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 'interpreting'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:35:59 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4459961&cid=t_434285_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fdo-it-yourself-lab-testing%2F2011.02.10 Traditionally, people get blood tests when their doctor recommends it, an event that usually occurs at the conclusion of an office visit. But nowadays, patients are deciding to get lab tests on their own. Their reasons vary. Some want to keep track of cholesterol or hemoglobin A1C levels. Others want to assure their blood will test negative prior to a job search, to test for the presence of a disease like hepatitis C or AIDS, or obtain a chemistry panel that provides a broad picture of their overall health. The biggest reason for consumer-directed lab testing however, is an economic one. Growing numbers of uninsured people, and those with high-deductible insurance plans find it cheaper to do-it-themselves, since it avoids the cost of an office visit. The savings can add up. A lipid pro... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4459961 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:00:25 +0100 4459961 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4411484&cid=t_434285_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F01%2F28%2Fevidence-based-mental-health-2006-vol-9-no-21%2F This article provides a brief summary of the exisiting literature on the mental health outcomes in childhood, adolescence and early adulthood of those affected by prenatal alcohol exposure, while also highlighting the difficulties with interpreting observational epidemiological data. Filed under: Alcohol, Epidemiology, Long Term Conditions, Maternity and Children, Mental Health, Pregnancy Tagged: Alcohol Consumption, Epidemiological Studies, Interpreting, Mental Health, Prenatal (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4411484 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:04:47 +0100 4411484 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265602&cid=t_434285_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F12%2F16%2Feducation-of-primary-care-2010-vol-21-no-6%2F This article summarises the findings of a literature review exploring consultations in primary care where language barriers affect the consultation. Findings suggest that there are limitations to current consultation models and educational interventions to improve consultations across language barriers and suggests future solutions to those problems. An NHS Athens password is required to access this article online, alternatively contact the Library for a copy of this article. Filed under: Athens Password, E-Journals, Journals, Primary Care Tagged: Consultation, Interpreting, Language Barriers, Primary Care, Socio-cultural Linguistics (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265602 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:29:49 +0100 4265602 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3022740&cid=t_434285_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fnova-explores-dreams-tonight-on-pbs.html The TV program NOVA will explore the world of dreams tonight. “What Are Dreams?” will premiere on your local PBS station.Leading dream researchers will explain how they study the world of sleep and dreams. And they’ll attempt to answer some of the most intriguing questions about why we dream.Do dreams improve memory? Do they enhance our creativity? Do they help us solve problems? Are they crucial to our survival?The program also will focus on the sleep disorders that seem to bring dreams to life. Nightmare disorder. Sleepwalking. REM sleep behavior disorder.You can watch a two-minute preview of the program online. The transcript of the program should be available online one to three weeks after the original broadcast date.NOVA also is accepting questions about sleep and dreams. You c... Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3022740 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:03:00 +0100 3022740 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2984619&cid=t_434285_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fwhy-do-we-dream.html A new paper suggests that the purpose of dreams may be more than just psychological.Author Dr. J. Allan Hobson proposes a “theory of protoconsciousness.” He is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.Hobson writes that REM sleep provides “a virtual reality model of the world.” Most dreams occur during this sleep stage.He thinks that dreams have a functional use. They allow the brain to get tuned up for wakefulness.“It helps explain a lot of things, like why people forget so many dreams,” Hobson told the New York Times. “Dreams are tuning the mind for conscious awareness.”This dream theory fits within his broader concept of the purpose of sleep. He summarized his perspective in the title of a 2005 paper: “Sleep is of the brain, by the brain and for the brain.�... Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2984619 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:36:00 +0100 2984619 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2785659&cid=t_434285_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fdreams-nightmares-and-911.html Today marks the eighth anniversary of the terrorist attacks against the U.S. on Sept. 11, 2001.“Nearly 3,000 days have passed -- almost one for each of those taken from us,” President Obama said at a wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon. “But no turning of the seasons can diminish the pain and the loss of that day.”Did that pain and loss affect our dreams in the days and weeks after 9/11? A study published in the journal Sleep in 2008 offers some answers.The study involved 11 men and 33 women. For years they had been keeping a written record of all their dreams. Each participant submitted written accounts of 20 dreams for the study. These were the last 10 dreams they recorded before 9/11 and the first 10 dreams recorded after the attacks.The 880 dreams were analyzed for features ... Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2785659 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:10:00 +0100 2785659 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2616822&cid=t_434285_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F07%2Fim-in-heaven.html Hosted by "Tracy" at "Mother May I," but the photo-picture below will whizz you right there with one click.Just call me snap happy.He was asked to list and draw his favourite things:- chocolate pudding, goldfish crackers, peppermints and candy.Then he flipped the paper over to draw this with the title above:-Just look at that facial expression!If you like what you read, send it to someone in 'need.' (Source: Whitterer on Autism) Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2616822 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:53:00 +0100 2616822 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2517066&cid=t_434285_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fbig-dreams-from-google-to-monster.html Dreams have no meaning? Don’t tell that to Larry Page. Or Jeff Taylor.Page recently said that a dream sparked the idea that became the world’s largest search engine. This is how the Google co-founder explained it in his commencement address at the University of Michigan:You know what it's like to wake up in the middle of the night with a vivid dream? And you know how, if you don't have a pencil and pad by the bed to write it down, it will be completely gone the next morning? Well, I had one of those dreams when I was 23. When I suddenly woke up, I was thinking: what if we could download the whole web, and just keep the links and...I grabbed a pen and started writing! Sometimes it is important to wake up and stop dreaming.His conclusion? “When a really great dream shows up, grab it!�... Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2517066 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:18:00 +0100 2517066 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414362&cid=t_434285_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fhow-sleep-disorders-may-affect-your.html Sleep disorders can reduce both the quantity and quality of your sleep. Can they also affect your dreams?A new review examined the current research. Only a small number of studies have focused on this subject. But results suggest that a couple of common sleep disorders may have an impact on your dreams.People with insomnia are more likely to recall their dreams. The content of their dreams tends to reflect current stressors.Breathing-related dreams are rare in people with sleep apnea.People with narcolepsy tend to have bizarre dreams with a negative tone. This may be related to their disrupted sleep cycles.The complex process of sleep involves multiple stages that make up a sleep cycle. Each complete cycle lasts about 90 to 110 minutes. Most adults will go through four to six cycles in a f... Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414362 Thu, 14 May 2009 19:47:00 +0100 2414362 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2329682&cid=t_434285_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fsurvivor-reinterpreting-dreams-with.html In 2000 Finnish researcher Antti Revonsuo proposed a new theory for interpreting dreams. It has become known as the “Threat Simulation Theory.”The theory proposes that dreaming is a defense mechanism. It serves a biological function by simulating threatening events. The theory suggests that the brain selects waking events that pose a threat to your safety.Then during the majority of dreams your brain simulates these events over and over again. The threats are replayed in various combinations.In this way the brain is able to practice how it perceives threats. It also “rehearses” threat avoidance.A 2006 study tested this theory using a sample of 212 recurrent dreams. It provided some support for the theory. Sixty-six percent of the dream reports contained one or more threats.These th... Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2329682 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:12:00 +0100 2329682 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2329687&cid=t_434285_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fsleep-through-centuries.html Sleep has been around for…well, for centuries. So have sleep disorders. And remedies for sleep problems.An exhibit at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., explores 17th-century beliefs and ideas about sleep. “To Sleep, Perchance to Dream” pulls back the covers on sleep in Renaissance England.Topics include preparing for sleep. (Use a bed and bedding that are less likely to attract “vermin.”) How to sleep. (Sleep was divided into “first” and “second” sleeps.) Theories about sleep. (It may be the product of digestion.) Sleep aids. (There were numerous recipes to treat insomnia.)And dreams. The exhibit shows that – like today – people in the 17th century were fascinated by dreams and nightmares. What they are. Why we have them. What they mean. How to contr... Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2329687 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:07:00 +0100 2329687 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2274552&cid=t_434285_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fare-you-dream-deprived.html Sleep deprivation can have a severe impact on your health and well-being. Sleeping less than seven hours per night increases your risk of obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and depression.The Times in London reports that sleep loss also may cause you to suffer from “dream deprivation.” The article suggests that healthy dreaming is vital to your overall mental wellness.Is the article right - do dreams really matter? It depends on who you ask.Some believe dreams have symbolic meaning or predict future events. Others see dreams as random, meaningless information.New theories suggest that dreaming helps your brain process both old memories and new information. The brain may use dreams to help you adapt to events in your life.What do you think? Are you suffering from drea... Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2274552 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:26:00 +0100 2274552 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2207948&cid=t_434285_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Fplanes-dreams-relationships-when.html You’re sleeping during the night before a scheduled plane trip. Suddenly you wake up from a dream about a plane crash. Do you still get on the plane the next day? Or do you change your travel plans because of the dream?New research examines this and other questions about dreams. The results of six studies provide a look at how dreams affect our daily lives.The plane crash study involved 182 commuters at a Boston train station. Results show that a dream of a plane crash is more likely to affect travel plans than a change in the U.S. government’s national threat level.What if a plane crash had actually occurred on their route the night before their trip? Both the plane crash and the dream would produce a similar level of anxiety.Another one of the studies shows that dreams may affect how... Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2207948 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:58:00 +0100 2207948 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1872994&cid=t_434285_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F10%2F14%2Fjournal-of-communication-in-healthcare-13%2F This study examined recently delivered, under-served women’s recall of discussions with their provider during pregnancy about a variety of health topics and then compared these responses to provider recall of these discussions. Data were collected as a baseline indicator across four communities participating in a national intervention to improve perinatal healthcare services. Results of these dyads showed a 15 per cent or greater difference in patient-provider perceptions of whether or not discussions had occurred in the areas of seat-belt use, birth-control method after pregnancy, physical abuse and folic acid. Patient and provider differences in recall can be attributed to many factors; however, these results suggest miscommunication between perceptions. Providers may need tools to... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1872994 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:18:10 +0100 1872994 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=909420&cid=t_434285_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Ftypical-kids.html I love them. They are so easy. You can upgrade yourself from the wicked witch of the west to superhero, with just a few words.I make a blunder. One of many. I promise the typical kids a play date without consulting the calendar in advance. I am distracted because I have an IEP coming up. Because I have a very important IEP coming up, everything else pales into insignificance. A promise to a child is never insignificant. Play date and IEP clash. I also reach the conclusion that I have mis-read Jane’s mother’s intent. I am emboldened. I shall be an American, a straight talking, take charge, kind of a guy.I remind myself that I am the worst judge of character in existence. I remind myself that I have a small circle of friends who know me well. I also have acres of acquaintances who accep... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=909420 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:34:00 +0100 909420 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=865545&cid=t_434285_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fwordless-wednesday-3.html This is an old picture of my daughter. It was taken when we believed that the boys had trouble recognising facial expressions and refused to look at pictures or images of faces, short of line drawings. She was delighted to take centre stage and provide us with lots of portraits to demonstrate different emotions. We hoped that they'd be more willing to look at their sister's face in a photograph, and they were.I can't remember how long we worked upon that particular campaign as it was a long time ago and we knew very little about autism then. However, I do know now, that it was probably one of my more futile campaigns, but hindsight is so often 20/20 as "Kristina Chew" points out in her recent "post."Even though this is supposed to be wordless Wednesday, some things just don't make any sens... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=865545 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:21:00 +0100 865545 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=693269&cid=t_434285_133_f&fid=35084&url=http%3A%2F%2Fballastexistenz.autistics.org%2F%3Fp%3D412 Mom26children has written a post about the assumptions people make about her family based on their television appearance. I can identify a lot with what she writes. When CNN came to my apartment, they took two days of footage for that one ten-minute segment. As Mom26children says: Some of you guys question the severity of my children’s autism by what you saw on an hour show. With commercials, you had 45 minutes into my very “edited” life. I’ve been asked privately to clarify a lot of things about the CNN show, but I haven’t had the time or ability to think back on it much without the chaos of the whole thing being rather overpowering. But I think I’m finally at a point where it’s distant enough I can say this stuff without my head getting tangled i... Ballastexistenz blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=693269 Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:47:18 +0100 693269 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=528530&cid=t_434285_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Ftime-wasting.html My good chum "moritherapy," who does all the psychobabble stuff, gives me a link to an article about how "autistic children read faces and interpret other people's emotional state." It is just the kind of thing I might have benefited from. [translation - at least three years ago]Some autistic children are "notorious" for their inappropriate responses. Some poor luckless child scrapes their knee at playtime and the heartless autistic child with no soul nor empathy for the human condition, cackles with laughter. Some people are aware that the contrary is true, that in general autistic people have far more sensitivity to others, a greater degree of compassion, it is merely a bad wiring job in the "response department." Faulty cataloging and a dodgy retrieval system means that response 35a com... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=528530 Sat, 07 Apr 2007 14:02:00 +0100 528530