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 'anna'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:04:35 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5174694&cid=t_161562_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.drmalpani.com%2F2011%2F08%2Fhow-clever-and-corrupt-politicians-will.html Everyone is very excited that Anna Hazare and his team have been able to catalyse the government into passing the LokPal bill. However I think the sense of euphoria is premature. While it's great that everyone seems to want to fight corruption , I wonder how well it will get implemented in real life. What worries me is the fact that lower-level officers have also been included with the ambit of the LokPal bill. If I were a corrupt politician , the best way of protecting myself against the LokPal would be to make sure that a large number of cases were filed against lower-level Babus. The LokPal machinery would then get so swamped with fighting low level corruption that they would then have no ability to go after high-ranking officials or politicians ! In a few years, the LokPal would then... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5174694 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 09:10:00 +0100 5174694 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4719931&cid=t_161562_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F04%2F15%2Fsuffering-the-irritant-that-produces-the-pearl%2F Writing a Commencement speech is like writing your eulogy: You have to nail down in 10 minutes or less a succinct message that represents your entire life. It’s best to capture all the sweat and tears, the laughter and sorrow, life’s drama in a few tight, coherent paragraphs. Having been asked to give one in May to my alma mater, Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana, I have been studying Commencement addresses of the pros: J.K. Rowling, Anna Quindlen, Oprah Winfrey, and Steve Jobs. And here’s what all of them had in common: suffering. Yep. The primary theme in each of these essays is that suffering is the rubble on which success is built. I’m sure that you can bypass suffering altogether, but then you’d have a rather boring Commencement speech. I’ve read some of th... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4719931 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:30:29 +0100 4719931 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4540567&cid=t_161562_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fnew-study-links-hpv-to-head-and-neck-cancers-in-men%2F2011.03.02 A new study finds that half of men in America are infected with the HPV virus. Dr. Jon LaPook reports on the growing concern that the virus in men could be responsible for an increase in head and neck cancers. HPV Affects Half Of U.S. Men A study out [yesterday] in The Lancet by Moffitt Cancer Center researcher Anna Giuliano, Ph.D., and her colleagues finds that 50 percent of men ages 18 to 70 in Brazil, Mexico, and the U.S. have genital infection with human papillomavirus (HPV).  HPV is the virus that causes cervical cancer in women. It also causes warts and cancer of the genitals and anus in both men and women. Over the past several years, researchers have realized that the virus can also cause cancer of the head and neck. Aimee R. Kreimer, Ph.D., of the National Cancer Institute, ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4540567 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:00:34 +0100 4540567 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4272412&cid=t_161562_117_f&fid=38856&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timemastermd.com%2F%3Fp%3D1664 Fat Burning Secret is in the sole of your shoes – fat busting is measured in how many steps run, not reps you pull!  New science says your best way to slim and sexy is running, not lifting weights! Monitoring Fat Loss in Runners A key finding in a German study on long distance runners show that the first tissue affected by running was fat tissue!  More importantly, visceral fat loss -the most dangerous fat  linked to cardiovascular disease goes away.  This is big news! Liposuction cannot reach inside your guts to get to the fat It has always been dogma, that when you put yourself in a negative calorie state through dieting or catabolic exercise, that your body burns protein (or muscle) first, not fat.  We have always used hormones to protect the fat which works well.  But, thi... Timemaster MD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4272412 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 03:55:44 +0100 4272412 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4119260&cid=t_161562_118_f&fid=34702&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmspblog%2F%7E3%2FKsCu9rRWn2U%2F I’d like this beautiful season so much better if it didn’t signal the onset of winter, but just the same, the vivid colors are often breathtaking. (Source: MSSPNexus Blog) MSSPNexus Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4119260 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 22:48:18 +0100 4119260 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3961950&cid=t_161562_136_f&fid=39212&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbahtocancer.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fguest-blogger-anna-wallace-dancing-togetherness%2F Had Mum been alive when I was diagnosed, she would have shrugged her shoulders, a little glint in her eye, say wryly ‘You’ve always got to be blinking unique and different’.  Mum would, of course, have been right.  I was diagnosed with a rare soft tissue sarcoma, Cystosarcoma Phyllodes.   Phyllodes tumours account for less than 2% of all breast cancers and are fast growing tumours that are difficult to diagnose.  