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 'boyd'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:31:30 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4097936&cid=t_158596_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fdoctors-hospitals-and-the-yankees%2F2010.10.23 Joe Boyd hated the Yankees. “Those damn Yankees. Why can’t we beat ‘em?” Then he got the opportunity to save his beloved Washington Senators by making a deal with the devil — giving up his soul in exchange for being transformed into “Shoeless Joe” to propel his team to win the World Series. Interesting. I think a lot of doctors are making their deal with the devil. They are looking for a small gain in comparison to a long-term of misery. True — Joe Boyd made out in the end, but that will only happen if someone from Hollywood writes our script. Here’s the problem: At the core of our problems with healthcare is the total lack of cohesive communication. Doctors have no idea what other doctors have done with a patient. Tests get ordered, medications get changed, proc... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4097936 Sat, 23 Oct 2010 16:00:04 +0100 4097936 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3718398&cid=t_158596_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhealth-highlights-from-the-new-media-academic-summit%2F2010.07.01 I recently spoke at the panel on transparency at Edelman’s New Media Academic Summit. Ben Boyd was the moderator and Ellen Miller from the Sunlight Foundation was my fellow panelist. Reviewing some of the #nmas10 tweets from the audience, I figured I should provide some links for the anecdotes I mentioned: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center CEO Paul Levy’s blog is still the starting point when talking about transparency in medicine today. I had the chance to speak with him a few years ago. Ed Bennett has done an extraordinary job following hospital social media adoption and highlights effective new media policies as well. Hospitals are using twitter and billboards to broadcast emergency department waiting room times. This is not without risk, as billboards may not clarif... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3718398 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:00:00 +0100 3718398 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3644691&cid=t_158596_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fharvard-physicians-drs-wesley-boyd-theonia-boyd-arrested-allegedly-hosting-beer-party-teens%2F Harvard psychiatrist Dr. J. Wesley Boyd and his wife pathologist Dr. Theonia Boyd were arrested for allegedly hosting a party where beer was consumed by teens at a high school graduation party. The local police raided the party on a noise complaint and hauled off seventy minors in paddy wagons. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3644691 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:23:42 +0100 3644691 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2852027&cid=t_158596_137_f&fid=35426&url=http%3A%2F%2Fumich.edu%2Fnews%2FReleases%2F2009%2FSep09%2FFinalReport.pdf Should the families of football players at the high school, college, and professional level be worried about Alzheimer's and dementia. Yesterday I wrote about a new report that indicated retired National Football League players suffer from early onset Alzheimer's and dementia at an alarming rate. A study commissioned by the National Football League found that Alzheimer's disease or mild cognitive impairment is appearing in the league's former players at an alarming rate -- 19 times the normal rate for men ages 30 through 49.The study was conducted for the National Football League (NFL) by the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. The Michigan researchers found that 6.1 percent of players age 50 and above reported that they had received a dementia-related diagnosis, fi... Alzheimer's Reading Room, The blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2852027 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:02:46 +0100 2852027 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1739072&cid=t_158596_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F08%2F28%2Fthe-debate-on-alcohol-and-21-year-olds%2F Suddenly it’s a new world once again, as states take their independence seriously and realize that they are not beholden to our federal government for laws they disagree with. The law in question is the forced adoption of the 21-year-old alcohol drinking age, basically federal law since 1984 (states who do not adhere to the guideline lose a percentage of their federal highway funding — a stick that has little to do with responsible alcohol consumption). Dana Boyd has an interesting essay on the topic, which has risen to the forefront of public debate as some states want to revisit the issue, noting the hypocrisy of sending 18-year-old children to war in Iraq who, after returning home from duty, still can’t have a drink while talking about the carnage they witnessed. En... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1739072 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:34:45 +0100 1739072 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1728304&cid=t_158596_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2008%2F08%2F07%2Fdateline-our-town-1938%2F Jerry Orbach (left) in The Fantasticks (1960) New York City, 1960. That’s where I would go if I had a time machine. At the off-Broadway Sullivan Street Playhouse I would buy a ticket to see a young, charistmatic Jerry Orbach play El Gallo and, of course, sing “Try to Remember.” I’d go back again in 1943. The world is at war, but at the St. James Theatre, men are performing a ballet in cowboy boots. The play is Oklahoma! and it would make theater history, running a record 2,212 performances. Imagine seeing Agnes de Mille’s brilliant choreography in the context of 1943, before Oklahoma! had become canned corn. No matter who does the directing and acting, Oklahoma! can’t resonate today. It’s a joke. A beloved joke, but still a joke. In my time mac... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1728304 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:16:11 +0100 1728304 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1060003&cid=t_158596_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2007%2F11%2F29%2Fwhy-social-networking-sites-will-come-and-go%2F You remember Friendster, don’t you? That was the big social networking site a few years ago. Or how about Myspace? No? Then maybe you’re repeating history and you don’t even realize it as you fill out your Facebook profile and think, “Wow, this is so cool!” Cory Doctorow has an excellent article entitled, How Your Creepy Ex-Co-Workers Will Kill Facebook, which explains why Facebook will be just another piece of social networking roadkill on the information superhighway in a few years. The primary point he makes is that social networking sites are great when only your friends are on it. But once it becomes popular enough, it starts attracting everyone else who isn’t necessarily your friend… Your boss, the co-worker you hang out with but don’... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1060003 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:57:09 +0100 1060003