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 'health crisis'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:39:01 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3993913&cid=t_155809_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmental-health-too-many-pills-too-little-truth%2F2010.09.21 This is my column in [the September 17th] Greenville News. It’s a follow-up to a recent column I wrote on the mental health “crisis” in America, as seen in our emergency rooms. My last column addressed the unfortunate truth of the overwhelmed mental health system in South Carolina, and indeed in much of the U.S. While I lament the fiscal condition of our mental health system, and while I feel for those who truly need the help we are often powerless to supply, I would be a poor observer if I didn’t report the truth. And the second truth we must face is that much of what we call mental illness is neither truly “mental,” nor even “illness.” Let me first state the obvious: The brain is an organ. It is incalculably complex and truly a wonder of design... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3993913 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:00:41 +0100 3993913 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3876596&cid=t_155809_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Ffeel%2Fwhen-the-going-gets-tough-do-your-friends-bail%2F Lucky Samantha: Not all friends are as supportive as Charlotte, Miranda, and Carrie in the face of a major crisis. As the saying goes, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going”. But that’s not always the case when it comes to your friends: In the midst of a health crisis, there’s often a friend (or two) who seems to disappear. Harriet Brown experienced this firsthand after her two daughters both experienced serious health problems, and her mother-in-law died of lung cancer. She described how some of her friends reacted to her crisis in the New York Times: At first, I barely noticed; I was overwhelmed with getting through each day. As the year wore on, though, and life settled in to a new if unpleasant version of normal, I began to wonder what had happened. G... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3876596 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:15:01 +0100 3876596 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3695703&cid=t_155809_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fwhat-does-fatigue-feel-like%2F We all know what it is to be tired, exhausted or sleepy. As part of the human cycle of life we eat, we work, we sleep, and we awake, refreshed. Don’t we? Some of us do but many of us do not. The 24-hour day changes for many of us as night becomes day, sleep brings no relief, and mornings are not refreshing. How could we possibly awake with the same feeling of heaviness we had when we went to bed? For many of us who live with chronic pain, chronic illness or are experiencing some acute health crisis, fatigue can reach a whole new level. For those going through numerous medical treatments such as treatment for cancer, recovery from surgeries of many kinds; they are surprised and discouraged as they discover their “POP” has disappeared. You know, as in “I’m too pooped to POP?” For... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3695703 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:38:04 +0100 3695703 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512844&cid=t_155809_136_f&fid=36027&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Fandrewschorr%2Fwhen-a-health-crisis-strikes-will-your-family-be-prepared%2F As many as 20 million Americans - mostly women in their 40s and 50s - have a lot on their mind as they find themselves responsible caring for an aging parent or in-law. It can be a highly emotional time as loved ones grapple with recovery from surgery, a serious chronic condition or a diagnosis of a terminal condition. What makes this matter worse is that few families are prepared for this tragedy because no one in the family has talked about it in advance. There are agencies that help with care at home and (if you can navigate the rules, insurance and Medicare), can help defray the cost. But it is often a tension-filled experience for many reasons. You are being asked to help “parent your parent” and they may not take kindly to this. You may be unfamiliar with the lingo and the rules,... Andrew at Large blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512844 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:14:53 +0100 2512844 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1015094&cid=t_155809_136_f&fid=36027&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fandrewschorr%2Fchildhood-obesity-is-it-a-healthcare-crisis%2F Someday, we will cure cancer. Someday, we will turn off autoimmune diseases. Someday, we will have joint replacements that don’t wear out. But will we be able to reverse the terrible increase in childhood obesity? The fact is a scary number of our children will predecease us because they are overweight, have high blood pressure, diabetes and heart trouble. You will begin hearing more and more of children having heart attack or stroke. How can this be? The truth is, 17 percent of kids in the United States are overweight, and in some ethnic groups it is much higher, especially among Hispanics and African-Americans. Many kids eat fast food every day. They eat junk food, and they are not active. Too often this behavior is modeled by their parents. Then there’s the food industry trying to m... Andrew at Large blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1015094 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:30:47 +0100 1015094