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 'dead'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:53:35 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5077759&cid=t_106097_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fheadless-zombie-squid-and-dead-frogs-dancing.html It is possible to re-animate dead appendages with a little salt, either table salt or in solution form as soy sauce. Be warned, this may put you off your breakfast. In the first video (which seems to have first appeared on the web a couple of years ago but a variant of which went viral this week), the dish – Ika Odori Don* – served raw is made to dance by pouring on soy sauce. The sodium ions stimulates still active neurones in the just-dead sea creature. In the second, the frogs’ legs are made to twitch by application of salt, with a similar effect. I am not sure of the translation here. Squid is “ika” and octopus is “tako”. “Odori” is a traditional dance. Does “don” mean rice bowl? Either way, most sites say that “Ik... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5077759 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 08:24:03 +0100 5077759 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4560627&cid=t_106097_160_f&fid=36189&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.skinmdblog.com%2F502%2F10-natural-post-waxing-treatments-for-your-skin%2F Waxing your skin can lead to numerous problems ranging from skin irritation and dryness, to ingrown hairs and pimples. But treating your skin after you wax it doesn’t have to be an expensive or complicated process. If you have the funds, there are numerous products available to help treat your skin which can help reduce skin irritation and infection. Shea butter, tea tree oil, witch hazel, olive oil, and cod liver oil are all popular post-waxing treatments, but if you’re on a strict budget, that are various natural remedies known to help treat skin irritation and dryness that can be found in the back of your cupboards or even your refrigerator. Here are ten natural products that are known to help reduce skin irritation and ingrown hairs after waxing: 1.  Tea bags Scientific studies ha... Skin MD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4560627 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:36:01 +0100 4560627 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4507604&cid=t_106097_160_f&fid=36189&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.skinmdblog.com%2F497%2Fhomemade-exfoliator-for-dry-and-oily-skin%2F To keep you skin healthy and young you need to regularly moisturize your skin, tone your skin, cleanse your skin and exfoliate it. While moisturization helps in keeping the moisture to your skin, toning helps in keeping the pores of the skin clean, thus maintaining the health of the skin, exfoliation helps in the removal of the dead cells from the skin, thus giving the skin a brand new look. Exfoliation treats the blemished skin, dark marks, clogged pores, hyper pigmentation and dry skin. A few home made exfoliators that give a new lease of life to your skin A natural and home made exfoliator is the ones that work best and without any side effects in comparison to the chemically prepared exfoliating products. Exfoliator is better avoided by the people who have acne prone skin as it may inc... Skin MD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4507604 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:16:47 +0100 4507604 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4414549&cid=t_106097_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F01%2F29%2Fan-interview-with-author-tim-farrington%2F This week I have the honor of interviewing Tim Farrington, the acclaimed novelist of Lizzie’s War, “The California Book of the Dead,” “Blues for Hannah,” as well as the New York Times Notable Book of 2002, “The Monk Downstairs.” Guess what? He’s one of us! And he articulates his journey through the hell of depression in a beautifully crafted memoir of sorts called “A Hell of Mercy: A Meditation on Depression and the Dark Night of the Soul.” Since that topic surfaces often on Beyond Blue, I thought I’d ask Tim to share his thoughts on both (depression and the dark night) with us. Hi Tim, and welcome! 1. Let me skip to the end (sorry, I like to eat dessert first), when you write “It is in surrender, in the embrace of ou... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4414549 Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:40:25 +0100 4414549 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4018179&cid=t_106097_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwhy-pain-cant-be-a-vital-sign%2F2010.09.29 There’s been a movement afoot for several years now to quantify pain as the so-called “Fifth Vital Sign.” It all started as a well-intentioned effort to raise the level of awareness of inadequate pain control in many patients, but has gotten way out of hand. The problem is that the word “sign” has a specific meaning in medicine that, by definition, cannot be applied to pain. When you hear us medicos talk about “signs and symptoms” of a disease, it turns out that they are not the same thing. “Symptoms” are things the patient experiences subjectively. “Signs” are things that can be observed objectively by another person. Headache is a symptom; cough is a sign. Itching is a symptom; scratch marks over a blistery linear rash are a sign. Vertigo, the hallucination of movem... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4018179 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:00:06 +0100 4018179 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3822962&cid=t_106097_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F08%2F04%2Fhow-swimming-reduces-depression%2F I’ve always known that I climb out of any pool a lot happier than when I dove in. Yes, I know any kind of aerobic exercise relieves depression. For starters, it stimulates brain chemicals that foster the growth of nerve cells; exercise also affects neurotransmitters such as serotonin that influence mood and produces ANP, a stress-reducing hormone, which helps control the brain’s response to stress and anxiety. But swimming, for me, seems to zap a bad mood more efficiently than even running. Swimming a good 3000 meters for me can, in the midst of a depressive cycle, hush the dead thoughts for up to two hours. It’s like taking a Tylenol for a headache! It was with interest, then, that I read an article in “Swimmer” magazine about why, in fact, that’s the c... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3822962 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:00:27 +0100 3822962 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3807429&cid=t_106097_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F07%2F31%2Fhelp-prevent-suicide%2F “If I was going to kill myself, I wouldn’t tell you or anyone else.” As a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner who specializes in crisis intervention and Emergency Room Psychiatry, I hear that a lot. Over 30,000 Americans will take their own lives this year. More people die by suicide each year than homicide, yet suicides rarely make the nightly news. Sometimes it’s hard to know when someone you love and care about may be hurting inside and may need help. If your friends or family are thinking about killing themselves, and they don’t tell you, how can you help them? You can help because there are signs and clues before someone attempts to hurt or kill themselves, a prelude that you may be able to recognize after reading this information. Anyone can commit suicide. Suicides... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3807429 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:32:40 +0100 3807429 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3724420&cid=t_106097_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F07%2Forthopedic-surgeon-dr-paul-shurnas-killed-car-accident%2F Missouri orthopedic surgeon Dr. Paul Shurnas was pronounced dead at the scene of a one car accident in Columbia, Missouri. His car was reportedly traveling at a high rate of speed when he lost control. His passenger has survived with minor injuries. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3724420 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:10:53 +0100 3724420 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3658956&cid=t_106097_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmourning-the-death-of-strangers%2F2010.06.13 I was about to leave work a few nights ago when EMS was dispatched to a 10-50, which is a motor vehicle accident. Enough years in emergency care and that tone makes your radar, but doesn’t create much of a blip. Many of those crashes have EMS arrive, only to discover no injuries. Some have patients transported, with minor problems that lead to their speedy evaluation and discharge from our ER. A few have serious, life-threatening injuries. They take all our speed, skill and attention to save life and limb. And often, require transfer to other facilities. But this last call was none of those. Around 1AM the radio traffic crackled back to dispatch (which we could hear in the emergency department): “Probable Signal Nine.” Signal Nine means the victim is dead at the sc... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3658956 Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:00:16 +0100 3658956 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3640987&cid=t_106097_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fturtle-in-the-spill-photo-of-the-day%2F Sorry to start your day out with such a sad photo, but we can’t ignore the effects of the oil spill on the animals of the Gulf Coast. AP Photo via Huffington Post Post from: BlissTree Turtle In the Spill: Photo of the Day (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3640987 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:30:20 +0100 3640987 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3612038&cid=t_106097_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F05%2F29%2Fon-memorial-day-remember-the-mothers-children-wives-and-lovers-too%2F Katherine Cathey, playing songs her husband liked. Photo by Todd Heisler. My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up. On Memorial Day, Remember the Mothers, Children, Wives and Lovers Too. The famous photograph of Mary McHugh prostrated on the grave of her late fiance, James Regan, was taken by photo journalist John Moore three years ago. It could have been yesterday. Arlington Cemetery’s Section 60 is where military service members who died in Iraq and Afghanistan lie. The place still makes the news — the superintendent, John Metzler Jr., just resigned — but for most Americans, Section 60 is not a place to talk of scandal or mismanagement. It’s a place to remember, a place to mourn. On a Getty Images blog, John Moore wrote: You watch a mother kiss her son’s tombstone. ... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3612038 Sun, 30 May 2010 03:48:45 +0100 3612038 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3595923&cid=t_106097_160_f&fid=36189&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.skinmdblog.com%2F88%2Fmedi-spa-treatments-vs-day-spa-treatments%2F What’s the difference between a medi spa and a day spa?  Here you will learn about the two common types of spas and what they have to offer. Day spas have been around for many years, but have enjoyed continued popularity even as the economy has suffered.  Women consider is something akin to healthcare. They find the services enjoyable and relaxing.  They get to revitalize and refresh their bodies, while de-stressing their minds.  The atmosphere is usually quiet and peaceful.  If you walk in and hear a blaring rock band, you might want to choose a different location. Most spas provide robes, slippers and towels.  A variety of services should be offered including massages, body treatments and facials. You might choose something like an avocado and sea salt scrub to smooth and exfolia... Skin MD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3595923 Mon, 24 May 2010 16:03:20 +0100 3595923 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3448825&cid=t_106097_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fyou-know-youre-unwell-if-%25e2%2580%25a6-you-play-dead-or-alive-paradise%2F We hope no one is letting their kids play this video game (if that’s what they’re calling it these days): Post from: BlissTree You Know You're Unwell If … You Play "Dead or Alive Paradise" (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3448825 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:05:47 +0100 3448825 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3354267&cid=t_106097_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Ffeel%2Fthe-great-soulmate-debate%2F Potential soulmates Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson (Photo: Getty Images) I love my husband, but he’s not my soulmate. Not that anyone else is, either. I’m not looking around or anything. Why not? Because I don’t believe soulmates exist. I’m pretty sure this long-held belief makes me unromantic, but I’m also pretty sure it’s the reason I have a solid marriage. Five years ago, on a sunny spring Saturday outside my parents’ home, my wedding vows went something like this: “Hi there. So, I don’t believe that people are “meant to be together.” I also don’t think there’s only one person in the world for you, and if you don’t find that person you’ll never be happy. I’m not into destiny. I’m into choice. You choose the person you want to be with…and ... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3354267 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:50:52 +0100 3354267 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3156671&cid=t_106097_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fabstinence-from-heroin-works%2F This study examined longitudinal patterns of addictive heroin use, other substance use, health, mental health, employment, criminal involvement, and mortality among heroin addicts. The sample was composed of 581 male heroin addicts admitted to the California Civil Addict Program (CAP) during the years 1962 through 1964; CAP was a compulsory [...] (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com) Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3156671 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:07:00 +0100 3156671 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3149258&cid=t_106097_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fcasey-johnson-the-fear-in-all-of-us.html What went through your mind when you heard about the sudden death of Johnson & Johnson heiress Casey Johnson a few days ago? I can’t imagine a Type 1 diabetic out there who isn’t shuddering in their shoes. She was only 30 years old, for goodness’ sake, and despite the drugs and alcohol, she’d likely [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3149258 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:23:52 +0100 3149258 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3105253&cid=t_106097_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F12%2F19%2Ftheyre-coming-for-you%2F New cartoon by Trussell & Trussell on AOL’s Politics Daily. They’re Coming for You! Posted in Politics Daily Tagged: chaos theory, government programs, living dead, medicare, political cartoon, social security, unfunded liabilties (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3105253 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:13:19 +0100 3105253 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3052284&cid=t_106097_129_f&fid=36036&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Fkelly-building-a-crohns-disease-community%2Fcrohns-disease-book-club-blog-december-edition%2F A few weeks ago I suggested that we start a book club to get our mind off of Crohn’s disease for a bit and allow us to think about something else.    