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 'anne'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:57:37 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5077868&cid=t_187682_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FbVs7OP1xH_I%2F In recent years, we have witnessed the beginnings of a revolution in education.  Technology has fundamentally altered the way we do many things in daily life, but it is just starting to make headway in changing the way we teach.  Just as television shows like Sesame Street enhanced the passive learning of information for kids by teaching in a fun format, electronic games offer to greatly enhance the way kids and adults are taught by actively engaging them in the process. The Entertainment Software Association estimates that sixty-seven percent of American households play video or computer games [1].  They are especially popular among young males, with a recent study of teenagers by researchers at Yale reporting that 76.3% of male (and 29.2% of female) teens play video games [2].  These... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5077868 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:36:31 +0100 5077868 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050713&cid=t_187682_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F21%2Fthe-5-types-of-girlfriends-you-need-in-your-life%2F In her classic book, Gift from the Sea, Anne Morrow Lindbergh articulates the process of gathering girlfriends. She writes, “I shall ask into my shell only those friends with whom I can be completely honest. I find I am shedding hypocrisy in human relationships. What a rest that will be! The most exhausting thing in life, I have discovered, is being insincere.” Girlfriends are as unique as the shells Lindbergh describes in her pages. Some have the gift of empathy and compassion, while others challenge us in ways that lead to growth; some friends listen, while others dole out smart advice. Women need different kinds of friendships at different points in their lives. I have compiled these five types of girlfriends, drawing from the examples in Robert Wick’s book, Bounce: Living the Res... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050713 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:36:13 +0100 5050713 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934337&cid=t_187682_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F06%2F13%2Fwhen-my-mother-died-she-told-me-to-try-to-enjoy-life-more%2F Happiness interview: Meghan O’Rourke. Meghan O’Rourke is a writer in many incarnations — an essayist, poet, critic, and editor. I got to know Meghan during the time that this blog appeared on Slate , and I was very eager to get my hands on her new book. The Long Goodbye is a memoir of her mother’s death from cancer in 2008, at the age of 55, when Meghan was 32 years old. Going through great unhappiness is one of the best, and most difficult, teachers of happiness, so I was very interested to hear what Meghan had to say. Gretchen: What’s a simple activity that consistently makes you happier? Meghan: Taking a walk. I used to run a lot, and that always made me happier (even if I was unhappy lacing up my shoes to do it). But I tore the cartilage in my right hip and n... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934337 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:34:15 +0100 4934337 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934340&cid=t_187682_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F06%2F11%2Fvideo-my-thoughts-on-courage%2F “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’” ~ Mary Anne Radmacher That’s the gist of this video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cEW5tl-hVM (Source: World of Psychology) World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934340 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 20:39:22 +0100 4934340 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4684480&cid=t_187682_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2FmMI7NdGRF44%2F A few months back I got to know Anne Zeiger and brought her on as a blogger for a little while on EMR and EHR. She’s since moved on to a full time job writing about EMR and has started to create the website EHR Outlook. It’s still in the really early phases, but you can see a vision for what she’s trying to create. Anne is currently looking for more doctors who use an EMR so she can create some case studies of doctors’ EMR experiences. I know that I always learn best by looking at other people’s experiences, so I’m happy to help Anne find more doctors she can work with to create more case studies on EMR. If you’re a doctor or practice that would be willing to help Anne out, you can email her at: anneczieger@gmail.com I’ll be interested to see... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4684480 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:12:57 +0100 4684480 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4676870&cid=t_187682_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F04%2F04%2Ftips-to-start-journaling%2F Journaling — the act of writing things down somewhere (where doesn’t really matter) — has many benefits. Here’s an important one: “It’s not in the rereading that one finds solace but in the writing itself. It’s like crying—you don’t know why, but you feel so much better afterward. Everything pours, streams, flows, out of you aimlessly,” writes Samara O’Shea in her beautifully written book Note to Self: On Keeping A Journal And Other Dangerous Pursuits. Here’s another: Journaling is a profound — and simple — way to get to know yourself better. To figure out what makes you tick. What makes you happy. What makes you defensive. What makes you giggle or grateful or grieve. What makes you who you are. Quite simply, it’s a grea... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4676870 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:39:01 +0100 4676870 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4600794&cid=t_187682_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FbOAeC2w3-i8%2F There are two ways to look at the 2010 compensation package given Johnson & Johnson ceo Bill Weldon. On one hand, the J&J board cut his overall take home by 7 percent, to $28.7 million from $30.8 million, since his performance bonus was slashed - by 45 percent to $1.9 8 million - thanks to all those product recalls and subsequent fallout among some consumers, investors and industry watchers. In other words, he suffered. On the other hand, Bill received a 3 percent merit raise, as noted previously (see here). Whatever your view, the payout reflected a rather dismal year - by most standards - for the venerable health care giant. In addition to congressional hearings; a manufacturing plant that is still closed for retooling; an erosion of consumer trust; $900 million in lost sales; ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4600794 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:54:20 +0100 4600794 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4592367&cid=t_187682_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F5c7nvwjkHG8%2F By Justin LoganProf. Anne-Marie Slaughter Anne-Marie Slaughter, recently head of the State Department’s policy planning staff and now having retreated to her post as the dean of the liberal interventionists at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton, laments that her former boss’s boss is “fiddling while Libya burns.” Slaughter thinks the United States should implement a no-fly zone over Libya, with the UN's blessing if we can, or with a coalition of the willing if we must. She takes up five arguments made by skeptics and claims they are all wanting. I want to take up a few of them below. First, in making the case that intervention is in America’s interest, she writes that “we have a chance to support a real new beginning in the Muslim world—a new beginning of accountable go... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4592367 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:48:08 +0100 4592367 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4382764&cid=t_187682_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhealthcare-homicide-safer-to-work-in-a-prison-than-in-a-hospital%2F2011.01.21 There’s been a lot of stories in the news lately about homicides committed in hospitals. Just out of curiosity, I went to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) website and pulled some data from their Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. It confirmed what I suspected — that homicides of workers in hospitals have increased at twice the rate as correctional facilities, where worker homicides have remained stable. Here’s the graph I was able to make from the BLS data: The red bars (hospital murders) are up to six and seven homicides per year while the blue bars (correctional facility murders) have remained stable at about three per year. This is only for the employees who have been murdered, not all murder victims. When we consider the cost and repercussions of increased ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4382764 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:00:00 +0100 4382764 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4349513&cid=t_187682_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwhen-patients-are-empowered-by-serious-diagnoses%2F2011.01.14 I am really excited about serving as the emcee for next week’s Personalized Medicine World Conference in Mountain View, California near San Francisco. I also will be the moderator of a panel discussion on patient empowerment. As I prepare, I am interviewing the panelists and their stories are very inspiring. One panelist is Bonnie Addario. Bonnie had been an oil company executive in the Bay Area. She began having chest pain. Was it her heart? No. Was it a nerve problem? No. Doctors were stumped. Bonnie was frustrated, but she was also a woman of action — a “powerful patient.” She went on her own for a full body scan. The news was not good. A lung cancer tumor was wrapped around her aorta and other vessels. It was inoperable. But, fortunately, chemotherapy and radiation shrunk t... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4349513 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 23:00:49 +0100 4349513 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4314009&cid=t_187682_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fi-smell-health-trouble%2F2011.01.05 I was surfing around the Net one day and I found this article about scientists who are creating a machine that will detect acetone in someone’s breath. Acetone can be a sign that someone suffers from diabetes, so in theory this machine could use scent to diagnose this disease. That story brought to mind other stories I’ve heard about people using dogs to sniff out cancer in people. According to this article: “The results of the study showed that dogs can detect breast and lung cancer with sensitivity and specificity between 88% and 97%. The high accuracy persisted even after results were adjusted to take into account whether the lung cancer patients were currently smokers. Moreover, the study also confirmed that the trained dogs could even detect the early stages of lung ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4314009 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:00:00 +0100 4314009 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4225252&cid=t_187682_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fprison-overcrowding-does-it-affect-mental-health%2F2010.12.02 In California, the U.S. district court has ordered that tens of thousands of prisoners be released to reduce overcrowding. The case, Schwarzenegger v. Plata, was argued this past Tuesday and the transcript is online. This is relevant to a psychiatry blog because one of the arguments used in support of the releases is the contention that overcrowded facilities reduce access to mental health and medical services and that overcrowding causes mental deterioration and breakdown. The APA filed an amicus brief in the case, but the brief isn’t available online yet. (Keep an eye out for it here.) The challenge with this case is that there is no (or extremely little) actual research to support the link between overcrowding and psychological problems. Correctional systems have spent a lot of ti... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4225252 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 23:00:00 +0100 4225252 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4214073&cid=t_187682_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F5L2v_lHsIBE%2F By Justin LoganWith America in trouble, I’ve been pleased to see some fresh, innovative thinking emanating from Washington.  What can brighten the country’s future? Anne Applebaum proposes that Institutions should do what they are good at. And the expansion of NATO is one of the few true post-Cold-War foreign-policy success stories… We could continue that process. The stakes are lower — 2010 is not 1990, and the countries outside NATO are poorer and more turbulent than even those that have recently joined. Nevertheless, the very existence of a credible Western military alliance remains — yes, really — an encouragement to others on Europe’s borders. This is a uniquely propitious moment. Right now there is a pro-Western government in Moldova; Ukraine&#8217... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4214073 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:42:17 +0100 4214073 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4214075&cid=t_187682_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FHTAgh2Zoqq4%2F By Malou InnocentFor years I have told anybody who would listen how U.S. efforts to stabilize Afghanistan contribute to Pakistan’s slow-motion collapse. Well it appears that my take on the situation was not so over-the-top. Amid some 250,000 confidential diplomatic cables released by online whistleblower Wikileaks, former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan Anne W. Patterson warned in cable traffic that U.S. policy in South Asia “risks destabilizing the Pakistani state, alienating both the civilian government and the military leadership, and provoking a broader governance crisis without finally achieving the goal.” On one level, this cable underscores what a disaster American foreign policy has become. But on another level, the leak of this and other cables strikes me as�... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4214075 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:37:02 +0100 4214075 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4118938&cid=t_187682_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwhat-i-learned-at-the-american-academy-of-psychiatry-and-laws-annual-conference%2F2010.10.27 For new readers, it’s my tradition to put up posts summarizing tidbits I picked up at the annual American Academy of Psychiatry and Law (AAPL) conference. It’s random, it’s not explained in detail, but it’s stuff I thought was interesting. The conference started out with a keynote speech by AAPL President Stephen Billick. The title of his talk was “Be True To Psychiatry.” His point was that forensic psychiatrists are clinicians first, and that even a forensic evaluation can have therapeutic effects. He cited many examples in his practice in which a criminal or civil evaluation had potential beneficial “side effects” regardless of the forensic opinion. His main point: the forensic psychiatrist’s obligation to be neutral and objective doe... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4118938 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:00:00 +0100 4118938 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3896095&cid=t_187682_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FsRfVFGe7YKk%2F Five years ago, a former Pfizer rep named Jamie Reidy penned a tell-all memoir about his stint hustling Viagra, among other drugs, and caused a stir with his efforts to peel back the curtain on how marketing really takes place. Now, the book has been made into a movie that transforms the story line into a predictable romance. Whether the film attempts to accomplish the same thing remains to be seen. For the curious, however, this is trailer… (Source: Pharmalot) Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3896095 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:04:46 +0100 3896095 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3858159&cid=t_187682_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fleaving-the-organization-but-not-the-practice-of-medicine%2F2010.08.11 I confess ignorance. I know nothing about interviews with vampires. However, last week on my drive to a house call to see a sick patient, I experienced a sudden respect for author Anne Rice. I listened to a stranger completely off my radar screen being interviewed on NPR saying and making me feel the meaning of the phrase “Evil needs but one thing to grow. It is for good people to do nothing,” and reminding me that throughout history there have been numerous times where groups, organizations, and governments have acted even in ways that don’t represent our values or feel wrong minded or appear short sighted. This statement was her simple explanation for a recent blog posting announcing she was resigning from Christianity. She remained a believer in God and in Christ, but no long... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3858159 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:00:30 +0100 3858159 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3845062&cid=t_187682_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F08%2Fashley-anne-kirilow-fakes-cancer-money-disney-trip%2F Toronto-area resident Ashley Anne Kirilow faked having cancer and receiving chemotherapy by shaving her head and eyebrows and plucking her eyelashes and then bilked local charities and residents out of almost $20,000. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3845062 Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:27:47 +0100 3845062 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3827317&cid=t_187682_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2F0dVb0nah4Qw%2F Filed under: Spirit Tagged: anne rice, christianity, quitting (Source: white pebble) white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3827317 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:23:01 +0100 3827317 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3733125&cid=t_187682_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F07%2F07%2Fa-not-so-random-act-of-kindness%2F “Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.” – Anne Herbert Penn Station, New York City, noon, the beginning of summer. Eighty degrees: A perfect day. Everyone who can be outside is outside. But I have to go in to catch the train back to Jersey. I am not at full sprint, but I am moving, hungry. No breakfast, no lunch. A morning consult brings me in once a month to YAI/National Institute for People with Disabilities. I’ve done it hundreds of times. Winters, summers, I know my way around Penn Station. I have it down to a science. I get a sandwich – make the train. There is a deli near the Seventh Avenue exit that has the best grilled vegetable panini sandwich I’ve ever had. I swear I would do the consult just to buy this sandwich. The staff at YAI/NIPD... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3733125 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:30:50 +0100 3733125 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3665900&cid=t_187682_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fbp-oil-spill-health-risks-focus-institute-medicine-forum-june-2223%2F The Institute of Medicine will hold a pubic forum on the possible emerging health risks of the Gulf oil spill on June 22-23 in New Orleans. The meeting will be held starting at 8:30 CDT in the Queen Anne Ballroom of the Hotel Monteleone. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3665900 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:33:15 +0100 3665900 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3750110&cid=t_187682_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F14714335%2F1kxzn9%2Fneuromarketing%7ESimple-Guarantees-Work-Best.htm The issue of simplicity vs. complexity is, well, complicated. In business, simplicity and brevity are usually greatly preferred, but in marketing trying to get your message into a few words sometimes doesn’t work as well as longer text. For example, some of the most effective direct sales letters are lengthy, running many pages [...] (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3750110 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:33:14 +0100 3750110 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3443645&cid=t_187682_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fwho-guards-guardians-case-of-boston.html The fallout from the case of the faulty implantable cardiac defibrillators continues.  To summarize the story thus far,We started posting about Boston Scientific's travails in 2005, starting with allegations that Guidant, which is now a Boston Scientific subsidiary, hid information about defects in the implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) the company manufactured. As we noted in early 2005 here, Guidant executives allegedly knew that ICDs made from 2000-2002 were at risk for short-circuiting and failing, thus making them unable to deliver potentially life saving electrical shocks meant to prevent cardiac arrests, but the company only revealed the problem in 2005. By failing to notify physicians and the public, Guidant executives let expensive and profitable, but po... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3443645 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:28:00 +0100 3443645 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3346720&cid=t_187682_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FbbBnDo7jzTI%2F The drugmaker is adding four new senior positions to “promote highly ethical and compliant behaviors” as part of a settlement of two shareholder lawsuits stemming from off-label promotion of its Zyprexa antipsychotic and other drugs. You may recall that last year, Lilly paid $1.4 billion to settle criminal and civil complaints (see here). Lilly is also upgrading policies and procedures “to ensure that objective scientific inquiry, analysis and communication in matters affecting patient safety and benefit shall be of paramount importance,” according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The shareholder suits claimed the drugmaker breached its fiduciary duty and Lilly agreed to pay about $8.7 million to settle. The new positions being created are v... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3346720 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:00:26 +0100 3346720 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3326964&cid=t_187682_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FYhuAB56NSM4%2F By Ian VasquezAlthough some comparisons between Haiti’s 7.0 earthquake in January and Chile’s 8.8 quake this weekend have attributed the massive differences in devastation and lives lost (230,000 vs. some 700 respectively) to different enforcement of building codes and planning, the real reason for Chile’s superior ability to endure the disaster has everything to do with its vastly higher level of economic freedom, reliable rule of law, and the much higher level of prosperity that results. Here are three good articles that make those points: Bret Stephens on “How Milton Friedman Saved Chile” John Stossel on “A Tale of Two Quakes” Anne Applebaum, “Chile and Haiti: A Look at Earthquakes and Politics” And here’s a piece I wrote on Haiti explaining how economic freedom ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3326964 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:17:37 +0100 3326964 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3119059&cid=t_187682_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F0xD0Gxt_sOc%2F The controversies over aggressive - if not inappropriate - marketing continues to dog the pharmaceutical industry, especially amid accusations that diseases, not just drugs, are being promoted. Anne Rochon Ford says that when this happens - and things go wrong - the people whose health is most likely to be compromised are women. She is the co-editor of ‘The Push To Prescribe: Women and Canadian Drug Policy,’ as well as the coordinator of Women and Health Protection, a national committee that is funded at arms length by Health Canada, to provide advice on the drug safety. In an interview with Anne Maria Tremonti of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Ford discusses a host of medicines and related issues, from hormone replacement therapies, statins and Viagra, to direct-to-con... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3119059 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:34:52 +0100 3119059 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3082581&cid=t_187682_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F12%2F11%2Fmaking-a-difference-loreal-paris-honors-women-of-worth-at-special-ceremony-in-new-york-city%2F L’Oréal Paris Honors Women of Worth at Special Ceremony in New York City. Ten Women Recognized for Making a Difference in their Communities with Special Guests including Mary J. Blige, Holly Robinson Peete and Erica Hill.  Shannon Lambert Named Women of Worth National Honoree by Public Vote L’Oréal Paris’ fourth annual Women of Worth program honored [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3082581 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:45:02 +0100 3082581 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3056878&cid=t_187682_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FH3-o6wZoH3o%2F In a long-promised move, New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram released a report from the state’s Division of Consumer Affairs recommending new regs to curtail the potential for conflicts of interest between docs, and drug and device makers. The move comes two years after Milgram formed a task force (see here and interview with Milgram here). “It is critical to minimize the potential for conflicts and it is critical that patients are made aware of any financial relationship between a physician and a pharmaceutical company or medical device manufacturer. Such relationships could bias medical decision-making,” she says in a statement. The report addresses a host of familiar issues - data mining, CME, payments to docs, food and other freebies. On gifts, the AG wants the state&#82... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3056878 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:07:49 +0100 3056878 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2839129&cid=t_187682_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fhow-to-be-a-good-endo-from-a-patient%25e2%2580%2599s-pov.html Scott Johnson is one of my favorite fellow diabetes bloggers. Always has been. This post will show you why.   A Guest Post by Scott K. Johnson, of Scott’s Diabetes Journal Amy’s guest post from Dr. Anne Peters last Thursday on “How to be a Good Diabetes Patient” sure ruffled some feathers.  I wanted to take [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2839129 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:00:25 +0100 2839129 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2804151&cid=t_187682_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fhow-to-be-a-good-diabetes-patient-from-an-endos-pov.html Ever wonder what your doctor considers “a good patient”? Yeah, me too. So I figured I’d ask one of the country’s leading endocrinologists.  Dr. Anne Peters is Director of the Diabetes Program at the University of Southern California (USC), head of the nation’s largest outreach program for community-based diabetes prevention and treatment in Los Angeles, [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2804151 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:00:53 +0100 2804151 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2768793&cid=t_187682_131_f&fid=35743&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthegenesherpa.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F09%2Ffirst-mari-now-linda-whos-next.html First,I wish Linda Avey all the best, eve though she stared me down in 2007 like I was some pariah doing awful things screwing up her plans for world domination.......Second,I wanted to point out that this is the second Woman CEO to "step down" to do other things in the personal genomics space.The last was replaced by some guy named Lord. I wonder if 23andME will get a guy named Jesus?The public scoop From Kara Swisher Linda's email to the 23andme drones."I’m leaving 23andMe and have begun making plans for the creation of a foundation dedicated to the study of this disorder. The foundation will leverage the research platform we’ve built at 23andMe–the goal is to drive the formation of the world’s largest community of individuals with a family history of Alzheimer’s, empower them ... Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2768793 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:43:00 +0100 2768793 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2737879&cid=t_187682_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FONT_iHWoDa4%2F We have two excellent new speakers, Anne Hinton and Steve DeMello, to add to the excellent roster during the ASA Brain Health Day to take place on Friday, September 11th, 2009, at the Oakland Marriott City Center. Anne Hinton is Executive Director of the San Francisco Department of Aging and Adult Services. In this capacity she has responsibility for In-Home Supportive Services, Adult Protective Services, Public Guardian, Public Conservator, Public Administrator, Representative Payee, Veterans Services, Information and Referral, and the Partnership for Community Based Care and Support. In addition the Department funds 45 community service providers for programs such as congregate meals, senior centers, home delivered meals, case management, family caregiving, etc. Her career spans more th... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2737879 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:17:39 +0100 2737879 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2705353&cid=t_187682_154_f&fid=35946&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.canadianmedicinenews.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fnew-cma-president-anne-doig-urges.html SASKTOON -- Anne Doig, a Saskatoon family physician and longtime medical leader, was elected to the position of Canadian Medical Association president last summer in Montreal, but she will officially take over for Dr Robert Ouellet this week, here in Saskatoon. Dr Doig's got a pedigree when it comes to medical politics: her father was among the physicians who opposed NDP premier Tommy Douglas's creation of medicare in 1962, and her brother Chip will be the 2009-10 president of the Alberta Medical Association.Even more impressive than the depth of her experience in medicine and health policy is the fact that Dr Doig has accomplished what she has in those areas while also making time to have six children, own a grain farm, swim competitively and stay involved with swimming tournaments.Before... Canadian Medicine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2705353 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:01:00 +0100 2705353 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2442347&cid=t_187682_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fsun-valley-rutile-over-woo-blue.html I examine them closely, just like my homegrown judges did. Save me from visual acuity!They are all small, deliberately, as there is only so much clay and time that I can afford to throw away.This is the only one I like.All were thrown at the same time with the same clay. Fired in the kiln at the same time. Glazed in the same manner on the same day, yet each one of them is different from the other. 9 are useable the rest are "poo pots."One has a sharp shard from someone else’s explosion. One has two mysterious white spots from goodness knows where.Three are on the pink side. Two are still pooish, brown and fatally dull. That leaves 4, only four and of that four, I only like one. How many bowls will I need to throw before I can make a set of four? It’s the kind of maths question that dro... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2442347 Wed, 27 May 2009 06:57:00 +0100 2442347 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2382555&cid=t_187682_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F05%2F02%2Fvideo-on-courage%2F “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’” –Mary Anne Radmacher That’s the gist of this video. Click through to watch. (Source: World of Psychology) World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2382555 Sat, 02 May 2009 10:12:04 +0100 2382555 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2311878&cid=t_187682_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FyyaFLTp6FhI%2F Anne Heche is my favorite... [[ 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=2311878 Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:41:26 +0100 2311878 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2287234&cid=t_187682_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F03%2F22%2Fvideo-when-a-friendship-ends%2F A few readers asked if I would write out the content of my videos in accompanying text. Here you go: Friendships are a lot like marriages in that some are healthy and some are toxic, or unhealthy. But you sound pretty ridiculous explaining to people why you are sad: “Man, I just broke up with a friend, and it’s really painful.” But that is, in essence, what you are doing, and it needs to be treated the same way as a romantic relationship or marriage ending: with a lot of support and nurturing. As friendships develop and evolve, some don’t have all the right ingredients to last. So it’s right and natural that some break. But that period after the split is so awkward, for both people: the breaker-upper, or the breaker-uppee. I’ve sat in both seats. I love... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2287234 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:29:52 +0100 2287234 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2609135&cid=t_187682_46_f&fid=38792&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmsf.ca%2Fblogs%2FWendyL%2F2009%2F02%2Fday-8%2F Ladies and gentlemen, I think we’ve made a hospital. The last night at Jude Anne was quiet, by all accounts. By the time I arrived at Solidarité this morning, staff were in the process of retrieving the last things from Jude Anne. Patients are coming, registering, waiting in the waiting room. Normal hospital things are happening almost as if they have always happened here. Our inpatient ward was nearly full. I asked them to start sending the post-partum and post-operative patients upstairs, since it had not happened last night. We started organizing to get Pediatrics upstairs to their designated corner also. I figure the settling in, shifting, arranging, will continue for quite some time, some of it planned, some of it organically. There are still boxes to unpack. Some furniture is&... MSF Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2609135 Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:38:04 +0100 2609135 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2609136&cid=t_187682_46_f&fid=38792&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmsf.ca%2Fblogs%2FWendyL%2F2009%2F02%2Fday-7-2%2F It’s our last day of running two hospitals. Activity at Solidarité has now surpassed activity at Jude Anne. We rounded on eleven inpatients at Solidarité this morning. There were three babies in Pediatrics. Jude Anne held only two patients, of which one was to be discharged after normal delivery, and the other, I decided to transfer to Solidarité. (She was the one operated for ruptured ectopic pregnancy the other day.) The registers said, 11 consultations yesterday at Jude Anne, and 25 at Solidarité. It’s a bit of a miracle to me that our planned “cross-taper” of activity has worked. And, the biggest improvement, now that rounds are at Solidarité: it’s quiet. Our discussion doesn’t have to compete with trucks in the intersection, or the generator of... MSF Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2609136 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:32:54 +0100 2609136 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1522049&cid=t_187682_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F06%2F15%2Fhow-to-reach-a-teen-email%2F This article describes e-mail therapy with a teenager whom professionals found difficult to communicate with and understand. Anne had a 4-year history of low mood and unpredictable self-harming behavior that in the past had led to admission to a secure unit. Therapy involved weekly e-mails over a 3-month period and ended when she was transferred to adult services. The article focuses on how e-mail enabled engagement to occur. The therapeutic relationship allowed Anne to explore and understand past experiences, and start resolving present problems. Diagnosis also became clearer. In this case, email therapy worked and helped engage the teen in psychotherapy, showing that e-therapy can help engage someone who otherwise might have a difficult time engaging in psychotherapy. Reference Roy... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1522049 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:29:00 +0100 1522049 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1502744&cid=t_187682_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F307971517%2F So far this year, the agency has prohibited seven physicians from conducting trials of drugs and devices, which amounts to as many as in the three previous years combined, Bloomberg News writes, and adds the move came after lawmakers complained about delays in discipline. The FDA can disqualify researchers found for misconduct, such as falsifying results, during studies. Among those banned this year was Maria Anne Kirkman Campbell, who pleaded guilty to fraud in 2003 in connection with a study on a Sanofi-Aventis antibiotic. Please see the FDA web site. Lawmakers, including Representative Joe Barton, a Texas Republican, have criticized the FDA for taking years in some cases to act against researchers after finding violations, but the docs are eligible to continue conducting studies for su... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1502744 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:58:46 +0100 1502744 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1393900&cid=t_187682_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F276264866%2F Earlier this year, we noted that New Jersey’s Medicaid program spent more than $73 million on several antipsychotic meds for children less than 18 years old between 2000 and 2007, according to state records, even though the drugs weren’t approved by the FDA for treating kids. And a state official acknowledges the drugs may have been prescribed for conditions other than schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, the approved uses. And so a state legislator wrote New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram calling for an investigation. In his letter, Pat Diegnan, an assemblyman who has previously been outspoken about the use of these meds, asked Milgram to pursue an investigation of the “alleged misrepresentations concerning the safety and effectiveness of antipscychotic drugs,” which he first... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1393900 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:01:31 +0100 1393900 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1389198&cid=t_187682_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F274688926%2F The line is growing ever longer. First, the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Finance Committee opened investigations into the controversial Vytorin trial, known as Enhance. Then, the New York and Connecticut Attorneys General begin their own probes into the handling of study data and the marketing of the expensive cholesterol med. Earlier this month, New Jersey’s Anne Milgram, issued her own subpoenas to Merck and Schering-Plough, according to the Merck earnings statement that was released this morning. The subpoenas were dated April 4. The Vytorin study has attracted enormous attention because the drugmakers delayed results for nearly two years; briefly changed the primary endpoint without consulting their lead investigator; named an independent panel to review dat... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1389198 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:53:07 +0100 1389198 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1329204&cid=t_187682_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F258418418%2F New Jersey’s Medicaid program spent more than $73 million on antipsychotic meds for children less than 18 years old between 2000 and 2007, according to state records, even though the drugs weren’t approved by the FDA for treating kids. And a state official acknowledges the drugs may have been prescribed for conditions other than schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, the approved uses. And so a state legislator has written New Jersey Attorney General calling for an investigation. In a recent letter, Pat Diegnan, an assemblyman who has previously been outspoken about the use of these meds, wrote Anne Miligram to pursue an investigation of the “alleged misrepresentations concerning the safety and effectiveness of antipscychotic drugs,” which he first requested more than a year a... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1329204 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:48:53 +0100 1329204 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1158442&cid=t_187682_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F218377024%2F Anne Milgram, who has already formed a task force to explore the curious interplay between docs and pharma, is intrigued by the plight of two former Amgen reps. You may recall that we wrote how a rep from New Jersey charges the biotech forced her to illegally promote Enbrel for off-label use - in this case, people with mild, not moderate or severe psoriasis. And a former California rep says he was told to rummage through patient files in physician offices, which violates privacy laws. And so the New Jersey attorney general has issued a subpoena seeking a “comprehensive array of documents and information concerning the marketing, sale and prescription of Enbrel between July 2002 and the present,” according to a statement. The principal focus of the inquiry is whether Amgen unla... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1158442 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:13:12 +0100 1158442 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1146561&cid=t_187682_85_f&fid=36194&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftesstermulo.com%2F2008%2F01%2F12%2Ftrinoma-blogger-food-tour-epilogue%2F After our visit to La Maison (wasn’t able to post about it anymore because I wasn’t able to take photos or even eat because I was already too full.  Had a great time watching the other bloggers eat, though, hehe.  And yeah, I vote La Maison for the Restaurant with the Best Ambiance), we proceeded to the cinema lobby, only to find out that the raffle and the concert were to be held outside in the amphitheater near Starbucks.  I’m not really the one who gets lucky in raffles, so it didn’t bother me much that the raffle had already started when we got there.  We just took our seats and I watched some of the bloggers receive their prizes.  I think, some of the blue group where fortunate to have won in the raffle . The band, Sound, capped off our night by playing... Prudence and Madness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1146561 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:11:39 +0100 1146561 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1015845&cid=t_187682_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F11%2F09%2Frats-live-on-no-evil-star%2F Back in ‘92 I was thumbing through an anthology one night and came across To Bedlam and Part Way Back, I’d read it before, but this time it confirmed my wish to leave this world behind and move toward that one. I spent the rest of the year writing out her poems, carrying them [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1015845 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:10:25 +0100 1015845 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=971461&cid=t_187682_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fgrumpy-is-as-grumpy-does.html I drink coffee through as straw as instructed by the Dental Devils and sulk. Another visit to the dentist brings more bad news. Ten months after surgery we are still struggling. I am sorely tempted to clamp a bag of espresso to my hip and drink it intravenously, just to avoid all possible current and future mouth issues. However, I don’t want to tempt fate. It seems only a tiny step until I’ll be old enough to wear a colostomy bag instead, an area of fashion as yet untouched by Calvin Klein. The word ‘dentist’ and all derivatives have been banned from the household. I refuse to allow my children to pick up negative vibes. They will have American attitudes towards dentistry if it kills me. Spouse and I will not whisper about the subject either, because our offspring have more finel... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=971461 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:08:00 +0100 971461 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=897084&cid=t_187682_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F160710611%2F For as long as many can remember, New Jersey has been home to much of the world’s pharmaceutical industry. And for that reason, drugmakers have often been handled with kid gloves - when other states launched investigations into questionable marketing, for example, the Garden State usually wasn’t on the list of participants. So it came as a surprise last week when the state’s new Attorney General, Anne Milgram, announced a new task force to study recommendations for handling conflicts of interest between docs and drug and device makers. The target: The ubiquitous practice of giving gifts and fees for research, consulting and speaking. This is a national issue, but so far, only four states - Vermont, Maine, Minnesota and West Virginia - have passed laws requiring docs to re... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=897084 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:18:11 +0100 897084 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=853128&cid=t_187682_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F09%2F09%2Fhijacked-by-breast-cancer%2F Filed under: Breast Cancer, BlogsThe profile on her blog reads: Living in London. Working in ads. Currently undergoing treatment for Breast Cancer. And that about sums it up for this woman whose life has become hijacked by cancer. That's the way it goes. Cancer strikes and life revolves around it for so much longer than we'd like. The 30-something Anne-Marie Weeden writes in a recent blog post:I was genuinely confident at the beginning of this process that the whole chemo thing should not affect life too much. And in the first three treatments it didn't really. But the last three have just escalated in terms of the challenges they have thrown my way. They said it would be cumulative but I didn't realise it would accumulate on such a scale. I'd say the last two treatment cycles have been at... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=853128 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 04:00:00 +0100 853128 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=852137&cid=t_187682_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fnaughty-nicholas.html The names have not been changed to protect the anonymity of the players.“Stop it Nicholas!” he barks at a sandy haired little boy. My boys look at Nicholas and stop doing what they are doing.“Not like that! Here do it this way. Are you listening to me?” Nicholas isn’t listening. My boys are listening. They are both unusually quiet, uncommonly still.“Geez you’re so dumb sometimes. Squeeze the red button why dontcha?” Nicholas doesn’t squeeze the red button. Nicholas’ Dad helps Nicholas’ thumb squeeze the red button, “there. See? That’s how you do it.”“Ouch!” squeaks Nicholas. Two additional ‘ouches’ echo, but Nicholas’ Dad doesn’t notice. I think I dislike Nicholas’ Dad, but say nothing. I say nothing because one of my sons is wrapped around my ankl... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=852137 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:04:00 +0100 852137 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=761539&cid=t_187682_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fis-it-all-big-lie.html One of the many failings of autistic people, from society’s perspective, is their apparent lack of interest in people. They appear to lack many of the attributes of sociable behaviour. [translation = check out DSM IV] Part of the matter lies in some people’s human nature, mine, for instance. For instance, when my children were evaluated for autism, I was not particularly surprised that they didn’t know their own last names, address or telephone number. [translation = they only knew this information if they were prompted to sing it, and I don’t think the ‘experts’ knew the right tune.] What did surprise me, was that they did not know MY first name, MY favourite colour, or MY favourite food. [translation = how outrageous!] At the time, which seems several centuries ago, I assum... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=761539 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:44:00 +0100 761539 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=542923&cid=t_187682_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fperseveration-with-sprinkling-of-ocd-on.html “I don’t think he cares one way or another, as long as they serve chips. [translation = French Fries]“True, but so many restaurants don’t have any cruet.”“I know, but there again, if they have anything, they usually have the salt.”“Unless we go to an Italian, then you have two foot of pepper mill being lobbed around by some minor, but not a salt cellar in sight!”“Odd combination really. There again, if we go Italian, there probably won’t be any chips either.”“It’s so strange.”“Strange. A very strange country.”“Mind you, if he carries on the way he is, we could probably do with avoiding that particular perversion.”“True, I don’t think people understand.”“Well it’s so unhygienic, regardless of the other health risks.”“Still, nobody noticed ... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=542923 Sun, 15 Apr 2007 01:25:00 +0100 542923 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=544246&cid=t_187682_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2F109071964%2F Biotech start-ups utilizing genetic information are nothing new. Could 23andMe be unique? Yesterday, I received a nice email from their recruiting manager, Oliver Ryan. As luck would have it, I’m vacationing in the San Francisco Bay Area and hope to swing a meeting with some 23andMe folks next week, including Anne Wojcicki and Linda Avey. If there’s anything you’d like to me to ask, email me or leave a comment here. From the little information that’s available on their website, 23andMe sounds like one-stop shopping for personal genomic information. 23andMe is an early stage startup developing tools and producing content to help people make sense of their genetic information. Our goal is to take advantage of new genotyping technologies and help consumers explore thei... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=544246 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:32:40 +0100 544246 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=493325&cid=t_187682_135_f&fid=35263&url=http%3A%2F%2Fronhudson.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F03%2Fgay-civil-rights-group-condemns-ann.html The following press release from the Human Rights Campaign details the disgusting public use of the word "faggot" by Conservative Republican pundit Anne Coulter to describe former North Carolina Senator John Edwards. Her remarks are out of place in this day and age and are an insult to former Senator Edwards, to the great State of North Carolina and to all LGBTQ citizens of the United States.I have called Senators Burr and Dole to ask them to publicly condemn Coulter for her remarks. You can find their contact information at the links provided. Please contact both Senators to ask them to demand a public apology for these remarks by their political ally Anne Coulter. ***[HRC]Demands ’08 Republican Candidates, V.P. Publicly Condemn Remarks at Conference They AttendedWASHINGTON – Today, a... 2sides2ron blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=493325 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 23:53:00 +0100 493325