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 'airport'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:02:09 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5181896&cid=t_116625_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F09%2F01%2Fcan-a-hurricane-make-you-happy%2F I was in London at Heathrow Airport when I learned that my flight back to Newark, New Jersey was canceled.  More than that, they explained that Newark and all the surrounding airports in the New York City area had been closed because of Hurricane Irene, and that there was no possibility of getting a trans-Atlantic flight for a couple of days. Bummer. To make matters worse, the hotels in London were filled because of an annual carnival in the city.  There were no rooms. Double bummer. The airport staff was stressed because, well, weary travelers were stressed, which made for some unpleasant encounters.  A woman was spewing at the counter in front of me. “I must leave today, leaving tonight or tomorrow isn’t an option.” “I am sorry, the airports are closed tonight and tomorrow. ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5181896 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:55:55 +0100 5181896 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5118607&cid=t_116625_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FsIhHwzm_3Z0%2F By Jim HarperWith the Department of Homeland Security constantly spinning out new projects and programs (plus re-branded old ones) to investigate you, me, and the kitchen sink, it’s sometimes hard to keep up. But I was intrigued with a report that behvaior detection officers are getting another look from the Transportation Security Administration. Behavior detection is the unproven, and so far highly unsuccessful (Rittgers, Harper), program premised on the idea that telltale cues can reliably and cost-effectively indicate intent to do harm at airports. But there’s a new behavior detection program already underway. Or is it interrogation? Due to a bottleneck at the magnetometers in one concourse of the San Francisco airport (no strip-search machines!), I recently had the chance... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5118607 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:43:58 +0100 5118607 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4780297&cid=t_116625_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F6uq0Gov-s54%2F By David RittgersAs Chris Preble noted early Monday morning, Osama bin Laden is dead. In addition to celebrating V-OBL Day, we should take a moment to reflect on wars of the last decade and the civil liberties we have sacrificed since September 11, 2001. Malou Innocent makes the case for reconsidering our foreign policy, and Jim Harper asks if he can have his airport back. We lay out these thoughts in more detail in this Cato video, After bin Laden. The phrase “after bin Laden” has a nice ring to it. Cato held counterterrorism conferences in 2009 and 2010, and there’s more Cato work on counterterrorism and homeland security here. After bin Laden is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4780297 Tue, 03 May 2011 12:49:54 +0100 4780297 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4775372&cid=t_116625_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FSMVDE0lMtw4%2F By Jim HarperEven while it was a rumor that President Obama would announce that Osama bin Laden had been killed, Americans began to digest the ramifications, asking, for example, “can I have my airport back please?” Pleasing though it is to have in contemplation, the question is premature. Students of terrorism, such as those who attended our 2009 and 2010 counterterrorism conferences, know that the killing of bin Laden will have little direct effect on the network he spawned. Its indirect, discouraging effect on terrorism is something I mused about in an earlier post. What about the effects on the rest of us, the people and actors in our great counterterrorism policymaking apparatus? Osama bin Laden’s survival helped shore up the mystique of the terrorist supervillain, w... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4775372 Mon, 02 May 2011 14:59:06 +0100 4775372 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734060&cid=t_116625_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_w3pyeTsKZ0%2F By Gene HealyMy Washington Examiner column this week covers two developments last week that may make you somewhat less likely to “Give Thanks for the TSA” as former Bush speechwriter Marc Thiessen urged on National Review’s website. The first is the viral video of a TSA agent at New Orleans airport giving the “freedom fondle” to a six-year-old girl. The second is Friday’s revelation that among the “behavioral indicators” TSA uses to scope out travelers who deserve extra manhandling is the “arrogant” expression of “contempt against airport passenger procedures.” Because, clearly, making a scene on an airport security line is sound strategy for anyone trying to sneak a bomb onto a plane. Is it possible that anyone with an IQ above room temperature bu... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734060 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:06:53 +0100 4734060 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4464482&cid=t_116625_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FM4wg3M3p8Us%2F By Jim HarperThere is one thing you can take to the bank from TSA administrator John Pistole's statement that he wants to shift to "risk-based" screening at airports: it hasn't been risk-based up to now. That's a welcome concession because, as I've said before, the DHS and its officials routinely mouth risk terminology, but rarely subject themselves to the rigor of actual risk analysis. What Administrator Pistole envisions is nothing new. It's the idea of checking the backgrounds of air travelers more deeply, attempting to determine which of them present less of a threat and which prevent more. That opens security holes that the risk-averse TSA is unlikely to actually tolerate, and it has significant privacy and Due Process consequences, including migration toward a national ID syst... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4464482 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:58:14 +0100 4464482 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4394420&cid=t_116625_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F2ux4-eMpnm4%2F By Jim Harper (HT: Techdirt) It is infuriating to watch the video Phil Mocek made while attempting to assert his legal rights at the airport. The good news is that he has been acquitted of the bogus charges brought against him, including disorderly conduct, concealing his identity, refusing to obey a police officer, and criminal trespass. The video illustrates the knowledge, fortitude, and cool it takes to assert one’s rights. We owe our thanks to Mr. Mocek, who has helped to educate the TSA and society in general about the law that applies at the airport. Perhaps he can further the educational process by bringing an action under 42 U.S.C. §1983 for violation of his civil rights under color of law. The Transporation Security Administration’s training programs might improve, o... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4394420 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:50:04 +0100 4394420 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4326900&cid=t_116625_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-patdown-diabetes-at-the-airport%2F2011.01.09 Last week we were at the airport to travel to Marco Island for the CWD Family Weekend. And we were NOT traveling light, by any stretch. Chris and I had our suitcases, our laptops, and my diabetes supplies (infusion sets, insulin, test strips, glucose tabs, etc.) stashed in a carry on. Oh, and we also had that giggly baby BSparl, plenty of clothes for her to spit up on, formula, bottles, wipes, diapers, water for mixing the formula, toys, Happy Baby puffs for snacks, her car seat, the car seat base, and the stroller. (Phew.) In addition to all the junk we were carrying, I was also wearing my Animas Ping and my Dexcom sensor (and carrying the receiver) — which made me a prime candidate for the airport opt-out search from a TSA employee, thanks to the fact that these devices are bett... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4326900 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 23:00:05 +0100 4326900 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4326897&cid=t_116625_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fl2LdA5IV9s4%2F By Jim HarperIt’s fascinating to watch a member of Congress use a tragedy like Gabrielle Giffords’ shooting to seek advantage over us common folk. On Fox News Sunday this week, Representative James Clyburn (D-SC) suggested that Members of Congress should get special treatment at airports. Airports are some of the safest places anyone can be. Don’t use your imagination—think about it: Airports teem with security personnel and security-conscious citizens. Because their travel schedules are generally unannounced, members of Congress are not any more exposed while traveling than during their other public movements. There is some risk—we know too well because of this weekend’s tragedy—when elected officials make announced public appearances, but that sm... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4326897 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 19:06:07 +0100 4326897 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4322594&cid=t_116625_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fmultiple-sclerosis-and-the-tsa-an-open-letter-to-the-secretary-of-homeland-security%2F Madam Secretary Napolitano, I’m quite upset… and you should know about it (before someone far more litigious than myself tells you)! I guess I should preface the forthcoming tirade with the fact that, as I am a proud former member of the US Coast Guard, I know very well the difficulties faced by the line employees of the Transportation Security Administration section of your Homeland Security department. I do not blame them. I live with multiple sclerosis (MS), a degenerative disease of the central nervous system. Current research points to the body’s immune system as a possible culprit of the disease. As a result, heavy doses of corticosteroids are often employed to battle MS. One possible side effect of such steroid use is the death of bone, which can force joint replacement. I hav... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4322594 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:53:37 +0100 4322594 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265677&cid=t_116625_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FzeMliZLTrhY%2F By David Rittgers Presented without comment. Image here, HT to Uncle. For more Cato work on the TSA, see “Body Scanners: The Naked Truth,” “On Air Security, We are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For,” and “TSA Searches, Bomb Risk Near Zero.” Jim Harper has some blog posts on the topic as well: here, here, here, and here. Worth a Thousand Words is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265677 Fri, 17 Dec 2010 20:14:51 +0100 4265677 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4241893&cid=t_116625_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Faspiewebnet%2F%7E3%2FPDqmjlC8vT8%2F With new security procedures put in place by the TSA at airports its only a matter of time until people on the Autism Spectrum have problems with Airport security.  