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 '- guest'. Tue, 04 May 2010 18:19:37 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3529964&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FLCa9UvCGvq8%2Fhey-look-over-there.php Hi everyone! Short post just to let you know I am guest blogging today over at Six Until Me. I didn't know it was her blogaversary so I showed up without a present! :(   I'm talking about balance and I would really appreciate if you hopped over there to give it a look!   (Source: Diabetes Daily) Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3529964 Tue, 04 May 2010 15:35:48 +0100 3529964 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3529961&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2010%2F05%2Fguest_post_balance.html Despite the fact that she feels I say her name wrong ("Saraaaaaah" vs. "Sara"), and despite the fact that back at CWD several years ago, the lady at the registration desk thought she was my daughter (ahhhh!), I'm honored to have Sara from Diabetes Daily guest posting today on SUM.  :)  She's very tolerant of my ball-busting, and I am pretty sure she might be one of the nicest people I've ever met.  So thanks, Sara, for lending your words today!*   *   * My whole life has been a competition. I have an older brother so I was always working to be as smart, athletic, funny, and creative as he seemed to so easily be.  When I was able to find those things that I was good at, like school, I worked very hard to not only be good, but the best. I&rsq... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3529961 Tue, 04 May 2010 15:29:26 +0100 3529961 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3526906&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2010%2F05%2Fguest_post_twice_as_nice.html So, so awesome to have my good friend Karen guest blogging here on SUM.  She's the creator of a diabetes blog, a knitting blog, and Siah's yarn nemesis.  She's one terrific lady, and I'm very excited to have her filling in today.*   *   * Three years ago if you bet me a year’s worth of Blood Sugar Nirvana that I’d have a diabetes blog along with my knitting blog, I would have taken that bet.  I would have insisted I’d never have two active blogs.  And I would now have 365 days of constant highs and lows ahead of me, while you’d be enjoying a year of perfectly in-range numbers. I started my knitting blog in 2005 while teaching myself to knit with a book that had a chapter devoted to blogging.  With each knitting blog I visited, the... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3526906 Mon, 03 May 2010 14:40:36 +0100 3526906 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3526740&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FNM66JGUNeTk%2F Thomas Maeder, our May 2010 Man of the Month, is the author or co-author of twelve books and numerous articles in national publications, and has long experience in the biomedical field as a writer, educator, and consultant. Below, he shares his thoughts on rare disorders and their place in the drug market. Orphan Diseases – Bellwether of Health Care “The only people interested in rare diseases are those who have them, and that’s not a lot,” an editor once told me when rejecting my proposal for a book on orphan diseases. In reality, nearly thirty million Americans – one in ten – suffer from some 7,000 rare diseases, making them collectively very common indeed.  Though they differ wildly in their causes and manifestations, they share many characteristics in terms of the uncertai... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3526740 Mon, 03 May 2010 09:57:09 +0100 3526740 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3519648&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2FHaexuXa-xns%2F Do you celebrate the day you were diagnosed? I do! And I’m writing about it over at You Can Call Me Saucy today. Saucy just celebrated her 3rd diaversary yesterday and she’s featuring some blog posts from D.O.C. folks about their thoughts on their anniversary. Come on over and let us know what you think! (Who here thinks we should make special Happy Diaversary balloons?) Filed under: Diabetes, Guest Post, Identity (Source: Lemonade Life) Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3519648 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:06:24 +0100 3519648 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3515570&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2010%2F04%2Fguest_post_a_dmom_tweetup.html Nan from My Pump Gear is today's guest poster, and she does such a great job of introducing her post that I'm going to just hand it over to her.  :)  Take it away, Nan!*   *   * Okay … I am thrilled to be a guest here @sixuntilme!!  Kerri’s is the first diabetes blog I started reading.  I remember searching for answers to my questions like  “How in the world does a 3 year old wear an insulin pump?”  And there she was!...talking about diabetes and fashion!  Well, I scoured her sight and archived posts until my eyes were bloodshot.  It was the starting point in discovering that my daughter, Claire, can actually live a full and happy life with, yes … diabetes.When this opportunity arose to be a guest poster here... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3515570 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:41:52 +0100 3515570 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3511704&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2010%2F04%2Fguest_post_a_family_affair.html I wish I had the chance to meet up with Traci when Chris and I were out at Sundance in January, but our schedules never synced up.  But thankfully, she's offered up her words as a guest post today, and I'm grateful to have her filling in with her perspectives on being the wife of a person with type 1 diabetes.*   *   * I remember sitting on that hard plastic chair in the doctor's office. The list of things we had to do before the wedding just running through my head. And you, so calm, but running your thumb softly over my knuckles. You knew what he was going to say. You had been living with this disease for so many years. I only thought I knew. I had worked with patients on the floor of the hospital who had diabetes. I got this. I understood this. A quick glance from yo... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3511704 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:18:24 +0100 3511704 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3508189&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Frealwomenonhealth.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F04%2FKelleyPromo-04-28-10.mp3 Kelley Connors This post was written by Kelley Connors, President, Founder, Real Women on Health! We’re a culture that mixes sexy and boobs.  So, can a woman feel sexy without breasts? For breast cancer, and other, survivors, the question sounds just as practical as  provoking.  Breast cancer is the most common kind of cancer affecting women, except non-melanoma skin cancer. It’s commonness increases with age and with more targeted treatments available today, women are living longer with cancer. But the effects of treatment remain.  In some cases, women choose to have their breast removed as prevention… while others have no choice and must have surgery and chemotherapy. Regardless of the path a woman chooses,  cancer wreaks havoc on her “sensual self.” From the toxic eff... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3508189 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:07:03 +0100 3508189 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3508382&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2010%2F04%2Fguest_post_thingy_normal_and_m.html Today's guest post is from Amy, aka "collectingblues" on Twitter, who writes about her "thoughts on sewing, knitting, life, and that whole diabetes thing."  Take it away, Amy!*   *   *Sunday, January 10, was the first and the last time I said the phrase “the new normal.” I was three or four days into my transition to Cyborg Pancreas, and stood in the shower, sobbing at the looks of an infusion site and the Dexcom sensor on my stomach. As I got out and toweled off, I looked down, and said to myself, “Well, this is the new normal.” I didn’t like the sound of that phrase then, and I don’t like it now. What is normal? I’ve been type 1 since I was 3 years old. Quite literally, being diabetic is all I know and... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3508382 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:49:07 +0100 3508382 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3499273&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2010%2F04%2Fguest_blog_patient_perspective.html Bethany Rose is a new diabetes blogger on the block (you can check out her blog at Me with the D) and today she's offered to guest blog here on SUM while BSparl and I are hanging out (and most likely cleaning up spit up).  Thanks for blogging, Bethany, and I hope you guys enjoy her words!*   *   *Let’s be honest.  Dealing with doctors isn’t always as pleasant as we’d like.  It’s difficult when we really do need them for help with something so pervasive in our lives.  Nobody knows our diabetes better than we do – we live with it every single day!  Still, we so often emerge from appointments with doctors feeling scolded, undermined, and/or unheard.  Why?  To be fair, there are some really good doctors out th... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3499273 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:21:21 +0100 3499273 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3494488&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2010%2F04%2Fguest_post_testing_the_target.html I am honored to have Riva Greenberg guest blogging today, and she has some great insight on what might be happening in the bodies of those who don't have diabetes.  Check out her post about testing the target range below, and thanks to Riva for filling in today!*   *   *  Thirty-eight years ago, when I was diagnosed, I remember very clearly lying in my hospital bed being told by my insensitive young male doctor that having a baby was out of the question. Oh, baby, how times have changed. Happy to fill in Kerri as you put up your tootsies.If I asked you right now where you think non-diabetics’ blood sugar hovers what would you say? I would have guessed around 100 mg/dl and here’s why:1)    Pre-diabetes is considered anything over 100 mg/dl up t... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3494488 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:12:34 +0100 3494488 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3490813&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2010%2F04%2Fguest_blog_the_pharmacy_hoedow.html Nick has a the most adorable little girl I have ever seen, and both he and his little one have type 1 diabetes.  He has offered to guest blog here today about some of the challenges he faces at the pharmacy, and I'm happy to host his words here on SUM today.  :)*   *   *   There are a lot of things that are not funny about being diabetic, but there are some that are. Thrush is not funny, but pretending to use your pump as a phaser on everyone that asks if you’re “brittle” is. Lows in the middle of the night are not funny. Looking incredulously at strangers and yelling “WHAT DID YOU DO” when your kid’s CGMS alarms is funny. Well, it’s funny to me anyway. I never in my life thought that a trip to the pharmacy w... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3490813 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:02:12 +0100 3490813 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3487308&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2010%2F04%2Fguest_post_getting_back_on_tra.html Today's guest post is from talented photographer Amy Free, and she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes a year ago, at 27 years old.  She tells the story of the fog of falling out of control and the hard climb back.*   *   *I hung up the phone and just wandered around our quiet empty house bawling my eyes out. Bristol, our great dane, followed me shamelessly as I ended up in a crumpled pile at the foot of our bed. The obvious concern in the nurse’s voice as she gave me my blood work results was enough to shame me. My blood sugar numbers along with my A1C were off the charts, and on top of that my cholesterol was also high enough to be of concern. I could not hide from reality any more. The numbers were there to prove me wrong. About a year ago, at 27 years old,... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3487308 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:03:08 +0100 3487308 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3483064&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2010%2F04%2Fguest_post_firsts.html I'm off figuring out how to change diapers and all that fun stuff, but while I'm out, I've had some very generous offers to guest post in my absence.  Today's post is from Sherry Roberts, who writes the diabetes blog Jenna's Pet Monkey, where she talks about her life with her two daughters, one with type 1 diabetes.*   *   * As parents our aim is to teach our children how to be independent of us.  It is a painstaking, bittersweet process spanning many years and encompassing countless achievements along the way—the first time a baby reaches for a toy, holds a spoon or takes a first step.   The first time a child sleeps over at a friend’s house, rides a two-wheeler, drives a car—each first represents a step closer to the goal of independence an... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3483064 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:18:07 +0100 3483064 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3482892&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fv%2F9dNQ6HVbvk8%26amp%3Brel%3D1%26amp%3Bcolor1%3Dd6d6d6%26amp%3Bcolor2%3Df0f0f0%26amp%3Bborder%3D0%26amp%3Bfs%3D1%26amp%3Bhl%3Den%26amp%3Bautoplay%3D0%26amp%3Bshowinfo%3D0%26amp%3Biv_load_policy%3D3%26amp%3Bshowsearch%3D0 www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dNQ6HVbvk8 To learn more about the disease and get information about the JDRF Capitol Chapter’s 2010 Walk to Cure Diabetes, visit www.jdrfcapitol.org. The Walks will be held in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, May 2 and in Leesburg, Virginia on Sunday, June 6. By Tamera Adams. “Can I do anything?” is the response 12-year-old Sara Jacob typically hears when she explains to new friends that she has diabetes and the device strapped to her waist is not a cell phone, but her “life support.” Those are the exact words Sara uses to describe the pump that automatically infuses insulin into her small body. It’s more critical than chemotherapy is to a cancer patient she explains. Unlike a type 2 diabetic whose body doesn’t produce sufficient insulin, Sara’s body p... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3482892 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:57:45 +0100 3482892 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3467749&cid=t_315275_88_f&fid=34729&url=http%3A%2F%2Fallscrubbedup.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fguest-post-how-to-improve-medical.html The world has become a much smaller place, thanks to technology and globalization. But no matter how connected we are, there still exist huge disparities between the rich and the poor. The gap gets wider with each passing year, for individuals and nations. In the eyes of the developed world, third world countries are perceived as places where the standard of living is poor and where the things they take for granted are considered luxuries. In reality however, third world countries have their share of both the obscenely rich and the dirt poor. And the main reason for their backwardness is not just the paucity of money, but also the lack of awareness and education among the poorer and downtrodden sections of society.When we consider the state of medical services in these countries, we see th... All Scrubbed Up blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3467749 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:09:00 +0100 3467749 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3460427&cid=t_315275_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2Fp2dmVzsGy2s%2F Life has been going through one of those really sucky phases that we all face from time to time the last few days. The youngest of our two dogs has been really sick and the weekend has been spent visiting emergency rooms with her and trying to find the cause. It’s still not clear what’s wrong although it’s almost certainly liver related and she is  along way from being out of the woods. So as I was worrying (yes, even life coaches that say worrying is silly, worry from time to time so do as I say not as I do!) about her and thinking I didn’t want to write a post, I got one e-mailed to me from Bud Hennekes a client of mine and writer at PluginID. To be fair I’d previously asked Bud if I could use a post he originally published a year or so ago. When I read it I was really impress... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3460427 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:35:23 +0100 3460427 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3440811&cid=t_315275_97_f&fid=35606&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theangriestpharmacist.com%2F2010%2F04%2F06%2F1438%2F I received the following note from MATT through the recently updated and added CONTACT FORM. Beneath that is my response. On April 5, 2010 at 6:33 PM Matt wrote: > To: TheAngriestPharmacist > > From: > Matt > fuzimatt@yahoo.com > > Title: > Technician > > I have read the rules and promise to not be a dick. > option-selected > Message: > So the other day were about to fill a woman’s refills like we usually > do. However, as soon as we submitted it we got the rejection refill no > longer covered. We’ve seen it before and it usually means mail order. > This time was different. She has coverage through CVS/Caremark so > we call them and ask what’s up. They tell us she needs to now visit > the CVS pharmacy 15 minutes away f... The Angriest Pharmacist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3440811 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:33:44 +0100 3440811 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3436388&cid=t_315275_137_f&fid=39091&url=http%3A%2F%2Falzheimmers.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fjoe-potocny-living-with-alzheimers-blog.html I would like to thank Joe Potocny for the honor of being invited to guest blog on his piece of the internet.http://living-with-alzhiemers.blogspot.com/Joe has Alzheimer's. Joe is a tough, smart and dignified guy. His mission is to help us to all remember. Joe lets us know that you never ever cast aside a human being who has the disease. It is as simple as that. He has a fantastic blog and you see his essence and spirit in the glowing faces of his offspring. The disease never ever takes that away. Joe read my memoir When Can I go Home? I was greatly honored to get his thoughts and his review. I mean why not just ask someone who has the disease? They are people just like everyone else. They count and they matter. Sometimes it was a little hard for him to get through the pages, he did it, he ... Caregiver Survival: I Hate Alzheimers blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3436388 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 16:38:00 +0100 3436388 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3432876&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2F9Ym_mBxekcI%2F The following is a guest post by Archelle Georgiou, MD. Archelle is a 40-something year old doctor and the health expert on Fox9 News in the Twin Cities. She has spent 25 years in health care… in private practice, in corporate America, and now has her own consulting practice, Georgiou Consulting, so that she can pursue health care projects, initiatives, and causes she believes are most meaningful to making a difference for people. Archelle blogs at Archelle on Health. We all enjoy the heart-warming stories of siblings who are separated at birth and miraculously re-connected with each other as adults. We empathize with the need for adopted individuals to search for their biological parents. Why? Because we have an innate need to know who we are, where we came from, and who we are con... