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 'cohort'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:30:38 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5130828&cid=t_129738_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2011%2F08%2F15%2Finternet-addiction-treatment-a-systematic-review%2F Buffer In previous posts I already expressed my doubt about this phenomenon: Internet Addiction. The biggest problem with studies defining a new syndrome is usually that they don’t use validated diagnostic tools but mostly some severity scale. Internet Addiction is not clearly defined in the recent scientific publications and research. Some researchers have adapted substance use disorder, while others reference pathological gambling, resulting in an inconsistent definition of Internet addiction. Being as it is, therapeutic research was done with such a creaky concept as Internet Addiction is. A recent systematic review according to the CONSORT statement has recently been published. In this review of 8 treatment studies several key limitations were found. inconsistencies in the definit... Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5130828 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 05:36:49 +0100 5130828 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4789335&cid=t_129738_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F05%2F04%2Fdo-we-become-what-we-hope-well-become%2F “All that we are is the result of what we have thought.” ~Buddha Facebook and other social networking platforms have allowed for reconnections with people who would have been lost to us had we lived in another time.  High school friends I haven’t seen for decades are immediately accessible with a few clicks on my laptop. No other generation in the history of evolution has been able to reach back with such ease into previous sociometric circles to sample how friends have fared throughout their lives.  Other generations have not had the technology to do this, and a new awareness about how early indications during adolescence may affect future life circumstances has become part of our culture.  We can readily see how our teenage buds have managed their lives, and they can see us. Thi... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4789335 Wed, 04 May 2011 12:33:11 +0100 4789335 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4670170&cid=t_129738_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F04%2F02%2Fdo-you-feel-like-a-fake-2%2F When I was in grad school, I was a fake, a phony, a fraud. Or at least I felt that way — very much. I felt like the program made some exception to accept me, that I really didn’t deserve to be there, that I wore my stupidity on my sleeve and that soon the professors and powers-that-be would find out and kick me out. That never happened. (I actually left after receiving my Master’s to pursue writing.) But it didn’t quell my fears. Even when I received high grades and positive feedback and praise, I still felt a gnawing discomfort that I just didn’t belong in such a smart place. I also wasn’t the only one. My cohort and I talked regularly about feeling like our department had a made a mistake in admitting us. We worried about keeping up, regularly questioned our i... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4670170 Sat, 02 Apr 2011 19:20:51 +0100 4670170 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2876095&cid=t_129738_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F10%2F09%2Fcandy-violence-correlation-causation-and-association%2F Week after week, month after month, the health (and mental health) news headlines blare with the latest “link” between two things. Take, for instance, a few articles from just this past week we’ve published… Childhood cancer? Less likely to marry. Obese? Depression is more likely. Eat licorice while pregnant? Your child may have a smaller IQ. And my favorite from the past week? Eat candy as a child? You’re going to become a criminal. Researchers seem content to draw these correlations, knowing full well their data shed little light on the actual problem. Instead, what they manage to do is to shed a whole lot of brain cells. Ours. I’ll pick on the candy study because it’s low-lying fruit and it’s easy to make fun of. Let’s look at the da... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2876095 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:11:10 +0100 2876095 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2615380&cid=t_129738_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F07%2F18%2Fthe-don%2F Kiss the ring! Kiss the ring! Give allegiance to the power and position of its owner. The Godfather will treat you with respect and give you favors… but at a price… yet an offer you cannot refuse. Oh, but wait! Did you notice? This Godfather is wearing lipstick! As a Hispanic person and a mental health professional, I have observed that just as there are dysfunctions with one person there can also be dysfunctions with a large grouping of those persons, call it a “culture,” a “people,” a “cohort,” or other. In diversity classes we are taught to respect other cultures and not “judge’ them, yet never mind if they eat their own progeny or have sex with young little girls. Implicit in this intellectual doctrine is the rule is that we are to look the other way and not judge t... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2615380 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:23:01 +0100 2615380 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2386867&cid=t_129738_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdcscience.net%2Flifestyle-nutritionists-2-31-mar-08.mp3 This post is not about quackery, nor university politics.  It is about inference,  How do we know what we should eat?  The question interests everyone, but what do we actually know?  Not as much as you might think from the number of column-inches devoted to the topic.  The discussion below is a synopsis of parts [...] (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2386867 Sun, 03 May 2009 19:37:50 +0100 2386867 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2228345&cid=t_129738_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F03%2F01%2Ffertility-treatments-unlikely-to-raise-ovarian-cancer-risk%2F Ovarian cancer risk was no greater for women who used any of four different groups of fertility drugs [gonadotrophins, clomifenes, human chorionic gonadotrophin, and gonadotrophin releasing hormone] than for those who had not used these drugs. Of the ovarian cancer cases that did occur in this cohort, 58 percent were serous tumors—occurring in the outer [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2228345 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:23:06 +0100 2228345 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1134620&cid=t_129738_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F01%2F07%2Fgirls-with-low-self-esteem-more-likely-to-gain-weight%2F Teenage girls who place themselves low on their school social ladder were 69% more likely 2 years later to gain significant weight compared to their peers, according to a new study. The study is apparently the first to ask questions about social status before weight change, making a stronger case for linking the two. Previous research has largely only looked at only one issue at a given time. Lead researcher Adina Lemeshow of the Harvard School of Public Health said, ““We know that poor diet and exercise contribute to excess weight gain, but how girls feel about themselves, especially in relation to their peers, should be part of all prevention strategies.” For the study, 4,446 girls ages 12 to 19 whose mothers are participating in the Nurses Health Study II were given que... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1134620 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:59:28 +0100 1134620 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=716697&cid=t_129738_154_f&fid=35773&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.openmedicine.ca%2Fnode%2F34 In Open Medicine's first issue, we published a large 'population cohortstudy' (over 164,000 patients) by McAlister et al. The population in this case was elderly Ontarian residents (age 66 and over) who were being treated for hypertension, and followed for 24 months between 1994 and 2002. (See full article.) The clinical question that McAlister et al sought answers to was: "Although a purported advantage of newer antihypertensive drug classes is a reduced need for laboratory testing, what is known about the frequency of laboratory monitoring of hypertensive patients in clinical practice and does this differ across drug classes?" Open Medicine has now published two comments/response to McAlister et al that are worth reading for family physicians, cardiologists, interna... Open Medicine Blog - blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=716697 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:41:41 +0100 716697 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=682749&cid=t_129738_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F06%2F19%2Fscreen-for-depression-in-older-adults-with-diabetes%2F Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Adult Onset, Research, Support Depression is often underdiagnosed and untreated in the elderly population, and for those with diabetes mellitus, the risk is greater. Researchers from the University of Florida in Gainesville found elevated depression among older diabetic adults in the Health, Aging and Body Composition (Health ABC) study published this month in Archives of Internal Medicine. Health ABC, a cohort study, examined community-dwelling 70 to 79-year-old adults living in Memphis and Pittsburgh. Participants reported no depression at baseline, and were assessed annually for an average of nearly six years. Diabetes mellitus was associated with a 30% increased risk for depressed mood, and participants with poor glycemic control were associated with a... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=682749 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 682749