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 'blogs'. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:56:36 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3370685&cid=t_92171_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FjE-RLxpCRR8%2F These are just a few of the recovery blogs I have found interesting. They are all based on 12 Step Fellowships – alcoholism, addiction, codependency, Adult Children of Alcoholism (ACOA), gambling, sex addiction & etc. A Passion for Jaywalking Alcoholic Diary Another Real Alcoholic Attitude of Gratitude Vajra 12 Steps Calm Acceptance Don’t Drink and Don’t Die I’m F.I.N.E. In Al-anon Jilli Java and the Garden of Eden Karen Velen – Blog Letting Go – Recovery in the Sunlight Buddhism and Recovery Online Recovery Support Sober Nuggets Sobriety is Exhausting What Me! … Sober If you have any more please let me know in the comments section. I’ll include up to 50 here and if there are more I’ll consider another page. Cyber Relationships A reciprocal link to Re... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3370685 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:55:36 +0100 3370685 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3370607&cid=t_92171_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fclarifying-lada-type-1-diabetes-in-adults.html When I met fellow D-writer Catherine Price for coffee recently, I immediately gushed about everything we had in common: two brunette journalist-types living in the SF Bay Area, both diagnosed a few years ago with LADA (or so I thought). Catherine gave me a sideways look, and then began grilling me about the formal definition [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3370607 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:00:36 +0100 3370607 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3370624&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fcancer-news-roundup.html My dear friend Teri, the Cheeky Librarian, and I have often talked about the differences between having a common cancer, as I do, and a rare cancer, as Teri does. I have metastatic breast cancer, and I can't walk down the street without meeting a woman who has had breast cancer. My next-door neighbor is a breast cancer survivor. My aunt had breast cancer 11 years ago and has been cancer-free ever since. And I can't begin to count the number of friends who are either living with breast cancer or are breast cancer survivors. The fact that breast cancer is so common is not something to celebrate, that's not what I'm saying. But there is a lot of support available to women with breast cancer, and there are also many, many treatment options. Because so many wom... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3370624 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:18:41 +0100 3370624 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3370625&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fsupport-this-blog-please.html You may have noticed a "donate" button at the bottom of some posts on my blog. A button that looks like this: The button is there because I have decided to keep The Assertive Cancer Patient ad-free. There are any number of ways to put ads on a blog. It's simple and easy. I tried this for a week or two when I first put my blog up. I used the ad service provided by Typepad, which hosts my blog. But--and this is a huge BUT--most of the ads that popped up on my blog were for Web sites, products, and services that I personally couldn't endorse. And I didn't want them on my blog. An awful lot of them fell into the quacks category. Cancer patients are fairly easy targets for exploitation--because we're sick, because we're afraid, because we'd like a magic cure that came wi... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3370625 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:49:13 +0100 3370625 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3362585&cid=t_92171_155_f&fid=34629&url=http%3A%2F%2Flabsoftnews.typepad.com%2Flab_soft_news%2F2010%2F03%2Fblogging-and-the-dalai-lama-question.html One of my favorite stories, probably apocryphal, is that the Dalai Lama was paying a visit to a large and famous newspaper. He spent the day visiting with the editors and reporters of the newspaper and was shown the huge printing presses churning out the day's edition of the paper. At the end of the day, one of the editors asked him: "Do you have any parting questions.? He replied: "Yes. I have one. Why do you do this?" I call this the "Dalai Lama question" and it represents a question that should be asked more frequently about any project or work that we embark upon.Fast forward to a telephone call that I recently received from a New York Times reporter. We discussed a pathology topic that had appeared in Lab Soft News. Our conversation drifted to a question a... Lab Soft News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3362585 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:07:53 +0100 3362585 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3359237&cid=t_92171_155_f&fid=34629&url=http%3A%2F%2Flabsoftnews.typepad.com%2Flab_soft_news%2F2010%2F03%2Fblogging-and-the-dalai-lama-question.html One of my favorite stories, probably apocryphal, is that the Dalai Lama was paying a visit to a large and famous newspaper. He spent the day visiting with the editors and reporters of the newspaper and was shown the huge printing presses churning out the day's edition of the paper. At the end of the day, one of the editors asked him: "Do you have any parting questions.? He replied: "Yes. I have one. Why do you do this?" I call this the "Dalai Lama question" and it represents a question that should be asked more frequently about any project or work that we embark upon.Fast forward to a telephone call that I recently received from a New York Times reporter. We discussed a pathology topic that had appeared in Lab Soft News. Our conversation drifted to a question a... Lab Soft News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3359237 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:07:53 +0100 3359237 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3354518&cid=t_92171_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fdesign-challenge-a-word-with-our-cde-judge-gary-scheiner.html As you all hopefully know, the 2010 DiabetesMine Design Challenge is ON. We opened for entries last Monday. I’m excited about community voting this year (y’all get to choose the competition finalists). I’m equally delighted to have such a wonderful panel of expert judges whose role will be to determine the winners from your list of [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3354518 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:00:05 +0100 3354518 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350414&cid=t_92171_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbusinessblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D3190 Chatswood Consulting hosts the 100th edition of the Cavalcade of Risk blog carnival. Enjoy! Share (Source: Health Business Blog) Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350414 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:17:27 +0100 3350414 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3346572&cid=t_92171_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbusinessblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D3176 Welcome to Grand Rounds 6:24. Regular readers know I provide a mix of health care wonkery, cheerleading of entrepreneurs, and light-hearted, humorous Grand Rounds. But this week’s batch of submissions is mostly in the pain and suffering category. If you think I’m joking, read on. Pain and suffering Other Things Amanzi is profoundly affected by the death of a kidney transplant patient. The fellow walked into the hospital with the realistic hope of life without dialysis and departed on a cold morgue slate. Can’t win ‘em all, but that’s not much comfort in this case. Dr. J’s HouseCalls was tempted to “employ extreme physical violence” when a minister said at a memorial service that her cousin was going to hell after his suicide. Twenty years lat... Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3346572 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:54 +0100 3346572 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3346490&cid=t_92171_107_f&fid=36584&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.biotech-weblog.com%2F50226711%2Fpublish_your_print_flyers_on_the_biotech_weblog.php Lately, I've been receiving a number of email requesting to plug their products and events on this blog. I would like to take this opportunity to inform our readers about the advertising options available on the Biotech Weblog. For advertisers, you may want to know that the Biotech Weblog is open for sponsorship as well. Consider it akin to having print flyers made and distributed worldwide. You don't even need to think about flyer templates. Talk to our advertising staff about the different options by ... (Source: The Biotech Weblog) The Biotech Weblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3346490 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:37:27 +0100 3346490 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3342665&cid=t_92171_97_f&fid=35606&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theangriestpharmacist.com%2F2010%2F03%2F08%2Fthe-war-continues%2F Which war you ask? Of course, the WAR BETWEEN PHARMACISTS AND CHIROPRACTORS. In honor of my chiropractor, who has been made privy to this site, I’ve made a couple funny t-shirts. We’ve had a few good conversations about beliefs, traditions, and principles of both of our professions. I’ve cited many peer-reviewed research studies. He’s cited a lot of…well…anecdotal evidence… Pharmacist 1,  Chiropractors 0 It could be worst I could be a silly CHIROPRACTOR Love, your local PHARMACIST It’s long been known that there are a few QUACK chiropractors out there, and the vast majority of chiropractors don’t trust pharmaceuticals and ESPECIALLY VACCINES/Antibiotics (other than NSAIDS/Oxicams, COX-2, and a select few other drugs). We might as well... The Angriest Pharmacist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3342665 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:27:58 +0100 3342665 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3335472&cid=t_92171_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbusinessblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D3166 Check out the Health Wonk Review: Kabuki Theater Edition at Wright on Health. Share (Source: Health Business Blog) Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3335472 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:14:18 +0100 3335472 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3335264&cid=t_92171_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F03%2F05%2Fresearch-blogging-awards-2010%2F It is now possible to vote for the winners of the 2010 Research Blogging Awards. Yet another blog contest, I can hear you say. Yes, another blog contest, but a very special one. It is a contest among outstanding bloggers who discuss peer-reviewed research. There are over 1,000 blogs registered at ResearchBlogging.org., responsible for 9,500 posts about peer-reviewed [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3335264 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:27:01 +0100 3335264 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3327028&cid=t_92171_109_f&fid=34752&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPsychsplash%2F%7E3%2Fatluf_Ejd5Q%2F URL: http://www.something-fishy.org/Dedicated to raising awareness and providing support to people with Eating Disorders, and their loved-ones… since 1995. For: AnyoneTopics: Addiction, Eating Disorders, General Psychology, Health Promotion, Health Psychology, Life, LifestyleFeatures: Articles, Case Studies, Collaborative News, Commentary and Blogs, Conferences, Databases, Forums, Glossary, Information, Interviews, Links, Research, Therapist Directory, e-learning Dedicated to raising awareness and providing support to people with Eating Disorders, and their loved-ones… since 1995.  A pro-recovery site with help for those who suffer from Eating Disorders, with treatment centers, treatment locators, and support from those who have been there already, and are going through it... PsychSplash blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3327028 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:00:33 +0100 3327028 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3322500&cid=t_92171_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbusinessblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D3153 Check out the latest edition of Grand Rounds at Doctor Anonymous. The next edition will be hosted here at the Health Business Blog. Please email your submissions by Sunday, March 7. Share (Source: Health Business Blog) Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3322500 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:41:20 +0100 3322500 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3322569&cid=t_92171_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F03%2F2010-design-challenge-get-your-posters-here.html More on the 2010 DiabetesMine Design Challenge today —in part because I can’t think about much else this week I almost forgot to mention the beautiful and very official contest fliers/posters we’ve prepared. They’re available for downloading and distributing in PDF format here, as you like. For interested universities and other organizations – we can [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3322569 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:00:05 +0100 3322569 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3322501&cid=t_92171_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbusinessblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D3148 The Health Business Blog turns five years old today. Continuing a tradition I established with birthdays one, two, three, and four, I have picked out a favorite post from each month. Thanks for continuing to read the blog! March 2009: Podcast interview with Per Lofberg, chairman and CEO of Generation Health Per Lofberg, former CEO of Pharmaceutical Benefits Manager, Medco, explains why he’s started a company to help payers and employers optimize the use of genetic testing. Several months later, CVS Caremark invested in Generation Health and named Lofberg president of its PBM business. April 2009: There goes the bride Immigration of skilled workers is a key driver of US health care and the overall economy. Anti-immigrant sentiment and legislation has made it more difficult for immigra... Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3322501 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:19:39 +0100 3322501 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3318488&cid=t_92171_114_f&fid=34646&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthCareBlogLaw%2F%7E3%2Fai5G6U5moMY%2Fhitech-law-blog.html A warm welcome to fellow AHLA member and health law blogger, Kathie McDonald-McClure.I just ran across her blog, HITECH Law Blog. She focuses the blog on health information technology, privacy and security and the blog was named after the HITECH Act. Looks like a great addition to the health law blogosphere.Ms. McDonald-McClure is a member of the Health Care Services Team at Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, LLP in Louisville, KY. (Source: Health Care Law Blog) Health Care Law Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3318488 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:44:42 +0100 3318488 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3318604&cid=t_92171_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fannouncing-the-2010-diabetesmine-design-challenge-open-for-entries-now.html After months of preparation, today I am indescribably excited and proud to kick off the 2010 DiabetesMine™ Design Challenge, an online competition to encourage creative new tools for improving life with diabetes! You know the drill: Do you have an idea for an innovative new diabetes device or web application? This is your chance to win [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3318604 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:00:24 +0100 3318604 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3314697&cid=t_92171_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2FXAvxN2PedwU%2F The EMR blogging world is pretty small. There really aren’t that many of us that write about EMR. There are quite a few blogs that will occasionally write about EMR, but very few that give really good practical advice on EMR implementations. Well, today I was happy to notice that EMR and HIPAA was listed first on a search for EMR Blogs, and as I looked through the list I saw a lot of really great blogs that I enjoy. One of my favorites from all the way back when I first started blogging as an EMR blog by Dr. Griever. Michelle, or Dr. Griever if you prefer, was amazingly detailed in her analysis of what she experienced during an EMR implementation. Her initial blogs were a really strong influence on my EMR blogging. I just hoped that I could offer the same sort of detailed analysis an... