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 'bonds'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:28:38 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5008573&cid=t_107008_136_f&fid=39026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarolinemfr.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F07%2Fits-all-about-attitude.html I think your attitude going into something greatly affects the outcome, particularly your enjoyment. Its no different with cancer. When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I was very upset/depressed/stressed for some time. Then I decided since I was lucky enough to have cancer twice, I need to make the best of it. I have many cancer friends, some in person, some on line, and they range from stage 0 to late stage IV with the end in sight, and are anywhere between just diagnosed to 25 years out (I never seem to meet anyone who is 30 years out from a diagnosis like me but maybe I was precocious or something.) Their attitudes range from 'I don't even think about it' to 'I'm doomed'. I think I went through a phase of partial 'I'm doomed' for a bit but then got past it with the help of support g... Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5008573 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:24:00 +0100 5008573 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4960280&cid=t_107008_136_f&fid=39026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarolinemfr.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F06%2Fmedical-round-up.html - This is in the category of 'if you can't cure them, confuse them'. One of the locations of the hospital I go to has decided to renumber their floors. They used to be 1, 2, 3. At the main hospital you enter on the 4th floor. Go figure.- At PT for my knee yesterday, I told the therapist I was trying to figure out the best way to keep working on strengthening my knee with out causing more pain from the bursitis in my hip. She told me that due to the pain caused by repetitive industry, she doesn't think I have bursitis but arthritis and should talk to my doctor about testing for osteo vs. rheumatoid - which runs in my family.- I'm cranky because I am waiting for my doctor to call me back - she was out on Tuesday and went home sick yesterday. When I called again yesterday, I was told that it ... Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4960280 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:08:00 +0100 4960280 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4952807&cid=t_107008_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FwsPZxFTvNJQ%2F By Steve H. HankeThe rate of broad money growth (M3) in the United States is weak (see the accompanying chart).  The ultra-low federal funds rate (0.25%) has acted to keep a lid on broad money growth and, in turn, economic activity.  Yes, “low” interest rates imposed by the Fed are contributing to a credit crunch and anemic money growth.  But, wait.  This is counter-intuitive.  And if that’s not enough, it’s not what the textbooks tell us, either. While the Fed has pumped huge quantities of so-called high powered money into the economy, the U.S. is paradoxically facing a credit crunch.  Banks have utilized their liquidity to pile up cash and accumulate government bonds and securities.  In contrast, bank loans have actually decreased since May 2008.  And since credit is a s... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4952807 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:45:07 +0100 4952807 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4676713&cid=t_107008_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fsecret-tape-recording-barry-bonds-orthopedic-surgeon-revealed%2F Chief prosecution witness Steve Hoskins has said that he has just now “discovered” a tape recording of conversations that he had with Dr. Arthur Ting regarding possible steroid abuse by Barry Bonds. Ting has testified that he never discussed Bonds alleged steroid use. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4676713 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 03:36:15 +0100 4676713 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4512429&cid=t_107008_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F02%2F23%2Fcellphone-use-may-increase-brain-activity%2F Brain studies get more interest in the media, because the brain is truly one of the last great unknowns of the human body. While our understanding of the brain has made great strides in the past few decades, we still have only very basic and rudimentary knowledge of this important organ. Honestly, researchers still aren’t quite sure how the brain even works. When you consider where we are with our understanding of the brain’s basic functions, you have to take studies that use brain imagery with a healthy grain of salt. The consumption of sugar by the brain is thought to indicate important brain activity, but it’s a correlational association that researchers have documented. The latest “gee whiz!” brain study showed that when you put a muted cell phone next to ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4512429 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:28:44 +0100 4512429 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4352816&cid=t_107008_136_f&fid=39026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarolinemfr.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F01%2Fliving-in-all-cancer-all-time-life.html I am a person living with cancer. But cancer does not run my life. I often do normal things - go to the grocery store, pay bills, go to work, talk to my friends, go on vacation, etc. Cancer people are real people. We talk about cancer with each other but we don't go up to people and say 'hi I have cancer, do you?'