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 'frequency'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:08:37 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5107966&cid=t_101811_180_f&fid=38607&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fsuccessbeginstoday%2FBHWQ%2F%7E3%2FIGXCdnzwUus%2F This was our fourth theme based week on Success Begins Today. The theme was metaphor, but it really should have been about blogging frequency. The week ended with an important creative decision on my part. Theme: Metaphor The week started out with a fundamental argument on blogging. It boiled down to this. Should I blog every day or should I blog only when I have a profound blog post ready to go. Should I hold off posting until I have something amazing to say. The two sides of the issue can be seen in these two opposing posts Blog Every Day: How I Write Eleven Blog Posts a Week by S. Anthony Iannarino I know a lot of people who blog regularly, and each of them has shared the experience of writing the post they believe is a complete throwaway only to have it draw the most comments and emai... Success Begins Today blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5107966 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 01:23:20 +0100 5107966 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5008195&cid=t_101811_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmammogram-frequency-should-be-dependent-on-more-than-a-womans-age%2F2011.07.07 I read the LA Times article by Shari Roan, Study urges more individual mammogram guidelines, with interest.  As Roan notes, guidelines to date have mainly focused on a woman’s age and not her other risks factors. The American Cancer Society recommends that healthy women undergo screening mammograms every one to two years beginning at age 40 regardless of risk factors. In 2009, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended a different schedule which urged the inclusion of an individual’s personal risks:  screening for women ages 40 to 49 should be based on individual risk factors and women ages 50 to 74 should be screened every two years. Monday, a paper was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine (full reference below) which argues for a more personalized approach to scree... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5008195 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 22:00:00 +0100 5008195 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4852854&cid=t_101811_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fpress-release-contains-ridiculous-health-claim-of-the-week%2F2011.05.23 Every once in a while, a press release comes along that’s worth mocking publically. Here’s one of them. In honor of National Mental Health Month, one PR flack pitched Philip Stein watches. In the flack’s words: “The highlighted element of the watch is the brand’s exclusive wellness technology that helps wearers improve sleep and reduce stress. The watch is embedded with a metal disk that emits natural frequencies into the body wearer and in turn, affects the wearer’s energy field. It’s called ‘Natural Frequency Technology’ and is a new patented technology studies suggest help to improve sleep quality and reduces stress.” Really. That’s what the flack said. Right off the bat, he’s gone from mental health issues to sleep... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4852854 Mon, 23 May 2011 20:00:00 +0100 4852854 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4744806&cid=t_101811_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fbenign-prostatic-hypertrophy-bph%2F Pathophysiology 1) hyperplasia of glands with or without hyperplasia of smooth muscle cells in the prostate 2) occurs mostly in transistion zone surrounding the urethra 3) resistance to flow eventually weakens the detrusor muscle Signs and Symptoms 1) urinary frequency 2) difficulty initiating voiding 3) diminished stream 4) incomplete bladder empyting with postvoid leakage 5) nocturia 6) recurrent UTIs 7) renal insufficiency 8) hematuria 9) diffuse enlargement on rectal exam Characteristic Test Findings Laboratory – 1) increased PSA Histology/Gross Pathology 1) enlarged gland compresses urethra 2) hyperplasia of glands and stroma Inheritance/Epidemiology occurs in > 90% of men by age 70 Treatment 1) finasteride to decrease prostate size and increase flow rate (inhibits 5-alpha reduc... Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4744806 Sun, 24 Apr 2011 06:00:36 +0100 4744806 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3724577&cid=t_101811_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FE-BWcl43UBs%2F Does Prayer Decrease Alcohol Consumption? Four research studies involving 1,758 people show that prayer frequency cuts alcohol consumption. In Study 1 of 824 people, we used a cross-sectional design and found that higher prayer frequency was related to lower alcohol consumption and problematic drinking behavior. Study 2 of 702 people used a longitudinal design and found that more frequent prayer predicted less alcohol consumption and problematic drinking behavior at a later date, and this relationship held when controlling for baseline levels of drinking and prayer. In Study 3 of 117 people, we used an experimental design to test for a causal relationship between prayer frequency and alcohol consumption. Participants assigned to pray every day (either an undirected prayer or a prayer fo... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3724577 Sat, 03 Jul 2010 19:37:00 +0100 3724577 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3740833&cid=t_101811_151_f&fid=35805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Ftwelvestepfacilitation%2FwAgT%2F%7E3%2FCphzlupmll0%2F Does Prayer Decrease Alcohol Consumption? Four methodologically diverse studies (N = 1,758) show that prayer frequency and alcohol consumption are negatively related. In Study 1 (n = 824), we used a cross-sectional design and found that higher prayer frequency was related to lower alcohol consumption and problematic drinking behavior. Study 2 (n = 702) used a longitudinal design and found that more frequent prayer at Time 1 predicted less alcohol consumption and problematic drinking behavior at Time 2, and this relationship held when controlling for baseline levels of drinking and prayer. In Study 3 (n = 117), we used an experimental design to test for a causal relationship between prayer frequency and alcohol consumption. Participants assigned to pray every day (either an undirected pr... Twelve Step Facilitation.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3740833 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:22:56 +0100 3740833 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3551987&cid=t_101811_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.virology.ws%2F022_W3310_10.wmv Download: .wmv (393 MB) | .mp4 (102 MB) Visit the virology W3310 home page for a complete list of course resources. (Source: virology blog) virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3551987 Mon, 10 May 2010 16:47:38 +0100 3551987 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2353757&cid=t_101811_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FZf-KAaY_Ahk%2F Here’s Michigan state representative Paul Opsommer (R) on the Department of Homeland Security’s “Enhanced Driver’s License,” which contains a radio frequency identification chip with a long read range: Expect the Department of Homeland Security to tell you what a great thing they are doing by allowing you the ability to buy these RFID licenses. They create the problem, provide a solution that is the cheapest for them and most risky for you, and then expect you to like it. But RFID is not mandated by Congress, and if enough states stand up for themselves the policy will be changed. Michigan needs to say no and do just that. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2353757 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:41:06 +0100 2353757 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1652530&cid=t_101811_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2F345061522%2F There are so many diets and crazy plans out there to lose weight. You know the cabbage soup diet, the Adkins diet, the peanut diet- yes that is real- and they all say when to eat and how often. What we need to remember is that how frequent we eat is almost as important as what we eat. People who eat at irregular times run a greater risk of developing insulin resistance and ultimately diabetes. Metabolic syndromes also can be triggered by such intake. Here is what one study found… The participants that said that they rarely ate a regular breakfast, lunch and dinner had, on average, a larger waist size and more blood lipid disorders than people who ate more regularly. They also tended to exhibit more signs of insulin resistance, which is thought to be an underlying cause of metabolic s... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1652530 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:41:03 +0100 1652530 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1626037&cid=t_101811_107_f&fid=36585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FHighlightHEALTH%2F%7E3%2F336132424%2F This study therefore suggest that social approval bias might well be a substantial problem in the interpretation of nutritional intervention effects that are dependent on education and awareness to affect behavior change. The magnitude of this bias is similar to the intervention effects reported in many studies evaluating changes in fruit and vegetable intake (ranging from 0.93 to 1.25 servings per day). Thus, a major challenge facing nutritional intervention researchers is assessing true behavioral change based on self-reports from reporting bias. This doesn’t mean that health questionnaires are useless. Rather, it means that many people simply aren’t being entirely truthful when it comes to how many fruits and vegetables they eat. The authors suggest that, in large dietary i... Highlight HEALTH blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1626037 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:30:18 +0100 1626037 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1458499&cid=t_101811_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2008%2F05%2F21%2Fpregnant-you-might-want-to-ditch-the-cell-phone%2F New research indicates that pregnant women using mobile phones possibly have an increased risk of giving birth to children with behavioural problems. The study, based on questioning the mothers of over 13,000 children born in the late 1990s, found that… “… mothers who did use the handsets were 54 per cent more likely to have children with behavioural problems and that the likelihood increased with the amount of potential exposure to the radiation. And when the children also later used the phones they were, overall, 80 per cent more likely to suffer from difficulties with behaviour. They were 25 per cent more at risk from emotional problems, 34 per cent more likely to suffer from difficulties relating to their peers, 35 per cent more likely to be hyperactive, and 49 per c... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1458499 Wed, 21 May 2008 10:19:36 +0100 1458499 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=818846&cid=t_101811_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F147389616%2F Using magnetoencephalography (MEG) brain imaging technology to measure brain electrical activity, Tony Wilson, Ph.D., has found that connections between brain cells are “deficient” between single regions of the brain in autistic children. It has been previously believed that such connections different between the regio ns of the brain in autistic persons. As reported in the August 23rd Science Daily, 20 participants listened to a series of clicks that occurred every 25 milliseconds (ms) for a period of 500 ms. Half of the participants were autistic, and the other half were not. The test is called the 40 hertz (cycles per second) auditory steady-state response test and “measures electromagnetic wave cycles and indicates brain cell discharges at the 40 hertz frequency.&#822... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=818846 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:14:19 +0100 818846 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=485338&cid=t_101811_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F03%2F20%2Felectromagnetic-field-didnt-cause-australia-cancer-cluster%2F Filed under: Breast Cancer, Research, Environment, Daily newsAn independent report revealed recently that women employed at the Toowong site of ABC's former Brisbane studios in Australia were six times more likely to develop breast cancer than other women.The site has been vacated. And the hunt is on -- for the cause of this unusually high rate of the disease.No luck yet -- but new findings, while not definitive on what has caused this cluster, do indicate exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) is not a factor -- because the low frequency fields at the site were typical of other workplaces and residences, without any such cancer cluster.Further testing will take place in an attempt to solve this on-going mystery, chronicled in the posts that follow.ABC journalists walk out over cancer cl... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=485338 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 485338 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=478734&cid=t_101811_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F03%2F14%2Fjournalist-leroy-sievers-may-just-crush-cancer%2F Filed under: Blogs, Daily news, Cancer SurvivorsAs Leroy Sievers says, "Most of you know me as someone with cancer. Google my name -- and yes, I confess, I've done that -- more often than not, it comes up linked to one other word: cancer. But what about all the other things I've been?"Sievers has been a journalist for most of his adult life. He's also been a baker, a short-order cook, a teacher, and an aspiring author. Yet cancer is the word most often used to describe this man.But maybe not for long.Could it be that Sievers -- a man whose life has been derailed by a deadly cancer traveling throughout his body, a man who has been contemplating death with each passing day -- may soon be rid of cancer altogether?Actually, Sievers already sees glimpses of cancer falling to the wayside.Having ... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=478734 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 478734 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=463408&cid=t_101811_113_f&fid=34649&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftechnhealth.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F11%2Fchildrens-hospital-adding-telemedicine.html Children's hospital adding telemedicine Australian IT has published an article about the Royal Children's Hospital in Brisbane utilising telemedicine with an $18 million grant.A range of services will be made available including wireless networks that will enable remote telemedicine and radio-frequency identification technology in wristbands. You can read the full story hereGreat to see an IT Department in Health taking the initiative and utilising technology to help people! Well done. Let's hope others will follow...tags technorati : telemedicine radio - frequency identification Royal Children's Hospital Brisbane (Source: Tech 'n' Health) Tech 'n' Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=463408 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 05:00:00 +0100 463408