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 'inventory'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:10:55 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893924&cid=t_131367_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fdaily-moral-inventory%2F Twelve Step Fellowships suggest we ‘continue to take personal inventory’ as part of the program of continuing recovery.One way that many use is when we retire at night, we constructively review our day.Were we resentful, selfish, dishonest, or afraid?Tick Boxes daily. There might be one tick per line or there might be a tick in both sides or none Characteristics of Self Will     Characteristics of Higher Power’s Will Selfish & Self-Seeking  Interest In OthersDishonesty  HonestyFrightened  CourageInconsideration  ConsiderationPride  Humility – Seeking God’s WillGreed  Giving Or SharingLust  What We Can Do For OthersAnger  CalmnessEnvy  GratitudeSloth&#... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893924 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:29:00 +0100 4893924 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4775606&cid=t_131367_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fgamblers-anonymous-and-the-12-steps%2F How an informal society has altered a recovery process in accordance with the special needs of problem gamblersThis paper discusses how Gamblers Anonymous (GA) members approach the 12 Steps of recovery, originally advanced by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) as a spiritual solution to alcoholism.GA’s approach finds unique expression in its fourth step, which in AA involves a written "moral inventory."In GA, members are expected to make a financial inventory alongside the moral one. Pecuniary matters are important to gamblers given the debt loads many of them carry.Debt, which is technically a Step 4 and Step 9 (making amends) issue, in practice is typically addressed early in the program, with preceding steps addressed later.The spiritual process central to 12 Step programs will n... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4775606 Mon, 02 May 2011 16:15:00 +0100 4775606 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4377614&cid=t_131367_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F01%2F19%2Fhoward-stern-undergoes-psychological-testing-with-the-mmpi%2F On Wednesday, Howard Stern and his cohorts on his popular morning radio show discussed the results of their psychological testing (or “psych testing” as they kept referring to it on the show). The results made for some great radio. But it also highlighted some of the pros and cons of psychological testing. And perhaps inadvertently raised the question — should scientific or medical tools be used for entertainment purposes? The test they took — the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI-III) — is not meant to be taken by ordinary people who have no obvious psychological concerns. It was developed with a focus on personality and psychopathology — to help a psychologist better identify the areas of personality that are contributing to a person’s m... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4377614 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:55:34 +0100 4377614 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4134270&cid=t_131367_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FQPvJfguvlWo%2F Step Ten; Building the spiritual basis for recovery each day The Twelve Step program of recovery from alcoholism and other addictions rests on a notion of spirituality that is not about having the "right" beliefs. Instead, it is about adopting daily practices that help people stay clean and sober. These daily practices are the subject of Step Ten of the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous: "Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it." Here the word "inventory" means taking stock of our emotional disturbances, especially those that can return us to drinking or other drug use. Step Ten suggests that we watch for these disturbances every day and make an immediate response. Taking a daily inventory is important to all peop... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4134270 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:38:00 +0100 4134270 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3363822&cid=t_131367_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FpNq3mIyEtkA%2F The brick wall of insanity As opposed to the 12-Steps to recovery I decided I could handle my emotional problems if other people would just quit trying to run my life. I firmly believed that there is no greater power than myself, and anyone who said so was insane. I made a decision to remove my will and my life from God who didn’t understand me anyhow. I made a searching and thorough moral inventory of everyone I knew so they couldn’t fool me and take advantage of my good nature. I sought these people out and tried to get them to admit to me, by God, the exact nature of their wrongs. I became willing to help these people get rid of these defects of character. I was humble enough to ask these people to remove their shortcomings. I kept a list of all the people who had harmed m... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3363822 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:46:00 +0100 3363822 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3254738&cid=t_131367_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fa-program-of-action-2%2F Action will untabgle the heart to recovery A.A.’s 12-Steps – A Program of Action A.A.’s Twelve Steps, which constitute its program of recovery, are in no way a statement of belief; they simply describe what the founding members did to get sober and stay sober. They contain no new ideas: surrender, self-inventory, confession to someone outside ourselves, and some form of prayer and meditation are concepts found in spiritual movements throughout the world for thousands of years. What the Steps do is frame these principles for the suffering alcoholic – sick, frightened, defiant, and grimly determined not to be told what to do or think or believe. The Steps offer a detailed plan of action: admit that alcohol has you beaten, clean up your own life, admit your faults do whatever... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3254738 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:12:20 +0100 3254738 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3167459&cid=t_131367_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FsfZAypKxf6U%2F Balance, the gray area of life (most of life!), doesn’t come easily to us. (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com) Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3167459 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:01:21 +0100 3167459 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2766074&cid=t_131367_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F09%2F02%2Fa-profile-of-aaron-beck%2F Aaron Beck is probably best known for pioneering the use of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) — that commonly used modern psychotherapy technique known the world over. He revolutionized psychotherapy in general, by turning toward science — and replicable data — to validate the efficacy of his new therapeutic techniques he pioneered in CBT. He had to, because before Beck came along, studying why psychotherapy worked was done generally only through narrative case reports in the scientific literature. Often interesting and sometimes entertaining, but they completely lacked scientific data outside of subjective observations by the professional. Beck, on the other hand, hand to actually invent the tests to help measure whether his new therapy was working or not. Hence the psych... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2766074 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:56:11 +0100 2766074 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2685341&cid=t_131367_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FO-uPNP6KdQg%2Fsimply-cooking-challenge-day-one-taking-inventory.php Welcome to my first ever Simply Cooking Challenge!  This week, all week long, I'll be using only the food I have in my house to prepare meals for our family.  I went to the grocery store on Saturday and bought things like some fruit, milk, and a few veggies.  Other than that, it's simply what I have in my pantry, fridge, freezer and garden to get us through!  After I went through my big freezer, two refrigerators and my pantry, I realized that I have a lot of food so this challenge should be do-able.  Plus, I have a whole bunch of veggies growing in our garden, so I have lots of yummy things like lettuce, peas, and fresh herbs.  I'm not sure if my tomatoes and squash will be ready for this week, but maybe!  Below, I'm going to give you the list of foods t... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2685341 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:00:00 +0100 2685341 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2667554&cid=t_131367_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fneuropsychology-abstract-of-day.html Lu PH, Edland SD, Teng E, Tingus K, Petersen RC, Cummings JL & Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study Group. (2009) Donepezil delays progression to AD in MCI subjects with depressive symptoms. Neurology, 72(24):, 2115-2121.Departments of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the presence of depression predicts higher rate of progression to Alzheimer disease (AD) in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) and whether donepezil treatment beneficially affect this relationship. METHODS: The study sample was composed of 756 participants with aMCI from the 3-year, double-blind, placebo-controlled Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study drug trial of donepezil and vitamin E. Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) was used to... BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2667554 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:14:00 +0100 2667554 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2424506&cid=t_131367_151_f&fid=36896&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsuboxonetalkzone.com%2F%3Ffeed%3Drss A couple people have written to me saying that while I sound a bit ‘defensive’ and as if I am taking things personal, they like it when I let my true feelings out– including my anger.   If you are one of those people…. read on.  I will say, though, that I realize that there are times to maintain one’s composure.  I’m not the type of person who will excel in that environment.  When I worked in the prisons there were the inmates– people who had great difficulty holding back their anger– and the administrators– the shy, quiet people who would smile and shake your hand and then write you up for acting too ‘aggressively’ and hurting their feelings… or, if they read the manual would say that the work environment was &#8... Suboxone Talk Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2424506 Wed, 20 May 2009 04:30:27 +0100 2424506 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414881&cid=t_131367_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F05%2F16%2Fonline-treatment-for-depression-deprexis%2F Online treatment for mental disorders is not exactly a new idea. The Australian National University’s Centre for Mental Health Research released MoodGYM five years ago, with multiple studies supporting its effectiveness and validity. One of their studies even suggests that the positive effects of completing the MoodGYM program continue for up to 12 months. This is good stuff. But under the “more is better” heading, a group of German researchers developed their own online coping with depression program called Deprexis. Like MoodGYM, participants complete each module on a website: The Web-based intervention consists of 10 content modules representing different psychotherapeutic approaches, plus one introductory and one summary module, each of which can be completed in 10 t... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414881 Sat, 16 May 2009 16:00:05 +0100 2414881 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1964268&cid=t_131367_85_f&fid=36195&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealth.tesstermulo.com%2F%3Fp%3D543 Have you ever felt being drained emotionally at work or developed the dehumanized view that your clients/patients/customers deserved their troubles?  Have you ever developed the tendency to rate yourself negatively, with regards to your performance at work? If you have answered yes to all the questions, then perhaps, you may be suffering from a burnout (ICD Z73.0). Burnout is a psychological syndrome of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization or development of cynicism towards work and people in the workplace, and reduced personal accomplishment.  Health care workers are prone to experiencing this, as they work with people, most of the time, people who are ill and who may be stressed on their own, thus, may be transferring these overwhelming emotions upon their caretakers to ease their b... Prudence, M.D. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1964268 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:35:26 +0100 1964268 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1396368&cid=t_131367_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F277087259%2F The Mind will follow? What about - The Heart? Learning To Love Ourselves “Alcoholism was a lonely business.” Funny, that’s about all I needed to read this morning. But it continues - “even though we were surrounded by people who loved us… We were trying to find emotional security either by dominating or by being dependent upon others… We still vainly tried to be secure by some unhealthy sort of domination or dependence.” I’m going to find the “no-coincidence” in today’s reflection somehow! I am not emotionally okay today. I want to question the God I understand and ask him why it was necessary for me and my ex to communicate yesterday. It didn’t really accomplish anything. “When I did my personal inventory I f... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1396368 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:32:28 +0100 1396368 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1354150&cid=t_131367_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F265288704%2F Yes, heard at a meeting… “Pain shared in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous is cut in half; Joy shared in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous is doubled!” Also heard in meetings and known, by personal experience, to be true… More reality from the Daily Reflection; “When I stopped drinking I began a lifetime process of recovery from unruly emotions, painful relationships, and unmanageable situations.” Positively. “This process is too much for most of us without help from a Higher Power and our friends in the Fellowship.” Most of us? Sure have a sense of uniqueness from that statement, though I’m certain I’m not alone, I’m also certain to be envious of anyone who CAN do it without a Higher Power and our Fellowship! “When I ... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1354150 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:52:14 +0100 1354150 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1352754&cid=t_131367_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F264675441%2F Bill Wilson tells a pointed story about a group of fellows finding fully minted gold coins in “The Language of the Heart” (page 256) that you might want to read… The story creates a symbolic picture graphically which tells Bill “that I may attain ‘humility for today’ only to the extent that I am able to avoid the bog of guilt and rebellion, and that fair but deceiving land which is strewn with the coin of Pride.” He then offers that “this is how I can find and stay on the Road to Humility which lies in between. Therefore, a constant inventory which can reveal when I am off the road is always in order.” That seems to me to be closer to the Tenth Step than the Fourth. What follows though, is a few sentences that I can relate to what I hea... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1352754 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:19:25 +0100 1352754 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1349720&cid=t_131367_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F264076159%2F How did they know? Page 64 - 66; We asked ourselves why we were angry. In most cases it was found that our self-esteem, our pocketbooks, our ambitions, our personal relationships (including sex) were hurt or threatened. So we were sore. We were “burned up.” Our injuries? One example; Self-esteem: (Mr. Brown is such an a**) “Brown may get my job at the office?” Oh heck no - Brown is not better than I am! He doesn’t deserve that. I’m telling the boss. What’s that? At least Brown is here everyday without a hangover? How dare you! As I slink away hating myself… Another example - my wife (okay, ex-wife); Pride - Personal Sex Relations: “Misunderstands and nags. Likes Brown. Wants house put in her name.” NO! I don’t have a problem... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1349720 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:26:09 +0100 1349720 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1040245&cid=t_131367_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F187882237%2F On the same day the drugmaker’s stock hit a new 52-week low over pipeline concerns, AZ is looking at cutting inventory in order to free up cash. Reducing the number of days of stock held is among a number of options being considered as the group’s head of operations, David Smith, studies ways to maximize financial returns, Reuters reports. Such a move would mark the latest step by AstraZeneca to bolster its profitability, following a series of product setbacks since 2004. AZ is already cutting thousands of jobs and outsourcing some manufacturing overseas to such places as China. “AstraZeneca has not issued definitive guidance around inventory outstanding days although we are focussed on improving inventory terms as part of our overall strategic approach to improve efficie... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1040245 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:55:51 +0100 1040245 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=730621&cid=t_131367_151_f&fid=35799&url=http%3A%2F%2F12steps1journey.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fweeding-garden-part-2.html When I started working on the back yard it was so overgrown that it looked like a jungle. Vines had wound their way across the yard, trees had grown up through some old chicken wire tossed to the side, a cushion from a lawn chair had decomposed and weeds had grown up through the stuffing. In the past when I had tried to get out there and clean things up I would get overwhelmed and depressed and feel ashamed and mad I had to do it and then would quit and feel guilty about it. But working through the resentment I had about the back yard changed my whole experience.While chopping down vines, I began to see a parallel between getting the yard back together and recovery work. Now hang on, I know that sounds like a stretch, but it really worked for me.As I started to pull up a vine in the middle... Twelve Steps, One Journey blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=730621 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:53:00 +0100 730621 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=730622&cid=t_131367_151_f&fid=35799&url=http%3A%2F%2F12steps1journey.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fweeding-garden.html I often find my mind wandering into fantasies. And not some happy fantasy, but a scenario where I am the victim and someone is being really mean to me, or a "poor me" fantasy.Recently I was walking through my neighborhood admiring all the beautiful homes and gardens and in to my brain pops the message, "I wish I could afford to live in one of these houses but I'll never make enough money and the housing market is inflated and only rich people who don't care about the world live in these houses and I should move to another town but I don't have any money and ...." Whew, it was time to take a breathe.Through my recovery work I've learned to take a step back from these thoughts when they come up and try and observe them from another angle. I ask God to help me see the truth and how I may be m... Twelve Steps, One Journey blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=730622 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:02:00 +0100 730622