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 'hobby'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:50:11 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3866971&cid=t_140413_101_f&fid=38970&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwvmedicgirl.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F08%2Fnewfound-hobby.html I have been playing with the idea of purchasing a handgun to learn how to shoot as a new hobby. I finally got the opportunity to get some hands on experience this week.Yesterday I had the opportunity to join a fellow paramedic friend of mine along with a gentleman who is well versed not only in the workings of the fire department for multiple decades but also in firearms. We drove out across the mountain to an outdoor range where I had the opportunity to try several different firearms. I tried both a 22 and 45 revolver, the 45 was much larger and heavier than the 22 and also packed a heck of a kick but it did have a scope on it which was pretty interesting. I also tried multiple semi-automatics to include a 22, a 40, a 45, and a 9mil. While these were all pretty similar in size, the 40 rea... Stephanie's Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3866971 Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:54:00 +0100 3866971 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378740&cid=t_140413_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fwhat-is-compulsive-hoarding%2F Animal hoarding Hoarding is defined as the acquisition of, and inability to discard worthless items even though they appear (to others) to have no value. Hoarding behaviors can occur in a variety of psychiatric disorders and in the normal population, but are most commonly found in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Those people who report compulsive hoarding as their primary type of OCD, experience significant distress or functional impairment from their hoarding. They have symptoms of indecisiveness, procrastination, and avoidance, are classified as having compulsive hoarding syndrome. An estimated 700,000 to 1.4 million people in the United States are believed to have compulsive hoarding syndrome. More than a Hobby Compulsive hoarding is not just an enthusiast’s passi... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378740 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:04:23 +0100 3378740 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1815407&cid=t_140413_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2F399067388%2F My possible new hobby: telling time, the history of, etc. Post helpful links in the comments section, please. Copyright © 2008 white pebble. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact legal@www.white-pebble.net so we can take legal action immediately.Plugin by Taragana (Source: white pebble) white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1815407 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:40:17 +0100 1815407 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1198043&cid=t_140413_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2F228473267%2F At The Tangled Neuron, we learn about Donna Beveridge, in Creativity and Memory Loss.  Since her retirement from teaching and receiving a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s, Donna seems to have become much more creative. The question arises…is this because she has Alzheimer’s?  Or is it simply coincidental?  Of course, now that Donna is retired, she has more time to spend on creative outlets.  However, I discovered, when my mom was in the nursing home with Alzheimer’s that many of the residents responded to creative activities.  Arts and crafts, scrapbooking, even painting appealed to many of them.  I worked with them on a scrapbooking and family history project which they and I enjoyed. My mother-in-law didn’t have Alzheimer’s, but was slowly going blind. ... Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1198043 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 18:00:55 +0100 1198043