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 'actual'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:49:11 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028146&cid=t_113280_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FBoH_b2OMl0Y%2F By Jim HarperIn February 2004, privacy advocates were put off by a Supreme Court case called Doe v. Chao, in which the Court found that the Privacy Act requires a victim of a government privacy violation to show “actual damages” before receiving any compensation. The Act appeared to provide for $1,000 per violation in statutory damages, but the Court interpreted the legislation to require that actual damages be proven, after which the victim would be entitled to a minimum award of $1,000. (Statutory damages are appropriate in privacy cases against the government because government bureaucrats pay little price themselves when their agency gets fined. A penalty is required to draw oversight and political attention to violations of the law.) Doe v. Chao was a close call given the ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028146 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:40:02 +0100 5028146 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4921693&cid=t_113280_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F06%2F09%2Fthey-asked-us-to-leave-what-could-we-do%2F New Actual Malice cartoon by Trussell & Trussell: They Asked Us to Leave. What Could We Do? Filed under: Actual Malice, Journalism Tagged: advertorial, corruption, government, Media (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4921693 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:40:53 +0100 4921693 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4883847&cid=t_113280_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F05%2F30%2Fj-school-of-hard-knocks%2F New Actual Malice cartoon by Trussell & Trussell: J-School of Hard Knocks. Filed under: Actual Malice, Journalism Tagged: cartoon, college, layoffs, newspaper, poynter, trussell & trussell (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4883847 Mon, 30 May 2011 06:24:49 +0100 4883847 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4829224&cid=t_113280_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F05%2F14%2Faround-here-every-day-is-halloween%2F New Actual Malice cartoon by Trussell & Trussell: Around Here, Every Day Is Halloween. View cartoon here. Filed under: Actual Malice, Journalism Tagged: layoffs, newspaper, poynter (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4829224 Sat, 14 May 2011 15:32:45 +0100 4829224 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4795025&cid=t_113280_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F05%2F06%2Fcnn-one-wedding-and-a-funeral%2F New Actual Malice cartoon by Trussell & Trussell: CNN One Wedding and a Funeral. Filed under: Actual Malice, Journalism, Pop Culture, TV Tagged: cnn, poynter, richard quest, romenesko, royal wedding, trussell & trussell (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4795025 Fri, 06 May 2011 16:46:57 +0100 4795025 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4758787&cid=t_113280_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F04%2F27%2F8-reasons-why-waiting-in-line-drives-us-crazy%2F I’m a very impatient person, and standing in a slow-moving line is one of those very small, maddening aspects of life that drives me crazy. As often happens, however, when I learned more about the experience, it became more interesting to me. I happened to read a paper by David Maister, The Psychology of Waiting Lines. The piece is aimed at people who operate stores, restaurants, doctors’ offices, and other places where people fuss about being kept waiting. Of course, most of us are the ones standing in line, not the ones controlling the line, but I was fascinated by getting this insight into my own psychology. Maister’s main point is that the actual time we’re waiting may have little relationship to how long that wait feels. Two minutes can pass in a flash, or two ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4758787 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:49:52 +0100 4758787 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4758966&cid=t_113280_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F04%2F27%2Fdigital-detox-iquit%2F New Actual Malice cartoon by Trussell & Trussell: Digital Detox: iQuit. Filed under: Actual Malice, Pop Culture, Social Media Tagged: detox, digital, poynter, smart phone, trussell & trussell (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4758966 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 06:25:19 +0100 4758966 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4724191&cid=t_113280_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F04%2F18%2Fthe-missing-pulitzer-category%2F New Actual Malice cartoon by Trussell & Trussell: The Missing Pulitzer Category. Filed under: Actual Malice, Journalism Tagged: cartoon, poynter, prize, pulitzer, romenesko, trussell & trussell (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4724191 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:39:41 +0100 4724191 