Everyday hassles of fibromyalgia
This post has been on my mind for a while now. I live with fibromyalgia (FM) and want to share some of the everyday hassles I face. This isn’t a “oh woe is me” kind of post, it’s more of a “if you’re a clinician working with someone who has fibromyalgia, these are some things to ponder”.
Diagnosis
I worked in chronic pain management for almost 20 years before I recognised that the pains I’d been experiencing most of my adult life actually added up to “…a syndrome of diffuse body pain with associations of fatigue, sleep disturbance, cognitive changes, mood disturba...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - July 2, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: adiemusfree Tags: Chronic pain Clinical reasoning Coping strategies Health Pain conditions Professional topics Research Resilience/Health biopsychosocial fibromyalgia pain management Source Type: blogs
Soon after giving birth, mothers typically experience a self-esteem dip lasting at least three years
By Emma Young
“After decades of debate, a consensus is emerging about the way self-esteem develops across the lifespan.” So wrote a pair of psychologists – one from Kings College London, the other from the University of California Davis – in a paper published back in 2005. That “consensus” is that self-esteem is relatively high in childhood, drops during adolescence, rises gradually through adulthood before dropping sharply in old age. But a new paper suggests that there’s a major blip in this pattern for one huge part of the population. Becoming a mother triggers a decline in self-esteem and relation...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - June 30, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Emotion Mental health Source Type: blogs
Ideological Blinders
Here ' s Eduardo Porter in the NYT giving an overview of why universal coverage is worth it from the societal perspective. It shouldn ' t take wonkery to establish that, but apparently it does.If you will look up at my banner, you will see that I have already known for some time that health care in the U.S. of A. istoo expensive. You don ' t actually need to tell me that. Funny thing though -- it ' s a lot less expensive in all those communist totalitarian dungeons in Europe and the Great White North that provide universal coverage to everybody. In fact, the U.S. government spends as much on health care as the British gove...
Source: Stayin' Alive - June 28, 2017 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Debating Universal Coverage with Norwegian Minister of Education and Research Torbj ørn Isaksen
In this Norwegiandocumentary, former Conservative Party MP and Norway ’s current Minister of Education and Research Torbjørn (“Thor Bear”) Røe Isaksen and I debate which provides a better guarantee of access to health care – government or a market system?Washingtonians may recognize the locale: Bob& Edith ’s Diner in Arlington, Virginia. A rough translation/transcript of the documentary is availablehere. (Source: Cato-at-liberty)
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 5, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: Michael F. Cannon Source Type: blogs
10 Things You Should Never Ask Your Professor (And What To Ask Instead)
We all say things we would avoid saying —or saying it in a particular way—if we knew theirimpact ahead of time. We professors often get questions from our students that are ill-considered —and oftenreflect badly on the students asking them.The thing is, such questions are ofteninnocently askedbut usually come across as insulting to the teacher ordismissiveof the whole learning process. Some of them may also be taken to imply that the student asking the question really isn ' t committed to success in the course.So I ' m going to give you a few of the common questions we hear from students that will probably haveu...
Source: The A and P Student - September 26, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: etiquette other stuff teachers Source Type: blogs
Norwegian Air Force Brings ECMO to Remote Hospital
Most of the stories I read about ECMO are about how its use has expanded way beyond its intended indications.
I was pleased to see this story about how a patient in a remote northern town in Norway was able to benefit from ECMO after a fighter ... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - April 26, 2016 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care medical futility blog syndicated Source Type: blogs
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Link directly to the UN charter
For my norwegian readers (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - February 23, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Becoming Deaf in Norway 2007 Tags: Deaf Late-Deafened eab Source Type: blogs
