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 'demanding'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:48:10 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5077684&cid=t_339567_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fpatient-empowerment-has-the-potential-to-be-problematic%2F2011.07.29 Let me say first that I am a practicing primary care doctor who is very much focused on patient centered care.  Though I cannot go back to being a patient who is unaware about what a doctor does, the terminology she uses, or what the importance of certain test results are, I can empathize with the overwhelming amounts of information, challenges, and stressors patients and families can have in navigating the healthcare system to get the right care.  This is the reason I wrote my book. However, over the past few months I’ve noticed a particularly disturbing trend.  Patients are not consulting doctors for advice, but rather demanding testing for diagnoses which are not even remote possibilities.  A little knowledge can be dangerous particularly in the context of little to no clinica... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5077684 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:00:00 +0100 5077684 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3890476&cid=t_339567_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fa-little-old-ladys-power-in-the-er%2F2010.08.21 Here’s my column in the August edition of Emergency Medicine News. A person who seems powerless may hold an entire emergency room hostage! Magic Words: ‘I Have Chest Pain’ Propped in her bed, frail and weak, the little grandma sighed. Her complaints were legion: weakness, poor appetite, poor sleep, joint pain, cough, dry mouth. Her daughter, eyes rolling, was trying to balance three reasonable emotions. She desperately wanted to go home and rest after spending the day in the ER. She truly wanted to avoid her mother’s admission to the hospital, and she was, graciously, sympathetic to the physician who brought the bad news. ‘Mrs. Adkins, I know you feel poorly, and I’m sorry. But I have to say, I can’t find any reason to admit you to the hospital. You’re right as ra... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3890476 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:00:13 +0100 3890476 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2674328&cid=t_339567_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2Fj9Mm20Zzo9g%2F The next time you go to the doctor, will you have to pay a co-pay at the desk? Or the entire bill? More and more, doctors are requiring full payment for their services at the time the patient is in the office. I understand that with the economy in the shape it is, more doctors are probably not getting payment for their services. However, I also think it’s lousy to demand payment right away at the office. Which is more important - that a patient was treated or that someone gets their money? I remember that I used to be able to go to the dentist and have them send me a bill later as well. That no longer applies today. I wonder if this trend with doctors and payments will continue? Image: sxc.hu. Share and Enjoy: Post from: Blisstree Full Payment at the Doct... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2674328 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:04:08 +0100 2674328 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1117933&cid=t_339567_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F206580260%2F CONCLUSIONS: "Intellectually demanding work was associated with greater benefit to cognitive performance in later life independent of related factors like education and intelligence. The fact that individuals with lower intellectual aptitude demonstrated a stronger positive association between work and higher cognitive performance during retirement suggests that behavior may enhance intellectual reserve, perhaps even years after peak intellectual activity." This is consistent with the Cognitive Reserve theory we discussed in the interview with neuroscientist Yaakov Stern: - AF (Alvaro Fernandez): OK, so our goal is to build that Reserve of neurons, synapses, and skills. How can we do that? What defines "mentally stimulating activities" or good "brain exercise&quot... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1117933 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:26:39 +0100 1117933 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=928081&cid=t_339567_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F165239596%2Ffrom_panic_to_peak_performance.html If you find yourself overwhelmed with workloads, venting about demanding colleagues, or panicked through financial pressures … you’ll be interested in new research that links panic to heart trouble down the road. Your own brain actually holds answers that could turn panic into peak performances.Determination is not enough to eliminate panic ... nor is venting, though. For some time,  researchers warned us that persistent panic can lead you into places of depression… and now heart attacks and stokes have been added to panic dangers.One study of 3000 participants just published in Archives of General Psychiatry reported that rapid pulse and shortness of breath that comes with panic attacks – may even signal heart trouble at a later date. Luckily, the human brai... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=928081 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:51:10 +0100 928081