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3432876 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:40:38 +0100 3432876 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3429482&cid=t_315275_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2F2Q7WXYvPzs0%2F If you’re reading this on 1st April you may think the heading of this post is a joke (if that’s what you want, guess what? Life Coaching To Be Banned- honest!). That no way a few weeks after broadcasting to the world about the Death of the Self Help Seminar, Carl Harvey has done a complete volte face and is now a huge fanboy of self development seminars. One of the things I’ve always found weird about the US election system is the way politicians will viciously attack each other for changing their minds. My take on the matter is fairly straight forward. When contrary and incontrovertible evidence shows up, then to not change your mind doesn’t make you statesmanlike, it makes you simpletonlike.  None of  us like being wrong, but we all are from time to time and it takes guts t... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3429482 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:40:03 +0100 3429482 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3404176&cid=t_315275_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FLsHvEiVzqEk%2F I reckon close to half the people that hire me as a Life Coach, have no clear defined idea of what they want out of the process or even what they are passionate about. They just feel stuck or like they are wasting their potential and want a lot more out of life even if they don’t know what that ‘more’ entails. I have said here before, I often get a sense some people are embarrassed about this fact even though there’s absolutely no reason why they should be. I’ve even had people tell me via e-mail they want to work with a life coach, but only when they know what they want from the process! I say this because you’re about to read a guest post from John Anyasor that is really aimed at the people that do know what they’re passionate about, or at least have an inkl... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3404176 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:21:07 +0100 3404176 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3370724&cid=t_315275_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FTu9N7e-5YWU%2F If you’re perplexed by the title of this post and thinking you’re not, the truly awesome Bob Poole will explain why you may just be wrong.…… This is a story of self-development. It is also a story of intrigue, dragons, and (shudder) sex so please remove the kiddies from the room before we continue lest they be influenced by the self-development part. For quite some time, I’ve been on a quest to convince pretty much everyone in the world that they need to know how to sell. When I started this mission I was surprised to learn that the concept of selling is not highly regarded by – well, pretty much everyone in the world other than those who call themselves salespeople. And, frankly, even some of them had their doubts. Picture a guy in a plaid jacket, a bad comb-ov... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3370724 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:11:17 +0100 3370724 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3416278&cid=t_315275_137_f&fid=39091&url=http%3A%2F%2Falzheimmers.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fguest-blogger-and-radio-interview-and.html I seem to get a lot of queries about SSRI's so I am going to try and technologically advance and do an audio podcast on them over the next week or two. I don't know how it will go, so bear with me. I will be on Wisconsin Public Radio this coming Monday 3/15/10 at 8am CST, talking about Alzheimer's and When can I Go Home? So if you are the neighborhood of Milwaukee, or Madison, or north of Chicago, or East of the Twin Cities, tune into your local WPR affiliate.Now I have had this blog up for maybe 7 months. I am sure you are as tired of listening to me as I am, so it is time to move into a new realm. The realm of guest bloggers. I will have my first one coming on in a few days.His name is John H. Pruett Jr. He is a therapist and counselor down in Georgia. His father has Alzheimer's. Not so ... Caregiver Survival: I Hate Alzheimer's blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3416278 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:47:00 +0100 3416278 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3342836&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FQm7jl94_ijk%2F I would like to introduce to some and re introduce to others, Karen of Bitter-Sweet Diabetes Blog.  I met Karen via Twitter (Karen_mst) a year ago; she had me at her first tweet.  Trust me when you read below, you'll know why.  Thank you, Karen--Hugs. --------------------------------I’m Karen and I’m many things. A Type 1 diabetic for 30 years and counting.  A wife.  The owner of the cutest cat in the world (and a biased owner at that).  A blogger with two blogs.  A figure skating fanatic.  And a knitter.  In fact, Knitter might be the first thing that comes to mind when someone thinks of me.  Recently another blogger gave me a blog award and described me as someone who “can knit a mean, well, anything from what I can tell”.That st... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3342836 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3342836 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3327239&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FpoQNCwpnjFM%2F Shannon is a diabetes advocate and the creator of LADAdeeda.com a blog about her life with diabetes; she was diagnosed 10 years ago.  I was drawn to her for a few reasons but one the one that stands out the most --she lives with Type 1/LADA.  Reading about another young woman with LADA is amazing. You can find Shannon tweeting in her spare time (@lada_dee_da).  Thank you, Shannon--You Rock...LADAdeeda (singing), sorry I couldn't resist.  -------------- I was never much of a joiner.  Even when I was a little kid, I wasn’t fond of things  like Girl Scouts or ballet class.  I was a loaner; one who preferred books over people.  When I read a book, I was able to escape my unpleasant life and enter a different world.  It was wonderful. A little... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3327239 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:39:02 +0100 3327239 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3318611&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FkG0HMQJgwkw%2F  Stacey is apart of  Act1diabetes.org, support group for people with Type 1 diabetes. Stacey is also a diabetes blogger, advocate and a sweetheart-- I forgot to mention, she is an avid tweeter you can follow her @staceydivone. Thank you! Stacey--Hugs. Grab some tissue because it's a tear jerker. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Growing up, I remember my father suffered from depression. I think it was more than a mild case since he was on medication for it for many, many years.  He was also like me, a type 1 diabetic.  I never put the two together until the past few years when I met other type 1s who suffer from the same condition.  I was never diagnosed with ... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3318611 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3318611 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3318436&cid=t_315275_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F02%2F28%2Fbecome-a-contributor-to-world-of-psychology%2F Unbeknownst to some of you, World of Psychology welcomes guest contributors! Please send us your essays, commentary, opinion or rational (or sometimes irrational!) thoughts about anything in the world of psychology and mental health. This is a wonderful opportunity for the writers in our audience — professionals and laypeople alike — to share their point of view with our 1.1 million readers. Entries should be about a psychology or mental health topic (obviously), and be something that hasn’t been published online already a hundred times before. We’re especially interested in folks who are interested in recent research or news on a specific topic, and can bring their own background, experiences and insight to bear on that topic. World of Psychology is about opening u... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3318436 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:58:10 +0100 3318436 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3316100&cid=t_315275_97_f&fid=35606&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theangriestpharmacist.com%2F2010%2F02%2F28%2Ffinally-a-hot-pharmacists-contest-we-can-respect-2%2F I’m sure there are hot pharmacists out there. Why do I work with the ugmos and or dudes? Prove to me there are pretty female pharmacists out there. I’m gonna steal a page from the now defunct hot pharmacists website out there. I’m gonna run a HOT RPH contest. I will filter through the photos and ween down to the top 5 to 10 females them run a POLL on my website to declare the hottest pharmacists. Categories are as follows: - American RPh Female - Abroad RPh Female - Student Pharmacist Female - Technician Female - Technician Male - Student Pharmacist Male - International RPh Male - Cutest Pharmacist Offspring/Spawn {My wife will judge the male categories} Winners will get a free ANGRIEST PHARMACIST T-Shirt ( http://www.Zazzle.com/TheAngriestPharm* ) of their choosing. [Bab... The Angriest Pharmacist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3316100 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:02:11 +0100 3316100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3302582&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2FauFyuzNls3o%2F Brandy Barnes is founder of DiabetesSisters, the first and only social network dedicated solely to women with diabetes. It’s a much needed resource, as women with diabetes face unique challenges with their blood sugar, especially in pregnancy, hormones from menstruation and birth control, and the hormonal changes in menopause. I met Brandy last summer in Indianapolis and she is a doll! Not only is she running a website, but she’s teamed up with my friends at TCOYD to launch Weekend for Women in North Carolina. I invited Brandy to share a bit more about her life and what Diabetes Sisters is all about. Finding the Purpose for My Diabetes I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 1990 as a sophomore in high school near the mountains of North Carolina. Not surprisingly, I was the ON... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3302582 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:00:13 +0100 3302582 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3283776&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2010%2F02%2Fguest_post_pilgrimage.html There are some great new diabetes bloggers out there, one of them being Without Envy, a blog written by the father of a little girl with type 1 diabetes.  Steve has offered to write a guest post for SUM today, and I'm happy to share his words with you. *   *   * PilgrimageShortly after our eight year old daughter Lia had been moved to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit late in the evening of December 23, the same day of her diagnosis for type 1 diabetes, the nurse working nightshift came in to check her vitals and IVs and she asked how my wife and I were doing. We told her that it was a bit much to absorb in one afternoon and because she was a nurse working in a children’s intensive care unit she said that she knew what we were going through and offered a meaningful smi... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3283776 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:21:56 +0100 3283776 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3275794&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FkvBhQsNLEUI%2F Disruptive Women’s Wendy Grossman interviewed Lindsay Avner, founder of Bright Pink. Lindsay Avner’s name might sound familiar to you — the 27-year-old made national news four years ago when she was one of the youngest women to have an elective double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer. So many women responded to Lindsay’s story, that three years ago she started Bright Pink, a new, fun, breast cancer education, awareness and support group that has grown to 10 chapters nationwide. Instead of hosting sad support group meetings in dank church basements, bright pink girls take yoga classes or belly dance together. Bright pink sends out monthly text messages reminding women to feel themselves up. Next month, they’re hostessing a burlesque show demonstrating self-exam... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3275794 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:09:11 +0100 3275794 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3262606&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2Fu_-MtRoFi4o%2F One-third of Americans say they have received tests, treatment or medications they didn’t need, according to a survey conducted for the Commonwealth Fund of New York.  Are you one of them? Think about it.  We live in a market-driven economy where businesses thrive on getting us to consume more than we need, whether it’s a house that’s too big, a mortgage that’s unaffordable, or an investment that promises more than it can deliver.  Market-driven health care is motivated by the same imperative.  In our highly-caffeinated health care system, the mantra is volume, volume, volume.  That ‘volume’ is you and me, and the people we love. Here’s a story about a colleague, a research scientist, who has a heart condition that she watches very carefully. ... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3262606 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:21:46 +0100 3262606 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3259174&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2010%2F02%2Fguest_post_sorry.html Today, I have the honor of hosting a guest post from Scott Kasper, photographer extraordinaire and parent to three little boys, two of which have type 1 diabetes. He offered to share a diabetes moment he and his family had over Superbowl weekend, which I'm proud to share here.*   *   * SorryWe are a family of five … a mom, a dad, and three awesome boys aged 12, 10, and 6. We love to do all the stuff that every family loves to do. This weekend was packed with snowball fights, snow men, fire in the fire place, hot chocolate, movies, the Super Bowl, and of course the family board games … fun for all ages!!! Sounds pretty much like a normal, par for the course white picket fence family in suburban New Jersey doing what most normal families do … right? Well, ... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3259174 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:32:38 +0100 3259174 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3251198&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FtzXSO9n-K_s%2F The following guest post is written by Candace Littell, Health Policy Advisor at Candace Littell, LLC. Candace Littell is a consultant with 30 years experience in healthcare policy and reimbursement. She serves as an advisor to corporate clients, healthcare providers, associations and related organizations. President Obama’s 2011 HHS budget builds on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (AARA) investment in federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), providing an additional $290 million for further expansions.  With this increase, the administration estimates that health centers will be able to serve more than 20 million individuals in FY 2011. Combined with other AARA provisions, this is good news for some of our nation’s “safety net” providers, including FQHCs, as well as ... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3251198 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:13:56 +0100 3251198 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3239861&cid=t_315275_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FNuniTjpqCg0%2F Firstly, if you have reading this via e-mail you may have seen it earlier this week, SORRY! I have no idea what I did, but I managed to send out the draft version without even knowing it, as well as an old post too. Worry not, I have given myself a damn good thrashing and warned myself that if it happens again, heads will roll. Once again I’ll keep this guest intro short because it’s another fairly long post. Adam Eason is a top fella and incredibly knowledgeable on NLP and Hypnosis, which is fortunate because he teaches it in the UK. I’ve been bugging him for 6 months or so to write me a post on The Parts Party and this is the result. After reading this you’ll realize you’re not totally mental when you chat away to yourself. The Parts Party Hello, I am Adam E... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3239861 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:03:01 +0100 3239861 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3235840&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FVQ3Flr0QK3I%2F The following guest post by Dr. Peggy Polaneczky, a New York-based physician, was recently featured on the Better Health blog.The original post can be found on Dr. Polaneczky’s The Blog that Ate Manhattan: Food, Considerations & Second Opinions blog. First off, I need to address those who think they’re being brilliantly funny comparing Apple’s new product name to a feminine hygiene product – making comments like “Does it come with wings?” and “It’s light and easy to use, but can you swim with it?” (these are the cleaner comments I’ve seen), or calling for the next generation ITampon. Since when did the word “Pad” become unusable in public discourse? And where were these folks when IBM came out with their Think Pad? It&... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3235840 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:38:10 +0100 3235840 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3236031&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2FA--fVorPQFA%2F I’ve known Naomi Kingery for, well, YEARS and she is one of the few people I have yet to meet in person. Through our online relationship, however, I was lucky enough to receive a copy of Naomi’s inspiring memoir, Sugar Free Me, and thought she had a spirited and inspirational way of living with the Big D. When I wrote my blog post last December about raising a teen with diabetes, Naomi emailed me to tell me about her newest book, Sugar Free Teens, available via e-book. Not bad for a 20-year-old! Not only that, but Naomi is also a fellow Christian and it is always inspiring for me to see  what God is doing in the lives of my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. Naomi offered to write a guest post about her life, so take an opportunity to see what she has to say and then I enc... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3236031 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:00:57 +0100 3236031 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3231495&cid=t_315275_97_f&fid=35606&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theangriestpharmacist.com%2F2010%2F02%2F02%2F1333%2F There was a comment made to my last post, SATURDAY’S SUCK! where a guy swore he called and asked me about our having a product. He swore he talked to the male pharmacist. I was the only male working in the store, and we did not talk. My response to the comment turned into a store and then a rant. So, as to not detract from the original post, I’ve taken this comment and my story/response their own post. Hope it doesn’t suck! We get this all the time…we are a tiny ass pharmacy, i kid you not…we have 2 pharamcists and 2 techs…all week long, same peeps. So when someone says they ’spoke to someone’ it’s very easy to call them out as a liar. As for your “loud and clear” guy…i totally feel you. We had something very similar h... The Angriest Pharmacist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3231495 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:37:55 +0100 3231495 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3223512&cid=t_315275_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FaYpBvUnLvuA%2F Hello, I am Adam Eason and there are parts of me that you are sure to like… Parts of me that perhaps will grate you, I have that affect on folk… There are also parts of me that I am inclined to keep private from you and I am not just referring to the contents of my trousers… What on earth is this all about? I wrote about it on my blog at the start of this week, I was at the Odeon cinema in Bournemouth near where I work and live. It was a 3D film showing of Avatar and what a brilliant cinematic experience that was… Utterly amazing, loved every second. I have my take on the ethos of the film and its themes that I have written about, which are discussions for another day… I do love being in those large auditoriums though… Just across the road from the cinem... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3223512 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:29:53 +0100 3223512 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3216879&cid=t_315275_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FbLZM2MgKy38%2F This is a longish guest post, so I’m going to dispense with my normal incoherent rambling intro. What I will say though is I wrote a rather amusing (in my mind) post for the How To Be Rich and Happy blog this week entitled ‘7 Reasons Dogs Are Rich and Happy’. I hope you can check it out and subscribe because we feel a bit lonely over there. Death of the Self Help Seminar What a waste of bloody money that was! It’s hard to put an actual figure on it (actually, all I’d have to do is check my bank account online, but I have the fear of God in me and an utter reluctance to confirm) but I’m thinking the whole little adventure cost me around four thousand of your lovely American Dollars. Now, I’ve become less of a tight-arse in recent months, and so I ... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3216879 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:33:22 +0100 3216879 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3197627&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2Fu7rrPFIWFxU%2F The following guest post by Debra Gordon, an award-winning freelance medical writer, was recently featured on the Better Health blog. The original post can be found on Debra Gordon’s Musings on Medicine and Health Care blog. Back in the day when I was a newspaper reporter I completed a biomedical ethics fellowship at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, VA. In addition to sitting in on the hospital’s bioethics committee discussions, I spent much of the week shadowing a nurse in the ICU. They called her the Death Nurse because her job was to intervene with doctors, nurses, patients and families when the time came for a patient to move from the ICU to hospice. While her title was Supportive Care, she flat out told her me her job was to help people die; no... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3197627 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:14:41 +0100 3197627 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3197689&cid=t_315275_101_f&fid=38969&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheemtspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2F21%2Fthe-nonconformists-guide-is-here%2F I’ve gone live with the book and newsletter sign up and it appears that everything is running smoothly. I’ve already had a half dozen sign-ups and the link has only been posted for a few minutes. Thanks for your patience. This writing project took me nearly six months to finish. I had an idea of what I wanted this book to be and I wasn’t willing to stop until I’d succeeded. The result is The Non-Conformists’ Guide to EMS Success. This is no pamphlet or power point slide show. This is 48 pages, almost 16,000 words, and chapter after chapter of compelling ideas designed to challenge the way you think about your job, your leadership, your life, and your role in EMS. And it’s all free. If you’re ready to stop listening to me talking about it and get... The EMT Spot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3197689 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:09:17 +0100 3197689 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3185570&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FC7yrZDumSr4%2F I met Scott about a year ago when I was an admin for TuDiabetes.  Scott is an awesome guy, he's funny and cool.  If you let Scott tell it, "He's old and cranky." I beg to differ!  I met Scott in real life in Kansas City, MO for a World Diabetes Day luncheon.  If you're ever in the KC, MO you have to meet Scott.  You can also follow Scott on twitter @devilishly_diab.  Thank you, Scott!   Guest Post By Scott   First off, I want to thank Cherise for giving me the opportunity to be a guest blogger.  This is the first time I’ve been asked to do that, so hopefully I won’t embarrass myself, or her, too much. I can usually be found over on tudiabetes.org, where I am fortunate enough to be able to volunteer as an administrator.  If you haven... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3185570 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3185570 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3185670&cid=t_315275_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FDbjl3Hi7MIM%2F Before I get into today excellent guest post on a subject that has fascinated me for some while, I just wanted to share a thought or two with you. I had a couple of people contact me this week asking me to retweet their tweets on the situation in Haiti. They had written articles about how to help and were keen to get as much traffic to them as possible. I did as asked for those people and a few others I saw on Twitter with similar ideas. I also grabbed the 12kfor12k ribbon to add to my avatar to demonstrate my support and then sat back and congratulated myself on how much good in the world I’d done and what a wonderful almost angelic being I was. Yesterday afternoon I was in Starbucks and they were collecting for the emergency Haiti fund. All of a sudden it dawned on me as I read the not... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3185670 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:26:14 +0100 3185670 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3149052&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FQDm6axTmfiA%2F The following guest post on the subject of cervical cancer screening guidelines is written by Susan Wysocki, WHNP-BC, FAANP, president and CEO of the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health and Susan Scanlan, chair of the National Council of Women’s Organizations. The article below initially appeared on America Media Forum’s website. It’s not surprising that women are confused about the recently changed recommendations for cancer screening and prevention. New guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) – the leading medical group that provides health care for women – say women should wait longer to begin cervical-cancer screening and that they should be screened less frequently. On the heels of si... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3149052 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:01:10 +0100 3149052 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3142770&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2010%2F01%2Froddy_pippin_shannons_take.html I wasn't aware of this story until Shannon (fellow d-blogger at LADAdeeda) emailed me and asked me to help her raise awareness of this story.  Apparently, Roddy Pippin stole cattle.  And is being held for eight consecutive years, without proper medical care. Roddy has type 1 diabetes.Shannon has contributed a guest post about this issue, but I wanted to also add a link to a post on Roddy's Ride 4 Life page, about the crime he committed and the punishment he is receiving.  Check it out and draw your own conclusions as to whether this punishment fits the crime, and please read Shannon's post below for her take on Roddy Pippin.*   *   * Many years ago, I watched a movie called Return to Paradise.  A thrilling premise, it centered on a young man imprisoned in Mala... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3142770 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:07:07 +0100 3142770 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3133836&cid=t_315275_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FIGb858KBiOA%2F If you read my review of my favorite books of 2009, you will know I hold Bill Giruzzi in high regard. His book ‘A Life Worth Living’ is probably the most original book I have read on self-development in the last two or three years. So imagine how excited I was to see him leave a comment on this blog. I shot him an e-mail and asked if he’d be interested in writing a guest post and he said yes. Well obviously he said yes, it wouldn’t have made for much of a blog post if he’d told me to swivel, but I digress. I think Bill is truly a unique thinker and even if you don’t agree with what he says I guarantee he will challenge your old beliefs and help you look at the topic of procrastination in a whole different light. So read on…. Based on the title, you might be thinking this ... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3133836 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:40:47 +0100 3133836 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3100796&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2Flsyqw_ZPxvw%2F The following guest post by Rachel Hampton, Research Associate at the Global Health Council, is part of Disruptive Women’s “The Value of Health: Creating Economic Security in the Developing World” series. Rachel’s areas of focus include maternal, newborn and child health and reproductive health. She has authored research briefs on private sector involvement in health systems, commercial sexual exploitation, the integration of maternal, newborn and child health and family planning, in addition to a variety of other publications from the GHC. Women’s economic autonomy and employment opportunities are crucial to their health, particularly their reproductive health. Each year, 536,000 women die, nearly 10 million are disabled, and 250 million years of reproductive ... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3100796 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:02:42 +0100 3100796 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3092873&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2009%2F12%2Fguest_blogger_all_i_want_for_c.html Today, I'm honored to have Catherine Price (of A Sweet Life and The New York Times fame) guest blogging at SUM, and she's tackling the issue of the Christmas holidays and diabetes.  Enjoy her post, and welcome her to the diabetes online community! *   *   *December is scattered with diabetic land mines, and things only get worse on holidays themselves. In my case, that's Christmas, an occasion my family used to celebrate not just with large amounts of carb-laden foods, but by going to the Nutcracker, the world's most diabetically unfriendly ballet. Featuring a hula-hooping troupe of human candy canes, the entire second act is set in a place called The Land of Sweets, and stars the nemesis of every diabetic ballerina: the Sugar Plum Fairy.I was lucky -- I wasn't dia... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3092873 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:46:44 +0100 3092873 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3089555&cid=t_315275_150_f&fid=38374&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2FONr9xkes1S8%2Fwould-you-like-to-guest-blog-from.html (Source: ePharma Summit) ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3089555 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:25:00 +0100 3089555 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3089614&cid=t_315275_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FnTtke109Am0%2F If it wasn’t for bad luck I’d have no luck at all with my teeth. After having a root canal a couple of weeks ago, this morning I managed to break a tooth on a rather large piece of glass. You may be wondering what I was doing with glass in my mouth, but not as much as I was, seeing I was eating toast at the time. As I bit down I felt the tooth go and gingerly spat the unattractive contents of my mouth into my hand to see the cause of my pain To cut a long story short, the glass had been part of the jar that I had just spread strawberry jam onto my toast from. I peered into the empty jar to see a whole in the bottom that definitely shouldn’t have been there. For a moment I was severely pissed off. Another trip to the dentist, another $100 minimum charge, more time off work and no doub... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3089614 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:37:22 +0100 3089614 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3083095&cid=t_315275_109_f&fid=37784&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpsychblog%2F%7E3%2F7QQyLFTa_zw%2Fthe-psychology-of-success-934.html It is my belief that at the centre of our misunderstanding of success and creativity lays our ego.  In the deep dark depths of our psyche we allow mutual myth perpetuation and self-importance to cloud the truth about “talent”.  That is, that all those artists, designers and thinkers would have to admit that they did not simply sit and spark perfection from nowhere but their brilliant brains.  But instead undertook arduous processes, leading them on twists and turns of trial and error and accidental discovery.  They in fact refined and scrapped many ideas or images in their search that were not quite there before they worked their way to that revelation of understanding. So the truth is not as mystical or magical.  But for those young minds like mine developing and wondering what t... PsychBLOG.co.uk blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3083095 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:23:20 +0100 3083095 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3071155&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2Fsw7IBW4Idyw%2F The following guest post by Peg Willingham, Senior Director for External Affairs for Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation, is part of Disruptive Women’s “The Value of Health: Creating Economic Security in the Developing World” series. Shortly, I will be heading to Cancun, Mexico, for the 40th Union World Conference on Tuberculosis and Lung Health.  The meeting will bring together hundreds of dedicated researchers, project implementers, World Health Organization officials and advocates who have committed themselves to stopping tuberculosis, which is second only to HIV/AIDS as the most infectious disease killer globally.  Yet decades after the first meeting of this august body, we are still using the same outdated, inefficient and marginally effective tools to fight TB.  M... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3071155 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:58:39 +0100 3071155 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3056599&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D8101 We have just been contacted by a major provider of medical education who have asked us to invite our readers to attend one of their forthcoming focus groups in Penang and Kuala Lumpur (15th to 17th January 2010). A market research team are working on their behalf in Malaysia to understand how doctors revise for the UK’s MRCP exam and the USA’s USMLE. Attendees will be paid RM100 and refreshments will be provided. If you are interested in seeing whether you meet the criteria, just click for more information or email med.exams@googlemail.com A UK-based major provider of medical educational products is currently recruiting for a market research project on exam revision for MRCP and USMLE exams for candidates in Malaysia. The groups will take place in Penang and Kuala Lumpur betwe... Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3056599 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3056599 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3040059&cid=t_315275_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2Fo7FnZjGVAas%2F I must confess to a very strong sense of curiosity with alternative self-development methods. That’s why I asked Craig to write the ‘What Is The Sedona Method?’ post a short while ago and the reason I asked Joely Black of Amnar fame if she’d tell me (and you) more about Holosync. I have heard some great reports, but don’t know that much about it other than it involved binaural beats. I’m also keen to run posts on EFT, The Silva Mind Control Method and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. So if you, or anybody you know, is an expert in one of those areas or anything similar, please let me know. In the meantime, if you have had any experiences, either positive or negative using binaural beats, please let me know in the comments. What Is Holosync? This is the danger of Twitter. You c... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3040059 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:57:48 +0100 3040059 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3067157&cid=t_315275_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2FrKmt9lVv6LA%2F Happy Thanksgiving All! by Alexandra Drane and the Engage With Grace team Last Thanksgiving weekend, many of us bloggers participated in the first documented blog rally to promote Engage With Grace — a movement aimed at having all of us understand and communicate our end-of-life wishes. It was a great success, with over 100 bloggers in the healthcare space and beyond participating and spreading the word. Plus, it was timed to coincide with a weekend when most of us are with the very people with whom we should be having these tough conversations our closest friends and family. Our original mission to get more and more people talking about their end of life wishes hasn’t changed. But it’s been quite a year so we thought this holiday, we’d try something different. A bit of levity. At... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3067157 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:36:58 +0100 3067157 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2995732&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FAOsRF2LBh0Q%2F The following guest post — part of Disruptive Women’s drug adherence series — is written by Valerie Fleishman, Executive Director, New England Healthcare Institute. Patient adherence represents a rare “win-win” in health care, so it’s no surprise that all sectors have been busy seeking potential solutions. Technology companies have developed reminder gadgets, employers have redesigned benefit plans to remove cost barriers to chronic disease medications, pharmaceutical companies have developed combination drugs to simplify regimens, and providers have begun implementing new patient education and counseling techniques. However, efforts to date have remained largely sector specific and silo-ed. An earlier post by Janet Wright correctly pointed out that poor adherence ... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2995732 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:39:07 +0100 2995732 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2989442&cid=t_315275_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FHoMqUBTNzaU%2F As a Life Coach I am always intrigued by any tools and techniques that may help me with clients. I don’t think I can ever have too much training and I’m happy to consider anything that people rave over that doesn’t involve naked dancing round log fires and howling at the moon. I’ve done additional training in hypnotherapy, NLP, Time Line Therapy and was even booked on an EFT course until they shut it down blaming it on the recession. Couldn’t they have tapped the recession away? Probably THE training I would most like to do the most if money were no issue would be The Sedona Method. It’s one training, a bit like NLP, that I’ve never heard a bad word against and a lot of people whom I respect, speak highly of it. Then as if my magic, Craig pops into my life care of Twitter and... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2989442 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:24:16 +0100 2989442 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2984882&cid=t_315275_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2F2NyU0BDII1g%2F Do you remember the scene in the movie Animal House where Bluto Blutarski laments “…seven years of college education down the drain?” Why aren’t primary care physicians expressing similar laments about  the shelving of the MMHD (Medicare Medical Home Demonstration) in favor of the MAPCI (Multi-Payer Advanced Primary Care Initiative). My colleague Jaan Sidorov, MD and I pick up on no signs of discontent.  Read our essay “Three Years of Medical Home Demonstration Preparation Down the Drain?” on Dr. Sidorov’s blog.     Article Series - Medicare's New Direction for the Medical HomeCMS Shelves Medicare Medical Home DemonstrationMedicare’s Biggest Change in 40 Years on the Horizon?Three Years Of Medical Home Demonstration Preparation Down the Drain? Previous in series ... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2984882 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:45:50 +0100 2984882 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2984819&cid=t_315275_101_f&fid=38969&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheemtspot.com%2F2009%2F11%2F12%2Fback-in-the-day%2F A Guest Post By: Chris Framstead If you’ve worked in EMS anywhere near the Denver Metro area in the last 20 years you’re probably going to really like today’s offering by EMT Spot guest author Chris Framstead. I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Chris for over a decade now and I’ve hounded him to put his fingers to the keys for The Spot. Chris is an uncomparable teacher and an insatiable student of all things EMS. Is his twenty year career he has been an EMT, a paramedic,  a firefighter, an EMS administrator, a chemical weapons and explosives specialist and a teacher at various colleges around the nation. Today Chris is the International Training Coordinator for the famed Texas Engineering Extension Services, the worlds largest emergency responder training f... The EMT Spot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2984819 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:40:54 +0100 2984819 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2981071&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2F1Exa8AGWP4o%2F The following guest post on the subject of drug adherence is written by Janet Wright, Senior Vice President, Science & Quality, at American College of Cardiology. If the Disruptive Women series on medication adherence has shown anything, it’s that there is a nearly endless number of potential solutions to address the nearly endless number of reasons patients and their prescribed medications do not “stick.”. Over decades of practice in cardiology, I had a first hand view of the challenges patients face in adherence – inability to afford the prescription to incomplete understanding of a med’s value or benefit to overestimating the risk to unclear directions or complex instructions on how and when to take the drugs.. Now, in a staff role at the American College of Cardiology, I ... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2981071 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:09:10 +0100 2981071 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2973921&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FLHhIh9dps8s%2F The following guest post on the subject of drug adherence is written by Julie Murchinson, Founder, Health 2.0 Accelerator and Managing Director with Manatt Health Solutions. The tools are coming! The tools are coming! For a while now, tools to manage drug adherence have been developed, many designed to enable the patient to self-manage in the context of and in collaboration with the health care system from a specifically designed device or heavy application. Patient adoption, however, has been slow and the vision for self-management of drug adherence not yet reality. But recently from the budding Health 2.0 space, we are seeing tools built on more accessible web and mobile platforms that allow patients to manage when and where they want to with their mobile device (e.g. iPhone, Blackberry,... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2973921 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:57:11 +0100 2973921 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2954513&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FhtDlMF9n9YQ%2F The following post – part of Disruptive Women’s Drug Adherence Series – is by Stacey Irving of McKesson Patient Relationship Solutions. Poor medication adherence affects all of us in healthcare — it’s a problem that our entire industry is trying to tackle. By many estimates, more than 50% of patients aren’t taking their medications as prescribed. And that’s a real problem: it’s adding $177 billion in additional healthcare costs and contributing to sicker patients. Reports associate lack of adherence with 10% of hospital visits and 40% of nursing home admissions. At McKesson, we’re trying a new approach. We’ve partnered with pharmaceutical manufacturers to sponsor programs that get community pharmacists involved in promoting medication adherence. Independent ... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2954513 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:59:02 +0100 2954513 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2950733&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.unicef.org%2Fpublications%2Ffiles%2FPneumonia_The_Forgotten_Killer_of_Children.pdf The following guest post comes to Disruptive Women from Lois Privor-Dumm, IMBA, Director, Alliances and Information for the PneumoADIP, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.  She heads up several vaccine projects related to advocacy and communications as well as access and implementation.  She is currently working as Director, Large Country Introduction for the Accelerated Vaccine Introduction Technical Assistance Consortium (AVI TAC), a GAVI-funded project with an aim to accelerate introduction of pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccines in low-income countries.   She has been at Johns Hopkins since 2005 helping guide strategies and accelerated uptake on both the Hib Initiative and PneumoADIP and has been leading projects in developing and donor countries to support strengthenin... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2950733 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:58:51 +0100 2950733 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2927602&cid=t_315275_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2Fa8R1_xonf8M%2F The Offer: Before I get into todays post I have a quick offer to throw out there for anybody that has been toying with hiring a life coach called Tim. I have been working with a face-to-face client recently that booked 6 sessions. To cut a long story short we were done after 4. He has very kindly said he doesn’t want me to refund the money. Therefore, I have a crazy mad dog offer that I want to throw out there. He paid $697 for 6 sessions, so that means there is $232 worth of credit. I’m happy to round that up to $250 and knock that off my normal 6 phone session fee of $597 to make it $347. The Criteria: There is only ONE place available at this cost and the person has to start coaching on prior to November 3rd and commit to setting the first 4 sessions in the calendar and sticking to ... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2927602 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:03:46 +0100 2927602 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2920181&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FhcBhgXVv0AU%2F The following guest post on the subject of drug adherence is written by Joyce A. Cramer. Joyce is Associate Research Scientist at Yale University School of Medicine as well as President of Epilepsy Therapy Project, a 501-c-3 organization accelerating new therapies for people with epilepsy. “Drugs don’t work in people who don’t take them” said former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop. While performing research on this topic since the 1980s, I have been continually surprised that the results are uniform: People take, on average, three-fourths of medication as prescribed1. This has held true across many diseases and types of medications. There seems to be no consequence so severe that everyone with that disorder takes all doses (e.g., organ transplantation, epilepsy, asthma, etc.). One ... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2920181 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:34:06 +0100 2920181 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2916101&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fv%2FYIeL750W8ro%26amp%3Brel%3D1%26amp%3Bcolor1%3Dd6d6d6%26amp%3Bcolor2%3Df0f0f0%26amp%3Bborder%3D0%26amp%3Bfs%3D1%26amp%3Bhl%3Den%26amp%3Bautoplay%3D0%26amp%3Bshowinfo%3D0%26amp%3Biv_load_policy%3D3%26amp%3Bshowsearch%3D0 Imagine going to a grocery store where none of the items had prices, and when you got to the checkout the cashier couldn’t tell you your total. Instead, he offered to mail you a bill for an unknown amount. Although that sounds ridiculous, it’s exactly how our nation’s health care system often operates, and Regence BlueCross BlueShield has created a short (45 second) video highlighting the absurdity of that very situation. The video is part of Regence’s What’s the Real Cost campaign designed to challenge people’s thinking about how far reform needs to go. It also explores the way choices consumers make each day can impact health care costs. Be sure to check out the five questions consumers can ask to change health care. This post was sent in by Joanna Burke, Strategic C... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2916101 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:47:51 +0100 2916101 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2908933&cid=t_315275_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2F6ln5mAwt7jU%2F I got this rather interesting post sent to me this week and the timing was perfect. I had just listed my top 10 overhyped and overrated self development books, and The Power of Now was firmly entrenched in the said list. I have to be honest and say a major factor for me was Tolles sleep inducing voice and the book may be better than I give it credit for, but I still didn’t ‘get it’. Apparently neither did Haider Al-Mosawi and he explains in this guest post why, far more eloquently than I ever could…… If you are an Eckhart Tolle groupie, then what I am about to say will shock and offend you. If you find “groupie” offensive enough, then you’ll be happy to know that it’s the least of your worries. Read on only if you’re brave enough&... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2908933 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:13:16 +0100 2908933 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2894506&cid=t_315275_88_f&fid=34729&url=http%3A%2F%2Fallscrubbedup.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fguest-post-how-to-ensure-healthy-babies.html According to this study, providing the infant with antiretroviral syrup every day or treating the mother with highly active antiretroviral drugs helps prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission.Mothers must be encouraged to follow hygienic procedures and drink water that is potable or filtered.Mothers must work closely with their clinicians to monitor the baby and ensure maximum protection for their child.Doctors must ensure that the mother’s blood does not enter the baby’s bloodstream at the time of birthA natural birth is a definite no-no in such situations. The mother must be prepared for a C section.The mother must undergo regular prenatal checks and follow her doctor’s instructions to the letter.The babies will be monitored closely for up to six weeks after birth.It’s up to the ... All Scrubbed Up blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2894506 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:57:00 +0100 2894506 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2876035&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aahcdc.org%2Fpolicy%2FAAHC_OutofTime_4WEB.pdf The following post was written by Elaine R. Rubin, PhD, who is Vice President for Policy and Program of the Association of Academic Health Centers. She is a health policy analyst with a focus on health care organizations, infrastructure, regulatory, and research issues and publications on a variety of health topics. The post first appeared on HealthPROSE, the blog of the Association of Academic Health Centers. I heard today that congressional staffers are “punch drunk” from logging in so many hours working on health reform.  I am not comforted by that thought given they are trying to  write one of the most significant pieces of legislation in decades.  I am  wary of the urgent rush to produce something—good or bad—to show that Congress is not twiddling its thumbs.  Does the Co... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2876035 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:20:20 +0100 2876035 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2859172&cid=t_315275_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FcLWbmzaluqE%2F This article will not self-destruct in 5 seconds. You’re not Ethan Hunt and unfortunately your workplace isn’t Mission: Impossible. The corporate world and the office work model are too full of corporate fluff and their own bullshit that business, companies and you as an individual forget what it’s all about. The end result for all of us should be – where can we provide the most effective value? Using our time to the best effect to get the desired result? And the knock on effect of this would be having more of our own time to enjoy. Employee #4289 Sitting in your little cubicle, looking at your name placard, and waiting a good 5 minutes for your computer to turn on, being requested to re-enter your user name and password to log-on. A password? What? You’re an accountant, a d... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2859172 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:19:14 +0100 2859172 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2855580&cid=t_315275_88_f&fid=38956&url=http%3A%2F%2Fallbleedingstops.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fintroducing-dr-matlatzinca.html Greetings and salutations to all of Dr. Shadowfax's loyal readers! Allow me to briefly introduce myself: I'm a pediatrician working primarily in a hospital setting. I was born and grew up south of the border, but came to the USA at the start of college. It was then that I met Dr. Shadowfax, and I have had the privilege of calling him one of my best friends for most of my adult life. Although we did part of our medical training in different locations, we are now both living in the Pacific Northwest where we can be found discussing patients, riding our bikes, and pulling each other out of snowbanks. He and I have enjoyed numerous discussions on various topics, including many that he has covered on this blog. I have been considering my own blog; however I realize that I am not nearly prolific... Movin' Meat blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2855580 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:08:00 +0100 2855580 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2838915&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FCc_Cvx0W2hA%2F This article is part of a series of essays on our health care system which are available on Society of Actuaries’ Web site: http://www.soa.org/library/essays/health-essay-2009-toc.aspx. Each of these essays presents a different perspective on the problems with our current system for providing and paying for medical coverage. It comes as no surprise, the current health care system is not working for any of the parties in the system; employers, medical providers, health plans and health insurance companies and especially not for the consumer.  More clarity is needed to help solidify a new path for healthcare reform. For the consumer, the current billing practices of providers and payment practices of insurance companies often result in the highest charges being applied to the individuals... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2838915 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:30:17 +0100 2838915 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2804028&cid=t_315275_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2FX87R6YOmFcE%2F by Steve Adams, CEO, RMD Networks and Acting President, Clinical Groupware Collaborative   I’m writing to extend a warm personal invitation to learn more about the Clinical Groupware Collaborative (CGC).  To-date, purely through word-of-mouth over 40 companies have expressed interest in the CGC, and we expect that you’ll be hearing a lot more about us over the coming months. Our meeting will take place next Tuesday, September 22, 6 PM in conjunction with The Forum 09, the annual meeting of DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance.  More details are provided at the bottom of this post. I’ll address a few questions that might be on your mind. Q. What is Clinical Groupware?  (more…) Tags: care management, clinical groupware, conference, DMAA, EHR, EMR, platform (Source: e-CareMa... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2804028 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:46:36 +0100 2804028 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2800316&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F09%2Fhow-to-read-articles-about-health-by-dr-alicia-white%2F This is something that came up on the Five Live discussion with Lord Drayson at lunchtime today. Simon Mayo pulled out a front page story from the Express about a breakthrough cancer drug, and asked us what we’d make of it. Having not read it, I said I’d regard it with caution, because it might [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2800316 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:22:54 +0100 2800316 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2790321&cid=t_315275_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2Fqn6AlRE1xgg%2F By Vince Kuraitis and Steven Waldren MD, MS.  