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 'fact'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:00:48 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934574&cid=t_105610_129_f&fid=27216&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifewithadhd.com%2Fadhd-research%2Fcause-of-adhd-sorting-out-fact-and-fiction.php What is the cause of ADHD? One fact is absolutely certain and that is there is no ONE cause of ADHD. ADHD causes which have gained a certain credence over the years have been many and varied and include bad parenting, too much media exposure and of course sugary food. All these are myths and have been debunked in recent years. What is certain now is that there are many co-factors involved. It seems that there is a problem in the child’s brain and so researchers have looked at mothers during pregnancy as one way to throw light on a possible cause of ADHD. It is possible that the foetus was damaged by alcohol, smoking, lead and other toxins and maybe there was some interaction between the genes and these toxic substances which would result in abnormal development of the child’s b... Life With ADHD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934574 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4934574 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4829104&cid=t_105610_129_f&fid=27216&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifewithadhd.com%2Fadhd-medication%2Fherbal-supplements-for-adhd-fact-or-fiction.php If my child takes herbal supplements for ADHD, it is natural so it must be good! This is a fictional belief in that it is superficial, to say the least. Herbal supplements for treating ADHD must be approached with the same caution as that in using ADHD conventional medication. FDA Warnings When the FDA in 2006 told pharmaceutical companies to put warning labels on ADHD medicines, alarm bells started sounding in many parents’ heads. There ARE potential health risks and these can range from stunted growth, insomnia, mood swings and even cardiac arrest. It is a fact and if you do not believe me, try visiting the FDA site for a horror trip through the psychostimulant drugs jungle. Another alarming fact is that US doctors are three times as likely to prescribe these drugs than their... Life With ADHD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4829104 Thu, 12 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4829104 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4758850&cid=t_105610_129_f&fid=27216&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifewithadhd.com%2Fadhd-drugs%2Fpsychotropic-adhd-drugs-a-fact-sheet-for-parents.php While the pharmaceutical companies are celebrating their profits for ADHD psychotropic or psychostimulant drugs for ADHD, worried parents are trying to steer clear of them and seek safer alternative ADHD therapies. Concerta is one of the psychotropic drugs prescribed for ADHD and the side effects from taking Concerta are worrisome to say the least. There were at least 8 million prescriptions written for these drugs ( Concerta, Risperdal, Adderall and Strattera) last year and represents a turnover of a mere $3 billion ! FDA Warning About Concerta Side-Effects Concerta was introduced in 2000 and just five years later the FDA were warning doctors and parents about some serious side effects of taking Concerta. Concerta has one great advantage and that is that it releases over a longer perio... Life With ADHD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4758850 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4758850 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4560268&cid=t_105610_87_f&fid=39182&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcovertrationingblog.com%2Fpodpress_trac%2Ffeed%2F1438%2F0%2Finsurers-save-obamacare.mp3 Podcast: Health insurance premiums all over the country are rising at rates that, only a year ago, were rare, and when they occurred, provoked angry and threatening letters from Secretary Sebelius. Increases in premiums of 40% are not uncommon this year, and businesses across the land (which otherwise might be inclined to do their patriotic duty, as defined by President Obama, and hire some people) are suffering because of it. Republicans, of course, already smell blood in the water. A federal judge has declared Obamacare – the entire law – to be unconstitutional, and has given the administration only a limited time to apply for a stay of his ruling. President Obama himself seems to be faltering on the individual mandate, telling states that they can forgo this mandate –... The Covert Rationing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4560268 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 12:36:08 +0100 4560268 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4540589&cid=t_105610_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F03%2F02%2Fnaked-therapy-or-just-cam-girl-soft-porn%2F When is psychotherapy, well, therapeutic? Is it any more therapeutic if your “therapist” starts taking off their clothes during your session? A freelance computer programmer, Sarah White, has decided that anyone can do therapy online. And not only that, she does it while she disrobes, one piece of clothing at a time. Yes, I’m serious. She calls this “Naked Therapy.” No, I’m still not kidding (and neither, apparently, is Sarah White). Be forewarned — a lot of the links in this article lead to websites with half-naked photos of a woman. I suppose the hook here is obvious — someone peddling cam-girl soft porn under the guise of something that’s “therapeutic,” because they hold a notepad and take notes while disrobing. So what a... