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 'cousins'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:39:20 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5181942&cid=t_161565_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.drmalpani.com%2F2011%2F09%2Fthrough-eyes-of-consumer-health-care-in.html Here's a guest post from a class mate, Ela Ghose. ---------------------- The past two years have been filled with ailments of various kinds: in some cases I have been the patient and in others the care-giver/ attendant. As a consequence I have met a plethora of doctors: gynecologists, orthopedic surgeons, gastroenterologists, gastric surgeons, cardiologists, endocrinologists, sleep specialists , oncologists to name a few. As you’ve probably guessed, the ailments have ranged from minor (knee pain) to major (stomach cancer). Some of the doctors have been the epitome of caring and compassion, spending time with the patient to explain the disease and the alternatives. Others have exhibited what I would consider an inclination to cover all possibilities and make money in the bargain. As wi... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5181942 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 05:40:00 +0100 5181942 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4592645&cid=t_161565_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F03%2Ftrain-date-with-cousins.html ("diddle diddle dumpling, my son John,one shoe off, and one shoe on...")Excerpted from my gratitude journal this busy Monday morning, #200-239:#207 Mohawks are back - reminding me of brothers#210 Lies being dismantled#211 Katy reading devotions with my parents#213 Frost turning trees into diamonds#216 Baby brothers#220 More questions than answers means life is never boring#221 The blackness of an almost frozen creek#224 Fear of death makes every moment ALIVE sweeter#230 Dissertation proposal PASSING!#231 Reading the Gospels for Lent#237 The largeness of my suffering reveals the awesome provision of a powerful God (Source: Turquoise Gates) Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4592645 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:14:00 +0100 4592645 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4382799&cid=t_161565_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F01%2F21%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-january-21-2011%2F I often wonder how much of the world’s problems can be solved with a little bit of empathy. If you think about your own life and the mini-village it takes to run it, how much would it change if we learned to bring more compassion to ourselves and those in it? Would accepting our own mishaps help heal our own wounds and would listening, really listening to those around us, help them as well? It’s a question worth reflecting on. As we get more busy with stuff (our digital toys, job, family, our own problems), are we missing out on the opportunity to connect with those we love? It’s Friday, the end of another week. As we wind down with another list of our popular posts this week, I hope you take the time to think about compassion, presence, and empathy. Then, I hope you will... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4382799 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:57:40 +0100 4382799 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4377753&cid=t_161565_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F01%2Fprayer-and-praise.html Oh, God, our Father, give me clean hands, and clean words and clean thoughts; Help me to stand for the hard right against the easy wrong. Save me from habits that harm; teach me to work as hard and play as fair in Thy sight alone as if all the world saw. Forgive me when I am unkind and forgive others who are unkind to me; keep me ready to help others at some cost to myself. Send me chances to do a little good every day and to grow more like Christ. ~A Prayer by William DeWitt HydeA quiet and quick moment as we fly off to Lacrosse to greet the newest Holmen BOY! Congratulations to Ben and Megan and big sister Emma as they welcome Kipton Michael Holmen ("Kip"), born just after midnight! Doesn't "Rob, Cal and Kip" sound like a trio of boy cousins who will bring much h... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4377753 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:23:00 +0100 4377753 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4045145&cid=t_161565_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F10%2F08%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-october-8-2010%2F When things are going good in our lives, we suddenly have amnesia. We forget the battles we won, the hardships we faced and the pain we endured. Yet, there are occasions like yesterday’s National Depression Screening Day or Mental Illness Awareness Week that help to remind us to not forget. More importantly, it reiterates the importance of helping those who are in their own struggles right now. The top posts this week deal with issues that you or someone you know may be dealing with right now. As we end the week, I hope you’ll read these posts, share it with those you care about, take the tips you’ve learned and pay it forward. As always, I wish you a happy and healthy weekend! Enjoy. Body Image & Self-Esteem: Barb Steinberg On Empowering Your Daughters, Part 2 (Wei... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4045145 Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:13:53 +0100 4045145 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3911740&cid=t_161565_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F08%2F27%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-august-27-2010%2F The other day I was driving when I heard a familiar song playing on the radio. It was Bob Marley’s Buffalo Soldier. In fact, as I type this I can hear it playing in my head. The funny thing is that the sound automatically took me back to my childhood. My cousins and I were sitting in someone’s living room. The radio was playing. That song was on. And my older cousin was sitting on this huge comfy chair while the rest of us kids were sitting on the ground. Why do I remember this seemingly mundane event? My cousin spontaneously began belting out the song, dancing to the beat and being as silly as a kid can be. We rolled on the floor and laughed until our sides hurt. It was a memorable moment. We were young, spontaneous and free. How does this relate to this week’s top post... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3911740 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:25:50 +0100 3911740 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3761477&cid=t_161565_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F07%2F16%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-july-16-2010%2F Summer is supposed to be about taking a dip in the pool, strolling alongside a lake, getting lost in a book, kicking off your shoes and soaking up the rays. Do you remember summers as a child? What happened to those carefree days? Seems like we’re all rushing around in a hurry and getting swept up in the hustle and bustle of day to day living. Even when we know what’s good for us, we still get wrapped up in doing versus having fun. I hold those summery memories like picking passion fruit, catching crayfish, and swimming with my cousins, close to me. And wonder why I don’t do more of it. I’m reminded of my first year as a graduate student. I took a course on stress management and was blissfully happy when I learned the entire quarter would be about relaxing and med... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3761477 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:05:39 +0100 3761477 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3251244&cid=t_161565_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F02%2F08%2Fintroducing-the-pop-psychology-blog%2F Genders issues in mainstream psychology are of interest to a great many people, us included. So we’re happy to welcome Yale University student, Johannah Cousins, as our newest blogger to be blogging about the intersection of gender issues and pop psychology in her new blog, Pop Psychology. Johannah Cousins is a senior English major at Yale University with a focus on gender studies and contemporary popular culture. She recently completed her senior thesis, an analysis of the cultural and feminist context of the Twilight series. She is a film and music critic and staff writer for the Yale Herald Arts & Entertainment Section. Please head on over to Pop Psychology and check it out today! (Source: World of Psychology) World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3251244 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:11:00 +0100 3251244 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3135685&cid=t_161565_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fhello-2010.html Here it is...the long awaited next year, 2010. Hopefully, a year of health and peace for our family. If it is, to God be the glory. If not, to God be the glory as well.These photos are from a few days ago. What do you do when cancer lurks once again in the wings? Pull out a tea set! (I should have been a Brit) (Source: Turquoise Gates) Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3135685 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:32:00 +0100 3135685 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3012433&cid=t_161565_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F11%2F19%2Ftwo-new-blogs-always-learning-and-the-y-factor%2F I’m pleased to announce the introduction of two new blogs here in the Psych Central family. The first is from Leigh Pretnar Cousins, MS called Always Learning. Leigh is a private tutor and is studying in educational psychology. Although her blog will focus on the topic of educational psychology and learning, she believes these lessons are of value to all of us throughout life: Every day my work teaches me some lesson that holds, not only for kids, but for all of us. I can hardly wait to share these things with you. I’m excited to have this place to talk about learning and all its facets… Learning and school, learning and work, learning and emotions, learning and relationships, Learning and Life. I agree. Learning doesn’t stop just because we don’t go to school any ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3012433 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:27:02 +0100 3012433 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2905080&cid=t_161565_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fwhat-are-little-girls-made-of.html “Manhood, once an opportunity for achievement, now seems like a problem to be overcome.”~ Garrison Keillor, The Book of GuysI've known boys and girls were different ever since my brother started knocking me over to steal my toys when we were toddlers together on a farm in rural Minnesota. It was brought home to me again and again while playing war games, rocket ship, frontier explorers, cowboys & Indians, 2-against-1 football, and never, ever (and I do mean ever) playing house. Then there were also the toads that could be squeezed and made to pee all over my bedroom carpet; the jokes and guffaws issuing through the closed door when I spent too much time primping in the bathroom; the daredevil antics on bikes and skates; the endless competition to be the fastest, strongest, or most ... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2905080 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:23:00 +0100 2905080 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2216532&cid=t_161565_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F02%2F26%2F10-ways-to-make-friends%2F They say it takes a village to raise a child. Well, it also takes a village — at best a supportive community, and at the least a few very good friends — to keep a person sane and happy. All of us need companionship, which is exactly why teenagers are texting their friends in the middle of dinner (TMI, BFF, OMG …), and why people who didn’t own a personal computer last year now have profiles on Facebook, MySpace, and other social networking sites. Maybe the first trick to finding friends is to befriend ourselves, and to become comfortable with silence, because no one has the power to make us feel okay with ourselves but us. But, lest we stay quiet for too long, here are 10 techniques to meet new friends, which I think everyone can benefit from, because, as I learned ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2216532 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:08:04 +0100 2216532 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2190553&cid=t_161565_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F02%2F16%2Fhaving-problems-means-being-alive%2F You bet I was upset, and I let the store manager know it: the priceless reels of our old home movies, dating back more than fifty years, had been lost. Uncle Jack, Aunt Minna, Grandpa, and the cousins, gathered round the sizzling grille of my childhood summers — all lost. My wife and I had taken the film to a local pharmacy, which was supposed to have sent it to some photo lab for conversion to DVDs. Nobody could tell us where all that brittle celluloid had ended up. We found out about the lost movies a day after Continental flight 3407 went down, just a few miles from the small town in western New York where I grew up. And as the magnitude of the disaster became clear—as the stories of so many bright lives snuffed out unfolded — I began to feel slightly ashamed and foolish.... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2190553 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:00:17 +0100 2190553 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2073796&cid=t_161565_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F12%2Fcoup-de-culture-promoting-incest.html I have opined that there are three cultural paradigms that threaten to supplant traditional Judeo-Christian/humanistic values as the foundational value system of society; utilitarianism (which we have addressed often here at SHS), hedonism (which we have rarely addressed here), and radical environmentalism (which we are beginning to get into more often). Put this story in the hedonism file. Scientists are saying that the legal prohibition against marriage between first cousins should be lifted. From the story: Babies born as a result of marriage between first cousins have the same risk of having genetic defects as babies born from women over 40 years old.Two scientists, who call for the lifting of the taboo on first-cousin families, say that cousins who want to get married should not feel ... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2073796 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:39:00 +0100 2073796 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1518735&cid=t_161565_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F311907605%2F Charlie has a few days off between the last day of school and the start of Extended School Year on Wednesday. We’ve only been visiting my family on the west coast once a year at Christmas for some time, as, for some years, the airplane rides had gotten too taxing for Charlie (and Jim and me). Last December, Charlie had done well with us adapting a strategy of flying very early or very late on a red-eye, so that he sleeps for most of the flight. So a couple of months ago we got tickets and Thursday night I was running around, lists running through my head of medications to pack, a belated birthday gift for a cousin’s daughter, a special photo book to share. Charlie was excited and not only did he stay up very late on Thursday (setting him up for a deep snooze on the early Friday... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1518735 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:07:29 +0100 1518735 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1116708&cid=t_161565_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F206419343%2F On Christmas, just before noon, my family goes to the cemetery. With flowers in the trunk, we go up the winding paths (the cemetery is located in the Oakland hills), and up almost to the top to where there’s a slope that looks west towards the Pacific. “From here,” my father said to me in 1975, “Yeh-Yeh can see all the way back to China.” Yeh-Yeh was my father’s father, Charlie Chew—yes, Charlie was named after him. He died in 1975 when I was six years old and I still remember how my grandmother, Ngin-Ngin, keened and wailed at his wake and funeral, and how it rained and rained, and how high the pile of flowers—wreaths and fancy displays on green posts—was atop his gravesite in the rain. My older cousins admonished me not to smile and... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1116708 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 08:21:19 +0100 1116708 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1106208&cid=t_161565_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2007%2F12%2F19%2Fan-interview-with-patty-duke-bipolar-sufferer%2F Patty Duke is best known for her roles as identical twin cousins in The Patty Duke Show and her portrayal of Helen Keller in the movie The Miracle Worker at age 16, which earned her an Academy Award and made her the youngest winner at the time. She’s earned three Emmys from six nominations, two Golden Globes, and a People’s Choice Award during her career. But behind the scenes, her behavior was erratic, earning her a bad rep with Hollywood insiders, not to mention her own family. It took many years, but in 1982, at the age of 35, Duke was finally diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Since then she’s become the bestselling author of Call Me Anna and A Brilliant Madness (coauthored with Gloria Hochman). She currently travels around the country to educate others about this o... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1106208 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:19:23 +0100 1106208