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 'constant'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:29:25 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5103379&cid=t_115481_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F08%2F05%2Fdepressions-other-symptoms%2F The hallmark symptoms of clinical depression are no doubt sadness and loss of interest in activities previously enjoyed. Many people also are familiar with appetite and sleep changes. But there’s a whole set of other physical symptoms that are less known but just as debilitating. In fact, depression can literally hurt. According to a study conducted at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, up to about 76 percent of people who report the typical emotional symptoms also report physical signs, such as stomach problems, headaches, backaches and chest pain. Depression also is a chameleon. It can look like various other illnesses and conditions, even, for instance, the flu. Which, not surprisingly, makes diagnosing depression tricky, and thereby finding the right treatment... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5103379 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:31:02 +0100 5103379 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4214192&cid=t_115481_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F11%2F30%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-november-30-2010%2F I caught the movie Love and Other Drugs over the weekend. Did you see it? I have to say it surprised me by it’s uncharacteristically non-romantic romantic comedy. Although it was funny and about love, it broached the topic in such a poignant and refreshing way, I was taken aback. There was something Jake Gyllenhaal’s character Jamie said towards the end of the movie that really stuck with me. He said that in a parallel universe the two of them would be healthy and perfect and would worry about superficial things like feeling guilty about hiring someone to clean their house. (Not to spoil it for you if you haven’t seen the movie, but it is mentioned in the movie’s description that one of them is ill.) Yet, he said he would rather be the couple they were now. As I get... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4214192 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:27:07 +0100 4214192 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378741&cid=t_115481_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fadult-children-of-hoarders%2F The mess of hoarding About growing up and adult children of hoarders (COH): For many, growing up in an environment of constant chaos and disorganization has effects that go far beyond living amongst the accumulation of possessions or not being able to have friends over. Our parents who hoard often hid behind closed blinds isolating themselves from the world outside. Adult children of Hoarders  are just now finding our voices to speak up about growing up with our parents having a serious and very misunderstood disorder. Lack of Insight – Denial This is often the “elephant in the living room” that is not easily discussed, if at all. Compulsive Hoarders often lack insight to having a problem at all.  Children sometimes get blamed for the state of the house-that it’s th... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378741 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:39:37 +0100 3378741 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1596925&cid=t_115481_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fchronic-pain%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Flook-for-the-magic-in-a-life-with-chronic-pain%2F I realize you might be sitting there uttering to yourself, “Sue, are you nuts? Magic is the last thing on my mind.” Let me just ask you one question: “Don’t you miss the magic in your life?” I know you’re hurting. I am hurting, too, everyday of my life. Constant pain pulls at the joy in our lives; tries to stifle our dreams and definitely steals the magic, the miraculous and the mystical that brings pleasure to life. When we’re children, we dare to believe in the enchantment and the surprises of life. These are the things that sparkle and spread magic as well as the ethereal throughout our lives. You only have to be around small children for a short time to realize this. Walt Disney really started something when he began drawing pictures of a little animated mouse. He and the... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1596925 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:15:40 +0100 1596925 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=650854&cid=t_115481_109_f&fid=34800&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FClinicalPsychologyAndPsychiatryACloserLook%2F%7E3%2F121392894%2Freality-impresonates-art.html For those of you who have seen The Constant Gardener, you are now allowed to wonder if the movie was really fictional. Criminal charges have been filed against Pfizer for allegedly setting up a clinical trial in which they misled African child participants badly and used a very weak comparison drug, which may have led to the demise of some participants. Here's one piece from the lawsuit, courtesy of Pharmalot...“The families of the children who [Pfizer] used as laboratory guinea pigs were led to believe and in fact understood that the Defendants were providing their children with volunteer relief, clearly focused humanitarian medical intervention and nothing more,” the lawsuit says. Parents were not told that alternative treatments were available, it adds. (Source: Clinical Psychology ... Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=650854 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:03:00 +0100 650854 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=573706&cid=t_115481_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F04%2F27%2Fconstant-support%2F Filed under: All Cancers, Stress Reduction, Cancer Caregivers, Cancer SurvivorsThe one constant thing that gives people fighting cancer hope is the continued support of friends and family. Phone calls, emails, a surprise or planned visit at the door that has a big hug on the other side, a held hand over coffee or tea, or sitting patiently by their side as they go in for treatments. When that support falls by the wayside, it makes the determination to fight this disease or any other less worth the effort. In my humble opinion as someone fighting cancer, we sometimes fight harder to overcome disease for others more than ourselves. Because it is in their caring and the will in their eyes that gives us a much brighter hope than we find in ourselves. It is the lack of support or caring that set... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=573706 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 573706