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 'blakemore'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:31:59 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5174621&cid=t_173875_87_f&fid=39261&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvactruth.com%2F2011%2F08%2F27%2Fdr-andrew-wakefield-to-speak-at-national-autistic-association-conference-on-autism-and-false-accusations-of-msbp%2F Dr. Andrew Wakefield The National Autism Association is having Dr Andrew Wakefield speak at their forthcoming conference about his new book which is to be released in the spring. While it is not unusual for the NAA to support Dr Wakefield’s work, I was surprised to learn that his proposed talk will be on the subject of the Autism and Munchausen by Proxy (MSBP). Dr Wakefield writes:   “Hoping for Perpetual Sunshine This presentation is the subject of a new book coming out the spring of 2012.  It deals with the hazards of pursuing a diagnosis of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSBP) in children with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), particularly those with gastrointestinal (GI) disease and/or dysfunction. Specifically, it reviews the symptomatic presentation of GI disorders ... vactruth.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5174621 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 06:11:30 +0100 5174621 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4847960&cid=t_173875_87_f&fid=39261&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvactruth.com%2F2011%2F05%2F19%2Fuk-paediatrician-and-msbp-expert-knew-babies-suffered-breathing-problems-and-died-after-vaccination%2F Over the last two years I have seen two documentaries both entitled ‘A Very Dangerous Doctor’. Both featured the work and research of the now discredited Professor David Southall. It has puzzled me how these documentaries failed to mention the crucial evidence of Lisa Blakemore-Brown and instead both chose to focus their attention on the work and evidence of Munchausen by Proxy campaigner and Southall hater Ms Penny Mellor. Ms Blakemore-Brown began to speak out about this incredibly dangerous man back in 1995/1996 long before Penny Mellor had even been heard of. However, instead of the fame and glory that has been lavished on Ms Mellor, Blakemore-Brown has had to endure many attempts to destroy her career, victimization and ridicule. I believe the key reason behind the attempts... vactruth.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4847960 Thu, 19 May 2011 17:45:11 +0100 4847960 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4719901&cid=t_173875_87_f&fid=39261&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvactruth.com%2F2011%2F04%2F16%2Fuk-nurse-gave-vaccine-to-child-without-consent-to-meet-government-goals%2F A UK nurse has been accused of vaccinating a child with the MMR without his mothers consent to hit vaccine targets. The Daily Mail has reported that a Birmingham mother has made an official complaint stating that a nurse at the ‘Pak Medical Centre’ gave her son the MMR without her permission. Robina Siddique told the newspaper that she firmly believes that nurse Rashiela Parekh vaccinated her three year old son purely to meet vaccination targets. Siddique claims that she took her son to the clinic for the DPT vaccination making it very clear at the time that she did not want her son to have the MMR. This was because she felt that it was unsafe. She told the Mail: “I had refused the MMR for my child because I don’t think there is enough research into the long-term implic... vactruth.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4719901 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 10:38:04 +0100 4719901 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4349517&cid=t_173875_87_f&fid=39261&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvactruth.com%2F2011%2F01%2F14%2Fvaccine-induced-child-abuse-exposed%2F As the Wakefield saga unfolds, we have seen the lengths pharmaceutical industries and governments will go to in a bid to cover up the truth. However, destroying a professionals reputation is not the only tactic employed to cover up vaccine injuries. Blaming parents of child abuse is another tactic being regularly used. Many parents, who believe that they have been falsely accused of child abuse, are convinced that their child has been injured by a routine childhood vaccination. Yet, many in the medical establishment, however, are less convinced. Instead, they push ahead for police and child protection intervention. Sadly this means that many sick and disabled children enter the care system receiving inadequate medical or educational intervention and carry on to deteriorate. // Profession... vactruth.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4349517 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 08:59:37 +0100 4349517 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3420668&cid=t_173875_131_f&fid=34995&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgnxp%2F%7E3%2FSPKY6grDnPM%2F John Hawks has an excellent post rebutting some misinformation and confusion on the part of Colin Blakemore, an Oxford neurobiologist. Blakemore asserts that: * There was a sharp spike in cranial capacity ~200,000 years ago, on the order of 30% * And, that the large brain was not deleterious despite its large caloric footprint (25% of our calories service the brain) because the “environment of early humans was so clement and rich in resources” Hawks refutes the first by simply reposting the chart the above (x axis = years before present, y axis = cranial capacity). It’s rather straightforward, I don’t know the paleoanthropology with any great depth, but the gradual rise in hominin cranial capacity has always been a “mystery” waiting to be solved (see Gro... Gene Expression blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3420668 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:38:08 +0100 3420668 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1303242&cid=t_173875_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F03%2F14%2Ffriday-roundup-for-march-14-2008%2F I spent most of the week and last weekend down in sunny Austin, TX attending SXSW and presenting on the future of healthcare, with a decidedly un-Health 2.0 bent (focusing on traditional EMRs, not the hot and sexy PHRs everyone else is talking about). With e-Patients and Health 2.0 the focus of the rest of the world, SXSW is a fun time to connect with designers, developers and entrepreneurs, and heck, even Mark Zuckerberg (the $1.5 billion 23-year-old CEO of Facebook). No, I didn’t get a chance to “hang out” with Mark, but I did enjoy the entertaining keynote he delivered, although the entertainment was provided more so by the reporter, Sarah Lacy, rather than the straight-faced Zuckerberg (who woodenly sticks to his PR-driven buzzwords and vanilla answers — the guy... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1303242 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:58:47 +0100 1303242 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1300309&cid=t_173875_109_f&fid=34800&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FClinicalPsychologyAndPsychiatryACloserLook%2F%7E3%2F250928274%2Fwould-british-psychological-society.html About a year ago, I wrote a bit about the case of British psychologist Lisa Blakemore Brown. She was being prosecuted by the British Psychological Society (BPS) at the time regarding her alleged lack of fitness to practice psychology due to "paranoia." The best source of info on the topic comes from two spots: Aubrey Blumsohn's collected posts at the Scientific Misconduct Blog and a transcript (at Furious Seasons) of a hearing involving the allegations against Blakemore Brown.It would make sense that a professional society such as the BPS would take action in cases of serious misconduct, such as sexual relations with clients, fraudulent billing practices, or other forms of exploiting one's clientele. It makes much less sense to prosecute an individual on trumped-up charges of mental illnes... Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1300309 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:46:00 +0100 1300309 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1399648&cid=t_173875_150_f&fid=36939&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscientific-misconduct.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fshame-of-british-psychological-society.html A year ago I devoted several postings to the disgraceful and ludicrous abuse of a clinical psychologist, Lisa Blakemore Brown (LBB), by the British Psychological Society (see collated postings including this one). The abuse lasted 10 years, and was apparently motivated by factors other than evidence, logic or concern for patients. It has in my view brought this society into serious disrepute. The treatment of LBB started as an obvious travesty when a commercially funded patient "support" group and the BPS itself appear to have colluded to create a triggering complaint. What followed was a protracted farce. The BPS seems to have realized that its actions would not be hidden, and the farce was terminated this week. It has left LBB financially destitute, with a destroyed career and ill health... Scientific Misconduct Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1399648 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:18:00 +0100 1399648