Phyllodes does not respond to chemotherapy and a poor response to radiotherapy.  For this reason surgery is key.   One of the hugely worrying traits of having any rare cancer is that there is little information, your medical teams often having never managed a similar case, charities and support organisations don’t have ‘leaflets’ or first hand experiences.  In... Bah! to cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3961950 Mon, 13 Sep 2010 06:23:14 +0100 3961950 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3652382&cid=t_161562_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fandroid-karenina-video-of-the-day%2F The latest of recent reinterpretations of classic books like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, Android Karenina combines the archetypal tale of love and loss with, well, robots. Check out the trailer for the book below: via The Huffington Post Post from: BlissTree Android Karenina: Video of the Day (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3652382 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:00:12 +0100 3652382 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3595556&cid=t_161562_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2F10-best-celebrity-arms-kate-hudson-evangeline-lily-and-anna-paquin%2F photo: WENN.com Warmer weather means it’s time to bare arms, and we’re working hard to tone our biceps and triceps for all those strapless summer fashions. Just one look at Kate Hudson, Evangeline Lilly, Kelly Ripa, and Anna Paquin’s lithe limbs and you’ll be reaching for the dumbbells. How’s that for motivation? Check out our gallery to see who else is giving us arm envy: Post from: BlissTree 10 Best Celebrity Arms: Kate Hudson, Evangeline Lilly, and Anna Paquin (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3595556 Mon, 24 May 2010 17:36:45 +0100 3595556 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3283646&cid=t_161562_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F02%2F18%2Fthe-century-of-dipositionism-part-ii%2F From BBC Website : Adam Curtis’ acclaimed series examines the rise of the all-consuming self against the backdrop of the Freud dynasty. * * * To many in both politics and business, the triumph of the self is the ultimate expression of democracy, where power has finally moved to the people. Certainly the people may feel they are in charge, but are they really? The Century of the Self tells the untold and sometimes controversial story of the growth of the mass-consumer society in Britain and the United States. How was the all-consuming self created, by whom, and in whose interests? * * * The Freud dynasty is at the heart of this compelling social history. Sigmund Freud, founder of psychoanalysis; Edward Bernays, who invented public relations; Anna Freud, Sigmund’s devoted daughte... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3283646 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:10:10 +0100 3283646 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2890648&cid=t_161562_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D2329 Two weeks left to stop the Department of Health making a fool of itself. Email your response to tne Pittilo consultation to this email address HRDListening@dh.gsi.gov.uk I’ve had permission to post a submission that has been sent to the Pittilo consultation. The whole document can be downloaded here. I have removed the name of the author. It is written by the person who has made some excellent contributions to this blog under the pseudonym "Allo V Psycho". The document is a model of clarity, and it ends with constructive suggestions for forms of regulation that will, unlike the Pittilo proposals, really protect patients Here is the summary. The full document explains each point in detail. Executive Summary Statutory regulation lends prestige, but needs to be balanced ... DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2890648 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:37:04 +0100 2890648 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2766072&cid=t_161562_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F09%2F04%2Fwhat-makes-us-happy-my-interview-with-joshua-wolf-shenk%2F In June of this year, Joshua Wolf Shenk published the fascinating essay “What Makes Us Happy?” in The Atlantic. It was riveting. Joshua spent about a month in the file room of the Harvard Study of Adult Development hoping to learn the secret of happiness. The project is one of the longest-running and probably the most exhaustive longitudinal studies of mental and physical well-being in history. Basically, for 72 years researchers at Harvard have been following 268 men who entered college in the late 1930s–following them through war, career, marriage and divorce, parenthood and grandparenthood, and old age. A brilliant man named George Vaillant has directed the study for 40-plus years, compiling and processing all the information. So what did Joshua learn? What makes for ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2766072 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:58:48 +0100 2766072 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2670815&cid=t_161562_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D2007 Conclusion Recent events show that the halcyon days for alternative medicine are over. When the Pittilo report first appeared, it was greeted with derision in the media. For example, in The Times Alice Miles wrote “This week came the publication of the Report to Ministers from the Department of Health Steering Group on the Statutory Regulation of Practitioners of Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Other Traditional Medicine Systems Practised in the UK. Otherwise known as twaddle.” In the Independent, Dominic Lawson wrote So now we will have degrees in quackery. What, really, is