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 'gossip'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:08:19 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4952992&cid=t_100119_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F06%2F17%2F7-tips-for-minding-my-own-business%2F Lately, I’ve really been focusing on trying to be less judgmental. It’s a tricky resolution, because it’s hard to turn it into specific, manageable resolutions to keep me on track. What, exactly, do I do differently in my life to be less judgmental? I need to change the way I think. One of my helpful mantras, though, is to “Mind my own business.” I remind myself: 1. No one asked for my advice. Except in the rare instance when people specifically ask me for help clearing their clutter, raising their children, or deciding their careers, I should keep my advice to myself. 2. I don’t know the whole story. It’s very easy to assume that I understand a situation and to form a judgment when in fact, I understand almost nothing about what’s happening. 3. It doesn’t affect me. A f... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4952992 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:12:20 +0100 4952992 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4911555&cid=t_100119_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fgossip-grooming-and-your-dunbar-number.html – David Dobbs waxes lyrical in Wired this week on the subject of the Dunbar number, that fairly well-known social science icon that says that our brains are powerful enough to handle only 150 friends (+/-50 or so). It's a bit of a truism, I think. Some people probably cannot handle any friends at all, others cope with networks much bigger. It's all about separation, connection, gossip and grooming. Anyway, in today's world, there's not need to limit your inner circle to a mere 150 friends. With online tools it's not impossible to go way beyond Dunbar and still call those contacts "friends" (of a sort). Simply use your computer as an extension of your brain and Facebook or other social media apps as tools to help you manage all the people you know. ... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4911555 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:44:53 +0100 4911555 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4200754&cid=t_100119_180_f&fid=38612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpickthebrain%2FLYVv%2F%7E3%2FiTyMeyin0GY%2F Remember that telephone game we played as children? We all sat in a circle and the first person whispered a simple statement such as, “She is a girl” into a person’s ear. By the time the phrase was whispered to everyone in the circle it would turn into “She is a nice gorilla.” It was funny at the time, but now when our friends say, “Did you hear about ____” our ears perk up and an audience is born. Gossip hurts people, but most of us love to hear it anyway. Tabloids make a mint writing about celebrities and people getting their hearts smashed to smithereens. Gossip tends to hold a bottomless well of interest, yet when you are talking about someone when they are not around, ask yourself if you would feel comfortable sharing the same information if they were standing right in f... PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4200754 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 16:01:27 +0100 4200754 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3798856&cid=t_100119_180_f&fid=38612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpickthebrain%2FLYVv%2F%7E3%2F0o9UG_eRSY4%2F Photo Credit: DeeMayGreaves I used to love gossiping – chewing on a juicy story about where someone’s boyfriend was seen after the party, or the story behind how that colleague really got fired. It was a great way to bond with my friends and family, made for lively conversation, and even seemed to make me feel better about myself. Here’s how Random House Dictionary defines gossip: Idle talk or rumor, esp. about the personal or private affairs of others. Here’s the way I define it: Talking in negative ways about someone who is not in the room. It’s not always gossip to talk of others – you may need to work out a personnel issue, or figure out a problem in a friendship with the help of someone else. In which case, it is not really “idle;” you have a goal to work something ou... PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3798856 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:50:42 +0100 3798856 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3743514&cid=t_100119_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Feleanor-roosevelt-on-gossip%2F Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people. – Eleanor Roosevelt Post from: BlissTree Eleanor Roosevelt on Gossip (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3743514 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:00:08 +0100 3743514 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3724438&cid=t_100119_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Ftop-crushable-posts-of-the-week%2F Craving a little R-Patz or Justin Bieber in your life? Check out these 10 great posts from our sister site Crushable this week: 1. ‘Twilight’ Producer Confirms Rob And Kristen’s Relationship 2. Fashion Blogging: Fashion Tips from Madonna’s 80’s Loving Daughter Lola 3. Best How-To Videos Ever: ‘Jerseylicious’ Tips 4. Whitney Port and Landon Donovan Surprise Guests at MTV Youth Forum 5. Ew, There Is A Countdown Until Justin Bieber Is 18 Site 7. The Cycle of Hipster Fashion 8. Australia Tries To Keep Models Healthy 9. Taylor Momsen Keeps Her Tips In Her Lucite Heels 10. Wear This, Not That: Summer Office Style Post from: BlissTree Top 10 Crushable Posts of Last Week (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3724438 