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 'fatal'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:00:53 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159201&cid=t_106101_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F08%2F24%2Fis-it-really-mind-over-matter-the-mind-and-body-are-one%2F You have probably heard the phrase mind over matter, which implies the mind and matter are separable.  Or maybe you have heard it’s all in your head, or it’s mental.  Both of these phrases imply the separation of mind and brain (or body). So to explore this issue, I’d like to share some videos that discuss the unity of mind-body.  They can help us better understand how inseparable the mind and brain (body) really are. Mind vs. Brain: In the above video, Yale psychologist Paul Bloom says, “The mind is a product of the brain.  The mind is what the brain does.” Can we overload our brains? Steven Pinker, a scientist at Harvard, discusses the mind-brain myth in the video above.   Substance Dualism *Mirror* This is an excellent video (above) that discusses and re... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159201 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:29:31 +0100 5159201 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5057723&cid=t_106101_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Favoiding-wild-animal-attacks%2F2011.07.23 By now, most everyone is familiar with the tragic circumstances in which a visitor on a trail in Yellowstone National Park on July 6, 2011 surprised a brown (grizzly) bear with cubs, provoking a fatal attack. Fortunately, events like this are rare. At the same time, they are also predictable by virtue of our understanding of bear behavior, particularly in the wildland-urban interface. It was not the victim’s fault, and our hearts go out to his family and friends. For the benefit of others who will backpack and explore in bear country here is an excerpt about avoidance of hazardous animals, in particular bears, adapted from the book Medicine for the Outdoors: Avoidance of Hazardous Animals Most wild animal encounters can be avoided with caution and a little common sense. Follow these rule... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5057723 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:00:00 +0100 5057723 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934334&cid=t_106101_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F06%2F14%2Flearning-how-to-die-the-handbook-for-mortals%2F In any bookstore, you will find aisles and aisles of self-help books coaching us how to live more fully, how to embrace life with passion, and how to age in a way that we aren’t getting older! But how to die? Are you kidding me? DEPRESSING! But we desperately need a teacher in this area. Because each of us is eventually going to perish, and how nice it would be to have a few guidelines as we are getting close. In their book, Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness, authors Joanne Lynn, MD, Joan Harrold, MD, and Janice Lynch Schuster, MFA discuss the topic of dying from several perspectives: living with serious illness, helping families make wise decisions, getting the help you need, controlling pain, planning ahead, and enduring loss. It is a comprehensive and in... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934334 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:12:29 +0100 4934334 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4813253&cid=t_106101_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_wrupaZeHWs%2F By David BoazPresident Obama has been saying that if the United States government can find and eliminate Osama bin Laden after ten years of searching, it can do anything: Already, in several appearances since the raid, Obama has described it as a reminder that “as a nation there is nothing that we can’t do,” as he put it during an unrelated White House ceremony Monday. On Sunday night, during his first comments about the operation, he linked it to American values, saying the country is “once again reminded that America can do whatever we set our mind to.” This is, of course, nonsense. Finding bin Laden, difficult as it proved to be, was an incomparably simple task compared to using coercion and central planning to bring about desired results in defiance of economic reality. You ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4813253 Wed, 11 May 2011 14:01:13 +0100 4813253 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4758709&cid=t_106101_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F04%2F27%2Fjournal-of-the-american-medical-association-2011-vol-305-no-5%2F The objective of this study is to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of published randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to determine the overall risk of fatal adverse effects (FAEs) associated with bevacizumab, an angiogenesis inhibitor, used in conjunction with chemotherapy. The article concludes that in a meta-analysis of RCTs, bevacizumab in combination with chemotherapy or biological therapy, compared with chemotherapy alone, was associated with increased treatment-related mortality. An NHS Athens password is required to access this article online, alternatively contact the Library for a copy of this article Filed under: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Journals Tagged: Bevacizumab, Cancer, Drug Therapy, Fatal Adverse Effects, Randomised Controlled Trials (Sourc... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4758709 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:26:16 +0100 4758709 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4382764&cid=t_106101_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhealthcare-homicide-safer-to-work-in-a-prison-than-in-a-hospital%2F2011.01.21 There’s been a lot of stories in the news lately about homicides committed in hospitals. Just out of curiosity, I went to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) website and pulled some data from their Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. It confirmed what I suspected — that homicides of workers in hospitals have increased at twice the rate as correctional facilities, where worker homicides have remained stable. Here’s the graph I was able to make from the BLS data: The red bars (hospital murders) are up to six and seven homicides per year while the blue bars (correctional facility murders) have remained stable at about three per year. This is only for the employees who have been murdered, not all murder victims. When we consider the cost and repercussions of increased ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4382764 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:00:00 +0100 4382764 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4031215&cid=t_106101_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F9EyfR_v4p30%2F By David BoazFrom Greg Mankiw: Friedrich Hayek, The Fatal Conceit: “The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.” Bill Clinton, 9/21: “Do you know how many political and economic decisions are made in this world by people who don’t know what in the living daylights they are talking about?” Bill Clinton Channels Friedrich Hayek is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4031215 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:53:35 +0100 4031215 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3614693&cid=t_106101_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2F7P2XAb-2vD4%2F Factors that Foster and Hinder the Process of Recovery for Alcoholic Women. Alcoholism is a chronic, progressive, potentially fatal disease that crosses gender, race, ethnicity, age, and socioeconomic strata. Much of what is known about the disease of alcoholism has been uncovered studying male alcoholics. A phenomenological study was undertaken to identify those contextual factors that fostered and hindered the process of recovery for alcohol dependent women. Criteria for participation in the study were: women self-identifying as recovering from alcoholism, aged 25 years and older, able to converse and write in English, and abstinent from alcohol use for a minimum of two years. Eleven women (6 Caucasian, 4 African-American, one Native American; 8 heterosexual and 3 lesbians) in recover... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3614693 Mon, 31 May 2010 14:52:06 +0100 3614693 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3511269&cid=t_106101_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Ffatal-familial-insomnia-genetic-death.html (Source: Sleep Education) Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3511269 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:29:00 +0100 3511269 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3404154&cid=t_106101_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Ftrouble-becomes-an-asset%2F “I think that this particular Alcoholics Anonymous General Service Conference (1958) holds promise and has been filled with progress–because it has had trouble. And it has converted that trouble into an asset, into some growth, and into a great promise. “A.A. was born out of trouble, one of the most serious kinds of trouble that can befall an individual, the trouble attendant upon this dark and fatal malady of alcoholism. Every single one of us approached A.A. in trouble, in impossible trouble, in hopeless trouble. And that is why we came. “If this Conference was ruffled, if individuals were deeply disturbed–I say, ‘This is fine.” What parliament, what republic, what democracy has not been disturbed? Friction of opposing viewpoints is the very modu... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3404154 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:45:00 +0100 3404154 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3259277&cid=t_106101_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2Fh4NsCuhtg7E%2F Alcoholism is a primary, chronic, progressive disorder that has a predictable course; with inherited, physical, psychological and environmental risk factors; and is fatal if not treated and its progress arrested. A Disease of the Brain Alcoholism is also a brain disease because alcohol changes the brain—it changes its structure, how it works and how it thinks. These brain changes can be long lasting, and lead to the harmful behaviors seen in people who are alcoholic. Primary Alcoholism is not the result of another disorder but it is a causative factor in other disorders. Chronic Alcoholism is a chronic condition that continues over a long time, progresses consistently or intermittently, and can be managed. Progressive and Predictable As an addictive drug, alcohol use over time can lead t... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3259277 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:28:29 +0100 3259277 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3016934&cid=t_106101_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FVirologyBlog%2F%7E3%2FPvi3vGFCJRI%2F The World Health Organization recently convened a meeting of 100 clinicians, scientists, and public health professionals to discuss the clinical features of pandemic influenza. They concluded that the vast majority of infections with the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus were uncomplicated and are followed by full recovery within 7 days. However, some patients, including children, develop severe, progressive fatal pneumonia. Should we be worried about this pattern of infection? According to WHO: Concern is now focused on the clinical course and management of small subsets of patients who rapidly develop very severe progressive pneumonia. Treatment of these patients is difficult and demanding, strongly suggesting that emergency rooms and intensive care units will experience the heaviest burden of ... virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3016934 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:00:09 +0100 3016934 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2886649&cid=t_106101_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FR7LcuCQ5FUE%2F Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a potentially fatal genetic disorder caused by a deficient or abnormal blood protein called C1 inhibitor. It causes swelling of the extremities, face, trunk, abdomen or airways. Abdominal attacks can result in severe pain, nausea, vomiting, cramps and diarrhea. The attacks can be spontaneous but may also be triggered by stress, surgery or infection. Death may result when the airways close because of the swelling. Only 1 in 50,00 to 150,000 people worldwide/ 1 in 10,000 to 50,000 in the US is affected by this rare dominant mutation, but the mortality is quite high (30%) so it’s really good that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a treatment Hereditary angioedema. The FDA announced that Berinert has been approved for adults and adolescents wi... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2886649 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:58:27 +0100 2886649 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2770144&cid=t_106101_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2Fp-xdj-UJeVk%2F Many of us associate Labor Day with the Jerry Lewis Telethon for Muscular Dystrophy. But this many people are wondering if Lewis will also take the time to speak about his own disease, pulmonary fibrosis (PF). PF is a fatal lung disease, and what’s even scarier is that little is known about the disease. Other celebs like Robert Goulet and Marlon Brando had (and died) of the disease as well. PF scars the lungs and is untreatable and fatal. Most patients did within three to five years of diagnosis. Lewis has been relatively quiet about his disease. If I had to guess I would say he probably won’t speak about his own disease – but rather – focus on Muscular Dystrophy instead. Image: Zuma Press Post from: Blisstree Jerry Lewis’ Pulmonar... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2770144 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:12:28 +0100 2770144 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2584326&cid=t_106101_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fmakers-of-tysabri-report-another-case-of-pml%2F As Americans prepared to celebrate the anniversary of the signing of our Declaration of Independence, another declaration was being proffered by the makers of Tysabri.  