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4724192&cid=t_113280_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F04%2F17%2Fphantom-of-the-press-room%2F New Actual Malice cartoon by Trussell & Trussell: Phantom of the Press Room. Filed under: Actual Malice, Journalism Tagged: advertising, cartoon, classified, newspaper, poynter, trussell & trussell (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4724192 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 04:03:56 +0100 4724192 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4720050&cid=t_113280_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F04%2F15%2Fnewspapers-stop-the-bleeding-heres-how-they-did-it%2F New cartoon by Trussell & Trussell. Actual Malice: Newspapers Stop the Bleeding! Here’s How They Did It. Filed under: Actual Malice, Journalism Tagged: circulation, mainstream media, newspaper, poynter, revenue, trussell & trussell (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4720050 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:29:00 +0100 4720050 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4693469&cid=t_113280_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F04%2F08%2Fnews-anchors-you-can-use-%25e2%2580%25a6-and-throw-away%2F New cartoon by Trussell & Trussell. News Anchors You Can Use … and Throw Away. View cartoon here. Filed under: Actual Malice, Journalism Tagged: anchors, broadcast, mainstream, Media, romenesko, trussell & trussell, tv news (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4693469 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:50:52 +0100 4693469 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4693470&cid=t_113280_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F04%2F08%2Feditors-too-have-their-limits%2F New cartoon by Trussell & Trussell. Actual Malice: Editors, Too, Have Their Limits. View cartoon here. Filed under: Actual Malice, Journalism Tagged: newspaper, poynter, trussell & trussell (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4693470 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:33:05 +0100 4693470 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4693471&cid=t_113280_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F04%2F04%2Fdictators-plz-use-reformscoming-not-killthemall%2F New  cartoon by Trussell & Trussell. Actual Malice: @dictators plz use #reformscoming, not #killthemall. Filed under: Actual Malice, Journalism, Social Media Tagged: arab spring, dictator, facebook, libya, poynter, revolution, romenesko, trussell & trussell, twitter (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4693471 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:47:01 +0100 4693471 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4677046&cid=t_113280_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F04%2F04%2Factual-malice-dictators-plz-use-reformscoming-not-killthemall%2F New  Trussell & Trussell cartoon. Actual Malice: @dictators plz use #reformscoming, not #killthemall. Filed under: Actual Malice, Journalism, Social Media Tagged: arab spring, dictator, facebook, libya, poynter, revolution, romenesko, twitter (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4677046 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:47:01 +0100 4677046 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4693472&cid=t_113280_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F04%2F03%2Fburning-man-%25e2%2580%2594-you-are-there%2F New cartoon by Trussell & Trussell. Actual Malice: Burning Man — You Are There. Filed under: Actual Malice, Journalism Tagged: news, poynter, reporter, trussell & trussell (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4693472 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 04:39:20 +0100 4693472 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4677047&cid=t_113280_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F04%2F03%2Factual-malice-burning-man-%25e2%2580%2594-you-are-there%2F New  Trussell & Trussell cartoon on The Poynter Institute blog. Actual Malice: Burning Man — You Are There. Filed under: Actual Malice, Journalism Tagged: news, poynter, reporter (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4677047 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 04:39:20 +0100 4677047 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4677048&cid=t_113280_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F03%2F28%2Factual-malice-new-york-times-paywall-must-you%2F New Trussell & Trussell cartoon. Actual Malice: New York Times paywall, must you? Filed under: Actual Malice, Journalism Tagged: new york times, newspaper, paywall, poynter, romenesko (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4677048 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 06:01:02 +0100 4677048 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4570547&cid=t_113280_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fbehavior-vs-disease-a-new-way-to-look-at-health%2F2011.03.10 What is the leading cause of death in the United States? Heart disease? Cancer? No, it’s smoking. Smoking? Yes, depending on how you ask the question. In the early 90s, McGinnis and Foege turned the age-old question of what people die of on its head by asking not what diseases people die of but rather what the causes of these are. Instead of chalking up the death of an older man to say lung cancer, they sought to understand the proximate cause of death, which in the case of lung cancer is largely smoking. Using published data, the researchers performed a simple but profound calculation — they multiplied the mortality rates of leading diseases by the cause-attributable fraction, that proportion of a disease that can be attributed to a particular cause (for example, in lung can... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4570547 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:00:06 +0100 4570547 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3784306&cid=t_113280_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F07%2F23%2Fu-s-mood-measured-through-twitter-2006-2009%2F A group of researchers have published a simple word analysis of 300 million tweets (you know, those short, 140 character-maximum status updates from individuals) from Twitter and discovered something amazing — people are happier on the weekends, and before and after work. Yes, that’s right — people are happier when they are not working! It took three researchers from Northeastern University and two from Harvard Medical School to arrive at these stunning conclusions. Now, since researchers didn’t actually look at 300 million tweets individually, the mood of each tweet was inferred using the ANEW word list — Affective Norms for English Words — a word-rating system that gives normative emotional ratings for English language words. These kinds of analyses ar... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3784306 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:45:21 +0100 3784306 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3316159&cid=t_113280_117_f&fid=34808&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthebeautybrains.com%2F2010%2F02%2F28%2Fwho-needs-pantene%2F Ahh, cosmetic ads from the ’70’s. How do we love thee? Let us count the ways… This ad proudly proclaims that women who use Pantene don’t look like they need it. We see their point. This woman doesn’t look like she needs Pantene. She looks like she needs an eye doctor. On the bright side, at least the orthodontist finished with her before the photographer got there. This looks more like an ad for Crest White Strips than Pantene!) Fine Print This is also another one of those ads where you have to read the fine print to fully appreciate it. It says “each product contains Pantene’s unique Swiss Conditioner,” which as the asterisk tells us, is made in the USA. Ahh, God bless Madison Avenue’s advertising army! (Source: thebeautybrains.com) thebeautybrains.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3316159 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:07:55 +0100 3316159 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2683915&cid=t_113280_117_f&fid=34808&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthebeautybrains.com%2F2009%2F08%2F09%2Fadam-and-eve-wore-too-much-makeup%2F Sarah Bellum says: It’s MY turn to play one of Mid Brain’s favorite games: Actual Cosmetic Ads from the Past! It’s a Beauty Brains feature we haven’t done in a while: We find actual ads for beauty care products and post them for your amusement. I found this ad for Mary Quant Cosmetics, a line of products from the ’70s that’s gotta be dead by now. (You just don’t see much Quant these days.) Anyway, this particular ad is apparently a reference to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. In Quant’s version, however, there’s no snake in the garden. Just an obscene amount of mascara, eyeliner, blush, lipstick, and nail polish. And that’s just what Adam is wearing! We’re not sure how turning the “original man” into a tacky... thebeautybrains.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2683915 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 06:01:24 +0100 2683915 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2570871&cid=t_113280_117_f&fid=34808&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthebeautybrains.com%2F2009%2F07%2F04%2Fbeauty-ads-fragrance-and-the-flag%2F For our U.S. readers who are celebrating the 4th of July, here’s a patriotic-themed post. Take a look at these 1970’s perfume ads. The first is for “Moon Drops: Not imported From Anywhere. It’s simply out of this world.” The second is for “Norell: The First Great Perfume Born in America.” Do you notice anything that they have in common? (Besides their sheer 1970’s-ishness, that is.) Apparently the advertising for both these products was designed to combat the “Only foreign nations like France can make great perfume” misconception that ruled the fragrance industry until the late 1970s. Discount Perfume Jennifer Lopez Perfume DKNY Perfume Versace Perfume Men`s Cologne Fendi Cologne Certainly this notion seems out of date today ... thebeautybrains.