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 'count'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:02:30 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734716&cid=t_121029_180_f&fid=38612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpickthebrain%2FLYVv%2F%7E3%2F7m9pgOSpUNo%2F If you’re reading this, chances are that you don’t know what your passion is. The good news is that if you keep reading, you will discover 11 proven ways of finding your passion today. You see, most people give up before they even have the chance of finding what truly excites them in life. Don’t let that be you. Take control of your life and decide how you want to live. You can go after your dreams if you choose to. The only thing you have to do is take one small step each day towards your dreams and you will get there sooner or later. Refuse to give up and you will live a glorious life. You are on this planet to contribute to humanity with the gifts you have. We all are. With all that said let’s look at how you can find your passion, right now. 1. Ask Your Higher S... PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734716 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 06:26:24 +0100 4734716 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4676937&cid=t_121029_118_f&fid=34892&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifeinthenhs.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F04%2F04%2Fa-bit-of-a-mess%2F It seems that the Health and Social Care Bill, the legislation designed to cut bureaucracy and fix an NHS that is not quite broken is in trouble. For months now, health unions, professional bodies and respected ‘Think Tanks‘ have described deep flaws within the proposed legislation. To us, despite the length of the numerous papers produced so far, firstly as white papers, consultations and discussions and now as a Bill, it has produced many more questions than answers. How will specialist services be commissioned and managed? How can we be sure that GPs will be willing and able to commission all of the services needed? How can we prevent GPs being part of businesses that are set up to provide services and then giving them huge profits? How can we be sure there will be sufficien... Life in the NHS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4676937 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:53:36 +0100 4676937 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4626916&cid=t_121029_118_f&fid=34892&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifeinthenhs.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F03%2F23%2Fjust-make-it-up-as-you-go-along%2F The NHS and Social Care Bill is currently being examined by the Health Parlimentary Committee. Information coming out from meetings being held at this stage of the process is fascinating. Andrew Lansley, the Health Secretary who dreamed all of this up was yesterday grilled by said committee. The following paragraph is taken from the Guardian online: “He surprised some MPs when he admitted they were “still thinking through” what would happen should one of the newly empowered GP consortia go bust. Lansley said: “The responsibility lies with the NHS commissioning board. To identify and then intervene – they will have powers to take over responsibility or ask another hospital to take over.B ut he said there was still a debate about what would be the “trigger&#82... Life in the NHS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4626916 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:41:47 +0100 4626916 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4610894&cid=t_121029_118_f&fid=34892&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifeinthenhs.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F03%2F18%2Flies-damned-lies-and-statistics%2F This article in the BMJ suggests that is plain wrong. It also suggests that the government are misrepresenting what the statistics are actually telling us.   (Source: Life in the NHS) Life in the NHS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4610894 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:30:41 +0100 4610894 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4600672&cid=t_121029_118_f&fid=34892&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifeinthenhs.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F03%2F15%2Ftoo-little-too-late%2F Contrary to what the government might like us to believe, and also contrary to what the Department of Health might think General Practitioners are not the only doctors working and living in England. This quote from the DH follows the exceptional meeting of the British Medical Association (BMA) today: We are disappointed the BMA has decided to take this step, including now opposing elements of the Bill they previously supported, rather than work constructively with us to improve services for patients. The BMA’s own survey shows their position is not representative of many of their members, who are keen to be involved in our proposals. The reality is over 5,000 GP practices, covering two-thirds of the country, have already signed up and have started to implement plans to give patients ... Life in the NHS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4600672 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:08:05 +0100 4600672 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4512446&cid=t_121029_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F02%2Fwhy-do-my-sperm-counts-vary-so-much.html One of the most frustrating problems for infertile men is the fact that their sperm counts seem to vary all the time. On some days it is 5 million per ml; on others it drops to 2 million per ml; while on good days it goes upto 10 million per ml ! It's like the Sensex; as volatile; as hard to predict ; impossible to control; and variations in the sperm count cause as much stress as dips in the Sensex !Remember that the testes are sperm production factories which produce billions of sperm daily. The efficiency of this factory is affected by many variables, many of which we still cannot identify ! Even in a normal healthy fertile man, sperm counts fluctuate all the time - and can vary all the way from 10 million per ml to 80 million per ml !What makes a bad situation worse is the fact that ma... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4512446 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 03:23:00 +0100 4512446 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4489717&cid=t_121029_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fcount-on-impact-factors.html How do you rank science, how do you rate scientists, what kudos do you give their papers and what metrics do you attach to the impact of a paper? They’re questions as old as the scientific literature itself. But, no one has resolved them. Independent organisations and publishers have attempted with the likes of the ISI Impact Factor. Academics weary of the prominent journals and the prominent researchers getting all the “gold stars” have attempted to overturn such metrics and devise their own in the form of the H-index. But, getting the measure of metrics is difficult, especially in today’s climate. In the current journal market and particularly given the economic climate, institutional purchasing is severely constrained by economic factors. For publishers outside t... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4489717 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:00:11 +0100 4489717 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4464526&cid=t_121029_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fcount-envy-satisfaction-and-achievement.html A friend of mine, András Paszternák, runs a thriving online nanotech community called Nanopaprika (he’s in Hungary, hence the name). He started the community (for which I am a Scientific & Advisory Board member) when he was doing his PhD and it has grown rapidly into one of the most targeted niches on the Web with lots of partnerships across the nano community in academia, industry and publishing. Nevertheless, András is impatient and dissatisfied with the pace of growth. He wants to reach out to the whole community a mere fraction of which (at 4000+ members from 70 countries) he has so far engaged. “Nanopaprika is really not about numbers,” András told me. “I was also happy with first 10, 100, 1000 members. The story is about active members, about grad stu... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4464526 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:00:24 +0100 4464526 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4438934&cid=t_121029_118_f&fid=34892&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifeinthenhs.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F05%2Fcelebrating-30-years%2F Last Saturday I enjoyed a great lunch with some of the ‘girls’ I trained with. Just over 30 years ago in October 1980 28 of us arrived at John Astor House to start our careers in Nursing and in the NHS. Some of us never made it past the first year, but 24 qualified in 1983. This was only the 3rd time we have managed to get together in all of these years, though of course various of us have met up with each other at various times and some remain firm friends. What is more at this event there were just 9 of us, what with family commitments and the distance of oceans. What was gratifying was that of that 9, 8 are still working for the NHS and 8 are working clinically. I was the only one of the group not in daily contact with patients. 30 years is a long time, but strangely as we... Life in the NHS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4438934 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 17:34:10 +0100 4438934 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4414557&cid=t_121029_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F01%2Fhow-to-treat-man-with-zero-sperm-count.html Zero sperm count what the gynecologist should know by dr rupin shah, mdView more presentations from malpani. (Source: The Patient's Doctor) The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4414557 Sat, 29 Jan 2011 04:40:00 +0100 4414557 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3987095&cid=t_121029_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F09%2F21%2Fproof-positive-not-negatively-oriented-therapy-the-cure-for-happiness%2F “Misery loves company and our company loves misery.” –I.M. Kidding, NOT founder The happiness movement has reached epidemic proportions. It is now constantly in the news, and more blogs, journals and websites are featuring outcome studies indicating that happiness is within our grasp. Too many scientists, teachers and practitioners are pointing the way to cheerfulness. Where is it all going to end? Right here. Negatively Oriented Therapy (NOT) is specifically designed to blunt and reverse happiness. Here is an excerpt from a book we are working on that we have little or no hope of getting published. Stumbling on Misery is not likely to see the light of day. But this would be the introduction. Here are the top 10 ways to get you into, or help you maintain, a foul mood. Dwell on... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3987095 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:25:10 +0100 3987095 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4326957&cid=t_121029_118_f&fid=34892&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifeinthenhs.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F09%2F18%2Fi-become-a-union-atavist%2F The Joint Negotiating Committee met this week. The meeting was mighty odd for an RCN member not currently actually practising as a nurse. Still I am a nurse and to prove it my annual re-registration fees will be due in November.  I also pay my RCN fees monthly and my job is going to be at risk, therefore it is time to become something of an atavist! This occurred because the PCT is a commissioner (all be it one with a short shelf life).  