Another case of PML has been reported in a multiple sclerosis patient taking their drug. Citing HIPPA regulations and international privacy concerns, nothing much is being said about the condition of the patient or a prognosis. The company did, however, offer a one page summary of the use of the drug (both in the USA and abroad) as of March of this year along with rudimentary information of the 10 reported cases of PML. I’ll not belabor the conversation of if/when to make a change to the drug.  Most people have made their own decisions (and I am still in the process of making mine).  PML is one of the factors to be... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2584326 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:18:39 +0100 2584326 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1311465&cid=t_106101_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F253758249%2F More than 3 percent of all deaths seem to be caused by adverse reactions to medical drugs, according to new research, according to a report in Nature. If substantiated by further work, this would make fatal adverse drug reactions the 7th most common cause of death in Sweden, where the research was done. James Ritter, the editor-in-chief of the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, which published the research, calls the finding “striking.” “It is a surprisingly high figure,” Donald Singer, a pharmacology expert at the University of Warwick, tells Nature, while wondering if the results can easily be generalized to other areas. Adverse drug reactions are known to be responsible for between 3 percent and 12 percent of hospital admissions, and fatal drug reactions account f... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1311465 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:26:32 +0100 1311465 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1158493&cid=t_106101_117_f&fid=36026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fzimney%2Ftysabri-approved-for-chrons-disease%2F Tysabri (natalizumab) has become the third biologic medication approved for the treatment of Crohn’s disease. Unlike the other two approved biologics, Remicade (infliximab) and Humira (adalimumab), Tysabri does not work by inhibiting tumor necrosis factor (TNF). Because of this it offers an alternative biologic treatment for those patients who either cannot tolerate or who do not respond well enough to the TNF inhibitors. Instead, it binds to a protein on the surface of certain types of white blood cells and prevents them from leaving the blood stream to enter the tissues where they would otherwise cause inflammation. Tysabri has already been approved for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. Tysabri is approved for use in adults with moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease with e... Dr. Z's Medical Report blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1158493 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:26:50 +0100 1158493 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1084321&cid=t_106101_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F198083708%2F Here are some links of new publications. All are ideas revisited by me from over the last few months. I read through a lot, and I mean a lot, of science journals and such this morning but the ones that I found the most interesting and news worthy were very similar to research I have shared previous. The new research takes things a step further… Depression linked to death following heart attack…Depression nearly triples the risk of death following a heart attack, even when accounting for other heart attack risk factors, according to research presented today at the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) annual meeting, which showed that among 360 depressed, post myocardial infarction patients followed for more than six years, those who did not recover from their depre... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1084321 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:49:32 +0100 1084321 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=828372&cid=t_106101_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F146524563%2F If you have a heart-zapping defibrillator implanted in your chest, you’re not supposed to compete in sports any more intense than bowling or golf. Lots of patients ignore those guidelines, trying everything from school basketball teams and community tennis leagues to running marathons and rock climbing — although no one knows if the life-saving implants work as well under that kind of stress. Many of these athletes will now take part in a nationwide registry to see once and for all if this is a validated risk. Do the athletes need more “shocks” to the heart than other persons that would watch from the sidelines? Can the implanted defibrillators withstand a direct hit to the chest? This registry will hopefully be able to give us more answers. With more and more ICD&#8217... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=828372 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:32:20 +0100 828372 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=682752&cid=t_106101_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F06%2F18%2Fdiabulimics-dangerously-drop-pounds-by-skipping-insulin%2F Filed under: Type 1, Childhood Health experts are witnessing a dangerous trend among type 1 diabetic teens and young women -- they are running high blood sugars to spark weight loss. Not officially cited as a medical condition, 'diabulimia' is a relatively recent term coined to describe the rising numbers facing this compulsion. One expert studying 'diabulimia' estimated up to one-third (450,000) type 1 diabetics have intentionally short-changed or skipped insulin to yield weight loss. Insulin delivers glucose to the body's cells. Without insulin, the body starves. Run high blood sugars and you lose weight fast. But the side effects are devastating. Ann Goebel-Fabbri, a clinical psychologist at Boston's Joslin Center for Diabetes, stated type 1 individuals with 'diabulimic' behavior exper... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=682752 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 682752 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=611999&cid=t_106101_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F05%2F17%2Fvitamins-linked-to-prostate-cancer%2F Filed under: Prostate Cancer, Research, Vitamins and nutrients, Daily newsIt's been suspected that taking too many vitamins may spike men's risk of dying from prostate cancer. On Wednesday, the biggest study yet to link high-dose multivitamins and prostate damage was published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Government scientists have been looking at the diet and health of almost 300,000 men. One third reported taking a daily multivitamin. Five percent were heavy users, marked by use more than seven times per week. Within five years of the study's launch, 10,241 men had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. About 1,476 had an advanced form of the disease. And 179 died. It seems heavy multivitamin users were nearly twice as likely to get fatal prostate cancer as men who neve... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=611999 Thu, 17 May 2007 04:00:00 +0100 611999