.Yesterday I volunteered to help at a trade show by staffing a booth for a cancer related organization to help raise money for them. People came up and asked about our mission and talked about their experiences with cancer. They had it. Their wife just died from it. Their wife had it but did not die from cancer but from something else. Their sister, mother, father, cousin, granddaughter, etc., etc., had cancer. When I was driving home, I felt emotionally drained. I felt I had spen... Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4352816 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 12:04:00 +0100 4352816 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4253119&cid=t_107008_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FlR0NxOqnxWQ%2F By Daniel J. MitchellThere are plenty of reason to like and dislike the tax deal between President Obama and congressional leaders. On the plus side, we dodge a big tax increase for the next two years. We also replace a goofy and ineffective “make work pay” tax credit with a supply-side oriented reduction in the payroll tax rate (albeit only for one year, so there probably won’t be much economic benefit). On the negative side, the deal extends unemployment benefits, which has the perverse effect of subsidizing unemployment. The deal is also filled with all sorts of corrupt provisions for various interest groups such as ethanol producers. Then there are provisions such as the 35 percent death tax. Is this bad news, because it is an increase from zero percent this year? Or ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4253119 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:20:07 +0100 4253119 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4251104&cid=t_107008_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FlR0NxOqnxWQ%2F By Daniel J. MitchellThere are plenty of reason to like and dislike the tax deal between President Obama and congressional leaders. On the plus side, we dodge a big tax increase for the next two years. We also replace a goofy and ineffective “make work pay” tax credit with a supply-side oriented reduction in the payroll tax rate (albeit only for one year, so there probably won’t be much economic benefit). On the negative side, the deal extends unemployment benefits, which has the perverse effect of subsidizing unemployment. The deal is also filled with all sorts of corrupt provisions for various interest groups such as ethanol producers. Then there are provisions such as the 35 percent death tax. Is this bad news, because it is an increase from zero percent this year? Or ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4251104 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:20:07 +0100 4251104 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4151874&cid=t_107008_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F11%2F10%2F10-tips-to-enhance-your-love-bonds%2F I detest love lyrics. I think one of the causes of bad mental health in the United States is that people have been raised on love lyrics. - Frank Zappa Since more marriages in the United States fail rather than succeed, it is clear that most people have unrealistic expectations and lack the skills necessary to maintain a good relationship. What goes into being in love? Is it love at first sight, or something else? In the January/February 2010 issue of Scientific American Mind, Robert Epstein outlines a series of exercises which emphasize vulnerability and which research has shown to enhance feelings of love. Here’s what we know about mutual gazing, bungee jumping, and arranged marriages. Gazing at someone increases positive feelings toward them. The key word here is mutual. Mammal... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4151874 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:53:04 +0100 4151874 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4133666&cid=t_107008_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_TOCHoa1d-c%2F By Gerald P. O'DriscollThe Fed’s planned purchases of $600 billion of long-term Treasury bonds were targeted for domestic problems, but are having international consequences. The expansion of the Fed’s balance sheet drives down the foreign-exchange value of the U.S. dollar, and (same thing) forces other currencies to appreciate in value. Emerging markets with high short-term interest rates will attract “hot money” flows. These flows are not stable sources of funding, and disrupt the small capital markets in these countries. Long-term, the appreciation of their currencies harms their competitiveness in global goods’ markets. Brazil has already imposed capital controls and other emerging markets may follow. The Chinese in particular have reacted sharply.  A... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4133666 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:59:58 +0100 4133666 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4003405&cid=t_107008_136_f&fid=39026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarolinemfr.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fcancer-creates-bonds.html Take two cancer patients sitting side by side in chemo or in a waiting room and they start comparing notes and talking. Who's your doctor? What do you think of the new nurse? You've been waiting how long? And then the conversation moves on to all sorts of topics. Cancer people don't just talk about cancer. But once two realize they have a lot in common, the talking begins. Yesterday I did some shopping. I need a dress to wear to a Bat Mitzvah next weekend - and I can't remember the last time I bought a dress. But I went off on my mission. I saw a sign for a yard sale and tried to find it but to no avail so I gave up and went on to the stores. Two stores later I found my dress and a fancy sweater to wear over it. I headed home and went by another yard sale sign - this time I found it. I wan... Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4003405 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:58:00 +0100 4003405 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4001710&cid=t_107008_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F09%2F25%2F6-more-steps-to-better-communication%2F In a recent job interview, I was asked, “How would you get your client to see things your way?” I said, “By seeing things his way first.” The associate looked a little confused, so I continued. “You aren’t going to get anywhere if you don’t listen first, right? You can’t make him come around to your plan, if you don’t understand the purpose and intention behind his plan.” In their insightful book, We Need to Talk: Steps to Better Communication, Paul Donoghue, PhD and Mary Siegel, PhD discuss how a few tweaks in how we approach difficult conversations can save relationships. Whether it be confrontations between spouses, parents and children, work colleagues, or friends, knowing a few basic skills of expressing ourselves can lead t... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4001710 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 11:50:22 +0100 4001710 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3420443&cid=t_107008_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FrmtojKKPe6g%2F By Michael F. CannonFrom Robert J. Samuelson’s column in today’s Washington Post: When historians recount the momentous events of recent weeks, they will note a curious coincidence. On March 15, Moody’s Investors Service — the bond rating agency — published a paper warning that the exploding U.S. government debt could cause a downgrade of Treasury bonds. Just six days later, the House of Representatives passed President Obama’s health-care legislation costing $900 billion or so over a decade and worsening an already-bleak budget outlook. Should the United States someday suffer a budget crisis, it will be hard not to conclude that Obama and his allies sowed the seeds, because they ignored conspicuous warnings. A further irony will not escape historians. F... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3420443 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:51:16 +0100 3420443 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3382804&cid=t_107008_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F2b_vIHNsAE8%2F By Doug BandowThe U.S. isn’t Greece.  Yet. Moody’s is no longer so sure about the quality of Uncle Sam’s debt.  Reports the Christian Science Monitor: The US needs to make significant government spending cuts or else risk losing its gold-plated credit rating that has made extensive borrowing so affordable, Moody’s Investor Service said late Monday. The announcement was a sobering warning that the country’s burgeoning debt has weakened the country’s economic standing, and that US Treasury Bonds, traditionally a bullet-proof investment, could lose their sterling Aaa-rating if Washington cannot control its federal debt. If Moody’s were to downgrade the country’s rating, the impact could be severe. It would signal to lenders worldwide that the US is no longer one ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3382804 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:26:18 +0100 3382804 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2284356&cid=t_107008_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fa_4xgLzvmWA%2F The Federal Reserve announced that it would create $1.2 trillion out of thin air and use it to buy mortgage-backed securities and Treasury bonds, even though Some Fed leaders have resisted buying Treasurys in the past because they were unsure whether it would help reduce borrowing costs and because they feared that it would appear that the central bank was simply printing money to finance the government’s deficit, a hallmark of countries with poorly managed economies. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2284356 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:56:26 +0100 2284356 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2074605&cid=t_107008_151_f&fid=35823&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FAddictionInbox%2F%7E3%2F498052320%2Ftobacco-settlement-turned-upside-down.html “Tobacco bonds” link state budgets to cigarette sales.Bob Sullivan of MSNBC reports that ten years after a group of states wrestled Big Tobacco to its knees in a $200 billion settlement, the creation of “tobacco bonds” by Wall Street has allowed investors and state governments to borrow against their future tobacco settlement payments. The result? Money that was to be paid out over the next thirty years for smoking cessation programs is being redirected into infrastructure projects and shoring up municipal credit.“A review of 660 leading bond funds covered by the investment research firm Morningstar Inc., conducted at msnbc.com’s request, showed that more than 260 are invested in tobacco bonds,” Sullivan writes on his blog, The Red Tape Chronicles.What, you may well ask, are ... Addiction Inbox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2074605 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:58:00 +0100 2074605 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=499939&cid=t_107008_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F03%2F25%2Fsunday-seven-seven-happy-healthy-habits%2F Filed under: All Cancers, Environment, Diets, Stress Reduction, Exercise, Nutrition, Services, Sunday SevenThe experts at Canyon Ranch resort and spa know what they're talking about when it comes to health and happiness. They make a living off their expertise, in fact. But they're not stingy when it comes to sharing their know-how, and on the Canyon Ranch website, they offer us all a chance to better our lives.I promised in an earlier post to share more of what the Canyon Ranchers have to say -- so here are seven more healthy habits you just might want to embrace.To Carb or Not to CarbCanyon Ranch has watched "fad" diets come and go, never falling for their quick, easy-fix mentality and consistently advocating for balance, moderation and basic good nutrition. In recent years, some diets ha... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=499939 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 499939