Dr Waldren is Director of the Center for Health Information Technology at the American Academy of Family Practice (AAFP). Two issues have rightfully surfaced front and center in the public’s understanding of HITECH Act implementation: ” definition of “Meaningful Use” of EHRs, and ” definition of “certification” process for EHRs …and we applaud the progress of the workgroups and the HIT Policy Committee in addressing these issues constructively. However…a THIRD issue lurks – “Data harmonization at the expense of data liquidity“, or put another way – “misplaced pursuit of one (and only one) language at the expense of practical communication.” On August 20, the HI... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2790321 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:18:03 +0100 2790321 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2782124&cid=t_315275_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2FrzJiYQ9ydd4%2F by Glen Laffel MD, PhD Many of us have enjoyed a few good minutes of fun having our fortunes told by soothsayers who claim they can predict our future based on patterns of tea leaves in a cup or the playing cards we’ve pulled from a deck. We pay a few dollars for the entertainment and if the fortune teller is skilled, we are temporarily impressed by his “insight.” But once we leave the carnival, we come back to our senses. Fortune-tellers can’t predict the future. With its latest announcement, the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) appears to have entered the fortune telling business. And if information provided on blogs published by its founders is to be believed, some EHR vendors plan to have their fortunes told by the former EHR certification... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2782124 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:43:16 +0100 2782124 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2761973&cid=t_315275_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2FcUFc7zNwVKs%2F In Part I of my guest post on The Collaborative Forum blog, I wrote that the Medicare Medical Home Demo is in BIG Trouble. Here’s a recap: Political reality dictates that the MMHD must save costs. As currently structured, the MMHD cannot achieve cost savings In any given year, only a small percentage of patients account for the vast majority of costs Lessons from previous Medicare disease/care management demonstrations has shown that effective care coordination interventions must be targeted at this population Medicare has structured the MMHD so that any patient with one or more chronic condition is eligible; this includes 86% of all Medicare patients. Physicians will be paid risk-adjusted care coordination fees for this entire population — the 86% of patients with one or more chron... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2761973 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:39:20 +0100 2761973 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2730077&cid=t_315275_88_f&fid=34491&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgruntdoc.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fguest-post-from-dr-richard-bukata.html In an effort to get the word out about their new EM Physicians’ blog ( em-blog.com ) Dr Bukata has asked to post here to generate some conversation, and some buzz for their blog. Dr. Bukata has long been a leading light in EM, and it’s my pleasure to present: THE SECRET TO UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE – DOCTOR BEHAVIOR As the debate goes on regarding the Obama initiatives for healthcare reform, the one recurring theme that is heard is – cost.  What is universal access to healthcare going to cost and who is going to pay for it?  It really is just about money.  The fundamental premise is that, if we spend at current rates, it will cost an ungodly amount of money to cover everyone in this country no matter who pays. Given that we cannot continue to spend at the curre... GruntDoc blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2730077 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:10:33 +0100 2730077 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2720008&cid=t_315275_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2Fwvfv3b63_kg%2F The best part of twenty years ago there was a lot of hype around the book ‘Chaos’ by  James Gleick. I’d just read the brilliant Richard P Feynman autobiography ‘Surely You’re Joking Mr Feynman’ which to this day is still one of my favorite autobiographies, and fancied myself as a bit an amateur science buff. However, I don’t think I got more than a third of the way through ‘Chaos’ before I realized I was bored, had no idea what Gleick was blathering on about and it was time to beat a hasty retreat. Like Superstring Theory and A Brief History of Time, Chaos looked cool on my bookshelf, but as far as great reads go it was about on a par with Lowes paint catalogue. I can’t remember much about Chaos other than there was a butterfly in it and it was hanging around the Amazo... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2720008 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:05:43 +0100 2720008 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2699695&cid=t_315275_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2Fno1LFrhNDCM%2F by Vince Kuraitis, Steve Adams, and David C. Kibbe MD, MBA Over the past several years, many diverse initiatives have arisen offering partial solutions to systemic problems in the U.S. health care non-system.  We see Meaningful Use Criteria recommended by the HIT Policy Committee as a unifying force for these previously disparate initiatives. These initiatives have included: Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMHs) Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs)/Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) Payer Disease/Care Management Programs Personal Health Record Platforms — Google Health, Microsoft HealthVault, Dossia, health banks, more to come State/Regional Chronic Care Programs (e.g., Colorado, Pennsylvania, Improving Performance in Practice) Accountable Care Organizations — the n... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2699695 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:41:48 +0100 2699695 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2695574&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2009%2F08%2Fguest_post_when_to_laugh.html George Simmons is a blogger I respect highly, and having met him in person several times now, I can say with certainty that he is a good man with a good laugh.  The guy is funny, even when things seem at their darkest and most uncertain.  He's faced some tough times recently, yet through it all, he finds the laughter.  I am appreciative of his post here on SUM, and most of all for his friendship.  Take it away, SuperG!  *   *   *  When to Laugh I've had type 1 diabetes for almost 19 years now. A majority of that time I spent angry. Angry at this disease that I did not chose to have but that had chose me. I felt so different from my friends and family that I chose to ignore it instead of take control of it. I was a angry teen. Those two word... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2695574 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:19:11 +0100 2695574 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2688858&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2009%2F08%2Fguest_post_bennet_makes_my_day.html Bennet Dunlap is a husband, father of some seriously cool kids, and blogger over at YDMV.  He's also the keeper of a pink camera and a bit of a goofball.  But he's been a supporter of the Sparlings (yes, both of us) and I'm both honored and a bit scared to have him guest posting on SUM today.  You just never know what Bennet is going to say. *   *   * Kerri asked me to guest babble while she flies off to Southern European film shoot. Sucks to be her huh? What do you get out of the deal? Less than squat - you are stuck with me as the After School Movie of the Week Special Guest Star.  Sucks to be you, huh?  Anyway this whole Mediterranean movie thing has me thinking of the old Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns. Stumped for anything intelligent to say I... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2688858 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:56:59 +0100 2688858 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2685344&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2009%2F08%2Fguest_post_living_with_a_dad_w.html Today's guest post comes from Manny Hernandez of TuDiabetes.com (and he's also the author of Ning for Dummies - order it on Amazon!).  Manny and I presented at a conference in Philadelphia in June and while we were decompressing in the hotel bar, we talked about kids and handling diabetes when you are a parent.  I asked him to give me his perspectives on diabetes and his son, Santiago, and I'm proud to be posting his thoughts here.   Take it away, Manny! *   *   *  When my friend Kerri asked me for to guest blog on SixUntilMe, I couldn't say no. She suggested that I write about how I explain diabetes and diabetes "goodies" to my son, Santiago (who thankfully doesn't have diabetes).Back when I started being active about diabetes online,... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2685344 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:31:39 +0100 2685344 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2678618&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D7613 by Dr David KL Quek President MMA. 1) Can we distinguish between regular and H1N1 flu, without a lab test? No, the flu is the flu, but there are variations in presentation. Some symptoms such as cough, runny nose, fever, body aches, fatigue, vomiting, diarrhoea occur more or less in every flu patient, but may present differently by different people. Some infected people have very mild symptoms, some in between, and a small minority, probably less than 10%, have severe features including the dangerous pneumonia. However, from sentinel testing and surveillance by the Ministry of Health the last few weeks have shown that almost 95% of all flu-like illness are now caused by the H1N1 virus. Earlier some months ago, seasonal flu variants caused by the B and other A virus were the main causes, t... Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2678618 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2678618 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2670910&cid=t_315275_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2FWgmP776-3Xk%2F by Al Lewis, Disease Management Purchasing Consortium International, Inc. Medical homes probably do save money in very controlled settings, where the entire team is literally or at least figuratively under one roof, such as Kaiser.  However, the belief that one can overlay a traditional medical home model across an entire state and save money in the process turns out to be total fiction. The poster child for that fiction, North Carolina’s Community Care program, turns out to cost state taxpayers probably $400 million a year, rather than save them $300 million, as the state’s self-serving and blatantly incorrect analysis claimed.    A more extensive analysis is available for review, and any state is welcome to the backup data as well. Here’s a press release with more detai... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2670910 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:40:03 +0100 2670910 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2657596&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D7537 The news media appear to have started the blame game. More journalists are angling around the idea that because the H1N1 flu is fast spreading in the community and more and more people are reportedly succumbing to the infection, then there must be someone to blame, some agency which is at fault. Perhaps the Health Ministry has not done enough, despite its earlier promise of containment and now mitigation. How is it that when we are now in mitigation phase, there are more people dying, comes the indignant cry of disbelief and alarm? Sadly this is the myopic vision and misunderstanding of most people in this country. The Health Ministry and the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) have been proactively warning of this possible scenario right from the outset of this pandemic. But then many det... Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2657596 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2657596 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2645512&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F07%2Fsummer-reading-2009.html You knew it was coming, and now is the time, Folks: launch of the 2009 Summer Reading Guest Post Series here at the ‘Mine. I’ll be traveling most of the next four weeks, first domestically, and then in Germany and Holland. And what will be happening here at the blog? Even more informative fun than last [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2645512 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:51:27 +0100 2645512 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2641293&cid=t_315275_88_f&fid=34729&url=http%3A%2F%2Fallscrubbedup.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F07%2Fguest-post-7-excellent-open-courseware.html The human body is a fascinating and intricate construction, and there are many reasons to learn more about it. You may want to know how it works so that you can better understand your own, and thereby make the best decisions possible in regards to good health and maintenance. You may want to understand how it works so that you can move into a profession that works to restore it to health. You may just be curious. Whatever the reason, these 7 excellent open courseware collections to learn about the human body are a great place to begin or to continue your study of the human body. General Human Anatomy General Human Anatomy takes a general look at the structure of the body and all its systems. This is a cursory examination of the human body as a structure provided by UC Bekeley and is the pe... All Scrubbed Up blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2641293 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:45:00 +0100 2641293 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2616883&cid=t_315275_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FVky1UdnN7IY%2F I must confess haven’t had a great week in terms of productivity. I had planned to have the 2nd draft of ‘How To Be Rich and Happy’ finished by Thursday and it still isn’t done. Following up from losing most of Wednesday to nasty, smelly plumbing issues, and then a 5 minute video shoot on Friday taking 6 hours, I had problems with my car again this weekend. When I was writing about the worst companies I have ever dealt with I have no idea where my head was at to forget Toyota. I’ve had two Toyota’s and they are without doubt the worst two cars I have owned in the last twenty years, but don’t let me set off down that road again, or we’ll both be here all day. On Saturday morning I was planning on rewriting the chapter in my book called ‘Shut The Duck Up’ and use ... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2616883 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:29:24 +0100 2616883 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2584436&cid=t_315275_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2F8XnpcS6nNQ4%2F Picking up the guest post baton and setting off at a very respectable pace this week is the guy that I like to call Guy.  I like to call him that largely because it’s his name, although it hasn’t gone unnoticed that he is actually a guy too.  In fact a little known piece of trivia is that Elton John wrote ‘Song for Guy’ for Guy. I’m not 100% sure it was this exact one, but it probably was. Guy is an academic and when he’s not writing for the always entertaining My One Piece of Advice blog and loitering around on the beach with his kids, writes papers the titles of which make my head hurt. So if you notice his background in Academia has him not just sitting on the fence, but actually buying the damn thing and welding himself firmly to the top of it, simply roll you... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2584436 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:44:36 +0100 2584436 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2570357&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FoUfyubZxxAQ%2F Today’s guest post by Julie Murchinson, Executive Director, Health 2.0 Accelerator, is the final installment in the Disruptive Women Comparative Effectiveness Research smackdown. Stay Tuned: We will be creating and widely distributing a CER e-book. The HHS Federal Coordinating Council for CER research posted its report to Congress and the President on Monday describing federal activities on CER. Another report with actual priority suggestions is due to Congress by the end of July. On Tuesday, the Institute of Medicine released their sage advice about the top 100 priorities as well as a report on CER. I found one line, in particular, of extreme importance from the report to Congress: “National Institutes of Health (NIH) diabetes prevention trial demonstrated that lifestyle change ... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2570357 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:28:21 +0100 2570357 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2561196&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FoUfyubZxxAQ%2F Today’s guest post by Julie Murchinson, Executive Director, Health 2.0 Accelerator, is the final installment in the Disruptive Women Comparative Effectiveness Research smackdown. Stay Tuned: We will be creating and widely distributing a CER e-book. The HHS Federal Coordinating Council for CER research posted its report to Congress and the President on Monday describing federal activities on CER. Another report with actual priority suggestions is due to Congress by the end of July. On Tuesday, the Institute of Medicine released their sage advice about the top 100 priorities as well as a report on CER. I found one line, in particular, of extreme importance from the report to Congress: “National Institutes of Health (NIH) diabetes prevention trial demonstrated that lifestyle change w... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2561196 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:28:21 +0100 2561196 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2561653&cid=t_315275_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FBrfBhyJ8_q0%2F Years ago there was a women in the UK called Mary Whitehouse. She was the bane of every teenage boys life as she went on a puritanical campaign to purge everything that was fun from TV, including ‘Dr Who’, ‘Till Death Us Do Part’ and nipples. She believed Society was fast forwarding into a bacchanalian abyss with TV leading the charge. The dropping of standards by allowing violence, nudity and bad language, she reasoned, would only lead to moral bankruptcy. And we all laughed heartily at the old lady with funny hair and silly glasses. It seems however, she may be right after all. The ‘F’ bomb made it’s first ever appearance on this blog in this post not but a few days ago. Yet after taking almost 3 years to turn up, it ‘s already back by popular demand thank... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2561653 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:43:59 +0100 2561653 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2553204&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2009%2F06%2Fguest_post_500_days_of_diabete.html After a hectic week with the conference in Philly and then Chris's great news, I need to spend some time today catching up on everything.  Thankfully, Jessica Phillips has offered to guest post today, writing about marking 500 days with type 1 diabetes.  She's come a long way, and I'm proud to host her words here on SUM.Heeeeeeere's Jessica! *     *     *As I was injecting myself with insulin on a lunch break at work, a co-worker walked by and exclaimed, “I could never do that! EW! I hate needles!” Less than two years ago I might have agreed. I never had a strong phobia of needles, but that is not to say that I particularly liked them either. I was known in my childhood to run out of doctor’s offices into the parking ... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2553204 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:24:40 +0100 2553204 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2517209&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FElVLv7wCGBM%2F President Obama is meeting today with a bipartisan group of lawmakers to talk about reforming our broken immigration system. The challenge for both parties will be whether they can overcome opposition within their respective bases to expanding legal immigration. For Republicans, the chief opposition remains the faction of talk-radio-driven conservatives who just don’t like immigration, period, especially when it comes from Latin America. For Democrats, who now run Washington, the chief opposition to allowing more foreign workers to enter the country legally is represented by organized labor. As the Wall Street Journal reports this morning, advocates of immigration reform “worry that Democrats will defer to the AFL-CIO on the issue of legal immigration. The labor confederation has oppos... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2517209 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:27:00 +0100 2517209 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2515315&cid=t_315275_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FHvEIJJhUE_Q%2F Tracy O’Connor runs the ‘I Hate My Message Board’ blog and is the women that brought the infamous  ‘Chicken in a Can‘ to the Internet, videoed her brother eating Silkworm Pupa and makes me laugh out loud more than any client I have ever worked with. Even if most of the time I have absolutely no idea why. That’s not to say I don’t have some hilarious and fun clients, because I do, it’s just that Tracy is a tad different. I have been haranguing her to do me a guest post for some while and I’m delighted to say under pain of death and the threat of me publishing the nonsensical e-mails she sends me, she finally acquiesced. Other than read this post, I’d also encourage you to follow her on Twitter, just don’t expect anything she... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2515315 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:40:57 +0100 2515315 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2513586&cid=t_315275_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FlBvHkabplpo%2F Finally, this week I got of my ass and did another YouTube clip. It’s been a long time coming, but if you watch it, you will see that is very much reflected in the tight well rehearsed word perfect script, painstaking editing and overall professional feel, with dare I say it, a dash of Hollywood thrown in for good measure. It’s an explanation of how to make better decisions and why sometimes you’re more clever than even you think you are. Cunning stuff indeed. If you, and yes, I do mean YOU, have a question on Life Coaching or general self-development, please let me know. If it’s an interesting ‘how to’, I may even put it out on YouTube or  answer it here. I can’t promise I’ll use it, but at least it will help me to feel wanted and important... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2513586 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:22:23 +0100 2513586 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3105034&cid=t_315275_97_f&fid=35606&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheangriestpharmacist.com%2F2009%2F06%2F16%2Fgood-rant-on-self-checkouts%2F This was all thought up and written by Kurtis – I loved it and decided to share it with the world: I know it’s not pharmacy related, but today I waited in line for 10 whole minutes waiting for not 1, not 2, nor 3, but 4 idiots to figure out how to use the self-checkout registers at a grocery store that I work in as a pharmacy tech (soon to be intern). The horrible part is these same idiots come to the pharmacy bothering me about things they know even less about, but are convinced that they are experts on. Thus, I present a new set of rules that I think should take effect immediately to prevent my lunch break from being ruined ever again: New U-Scan Limitations to be Enacted Immediately: 1.) 15 items or less only. I do not know how many times I’ve seen someone bring a whol... The Angriest Pharmacist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3105034 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:02:09 +0100 3105034 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2523004&cid=t_315275_97_f&fid=35606&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theangriestpharmacist.com%2F2009%2F06%2F16%2Fgood-rant-on-self-checkouts%2F This was all thought up and written by Kurtis – I loved it and decided to share it with the world: I know it’s not pharmacy related, but today I waited in line for 10 whole minutes waiting for not 1, not 2, nor 3, but 4 idiots to figure out how to use the self-checkout registers at a grocery store that I work in as a pharmacy tech (soon to be intern). The horrible part is these same idiots come to the pharmacy bothering me about things they know even less about, but are convinced that they are experts on. Thus, I present a new set of rules that I think should take effect immediately to prevent my lunch break from being ruined ever again: New U-Scan Limitations to be Enacted Immediately: 1.) 15 items or less only. I do not know how many times I’ve seen someone bring a whol... The Angriest Pharmacist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2523004 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:02:09 +0100 2523004 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2510792&cid=t_315275_105_f&fid=35048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMedicineAndMan%2F%7E3%2FQ4DypJowUUo%2F Guest Post: The word pandemic has been thrown around in recent years because of the prevalence of many major illnesses that have occurred throughout the third world nations as well as even many Western nations. However, the recent Swine Flu outbreak has caused much deliberation as to the proper terminology of the word itself. There have been generations of widespread epidemics in the past that have included influenza, cholera, and a multitude of other diseases. However, the World Health Organization has come up with a six-tiered level in which to determine when to implement specific disease control efforts around the world, which has successfully led to many countries quarantining illnesses which could be easily spread abroad. However, the true definition of a pandemic is not delivered by ... Medicine and Man blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2510792 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:52:19 +0100 2510792 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2474550&cid=t_315275_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2F24FNhl7lQ0I%2F A couple of weeks ago I tweeted a few times asking for somebody to defend the law of attraction on this blog. I have been less than forthcoming in my praise for not only the ‘Law’ itself, but also the devotees that just seem to want to roll their eyes at anybody that questions their beliefs. So I wanted a counter argument to the post ‘Is The Law of Attraction A Con?”. The fact is, I’m not at all anti-Law of Attraction, I just haven’t read or heard an explanation that makes any sense to me. I have seen a lot of film of Esther Hicks performing and also read ‘Ask and it is Given.’ I have also read a lot of Wayne Dyer material (whom I love by the way), so I’m not closed off to this by any means. The problem to me, is that I’ve never s... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2474550 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:26:42 +0100 2474550 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2458118&cid=t_315275_105_f&fid=36987&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FIvorKovicMd%2F%7E3%2FKTzrvjm0xNg%2F By-line: DENA WHITE is a freelance writer and covers topics such as nurse assistant and medical careers, health care topics, and more. Just a quick search on the Internet and you can see some great screenshots from the video game Zero Hour. Zero Hour is a fantastic video game that has you playing as an EMT who must respond to catastrophes such as a biological weapons attack in a major US city. You have to treat and diagnose panic-stricken patients as well as manage supplies, which are disorganized and unpredictable. The United States Department of Homeland Security created this game in some measure as a way of training responders for emergencies in real life situations. This is the perfect example of interactive virtual reality modernizing the way professionals are taught and trained. The... Ivor Kovic, M.D. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2458118 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:27:33 +0100 2458118 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2452345&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FJJDJtmODxi0%2F The following guest post comes from L. Fabry of the X-Ray Technician Schools blog. There are five zones around the world where people tend to live the longest, healthiest lives. These are called the Blue Zones. They include Sardinia, Italy; Northern Costa Rica; Okinawa, Japan; Loma Linda, CA; and a remote Greek island. World renowned explorer and National Geographic writer, Dan Buettner believes that “we know there’s a recipe for longevity and that 75 percent is related to lifestyle, and we’re figuring it out.” Below is a list of 25 amazing health discoveries, lifestyles, and simple changes that have come from this region and can be easily done in your own home. 1. Have a purpose. By figuring out what gets you out of bed, you can achieve one of the most important keys to longevity.... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2452345 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:27:39 +0100 2452345 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2463344&cid=t_315275_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2Fz8o-9LqMvjA%2F Firstly, let me kick off by again saying thanks! I got a number of e-mails and some very kind words in the comments about Ellie. It’s really weird because I know some people will be thinking “What’s all the fuss about, it’s only a dog?” And I really get that, because if you have never been a dog (or cat) owner, it’s difficult to comprehend. Anyway enough of that, because today I have a guest post from my very own personal trainer and dispenser of pain, Mr. Ron Betta I like Ron. Not just because he hasn’t got much more hair than I have, he loves dogs and always laughs at my jokes whilst saying, “that’s funny” presumably just in case I was in any doubt what the strange noise coming from his throat was, but also because he’s is fiercely honest, loyal and determined. Quit... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2463344 Thu, 28 May 2009 14:38:50 +0100 2463344 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441351&cid=t_315275_88_f&fid=36536&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftrismus1.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F05%2F27%2Fpool-party%2F The following is a guest post from the late great Hallway Four: Middle-aged business man gets brought in by EMS.  Patient is sopping wet and has scuba gear next to him on the stretcher.  The story goes like this… The guy is at a pool party with other successful business-type people.  He drinks too much.  He decides to go scuba diving – in the hot tub.  So, he puts on all his scuba gear and heads to the bottom of the hot tub, where he stays for TWO HOURS.  After his oxygen runs out, he surfaces and starts walking around the party again.  Party-goers (who apparently thought nothing of a drunk guy scuba-diving in a hot tub for hours) noted that he was “acting funny” and called EMS.  On my exam, he’s fine – just really drunk. Later, when I asked him ... Ten out of Ten blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441351 Wed, 27 May 2009 14:29:40 +0100 2441351 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441877&cid=t_315275_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2FgIifnnsrR4M%2F by Scott Shreeve, MD We are entering an unprecedented season of change for the United States health care system. Americans are united by their desire to fundamentally reform our current system into one that delivers on the promise of freedom, equity, and best outcomes for best value. In this season of reform, we will see all kinds of ideas presented from all across the political spectrum. Many of these ideas will be prescriptive, and don’t harness the power of innovation to create the dramatic breakthroughs required to create a next generation health system. We believe there is a better way. This belief is founded in the idea that aligned incentives can be a powerful way to spur innovation and seek breakthrough ideas from the most unlikely sources. Many of the reform ideas being put forw... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441877 Tue, 26 May 2009 23:54:01 +0100 2441877 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2580277&cid=t_315275_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2FgIifnnsrR4M%2F by Scott Shreeve, MD We are entering an unprecedented season of change for the United States health care system. Americans are united by their desire to fundamentally reform our current system into one that delivers on the promise of freedom, equity, and best outcomes for best value. In this season of reform, we will see all kinds of ideas presented from all across the political spectrum. Many of these ideas will be prescriptive, and don’t harness the power of innovation to create the dramatic breakthroughs required to create a next generation health system. We believe there is a better way. This belief is founded in the idea that aligned incentives can be a powerful way to spur innovation and seek breakthrough ideas from the most unlikely sources. Many of the reform ideas being put forw... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2580277 Tue, 26 May 2009 12:00:23 +0100 2580277 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2442497&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2009%2F05%2Fguest_blogging_siah_steps_in.html I'm not sure why I'm even letting her do this, but she asked like a million times.  So here is a guest blog from Ms. Siah Sausage. Sigh.*   *   *I'm not as bad as she makes me out to be. I'm a little gray cat and I barely cause any trouble at all, so I'm not sure why she's always complaining about me. Sure, I like to use the litter box and then attempt to snuggle with her, but I'm just as shocked as you are that she doesn't want to appreciate my olfactory contributions.  Every scent I make is lovely, I assure you.And of course I have to pad around the bed while they're trying to sleep. But how am I supposed to know which side of the bed is softest and comfiest unless I try both out, repeatedly?  She's just grumpy because she goes to bed late and gets... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2442497 Fri, 22 May 2009 14:18:37 +0100 2442497 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2442498&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2009%2F05%2Fguest_blog_85_or_bust.html Today's guest post comes from blogger Jeff Kuhns.  His daughter Olivia had type 1 diabetes and his blog, Team Olivia, was among the first that I found after I started SUM.  I'm honored to have him posting here, sharing the perspective of the parent of a child with diabetes.*   *   * 10.2!  10 point freakin’ 2!  I was aghast, shocked, astounded, and flabbergasted.  At least I felt the need to be.  Play the part for the dietitian and the CDE.  But I guess I knew.  Being father of the year was going to take a little more work.  I’m taking this hard because I had the unfortunate duty of being the one to take the day off and hit the doctor’s appointments.As a father of a 10-year old Type 1 daughter.  I always str... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2442498 Thu, 21 May 2009 13:27:06 +0100 2442498 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2424407&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2009%2F05%2Fguest_blog_epatient_dave_speak.html Today's guest post is from ePatient Dave, who beat stage IV, grade 4 renal cell carcinoma with the help of fantastic doctors, supportive family and friends, and the power of the ePatient movement.  Today, Dave writes at The New Life of e-Patient Dave and he's offered to post here on SUM about the true power of patients online.  (And we, as PWDs, know how important the patient community is!)*   *   *One year ago today I finished reading e-Patients: How they can help us heal healthcare, the e-patient white paper. It turned my head around because although I’d experienced excellent care in almost all ways, it showed that I as a patient have far more to contribute than I ever would have imagined.The people who assembled that report (not me) are smart, percept... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2424407 Wed, 20 May 2009 18:00:32 +0100 2424407 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2424004&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2F6dv_K2sasuk%2F Heart disease is the number one killer of women. The problem is, women have different symptoms then men — so they often don’t realize they’re having a heart attack. The Queen of Hearts Foundation is co-hosting a women’s wellness seminar in Atlanta June 2 and 3 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Atlanta Perimeter At Ravinia - (Address is: 4355 Ashford Dunwoody Rd NE, Atlanta - (888) 444-0401) If you’re in Atlanta, the cost is only $10 — and it could save your life. Queen of Hearts co-founders, Katy Atterbery and Carmen Perez, talked to Disruptive Women’s Wendy Grossman. DW: Did you know each other before you started the foundation? KA: We met while volunteering on a project regarding women and heart here in Atlanta in 2004. We formed the foundation in May 20... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2424004 Wed, 20 May 2009 14:33:03 +0100 2424004 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2424408&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2009%2F05%2Fguest_blog_cyclebetes.html The guest blog today is from Willie Cromack, the CEO for Accu-Chek Cyclebetes.  Willie writes passionately about Cyclebetes and their mission to keep the promise for a diabetes cure.  That sounds pretty darn good to me.  The floor's yours, Willie!*   *   * I don’t have diabetes.  I don’t know what it is like to monitor my sugar levels.  