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 'button'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:11:40 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4960355&cid=t_144583_180_f&fid=38607&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fsuccessbeginstoday%2FBHWQ%2F%7E3%2F0yI5wEdGR3w%2F While I love my iPad, there are a few items that would make the current model easier to use. I’m surprised that they aren’t included with the standard iOS interface. 1. Arrow Keys. When typing on any of the built in keyboard interfaces, Apple has not included any arrow keys. If you hook up an external Bluetooth keyboard, they are there and work well. Arrow keys make editing text fast and easy. Sure you can enlarge the text screen and use your finger to move the cursor, but arrow keys are more intuitive and would be much faster to use. 2. Forward Delete Button. This should be a no brainer. When editing text in a word processor, email, or blog interface, there currently is no forward delete button. Currently you either have to micro place the cursor or back delete the whole word... Success Begins Today blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4960355 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:19:28 +0100 4960355 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934643&cid=t_144583_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FXaLHgO3UbTg%2F Ah, men. Can’t live with ‘em, can’t live without ‘em, right? Well it also seems we can’t get a good night’s sleep with them either. A survey conducted by the British Lung Foundation found that 41% of women cite their male partners’ snoring as the main reason they are kept up at night, resulting in sleep deprivation. According to the figures, this translates to a third of all women losing an average of three weeks’ sleep every year. I usually enjoy being kept up at night by my man, but this wasn’t exactly what I had in mind (wink wink). Luckily, there are ways to still get your shut-eye and save your relationship, without shaming him to the couch. Get him to a doctor: medical experts warn that snoring is usually symptomatic of larger hea... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934643 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:38:11 +0100 4934643 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4676899&cid=t_144583_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNeilVerselsHealthcareItBlog%2F%7E3%2FEcS5gp-MhXQ%2F Geisinger Health System, Group Health Cooperative, Intermountain Healthcare, Kaiser Permanente and the Mayo Clinic will join together to promote sharing of electronic health data as part of a new organization called the Care Connectivity Consortium. The formal launch is set for 9 a.m. EDT Wednesday at the National Press Club in Washington, and the event will be webcast here. According to a media advisory, the Care Connectivity Consortium is “a historic interoperability collaboration among five of the nation’s leading health systems to securely share electronic health information and best practices.” Executives from the organizations will be on hand to “will discuss the goals of the consortium, how sharing electronic health data supports high quality, patient-centered ca... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4676899 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:06:21 +0100 4676899 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4540528&cid=t_144583_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2011%2F03%2Fvon-recklinghausens-disease-neurofibromatosis-type-1%2F Pathophysiology syndrome secondary to genetic defect marked by benign neural tumors and characteristic skin changes Signs and Symptoms 1) multiple neurofibromas 2) positive “button hole” sign (tumors invaginate into skin with pressure) 3) six or more cafe-au-lait spots greater than 1.5 cm 4) freckles in nonexposed skin areas, such as axillary and inguinal areas 5) scoliosis 6) pseudoarthrosis of tibia 7) peripheral nerve sheath tumors (Schwannomas) 8) CNS tumors (neurofibrosarcoma, glioma, malignant Schwannoma) 9) Lisch’s nodules (pigmented iris hamartomas) 10) infiltrative lung disease Histology/Gross Pathology 1) cafe-au-lait spots are flat and uniformly light brown in color 2) benign neurofibroma may convert to malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors Associated Condit... Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4540528 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 04:17:31 +0100 4540528 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4540613&cid=t_144583_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNeilVerselsHealthcareItBlog%2F%7E3%2FB_GaJoDmWgM%2F Since last summer, various government agencies, notably the Department of Veterans Affairs, have been touting the Blue Button Initiative as an easy way of  sharing electronic data with patients. Just click the blue button in the patient EHR portal and download data into a personal health record or a printout. Sounds simple enough. Late yesterday, my successor at a publication I was the primary writer of until late last year, cited the importance of the Blue Button, particularly when coupled with Microsoft’s HealthVault PHR platform. (If I turned in my story as late as 4:52 p.m. for that client, I would have been docked at least $150, but that’s neither here nor there.) The fact that HealthVault and other “untethered” PHRs are non-starters when it comes to the publi... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4540613 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:39:50 +0100 4540613 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4436750&cid=t_144583_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Ftoo-drunk-to-drive-your-car-will-tell-you-if-s%2F2011.02.04 Drunk driving continues to be a serious problem. In 2009 for example, alcohol was a factor in more than 10,000 highway deaths. The same year, a stunning 10 percent of respondents to a survey of U.S. adults said they had operated an automobile while drunk during the previous year. Nearly 6 percent said they had done it more than once. So how would you feel about a car that can instantly detect whether a driver is drunk and prevent that person from starting the car? You better make up your mind quickly, because scientists are close to perfecting this technology. “We’re five to seven years away from being able to integrate this into cars,” Robert Strassburger, the VP for safety at the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (AAM) told the Washington Post. The AAM, an automotive trade... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4436750 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:00:23 +0100 4436750 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4219783&cid=t_144583_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSciencebaseScienceBlog%2F%7E3%2Fn60v642ktfU%2Flatest-scientific-discoveries.html Forget fruit and veg. Lose weight and cut the booze to reduce cancer risk People should be warned that cancer is linked to obesity and alcohol, rather than urged to eat more fruit and vegetables to protect against the disease. UK trialling testing sugar-coated salt on roads Although they’ve been using molasses for years in Nebraska and other places to help salt stick to the roads, it’s only just occurred to us Brits to give it a try now that we’re entering a period of severe cold weather (again). Add salt to water and it lowers its freezing point so that it has to be that bit colder for the roads to stay frozen. However, salt kicks up too easily, add molasses and the salt gets more of a purchase on the icy roads and helps defrost them (ever so slightly) producing a nice b... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4219783 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 09:16:34 +0100 4219783 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3925083&cid=t_144583_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Funtil-all-of-us-have-this-blue-button.html Today I will listen to the BlogTalkRadio show "E-patients, Cyberchondriacs, and Why We Should Stop Calling Names," which promises to be an "open, honest and stimulating discussion" about the "potential implications of the use of the term e-Patient and why some argue that it should be reconsidered." As background to that discussion, see this blog post by Susannah Fox (@SusannahFox) who leads the Pew Internet & American Life Project's health research. Susannah will be a guest on the BlogTalkRadio show today and will be speaking at the e-Patient Connections 2010 conference next month in Philadelphia, PA.In her post, Susannah says: "In short, the data -- Pew Internet's and others' -- are quite clear that the online health revolution is over and that use of digital tools in tackling health ... Pharma Marketing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3925083 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:34:00 +0100 3925083 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3424909&cid=t_144583_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F03%2F31%2Fon-being-a-student-therapist-facebook-and-process-commentary%2F Buzz…buzz…buzz… The Blackberry on my client’s lap was signaling a message. Usually, this client silences her phone and puts it away before our session, without any prompting from me. This time, she glanced down at it, pushed a few buttons, and resumed our conversation. I let it go. Two minutes later: buzz…buzz…buzz… My client looked down again and started pushing buttons. I called her out. “What’s up with the phone today? Usually you put it away. Is something going on?” “It’s just Facebook updates.” She pushed a few buttons again and put the phone in her pocket. I didn’t hear it vibrate again during the rest of the session. In my group theories class, we’ve been discussing the concept of process commentary, which Irvin Yalom described in his book The Theory a... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3424909 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:20:11 +0100 3424909 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2927364&cid=t_144583_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F10%2F26%2Fare-the-media-becoming-addicted-to-internet-addiction%2F As Dr. John Grohol has cogently argued, there are many reasons to be skeptical of “Internet Addiction” as a discrete and specific “disorder” or diagnosis. Yet I am impressed, and a bit dismayed, by all the attention this issue seems to garner in the popular media. I don’t intend any disrespect to the reporters and journalists who are trying to cover the topic, several of whom have graciously interviewed me. Some reporters are as skeptical as many of us in the mental health field, and a number have asked pertinent questions as to how real so-called Internet addiction is. I simply wish that devastating illnesses like schizophrenia, major depression, and bipolar disorder created such a buzz in the media and in the awareness of the general public. Over the last 30... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2927364 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:01:59 +0100 2927364 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2227220&cid=t_144583_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D6253 In what must be the ultimate exercise in navel-gazing, an Austrian scientist has solved the mystery of belly button fluff.read more | digg story So hairy navels end up having more fluff? LOL from the Malaysian Medical Resources Revealed: The secrets of belly button fluff (Source: Malaysian Medical Resources) Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2227220 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2227220 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2195167&cid=t_144583_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FBreastfeeding123%2F%7E3%2FlJKJm2Q6Y24%2F The other day I got this lovely comment from Kate at My Life As a Mom: Hi there! I’ve commented before, but thought I’d say hi! I love your blog…do you have a “button” for people to add to their sidebars? Well Kate, I do now! Thanks for asking! You can choose either my usual pretty purple background: or the plain white background: I am hoping that anyone who is a blogger can follow these instructions, because it’s all I know how to do! Right click the image to “Save image as” to your computer. When you upload the image to your sidebar, link it to http://www.breastfeeding123.com Leave a comment to let me know you’ve added the button to your blog! I’d love to see it in action and visit supporters of Breastfeeding 1-2-3! Thank you to anyone who helps ... