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 'emily'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:02:50 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5103378&cid=t_124533_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F08%2F06%2Fwhat-trivial-habit-gives-a-giant-boost-of-happiness%2F Is it…getting enough sleep? Yes, but that’s not what I’m thinking of. Is it…getting some exercise? Yes, but that’s not what I’m thinking of. Give up? It’s….putting things away in the proper place! Zoikes, this (admittedly fairly insignificant) habit gives a disproportionate boost of happiness. Just this past weekend, I tried to find: The cord that connects my camera to my computer The headphones for my husband’s iTouch My younger daughter’s swimming goggles A copy of Patricia Clapp’s novel, Jane-Emily, for my older daughter (a terrific young-adult book, by the way) A business card I’d picked up at a meeting I attended three weeks ago The flight information for my upcoming trip A legal pad A pair of AA batteries My vi... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5103378 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 10:33:16 +0100 5103378 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893554&cid=t_124533_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F06%2F03%2F6-tips-for-battling-loneliness%2F The more I’ve learned about happiness, the more I’ve come to believe that loneliness is a terrible, common, and important obstacle to consider. A while back, after reading John Cacioppo’s fascinating book Loneliness, I posted Some counter-intuitive facts about loneliness, and several people responded by asking, “Okay, but what do I do about it? What steps can I take to feel less lonely?” I recently finished another fascinating book, Lonely — a memoir by Emily White, about her own experiences and research into loneliness. White doesn’t attempt to give specific advice about how to combat loneliness, but from her book, I gleaned these strategies… 1. Remember that although the distinction can be difficult to draw, loneliness and solitude are dif... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893554 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 20:22:22 +0100 4893554 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4852942&cid=t_124533_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F05%2F21%2Fthe-link-between-creativity-and-eccentricity%2F It’s common knowledge that creatives can be eccentric. We’ve seen this throughout history. Even Plato and Aristotle observed odd behaviors among playwrights and poets, writes Harvard University researcher Shelley Carson, author of Your Creative Brain: Seven Steps to Maximize Imagination, Productivity and Innovation in Your Life, in the May/June 2011 issue of Scientific American. She gave several examples of creatives’ strange behaviors: “Albert Einstein picked up cigarette butts off the street to get tobacco for his pipe; Howard Hughes spent entire days on a chair in the middle of the supposedly germ-free zone of his Beverly Hills Hotel suite; the composer Robert Schumann believed that his musical compositions were dictated to him by Beethoven and other deceased luminaries fro... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4852942 Sat, 21 May 2011 16:30:10 +0100 4852942 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4658413&cid=t_124533_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F03%2F30%2Fgrowing-up-bipolar%2F “Were you bipolar growing up?” a magazine editor asked me the other day. “I don’t know,” I said. “Do you think you were misdiagnosed back then as depressed?” “I don’t know,” I said. I wasn’t annoyed. I wasn’t rushed. I just really don’t know. I can clearly say that something was wrong with me, but I’m very careful to throw the “bipolar” word around when it pertains to kids given all the debate today on the topic. Friends of mine rant on another friend for medicating their daughter for bipolar disorder, who, according to the friends’ eyes, is perfectly fine. And then I hear the sadness and utter frustration of another friend whose bipolar daughter was just expelled from school. While I tend to be pretty conservative about meds myself (you’d never guess t... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4658413 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:30:32 +0100 4658413 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4600598&cid=t_124533_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F03%2F16%2Fkennedy-and-pronin-on-the-spiral-of-conflict%2F A group of  Harvard Law students are blogging over at the Law & Mind Blog.  Here is one of their posts about a chapter by Situationist Contributor Emily Pronin and Kathleen Kennedy (forthcoming in from Situationist Contributor Jon Hanson’s  book, “Ideology, Psychology, and Law”).  The post is authored by HLS student Michael Lieberman. * * * In their chapter, Bias Perception and the Spiral of Conflict, Kathleen Kennedy and Emily Pronin examine what they see as a major cause of breakdowns in negotiation, both small- and large-scale: a tendency of each side to view the other side’s position as biased and preference-driven (rather than based on objective facts). Kennedy and Pronin explain that we tend to see signs of bias all around us – some even posit t... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4600598 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 01:53:16 +0100 4600598 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4294635&cid=t_124533_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fptsd-flashbacks-reduced-by-playing-tetris%2F2010.12.26 Flashbacks are vivid, recurring, intrusive, and unwanted mental images of a past traumatic experience. They are a sine qua non of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Although drugs and cognitive behavioral interventions are available to treat PTSD, clinicians would prefer to utilize some sort of early intervention to prevent flashbacks from developing in the first place.  