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 'forgetting'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:23:42 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4055717&cid=t_171371_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fbasic-health-education-not-so-basic%2F2010.10.10 The past two weeks I’ve been the “dayfloat” resident on the cardiology inpatient service. With the 30-hour-shift work “restrictions” placed on medical residents, there has been a need for new systems of care to ensure the safety of newly admitted patients and cardiology dayfloat is one of them. My job is to round with the post-call team, help them get out of the hospital on time, and then take care of their patients through the end of the work day. It’s a fairly easy rotation, as they go, though because I “float” from one team to another without patients of my own, it’s also not the most satisfying. Towards the end of my two week rotation, I was paged by a nurse because a patient’s husband wanted an update on his wife’s condition. Glancing at my “signout” — a on... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4055717 Sun, 10 Oct 2010 20:00:29 +0100 4055717 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2814674&cid=t_171371_137_f&fid=35426&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alz.co.uk%2Fresearch%2Ffiles%2FWorld%2520Alzheimer%2520Report%2520Executive%2520Summary.pdf World Alzheimer Report The report presents the most comprehensive global prevalence study of dementia to date and looks at levels of mortality, disability, strain on carers and dependency. The report also offers examples of good national dementia plans and information on health service responses. Importantly, the report also includes eight recommendations that will provide a global framework for action on dementia. To read the executive summary go here. To read the full report go here. Global Alzheimer's cases expected to rise sharply The 2009 World Alzheimer's Report, released today, estimates 35 million people worldwide are living with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. The figure is a 10% increase over 2005 numbers. To continue reading go here. The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzh... Alzheimer's Reading Room, The blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2814674 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:53:21 +0100 2814674 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414781&cid=t_171371_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fdoes-karol-sikora-do-any-work-for-nhs.html Following yesterday's article, several people have written in to comment that Karol Sikora is no longer on the staff at Imperial College. If that is correct, and I think it is, I must apologise for the inaccuracy. Note that on the beginning of the video, Sikora is styled as "Professor" although it does not say where. This may of course be using the word "Professor" in the same way we use the word "President" when we talk of "President" Carter, Bush, Clinton and Bush. It would be usual for a retired eminent professor to keep a courtesy title though, in view of his recent activity, I hesitate to suggest to use the expression "Professor emeritus".It is not clear, nor is it possible to establish with internet research, if indeed Karol Sikora still has any "hands-on" role with NHS patients. One... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414781 Sat, 16 May 2009 11:12:00 +0100 2414781 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1660858&cid=t_171371_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2F348148767%2F It might sound a little strange, but the Alzheimer’s Association is calling on people to ‘host an Alzheimer’s Party’ to watch The Forgetting is an Emmy Award-winning documentary based on David Shenk’s best-selling book. This documentary will air nationally Sunday, August 3, 2008 at 9:00 pm ET on PBS (local broadcasts may vary). The idea is that you sign up with the Alzheimer’s Association to host a party and they’ll send you party set up tips and tools, local PBS broadcast information and party activity materials via email. Sounds like a great way to increase awareness of Alzheimer’s and have some fun at the same time… Tags: Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's Awareness, david shenk, the forgettingShare This (Source: Alzheimer's Notes) Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1660858 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:32:54 +0100 1660858 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1346239&cid=t_171371_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F262789554%2Fmemory_myths_it_pays_to_forget.html In a recent discussion about human brains ... with Gus Gustavus at Montgomery College-Rockville ... I was reminded of several memory myths it pays to forget. Fall for these fables … and you’ll likely limit your brain’s basal ganglia operations ... which hold long term memories. The myths also shortchange the brain’s working memory from yielding its extravagant dividends. Have you seen it happen?Recent research is yielding magic keys about how to remember more. How so? In this month’s cover story The Brain at Work at HR Magazine we’re reminded how scientists once believed that the brain was “hard-wired” early in life. They now know that the brain of a 71-year-old is the same as the brain of a 17-year-old in its ability to make ... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1346239 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:10:00 +0100 1346239 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1256292&cid=t_171371_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F241169755%2F I recently got a message about a local meeting of an autism organization that supports “immediate” alternative treatments for autistic children. I’m not able to attend the meeting and have been thinking about that word “immediate.” It’s not hard to understand why a parent would want some way to stop a child from head-banging (as my son used to, and frequently), or to wish that getting a child to say that first word could happen at the snap of one’s fingers; that one day you would wake up and your child could seamlessly, smilingly, read sentence after sentence in a book or just join in and play with the other kids on the playground. It’s all too easy to understand why parents wish for a fast and effective treatment, a “magic pill” ... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1256292 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:51:02 +0100 1256292 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=935384&cid=t_171371_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F166725530%2Fnew_spin_on_forgetting_names.html If you’ve worried about hearing and then forgetting a name or two – take heart. Scientists now tell us that forgetting names is deliberate, not accidental. The loss of names … we’re told … is  simply the brain’s way of freeing up space in your working memory for other key facts you need more. Why does it matter? As it turns out … your brain both reserves energy ... and improves its function ...  for facts it chooses to hang onto. Studies by Dr. Gael Malleret, neuroscientist at Columbia University,  show how the human brain would simply become overwhelmed if it did not learn to forget. So it drops some information in favor of you keeping and using other more relevant or immediate facts. Luckily, you can always retrieve and put back... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=935384 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:45:09 +0100 935384