Scientist. If you're a blo... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3216513 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0100 3216513 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3216730&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Ffda-approves-the-walking-pill-for-multiple-sclerosis%2F As of Friday afternoon, a long awaited addition to our arsenal of MS symptomatic drugs has been approved. We had a conversation about Ampyra which is a timed-release version of the drug 4-Aminopyridine (and formerly known as Fampridine SR), last May.  At that time the drug was being resubmitted to the FDA for approval (rejected, originally, due to “formatting issues” during the application process). This drug is thought to increase signal conduction by blocking tiny pore-like potassium channels on nerves of the central nervous system (CNS). The time-released part of the drug is what is new, for those of you who have been getting 4-Aminopyridine from compound pharmacies. Phase III clinical trials suggest that some 34-43 percent of people taking Ampyra had positive results in the areas ... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3216730 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:01:39 +0100 3216730 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3216570&cid=t_99466_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FtMuUx7G-x2I%2F By Chris Moody Cato experts will live-blog Obama’s State of the Union Address tonight. Join in, submit questions, and watch the speech right here on Cato@Liberty at 9:00 PM EST. A quick, ten-point libertarian State of the Union Address. One “Great Canard”: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke argues that the Fed’s monetary policy was not responsible for the U.S. housing bubble. About that non-discretionary spending… Podcast: “Obama’s Fiscal Right Fake” featuring Chris Edwards. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3216570 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:43:17 +0100 3216570 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3216802&cid=t_99466_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fwhat-did-you-learn-from-breast-cancer%2F I had to stand in a long line to pay for my groceries this weekend. Once I finished reading all the covers of the gossip magazines which updated me on the important stuff in the world, I decided to entertain myself by making a mental list of all the things that I learned from having breast cancer. I thought I would share it with you. Breast cancer taught me: That it’s not what you have but who you are that matters. That healthy people get cancer. That good people get cancer. That if life was fair no one would get cancer. That you need to be grateful for the good times. That a real friend is one who calls just to chat when you have cancer. That one great sister is better than twenty good doctors. That there is always something to smile about. That people will tell you your wig looks g... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3216802 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:41:52 +0100 3216802 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3216729&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36036&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Fkelly-building-a-crohns-disease-community%2Fis-my-pain-crohns-or-something-else%2F The mystery pain that I had back in Feb 2008 has returned.  Back then, I thought that I had a kidney stone, but the doctors were not so sure.  At the time, I had a lot of pain that felt very similar to a kidney stone – came and went, sharp sometimes and dull achy pain other times.  I did have a stone that was in my kidney but the urologists told me that I shouldn’t have pain with it there – it would only hurt when it made its way to the urethra.   My general doctor thought that it was the stone causing the pain so I never really had a clear answer since no one agreed. Since then, I have had bouts of pain that felt similar but not as severe and they would last only a few days.  Well, I started having pain again on Jan 16th and it got really severe this time.  I was hurting near... Life with Crohn's blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3216729 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:23:51 +0100 3216729 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212459&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fbring-it-on-life-and-ill-just-write-a-blog-about-it%2F Our children and grandchildren have a lot more literature than we did while growing up. We had all of those scary fairy tales about witches burning children, babies rocking out of trees with their cradles falling and wolves with drooling jowls dressing up like Grandma. I also remember one trouble making little guy called Chicken Little who came around in a near panic exclaiming, “The sky is falling. The sky is falling.” Well, Mr. Little, I have news for you. The figurative sky fell and we survived. I’m not sure if you thought it was just going to fall on you or if it was going to fall on everyone but voila, here we are with dust and debris all over the tops of our heads yet we’re still alive. We’re fortunate in so many ways. We’ve had a painful reminder in Haiti of thousands of... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212459 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:53:46 +0100 3212459 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212460&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fhow-do-we-know-if-our-ms-drugs-are-working%2F It’s a question that most all of us have asked ourselves and/or our doctors.  