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 general'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:36:13 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4872237&cid=t_342660_117_f&fid=37824&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.doctorkalitenko.com%2Fblog%2Fsick-children-life%2F Recent studies show that depression, anxiety disorders and other mental illnesses, as well as high blood pressure is on the rise for teens. That’s an awful truth. There are some obvious universals here: overweight teens are more susceptible to not only higher blood pressure, as well as a slew of other possible illnesses. Mental illness cannot always be prevented and is hard to diagnose in the first place, especially in children. teens in general become moody and problematic as they hit puberty, dealing with social issues. You cannot do anything about genetics. Two separate article recently published on the Wall Street Journal’s website both chronicle the recent influx of these conditions. Mental illness on the rise is forcing parents to examine their children, even at very young ag... Doctor Kalitenko antiaging blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4872237 Fri, 27 May 2011 18:16:37 +0100 4872237 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4472949&cid=t_342660_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-nursing-shortage-a-big-disconnect%2F2011.02.13 With the aging of America, it’s well known that there will be a shortage of registered nurses and nursing assistants to take care of the population. It’s predicted that the shortage of nurses in California will climb to 80,000 by 2015. California has just 653 registered nurses employed per 100,000 people. One of the problems is a lack of qualified faculty to teach at nursing schools. California was forced to turn away 23,000 qualified applicants from nursing programs during 2008-2009. And this week Humboldt State University announced plans to discontinue the school’s nursing program because of financial concerns and inability to retain nursing faculty. Shortage of nurses and closing nursing programs — now there’s a big disconnect. *This blog post was ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4472949 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:00:00 +0100 4472949 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4302122&cid=t_342660_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2F10-new-years-resolutions-for-doctors-and-patients%2F2010.12.31 #1 Doctor: Resolve to let patients speak without interruption and describe their symptoms. Patient: Resolve to focus on the problem I am seeing the doctor about and not come with a list of 10 complaints for a 15-minute office visit. #2 Doctor: Resolve to keep a pleasant tone of voice when answering night and weekend phone calls from the answering service, patients, or nurses. Patient: Resolve to get my prescriptions filled during office hours, not forget my medications while traveling, and to use night and weekend phone calls for emergencies only. #3 Doctor: Resolve to exercise a minimum of four times a week for better health. Patient: Ditto. #4 Doctor: Resolve to train my staff and model excellent customer service for patients. Patient: Resolve to understand that getting an instant refer... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4302122 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 22:00:00 +0100 4302122 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3868735&cid=t_342660_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.slideshare.net%2Fswf%2Fssplayer2.swf%3Fid%3D4882813%26%23038%3Bdoc%3Dfutureofhealth-slideshareversion-100801104636-phpapp01 A report on the future of health was presented to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) by PSFK, a trends research and innovation company. It features a wide range to topics including distant learning, diagnostics, gaming for health, offline web, DIY checkup, and many others: PSFK presents Future Of Health View more presentations from PSFK. (Hat Tip: iMedicalApps) *This blog post was originally published at ScienceRoll* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3868735 Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:00:28 +0100 3868735 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3802384&cid=t_342660_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhealth-consequences-and-ecological-effects-of-the-oil-spill%2F2010.07.29 The health consequences of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could be really serious and may include cancer, respiratory diseases, and hormonal disruptions. These health effects and the ecological issues are shown on a new infographic. Click on the image for the full version: *This blog post was originally published at ScienceRoll* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3802384 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:00:43 +0100 3802384 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3621682&cid=t_342660_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmy-brother%25e2%2580%2599s-keeper%2F2010.06.02 Today my brother Arthur helped someone stay alive a little bit longer. He wouldn’t be happy with how I used his story, but he’s dead enough to not hear it. Art had an enormous IQ which helped him dance through school, standardized testing, and academic awards like a hot knife through butter. But life requires many skill sets, genius being just one. My brother’s biography in many ways mirrors that of the Unabomber’s — move for move — until one decisive moment when Jesus walked into Art’s life. Forever and irrevocably from that moment forward, Art became God’s logic pugilist. Heretofore, all of his training in science and math was used to prove that the truth in the Bible could be found only in literal interpretation. (more…) (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3621682 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:00:25 +0100 3621682 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2857412&cid=t_342660_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D2310 More boring politics, but it matters.  The two main recommendations of this Pittilo report are that Practitioners of Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine should be subject to statutory regulation by the Health Professions Council Entry to the register should normally be through a Bachelor degree with Honours For the background on this appalling report, see earlier posts. A very bad report: gamma minus for the vice-chancellor The Times (blame subeditor for the horrid title), and some follow up on the Times piece The Health Professions Council breaks its own rules: the result is nonsense Chinese medicine -acupuncture gobbledygook revealed Consultation opens on the Pittilo report: help stop the Department of Health making a fool of itself  Why degrees in Chinese med... DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2857412 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:23:19 +0100 2857412 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2757755&cid=t_342660_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D2131 This report outlines areas of potential consensus to guide research funders, researchers, commissioners and complementary practitioners in developing and applying a robust evidence base for complementary practice.” As happens so often, there is implicit in this sentence the assumption that if you spend enough money evidence will emerge. That is precisely contrary to the experence in the USA where spending a billion dollars produced nothing beyond showing that a lot of things we already thought didn’t work were indeed ineffective. And inevitably, and tragically, NICE’s biggest mistake is invoked. “It is noteworthy that the evidence is now sufficiently robust for NICE to include acupuncture as a treatment for low back pain.” [p ] Did the advisory group not read... DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2757755 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:33:41 +0100 2757755 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=907097&cid=t_342660_87_f&fid=35062&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffibroresearch.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fgender-differences-in-chronic-pain-and.html In October's Psychosomatics (2007 Oct;48(5):394-399), Canadian researchers present results of an epidemiological study of "gender differences in the prevalence of depression in four chronic pain conditions and pain severity indices in a national database."In 131,535 adults, the prevalence of depression in women (9.1%) was almost twice that of men (5%). One-third (32.8%) had a chronic pain condition (fibromyalgia, arthritis/rheumatism, back problems, and migraine headaches). The prevalence of depression in individuals with chronic pain conditions was 11.3%, versus 5.3% in those without. Women reported higher rates of chronic pain conditions and depression and higher pain severity than men.... Depression and chronic pain conditions represent significant sources of disability, especially for ... The Fibromyalgia Research Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=907097 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:04:00 +0100 907097 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=597876&cid=t_342660_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2007%2F05%2F07%2Fbipolar-hostingbe-my-guest-be-my-guest-put-my-service-to-the-test%2F I’m never a good hostess. Siimply because I don’t enjoy having to accomodate someone and interrupt my schedule. There are a few exceptions. no exceptions. I got a surprise Friday nite. My nephew came in from Charlotte. He’s a good young man. And, I am his designated mom since my sister died last Mother’s Day. BUT…….I repeat….I am not a good hostess. And to make matters worse, my emotions have been on the up and down quite a bit lately. I made it through Friday nite. We sat up and watched television until about 11:30. So far, so good. But, Saturday morning rolled around and I was almost visually twitching with raw nerves. I don’t like to chat first thing in the morning. I do NOT dress until I am ready. I do not cook that meal known as breakfas... bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=597876 Tue, 08 May 2007 02:59:35 +0100 597876