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4540589 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 19:30:19 +0100 4540589 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4294709&cid=t_105610_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F12%2F28%2Fwhy-we-make-new-years-resolutions%2F It’s well known that New Year’s resolutions don’t have a high success rate. While many people opt to ditch the annual goal-setting event, about 40 to 45 percent of American adults set at least one resolution come New Year’s. Unfortunately for many, the results turn into a pattern: January 1, we start off determined to follow through on our goals. Excited and energized, we think that this year will be different from the last, when our resolutions went by the wayside. But come February or even mid-January, the majority of us have abandoned our goals altogether. So why do we continue to make resolutions every year even though so few of us follow through? One reason is the allure of starting from scratch. “The beginning of the year offers a fresh start and a clean slate,... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4294709 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:10:35 +0100 4294709 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4214104&cid=t_105610_87_f&fid=39182&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcovertrationingblog.com%2Fpodpress_trac%2Ffeed%2F1132%2F0%2Finsurers_utilities.mp3 Podcast: One of DrRich’s most dearly held theories, which he has expounded upon at length, is that the American health insurance industry supported Obamacare from the very beginning (and continues to do so) because the President’s plan offers them a graceful exit strategy from their now-defunct business model. Without Obamacare, the health insurance industry was headed toward sure oblivion. With Obamacare, they are headed toward – something else. The remarkable and sustained actions the insurance industry took in support of Obamacare, DrRich continues to submit, is all the evidence that one should need to conclude that a deal has been struck. But even DrRich has had to admit that it has never been entirely clear what, exactly, the deal was. What were the health insurance... The Covert Rationing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4214104 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:04:18 +0100 4214104 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4190147&cid=t_105610_87_f&fid=39182&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcovertrationingblog.com%2Fpodpress_trac%2Ffeed%2F1097%2F0%2Fwarning-republicans.mp3 Podcast: Regular readers will know that DrRich is not enamored with Obamacare. Further, they will recall that DrRich’s chief objection to Obamacare is that it codifies into law the final destruction of the classic doctor-patient relationship. Under Obamacare, the physician is not only released from her fiduciary obligation to her individual patient (i.e., the obligation to place the interests of the patient above all other considerations), but is strictly forbidden from acting in accordance with it. Indeed, elaborate mechanisms are established to assure that physicians will follow the directives which are to be handed down from omnipotent and immutable government panels, directives which will be explicitly aimed at optimizing collective rather than individual outcomes. And whereas p... The Covert Rationing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4190147 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:42:48 +0100 4190147 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4065416&cid=t_105610_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F10%2F13%2F3-danger-signs-your-partner-may-be-having-an-affair%2F Mira Kirshenbaum is one of my favorite relationship experts. She has written two books that I often recommend to my clients: Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay and Women and Love. They are easy reads, full of compassion and insight. As I contemplated writing a post about how couples become vulnerable to affairs I read this interview of Ms. Kirshenbaum where she really says it all: Is Your Partner Cheating on You? on Mira’s blog. Here she talks not only about real risk factors, she also rules out signs that could be misread. In other words, not all suspicious signs point to an affair. “…it’s not so much about warning signs. It’s about risk factors. And if you know what the risk factors are, you can do something about them and have a better relationship to boot…&#... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4065416 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:02:28 +0100 4065416 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3827064&cid=t_105610_87_f&fid=39182&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcovertrationingblog.com%2Fpodpress_trac%2Ffeed%2F809%2F0%2Fsaveobamacareimplications.mp3 Why Big Health Insurance Supported Obamacare, Part IV Podcast: In the past few posts (in particular, here and here), DrRich has shown why the health insurance industry embraced Obamacare, and indeed, took extraordinary steps to assure that Obamacare became the law of the land. This, of course, is especially interesting in light of the common perception that Obamacare constitutes a major defeat for the greedy health insurance industry. But the fact that big health insurance gave critical support to Obamacare is far more than merely interesting. It has major implications both to supporters of Obamacare, especially the ones who hope for an eventual single-payer outcome, and to opponents of Obamacare, many of whom hope to repeal it after the 2010 mid-term elections. For the health insurance i... The Covert Rationing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3827064 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:00:46 +0100 3827064 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3812973&cid=t_105610_87_f&fid=39182&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcovertrationingblog.com%2Fpodpress_trac%2Ffeed%2F720%2F0%2Fhowsaveobamacare.mp3 Why Big Health Insurance Supported Obamacare, Part III Podcast: As we have seen, the fact that the health insurance industry was going to support healthcare reform after the 2008 elections was a foregone conclusion.  