It’s a question based on our understanding or perhaps misunderstanding of research data.  It’s a question of faith in “modern medicine.”  It’s a question of hope for the future but still, it’s a question worth asking! The original numbers from those first (now nearly two-decades old) drug studies told us that our MS attacks could be reduced by some 30 percent.  Did that mean that we would have 30 percent fewer exacerbations? Would they be 30 percent less severe? Or would the drugs only work for 30 percent of us? To this day, it’s hard to get a clear picture of what those numbers actually represented.  Now, there are therapies on the market which seem to double those misunderstood numbers; thu... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212460 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:00:05 +0100 3212460 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208690&cid=t_99466_150_f&fid=38374&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2FxoaJBTSCs2k%2Fny-governor-patterson-pushes-for-pharma.html (Source: ePharma Summit) ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208690 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:54:00 +0100 3208690 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208305&cid=t_99466_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F26%2Five-got-good-news-and-ive-got-bad-news%2F If someone tells you: “I’ve got Good News and I’ve got Bad News”, you probably ask this person: “Well, tell me the bad news first!” Laika’s MedLibLog has good and bad news for you. The Bad News is, that this blog didn’t make it to the Finals of the sixth annual Medical Weblog Awards, organized by Medgadget. [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208305 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:28:01 +0100 3208305 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208468&cid=t_99466_111_f&fid=34615&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergiblog.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fgrand-rounds-the-lol-edition.html Welcome to the LOL edition of Grand Rounds! I just adore the I Can Has Cheeseburger – LOL Cat site and the kittehs provide our background theme for the week. This is a great place to announce that the finalists of the 2009 Medical Weblog Awards are now up at Medgadget! This is also a great place to let you know that the Med/health bloggers will be meeting again at BlogWorld/New Media Expo 10 in Las Vegas, October 14 – 16, 2010! Put in those time-off requests, save up the dough because what happened in Vegas is going to happen again in Vegas (okay, maybe not the serenading at dinner…)! And now, without further ado, our Feature Presentation! ***** CPR Kitteh is pretty excited there! And I’m excited to showcase the Editor’s Picks of the Week, right here! This sub... Emergiblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208468 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:25:39 +0100 3208468 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208339&cid=t_99466_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FQrx8P70AqAM%2F By Chris MoodyPresident Obama will deliver his first official State of the Union Address this Wednesday at 9:00 PM Eastern. We’ll be streaming the entire speech here at Cato@Liberty, while Cato experts offer live commentary on the address. The president is expected to discuss his new “middle class tax plan,” student loans, the health care overhaul,  and more. Please take a moment to sign up for a reminder alert in the box below and be sure to tune in right here Wednesday evening at 9:00 PM Eastern. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208339 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:46:49 +0100 3208339 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208281&cid=t_99466_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2FPou-jdRrb3M%2Ftimes_running_out.php It's amazing how fast two weeks can slide by, but the 129th Meeting of the Skeptics' Circle is fast approaching and will be landing Thursday, January 28 at The SkeptVet Blog. Blog-specific instructions for submitting your best skeptical blogging can be found here, while general guidelines can be found here. This is the first time we've had a skeptical veterinarian host; so let's try to get him some great material to help him do a bang-up job. And if you have some good woo related to veterinary or animals to send in, so much the better. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Respectful Insolence) Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208281 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:00:00 +0100 3208281 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3201725&cid=t_99466_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F23%2Fblog-for-choice-day-2010-some-of-my-favorite-posts%2F A few posts I enjoyed for various reasons, from bloggers both familiar and completely new to me. “Choice” as a Feminist Idol – Sungold at Kittwampus, who reminds us that “choice” is pretty empty if it doesn’t include access, justice, rights, autonomy, and self-determination. Likewise, Radical Doula argues that it should be “Blog for Justice Day.” Britni at Oh My God, That Britni’s Shameless shares a video, of a performance by Sonia Renee on “What We Deserve,” that gave me goosebumps (transcript provided). I Trust Me, But Can I Trust You? – Heidi of A Black Girl Named Heidi, on her own evolving understanding of what “trust” means Trust Women, by bergsie at Kittens Farting Rainbows. Included for the awesome blog ti... Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3201725 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:32:36 +0100 3201725 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3200391&cid=t_99466_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F01%2Flongtime-haiti-resident-john-engle-produces-video-blog-current-developments%2F American John Engle has lived in Haiti for twenty years and is producing a video blog of events happening on the ground in Haiti. It can be accessed through the Haitipartners.org site (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3200391 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:17:57 +0100 3200391 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3200554&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fmultiple-sclerosis-and-headaches%2F I’ve read your comments enough times to realize that we’re likely over due for a discussion about headaches, particularly migraine headaches and multiple sclerosis. Many have made statements, in comments left on other general topics, of experiencing migraine headaches along with their other MS symptoms.  Some state that they’ve experienced these most of their lives while others have only gotten these monster headaches after they experienced MS symptoms or were diagnosed. The topic of migraine is a difficult one for medical science to explain in general.  Terms such as “cluster headaches,” “sick-headaches,” “ocular migraine” and “vascular headaches” are bantered about the medical community within a cloud of certain mystery. Even the National MS Society states that �... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3200554 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:19:35 +0100 3200554 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3200629&cid=t_99466_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fbuying-shoes-to-get-through-chemo%2F I have decided that I need a pair of red patent leather high heel pumps with a platform. I saw them somewhere a couple of weeks ago and they keep creeping into my thoughts. I have a real weakness for shoes. This doesn’t make me unique as a woman, shoes have a real appeal for most of us. These shoes are pretty sensational though, they are shiny and the perfect shade of tomato red and have at least a four inch heel. I picture them with a skinny pair of jeans (I was envisioning when I was skinnier). Truthfully I didn’t buy them because I sensed they would end up with the rest of my collection of shoes, many of which are still new and in the box. OK, I confess, I am obsessed with shoes and have a very weird relationship with them. They make me happy! Before I had the second surgery... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3200629 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:02:09 +0100 3200629 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3197831&cid=t_99466_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fstupid-diabetes-winners-announced.html I asked for some input on what a new diabetes web site could offer, and I got it – Thank You! Ahem… ask a silly question, get a silly answer, right? I mean it should have been obvious that the No. 1 thing that fits under the heading “StupidDiabetes.com” is humor! The general consensus seems [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3197831 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:00:58 +0100 3197831 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3197564&cid=t_99466_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F21%2Fblog-for-choice-day-2010-what-trust-women-means-to-me%2F Each year, NARAL Pro-Choice America poses a theme for Blog for Choice Day to commemorate the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision. This year’s theme honors murdered provider Dr. George Tiller, who reportedly often wore a button that simply read, “Trust Women.” What “trust women” means to me is a theme I discussed in my 2007 Blog for Choice Day post, and I think those words bear reiteratin here. I am pro-choice because I believe in women. I believe there are situations in a woman’s life that I/the government cannot possibly manage for her, and I believe individual women are the ones responsible for making the best choices for themselves and their families. Not me, not a politician solely interested in rallying the faithful, not a pharmacist who refuses to... Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3197564 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:00:09 +0100 3197564 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3197793&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fwho-is-your-mama-in-a-life-of-chronic-pain%2F When I was a child of eleven years of age, I had to go to bed for a year due to rheumatic fever. I was never a particularly healthy kid and had strep throat more times than I can remember, before and after that time. Naturally, it worried my parents and my mother, who had trouble expressing her feelings, did so by being very protective of me. My father was an adorable and loving man who wept when I was diagnosed and over the years, each time I became ill, he brought me milkshakes, usually strawberry, and of course, the latest comic books. As I recall my favorites were always the Archie comics and another character named Lulu. Even then I decided you could only watch so much TV. The thing I hated the most, besides being cut off from my friends at school and church, was this most miserable l... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3197793 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:48:00 +0100 3197793 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3197736&cid=t_99466_111_f&fid=34615&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergiblog.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fchange-of-shift-volume-4-no-15.html It’s time again for Change of Shift, the bi-weekly nursing blog carnival! It’s an eclectic selection this week: hospital to office, students and veterans, money and…well, poo-poo, disasters and preparedness. Quick note: I have a “mailing list” that I use to mail out CoS notifications. If you are not on the list and want to be, drop me a line. If you are on the list and do not want to be, *sniff*, drop me a line! ******************** Hmmm..it seems that NPs Save Lives has been hearing a few excuses lately! Learn How Not To Choke Your Non-Compliant Patients over at www.npplace.com. The situation in Haiti is critical. Nurses are lining up, ready and willing to serve. But, as  the Muse, RN notes, there are  10,000 US Nurses Sign-Up for Haiti! Can’t Go. F... Emergiblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3197736 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:23:49 +0100 3197736 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3197595&cid=t_99466_87_f&fid=35747&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthaffairs.org%2Fblog%2F2010%2F01%2F21%2Fthe-latest-health-wonk-review-is-up%2F Over at the Disease Management Care Blog, Jaan Sidorov hosts an Avatar-themed edition of the Health Wonk Review. Check it out for the best in recent health policy blogging. Copyright © 2010 Health Affairs Blog. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. All material published on Health Affairs blog, excluding links, is covered under a Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial - No Derivs 2.5 license.Plugin by Taragana (Source: Health Affairs Blog) Health Affairs Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3197595 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:46:39 +0100 3197595 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3193817&cid=t_99466_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2FcFR4-o2eoB0%2F Check out the latest Health Wonk Review penned by Dr. Jaan Sidorov over at the Disease Management Care blog. I commend Dr. Sidorov for his selection of a new personal photo on his blog — very handsome, and certainly a better presentation than this earlier photo from his youth.   Tags: disease management (Source: e-CareManagement) e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3193817 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:43:55 +0100 3193817 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3200646&cid=t_99466_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fbeautiful-game-me-playing-oblivion.html (Source: The 4th Avenue Blues) The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3200646 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:11:00 +0100 3200646 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3193996&cid=t_99466_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fbeautiful-game-me-playing-oblivion.html (Source: The 4th Avenue Blues) The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3193996 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:11:00 +0100 3193996 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3189288&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Freally-weird-ms-symptoms%2F If multiple sclerosis symptoms are nothing else, especially to the newly diagnosed, they are weird!  Sure, symptoms can be frightening, challenging, difficult and even debilitating… but how many times have I caught myself saying, “Hmmmm, that’s weird!” Often we are told, “That’s doesn’t sound like MS,” or something of the kind, by our medical professionals only to find out (oft, via the pages of this blog) that we are not alone in our experience of something not in the medical text books.  It is one of the aspects of the Life with MS blog of which I am most proud! I have a real doozie to share, with a discussion of MS symptoms from the X-Files. The middle of last week, I developed a cold.  You know that feeling when you wake, somewhere between the back of your nose and t... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3189288 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:14:22 +0100 3189288 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3189287&cid=t_99466_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fthe-power-of-forgiveness-in-a-life-with-chronic-pain%2F Self-pity and resentment are parasites that live on a life that is suffering with chronic pain. Any of us who have daily pain know this and know they both have a strong voice that often whispers into our ears. They both whisper loudly with a hissing breath and say provocative things like, “Why you?” and “Who do they think they are?” as well as “Why don’t you give them a piece of your mind.” At other times those same resentful feelings are suppressed by us but they chatter on, deep within ourselves. Driven down, they can fester and become resentment, anger and quite frankly, become quite ugly. Like any parasite, they draw their sustenance from the host and live on, sucking the life out of us. I know it’s difficult for others who live healthy, “normal” lives to understand... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3189287 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:48:12 +0100 3189287 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3189351&cid=t_99466_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fcancer-patients-need-treatment-but-that-doesnt-mean-we-trust-it%2F There is no way to express the horror I feel over the devastation and human suffering caused by the earthquake in Haiti. It is beyond understanding how these people are coping in the midst of this. I watched the news with real heartbreak as some Haitians refused to eat rations provided off of trucks. One individual took the package and started telling everyone not to eat it as the date said it was expired. People started rejecting the packaged food and throwing it on the ground as the truck drove off. Others chased after the truck begging them to provide more. As friends and family expressed their dismay at this scene, I began to comprehend. Imagine people desperate for food receiving something as foreign to them as a small package of nutrition. There could have been mistrust. Remember, Ha... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3189351 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:39:02 +0100 3189351 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3185605&cid=t_99466_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fmaggie-says-good-morning.html (Source: The 4th Avenue Blues) The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3185605 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:41:00 +0100 3185605 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3189173&cid=t_99466_105_f&fid=38964&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrwes.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fanother-electrophysiologist-enters-fray.html Thought I'd spread the link-love to Dr. John Mandrola, another fellow cardiac electrophysiologist from Louisville, KY who has been brave enough to enter the medical blog-o-sphere over at Dr. John M. Head on over and say "hi."Always good to have another EP's voice in the fray...-WesMusings of a cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist. (Source: Dr. Wes) Dr. Wes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3189173 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:03:00 +0100 3189173 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3201761&cid=t_99466_109_f&fid=34754&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwillmeekphd.com%2Findex.php%3Fitemid%3D192 1/18/09: Boiling everything else away, there are four basic questions that we need to answer to move ourselves from a position of distress into strength and health. They generally look something like this: 1. What is happening? 2. Why is it happening? 3. What do I do about it? 4. How do I do it? Depending on how much work has already been done, people can come to therapy with varying levels of answers. I have a lot of clients that see me after several courses of therapy with other providers where they get the first three answered very well, but the therapy stalls on the fourth, and they are hoping I can help. Consider someone who may experience a moderate level of depression coming to counseling. After a couple weeks he hears: 1) you are experiencing a depressive episode, 2) a... Staff Psychologist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3201761 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:19:56 +0100 3201761 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3185607&cid=t_99466_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fredecorating.html (Source: The 4th Avenue Blues) The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3185607 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:56:00 +0100 3185607 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3185439&cid=t_99466_111_f&fid=34615&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergiblog.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fanatomy-of-a-pain-shot.html This has me stumped. What on earth is she doing? She is drawing something up from a spoon, I assume it is a medication. But what? I usually associate this sort of activity with heroin addicts, but obviously this is a clinical environment. Okay, all you nursing historians out there… What medication would need to be drawn up from a spoon instead of a vial or an ampule? ******************** It’s carnival time at Emergiblog! Not only is Change of Shift going to be here on Thursday, but I’ll be hosting Grand Rounds next Tuesday! Nurses, get cracking for Change of Shift – I’ll be taking submissions until Wednesday night. Those of you who forgot to submit last week, now is your chance for redemption! For Grand Rounds, it’s all comers and submissions until Mon... Emergiblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3185439 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:58:00 +0100 3185439 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3185574&cid=t_99466_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2FXaSIzy5fazk%2F Yes, it’s the 18th and this is my very first post of the year. Post of the decade, actually. I believe that it is customary to apologize, but I don’t feel very apologetic. No, not snarky either. More of a what now type and time of questioning. This blog is an amazing time machine for myself. Also, there are the typical surprises: where I was, what I thought. Who I was. I don’t know if you can be properly amazed at your life at the age of 53 — is that too young? Too old? And do I want to do the daily navel-gazing? That last thing can be most unseemly (is there a better word for that?) when done in public, especially for a very long time. Now I feel the desire to write again. I’d like to give myself at least an idea of where I’m going here and now, but I don&#... white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3185574 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:37:03 +0100 3185574