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 disorders'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:35:09 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4287580&cid=t_412524_151_f&fid=35805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Ftwelvestepfacilitation%2FwAgT%2F%7E3%2F0eucu1e7scE%2F Image via WikipediaThe effects of Alcoholics Anonymous on women returning from prisonThis new research is the first of its kind to analyze the effects of Alcoholics Anonymous attendance in incarcerated women and its effectsThe effects of alcohol abuse, as well as recovery from it, have been intensely studied. However, incarcerated women have remained an extremely understudied population despite steadily increasing in recent decades. One of the main ways to help individuals (as well as prisoners) with their recovery is through a 12-step program like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA).A new study released in the March 2011 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, which is currently available at Early View, explores that subject in detail and found that AA attendance of at least once... Twelve Step Facilitation.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4287580 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:30:21 +0100 4287580 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4013259&cid=t_412524_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F09%2F28%2Ffeds-award-26-2-million-for-mental-health-care%2F All too often, I find myself writing about how mental health care fails in the U.S. It’s an easy story to write — during hard economic times, health care (especially for the poor and indigent) often takes a big hit from the government. So it’s always refreshing to write a different story. Especially one where the feds step up and fund not just a good idea, but a great one. The hero in this instance is the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the funding mechanism is the Affordable Care Act’s Prevention and Public Health Fund. Forty-three agencies share in the $26.2 million booty (most receiving about $500,000). The goal of the funding? To help better integrate primary care into the mental health services they offer. Yes, you heard me right — help... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4013259 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:01:57 +0100 4013259 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3895890&cid=t_412524_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcovertrationingblog.com%2Fpodpress_trac%2Ffeed%2F876%2F0%2Fobesitydividend.mp3 DrRich has pointed out several times that it is very important to our new healthcare system, as a matter of principle, to be able to discriminate against the obese. The obese are being carefully groomed as a prototype, as a group whose characteristics (ostensibly, their lack of self-discipline, or their sloth, or their selfishness, or whatever other characteristics we can attribute to them to explain how their unsightly enormity differentiates them from us), will justify “special treatment” in order to serve the overriding good of the whole. The obese are a useful target for two reasons. First, their sins against humanity are painfully obvious just by looking at them, so it is impossible for them to escape public scorn by blending in to the population, unlike some less obvious sinners ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3895890 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:00:16 +0100 3895890