The question was: How would the insurance industry support healthcare reform? When the time came, the support the insurance industry gave to President Obama’s efforts to reform healthcare followed four simple rules: 1) Do not actively oppose Obamacare. In stark contrast to its behavior during the Clinton’s effort to reform healthcare in 1993-94, this time the insurance industry never engaged its vast public relations resources to stifle healthcare reform.  There was no Harry and Louise this time. (Actually, Harry and Louise – the original actors – di... The Covert Rationing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3812973 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:02:01 +0100 3812973 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3802382&cid=t_105610_87_f&fid=39182&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcovertrationingblog.com%2Fpodpress_trac%2Ffeed%2F709%2F0%2Fwhysupportobamacare.mp3 Why Big Health Insurance Supported Obamacare, Part II Podcast: The fact that the health insurance industry supported Obamacare from the very beginning was entirely missed by the mainstream press. This is perhaps understandable, since a) the mainstream press does not understand the dynamics of the healthcare system, and b) during the Obamacare drama, the health insurance companies had been assigned, and had graciously accepted, their vital role as the Forces of Evil. To the famously credulous members of the mainstream press, it was easy to imagine that the insurers were actually among the opposition. But the insurance industry supported Obamacare from the start – and even before the start. During the Presidential race of 2008, for instance, managed care companies donated far more mon... The Covert Rationing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3802382 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:52:16 +0100 3802382 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3794770&cid=t_105610_87_f&fid=39182&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcovertrationingblog.com%2Fpodpress_trac%2Ffeed%2F634%2F0%2Fkeptthebust.mp3 Podcast: When President Obama moved into the White House in January of 2009, he found in the Oval Office a bust of Sir Winston Churchill, a gift from Great Britain to the United States during the Reagan presidency, a gift meant to symbolize the close ties between our two nations. The new President quickly decided he did not want to look at it. And, as one of the first acts of his presidency (before advancing his Stimulus Package, or pushing healthcare reform, or even inviting Andy Stern to dinner), he had that bust placed into a crate, packed with sawdust, and shipped by the afternoon mail right back to England. DrRich can think of several reasons why it might have been a better idea, instead of beginning his reign with a completely gratuitous insult to America’s longest and best an... The Covert Rationing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3794770 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:11:25 +0100 3794770 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3545642&cid=t_105610_160_f&fid=36189&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.skinmdblog.com%2F74%2Fskin-pigmentation-genetics-the-sun-aging%2F Skin pigmentation is caused by the hormone melanin.  It is produced by specialized cells called melanocytes located in the deepest of the skin’s layers. Your genes are partially responsible for the amount of melanin present in your skin’s cells.  Other than that, sun exposure is the primary cause of increased melanin production. There are some medical conditions (mostly hormonal changes) that will cause increased melanin production.  Sometimes the melanin clumps or forms patches.  The appearance of clumps or patches can be distressing.  They are sometimes referred to as age spots. Although getting older may play a role, everyone wants to live a long life.  So, inevitably everyone will get older. What many people hope to do is to minimize the damage that time does to their faces a... Skin MD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3545642 Sat, 08 May 2010 12:40:59 +0100 3545642 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3354378&cid=t_105610_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F03%2F11%2Fresearchers-discover-kids-dont-like-homework%2F Our friends over at the Association for Psychological Science made sure that a new study about video games would get out (because, you know, it’s about video games and kids, and that always seems to get people’s attention), so we took a look and published a news story earlier today about the study. This, however, is an example of a fairly silly study that provides little additional insight into the impact video games may have in a child’s world. The researchers compared two groups of boys ages 6-9 — those who received a video game system for the first time in their lives, and those who got none. They found that the boys who got a video game system, unsurprisingly, had lower reading and writing scores at the end of the 4 months study compared to the boys who had no v... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3354378 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:31:49 +0100 3354378 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3220511&cid=t_105610_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FaCkqZa3u09U%2F By Chris Moody Cato experts give Obama’s State of the Union a video fisking. Are we watching the History Channel or something?  Because this new president sure does sound a lot like the old one. Time for the SOTU fact check:  Cato experts put some of President Obama’s core State of the Union claims to the test. Here’s what they found. Flashback to February 2009: Gene Healy on how “the president talks too much.“ During this year’s SOTU, President Obama criticized the Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United case. Today’s podcast examines the Court’s ruling. