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 'act up'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:49:18 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1849030&cid=t_115560_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2008%2F10%2F03%2Fthinking-positive-think-again%2F If you google positive and cancer, you get over nine million hits. How did the positive-thinking mantra become the default position for cancer prevention? That question has been on my mind ever since my own negative-thinking drumbeat found both an audience (Newsweek, blogosphere) and, naturally, its fair share of criticism. For those who can remain upbeat throughout their diagnosis, treatment and aftermath, I say: Good for them. Some people are blessed with an optimistic outlook, either because of genetic predisposition or a happy childhood, or both. While cancer might give these lucky souls a bad day now and then, for the most part they stay steady even if their cancer progresses. But the above model of coping is of no use to other cancer patients. They’re in shock. The life they k... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1849030 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:23:40 +0100 1849030 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1852737&cid=t_115560_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F410399326%2F Act-Up is in the midst of an ‘International Week of Action’ over a recent remark by one of the drugmaker’s execs, who was allegedly quoted as saying that Roche does “not do business to save lives but to make money. Saving lives is not our business.” The activist group, which is aggressively publicizing its protest, goes on to say the statement was made following talks failed to lower the the pricing of Roche’s Fuzeon AIDS med. The South Korean government reportedly is unable to pay more that $18,000 per year per person, but Roche demanded $22,000, and refused to cut the price. For now, Fuzeon is not available in South Korea. What does Act-Up want? Roche should meet with South Korean AIDS activists, lower its prices on all of its HIV/AIDS drugs, and the g... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1852737 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:47:46 +0100 1852737 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1728307&cid=t_115560_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2008%2F08%2F01%2Fin-memory%2F Randy Pausch, 1960-2008 I’ve been out of the loop. I just found out that 47-year-old professor Randy Pausch died of pancreatic cancer on July 25. I did not know him. On YouTube I watched his “last lecture,” and on March 13, I sent him this email: I thought about people like you after I was diagnosed with stage III ovarian cancer in 2001. I thought: Why is everything breast and prostate? What about ovarian? What about pancreatic???  The idea of lethal “orphan” cancers — where the survivors don’t live long enough to make a fuss — continues to haunt me.  Like you, I went to Washington DC to lobby. The American Cancer Society happened to be holding a rally on Capitol Hill the same day. Survivors were marching and wearing banners that read: &#8... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1728307 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:08:09 +0100 1728307 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=750328&cid=t_115560_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F136355880%2F One month after filing suit against Act-Up Paris for launching a cyber attack on its web site, the drugmaker has dropped its action against the French AIDS activist group, according to the International AIDS Society, which arranged a meeting between the two organizations in Australia, Bloomberg News reports. Act-Up Paris orchestrated the cyber attack after Abbott refused to distribute a new heat-resistant version of its Kaletra AIDS drug in Thailand, a move that came after the Thai government threatened to break Abbott patents and allow the sale of cheaper drugs. Abbott’s hardball tactics, however, have been widely criticized, particularly the lawsuit against Act-Up. A recent poll on Pharmalot found two-thirds of readers said the drugmaker shouldn’t have taken that step. The tw... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=750328 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 03:23:15 +0100 750328 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=683134&cid=t_115560_135_f&fid=35263&url=http%3A%2F%2Fronhudson.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fabbott-labs-and-act-up-paris-profit-or.html PRESS RELEASE(To read the original French Version, please visit the official site of SIDAction.)SIDACTION is shocked by the legal complaint by Abbott Labs against ACT UP Paris and demands it withdrawal. Act Up Paris was summoned before the 31st Correctional Court of Paris, today (12 June 2007) at 1:30 P.M. following the deposition of a complaint by Abbott Labs of April 26, 2007. Abbott Labs has deposed a complaint against ACT UP Paris which succeeded in blocking the pharmaceutical company's Internet site for 24 hours on April 26, 2007. This action was intended to protest, in conjunction with militants in the worldwide fight against AIDS, and in solidarity with Thai citizens infected with HIV, the decision by Abbott to boycott Thailand. Conforming to situations foreseen by the World Trade O... 2sides2ron blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=683134 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:51:00 +0100 683134 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=638127&cid=t_115560_135_f&fid=35263&url=http%3A%2F%2Fronhudson.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fcommunity-of-silencela-communaut-du.html The following is a collectively written text from the Trans Commission of ACT UP Paris, France. The main editors are Hélène Hazera and Axel Léotard. Please welcome this bilingual edition and share links to it with all people who are affected by HIV/AIDS or who live their lives in the Trans Community worldwide.Please note that the English version was edited post-translation for clarification and may not correspond directly to the original French version. Issues related to gender of pronouns in French were avoided in English where possible. In French adjectives, the most inclusive pronouns were used, inserting a capital E to indicate the possibility of feminine usage in an otherwise masculine gendered adjective.Translated by Ron Hudson with the kind assistance and review by Hélène Hazer... 2sides2ron blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=638127 Fri, 25 May 2007 15:21:00 +0100 638127 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=573931&cid=t_115560_135_f&fid=35263&url=http%3A%2F%2Fronhudson.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fguest-writers-hlne-hazera-of-act-up.html ConclusionTaking care of the diverse metabolic disorders linked to ARV treatments and theHIV infection have been thoroughly addressed in former publications and will notbe further detailed in this report, which aims at studying the specificities fortranssexuals and their medication.The unique aspects of monitoring the health of transsexuals treated with ARVdrugs lie in the cross-hormonotherapy that characterises them and can lead tomultidirectional interactions and secondary effects. Caution should be exercisedwith protease inhibitors inhibiting cytochrome P450 (efavirenz, indinavir) andwith the associated risk of increasing the hormone levels. It is clear thatpreference should be given to the use 17 beta estradiol percutaneously and thatethinyl estradiol should no longer be used by popula... 2sides2ron blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=573931 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:59:00 +0100 573931