the difference between acupuncture and psychic surgery? People will no doubt continue to use it and that is their right and their responsibility. But if the government w... DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2670815 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:45:35 +0100 2670815 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2653824&cid=t_161562_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F07%2F29%2Fpalo-alto-va-gets-new-green-mental-health-center%2F Midweek Mental Greening It’s not scheduled to be complete until 2011, but exciting construction started earlier this month on what sounds like will be an impressive – and green – new mental health center for the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System. The new mental health center is the first of several reconstruction projects that will take place over the next five years within the Palo Alto VA, and according to Palo Alto Online, the new mental health center will: Use natural lighting, landscaping, and other therapeutic design elements to promote a healing environment. Use a single-story structure to offer patients easy access to outdoor spaces. Provide landscaped views from patients’ bedroom windows. “This groundbreaking is groundbreaking in terms of what is going ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2653824 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:38:04 +0100 2653824 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2621815&cid=t_161562_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FcEj3ULEJXnE%2F Anna Faris was at a recent... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Awful Plastic Surgery) Awful Plastic Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2621815 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:23:05 +0100 2621815 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414826&cid=t_161562_97_f&fid=36415&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D1284 The Health Professions Council (HPC) is yet another regulatory quango. The HPC’s strapline is “Working with health professionals to protect the public” At present the HPC regulates; Arts therapists, biomedical scientists, chiropodists/podiatrists, clinical scientists, dietitians, occupational therapists, operating department practitioners, orthoptists, paramedics, physiotherapists, prosthetists/orthotists, radiographers and speech & language therapists. These are thirteen very respectable jobs. With the possible exception of art therapists, nobody would doubt for a moment that they are scientific jobs, based on evidence. Dietitians, for example, are the real experts on nutrition (in contrast to “nutritional therapists” and the like, who are part of... DC's Improbable Science blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414826 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:18:12 +0100 2414826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1980624&cid=t_161562_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F11%2F22%2Fminding-the-media-body-image-in-popular-culture%2F Pages: 1 2 Next »     Single Page Which celeb do you consider curvy? A) Jessica Biel B) Kim Raver C) Anna Faris D) Sophia Bush E) All of the Above F) None of the Above If you answered “all of the above,” then you’re correct! All of these women in one magazine or another were called “curvy.” Bazaar thinks Biel has a “curvy figure”; Glamour raves that Raver has “serious curves;” and according to InStyle Makeover, Faris has a “curvy bod,” notes Wendy Felton of Glossed Over. Health magazine also refers to Sophia Bush and her “healthy curves,” even after she discussed Hollywood’s skewed standards: “But it’s weird: In our business, I’m a size 2 and considered curvy.” Underneath the title “Sophia Bush loves her cu... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1980624 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:00:16 +0100 1980624 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1676221&cid=t_161562_111_f&fid=34615&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergiblog.com%2F2008%2F08%2Fetiquette-in-the-er.html I don’t think I’ve ever had a patient plead for coffee. Back in the old days (pardon me, sonny, while I put my teeth in…), patients in the Coronary Care Unit were not allowed to have caffeinated coffee. No stimulating cardiac muscle in my department! All we could give them was Sanka. Freeze-dried Sanka. It would be a cold day in Hades before I’d be pleading with anyone for coffee, leaded or unleaded. I’d get it one way or another! Even if it meant my husband had to sneak it in under his coat! ******************** While at the BlogHer08 conference a few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of meeting Emily Post’s great-great granddaughter, Anna Post. (Yep, THE Emily Post!). Anna writes a blog entitled What Would Emily Post Do? , focusing on modern etiquette and... Emergiblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1676221 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:40:33 +0100 1676221 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1458896&cid=t_161562_136_f&fid=36051&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FCancerCommentary%2F%7E3%2F294771876%2F Okay, moment of truth… Earlier today I asked my 59-year-old mother and 5-year-old son to draw the 2 winners of the “Take The Test” HPV Awareness Bracelet Contest. …and the winners are: Kendra Alicia Before I can take an evidence of the little draw, my son tore the little pieces of paper where the winners’ names were. But then, you ladies won. You two know how drop me a line, so please so as soon as possible and give me your shipping addresses. Both of you each won one “Take The Test” HPV Awareness Bracelet. Once again, thanks so much to The HPV Test who provided