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3220511 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:44:38 +0100 3220511 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3185418&cid=t_105610_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F01%2F18%2Flife-lessons-from-my-therapy-clients%2F Still floating in the haze of the passing New Year, I find myself reflecting further upon life, gratitude and noticing things around me that I might not be so tuned into during the hustle and bustle of daily life.  My psychotherapy clients, present and past, are on my mind.  Sure, they come to me for help for their individual and relationship strife and I am in a position of “knowing”  to them but I’d like to forget about that and focus on what I’ve learned from them about life and people in general. Here are some of the life lessons I’ve learned from my therapy clients: People can be incredibly brave. It is hard for some to even get through the door of a therapist’s office let alone open up their most wounded parts to another soul.  I am touched by the st... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3185418 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:35:37 +0100 3185418 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2931269&cid=t_105610_137_f&fid=35426&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fwidgets%2FFluIQ%2Ffluiq.swf The primary symptoms of the flu are fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue.By Angil Tarach Alzheimer's Reading Room The H1N1 flu is high on the ranks of national concern particularly since the President declared a health emergency. I know the importance of education, in particular, prevention. Prior to opening Visiting Angels in 2002, I worked as an Infection Control Coordinator for the State of Michigan. Sometimes the media can over exaggerate the truth of the flu facts, so it’s important to know where to find the correct information. There are 3 primary organizations that monitor the spread and provide education on prevention and treatment, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Associa... Alzheimer's Reading Room, The blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2931269 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:01:18 +0100 2931269 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2695372&cid=t_105610_88_f&fid=38153&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ozemedicine.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D789 Sunshine Hospital (in collaboration with RCH) has developed and has been using for a few years now, a pediatric procedural sedation parent information sheet and checklist to better manage risk in the ED. Dr Krieser has kindly consented to posting these documents on the OzEmedicine website where they will be printed off for Sunshine Hospital staff use, but may inspire other health services to create similar documentation for their ED staff, if they have not done so already. parent information sheet sedation check list more links for ED procedures on the wiki here. more links to patient information sheets on the wiki here. (Source: Oz E Medicine - emergency medicine in Australia) Oz E Medicine - emergency medicine in Australia blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2695372 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:08:52 +0100 2695372 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2447696&cid=t_105610_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F05%2F31%2Flies-lies-lies%2F Psychologist Paul Ekman is a pioneer in deception research who heads a high profile consulting firm that works with the FBI and other big clients to solve cases. Ekman developed the FACS (Facial Action Coding System) based on facial muscle movements and gestures he calls microexpressions. Sound familiar? If you’ve watched the new hit TV series Lie to Me, it’s not only based on Ekman’s work, he’s a consultant for the show, which lends authenticity to the first-ever show about this type of science. [Not seen it yet? Watch it on Hulu if you're in America, or via torrents.] During the recent Association for Psychological Science (APS) convention, Ekman and the show’s head writer Samuel Baum were interviewed in a popular session, and other scientists detailed their... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2447696 Sun, 31 May 2009 16:00:01 +0100 2447696 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2376402&cid=t_105610_117_f&fid=36026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Fzimney-health-and-medical-news-you-can-use%2Fswine-flu-separating-hysteria-from-fact%2F As of today, Monday April 27, I agree completely with President Obama when he says that while swine flu is an issue of concern, it is “not a cause for alarm.” There are several reasons why you should not panic in spite of the incessant media drum beat and the minute by minute updates. First, so far this is an extremely uncommon illness affecting a very small number of people in the United States, all of whom had mild illness and recovered without incident. Yes, it might spread further, but even so, let’s take a step back and remember that we’re talking about influenza, not Ebola or smallpox. And while full-blown influenza is no walk in the park, for most people it’s not even remotely life-threatening. It’s an unpleasant upper respiratory illness with systemic symptoms of fever,... Dr. Z's Medical Report blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2376402 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:53:24 +0100 2376402 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2077018&cid=t_105610_88_f&fid=38153&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ozemedicine.