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 'embrace life'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:34:45 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265738&cid=t_349880_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmay-we-all-die-so-well%2F2010.12.17 Everyone liked him. Though his later years (the only ones in which I knew him) took away his ability to do most things, and though he was in great pain every day, it was easy to see the mischief in his eyes. The subtle humor was still there, coming out of a man who was weak, in pain, dying. She lived for him. She was always telling me of his pain, frustrated with the fact that he didn’t tell me enough. She was anxious about each complaint of his, wondering if this was the one that would take him away from her. Many of her problems were driven by this anxiety and fears, and she spent many hours in my office giving witness to them through her tears. As his health failed, I wondered about her future. He was the center of her life, the source of her energy, joy, purpose. How could she manag... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265738 Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:00:23 +0100 4265738 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4002882&cid=t_349880_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fin-front-of-the-mirror-of-middle-age%2F2010.09.26 “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” An intermission, the curtain has closed on youth, but the next act awaits. Caring for hiccups of the heart, like atrial fibrillation for example, often throws me in front of the mirror, of middle age that is, and sadly the reflections show imperfections. Since I am middle aged myself, there are my own experiences. But everyday at work, on my job site, I see the effects of these same middle-age experiences on the atrium of my patients. The results are often profound. So must be the pressures. I read a passage in the wee hours of the quiet morning, in the dark, with a flickering book light. It grabbed me. It is from Elisabeth Strout’s Pulitzer Prize-winning, Olive Kitteridge. (more…) *This blog post was... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4002882 Sun, 26 Sep 2010 21:00:00 +0100 4002882 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3743519&cid=t_349880_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fembrace-life-with-your-seatbelt%2F2010.07.11 Watch this gorgeous video from the UK promoting seatbelt use. And buckle up! *This blog post was originally published at The Blog that Ate Manhattan* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3743519 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3743519 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3475992&cid=t_349880_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FtHRS5kHASFc%2F This advertisement, commissioned by the UK’s Sussex Safer Roads, is probably the most dramatic plug seatbelts we’ve ever seen: Post from: BlissTree Video of the Day: "Embrace Life" Campaign from Sussex Safer Roads (Source: Genetics and Health) Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3475992 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:30:34 +0100 3475992