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 'confessions'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:36:18 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4780310&cid=t_100594_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fconfessions-of-a-former-child-with-diabetes-and-unusual-eating-habits%2F2011.05.03 Growing up, we had these large, potted plants in our dining room, within throwing distance from the dining room table.  (Stick with me – this is an important detail.)  The plants were big and had wide, draped leaves and they made the corner of the dining room look like a veritable jungle. Also, these suckers were really convenient for hiding food. When I was little, the “diabetic diet” school of thought was based on the exchange program.  This meant that my meals were structured around my calorie needs and the needs of my (then) peaking insulin doses.  An average dinner would include one meat exchange, two starch exchanges, a dairy exchange, a fat exchange, and a fruit exchange.  (Exchange, exchange, exchange.)  When I was on insulins like Regular, NPH, and Lente, I... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4780310 Tue, 03 May 2011 18:00:28 +0100 4780310 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4155268&cid=t_100594_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F11%2F11%2Fthe-norfolk-four-and-the-situation-of-false-confessions%2F From Frontline: Why would four innocent men confess to a brutal crime they didn’t commit? FRONTLINE producer Ofra Bikel (Innocence Lost, An Ordinary Crime) investigates the conviction of four Navy sailors for the rape and murder of a Norfolk, Va., woman in 1997. In interviews with the sailors, Bikel learns of some of the high-pressure police interrogation techniques — including the threat of the death penalty, sleep deprivation, and intimidation — that led each of the “Norfolk Four” to confess, despite a lack of evidence linking them to the crime. All four sailors are now out of prison — one served his sentence and the other three were granted conditional pardons last summer — but the men were not exonerated as felons or sex offenders. The case raises disturb... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4155268 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 04:01:37 +0100 4155268 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3790750&cid=t_100594_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F07%2F26%2Flying-on-the-couch%2F What happens when a psychologist writes a memoir? To tell the truth I have to lie. To write a memoir these days you had better be telling the truth. When I met with the publisher about Confessions of a Former Child: A Therapist’s Memoir, she specifically asked me if what I wrote was true. I hesitated, and a worried look crossed her face. Finally, I insisted it was all true, except for the parts I made up. She told me I needed to explain. I told her that in essence, as a psychologist and a memoirist I serve at the discretion of both disciplines — the first devoted to understanding the human condition, the second to the condition of being human. Both employ methods of nonfiction writing to achieve their goal, but with a major difference: A psychologist must follow strict guidelines p... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3790750 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:35:52 +0100 3790750 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3780344&cid=t_100594_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FU1eZx5BmK6w%2F By Walter OlsonPaul Waldie at Toronto’s Globe and Mail reports on the case of Mike Reilly, who (unsuccessfully so far) has sought to write off as tax expenses the costs of campaigning for local office in a suburb of Vancouver. Reilly told a tax court that there was nothing idealistic about his quest for government office: he wanted “to earn a good salary and promote his business,” raising the visibility of his development company. Lawyers for the Canada Revenue Agency insisted that Reilly wouldn’t have gone to the trouble of running unless he had cared about at least some public issues, but he disputed that: “You know, I don’t recall being passionate about any issues other than seizing an opportunity to step in and develop a better profile for myself,”... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3780344 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:20:26 +0100 3780344 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3699547&cid=t_100594_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F06%2F25%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-june-25-2010%2F Well it’s here! We’re officially in the midst of summer. In fact, we’re almost at the end of June. July here we come! Yet, for some of us summer doesn’t automatically mean fun. There’s the oil spill, for example, the economy and everything else on the news. Added to that are our plain old daily concerns on everything from our weight to our empty wallets. Yes, we definitely need an extra boost to have fun as adults. It’s not just about ice-cream cones or playing in the sand anymore, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. If we have to work harder to have fun than so be it. We deserve to play as much as any kid out there! Even if you can’t get away this summer because the cost of a vacation is just too much for you this year, there’... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3699547 Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:41:48 +0100 3699547 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3126667&cid=t_100594_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F12%2F29%2Fthe-situation-of-false-confessions%2F Ian Herbert, one of the very best translators of mind science research for popular audiences, has written an informative and disconcerting article, “The Psychology and Power of False Confessions” for the latest issue of The Observer.”  Here are some excerpts. * * * We know that false confessions do happen on a fairly regular basis. Because of advances in DNA evidence, the Innocence Project has been able to exonerate more than 200 people who had been wrongly convicted, 49 of whom had confessed to the crime we now know they didn’t commit. In a survey of 1,000 college students, four percent of those who had been interrogated by police said they gave a false confession. But Why? Why do people confess to crimes they didn’t commit? . . . . In the November 2004 issue of Psy... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3126667 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:01:17 +0100 3126667 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2793379&cid=t_100594_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2F8ZyNDhpFIJE%2Fa-little-while-back-cherise.php A little while back, Cherise wrote a blog post about her 7 "bad" diabetes habits.  We've all got them, and I'd be the first to admit mine.  Since my blog is about cooking I thought I'd write about my kitchen confessions.  You know, those dirty little secrets that we all keep surrounding the food we eat.  I know that I'm not alone in this so please leave your kitchen confessions in the comment section!  Don't worry, you can stay anonymous :)I don't like mushrooms.  At all.  You'd be hard pressed to find many recipes on this blog or in our recipes section with mushrooms.  I realize that a lot of people like them, but I can't stand the way they look, their texture, their taste, anything about them.  Sometimes I'll cook them for my husband.  Bu... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2793379 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:00:00 +0100 2793379 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2667398&cid=t_100594_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FGfve7w_Tflg%2F Stalinism was dropped even by the Soviet Union when the murderous Joseph Stalin died, but it has never disappeared completely.  North Korea, for instance, mimics the bizarre personality cult promoted by the Soviet dictator. Now Iran appears to be adopting the Stalinesque tactic of staging show trials, with “confessions” from the obviously brutalized accused.  Reports the Wall Street Journal: On Sunday, reaction by Iranian newspapers and Web sites to the trials of some 100 detained opposition members, including a former vice president, was polarized as some raised questions about whether their confessions were coerced. The trial by Tehran’s Revolutionary Court appears to be paving the way for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to secure his grip on power and cap a gradual tak... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2667398 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:48:57 +0100 2667398 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1700672&cid=t_100594_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F08%2F12%2Fwhy-do-innocent-people-confess%2F Most of us look scratch our heads when we hear about an incidence of someone being found innocent, despite being convicted of a crime by a jury. We think, “How could the jury have gotten it so wrong?” But we really sit up and notice when not only an innocent person is sent to prison, not just on an eyewitness’s testimony or such, but on the convicted person’s own confession! What could lead an innocent person to confess to a crime they did not commit? Sadly, this happens far more often than you might realize. Somewhere between 20 to 25% of all DNA exonerations involve innocent people who confessed to the crime. DNA exonerations are where a crime’s evidence is re-evaluated and tested using modern DNA discovery procedures not available at the time the crime wa... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1700672 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:13:00 +0100 1700672