Well, researchers at Oxford University appear to have found one. Remarkably, all it takes is playing Tetris. Yes, Tetris! The team responsible for the discovery was led by Emily Holmes. The writeup appears in the November issue of PLoS ONE. Holmes and colleagues had reasoned that the human brain has a limited capacity to process memories, and that memory consolidation following a traumatic experience is typically co... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4294635 Sun, 26 Dec 2010 22:00:52 +0100 4294635 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4133833&cid=t_124533_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F11%2F03%2Fcan-your-creative-brain-ease-negative-moods%2F Your moods and emotions color the way you see the world, yourself, and your future. Negative mood states, such as anxiety, sadness, and anger, are part of the normal ebb and flow of human emotions. They provide a necessary counterpoint to the joyful and happy occasions of life, and they add depth to the “rich tapestry of human experience.” Of course, that doesn’t make them any more pleasant or easy to get through at the time you’re experiencing them. We have negative moods and emotions, however, for a reason. They are a way of alerting us that all is not right with our world and that we may need to take some sort of action. Rather than trying to escape these negative feelings — with pills, liquor, or thrills of some sort — we are better off exploring them and trying to ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4133833 Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:40:23 +0100 4133833 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4074040&cid=t_124533_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F39I3bMLUqyE%2F By David BoazThere have been a lot of claims about racist signs at tea parties over the past 18 months. And clearly there have been some. I used to go to antiwar rallies, and they would have people carrying giant 10-foot banners for various communist parties, which the media would politely ignore. Emily Ekins, a graduate student in political science who has been interning at the Cato Institute, wondered just how many such signs there might be. So, as the Washington Post reports, she decided to find out: A new analysis of political signs displayed at a tea party rally in Washington last month reveals that the vast majority of activists expressed narrow concerns about the government’s economic and spending policies and steered clear of the racially charged anti-Obama messages that have... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4074040 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:54:55 +0100 4074040 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4003286&cid=t_124533_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FG5Tqypoygkk%2F Emily Blunt is now almost... [[ 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=4003286 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:05:59 +0100 4003286 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3787024&cid=t_124533_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F14998574%2F1mddxt%2Fneuromarketing%7EBrain-Scans-Top-Surveys.htm What’s more accurate than asking people to predict their behavior? According to a new study at UCLA, the answer is, “Scan their brains.” This may not come as a surprise to those engaged in neuromarketing research, but the newly published research is one step in the process of validating brain scan techniques as a [...] CommentsThere are no silver bullets in Market Research. Brain activity ... by Brian LoCiceroIt would seem like our individual predictions would be worse if ... by Roger DooleyPlus 3 more... (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3787024 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:07:07 +0100 3787024 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3354267&cid=t_124533_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=3283495&cid=t_124533_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2010%2F02%2F18%2Folympians-raise-cancer-awareness%2F Filed under: Cancer SurvivorsWinter Olympic Bobsledder Emily Azevedo was just a child when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. Her doctors gave her a 50 percent change of living five years if she had chemotherapy. Twenty-five years later, Azevedo's mother is still cancer free. Azevedo is just one of many Olympians whose lives have been altered by cancer and who has stepped up to raise awareness about the disease. Azevedo works with the National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. (NBCF), which focuses on saving lives through early detection and providing mammograms for those in need. Legendary United States figure skaters Scott Hamilton and Dorothy Hamill have also battled cancer since becoming Olympic champions. In 1997, Hamilton, the 1984 Olympic gold medalist, was diagnosed with ... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3283495 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3283495 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3052114&cid=t_124533_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fbreastfeeding123%2Fworst-breastfeeding-incidents-of-2009%2F Sadly, breastfeeding discrimination continues, as evidenced by the following stories of 2009: Image courtesy of David Siqueira 1. Denny’s Restaurant harasses nursing mother. After Crystal Everitt was asked to cover up while breastfeeding at an Asheville, North Carolina, Denny’s restaurant, the regional management issued an unsatisfactory response. Local breastfeeding supporters went ahead with a nurse-in at the restaurant. 