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3314697 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:10:01 +0100 3314697 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3314685&cid=t_92171_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2FmNaHFiZ70WQ%2F My turn to delve into the delights of world of blogs. As part of my continuing attempt to be awesomely Cool for Cats ™ I intend to make little Tweet like comments describing the minutiae of my life as I compile That Was The Week That Was This Week In Mentalists. (TWTWTWTWIM). I am listening to Hazey Jane II by Nick Drake. This song contains the lyrics; And what will happen in the morning when the world it gets so crowded that you can’t look out the window in the morning? Answers at the bottom please. Right now to the Blogs of Wrath! Ho! Because cellar_door will not blow her own trumpet over here please can everyone go round and congratulate her on  happy dance inducing event. To help drive more traffic people to Mo’s site I hereby link to his latest rambling pos... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3314685 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:51:29 +0100 3314685 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3311877&cid=t_92171_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fjdrfs-new-adults-with-type-1-toolkit-a-good-start.html One of the common criticisms of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation is its overwhelming emphasis on children and parents of children with diabetes — with little to no recognition that kids with diabetes, well… grow up. Or that ever-growing numbers of us are being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes as adults. God knows I’ve been [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3311877 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:00:58 +0100 3311877 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3306961&cid=t_92171_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbusinessblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D3107 Welcome to the February 24, 2010 edition of the Cavalcade of Risk. Sex and swearing Having sex can boost your immune system, reports InsureBlog. Now that people know how good it is for them perhaps they’ll indulge more often. Swearing and punching walls don’t sound like the kind of activities Starbucks should have to put up with from their patrons. But when the customer is a regular who suffers from Tourette’s Syndrome, things aren’t quite so straightforward. Workers Comp Insider explains. Health insurance It would be nice if cost control were as simple as bullying health insurers to restrain rate increases. Disease Management Care Blog demonstrates the futility of that approach. Chatswood worries that state-sponsored health insurance would gravitate toward the ... Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3306961 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:30:51 +0100 3306961 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3302432&cid=t_92171_115_f&fid=34678&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FScanMansNotes%2F%7E3%2F-u3o8Qwxh7U%2F … Just to note the passing of four years of existence of this blog … I really ought to put more effort into keeping this lively following the example of friends who have recently seen the light and friends who have been leading lights in the medical blogging world … (Source: scan man's notes) scan man's notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3302432 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:22:27 +0100 3302432 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298285&cid=t_92171_87_f&fid=36088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ourbodiesourblog.org%2Fblog%2F2010%2F02%2Fpanel-de-la-fda-recomienda-vacuna-contra-el-cancer-cervicouterino-joven-de-florida-se-opone-a-gardasil-como-via-a-la-ciudadania Publicado por Christine / del orginial en inglés Sept 15, 2009: OBOS is committed to expanding our audience and in this spirit we’ve asked former board member Moises Russo to translate into Spanish several of our blog entries. We hope to translate more entries in the coming year. Una segunda vacuna diseñada para proteger contra el cáncer cervicouterino estará disponible pronto en Estados Unidos. La semana pasada, un panel de la de Food and Drug Administración (FDA) dio su aprobación a la vacuna Cervarix de GlaxoSmithKline PLC*, esencialmente recomendando que la FDA apruebe la vacuna para el uso en mujeres de 10 a 25 años de edad. La recomendación no es obligatoria; la FDA puede rechazar la decisión, pero ésta generalmente acepta la opinión de paneles externos de expertos. La ... Our Bodies Our Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298285 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:15:10 +0100 3298285 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3363695&cid=t_92171_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F7061918%2F16es66%2Fneuromarketing%7ENeuromarketing-From-Soup-to-Nuts.htm I’ve been chronicling the nascent neuromarketing industry since 2006, and I don’t think I’ve seen a story to date which captured social media attention to the degree that the recent Campbell Soup neuromarketing story did. The original story in the Wall Street Journal fueled a mini-boom of Twitter and blogging activity. Why? [...] CommentsGreat round up! I'm honored that you called my piece, “a ... by Verilliance (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3363695 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:05:55 +0100 3363695 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3362431&cid=t_92171_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F7061918%2F16auif%2Fneuromarketing%7ENeuromarketing-From-Soup-to-Nuts.htm I’ve been chronicling the nascent neuromarketing industry since 2006, and I don’t think I’ve seen a story to date which captured social media attention to the degree that the recent Campbell Soup neuromarketing story did. The original story in the Wall Street Journal fueled a mini-boom of Twitter and blogging activity. Why? [...] CommentsGreat round up! I'm honored that you called my piece, “a ... by Verilliance (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3362431 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:05:55 +0100 3362431 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3359059&cid=t_92171_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F7061918%2F166rl5%2Fneuromarketing%7ENeuromarketing-From-Soup-to-Nuts.htm I’ve been chronicling the nascent neuromarketing industry since 2006, and I don’t think I’ve seen a story to date which captured social media attention to the degree that the recent Campbell Soup neuromarketing story did. The original story in the Wall Street Journal fueled a mini-boom of Twitter and blogging activity. Why? [...] CommentsGreat round up! I'm honored that you called my piece, “a ... by Verilliance (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3359059 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:05:55 +0100 3359059 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3354387&cid=t_92171_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F7061918%2F162psu%2Fneuromarketing%7ENeuromarketing-From-Soup-to-Nuts.htm I’ve been chronicling the nascent neuromarketing industry since 2006, and I don’t think I’ve seen a story to date which captured social media attention to the degree that the recent Campbell Soup neuromarketing story did. The original story in the Wall Street Journal fueled a mini-boom of Twitter and blogging activity. Why? [...] CommentsGreat round up! I'm honored that you called my piece, “a ... by Verilliance (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3354387 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:05:55 +0100 3354387 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350344&cid=t_92171_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F7061918%2F15y82y%2Fneuromarketing%7ENeuromarketing-From-Soup-to-Nuts.htm I’ve been chronicling the nascent neuromarketing industry since 2006, and I don’t think I’ve seen a story to date which captured social media attention to the degree that the recent Campbell Soup neuromarketing story did. The original story in the Wall Street Journal fueled a mini-boom of Twitter and blogging activity. Why? [...] CommentsGreat round up! I'm honored that you called my piece, “a ... by Verilliance (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350344 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:05:55 +0100 3350344 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3346510&cid=t_92171_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F7061918%2F15tq3s%2Fneuromarketing%7ENeuromarketing-From-Soup-to-Nuts.htm I’ve been chronicling the nascent neuromarketing industry since 2006, and I don’t think I’ve seen a story to date which captured social media attention to the degree that the recent Campbell Soup neuromarketing story did. The original story in the Wall Street Journal fueled a mini-boom of Twitter and blogging activity. Why? [...] CommentsGreat round up! I'm honored that you called my piece, “a ... by Verilliance (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3346510 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:05:55 +0100 3346510 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3342711&cid=t_92171_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F7061918%2F15pfnw%2Fneuromarketing%7ENeuromarketing-From-Soup-to-Nuts.htm I’ve been chronicling the nascent neuromarketing industry since 2006, and I don’t think I’ve seen a story to date which captured social media attention to the degree that the recent Campbell Soup neuromarketing story did. The original story in the Wall Street Journal fueled a mini-boom of Twitter and blogging activity. Why? [...] CommentsGreat round up! I'm honored that you called my piece, “a ... by Verilliance (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3342711 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:05:55 +0100 3342711 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3339676&cid=t_92171_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F7061918%2F15kohl%2Fneuromarketing%7ENeuromarketing-From-Soup-to-Nuts.htm I’ve been chronicling the nascent neuromarketing industry since 2006, and I don’t think I’ve seen a story to date which captured social media attention to the degree that the recent Campbell Soup neuromarketing story did. The original story in the Wall Street Journal fueled a mini-boom of Twitter and blogging activity. Why? [...] CommentsGreat round up! I'm honored that you called my piece, “a ... by Verilliance (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3339676 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:05:55 +0100 3339676 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3338259&cid=t_92171_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F7061918%2F15gxwh%2Fneuromarketing%7ENeuromarketing-From-Soup-to-Nuts.htm I’ve been chronicling the nascent neuromarketing industry since 2006, and I don’t think I’ve seen a story to date which captured social media attention to the degree that the recent Campbell Soup neuromarketing story did. The original story in the Wall Street Journal fueled a mini-boom of Twitter and blogging activity. Why? [...] CommentsGreat round up! I'm honored that you called my piece, “a ... by Verilliance (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3338259 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:05:55 +0100 3338259 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3335400&cid=t_92171_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F7061918%2F15d2nr%2Fneuromarketing%7ENeuromarketing-From-Soup-to-Nuts.htm I’ve been chronicling the nascent neuromarketing industry since 2006, and I don’t think I’ve seen a story to date which captured social media attention to the degree that the recent Campbell Soup neuromarketing story did. The original story in the Wall Street Journal fueled a mini-boom of Twitter and blogging activity. Why? [...] CommentsGreat round up! I'm honored that you called my piece, “a ... by Verilliance (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3335400 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:05:55 +0100 3335400 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3331360&cid=t_92171_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F7061918%2F1591ot%2Fneuromarketing%7ENeuromarketing-From-Soup-to-Nuts.htm I’ve been chronicling the nascent neuromarketing industry since 2006, and I don’t think I’ve seen a story to date which captured social media attention to the degree that the recent Campbell Soup neuromarketing story did. The original story in the Wall Street Journal fueled a mini-boom of Twitter and blogging activity. Why? [...] CommentsGreat round up! I'm honored that you called my piece, “a ... by Verilliance (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3331360 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:05:55 +0100 3331360 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3327036&cid=t_92171_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F7061918%2F1546op%2Fneuromarketing%7ENeuromarketing-From-Soup-to-Nuts.htm I’ve been chronicling the nascent neuromarketing industry since 2006, and I don’t think I’ve seen a story to date which captured social media attention to the degree that the recent Campbell Soup neuromarketing story did. The original story in the Wall Street Journal fueled a mini-boom of Twitter and blogging activity. Why? [...] CommentsGreat round up! I'm honored that you called my piece, “a ... by Verilliance (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3327036 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:05:55 +0100 3327036 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3322419&cid=t_92171_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F7061918%2F14zzv0%2Fneuromarketing%7ENeuromarketing-From-Soup-to-Nuts.htm I’ve been chronicling the nascent neuromarketing industry since 2006, and I don’t think I’ve seen a story to date which captured social media attention to the degree that the recent Campbell Soup neuromarketing story did. The original story in the Wall Street Journal fueled a mini-boom of Twitter and blogging activity. Why? [...] CommentsGreat round up! I'm honored that you called my piece, “a ... by Verilliance (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3322419 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:05:55 +0100 3322419 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3318441&cid=t_92171_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F7061918%2F14vm3y%2Fneuromarketing%7ENeuromarketing-From-Soup-to-Nuts.htm I’ve been chronicling the nascent neuromarketing industry since 2006, and I don’t think I’ve seen a story to date which captured social media attention to the degree that the recent Campbell Soup