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 'generations'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:00:34 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4714959&cid=t_170963_134_f&fid=35213&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fblogspot%2FYNchP%2F%7E3%2FuKnkF5J8E_Y%2Fdiabetic-generational-delima.html hubby is diabetic and non-compliant hubby's father is diabetic and non-compliant hubby's grandfather died from diabetes, probably non-compliant hubby's great grandfather died from diabetes, probably no drugs at that time I have witnessed hubby's father yelling and screaming, angry as a bear, in a diabetic low. He used to get so mad at me and just scream his head off at me as I sat there in a stupor trying to figure out what it was I had done to tick the guy off. I finally realized what was going on and now I simply inform him that he does not have the "right" to talk to me that way. Most often he backs off and goes into the other room. I also do not go visit my in-laws one second more than I absolutely have to. I do not encourage my husband to go visit them either. Additionally, my fath... Wife of a Diabetic blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4714959 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:00:00 +0100 4714959 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2447980&cid=t_170963_131_f&fid=34994&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gnxp.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F06%2Fyour-generation-was-more-road-raging.php Click the tab below the body of this post to read previous entries in the series about how previous generations were more depraved. One way to look at how civilized we are is to see how we behave in situations where our conduct can mean the difference between life and death for those around us -- for example, when we drive our car. Traffic deaths, of course, reflect properties of the car as much as the people involved, but teasing the two apart turns out to be pretty simple in this case.In my brief review of Daniel Gardner's book The Science of Fear, I gave a few examples of how media coverage of some threat was outta-whack with the underlying risk, namely homicide and rape. Gardner spends a few pages talking about the epidemic of "road rage" that was allegedly sweeping across the country ... Gene Expression blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2447980 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:18:00 +0100 2447980 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2442903&cid=t_170963_158_f&fid=36018&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaregiversbeacon.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Ffor-many-seniors-switching-from-getting.html For many seniors switching from getting information from "paper media" to getting it online is a challenge, but it can be an important way to enhance the senior years.Some of the benefits include:* Obtaining information about health and insurance* Enjoying history websites, especially about events they remember* Keeping up with the latest local and world news at a time when "paper newspapers" are declining * Communicating with others by email * Mental stimulation to keep the brain healthyThe video below explains that in the past seniors held the keys to passing along history and wisdom. But now that has changed with the online information age. Giving the seniors the "keys" to online information by promoting senior computer literacy is an important goal when seeking to improve... The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2442903 Sun, 24 May 2009 19:19:00 +0100 2442903 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2365129&cid=t_170963_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F04%2F23%2Ftv-relieves-loneliness%2F In a study that should surprise no one, new research suggests that a person can increase their feelings of belongingness — the sense of being in a social situation — by simply watching television. TV can act as a social surrogate for actual human contact, making us feel like we have a social relationship with the TV characters. It may not be real social relationship, but it appears that may not really matter in terms of its relief of feelings of social isolation and rejection. And if television can be shown to do this, it’s not a huge leap to imagine the value of the Internet in also relieving social isolation. In fact, some research has already been published that shows just that (see previous link). Is any of this a “good” thing? Well, it depends on how you... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2365129 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:13:43 +0100 2365129 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2090027&cid=t_170963_131_f&fid=34994&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gnxp.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F01%2Fteen-birth-rates-up-but-nothing-to.php After declining pretty steadily from 1991 to 2005, in 2006 teen birth rates showed a slight uptick. Rather than swallow what the mass media and doomsaying blogosphere infers, read the report for yourself -- what you want to know is contained in the first 5 to 10 pages. Since most people worry about the long-term trend, and where things are going, I've taken data from the report's tables and put them into easy to understand time-series graphs, broken down by race and ethnicity. I'll then address a few of the larger issues.All birth rates are live births per 1000 women in a given group. I'll only look at births to 15 - 17 year-olds because mothers younger than that are even rarer, and people freak out less about mothers at or above the age of majority. The 18 - 19 graphs look similar, and yo... Gene Expression blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2090027 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:48:00 +0100 2090027 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1975024&cid=t_170963_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F11%2F20%2Fonline-important-to-teens-adults-dont-understand%2F A new report was released today from The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation that suggests teenagers today use and value technologies online that adults don’t always value or understand. I would suggest that this report describes a predictable generation gap that occurs with every few generations. Just as my parents couldn’t understand why I wanted to spend hours every evening on the phone to friends I had just seen in school all day, today’s parents don’t understand teens’ need to always be connected — via text messaging, IM, or some other technology — to their friends. A few generations prior, the technology wasn’t the telephone, but rather the automobile that upset how families and friends kept in touch. Mail that used to take ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1975024 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:18:33 +0100 1975024 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1556376&cid=t_170963_131_f&fid=34994&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gnxp.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F06%2Fyour-generation-was-more-into.php Remember that better time when college coeds frolicked on the quad lawn, safe from the eyes of older males, who were drawn instead to the allure of a mature woman? Indeed, doesn't it seem like nowadays, in our Girls Gone Wild culture, we shove females into the sexual spotlight at ever younger ages? That's what you'd conclude from the 50,000 alarmist results that a Google search for "+sexualizing +young" returns, in particular the recent panic over 15 year-old Miley Cyrus posing semi-topless for Vanity Fair. The cropped picture to the left is of Elizabeth Ann Roberts, who was 16 when she was photographed nude as Playboy Playmate of the Month -- of January 1958.On an intuitive level, though, we know that the culture must be more hostile than before to sexualizing young females -- there would... Gene Expression blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1556376 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:29:00 +0100 1556376 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1543332&cid=t_170963_131_f&fid=34994&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gnxp.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F06%2Fyour-generation-was-more-violent.php Previously we found that your generation was sluttier, so we turn now to another great threat to civilization -- violence (between individuals). As before, our concern is with whether violent crime rates are increasing or decreasing, and not so much with the absolute level: it is easier to screw up civilization than it is to improve on it, so a decline can quickly snowball, while it may take much longer to restore things to their previous levels.There are very good and very clear data on violent crime, so this post will be much more direct than the one on sluttiness. Let's begin with homicide. The Bureau of Justice Statistics, part of the US Department of Justice, has taken homicide data from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics and put it into a straightforward graph. I see fiv... Gene Expression blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1543332 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:08:00 +0100 1543332