2. Dear Abby on pumping at work. Back in March, advice columnist Abigail Van Buren rightfully advised a woman not to be ashamed of pumping at work, but she failed to point out that a bathroom is not a pumping room and that California law protects pumping mothers in the workplace. The following June, the Dear Abby column published several follow-up letters wit... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3052114 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:09:01 +0100 3052114 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2963174&cid=t_124533_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F11%2F05%2Fasymmetric-introspection-and-extrospection%2F Situationist Contributor Emily Pronin recently wrote a very helpful primer on her work on the difference between “How We See Ourselves and How We See Others,” which she published in Science.  Here’s the abstract. * * * People see themselves differently from how they see others. They are immersed in their own sensations, emotions, and cognitions at the same time that their experience of others is dominated by what can be observed externally. This basic asymmetry has broad consequences. It leads people to judge themselves and their own behavior differently from how they judge others and those others behavior. Often, those differences produce disagreement and conflict. Understanding the psychological basis of those differences may help mitigate some of their negative effect... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2963174 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:07:57 +0100 2963174 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2473535&cid=t_124533_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F06%2F11%2Femily-pronin-on-the-situation-of-bias%2F In March of 2008, at the Second Harvard Conference on Law and Mind Sciences, Situationist Contributor Emily Pronin presented her fascinating and important work in a talk titled “Implications of Personal and Social Claims and Denials of Bias.”  Below we have pasted the abstract and the four video segments of her presentation. * * * People’s efforts to make accurate, fair, and sound judgments and decisions often are compromised by various cognitive and motivational biases. Although this is clearly a problem, the solution is less clear due to the fact that people generally deny, and often are literally unaware of, their own commissions of bias – even while they readily impute bias to those around them. I will discuss evidence for this asymmetry in bias perception and for the ... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2473535 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:03:51 +0100 2473535 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2469569&cid=t_124533_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F06%2F10%2Fthe-situation-of-biased-perceptions%2F Emily Aronson and Ushma Patel recently wrote a nice article (pasted below) about the important work of Situationist Contributor and psychology star Emily Pronin. Pronin’s work takes on special significance this week in light debates about the Sotomayor nomination and this week’s Supreme Court’s decision in Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co., in which Justice Kennedy wrote in the majority opinion that “The judge inquires into reasons that seem to be leading to a particular result. . . . To bring coherence to the process, and to seek respect for the resulting judgment, judges often explain the reasons for their conclusions and rulings. There are instances when the introspection that often attends this process may reveal that what the judge had assumed to be a proper, c... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2469569 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:00:09 +0100 2469569 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2141361&cid=t_124533_135_f&fid=35250&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.poz.com%2Fshawn%2Farchives%2F2009%2F01%2Fphotos_from_veg.html Finally! Pictures from the glitz and glory of Miss America! Click on any of the pictures to go to the entire photo album on Facebook. Tara Wheeler, Miss Virginia 2008! Tara did a great job at Miss America representing the Commonwealth. Her evening gown was the best on her preliminary night, and with her background in hockey as well her training with the Army, she could have kicked everyone's butt at the pageant! But she didn't. Why? Because she's classy: she's Miss Virginia. Took this picture after the final night of competition. I mentioned to Tara that one of my other favorites of the week was Miss Kansas, Emily Deaver, and she said that they were roommates (every contestant gets one) and that Kansas was as cool as she came across to the audience. Another cool person is Tara's mom.... Shawn's HIV Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2141361 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:26:23 +0100 2141361 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1985094&cid=t_124533_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2FO5YXBncu_sE%2F var iamInit = function() {try{initIamServingHandler(420,547,273038,"http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/Resources/Css/css2.css")}catch(ex){}}() Here’s some inspiration for us today. A quote by one of my favorite poets, Emily Dickinson: “To undertake is to achieve.” What this means to me as a diabetic is that simply making the decision to be healthy and take care of ourselves puts us ahead of the game. While diabetes may be a daunting thing when we first hear it or when we are first diagnosed, we can live well. We can live a positive life. Tags: challenges, chronic