One parent just raised the question about this.  As many people know people with Autism tend to not do well in crowded areas like airports, and [...] (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4241893 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:41:35 +0100 4241893 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4205937&cid=t_116625_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fare-airport-security-pat-downs-unhealthy%2F2010.11.26 Potential health effects of airport security are being questioned for their possible health consequences, from spreading germs to radiation exposure to the stress that being searched induces. With cheaper flights available this year and the need for security in air travel, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is justifying its full body scans and its pat-downs that rise up travelers’ legs — all the way up. The scanners use microwaves, leading some to question whether people may be receiving too much radiation. It’s also a concern to activists who may have already undergone a lot of radiation for existing condition, or who have other conditions for which TSA agents may not be trained. (Read one seasoned traveler’s personal experience here.) The TSA report... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4205937 Fri, 26 Nov 2010 22:00:00 +0100 4205937 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4197027&cid=t_116625_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F0GgZvvfEk2s%2F By David BoazLibertarians often debate whether conservatives or liberals are more friendly to liberty. We often fall back on the idea that conservatives tend to support economic liberties but not civil liberties, while liberals support civil liberties but not economic liberties — though this old bromide hardly accounts for the economic policies of President Bush or the war-on-drugs-and-terror-and-Iraq policies of President Obama. Score one for the conservatives in the surging outrage over the Transportation Security Administration’s new policy of body scanners and intimate pat-downs. You gotta figure you’ve gone too far in the violation of civil liberties when you’ve lost Rick Santorum, George Will, Kathleen Parker, and Charles Krauthammer. (Gene Healy points out th... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4197027 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:16:09 +0100 4197027 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4190431&cid=t_116625_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fwhen-prosthetic-breasts-raise-travel-concerns%2F The big buzz in the news lately has been about increased airport screening through pat-downs and body scans and its effects on people’s privacy. One report about a cancer survivor and her experience with screening has created a lot of discussion. This past August, in a Charlotte, North Carolina airport, a flight attendant who also happens to be a breast cancer survivor was directed to a private area by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for screening. Two women TSA agents conducted a pat-down and after feeling her prosthetic breast, demanded that she remove it from her bra for inspection. This appalling incident is something I know I can relate to. I wore a prosthetic breast for a couple of years, and I think having to show it to a stranger who was suspicious of me harborin... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4190431 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:26:03 +0100 4190431 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4190439&cid=t_116625_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F11%2F21%2Ftsa-airport-screening-come-die-with-me%2F My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up. TSA Airport Screening: Come Die With Me. You are witnessing the death of an industry. What the eco-freaks could never do — drum up significant support for mass transit — the TSA has done in just one decade. Hard to believe there was a time when flying was glamorous, but glamorous, exciting and sexy it was from the 1940s through the 1960s. Stewardesses wore cute little suits, and passengers dressed up too. Airline meals weren’t great, but they sure beat the tiny bags of pretzels we get now. Back in the day, the word airplane conjured up images of passengers disembarking in Honolulu, welcomed by young women holding leis. An airplane meant vacationing in Paris or Rome. After the war, interest in European travel surged. Hollywood took no... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4190439 Sun, 21 Nov 2010 21:20:41 +0100 4190439 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4190440&cid=t_116625_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F11%2F21%2Fairport-security-choose-one%2F New cartoon by Trussell & Trussell on Politics Daily. Airport Security: Choose One. Filed under: Politics Daily Tagged: airport, enhanced, humor, pat-down, patdown, political cartoon, robert donna trussell, security, tsa (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4190440 Sun, 21 Nov 2010 19:52:50 +0100 4190440 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4074026&cid=t_116625_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FuutLVr550-4%2F By Julian SanchezJim Harper’s post Monday, responding to communitarian Amitai Etzioni on “strip search” scanners at airports, gives me an opportunity to mount one of my hobbyhorses. My beef with Etzioni’s conclusory argument isn’t just that, as Jim observes, he purports to “weigh” the individual right to privacy against the common good (here in the guise of “security”) without any real analysis of the magnitudes on both sides. It’s that his framing is fundamentally backwards. The importance of privacy is, to a great extent, a function of its collective dimension—a point to which you’d think a communitarian theorist who’s written an entire book on privacy would be more keenly attuned. If I may indulge in a little self... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4074026 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:29:48 +0100 4074026 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4060944&cid=t_116625_117_f&fid=37824&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.doctorkalitenko.com%2Fblog%2Fdo-you-know%2Fwe-are-over-exposed-to-radiation A couple of weeks ago, President Obama talked about getting a physical recently. During that physical, we were shown some of the top-of-the-line tests that he received. Only the best for the president, right? And, since the president is of the proper age, he also received a colonoscopy, but he received a virtual colonoscopy. What’s so bad about that you may ask? Well, as I know it, one of the reasons we get colonoscopies to help us identify if we have cancer, and hopefully catch it early so that we can live longer and healthier lives. But, President Obama, not knowingly, during that virtual colonoscopy, was exposed to enough radiation to give him cancer! Doesn’t that defeat the purpose of getting a colonoscopy done? My point here is that we used to be very cautious about the amount of... Doctor Kalitenko antiaging blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4060944 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:03:19 +0100 4060944 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5107956&cid=t_116625_175_f&fid=39258&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FInsidePaTraining%2F%7E3%2FREWTs2axwp4%2Fon-the-redeye Things, as you may have read, are a bit crazy for me this weekend, so I’m trying a webcam video post to save time.  The sound is a little sketchy, but hopefully good enough.  Tonight I’m at the airport.  Next week, back to PA training. (Source: Inside PA Training) Inside PA Training blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5107956 Sat, 09 Oct 2010 05:25:57 +0100 5107956 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3895867&cid=t_116625_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F57rVdRvRjps%2F The TSA is exceeding its authority. At what point does an airport search step over the line? How about when they start going through your checks, and the police call your husband, suspicious you were clearing out the bank account? This kind of thing was supposed to stop after the TSA revised its policies a year ago. The revision came in the wake of the unconstitutional seizure of Campaign for Liberty staffer Steven Bierfeldt for carrying cash donations (prompting a lawsuit from the ACLU). A federal judge had already determined that fake passports found on an airline passenger were inadmissible in court. The TSA is not a law enforcement agency. TSA screeners aren’t supposed to search for anything beyond weapons and explosives. Or, as TSA policy currently reads, “Screening may not be... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3895867 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:16:13 +0100 3895867 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3411089&cid=t_116625_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fed4MB6J-wnM%2F By Jim HarperAn airport security staffer faces discipline after using a whole-body imaging machine to ogle a co-worker, according to this report. It’s another signal of what’s to come when the machines are in regular use. (In a previous post, I aired my doubts about the veracity of reports that a famous Indian movie star had been exposed, but the story foretells the future all the same.) I’ve written before that whole-body imaging machines in airports create risks to privacy despite TSA’s efforts to minimize those risks with carefully designed rules and practices. Rules, of course, were made to be broken, and it’s only a matter of time — federal law or not — before TSA agents without proper supervision find a way to capture images contrary to policy. (Agent ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3411089 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:54:55 +0100 3411089 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3262592&cid=t_116625_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FC6KCxny69j8%2F By Jim HarperThe story that images of a film star produced by whole-body imaging were copied and circulated among airport personnel in London are a little too good to be true for critics of the technology. It may yet be proven a joke or hoax, and airport officials are denying that it happened, saying that it “simply could not be true.” But if Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan was exposed by the technology, it validates more quickly than I expected the concern that controls on body scanning images would ultimately fail. Here’s how I wrote about the fate of domestic U.S. proscriptions on copying images from whole-body imaging machines in an earlier post: Rules, of course, were made to be broken, and it’s only a matter of time — federal law or not — before TSA agents witho... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3262592 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:01:25 +0100 3262592 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3156445&cid=t_116625_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FGnhUiZBnqHQ%2F By Julian SanchezRunning the airport maze to board my flight from Madrid back to the U.S. last week, I found myself thinking, with no small measure of envy, about Ryan Bingham, George Clooney’s character from Up in the Air. The ultimate frequent flier, Bingham slides shoes and belt off, flips laptop from case, and aligns them neatly on the x-ray conveyor in a seamless, fluid display of security Tai Chi. He navigates from curb to gate and back with crisp efficiency, every motion practiced and automatic. My envy was tempered somewhat as I reread Discipline and Punish on the trip back. Bingham’s military precision, it struck me, was the product of a form of training implicit in the security process. As a corrective brace “teaches” the proper posture just by making it t... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3156445 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:42:52 +0100 3156445 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3153351&cid=t_116625_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FTPYsXXl0820%2F By Roger PilonToday Politico Arena asks: Do you feel safer from terrorism today than you did the day before? Assess Obama’s response. My response: So Obama tells us that the buck stops with him.  Aides signaled that in saying that, Politico reports, the president “was consciously seeking to be the anti-Bush, airing his administration’s dirty laundry and stepping up to take his share of the responsibility.”  Yet as Arena contributor Dana Perino notes in response, with evidence in hand, they don’t even have their facts right.  Bush repeatedly took responsibility, and for good reason:  There was much to be responsible for, not least the creation of the intelligence bureaucracy that failed so clearly to connect the Christmas Day dots, as discussed in this ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3153351 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:28:33 +0100 3153351 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3136696&cid=t_116625_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F01%2F01%2Fthe-airport-of-tomorrow%2F New cartoon by Trussell & Trussell on AOL’s Politics Daily. The Airport of Tomorrow. Posted in Politics Daily Tagged: airport security, chaos theory, dhs, humor, political cartoon, terrorism, travel, tsa (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3136696 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:47:36 +0100 3136696 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3108531&cid=t_116625_137_f&fid=35426&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheAlzheimersReadingRoom%2F%7E3%2FvWMqWICpTSk%2Fyou-know-ive-got-alzheimers-dont-you.html Listen to the Story -- You Know I've Got The Alzheimer's, Don't You? You Know I've Got The Alzheimer's, Don't You? Every once in a while, being stranded at the airport can have an upside. Take the time commentator Teresa Amend got stuck in a terminal. And she heard a story from a man she'll never forget. TERESA AMEND: You know I've got the Alzheimer's, don't you? The man's words took me completely by surprise. And for a second, I thought I'd misunderstood. He'd been sitting next to me in the crowded airport and had been cheerfully chatting away for at least 10 minutes. Maybe a decade older than my 57 years, he'd been friendly and charming and totally articulate. I, on the other hand, had been my usual distracted self. Clicking off my cell, I finally gave him my full, undivided atten... Alzheimer's Reading Room, The blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3108531 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:16:04 +0100 3108531 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3089258&cid=t_116625_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FqtmC5-2_hEE%2F By Tad DeHavenIt’s not uncommon to hear the claim made that the “stimulus” would have had a greater economic impact had the money been focused on infrastructure. But proponents of public “investment” in infrastructure seem to forget that the government allocates capital on the basis of politics rather than economics. Government is naturally inefficient because it is immune to the market signals that guide private actors who stand to lose their own money should an investment not pan out. A perfect example is federal spending on airport infrastructure. The USA Today’s Thomas Frank has been doing good work looking at how the Federal Aviation Administration distributes funds to the nation’s airports. In his latest piece, Frank analyzed FAA records obtained under the Freedom of In... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3089258 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:56:37 +0100 3089258 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3071141&cid=t_116625_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FngZjybVfQ4s%2F By Jim HarperAnd we’re better off when it fails this way than when we learn the hard way that someone found an exploit. Watch for the TSA to give extra scrutiny to wheelchairs, casts, and orthopedic shoes now that the screening manual giving those items a pass has been released. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3071141 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:52:04 +0100 3071141 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2931089&cid=t_116625_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fehrs-public-eye I saw this ad in Terminal 3 at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport last week: (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2931089 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:21:07 +0100 2931089 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2881292&cid=t_116625_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FrD6b9N3hKxA%2F The Net has certainly let loose the dogs of both support and criticism for some parents of children with ASD. In El Paso, Texas, parents and teachers around the world have chimed in regarding a 10-year-old with boy with Asperger’s who got a ticket for $260 for disrupting class. Students can be ticketed and their parents fined in the state for such actions, and the mom says her son kept falling asleep in class, made noise in the hall, and got down on the floor and refused to get up. She agrees the behavior is not okay and that he should be punished, but she disagrees that this punishment was “suitable” for what her son did, claiming he he didn’t hurt anyone or break anything. The ticket was later dismissed.  Local news outlet KFOX got several e-mails and comments rega... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2881292 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:09:11 +0100 2881292 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2515174&cid=t_116625_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FlQn07-pvhEw%2F Security guru Bruce Schneier comes down on the strictly pragmatic side in this essay called “Fixing Airport Security.” Because of terrorism fears, he says, TSA checkpoints are “here to stay.” The rules should be made more transparent. He also argues for an amendment to some constitutional doctrines: The Constitution provides us, both Americans and visitors to America, with strong protections against invasive police searches. Two exceptions come into play at airport security checkpoints. The first is “implied consent,” which means that you cannot refuse to be searched; your consent is implied when you purchased your ticket. And the second is “plain view,” which means that if the TSA officer happens to see something unrelated to airport securit... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2515174 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:42:16 +0100 2515174 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2464091&cid=t_116625_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FnLsOla36C9Q%2F In the same bill that Congress limited the use of whole-body imaging or “strip-search machines” at airports (text of the amendment here), it required the Transportation Security Administration to study using facial and iris recognition to identify people in line for airport security checkpoints (Sec. 242 of House-passed version here). So glimpses at de-identified bodies are a privacy outrage while massive biometric databases and records of people’s travels are good to go? Not necessarily. Average people (and members of Congress) understand better what a look at the body is, but they don’t understand as well what biometric tracking and databasing of our movements means. So they’re quick to object to the former and lagging on the latter. Those of us who understa... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2464091 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:48:59 +0100 2464091 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441165&cid=t_116625_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FfDCvbF0AKow%2F The Philadelphia Inquirer asks why the TSA didn’t catch Bonnie Sweeten absconding to Orlando at the airport after faking her own and her daughter’s abduction. The TSA and FBI are right: it’s not airport security’s job to look for people like Bonnie Sweeten. But they quickly agree to make it part of their mission when newspapers and Members of Congress start to say they should. This is how a nominal airline security program transmogrifies into a general law enforcement checkpoint, and the noose tightens on your right to travel. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441165 Fri, 29 May 2009 13:25:56 +0100 2441165 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405062&cid=t_116625_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fbreastfeeding123%2Fbreastfeeding-room-sign%2F I am not someone who believes that breastfeeding ought to be done in private. However, if an establishment is going to offer a quiet place for a mother to take her baby should she so choose, then this is the type of sign I like to see — this sign from Taipei, Taiwan, that calls it a “breastfeeding room” and does not use the image of a baby bottle. Sure, babies fed by bottle can use such a room too, but it is better not to make a bottle the universal symbol for feeding babies. Photo courtesy of Acme Post from: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405062 Wed, 13 May 2009 06:52:59 +0100 2405062 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2375862&cid=t_116625_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FYDuFAS_-0nE%2F In a post on Saturday at NRO’s the Corner blog, former Bush speech writer Marc Theissen exhibits ignorance of basic security concepts too galling to let pass without comment. Attempting to refute the idea that hijacking planes and flying them into buildings was “off the table” as a terrorist tactic after 9/11, Theissen says: Really? Planes were off the table after 9/11? That would come as a surprise to every passenger in the past three years who had their liquids confiscated in an airport security line. Those security measures were instituted because in 2006 we foiled an al-Qaeda plot to hijack airplanes leaving London’s Heathrow airport and blow them up over the Atlantic (a plot our intelligence community says was just weeks from execution). (First, put aside some issu... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2375862 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:38:54 +0100 2375862 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349472&cid=t_116625_135_f&fid=35274&url=http%3A%2F%2Facidrefluxweb.com%2F%3Fp%3D3373 Time 2:19 Flight AC268 takes off in less than an hour. I’m sitting just off where my gate is where they’ve made a little observation area where it is quiet and you can see the very odd aircraft take off. I sit here thinking about how many departures I’ve made from this airport. How many times have I said good-bye. How many times where they for a weekend, a week, months or years. Was it to another city 500 kms away, or was it to another continent. Leaving this airport was never a difficult thing, although in older age it becomes more difficult. If there were some way that I could meld the life of Toronto, and my family of Winnipeg together, I would. But I can’t. The only thing that remains here is a shell of past that is brittle and barely maintain its memory, with no possibility of... acidrefluxweb.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349472 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:30:58 +0100 2349472 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1901610&cid=t_116625_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FOw91xubrfZo%2F 12 moving walkways of note (one with an aquarium): A few rids on each of these would be quite a way to spend an afternoon out and about with Charlie……… Tags: airport, asd, asperger, autism, autism blog, disabilities blog, disability, Education, Health, lights, moving walkway, people mover, Sensory, tunnelShare This (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1901610 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:41 +0100 1901610 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1844645&cid=t_116625_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2008%2F09%2F30%2Fairport-xray-machines-designed-to-expose-your-anxiety%2F Once upon a time, the Xray machines at airports simply looked into your luggage and the only thing you had to worry about was whether it would mess up the film in your camera. But with the new digital technology over the past couple of years, we no longer have to worry about putting exposed film into lead carry bags. Instead we have now have to worry about how much airport Xrays are exposing of us. Last year Backscatter Xray Screening was tested by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). This technology allows the machine to pretty much ’strip search’ passengers, of course only in a virtual way, to look for any sigs of contraband or weapons. This year, Homeland Security Department unveiled an anxiety detecting Xray machine known as “Future AttributeScreening Tec... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1844645 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:32:44 +0100 1844645 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1822019&cid=t_116625_111_f&fid=34615&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergiblog.com%2F2008%2F09%2Fand-one-more-for-the-road.html Man, you know you are an American icon when your face is painted on the side of a Las Vegas hotel! Checked to see what the tickets would be… $180. Um, while I’ve seen Barry Manilow at least 8 times between 1976 and 1979, no way was I going to pay that much money. I would have paid it, however, for Tony Bennett. I’d have paid even more. I would have taken out a second mortgage, if I’d have had to. But he was only there on Friday and Saturday. I missed it. ************** This was totally cool! It’s just a bar in the Vegas airport, but it’s a Budweiser bar! Meaning lots of Kasey Kahne all over the place! No, I didn’t stop for a drink. But…what a great place to watch a race (next to the NASCAR cafe, of course!). ********** Tomorrow at 0600, my ... Emergiblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1822019 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:02:24 +0100 1822019 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1554478&cid=t_116625_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F322842875%2F I suppose it’s not surprising that the story of an autistic toddler and his mother being removed from an airplane got so much attention last week. Airplane is travel is neither so friendly nor so fun (or affordable) for anyone these days. The story of Jarret Farrell really home with me because, a couple of days before, Charlie and I had had our own difficult traveling moment. There’s no plans of Charlie having to fly anywhere till December when we go to visit my family in California (already bought the tickets—-I like to fly on red eyes or very early with Charlie so he’s very likely to sleep, and non-stop is a sine qua non). So our trips will be made possible courtesy of the usual, though with gas here in NJ hovering just under $4/gallon (I know it could be worse; m... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1554478 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:16:54 +0100 1554478 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1364953&cid=t_116625_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F268179082%2F “Happy is he who knows the causes of things,” writes the Roman poet Virgil in Book 2 of his Georgics. Virgil was writing about the stars and the sun and the moon, about why there are eclipses and earthquakes, about natural phenomena, about the cosmos—-and his words can be applied to a much more specific concern, the discussion today about the cause of autism. The need to figure out “what causes it” seems, indeed, to be the main goal of so much research about autism. Certainly this need is what principally fuels the discussion/debate/issue about vaccines and autism. Today in Washington, D.C., the federal government is holding a public meeting of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC) Vaccine Safety Working Group, to “discuss a government-wide rese... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1364953 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:49:50 +0100 1364953 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1121283&cid=t_116625_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F207890976%2F Just as we turned off the highway to the exit near our condo, I heard Charlie cry out from the back seat: “No home! Bye bye home. Bye home.” We both said something acknowledging that that was exactly how Charlie should feel after one week in California with my parents more than happy to dote on him, eating one several-course Chinese meal after another, going for walks in Berkeley and over the Golden Gate Bridge, mid-morning naps on my parents’ cushy couch with the TV and a laptop with a photo show on. We only make the trip once a year and so have to pack in a year’s worth of visits with my grandmother, Ngin-Ngin, aunts and uncles, my great uncle, cousins on both sides. As Charlie is getting older and as he is an only child, I’ve come to feel more and more grat... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1121283 Sat, 29 Dec 2007 05:43:08 +0100 1121283 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=952162&cid=t_116625_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F170178322%2F Where’s the safety net? asks New York Times writer Judith Warner in an October 11th post about Carol Gotbaum. Gotbaum, who lived in Manhattan and was originally from South Africa, died on September 28th in a Phoenix Airport holding cell while on her way to alcohol rehab at a clinic in Tucson. The daughter-in-law of New York City public advocate Betsy Gotbaum, Carol Gotbaum had not flown directly to Tucson because she had wanted to see her children off to school; she ended up taking a later, non-direct flight and was denied access to her connecting flight in Phoenix because she arrived at the gate after boarding was completed. This then happened, according to the October 6th New York Times: The police say they believe she had been drinking during the layover, and she protested in a wa... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=952162 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:06:01 +0100 952162 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=587879&cid=t_116625_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F05%2F02%2Fsomething-up-my-sleeve%2F Filed under: Breast Cancer, Prevention, Products, Cancer SurvivorsI hadn't been on an airplane since 2001. So all of the customs and rituals of airport safety were entirely new to me. I had no idea I 'd be told to remove my shoes before walking through the security contraption or that my baggage would be opened, searched, and inspected. It was a whole new world for me. Prior to 2001, none of these security measures were necessary. A compression sleeve wasn't either.A compression sleeve -- my own personal security device -- is my new travel companion. Designed to protect my arm from swelling caused by the combination of missing lymph nodes and airplane cabin pressure, this sleeve fits my arm from wrist to armpit. It's tight like a glove and while it's not a very apparent fashion statement, ... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=587879 Wed, 02 May 2007 04:00:00 +0100 587879 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=501622&cid=t_116625_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F03%2F26%2Funique-travel-kit-for-people-with-diabetes%2F Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Lifestyle, Products, SupportHere are some fun travel facts about diabetes: an average Boeing 737 carries nearly 10 passengers who have diabetes. For every five cars on the road, there is one person with diabetes present. Whether you're going on a weekend getaway or a once-in-a-lifetime excursion across Europe, if you have diabetes, careful preparation is an essential component of getting ready for your trip. Accu-check has put together a free resource guide for people with diabetes to help them travel with ease and confidence. It offers some tips, lists and suggestions to help them prepare for the journey and enjoy the ride, worry-free. The diabetes travel kit includes: a brochure detailing tips like proper handling of test supplies and ... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=501622 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 501622