neuromarketing story did. The original story in the Wall Street Journal fueled a mini-boom of Twitter and blogging activity. Why? [...] CommentsGreat round up! I'm honored that you called my piece, “a ... by Verilliance (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3318441 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:05:55 +0100 3318441 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3316128&cid=t_92171_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F7061918%2F14rbvh%2Fneuromarketing%7ENeuromarketing-From-Soup-to-Nuts.htm I’ve been chronicling the nascent neuromarketing industry since 2006, and I don’t think I’ve seen a story to date which captured social media attention to the degree that the recent Campbell Soup neuromarketing story did. The original story in the Wall Street Journal fueled a mini-boom of Twitter and blogging activity. Why? [...] CommentsGreat round up! I'm honored that you called my piece, “a ... by Verilliance (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3316128 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:05:55 +0100 3316128 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3314660&cid=t_92171_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F7061918%2F14nib1%2Fneuromarketing%7ENeuromarketing-From-Soup-to-Nuts.htm I’ve been chronicling the nascent neuromarketing industry since 2006, and I don’t think I’ve seen a story to date which captured social media attention to the degree that the recent Campbell Soup neuromarketing story did. The original story in the Wall Street Journal fueled a mini-boom of Twitter and blogging activity. Why? [...] CommentsGreat round up! I'm honored that you called my piece, “a ... by Verilliance (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3314660 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:05:55 +0100 3314660 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3311751&cid=t_92171_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F7061918%2F14jfzm%2Fneuromarketing%7ENeuromarketing-From-Soup-to-Nuts.htm I’ve been chronicling the nascent neuromarketing industry since 2006, and I don’t think I’ve seen a story to date which captured social media attention to the degree that the recent Campbell Soup neuromarketing story did. The original story in the Wall Street Journal fueled a mini-boom of Twitter and blogging activity. Why? [...] CommentsGreat round up! I'm honored that you called my piece, “a ... by Verilliance (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3311751 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:05:55 +0100 3311751 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3306900&cid=t_92171_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F7061918%2F14f8n6%2Fneuromarketing%7ENeuromarketing-From-Soup-to-Nuts.htm I’ve been chronicling the nascent neuromarketing industry since 2006, and I don’t think I’ve seen a story to date which captured social media attention to the degree that the recent Campbell Soup neuromarketing story did. The original story in the Wall Street Journal fueled a mini-boom of Twitter and blogging activity. Why? [...] CommentsGreat round up! I'm honored that you called my piece, “a ... by Verilliance (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3306900 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:05:55 +0100 3306900 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3302373&cid=t_92171_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F7061918%2F14b5j4%2Fneuromarketing%7ENeuromarketing-From-Soup-to-Nuts.htm I’ve been chronicling the nascent neuromarketing industry since 2006, and I don’t think I’ve seen a story to date which captured social media attention to the degree that the recent Campbell Soup neuromarketing story did. The original story in the Wall Street Journal fueled a mini-boom of Twitter and blogging activity. Why? [...] CommentsGreat round up! I'm honored that you called my piece, “a ... by Verilliance (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3302373 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:05:55 +0100 3302373 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298380&cid=t_92171_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F7061918%2F146zs7%2Fneuromarketing%7ENeuromarketing-From-Soup-to-Nuts.htm I’ve been chronicling the nascent neuromarketing industry since 2006, and I don’t think I’ve seen a story to date which captured social media attention to the degree that the recent Campbell Soup neuromarketing story did. The original story in the Wall Street Journal fueled a mini-boom of Twitter and blogging activity. Why? [...] CommentsComments (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298380 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:05:55 +0100 3298380 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3294765&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fsupport-this-blog-please-1.html You may have noticed a "donate" button at the bottom of some posts on my blog. A button that looks like this: The button is there because I have decided to keep The Assertive Cancer Patient ad-free. There are any number of ways to put ads on a blog. It's simple and easy. I tried this for a week or two when I first put my blog up. I used the ad service provided by Typepad, which hosts my blog. But--and this is a huge BUT--most of the ads that popped up on my blog were for Web sites, products, and services that I personally couldn't endorse. And I didn't want them on my blog. An awful lot of them fell into the quacks category. Cancer patients are fairly easy targets for exploitation--because we're sick, because we're afraid, because we&#3... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3294765 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:43:57 +0100 3294765 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3294770&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=36162&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myelomablog.com%2F2010%2F02%2F22%2Fmyeloma-planet-the-list-of-every-myeloma-blog-in-the-world%2F There’s a new list of myeloma blogs, which will make it easier to keep up on your favorite patient and caregiver blogs. It’s not really every myeloma blog in the world, but I’m trying. If you want your blog to appear on the list, get in touch with me. Please know that  I can only add blogs that have an RSS feed and are written by patients or their caregivers. Visit the planet » Myeloma blogs Possibly Related Posts: Latest electrophoresis, proteins and free light chains My two m-spikes Dr. Brian Durie to host a teleconference International Myeloma Foundation’s 3rd Annual Comedy Celebration for the Peter Boyle Memorial Fund Message from Pat & Pattie Killingsworth (Source: beth's myeloma blog) beth's myeloma blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3294770 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:34:55 +0100 3294770 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3291932&cid=t_92171_125_f&fid=38161&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dentalheroes.com%2Fdental-blogs-week-in-review-february-15-19-2009%2F Top Stories of the Week 1) Best Practices for Dental Patient Records Barry F. Levin, Esq. and Philip M. Bogart, Esq. discuss the importance of everything from correcting mistakes to documenting refusal of treatment in dental patient records… 2) Grow Your Dental Practice Jay Grier discusses three ways to start doubling your growth right now even if you hit a plateau… 3) Bad Reviews…What Can I do? Jason T. Lipscomb discusses a number of good methods for dealing with negative reviews online. Every dentist NEEDS to know this information… 4) Sheep Herding? Dental practice management expert, Linda Zdanowicz, describes the management phenomenon she calls “sheep herding” and how you will have to “ride herd” over many employees for a period of time &#8230... Dental Heroes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3291932 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:53:52 +0100 3291932 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3283535&cid=t_92171_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D2764 I had never intended to write about climate. It is too far from the things I know about. But recent events have unleashed a Palin-esque torrent of comments from people who clearly know even less about it than I do. In any case, it provides a good context to think about trust in science, Earthrise from moon. (click to enlarge) My interest in it, apart from little matters like the future of the planet, lies in the reputation of science and scientists. I have been going on for years now about the lack of trust in science, and the extent to which it is a self-inflicted problem. The latest reactions to the developments at the University of East Anglia and the IPCC may show the nature of the problem with dreadful clarity, Many of us came into science because, apart from the sheer be... DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3283535 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:09:04 +0100 3283535 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3280148&cid=t_92171_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fcalling-all-grassroots-diabetes-advocates-unite-to-get-noticed.html If you run a diabetes blog, web site, or small organization doing some kind of diabetes advocacy work, you will want to know about this: a new ‘Diabetes Advocates Program’ that can help you and your work get noticed. Basically, TuDiabetes founder Manny Hernandez and David Edelman of DiabetesDaily put on their thinking caps after last [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3280148 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:00:11 +0100 3280148 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3276035&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fpostcard-from-julie-iii.html  Photo: @ Julie Mason 2010.  (Source: The Assertive Cancer Patient) The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3276035 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:50:10 +0100 3276035 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3276036&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fpostcard-from-julie-ii.html  Photo: @ Julie Mason 2010.  (Source: The Assertive Cancer Patient) The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3276036 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:47:55 +0100 3276036 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3276037&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fpostcard-from-julie-i.html  My friend Julie, a Canadian woman who is living with metastatic ovarian cancer, told me last week that she's been doing some photography and wants to do more. I, of course, asked to see photos, and she sent me three. She gave me permission to post them to my blog, which I'm doing now. I may ask Julie to provide captions, because I have no idea where or when these photos were taken ... but then again, maybe I don't want captions.I think the images stand alone. No words needed. Thanks, Julie. Photo: @ Julie Mason 2010.  (Source: The Assertive Cancer Patient) The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3276037 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:45:49 +0100 3276037 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3276038&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fcatching-up-petct-crazy-lymph-node-chest-pain.html  I am still behind on all fronts in my life, so this is going to be a quick post, and I'll try to fill in the gaps over the next few days. Valentine's Day was wonderful. Both boys were here, and both took part and helped, which was really important for me because I had hardly slept at all the night before because I needed to take some decadron--more on that later--which kept me awake the whole dang night. We had a retirement brunch for a good friend, and Laurie was here as well. I made quiche--spinach, mushrooms, onion, parmesan cheese, and then milk and eggs. Well, a bit of half and half and butter in there as well, so it was pretty rich, but we balanced that out with a big fruit salad, and Laurie made espresso drinks for whoever wanted them. Doctor&#... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3276038 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:38:04 +0100 3276038 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3269850&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fbuy-a-raffle-ticket.html  This was one of those friend-of-a-friend things ... I find I meet a lot of interesting people that way. So, I met Collin when she popped up on this blog shortly before her double mastectomy. She told me about her family, which includes three darling children from three different countries. Her youngest child is a little girl born in China. Then Collin introduced me to Jen, who has two daughters from China and who is trying to raise money to pay off some of the adoption expenses for the younger girl. I had already made a ladybug bracelet for Collin's 4-year-old, because I like ladybugs and I use them fairly often in jewelry for little girls.   What I didn't know, until Collin told me, is that ladybugs are considered lucky in China, and many of the pare... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3269850 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:30:34 +0100 3269850 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3267162&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fa-gift-for-julie-flowers-and-puppy-dogs-.html  I made this bracelet as a gift for Julie, who has been having a tough time lately. She's a dog lover, so I used some very special bakelite buttons in the shape of little Scottie dogs. It goes in the mail tomorrow, and I think she's going to love it. To read more about the bracelet: A Gift for Julie Read more about Julie: Helping Julie Photo: @ Monica Strasen 2010. Design and text: @ Jeanne Sather 2010.  (Source: The Assertive Cancer Patient) The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3267162 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:52:32 +0100 3267162 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3267164&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fa-topic-for-discussion-cancer-and-work.html  I put out a call (see: Open Forum: Who Wants to Talk About What?) asking for readers to send in their topic ideas for discussion and I received immediate replies from a couple of friends.The first was Julie, who is living with metastatic ovarian cancer. For more on Julie, see: Helping Julie: My Long Answer She wrote: For a long time I've been able to work almost full time, look after grandkids, and live pretty much a normal life in spite of progressing disease and treatment. But recent treatments have left me pretty weakened and not able to live the kind of life I'm used to.  I'm finding it hard to find an identity outside of being someone with cancer. Jeanne and I have chatted about this and she's made some good suggestions,... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3267164 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:28:58 +0100 3267164 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3262841&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fopen-forum-who-wants-to-talk-about-what.html  After not being able to blog for two days, I have an incredible backlog of posts ... but at the same time, life moves on and there are more things happening that I want to write about. So I may have to abandon the backlog and just go on from here. Thanks to those of you who wrote and said you missed me, or wrote and asked if I was OK. I was fine, I just couldn't get on my blog because I don't, at the moment, have a valid credit card to my name. (No worries, the new card is coming in the mail--a week or 10 days from now.)It does seem to be true, however, that those of us who do not possess working plastic are seen as a lower life form ... glub!So, let's throw open the floor. Who wants to talk, and what do you want to talk about? Post comments below, please, an... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3262841 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:02:10 +0100 3262841 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3262745&cid=t_92171_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbusinessblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D3084 The Cavalcade of Risk blog carnival is up at Healthcare Manumission. The next edition will be hosted right here at the Health Business Blog. Use the Blog Carnival Submission form if you’d like to be included. Share (Source: Health Business Blog) Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3262745 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:55:16 +0100 3262745 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3262844&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2010%2F02%2Flocked-out-of-my-own-blog.html Well, this was really fun. I was locked out of my own blog by Typepad, because the credit card that automatically paid the $15 monthly fee was overdrawn.Now, I knew I had overdrawn the account, and I was working on shifting money around from Bank A to banks B and C, but I didn't do it fast enough. When I got the notice that my credit card was declined, and Typepad wanted a new credit card, pronto, I didn't have one. I just opened a new account at Wells Fargo two days ago, but they didn't give me my new debit card on the spot, as other banks do. It is coming in the mail, and I won't have it for a week or 10 days. I opened a "ticket" with Typepad to ask if I could have the bill paid directly from my bank account, but the answer was no. Also can&#39... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3262844 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:21:35 +0100 3262844 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3258963&cid=t_92171_87_f&fid=36088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ourbodiesourblog.org%2Fblog%2F2010%2F02%2Fel-centro-para-el-control-y-la-prevencion-de-enfermedades-ccpe-revoca-oficialmente-el-requisito-de-la-vacuna-contra-el-virus-del-papiloma-humano-vph-para-mujeres-inmigrantes Publicado por Rachel / En Inglés OBOS is committed to expanding our audience and in this spirit we’ve asked former board member Moises Russo to translate into Spanish several of our blog entries. We hope to translate more entries in the coming year. En noviembre, el CCPE hizo público criterios revisados sobre vacunas para inmigración estadounidense que revocará el requisito  que exige que aquellas  mujeres inmigrantes que soliciten residencia permanente o entrada en los EE.UU. deban ser inmunizadas contra el VPH. Los criterios nuevos requieren que cualquier vacuna requerida sea apropiada y acorde  a la edad de la solicitante. Dichas vacunas  deben de proteger contra cualquier enfermedad que tenga el potencial de causar un brote o salvaguardar contra aquella enfermedad que haya si... Our Bodies Our Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3258963 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:11:29 +0100 3258963 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3259294&cid=t_92171_155_f&fid=34629&url=http%3A%2F%2Flabsoftnews.typepad.com%2Flab_soft_news%2F2010%2F02%2Fththe-use-of-irony-in-appealing-to-young-male-adults-for-std-testing.html It can be a challenge to reach young adults with public health messages, particularly adult males (see: The Mind of the Young Adult Male and On-Line Health Education; More on Reaching Young Males with Public Health Education Messages). Hold that thought while I briefly discuss web-based direct access testing (DAT). These are web sites that enable the ordering of lab tests at a reasonable price, paid for with a credit card, and without the intermediation of a physician. Some state laws prohibit this practice. A niche market of direct access testing are those web sites that offer only lab tests to diagnose sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).I blogged about this topic in November three years ago (see: Direct Access Testing for STDs). Michelle Sobel of Analyte Media is an expert at cra... Lab Soft News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3259294 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:14:34 +0100 3259294 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3259206&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fhello-again-blogland.html Almost two years ago now. One more week and my baby is two! Where does the time go? This week is a busy one - always is. Following true to my upbringing, I am the head chef for a major charity event at our church that takes place every year on Valentine's Day. This year, it is a Southwestern themed 5-course dinner followed by a screening of High Noon, the award winning marriage-friendly Western starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. This week is chock full of cooking, prepping, baking, organizing, and trying to keep up with the bare essentials of school, homeschool teaching, housework, and the marriage remake we are in the midst of.I had my 6-week check with my cancer doctor yesterday. Bad news all around. My replacement hormone levels still aren't in the "suppression" range, which means th... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3259206 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:24:00 +0100 3259206 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3254644&cid=t_92171_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fweight-diet-and-writing-things-down-is-this-what-you-call-health-2-0.html There is a VERY interesting discussion going on over at the e-Patients.net blog about what the heck “Health 2.0″ actually means, and whether it can really help people. I’ve spoken and written a lot on Health 2.0 myself, and when people ask me what the term means, I usually give them this simple two-part explanation: 1) Health [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3254644 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:00:22 +0100 3254644 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3251219&cid=t_92171_99_f&fid=35344&url=http%3A%2F%2Fzackarysholemberger.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fbooks-and-baltimore-all-beautifully.html by the Baltimore Bibliophile. (Source: Zackary Sholem Berger) Zackary Sholem Berger blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3251219 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:59:00 +0100 3251219 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3247043&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fwhat-are-friends-for.html  What are friends for?Well, I think we all need a good friend--or two or three--who can make us laugh when we need a good laugh. And a really good friend can make us laugh at ourselves. The other day when I put up my post The Fat Cancer Patient, I was in a pretty bad mood about having gained eight pounds in as many weeks, as a result of taking steroids and also not being able to exercise. My friend Julie--who's been facing some tough times of her own lately--was the first reader to respond. Here's what she said, under the title "Not over till the fat lady sings":Dearest Jeanne--Just read your fat cancer patient post and laughed out loud for the first time in weeks--not at you, but with you. We women are really something. We endure hours of hu... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3247043 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:30:26 +0100 3247043 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3246975&cid=t_92171_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbusinessblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D3073 Joe Paduda has posted a thoughtful, informative Health Wonk Review at Managed Care Matters. Share (Source: Health Business Blog) Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3246975 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:11:40 +0100 3246975 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3239843&cid=t_92171_155_f&fid=34629&url=http%3A%2F%2Flabsoftnews.typepad.com%2Flab_soft_news%2F2010%2F02%2Flab-soft-news-named-one-of-fifty-top-healthcare-it-blogs.html I recently received an email from James J Atkinson, The Health Sensei, telling me that he has chosen Lab Soft News as one of the top fifty healthcare IT blogs (see: Top 50 Healthcare IT Blogs). The picks are categorized (e.g., CIO and IT Technician Blogs, HIT News & Opinion Blogs, etc.) rather than displayed in rank order. Lab Soft News falls into the second bucket. The recognition is well appreciated but check out the others -- it's a great list. Take some time to savor them and bookmark the page for later reference. (Source: Lab Soft News) Lab Soft News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3239843 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:05:54 +0100 3239843 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3235899&cid=t_92171_109_f&fid=34752&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPsychsplash%2F%7E3%2FVBkTthmLn5g%2F URL: http://www.wadv.org/wadv1.htmWomen Against Domestic Violence (WADV) is an online organization that seeks to provide support and information to any adult or child who is or has been the victim of domestic abuse. For: ConsumersTopics: Abnormal, Attachment, Behaviour Management, Depression, Emotional Health, Family Therapy, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Parenting, Self-harm and suicide, Self-help, Sexual Assault, StressFeatures: Articles, Case Studies, Commentary and Blogs, Information, Links, Resources, e-learning Women Against Domestic Violence (WADV) is an online organization that seeks to provide support and information to any adult or child who is or has been the victim of domestic abuse. We are a group of women from all over the world who have come together to put an en... PsychSplash blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3235899 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:00:25 +0100 3235899 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3236043&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fhelping-julie-my-long-answer.html  My friend Julie e-mailed me on Thursday and asked for my help. The subject line on the e-mail kinda said it all. She wrote: "How do you do it?"I've been thinking about Julie's question almost continuously since Thursday. I've written a couple of short posts that, I hope, each contains at least part of my answer, and Julie and I have e-mailed back and forth several times as well. So I know what she wants to know. And I hope I can explain myself in a way that will be helpful to her. Not Just the Good TimesWhen I started writing this blog back in 2006, I made a promise to myself that the blog would be as honest as I could make it. I had no desire to become another one of those "inspirational" cancer patients--the ones who never complain... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3236043 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:25:47 +0100 3236043 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3231820&cid=t_92171_155_f&fid=34629&url=http%3A%2F%2Flabsoftnews.typepad.com%2Flab_soft_news%2F2010%2F02%2Fthhealth-education-of-young-males.html In a recent note, I commented on the television viewing habits of young adult males and suggested some ways in which public health messages could be developed in order to reach them more effectively (see: “The Mind of the Young Adult Male and On-Line Health Education) A reader of this blog, Ajit Ailes, responded with the following comment: These males are also in the earliest stages of accepting mortality. If we look at Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's staging of the acceptance of dying in terminal patients, these young men are in the stage of denial. They are generally healthy and feel immortal. So why would they worry about health care? Maybe the serious issues of the day could be woven into a video game or cartoon as part of the plot rather than as a separate program. A good example o... Lab Soft News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3231820 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:25:18 +0100 3231820 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3231653&cid=t_92171_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbusinessblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D3059 The latest edition of Grand Rounds (How Much Grand Could a Grand Rounds Grind?) is posted at Musings of a Distractible Mind. Share (Source: Health Business Blog) Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3231653 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:06:28 +0100 3231653 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3231811&cid=t_92171_151_f&fid=36896&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSuboxoneTalkZone%2F%7E3%2FHpCUpOKhqP0%2F I will share some thoughts that I left at a discussion at a ‘linked in’ group about addiction.  I was responding to someone who was equating addiction and physical dependence in a baby born to an opiate-addicted mother.  My feeling is that such women are given way too much of an attitude by the nurses and others who care for them, and that was the motivation behind my response.  Read on: There are many differences between physiological dependence and addiction to substances. For example, people who take effexor are dependent– and will have significant discontinuation-emergent side effects– but they are not ‘addicted’, which consists of a mental obsession for a substance. The same is true of beta-blockes, in that discontinuation results in rebound hypertension... Suboxone Talk Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3231811 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:42:36 +0100 3231811 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3228030&cid=t_92171_155_f&fid=34629&url=http%3A%2F%2Flabsoftnews.typepad.com%2Flab_soft_news%2F2010%2F02%2Ffurther-consideration-of-the-definition-of-personalized-medicine.html I have been grappling for many months with an acceptable new definition for personalized medicine and recently raised this topic again in a note (see: Term "Personalized Medicine" More About Business than Healthcare Delivery). Dr. Brian Jackson of ARUP Laboratories frequently comments on my notes and provides remarkable new insights. His most recent comment is no exception. I reproduce it below in its entirety:I think you're being too narrow when you define personalized medicine as targeted therapy. Though you're much more on the right track than the vast majority of biomedical folks who think it means simply performing whole genome analyses on everyone. Given that we're pathologists, how about we define personalized medicine in terms of the information integration ne... Lab Soft News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3228030 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:43:08 +0100 3228030 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3227961&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fhelping-julie-a-trip-to-hawaii.html  I've been thinking about my friend Julie these past few days, wondering what I can do that would help her get through this tough patch, and I thought she might like to go to Hawaii with my friend Monica and me. We have a trip planned for the end of February (See: Hawaii Bound), so I e-mailed Julie to see if she would like to join us. We are going for 10 days, but she could go for a shorter time if she wanted. And we have an inexpensive place to stay and the rental car is already taken care of ... Unfortunately, she can't. Here is her reply:  Jeanne--what a lovely and tempting invitation. I'm so sorry I can't do it. I have monthly chemo for the next tree months, including February 23, and it simply wipes me out. Today I just lurched from ... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3227961 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:08:21 +0100 3227961 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3224981&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fhelping-julie-my-short-answer.html When I received Julie's e-mail the other day, I wrote right back and gave her my first reactions to her question.  