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 'cranky'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:20:45 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2899087&cid=t_121659_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fthe-cranky-witch%2F ‘Tis the season so they tell me. Guess I’m right in style. After all I’m only human, and this pain it’s got me riled; Amidst the pumpkins, gourds and corncobs, cobwebs of massive size, midst hoards of tiny mobs. I think I’m just as scary as the crabby, cranky witch. Some days I feel too lousy to walk, to sit, to twitch. I think I kind of like it, the role of eerie witch. I could use a wart or two or a defacing  rash with itch. With its ghosts and pumpkins this season I do love but the weather always changes and my body knows thereof. I feel the weather to the hour as I begin to feel “all in” as parts of me rebel I morph into my evil twin. I don’t feel like being nice, it’s so dull and boring. Cranky, crabby, grumpy I’d rather be destroying. Give me someone I can whack.... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2899087 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:12:29 +0100 2899087 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1739908&cid=t_121659_93_f&fid=36658&url=http%3A%2F%2Fxavier-emmanuelle.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F08%2Fday-12.html With the way that work schedules, training schedules, and business trips have all coincided, this is the 12th day in a row of work without a day off. It's my own fault for not thinking about needing some time to rest during this period, I didn't even notice that I hadn't planned any time off until the middle of this week, but I'm absolutely shattered -- I could hardly walk to work this morning. I'm kinda scared for mental health training and the dance competition today, given how out of it I am. (Source: I'm Not Anti-Social, I'm Just Pre-Med) I'm Not Anti-Social, I'm Just Pre-Med blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1739908 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:23:00 +0100 1739908 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1640243&cid=t_121659_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2008%2F07%2F20%2Fhealthbolt%25e2%2580%2599s-weekly-roundup-of-contests-and-giveaways-7%2F b5Media’s newest Health blog Grounded Fitness has a Kettlebell The Iron Core Way set which includes a a 15 pound kettlebell and instructional DVD to giveaway. Womb Within has two giveaways from Playskool (a Shake Rattle and Roll Teether and a Heat Sensitive Plastic Spoons). Cranky Fitness has some neat exercise equipment to giveaway - a sportstep, an aerobic mat, and a pilates power ring. Even us international types can enter but there’s a catch. The prizes can only be shipped to a U.S. address, so those of us with no US address can only enter if we want to designate that our prize go to a U.S. friend. I like your lateral thinking there Crabby. (Hey Liberty, if I win, it’s yours!!!) Daily Tomorrow has a “Learn to Create a Healthy Home!” CD to giveaway. And don’t... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1640243 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:45:50 +0100 1640243 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1460937&cid=t_121659_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F05%2F22%2Fa-scary-bipolar-child-story%2F Meet Max. He’s a 10 year old who’s gone through a lifetime of trials and tribulations already. And he was profiled in this story in Newsweek about children with bipolar disorder. Max had an unusual childhood, according to the article: Max never slept through the night, and neither did she. He cried for hours at a time. He banged his head against his crib and screamed until his face burned red. Nursing, cuddling, pacifiers—none of them helped. At 2 a.m., at 3, at 4 and 5 and 6, Amy cradled her son, trying to believe this was typical infant irritability, the kind her friends with kids had warned her about. It must be colic or gas, she thought, as Max howled another day into being. Exhausted, mystified, she made jokes—he was born on Halloween, she ate too many spicy chick... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1460937 Thu, 22 May 2008 13:39:45 +0100 1460937 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1461179&cid=t_121659_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F295532041%2Fsleepy_brains_zone_out_at_work.html If you've felt your brain drifting off like bubbles in the wind ... you'll be interested in a new study that shows why it happens. A post yesterday by Julie Steenhuysen at Reuters ... which pointed out why brains shut down at work ... intrigued me. New studies by David Dinges ... from the University of Pennsylvania – School of Medicine show surprising facts about sleep deprived brains. rsearch concluded that ... quite unaware ... tired people tend to shift back and forth between alertness and dramatic lapses of attention and visual processing.Can you spot potential problems here?Here's the skinny: 1. Lack of sleep leads to depression more than people realize. 2. Your brain rewires for work while you sleep.3. Sleep deprivation creates disaster... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1461179 Thu, 22 May 2008 04:29:42 +0100 1461179 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1272757&cid=t_121659_93_f&fid=36658&url=http%3A%2F%2Fxavier-emmanuelle.