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 'city,'. Tue, 04 May 2010 18:18:55 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3527613&cid=t_324391_10_f&fid=34467&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fmcr%2Fbhic%2F%3Fp%3D9351 The Grocery Gap: Who Has Access to Healthy Food and Why It Matters http://bit.ly/aPX4uv Sarah Treuhaft, PolicyLink Allison Karpyn, The Food Trust March 2010 “…..Inequitable access to healthy food is a major contributor to health disparities. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, adult obesity rates are 51 percent higher for African Americans than whites, and 21 percent higher for Latinos.. ….” [posted on PAHO/WHO Equity list] New Census Bureau Report Analyzes Nation’s Linguistic Diversity Language Use in the United States: 2007 [http://www.census.gov/prod/2010pubs/acs-12.pdf] The number of people 5 and older who spoke a language other than English at home has more than doubled in the last three decades and at a pace four times greater than the nation’s po... BHIC blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3527613 Mon, 03 May 2010 15:41:00 +0100 3527613 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3505076&cid=t_324391_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FQb0uUHB24jg%2F Kristin Davis (photo: WENN.com) 1. EXCLUSIVE: Kristin Davis Dishes On “Sex and the City 2″ 2. Cutegreggator: Adorable French Bulldog Puppies! 3. Sex on the Wire: Are You an Eco-Sexual? 4. Stars on the Spot: Would You Marry Someone You Knew for a Week? 5. Bravo Finds One Last Fine Arts Group to Exploit for Reality Television Post from: BlissTree 5 Best of Crushable Last Week (Our Other Sister Site) (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3505076 Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:14:38 +0100 3505076 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3505064&cid=t_324391_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FQb0uUHB24jg%2F Kristin Davis (photo: WENN.com) 1. EXCLUSIVE: Kristin Davis Dishes On “Sex and the City 2″ 2. Cutegreggator: Adorable French Bulldog Puppies! 3. Sex on the Wire: Are You an Eco-Sexual? 4. Stars on the Spot: Would You Marry Someone You Knew for a Week? 5. Bravo Finds One Last Fine Arts Group to Exploit for Reality Television Post from: BlissTree 5 Best of Crushable Last Week (Our Other Sister Site) (Source: Genetics and Health) Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3505064 Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:14:38 +0100 3505064 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3504883&cid=t_324391_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2F5-best-of-crushable-last-week-our-other-sister-site%2F Kristin Davis (photo: WENN.com) 1. EXCLUSIVE: Kristin Davis Dishes On “Sex and the City 2″ 2. Cutegreggator: Adorable French Bulldog Puppies! 3. Sex on the Wire: Are You an Eco-Sexual? 4. Stars on the Spot: Would You Marry Someone You Knew for a Week? 5. Bravo Finds One Last Fine Arts Group to Exploit for Reality Television Post from: BlissTree 5 Best of Crushable Last Week (Our Other Sister Site) (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3504883 Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:14:38 +0100 3504883 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3479842&cid=t_324391_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2Fegbz3ySDK9Q%2F MSN’s HealthDay reporter Jenifer Goodwin reports on research out of London’s City University that found stereotypical gender preferences in babies as young as nine months old. While we may like to think that we live in an increasingly gender-neutral world, where children of both sexes are raised to ignore limiting stereotypes, that may not be the case. At least not yet. When presented with a selection of toys, baby boys in the study ignored the dolls and went for the trucks and balls. Baby girls in the sample group grabbed the dolls and plastic food. The research went further, testing the traditional boy/girl color divide of blue and pink. Baby boys were shown a blue teddy bear and pink one. That experiment produced inconclusive results, as the boys showed no interest in the te... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3479842 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:15:22 +0100 3479842 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3479831&cid=t_324391_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2Fegbz3ySDK9Q%2F MSN’s HealthDay reporter Jenifer Goodwin reports on research out of London’s City University that found stereotypical gender preferences in babies as young as nine months old. While we may like to think that we live in an increasingly gender-neutral world, where children of both sexes are raised to ignore limiting stereotypes, that may not be the case. At least not yet. When presented with a selection of toys, baby boys in the study ignored the dolls and went for the trucks and balls. Baby girls in the sample group grabbed the dolls and plastic food. The research went further, testing the traditional boy/girl color divide of blue and pink. Baby boys were shown a blue teddy bear and pink one. That experiment produced inconclusive results, as the boys showed no interest in the te... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3479831 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:15:22 +0100 3479831 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3479650&cid=t_324391_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fgender-stereotypes-blame-the-babies%2F MSN’s HealthDay reporter Jenifer Goodwin reports on research out of London’s City University that found stereotypical gender preferences in babies as young as nine months old. While we may like to think that we live in an increasingly gender-neutral world, where children of both sexes are raised to ignore limiting stereotypes, that may not be the case. At least not yet. When presented with a selection of toys, baby boys in the study ignored the dolls and went for the trucks and balls. Baby girls in the sample group grabbed the dolls and plastic food. The research went further, testing the traditional boy/girl color divide of blue and pink. Baby boys were shown a blue teddy bear and pink one. That experiment produced inconclusive results, as the boys showed no interest in the te... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3479650 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:15:22 +0100 3479650 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3479845&cid=t_324391_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F6Qhao8aVVnM%2F Cover for "Mom, Have You Seen My Leather Pants? by Craig A. Williams Patrick Sauer is funny. This is his third “Read It Like a Man” weekly column for Blisstree. Click to read his original intro, and first and second installments. Chapter 3: 80s Hair Metal I have this pet theory that the essence of what these here United States are all about can be summed by Van Halen. (Here me out – you’ll kill at the next happy hour.) We talk a big game about freedom, liberty, and democracy, but the most honest quote about our country came from one of its worst presidents, Mr. Calvin Coolidge, when he noted that “the business of America is business.” It took us almost a century to go to war over the idea that black people maybe weren’t property, and that was long after... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3479845 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:53:54 +0100 3479845 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3479834&cid=t_324391_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2F6Qhao8aVVnM%2F Cover for "Mom, Have You Seen My Leather Pants? by Craig A. Williams Patrick Sauer is funny. This is his third “Read It Like a Man” weekly column for Blisstree. Click to read his original intro, and first and second installments. Chapter 3: 80s Hair Metal I have this pet theory that the essence of what these here United States are all about can be summed by Van Halen. (Here me out – you’ll kill at the next happy hour.) We talk a big game about freedom, liberty, and democracy, but the most honest quote about our country came from one of its worst presidents, Mr. Calvin Coolidge, when he noted that “the business of America is business.” It took us almost a century to go to war over the idea that black people maybe weren’t property, and that was long after... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3479834 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:53:54 +0100 3479834 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3479653&cid=t_324391_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fread-it-like-a-man-80s-hair-metal-books%2F Cover for "Mom, Have You Seen My Leather Pants? by Craig A. Williams Patrick Sauer is funny. This is his third “Read It Like a Man” weekly column for Blisstree. Click to read his original intro, and first and second installments. Chapter 3: 80s Hair Metal I have this pet theory that the essence of what these here United States are all about can be summed by Van Halen. (Here me out – you’ll kill at the next happy hour.) We talk a big game about freedom, liberty, and democracy, but the most honest quote about our country came from one of its worst presidents, Mr. Calvin Coolidge, when he noted that “the business of America is business.” It took us almost a century to go to war over the idea that black people maybe weren’t property, and that was long after... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3479653 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:53:54 +0100 3479653 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3467959&cid=t_324391_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FvcDlHl0EI6w%2F Image courtesy of "The Rubber Room" trailer You’re a New York City public school teacher and – for whatever reason – find yourself in The Rubber Room: Post from: BlissTree You Know You're Unwell If … (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3467959 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:02:35 +0100 3467959 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3467936&cid=t_324391_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FvcDlHl0EI6w%2F Image courtesy of "The Rubber Room" trailer You’re a New York City public school teacher and – for whatever reason – find yourself in The Rubber Room: Post from: BlissTree You Know You're Unwell If … (Source: Genetics and Health) Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3467936 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:02:35 +0100 3467936 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3467720&cid=t_324391_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fyou-know-youre-unwell-if-%25e2%2580%25a6%2F Image courtesy of "The Rubber Room" trailer You’re a New York City public school teacher and – for whatever reason – find yourself in The Rubber Room: Post from: BlissTree You Know You're Unwell If … (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3467720 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:02:35 +0100 3467720 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3457975&cid=t_324391_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FNyBa6mcnc8A%2F Slouchclogs Our five favorite things on TheGloss this week. 1. eBay’s Best Picks for Spring: Because a pretty season deserves pretty things. 2. Video: This Sex and the City 2 Trailer Is Out and I’m Excited About It Ironically: Because we like it, we hate it, and we can’t help it. 3. Product Review: Intelligent Nutrients Lip Delivery Nutrition: Because we love our lips and want them to be happy. 4. Beer Facials Sound Like the Greatest Idea Ever: Because you had us at “beer facials.” 