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 'carlos'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:14:55 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4600519&cid=t_284352_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Faqdp9R6m8WQ%2F By David BoazIn the Washington Post, Dana Milbank rounds up a lot of bills introduced into state legislatures by conservatives, some of them a bit odd, and blames them all on "the Tea Party." "Tea Party" has sort of replaced "neoconservative" as an all-purpose pejorative for liberals. Meanwhile, a tiny AP story down in the small type among the nail fungus ads reported some real Tea Party-style news. The Miami Herald covered it in more detail: Voters swept Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez out of office by a stunning margin Tuesday [88 percent], capping a dramatic collapse for a politician who was given increased authority by voters four years ago to clean up much-maligned county government but was ushered out in the largest recall of a local politician in U.S. history. The spectacular fall f... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4600519 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:41:01 +0100 4600519 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4512615&cid=t_284352_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FuxeJeGTt4U8%2F Less than a month after announcing plans to eliminate 1,900 jobs, Abbott Labs is reorganizing its pharmaceutical unit and the head of the operation, Donald Patton, will retire next week. The reorg combines domestic and international pharma businesses into a “proprietary” division focusing on patented brand meds, and will be run by Carlos Alban, a senior vp for international pharma. Patton, 59, has been senior vp of US pharma biz since January 2010, but the unit has run into difficulties, such as the recent failure to win FDA approval for the Certriad cholesterol pill, which would have combined its own TriLipix with AstraZeneca’s Crestor. Development was then discontinued. And last month, Abbott disclosed plans to delay seeking FDA approval for a psoriasis med after receiving ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4512615 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:06:27 +0100 4512615 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4207254&cid=t_284352_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F11%2Fspecial-organ-transplant-program-hispanics-increases-access-income-immigrants%2F The transplant program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital has a specialized kidney program for Hispanic patients only that has doubled in size since 2006 and is now offering Hispanic patients special programs in liver transplantation as well. The program is led by Columbian-born transplant surgeon Dr. Juan Carlos Caicedo and accepts Hispanic patients who qualify medically, regardless of legal immigration status or ability to pay.Mexican immigrants Amparo Cossio and Estanislao Garcia tell their stories and Gift of Hope Hispanic outreach coordinator Raiza Mendoza discusses her work in trying to increase organ donation from the Hispanic community, which has traditionally had a very low rate of donation. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4207254 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 01:35:11 +0100 4207254 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3742222&cid=t_284352_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F07%2Foutbreak-linezolid-resistant-staph-aureus-reported-spain%2F Dr. Miguel Sanchez Garcia is reporting the first large outbreak of linezolid resistant staphylococcus aureus (LRSA) in the Hospital Clinico San Carlos in Madrid, Spain (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3742222 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 06:18:09 +0100 3742222 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3533821&cid=t_284352_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Flu8sjBQEwEE%2F By Ian VasquezRenowned Cuban writer Carlos Alberto Montaner speaks for millions of Cubans in his statement on freedom below. It is a translation of the speech he gave in Madrid last Friday upon accepting a well deserved award given by the Instituto Juan de Mariana for defending liberty.    Freedom for What?*  In 1980, shortly after making a dramatic exit from Cuba, the magnificent writer Reinaldo Arenas collected in a book his more combative articles and essays and titled it “The Need for Freedom.” It was a shout. Reinaldo felt the need to be free. Human beings need to be free. He was asphyxiating in Cuba. He lived in sadness, fear and indignation. None of those three emotions is pleasant, and sometimes they twisted in his heart to the point of desperation. After finding exile, R... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3533821 Tue, 04 May 2010 17:37:50 +0100 3533821 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3416009&cid=t_284352_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FZ8HOQ9U1GcU%2F By Gabriela Calderon de BurgosEcuadorian President Rafael Correa has long labeled the free press as his “main enemy.” His attitude has unfortunately resulted in official intolerance of individuals critical of the government. The latest example is that of Emilio Palacio, the editor of the op-ed page of El Universo — the newspaper with the highest circulation in the country — who was sentenced on Friday to three years in jail for an op-ed he wrote in August 2009. Palacio accused Camilo Samán, director of a state-owned bank, of having sent protesters to El Universo’s offices after the newspaper reported on possible acts of corruption at the bank. The President has repeatedly stated that Palacio should be punished for what he wrote. In a country where everybody knows that th... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3416009 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:39:10 +0100 3416009 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3408360&cid=t_284352_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FxTxCaenBmaE%2F By Ian VasquezToday, the Venezuelan government arrested Guillermo Zuloaga, president of Globovision Television, the only remaining television on public airwaves critical of Hugo Chavez. According to the government, Zuloaga made offensive comments about Chavez (which is against the law in Venezuela) while speaking at a conference of the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) in Aruba, where media representatives criticized the Venezuelan regime’s crackdown on freedom of speech. Globovision and Zuloaga have been under constant harassment from the government, and Chavez has promised to close the station. Last July, Cato held a forum in Washington on “Venezuela’s Assault on Freedom of the Press and Other Liberties,” which was to feature Zuloaga. After the event was announced, however... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3408360 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:38:13 +0100 3408360 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3044737&cid=t_284352_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FhKDu3YrEbac%2F One of the big losers from yesterday’s successful election in Honduras has been Brazil’s president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who demonstrated that under his presidency, Brazil is not ready to play a positive leadership role in the hemisphere. Not only did Lula seem to be complicit in smuggling deposed Honduran president Manuel Zelaya into the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa—an irresponsible move that risked the possibility of major confrontations and bloodshed in that country—but he stubbornly refuses to recognize yesterday’s election as legitimate. Lula’s grandstanding has nothing to do with a supposed commitment to democracy, of course. After all he continues to lavish praise on the Castro brothers’ dictatorship in Cuba, has said that Hugo Chávez is the best president V... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3044737 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:37:03 +0100 3044737 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2748129&cid=t_284352_137_f&fid=35426&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheAlzheimersReadingRoom%2F%7E3%2F8Pr10P_T9fw%2Fin-memory-of-doctor-carlos-chiriboga.html My name is Bob DeMarco, I am an Alzheimer's caregiver. My mother Dorothy, now 93 years old, suffers from Alzheimer's disease. For those of you that have been here for a while, you know that I am adamant about the importance of finding a personal care physician that is fully familiar with Alzheimer's disease. In fact, I believe this is the most important decision you will ever make in a fight against Alzheimer's disease. Sadly, our incredibly competent, loving, caring, personal care physician--Dr. Carlos Chiriboga--died last week. Carlos Chiriboga was a young man. He is survived by his loving wife, and three young children ages 3-12 years old. Dr. Chiriboga died from a complication during surgery. His death was unexpected.Subscribe to The Alzheimer's Reading Room--via Email It would b... Alzheimer's Reading Room, The blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2748129 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:42:39 +0100 2748129 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2473192&cid=t_284352_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FQqViKH4nhqg%2F Last year the Ecuadorian government seized two TV channels broadcasting on public airwaves and one cable channel along with hundreds of other businesses supposedly owned by the Isaías family, an unpopular Ecuadorian business group that the government bailed out in the late nineties. In seizing those assets, the current government claimed to be cashing in on a long overdue debt owed to it by the Isaías family. Leaving the violations of due process aside, this was a significant attack on freedom of the press in Ecuador given that the two public access channels garnered almost half the country’s TV audience. Back then the government said it was going to sell off the seized channels but it has not done so yet. The last elections in my country, held on April 26, showed how government en... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2473192 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:59:00 +0100 2473192 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1400699&cid=t_284352_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F278149045%2F A philosopher, a clinical linguist, and a psychiatrist working in collaboration have found that, while autistic persons have difficulties using language appropriately in social settings—with using what are called language “pragmatics”—their use and comprehension of pragmatics in some settings is higher than previously tought. In particular, understanding of pragmatics is greater in a literal setting attached to something specific. From today’s Science Daily (note that the example cited involves not people but a thing, “the subway” which does more or less does the same thing day after day): An example [of pragmatics] is the phrase, “I took the subway north” from a transcript of a conversation with a research participant with ASD. The use... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1400699 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:19:15 +0100 1400699 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1263426&cid=t_284352_145_f&fid=35710&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstoryofhealing.com%2F2008%2F02%2F27%2Fmedia-in-medicine-jove-worldvista-plos-medicine-for-a-collaborative-aim-and-reach%2F Not a long time ago, open source advocates were pushing a little farther to forward and expand their cause. We have been witnesses and fortunate end-users to this web evolutionary development. From our street corner, we have observed a waterfall of resource and journal sites free of charge open shop like market day. As I started exploring Medicine 2.0, I blogged about 2 sources, WorldVista and PLoS Biology. Let me share more about them here again in a short while. First, here is something close to the heart, an open journal site that presents experiments in video format. JoVE. Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) is a peer reviewed, open access, online journal devoted to the publication of biological research in a video format. For a sample, view this experiment on “A Cranioto... the story of healing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1263426 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:15:46 +0100 1263426 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1062875&cid=t_284352_145_f&fid=35710&url=http%3A%2F%2Fksdescartin.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F11%2F30%2Fteleread-today%2F   Some of my takes on e-Books: learning medicine and approaches to medicine 2.0, the dreams of sharing books and the joy of reading, and the beginning adventures and further explorations with the “E” is now up on Teleread. Thanks, David!   And, for the curious: Medicine 2.0 by Scienceroll Web 2.0 and Medicine Exploring Medical Librarianship & Web Geekery Medical 2.0 (Source: the story of healing) the story of healing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1062875 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:43:38 +0100 1062875 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=947493&cid=t_284352_151_f&fid=35793&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thejunkyswife.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fthis-is-just-to-say.html Cuntface Damsel In Distress just reminded me of this goddamned poem by William Carlos Williams, who apparently has lots of opinions about my marriage this week.(Dear Dr. Williams, if you must send me poetic messages from your grave, could you please send them with less infuriating frequency? Yes, I loathed your work as an undergraduate. Yes, I submit to its relevance, crispness, and chill beauty now. I'm sorry I didn't like you and called you cold and male and said that your name was stupid when I was but a wee girl of twenty years. OK? Can we stop this now?)Anyway, while these poems keeping popping up in that bitch-slapping, higher-power proving kind of way, I continue to find them very sexy and repulsive and annoying. How dare he:This is just to sayI have eaten the plums that were in ... Heroin Addiction Codependence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=947493 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:45:00 +0100 947493 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=938976&cid=t_284352_151_f&fid=35793&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thejunkyswife.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fi-cannot-say.html I cannot say that I have gone to hell for your lovebut often found myself there in your pursuit. -from "Asphodel," William Carlos WilliamsA very dear friend reminded me of these lines. Aren't they perfect? It made me go reread the whole damn poem, and then, there's also this:Love to which you too shall bowalong with me- a flower a weakest flowershall be our trust and not because we are too feebleto do otherwise but because at the height of my powerI risked what I had to do, therefore to prove that we love each otherwhile my very bones sweated that I could not cry to you in the act. (Source: Heroin Addiction Codependence) Heroin Addiction Codependence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=938976 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:42:00 +0100 938976 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=793948&cid=t_284352_145_f&fid=35710&url=http%3A%2F%2Fksdescartin.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F08%2F11%2Fa-medicine-20-tool-study-on-the-go-with-medical-e-books-plus-some-experiential-babbles-lessons-on-integration%2F As I continue to explore the many more possibilities and understand the many more practicalities of Medicine 2.0, I am happy with the main realization that it effects broader knowledge, wider accessibility for medical students and professionals, and free exchange of vital information among peers than ever before. Isn’t it wonderful? Medical e-Books predates the specific definition of Medicine 2.0. Now it seems, it was after all, its first intuition and one of its great tools. I’ve been using e-books since before I knew its name. I was not crazed up about it, just thankful for its practicality in my life back when I was a medical student and when PDAs were first introduced. It miraculously compressed shelves and shelves of books in my pocket. It became a security blanket to have... the story of healing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=793948 Sun, 12 Aug 2007 08:23:32 +0100 793948 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=704444&cid=t_284352_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F06%2F29%2Fyoung-skateboarders-cross-canada-for-breast-cancer%2F Filed under: FundraisersI was watching a local news program the other day and the guest speakers caught my eye. It was a group of four young guys who recently skateboarded across Canada to raise awareness for breast cancer. They've also recently been appointed the parade marshalls of the Calgary Stampede, which might not mean much to most of you, but the position of Parade Marshall is usually held by .... well ... someone famous, such as Walt Disney, Prince Charles, Jack Lemen, etc. I think this goes to show that cancer-related causes are gaining more awareness every day, which is so promising.The names of these unlikely heroes are Carlos Koppen, Rob Lewis, Aaron Jackson and Benjamin Jordan, and their cause is called Push for the Cure. I think they are fabulous, and you should check out th... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=704444 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 704444