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 'hole'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:04:34 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5118708&cid=t_161047_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F08%2F11%2Fannouncing-the-psych-central-drug-discount-card%2F I’m proud to tell you about a new, free benefit offered to Psych Central members and readers — a drug discount card. The Psych Central drug discount card can save you up to 80% or more off the cost of prescription medications, over-the-counter drugs and pet prescription drugs. The Psych Central Drug Discount Card is accepted at over 60,000 pharmacies, including major chains such as Walmart, CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid and at regional chains and local stores. It is offered in partnership with NeedyMeds. The card may be used by those without insurance and by those who decide not to use their insurance — for example if the drug is not covered under their plan, the copay or deductible is high, the cap has been reached, or if they are in the donut hole. There are no income, insu... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5118708 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:11:01 +0100 5118708 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934338&cid=t_161047_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F06%2F13%2Fbipolar-disorder-tips-for-reducing-relapse%2F For many mental illnesses relapse is part and parcel. Bipolar disorder is one of these. What’s especially unnerving for people is that relapse can seem random, as though you go to bed feeling one way and wake up another, feeling hints of mania or depression. Why relapse occurs is largely unknown. But we do know certain facts based on research findings, according to Joseph R. Calabrese, M.D., director of the Mood Disorders Program at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, in this excellent article in bp Magazine on relapse: “Those who are diagnosed with bipolar II are more likely to relapse than those with bipolar I. Their episodes of depression, mania or hypomania are often shorter than the episodes experienced by those with bipolar I but tend to return more of... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934338 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:34:54 +0100 4934338 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4841583&cid=t_161047_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F05%2F18%2Fmental-health-blog-party-why-do-i-blog-about-mental-health%2F As part of May Is Mental Health Awareness Month, many of us here at PsychCentral are participating in a Mental Health Blog Party hosted by the American Psychological Association. Today, May 18, we are all blogging about mental health awareness. Here’s my contribution. Why do I blog about mental health? I want to explain to people that depression and other mood disorders aren’t yuppie diseases for folks with the time and resources to ruminate and obsess, that they can be life-threatening illnesses. That’s right. Depression kills. It killed my godmother — my mom’s younger sister — at the tender age of 43. It kills approximately 800,000 people across the globe every year. Suicide takes more lives than traffic accidents, lung disease, and AIDs, and it is the second leading cause o... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4841583 Wed, 18 May 2011 14:01:37 +0100 4841583 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4841586&cid=t_161047_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F05%2F17%2Fthe-healing-power-of-laughter%2F A year and a half ago, John McManamy interviewed me on the topic of humor in relation to mental health in a post he called “On the Dark Side of Humor.” I explained to him that of all my tools to combat depression and anxiety, humor is by far the most fun. I realize I run into trouble with some folks who think there is nothing funny about being depressed and not able to get up from bed. But even if you have a broken funny bone while buried in the Black Hole, the minute you surface I think it’s helpful to look back and poke fun of what just happened. If that is at all possible. I wasn’t always able to laugh at myself. In fact, on my dad’s deathbed, he urged me to have more fun. That was his only wish. I took life WAY too seriously and was annoyed by people who didn’t. And then it... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4841586 Tue, 17 May 2011 18:05:20 +0100 4841586 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4696685&cid=t_161047_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F04%2F10%2Fgetting-the-love-you-want-over-and-over-again%2F In his New York Times bestseller, Getting the Love Your Want, psychologist Harville Hendrix explains why people who grew up in homes — well, a little like the one in the 2006 flick Little Miss Sunshine — without proper emotional nurturing seek dysfunctional relationships as adults. He explains the low brain — our more reptilian thought process that can’t handle anything different than what it already knows and reverts to fear as its primary gear — and the new brain, the cerebral cortex that is conscious, alert, able to reason and think logically. He writes: What we are doing, I have discovered from years of theoretical research and clinical observation, is looking for someone who has the predominant character traits of the people who raised us. Our old brain, trapped in t... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4696685 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 18:05:02 +0100 4696685 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4664175&cid=t_161047_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fcounter-point-happy-birthday-health-reform%2F2011.04.01 Who would have thought when we first looked upon you a year ago, barely formed, still somewhat embryonic, that you would have grown so much in just a year, and created so much, well, trouble? Yes, I’m talking about you, health reform. After all, aren’t you the reason for the sea change in Washington? Aren’t you behind several pending appeals that will get to the Supreme Court? Aren’t you the reason that the country is going to hell in a handbasket? But wait. Let’s look at some other major milestones of the past year. – You sent $250 checks to Medicare beneficiaries to help cover the “donut hole” in their drug coverage. – You created special insurance pools designed to provide health care NOW to people with preexisting conditions who can... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4664175 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:00:00 +0100 4664175 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4540528&cid=t_161047_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2011%2F03%2Fvon-recklinghausens-disease-neurofibromatosis-type-1%2F Pathophysiology syndrome secondary to genetic defect marked by benign neural tumors and characteristic skin changes Signs and Symptoms 1) multiple neurofibromas 2) positive “button hole” sign (tumors invaginate into skin with pressure) 3) six or more cafe-au-lait spots greater than 1.5 cm 4) freckles in nonexposed skin areas, such as axillary and inguinal areas 5) scoliosis 6) pseudoarthrosis of tibia 7) peripheral nerve sheath tumors (Schwannomas) 8) CNS tumors (neurofibrosarcoma, glioma, malignant Schwannoma) 9) Lisch’s nodules (pigmented iris hamartomas) 10) infiltrative lung disease Histology/Gross Pathology 1) cafe-au-lait spots are flat and uniformly light brown in color 2) benign neurofibroma may convert to malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors Associated Condit... Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4540528 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 04:17:31 +0100 4540528 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4352747&cid=t_161047_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F01%2F15%2F9-types-of-hopelessness%2F I’ve become increasingly intrigued by the topic of hope because, if anything is going to help me climb out of the Black Hole of depression, it’s a sense of hope. In their book, “Hope in the Age of Anxiety,” psychology professors Anthony Scioli and Henry Biller discuss hope from a variety of different perspectives, combining psychology with philosophy, biology, anthropology as well as the literary classics. I went straight to chapter thirteen, of course, and read “Overcoming Hopelessness: Escape from Darkness.” The authors argue that there are nine forms of hopelessness, each related to the disruption of one or more of the basic needs that comprise hope; attachment, mastery, or survival. The authors present three “pure forms” of hopelessness ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4352747 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 13:07:40 +0100 4352747 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4031501&cid=t_161047_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F10%2Flilly-vs-astrazeneca-on-covering.html Two pharma companies have responded very differently to recent stories in the press about pharma's "deal" with democrats to help cover the gap ("doughnut hole") in Medicare drug coverage. Whereas Lilly hemmed and hawed and skirted the issue and mainly defended high drug prices (see "Why Price Controls Are Not The Right Answer" and my comments here: "LillyPad Launches Specious Rocket Attack Against Drug Price Control Straw Man" and ), AstaZeneca seized the moment to support the coverage and explain how else it is helping senior citizens pay for their prescription drugs (see "Our Fair Share: Closing the Coverage Gap").[For background, see "Medicare "Doughnut Hole" to Cost Pharma Less Than 1% of US Sales."]Just on the basis of the two blog post titles, I have to give AZ kudos for its positive... Pharma Marketing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4031501 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:37:00 +0100 4031501 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4023137&cid=t_161047_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FTeWjAuI5TVk%2F And so another work will soon draw to a close. How will you spend the weekend? Picking apples? Taking a nap? Staring at the leaves gathering in your yard? For our part, we will watch one of the short people on the football field and take another golfing (miniature golfing, that is). Oh yes, the official Pharmalot mascots need a walk. We hope you have swell plans yourself. Meanwhile, here is the news of the world. And whatever you do this weekend, enjoy and be safe… Medicare Donut Hole Will Be A Boon To Pharma (Bloomberg News) Ex-Mylan Managers Enter Plea (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) FDA Orders Most Colchicine Pills Off The Market (MedPage Today) Court Dismisses Suit Against Savient For Hiding Data (Associated Press) Eli Lilly Chases New Drugs (The New York Times) Meet The Judge Overseei... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4023137 Fri, 01 Oct 2010 11:38:12 +0100 4023137 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3994337&cid=t_161047_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Flillypad-launches-specious-rocket.html Eli Lilly, the drug company that increased the price of its antidepressant Cymbalta by 13.6% in 2009, is using its new corporate blog (LillyPad) as a launching site for defending high drug prices (see "Why Price Controls Are Not The Right Answer"). This latest post was in response to a Washington Post article that articulated fears that drug companies would increase drug prices to cover the costs of offering Medicare beneficiaries a 50% drug discount when they find themselves caught within the infamous "doughnut hole" (see "Will Drug Companies Increase Drug Prices to Cover Medicare 'Doughnut Hole' Discounts?").Lilly's response -- written by Amy O’Connor, Notre Dame alumna, who "manages the intersections between the political environment and Lilly’s business portfolio" -- interests me o... Pharma Marketing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3994337 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:13:00 +0100 3994337 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3920901&cid=t_161047_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F08%2F31%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-august-31-2010%2F Here is it. The last day of August. When you think back to the last three months of summer, how do you feel? Did you get to do everything you wanted to do? Read every book you wanted to read? Spend a few days relaxing and doing nothing too? Sometimes we get sucked into this “I need to accomplish everything and be perfect” hole. And when we’re there, we don’t know how we winded up where we are or why we wanted to be there in the first place. There’s a theme in this week’s top posts that have to do with perfectionism and also truth. I think we all strive to seek truth, what’s true for us and how to accept ourselves and be comfortable with who we are. Yet, there’s this crazy sense of push and pull between who we are (what’s true) and who w... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3920901 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:57:48 +0100 3920901 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3560498&cid=t_161047_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F6PUQzXUi6TE%2F Pontificators are having a field day deciphering healthcare reform and PricewaterhouseCoopers is no exception. The consulting firm has just released a report concluding that, despite expanded coverage that will increase revenue, overall drug sales will decline by 4.3 percent from what they would have been otherwise between 2010 and 2019. The bill increases Medicaid rebates, expands discounts to 340b hospitals, requires Medicare Part D discounts and adds a big fees over 10 years. Specifially, a typical big pharma should see a 4 percent drop in revenue, and a large generic drugmaker should see a 2 percent boost. Meanwhile, a medium-size drugmaker with low government sales should expect only a 1 percent decline, but a large drugmaker with lots of government sales can expect a 7 percent drop. ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3560498 Thu, 13 May 2010 11:16:46 +0100 3560498 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3552430&cid=t_161047_123_f&fid=39041&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrnabong.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F05%2Fventricular-septal-defect-vsd.html VSD is the most common congenital anomaly of the heart and it accounts for 15-25% of congenital heart disease. This is described as a "hole in the heart". The heart is made of 4 chambers the right and left atrium on top of the right and left ventricles. Unoxygenated blood comes from all the body and is channeled into the right atrium this then goes to the right ventricle and this gets oxygenated through the lungs then passes the left atrium to the left ventricle and this becomes oxygenated blood that gets distributed through the aorta to the rest of the body. The VSD is basically a hole in between the chambers of the ventricles that result in mixing of the oxygenated and unoxygenated blood.Usually for the first few weeks of life a heart murmur can be heard by your doctor and most of the ba... Dr Nabong's Pediatric Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3552430 Mon, 10 May 2010 18:26:00 +0100 3552430 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3545630&cid=t_161047_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fblackout-girl%2F “A common story. A rare twist. When the American dream becomes her secret nightmare, Jennifer Storm begins the dark descent into addiction. Then she discovers that the same events that destroy her also create her. Written in a humble, raw voice, Blackout Girl helps us remember where we came from–and why.” –Melody Beattie, author of Codependent No More, The Grief Club, and other bestsellers. “Where the hell am I? How did I get here?” Beginning at the age of 12, Jennifer Storm asked herself these questions many times after waking from alcohol-induced blackouts. During her teens and early twenties, Storm turned to alcohol to deal with the traumas in her life. In addition to alcohol, she also experimented with drugs, and eventually began using crack to dea... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3545630 Fri, 07 May 2010 15:59:53 +0100 3545630 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298600&cid=t_161047_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FWkDRZGE4H5o%2F The White House proposal forces both brand name and generic drugmakers to give something up. The brand-name industry will have to cough up another $10 billion - for a total of $90 billion - over 10 years to help close the Medicare donut hole. On the plus side, pharma is expected to gain revenue, and the fees won’t kick in until 2011, instead of this year. Meanwhile, just one month after the Federal Trade Commission made a very public push to end pay-to-delay deals, the White House wants to give the FTC enforcement power. The White House proposal would make any such deal “unlawful and anticompetitive” in which a generic drugmaker gets anything of value from a brand-name drug maker, and a generic drugmaker must “limit or forego” R&D, marketing, manufacturin... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298600 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:10:52 +0100 3298600 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3097063&cid=t_161047_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F-iGbDwsLg3c%2F Democratic senators are saying they’ve been told drugmakers will contribute billions of dollars more than it has previously promised for President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, with the money being used to close a gap in Medicare drug coverage, the Associated Press reports. Several said that expectation was a factor on Tuesday, when more than a dozen Democrats reversed their previous positions and voted to kill a Senate effort to allow drugs to be imported into the US. The extra money would be used to close the donut hole, the AP writes (background here). Several health care lobbyists said they understood pharma would contribute about $20 billion above the $80 billion over 10 years they agreed to provide in a June deal with the White House and the Senate Finance Committe... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3097063 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:41:16 +0100 3097063 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2963157&cid=t_161047_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F11%2F03%2Fthe-fear-of-relapse-5-cognitive-tools%2F A reader recently wrote to me about her overwhelming fear of relapse. She said, “I’m struggling now with it, obsessing over it, and I’m so, so scared. Do I want to crawl into the hole? I fear that. But I can’t. I can’t.” First of all, thank you for being honest. Because so many of us know exactly how you feel. I’m there a lot of the time myself. Less than I was the two years following my hospitalizations, but there too much of the time. Doctor Smith would continually remind me during those first fragile years after my big breakdown that a slight setback in my recovery didn’t mean that I was plunging into a full-fledged depressive episode again, and that it wouldn’t take another 18 months to recover, like it did after my breakdown. These... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2963157 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:39:47 +0100 2963157 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2890696&cid=t_161047_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F10%2F14%2Fthe-9-types-of-hopelessness-and-how-to-overcome-them%2F I’ve become increasingly intrigued by the topic of hope because, if anything is going to help me climb out of the Black Hole of depression, it’s a sense of hope. In their book, “Hope in the Age of Anxiety,” psychology professors Anthony Scioli and Henry Biller discuss hope from a variety of different perspectives, combining psychology with philosophy, biology, anthropology as well as the literary classics. I went straight to chapter thirteen, of course, and read “Overcoming Hopelessness: Escape from Darkness.” The authors argue that there are nine forms of hopelessness, each related to the disruption of one or more of the basic needs that comprise hope; attachment, mastery, or survival. The authors present three “pure forms” of hopelessness ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2890696 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:08:35 +0100 2890696 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2576649&cid=t_161047_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F07%2F07%2Fdepression-theres-a-person-underneath-the-illness%2F I think one of the most consoling things a fellow manic depressive ever told me was that I (the person known as Therese) never disappeared during my severe depression. It felt like I did, of course. Because I could barely recognize myself. I would stare into a mirror and question the identity of the ugly chick staring back. People couldn’t recognize me … especially from the back, since I had dropped a few pant sizes. But my friend reassured me that I was there all along. In a letter dated around May of 2006, just as I was starting to ascend from the Black Hole, she wrote me this: Once one walks in the door of a good psychiatrist, the scientist, and finds a good therapist as well as cognitive-thinking help, she realizes how alone she has been most of her life. Your success is ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2576649 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:03:59 +0100 2576649 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349595&cid=t_161047_137_f&fid=35426&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheAlzheimersReadingRoom%2F%7E3%2FcTRdWyex5_A%2Fhow-we-saved-62472-on-prescription.html If you understand Medicare then you know all about the Medicare Donut Hole-- see The $4350 Medicare Donut Hole. The short version goes like this. Once you exceed the initial coverage limit porvided by Medicare on perscription drugs purchased, you enter the Medicare Donut Hole.The initial perscription drug coverage you receive from Medicare amounts to $1,800 out of the first $2,700 you spend on prescription drugs (can vary if you are in a Medicare approved HMO).Once you exceed the initial coverage limit of $2,700, you are on the hook for the next $4,350 of drugs you consume. Put it this way. If you consume around $7,050 worth of prescription drugs a year, you can expect to pay for all of that amount less $1,800.  