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 'closing'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:22:43 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5174650&cid=t_162217_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FRXUwwOFREpY%2Frecord-transfer-requests.html Requests for transfer of records are coming in response to the closing practice letters. These bring dueling emotions: pleasure in the knowledge the individual is planning for continued care AND the sting of rejection. Intellectually, I know the second makes no sense. I am the one who is leaving them and the practice. Still.... (Source: Suture for a Living) Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5174650 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:01:47 +0100 5174650 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5069368&cid=t_162217_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2011%2F07%2Fwalter-reed-medical-center-closing%2F The United States Army’s iconic Walter Reed Medical Center facility in Washington, D.C. is closing its doors after 102 years of serving generations of soldiers. The “casing of the colors” ceremony is today, with the completed facility shutdown scheduled for early September. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5069368 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:13:25 +0100 5069368 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4820920&cid=t_162217_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F05%2F13%2Fusing-music-to-relieve-depression%2F Caught in a terrible conundrum of whether I should break my diet over New York Super Fudge Chunk or Chunky Monkey at Ben and Jerry’s yesterday, I was reading the different fliers pinned to the community bulletin board inside this 200 square feet of ice-cream heaven. One flier read: “Got the blues? Learn to play them!” I don’t know whether to blame the kids or my depression for my stupidity (the death of my brain cells in the prefrontal cortex), but I had to read these seven words four times (that’s 28 words) before I understood the message, which is an important one: Music can help treat depression. Back before my Prozac and Zoloft days, music was my sole therapy. I pounded out Rachmaninoff’s “Prelude to C Sharp Minor” as a way of processing... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4820920 Fri, 13 May 2011 15:37:54 +0100 4820920 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4577934&cid=t_162217_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F03%2F12%2Ftoo-many-options-try-closing-some-doors%2F I have become increasingly aware that one of the stumbling blocks to my recovery from depression is my inability to make decisions, and my disdain for closing options. And yet closing doors is good for your sanity. Even in writing this post, I have saved the word file in five stages, so that if the material I cut out in version one seems important later on, I can go to file A and retrieve it. The horror of losing a precious sentence in penning this thing! My grieving over each decision — i.e. letting go of the options I didn’t pick — is precisely why I loathe grocery shopping and every other kind of shopping. Especially in America when you get to choose between eight kinds of apples: Washington local, organic, Pink Lady, Braeburn, Red Delicious, yada yada yada. I get over... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4577934 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 11:54:57 +0100 4577934 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4472949&cid=t_162217_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-nursing-shortage-a-big-disconnect%2F2011.02.13 With the aging of America, it’s well known that there will be a shortage of registered nurses and nursing assistants to take care of the population. It’s predicted that the shortage of nurses in California will climb to 80,000 by 2015. California has just 653 registered nurses employed per 100,000 people. One of the problems is a lack of qualified faculty to teach at nursing schools. California was forced to turn away 23,000 qualified applicants from nursing programs during 2008-2009. And this week Humboldt State University announced plans to discontinue the school’s nursing program because of financial concerns and inability to retain nursing faculty. Shortage of nurses and closing nursing programs — now there’s a big disconnect. *This blog post was ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4472949 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:00:00 +0100 4472949 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4441975&cid=t_162217_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwill-your-hospitals-maternity-ward-close%2F2011.02.06 When our country starts closing obstetrical units in hospitals because they “cost too much” money to operate, pregnant women need to pay attention because their babies are in serious trouble. Such was the case of the most recent casualty, South Seminole Hospital, a 200-bed hospital, that’s located within 30 minutes of my neighborhood. More than 20,000 babies were born in South Seminole Hospital during the past 18 years, and many of the babies were delivered by a local obstetrician who died approximately three years ago. I recall sitting in the emergency room of the hospital with a fractured ankle and listening to a chime that used to ring every time a baby was born. It was a soothing and humbling sound knowing that a new life was making its grand entrance each time that chime rang.... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4441975 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 14:00:12 +0100 4441975 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4285164&cid=t_162217_86_f&fid=35599&url=http%3A%2F%2Fshrlibrary.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F12%2Fhappy-holidays-and-happy-new-year-from.html The SHR Medical Library staff wishes you a joyful holiday season and a happy new year!Please note that the SHR Medical Libraries will be closed on the following dates:Friday December 24, 2010Saturday December 25, 2010Sunday December 26, 2010Monday December 27, 2010Friday December 31, 2010Saturday January 1, 2011Sunday January 2, 2011The SHR Medical Libraries will resume normal hours of operation: SCH: 8am-5pm, Monday-FridaySPH: 8am-4:30pm, Monday-Friday For any library inquiries or assistance, please email library@saskatoonhealthregion.cahttp://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/mNAX (Source: SHR Medical Library) SHR Medical Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4285164 Thu, 23 Dec 2010 16:18:00 +0100 4285164 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3790836&cid=t_162217_129_f&fid=38601&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaptionaction2.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fhr-3101-passes-next-stop-senate.html In a voice vote earlier today, the House passes HR 3101 by voice vote, and is expected to pass it tonight.Amy Cohen Efron posted about it, HR3101 PASSED UNANIMOUSLY!, on her blog.Next stop is the Senate.What does this mean for Caption Action 2 when the... (Source: Deaf Village) Deaf Village blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3790836 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:16:00 +0100 3790836 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2348540&cid=t_162217_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F04%2F18%2Frecession-anxiety-how-i-stopped-worrying-and-learned-to-love-thrift%2F Anxiety is a sneaky thing. It starts with watching the news of yet another company closing doors. Then we hear about a friend who just got laid off and we think, “There but for the grace of God….” The unopened envelope holding the latest report on our 401K sits on the desk mockingly. Sleep becomes elusive. The future, once so bright with promise, becomes the dark tunnel of the Haunted House ride. Anxious? How about terror stricken? And yet it could very well be that none of the things mentioned above