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D397 I have updated the wiki page which links to patient information sheets so that now you can not only find collections of information sheets available on the internet such as RCH paediatric ones and Victoria DHS sponsored ones, but now you can open the pdf’s directly from the page without need for further searching. Fact sheets are one area where we can all get a lot more efficient by combining resources and not re-inventing the wheel for each hospital. I am sure we don’t provide our patients and their families with written information as often as we would like to, so hopefully this link will make our lives so much easier. Have a great New Year. (Source: Oz E Medicine - emergency medicine in Australia) Oz E Medicine - emergency medicine in Australia blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2077018 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:13:15 +0100 2077018 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1975581&cid=t_105610_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2FM6Laq6VqjX8%2F var iamInit = function() {try{initIamServingHandler(420,630,272938,"http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/Resources/Css/css2.css")}catch(ex){}}() There is an interesting list of facts and figures related to diabetes from the Associated Press, including this one: “Total direct and indirect U.S. costs of diabetes are estimated at $218 billion a year.” Amazing. When non-diabetics hear this figure, they automatically think this is the cost of the general public. But guess what? Figure into that cost what diabetics themselves have to pay for: syringes, insulin (often more than one kind), test strips, testers, and more. Diabetes is a hardship in many ways, and cost is just one. Check out the rest of the figures here. Tags: cost of diabetes, cost of testing supplies, fact and figures abo... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1975581 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:23:15 +0100 1975581 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1416359&cid=t_105610_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F05%2F02%2Fmy-antipsychiatry-allies-are-dead-to-me%2F The latest.. . The Verdict: . (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1416359 Fri, 02 May 2008 17:09:56 +0100 1416359 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1251876&cid=t_105610_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F240060330%2Fready_for_googles_brain_implan.html Neural linkups to your brain will project Google’s images onto a screen in your brain. Fact or fiction?Science fiction advocates tell us to expect Google search engine - brain implants sooner than most people realize. How so?  Here’s the skinny on benefits of your Google Brain implant: 1. Forget any name in a conversation … and you’d be able to google it quickly … and accurately. 2. Read maps … keep up with sports scores … or follow news without ads while you work.3. Access data banks to outsource your best insights and organize fast facts for use later. 4. Shop or sell through online search engines in your head … designed to show updates as they appear.5. Download instant updates to computer programs … games … songs &... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1251876 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:55:17 +0100 1251876 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1221355&cid=t_105610_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FBreastfeeding123%2F%7E3%2F232943553%2F “Ultrasound examination of the lactating breast during breastfeeding by Peter Hartmann’s research team in Perth, Australia has provided new information about what occurs within the breast during let-down (Kent 2002). This team has found the following after observing many mothers and babies during breastfeeding: * On average 75 percent of the mothers had more than one let-down. * The women had on average 2.2 let-downs per breast. * The more let-downs a woman had, the more milk her baby received. * Babies received on average 2 1/3 oz. (70 ml) of milk at a feeding and slightly more than one ounce (35 ml) per let-down. * On average 35 percent of babies came off the breast during a let-down.” – “The Breastfeeding Answer Book,” p. 19. Tags: breastfeeding, brea... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1221355 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:55:04 +0100 1221355 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1198768&cid=t_105610_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FBreastfeeding123%2F%7E3%2F228692252%2F “Alveoli: Tiny milk-producing sacs that are arranged in clusters throughout the breast. Each breast has hundreds of alveoli. Once the milk is produced, it’s secreted into tube-shaped ducts that travel to the nipple.” Source: whattoexpect.com Tags: alveoli, anatomy, breast milk, breastfeeding, breasts, definition, lactationShare This (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1198768 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:16:32 +0100 1198768 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1188575&cid=t_105610_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F01%2F30%2Fa-love-letter-to-ect%2F We have a lot of respect for James Potash, a well-known researcher from Johns Hopkins who has made his career by studying the genetic basis of mood disorders and schizophrenia and possible overlaps. So we were a little saddened to see him write this love letter to ECT, over at ABC News. We don’t doubt that ECT has helped many, many people over the years, and, that as a treatment of last resort for people with serious, chronic depression, it is relatively effective. We’re a little concerned about his data in this article. ECT doesn’t appear to be effective in 75% of cases where it is used, from our reading of the research — its efficacy in fact varies from about 25% to 65% (see, for example, Eschweiler, et. al., 2007; Kellner, et. al. 2006; Kho, et. al., 2005). Si... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1188575 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:53:19 +0100 1188575 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1103659&cid=t_105610_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FBreastfeeding123%2F%7E3%2F202499639%2F Did you know that La Leche League International operates in 70 countries and territories and helps over 10 million people per year? Do you realize that encouraging and supporting breastfeeding actually saves babies’ lives? “Research shows that exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months – with continued breastfeeding for the first year – could save 1.3 million lives every year,” says Miriam Labbok, UNICEF Senior Advisor on Infant and Young Child Feeding. “This is well over 3,000 lives each and every day. And if breastfeeding is continued alongside appropriate complementary feeding until at least age two – we could be saving 5,500 additional lives each and every day of every year.” La Leche League’s Mission Statement La Leche League has a clear purpose, missi... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1103659 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:08:28 +0100 1103659 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1025531&cid=t_105610_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.breastfeedingworld.net%2Fdownloads%2F5%2520Do%2520You%2520Breastfeed.mp3 If you are looking for breastfeeding advocacy songs for a nurse-in, nurse-out, rally, World Breastfeeding Week or other breastfeeding awareness event, consider these songs recorded in conjunction with the Synchronized Breastfeeding Worldwide event last August. These are not quite as powerful as the World Breastfeeding Week Kit songs, but they’re catchy and set to tunes every mother should recognize! Click on the song titles to hear a rendition of each song. My favorite is “Give Your Breast” set to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It”! For a song from the child’s perspective, try “Breastfeed Me” sung to the tune of “Let It Be” by the Beatles. “Breast friends are best friends” in “The More We Get Tog... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1025531 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:38:00 +0100 1025531 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1019475&cid=t_105610_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FBreastfeeding123%2F%7E3%2F183201207%2F In its seventh year, the Quintessence Foundation’s Breastfeeding Challenge spanned three countries, including all thirteen Canadian provinces and Territories, two sites in Ukraine, and 25 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. With just 25 of 250 sites yet to report their results, it is clear that over 5,374 babies participated in the simultaneous breastfeeding challenge! The winners of the challenge are determined by the number of babies participating in a particular region (province, state, territory) compared to the birth rate for that region. While the results are still unofficial, the current winners are: ~ Category A Regions ~ more than 50,000 births per year (1) Quebec, Canada 30 (2) Ontario, Canada 8.7 (3) Texas, US 0.4 ~ Category B Regions ~ 10,000 to 50,000 births per y... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1019475 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:51:16 +0100 1019475 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1002561&cid=t_105610_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FBreastfeeding123%2F%7E3%2F179560661%2F When does a breastfeeding woman produce the most breast milk? (a) In between nursing sessions (after a feeding ends and before the next one starts) (b) During a nursing session (as milk is being taken from the breast), or (c) Equal amounts in between and during nursing sessions. It came as a surprise to me that the answer is (b). According to Baby Matters, Revised 2nd Edition: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Caring for Your Baby: While some milk is produced and stored between nursing sessions, most is made during nursing. p. 52. This is due to the increased prolactin produced in response to the suckling during nursing. Also, the less full the breasts, the more milk production speeds up. As the breasts fill, milk production slows down. Share This (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1002561 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 11:49:19 +0100 1002561 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=998806&cid=t_105610_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F178290103%2Fa_brains_path_to_eureka_or_ske.html Did you know that your brain uses a unique evidence gathering process to take in information?  Then it decides what possibilities are evident ... before you draw conclusions.Interesting new research points to a brain’s pathway toward making decisions that include eureka or screwed skewed judgments. Using innovative techniques and analysis, researchers pinpointed brain areas used to make decisions. What did they find? It seems that the human brain’s evaluation areas differ from areas that operate communication or thinking. How so? Dr. Wheeler mapped the brain’s process that enables decision-making, by tracking mental activity observed through magnetic imaging. Check out yesterday's details of this study to see its significance for those who gather s... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=998806 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:11:05 +0100 998806 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=954480&cid=t_105610_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FBreastfeeding123%2F%7E3%2F170655361%2F Time to have some more fun with a look at ten of the funny search terms people used to end up at Breastfeeding 1-2-3 in the last two weeks! 1. “i didn’t expect” You didn’t expect what? That you were going to end up at a breastfeeding blog? 2. “hummus recipe” I do have a good hummus recipe, but it’s not on my blog. Try my favorite recipe site, www.allrecipes.com. 3. “false” I am not! I consider myself a very genuine person. 