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 'boat'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:21:47 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4859711&cid=t_144850_46_f&fid=38787&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmsf.ca%2Fblogs%2Fphotos%2F2011%2F05%2F24%2Fitaly-4%2F Lampedusa, Italy – May 2011 Libyan immigrants coming by boat from Zanzour, Libya to the Italian island of Lampedusa on Friday May 13th, 2011. By Saturday morning over 1600 refugees had arrived on the island. The refugees come from all over Africa: Somalia, Eritrea, Nigeria… (Source: MSF Blogs) MSF Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4859711 Tue, 24 May 2011 12:36:50 +0100 4859711 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4740404&cid=t_144850_46_f&fid=38787&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmsf.ca%2Fblogs%2Fphotos%2F2011%2F04%2F21%2Flibya%2F Misrata, Libya – April 2011 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) evacuated 99 people, including 64 war-wounded and 35 accompanying persons, by boat from 15 to 16 April from Misrata to Zarzis, Tunisia. This operation took place two weeks after a first boat evacuation of 71 injured people. “For weeks now, health structures have been struggling to cope with the influx of patients. They have been lacking medical equipment and personnel to treat the wounded and the sick suffering from chronic diseases,” said Dr. Morten Rostrup, an MSF doctor who was on the boat. (Source: MSF Blogs) MSF Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4740404 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:05:27 +0100 4740404 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3743686&cid=t_144850_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2FJpqDxhYqq3c%2F Every spring vacation, we would go to Miami Beach, and more often than not, the Bahamas as well. My dad didn’t let a small thing like 15-foot waves stop him. Bimini, Bahamas – Fishing boat leaving dock She was sitting, her whole body clenched, in the cabin of the fishing boat as it made its way east from Miami Beach to the Bahamas. The waves were incredibly high, but probably not as high as they looked to her. They also probably didn’t quite run at a 90° angle, though they might as well have again. By the time the boat had crossed the Gulfstream safely, and the drenched captain had docked the boat and was hosing the salt off of its sides, her hands had been clenched so hard for so long that they were paralyzed in strange contortions of finger and hand muscles. It took a... white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3743686 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:42:03 +0100 3743686 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3733017&cid=t_144850_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fphilly-duck-boat-overturns-delaware-river-injured-missing%2F Six passengers were injured and taken to local trauma centers when an amphibious vessel dubbed a duck boat stalled in the Delaware River and was then struck and overturned by a barge. Two passengers are still missing. The Delaware River, a wide river deep enough to handle ocean going traffic is minutes from two major trauma centers – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann/Drexel University Hospital. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3733017 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:20:23 +0100 3733017 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3385333&cid=t_144850_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fkids-music-that-doesnt-suck%2F Music for kids is great and all, but how many rounds of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” can you endure before wanting to drive the car over a cliff? Blisstree found five tolerable toddler-friendly albums, so pump up the volume: Barenaked Ladies – “Snack Time” Karen O and the Kids – “Where the Wild Things Are” Motion Picture Soundtrack “Spongebob Squarepants” Motion Picture Soundtrack (Various Artists) Dan Zanes – 76 Trombones Putumayo – World Playgrounds 1 & 2 Post from: BlissTree (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3385333 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:59:55 +0100 3385333 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2859108&cid=t_144850_136_f&fid=39027&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lrdlc.dreamhosters.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fmy-foundation%2F I’m a newbie dad (about 7 years experience so far). Each day that goes by I am reminded of the strength and determination of one man: My father. He started out as a newbie dad once. He had five kids in all: 3 girls and 2 boys. He was poor, but I didn’t really know it or feel it. He worked his ass off in a factory. His children could have gone to public school for free, but he knew the value of education, so each one of them attended private schools through high school. His income went to food, rent, school, and clothes. He was also a young father. He wasn’t perfect by any means (but in my memory he comes damn close), but still he worked for all of us: Mom, Grandma, May, Jess, Thani, Alan and I. I see his sacrifice in retrospect and frankly, it floors me. Then one day he w... Cancer, life, and me blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2859108 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:38:16 +0100 2859108 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2859112&cid=t_144850_136_f&fid=39027&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lrdlc.dreamhosters.com%2F2009%2F07%2Fhelpless%2F Here’s another drawing from my past. I was 8 years old.  This is how I felt alot of the time: Age 8 (Source: Cancer, life, and me) Cancer, life, and me blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2859112 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:00:35 +0100 2859112 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2313542&cid=t_144850_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F04%2F06%2Fhigh-risk-partner-high-risk-of-std%2F You’d think this much would be obvious — if you’re not particular who you sleep around with, don’t be surprised if one day you wake up with a sexually transmitted disease (STD). Yet, now we have research confirming the common wisdom (yay!). The study examined the sexual activities, partner characteristics and STD diagnoses of 412 subjects between the ages of 15 and 24. Among the subjects whose partners were categorized as high-risk, half were diagnosed with an STD. By comparison, about 40 percent of the young adults whose own behaviors were labeled as high-risk were diagnosed with an STD. So what’s the problem? Most health care providers — like your family doc — only ask about your sexual behavior, and so don’t catch folks who actually enga... