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 'family healthcare'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:32:52 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2027021&cid=t_236779_118_f&fid=34892&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifeinthenhs.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F12%2F11%2Fone-of-the-last-taboos%2F I have heard it said that are just two certainties in life; that we have been born and that we will die. We hope that the distance between the two will be great and that the process where by we die will be relatively short and painless and that it will take place in our own beds. The trouble is, that with people living longer, with technology and medicine allowing people to live longer with ill health and disability the chances are that the process that we now call end of life is likely to be more prolonged, it might be less pleasant than we might hope and it might involve the emotional suffering of not only ourselves but those around us. When people develop a condition such as Motor Neurone Disease, Multiple Sclerosis or other long term neurological conditions they are faced with the pros... Life in the NHS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2027021 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:08:30 +0100 2027021 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1939858&cid=t_236779_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fbreast-cancer%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fconquering-my-fear-of-cancerand-spiders%2F Gracious and fearless. These are two characteristics that I felt were important for a woman to possess when I was in my 20s. That never changed. But here I am decades later and I still haven’t developed these qualities no matter how hard I have worked at it. I can however say that I have overcome some incredible fears. Cancer is one. After my battle with it, I can honestly say it doesn’t terrify me, but now I realize it wasn’t dying that I was afraid of, I was most afraid of losing my hair and my dignity. Well, I lost my hair but never my dignity. Spiders are my most recent conquered fear. It was actually a spider that helped me achieve that, and as peculiar as it sounds it was a mother spider. Under the eaves trough of my garage, right at the front in the middle, a beaut... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1939858 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:21:28 +0100 1939858 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1902232&cid=t_236779_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fbreast-cancer%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fpink-ribbons-breast-cancer-and-big-guys%2F In my quest for merchandise with pink ribbons, I came across a case of Propel Fit Water with a new label on each bottle showing the pink ribbon in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I buy this flavored bottled water for my youngest son who I call the “Big Guy.” As I have mentioned in past blog posts, he has earned this title along with the nickname “Moose” for being a 6′3″ 295-pound offensive tackle. So I am planning to send this big football player to school each day with bottled water adorned with pink ribbons. Frankly, as much as he avoids all things pink for obvious reasons, I don’t think this high school senior will mind. Kathy-Ellen and the “Big Guy” T.J, (his real acronym) has made an effort to be open and honest about his ... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1902232 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:43:53 +0100 1902232 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1892190&cid=t_236779_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fbreast-cancer%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fbreast-cancer-and-the-urge-to-nest%2F We made it through a tough week; my husband has pretty much recovered from the brachytherapy he received for prostate cancer. I don’t think he was ready for the fatigue and malaise that accompanies any in-hospital procedure though, or the effects of the drugs. Fortunately, he did rest over the weekend and gave into urges to nap. I have had my own recovering from his ordeal to do. His bout with cancer has made me feel that we have been infiltrated. Before when it was just me in the household that had a bout with cancer, I thought we had secured our home from further threat. Now I am finding myself desiring to nest and stay home so nothing else gets in. This has led me to spend the weekend tidying the house and adding a few decorating touches. I love the fall, but I didn’t want t... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1892190 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:35:46 +0100 1892190 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1560823&cid=t_236779_118_f&fid=34892&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifeinthenhs.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F07%2F01%2Fthe-best-part-about-having-time-off-from-work%2F Is going back! Well no not really, but when you book time off, arrange that holiday or in my case a few days away, then you know that the days just before hand and those when you return to work are going to be busy and not a little stressful. This time the two days before involved my mum deciding to let her hypertension get the better of her and end up with double vision and numb fingers. An MRI scan showed a number of small infarcts. It could have been worse, much worse and what is more she could have been in Spain where she was due to go 5 days later. Thankfully, having visited and trusting my instinct that all would be well, we went off for our trip to Barcelona with my brother and sister in law. This involved leaving 17 year old teenage son to his own devices. Glad to say that also app... Life in the NHS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1560823 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:30:45 +0100 1560823 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1007323&cid=t_236779_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F180457849%2F 1 in 150. 1 in 94. 1 in 67. These and other statistics are frequently heard in discussions about autism, and especially when the topic is the so-called autism epidemic and the rising prevalence rate of autism (occurring in only about 3 in every 10,000 children in the 1960s); they make for good t-shirts and headlines. I guess it’s known that you can lie with statistics—that numbers don’t always add up to what they seem to say. As Temple University mathematician and author John Allen Paulos writes in the November 4th ABC News in Deny All You Want, They’ll Still Believe: Why Public Denials May Only Fuel Conspiracy Theories: The difficulty in processing denials is probably part of the reason for their frequent ineffectiveness. Complexity and logical connectives get lost... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1007323 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:58:15 +0100 1007323