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 'interested'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:59:56 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4377612&cid=t_158593_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F01%2F20%2Fskeptic-insights%2F The skeptic movement is alive and well.  In my home state of Kentucky, skeptic groups are becoming ever more prevalent.  What is a skeptic group?  Why do they exist?  Those are just a couple of questions I asked one of the founding members, Frank Lovell, of Kentucky’s first (and still active) skeptic group, Kentucky Association of Science Educators and Skeptics. What is the mission statement of the KASES? The mission of the Kentucky Association of Science Educators and Skeptics is the same as the mission of the national organization of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (which publishes the Bimonthly magazine Skeptical Inquirer), and that is to promote scientific inquiry, critical investigation, and the use of reason and objective evidence in examining controversial and extraordinar... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4377612 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:59:16 +0100 4377612 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2561337&cid=t_158593_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F06%2F30%2Fcall-for-submissions-nature-as-nurture-mental-health-and-the-environment%2F Midweek Mental Greening If you’re interested in the connection between the environment and your mental health - and you enjoy writing or creating art - here’s a treat for you: The Mental Health Association in Tompkins County, New York, is seeking submissions for its Summer 2009 issue of States of Mind, “Nature as Nurture: Mental Health and the Environment,” and if you don’t live in New York, don’t fret - I was fortunate enough to email with with States of Mind Editor Celia Smith who assured me the call for submissions is open to all interested parties; however, available slots are filling up fast and inclusion will be highly selective. Plus, the deadline is… ….tomorrow! July 1, 2009! Sounds like a challenge! Acceptable entries include artwor... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2561337 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:03:26 +0100 2561337 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2387259&cid=t_158593_177_f&fid=38133&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTubalReversalBlog%2F%7E3%2F15dW7IfKuzk%2Fafter-tubal-reversal-surgery-returning-to-work.html Patient Blogger Georgia Peach describes her second week after tubal reversal surgery at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center. She describes being emotional and, at the same time, she was beginning to notice some improvements in her bodily symptoms. (Source: Tubal Reversal Blog) Tubal Reversal Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2387259 Mon, 04 May 2009 19:47:38 +0100 2387259 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1159580&cid=t_158593_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F218638785%2Fcomputers_that_read_your_thoug.html There's a bit of a battle going on at the moment for Microsoft’s growing mastery over human brainwaves … and you’ll want to follow its progress. It’s really focused on brain-computer interfaces, and it could compromise your privacy far sooner than you think. The idea is to create innovative interfaces …that can key on users' minds rather than a keyboard or touch screen, Microsoft hopes to one-up its peers in the future.The idea is to tap into a computer user’s brain signals ... in ways that sort and categorize mental images – without the user knowing it.Some people are concerned this research may lead to an invasion of privacy … as researchers appear to step closer to the dangerous zones of mind reading. What do you think... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1159580 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:33:04 +0100 1159580 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1060003&cid=t_158593_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2007%2F11%2F29%2Fwhy-social-networking-sites-will-come-and-go%2F You remember Friendster, don’t you? That was the big social networking site a few years ago. Or how about Myspace? No? Then maybe you’re repeating history and you don’t even realize it as you fill out your Facebook profile and think, “Wow, this is so cool!” Cory Doctorow has an excellent article entitled, How Your Creepy Ex-Co-Workers Will Kill Facebook, which explains why Facebook will be just another piece of social networking roadkill on the information superhighway in a few years. The primary point he makes is that social networking sites are great when only your friends are on it. But once it becomes popular enough, it starts attracting everyone else who isn’t necessarily your friend… Your boss, the co-worker you hang out with but don’... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1060003 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:57:09 +0100 1060003 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=928081&cid=t_158593_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F165239596%2Ffrom_panic_to_peak_performance.html If you find yourself overwhelmed with workloads, venting about demanding colleagues, or panicked through financial pressures … you’ll be interested in new research that links panic to heart trouble down the road. Your own brain actually holds answers that could turn panic into peak performances.Determination is not enough to eliminate panic ... nor is venting, though. For some time,  researchers warned us that persistent panic can lead you into places of depression… and now heart attacks and stokes have been added to panic dangers.One study of 3000 participants just published in Archives of General Psychiatry reported that rapid pulse and shortness of breath that comes with panic attacks – may even signal heart trouble at a later date. Luckily, the human brai... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=928081 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:51:10 +0100 928081