4. “did anybody get pregnant using the withdrawal method” Oh dear. Looks like someone will be needing Breastfeeding 1-2-3 soon! 5. “relationship of music with science” I am sure they are very happy together. 6. “immigration officer humor” Ain’t nothin’ funny about an im... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=954480 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:53:55 +0100 954480 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=950987&cid=t_105610_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FBreastfeeding123%2F%7E3%2F170096451%2F WordPress tells me when a blog or other website links to Breastfeeding 1-2-3. I was surprised and pleased to see one day that a website in Arabic had linked to mine! That got me to wondering what the words “breastfeeding” and “breastfeed” look like in other languages. I used Google Translate to find out (so please forgive me if these are not exactly correct!) Breastfeeding and Breastfeed Arabic: الرضاعه من الصدر and ارضع Spanish: Lactancia and Amamantar French: L’allaitement maternel and Allaiter German: Stillen and Stillen Italian: Allattamento and Allattare Portuguese: Amamentação and Amamentar Just for kicks I used the feature that allows you to translate an entire webpage, and I took a screenshot of one of my ... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=950987 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:25:59 +0100 950987 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=925539&cid=t_105610_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FBreastfeeding123%2F%7E3%2F164712384%2F If you asked me which are my most favorite posts of all the ones I have written over the last year, I would not choose the ones that have been the most popular — the ones most viewed. My favorites are the ones that received the most reader comments! I love hearing what is on your mind and I appreciate each and every comment. Take a look at the following posts that Breastfeeding 1-2-3 readers deemed the most worthy of comment over the last year. 1. Applebee’s Cooking Up Breastfeeding Trouble 2. Toddler Nursing (Mom to Mom #5) 3. Are You Willing to Risk Getting Pregnant Again So Soon 4. Night-Weaned 5. What Do I Do When One Side Produces More? (Mom to Mom #3) 6. Should You Boycott Nestle? 7. Weaning from Co-Sleeping without Crying-It-Out (Mom to Mom #9) 8. Supporting All Mothers,... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=925539 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:06:09 +0100 925539 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=893374&cid=t_105610_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FBreastfeeding123%2F%7E3%2F160144916%2F As I was reading through my daughter’s latest copy of National Geographic Kids magazine I came across a piece of breastfeeding trivia. Want to play along? How many gallons of milk does a baby humpback whale drink per day? a) 30 gallons b) 70 gallons c) 130 gallons d) 170 gallons The answer is: c) A baby humpback whale drinks up to 130 gallons of milk each day! In contrast, a human infant might drink anywhere from two-and-a-half cups to almost four cups (a quart — a quarter of a gallon) of breast milk per day. Share This (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=893374 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 08:41:33 +0100 893374 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=856951&cid=t_105610_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FBreastfeeding123%2F%7E3%2F154517704%2F If you enjoy posting on any of the top 10 breastfeeding forums or messages boards, you might be interested in this free line of cute breastfeeding “tickers” or banners. Lilypie.com says: Lilypie Breastfeeding mothers announcement counts how long you have been nursing your baby and updates daily. Create your own free custom graphic which you can add to your website, forum posts, email signature or Windows desktop. It has its own web address so it will continue to keep track of how many years months, weeks and days you have been a nursing mummy. Lilypie offers several different icons (”Booby Baby” in a heart, tandem nursing, mother with father and child, toddler nursing, and babies and mothers with different skin tones). If desired you can customize the image with you... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=856951 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:51:30 +0100 856951 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=818949&cid=t_105610_151_f&fid=35793&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thejunkyswife.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fsong-of-day_23.html Little Known Fact:Ryan Adams wrote this song about divorcing my Ex. (Source: Heroin Addiction Codependence) Heroin Addiction Codependence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=818949 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:06:00 +0100 818949 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=489976&cid=t_105610_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F03%2F22%2Fthought-for-the-day-young-women-get-breast-cancer%2F Filed under: Brain Cancer, Magazines, Thought for the DayOK, we all know young women get breast cancer. But the way some talk about the pair -- young women and the deadly disease -- it would seem finding a young one living with this type of cancer is like locating that needle in a haystack. Many a young woman -- like me -- have heard doctors and nurses and technicians and family and friends remark, "you are too young for the disease," and then dismiss cancer suspicions as needless worry.The median age for women diagnosed with breast cancer is 65. But think about this fact, published in the Spring/Summer edition of Beyond: Live & Thrive After Breast Cancer.More than 240,000 women in the United States age 40 and under are living with breast cancer. Each year in this country, more than 14... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=489976 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 489976