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2313542 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:05:30 +0100 2313542 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2011083&cid=t_144850_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F12%2F03%2Fmental-illness-shorter-life%2F Although there’s no news here (since the original study was published two years ago), TIME has run a thoughtful piece about the reasons why people diagnosed with serious mental illness typically have a shorter lifespan. The primary reasons, when you think about it, aren’t all that surprising: Smoking - People with severe mental illness (typically schizophrenia, depression or bipolar disorder) often spend more time in psychiatric hospitals and are 3 times more likely to smoke than the general population Obesity - People with any one of these disorders are two to three times more likely to be obese — weight gain mostly caused by the very treatments they’re on to help with the mental illness! Obesity also leads to significantly increased rates of diabetes (twice ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2011083 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:59:35 +0100 2011083 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1773255&cid=t_144850_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FqUGn74HqsSc%2F Hurricane Hanna meant rain and heavy, humid air on Saturday and I suggested a trip to the YMCA pool. There’s a long-running association between changes in barometric pressure and Charlie having “thunderstorm” moments of unhappiness, of seeming unsettled and with a kind of worried, frenetic energy and expression. Just getting in the water has long proven to be a good antidote to all that unsettledness in the sky and in a certain boy, and a little exercise workout does not hurt. The pool was jam-packed when we arrived and four lanes, instead of the usual three, were marked off for lap swimmers. Four boys were kicking and splashing on the red and blue foam boat; one girl was explaining, with quite a bit of fervor, why nothing else would do for her to play with except the boa... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1773255 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:14:28 +0100 1773255 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1467020&cid=t_144850_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F297566840%2F We were walking down the West Side Highway in Manhattan on Saturday when Charlie started running and laughing. Jim and I saw that we were nearing the shed where you can take out a canoe into the Hudson River—-we had passed the shed back in April and met a retired longshoreman who’d noted how he likes to be near the water, and exchanged stories of the waterfront and Cockeye Dunn, a New York mobster who’s one of the characters in the book about the port of New York and New Jersey and the Waterfront priest that Jim is very, very close to finishing. “Want a kayak ride?” asked Jim. “Yes!” said Charlie. He paced back and forth pier 96 with the river splashing below him as Jim filled out some forms and I coaxed Charlie to put on a life vest. “No ves... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1467020 Sun, 25 May 2008 04:54:57 +0100 1467020 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1312523&cid=t_144850_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fchronic-pain%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Ffinding-your-ballast-while-living-with-chronic-pain%2F “Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a cruise, ‘er, ‘uh, dream, or is it nightmare?” So how goes your boat ride? Life seems to never go as planned. One day you’re cruising along and BAM! You’ve hit a huge rock, seawall or landed on a shallow sand bar in the river. Suddenly, you aren’t going anywhere. Detours, side trips and dead ends can really mess up your journey, but being stopped dead in the water is the hardest of all. “But, I was going to do this, I was going to do that.” “Was,” “wanted” and “almost” don’t count as much anymore. We have to find a new, sometimes circuitous route to that destination or in some cases, we find ourselves on an entirely different journey. We go places we never imagined as a... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1312523 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:12:46 +0100 1312523 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1106207&cid=t_144850_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2007%2F12%2F19%2Fbeyond-physical-cancer-recovery%2F Breast cancer survivors have some common psychological problems during recovery, especially after mastectomy. I’ve found a couple of videos exploring body image, self-esteem, sexuality, and popular culture related to the cancer. A group of ten patients have a peer discussion on their common issues and “pieces of our selves” in Body Image after Breast Cancer, and in Sexuality after Breast Cancer. (Both links are in the Real Video format, which requires a free player to view). Peer support can be quite helpful for breast cancer survivors, and a unique form is the sport of dragon boat racing. Dragon boats are traditional Chinese long, narrow boats paddled by teams. They’ve become more and more popular around the world. Along with the rise in competitive teams they&#82... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1106207 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:01:27 +0100 1106207 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=838869&cid=t_144850_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F151920558%2F Charlie starts school on Wednesday; Jim starts teaching and is working on some editing projects that had to be deferred so he could finish his book on the Irish waterfront, the New York/New Jersey port, and the movie On the Waterfront; I am already teaching, advising, co-directing my college’s Honors program and fielding requests about courses, cross-listing, and planning; we are moving out of my in-laws’ house after living here for a year as their town has the right kind of educational program for Charlie. We are moving today, Tuesday, and I have been packing and preparing the eighth-century poet Hesiod’s Theogony and Jim is getting up early to rent a van and I’ve been emailing Charlie’s case manager because our move, being rather sudden, has disrupted the sc... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=838869 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 06:21:09 +0100 838869