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:00:51 +0100 3724438 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3690810&cid=t_100119_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Flike-us-on-facebook-follow-us-on-twitter-pretty-please%2F We’re pretty hip here at Blisstree. Ever heard of a little thing called Facebook? We have. We’re so on it. And you can “like” us there. That way, you can kill two birds with one stone: Stalk photos of your 7th-grade boyfriend and his new wife, and check out all the new content going up daily on Blisstree. And Twitter? No problem. We tweet – lots. Follow us. We dare you to @ us, or maybe even send us a direct message. So there. You should also keep up with our sister sites; they’re hip and smart and funny as hell. Check out TheGloss (fashion, beauty, dating) on Facebook, and follow them on Twitter. Also visit Crushable (celebs, gossip, entertainment) – here they are on Facebook, and, voilá, here they are on Twitter. Post from: BlissTree Like Us on Faceboo... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3690810 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:11:13 +0100 3690810 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3443664&cid=t_100119_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2F173532%2F Kirstie Alley On Weight and Scientology: Alley reflects on her new show in Ladies’ Home Journal – “Oh my god! I’m the crazy lemur lady!” (via I’m Not Obsessed!) Post from: BlissTree 0 (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3443664 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:05:35 +0100 3443664 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3395093&cid=t_100119_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fwhat-the-hell-are-you-talking-about%2F My most intellectually stimulating conversations happened in college. Over bottles of wine and (let’s be honest) bongs, my idealistic friends and I discussed the meaning of life, world peace, and the evils of capitalism. Nowadays? Most adult women are lucky if they can catch up about their boyfriends, husbands, exes, kids, mortgages, and jobs over one drink during happy hour. In a recent New York Times blog post by Roni Caryn Rabin, “Talk Deeply, Be Happy?“, according to a recent study of 79 college students, “people who spend more of their day having deep discussions and less time engaging in small talk seem to be happier.” Hmmn. The problem with this small test group is that it excludes several demographics, and surveys people who, like my younger self and her dorm-... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3395093 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:39:15 +0100 3395093 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2943864&cid=t_100119_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F10%2F30%2Fdesign-can-encourage-greater-self-disclosure%2F Every day, our behavior is directly influenced by a number of factors, some of which we may not even be consciously aware of. How things are designed is one of those factors. Psychology researchers call it fluency while web developers call it usability, but they’re both basically talking about the same thing — how well something is designed can directly impact how much people use it. And not only the degree to which they use it, but also the amount of self-disclosure a person makes while using it. Online researchers have repeatedly referred to the disinhibition effect of online behavior — people tend to disclose more about themselves or their personal details online than they do in similar face-to-face interactions. But why do people — especially teens — over... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2943864 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:23:25 +0100 2943864 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1969494&cid=t_100119_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F11%2F18%2Fsituationism-in-the-news-october%2F Below, we’ve posted titles and a brief quotation from some of the Situationist news items of October 2008. (They are listed in alphabetical order by source.) * * * From Battle of Ideas: “The dubious science of evolutionary psychology” “Evolutionary psychology prides itself on being a valid, scientific account of human psychology (and behaviour) by tying itself to the scientific theory of natural evolution. But evolution is an explanation of physical, anatomical traits . . . The plausibility of evolutionary psychology rests on the question of whether psychological attributes (patriotism, altruism, romantic love, aesthetic judgments, logical reasoning, recollecting your grandmother’s birthday, and studying to get into college) are analogous to anatomical structures in the... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1969494 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:20:36 +0100 1969494 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1931410&cid=t_100119_177_f&fid=38134&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbabybound.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F11%2F03%2Fim-annoying-sorry%2F Sorry.  No picts of that horrid costume.  Just know that after several walks through the car wash and a sandblaster, the glitter has all been extracted from my pores. Ugh.  On a different note.  I know something.  Something very good.  Something very very juicy.  But something that would absolutely ruin people if leaked.  Change a whole gaggle of lives.  And honestly?  I really wish I didn’t know. Its not hard to keep secrets.  While I am known through a few circles as a gossip, anyone that really knows me knows their secrets are safe with me.  Big ones.  Secrets that matter.  I am never out to ruin people’s lives and frankly find it less daunting to get involved. But this time its different.  