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 'influences'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:18:03 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096339&cid=t_107144_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F08%2F05%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-august-5-2011%2F You could be doing everything right: seeking therapy, taking medication, living a healthy life. But then someone or something triggers you and your world is thrown upside down. For me, it’s surrounding myself with people and situations from the past. I can conveniently “forget” who I am is not who I was. On many levels, this could be destructive. It’s forgetting that I am an adult when I am with my family or that I am now allergic to seafood when I was not as a child. I know these seem like minor incidences, but put me in a situation like that for a continuous period of time and I begin to lose myself. For you, it could be believing that you are suddenly immune to outside negative influences-that you can spend the entire summer season with a negative relative or fri... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096339 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:41:43 +0100 5096339 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5057948&cid=t_107144_180_f&fid=38612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpickthebrain%2FLYVv%2F%7E3%2FbqtKSzmhnHY%2F Maybe you’ve experienced this, too. When you made a commitment to try to live your best life, to start a side-business in the other 8 hours, to lose weight, or to go back to school, weren’t you flooded with acceptance, enthusiasm, and unconditional support from your friends, colleagues, and family? No? I didn’t think so. All too often, if you try to better yourself, you will likely face negativity and pessimism from those who are closest to you. Why would those who care about you the most also be the most critical? There are only two reasons. They either don’t want to see you fail or they don’t want to see you succeed. It’s that simple. They’re either trying to “protect” you from defeat, or they’re worried that you might succeed.... PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5057948 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 06:03:56 +0100 5057948 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4077636&cid=t_107144_180_f&fid=38612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpickthebrain%2FLYVv%2F%7E3%2Fdfthlqr_H6g%2F Emotions are a natural and basic part of life. They signal how we feel about a certain situation or occurrence, so we can take the necessary action to deal with the situation. Emotions in this sense aren’t positive or negative, but are more along the lines of constructive or destructive, depending on how they are utilized. Emotions can become destructive and cause serious distress when they become overwhelming and take over how we act, what we say, and what we do. This emotional high-jacking is where many problems emerge. The high-road and low-road Taking a closer look at the human brain and how it relates to emotions, we can examine two overall parts of the brain; the high-road and low-road. Both parts communicate with each other and help us navigate through the world. The low-road i... PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4077636 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 06:02:20 +0100 4077636 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3925118&cid=t_107144_180_f&fid=38612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpickthebrain%2FLYVv%2F%7E3%2FLG55Ktxt2Q8%2F We live in an age of vampires. And their numbers are on the rise. No, I’m not talking about the blood-sucking ones (I leave those to Buffy and Blade to deal with). I’m talking about health-sucking vampires. Health-sucking vampires are those twisted creatures that consciously or not drain us of our vitality, vigor, and overall well-being. You’ve met these villains of vibrant heath already – those that criticize your health endeavors, those that mock you for your health diligence, and those that would drag your health quality down to their unacceptable level. It’s time to fight back. It’s time we become health-sucking vampire slayers! 1. Emotional Holy Water Health-sucking vampires are nasty creatures. You certainly don’t want them to linger around for too long. B... PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3925118 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:07:33 +0100 3925118 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3833591&cid=t_107144_180_f&fid=38612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpickthebrain%2FLYVv%2F%7E3%2Fmuz4LZT6s7o%2F Negativity can suck the motivation right out of you. You can be yourself, all motivated and ready to take action when suddenly some negative person tells you that you can’t do it, that you’re just going to fail and nothing is going to come of it. Wow. Talk about depressing. Negative people can destroy our beliefs in ourselves & take away the motivation that so many struggle to get in the first place. The truth is, negativity kills motivation. Unless you stop it. And it’s easier than you might think. The first thing you need to do is identify & avoid the negative influences in your life. I’ve done a pretty good job at avoiding negative influences throughout my life, but there was one girl that I met while I was working at McDonalds and we became fri... PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3833591 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 17:46:17 +0100 3833591 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3416326&cid=t_107144_150_f&fid=38374&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2FiPODDtNt-bM%2Finternet-has-more-influence-on.html (Source: ePharma Summit) ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3416326 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:29:00 +0100 3416326 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2842833&cid=t_107144_167_f&fid=37833&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnutrition.edublogs.org%2F2009%2F09%2F29%2Ftruth-in-advertising-photoshopping-kim-karsashian%2F In looking at the topic of body images and truth in advertising, here is an example of another celebrity photoshopping incident that occurred in March 2009 and created a bit of a buzz. In this case, unretouched photos of reality star Kim Kardashian were released by mistake, before the ‘official’ photoshopped version. According to Momlogic, “Women everywhere breathed a sigh of relief.” You can see the before (left) and after (right) pictures below: This is Ms. Karsashian’s response from her blog: So what: I have a little cellulite. What curvy girl doesn’t!? How many people do you think are photoshopped? It happens all the time! I’m proud of my body and my curves and this picture coming out is probably helpful for everyone to see that just because I... Nutrition and Wellness Biology 50 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2842833 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:58:31 +0100 2842833 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2709429&cid=t_107144_180_f&fid=38612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpickthebrain%2FLYVv%2F%7E3%2F2R75lxX_0jw%2F Image courtesy of Krystal ‘Kito’ Cunningham Yippee! It’s Monday. I am dying to get started with this exciting week. Do you utter these words while making your way out of the bed on Monday mornings? Do you jump out of bed every morning in the state of excitement? If your answer to this is “ Yes” then let me tell you that you are already living a life full of passion. But if you are like most of us who are sleepwalking through life your answer to this would be “No! I would prefer to stay in the state of slumber. My dream world is far more alluring than my real world.” We all go through life dealing with mundane matters. There are times when we feel that there is something missing in life, that there is something more to life. We might even try to dismiss this feeling of... PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2709429 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:59:33 +0100 2709429 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1947014&cid=t_107144_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F11%2Fcan-human-culture-influences-be-causing.html Put this post in the Total Conjecture File. A story about the decline in male fertility and increasing birth defects among male babies got me to wondering: Is it possible that human biological evolution can be impacted by the changes in perception caused by radically evolving cultural trends? From the story:Are males becoming an endangered species? That's the question scientists and researchers have been pondering since alarming trends in male fertility rates, birth defects and disorders began emerging around the world.More and more boys are being born with genital defects and are suffering from learning disabilities, autism and Tourette's syndrome, among other disorders. Male infertility rates are on the rise and the quality of an average man's sperm is declining, according to some studie... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1947014 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:25:00 +0100 1947014 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1933469&cid=t_107144_117_f&fid=36026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fzimney%2Fnational-childrens-study-begins-recruiting-in-january-2009%2F Have you heard of the National Children’s Study (NCS), an ambitious new research undertaking that will examine the effects of environmental influences on the health and development of 100,000 children from before birth to age 21? It’s already been 10 years in the making and will finally begin enrolling pregnant women in January 2009. That means it’ll take more than another two decades to complete, at an estimated cost of some $3.2 billion. But because the study will follow children over time, it will uncover and report different information as the children are born and as they age.According to a recent National Institutes of Health press release “[B]ecause the study will enroll pregnant women and, in some cases, women who are not yet pregnant, study scientists hope ... Dr. Z's Medical Report blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1933469 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:54:51 +0100 1933469 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=501617&cid=t_107144_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F03%2F26%2Finternet-changing-the-way-people-manage-their-health%2F Filed under: All Cancers, ResearchCisco Network Systems, a company that creates intelligent integrated networks to adapt to current and future business needs, reported on a study that says one in three Americans claim that the Internet changed the way they manage their health. The main findings of this survey of over 4,000 people include: 62% reported using online health tools. 56% reported improvement in their health management due to personal technology. 2% of patients with chronic diseases thought that online health tools had improved their management. One third of patients thought that online tools enabled them to be an "equal partner with my care providers in making health decisions." 62% reported that they would go to their personal physician for information and advice... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=501617 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 501617