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 'comic book'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:38:23 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4828983&cid=t_142507_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F05%2F17%2Fa-psychologist-and-a-superhero%2F Psychology has spilled over into pop culture in many ways throughout the years. For instance, in 1911, one psychologist saved Coca-Cola by conducting rigorous studies into caffeine’s effects on cognition and sensory and motor abilities. In 1929, another inspired his nephew’s successful public relations campaigns, which linked smoking cigarettes with female empowerment, if you can believe it. Since 1895, other psychologists were directly involved in advertising, using surveys and other new ploys to get us to buy their products. (You didn’t need toothpaste to clean your teeth; you needed it to make you sexier.) One psychologist even changed the comic book world and influenced an entire movement (that would be the feminist movement). In the early 1940s, Harvard psychologist William ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4828983 Tue, 17 May 2011 10:30:00 +0100 4828983 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4411574&cid=t_142507_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F01%2Flearning-from-my-patients.html I am always amazed by how smart my patients are ! It's fun learning from them and they keep me on my toes. Here's a first person guest post from one of my patients ( who is a PhD and knows more about fertility than most gynecologists do !). She has done all her learning "on the job" - and this is an excellent example of what a highly motivated intelligent patient can do to help herself, when she sets her mind to it.She has carried out a clinic trial on herself and done an extremely good job of it as well. In fact, based on her experience, I am now going to start studying the effect of Vit D3 supplementation on women with low AMH levels. If Vit D helps to improve their low AMH levels ( and thus their ovarian reserve ) this will be a big step forward in the treatment of these women !) It's t... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4411574 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 04:37:00 +0100 4411574 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4372089&cid=t_142507_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F01%2F18%2Fcaptain-america-fights-suicide%2F Suicide prevention comes in all forms and formats. And why not comic book form, to reach kids and teens who digest comic books as easily as some digest video games? Enter Captain America from Marvel comics. I don’t see how anything like this could possibly hurt. Appealing to those who are suicidal in every form possible and in every type of media just makes sense. I liked the short story — it told a story of hope in just 12 pages. Because suicide is primarily about hopelessness — about running out of the resources needed to cope. The 11-page story “Captain America: A Little Help” is written by psychologist Tim Ursiny and illustrated by Nick Dragotta. In it, a despondent youth is poised to jump off a building when he spies Captain America facing a bevy of villa... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4372089 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 03:42:29 +0100 4372089 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4324823&cid=t_142507_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F01%2Fpatients-with-poor-ovarian-reserve_08.html For many IVF clinics, the patients which cause the most distress are the ones who are poor ovarian responders. These are patients who have poor ovarian reserve - and are often heartsink patients, because no matter what we do , it's very difficult to get them pregnant !It is possible to get them to grow eggs and make embryos - and this actually makes the matter even more complex. This often creates false hopes - if I can make eggs and embryos, of course I can get pregnant ! All I need to do is to get the embryo to stick !Unfortunately, there is no easy answer, and every patient needs to look into their own heart to resolve this personal quandary for themselves. While we are very happy to aggressively superovulate these patients, I feel using expensive and unproven treatments ( suc... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4324823 Sat, 08 Jan 2011 04:37:00 +0100 4324823 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3805876&cid=t_142507_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F07%2F30%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-july-30-2010%2F Boy where did July go? It’s hard to believe there’s just one more month left in summer. Being that we’re more than half way through 2010, it’s a great time to reflect. Have you thought about your New Year’s resolutions and life goals lately? I have. In fact, it’s all I have been thinking about recently. I’ve been wrestling with the battle between accepting the present while working on improving myself for the future. What stirred up this sudden focus on self-reflection? I’m enrolled in an online writing course and something the instructor said really hit home. She said that our unconscious drives our behavior and this includes how we treat others, ourselves and even how we write. In fact, if we are not aware of it, it can sabotage our life. T... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3805876 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:29:46 +0100 3805876 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3761495&cid=t_142507_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fembryo-transfer-graphic-guide.html Open publication - Free publishing - More infertility (Source: The Patient's Doctor) The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3761495 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:26:00 +0100 3761495 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3683702&cid=t_142507_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fall-about-ivf-part-1.html Open publication - Free publishing - More infertility (Source: The Patient's Doctor) The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3683702 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:14:00 +0100 3683702 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2948367&cid=t_142507_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fbaby-chase-comic-book-story-of-how.html (Source: The Patient's Doctor) The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2948367 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:16:00 +0100 2948367 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2883076&cid=t_142507_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fwhy-all-ivf-patients-should-see-their.html While the final outcome of an IVF cycle is uncertain, a good clinic will usually be able to make good embryos - after all, this is their core competence ! However, many clinics do not bother to show patients their embryos, and I feel this is a big mistake.We routinely show all patients their embryos, and provide them with a photograph of their embryos. We feel this is important for us - and for them.For one thing, it allows us to be open and transparent. We work hard at trying to get our patients pregnant, and if they can see their own embryos, patients know that we have done everything which was humanly possible. This gives them peace of mind, even if the cycle fails, because they know that the medical treatment they have received has been of high quality.It's also very good for reinforci... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2883076 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:15:00 +0100 2883076 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414908&cid=t_142507_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fcomic-book-guide-to-how-to-get-best.html Open publication - Free publishing - More patient (Source: The Patient's Doctor) The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414908 Fri, 15 May 2009 13:11:00 +0100 2414908 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2314176&cid=t_142507_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fivf-comic-book-new-and-improved-v-20.html Our IVF comic book has proven to be extremely popular, which is why we have updated it. It has more graphics and is much easier to read ! It is now online free at http://issuu.com/malpani/docs/ivfcomicbook (Source: The Patient's Doctor) The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2314176 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:38:00 +0100 2314176 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2169834&cid=t_142507_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Freview-of-how-to-have-baby-comic-book.html Infertility Comic Book has a positive review athttp://graphicmedicine.org/#/howtohaveababy/4532804857 !When I talk to medics about "comics and medicine", they often talk enthusiastically about ideas of using comic books to communicate with poorly educated or semi literate people, to convey basic ideas about health, hygeine or sexual awareness etc. Whilst comics certainly can be used in that laudable way, this conception of the medium probably says as much about the historic cultural stigma attached to it, as about the potential of the form.This free, web based, flash animated comic book has rather higher ambitions: mixing the accessibility of the graphic medium with in-depth information on reproductive physiology and technological help available to couples. The Doctors run the Malpani infe... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2169834 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 02:57:00 +0100 2169834 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1567395&cid=t_142507_44_f&fid=37287&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lms-blog.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2FLevitra_persos.pdf We are all familiar with comic books. Some of us may think it is something from the past in this era of multimedia and online technologies. However, comic books (or bandes dessinées in French) can be an amazing tool to educate doctors and patients. This is particularly true when a problem of diagnosis is evident (Alzheimer, etc). Besides, they can bridge the gap of communication between patients and doctors. Yann Colardelle at LMS has achieved a series of comic books aimed at Medical Education. One of them, sponsored by Bayer, deals with Erectile Disfunction. LMS (Source: LMS Group Blog) LMS Group Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1567395 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:43:00 +0100 1567395 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=644955&cid=t_142507_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F05%2F27%2Fdiabetes-comic-book%2F Filed under: Type 1, Childhood, Lifestyle, Books, SupportI marvel at the proactive enthusiasm and extraordinary talent of Kamaal and Malcolm Washington. Kamaal, a type 1 diabetic himself, and his brother have developed comic books that tell the stories of children who learn they have diabetes and find themselves visited by Dr. Diabetes. The comic book spreads awareness about the disease and empowers those who have it. Their comic books have received awards and taken them around the country to speak about diabetes. Kamaal has served as a Children's Congress delegate for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, joining hundreds of other young diabetics in testifying before the U.S. Senate about diabetes research support. Going forward, Kamaal and Malcolm want to create their own animated s... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=644955 Sun, 27 May 2007 04:00:00 +0100 644955