It seems like you all agree, so let’s try it out.   Remember, there are no set rules here, we can change our book club format as many times as it takes for this to be fun for all of us. Since I am the one who writes the blog, I will write about the book (or books- since I read several in a month) that I read the previous month.  I will give a short synopsis of the book and state whether it was a good read.  I will rate the book on a scale of 1-10, 1 being the worst and 10 the best and then tell you what I liked best about the book and what I liked least.  Since this is the first real Crohn’s book club blog, we should all write i... Life with Crohn's blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3052284 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:18:38 +0100 3052284 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3015323&cid=t_106097_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F11%2F21%2Fsurviving-the-suicide-of-someone-you-love%2F My brother’s childhood best friend committed suicide. I was 16 years old at the time, Mark (not his real name) was 21. Mark’s parents were close friends of my parents; we played together as little kids, he was my first crush. We drifted apart as we grew up. Mark was a Kennedy-esque figure to me, handsome and smart. Everyone expected great things when he went off to an Ivy League law school. Then he was dead. I have a vivid memory of walking around the neighborhood with Mark’s brother at night. The adults were sitting shiva and he had to get away. Suddenly he grabbed a fallen branch and wailed it on the trunk of a tree. Raw anger. This family did heal. Before support groups or national days of recognition they talked about the conflicting emotions pain, anger, guilt. The ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3015323 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:19:11 +0100 3015323 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2999832&cid=t_106097_137_f&fid=35426&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheAlzheimersReadingRoom%2F%7E3%2FMt-ndlYvsv0%2Fbody-of-missing-man-found-in-woods.html In September, our own Rose Lamatt wrote about her concern for Mrs J. Mrs J belonged to Rose's church and Rose observed her wandering around town. Mrs J suffered from Alzheimer's disease. This was well known in Rose's community. Rose's was so worried she couldn't sleep. In her own words Rose said, she was worried that Mrs J would get lost in the woods or worse. Rose took action. Over one long month she remained persistant. As far as we know Mrs J is now safe thanks to the efforts of one good Samaritan, Rose. To some, Rose's concern might have been viewed as an over reaction. I bet some people thought she was a typical nervous norvis. An over reactor that stuck her nose in someone's business. A hunter found the body of a man in the woods near his Newaygo County home (Michigan). Police sa... Alzheimer's Reading Room, The blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2999832 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:14:21 +0100 2999832 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2959078&cid=t_106097_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F0BgzF9bpTEw%2F Remember the ‘dead rat’ ad that was launched to promote awareness of counterfeit meds? Well, it appeared on the telly in the UK this week for the first time (telly is how some folks across the pond say TV). But the ‘Real Danger’ ad campaign, which is sponsored by Pfizer, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, and three other groups, is considered to be so disturbing that it can only run after 11 pm. The ad was first shown in UK movie theaters last January, in response to research showing that more than 330,000 men purchase prescription-only drugs from unregulated sources such as Internet sites every year in the UK, PharmaTimes notes. However, 64 complaints were lodged with the Advertising Standards Authority that the ad was “unduly distressing”... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2959078 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:28:14 +0100 2959078 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2786236&cid=t_106097_135_f&fid=35274&url=http%3A%2F%2Facidrefluxweb.com%2F%3Fp%3D3988 Actually I saw lots of dead people as I made it out to the catacombs, the land of calvaires. While I was cooped up for that one day here, I had on Euronews that kept repeating this clips of a boat capsizing with the heading -- Portugal: no comment I decided to make my own today. I knew it was going to be a better day today because the cute boy waiter discerned by the few words I said to him that I was from Canada, and he has a thing for Quebec. Well it’s all lipstick on a pig here, as at the end of the day I’m not a quebecois, but as far as cute waiters go, I’ll be one. It’s amazing how fast the day goes when you get up at 1 pm. I swore it was the morning. I picked one thing I haven’t done here before and set out to do that. And of course, try a little sho... acidrefluxweb.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2786236 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:13:23 +0100 2786236 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2724833&cid=t_106097_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2F10-things-dead-bodies-have-done%2F Death – it happens to all of us…eventually. And when it does, the usual chain of events is a funeral and/or where you are either buried or cremated, followed by a period of mourning for those you left behind. But, according to this fascinating article from mental floss, it doesn’t have to be that way. Might sound somewhat morbid and gross, but it turns out there are plenty things your body can do and places for your body to end up rather than six feet under or in an urn. According to this mental floss article  ‘10 Things Your Body Can Do After You Die’, throughout history, the dead have been busy doing everything from getting married (ghost marriage) and unwinding with a few friends (mummy based panaceas) to powering up crematoriums, being a Soviet tourist attraction (Le... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2724833 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:16:04 +0100 2724833 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2664094&cid=t_106097_135_f&fid=35274&url=http%3A%2F%2Facidrefluxweb.com%2F%3Fp%3D3855 OK,that last video got taken off You Tube really fast. This one shows that it doesn’t take long to profit off of Whako Jacko - who is now described as Pop Royalty. If anyone purchases all four to complete the collection please let me know. [OFFICIAL] Michael Jackson Tribute SetTechnorati Tags: Acid Reflux, acidrefluxeweb.com, GLBT, HIV, feature video, shit people buy, dead people make money (Source: acidrefluxweb.com) acidrefluxweb.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2664094 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:28:10 +0100 2664094 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2576576&cid=t_106097_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fa-virtual-cemetery-in-your-pocket%2F Everything and I mean everything seems to be virtual and wireless these days - including, thanks to this iPhone application,  even cemeteries. I’m not too sure what to make of it really. The Pocket Cemetery lets you create virtual memories using cusomizable tombstones and cemetery plots with pictures, bios, and favorite memories. And it doesn’t have to be just for your family. You can memorialize anyone, including celebrities and pets. You can even put virtual flowers and personalized messages can be placed on graves. Given that family members are often spread around the world and can‘t always get home, this might not be such a bad idea. . According to creator Wayne Perry, fans of Michael Jackson also think it’s a good idea. He’s received numerous requests for pre-release versi... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2576576 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:40:19 +0100 2576576 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2570654&cid=t_106097_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FO6qcM6YPO3s%2F When Michael Jackson was taken to the UCLA Medical Center last week, he had the best chance around for being revived. The center is known for literally bringing patients that have died back to life. Apparently one doctor at the center “has pioneered a way to revive people that most doctors would have long written off, including a woman whose heart had stopped for 2 1/2 hours.” They tested their technique on cardiac patients who, with any other hospital, would most likely die. The results were amazing, with an 80% survival rate. However, patients needed very quick treatment in order to be revived. Treatment consisted of: Prompt CPR — rhythmic chest compressions — to maintain blood pressure until the patient gets to a hospital. Use of a heart-lung machine to keep blood and ... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2570654 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:25:47 +0100 2570654 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2517257&cid=t_106097_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FeJNlqJA0ai4%2F Michael Jackson has died. He... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Awful Plastic Surgery) Awful Plastic Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2517257 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:20:14 +0100 2517257 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2452747&cid=t_106097_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2Fib25wMiSxZ4%2F I think every time we hear of a beloved movie star’s death it is shocking, but that’s especially true when someone takes their own life. David Carradine has been found dead in his hotel room in Bangkok. He was shooting a new film and was “found by crew members after failing to turn up for a dinner.” Several sources have said he was “found hanged in his luxury room and is believed to have committed suicide.” Many fans know Carradine from his 1970s series Kung Fu and movie Kill Bill. Our sympathies go out to his family. Image: Zuma Press Share and Enjoy: Post from: Blisstree David Carradine Dead From Apparent Suicide (Source: A Hearty Life) A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2452747 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:54:06 +0100 2452747 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441255&cid=t_106097_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fmilitary-war-dead-help-the-living%2F It’s a little know fact but since 2001 all military personnel killed in Afghanistan or Iraq have had autopsies done and since 2004 have also been given a CT scan within an hour of their arrival at Dover Air Force Base. Arlington Cemetary It’s something that never happened in previous wars. But this is now a routine way of not only determining accurately the cause of death but to also obtain full details about injuries from bullets, blasts, shrapnel, and burns. The end result of these autopsies is yielding a wealth of information that highlights any deficiencies in equipment (ie body armor, vehicle shielding, etc) and has resulted in changes and improvements in military and medical field equipment. Have a read of this New York Times article to find out more about this new world of milit... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441255 Tue, 26 May 2009 07:14:05 +0100 2441255 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441274&cid=t_106097_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F05%2Fmedia-again-misuse-term-brain-death.html Sigh. We have repeatedly discussed the sloppy language used by media to discuss crucial moral issues--which is important because of the power of lexicon to materially impact our views. Now, the BBC is the latest media outlet to misuse the term "brain death," to apply to a South Korean patient in a PVS whose life support removal has been authorized by the country's supreme court. From the story:South Korea's Supreme Court has upheld a landmark ruling giving a brain-dead woman the right to die. The court agreed to a request from the family of the 76-year-old woman, who has been comatose for a year, to remove her from life support. It is the first case of its kind in South Korea and follows a series of legal challenges...South Korea's top court said that the sustained treatment of terminally ... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441274 Thu, 21 May 2009 18:27:00 +0100 2441274 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2390498&cid=t_106097_177_f&fid=38134&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbabybound.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F05%2F06%2Frip%2F At 9:30 tonight my grandfather passed away.  He was not alone.  My Mom was with him and he died peacfully. I will miss you always, Grandpa.  You are the funny in my bones.  I love you forever. -Katrinka (Source: B a b y B o u n d) B a b y B o u n d blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2390498 Thu, 07 May 2009 04:42:48 +0100 2390498 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2249064&cid=t_106097_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F03%2Ftime-magazine-stinks-refuses-to-get.html This article could have been something to present a real debate rooted in the current news--whether or not one's perception of one's "quality of life" is a reason for suicide. Instead, the issue has been totally misrepresented as a case in which a group has "helped" terminally ill people in their "right to die" in states that haven't legalized the practice.In fact, the kind of people this group helps wouldn't be eligible for assisted suicide in Oregon or Washington State...Time magazine failed miserably in its duty to present basic facts accurately. The debate that followed within the article was worthless since it had nothing to do with the story it was supposed to be covering.I think the public deserves better. Everything I've read about journalist ethics would support that view. I hope ... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2249064 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:47:00 +0100 2249064 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2137479&cid=t_106097_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F01%2Fdevastating-critique-of-heart-death.html The attempt to increase the organ donation pool has led to an increased use in "heart death" procurement protocols, known as "non heart-beating cadaver donors." Under what has been called the Pittsburgh Protocol, obtaining organs via this method involves, 1) Planned removal of ICU-type life support; 2) Waiting for full cardiac arrest; 3) A time interval, generally 2-5 minutes. 4) Declaration of Death; and, 5) Organ procurement from the cadaver. Death is declared on the basis that there has been an "irreversible" loss of cardio/pulmonary function. (This is known as Donation after Cardiac Death, or DCD.)There have been problems reported. For example, too short wait--only 75 seconds--between cardiac arrest and procurement, as well as ethical violations of failing to keep the medical team and ... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2137479 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:22:00 +0100 2137479 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2075607&cid=t_106097_113_f&fid=36474&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMedsqodPodcastingForMedicalProfessionals%2F%7E3%2F497653187%2F Sigh. I’d be one of the last ones to admit it, of course. But I guess it depends on what you mean by “dead.” The cart software platform that I use on my PC to record and produce my shows — Podcast Station — is no longer being made or supported by its manufacturer, despite being pretty much the only such product in its affordable price range that I’m aware of. Then there’s the news about one of the major podcasting networks possibly heading for the Long Kiss Goodnight. It’s a little premature, but the degree of caution put out by the higher ups at Podango (to their eminent credit, btw) is signaling a certain chill in this neck of the woods. At least, from an ad revenue point of view. And for years now, that’s been where most of the atten... MedSqod: Podcasting for Medical Professionals blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2075607 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:24:15 +0100 2075607 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2074175&cid=t_106097_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D5680 read more | digg story I’m not sure if I want to “come back” as a pencil! from the Malaysian Medical Resources The 6 Coolest Things You Can Do With Your Dead Body (Source: Malaysian Medical Resources) Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2074175 Sun, 28 Dec 2008 05:00:00 +0100 2074175 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2021410&cid=t_106097_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F12%2F07%2Fthe-lamberts-suffer-tragedy-now-take-action%2F Pages: 1 2 Next »     Single Page Nearly a year ago, a tragic story unfolded as Danielle and Ken Lambert handed their two children — a 5 year old daughter and a 4 year old son — over to Danielle’s twin sister, Marcelle Thibault, to drive them to a sleepover. They never made it there alive, as Thibault crossed the median of a busy interstate highway in her car, stopped it in the wrong direction, undressed herself and the two children, and then ran them into the oncoming traffic, to all three of their deaths. Now the Lamberts want justice and to prevent this bizarre incident from happening to another family. But given the complete and utter random bizarreness of the incident, it’s a tragedy unlikely to unfold in anyone else’s home anytime ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2021410 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:29:55 +0100 2021410 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2011080&cid=t_106097_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F12%2F03%2Fgrief-brings-out-hallucinations-illusions%2F Grief is experienced by each and every one of us in a different way, and no two people go through the loss of a loved one alike. One possible grief reaction rarely described, researched or discussed is seeing illusions or hallucinations of the loved one. Scientific American brings us the story: Mourning seems to be a time when hallucinations are particularly common, to the point where feeling the presence of the deceased is the norm rather than the exception. One study, by the researcher Agneta Grimby at the University of Goteborg, found that over 80 percent of elderly people experience hallucinations [and illusions] associated with their dead partner one month after bereavement, as if their perception had yet to catch up with the knowledge of their beloved’s passing. As the study&#8... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2011080 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:29:15 +0100 2011080 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1975268&cid=t_106097_136_f&fid=35300&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metastaticlivercancer.org%2F2008-11-21-cancer-treatment%2Fmy-dad-is-dead%2F due to metastatic liver cancer. That’s what happened to Patrick’s dad, my dad and a lot of other dads from our secondary liver cancer site.   Most people find our site looking for new cancer treatments or liver cancer treatment options. Unfortunately we don’t have a cure for cancer and we only have 2 metastatic liver cancer survivors.   You try to organize the best palliative care ever and as much as the cancer sucks the life out of your loved one, it also starts draining you emotionally and physically.   Depression symptoms   Then your loved one dies of metastatic liver cancer and… there you are on your own and you get into a period of grief and bereavement.   2 years after my dad died, I am still in that period of grief and bereavement. Y... Metastatic liver cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1975268 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:50:15 +0100 1975268 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1853550&cid=t_106097_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F10%2Fkilling-for-organs-msm-begins-to-notice.html I have been warning here at SHS and in my other writings, that some bioethicists and organ transplant physicians want societal license to kill patients for their organs. Now, thanks to Will Saletan writing in the Washington Post, the MSM is finally noticing. From Saletan's column:Robert Truog, an ethicist who supports the Denver protocol, says this redefinition of death has gone too far. Let's accept that we're taking organs from living people and causing death in the process, he argues. This is ethical as long as the patient has "devastating neurologic injury" and has provided, through advance directive or a surrogate, informed consent to be terminated this way. We already let surrogates authorize removal of life support, he notes. Why not treat donations similarly? Traditional safeguards... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1853550 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:32:00 +0100 1853550 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1763877&cid=t_106097_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F09%2F04%2Fis-mental-illness-relevant-in-reporting-a-crime%2F Liz Spikol comments on the media’s reporting of a horrible and tragic shooting in Alger, Washington on Tuesday by 28-year-old Isaac Zamora. Philip chimes in over at Furious Seasons. Both suggest that mental illness is a relevant fact to the story, because it helps explain the criminal activity. I say “Bollocks!” A person’s mental illness no more “explains” someone’s criminal activity than someone who has no such history of an illness. Spikol says, for instance: If that’s what made him [the murderer] go on a rampage–a disconnect from reality–that’s information. It sure is. But what kind of information? Most people who have a disconnect from reality (virtually anyone diagnosed with schizophrenia or a psychotic disorder) ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1763877 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:50:19 +0100 1763877 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1720317&cid=t_106097_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F08%2F20%2Fanother-psychiatric-patient-dies-in-a-hospital-due-to-staff-neglect%2F Six weeks ago, we reported on how Kings County Hospital let a patient die while staffers stood and watched. The patient had psychiatric concerns. We have no idea what happened to the humanity of those staffers (who are hopefully long since gone from the hospital and are having trouble finding gainful employment at a new hospital). We also thought such tragedies would be a wakeup call to all hospitals to re-evaluate their procedures and ensure patient care and monitoring is a top priority. Sadly, I guess the news didn’t make it down to North Carolina: A mental patient died after workers at a North Carolina hospital left him in a chair for 22 hours without feeding him or helping him use the bathroom, said federal officials who have threatened to cut off the facility’s funding.... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1720317 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:35:14 +0100 1720317 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1713835&cid=t_106097_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F08%2Fkilling-for-organs-more-on-attempt-to.html Last week I posted two criticisms of the NEJM article advocating the dismantling of the dead donor rule (here and here) that requires death before the taking of vital organs. I got some backstage blowback that I painted with too broad a brush about the kind of support such proposals have within bioethics. I don't think I did that, given that the attempt to kill the dead donor rule is being mounted in the most Establishment medical and bioethics journals by some of the most respected thinkers in their fields, but there is no question that "killing for organs" is far from the unanimous view--for example Art Caplan's good work in this area--a point that I could perhaps have made more clear. (The URL for the NEJM article is also now available, which can be accessed here.)Still, it seems to me ... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1713835 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:11:00 +0100 1713835 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1708866&cid=t_106097_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F08%2Fkilling-dead-donor-rule-why-should-we.html This is Part 2 of my deconstruction of an article in the NEJM proposing to end the dead donor rule in organ transplantation. Hit this link to read Part 1:In the end, since the authors of "The Dead Donor Rule and Organ Transplantation" apparently believe we can't really get many viable organs from truly dead patients, they seek to shift the ethical ground. Restricting donation of vital organs to the truly dead is to be discarded, and in its place they propose that old catchall--"choice:"Whether death occurs as the result of ventilator withdrawal or organ procurement, the ethically relevant precondition is valid consent by the patient or surrogate. With such consent, there is no harm or wrong done in retrieving vital organs before death, provided that anesthesia is administered. With proper ... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1708866 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:12:00 +0100 1708866 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1708867&cid=t_106097_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F08%2Fkilling-dead-donor-rule-undermining.html I have now read "The Dead Donor Rule and Organ Transplantation" in the NEJM (359:7, August 14, 2008), by Robert D. Troug, MD, a physician at Harvard Medical School, and Franklin D. Miller, a bioethicist at the NIH. It makes for frightening reading. My comments will of necessity be long, so I will do this in two posts for ease of reader digestion.The authors claim that brain dead isn't really dead, since, as one example, some patients declared dead by neurological criteria secrete certain hormones. Nor, they argue, is heart death under the organ procurement protocols death because the patients could perhaps be resuscitated.Their answer to this alleged ethical problem is to just explode the dead donor rule entirely. (I don't know about Miller, but Troug has been mining this particular vein f... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1708867 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:37:00 +0100 1708867 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1497856&cid=t_106097_117_f&fid=36026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fzimney%2Flearn-from-kelsey-grammers-heart-attack%2F Kelsey Grammer, TV sitcom star, suffered a mild heart attack this past Saturday while vacationing in Hawaii. While we don’t yet know the full extent of the 53-year-old actor’s condition or exactly what risk factors he might have had, there’s still a lot we can learn from his experience. And since coronary heart disease is the number one killer of Americans, these are important lessons. First of all, let’s talk about what a heart attack is and what it means when it’s “mild.” The heart, like all the body’s organs, needs a constant supply of fresh, oxygen-rich blood to keep its muscle fibers healthy and functioning properly. It therefore has a complex network of arteries called coronary arteries, which provide blood to all parts of the heart. A heart attack, also calle... Dr. Z's Medical Report blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1497856 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:33:28 +0100 1497856 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1478030&cid=t_106097_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E3%2F300949036%2Fwarning-tortured-bodies-may-lie-ahead.html As part of a settlement between the NY Attorney General's Office and the promoters of “Bodies: The Exhibition,” the following warning must now be presented at the exhibitions: Warning: The body... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Women's Bioethics Blog) Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1478030 Fri, 30 May 2008 02:22:19 +0100 1478030 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1434411&cid=t_106097_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2008%2F05%2F11%2Fthe-sunday-sidebardealing-with-the-dead%2F There are only two things that are guaranteed in this world - you are born and you will die. Just how long you have between the two events depends on a multitude of factors. Longevity is possible, and for most of us highly probable (so says the Vitality Compass). Death and dealing with the dead might seem like a morbid topic but apparently it’s also a very popular one. After all, how many of you were hooked on Six Feet Under? Top 10 Weird Ways We Deal with the Dead. This is a fascinating list of what happened to the dead throughout history. From ‘towers of silence’ and ‘tree burials’ to ‘plascination’ and ‘cyronics’, humankind has always looked at different ways to bury the dead and honor the spirits. A New Twist to the Burial at Sea Fo... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1434411 Sun, 11 May 2008 11:42:55 +0100 1434411 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1303317&cid=t_106097_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F251275973%2F Ashley X is a Seattle area girl whose parents, fearing how to take care of her as she grew older and bigger, had doctors (including endocrinologist Dr. Daniel Gunther, who died last fall) perform the “Ashley Treatment,” in which her uterus and breast buds were removed and estrogen given to her. The “treatment” occurred a few years ago and was described by Ashley’s parents online on a website in which they referred to her as a “pillow angel” which they call a “new category of disability” and which is defined as: “people with a cognitive and mental developmental level that will never exceed that of a 6-month old child as well as associated extreme physical limitations, so they will never be able to walk or talk or in some cases even hold up... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1303317 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:54:41 +0100 1303317 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1239183&cid=t_106097_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F02%2Flife-site-news-misdefines-brain-dead.html No. No. No. When discussing important cases of public policy and the care of the medically vulnerable, it is essential that our facts be accurate. I am afraid that a story in Life Site News--about a woman diagnosed as PVS who woke up--could sow serious seeds of confusion. From the story:65-year-old Raleane "Rae" Kupferschmidt's relatives were told by doctors that she was "brain dead" after she had suffered a massive cerebral haemorrhage in mid-January. Her family had taken her home to die and were in the process of grieving and planning her funeral when she awoke and was rushed back to hospital...Here's the really inaccurate part:"Brain death" or "death by neurological criteria," is a common diagnosis of patients who are said to be in an irreversible coma, sometimes referred to as a "persi... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1239183 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:51:00 +0100 1239183 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1158325&cid=t_106097_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F218426929%2F This is flippin’ amazing!!! I know it is in its very beginning stages and it is just rats in the lab, but still… Researchers say they have brought dead hearts back to life. That is right, they began beating again right in the laboratory. This discovery may one day lead to customized organ transplants for people!!! Taylor and colleagues used a process called decellularization to wash away existing cells from the hearts of dead rats while leaving the basic collagen structure intact. They injected this gelatin-like scaffold with heart cells from newborn rats, fed them a nutrient-rich solution and left them in the lab to grow. Four days later, the hearts started to contract. What do you think about this research? Are you for or against? via Comcast.net Share This (Source: A Heart... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1158325 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:00:52 +0100 1158325 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1133915&cid=t_106097_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F212501194%2F On July 21st, 2006, members of the disability rights group Not Dead Yet passed out pink ribbons at the third annual Disability Pride Parade in Chicago. The parade’s Master of Ceremonies, actor, writer, and director Tekki Lomnicki , read a statement that mentioned Katherine “Katie” McCarron, whose mother, Karen McCarron, is accused of killing her in May of 2006. Karen McCarron’s trial begins this morning. And this is a ribbon in remembrance of Katie. Share This (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1133915 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:34:11 +0100 1133915 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=923783&cid=t_106097_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F10%2F03%2Fwhat-if-collaborators-are-going-to-hell%2F I’m scheduled to attend a commission on human rights meeting in a few hours but can’t sleep, thinking. All my friends are laughing at me up in heaven; I’ve been charged with ineptitude, reformist tendencies, unpunkrock hamfisted good will. I see them laughing, and hear them singing, there’s always someone to praaaaaaay for, [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=923783 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 08:11:35 +0100 923783 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=883013&cid=t_106097_151_f&fid=35793&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thejunkyswife.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fwalking-my-doggy.html Walking the dog is making my life better. I am not sure why or how or what the connection is, but I've found that taking my stinky old doggy out on the leash for 20 quiet minutes is making me sane.Thank dog, I'm finally fixed.She's such fun to walk. She sniffs all around and barks. I talk to myself and to her. I laugh at her and she looks up at me as if I'm the greatest thing, ever.I feel bad for his dog, though. He gets left at home, whining. I don't want to walk his dog, since his dog is his dog...but it's not fair for the poor animal to have to stay home when his sister is going out on adventures. Poor fellow.There's all these dead animals. There's a dead squirrel, flattened and with one stiff arm. There's a dead bird, small and gray. There was a very distressing dead pit bull on the ma... Heroin Addiction Codependence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=883013 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:53:00 +0100 883013 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=867473&cid=t_106097_151_f&fid=35793&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thejunkyswife.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fbrief-voyage-into-land-of-idiocy.html So last night, we agreed that we'd meet in a parking lot after my meeting, and we'd drive together to his parents' house. He'd borrowed their car, and we needed to return it. The place where my meeting is held is halfway to his folks' place, so it made sense to travel together.He has my phone, as I've had his turned off since he can't pay the bill. (Yay, big codependent victory. Boo, big codependent sucker-ass move in letting him use my phone while I'm at work.) I get out of the meeting, and he isn't there. I wait. I pace. He's not there.Some folks come out, and I borrow a phone. I call, and it rings and rings and rings. I know that paranoid Mr. Junky won't answer a number he doesn't know. I call again. I call his parents and ask, "Is he there?"Of course he isn't there. I ask them to try t... Heroin Addiction Codependence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=867473 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:32:00 +0100 867473 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=781856&cid=t_106097_151_f&fid=35793&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thejunkyswife.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fhow-to-be-dead.html Mormonesque turned me on to this Snow Patrol song while we were on our road trip. Here's the lyrics:Please don't go crazy if I tell you the truthNo you don' tknow what happenedAnd you never will ifYou don't listen to me while I talk to this wallThis blanket is freezing, it's been out in the hallWhere you've had me for hoursTill I'm sure what I wantBut darling I want the same thing that I wanted beforeSo sweetheart tell me what's upI won't stopNo wayPlease keep your hands downAnd stop raising your voiceIt's hardly what I'd be doing if you gave me a choiceIt's a simple suggestion. Can you give me some time?So just say yes or no.Why can't you shoulder the blame?Cause both my shoulders are heavyFrom the weight of us both.You're a big boy now, so let's not talk about growth.You've not heard a s... Heroin Addiction Codependence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=781856 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:45:00 +0100 781856 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=781857&cid=t_106097_151_f&fid=35793&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thejunkyswife.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fin-car-with-paris-hilton.html Look at her there, all alone. She's calling me on the phone, and leaving the following message:"Hey JW. I saw you made the site private. I was, like, so upset. I was thinking that we could go to the club this weekend without panties on. I've got this really hot pair of big glasses you could wear." So I forgot something important. This month is when my column will be coming out in the San Diego Reader. They emailed me this morning to let me know that I'd need to go public before the release date of the paper with my first column, so I'll be back live next Wednesday, if not sooner. (Source: Heroin Addiction Codependence) Heroin Addiction Codependence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=781857 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:33:00 +0100 781857 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=763194&cid=t_106097_151_f&fid=35793&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thejunkyswife.