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 'cash'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:56:39 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5103484&cid=t_139608_136_f&fid=37850&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.carinforkaren.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1734 For you to receive your online payday loan referral bonus, cash advance direct lender loansInsuranque settlers insurancelittle insurancelabor insureince freeselling insurancebenefitstaxfree freepawtucket insurancebusinesses. the idea takes its inspiration from efforts in the past and at present that encourage and recognize givers of all financial means and backgrounds. cash advance boynton beach [...] (Source: Carin' For Karen) Carin' For Karen blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5103484 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 09:44:17 +0100 5103484 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4324809&cid=t_139608_97_f&fid=35606&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theangriestpharmacist.com%2F2011%2F01%2F08%2Frequirements-versus-services%2F The smart alecks that post wise guy comments on my, and other pharmacist websites, usually only have one or two things they say regarding the worth of pharmacists. The root of their hatred for the profession that does so much for the common citizen is seeded in their jealousy of the wages paid to such highly trained professionals. Along the same lines, they only see pieces of paper (money and prescriptions) coming in and bottles filled with 30 pills each going out. Haters see it as overly simplified. Exoterically, from the outside looking in, it is, but for those of us that spent 6 to 8 years getting a doctorate, we don't agree. Compared to backbreaking labor outside in the hot sun, I can at least understand. I've also had a recent brash of problems with patients being rude/uncaring about ... The Angriest Pharmacist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4324809 Sat, 08 Jan 2011 06:15:50 +0100 4324809 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265689&cid=t_139608_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FwOubvfvQOi8%2F By George ScovilleThat’s the title of an upcoming FOX News Channel feature program with John Stossel, in which Cato Executive Vice President David Boaz and Director of Health Policy Studies Michael F. Cannon weigh in on some of the hidden, unforeseen, and unintended consequences of the attempts to deliver on promises our politicians make. Politicians promised that: Cash for Clunkers would save the auto industry. Increasing the minimum wage would be good for the working poor. Title IX would end gender-based discrimination in college sports. Mega-construction projects like stadiums, arenas, and conference centers would create jobs. Changing the tax code would save small farmers and the environment. Credit card reform would save us from banking fees. Reforming the health care system wo... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265689 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:34:24 +0100 4265689 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4207258&cid=t_139608_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F11%2Fcash-bribes-reported-widespread-canada-timely-care%2F Vivian Green is claiming that she paid a $2000 bribe to get her mother’s surgery moved to the top of the waiting list, but that it was not enough to get the surgeon of her choice. She has decided to report this to medical authorities in Canada who say they are shocked, shocked that such practices are occurring. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4207258 Sun, 28 Nov 2010 05:42:01 +0100 4207258 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4040790&cid=t_139608_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FjM0_AEELoGE%2F When drugmakers look to milk their existing cash cows just a little more, what’s the best strategy? Although pediatric exclusivity can certainly boost cash flow, tinkering with a drug’s underlying science may actually yield more long-term value, according to a report by Cutting Edge Information, which queried 28 drugmakers as part of its study. What the industry likes to call life cycle management can be pursued through different means, of course. And this includes pediatric exclusivity, new indications, new formulations, patent retention, next generation versions, authorized generics or a form of strategic pricing. But each approach comes with a price. For instance, four of the strategies require clinical trials. As the chart indicates, pediatric exclusivity is the most profit... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4040790 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12:26:14 +0100 4040790 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3968995&cid=t_139608_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FZ2AyMYcpQqU%2F By Tad DeHavenIn a new study, economists Atif Mian and Amir Sufi find that the government’s “cash for clunkers” program “had no long run effect on auto purchases.” C4C was supposed to stimulate the struggling automobile industry – and thus the economy – by inducing people to purchase autos today that they might otherwise have purchased in the future. However, whereas the White House’s Council of Economic Advisors claimed that C4C “pulled forward” purchases that would have occurred five years into the future, Mian and Sufi found that it merely pulled forward purchases that would have been made in the next seven months. From the study: In the subsequent ten months after the program (September 2009 through June 2010), high clunker cities purchased significantly fewer autom... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3968995 Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:54:19 +0100 3968995 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3902880&cid=t_139608_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FJPH4gelW8Ig%2F A couple of weeks ago, David Boaz discussed the Old Testament story in which the people of Israel ask Samuel for a king to rule over them. God’s instructions to Samuel can be summed up as “tell them to be careful of what you wish for.” David brought up the passage in the context of civil liberties, but the story’s lesson also applies to economic liberties. Over the past eighty years, the public has become conditioned in times of crisis to turn to their rulers and demand that they “do something.” That the rulers had a hand in the crisis is all too often either unrecognized or it’s a secondary concern. As Robert Higgs demonstrated in his seminal book, Crisis and Leviathan, the rulers will willingly oblige the public and, in the process, come away with more power and control tha... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3902880 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:05:04 +0100 3902880 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3902901&cid=t_139608_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fprimary-care-doctors-rewarded-for-time-with-patients%2F2010.08.25 Abraham Verghese is a professor of medicine at Stanford University and one of the most articulate physician-writers today. He recently wrote an op-ed highlighting primary care’s plight, and focuses on the scarcity of time: The science of medicine has never been more potent – incredible advances and great benefits realized in the treatment of individual diseases – yet the public perception of us physicians is often one of a harried individual more interested in the virtual construct of the patient in the computer than in the living, breathing patient seated on the exam table.Time is the scarcest commodity of all. Patients, particularly when it comes to their routine, day-to-day care, want a physician who has time to understand them as people first, and then as patients. It’s bee... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3902901 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:00:27 +0100 3902901 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3845146&cid=t_139608_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F08%2F09%2Fcongratulations-to-katherine-stone-postpartum-progress-2%2F Katherine Stone, the author of the wonderful Postpartum Progress blog, won the First Annual Bloganthropy Award at the BlogHer 10 event in NYC this past weekend. It’s an award focused on making a difference through social media. Given that this award was open to any type of blog on any type of topic, the fact that a mental health blogger won it is heart-warming and fantastic! Here’s a part of the announcement about the award: The Bloganthropy Awards recognize bloggers who have made a difference by using social media effectively to promote a good cause. Stone became an advocate for women with perinatal mood and anxiety disorders after experiencing a severe bout of postpartum depression herself in 2001. Her feelings of fear and isolation inspired her to create Postpartum Progress, no... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3845146 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:04:23 +0100 3845146 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3794944&cid=t_139608_125_f&fid=34820&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dentalblogs.com%2Farchives%2Fadministrator-2%2Fputting-your-money-where-the-mouths-are%2F Transworld Systems White Paper Dental Visit www.web.transworldsystems.com/douggraham/ for more information. View more documents from Doug Graham. (Source: dental blog for dentists about dentistry) dental blog for dentists about dentistry blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3794944 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:49:01 +0100 3794944 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3729846&cid=t_139608_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fwhats-in-your-wallet-learnvest-ceo-alexa-von-tobel-shows-the-contents-of-her-money-bag%2F Keeping track of your cash, coins, and credit cards seems like something you should learn how to do in high school, but some of us still haven’t mastered the art of organizing our wallets. If you ever find yourself digging through crumpled receipts or wishing you hadn’t left certain cards at home, check out these tips from LearnVest. (And check out LearnVest’s original post for more details and a peek into Learnvest CEO Alexa von Tobel’s personal wallet.) What to keep in your wallet: Credit Card – LearnVest suggests having two credit cards in your name: One for regular use, another for emergency use only. Keep the emergency card tucked away at home, and keep the other in your wallet at all times. Cash – The key here is not too much, not too little. Between $25... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3729846 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:22:14 +0100 3729846 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3662977&cid=t_139608_160_f&fid=36190&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.skincareblog.org%2Fentry%2Fstress-and-skin-care%2F Your worry is beginning to show in your face. The recession hit your family hard. You maxed out your credit cards just to keep your family in food and shelter. Just when you were about to give up, you finally got a new job, but payday is two weeks away—and today you got home to find a utility shutoff notice on your door. If you don’t pay within 48 hours, you will lose your electricity. You already called to extend it twice before, and they have warned you that you can’t do it again. Where can you get cash fast? Stop worrying. It’s time to look into short-term cash loans. This is truly an emergency—a time when you need cash fast, a time of genuine need, and you know you will have the means to pay it back as soon as the paycheck comes in. At times like this, worry does take a toll... Skin Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3662977 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:55:38 +0100 3662977 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3652711&cid=t_139608_160_f&fid=36190&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.skincareblog.org%2Fentry%2Fpros-of-using-a-property-manager%2F Owning multiple properties is both a blessing and a curse. It’s a blessing if you keep your properties rented because you are having someone else pay your mortgage for you, and eventually, you profit from it. However, it can also be a curse because many times, keeping up with the duties of being a landlord can be time consuming and even confusing. Hiring a property manager can help you. It’s a great solution if you’re unfamiliar with the landlord process, own properties away from where you live, or are unsure of the legal issues related to renting property. While there are pros and cons to virtually every situation, some of the pros of hiring a property manager include: • The manager handles the business and legal aspects of renting. When you rent your property t... Skin Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3652711 Fri, 28 May 2010 09:37:19 +0100 3652711 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3306845&cid=t_139608_88_f&fid=35612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheknifeman.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fshow-me-money.html As you know, I'm not one to grumble...I have just found myself in the delightfully uncomfortable position of being underpaid by my current trust, while having been overpaid by my previous trust.Brilliant (Source: The KnifeMan) The KnifeMan blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3306845 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:43:00 +0100 3306845 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3149101&cid=t_139608_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Ffinancing-science-commercialization.html With ailing banks propped up by billions in taxpayers’ money and nations rolling through the mud of economic recession is it any surprise that we get mightily frustrated to hear of their enormous bonuses and golden pension pots? Of course not… But, here’s a thought… As the lines drawn between commercial and academic research become increasingly blurred, isn’t it also a little odd that it’s scientists who manage science, scrutinise the activities of science, validate the science, and award scientists their grants? In a market-driven world of consumerism with the constant pressure to perform, there seems to be a growing need for scientists to use some of the more peculiar phrases from the office of the marketing executives rather than those at the bench-face. ... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3149101 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:00:29 +0100 3149101 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3139026&cid=t_139608_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FBY86I2qcA9M%2F By Chris Moody Michael Tanner says the difficult part of passing the health care bill has only just begun: “The bill must now go to a conference committee to resolve significant differences between the House and Senate versions. And history shows that agreement is far from guaranteed.” Get ready for Cash for Clunkers…the Home Edition. Gene Healy on the new decade: “Yes, it was a rotten 10 years for America. But cheer up: Things aren’t as bad as they seem, and there’s a good chance they’ll get better.” Will the market rise or fall? Richard Rahn: “The long-term outlook for the stock market is not good, and here is why. For the past 100 years, there has been an inverse relationship between changes in the size of government and the gr... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3139026 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:23:23 +0100 3139026 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3071130&cid=t_139608_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FNZ7UqXUUQ-o%2F By Tad DeHavenHuge deficit spending, a supposed stimulus bill, and financial bailouts by the Bush administration failed to stave off a deep recession. President Obama continued his predecessor’s policies with an even bigger stimulus, which helped push the deficit over the unimaginable trillion dollar mark. Prosperity hasn’t returned, but the president is persistent in his interventionist beliefs. In his speech yesterday, he told the country that we must “spend our way out of this recession.” While a dedicated segment of the intelligentsia continues to believe in simplistic Kindergarten Keynesianism, average Americans are increasingly leery. Businesses and entrepreneurs are hesitant to invest and hire because of the uncertainty surrounding the President’s agenda for higher... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3071130 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:04:42 +0100 3071130 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3056619&cid=t_139608_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F4HstzyfpOnc%2F Today’s Politico Arena asks: The WH Jobs Summit: “A little less conversation? A little more action? ( please)” My response: Today’s White House “jobs summit” reflects little more, doubtless, than growing administration panic over the political implications of the unemployment picture.  With the 2010 election season looming just ahead, and little prospect that unemployment numbers will soon improve, Democrats feel compelled to “do something” — reflecting their general belief that for nearly every problem there’s a government solution.  Thus, this summit is heavily stacked with proponents of government action.  This morning’s Wall Street Journal tells us, for example, that “AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka is prop... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3056619 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:15:37 +0100 3056619 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2943764&cid=t_139608_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fc_AVM17vP68%2F The bad news this morning on the impact of both the federal stimulus and the Cash for Clunkers program should not come as a surprise to anyone who has paid attention to the history of government intervention in the economy. New data that the jobs created by the stimulus have been overstated by thousands is compelling, but it’s really a secondary issue. The primary issue is that the government cannot “create” anything without hurting something else. To “create” jobs, the government must first extract wealth from the economy via taxation, or raise the money by issuing debt. Regardless of whether the burden is borne by present or future taxpayers, the result is the same: job creation and economic growth are inhibited. At the same time the government is taking und... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2943764 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:05:37 +0100 2943764 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2857396&cid=t_139608_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fjh7W_QCtAME%2F Bush-era surveillance powers are set to expire at the end of this year. Julian Sanchez explores the efforts to revise the PATRIOT Act. More on the medical professionals who aided in acts of torture. Doug Bandow: Ireland is holding a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty on Friday. If the Irish say yes, the European Union will be stronger. But will anyone notice? How urban planners caused the housing bubble. The aftermath of  “Cash for Clunkers” hits automakers. Looks like it just might have been the “dumbest program ever” after all. Podcast: “Three Felonies a Day“ (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2857396 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:35:11 +0100 2857396 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2857399&cid=t_139608_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_Uyj3oXiUxo%2F My colleague Chris Edwards called the government’s “Cash for Clunkers” program the “Dumbest Program Ever.”  Given that Chris is familiar with more than a few dumb government programs, that’s quite a statement. Today, the Washington Post provides more evidence that he might be right: After the shopping binge inspired by the government’s “Cash for Clunkers” incentive program ended, U.S. auto sales plunged in September and the industry sunk back to the depths from which it started, figures released Thursday showed… The results raised doubts from some economists about the effectiveness of the $3 billion federal program as a stimulus. Alan Blinder, a Princeton professor who was among the first to push an auto sales incentive program i... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2857399 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:15:33 +0100 2857399 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2786304&cid=t_139608_180_f&fid=38613&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stevepavlina.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F09%2Fa-fixed-income-is-a-sucker-bet%2F Do you live on a fixed income, earning the same amount of money paycheck after paycheck? Maybe you pick up a cost of living adjustment or a raise now and then (or suffer a pay cut or reduction in hours), but barring any major changes like getting promoted, fired, or laid off, is your income fairly stable and predictable? Do you have a good sense of what you’re going to earn during the next 3 months? Would it be exceedingly unlikely for you to earn double or triple – or half – of that anticipated amount? If this describes you, then who decided to fixify your income? Who made that decision? You made that decision, didn’t you? You decided to earn a fixed amount of money per month. You can trace your decisions back to some moment where you said yes to a fixed income. Are you aware that... Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2786304 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:46:52 +0100 2786304 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2751890&cid=t_139608_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_cndySoMIt4%2F Seven ideas for dealing with North Korea. Paging the Fifth Amendment: Florida high court rules that the state can seize your private property without giving you a dime. How to cut the deficit by spending less. It sounds crazy, but it just might work. Why stop at “Cash for Clunkers”? Why not have a “Cash for Everything” program? Because it was a dumb idea to begin with, that’s why. Podcast: When Germany enacted their own “Cash for Clunkers” scheme, some of the old vehicles were illegally exported and sold out of the country before being destroyed. Could it happen here? Would that be so bad? (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2751890 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:21:48 +0100 2751890 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2667403&cid=t_139608_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fz18qWSWxwCY%2F Sigh.  Will the error never end?  If you listen to Washington, you would think that taking money from taxpayers, who otherwise would buy cars, homes, computers, and any number of other items, and giving it the same taxpayers to get them to buy cars is a great way to stimulate the economy. Of course, the Keynesian hope is that Americans will spend rather than save, as if the best way to resolve a crisis  resulting from too much spending and borrowing is to encourage more people to spend and borrow more.  Alas, Washington has never met an expensive new program that it didn’t like. In fact, the “Cash for Clunkers” program is an even dumber idea than most “stimulus” proposals.  Cato’s Alan Reynolds notes how easily the program can be manipulated to fru... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2667403 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:07:21 +0100 2667403 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2657776&cid=t_139608_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2009%2F07%2F30%2Fshocker-federal-government-to-suspend-cash-for-clunkers-program%2F Political Cartoon by Michael Ramirez The Obama Administration’s “Cash for Clunker’s” program is apparently running out of money. Congressional officials say the government plans to suspend the popular “cash for clunkers” program amid concerns it could quickly use up the $1 billion in rebates for new car purchases. The Transportation Department called congressional offices late Thursday to alert them to the decision to halt the program, which offered owners of old cars and trucks $3,500 or $4,500 toward a new, more fuel-efficient vehicle. The congressional officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. Through late Wednesday, 22,782 vehicles had been purchased through the program and nearly $96 million had be... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2657776 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:24:10 +0100 2657776 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2653667&cid=t_139608_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FQ4z1dyFGzS4%2F ABC News reports that the “Cash for Clunkers” scheme, a government program that offers a rebate to people who trade in vehicles with low gas mileage for more fuel efficient cars, is  gaining popularity: The program is off to a fast start. In less than a week, 8,000 cars have been traded in for new ones — deals that might not have happened if Washington were not offering people $3,500 to $4,500 to get their aging gas guzzlers off the road. In June, Cato senior fellow Alan Reynolds explained  how you can use that money to buy the muscle car or truck you always wanted: Consider how easy it would be to game this giveaway program by using that $4,500 voucher to buy a big SUV or V-8 muscle car. First of  all, with Chrysler and GM dealerships folding, it should be easy to buy... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2653667 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:21:57 +0100 2653667 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2473795&cid=t_139608_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fwhen-your-mind-writes-checks-your-body-cant-cash%2F I’m an educated person and know there is a mind/body connection.  I witnessed it often when rearing my two children, saw it everyday as a working RN and have often harnessed the power of the mind in terms of faith and confidence to make it through this maze I live with everyday. Of course, I’m referring to a daily life of chronic pain. In that life, I have to worry about the “disconnect” between my mind and its many ambitions and the follow through that is required. Did you know your mind needs your body to accomplish, well, everything except telekinesis? I’ve tried that, but can’t seem to get it to work for me. I’ve tried staring at the vacuum and willing it to move. Nothing happened. I’ve tried to follow the Disney tradition of the dancing... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2473795 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:47:45 +0100 2473795 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349566&cid=t_139608_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2F43GYMSK5Fhg%2F I am listening to my oddest iTunes playlist: it contains only one song, but several versions of it. It’s called Deportees, and seems to be extraordinarily popular with various sections of the music world’s practitioners, some of whom have recorded more than one version of it. I have appended a list of all of the ones that I have found so far. Woody Guthrie wrote the song based upon a true incident which happened in the 1940’s, when the captain and crew of a crashed airplane were listed by name in a newspaper article, but the migrant farm workers, whom they were taking back to Mexico, were not and were listed as “just deportees.” The link above has the story of it. I loved the song from the first time I heard a recording of Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie singing ... white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349566 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:43:51 +0100 2349566 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2284482&cid=t_139608_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F03%2Flloyds-and-carbon-monoxide%2F Just looked this up myself and saw that for some reason it never got posted on the blog, so here it is. Ben Goldacre The Guardian Saturday 10th October 2008 What I like about Bad Science is that it’s a game the whole family can play. This month “Lloydspharmacy”, as Lloyds Pharmacy insist on being called, is trying to [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2284482 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:01:25 +0100 2284482 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2241255&cid=t_139608_97_f&fid=35606&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theangriestpharmacist.com%2F2009%2F03%2F07%2Fburn-a-hole%2F Everyone’s had money in their pocket that was damn near burning a hole in it. Most of us experienced that when we were 13, got a $20 bill as a birthday present from grandma, and blew it the next day at K-Mart on some worthless bullshit we didn’t need — like an erotic poster featuring Ann Coulter or a Bart Simpson pullstring doll that says, “Cowabunga DUDE,” in three different languages. Why is it most adults experiencing Holus Burnus Pocketus are patients in my pharmacy? Today, I had the following conversation: “Okay, we’ll have these three ready for you in about 15 minutes.” “How much is it?”  [They always gotta know!] “Well, we have to run it through your insurance for you. They decide on the price, but glancing at it, I... The Angriest Pharmacist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2241255 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 05:23:51 +0100 2241255 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2200494&cid=t_139608_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F02%2F20%2Fmindfulness-and-cash-flow%2F You only lose what you cling to. —Buddha Money is emotional currency. During an economic crisis, the first instinct is to reclaim our resources and pull them close to us: reduce spending, reduce giving and cut back. While all these measures make sense, on one level they can create an even greater difficulty. When we hoard our money we create a poverty of spirit, a deprivation mindset that dictates our behavior based on scarcity and informs our view of the world. We believe we won’t have enough, that others don’t either, and that the key to survival is to protect our assets. While all this is true, it is only half-true. The other truth is that giving and a sense of abundance are necessary to our well-being. Consider the most essential function we have as a living being. If we... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2200494 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:10:40 +0100 2200494 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2128875&cid=t_139608_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F01%2Fpart-432-in-which-i-get-a-bit-overinterested-and-look-up-waaay-too-many-references%2F So I think the comedy barrage of references in this one was a nerd gag too far for the Guardian. And I handed it in a bit late, so it got chopped. Here is the unabridged version, apologies if some of the reference links are a bit mangled, let me know if you want them [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2128875 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:33:23 +0100 2128875 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2097892&cid=t_139608_109_f&fid=34800&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FClinicalPsychologyAndPsychiatryACloserLook%2F%7E3%2F509839435%2Fbudget-crisis-universities-and-key.html Everyone knows that state budgets across the United States are in a crunch. All state-supported universities are looking for sources of income outside of taxpayer funds. As state legislatures look to cut money, many state universities are in for a big budget hit. So if the state is going to pony up less money, how can a university survive...?Perhaps by seeking to entice industry funding. Set up a few clinical trials and see what happens. There is nothing inherently wrong about university faculty working on industry-sponsored research. In an ideal world, all goes according to plan and all benefit from such collaboration. Universities love industry collaboration because it brings in good money. Researchers like to collaborate with industry for some altruistic motives, such as receiving fundi... Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2097892 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:47:00 +0100 2097892 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1868521&cid=t_139608_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2008%2F10%2Fhow-to-get-free-publicity-in-150-newspapers%2F Ben Goldacre The Guardian, Saturday October 11 2008 “Lloydspharmacy”, as Lloyds Pharmacy insist on being called, are trying to flog Carbon monoxide detectors (for only £12.99). It’s a noble calling, so they decided to follow industry protocol for getting their product and brand into the media: produce a misleading set of superficially plausible survey figures, massaging our prejudices, [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1868521 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:12:22 +0100 1868521 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1674816&cid=t_139608_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2008%2F08%2Ffame%2F Ben Goldacre guardian.co.uk Saturday August 2 2008 It must be August. The Daily Mail is hunting for the Yeti again (they sent their own expedition out in 1954) and mathematical formula season has begun in earnest. PR guru Mark Borkowski’s “fame formula” was gushingly reported in the Telegraph, the Express, the Star, OK, Channel 4, ITN, and more. [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1674816 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:28:01 +0100 1674816 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1508223&cid=t_139608_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F06%2Fash-cash-revisited-housemans-tale.html A few months ago, a naive and unpleasant woman called Pauline had been complaining that doctors are paid a fee to complete cremation forms:Pauline Levey emailed to suggest we take a look at 'ash cash'. This is a fee that's required in order for doctors to release a body for cremation. It's currently set at a level of £71 each for two doctors, paid in cash on top of the doctors' NHS salaries. Pauline - whose mother was cremated a year ago - says the charge is unfair and cruel. Here she explains why.In Dead bodies and Ash Cash I wrote of the peculiar stresses that doctors are under when they have to examine dead bodies in order to complete cremation forms. Doctors have various strategies to deal with the stress but, as one gets older, it gets more difficult. Now a newly qualified houseman ... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1508223 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:40:00 +0100 1508223 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1509224&cid=t_139608_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FBreastfeeding123%2F%7E3%2F308537875%2F Jessica Alba and Cash Warren welcomed their daughter, Honor Marie Warren, last Saturday just in time to celebrate Celebrity Health Week here at the Health and Wellness Channel. Unfortunately, Alba had told Extra that she was more paranoid about breastfeeding than giving birth! One can only hope she attended a La Leche League meeting, and read “Ten Tips on How a Pregnant Woman Can Prepare for Breastfeeding” and the blog carnival on “ what I didn’t expect when I was expecting.” Tori Spelling gave birth today to her daughter with Dean McDermott, Stella Doreen McDermott. She worked hard to breastfeed their first child Liam. Hopefully she finds it easier the second time around! Angelina Jolie also has experience breastfeeding, but let’s hope she has done some... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1509224 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:19:34 +0100 1509224 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2523816&cid=t_139608_158_f&fid=36019&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fcaregiver%2F%7E3%2FFqJDU7ivZec%2Ffamily-caregiver-gets-break-essay.html Every family caregiver has a story. Caring Today & Home Instead offers you a chance to win the Grand Prize worth $5,000.00! Just submit a 500 word or less essay telling them you caregiving experience for a chance to win! You may qualify for the FIRST PRIZE worth $2,500 or an Extraordinary Caregiver Award worth $500. Deadline to submit entries is July 16, 2008. See below how to enter to win.Just them about your day-to-day experience of caregiving: How you've embraced the role of caregiver for a senior loved one, what impact it's had on you and how you've inspired others, demonstrating how a Home Instead CAREGiver could make a difference in your life. 2008 Caring Today "Give a Caregiver a Break" Essay ContestI read stories about your giving hearts & challenges and have experienced many mysel... Working Caregiver blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2523816 Wed, 28 May 2008 13:36:00 +0100 2523816 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1466041&cid=t_139608_109_f&fid=34800&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FClinicalPsychologyAndPsychiatryACloserLook%2F%7E3%2F296995630%2Fsmoke-and-shhhhhhhhhhhh.html Alan Finder at the New York Times  has, pardon the bad pun, a smokin' good story about entangled relationships, cigarettes, secrecy and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU).  To what do I refer?  VCU signed a contract with Philip Morris to conduct research, but the catch is that there is a mega-gag order.  Professors aren't allowed to discuss or publish their results without the permission of (guess...) Philip Morris.  If someone (say, a journalist) asks someone at the university about this agreement, university officials are required to decline comment.  The inquiry is then passed along to the company.  