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 'getting older'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:21:41 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4121855&cid=t_140786_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwhen-puberty-ends%2F2010.10.30 I heard a 23-year-old woman complain: “I must be getting old when 11:00 at night is late.” It got me thinking. It turns out that the explanation for why teens are natural night owls has recently been elucidated. They can’t help it — they just don’t get tired until way later in the evening. Then, of course, their bodies want to stay asleep well into the next morning in order to feel sufficiently rested. Since most of them are stuck with the artificial structure of school hours, they’re screwed — and condemned to suffer constant fatigue from cumulative sleep deprivation. Old news. Then I started wondering about the back end of this phenomenon. Even though our American “youth culture” attributes great coolness to late-night happenings, since this pubertal sleep s... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4121855 Sat, 30 Oct 2010 19:00:40 +0100 4121855 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3938326&cid=t_140786_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Ftheres-nothing-more-important-than-your-health%2F2010.09.06 I don’t do well with pain. I learned that lesson all too well during the birth of my first son when, after 10 hours of labor jump-started by a pitocin drip, I finally got an epidural. Nothing — and I mean nothing – has ever felt as good as the ebbing of that pain. I relearned the lesson during the birth of the second son, this time determined to go natural all the way when, after a few hours, I told the doula to “shut up” and ordered my husband to hunt down the anesthesiologist and “Get me an epidural — NOW!” He listens well. By the time the third son was born, I had the drill down pat. I was admitted to the hospital to be induced again but this time, as soon as the IV was hooked up and before the first labor pain hit, I had the anesthesiolo... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3938326 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:00:00 +0100 3938326 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3929345&cid=t_140786_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fis-it-natural-aging-or-is-it-chronic-pain%2F Mirrors all over my home serve as a constant reminder of my decay. I often wonder how I can look so old on the outside when, on a good day, I feel like I did as a young woman. Every once in awhile something hideous occurs and magnifies this whole aging issue. I had that particularly depressing experience yesterday when a new bathing suit arrived in the mail. I was tempted to try it on in a darkened room, and was even tempted to wear a blindfold. Instead of the blindfold, I found myself breaking into that old camp song, “Do your ears hang low, can you wag them to and fro? Can you tie them in a knot; can you tie them in a bow? Do you hoist them o’er your shoulder like a Continental soldier? Do your ears hang low?” It wasn’t my ears I was thinking of. It wasn’t only what you’re th... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3929345 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:41:53 +0100 3929345 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3858276&cid=t_140786_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fand-then-there-was-august-hows-your-ms-today%2F I hate to admit it, but the “old people” in my life when I was young were right. Time does seem to go faster as we age. It’s August already and time for our monthly “How is your MS Today?” blog posting. It seems like just a few posts ago that we were bemoaning the scorching temps of July and wishing one another a happy new year just before that! So much has been happening in the world of multiple sclerosis, in our everyday lives…Time just seems to slip by anymore. Every month, I try to offer an open forum for everyone and anyone to jot a note letting us know how your MS is acting. Every month, you surprise me with tales of inspiration and of perseverance, with funny anecdotes and with stories of courage. I like that about you! My MS seems to be settling down a bit after a coupl... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3858276 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:44:15 +0100 3858276 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3570066&cid=t_140786_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FEMjAVyzMfXQ%2F Grief and recovery from alcoholism, addiction and co-dependency go hand-in-hand. This is an important recovery book. Quoting Groucho Marx, film director Woody Allen once said facetiously, "I’d never join a club that would allow a person like me to become a member." But there is a club so universal that adults join and rejoin it many times. The only requirement for membership is living in a world replete with change. Author Melody Beattie calls this unofficial club "The Grief Club" in her book of the same name. She says the club has many subgroups. She unwillingly joined the "My Child Died and My Heart is Broken and Nobody Gets It" subgroup in 1991, when her young son Shane died in a skiing accident. Years later, she became the member of other clubs too, suc... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3570066 Sun, 16 May 2010 18:33:00 +0100 3570066 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3538094&cid=t_140786_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Frelational-medicine-the-joy-of-primary-care%2F2010.05.05 I was happy when I looked at [the day's] schedule. Two husband-and-wife pairs were on my schedule, both of whom have been seeing me for over 10 years. Their visits are comfortable for me — we talk about life and they are genuinely interested in how my family is doing. They remember that I have a son in college, and want to know how my blog and podcast are doing. I can tell that they not only like me as a doctor — they see me, to some degree, as a friend. Another patient on the schedule is a woman from South America. She has also been seeing me for over 10 years. I helped her through her husband’s sudden death in an accident. She brings me gifts whenever she goes on her trips, and also brings very tasteful gifts for my wife. Today she brought me a Panama hat. I know these pe... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3538094 Wed, 05 May 2010 20:00:58 +0100 3538094 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1782624&cid=t_140786_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F09%2F10%2Fa-pirate-looks-at-40%2F Pages: 1 2 Next »     Single Page Jimmy Buffett has a great tune called “A Pirate Looks at 40″ and it seems like an appropriate motto to examine my own life at 40. Because as a child, playing pirates was imagining another world, a world where one needed to live off one’s own inventiveness and make one’s own rules. Both ideas are very attractive to a child, and still hold that attractiveness at 40. I wish I had some great insights after 40 years of life, but mostly what I have are observations. If you don’t mind rambling reflections on a relaxed life, then read on… First, I need to reveal a secret that everyone “old” knows but few people talk about. No matter what your age once you get past about age 30, you don’t fe... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1782624 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:23:35 +0100 1782624 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=807627&cid=t_140786_158_f&fid=36019&url=http%3A%2F%2Fworkingcaregiver.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fwe-prepared-well-in-advance-knowing.html We prepared well in advance knowing where our parents current accounts and policies were located. That's something my dad insisted we knew about, just in case.It's a good idea to ask your parents to prepare an inventory that lists all of their accounts and policies, along with locations, account numbers and passwords. They don't have to turn them over to you if they don't want to, and my dad did not, but he wanted us to know where to find them.WillLife Insurance PoliciesLong-Term Care PoliciesBanking and Brokerage AccountsSocial Security CardsMedicare and Insurance CardsDoctor's Names and NumbersList of MedicationsPhone Numbers of Lawyer and AccountantDo it Now! This is another good way to help your aging parents whether they're next door or a thousand miles away!Thank you for visiting, Ca... Working Caregiver blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=807627 Sat, 07 Jul 2007 19:19:00 +0100 807627