This one seems dangerous.    It effects me.  I’m an innocent ... B a b y B o u n d blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1931410 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:18:03 +0100 1931410 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1349801&cid=t_100119_131_f&fid=35743&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthegenesherpa.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F04%2Fjessica-queller-and-brca1.html First I would like to apologize to Spiegel and Grau. I missed you gracious letter. Please give me a call.Second.....I am catching some serious heat about the deCode rant! I never knew so many smokers were hoping to escape cancer and angrily flaming me with emails. Here's a hint ladies and Gentlemen........Quit Smoking and maybe you will avoid cancer. To all of those who decided to fill my gmail yesterday....thanks for reading this blog. I appreciate your interest.I don't know how many of you picked up the USA Today on March 31st, but in it was a profile on Jessica Queller. She has written a book called:Pretty Is What Changes-Impossible Choices, The Breast Cancer Gene, and How I Defied My DestinyAbout the Book....Eleven months after her mother succumbs to cancer, Jessica Queller has herself... Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1349801 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:30:00 +0100 1349801 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1156798&cid=t_100119_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F218043422%2F The Age of Autism is, its editor Dan Olmsted proclaims, “the first daily Web newspaper for the environmental-biomedical community—-those who believe autism is an environmentally induced illness, that it is treatable, and that children can recover.” Those who write for The Age of Autism do not follow “journalistic group-think” and “believe whatever ‘the experts’ tell them”—-The Age of Autism, it is promised, is going to make a “difference.” So what kind of news do we get from The Age of Autism folks? Pathbreaking discussions of new theories about the causes of autism, or treatments for autistic kids? New suggestions about how to help autistic children learn not to engage in self-injurious behavior without electroshock... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1156798 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:57:20 +0100 1156798 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=686988&cid=t_100119_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F06%2F21%2Fgossip-columnist-claudia-cohen-dies-of-ovarian-cancer%2F Filed under: Ovarian Cancer, Daily news, Celebrity in memoriam, Celebrity newsHigh-profile television and newspaper gosspip columnist Claudia Cohen, most recently a regular correspondent covering entertainment for the syndicated talk show Live With Regis and Kelly, died Friday of ovarian cancer. She was 56.Known for her aggressive pursuit of celebrity news and her public divorce from billionaire businessman Ronald O. Perelman, Cohen first hit the spotlight in the late 1970s as a reporter and editor for Page Six of The New York Post. She went on to write a gossip column titled I, Claudia for The Daily News of New York, report for Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, and dish celebrity dirt for ABC's The Morning Show. Cohen is survived by her parents, a brother, and a daughter.Permalink |&nb... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=686988 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 686988 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=623588&cid=t_100119_136_f&fid=35332&url=http%3A%2F%2Fyouainthearditfromme-rice.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fi-know-secret.html Are you the type of person who can't keep anything to yourself? Do you blab everything and repeat what anyone has told you, almost as if it were out of your hands? When your mouth opens do you live in fear of what you might actually ...pass along? I do. It is a terrible problem I have. One that I have invested absolutely no time in trying to correct. That is where the name for my blog came from. YEARS ago, long , long ago, there was an absolutely raunchy, silly but in my own opinion, funny show on television called In Living Color. It was on Sunday nights and I think Jim Carey was on it. It was potty humor but I will admit it, I liked it. There was a character on it that always reminded me of my grandmother and myself. It was a man, I think, dressed as a woman. She would gossip about every... You Aint Heard It From Me blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=623588 Fri, 18 May 2007 15:55:00 +0100 623588 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=464635&cid=t_100119_115_f&fid=34682&url=http%3A%2F%2Fazx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F11%2Foffice-politics.html ! Man, I hate that sh!t! Even though we don't work in an office, per se, the politics are there, none the less.Generally, I try to stay out of office politics. People playing each other off each other, mini vendettas, gossip, grudges; they all seem to get in the way of actually working and doing a good job, but always seem to worm their way in anyway.Since I've been at clinicals for almost 3 months now at 32 hours per week, people are starting to see me as a coworker rather than a lowly student. So as a consequence, I'm starting to get included in conversations about how so-and-so is a lazy worker and should be fired or how such-and-such is her fault. I prefer to work in a team-oriented atmosphere and I'm starting to realize that that idea might be a little naive, at least at my clinical s... Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464635 Sat, 18 Nov 2006 23:40:00 +0100 464635