MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'Wash Post Health' source. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:05:08 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3383697&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Dcedc2844ad48207b7fe5e55ebce911fa The percentage of tuberculosis cases around the world resistant to two standard drugs remains low -- about 4 percent -- but is three to six times as high in the vast area that once encompassed the Soviet Union, according to a report released this week by the World Health Organization. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3383697 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3383697 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3383153&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Dcedc2844ad48207b7fe5e55ebce911fa Drug-resistant tuberculosis cases in much of the former Soviet Union are three to six times higher than in the rest of the world, according to a report released this week by the World Health Organization. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3383153 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:17:56 +0100 3383153 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378819&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D76688893c5bc56fb8cfbbbe9d1a29552 More than 3 percent of District residents older than 12 are living with HIV or AIDS, an epidemic rate of infection that continues to worry city health officials. But a report on the disease released Wednesday offered hope: New AIDS cases and AIDS-related deaths have dropped steadily in the past f... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378819 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3378819 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3374447&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Db4969d75e9688b7ddfd8d10fba9a287d What did you crave when you were pregnant: Chocolate? Tacos? Sardines? Or were you more driven by food aversions than by cravings? (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3374447 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:04:03 +0100 3374447 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3374799&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Decd3380120e9bf8505af421bd5680557 An obscure parliamentary maneuver favored by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) suddenly ignited Tuesday as the latest tinder in the year-long partisan strife over reshaping the nation's health-care system, triggering debate over the strategy's legitimacy and political wisdom. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3374799 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3374799 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3372172&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D9c3f9e6bbb068826838e8e78404a4041 Michelle Obama on Tuesday called on corporate food giants such as Coca-Cola, General Mills and Kraft Foods to step up efforts to produce more healthful food and then market that, rather than junk food, to children. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3372172 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:19:01 +0100 3372172 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3368292&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Db4969d75e9688b7ddfd8d10fba9a287d What did you crave when you were pregnant: Chocolate? Tacos? Sardines? Or were you more driven by food aversions than by cravings? (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3368292 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:04:03 +0100 3368292 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3367630&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Fads.pheedo.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fs%3Dbf0b93a50f29357406f5739a676d98e5%26p%3D4 (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3367630 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:04:03 +0100 3367630 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3367629&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Dbf0b93a50f29357406f5739a676d98e5 We tend to frame this country's fitness and obesity problem almost entirely in terms of lifestyle and motivation. Even the most out-of-shape, time-pressed couch potato can find some way to start exercising, we say. You make it a priority, get up and do it. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3367629 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:04:03 +0100 3367629 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3372173&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Ddc1cb74b8573f7f9a5f8ed2c23e176ac Olie Kolzig knows all about pushing the body to its limits: During a 19-year hockey career, most of it as a goalie for the Washington Capitals, he dislocated his right kneecap twice and damaged his hip, elbow, shoulder and finger -- and required a total of nine surgeries. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3372173 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3372173 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3366662&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D0b8a5f79e4283701982a69e4cadbd9da In 2006, the New England Journal of Medicine published a $12.5 million study saying that, for most people, glucosamine and chondroitin do not soothe knee pain much better than a placebo. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3366662 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3366662 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3366603&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D2041d69e950012a76a5de2f758939617 The best athlete I knew in college has just had both his hips replaced. Another friend recently got two new titanium knees. We're all in our 50s -- once among the fittest in our college classes and now suffering from the kind of worn-out, creaking joints that generally come at a much older age. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3366603 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:04:10 +0100 3366603 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3366602&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Dc68e1dab1cc5ca61cbb75e4ee5e1804f When Claudette Broyles tries to describe to friends how she feels, she likens herself to a balloon on a string, tied to a post. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3366602 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:04:05 +0100 3366602 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3364147&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Db2e0549311c68377690a8ddcc5d0652d One year after President Obama announced he was lifting his predecessor's controversial restrictions on federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research, some scientists are complaining that so far the new policy is -- ironically -- more of a burden than a boon to their work. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3364147 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3364147 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3364146&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D5ad951cc27178318bc3050dae638e103 In the hope of expanding a controversial form of organ donation into emergency rooms around the United States, a federally funded project has begun trying to obtain kidneys, livers and possibly other body parts from car-accident victims, heart-attack fatalities and other urgent-care patients. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3364146 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3364146 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3359846&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Dd36986348031514c4796867358bc308c Instead of an epidemic of over-treatment, Warner describes an epidemic of under-treatment of children with mental illness. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3359846 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:04:05 +0100 3359846 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3359289&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Dd36986348031514c4796867358bc308c Instead of an epidemic of over-treatment, Warner describes an epidemic of under-treatment of children with mental illness. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3359289 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:04:02 +0100 3359289 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3348955&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D3448b2b4afafebb6af221b55f4694854 Appropriately clad in a Speedo, swim cap and nose plugs, Bob Axelrod told me a story. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3348955 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:04:02 +0100 3348955 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3348953&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D9030a5c794e78990f936d3a8ea03526a As Republicans work to prevent a health-care bill from reaching President Obama, they are scrambling to exploit divisions between Democrats in the House and the Senate. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3348953 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3348953 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3346964&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Fads.pheedo.