affect our lives today. That’s the thing about panic. We don’t have to be directly threatened to feel as if we are. A recent article in the New York Times, Recession Anxiety Seeps Into Everyday Lives, reports that across the country latent anxiety, triggered by ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2348540 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:00:39 +0100 2348540 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1502525&cid=t_162217_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F06%2F09%2Ftexting-through-your-grief%2F First it was cybertherapy. Now texting is making inroads into the national psyche, helping people work out tough emotional issues that under different circumstances, they might otherwise leave alone. A story at MSNBC describes how some people turn to texting to deal with a recent emotional trauma, with the inevitable quote from a psychologist suggesting that “although texting may be a beneficial way to cope with tribulations initially, it’s too superficial to help overcome life’s obstacles.” Really now? While the limits of texting are obvious (160 character limit, for instance), there’s actually been no research on this topic one way or another. So while common sense says you can’t text your way out of your feelings, I think texting can be just as help... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1502525 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:36:31 +0100 1502525 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1416568&cid=t_162217_158_f&fid=36160&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popeinstitute.com%2Fcaregivingminutes%2F%3Fp%3D70 If I had a dime for every time I saw a reverse mortgage commercial, I could fund my own retirement plan. About 4 months ago the reverse mortgage commercials started coming fast and hard. I distinctly remember the morning I was watching television and both my husband and I noticed that almost every other commercial was selling a reverse mortgage. It’s like there is the sacred hour that seniors are watching television and every reverse mortgage lender in the world needs a 60 second spot during that viewing hour. I don’t watch a lot of television but at this point, I can almost narrate the reverse mortgage commercials from memory; like the syndrome your children have with their favorite movies. I believe they call that syndrome “narratum verbatim”-or at least that’s what another f... CaregivingMinutes™ by Pope Institute blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1416568 Fri, 02 May 2008 21:04:53 +0100 1416568 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1118194&cid=t_162217_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2007%2F12%2F27%2Fpsych-central-in-review-2007%2F Another year is almost over, as we’re closing the book on our 12th year on the web (and 15th year of providing mental health resources online). It’s a perfect time to look at the year in review to see where we’ve been and where we’re headed in 2008. 2007 has, quite frankly, been Psych Central’s best year ever. Our traffic is up, people call us every week interested in the free services we offer, and we watch as our community grows at a great neck pace. We launched the beta of our general mental health screening, the Sanity Score, which was picked up as a story in the New York Times’ new health blog in October. We’ve settled into a production rhythm that provides dozens of new articles each week for our news channel, our popular blog, the Ask the T... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1118194 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:00:51 +0100 1118194 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=728642&cid=t_162217_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2007%2F06%2F06%2Fmassachusetts_moving.php And while I'm on the subject of that last post, I wanted to make a quick appeal to the readership. My new position will be taking me to the research-happy Greater Boston area, which I'm looking forward to. At the same time, though, there are the usual moving issues - balancing commuting, real estate, and schools for the kids. I'd be very glad to hear from readers with personal experience with the towns, schools (and roads!) of that part of Massachusetts. My wife and I have some ideas of where we'd like to start looking, but I'd like to get as much reality into the hopper as possible. The e-mail address is up there on the left - thanks! (Oh, and if anyone's looking for a nice house in the New Haven area, give me another week or two and I'll have something to show you. . .!) (Source: In th... In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=728642 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:34:33 +0100 728642 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=728643&cid=t_162217_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2007%2F06%2F06%2Fa_post_ive_been_looking_forward_to_for_months.php I'm very glad to announce that I've accepted an offer of a new research position. Thus ends a stretch of unemployment that began officially at the end of January, with warning having been served the previous November. That explains the somewhat irregular recent schedule of this blog - I've been wrestling with several offer and relocation issues simultaneously, which is not such a bad problem for someone in my situation. I'll be starting in the early part of July, and I'm very much looking forward to getting back into the business. My jobless period hasn't been as hard to take as I'd feared, but I can see how it would tend to wear on a person - for example, my severance pay runs out right about now, and facing that milestone without prospect of employment would have been no fun at all. Loo... In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=728643 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:00:03 +0100 728643 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=623212&cid=t_162217_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fclosing-maternity-units.html "We favour free-birthing"The debate about home births and hospital births rages on, now spiced up by the intervention of the American “free birthers” who come from the land of obstetric insanity. The recent article is still alive with comments and contributions.Dr Crippen feels sure that it is only a matter of time before a child sustaining physical or mental damage as a result of the mother’s dangerously eccentric views on obstetric care is given a legal right to sue his mother for damages. And the "free birthers" will be amonst the first to receive the writs.Meanwhile, Hewitt is closing maternity units throughout the UK and telling mothers to be that they are to have the right to choose a home birth.They also have the right to choose a sink comprehensive school rather pay for their... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=623212 Fri, 18 May 2007 13:18:00 +0100 623212 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=569111&cid=t_162217_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fstalinist-health-care-for-mentally-ill.html British "Care in the Community"The closure of long stay mental hospitals started under Margaret Thatcher. A new strategy of “care in the community” was introduced. Many chronically mentally ill, semi-institutionalised patients were turfed out onto the streets. As always the schizophrenics suffered the most. The promised community psychiatric nurses did not materialise and the patients were left to wander the streets.An army of bag-ladies and tramps.New Labour is extending this policy to hospitals that used to admit patients who had acute mental illness. It is closing psychiatric wards across the country. Wards that were providing a place of safety for the acutely mentally ill.As always it is being done in the name of improving health care. Not a mention of cost-cutting. The government ... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=569111 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:11:00 +0100 569111