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 'folks'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:00:21 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3490679&cid=t_320526_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F04%2F21%2Fbrain-games-dont-help-your-brain%2F A red flag always goes up in my mind when I see an entire industry sprout up around something that doesn’t have a lot of research backing. That’s been the problem with these so-called “brain games” — you know, those video or online games that supposedly improve your memory or thinking. Makers of these games like to point to studies of people who were older (usually seniors), had existing memory or cognitive problems or other issues who engaged in specific tasks and then were shown to have some improvement in memory or cognition. Few studies have been done on these games with everyday folks like you and I. And fewer still studies have been done on the specific games being marketed to consumers (often the studies use tasks that the games then try and replicate,... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3490679 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:43:08 +0100 3490679 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3092739&cid=t_320526_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F12%2F15%2Fpsych-central-mindapps-offer-ecbt-iphone-app%2F A few months ago, MindApps released an iPhone application called “eCBT Mood.” It allows a user to apply tried and true cognitive-behavioral techniques in their everyday life, and track their progress with those techniques over time with a simple graph. I liked it because it explained CBT stuff in a direct, easy-to-understand manner, and most importantly, was “actionable.” It walks you through specific steps of an automatic thought, for instance, and gives you encouragement to try and change it as it’s happening. The application’s core is an “eCBT toolbox” that allows you to learn more about your thoughts and feelings, identify your automatic thoughts, keep a feeling and thoughts log, challenge automatic thoughts, and identify and challenge co... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3092739 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:36:00 +0100 3092739 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2550249&cid=t_320526_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F06%2F28%2F4-things-healthy-older-people-have-in-common%2F I’m, right now and right here, sitting on the peak of that so-called hill we always talk about. Things could go swell for another 40 years, at which time I’ll be buried by any remaining friends. Or they could blow up in my face and trim my life back by a few decades. My body is no longer resilient to careless experiments. That’s for sure. At almost 40, I do indeed suffer the consequences of an extra shot of espresso, two nights of interrupted sleep, or a chocolate binge. The forgiveness and flexibility of my youth has officially gone bye-bye. So I’ve begun to ask myself what the energetic 80-year-olds that swim at the Naval Academy with me are doing differently than the lifeless elderly folks at the senior center I occasionally visit. And, yes, I’ll occasiona... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2550249 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:26:41 +0100 2550249 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1335496&cid=t_320526_155_f&fid=36520&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrzeusforensicfiles.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Frhetorician-in-blue-linen-labcoat.html Let us all welcome The Rhetorician in the Blue Linen Labcoat to the blogosphere, with her Rethorykical Questions. I can't spell it or pronounce it, but I can cut and paste. Do check out her tales of life in Elsinore--particularly Bible, Brick or Toaster, detailing a close encounter of the Jehovah's Witness kind. (Source: Dr. Zeus's Forensic Files) Dr. Zeus's Forensic Files blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1335496 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:38:00 +0100 1335496 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1155946&cid=t_320526_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2008%2F01%2F16%2Fwasted-days-and-wasted-nights%2F Not the kind of wasted that is fun, either. For about the last month or so (or maybe year or so), I just can’t get my ass in gear to do the things that need done. I get up in the morning with big plans to do this and that. But, soon, I’m diverted to something else….usually something that I just want to do. Needed things are just not getting attention around here. I start them or piddle with them a bit, then….off to something else. Lately, I’ve been fooling around with pictures and posting them to Flickr. Just my latest obession that will die a sudden death one day. I went up to my office yesterday fulling intended to clean out old business files and start organizing stuff for taxes. Instead, here is what I did…….     (Sat. Dance at the Old Folks... bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1155946 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:54:03 +0100 1155946