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2570871 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:01:09 +0100 2570871 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2290617&cid=t_113280_117_f&fid=34808&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthebeautybrains.com%2F2009%2F03%2F24%2Fhave-you-ever-heard-of-a-dry-shampoo%2F Mid Brain muses Here’s an interesting product - Frederic Fekkai’s Wash & Wear spray shampoo. You can simply spray this in your hair to keep it clean in between shampoos. Powder shampoo “What a novel, breakthough idea!” you must be saying to yourself. “Why has no one else in the history of hair care EVER thought of a spray on shampoo that doesn’t have to be rinsed off?” you’re probably pondering as you read this. “Only the advanced science of the new millennium could have possibly created a spray on product to keep your hair clean between shampoos,” you’re thinking. Is that what you’re thinking? If it is, you’re WRONG! It’s time you learned that, with the possible exception of the Internet, everything th... thebeautybrains.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2290617 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:01:17 +0100 2290617 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1138047&cid=t_113280_117_f&fid=34808&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthebeautybrains.com%2F2008%2F01%2F09%2Ffacial-flaws-try-torture%2F In a previous post we told you about the real Max Factor, the chemist behind the famous cosmetic brand. Here’s a picture of him with one of his less successful cosmetic creations, the “Beauty Micrometer.” Somehow I don’t think this will make our list of beauty gadgets that really work. Is it just me, or does woman look like that creepy Hellraiser character? Thanks to the gals at Ask The Blondes for tipping us off to this one. What’s the most painful or uncomfortable thing you’ve done in the name of beauty? Leave a comment and share your story with the Beauty Brains community. (Source: thebeautybrains.com) thebeautybrains.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1138047 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:02:06 +0100 1138047 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=865394&cid=t_113280_117_f&fid=34808&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthebeautybrains.com%2F2007%2F09%2F12%2Fwho-wants-whiter-nurse-noses%2F Can someone please explain this product to me? Lusidina 18K Gold Nurse Whitener Nose Mask. It’s new from Guangzhou Danjia Cosmetics in China and it claims to “penetrate into skin around the nose area removing dirt, grease, blackheads and ageing skin.” It also provides whitening nourishment” whatever that is. It’s made with the finest Yulan oil, pure fresh milk, vitamin E, vegetable protein, collagen, arbutin and dangerously high levels of lead. (Ok, I made up the part about lead but the rest is true). Normally I’d stop here to comment on the obvious ridiculousness of the ingredients but right now I’m having trouble even getting past the name: Lusidina 18K Gold Nurse Whitener Nose Mask. Nose mask? Ok, I get that part. I can even sort of grasp the concept of a whitening no... thebeautybrains.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=865394 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 05:01:28 +0100 865394 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=543103&cid=t_113280_117_f&fid=34808&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthebeautybrains.com%2F2007%2F04%2F14%2Fchili-oil-stomach-mask-melts-away-fat-not%2F The Beauty Brains continue to be amused by so-called “anti-cellulite” products like Murad, and Anushka. A few weeks ago we blogged about France’s Garnier’s Flat Stomach Roll On and today we present an entry from China: the Setoff Chili Oil Stomach Mask. The Stomach Mask is marketed in China by the Yousong Refinement Chemical Company and costs about $10 US. As the name implies, it’s made with chili oil extract and it claims to penetrate deep under skin to eliminate orange peel (another name for cellulite), burn fat, and promote metabolism. Ah, if only this were true… But as we previously pointed out, anti-cellulite products don’t really do much. Fortunately, the label is entertaining. Let’s take a closer look, shall we? First, across the bottom of the pa... thebeautybrains.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=543103 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:01:54 +0100 543103 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=552113&cid=t_113280_140_f&fid=35457&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBattling-schizophrenia%2F%7E3%2F107507623%2F By Groshan Fabiola Modern technology and years of research have led doctors to reach some wonderful breakthrough in the treatment of this disease. Hope is yet again starting to appear in peoples minds; both patients and friends and families of the patients have now reasons to feel happy and hope full that they are going to get read of the disease. New studies have dismissed old myths that said that people with schizophrenia are unable to fight and recover from the illness. Still people need to know that new help is now available and cures exist that they can now take and treatments they could follow. Studies made by doctors on different patients of schizophrenia have shown that actual recovery is possible, even in the cases where the illness was very advanced. Treatments are now available ... Battling-Schizophrenia blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=552113 Sun, 08 Apr 2007 14:17:10 +0100 552113