Apparently intellectual property rights emerging from any discoveries from such research belong to Philip Morris, not the university researchers.  Until this story broke, it ap... Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1466041 Sat, 24 May 2008 03:25:00 +0100 1466041 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1393993&cid=t_139608_158_f&fid=36018&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaregiversbeacon.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F04%2Fnegotiating-healthcare-costs-mri-quoted.html An MRI that was quoted by a doctor's office and local healthcare sources at $2,000 only cost a patient who paid cash $600. This smaller amount was then reimbursed by insurance. The $2,000 is the amount that would have been billed to insurance if payment was expected from that source. By offering to pay in cash, then turning the bill over to the insurance company for reimbursement, the cost was only $600.I know, because I was that patient, and the MRI was for my injured knee. The point is that negotiating medical costs by offering to pay cash resulted in a bill of less than 1/3 the amount that would have been billed to insurance. To avoid paying a balance due if the insurance did not cover the full amount, I offered cash to see what would happen, and this was the result.Research in my area ... The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1393993 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:42:00 +0100 1393993 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1385674&cid=t_139608_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F04%2Fdead-bodies-and-ash-cash.html Have you checked in recently at The Daily Rhino?If you haven’t, you should. It is written, well written, by a junior hospital doctor, and it is fun. He writes for the Medical Student Magazine, as did I. The Daily Rhino gives you some excellent insights into what it is like to be a young doctor. Beer, sex and hard work. Well, something like that.The Daily Rhino has been picked up today by the BBC. By the PM programme no less.Our main story this week came to us via listener Pauline Levey. She emailed to suggest we take a look at 'ash cash'. This is a fee that's required in order for doctors to release a body for cremation. It's currently set at a level of £71 each for two doctors, paid in cash on top of the doctors' NHS salaries. Pauline - whose mother was cremated a year ago - says the c... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1385674 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:12:00 +0100 1385674 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1376875&cid=t_139608_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F271421068%2F Grab your laptop and hitch your wagon. The time has come to find those marquee names who can put your paper over the top. (Source: Pharmalot) Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1376875 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:19:19 +0100 1376875 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1294372&cid=t_139608_109_f&fid=34800&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FClinicalPsychologyAndPsychiatryACloserLook%2F%7E3%2F249508133%2Fnot-much-money-kols-and-child-bipolar.html Intro. A few months ago, I wrote about key opinion leaders in psychiatry arguing that we shouldn't be making such a big deal about their payments from drug companies. After all, they were just receiving chump change. At the time, my motivation was spurred by a great piece in the New York Times on the issue of physicians receiving payments from drug companies. Physicians are often paid to become "key opinion leaders," aka salespeople. Often possessing academic positions, these KOLs give speeches to fellow physicians in which they extol the virtues of a drug in exchange for cash. Of course, physicians might be leery if a sales representative was discussing the latest wonder drug, so using an "independent" physician uses a basic marketing trick, the third-party technique, in order to give the... Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1294372 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:26:00 +0100 1294372 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1191368&cid=t_139608_109_f&fid=34800&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FClinicalPsychologyAndPsychiatryACloserLook%2F%7E3%2F226547932%2Fpeer-review-gsk-cash-and-limp-noodles.html Stephanie Saul has a quite interesting story in the New York Times about a peer-reviewer who really dropped the ball. A key member of the Senate said Wednesday that a prominent diabetes expert leaked an unpublished and confidential medical journal article to GlaxoSmithKline last year, tipping the company to the imminent publication of safety questions involving the company’s diabetes drug Avandia. The doctor, Steven M. Haffner of the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, faxed the article to the drug maker after agreeing to read it as part of the peer-review process for the New England Journal of Medicine, according to a statement Wednesday by Senator Charles E. Grassley... An article on the matter that was published online Wednesday by the journal Nature quo... Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1191368 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:22:00 +0100 1191368 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1177683&cid=t_139608_109_f&fid=34800&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FClinicalPsychologyAndPsychiatryACloserLook%2F%7E3%2F222947004%2Fbribing-physicians-where-my-money-at.html An utterly fascinating article in the Wall Street Journal by Vanessa Fuhrmans notes that insurers are moving to bribe doctors for prescribing generics. Snippet below, but you really should read the whole article. Health plans are drawing scrutiny for offering financial incentives to entice doctors to prescribe cheaper generic medicines, including paying doctors $100 each time they switch a patient from a brand-name drug. Pharmaceutical companies have long gone to great lengths to try to get doctors to prescribe their brand-name pills. They spend billions of dollars, plying physicians with samples, educational lunches and speaker fees. But as the patents for a growing number of blockbuster medicines expire, some health insurers are trying to trump those perks with bonuses or higher reimb... Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1177683 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:20:00 +0100 1177683 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1136826&cid=t_139608_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F01%2F08%2Fthe-psychology-of-deal-or-no-deal%2F The results of psychological research surround us every day, but few of us are aware of them. Psychology is interested in the study, observation and explanations for individual human behavior. It’s not about studying mice in labs anymore (although that’s still done, mostly in undergraduate psychology classes) so much as it is about studying real people in pseudo-real situations to better understand how and why people act, think or feel in the ways that they do. Sometimes that research results in unintended offspring, such as the U.S. television show, Deal or No Deal. Hosted by Canadian comedian and actor Howie Mandel, the show revolves around a single contestant who has to make a simple risk aversion choice — choose to keep an unknown amount of money the contestant hold... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1136826 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:58:00 +0100 1136826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1033455&cid=t_139608_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2007%2F11%2Fthis-is-your-brain-this-is-your-brain-on-politics-any-questions%2F Ben Goldacre The Guardian Saturday November 17 2007 Obviously we’re all interested in who the next US president is going to be, since it affects our risk of being blown up on the bus to work. According to the New York Times - which has covered this story at least three times - a commercial company which specialises [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1033455 Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:15:36 +0100 1033455 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1021381&cid=t_139608_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F183660093%2Fseeking_cash_for_your_brainchi.html In the last few days I’ve spoken hard core cash …  to people across several fields. Some spoke of steady revenue streams … that pay their daily costs … without much more. Others hoped that dollars would come to them … before their crunch set in too deep. A smaller group spoke of searching out financial streams … to fund some promising brainchild. Interestingly, this brainchild bunch … was often stopped short  by what they saw as financial flaws.They hadn’t found any fortunes reportedly risked by angel investors, in spite of entrepreneurs who say it's there. They’d wasted money on firms with quick fixes that never came. They’d exhausted their own good credit … which allowed them better interest rates... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1021381 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:11:28 +0100 1021381 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=892365&cid=t_139608_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D538 Ben Goldacre The Guardian Saturday September 22 2007 So you will remember the fish oil pill stories of last year. For the new kids: pill company Equazen and Durham Council said they were doing a trial on them with their GCSE year, but it wasn’t really a proper trial, for example there was no control group, and they [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=892365 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:23:02 +0100 892365 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=886215&cid=t_139608_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D523 There’s nothing I like better than people engaging in a discussion about ideas - and indeed criticising mine - but if there are two messages I’d really like to get out there, for general use, it’s these: ad hominem attacks are pathetic you cannot make me go away by telling people my story was shit. (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=886215 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:41:31 +0100 886215 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=848283&cid=t_139608_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D524 Once every few weeks I get to write something extremely serious in the BMJ. BMJ 2007;335:480 (8 September), doi:10.1136/bmj.39328.450000.59 Observations - Media watch Journalists: anything to declare? Ben Goldacre, doctor and writer, London . “Drug companies wouldn’t pay for the media to attend their events if they didn’t think it would affect coverage, yet journalists’ competing interests usually [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=848283 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:54:08 +0100 848283 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=835412&cid=t_139608_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D520 [This piece got massively cut for space in the paper, fair enough but personally I can’t bear to look. Here’s the last version I saw, with added email action from Professor Weber at the bottom.] Ben Goldacre The Guardian September 1st, 2007 “Jessica Alba has the perfect wiggle, study says”. You have to respect a paper like the Telegraph, [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=835412 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:21:32 +0100 835412 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=797933&cid=t_139608_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F08%2F14%2Ftry-cutting-your-health-care-bills%2F Filed under: All Cancers, Daily newsHealth care is expensive, even for those with insurance. My treatment with the breast cancer drug Herceptin cost $5,000 every three weeks for 52 weeks. Insurance paid 80 percent; I was responsible for 20. That's $1,000 every three weeks. Not exactly affordable.What many of us don't know is that we can play an active role in cutting our health care bills. We can shop around for everything, for example. Before filling a prescription, consider comparing prices offered at mail-order and online pharmacies with those of larger retailers. You may even find that mom and pop shops offer competitive rates since they can set their own pricing. Don't forget about generic drugs too. Ask your doctor if a generic version of your medication is just as good as a brand na... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=797933 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 797933