Or, $5,250 right out of your pocket.Ask the next baby boomer you see if they... Alzheimer's Reading Room, The blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349595 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:28:57 +0100 2349595 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2232791&cid=t_161047_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2Fi3t-DUH3KaE%2F The deadline for application to the Medical Mycology course held in the summer at Woods Hole is April 1st. This is a great hands-on course for practical laboratory techniques with medically relevant fungi.  I am including an email from the course directors below. We are writing to encourage students, post-doctoral fellows, medical fellows, and junior faculty to apply for the 2009 molecular mycology course at Woods Hole.  The course accepts 18 students and has four teaching assistants each year. The long-term course directors are Aaron Mitchell and Jack Edwards.  The instructors in residence include Scott Filler, Judy Rhodes, Joe Heitman, Terry Mylonakis, Jamie Konopka, Andre Nantel, and Ted White. The experiments focus on Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Aspergill... Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2232791 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:34:58 +0100 2232791 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2112542&cid=t_161047_107_f&fid=36698&url=http%3A%2F%2Fminingdrugs.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F01%2Fcollaboration-bullseye-20-information.html "Using the Internet today is like trying to use a library where all the books have been dumped on the floor and the lights turned out." [A.J. Vendeland, 1996]"A metaphor I use to describe the Internet and now web, how it is organized, and how useful the stuff is that one can find there. My kitchen junk drawer has lots of good useful stuff, mixed in with lots of useless stuff that I have no need for but I have kept anyway, just in case!" [J. C. Neale]This post has two major goals. One is to disentangle the difference between information overload and filter failure in science. The second is to show a potential way-out of both problems.This post was triggered by a controversial discussions, saying that in science information overload IS or IS NOT filter failure.IS - Clay Shirky started the wh... Mining Drug Space blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2112542 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:46:00 +0100 2112542 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1933327&cid=t_161047_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FTk6hP3hy34A%2F I’ve become rather obsessed with exercise—-no, I’ve not become a calorie counting fiend tracking the minutes on the treadmill. It’s making sure that there’s enough physical activity integrated throughout Charlie’s day in general and at school in particular that have preoccupied my thoughts. I’ve noted that the very layout and physical space of his middle school classroom are very different from the windowed, light-filled classroom of his elementary school last year; the fluorescent lights just seems to buzz and glow more harshly. Charlie has gym every morning around 9.30am. He has a locker now and has to change into and out of his gym clothes. The adapted physical education (APE) teacher has put together a very fine schedule of activities including... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1933327 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:41:48 +0100 1933327 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1791658&cid=t_161047_105_f&fid=35048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMedicineAndMan%2F%7E3%2F392671794%2F CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is one of the world’s largest and most respected centres for scientific research. Its business is fundamental physics, finding out what the Universe is made of and how it works. At CERN, the world’s largest and most complex scientific instruments are used to study the basic constituents of matter — the fundamental particles. By studying what happens when these particles collide, physicists learn about the laws of Nature. CERN in 3 minutes Video: Overview of Large Hadron Collider project and its plans: If you prefer - a rap version: addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fmedicineandman.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F09%2F14%2Flarge-hadron-collider-explained-with-videos%2F'; addthis_title = 'Large+Hadron+Collider+videos'; addthis_pub = '... Medicine and Man blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1791658 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:02:35 +0100 1791658 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1729622&cid=t_161047_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2Flpw8EOBy4N8%2F Here is another reason that we see so many admissions to hospitals due to diabetic complications… the doughnut hole. Just what is this you ask? Medicare beneficiaries were responsible for pay as soon as they incurred costs of $2,400 among pharmacy costs. After a beneficiary then spent $3,850 out of their own pocket- coverage kicked in again. That coverage gap is commonly referred to as the doughnut hole. Mind you this doesn’t apply to low-income seniors who qualify for a subsidy. It was found that 15% of those who hit the doughnut hole stopped taking their medication all together and another 1% cut back on their medication use…while 5% switched medications. So darn scary. Just think what this does to an elderly persons diabetes. We need to come up with solutions to end these ... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1729622 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:07:26 +0100 1729622 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1727805&cid=t_161047_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F07%2F28%2Fa-requiem-hallelujah-dont-let-there-be-a-hole-in-the-world-tomorrow%2F As many of you know, the H*O*P*E*™ weblog is dedicated to Libby, my 26 year old cousin. Libby was diagnosed with ovarian clear cell carcinoma in January 2007. I am deeply saddened to inform you that Libby lost her battle to ovarian cancer this morning with her family at her side. Libby [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1727805 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:35:32 +0100 1727805 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1097644&cid=t_161047_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2007%2F12%2F16%2Fthe-shrinks-ive-known%2F I like it when people talk about their therapy experiences, both good and bad. The more people read about others’ experiences with therapy, the more open, perhaps, they will be to considering therapy themselves. Psychotherapy is such a mysterious process to many people who haven’t tried it, so such stories take some of the mystery out of it. But not everyone’s story with psychotherapy is a positive or happy one. Some people try it many different times with many different professionals and never quite find the right fit. Others simply don’t find the process very helpful at all. And reading those experiences are just as important, because just like most treatments for mental disorders, one size does not fit all. So I enjoyed reading in today’s Boston Globe Mag... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1097644 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 15:48:23 +0100 1097644 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=814179&cid=t_161047_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F08%2F21%2Fhole-in-one-for-golfer-blinded-by-diabetes%2F Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Lifestyle, Exercise, Daily NewsI have the utmost respect for golfers with disabilities. In a conference match in high school, I played against an opponent missing her right hand and most of her forearm. As a right-handed golfer, her swing arc was primarily guided by her left arm, so she didn't miss a beat when it came to form. Whatever yards she lost on her long game were covered by a pretty mean short game. I couldn't help but smile wide after hearing this story yesterday about Sheila Drummond, a golfer blinded by diabetes 26 years ago. She may have lost her eyesight to diabetes, but nothing can take this golfing accomplishment away. Last Sunday in a steady rain, 53-year-old Drummond teed off with a driver on the 144-yard, par-3 fourth... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=814179 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 814179 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=828376&cid=t_161047_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F143963649%2F Here is a bit of what my fellow bloggers here at b5’s science and health channel have to say about heart health. What a great group of bloggers! Yee ha! Ruth at Eating Fabulous has bought her first bottle of rice bran oil. And apparently, this type of oil is suppose to help promote cardiovascular health. I will have to check my local store, but my guess is I will have to travel to a health type grocer. It might be worth it though! Healthbolt’s Sara blogged about the new bioabsorbable heart patch that is being used to help heal patent foramen ovale, “hole in heart”, and dissolves within 30 days. Amazing stuff right there! Also, Kristen at Lively Women and Scott at Health and Men offer up some great hearty info. Ahh, so many blogs, so little time, haha. Share This (S... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=828376 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:45:40 +0100 828376 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=693277&cid=t_161047_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F127637328%2F Earlier this month I wrote about walking and talking with Ralph Savarese, author of Reasonable People: A Memoir of Autism and Adoption—-at 11am on Monday, June 25th, you can hear him speaking live on NPR on the Diane Rehm show. My sister mom-blogger MothersVox has written about the book—-and here is her photo of the Savarese family. I’ve written previously about Reasonable People: A Memoir of Autism and Adoption: what’s love got to do with it the rage we sometimes feel as we try to get our children what they need the decision to adopt a severely disabled child trauma and psychoanalysis and autism DJ’s Prairie Dogs poem the “black hole of autism” as a metaphor for how people used to (and sadly still do) think about a non-verbal autistic person Ra... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=693277 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 02:46:32 +0100 693277