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 'guru'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:14:39 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4968577&cid=t_201184_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F06%2F25%2Fwhy-celebrities-like-katy-perry-dont-want-people-to-make-eye-contact%2F A few weekends ago, I was intrigued to see this story in the New York Post: “The ultimate star perk is forbidding eye contact.” According to the Smoking Gun, singer Katy Perry’s contract covering her driver provides that the driver isn’t supposed to “stair” (sic) at her in the rear-view mirror. The piece notes that there have been many similar rumors over the years — that people were prohibited from making eye contact with Luke Perry, Tori Spelling, Sylvester Stallone, and others. When I read this story, I had a huge rush of intellectual pleasure. Because I think I’ve figured this out! Darshan. Years ago, when I was doing the research for my first book, Power Money Fame Sex: A User’s Guide, I was struck by how often celebrities made rules about eye contac... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4968577 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 19:03:06 +0100 4968577 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3239787&cid=t_201184_136_f&fid=39025&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Feverythingchangesbook%2F%7E3%2FBOHRlH_EqJQ%2Fcomplimentary-alternative-medicine-cancer Seems like alternative medicine and diets never get rational airtime. Some people slam them, writing off as quackery anything non-allopathic. Others become super cheerleaders letting alternative medicine and diets engulf their identity in a creepy almost cult like fashion. Neutral patients are left in the middle with little rational, scientific based information nor sensible peer support conversations about “natural” health and healing. On discussion boards it seems everyone’s either adamantly defending products and regimens with absurd anecdotes (quite different from sensible coping strategies) or they’re bashing the hell out things. Few readers learn anything other than propaganda for or against. I’m a big fan of patients being proactive, whether it is about alternative... Everything Changes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3239787 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:35:16 +0100 3239787 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3236060&cid=t_201184_136_f&fid=39025&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Feverythingchangesbook%2F%7E3%2FBOHRlH_EqJQ%2Fcomplimentary-alternative-medicine-cancer Seems like alternative medicine and diets never get rational airtime. Some people slam them, writing off as quackery anything non-allopathic. Others become super cheerleaders letting alternative medicine and diets engulf their identity in a creepy almost cult like fashion. Neutral patients are left in the middle with little rational, scientific based information nor sensible peer support conversations about “natural” health and healing. On many cancer chatrooms and discussion boards smart patients share tips on how to best manage chemo side effects or the pros and cons of surgical procedures. But on discussion boards where someone mentions alternative medicine all bets are off: everyone’s either adamantly defending products and regimens with absurd anecdotes (quite different from... Everything Changes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3236060 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:24:11 +0100 3236060 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3231780&cid=t_201184_136_f&fid=39025&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Feverythingchangesbook%2F%7E3%2FBOHRlH_EqJQ%2Fcomplimentary-alternative-medicine-cancer Seems like alternative medicine and diets never get rational airtime. Some people slam them, writing off as quackery anything non-allopathic. Others become super cheerleaders letting alternative medicine and diets engulf their identity in a creepy almost cult like fashion. Neutral patients are left in the middle with little rational, scientific based information nor sensible peer support conversations about “natural” health and healing. On many cancer chatrooms and discussion boards smart patients share tips on how to best manage chemo side effects or the pros and cons of surgical procedures. But on discussion boards where someone mentions alternative medicine all bets are off: everyone’s either adamantly defending products and regimens with absurd anecdotes (quite different from... Everything Changes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3231780 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:59:09 +0100 3231780 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2912345&cid=t_201184_125_f&fid=34820&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dentalblogs.com%2Farchives%2Fcranham%2Fcranham-on-case-presentation-patient-education%2F The primary patient education system that we have used and continue to utilize is GURU by Henry Schein. It’s interesting because it uses a combination of nice animations, with some video, but I like that it does not have a lot of audio. I retain the freedom to use the scrubber brush to go to certain parts of the animations and discuss it with the patient. With any patient education package, you have to retain the human touch. Not sure that the systems that you turn on and leave the patient to watch – I just don’t think they’re effective. I often use some photography in my discussion with a patient. At my office, we try to make the education unique to the patient. We also use Bite FX, which is oriented more to TMD issues. It’s not quite as well known, but it i... dental blog for dentists about dentistry blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2912345 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:00:32 +0100 2912345 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2523681&cid=t_201184_137_f&fid=35426&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheAlzheimersReadingRoom%2F%7E3%2FRt5Fs5VPaxY%2Falzheimers-information-where-do-you-ask.html