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fhey-did-you-guys-know.html There's a picture of Anonymoose. Hah.Someone sent me this link on Anonymous comments on blogs. Who knew?I am also taking the advice of another friend, EJ, who advised me to Let Go Of The Anonymous Business, Already.And it will be a great exercise for me, letting go...an exercise in boundaries and healing and stopping resenting...these are things I need to learn to do, anyway.So I am going to try, really try, to stop it with the slick comments to provoke Anonymous (practice for stopping with the slick comments to provoke Mr. Junky). I am going to try to stop looking at Sitemeter for evidence of his/her/their constant reading of my mess. I'm going to stop trying to figure out who is the Anonymoose. It doesn't matter who is the Anonymoose. Except for the occasional harassing email, Anonymoose... Heroin Addiction Codependence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=763194 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:21:00 +0100 763194 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=735604&cid=t_106097_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F133996129%2Ftop_10_perks_youd_have_in_brai.html The top 10 perks of a brain based workplace …  10. Universal Health Care where people are considered higher currency than workplace politics … and where healthcare costs come back to firms through success and profitability. 9. Fair  salaries that add serotonin and well-being … rather than cortisol that comes from inequitable remuneration. 8. Equal voice to leaders and workers without attending brain dead committees or lectures that work against the brain. 7. Solutions that jumpstart projects far more than problems set them back. 6. Creativity much like Google pays for daily. 5. Diplomacy as solutions to conflicts. The human brain is wired to take us past perceptual blocks that lead to conflicts at work.4. Laughter that replaces boredom and small talk. 3.... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=735604 Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:37:19 +0100 735604 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=730906&cid=t_106097_151_f&fid=35793&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thejunkyswife.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fdid-jim-morrison-die-in-his-bathtub.html A new book suggests that he died of a heroin overdose at a night club in Paris. Interesting stuff. (Source: Heroin Addiction Codependence) Heroin Addiction Codependence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=730906 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:15:00 +0100 730906 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=707213&cid=t_106097_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F129363777%2Fare_they_brain_dead_on_your_pl.html In "Our System Isn't Set Up for Death" Tom Vander Well reminded us that it’s Friday and time to chuckle.In Tom’s words …  “This little transcript has been making it around the blogosphere and e-mail lists.” Nobody seems to know its origin…. Do you?A young man calls Citibank because they keep sending bills and finance charges to his dead relative:Family Member: "I am calling to tell you she died in January."Citibank: "The account was never closed and the late fees and charges still apply."Family Member: "Maybe, you should turn it over to collections."Citibank: "Since it is two months past due, it already has been."Family Member: "So, what will they do when they find out she is dead?"Ci... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=707213 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 02:11:26 +0100 707213 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=655490&cid=t_106097_109_f&fid=34875&url=http%3A%2F%2Fballoonballoon.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fgraveyard-of-dead-blogs.html I will be gone for the summer, and I'll return in September.But this blog will carry on during that time.It will serve as a singular resting place where anyone could drop off (and find) DEAD BLOGS.Dead blogs can be a treasure trove of interest to those who look carefully.So when you find an interesting dead blog on the internet, (and let's define "dead blog" as any blog that has been inactive for longer than three months), pick up the link to that blog and give it a proper place to rest.Dump the link HERE in this post's comments section, henceforth known as the GRAVEYARD OF DEAD BLOGS.Let this be a place where others can view the dead blogs, and pay their respects to interesting ideas and thoughts gone by.Technorati tags: dead blogs, blog, blogger, death, graveyard (Source: American Center... American Center for Surreal and Paranoid Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=655490 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 04:56:00 +0100 655490 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=478740&cid=t_106097_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F03%2F15%2Fsocial-stress-is-depressing-be-the-dog%2F Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Lifestyle, Research, SupportScientists have studied the effects of stress on glucose levels in animals and people. Diabetic mice under physical or mental stress have elevated glucose levels. And now, as if the aforementioned isn't bad enough - researchers have found that a single socially stressful situation contributes to depression in rats. It seems this single socially stressful scenario is killing new nerve cells in the hippocampus, the area of the brain that processes learning, memory and emotion. In young rats, the stress of encountering older, aggressive rats didn't stop the creation of new brain nerve cells. It prevented the new nerve cells from surviving, which left the young rats with fewer neurons for processing feelings and e... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=478740 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 478740 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=487652&cid=t_106097_133_f&fid=35092&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.autistics.org%2Fdemonized%2F%3Fp%3D12 , by Catherine Maurice, is considered a classic in narratives by parents of autistic children. Page 57: I was in a race against time, and either I found someone or something that truly helped or I had lost Anne-Marie forever. It was as simple as that. There is something about autism that to me gave meaning to the phrase “death in life.” Autism is an impossible condition of being there and not being there; a person without a self; a life without a soul This is more of what’s becoming almost standard in the entries on this blog. Autism as death. Autism as soullessness. Autism as being lost. Later on, Maurice describes her daughter in the following way on page 63: Anne-Marie was so far gone by this point that she spent the evaluation period curled on the floor in a fetal po... Autism Demonized blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=487652 Sun, 26 Nov 2006 20:12:36 +0100 487652 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=551445&cid=t_106097_140_f&fid=35440&url=http%3A%2F%2Fspiritualemergency.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F11%2Ftibetan-book-of-dead.html is pragmatically and existentially directed toward the "dead" who are still living, and not especially toward those who are clinically dead. To reveal this less obvious meaning, we need to examine more closely some of the key features of the manifest meaning, for these indicate that both the existence of gods and the existence of an after-death bardo realm are questionable. With respect to the reality of the gods and demons that are experienced in the after-death state, we have noted that the text informs the disembodied consciousness that these deities have no substantial reality of their own. Indeed, this is the central illuminating principle of the text. Two memorable excerpts are as follows:Through the instruction of his guru he will recognize them [the visionary deities] as his own p... Spiritual Emergency blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=551445 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 06:17:00 +0100 551445