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 'ending'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:31:20 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050714&cid=t_150724_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F21%2Fknowing-when-to-say-goodbye-how-to-break-up-with-a-friend%2F The heartbreak of ending a friendship can be devastating whether you were friends for two or twenty years. And it can be particularly hard when it’s with girlfriends. In a study (PDF) published in Psychology Review (2000), UCLA researchers found that in response to stress, instead of “fight-or-flight,” women “tend-or-friend.” Although both sexes release oxytocin associated with relaxation when stressed, it is more prominent in women — and this feel-good hormone promotes a maternal behavior to tend and bond with others. The feedback I received after posing a related question over on our Facebook page was a testament to that. Out of the over thirty responses we got, only a few were from men. Facebook friend William Miller, for example, left this comment: “Do most people a... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050714 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:57:36 +0100 5050714 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4489677&cid=t_150724_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fviolence-as-a-means-of-miscarriage%2F2011.02.16 In less than six months after I wrote ”Seven Reasons Why Pregnancy Becomes a Deadly Affair,” the public outrage is faint and inaudible regarding domestic violence committed against pregnant women. The subject therefore needs to be revisited again. On a college campus less than 90 minutes away from my home, a 17-year-old woman was kicked and punched in her abdomen for no apparent reason other than that she carried life within her womb. The alleged father of her baby, Devin Nickels, a college student at Florida State University (FSU), was apparently not happy about his new prospective role. He purportedly contacted a high school buddy, Andres Luis Marrero, who now attended the University of Tampa, and asked him to beat his girlfriend until she had a miscarriage for $200.00. Ma... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4489677 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:00:47 +0100 4489677 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3757865&cid=t_150724_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Funease-about-blogging-and-social-media-in-medicine%2F2010.07.15 Although it happened a few weeks ago, I only recently learned of the “retirement” of the blog called “Medic999” by EMS social media superstar Mark Glencourse who works in the United Kingdom. I only learned of Mark and his blog (which was recognized as the 2009 Fire/EMS Blog of the Year) in the past few months in association with the hugely popular Chronicles of EMS project (see the first episode on video here). In stating why he was stopping his blog, unfortunately, I find similar thoughts being shared by the medical colleagues I know about why people either stop blogging or don’t ever start in the first place: I find it a shame that the reason for this blog ending is the general lack of understanding of blogging and social media. I feel that I have promote... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3757865 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:00:00 +0100 3757865 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441691&cid=t_150724_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F05%2F27%2Ftermination-10-tips-when-ending-psychotherapy%2F The end of the psychotherapy relationship is a difficult phase of therapy. Perhaps the second most difficult one, next to actually making the decision to try out psychotherapy in the first place and pour your heart out to a complete stranger (albeit a professional). Therapists call the end of therapy “termination,” which doesn’t help in the “let’s give this a warm, fuzzy-feeling name to make it sound as least scary as possible” department. In everyday society, we typically “terminate” bugs or contracts, not relationships. But that’s psychology for you, always promoting psychobabble when simply calling it “ending therapy” would’ve sufficed. Ending any relationship for most of us is not something that comes easily, or is... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441691 Wed, 27 May 2009 10:00:30 +0100 2441691 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2380775&cid=t_150724_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F04%2Fproblem-of-technology-when-virtue.html In keeping with our discussion today of the power of technology--and adding in Yuval Levin's insight that society has replaced "promoting virtue" with "preventing suffering" as its overriding purpose--you end up with this story: A man is accused of using the Internet to assist the suicide of a mentally disturbed young man who lived 4000 miles away. From the story:A British woman tried to alert U.S. police four years ago to an online predator she believes coaxed her emotionally fragile son to kill himself. Mark Drybrough, 32, hanged himself July 27, 2005 in his home in Coventry, just east of Birmingham in the English midlands. He was recovering from a nervous breakdown and under psychiatric care.After his death, his family found two months' worth of online correspondence he'd had with a per... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2380775 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:33:00 +0100 2380775 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2147506&cid=t_150724_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F01%2Fbeginning-of-end-of-futile-care-theory.html We present a paradigm that has proven successful in business and law. In the small number of cases in which even the best efforts at communication and negotiation fail, we suggest that clinicians should find ways to better support each other in providing this care, rather than seeking to override the requests of these patients and families.Excellent! When presented with properly educated facts and emotional support, most families do the right thing by their loved ones. Education and compassionate emotional/spiritual support are the keys here. But in those rare cases where agreement cannot be reached, I agree that the right approach is to stop using coercion and provide the treatment--assuming it is not physiologically futile. That's the way to keep trust in medicine particularly at a time ... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2147506 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:34:00 +0100 2147506 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1353075&cid=t_150724_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F265110543%2F “…….happy endings are possible, even if they’re not quite the endings originally envisaged.” So an article in today’s Telegraph about love and Asperger’s syndrome describes the relationship between Sarah Hendrickx and Keith Newton. The couple met through internet dating: ……the first stage of their relationship was fiery and fraught. To Sarah, Keith was ‘a puzzle’. He’d plainly state that their blissful weekends were enough for him, that he’d never live with her or even move nearer. Sarah frequently found him selfish, cold and distant. Keith found Sarah hard work, demanding and ’screechy’. Hendrickx got a job with ASpire, an organization which works with adults with Asperger’s, and realized that ... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1353075 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:14:51 +0100 1353075 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1142499&cid=t_150724_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2008%2F01%2F10%2Fsweeney-todd%2F Went to see Sweeney Todd and here’s my review. Narrator: This is the tale of an ordinary man, who had everything… Mrs. Lovett: Barker, his name was. Benjamin Barker. Narrator: Until a man of power stole his freedom, destroyed his family and banished him… for life. And in his sorrow a new man was born. Mrs. Lovett: You’re barking mad. Sweeney Todd: The years, no doubt changed me After hard years in exile for a crime he didn’t commit, Benjamin Barker now Sweeney Todd, returns to London to find his wife dead and his daughter in the hands of the evil Judge Turpin. In his anger, Sweeney goes on a murderous rampage on all London, with the help of Mrs. Lovett, he opens a barber shop in which he lures his victims in with a charming smile before casual... bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1142499 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:14:53 +0100 1142499