The requirement that the provider arm of the PCT must become separate from its provider  arm necessitated that a PCT staff side was created. I as a person who cares about their own career and that of others in a world where the current government has decided to create a new health service felt the need to join the new Staff side. So back to the... Life in the NHS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4326957 Sat, 18 Sep 2010 21:45:19 +0100 4326957 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3982050&cid=t_121029_118_f&fid=34892&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifeinthenhs.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F09%2F18%2Fi-become-a-union-atavist%2F The Joint Negotiating Committee met this week. The meeting was mighty odd for an RCN member not currently actually practising as a nurse. Still I am a nurse and to prove it my annual re-registration fees will be due in November.  I also pay my RCN fees monthly and my job is going to be at risk, therefore it is time to become something of an atavist! This occurred because the PCT is a commissioner (all be it one with a short shelf life).  The requirement that the provider arm of the PCT must become separate from its provider  arm necessitated that a PCT staff side was created. I as a person who cares about their own career and that of others in a world where the current government has decided to create a new health service felt the need to join the new Staff side. So back to the... Life in the NHS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3982050 Sat, 18 Sep 2010 21:45:19 +0100 3982050 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3954308&cid=t_121029_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F09%2F09%2Fan-emotional-timeline-of-911%2F As we approach the ninth anniversary of 9/11, researchers writing in Psychological Science this week analyzed 85,000 text pages sent through pagers during the 2 hours before and 18 hours after 9/11 took place. (You do remember what a pager is, don’t you?) WikiLeaks, the website in the news lately for other reasons, has made the 573,000 lines consisting of 6.4 million words freely available on its website for the past year. What would these 85,000 pages tell us about the human emotion that people were expressing during those 20 hours? Researchers’ favorite tool when it comes to text analysis is the good ole Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC). So it’s no surprise that’s what these researchers also turned to to analyze the word content of these communications for... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3954308 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:30:44 +0100 3954308 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3920924&cid=t_121029_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Finfertile-man-comic-book-on-male.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=3920924 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:20:00 +0100 3920924 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3920953&cid=t_121029_118_f&fid=34892&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifeinthenhs.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F08%2F31%2Fwhat-a-busy-august%2F Maybe I have been living in a romantic rose coloured world where August meant people went on holiday, few meetings took place and you had time to clear your inbox and do some filing (if people still file things in a place other than the bin). This month at work however has been both surreal and busy. Surreal because we eagerly await the politicians of Westminster to return from their summer holidays. I know that for some the  summer has been busy, however, except for the wife of the prime minister giving birth and the health minister announcing the demise of NHS direct it has been pretty quiet for the health service. No new policy, no information to tell us how to implement the already announced changes to policy. Still though it has been quite mad. If you work for a PCT then only one thi... Life in the NHS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3920953 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:29:31 +0100 3920953 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3482956&cid=t_121029_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fmaking-sense-of-your-semen-analysis.html The semen analysis report is the basic test of a man's fertility. However, this is a complex report and it can be hard to make sense of the numbers on this laboratory test.Here's a free simple tool to help you make sense of what your sperm test numbers mean ! Just download this pdf file to view it ! (Source: The Patient's Doctor) The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3482956 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 03:31:00 +0100 3482956 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3318435&cid=t_121029_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F03%2F01%2Fproof-positive-counting-your-blessings%2F The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles. – William Penn Normally I’m known as a “nice guy:” easygoing, fair, pretty calm and generally happy. But several years ago I planned a weekend conference on psychodrama that unglued me. Planning the conference took six months and included the usual things; arranging for a block of rooms, guaranteeing registrants, coordinating lunches and dinners, and keeping the cost down wherever I could. As a clinical professor, the presentations and training itself were easy. I could lecture and demonstrate the use of role-playing in dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder, show videos of how to apply group principles to people with intellectual and psychiatric disabilities, and demonstrate the... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3318435 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:12:00 +0100 3318435 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3269747&cid=t_121029_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fwhy-proxeed-is-not-useful-in-treating.html The man with a low sperm count presents a very frustrating problem for doctors. Not only is he frustrated that he is " shooting blanks " and cannot get his wife pregnant , he also expects the doctor to provide a quick solution to his problem. Most men ( and their wives) naively think that the doctor will be able prescribe a medicine which will help him to increase his sperm count. After all,isn't a low sperm count a very common problem ? And hasn't medical technology advanced so much that we can treat cancers and heart disease ? So shouldn't treating a low sperm count be child's play ?It is true that conventional treatment of male infertility in the past used a wide array of medicines to try to improve a low sperm count in the infertile man. These included : HMG and HCG injections; clomid;... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3269747 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:27:00 +0100 3269747 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3120456&cid=t_121029_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F12%2F25%2Fvideo-the-12-bipolar-days-of-christmas%2F DISCLAIMER: I am no Barbara Streisand. I’ve never taken a singing lesson in my life. Not one. (Ed. - Really??) The inspiration for this song came two weeks before Thanksgiving when I received a call from my doctor: we had better get together a plan for lowering my cholesterol. Yeah. Sure. Getting to it… right after I fix my pituitary tumor, abnormal aortic valve, bipolar brain, and facial fungus. My high cholesterol is not a new issue. Somewhere around the time David was conceived I found out that my cholesterol scores were higher than my verbal SATs. But for the last six years I didn’t do anything about it because (honest confession coming up here) many of those days I was so depressed that I really wanted to be with God in his mansion upstairs. Dropping dead of a heart... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3120456 Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:36:19 +0100 3120456 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2902835&cid=t_121029_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fhow-to-increase-low-sperm-count.html One of the commonest questions patients ask me is - Doctor, how can I improve my sperm count ?Even men with normal sperm counts want a medicine to increase their sperm count ! They feel that the more the sperm they have , the higher their chances of their achieving a pregnancy. After all, more is better ! This seems quite logical in a society which is obsessed with numbers, even though it is not true.The sad truth is that there really is no way of improving a low sperm count. Unfortunately, patients rarely want to hear the truth, which is why they end up wasting a lot of time, money and energy in trying to do so. The tragedy is compounded by the fact that a lot of doctors ( and quacks) and happy to take advantage the infertile man's desperation.Why are there still so many myths and misconc... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2902835 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:17:00 +0100 2902835 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2734092&cid=t_121029_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F08%2F26%2Fwhat-is-normal-eating%2F Today, the definition of normal eating is blurry. It’s gotten lost amid buzz words like “diet,” “restriction,” “willpower” and “flat abs.” It’s sandwiched between the sizable stacks of “shoulds”: I should diet. I should abstain from dessert. I should count calories. I should avoid “bad” foods. I should have an invisible stomach, smaller hips and thin thighs. While reading Purge: Rehab Diaries (stay tuned for the review) by Nicole Johns, about the author’s experiences in an eating disorder center, I came across the following definition of normal eating. It was created by Ellyn Satter, an expert on eating and feeding. Satter writes: “Normal eating is going to the table hungry and eating until you are satisfied. It is being able to choose food you like and eat... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2734092 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:14:32 +0100 2734092 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2511161&cid=t_121029_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F06%2F18%2Fputting-cool-ahead-of-science-tweetpsych%2F A new service launched this week by a web developer named Dan Zarrella called TweetPsych. Zarrella is also a marketing manager for HubSpot, an online marketing firm. Zarrella calls himself a “scientist,” because I guess it sounds sexier than “web developer” or “marketing manager,” but he doesn’t list any academic credentials. (I wouldn’t mention the scientist or credentials part except that Zarrella makes specific scientific claims about his new service.) The interesting new service is marketed as offering “psychological profiling” based upon what you post to Twitter. But it’s really just a content analysis service, using two psychological dictionaries and your past 1,000 tweets. Zarrella claims this analysis “builds a... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2511161 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:03:49 +0100 2511161 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2266684&cid=t_121029_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F03%2F14%2Fthe-end-of-remote-prescribing%2F There’s long been a gray market in the U.S. for prescription medications that can be had online without actually having a prescription. Erectile dysfunction medications are the most common such prescriptions. This practice has commonly been done on websites based in India or another country. The prescription is then forwarded to a pharmacy clearinghouse in the U.S. that has contracted with physicians to write prescriptions for such orders. How can a doctor do this without a physical exam? Easy! It’s called a form that the customer fills out on the prescription website. The doc reviews the form and ostensibly ensures the customer has no pre-existing condition that may cause untoward side effects with the sought-after prescription. But this business, which has been going on for y... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2266684 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:00:33 +0100 2266684 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2260311&cid=t_121029_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FkNDm6qDVMCE%2Fhow-do-i-count-that.php During the business portion of my trip to California last month I tried a few new foods.  One of the ones I tried and really liked was edamame!  I liked it enough that I actually bought some when I got home and I was anxious to cook it up and go to town!But once I opened the bag and tried measuring a serving out, I ran into trouble.On the label... (Source: Diabetes Daily) Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2260311 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:17:00 +0100 2260311 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2095852&cid=t_121029_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F01%2F11%2Fcalorie-counting-at-the-fast-food-counter%2F Pages: 1 2 Next »     Single Page Massachusetts is likely to join California, New York City and Seattle in requiring some sort of calorie count next to food items in restaurant chains in the state. Jeff Jacoby writes in today’s Boston Globe about how this amounts to an ineffective attempt by Big Government to further nanny our everyday lives. I see it differently, based upon the research. Let’s start with the basics. More information generally helps people make better informed decisions in their lives. It helps to know, for instance, how much gas a car uses, so the government forces car manufacturers to post MPG results for each of their cars (despite the expensive testing procedure needed to produce this number). The government also compiles fatality a... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2095852 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:54:06 +0100 2095852 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2513555&cid=t_121029_177_f&fid=38133&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTubalReversalBlog%2F%7E3%2Fg4PujBqxngs%2Foperating-room-nurse.html Sally Muncy, RN is an Operating Room Nurse at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center who assists patients throughout their tubal reversal procedures. She explains the responsibilities and functions of the Operating Room Nurse in this blog topic. (Source: Tubal Reversal Blog) Tubal Reversal Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2513555 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:36:24 +0100 2513555 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1501486&cid=t_121029_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F06%2F5-good-things.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1501486 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 02:00:00 +0100 1501486 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1432416&cid=t_121029_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2008%2F05%2F08%2Fbrace-yourselfa-peek-at-the-20-worst-foods-in-america%2F While researching post ideas today, I got caught in the killer vortex that is the World Wide Web. Link after link, interesting article after interesting article. And here I wanted to hit the hay early. *Sigh* Anyway, though my travels were fun, my final resting spot for the evening was a real eye-opener. Because sadly, dear readers, I happened upon the Men’s Health list of 20 Worst Foods in America. The worst part? Some of my favorites (and I’ll bet, yours) were on there. Categories were set up for entries like worst fast food chicken, worst drink, worst kids meal, worst steak, dessert, Chinese food, pasta, nachos and more. And of course, the creme de la creme, the absolute all-around worst food in America (which I am happy to report I have never consumed. Phew. Just reading ab... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1432416 Fri, 09 May 2008 02:31:31 +0100 1432416 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1364994&cid=t_121029_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F04%2Flittle-things-that-count_10.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1364994 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:33:00 +0100 1364994 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1286325&cid=t_121029_93_f&fid=36200&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.jammedph.com%2F5-things-i-learned-from-fellow-bloggers-on-increasing-my-feed-subscribers%2F This blog has been online for over a year but I have not received enough number of feed subscribers to boast. I only got around 10 subscribers. Recently though, I saw how my feed subscriber count went as high as 51 (as of this moment). This wouldn’t have been possible without the help of articles I read from other bloggers. When it comes to increasing your feed subscribers, I found these great tips helpful: 1. Always provide good and helpful content. This has been overly emphasized in every blogging tips about increasing feed count. Of course, this is vital in attracting visitors, and potential subscribers as well. This has two benefits: getting new subscriptions and preventing unsubcriptions. 2. Adhering to frequent posting or not? There has been a debate going on in the blogosphere... Jammed: Full into Capacity blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1286325 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:24:10 +0100 1286325 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1256325&cid=t_121029_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F02%2Fomelettes.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1256325 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:32:00 +0100 1256325 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1220713&cid=t_121029_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F02%2Fanother-good-day.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1220713 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:55:00 +0100 1220713 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1181842&cid=t_121029_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2Freal-and-little-things.