this blog and blogger with the give-away stuff (thru Anna Brew, thanks Anna). One more contest coming soon, c/o The HPV Test. Thanks a lot to those who participated. Let us continue to spread the word on t... Cancer Commentary blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1458896 Wed, 21 May 2008 04:31:59 +0100 1458896 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1305019&cid=t_161562_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F251713783%2F As promised last month, Anna Eshoo, a Democrat from California - specifically, the region where many biotechs and venture capitalists are based - has now introduced legislation that would create a so-called pathway for FDA approval while offering brand-name companies 12 years of exclusivity, plus an extra two years for a medically significant innovation. That adds up to, yes, 14 years. (This is the bill and this is the summary). Not surprisingly, the BIO trade group was ecstatic in its praise for Eshoo and Joe Barton, a Texas Republican who joined her in sponsoring the bill, which calls for studies to demonstrate safety and efficacy; requires the FDA to create a mechanism to determine whether products are interchangeable and also requires the agency to issue guidances for biosimilar approv... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1305019 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:50:37 +0100 1305019 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1242296&cid=t_161562_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F237584533%2F Some wags say the debate over biologics may not go anywhere this year, but one congresswoman is supposedly on the verge of introducing a bill to resolve the controversy. Anna Eshoo, a Democrat from California - specifically, the region where many biotechs and venture capitalists are based - has drafted legislation that would create a so-called pathway for FDA approval while offering brand-name companies 12 years of exclusivity, according to the FDA Law blog. The draft would amend the Public Health Service Act by adding a section that would allow biologic licenses to be submitted and include info demonstrating the med is biosimilar based on analytical studies, animal studies, and a clinical study or studies (such as an immunogenicity assessment and pharmacokinetics or pharmacodynamics). Und... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1242296 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:16:45 +0100 1242296 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1106208&cid=t_161562_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2007%2F12%2F19%2Fan-interview-with-patty-duke-bipolar-sufferer%2F Patty Duke is best known for her roles as identical twin cousins in The Patty Duke Show and her portrayal of Helen Keller in the movie The Miracle Worker at age 16, which earned her an Academy Award and made her the youngest winner at the time. She’s earned three Emmys from six nominations, two Golden Globes, and a People’s Choice Award during her career. But behind the scenes, her behavior was erratic, earning her a bad rep with Hollywood insiders, not to mention her own family. It took many years, but in 1982, at the age of 35, Duke was finally diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Since then she’s become the bestselling author of Call Me Anna and A Brilliant Madness (coauthored with Gloria Hochman). She currently travels around the country to educate others about this o... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1106208 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:19:23 +0100 1106208 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=925507&cid=t_161562_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F164743800%2F Less than a month, after the US Senate passed a resolution requesting the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reconsider its decision to place tougher reimbursement restrictions on anemia drugs used by chemo patients, two congressional reps have introduced a bill to overturn the CMS move, The Hill reports. Anna Eshoo, a California Democrat, and Mike Rogers, a Michigan Republican, introduced legislation that maintains the CMS revised payment policy puts patients at risk by restricting Medicare coverage of EPO drugs - Amgen’s Aranesp and Epogen, and Johnson & Johnson’s Procrit. Medicare proposed the new guidelines after the FDA added warnings to the drug labels in March over concerns that usage at high levels can increase risk of blood clots, heart attack and death. A... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=925507 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:13:30 +0100 925507 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=599982&cid=t_161562_117_f&fid=34775&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.webmd.com%2Fhealthy-children%2F2007%2F05%2Fmothers-day-origins.html Mothers Day OriginsMother's Day began with the Greeks who worshipped the goddess Rhea. Rhea was mother to the king of gods, ruler of Olympus - Zeus (and you think your kids are successful).Beyond the begatting, Rhea saved Zeus from being eaten by her husband, Cronus, as their previous five children had been. Cronus was worried about his children murdering him (as he had done to his dear old dad), thereby supplanting his alpha dog status. Rhea cleverly presented him with a blanket containing a stone instead of little Zeusy, which Cronus eagerly devoured.With such a history, I think we can agree that Rhea deserved some motherly bragging rights and a holiday in her honor.*************************************Many other cultures have their own Mother's Day, but let's fast forward to Boston in 1... Healthy Children blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=599982 Wed, 09 May 2007 04:00:00 +0100 599982