This is from that e-mail: I am very sorry to hear this. I don't think we are ever prepared for a period like this--I know I'm not--even though we know intellectually, that these times will be coming. I know that my own hospitalization in November caught me pretty much unprepared. I felt very vulnerable and scared, and of course I was so very sick that I didn't even feel like myself ... I hadn't been hospitalized in this entire 11 years except for my mastectomy and then for a week for depression very early on. It's an interesting coincidence that you should ask me to write about how I cope, because I've been writing that post ... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3224981 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:16:12 +0100 3224981 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3224982&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fwhat-julie-needs.html My friend Julie e-mailed me on Thursday and asked for my help. The subject line on the e-mail was: "How do you do it?"She wrote that the clinical trial that she's been on for the past year has stopped working, and she developed a huge pleural effusion from lung mets that sent her to the hospital gasping for breath. She now has a permanent drain in place to help with this problem. Julie has gone back on chemo with carbo and caelyx (which she says is called something else in the States. Julie is in Canada), and that means a monthly trip to Toronto, a complicated schedule of medical appointments at home in Ottawa, home health care nurses who "drive me nuts," and weekly check-ins with a lung doctor. "My life--like yours--seems to have little time ... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3224982 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:46:37 +0100 3224982 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3224983&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fhelping-julie.html I have a number of friends--maybe a dozen--mostly women, who I only know through my blog. Most of them are living with cancer, typically with an advanced cancer, as I am. And even though I have never met these women face to face, or talked to them on the phone, they are very important to me. We share a part of our lives that we can't--or don't--share with our loved ones back in the real world. One of these friends is Julie. Julie pops up on my blog now and then, and she she e-mails me, not often, but regularly. I know that she has two lovely granddaughters, adopted from China, because she had me make bracelets for them. I know that she is a writer. And I know that she has advanced ovarian cancer. Here's one post about Julie: Living With Metastatic ... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3224983 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:02:46 +0100 3224983 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3220694&cid=t_92171_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fin-memoriam.html Earlier this week, I got word that a woman who called herself “Goddess” online has passed away. She had over 6,000 friends on the DiabeticConnect community site. To be honest, I didn’t know much about her other than the tips and questions she posted very regularly.  Still, it’s the oddest (and saddest) sensation when any [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3220694 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:00:57 +0100 3220694 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3220703&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fthere-are-some-women-you-should-never-say-no-to-.html ... and Amorette is one of them. Actually, she probably tops my list of women who you should never say no to. Never tell them that they can't. Never say impossible. Because that is just a red flag to a bull (pardon the cliche, but it's a good one except for the gender problem). Amorette is a lifelong cancer patient. She is also an artist--she makes bentos (Japanese box lunches) as art. She writes one of my favorite blogs, and she can rant with the best of them. And now, drum roll, please, Amorette is a mom!Those of you who know her will remember that she lost twins in 2008. The babies were stillborn. Of course, her doctors had told her before that that she wouldn't be able to get pregnant, and, even if she could, she shouldn't. So, let me propose a t... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3220703 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:55:20 +0100 3220703 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212396&cid=t_92171_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2010%2F01%2F26%2Fgood-news-and-bad-news-about-the-medical-weblog-award-2009%2F Laika’s MedLibLog was nominated for the medical weblog award 2009. She didn’t make it to the final although I think her blog is an excellent mixture of librarian ship and web 2.0 with a lot of medical information well written and better to read than what I usually write. Thanks for her mentioning that I’m in the finals otherwise I wouldn’t have known. Been nominated several times but never made it this far which probably explains my ambivalence towards these competitions. Related posts:Online Medical Book Search GooMedic has a good post on how to search... Palliative Care Grand Rounds 1.10 The new Palliative Care Grand Rounds is up. It’s... A Pick From The 50 Best Websites of 2009 Short and quick video with some suggestions on new... Related posts brought t... Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212396 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:53:25 +0100 3212396 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208305&cid=t_92171_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F26%2Five-got-good-news-and-ive-got-bad-news%2F If someone tells you: “I’ve got Good News and I’ve got Bad News”, you probably ask this person: “Well, tell me the bad news first!” Laika’s MedLibLog has good and bad news for you. The Bad News is, that this blog didn’t make it to the Finals of the sixth annual Medical Weblog Awards, organized by Medgadget. [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208305 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:28:01 +0100 3208305 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208525&cid=t_92171_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbusinessblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D3043 Emergiblog hosts the latest edition of Grand Rounds. Share (Source: Health Business Blog) Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208525 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:52:27 +0100 3208525 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208471&cid=t_92171_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F2cmldDnDF9c%2F Following on from yesterday’s post about Nurses for Reform, today I did a little rant over on Liberal Conspiracy, specifically focusing on Dr Helen Evans’ deeply offensive insinuation that the NHS is founded on Nazi principles. The Liberal Conspiracy post seems to have generated quite a bit of Twitter traffic. It’s been tweeted by John Prescott and the Daily Mirror columnist Kevin Maguire, among other people. The story has also been picked up by James MacIntyre’s New Statesman blog. I’m not the only person looking into Nurses for Reform. Liberal Conspiracy’s Unity (who also writes for the anti-pseudoscience Ministry of Truth blog) has done a little digging into who actually comprises the advisory board of NFR. It turns out that, other than Dr Helen Evans... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208471 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:37:29 +0100 3208471 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3205074&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fdo-you-have-metastatic-uterine-cancer-willing-to-be-a-buddy.html A reader of my blog just e-mailed me this afternoon, asking if I might know a woman living with metastatic uterine cancer. I mentally ran down the list of all the cancer patients I know, and I drew a blank. So I'm throwing my search open on the Web. The woman who wrote to me is a cancer survivor herself, but of breast cancer. She has a friend who has uterine cancer that recently metastasized, and she (the woman with the uterine cancer) needs someone to talk to. She thinks it would be helpful to find another woman with the same kind of cancer, and I agree. My good friend Teri, the Cheeky Librarian, has a very rare cancer, and it wasn't until a year and a half ago that she met another person with her cancer face to face. That happened here, in Seattle, when Te... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3205074 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:18:45 +0100 3205074 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3197831&cid=t_92171_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fstupid-diabetes-winners-announced.html I asked for some input on what a new diabetes web site could offer, and I got it – Thank You! Ahem… ask a silly question, get a silly answer, right? I mean it should have been obvious that the No. 1 thing that fits under the heading “StupidDiabetes.com” is humor! The general consensus seems [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3197831 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:00:58 +0100 3197831 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3197858&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fjust-between-two-of-us.html My anonymous comments have been increasing again of late, all of them with criticism to offer regarding my choices to continue my education and have a large family at the same time. Please read my remarks on this subject and other difficult subjects from 2009, and know that no anonymous comments left without contact information or a name at the end will be posted to my blog.http://turquoisegates.blogspot.com/2009/08/how-to-respond.htmlMay I point out a great passage in Matthew 18, which deals with the brother who sins against you? It tells exactly how to approach another Christian if you feel their ways are in error, and leaves no room for unsigned anonymous comments. I read each of the comments submitted, and many cut to the core. My purpose in writing this blog is to be an example of the... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3197858 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:32:00 +0100 3197858 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3193886&cid=t_92171_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbusinessblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D3028 Jaan Sidrov hosts an informative edition of the Health Wonk Review at the Disease Management Care Blog. Share (Source: Health Business Blog) Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3193886 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:00:51 +0100 3193886 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3193952&cid=t_92171_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F01%2F10-d-things-to-do-this-year.html Over at HealthCentral Network, the theme for 2010 is “This Year, I Get My Condition Under Control.”  For January, the bloggers are focused on “Pairs of Tens for Your Condition,” as in 10 Things You Should Know, 10 Myths Busted, etc., etc. For my part, I’m taking on “10 Things I’ll Do This Year.”  To make [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3193952 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:00:47 +0100 3193952 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3189348&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2010%2F01%2Flate-night-emails.html I'm not quite sure why, but the most heart-wrenching e-mails seem to land in my mailbox the middle of the night. Sometimes, like tonight, I'm awake and I can reply right away. Other times, I see it the next morning, and I wonder what the person did after sending a cry for help in my direction--did they go to bed and fall asleep, or did they stay awake, wondering or worrying? OK, enough of that. I'm freaking myself out here. Here is the e-mail that just arrived, from a parent--I'm not sure if this is a father or a mother--of a man with very advanced melanoma. My only son was diagnosed with melanoma in 2007 and it went to the armpit, lymph nodes, and then last year he was on interferon for one year, but after six months, last July was found to have mel... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3189348 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:35:47 +0100 3189348 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3189267&cid=t_92171_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbusinessblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D3015 This week’s Grand Rounds blog carnival is hosted by Dr. John La Puma. The theme: Can food be health care? Share (Source: Health Business Blog) Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3189267 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:00:15 +0100 3189267 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3189350&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fsupport-this-blog-please-1.html You may have noticed a "donate" button at the bottom of some posts on my blog. A button that looks like this: The button is there because I have decided to keep The Assertive Cancer Patient ad-free. There are any number of ways to put ads on a blog. It's simple and easy. I tried this for a week or two when I first put my blog up. I used the ad service provided by Typepad, which hosts my blog. But--and this is a huge BUT--most of the ads that popped up on my blog were for Web sites, products, and services that I personally couldn't endorse. And I didn't want them on my blog. An awful lot of them fell into the quacks category. Cancer patients are fairly easy targets for exploitation--because we're sick, because we're afraid, because we'd like a magic cure that came wi... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3189350 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:55:54 +0100 3189350 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3182326&cid=t_92171_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fwin-a-copy-of-diabetes-rising.html A little diabetes online fun for your Monday: Use your Noggin and three lucky readers will win a free copy of Dan Hurley’s new “epic” book, “Diabetes Rising.” First off, you may have heard a lot of buzz about this book lately. The full title is, “Diabetes Rising: How a Rare Disease Became a Modern Pandemic, [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3182326 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:00:13 +0100 3182326 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3182335&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fmy-new-postcards.html  The new postcards for my jewelry business landed on the front porch the other day, and I'm thrilled with how well they look. Monica, one of my closest friends, shot the photo. She also shoots most of the photos for my jewelry blog and has  a wonderful talent for making my pieces look good. Laurie, another close friend, took the image and put the postcards together in Photoshop and ordered them from the printer. That's a task I could do, but it would stress my abilities a bit (I'd have to learn something new, which is hard sometimes when you don't have a lot of bandwidth), and it is so nice to have a competent friend take over the job. Now I have postcards to promote my jewelry in a low-key sort of way, which is all I'm comfortable with. I ... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3182335 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:03:54 +0100 3182335 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3176081&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fhow-many-friends-do-you-need.html It's another dark and rainy afternoon in Seattle, perfect for brooding on questions for which there are no real answers. Or no one right answer, anyway. I like that kind of question.The topic that I've been thinking about today, ever since my good friend Laurie picked me up for water aerobics because I didn't want to drive, is: How many friends does one woman need?Laurie is a special friend. I know I can call her in the middle of the night. I feel comfortable asking her to drive just because I'd rather not (with many other people, I would suck it up and drive myself rather than show weakness ... I know, I know). And she knows most, if not all, of my secrets. My friend Monica is another friend like this. She has come to my rescue when I was melting down. She has ... