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 'focused'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:12:04 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4040651&cid=t_159690_113_f&fid=39278&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogsite.mdbuyline.com%2F%3Fp%3D54 Can it be? Controlling internal bleeding without surgery or stitches?  Didn’t I see that on Star Trek?  Yes, but autonomous acoustic hemostasis is already here.  It’s an exciting technology based on high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) used to induce targeted blood coagulation within the body. Uncontrolled bleeding is a life-threatening concern with trauma, surgery, and stroke patients. When I asked Dr. Timothy Fabian, MD, Wilson alumni professor of surgery and chairman of the department of surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, about the numbers, he confirmed, “Traumatic injuries kill more than 170,000 people each year.” Blood loss is one of the first priorities in treating trauma and hemorrhagic stroke.  In fact, according to the National Trauma Institute... MD Buyline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4040651 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:49:34 +0100 4040651 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3976730&cid=t_159690_180_f&fid=38612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpickthebrain%2FLYVv%2F%7E3%2FahCasI2t9wI%2F Meditation helps. Meditation heals. And we all know that. But the problem arises when we realize we must meditate but don’t have time enough for that. Get up at seven, quick bath, get ready, breakfast, run for job, return late, parties with friends – everything tires us, and by the end of the day we’re too tired to concentrate on anything. We know meditation will help us relax more, but we don’t have time for that. This meditation technique is a very simple and easy technique and is subtly a part of almost all types of traditional and ‘commercial’ meditation systems like ‘Art of Living’ and ‘Transcendental Meditation’. You just need to separate twenty minutes from your daily schedule – at a fixed time every day. These twenty minutes must be ‘reserved’ for meditati... PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3976730 Fri, 17 Sep 2010 04:22:31 +0100 3976730 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3632268&cid=t_159690_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmedical-conventions-more-focus-on-patients-needed%2F2010.06.04 Andrew Schorr, host and founder of Patient Power, discusses the hope of changing the focus from products to patients at medical conventions. Shifting the Focus to Patients at Medical Conventions from Patient Power® on Vimeo. *This blog post was originally published at Andrew's Blog* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3632268 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:00:55 +0100 3632268 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3460214&cid=t_159690_109_f&fid=34752&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPsychsplash%2F%7E3%2Fy9iNZ6TP92o%2F URL: http://www.abacon.com/firstyearfocus/index.htmlThis site involves an easy to use interface, and helps first year students learn how to best save money, how to best study, and how to deal with other facets of their first year as an undergrad student. For: StudentsTopics: Academia, Behaviour Management, Fitness, Lifestyle, Social Support, Solution FocusedFeatures: Clinical Tools, Information, Resources, e-learning This website, by book publisher Allyn & Bacon, is explicitly for first year college/university students.  This site involves an easy to use interface, and helps first year students learn how to best save money, how to best study, and how to deal with other facets of their first year as an undergrad student.  Highly recommended! (Source: PsychSplash) PsychSplash blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3460214 Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:00:36 +0100 3460214 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3254470&cid=t_159690_101_f&fid=38969&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheemtspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2F08%2Fmastering-the-head-to-toe-assessment%2F You probably practiced your head-to-toe assessment a bunch in your EMT class. Maybe more than any other skill in the EMT curriculum. If your class was or is anything like mine (as a student or a teacher) you performed the head-to-toe assessment again and again. As much as we practice this skill in EMT class, I often wonder why so many EMT’s have such bad head-to-toe skills out on the street. It seems that, once we get out on the street, the systematic, thorough head-to-toe assessment falls out of favor and quickly gets replaced with the faster, more direct focused assessment. That works just fine most of the time. If it didn’t, I figure it probably wouldn’t be such a universal phenomenon. (For the record, have you ever worked somewhere where this wasn’t the case? ... The EMT Spot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3254470 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:46:07 +0100 3254470 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2999694&cid=t_159690_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FMRDJKneVQC8%2F Welcome to the 16th edition  of Scientia Pro Publica, the blog carnival  that celebrates the best science, nature and medical writing published in the blogosphere within the past 60 days. What are some of the fascinating topics you can explore and discuss with this group of bloggers? Science & Us The Evolving Mind: What’s the point of daydreaming? Credit: Johan Stigwall, via Flickr Generally Thinking: What is the brain impact of different types of meditation (focused, open monitoring, compassion)? The Emotion Machine: Can blogging help you control your environment and manage stress? Greater Good Magazine: Want to live longer and bettter? Collective Imagination: Can you share a powerful uncanny experience? Science & Friends via LiveScience Lab Rat: Pros and Cons of havin... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2999694 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:20:08 +0100 2999694 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2196263&cid=t_159690_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fintelligencetesting.