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1181842 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:36:00 +0100 1181842 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1139921&cid=t_121029_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2Flittle-things-that-count_09.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1139921 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:20:00 +0100 1139921 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1091444&cid=t_121029_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2F199749549%2F 5 Tips on Staying A Fit, Strong and Healthy Diabetic During the Holiday Season… and it can be tough! 1. Eat something before you go to any party or “get together”. This is a great tidbit of information. It is also good for non diabetics that are watching their weight. You will be so much less inclined to stuff your face with the fillers and high carb fluff! 2. Offer to bring a dish, especially a dessert dish, that you know all the nutritional content about. This will allow you to enjoy a small amount of sweets without gorging yourself on 101 sugar cookies and cheesecake bites. And what is even better… you know exactly what the carb count and serving size is so you can enjoy without worry. 3. Bring your own beverages. I know you think it is tacky but I do it all the... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1091444 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:21:39 +0100 1091444 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=810002&cid=t_121029_107_f&fid=36045&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbayblab.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fgender-bending-urbisexuals.html No I'm not talking about metrosexual urbanites but of the hypothetical ancestor of animals with bilateral symmetry (as opposed to radial symmetry like sea urchin). The urbilateria is one of my favorite ideas in evo-devo. I like it because this mystical beast is purely a construct of inference, much like particle physic's Higgs Boson. The idea is that by looking at existing clades and phyla of protostomes and deuterostomes we can imagine what the common ancestor might have looked like. For example, maybe it had segments, and antennae, a mouth, two eyes. But what I really wonder is how did it have sex? Was the urbilateria a hermaphrodite? did it have external or internal fertilization? But the question I'm most interested in, is how his germ cells and stem cells operated. See there are two ... Bayblab blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=810002 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:40:00 +0100 810002 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=637981&cid=t_121029_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F05%2F24%2Ffdas-labelman-says-make-your-calories-count%2F Filed under: Prevention, Diets, Nutrition, Vitamins and nutrients, ServicesThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is making it easier for consumers to read food labels. With a quick stop at a website called Make Your Calories Count, we can all learn how to better decipher and truly understand the numbers we find printed on the back of food items. The FDA interactive site, featuring a cartoon character called Labelman, provides consumers with information related to healthful diets and calorie management. There are exercises, quizzes, and a training module available for download and printing. The program, which presents two nutrients that should be limited (saturated fat and sodium) and two that should be consumed in adequate amounts (fiber and calcium), may be just the resource we need in o... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=637981 Thu, 24 May 2007 04:00:00 +0100 637981 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=623789&cid=t_121029_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fearly-days-8-cracking-code.html That innocent word, 'play' can be huge hurdle for some autistic children. "Scheduling time" is a marathon and many of us, parents that is to say, have a hard time planning out what to do, how and when?What we [parents] refer to when we say 'play' seems simple enough and doesn't need any explanation, but 'play' when it comes to autistic children may not be quite so straightforward.If you looked at my boys when they were little, you would have seen them playing, not just the typical autistic play of lining things up, moving toys in a mechanical and repetitive manner, examining some tiny feature on a toy but behaviour that would 'pass' as typical play. Teasing these elements apart, unless you are very observant or a play therapist, is not that easy for the novice. [translation = me]The key ... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=623789 Fri, 18 May 2007 15:54:00 +0100 623789 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=836009&cid=t_121029_87_f&fid=35060&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthnewsblog.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fhnblog.pl%3Fhnblog%3D511071 In March and April there were reports that allergy sufferers would face a "pollen superburst" this season. ABC said some experts were predicting the pollen explosion. The official start is just eight days away. The American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology says there is no way to accurately predict pollen counts or how bad the spring allergy season will be. But some experts think we may be facing a "pollen superburst" this year. Pollen usually happens in a sequence. Trees first, then flowers and weeds. Cold weather slowed things this year, but with recent warm-ups, trees and flowers could start pollinating all at once. This was not the kind of early spring news people with allergies wanted to hear. Unfortunately, it may be just the tip of the iceberg. A single bad year or sea... HealthNewsBlog.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=836009 Sat, 12 May 2007 02:00:00 +0100 836009