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3176081 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:30:14 +0100 3176081 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3175859&cid=t_92171_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Freyxh_milp0%2F By Andrew J. CoulsonA day after it was released, here’s a roundup of how the mainstream media are covering the HHS study showing that America’s $100 billion plus investment in Head Start is a failure: [...crickets...] Nada. Zilch. Rien du tout, mes amis. That’s based on a Google News search for ["Head Start" study]. The only media organs to touch on this topic so far have been blogs: Jay Greene’s, The Heritage Foundation’s, the Independent Women’s Forum, and the one you’re reading right now. Okay. There was one exception. According to Google News, one non-blog — with a print version no less — covered this story so far. The NY Times? The Washington Post? Nope: The World, a Christian news magazine. And they actually did their homework, l... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3175859 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:39:51 +0100 3175859 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3171874&cid=t_92171_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Freyxh_milp0%2F By Andrew J. CoulsonA day after it was released, here’s a roundup of how the mainstream media are covering the HHS study showing that America’s $100 billion plus investment in Head Start is a failure: [...crickets...] Nada. Zilch. Rien du tout, mes amis. That’s based on a Google News search for ["Head Start" study]. The only media organs to touch on this topic so far have been blogs: Jay Greene’s, The Heritage Foundation’s, the Independent Women’s Forum, and the one you’re reading right now. Okay. There was one exception. According to Google News, one non-blog–with a print version no less–covered this story so far. The NY Times? The Washington Post? Nope: The World, a Christian news magazine. And they actually did their homework, linki... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3171874 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:39:51 +0100 3171874 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3167261&cid=t_92171_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbusinessblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D2993 Colorado Health Insurance Insider has done a nice job of presenting the latest Cavalcade of Risk blog carnival. Share (Source: Health Business Blog) Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3167261 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:54:16 +0100 3167261 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3167221&cid=t_92171_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2Fo43x9gVsCLs%2F The editors of the Mind Blog wanted some cutting-edge, talented blogger from the field of mental health nursing write a monthly post for them, but they just got me instead. This month, I blogged about….well, blogging, since it seems rather topical what with the recent TWIM awards. On the subject of blogging on blogs about blogs, we seem to be getting an increasing number of commercial websites – usually for nursing recruitment agencies – e-mailing us offering to write a guest post for us in exchange for some linkage. Let me just say now to those sites….WE DON’T CARE! As Oldschoolbaby would be the first to state, I am a lefty-liberal pinko latte-quaffing, bruschetta-munching member of the traitorous commie Islington faggerati, and therefore not about to submit ... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3167221 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:58:41 +0100 3167221 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3163903&cid=t_92171_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbusinessblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D2990 If you’re familiar with Dr. Rich, you won’t be surprised that he’s posted an insightful and entertaining Grand Rounds. Give it a read. If you like what you see, I also highly recommend his book Fixing American Healthcare; Wonkonians, Gekkonians and the Grand Unification Theory of Healthcare. Share (Source: Health Business Blog) Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3163903 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:06:44 +0100 3163903 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3153576&cid=t_92171_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fgearing-up-for-the-2010-diabetesmine-design-challenge.html I’m very excited to announce that we’re currently in the early stages of preparing for the 2010 DiabetesMine Design Challenge. Look, we’ve even updated the logo: For those of you not familiar with it, this is an annual innovation competition to encourage creative new tools for improving life with diabetes. The contest is generously sponsored by [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3153576 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:00:18 +0100 3153576 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3153586&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fsupport-this-blog-please.html >You may have noticed a "donate" button at the bottom of some posts on my blog. A button that looks like this: The button is there because I have decided to keep The Assertive Cancer Patient ad-free. There are any number of ways to put ads on a blog. It's simple and easy. I tried this for a week or two when I first put my blog up. I used the ad service provided by Typepad, which hosts my blog. But--and this is a huge BUT--most of the ads that popped up on my blog were for Web sites, products, and services that I personally couldn't endorse. And I didn't want them on my blog. An awful lot of them fell into the quacks category. Cancer patients are fairly easy targets for exploitation--because we're sick, because we're afraid, because w... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3153586 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:42:29 +0100 3153586 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3153588&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fwhen-is-an-ad-not-an-ad.html The Assertive Cancer Patient is ad-free, and there are good reasons for that. It's easy to get advertising support for a blog, but with most of the ad services, you have little or no control over the ads that appear on your site. That doesn't work for me. When I did a short trial run with the ads provided by Typepad, which hosts my blog, most of them were for Web sites, products, and services that I personally couldn't endorse. And I didn't want them on my blog. An awful lot of them fell into the quacks category. Cancer patients are fairly easy targets for exploitation--because we are sick, because we're afraid, because we'd like a magic cure that comes with no side effects ... I don't want the exploitation of any cancer patient to begin with a... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3153588 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:00:58 +0100 3153588 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3146192&cid=t_92171_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fexcellent-article-on-schizophrenia.html This is one of the more informative and accurate articles on schizophrenia that I have read.  Kind of like a FAQ for layman on the same.  Please give Suzane’s website a  visit and have a read for yourself. 10 Myths About Schizophrenia (Source: The 4th Avenue Blues) The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3146192 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:48:00 +0100 3146192 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3142691&cid=t_92171_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbusinessblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D2970 The first Grand Rounds edition of 2010 is posted at Blogborygmi by Grand Rounds founder Nick Genes. It’s a fitting start to the year and comes with the grudging(?) roll out of a Grand Rounds Twitter feed and Facebook page. Share (Source: Health Business Blog) Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3142691 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:46:54 +0100 3142691 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3137638&cid=t_92171_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fcheryl-has-new-template.html My good and one of my longest blogging friends Cheryl has a new template after years of having the same one.  She surprised me and I was overjoyed to upload it for her after she picked one she liked.  I really appreciated her trusting me with her password and username – that’s a blogging friend for ya.  Stop by and tell her what you think of it!  I think you find her a good blog to stop in every few days and to read.  She mainly writes about her daily life much like me.   Cheryl's LaDeDa (Source: The 4th Avenue Blues) The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3137638 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:28:00 +0100 3137638 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3286579&cid=t_92171_46_f&fid=38795&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmsf.ca%2Fblogs%2Fblog%2F2010%2F01%2Fnew-for-2010%2F Harriet Cochrane is a project coordinator for MSF, writing from the Democratic Republic of Congo in “Medicine by Motorbike”. (Source: MSF Blogs) MSF Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3286579 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:02:42 +0100 3286579 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3135560&cid=t_92171_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F01%2F01%2Fhappy-new-year-2010%2F Happy New Year! May your year be full of success, fulfillment and happiness. I’d also like to take this moment to thank you — our loyal readers — for helping propel us to where we are today! I’d also like to thank all of our dedicated staff, writers, editors, administrators and moderators, as well as the over 110,000 members of our communities here at Psych Central. Without the support and help of so many people, we could not be where we are today. We’re looking forward to a great 2010, rolling out a few new blogs in the new year and something special that I hope to be able to share with you next week. Here’s to another great year together! (Source: World of Psychology) World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3135560 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:34:10 +0100 3135560 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3135730&cid=t_92171_180_f&fid=38607&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fsuccessbeginstoday%2FBHWQ%2F%7E3%2F57rXtGrodrw%2F As the year end approaches, I would like to give you my pick for the top five blogs of the year. These are blogs that have personally made a difference in my life, and I’m sure if you become a fan, will make a difference in yours. The authors are real people with real life experiences and real comments. Their blogs are easy to navigate and their content will make you think. You may not always agree with them but you’ll always find them engaging. Without further ado… here are my picks for 2009. 1. Michael Hyatt: Leading With Purpose Michael is a very accomplished blogger. As the CEO of Thomas Nelson publishers, he sits in the seat of leadership on a daily basis. From this seat he has a corporate view that many of us will never see, and yet his blog is one of the most personable and... Success Begins Today blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3135730 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:18:03 +0100 3135730 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3133772&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fa-new-cancer-blogger.html We have a new cancer blogger on the block, ladies and gentlemen. Joanna, who has been a regular reader of this blog, has started a cancer blog called Life Has Its Ups and Downs. Joanna is definitely one of us, in that she has her priorities straight: She writes in her first post that she waited only seven weeks after a bilateral mastectomy to play tennis, and waited just four days after each chemo treatment to get out on the courts. Two years after her diagnosis, she plays almost every day. "Entering the cancer world is not for the faint of heart," she writes on her blog. Please jump over to the blog and make her welcome. @ Jeanne Sather 2009.  (Source: The Assertive Cancer Patient) The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3133772 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:07:38 +0100 3133772 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3129638&cid=t_92171_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fmeeting-act1.html If you’re like me — or even if you don’t spend quite as much time browsing “all things diabetes” in cyberspace — you might have noticed that the incredible proliferation of new D-blogs and online communities is making it seemingly impossible to keep up. Which is actually a wonderful thing, I suppose. Quite by accident, in [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3129638 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:00:17 +0100 3129638 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3129653&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fshill-for-cyberknife-i-dont-think-so.html This morning I received an e-mail from a PR person, Sherry Feldberg, who works for Accuray, the company that makes cyberknife. (They write it "CyberKnife.")She said she'd love to speak with me about cyberknife so that I can help her with her campaign to get into new media. This is what she wrote:"From your post, I realize you have not yet had CyberKnife, but I'd still love to speak with you. As you're keeping a blog, you're clearly savvy when it comes to using new media which is a growing target for our awareness campaign. We have a CyberKnife Facebook fan page (you should join!), Twitter handle and one of our goals for the upcoming year is to monitor chat rooms in which cancer/CyberKnife is being discussed so that we can alert patients of the opportuni... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3129653 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:13:42 +0100 3129653 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3124669&cid=t_92171_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fthis-year-at-diabetesmine-2009.html Once again it’s time to reflect on what marked the year here at DiabetesMine.com.  2009 was surely eventful, both for this blog and for me personally.  Never a dull a moment when you’re a busy D-blogger, Health 2.0 advocate, and mother of three, I guess.  Here’s a list of some key milestones that stand out [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3124669 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:57:06 +0100 3124669 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3123492&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fno-comment.html The comment below was left on my blog on December 24. I didn't push it live because it violates my firm policy about not allowing people to criticize my--or others--decisions about their cancer treatment on my blog. I also don't allow people to call me names or tell me what to do ... Do you have any guilt for using up so much of your family's resources to buy yourself a few more months of life? I have resigned myself to a short and painful life rather than mortgaging my children's future for my life.This comment was added to a post about the high cost of cancer treatment. So while I could respond to this person by pointing out that my sons would rather have me than my money, my response to this reader is a simple, "Merry Christmas to you too (and plea... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3123492 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:09:38 +0100 3123492 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3122201&cid=t_92171_151_f&fid=36896&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSuboxoneTalkZone%2F%7E3%2Fb0Wiv1AfTyw%2F I frequently point out the lack of outrage over the epidemic of opiate dependence and the consequence of that epidemic.  I live in ‘middle America,’ and sometimes it seems that everyone I know has some connection to opiate dependence– a relative who is an addict, a friend who died, a parent who is in prison.  My perceptions are admittedly distorted by the work that I do, but I don’t know who has the more accurate perceptions; me or the people who seem surprised to hear that most high school kids know where they could get heroin.  Addicts who I treat who come down from the U.P. of Michigan tell me that heroin is very easy to get up there now, even cheaper than oxycodone.  I guess that’s to be expected, given the horrible economic situation up there.  One... Suboxone Talk Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3122201 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:56:51 +0100 3122201 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3119026&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fis-today-wednesday-the-23rd-oh-boy-.html Like almost everyone I know, the women in particular, I am running flat out trying to get ready for the holidays and wondering why. I thought my plans were reasonable and I'd be able to get everything done, but NO ... So no time to blog about my appointment with Dr. Lee yesterday, but I will come back to that in a few days, because we covered a lot of ground.And I'm not going to blog about all the crazy things that have slowed me down, like a car that had to go into the shop, because you're probably in the same boat. Different causes, same result. Next year, I want to pack up the boys and a couple of my closest friends and escape to Hawaii for the holidays.  That sounds like a plan. No gifts. No tree. No cookies ... Meanwhile, back here in the real world... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3119026 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:57:11 +0100 3119026 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3115026&cid=t_92171_85_f&fid=34924&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baggas.com%2Fposts%2F2009%2F12%2F23%2Fcommemorating-a-catastrophe%2F Check out this very clever video… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfDEyLbUSxo Discovered this on the blog of Robin Parry, a UK based Christian author and publisher. His blog looks like an interesting one. I’ll be keeping an eye on it from now on. (Source: Baggas' Blog) Baggas' Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3115026 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:07:31 +0100 3115026 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3115190&cid=t_92171_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbusinessblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D2957 Check out the latest edition of Grand Rounds, hosted this week by Teen Health 411. Share (Source: Health Business Blog) Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3115190 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:00:57 +0100 3115190 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3111525&cid=t_92171_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbusinessblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D2953 Per Lofberg was appointed president of CVS Caremark’s pharmacy benefit management business this morning, and traffic to the Health Business Blog had a minor spike. Turns out a search for Per Lofberg on Google brings up my interview with him from early 2009 among the first few results. Just for the heck of it I decided to check the popular search terms bringing people to the blog today, something that’s easily done with Statcounter, the free website statistics service I use. Sure enough, about a third of the last five hundred searches that led to the blog were for “Per Lofberg” or some variant thereof. I eyeballed the other terms, and they divide into a few main areas: Health business  –including several seeking information on Practice Fusion’s business... Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3111525 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:15:17 +0100 3111525 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3111645&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fsex-and-money.html As I noted yesterday, things are pretty quiet these days in my little corner of the Web. I assume my readers, like everyone, are busy getting ready for the holidays and not spending as much time online. All except for the spammers, of course, they are as busy as usual. And I noted, while scrolling through my spam folder this morning before deleting some 30 or so messages that almost all of them are about either sex or money.Pretty basic, wouldn't you say? So, a question: Have you ever replied to one of those sweepstakes promotions that promise that you have already won millions (If you will just provide all your personal info, including a bank account number)? Or the one from the Nigeria person who is hospitalized and needs your help to get her money out of the countr... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3111645 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:37:44 +0100 3111645 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3108510&cid=t_92171_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fannouncing-the-2009-holiday-survival-story-winners.html Happy Mid-Holiday Season, Dear Readers.  We had a modest turnout for the DiabetesMine Holiday Survival Stories Contest this year, which wasn’t such a bad thing, as it turns out; we judges still had a hard time choosing winners. In the end, we tried to focus on situations that “typify” what we PWDs tend to go through [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3108510 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:00:18 +0100 3108510 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3108518&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fthings-are-quiet-on-the-web.html T'is only five days till Christmas, and all through the Web, not a creature is stirring ... Well, things are not quite that slow, but page views on this blog have dropped by a good third, and this morning my e-mail box contained nothing but spam that managed to slip through the spam filter. Those spammers NEVER take a rest. I assume folks are still shopping, but page views to my jewelry blog have dropped off as well, and I don't think I could guarantee a purchase would arrive before Christmas unless the buyer paid for one- or two-day delivery. I'm over my cold, but seriously behind on my own preparations for Christmas, and trying not to let it get to me. Today, I have an order for four pairs of earrings to package up so that I can mail it tomorrow, and I... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3108518 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:17:45 +0100 3108518 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3105098&cid=t_92171_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2FuJRRIY_w_RE%2F At the end of last year I did a little awards post, recognising those mental health blogs that I’ve enjoyed in a year of compiling TWIM once a week. This time round, I think I’ll put it to a vote. Please leave your nominations in the comments thread. The blogs with the most nominations in each category will be declared the winners on the 30th December. The categories for you to nominate in are: Best Mood Disorder Blog Best Eating Disorder Blog Best Autistic Spectrum Disorder Blog Best Adolescent User Blog Best Personality Disorder Blog Best Mental Health Professional Blog (Mental Nurse is ineligible for this, as we’re adjudicating) Best Student Blog Best Carer Blog Best Mental Health Cartoon Blog Most Sadly Missed Blog (Source: Mental Nurse) Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3105098 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:23:52 +0100 3105098 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3096948&cid=t_92171_114_f&fid=34646&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthCareBlogLaw%2F%7E3%2FlsS2PyRHdx8%2Fthanks-esse-diem-best-blogs-you-are-not.html A quick thanks to Elizabeth Damewood-Gaucher author of the Esse Diem Blog for including the Health Care Law Blog on her short list of The Best Blogs You're Not Reading Yet.I would agree with her list and glad that am a regular reader of 4 out of the 5. All produce great content and cover distinct niche areas. For example, the Rainmaking Blog focuses on the business of law and tells you where to wear you nametag. Lee Kraus' Learning and Technology is the place I first learn about new technology tools that I can use - he is always thinking on the edge of the practical use of technology. Professional Studio 365 focuses on bridging the gap between college and the workforce for those just starting their career. I don't follow the Bad Leader Blog, but what a great name. You've got to love the le... Health Care Law Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3096948 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:47:40 +0100 3096948 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3092913&cid=t_92171_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F12%2Flol.html I burst out laughing when I saw #4 The Chia Hat!  Thanks Dooce for the laugh! (Source: The 4th Avenue Blues) The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3092913 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:36:00 +0100 3092913 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3089500&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fsupport-this-blog-please.html >You may have noticed a "donate" button at the bottom of some posts on my blog. A button that looks like this: The button is there because I have decided to keep The Assertive Cancer Patient ad-free. There are any number of ways to put ads on a blog. It's simple and easy. I tried this for a week or two when I first put my blog up. I used the ad service provided by Typepad, which hosts my blog. But--and this is a huge BUT--most of the ads that popped up on my blog were for Web sites, products, and services that I personally couldn't endorse. And I didn't want them on my blog. An awful lot of them fell into the quacks category. Cancer patients are fairly easy targets for exploitation--because we're sick, because we're afraid, because we'd like a magic cure that cam... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3089500 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:09:21 +0100 3089500 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3084992&cid=t_92171_155_f&fid=34629&url=http%3A%2F%2Flabsoftnews.typepad.com%2Flab_soft_news%2F2009%2F12%2Fgoogle-tries-to-help-newspapers-but-gets-snarky-response.html There have been a number of new product releases recently from Google, stimulated, in part, by an innovation competition with Bing, Microsoft's search engine. Three receiving wide attention have been Google Fast Flip, Real-Time Search, and Living Stories. I came across the reaction to these new Google tools from one journalist, Daniel Lyons (see: Google Tries to Create the Appearance That It Cares About Newspapers). Below is an excerpt from his column:At this point I can't figure out if Google is (a) just trying to do something, anything, to deflect all the criticism it's getting about being responsible for the death of newspapers; or (b) actually playing a sadistic practical joke on newspapers, dreaming up ever more ridiculous ideas just to see if the newspaper guys will keep ... Lab Soft News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3084992 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:50:05 +0100 3084992 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3084985&cid=t_92171_151_f&fid=36896&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSuboxoneTalkZone%2F%7E3%2FrYNsBqhjgzo%2F I haven’t done this for awhile…. but it is time for a shameless request for you, the readers, to promote my site– or more accurately my sites.  This site is easy enough to promote;  if you read a post that you find interesting, PLEASE use the social networking buttons to spread the word.  If you are a big stumbler, the button is hard to miss at the bottom of the post.  If you use other social networking like Facebook or one of the dozens of less-active sites, use the ‘pass it on’ button and they will all pop open for you to choose from. Have a popular blog? If you really want to make my day, add me to your blog roll.  Even better, tell your readers about my blog and add a link to my blog.  If your site is about opiate dependence or other addictions (or a... Suboxone Talk Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3084985 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:32:16 +0100 3084985 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3079406&cid=t_92171_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2FlwDdhqYfPLE%2F The mental health charity Mind have their own blog, and I’ve got a guest post on it, talking about the Derek Gale case and the need for regulation in psychotherapy. Also on the Mind blog is a post about how lax standards by some psychotherapy organisations enabled one pet owner to register his pet cat as a hypnotherapist with the British Board of Neuro Linguistic Programming (BBNLP), the United Fellowship of Hypnotherapists (UFH) and the Professional Hypnotherapy Practitioner Association (PHPA). I asked my cat what he thought about this, but then he started staring into my eyes, waved his paw across my face….and the next thing I knew it was ten minutes later and the fresh rainbow trout I’d been planning for Sunday lunch had mysteriously moved from the fridge to the cat&#8... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3079406 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:33:28 +0100 3079406 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3075714&cid=t_92171_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fthe-fda-and-social-media.html Many of you know that the FDA held public hearings on the pharma industry’s use of Social Media mid-last-month.  There was much excitement going into this because to date, the FDA has pretty much dodged the subject, and left drugmakers in fear of retribution (see BusinessWeek’s summary here). Essentially, since there are no clear rules laid [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3075714 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:00:02 +0100 3075714 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3075646&cid=t_92171_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbusinessblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D2922 Julie Ferguson hosts the latest edition of the Health Wonk Review at Workers’ Comp Insider. Meat lovers be prepared: there’s a tasty sausage-making section. Share (Source: Health Business Blog) Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3075646 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:59:35 +0100 3075646 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3067325&cid=t_92171_155_f&fid=34629&url=http%3A%2F%2Flabsoftnews.typepad.com%2Flab_soft_news%2F2009%2F12%2Fcoment-about-the-utility-of-the-respiragene-ivdmia.html About a month ago, I posted a note discussing the Respiragene IVDMIA, which is a lab test comprised of a set of biomarkers and used to determine the predisposition of the patient to develop lung cancer (see: Respiragene as a "Not So Useful" Lung Cancer Risk Test Comes to Market). Kevin Murphy, CEO of Synergenz, the company that developed the test, responded with this comment on November 12, 2009 :I saw your comments about the Respiragene test and hope you'll allow me to make a few clarifying points in response. By way of disclosure, my company Synergenz Bioscience Ltd has helped fund much of the 8 years of studies that underpin the core technology, including trials involving thousands of individuals. The urgent medical need for the Respiragene&#0... Lab Soft News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3067325 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:10:14 +0100 3067325 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3063432&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fsupport-this-blog-please-1.html >You may have noticed a "donate" button at the bottom of some posts on my blog. A button that looks like this: The button is there because I have decided to keep The Assertive Cancer Patient ad-free. There are any number of ways to put ads on a blog. It's simple and easy. I tried this for a week or two when I first put my blog up. I used the ad service provided by Typepad, which hosts my blog. But--and this is a huge BUT--most of the ads that popped up on my blog were for Web sites, products, and services that I personally couldn't endorse. And I didn't want them on my blog. An awful lot of them fell into the quacks category. Cancer patients are fairly easy targets for exploitation--because we're sick, because we're afraid, because w... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3063432 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:48:38 +0100 3063432 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3059818&cid=t_92171_122_f&fid=35066&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneurodudes.com%2F2009%2F12%2F04%2Fibm-cat-brain-simulation-scuffle-symbolic%2F You’ve probably read by now about the announcement by IBM’s Cognitive Computing group that they had created a “computer system that simulates and emulates the brain’s abilities for sensation, perception, action, interaction and cognition” at the “scale of a cat cortex”.    For their work, the IBM team led by Dharmendra Modha was awarded the ACM Gordon Bell prize, which recognizes “outstanding achievement in high-performance computing”. A few days later, Henry Markram, leader of the Blue Brain Project at EPFL, sent off an e-mail to IBM CTO Bernard Meyerson harshly criticizing the IBM press release, and cc’ed several reporters. This brought a spate of shock media into the usually placid arena of computational neuroscience reporting, ... neurodudes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3059818 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:48:17 +0100 3059818 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3056823&cid=t_92171_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fits-the-holidays-lets-commiserate.html What? Nobody made annoying comments about your having pie at Thanksgiving last week? I find that hard to believe… I’m just sure that all of us with diabetes have some Holiday Season stories to share (good, bad, and ugly).  You have exactly one more week now to enter the DiabetesMine Holiday Survival Sweepstakes — share your [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3056823 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:56:03 +0100 3056823 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3056911&cid=t_92171_155_f&fid=34629&url=http%3A%2F%2Flabsoftnews.typepad.com%2Flab_soft_news%2F2009%2F12%2Fcan-or-should-news-sites-block-google-from-indexing-their-articles.html As everyone knows by now, the print media are in the midst of a dilemma. Much of the industry is dead or failing financially. The print publishers need to embrace various types of electronic forms of communication and the webisphere. The dilemma is that the business model for electronic media is not lucrative enough to support their current budgets. The standard business model for most bloggers is to devote many hours per week to the task merely for the love of it. It's touch to compete with those who will work for free and enjoy doing it. Nick Carr, who blogs over at RoughType, raises the topic of whether Rupert Murdoch, the print and electronic media czar, intends to charge Google for the privilege of indexing the online content of his various publications (see: Murdoch's wink). ... Lab Soft News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3056911 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:16:07 +0100 3056911 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3044976&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fnewly-diagnosed-ask-a-librarian-to-help.html Just about the first thing most Americans do when they find out they have cancer is jump on the Web.And most of them end up freaking themselves out. I hear from people like this several times a week: They were told they have cancer, they googled their cancer type, and now they are scared to death. Typically, they e-mail me in the middle of the night, because they are so scared they can't sleep. My friend Teri, the Cheeky Librarian, is on a mission to get people who are newly diagnosed with cancer to ask a trained librarian to do the search for them. A librarian will only pull info from reliable sources. A librarian won't give you info that is out of date. And--most important of all--a librarian will shield you from info that you may not be ready to read. I know it... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3044976 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:11:48 +0100 3044976 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3039966&cid=t_92171_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aspieweb.net%2Fbloggers-with-disabiltities%2F So I was reading an acquaintances facebook notes which I see she imports from a blog about her disability – being sight impaired and I thought I would plug her and other bloggers with disabilities I know.  Bloggers with disabilities if you ask me are quite cool and open people, and they share parts of [...] (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3039966 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:49:26 +0100 3039966 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3039982&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fhat-weather.html Daytime temperatures in Seattle have been in the 40 to 45 F range lately, and raining more often that not. That's HAT WEATHER, especially if you are bald, as I am. Well, my head doesn't have that bald-as-an-egg look anymore--I do have about half an inch of very skimpy hair. Not enough to keep my head warm, that's for sure. Barely enough to see. But luckily I have a huge choice of hats in all styles, thanks to Carver, who sent me a box of hats several weeks ago. I think she sent me about six, everything from a classic black wool beret to a knit hat in nubbly gray tweed. I love them all, and with the two or three hats I already had I have quite an assortment. (I used to have more hats, but I passed several on to a friend who lost her hair to chemo. I thought I w... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3039982 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:59:31 +0100 3039982 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3026661&cid=t_92171_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FLSdVyqDClYY%2F Looking for more commentary and analysis from Cato scholars? You can find their own blogs here: Daniel Griswold – Mad About Trade Jim Harper – Washington Watch & Tech Liberation Daniel J. Mitchell – International Liberty Patrick Michaels – World Climate Report Randal O’Toole – The Antiplanner David Boaz – DavidBoaz.com Malou Innocent – Huffington Post Julian Sanchez – JulianSanchez.com Gene Healy – GeneHealy.com Tom Palmer – TomGPalmer.com (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3026661 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:37:15 +0100 3026661 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3023375&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fsupport-this-blog-please.html You may have noticed a "donate" button at the bottom of some posts on my blog. A button that looks like this: The button is there because, with two small exceptions, I have decided to keep The Assertive Cancer Patient ad-free. The exceptions are a link to Amazon whenever I mention a book, and a Netflix ad on my Cancer Movies pages. There are any number of ways to put ads on a blog. It's simple and easy. I tried this for a week or two when I first put my blog up. I used the ad service provided by Typepad, which hosts my blog. But--and this is a huge BUT--most of the ads that popped up on my blog were for Web sites, products, and services that I personally couldn't endorse. And I didn't want them on my blog. An awful lot of them fell into the quacks category. Cancer... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3023375 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:20:40 +0100 3023375 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3017123&cid=t_92171_115_f&fid=34670&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsumerdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fsumers-blog-now-on-medscape-radiology.html Thanks to Lakhs of visitors and readers who benefited from this site over last 5 years now, i am now also blogging with Medscape at my blog called as "Radiology 2.0". Before giving the diagnosis on any film look at the image from a distance, take a bird's eye view and then concentrate on the findings. This is what will make a radiologist's interpretation of films superior to other clinical counterparts. From Sumer's Radiology Site http://www.sumerdoc.blogspot.com -The Top Radiology Magazine. Teleradiology Providers at www.teleradproviders.com Mail us at teleradproviders@gmail.com (Source: Sumer's Radiology Site) Sumer's Radiology Site blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3017123 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:48:00 +0100 3017123 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2999682&cid=t_92171_118_f&fid=34850&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbusinessblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D2856 Check out the latest edition of Grand Rounds at Colorado Health Insurance Insider. Share (Source: Health Business Blog) Health Business Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2999682 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:43:02 +0100 2999682 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2999773&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fanother-inspiring-cancer-patient-story-i-dont-think-so.html I've written about PR people before ... and you'd think a PR person would actually READ some of my blog before pitching a story to me, but no. Another one just came in, from a PR person who actually has his own PR firm, Matt Russell, president and CEO of Russell Public Communications. I don't know where this guy is based, in the 520 area code, wherever that is. Here's the first paragraph of his pitch, which is as far as I read:Here’s an inspiring story that I thought would be of interest to you and your community, and the big moment is this week. To me, it reflects the kind of attitude that cancer patients should have along their journey!  Please let me know if you’re interested in pursuing a post.And my reply:Hi Matt--a couple of buzz words in your fi... The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2999773 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:58:32 +0100 2999773 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2999774&cid=t_92171_136_f&fid=35303&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assertivepatient.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fonline-buddies.html My most loyal "online buddy," The Cheeky Librarian, sent me the link to this story on NPR about online friends. The story is interesting, but the information in it is nothing new to any of the people I know with cancer who use the Web to share information and support each other. One source quoted in the story says that patients are far ahead of doctors and hospitals in their use of the Internet. Yeah, we know that. One quibble: The story talks about the use of social networking sites by patients, and while I know that people do use these sites, I think that blogs and also listservs and bulletin boards for various conditions are where the action is. Read: Patients Turn to Online Community @ Jeanne Sather 2009.  (Source: The Assertive Cancer Patient) The Assertive Cancer Patient blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2999774 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:32:23 +0100 2999774 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2999667&cid=t_92171_115_f&fid=34678&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.catscanman.net%2Fblog%2F2009%2F11%2Fsurgexperiences-310%2F … From Blogs: Dr. Bruce Campbell, a Professor of ENT Surgery, known informally among medical bloggers as Headmirror, doesn’t think it’s a good idea to nap in the operating room and talks about the difficulty that most of us have leaving work behind even when we take a break.  Bruce, is the “Blogging Surgeon” on WUWM - Milwaukee Public Radio! Scroll to the bottom of this link and listen. It’s well worth your time. Our intrepid surgeon from the South African low veld, Bongi, has a run in with the good old boy setup that exists in all academic hospitals and waxes eloquent on healthcare professionals’ twisted sense of humour (that’s with a u). Not content with being a plastic surgeon, a creator of exquisite quilts and a prolific, erudite blogger... scan man's notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2999667 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:46:07 +0100 2999667 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2993836&cid=t_92171_115_f&fid=34678&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FScanMansNotes%2F%7E3%2FLXtBummK7lc%2F … From Blogs: Dr. Bruce Campbell, a Professor of ENT Surgery, known informally among medical bloggers as Headmirror, doesn’t think it’s a good idea to nap in the operating room and talks about the difficulty that most of us have leaving work behind even when we take a break.  Bruce, is the “Blogging Surgeon” on WUWM - Milwaukee Public Radio! Scroll to the bottom of this link and listen. It’s well worth your time. Our intrepid surgeon from the South African low veld, Bongi, has a run in with the good old boy setup that exists in all academic hospitals and waxes eloquent on healthcare professionals’ twisted sense of humour (that’s with a u). Not content with being a plastic surgeon, a creator of exquisite quilts and a prolific, erudite blogger... scan man's notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2993836 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:46:07 +0100 2993836 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2993835&cid=t_92171_115_f&fid=34670&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsumerdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fnew-mri-blog-on-block.html Here is the link to another good addition to the Radiology Blogosphere called as MRI BLOG. Throughout this blog, assorted topics, mostly relating to the clinical applications of MRI are covered. You will be directed to other websites for the relevant MRI physics through hyperlinks where appropriate.From Sumer's Radiology Site http://www.sumerdoc.blogspot.com -The Top Radiology Magazine. Teleradiology Providers at www.teleradproviders.com Mail us at teleradproviders@gmail.com (Source: Sumer's Radiology Site) Sumer's Radiology Site blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2993835 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:41:00 +0100 2993835 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2993900&cid=t_92171_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fninjabetic.squarespace.com%2Fstorage%2Fsugasheen%2Fallthediabetics-final.mp3 How are you celebrating World Diabetes Day this year? I’m heading out to San Francisco to see the historic Ferry Building lit up in blue, thanks to my great blogging and awesome advocate friends Manny Hernandez and Kelly Close. I hope to also grab a drink with dLife TV co-host Jim Turner. I love that WDD [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2993900 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:15:16 +0100 2993900