disease, Diabetes, diabetic, emily dickinson, Inspiration, quote, to undertake is to achieveShare This (Source: Diabetes Notes) Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1985094 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:21:40 +0100 1985094 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1676221&cid=t_124533_111_f&fid=34615&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergiblog.com%2F2008%2F08%2Fetiquette-in-the-er.html I don’t think I’ve ever had a patient plead for coffee. Back in the old days (pardon me, sonny, while I put my teeth in…), patients in the Coronary Care Unit were not allowed to have caffeinated coffee. No stimulating cardiac muscle in my department! All we could give them was Sanka. Freeze-dried Sanka. It would be a cold day in Hades before I’d be pleading with anyone for coffee, leaded or unleaded. I’d get it one way or another! Even if it meant my husband had to sneak it in under his coat! ******************** While at the BlogHer08 conference a few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of meeting Emily Post’s great-great granddaughter, Anna Post. (Yep, THE Emily Post!). Anna writes a blog entitled What Would Emily Post Do? , focusing on modern etiquette and... Emergiblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1676221 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:40:33 +0100 1676221 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1331589&cid=t_124533_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FBreastfeeding123%2F%7E3%2F259301169%2F The Vermont Human Rights Commission ruled today that Freedom Airlines discriminated against nursing mother Emily Gillette when a flight attendant asked Gillette to cover up while breastfeeding. The parties now have a six-month period in which to attempt to negotiate a settlement. If a settlement is not reached, the Commission could file a civil suit against Freedom Airlines. Gillette’s lawyer Beth Boepple has been quoted as saying: What the Human Rights Commission does with it and how they decide to fashion a remedy once we get past the next stage of the process– which is a six-month period of trying to negotiate a settlement — could in fact be precedent setting. For more on the story, see this WCAX.com report. Tags: breastfeeding, Delta, Emily-Gillette, Freedom-Airlines... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1331589 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:45:29 +0100 1331589 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1330046&cid=t_124533_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FBreastfeeding123%2F%7E3%2F258674990%2F Nearly a year and a half after Emily Gillette was removed from a Delta/Freedom Airlines flight for refusing to cover up while breastfeeding, the Vermont Human Rights Commission will hear the case. According to the Burlington Free Press, the Commission will review the findings of its investigator, who found reasonable grounds that Freedom discriminated against Gillette. The hearing is set to take place on Thursday, March 27, 2008, and it is closed to the public. While Gillette said she is not required to attend, she traveled to Vermont anyway. I feel really grateful, still, for the way the state’s set up. And I feel like it’s really important for us to show up as a sign of gratitude for everything the state has done to uphold its laws, and to show up for the commission, who have put so ... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1330046 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:40:13 +0100 1330046 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=761485&cid=t_124533_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F07%2F27%2Fnew-book-suggests-obesity-is-all-in-the-genes%2F Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Diet, Lifestyle, Exercise, Books, Support, CareThis past spring a new book by Gina Kolata, a science reporter for the New York Times, hit the scene -- Rethinking Thin: The New Science of Weight Loss - and the Myths and Realities of Dieting. I came across a mention of the book in the blogosphere and had to check it out. I have personally not read the book yet, but I have poured over newspaper and reader reviews. In Rethinking Thin, Kolata argues being fat is biological destiny. She says most overweight people are stuck within a relatively narrow weight range set by their genes. But as obesity rates have steadily risen and the phrase 'obesity epidemic' sails across the news waves, the pressure to eat healthy, exercise and lose weight screa... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=761485 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0100 761485 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=675437&cid=t_124533_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F06%2F13%2Flittle-cancer-survivors-peddle-lemonade-for-a-cure%2F Filed under: Childhood Cancers, Leukemia, Chemotherapy, Fundraisers, Daily newsThe two little girls who recently fashioned their own cardboard lemonade stand and sold their homemade refreshments for 50 cents a cup are not your typical lemonade entrepreneurs. What makes them stand out from the usual crowd of lemonade peddlers? These girls -- Emily is four and Lily is six -- are both cancer patients, undergoing chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia and raising money for cancer research.The two met last year at the Omaha Children's Hospital cancer clinic. Their mothers became fast friends, worked together on a neighborhood garage sale, and invited the little girls to set up a lemonade stand. The idea came from the story of another little girl, diagnosed with cancer just before her fir... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=675437 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 675437