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 'blood tests'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:30:44 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4696893&cid=t_132487_136_f&fid=39026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarolinemfr.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fwhen-doctors-dont-listen.html About a month ago, I complained about Dr B who blamed me for my high blood pressure. He has been collecting cases of high blood pressure for his entire career, only found 11, and blamed me for my high blood pressure. The only test he did was to take my blood pressure. I am not sure he even read my chart. I found out a few days later that my thyroid levels were messed up and could contribute to high blood pressure as well. Hypothyroidism can cause the bottom blood pressure number to go up. Hyperthyroidism can cause the top blood pressure number to go up. Then my next blood tests showed my thyroid levels in the normal range. So that theory was put to rest. But I did gloat a tiny bit.Well, I have found out all sorts of things in the past few days about how badly he listened.First I found out ... Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4696893 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 11:28:00 +0100 4696893 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4164524&cid=t_132487_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Ftalk-to-patients-before-running-tests%2F2010.11.14 The Associated Press ran a provocatively-titled piece recently, “Family health history: ‘best kept secret’ in care”, which noted how a geneticist at the Cleveland Clinic discovered that asking about family members and their history of breast, colon, or prostate cancer was better than simply doing genetic blood testing. Surprising? Hardly. This is what all medical students are taught. Talk to the patient. Get a detailed history and physical. Lab work and imaging studies are merely tools that can help support or refute a diagnosis. They provide a piece of the puzzle, but always must be considered in the full context of a patient. They alone do not provide the truth. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at Saving Money and Surviving the H... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4164524 Sun, 14 Nov 2010 15:00:00 +0100 4164524 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4133713&cid=t_132487_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fscreen-everyone-for-pancreatic-cancer-what-about-evidence-and-harm%2F2010.11.03 Continuing this week’s spontaneous theme (we didn’t make the claims and write the stories) of runaway enthusiasm for various screening tests by some researchers and journalists, HealthDay news service has reported on a study published in the Oct. 28 issue of the journal Nature that they say “provides new insight into the genetics of pancreatic cancer.” In the story, they let one of the researchers get away with saying, almost unchallenged: “What’s important about this study is that it’s objective data in support of why everyone should be screened for pancreatic cancer.” Mind you, this was a study that looked at tissue from just seven patients. The story continued with its breathless enthusiasm for the pancreatic cancer screening idea: &#822... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4133713 Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:00:41 +0100 4133713 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3969141&cid=t_132487_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2F5i_5SxDhTDI%2Ftrial-by-stethescope.php I go this week for my quarterly checkup and blood tests. I'll meet with the doctor again in a week or so to go over results.  A part of me feels like I'm going before a judge who will deliver a verdict on my 'compliance'.  It's not a pleasant feeling.While too many health care providers foster such an attitude, usually unintentionally I assume, that's not what I'm addressing.  In fact, I quite like my current doctor. But the way I'm wired, I'm quite capable of producing this anxiety all by myself.How do I do this to myself?  One big factor is that I allow too much of my self-regard to hinge on approval from others.  While I believe that interaction with my doctor is important, I almost wish it could be done electronically.  Anxiety before the checkup is also c... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3969141 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 04:43:37 +0100 3969141 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3003990&cid=t_132487_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fwayback-wednesday-what-makes-you-think-im-brave.html Courage and diabetes. This seemed an excellent topic to revisit on the second-to-last Wednesday of Diabetes Awareness Month. (Not to mention that I saw Wicked over the weekend with my oldest daughter ) Other than that I believe this post, from early 2007, needs no special intro: What Makes You Think I’m Brave? It’s happened many times [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3003990 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:00:15 +0100 3003990 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1426548&cid=t_132487_136_f&fid=35300&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metastaticlivercancer.org%2F2008-05-07-cancer-treatment%2F2-responses-to-metastatic-liver-cancer%2F Sandra and Glen left a comment on our April Metastatic Liver Cancer post, which we will add below in italics and our feedback in normal script. Glen’s Liver Cancer story Thank you for sharing your story. My mom, aged 71, has been diagnosed as having HHC (Hepatocellular Carcinoma) in April 08. Her MRI indicated multiple Metastasis in her liver (innumerable large and small tumors). Sounds like father’s diagnosis: lots of words we heard for the first time and when we saw the picture of his liver it became all clear to us: innumerable small tumors scattered in his liver… Her blood tests indicated elevated Alpha Fetoprotein, and her history of chronic Hepatitis added to the diagnosis of liver tumor. The liver tumor involves both lobes (which makes it not curable by resection,... Metastatic liver cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1426548 Wed, 07 May 2008 10:19:42 +0100 1426548 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=814178&cid=t_132487_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F08%2F21%2Fdentists-raising-the-bar-for-diabetes-prevention%2F Filed under: Type 2, Services, CareThe Chicago-Sun Times just ran a piece about area dentists who are doing their bit for type 2 diabetes prevention. These docs are screening all patients with gum disease for high blood sugar. They hope this will help with early detection, since gum disease is a risk factor for diabetes. (In fact, gum disease is a risk factor for tons of health issues, running the gamut from minor to life-threatening.)The paper profiles, among others, dentist Dr. Ronald Schefdore. Whenever Schefdore gets patients coming in with gum disease, he automatically gives them blood tests that measure cholesterol and blood sugar levels, as well as inflammation. Schefdore describes a success story involving one patient who, thanks to the tests, got an early diagnosis of pre-diabetic... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=814178 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 814178