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2195167 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:35:29 +0100 2195167 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1173436&cid=t_144583_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F221667752%2Fchrysler_sebrings_panic_button.html  I pushed the remote control panic button on the Chrysler Sebring I was driving and everybody in the rent-a-car parking lot stopped and stared. Expressions of surprise, angst, and alarm reminded me that I’d just triggered cortisol to myself and others. Have you seen it happen where you work? Sadly, workers daily push panic buttons and trigger cortisol, through: 1. Anxiety - about changes coming at them fast and without many benefits. 2. Fear – from growing financial losses all around them. 3. Panic – about increasing health issues and decreasing insurance.4. Threat – from younger or smarter competition replacing them.5. Fluster– from faster, more current people in their field reducing their value.Each factor above impacts people and many erode t... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1173436 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:05:42 +0100 1173436 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1054807&cid=t_144583_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2007%2F11%2F27%2Fa-doctors-disdain-for-medical-googlers%2F Earlier this month, Time magazine published a first-person account of a doctor having to deal with a challenging patient who came to him after having conducted some research via Google. The doctor’s description of his disdain for these kinds of patients, and this particular patient and her child, wasn’t very politically correct, which caught the eye of Tara Parker-Pope, who then wrote about it Thanksgiving week. Even with the holiday, the entry has drawn over 275 comments in a week’s time, suggesting Ms. Parker-Pope has really touched a nerve here. (Too bad Time doesn’t allow comments on its articles, as this discussion probably would’ve occurred on their website, instead of a newspaper’s — ah well.) I couldn’t help but notice that this is a... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1054807 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:38:24 +0100 1054807 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1047654&cid=t_144583_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2F189433618%2F                           Josh Johnson’s post, Button, Button, Who’s Got the Button?, at Junk Creation, got me thinking about buttons and button collecting over the years.  Josh shows a picture of the jar his wife uses for her buttons.  Do you have button memories connected with your Alzheimer’s family member or friend?  Do these items have meaning and memories for them? My mother had her button jar and tin of utilitarian buttons.  She collected them, like so many ladies of her era, to have on hand when a button popped off a piece of clothing.  They also were available when we made dresses and other items of clothing that called for button closings. Homemakers long have been collectors of buttons, left over from times ago when every button wa... Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1047654 Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:01:55 +0100 1047654 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=837451&cid=t_144583_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F09%2F03%2Fthought-for-the-day-the-mighty-mushroom%2F Filed under: Diets, Cancer prevention foods, Thought for the DayNow I advise everyone to take all food-related recommendations with a grain of salt, because what first may appear healthy may not be in the long run -- and what is once deemed unhealthy may one day turn into a health food, like coffee.Now, here's something new to think about:It turns out the average mushroom may have healing powers. A new study out of Tufts University found that white button mushrooms help boost the body's natural immunity against tumors and viruses.Source: Woman's Day, September 12, 2007Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments (Source: The Cancer Blog) The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=837451 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 04:00:00 +0100 837451 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=511458&cid=t_144583_107_f&fid=35025&url=http%3A%2F%2Frrresearch.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F03%2Frunning-gels.html I've got two gels running while I type. Both will help me decide if the MAP7 DNA preps we have are suitable for my tweezers experiments. Both gels contain high and low concentrations of two different MAP7 DNA preps, along with a size standard consisting of intact phage lambda DNA (48.5kb) and a HindIII digest of the same DNA.The first gel is a conventional agarose gel - the voltage is created by a pair of simple wire electrodes, one running across each end of the gel box. To increase the resolution (i.e. separation) of DNA fragments bigger than 15-20kb, the gel has a lower concentration of agarose than is usually used (0.6% rather then 0.8-1.0%). This makes it more fragile, so I'll need to handle it very carefully tomorrow when I'm photographing it. I'm also using a much lower voltage, whi... RRResearch blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=511458 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:07:00 +0100 511458