Derrick Grant has an interesting site at ElderGuru.com. The website focus is information on aging. The sites has lots of information and links to useful resources.For more Insight into Alzheimer's DiseaseSubscribe to The Alzheimer's Reading RoomAlzheimer’s Information – Where Do You Ask Questions? What Questions Do You Ask?A Guest Post by Derrick Grant of ElderGuru.com Wham! You got the big news, a spouse, parent, loved one, friend, maybe even you – Alzheimer’s diagnosis. You were just going about your life, and now it’s taken a 180 degree turn. To describe it as overwhelming would be an understatement. It’s easy to enter denial or become frozen with shock. While there is little that can be done for that beyond a little time, there is some comfort knowing that you’re not alon... Alzheimer's Reading Room, The blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2523681 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:14:47 +0100 2523681 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2301628&cid=t_201184_150_f&fid=38374&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2Ff8rYcZRm1J8%2Fedetailing-and-pharma.html Sujay of Online Marketing Guru explains in his recent post why eDetailing is so important for the Pharma industry. He contends that by focusing on eDetailing, Pharma can be better prepared as physicians using technological aids increases dramatically in the future. Sujay thinks that this will be driven by advanced eMarketing techniques such as social networks, a rise in online physician time, and a reduction in physician availability for face-to-face interaction with sales reps, and changing marketing budgets and strategies.Read his thoughts in their entirety as his post, here.What do you think? Should Pharma place more emphasis on eDetailing? (Source: ePharma Summit) ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2301628 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:08:00 +0100 2301628 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2200496&cid=t_201184_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F02%2F19%2Fminding-the-media-is-the-thinning-economy-bringing-curves-back%2F From time to time, we see articles proclaiming that thin is totally in or curvy is making a comeback. Oftentimes, this proclamation occurs after fuller-sized models (by fuller, we mean a size 4) grace the runway at a fashion show or a curvaceous actress (like Christina Hendricks of “Mad Men”) piques the media’s interest. These statements, however, remain weekly trends, at best. Recently, though, an article in The Telegraph announced another potential trend, one that might have greater longevity: “recession curves.” It appears that the state of the economy may shape the current physical ideal. And in today’s cool economic climate, a curvier ideal might help cushion the blow, explains the article’s writer, Celia Walden. Historically, in times of trouble, we tend to pr... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2200496 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:02:25 +0100 2200496 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1981336&cid=t_201184_151_f&fid=35793&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thejunkyswife.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fgratitude.html Earlier this week, I got a mantra from my guru, and I've been meditating with it since. It's working for me. I'm not sure if it's my commitment to meditating twice a day and my persistence in sticking with it, or if it's the mantra itself, but I feel like I'm finding authentic peace.This morning, I was walking between jobs, and the air was so, so cold, and the sun felt warm on my face, and the sky was beautiful and blue. I felt overcome with gratitude. I'm finding a better way to live, and it's working.When I finished sitting in meditation last night, I couldn't get up. It felt too good to sit so surely in myself. I bowed my head in prayer, and sat for a long time repeating, "Thank you. Thank you. Thank you."Thank you.Thank you. (Source: Heroin Addiction Codependence) Heroin Addiction Codependence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1981336 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:25:00 +0100 1981336 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1952425&cid=t_201184_151_f&fid=35793&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thejunkyswife.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fboth-boat.html A message from my guru:You are having a problem with finding happiness within self. Probably this is a problem that comes from your childhood. Probably also your husband is having this problem as well, and for a while, you were sailing in the same boat. You were very happy in the both boat, but now, you are going in different directions. I really, really loved his "both boat." We did find happiness in the both boat. For a long time, my husband fulfilled all my needs. He was my god, my social life, my career, my muse. He was everything to me. It was really, really beautiful and felt really, really good when it worked, but I see now that it doesn't work. It can never work forever. We can't keep sailing in the both boat.He came over last night and spent the night, and it was an interesting ex... Heroin Addiction Codependence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1952425 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:35:00 +0100 1952425 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1933460&cid=t_201184_151_f&fid=35793&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thejunkyswife.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fdear-husband_04.html Talking to you is hard. It's hard and it's wonderful. It's wonderful and it's terrible.Honestly, I've had a better day today, though, for knowing that you're missing me. It's sick. A lot of people, mostly people who don't know you and who don't know me, are telling me I'm a fool for even entertaining the possibility of having a future with you. They're all absolutely right. I'm a fool. I've always been a fool for you, and I don't see it ending any time soon.I like the idea of living apart and seeing each other sometimes, of taking some space to heal separately but with an understood intention of coming back together. I feel like I can catch my breath. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but it's a true thing.I meditated with my new guru today, and somewhere along the way, I... Heroin Addiction Codependence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1933460 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:08:00 +0100 1933460 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1933461&cid=t_201184_151_f&fid=35793&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thejunkyswife.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fspiritual-shopping-spree.html Today was my second meeting with my guru, and I am very excited about one particular suggestion of his to enhance my meditation practice. He recommended that I get a set of clothes that I use only for meditation, which sent me on a giddy shopping spree for my perfect white light outfit. I had $25, so I headed to a discount store to see what I could come up with.I started out in the exercise section, but nothing was quite right. Fortunately, though, the exercise section was right by the pajama area. I never wear pajamas, preferring either to go naked or to wear an old t-shirt to spending money on sleeping clothes...but there, in the pajama section, was a selection of the most ridiculous, beautiful, outrageous daishiki-muumuu looking things I've ever seen. They are long, one-size-fits-all ki... Heroin Addiction Codependence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1933461 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:25:00 +0100 1933461 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1926719&cid=t_201184_151_f&fid=35793&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thejunkyswife.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fguru.html "Oh, you are a writer! That is very good! You are creative! You have something beautiful that I don't have," said my new Guru."You have something beautiful that I don't have," I responded. "Maybe we can work something out."At one of the places where I work, I'd noticed that one of the clients was a company that had "Yoga" in the title, so I checked out the website to see what it was about. I was intrigued to find a real, live guru, teaching mediation, Ayurveda, and yoga therapy in the city where I live. I'd looked at some of his workshops, and thought I might check one out one day.A few months later, the boss mentioned that he'd practiced meditation with this guru for a while, so I was able to ask a few questions about the process. And finally, recently, one of my favorite yoga teachers pu... Heroin Addiction Codependence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1926719 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:12:00 +0100 1926719 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1773256&cid=t_201184_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2Fr_xU3Wx-wMo%2F “An Amerian medical guru.” That’s how today’s Scotsman describes Raun Kaufman, the director of the Autism Treatment Centre of America. Raun Kaufman was cured of autism through the “Son-Rise” method, according to a book by his parents, BarryNeil Kaufman and Samahria Lyte Kaufman. The Scotsman quotes a number of autism experts who express something more than doubt about Kaufman: Carol Povey, head of adult services with the National Autistic Society, said: “I have spoken to Raun Kaufman and told him there is no cure for autism. To claim otherwise is to mislead families who are extremely vulnerable.” Dr Katie Cebula, of Edinburgh University, has conducted research into the impact of Son–Rise on families. The committee member of the Scottish Aut... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1773256 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:14:12 +0100 1773256 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1320549&cid=t_201184_131_f&fid=34994&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gnxp.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F03%2Ffacts-matter.php Conclusions will differ between people because of different interests and alternative normative frames, but an agreemant on known background facts is essential for elevating the level of discussion above that of two blind people discussing the merits of Monet vs. Picasso (no offense to the blind readers of this weblog!). I don't really mind differences of conclusion based on varied norms or self-interest; but the casual pig-ignorance of very smart people on topics which they feel qualified to offer an opinion on irritates me because mitigation of a dearth of facts is relatively easy if you have the marginal time. My own experience is that the denser the network of facts the easier retention becomes. At a particular density threshold I suspect there is an increase of the marginal value of t... Gene Expression blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1320549 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:24:00 +0100 1320549 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=807030&cid=t_201184_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F145638049%2F16_ways_your_brain_opens_spigo.html Imagine for a minute how you could convince your brain to top up your bank account on the way home from work today. With a few facts in hand…you can create new revenue streams from your brain to your bank – in ways that few realize.   Why work harder,  relax less, stress more, and often arrive an hour late and a dollar short? Short of winning a lottery – you likely won’t see a windfall overnight.  But if you program in a few new routines you can tilt your brain in the direction of significant profitability. Worth a try? Here are a few tactics that will rejuvenate your brain’s potential for financial return – for a competitive advantage that lasts.1. Make one money move daily – Whenever you do a thing – small as it ma... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=807030 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 00:39:17 +0100 807030