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 'genders'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:38:17 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3556155&cid=t_137291_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F05%2F12%2Fa-womans-touch-increases-risk-taking%2F We all know the value of human touch. It’s one of the defining cornerstones of our existence since our birth — the connection between mother and infant. The importance of maternal physical contact and nurturing has been demonstrated time and time again in previous research. But what we don’t always realize is the impact simple human touch has on another person. A handshake, a touch of the shoulder — these things matter in more ways than we may realize. Could human touch increase our sense of security, as prior studies have suggested, which in turn could make us to make more risky decisions? That’s what two researchers (Levav & Argo, 2010) set to find out in a series of three experiments… The main hypothesis we tested is that certain forms of physi... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3556155 Wed, 12 May 2010 15:05:23 +0100 3556155 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3533905&cid=t_137291_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F05%2F05%2Fsex-on-antidepressants%2F Awhile back a reader asked me if I’d cover the topic of intimacy complications with regard to antidepressants. Ah. Yeah. Every time I write about this controversial topic, I usually get hammered by the left, right, and center. This is obviously delicate ground, so let me tread lightly. In a recent Johns Hopkins Health Alert called “The Challenge of Antidepressant Medication and Intimacy,” I read this: While sexual dysfunction is a frequent symptom of depression itself (and successful treatment of depression may eliminate it), antidepressant medication can sometimes worsen or even cause sexual problems. In fact, sexual dysfunction is a potential side effect of all classes of antidepressants. Between 30% and 70% of people who take antidepressant medications experience sex... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3533905 Wed, 05 May 2010 10:42:29 +0100 3533905 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3251244&cid=t_137291_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F02%2F08%2Fintroducing-the-pop-psychology-blog%2F Genders issues in mainstream psychology are of interest to a great many people, us included. So we’re happy to welcome Yale University student, Johannah Cousins, as our newest blogger to be blogging about the intersection of gender issues and pop psychology in her new blog, Pop Psychology. Johannah Cousins is a senior English major at Yale University with a focus on gender studies and contemporary popular culture. She recently completed her senior thesis, an analysis of the cultural and feminist context of the Twilight series. She is a film and music critic and staff writer for the Yale Herald Arts & Entertainment Section. Please head on over to Pop Psychology and check it out today! (Source: World of Psychology) World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3251244 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:11:00 +0100 3251244 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349683&cid=t_137291_140_f&fid=34844&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheicarusproject.net%2Fcampus-organizing%2Fradical-organizing-many-realities-alex-samets Icarista Alex Samets recently wrote the essay "Struggle in Movement: The Icarus Project and Radical Organizing for Many Realities"  as part of the In The Middle Of A Whirlwind journal. You can read it in our Articles section and also download a .pdf here. (Source: The Icarus Project - Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness) The Icarus Project - Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349683 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:11:58 +0100 2349683 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1319545&cid=t_137291_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F255505107%2Fdangerous_myths_that_resist_ch.html Here are 10 myths that have been removed in theory only ... with neuroscience discoveries. Most though,  still await application to improve business. Each myth … in as much as it shapes actions … can  lower productivity at work. Each one also waits in the wings for one courageous person to model and engage in your organization. How many myths in the list below … drive main engines where you work? 1. Venting is often therapeutic. In reality … people who vent can shut down learning and innovation … because of cortisol chemicals increased through venting.  2. Lectures transmit knowledge. In reality … lectures work against the human brain. It’s because working memory can only hold small bits of information &hell... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1319545 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:44:58 +0100 1319545 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=780696&cid=t_137291_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F140942651%2F The August 5th New York Times Magazine asks. (I’d like to ask what’s going on with today’s NY Times, which has four, maybe even five, articles about autism, including the one noted in this post, and also one on nerdcore, one on social networks as an explanation for the increase in autism, one on how a process called Verified might be used to evalute autism research, and (this is a more tangential connection) one on ordering fast food without having to talk. Something in the water—the subway fumes………) A few excerpts from the longer article, What Autistic Girls Are Made Of: There is preliminary evidence that girls and women also vary from the male Asperger’s profile in terms of their interests, as Catherine Lord suggests. David Skuse, a psychiatry... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=780696 Sun, 05 Aug 2007 17:13:43 +0100 780696