I don’t know the emotional levels that accompany being a type 1 diabetic or even the parent of a child with diabetes.  I am not an official insider.However, I am loyal.  I am aware.  I understand the consequences.  I am a parent. I am passionate about leaving the world a better place than when I came into it. And I must help my friend fulfill his promise.In 2007 a group of fi... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2424408 Wed, 20 May 2009 13:31:20 +0100 2424408 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2417145&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2009%2F05%2Fguest_blog_loving_the_doc.html Thanks to my friend Landileigh at Landileigh's Little World for guest blogging today.  (Hopefully, as you're reading this, I'm drinking some kind of tropical concoction from a coconut and laying out on a beach.)  She's one of the kindest souls here in the diabetes community, and I'm proud to host her post.  Take it away, Landi! *   *   * I want to thank Kerri for allowing me to be a guest blogger on SixUntilMe! She is one of the main reasons for this post, and I hope to explain why.So often we are asked about our “diabetic team.” Videos and brochures you receive from your doctor’s office always talk about your “diabetic team.” They explain that this is your endocrinologist, your nutritionist, your CDE, family, and friends. I ... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2417145 Tue, 19 May 2009 13:30:08 +0100 2417145 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2416778&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fv%2FFY1uterf56E%26amp%3Brel%3D1%26amp%3Bcolor1%3Dd6d6d6%26amp%3Bcolor2%3Df0f0f0%26amp%3Bborder%3D0%26amp%3Bfs%3D1%26amp%3Bhl%3Den%26amp%3Bautoplay%3D0%26amp%3Bshowinfo%3D0%26amp%3Biv_load_policy%3D3%26amp%3Bshowsearch%3D0 The following guest post is written by Melinna Giannini, President, CEO, and Founder of ABC Coding Solutions (formerly Alternative Link), who has worked in the health insurance industry since the 1980s. She is one of the nation’s leading experts on contracting, billing, and practice management for nursing and other forms of integrative healthcare. Melinna designed ABC codes to fill gaps in national code sets used for managing healthcare reimbursement and outcomes analysis. The U.S. healthcare system can no longer rely on medicine as its primary form of healthcare. Our U.S. medical schools cannot increase the physician workforce fast enough to keep pace with population growth and the needs of baby boomers. The physician workforce decreased from 772,000 doctors to 633,000 doctors since 200... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2416778 Mon, 18 May 2009 17:53:35 +0100 2416778 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2463347&cid=t_315275_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2Fku_XfEET08g%2F After the rambling intro to last weeks guest post by Pace and the subsequent  mentions of it in the comments. I decided to knuckle down, take the comments in the jovial, well-meaning spirit they were meant and vow to stop gatecrashing my guests posts. Then as I was reading and preparing this post, I thought to myself, “What the hell am I doing? I’m not being creative enough. I should be throwing an artistic hissy fit and going on a huge absinthe fueled rampage resulting in me waking up in a Paris brothel sans my right ear, left kidney and sanity.” Then I though “Nah, I’ll just go back to England for a week and listen to people whine about corrupt Politicians the economy and heaven forbid, the rain. It may not be quite so arty, but it’ll make me more miserable in the long run�... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2463347 Mon, 18 May 2009 17:07:52 +0100 2463347 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2415695&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2009%2F05%2Fguest_blog_looking_in.html Hello from my cruise!  (Only sort of, because I'm loading these guest posts in ahead of time, so right now I'm home with a gray cat circling like a shark.  But I'm pretending to be on the cruise, and that's a nice thought.  Whoops!  Digression again.)  Today's post is from Christine who blogs at By The Numbers.  Her son, Thomas, was diagnosed two years ago with type 1 diabetes, and she's offered to tell her story here at SUM.  And, as always, I remain in awe of the parents of diabetic kids.  They're truly amazing.*   *   *Two years ago, at age 5, our son Thomas was diagnosed with diabetes.  We were blindsided.  I knew absolutely nothing about this disease, treatment, long term effects.  Nothing.  That first nig... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2415695 Mon, 18 May 2009 14:00:20 +0100 2415695 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2416842&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=34816&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHonestMedicine%2F%7E3%2F1eebeTBS4D0%2Fguest-columns-by-daphne-white-about-comparative-effectiveness-research-reprinted-from-theintegratorb.html When I first learned of the Obama Administration’s commitment to implementing Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) as a way of determining which treatments are effective and which ones are not, I was very hopeful. I thought that, done right, CER would assure that the best of conventional and the best of alternative medicine would finally be used together to give American patients the best results. In my enthusiasm, I decided to write articles for HonestMedicine.com on the topic of combining both medical worlds to assure the best patient care, and how CER could help to make this happen. While doing my research, I discovered that another health writer, Daphne White, CHTP, was addressing the same topic. Her slant, very similar to mine, was the importance of including CAM (Complementar... HONEST MEDICINE: My Dream for the Future blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2416842 Mon, 18 May 2009 04:40:27 +0100 2416842 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2416843&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=34816&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHonestMedicine%2F%7E3%2FksWbpfU77yA%2Fthe-kabuki-play-of-monied-interests-around-the-11billion-comparative-effectiveness-research-initiati.html (This column was first published by John Weeks on TheIntegratorBlog.com.) John Weeks’ Introduction: In this section of a two-part series, Integrator contributor Daphne White, CHTP focuses on the political-economic dynamics behind the $1.1 billion "clinical effectiveness research" (CER) initiative. White examines what she calls the "Kabuki play" - intense dynamics as the medical industry seeks to gut the value of the initiative, while not appearing to do so. Would you assume that this initiative would look at cost or would inform the care people receive? As White points out, Congress appears to already have caved in on key aspects of apparent value. One wonders if CER can be the point of leverage for reform which White House Budget Director Philip Orzack thinks it can be. And if Orzack c... HONEST MEDICINE: My Dream for the Future blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2416843 Mon, 18 May 2009 04:16:29 +0100 2416843 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2416844&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=34816&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHonestMedicine%2F%7E3%2FGpyLendIlGQ%2Fcam-and-comparative-effectiveness-research-are-we-going-to-play-by-daphne-white-chtp.html (This column was first published by John Weeks on TheIntegratorBlog.com.) John Weeks’ Introduction: The idea of "comparative effectiveness research" (CER), the new $1.1 billion economic stimulus program, strikes a happy chord for many in the integrative practice community. Isn't this the appropriate research terrain for showing value of integrative care?  In this first of two part Integrator series, reporter and regular Integrator contributor Daphne White, CHTP, shares how she attended the "listening session" of the government's CER advisory board to understand what was going on and see if the integrative practice community was showing up. White ended up taking off her journalist hat and testifying. She shares her perspectives on why and how the integrative practice community should b... HONEST MEDICINE: My Dream for the Future blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2416844 Mon, 18 May 2009 03:35:18 +0100 2416844 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2463348&cid=t_315275_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FxVx5CwxbiH8%2F You are such a freak. Seriously you are. That job you do, that person you love, that food you like, the way you dress, that bizarre clothes you wear, those wacky movies that make you laugh, those political views you hold, the car you drive and the sports you like and even the ones you hate. Freaky, veeeery freaky indeed. I’m a freak too, but I do my best to fit in and hide my freakiness because I don’t want anybody to know that I’m not exactly the same as them. We all need to be the same, conformity is good and differences are downright scary. I know some people may point out that differences are what make the world so interesting and an eclectic life is a fascinating life. That our differences are what really bind us together by allowing us to demonstrate tolerance, incl... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2463348 Thu, 14 May 2009 10:33:23 +0100 2463348 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405949&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2009%2F05%2Fspring_diabetes_tony.html I'm in vacation prep mode BIG TIME (prep = mega spazzing), so I'm grateful that Tony Rose has offered to guest post here today.  Tony blogs over at Blogging Diabetes and has been living with type 1 diabetes since 1998.  He's been pumping for the last 3 years and is a diabetes advocate.  You can find Tony actively participating in the diabetes online community on Twitter (and you can also find me there, too).He's got some insights on handling diabetes as the weather starts to warm, so take it away, Tony! *   *   *As we come up on the nicer weather, many different activities start happening.  People are getting out more, there’s yard work to do, traveling, vacationing and just more all-around outdoor activities.  With these activities c... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405949 Tue, 12 May 2009 14:04:18 +0100 2405949 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2398875&cid=t_315275_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2FWnaePHnPrt4%2F by Tom Doerr, MD and Randy Bak, MD, JD What if the health care payer were re-imagined as a service to the primary care doctor - supplying the tools, information and funding primary care physicians needed to meet the call to reform health delivery? The structure of physician payment is considered one of the most problematic aspects of our health care system.  Driven by volume instead of coordinated, proactive care and favoring procedures over cognitive work, the payment system has driven primary care into decline and stifled improvements in quality and efficiency.  Indeed, primary care physicians are overstressed and demoralized by demands, coming from every direction, that drive them only to see more patients, as quickly as possible.   In this state, primary care cannot attract new phy... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2398875 Thu, 07 May 2009 19:06:03 +0100 2398875 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2580279&cid=t_315275_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2FWnaePHnPrt4%2F by Tom Doerr, MD and Randy Bak, MD, JD What if the health care payer were re-imagined as a service to the primary care doctor – supplying the tools, information and funding primary care physicians needed to meet the call to reform health delivery? The structure of physician payment is considered one of the most problematic aspects of our health care system.  Driven by volume instead of coordinated, proactive care and favoring procedures over cognitive work, the payment system has driven primary care into decline and stifled improvements in quality and efficiency.  Indeed, primary care physicians are overstressed and demoralized by demands, coming from every direction, that drive them only to see more patients, as quickly as possible.   In this state, primary care cannot attract n... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2580279 Thu, 07 May 2009 16:19:14 +0100 2580279 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2463350&cid=t_315275_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FmtIskmIcUkU%2F Twitter first thing in the morning is a collection of jabbering lunatics speaking in tongues and trying to get the day off to a semi-coherent start. Most conversations usually revolve around which person is most in need of coffee, which person has drunk the most coffee and which person is running around like a headless chicken because they have run out of coffee. Every now and then there is a beacon of light. Somebody that is not so addicted to caffeine and holding the belief they need to spread the the word of their addiction, that they can actually string a cogent Tweet together without being juiced up on the java. Charles Faris is such a man. I don’t know him very well and if I did maybe I’d even be calling him Charlie or Chaz, I have no idea. I do know though, that any man who can ... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2463350 Thu, 07 May 2009 11:53:14 +0100 2463350 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349455&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2009%2F04%2Fguest_blog_diabetics_have_heal.html Thanks to Jessica Hickok for offering to guest post today (I'm still in Tucson with the fabulous Dr. Val).  Jessica wrote a post about something that is definitely on the forefront of my diabetes mind, namely diabetes and motherhood.   Jessica offers up her thoughts on her diabetes pregnancy and advice on managing all the emotions.*  *  *   Quoting a line from the movie “Steel Magnolias” for the title of this post seems only fitting when guest blogging about what it is like to have babies and type 1 diabetes.  You see, I am type 1 and currently 31 years old.  When I was 22, my husband and I had been married 2 years and decided it was time to fulfill our dreams and have a baby.  And the biggest piece of advice I can give to everyone w... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349455 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:58:46 +0100 2349455 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2347700&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2F6E_EKoWJ2SQ%2F The following is a guest post from Julia Loughran, a Digital Media and Gaming Solutions Expert with iConecto—Gaming4Health. (Full Disclosure: Amplify Public Affairs is now the PR Strategic Partner for iConecto—Gaming4Health) Yesterday, I had the opportunity to speak on Capitol Hill as part of a special event hosted by the same group that hosts this wonderful blog - Disruptive Women in Health Care, and its media partner The Hill. The topic was Health eGaming, Healthy Patients: Supporting Stimulus Goals Through Health eGaming. I was there to speak about the opportunities health eGames can bring to healthcare, both as forms of preventative care (e.g., exer-games that get people up and moving and games that promote healthy behaviors, like healthy eating and smoking cessation), as well as g... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2347700 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:41:01 +0100 2347700 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2347701&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2F1VTTglRgrwA%2F Disruptive Women, along with media partner The Hill, held its first health briefing yesterday on the subject of Health eGaming, Healthy Patients: Supporting Stimulus Goals Through Health eGaming. The Washington Post’s coverage of the event can be found here and The Hill’s video coverage is posted here. To see pictures of the event, click here (for Facebook) and here (for Flickr). Robin Strongin of Disruptive Women in Health Care Congressional Staffer Attempts Health eGaming The panel featured some very Disruptive Women including: The Honorable Nancy L. Johnson Senior Public Policy Advisor for Baker Donelson Former Chair, House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee Glenna Crooks, Ph.D. President, Strategic Health Policy International, Inc. Julia Loughran Digital Media... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2347701 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:45:08 +0100 2347701 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349456&cid=t_315275_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2009%2F04%2Fguest_blog_selfdiagnosis.html I'm traveling to the Canyon Ranch Institute (and spa!!) this morning to give a lecture with Dr. Val of Better Health, so I've asked Adam Kaye to guest post today.  Adam and I have been corresponding by email for a while now, and I had the opportunity to meet him last week.  He's a type 1 diabetic and in medical school - so he understands what "in the trenches" means on plenty of levels.  Take it away, Adam! *  *  * First year of medical school, we learn mostly basic science: anatomy, physiology—we learn how things are supposed to work. Second year is when things start getting interesting.  We learn mostly pathology—why things don’t work. We’re finally faced with the reality that sometimes, those little twinges of pain, that mi... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349456 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:00:27 +0100 2349456 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2347704&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2F0Us8YDZDvzU%2F This guest post was contributed by Karen Sampson, who writes about health care degrees. She welcomes your feedback. So we already know that women’s bodies absorb alcohol differently, but two very recent studies have noted at the possible link between alcohol and breast cancer. Is there a risk that outweighs the benefits of alcohol consumption? The details of the studies. The most recent study, conducted by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, reported that women regularly consuming 14 or more alcoholic beverages per week faced a 24 percent increase in breast cancer rates when compared to those who abstained. And previously published, larger British study revealed that alcohol in even smaller amounts, as little as one small glass of wine, liquor or beer, increased c... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2347704 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:00:10 +0100 2347704 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2306681&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=36516&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAScannerBrightly%2F%7E3%2FA1MNc9hHuew%2Fguest-blog-collective-clinical-wisdom.html I'd like to invite and encourage all clinicians to register for the openEHR Foundation's new Clinical Knowledge Manager (CKM) - found online at www.openehr.org/knowledge. CKM is an international repository for openEHR archetypes and has two primary purposes - that of archetype publication and archetype governance. It is a real opportunity for clinicians to collaborate and agree on clinical content definitions for publication and use in our electronic health records.openEHR archetypes are open source, computable specifications that define clinical information about a single and discrete clinical concept. For example there are separate archetypes defining a 'symptom', 'diagnosis', 'blood pressure', 'medication order', and 'risk of disease based on family history'. As structured and standardi... A Scanner Brightly blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2306681 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:20:00 +0100 2306681 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2313617&cid=t_315275_109_f&fid=34730&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fstigma-advocacy-and-having-really-rough.html Roy wrote about the NAMI mental health report card by states, Maryland got a "B." The post got a heartfelt comment by Retriever, and I'm borrowing (with permission, and some minor typo editing) that comment to use as a guest post. Retriever writes:Stigma limits advocacy. The main one is that patients who are trying to pass as normal-- to hold onto jobs or not embarrass their children-- can't lobby politicians, educate peers at work or at church, because, if they have a family to support, they can't risk outing themselves.We have a kid who is autistic and bipolar. High functioning, but spent nearly a year when 8 psychotic, manic, a danger to himself and others, with no meds working at all for him. My husband was laid off from a job because his company would have had their insurance rates do... Shrink Rap blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2313617 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:33:00 +0100 2313617 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2285061&cid=t_315275_97_f&fid=35606&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theangriestpharmacist.com%2F2009%2F03%2F20%2Fstupid-patient-questions%2F This post will be dedicated to stupid patient questions. I will update it as more are submitted via comments and email. I would prefer to cite, link, and date them if able — so, please include that information if available. I’d like to limit these to those that HAPPENED TO YOU! Not a, “my friend told me he had the suppository unwrap thing happen.” -=+=- A father asks, with a very serious/concerned look, “Can my daughter eat Hot Cheetos with her Claritin prescription?” ~WAGBoy (March 09) “My mother is having a reaction to her Levaquin. I see on the warnings that she should not take this with calcium. Do you think I should give her some calcium to counteract the effects of the Levaquin?” ~Erin ( March 09) “My eye has been really irritated and... The Angriest Pharmacist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2285061 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:53:59 +0100 2285061 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2284278&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FIx2kDo1cPF8%2F Dr. Troy Robbin Hailparn was interviewed by Disruptive Women’s Wendy Grossman. Dr. Troy Robbin Hailparn, is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecology. She received her BA in Psychology from Barnard College of Columbia University and her MD with distinction in Reproductive Endocrinology from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. At the end of this post, you will find not one, but two polls. We hope you will respond to these and share your opinions. Gynecological surgeon Dr. Troy Robbin Hailparn thinks the labia is the most ignored female body part. She was the first female physician trained to perform laser vaginal rejuvenation, labiaplasty and the very controversial hymenoplasty. In 2007, the American College of Obstetrics a... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2284278 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:06:09 +0100 2284278 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2272380&cid=t_315275_111_f&fid=38037&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnurseblogger.net%2F2009%2F03%2F15%2Frays-of-light%2F I’m not Heather, but I’m guest posting for her today because she has graciously allowed me to do so. *** The Sun Never Says Even after all this time The sun never says to the earth, “You owe Me.” Look what happens with A love like that, It lights the Whole Sky. - Hafiz, from The Gift Studying sociology in college, I was surprised to learn that, according to my professor, there is no such thing as altruism. No one does anything for another purely without motive, he argued. There is always some self-benefit, or we as humans will not do it. This I did not wholly accept, and I argued it. “Suppose I am generous with another human being, a stranger, simply because I want to be helpful,” I said. “They never learn my identity or even recognize my face. Whe... Blog, Blah, Blah blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2272380 Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:23:10 +0100 2272380 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2257395&cid=t_315275_105_f&fid=36987&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FIvorKovicMd%2F%7E3%2FlCvB5rMM_z8%2F This article is contributed by Sarah Scrafford, who regularly writes on the topic of how to become a pharmacy technician. She invites your questions, comments and freelancing job inquiries at her email address. A recent study conducted at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia has found that sonohysterography (SHG) is a highly effective transvaginal ultrasound technique that improves the ability of doctors to diagnose adenomyosis, a condition that causes severe pelvic pain combined with abnormal and unexplained vaginal bleeding. SHG is a relatively new technique that allows medical practitioners to view a woman’s uterine cavity more clearly. A soft, plastic catheter is placed in the cervix in conjunction with transvaginal ultrasound, and a sterile saline infusion passe... Ivor Kovic, M.D. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2257395 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:12:54 +0100 2257395 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2284283&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FNRycQnXyyrA%2F The following is a guest post from Tamar Abrams, a communications strategist working with nonprofits, individuals and foundations. Until August 2008, Ms. Abrams was Vice President of Communications at Population Action International and has also been on staff at NARAL and Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Below, Ms. Abrams shares her thoughts on children affected by homelessness. One in 50 children in the U.S. is homeless each year, according to America’s Youngest Outcasts, a new report from the National Center on Family Homelessness released on March 10. An astonishing 1.5 million homeless children! Chances are you’ve met a child who has spent time in the uncertain and violent world of people without homes. You may not have known – often they look very much like our own ch... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2284283 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:55:19 +0100 2284283 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2284284&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FnfEktz8bTKI%2F Anthropologist Christine Gray, Ph.D., became a healthcare activist when her daughter was diagnosed with a sarcoma in 2003. Fourth in a five-part series on gender disparities in health care. As excellent as Oprah and her guests may be, how ludicrous is it that American society has normalized the “Oprah-ization” of women’s health care, wherein the medical advice given invariably attaches to a consumer tie-in of some sort, like a book promotion? That would be akin to the population at large following advice on cholesterol reduction presented on a television show sponsored by Lipitor. As Simone de Beauvoir might say (rolling over in her grave), this phenomenon truly relegates women to the position of Other. For men to get a grip on basic healthcare issues, see your G.P. For women, try Op... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2284284 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:03:44 +0100 2284284 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2284285&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2F-v2eUCL4H3g%2F Anthropologist Christine Gray, Ph.D., became a healthcare activist when her daughter was diagnosed with a sarcoma in 2003. Third in a five-part series on gender disparities in health care. How does one identify gender disparities in medicine? Bird by bird (one by one), as author Anne Lamott might suggest. Unfortunately, these particular birds add up to the proverbial “ton of feathers” that knocks women out of academia, including medical academia — if not the flock of alleged Canadian geese that knocked US Airways flight 1549 into the Hudson River. In California, for instance, it is legal for health insurance companies to impose gender ratings (meaning higher rates for women) on individual health care policies. This results in women paying as much as 39% more for coverage than men... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2284285 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:29:47 +0100 2284285 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2284287&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FLXtHoUpKweQ%2F Anthropologist Christine Gray, Ph.D., became a healthcare activist when her daughter was diagnosed with a sarcoma in 2003. Second in a five-part series on gender disparities in health care. Election and economy buzz aside, the public cannot have missed the January media blitz wherein Oprah reveals the big “secret”: millions of women suffer miserably from symptoms of menopause, depression, hot flashes, sleeplessness, lethargy and more. Despite this misery, physicians routinely dismiss their blood test results as normal (Oprah’s physician, even!). Ready to give up on life, Oprah’s prototypical Depressed Woman calls in to the show via Skype (one of the show’s sponsors), a spic-and-span kitchen gleaming in the background. Assisting Oprah in “opening up the conversation” on this t... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2284287 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:48:38 +0100 2284287 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2284288&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FX9tnXwyPf88%2F Anthropologist Christine Gray, Ph.D., became a healthcare activist when her daughter was diagnosed with a sarcoma in 2003. First in a five-part series on gender disparities in health care. My greatest irritation when I first moved to this large agricultural city more than a decade ago was the health club, where childcare hours were organized around the schedules of “ladies who lunch.” For this privilege, the “ladies” paid extra. In terms of dues, men and women were more than equal. Men had a steam room, women, not. Weight machines were calibrated for men, not women. Television channels featured men’s sports, with the occasional concession to some lame idea of women’s interests (cooking). The most memorable scene: an elderly gentleman abruptly switching television channels, tr... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2284288 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:54:08 +0100 2284288 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2284291&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2Fg-RXdOLzRZI%2F Ted Eytan, MD MS MPH This month’s Man of the Month is Dr. Ted Eytan, who interviews Holly Potter, Kaiser Permanente’s VP for Public Relations, on the use of social media in health care below. Ted Eytan currently works as a Medical Director for Delivery Systems Operations Improvement for The Permanente Federation, LLC. His experience is in working with large medical groups, patients, and technologists to bring health care consumers useful information and decision-making health tools, to ensure that patients have an active role in their own health care. He attended medical school at the University of Arizona. He received his master’s of public health degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and his master’s of science, health services degree from the University of W... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2284291 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:22:45 +0100 2284291 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2210579&cid=t_315275_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FnvNZJrYHkiI%2Fsuccessfully_keeping_celebes_r.php tags: guest blog essay, fishkeeping, aquariums, Celebes Rainbowfish, Celebes Sailfish, Telmatherina ladigesi, pets Adult male Celebes Rainbowfish (also known as a Celebes Sailfish), Telmatherina ladigesi. Image: Orphaned. Please contact me so I can award proper attribution. [larger view]. As most of my readers know, I am an evolutionary biologist and ornithologist by training, and an aviculturist and birder by experience, so imagine my surprise when I was recently asked to write a guest blog essay about fishkeeping for an aquarium hobbyist blog site, The Reef Tank. How the heck did they know I am an avid aquarist? I wondered. But the truth is that before I started keeping and breeding birds, I kept and bred fish (I still keep fish now), and I even was a manager of the fish depar... Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2210579 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:59:59 +0100 2210579 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2190737&cid=t_315275_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2FDd8lom89rAw%2F In addition to caring for an Alzheimer’s family member, some caregivers may operate a business at home which enables them to be readily available.  Or they would like to develop something that enables them to earn money from home.  My guest post at Susan Gunelius’ Women on Business blog gives you 10 Tips On Finding Time for Your Home Business. Whether you’re balancing a home business with caregiving or considering doing this, I hope you find these tips helpful. (Amazon image) Tags: Alzheimer's Notes, business tips, developing a home business, guest-post, home business, home business tips, Mary Emma Allen, Susan Gunelius, Women on BusinessShare This (Source: Alzheimer's Notes) Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2190737 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:45:52 +0100 2190737 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2240721&cid=t_315275_87_f&fid=34816&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHonestMedicine%2F%7E3%2FceuZ2-ANgAw%2Fdrug-companies-doctors-a-story-of-corruption-by-marcia-angell-md.html INTRODUCTION: When an email from Vera Sharav alerted me to the fact that Dr. Marcia Angell, a woman whose writings I have admired for a long time, had just written a book review for the New York Review of Books, I was eager to read it -- AND, after reading it, I immediately decided that I wanted to print it, in its entirety, on HonestMedicine.com. I want to thank both Patrick Hederman, the New York Review of Books' permissions/rights person, and Dr. Angell herself, who gave me reprint permission. Although most of my readers probably know this, Dr. Angell is a former editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, a publication that most often is referred to as “prestigious”! For those of you who don’t know of her work, for years, she has been critical of the pharmaceutical industry an... HONEST MEDICINE: My Dream for the Future blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2240721 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:08:04 +0100 2240721 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2182899&cid=t_315275_97_f&fid=35606&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theangriestpharmacist.com%2F2009%2F02%2F11%2Fresponse-to-my-obama-letter%2F Below is a response to the popular OBAMA DREAM LETTER that had some very intriguing thoughts and points I wanted to share. Hey, Im messaging you directly cos this will be far too long for a reply to the blog, and Im prone to rambling. Number one, please please send your letter to Obama. Its a brilliant and well thought out letter, and worst case, it gets ignored, you lose nothing. But you never know, stranger things happen than someone somewhere up high reading it and at least considering things. It may well get directed on to someone and cause pause for thought. I know the odds are small but hey.. I sent the LINK to the letter through their contact form. Anyone else is welcome to print it (via the print icon) and send it in — that way the comments are included as well. I wondered if... The Angriest Pharmacist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2182899 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:04:10 +0100 2182899 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2132521&cid=t_315275_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FWyKWmHNcStM%2Fmy_guest_piece_about_rainbowfi.php tags: Celebes Rainbowfish, Celebes Sailfish, Telmatherina ladigesi, guest blog essay, brackish water fish As you might remember, I have been busily writing guest blog articles (and an article for my column in a print magazine published by the Avicultural Society of America), but one of my "guest blog" essays has just been published for all to read at The Reef Tank. Here is a link to the completed essay, an edited version will be republished here in its entirety in one month (now that I see it published, I wanted to change a few things to make it read better, so those changes have been made to the version I have scheduled to publish here later). Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2132521 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:07:45 +0100 2132521 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2104687&cid=t_315275_97_f&fid=35606&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theangriestpharmacist.com%2F2009%2F01%2F15%2Fdrugs-are-expensive-call-the-wambulance%2F This post is a rebuttal to a post located HERE. I think the post is well written, and I think the blog author is probably a nice person (And I love the concept of her blog). S/he just doesn’t know some things about the pharmaceutical industry, and I am going to fill in the blanks…I’d like to thank ‘Odublar’ for sending me the link. I am going to respond to each paragraph/thought individually and my comments are, of course, in bold as they are the most important… -=+=- With prescription drugs, sometimes it’s a choice between going into debt or staying sick. I’m sure this is not new news: Prescription drug costs are out of control. We are at the mercy of the pharmaceutical industry, insurance companies, physicians and druggists in the care of our own h... The Angriest Pharmacist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2104687 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:34:45 +0100 2104687 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2098043&cid=t_315275_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2F509880389%2F by David C. Kibbe, MD MBA Like the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) 2001 counterpart report, "Crossing the Quality Chasm," a new report from the National Research Council of the National Academies is complex, full of new ideas assembled from multiple disciplines, and is likely to have seminal importance in framing public policy from now on . "Computational Technology for Effective Health Care:  Immediate Steps and Strategic Directions " was released last Friday, January 9, 2009 in draft, but there is so much to comment on that I think it’s wise to begin with a quote from the committee that sums up the central conclusion: In short, the nation faces a health care IT chasm that is analogous to the quality chasm highlighted by the IOM over the past decade.... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2098043 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:08:55 +0100 2098043