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Fchc-cog-ach-research-synthesis-project.html I just posted another update to the on-line PPT SlideShare show that presents my current interpretation of the results of a "CHC cognitive-achievement relations research synthesis" project that I've been working on.   The newest feature is the inclusion of a set of "cheat-sheet" summary slides to be used by assessment professionals to engage in more selective referral-focused cognitive assessments.  These research-to-practice summary slides (click here if you want to see an example) are intended to take the research synthesis results (the first 100 slides....yes...the show has 130 in total and is not yet finished) and make the results practical.This presentation presents an update of the "CHC COG-ACH correlates research synthesis" project described and hosted at IQ's Corner and IAP. The... Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2196263 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:33:00 +0100 2196263 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1499900&cid=t_159690_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F06%2F06%2Ffamily-focused-therapy-involving-families-in-treatment-aids-bipolar-patients%2F Traditional talk therapy generally involves two people, therapist and patient, whose interactions are kept just between the two of them. Any conversation about the patient’s family is more likely to cast them as part of the problem than the solution. In an emerging treatment style called family-focused therapy, however, therapists are enlisting the help of patients’ relatives and friends in managing symptoms of their bipolar disorder, in which the patient cycles between manic “highs” and depressive “lows”. Research about family-focused therapy by Professor David Miklowitz of the University of Colorado inspired Dr. Igor Galynker to found the Family Center for Bipolar Disorder at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. Over 60 families have been evaluated since 2006, althou... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1499900 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:45:25 +0100 1499900 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1208969&cid=t_159690_107_f&fid=36585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FHighlightHEALTH%2F%7E3%2F230029767%2F This article was published on Highlight HEALTH. Related articlesSocial Networks and Health - The Research and the ReviewsThe Best of Highlight HEALTH 2007 - The Year in ReviewMedicine 2.0 #10 - Medicine and the Second Generation of Internet-based ServicesMedicine 2.0 #10 Call for SubmissionsHEALTH Highlights - July 10th, 2007 (Source: Highlight HEALTH) Highlight HEALTH blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1208969 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:35:24 +0100 1208969 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1074939&cid=t_159690_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2007%2F12%2F06%2Fdepression-more-deadly-for-diabetics%2F Depression is not only real, it has a very real impact on certain physical conditions as well. Researchers for years have known about a link between diabetes and depression. People with diabetes seem to suffer from depression more than those without. So the usual suggestion is that for anyone who has been diagnosed with diabetes, they should also be monitored for depression and referred to additional treatment for depression if it becomes an issue. But as we reported here earlier and The New York Times notes, Depression More Deadly for Diabetics. Specifically, older diabetics. The answer to this problem? Simple. Ensure people who have diabetes also get some type of focused depression management attention and treatment. Doing so will cut a diabetics risk of death in half. Which is a si... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1074939 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:54:38 +0100 1074939 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=575027&cid=t_159690_109_f&fid=34752&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPsychsplash%2F%7E3%2F112609046%2F A while back I featured an Australian publishing company called Innovative Resources. They produce books, card sets, stickers, non-competitive games, dolls, puppets, play-therapy ideas, gift, stationery and novelty items for use by teachers, therapists, social workers etc. Michelle Clark from Wise Beyond Words contacted me recently asking that I feature her site as she is the US reseller for the materials produced by Innovative Resources. I would love to see the materials more obviously featured on Michelle’s site, but it is useful that US professionals have a distributor. In fact, something which I did not feature in the original Innovative Resources page was a link to international retailers and resellers information. Here it is for those customers currently residing in USA, UK, Ca... PsychSplash blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=575027 Sat, 28 Apr 2007 05:53:03 +0100 575027 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=522803&cid=t_159690_109_f&fid=34752&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPsychsplash%2F%7E3%2F106837027%2F InnovativeResources.org is the online publishing front of St Luke’s Anglicare. This Australian based company uses its website to promote and sell its ever-expanding range of books, card sets, stickers, non-competitive games, dolls, puppets, play-therapy ideas, gift, stationery and novelty items. The products sold on Innovative Resources address a wide range of psychological and mental health topics from a strengths-based, solution-focused philosophy. Miranda (the public relations coordinator) informed me that the site has grown from around 1000 visits per month in late 2004 to over 15,000 visits per month in March 2007. The web sales now constitute around 20% of Innovative Resources’ total sales, and have almost quadrupled since the site was revamped in 2004. Innovative Resourc... PsychSplash blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=522803 Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:43:01 +0100 522803