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 'ears'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:31:13 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5107602&cid=t_144723_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F08%2F07%2Fthe-sound-of-taste%2F It may come as a surprise to some that sight, touch, and smell have a big impact on how we taste — pleasure derived from food. It may come as an even bigger surprise that sound also affects how we taste. The pleasure we get from that crisp sound has been demonstrated when eating food including fruits, vegetables, and crackers. Generally, the crispier a food sounds the more we like it. How does sound affect the joy you receive from eating? As you eat, different foods make different sounds.  These sounds reach your inner ears through two routes.  First, there is the common way, via air disturbances that travel from your mouth out into the surrounding air and then around to your ears.  Second, there is bone conduction: mechanical vibrations conducted through your teeth, jaw, mandibl... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5107602 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 16:58:39 +0100 5107602 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5077850&cid=t_144723_117_f&fid=37824&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.doctorkalitenko.com%2Fblog%2Fcleaning-ears-risks%2F Would you ever use your finger to clean out your throat? Of course not. It’s not natural. Well, neither is cleaning the inside of your ear with Q-tips or any other device that goes inside the ear. When we place something inside our ear, we instantly damage the skin and introduce infection much more damaging than the dirt and wax that’s naturally collected there. We are not designed to sustain the pressure of cleaning our ears. The wax inside your ear is actually a protector against water and infection. Because earwax is acidic and bacteria doesn’t do well in acidic, it protects you. Some of us clean our ears out every day, or after every shower, but you can be causing irreparable harm. The damage you can do is very severe and not worth it. Instead of ever going inside th... Doctor Kalitenko antiaging blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5077850 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:05:21 +0100 5077850 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4789246&cid=t_144723_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fa-promising-new-treatment-for-blocked-ears%2F2011.05.05 Eustachian tube dysfunction is a phenomenon whereby a person is unable to pop their ears to relieve symptoms of ear pressure, clogging, or fullness. It is much akin to the ear pressure a person experiences when flying, but at ground level. Traditionally, treatment of this condition involved medications like steroid nasal sprays and prednisone along with active valsalva. Once medical treatment has failed, ear tube placement has been the step of last resort. However, a promising new treatment called eustachian tube balloon dilation has been described in March 2011 to address eustachian tube dysfunction at the source surgically rather than indirectly with tube placement across the eardrum. In essence, a balloon is inserted into the eustachian tube and than inflated thereby opening it up (the ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4789246 Thu, 05 May 2011 18:00:00 +0100 4789246 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4771210&cid=t_144723_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F04%2F30%2F8-ways-to-make-technology-less-stressful%2F Photo credit: Summer Beretsky Whatever you do, DO NOT think of an elephant right now! Seriously. Don’t think about elephants, or big floppy elephant ears, or elephants at circuses, or elephants in the wild. Now, be honest: you totally just thought of an elephant. Didn’t you? That’s exactly how I felt all week when I tried to stay away from the internet. When I opted to spend a week away from the internet and other technological devices, I expected my brief affair with the IRL (“in real life”) world to whisk me away into romantic oblivion. Sadly, that was not the case. Instead, I spent a lot of offline time thinking about the technology that I was sorely missing…and about the stress it invites into my life. The constantly-updating Twitter feeds, the myri... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4771210 Sat, 30 Apr 2011 19:48:26 +0100 4771210 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4159284&cid=t_144723_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F11%2F12%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-november-12-2010%2F There’s something so soothing about a pet. (You pet owners know what I mean.) Maybe it’s their soft, furry coat or their comfort with being themselves that can be so settling. But I think it’s the feeling that no matter who you are, how much money you have or what you look like, they’ll love you unconditionally. It’s something I felt with my first dog who passed away earlier this year. And how I feel about my current love, a 5 year old mini lop rabbit. The world can be as chaotic as it can be. I could have papers piling up on my desk and emails crowding my inbox. But when I see him cleaning his floppy ears, those things don’t seem to matter. For a moment, I’m at peace. Why am I bringing up my furry friends? Aside from the fact that I adore talking ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4159284 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:16:42 +0100 4159284 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3126674&cid=t_144723_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2Fq5A-_cGKo14%2F Most of us have had some sort of noise in our ears from time to time. It could be a high pitched tone or buzzing – but some people experience this type of noise each and every moment of their day. According to the American Tinnitus Association, tinnitus affects 50 million people in the United States and 12 million of them experience sound so bothersome that it’s disabling. The BBC reports that around 1% to 3% of people in the United Kingdom also have tinnitus that is “significant enough to reduce their overall quality of life.” Tinnitus strikes any age group, any walk of life, but some lifestyles contribute a higher risk to developing it than others. Professions that involve loud sounds, even music, are among them. Famous musicians who have talked about their tinnitus ... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3126674 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:07:37 +0100 3126674 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2724912&cid=t_144723_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F08%2F21%2F10-things-to-say-to-a-sick-friend%2F Years ago, when I was pretty sick with a bad flare-up of scleroderma and unable to leave the house, a friend of mine would call once in a while to say, “I’m going to the supermarket. Can I pick anything up for you?” That simple offer filled me with love. Most times I’d say, “No thanks, Julie, I’m all set,” but I’d hang up with a lighter heart and a smile on my face. Lisa Copen has lived with rheumatoid arthritis for 16 yrs. She’s a mom and wife, an author, speaker and founder of Invisible Illness Week, September 14-20, 2009. Lisa used Twitter in a very clever way. She asked her followers a question: What would be a good thing to say to a sick person? She says, “Oftentimes people are told what not to say. This is a great help in gi... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2724912 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:51:48 +0100 2724912 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2390192&cid=t_144723_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Ftoil-and-trouble.html We return from school in full metldown mode following another stressful bout of STAR testing. With homework awaiting us as well as any number of chores to be completed in a tight three hours I see trouble ahead. I am behind with just about everything as efficiency standards have dropped quite markedly of late. Once inside I cannot decide where to start but luckily someone prompts me.“I am "cook.”“Are you? Well it is nearly 90. I don’t mind if you want to take your shirt off dear.”“No!”“No?”“No ……I am be cook today.”“What are you cook? Er…..I mean……..you want to cook something?”“Yes.”“Really?" To be honest I am not keen as a hot pulsating oven is the very last thing we need at the moment. That said, some opportunities are too good to miss. "What do ... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2390192 Thu, 07 May 2009 06:36:00 +0100 2390192 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2205007&cid=t_144723_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F02%2F21%2Fovercoming-depression-do-it-yourself-or-get-a-professional%2F About a month ago, I put in a new faucet. Our old one was leaky, old, crusted over, and the dripping, dripping, dripping was torture to my ears. Imagine trying to sit and write something brilliant with that going on in the background every 1.7 seconds? Finally, I took it upon myself to take care of it. I thought I’d suffered enough with this thing, more misery than it was worth hoping something would happen. Since my husband wasn’t too enthused, I decided I’d tackle it myself. I was going to “fix” my faucet. I did get the right parts at the store, wrestled with the old faucet for a while, and finally got the thing working. What pride I had in doing it myself! I was reluctant even to ask help from my husband after a while when I was stuck on the last piece &#... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2205007 Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:42:49 +0100 2205007 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1208236&cid=t_144723_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fchronic-pain%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fnever-apologize-for-being-human%2F I’ve been at this chronic illness business for many years now. I’m still here, obviously, so I must have received some good care along the way. It hasn’t hurt, on my behalf to be an R.N. Little did I know when I went to nursing school that much of my knowledge would be used on “moi.” Life is full of strange little ironic “gotchas.” Somebody in the great, heavenly upstairs definitely has a sense of humor, although I don’t think much of their judgment. As many of you who tune in here frequently already know, it’s been a rough couple of months for me. I can’t remember the last time my life, particularly my health, was a “cake walk.” When our bodies betray us more than usual, with another load to carry, along with the usual daily pain, most of us also experience many em... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1208236 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:57:19 +0100 1208236 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=838801&cid=t_144723_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F09%2F04%2Fis-a-cough-ever-just-a-cough%2F Filed under: Cancer SurvivorsHere's what might be a typical train of thought for someone surviving cancer. That someone, in this case, is me.I have been getting sicker and sicker for the past three days. Sore throat, sore ears, and a heavy head made me think at first it was some sort of sinus issue. Add a cough, a rumbling and painful chest, sore gums, chills and sweats, and a fever roaring past 102.8 and the worries start rolling in. I feel like I did twice before, just before I was admitted to the hospital with dipping white blood counts.The worst of it hit Friday night and since I just couldn't make myself sit in the ER for hours on end, I overstepped my boundaries, tracked down my hospital's on-call oncologist, and listed off my symptoms. Since my treatment for breast cancer concluded ... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=838801 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 04:00:00 +0100 838801