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F02%2Fdreary-february.html I'm sorry if I'm grumpy... I think midterms are getting to me. We got our final exam schedule today. I'm once again convinced that the administration has some terrible grudge against health sciences students, because for the fourth semester in a row my exam schedule is awful. You see, if you end up having three exams scheduled within a 24 hour period then they will re-schedule one of them, but I have three within 26 hours meaning that I'm still writing all three. That is near the beginning of the exam period, and then I have way more time than I need off for pathology and chemistry -- chemistry is on the very last day of exams which means that we don't get to go home or start work until May :(I seem to be in poor spirits tonight, I'm thinking it's because of the crazy number of exams and p... I'm Not Anti-Social, I'm Just Pre-Med blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1272757 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:06:00 +0100 1272757 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1193040&cid=t_121659_93_f&fid=36658&url=http%3A%2F%2Fxavier-emmanuelle.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2Futter-insanity.html I'm not a big shopper, but I certainly do enjoy visiting the mall from time to time. Now, one of my favorite stores is having a massive sale, and Jess, Tanya, and I have been looking forward to it all month. We waited in line for 3.5 hours to get in today, but were happy to do so because we were promised extremely low prices on all of our favorite merchandise. However, once we finally made it through hours of standing in -20 degree weather, we were sorely sorely disappointed. There was almost nothing but ugly old clothes that they obviously just couldn't get rid of, and even the prices were only perhaps 10-15% lower than they normally would be. I'm exhausted, and I wasted 6 hours of my life at this stupid thing. Never ever again. (Source: I'm Not Anti-Social, I'm Just Pre-Med) I'm Not Anti-Social, I'm Just Pre-Med blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1193040 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:10:00 +0100 1193040 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1040452&cid=t_121659_93_f&fid=36658&url=http%3A%2F%2Fxavier-emmanuelle.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F11%2Fwarning-im-whining.html Stupid stupid stupid lang and comm paper. It was going well before because I was writing up the review of literature and all the science-y bits, but now I'm stuck on the subjective discussion part. There is only so much I can say about how my newfound knowledge about adolescent communication will affect my [eventual] health care practice!To make things worse I lost most of the work I did this afternoon, even though I've been backing it up religiously! Can't wait till Thursday can't wait till Thursday can't wait till Thursday... (Source: I'm Not Anti-Social, I'm Just Pre-Med) I'm Not Anti-Social, I'm Just Pre-Med blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1040452 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:40:00 +0100 1040452 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=972841&cid=t_121659_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F173869161%2Fsleep_equals_cranky_so_look_ou.html Sleep enough last night? If not, you may want to catch a siesta over the lunch break today. Why so? A tired brain apparently reverts back to primitive behaviors, gets cranky and over-reacts emotionally, when stressors strike – and they will! Have you seen it? Researchers at Harvard Medical School and the University of California at Berkeley used magnetic imaging recently ... to observe crankiness in sleep-deprived people.This new study showed how lack of sleep causes the brain's emotional centers to dramatically overreact to what people perceive as negative experiences. Scientists warn that … while  rested workers are more likely to create peace through popping good tone tactics into problems whenever conflicts arise at work … watch out for sudde... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=972841 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:38:31 +0100 972841 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=867438&cid=t_121659_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F155519629%2Fchange_brings_9_comebacks_and.html People react in surprisingly different ways - to proven changes - introduced to advance their lives and workplace. How do you respond?Here are typical reactions to change I’ve observed in over thirty years as change agent for brain based approaches:  1. Cynics say … “I can’t do it”… Cynics often lack smart skills to do different processes and they respond with a tone of contempt, aggression, or jaded humor. 2. Pessimists say … “It can’t be done”… They add cortisol to the entire circle, in ways that hold back growth and stall progress.3. Complacent people say … “There’s no time for make changes when we barely have time to do all we do here already. Cling to time-worn traditions and this group&rsquo... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=867438 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:27:33 +0100 867438 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=644934&cid=t_121659_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F05%2F30%2Fcrabby-thoughts-on-diet-exercise-health%2F Filed under: All Cancers, Opinion, BlogsCranky Fitness is the name of the blog and it's a humorous real-world guide to diet, exercise, health, and whining. Written by self-proclaimed Crabby McSlacker herself, this site features personal commentary about a variety of topics, including recent wellness stuff.This cranky girl writes about eating right:Though Crabby believes whole foods are best, she isn't happy about this. She too wishes there were more short cuts. She's tired of reading cheerful magazine articles touting the health benefits of some obscure vitamin or mineral, then telling her that in order to get enough of it she's going to need to eat 14 servings of oat bran, 12 cups of anchovies, or eight glasses of carrot juice a day.So Crabby is eagerly awaiting news that they've discover... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=644934 Wed, 30 May 2007 04:00:00 +0100 644934