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fs%3D3448b2b4afafebb6af221b55f4694854%26p%3D4 (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3346964 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:04:03 +0100 3346964 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3346963&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D3448b2b4afafebb6af221b55f4694854 Appropriately clad in a Speedo, swim cap and nose plugs, Bob Axelrod told me a story. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3346963 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:04:03 +0100 3346963 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3346962&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D8319ce42a4e461f374c58a9a14f710e5 Me Minus 10 got off to a rocky start two weeks ago: No sooner had I pledged to lose 10 pounds than I got, first, a GI-tract malady and then a wicked head cold (both now resolved). Neither helped me mentally or physically. Nor did learning, upon purchase of a new scale, that I have 12, not 10 poun... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3346962 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:04:03 +0100 3346962 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3346961&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D46746fbd573b457905b3d75c7cd86583 Two things I've learned since launching my Me Minus 10 campaign to lose 10 pounds before I turn 50 in December: Many people want to lose 10 pounds -- and many would like to have cartoon images made of themselves! I've received tons of great feedback; here are some of your letters. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3346961 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:04:02 +0100 3346961 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3346965&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D6f571583adf44d3610f6729954a3fd9d "The Early Show" co-anchor Harry Smith is scheduled to have a colonoscopy Wednesday, with live reports planned as he undergoes the procedure at a New York hospital. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3346965 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:06:54 +0100 3346965 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350768&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D5bfc1d33568652f0aa703ddd498619e8 The emergency department is always noisy, but sudden screams from a staffer still get attention. The triage nurse is yelling, "Not breathing, had vitals at triage and just croaked," as she runs toward us pushing a wheelchair. In it, a pale, thin man is slumped over and looking gray. I'm the atten... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350768 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3350768 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3348954&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Df27e6bb1bc625281e130eade15f85d0e When I was growing up, one of my mother's favorite admonitions -- along with "If you keep making that face, it's going to freeze that way" and "Don't sit too close to the television or you're going to need glasses" -- was the classic "Turn that music down, or you'll go deaf." (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3348954 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3348954 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3343165&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D6585ad3a96dd97f821e2bdea61eda4d0 For 42,000 years, Lyuba, a baby woolly mammoth, was preserved almost perfectly intact, right down to her baby fat, in frigid Siberian river muck. Now released from her icy grave, she is being preserved in much the same manner as another famous Russian relic: the body of revolutionary Vladimir Lenin.... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3343165 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3343165 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3343135&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D50b442325f178ce3a9c64ed8e3246c6d A decade and a half ago, when I started my solo practice, I would say to my routine HIV patients, "Let's see you back in three months." I was eager to fill clinic slots; also, because of my lack of experience, I felt safer seeing my patients more often. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3343135 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3343135 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3343119&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D2c46b03ede2ab00b69401e79327fe4c3 On a recent weekday morning, 15 expectant mothers are gathered in a circle in a large room at a Washington hospital for a collective third trimester checkup. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3343119 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:04:03 +0100 3343119 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3343118&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D11337f1b3001a863c8da7a3c312f349c It seemed like a relatively simple process: When you get sick, first call your primary-care doctor. Second, visit said doctor. Third, follow doctor's orders: Fill prescriptions, take to bed, whatever. Fourth, get better. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3343118 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:04:03 +0100 3343118 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3343120&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D9fcb1107bdfa58b2b73151f623c303c3 GLENSIDE, Pa. -- Stirring memories of his campaign for the White House, President Barack Obama made a spirited, shirt-sleeved appeal for passage of long-stalled health care changes Monday as Democratic congressional leaders worked behind the scenes on legislation they hope can quickly gain passage. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3343120 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:46:45 +0100 3343120 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3341216&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D9fcb1107bdfa58b2b73151f623c303c3 WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama ratcheted up his attacks against insurance companies Monday in a last-ditch attempt to get a reluctant public and skittish Democrats behind his health overhaul legislation. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3341216 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:36:15 +0100 3341216 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3339045&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D2b15f9418e66aef5e6f41c2be16fcd83 TOKYO -- As women in the United States and across the industrialized world get fatter, most Japanese women are getting skinnier. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3339045 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3339045 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3336136&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D999f18713f391da6dd55ae730e3384f0 An influential voice on Capitol Hill has unexpectedly called into question the safety of investing in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, raising the specter that investors who have lent money to the two firms or bought their mortgage-backed securities could one day suffer losses. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3336136 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3336136 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3334312&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D87be79b1758308c90a226021b3933503 Thousands of types of processed foods -- including many varieties of soups, chips, frozen dinners, hot dogs and salad dressings -- may pose a health threat because they contain a flavor enhancer that could be contaminated with salmonella, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3334312 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3334312 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3328460&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D2b15f9418e66aef5e6f41c2be16fcd83 TOKYO -- As women in the United States and across the industrialized world get fatter, most Japanese women are getting skinnier. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3328460 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:30:59 +0100 3328460 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3326790&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3De33f1385447665c351cda093e49dd888 Gradually, almost imperceptibly, Tom Harrison began to lose flexibility in his neck and trunk. He was in his early 80s. There are worse things at that age, right? (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3326790 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:04:04 +0100 3326790 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3326789&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D6d140e95fac1ee11a2379abcb616b313 As Democrats on Capitol Hill prepared a risky effort to muscle sweeping health-care legislation to final passage, President Obama on Tuesday made a last gambit to split Republicans on the issue, proposing to incorporate a handful of GOP ideas into his signature domestic initiative. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3326789 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3326789 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3322754&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D74b516225418a8e9db4f052ff1d077f5 For half a century, we've been told that saturated fats are bad for our hearts. That belief led to what many now consider the disastrous switch from saturated-fat-filled butter to trans-fat-filled margarine as the bread-spread of choice. It also led to the government's recommendation, through its... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3322754 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:04:03 +0100 3322754 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3322718&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Fads.pheedo.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fs%3De33f1385447665c351cda093e49dd888%26p%3D4 (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3322718 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:04:03 +0100 3322718 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3322717&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3De33f1385447665c351cda093e49dd888 Gradually, almost imperceptibly, Tom Harrison began to lose flexibility in his neck and trunk. He was in his early 80s. There are worse things at that age, right? (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3322717 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:04:03 +0100 3322717 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3318887&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Df2cea794fca4391ed8e8cd85c7981fc1 The District's troubled HIV/AIDS Administration is scrambling to correct dozens of billing and record-keeping deficiencies discovered at Washington area medical clinics that draw federal AIDS funding. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3318887 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:04:06 +0100 3318887 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3318886&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Dc1cdae7f8a33aa1871bb3e3fe415df5f Ted Leonsis, Internet multimillionaire, Washington Capitals owner and by general acclaim a very nice guy, has some recommendations for being a happier person, and it isn't about getting rich. (Why is it that really wealthy people always say that?) Instead, he writes in his new memoir-cum-self-hel... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3318886 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:04:06 +0100 3318886 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3318885&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D95e2f833424b404e2d3aade73867a6ad After receiving a diagnosis of aggressive breast cancer at age 43, Lisbeth Ceriani wanted to find out whether she had the BRCA gene mutation, which makes women much more likely to get breast and ovarian cancer. If she tested positive for the mutation, she decided, she would have her ovaries remov... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3318885 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:04:05 +0100 3318885 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3318884&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Dd8fb5cd7c2ec80fedd1048a3f8277e54 (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3318884 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:04:05 +0100 3318884 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3318883&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D2ceea3c81a0c651100af54590437347a Aspiring to imitate Thomas Eakins? It certainly looks that way. Last week, a group of students from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania evoked the image of the 19th-century Philadelphia artist when they went to observe -- and then document in their own drawings -- surgery as it was taking place. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3318883 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:04:05 +0100 3318883 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3318882&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D15856d1b1eb57f062ce570ea61d2c157 The Oscars are coming! And Meryl Streep is nominated for her role as super-chef Julia Child, who chop-chop-chopped those onions to success in "Julie & Julia." The movie tells the tale of Julia's beginnings as a chef in Paris, set against the later story of young writer Julie Powell, who spend... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3318882 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:04:04 +0100 3318882 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3318881&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D2fd3a9edfa1730368ef1b3192d6f315f Denise Camp was resigned to the double standard that had long applied to her medical bills, forcing her to skimp on other expenses so she could pay for mental health treatment. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3318881 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:04:04 +0100 3318881 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3318731&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Df2cea794fca4391ed8e8cd85c7981fc1 The District's troubled HIV/AIDS Administration is scrambling to correct dozens of billing and record-keeping deficiencies discovered at Washington area medical clinics that draw federal AIDS funding. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3318731 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:42:02 +0100 3318731 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3318478&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D5bba47fe8f67c2958e7d0da2fa8637db Raising the prospect of a "simple up-or-down vote" on health-care reform, White House adviser Nancy-Ann DeParle said on Sunday she thinks Democrats will secure enough ayes on the measure and signaled that the administration could be moving toward trying to pass it along party lines. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3318478 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3318478 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3316546&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Dc235d69aa2de758813c979d2a6fd4c15 CHICAGO -- One in four U.S. parents believes that some vaccines cause autism in healthy children, but even many of those worried about risks think their children should be immunized. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3316546 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3316546 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3311509&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D8692385bd239cce86f3dbdad949c8981 SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Carol Ball's day begins in the dark, in another state. By the time she arrives at work, crosses a snowy parking lot and enters the austere one-story Planned Parenthood clinic here, she has flown 200 miles to do something no South Dakota doctor will do. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3311509 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3311509 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3307720&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D95b6f172cb8bd6fcb4426bbd699df305 On Tuesday we posted an internal MySpace product document presenting detailed recommendations on rebuilding the MySpace developer/apps platform . Included in that post was an embed of the document hosted on Scribd. MySpace has chosen to send a DMCA notice to Scribd to have that document removed, and... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3307720 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:02:11 +0100 3307720 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3303382&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Db008fc51b7c6c2f039986140f8a12ae2 Richard B. Cheney's fifth heart attack may add to the lore surrounding the seemingly indomitable former vice president. But his ability to survive repeated coronaries is more a testament to modern medicine's advances in detecting and treating the leading killer than any supernatural powers. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3303382 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3303382 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3303381&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Dbf32c6ab732d40e947c45ef68a822921 First lady Michelle Obama sits in an upholstered armchair in her East Wing office, a generous bowl of fresh apples on a nearby table. She wears a body-conscious gray sleeveless sheath with an artful corsage of matching fabric decorating the right shoulder. A petite Georgetown student -- one of the... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3303381 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3303381 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3301852&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D4f2fab11f016c787ec7be73dc70933dd Everyone remembers the rope climb from gym class. Probably not too fondly. So you might not like what I'm about to tell you: It's time to grab a rope again. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3301852 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:04:03 +0100 3301852 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3301851&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D19204bb0c6c8a1b06b09ca57242e0be2 I am going to lose 10 pounds. There, I've said it. Now I really have to do it. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3301851 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:04:03 +0100 3301851 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3301850&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Dbf32c6ab732d40e947c45ef68a822921 First lady Michelle Obama sits in an upholstered armchair in her East Wing office, a generous bowl of fresh apples on a nearby table. She wears a body-conscious gray sleeveless sheath with an artful corsage of matching fabric decorating the right shoulder. A petite Georgetown Hoya -- one of the... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3301850 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:30:56 +0100 3301850 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3299606&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Dfa02cd88ee3fceb04f89732a026056e2 The World Health Organization announced Wednesday that it was too early to declare that the H1N1 pandemic had peaked and urged nations around the world to remain vigilant. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3299606 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:29:02 +0100 3299606 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298765&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D8a0f8f1c7d9766b775131ea4515ea2e5 I've cobbled together my own plan for shedding 10 pounds. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298765 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:04:02 +0100 3298765 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298764&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Fads.pheedo.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fs%3D9064588fe331b36620a9ecde5ecb7a54%26p%3D4 (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298764 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:04:02 +0100 3298764 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298763&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D9064588fe331b36620a9ecde5ecb7a54 I've been mulling the ways in which I might be diverted from my 10-pound weight-loss goal. Here are some of my concerns: (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298763 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:04:02 +0100 3298763 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298675&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D4f2fab11f016c787ec7be73dc70933dd Everyone remembers the rope climb from gym class. Probably not too fondly. So you might not like what I'm about to tell you: It's time to grab a rope again. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298675 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:04:04 +0100 3298675 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298674&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D19204bb0c6c8a1b06b09ca57242e0be2 I am going to lose 10 pounds. There, I've said it. Now I really have to do it. I don't think anyone's first impression of me is that I'm fat. But for as long as I can remember, I've been carrying around about 10 extra pounds. They pad my bottom and my belly. They form a pair of flaps on the backs... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298674 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:04:02 +0100 3298674 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3303009&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D6dcf2fbf7ae4d3fe9e1ab03ccdfa056a Do you or does your child suffer from cerebral palsy? Down syndrome? Autism? A knee injury? General ennui? (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3303009 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3303009 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3295064&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3De3dd6ff4928e16da9029b192b59330a3 Speedskater Apolo Anton Ohno trained for the Vancouver Olympics for two years. He sprinted up mountains, lifted weights, ran, biked and skated. He often worked out twice a day, sometimes more. In his first event of the 2010 Games, he won a silver medal. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3295064 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3295064 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3295063&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D77343b942b67674f804894e489c6cc64 Riding in school buses in the early morning, then sitting in poorly lighted classrooms are significant reasons students have trouble getting to sleep at night, according to new research. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3295063 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3295063 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3295062&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Dd02d342d1037023cb2fa3b98489f168f Major U.S. foodmakers are quietly investigating how to rid their containers of Bisphenol A, a chemical under scrutiny by federal regulators concerned about links to a range of health problems, including reproductive disorders and cancer. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3295062 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3295062 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3294979&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D13ddd77c17769f45801429cf7f202f21 Whether you are aware of your incessantly ticking biological clock or not, the absolute last thing that any woman of steadily advancing childbearing age wants to hear when she flips on the morning news shows is: Women lose 90 percent of their eggs by age 30. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3294979 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:04:10 +0100 3294979 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3294978&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D2fe74b504080f525a74c65d2aad3d48c Even as officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are announcing that the epidemic of the H1N1 flu is no longer widespread in any state, no disease expert is willing to say there isn't a third -- or fourth -- wave of swine flu in the country's future. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3294978 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:04:07 +0100 3294978 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3294850&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Daaa00574e4b35438ac1394dd05a24049 President Obama made it clear Monday morning that he intends to make a final push for a comprehensive overhaul of the nation's health-care and insurance system, offering a new health-care plan that largely embraces the approach already taken by the U.S. Senate. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3294850 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:15:00 +0100 3294850 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3294271&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Daaa00574e4b35438ac1394dd05a24049 President Obama made it clear Monday morning that he intends to make a final push for a comprehensive overhaul of the nation's health care and insurance system, offering a new health care plan that largely embraces the approach already taken by the U.S. Senate. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3294271 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:00:00 +0100 3294271 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3288803&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D718ea11091396869244095a9aebda35c SAN FRANCISCO -- The antiretroviral drugs that revolutionized the care of people with AIDS are on the threshold of a new life as tools to prevent infection in individuals and brake the epidemic in populations as a whole. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3288803 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3288803 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3284708&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D244c8cea4ebe66dc36dc157c43be525f Kaiser Permanente has reversed a decision to stop offering its heavily used after-hours urgent-care services in Kensington after members protested, a top Kaiser executive said Thursday. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3284708 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3284708 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3286917&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D4e7d500b941e53febcd40f147604b4fb The company at the heart of a nationwide outbreak of salmonella illness linked to salami says it has detected the bacterium in sealed containers of red pepper from two suppliers, raising concerns that other foodmakers may have used tainted spices in a variety of foods. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3286917 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:34:01 +0100 3286917 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3284250&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D244c8cea4ebe66dc36dc157c43be525f Kaiser Permanente has reversed a decision to close its heavily used after-hours urgent-care services in Kensington after members protested, a top Kaiser executive said Thursday. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3284250 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:15:59 +0100 3284250 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3280724&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D84697e054da74f014931a8dd487c215b Scientists have deciphered the genetic blueprint of South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu and an indigenous Bushman from Namibia as part of an ambitious and controversial project to bring modern genomic medicine to the developing world. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3280724 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3280724 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3280425&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D43cacf61a3787dedcd4e3a3f19535de6 For nosy guests, a medicine cabinet is the holy grail of snooping. But some experts advise not storing medicine there. "There is too much moisture and too much light," said D.C. pharmacist Dave Toth. Instead, fill a drawer with basic medicines and first-aid supplies. Even closets can be too cold ... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3280425 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:04:04 +0100 3280425 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3280423&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Db25707b797811364c63872237736244b A few weeks ago, it seemed a 24-hour pharmacy would always be a quick car ride away, but the record snowfalls remind us of that old Boy Scout saw: Be prepared. As the snow melts, clean out expired medicine, toss the extra bottles of lotion you never use and stock up on supplies that cover common ... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3280423 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:04:03 +0100 3280423 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3280365&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Fads.pheedo.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fs%3D84697e054da74f014931a8dd487c215b%26p%3D4 (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3280365 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:29:01 +0100 3280365 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3280364&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D84697e054da74f014931a8dd487c215b Scientists have deciphered the genetic blueprint of South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu and an indigenous bushman from Namibia as part of an ambitious and controversial project to bring modern genomic medicine to the developing world. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3280364 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:29:01 +0100 3280364 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3279827&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D3516a5516d14eccbe2653e865bebaa95 Check out the following clubs to see how you'd do on the track: (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3279827 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:04:03 +0100 3279827 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3279826&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D3ba0214c23bbfa95b9302cfbcf30f500 When you and everyone else in the Washington area rushed to the grocery store last week to stock up before yet another snowstorm, what exactly did you put in your shopping cart? (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3279826 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:04:03 +0100 3279826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3280424&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Da1adaa67ad306825dc1873f96f39680d Maribel Perez breathes in short puffs, panting almost, through a hole cut into her trachea and covered demurely with a patch of gauze. Clear tubes connected to a noisy machine in the living room of her small Alexandria apartment pump pure oxygen into her nostrils. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3280424 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3280424 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3276620&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D4c8d53b263fc2e5476b9a7ada8d03c43 This is a guest post by Tiffany Philippou who started the Secret London Facebook Group. Two weeks after launch the group had amassed over 180,000 members, propelling its 21 year old creator into her first startup ¿ see our previous coverage . The website build weekend drew to a close two days ago... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3276620 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:11:48 +0100 3276620 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3276189&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D3ba0214c23bbfa95b9302cfbcf30f500 When you and everyone else in the Washington area rushed to the grocery store last week to stock up before yet another snowstorm, what exactly did you put in your shopping cart? (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3276189 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:04:04 +0100 3276189 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3276188&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D85662dac902c795551f7b4b1b4a02e50 How's your exercise routine going? Are you hitting the gym consistently, putting in your 30 minutes a day, maybe even 60? Are you doing your reps, pounding out the miles, sticking with the program -- even in the face of work and family obligations and the hassles posed by the weather? Feeling pre... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3276188 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:04:04 +0100 3276188 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3278868&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D78ebeb56237cd692873c425d095bb307 Lisa Oakley knows that some studies on long-term use of cellphones suggest an increased correlation with cancerous tumors. And she knows of a couple of people who have had brain tumors, and wonders whether their cellphones had anything to do with it. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3278868 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3278868 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3273684&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D5a1a6b2131579c25bd6607df7ac34d50 This week, as airborne snowboarders try to complete two flips and three spins before landing on a halfpipe, or skeleton athletes hurtle headfirst at 90 mph just two inches above the icy track, we hold our breath wondering whether they'll make it. From the comfort of our living rooms, they seem ju... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3273684 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3273684 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3273226&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D40997728abc93e893568c9f7d8037a3c A nasal spray containing a hormone that is known to make women more maternal and men less shy apparently can help those with autism make eye contact and interact better with others, according to a provocative study released Monday. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3273226 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:04:03 +0100 3273226 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3273225&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D24395e47187f139910578e1534574364 The day starts about 5:30 a.m., when the hotel turns back on the power. The fans come back on, at least. People begin stirring, snores fade away, backpacks rustle and feet pad around. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3273225 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:04:03 +0100 3273225 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3273224&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D8e7795c69e9172588f38c31d8c9d2175 Karen Hammerman could see that her son was upset, and when he told her why, she was unnerved. Adam Hammerman, then a 16-year-old sophomore at Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Montgomery County, had missed a week of school because of a virus and telephoned several classmates to see what assig... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3273224 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:04:02 +0100 3273224 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3273162&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D40997728abc93e893568c9f7d8037a3c A nasal spray containing a hormone that makes women more maternal and men less shy apparently can help those with autism make eye contact and interact better with others, according to a provocative study released Monday. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3273162 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:00:00 +0100 3273162 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3267571&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D4f568b97d83001a885204c33eefda0d1 About 57 million Americans, or slightly more than 18 percent of the population, have contracted pandemic H1N1 influenza since April, federal public health officials said Friday. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3267571 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3267571 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3267328&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D4f568b97d83001a885204c33eefda0d1 About 57 million Americans, or slightly over 18 percent of the population, have contracted pandemic H1N1 influenza since April, federal public health officials said Friday. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3267328 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:33:00 +0100 3267328 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3257752&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D39407275894a0fc782f3b5886e77dbd3 For a quick and cheap ski lesson, just turn on your TV, says Robin Barnes, a member of the Professional Ski Instructors of America 's alpine demonstration team. Here's what to look for while watching Olympic athletes go for the gold. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3257752 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:04:02 +0100 3257752 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3257751&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D8f8deae8ea28b95fbb8e1df0aecf911e Children who throw too many tantrums could be diagnosed with "temper dysregulation with dysphoria." Teenagers who are particularly eccentric might be candidates for treatment for "psychosis risk syndrome." Men who are just way too interested in sex face being labeled as suffering from "hypersexua... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3257751 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3257751 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3257750&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D4f6988dc5087fc3741e5c23dee349672 In front of a packed audience in the State Dining Room at the White House on Tuesday, first lady Michelle Obama rolled out her national initiative to combat childhood obesity with a show of force that included medical, business and government leaders, grassroots activists, celebrity public service... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3257750 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3257750 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3255096&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Da6ec8ffff5b65acdd812cd44356b29c6 I'm not one of those people who doesn't go skiing in the Washington region because the slopes are too puny and the conditions are too icy. Nope, I'm one of those people who doesn't ski around here because sharp poles, slippery surfaces and gravity never seemed like a friendly combination. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3255096 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:04:04 +0100 3255096 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3255187&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D4f6988dc5087fc3741e5c23dee349672 In the State Dining Room at the White House, first lady Michelle Obama rolled out her national initiative to combat childhood obesity Tuesday afternoon with a show of force that included medical, business and government officials, grass-roots activists, celebrity public service announcements, car... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3255187 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:40:58 +0100 3255187 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3254874&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Da6ec8ffff5b65acdd812cd44356b29c6 I'm not one of those people who doesn't go skiing in the Washington region because the slopes are too puny and the conditions are too icy. Nope, I'm one of those people who doesn't ski around here because sharp poles, slippery surfaces and gravity never seemed like a friendly combination. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3254874 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:04:04 +0100 3254874 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3254873&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Fads.pheedo.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fs%3D94c5aa670fc950ee4f74f9f9f48312eb%26p%3D4 (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3254873 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:04:04 +0100 3254873 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3254872&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D94c5aa670fc950ee4f74f9f9f48312eb Last week, the British medical journal the Lancet, which had originally published a controversial 1998 study by British researcher Andrew Wakefield that implied a link between autism and the vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella, formally retracted that study . In the wake of this, one of the... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3254872 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:04:03 +0100 3254872 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3259394&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D70e1705ce1abac6e04bf5cd271bc2ded My patient Debra practically waltzes into my office. She is giggling and barely waits for the door to close before she announces: "I am having sex again and really enjoying it. Not only that, but I'm actually having random lusty thoughts." What a change from a couple of months ago, when sex was n... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3259394 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3259394 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3255188&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D6c4b106362036c70ad8a75ef5f5d7f7e My friend Katie has a dirty little secret that's actually obvious to anyone who gives her a cursory once-over: Ever since childhood, she has bitten her nails down to the quick, often gnawing at them until the cuticles bleed, especially when she's nervous or bored. This successful 43-year-old mark... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3255188 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3255188 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3251624&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D957ad2d8681008ddc43e3a359fe0993c We have three tents for our "triage emergency department." Two tents stand out: the "Jiffy Pop" (look that up, those of you born in the microwave era) and the Blue Tent. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3251624 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3251624 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3251555&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D40191435b6e2fb6b4680edd2b730b79b If you think that getting older is the beginning of the end, think again. Sure, skin loses some elasticity and joints get creaky, and maybe you can't keep your eyes open past 9:30 p.m. But even people well into their 80s are going to yoga and Pilates classes, volunteering, having sex and taking c... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3251555 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:04:03 +0100 3251555 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3251553&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Decc125692c3acfd166f87326a454d156 Nearly three years ago, Harry Rosenberg and his wife, Barbara Filner, met with nine of their neighbors about starting an aging-in-place "village" in the Burning Tree community of Bethesda. The idea: If neighbors could help one another with basic services such as transportation and simple home mai... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3251553 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:04:03 +0100 3251553 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3251552&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D7bf7896096c406e2c985497aa181257c Where did I park my car? What is that lady's name? Where are my glasses? Some call these "senior moments" or "tip-of-the-tongue" experiences. They're mundane for many elderly (and not-so-elderly) adults, but when do they become something more serious? How does one know when it's time to get scree... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3251552 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:04:02 +0100 3251552 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3251554&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Dc1650eded0ac28b7e0b15e0f7cdb0930 President Obama moved to jump-start the stalled health-care debate Sunday, inviting Republicans in Congress to participate in a bipartisan, half-day televised summit on the subject this month. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3251554 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3251554 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3251040&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D55b20af2a4a4c57819d9b6fd3fda5234 Local paramedics and firefighters don't need to follow television shows about a half-ton teen or biggest losers to track the obesity trend. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3251040 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3251040 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3242624&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D31ca21bf06de35639719be5b13e0138c Attending Bellevue physician and prolific author Danielle Ofri shares tales of her patients' paths through life. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3242624 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:04:02 +0100 3242624 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3242623&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D683f5446e4ca0c37821ed5f5e6eba4c0 Three books aim to get women out of malaises and in perfect states of mind and body. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3242623 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:04:02 +0100 3242623 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3240297&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D283ec5eb08eba8f25cd407aff694c1f7 Two Republican congressmen who help oversee billions of dollars for people with AIDS are asking the federal government for an accounting of fraud and mismanagement complaints leveled against AIDS programs nationwide. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3240297 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3240297 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3240296&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D66881bf1d2802b36e7a830b70eacf7bd The Department of Defense will begin making the morning-after pill Plan B available at all of its hospitals and health clinics around the world, officials announced Thursday. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3240296 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3240296 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3239329&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Dedcd6f597e2261aa55891550f1e3fb52 Many of the patients were labeled with the same grim diagnosis: "vegetative state." Their head injuries, teams of specialists had concluded, condemned them to a netherworld -- alive yet utterly devoid of any awareness of the world around them. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3239329 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3239329 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3236369&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D7e5fde3699d98e0d1dd9209d9fea7f20 The founder of a city-funded AIDS program that recently closed amid reports of alleged fraud and neglect also operated eight facilities for the mentally ill that were racked for years by similar problems, city officials said. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3236369 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:28:02 +0100 3236369 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3236215&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D978ee44bc824e87abd74fa2a29779314 Are we done dieting? Many of us want to lose weight, and many more probably should. But in recent months I've seen a subtle shift in the diet-guidance market: Instead of prescribing eating regimens, many weight-loss experts are suggesting that we reevaluate our relationship with food, focus on ea... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3236215 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:04:04 +0100 3236215 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3235608&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D978ee44bc824e87abd74fa2a29779314 Are we done dieting? Many of us want to lose weight, and many more probably should. But in recent months I've seen a subtle shift in the diet-guidance market: Instead of prescribing eating regimens, many weight-loss experts are suggesting that we reevaluate our relationship with food, focus on... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3235608 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:04:03 +0100 3235608 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3233772&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D2195673b412f1b1bd3cb7ba880b4564c The Lancet medical journal formally retracted a paper Tuesday that caused a 12-year international battle over links between autism and the childhood vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3233772 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3233772 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3233771&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D418835ccd838003d2e162d54755ef7d4 After being treated for prostate cancer recently, I did a review of my writings on the subject through the years. Pretty consistent stuff: Get screened regularly, fellows, as I was doing, and stop being so chicken-hearted about those digital exams. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3233771 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3233771 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3231501&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Fads.pheedo.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fs%3D49c438ae31fa6186179f26b7e0ad6c75%26p%3D4 (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3231501 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:04:09 +0100 3231501 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3231499&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D49c438ae31fa6186179f26b7e0ad6c75 Two months back, tiny Lincoln University attracted worldwide media attention when it threatened to withhold diplomas from overweight students unless they took a special fitness class. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3231499 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:04:07 +0100 3231499 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3230492&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D978ee44bc824e87abd74fa2a29779314 Are we done dieting? Many of us want to lose weight, and many more probably should. But in recent months I've seen a subtle shift in the diet-guidance market: Instead of prescribing eating regimens, many weight-loss experts are suggesting that we reevaluate our relationship with food, focus on ea... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3230492 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:04:08 +0100 3230492 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3228213&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D69ea6788b86037c4e438833c3b5ef794 Adapted from The Post's daily health blog. A new study is raising fresh concerns about chemicals long used as flame retardant on carpet padding, furniture, computers and other products commonly found in homes and offices. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3228213 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:04:03 +0100 3228213 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3228212&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D76de3476ff728224e3b671bb25d41d05 I usually buy organic, sustainably raised meats, but sometimes when I can't find them, I get kosher meat instead. Does that make environmental sense, or is the stuff approved by rabbis just as bad as anything else? (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3228212 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:04:03 +0100 3228212 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3228211&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3De2daae3ee906a9c0794c64bce8224565 Long before the Christmas airplane bomber affair highlighted the threat of weaponized underwear, the Transportation Security Administration had begun test deployments of "whole-body" scanners that detect not only knives, guns and the like but also soft explosives or pouches of lethal chemicals that... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3228211 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:04:03 +0100 3228211 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3228210&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Dc3a9466c516299391d00ec980c51dfec Take a walk, or take a canoe, down the Anacostia River. Here -- in the story of one smelly, trashy and sporadically beautiful stream -- is the unfinished business of the American environmental movement, 40 years after the first Earth Day. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3228210 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:04:03 +0100 3228210 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3228209&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D616a8dc45745f9d01f0ad0c9d5e081dc For the first two weeks, we watched the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake with a combination of horror and hope: horror over the widespread devastation and hope whenever one more living soul was retrieved from the rubble. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3228209 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:04:02 +0100 3228209 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3228208&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D2d6de2b9ea76336d33d28165535edc80 Obamacare in trouble? I've seen this story before. It may not end in the way the Clinton effort imploded in 1994. But a look back helps answer this question: How does health-care reform go from being an apple pie issue with voters to a lightning rod for discontent? (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3228208 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:04:02 +0100 3228208 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3228053&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D31ca815deb85f75b2d3f537783ace6ef The Food and Drug Administration is one of the few agencies that would see a jump in its budget. The administration proposes to increase it by 6 percent, to $2.51 billion. The White House says much of the additional money will be targeted toward improving food safety, which has been flagged by Ob... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3228053 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:13:58 +0100 3228053 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3223772&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D5e134ef1e59d410ab7655cb1e200a2f7 DAVOS, SWITZERLAND -- The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will donate $10 billion over the next decade to research vaccines and make them available to the world's poorest countries, the Microsoft co-founder and his wife said Friday. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3223772 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3223772 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3220830&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Db8fac02d76333a665bdfe5e1c272e11a In "Free for All," sociology professor Janet Poppendieck explains how nutrition-deficient meals came to dominate America's school cafeterias and outlines a slew of problems in the national school lunch and breakfast programs. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3220830 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:04:05 +0100 3220830 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3226121&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D53f3503f9b6a3c376dc4f21a48acd590 Every time I hear that David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding are publishing another book in their "Eat This, Not That!" series, I steel myself: Having written about several already, I'm resolved not to fall prey to their charms again. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3226121 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3226121 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3213296&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Daa12c15bbbfc44e2d2e194f1dbfc5d79 Soon after taking office, President Obama highlighted food safety as a domestic priority. A string of national outbreaks of food illnesses were a "troubling trend," the president said. He called the problems "critical" and said they presented a "risk to public health." (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3213296 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3213296 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212930&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D64e9aa7e6cfbdbf58fa55ff133aa822a Many people take just one supplement, a multivitamin. Here are some tips for choosing the best multivitamin, from Andrew Weil, founder of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, which focuses on combining alternative treatments with conventional medical practices. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212930 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:04:05 +0100 3212930 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212928&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3De39e6e39380003ea5dbc5557dfdf7e2e It's no secret that young women athletes are suffering an epidemic of crippling injuries to their anterior cruciate ligaments (ACLs), one of the four strong bands of tissue that connect the leg bones at the knee joint. A decade of research and books such as Michael Sokolove's "Warrior Girls" have... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212928 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:04:04 +0100 3212928 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212509&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D00f9a712634631580b810f2a5b322818 Shelf after shelf of strangely named bottles fill an entire aisle at Whole Foods Market. There are "CoQ10" softgels, "charcoal" pills and mysterious "hoodia" tablets. But why would anyone take charcoal? What exactly is a CoQ10? And can you eat a hoodia? (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212509 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:04:03 +0100 3212509 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212508&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Fads.pheedo.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fs%3D4998e53ae774bd3ea93423acedcb4b88%26p%3D4 (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212508 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:04:03 +0100 3212508 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212507&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D4998e53ae774bd3ea93423acedcb4b88 Suddenly, they're everywhere: in your pasta, your peanut butter, your baby's formula. Omega-3 fatty acids have been known to doctors since the 1930s. But their recent bump in popularity stems from a 2004 ruling by the Food and Drug Administration that labels could say foods containing omega-3s ma... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212507 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:04:03 +0100 3212507 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212929&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3Dea6ab0fa71d2fa64dd578fe1ff23314a Carla Sguigna laid her daughter's head in her lap as they watched a movie in their basement family room in her North Bethesda home. Sguigna methodically combed through her 4-year-old's hair, strand by strand, fingering each shaft down to her scalp. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212929 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3212929 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208324&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D1b9dccc508709062439f74acc9e971b3 The pregnancy rate among teenage girls in the United States has jumped for the first time in more than a decade, raising alarm that the long campaign to reduce motherhood among adolescents is faltering, according to a report released Tuesday. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208324 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3208324 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3205967&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D19e386f679fbd4d42601dce5749eaa4f As a substitute teacher in Prince George's County, Kim Carrington, 44, has stepped up to the head of a lot of different classes, from kindergarten to high school French. But it was the food and nutrition class she taught at Surrattsville High in Clinton that came to mind when she got an e-mail on... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3205967 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3205967 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3205333&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D19e386f679fbd4d42601dce5749eaa4f As a substitute teacher in Prince George's County, Kim Carrington, 44, has stepped up to the head of a lot of different classes, from kindergarten to high school French. But it was the food and nutrition class she taught at Surrattsville High in Clinton that came to mind when she got an e-mail one... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3205333 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3205333 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3205283&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D787148165568480413224204a87dc2be LAST ACTS Discovering Possibility and Opportunity at the End of Life (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3205283 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:04:03 +0100 3205283 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3205282&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D8cae80e11535e3bd0c7157a5bf45f443 Earlier this month, I found myself standing in front of a massive display of multivitamins at a local grocery store, confounded by the options: There were supplements for children, teens, males, females, pregnant women, adults "50 and wiser," those in peri-menopause and menopause, and seniors; fo... (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3205282 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:04:02 +0100 3205282 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3205281&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D07249d2756423263ff7288690a29b709 Last fall, Sgt. Timothy Gall, an Army medic stationed at Fort Belvoir, sought clues to the multiple sclerosis and heart disease that ran in his family by looking into his DNA. All it took was some spit and about a thousand bucks. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3205281 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:04:02 +0100 3205281 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3203139&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D59b1d8dc1d11c4427edc2561cc712a5b United Medical Center, formerly known as Greater Southeast Community Hospital, is seeking a nonprofit charitable status to help stave off a financial crisis that appears to have worsened -- two years after it received nearly $80 million from the District. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3203139 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3203139 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3203140&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3De7960a6670366d2bba3739832bd996c2 ELYRIA, OHIO -- Offering both a passionate defense of his policies and a populist pitch, President Obama told audience members in this economically struggling region Friday that he will continue fighting for them even in the face of stiffening political opposition. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3203140 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3203140 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198050&cid=s_38585_26_f&fid=38585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.washingtonpost.com%2Fclick.phdo%3Fi%3D88e0aa3fa36d3a08f23da877e68522c4 In "The Hidden Brain," Shankar Vedantam reviews this new science and applies it speculatively to practical circumstances in which our subconscious leanings might mislead us. (Source: Wash Post Health) Wash Post Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198050 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:04:02 +0100 3198050