5. Gallery: The Ten Ugliest Shoes in the World: Because we all need to know what not to wear. Post from: BlissTree This Week's Best Posts from TheGloss (Our Sister Site) (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3457975 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 22:49:18 +0100 3457975 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3457820&cid=t_324391_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fthis-weeks-best-posts-from-thegloss-our-sister-site%2F Slouchclogs Our five favorite things on TheGloss this week. 1. eBay’s Best Picks for Spring: Because a pretty season deserves pretty things. 2. Video: This Sex and the City 2 Trailer Is Out and I’m Excited About It Ironically: Because we like it, we hate it, and we can’t help it. 3. Product Review: Intelligent Nutrients Lip Delivery Nutrition: Because we love our lips and want them to be happy. 4. Beer Facials Sound Like the Greatest Idea Ever: Because you had us at “beer facials.” 5. Gallery: The Ten Ugliest Shoes in the World: Because we all need to know what not to wear. Post from: BlissTree This Week's Best Posts from TheGloss (Our Sister Site) (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3457820 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 22:49:18 +0100 3457820 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3453840&cid=t_324391_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fdr-hrayr-shahinian-liable-medical-malpractice-suit%2F Controversial surgeon Dr. Hrayr Shahinian has been found liable in an $800,000 malpractice case filed by a Maryland patient who claims he missed a tumor and then altered medical records to cover it up. Dr. Shahinian currently practices at Brotman Medical Center in Culver City, California. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3453840 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:27:48 +0100 3453840 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3443683&cid=t_324391_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2Fd1P7Gpd4uCk%2F Beth Sufian is one of the oldest survivors of Cystic Fibrosis. As an attorney, the Houstonian has fought for the medical rights of thousands of patients — even from her own hospital bed — and travels the country teaching parents how to advocate for their children. She took a few minutes to talk with Disruptive Women’s Wendy Grossman. Q: You’ve dedicated your career to fighting for people living with CF. A: Yes. Q: Can you tell me a little bit about your work? A: Working with CF is about half of what I do — the other half is serious medical conditions. Q: Like what? A: I run a hotline for people with CF from all over the country to call and get information about health insurance and benefits and rights and employment. We’ve been in existence since 1998, and w... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3443683 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:17:26 +0100 3443683 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3429378&cid=t_324391_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FMYQ81Z-mAyw%2F Blisstree loves smart women who empower other smart women. Here’s our second group of super-cool charitable nonprofits run by women for women (or, in this case, girls). Girls on the Run Founder Molly Barker Girls Write Now – Founded by Maya Nussbaum, this awesome after-school organization in New York City pairs underserved or at-risk girls ages 13 to 20 with adult female mentors. The literacy-based program provides girls with weekly one-on-one mentor sessions, monthly writing workshops, college prep seminars, and a chance to publish their work in a “Girls Read Now” anthology. For the past five years, Girls Write Now mentees have had a 100 percent college acceptance rate. Serious pomp and circumstance. Girls for a Change – Founded by Whitney H. Smith, this national lea... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3429378 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:04:50 +0100 3429378 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3429155&cid=t_324391_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fwomen-who-rule-2%2F Blisstree loves smart women who empower other smart women. Here’s our second group of super-cool charitable nonprofits run by women for women (or, in this case, girls). Girls on the Run Founder Molly Barker Girls Write Now – Founded by Maya Nussbaum, this awesome after-school organization in New York City pairs underserved or at-risk girls ages 13 to 20 with adult female mentors. The literacy-based program provides girls with weekly one-on-one mentor sessions, monthly writing workshops, college prep seminars, and a chance to publish their work in a “Girls Read Now” anthology. For the past five years, Girls Write Now mentees have had a 100 percent college acceptance rate. Serious pomp and circumstance. Girls for a Change – Founded by Whitney H. Smith, this national lea... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3429155 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:04:50 +0100 3429155 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3411133&cid=t_324391_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F03%2F26%2Fwelcoming-dr-daniel-tomasulo-to-ask-the-therapist%2F I’m please to introduce our first male therapist — Dr. Daniel J. Tomasulo — to join our Ask the Therapist team, a feature we’ve been running for the past 5 years here on Psych Central. Daniel J. Tomasulo, Ph.D., TEP, MFA is a psychologist, psychodrama trainer and writer on faculty at New Jersey City University and formerly a visiting faculty member on fellowship at Princeton University. He has been in private practice for more than 25 years and works with individuals, couples, and groups, specializing in the use of psychodrama. He developed The HealingCrowd.com, a research and training site devoted to the use of action methods in group psychotherapy. His memoir, Confessions of a Former Child: A Therapist’s Memoir, is his most recent book (Graywolf Press) and chr... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3411133 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:24:37 +0100 3411133 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3385334&cid=t_324391_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fwomen-who-rule%2F Blue Marble Ice Cream shop co-owners Jennie Dundas and Alexis Miesen (photo: bluemarbleicecream.com) Check out these three super-cool charitable non-profits run by smart women who help empower other smart women: The Tia Foundation: Dedicated to providing health care strategies (not relief) for residents of rural Mexico. What makes Tia (“aunt” in Spanish) different from other NGOs is that it’s more of a support system. Its founder, Laura Libman, doesn’t believe in creating dependency on an outside source. She practices the “teach a woman to fish” rather than the “give a woman a fish” model. Tia trains women to be medical workers, and promotes sustainable health care. Bueno. Safe Passage: Guatemala City’s landfill is one of Central Americ... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3385334 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:47:44 +0100 3385334 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3382782&cid=t_324391_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fweekend-hippie-school%2F …at New York City’s Go Green Expo. If you happen to be in the Big Apple this weekend, this event is open to the public all day Saturday and Sunday starting at 10 a.m. ($25 for both days; kids under 12 are free). Can’t confirm that they’ll hold seminars at 4:20 on Burning Man, Woodstock, or Teva sandals, but Keynote speakers are Ed Begley, Jr., Mariel Hemingway, and Bobby Williams. Panel topics include “Eco-Fashion and Style”, “Young People and the Environment”, and “Living Eco-logically”. Stay green, tree-huggers! Post from: BlissTree (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3382782 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:05:27 +0100 3382782 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3375599&cid=t_324391_10_f&fid=34467&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fmcr%2Fbhic%2F%3Fp%3D8655 Social Health 2010: Sharing. Exchanging. Social Health! http://sites.google.com/a/sxsh.org/sxsh/ was held recently in Austin, TX. I learned about the resources below by following a few people on Twitter http://twitter.com/ who were posting during the day National Broadband Plan http://broadband.gov/Plan/ Binary America: Split in Two by A Digital Divide http://tinyurl.com/2ff5d8 How the Other Half Lives: Touring the Digital Divide http://www.librarian.net/talks/sxsw10/ Librarians and ePatients as Partners http://bit.ly/a4Qb5M (Source: BHIC) BHIC blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3375599 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:08:06 +0100 3375599 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3370378&cid=t_324391_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Four-destination-spa-of-the-week-the-lodge-at-woodloch-pa%2F The Lodge at Woodloch exterior We think this destination spa is pretty cool: The Lodge at Woodloch in Hawley, Pennsylvania, two-and-a-half hours by car northwest of New York City. With 75 acres of lush woodlands and pristine lakes, it’s pretty perfect for hiking, kayaking, canoeing, mountain biking, and fishing. On-site classes include everything from yoga, pilates, and cardio kick-boxing to photography, drawing, and cooking demonstrations. Yes, cuisine at the Lodge is healthy, but it’s not diet food. Tree restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and (with advance notice), its chef will even customize menus to accommodate your dietary needs. And let’s not forget the spa itself: 27 treatment rooms, 14 massage rooms, six facial rooms, three “wet” treatmen... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3370378 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:34:26 +0100 3370378 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3366170&cid=t_324391_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fblisstree-video-of-the-day-women-in-the-world-conference%2F Last weekend, Tina Brown and the Daily Beast hosted the “Women in the World” summit in New York City. The three-day conference brought together more than 300 female leaders in their respective fields including Madeleine Albright, Hillary Clinton, Queen Rania of Jordan, Meryl Streep, Barbara Walters, and Katie Couric, to talk about women’s stories and possible solutions to problems facing them in the 21st century. In our video of the day, Diane Sawyer discusses the conference with Tina Brown here. For more info and videos from the conference, go to The Daily Beast. Post from: BlissTree (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3366170 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:36:50 +0100 3366170 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3354264&cid=t_324391_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Ffeel%2Fmusic-for-the-soul%2F What do rare soul 45 records from Detroit have in common with Blisstree? We both want to make you feel good. One of Blisstree’s favorite live and radio DJs, Mr. Fine Wine, who’s also a Detroit soul music authority, has hosted “Downtown Soulville,” his stellar weekly radio show, for almost 16 years (91.1 FM in the New York City/New Jersey area). Luckily, for those of us who don’t live within reach of those airwaves, Mr. Fine Wine’s hour-long broadcasts stream live and are archived online at the Jersey City-based independent radio station WFMU. We dare you to listen and stand still. In honor of Blisstree’s launch, we asked Mr. Fine Wine to share with us a rare soul tune that to him defines what Blisstree is all about. His pick? “The Queen&#8221... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3354264 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:32:45 +0100 3354264 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3354304&cid=t_324391_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FZ8_JCL0HA_4%2F By David RittgersI recently appeared on the Patt Morrison Show in southern California opposite Paul Helmke of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence in a segment that begs the question of what gun control laws will look like if the Supreme Court incorporates the Second Amendment with the McDonald v. Chicago case. The audio of the program is here, but the issue merits a more detailed discussion than I could get into on the radio. The litigation over the boundaries of the Second Amendment in the District of Columbia previews the kinds of gun laws that will face court scrutiny. First, certain restrictions on the purchase of firearms will likely be overturned. California maintains a “safe gun roster” of handguns that manufacturers have successfully submitted for safety testing. Followi... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3354304 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:45:29 +0100 3354304 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298319&cid=t_324391_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.disruptivewomen.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F02%2Fhaitiupdategurley.mp3 The following interview with Dr. Jan Gurley, a board-certified internist physician, was recently featured on the Better Health blog. Dr. Jan Gurley just returned from a mission trip to Haiti, 5 weeks after the earthquake hit. In this audio clip, she relays a horrific first-hand account of the current realities of life in Port Au Prince. With no running water, bathrooms, or place to shelter – and packed into a field with 100,000 people – some young women are choosing to stop drinking water in an effort to commit suicide. Dr. Gurley describes the loss of human dignity associated with the crisis in Haiti, including a near stampede when sanitary napkins were offered in a crowd of women. She explains that the place is becoming dangerous – and the screams of women being raped i... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298319 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:53:51 +0100 3298319 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3273059&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2162 LGBT ally Rep Diane Watson will not run for re-election by Karen Ocamb February 11, 2010 Longtime LGBT ally Congressmember Diane E. Watson (D-CA) formally announced Thursday that she is not seeking re-election. She wants Karen Bass, the outgoing Speaker of the California Assembly and another pro-LGBT ally, to replace her representing California’s 33rd Congressional District. Watson’s openly gay legislative deputy Charles Stewart describes below how his boss told her staff she was retiring. But first something about Watson. I first met Diane Watson in the early 1990s at AIDS activist Phill Wilson’s house for a meet and greet with the California State Senator, where she’d been serving since 1978. First thing that struck me was how tall she was – statuesque and elegant and smart. Tu... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3273059 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:26:33 +0100 3273059 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3267133&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2160 new media toolkit one-pagers chers— this is an excellent set of posts on the new media from the AIDS.gov blog. they are intended to give you an overview of just what we’re talking about when we say “new media,” with links to more information and resources as you want and/or need them. plan spending some time with these pages, namaste —rk Resources and Information from the AIDS.gov blog: Accessibility Web accessibility means that people with disabilities can perceive, understand, navigate, interact with, and contribute to the Web. Web accessibility encompasses all disabilities that affect access to the Web, including visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, and neurological disabilities…read full Accessibility One-Pager Download PDF Version ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3267133 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:17:31 +0100 3267133 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3267134&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2158 new media toolkit glossary Click on the term below to see the definition: Blog eCards Mashups New Media News Reader Online Chat Photo Sharing Services Podcast RSS Feed Social Bookmarking Social Media Social Network Services (Social Networking Sites) Texting (or Text Messaging) Twitter Usability Video Games Video Sharing Service Virtual World Web 2.0 Web Button Webcast Web Conferencing Webinar Wiki Blog A website, usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. “Blog” is also a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog. Example: AIDS.gov Blog eCards Similar to a postcard or greeting card, with the primary difference b... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3267134 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:28:11 +0100 3267134 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3267135&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2154 new media toolkit resources Here are some new media resources we’ve come across at AIDS.gov. Please note that this list is just a sample of the many new media resources available on the web. Please leave a comment if you have other suggestions. Click on the topics below to see resources: Blogs Data on New Media Use eCards Mashups New Media Basics Online Games Photo Sharing Services Podcasting RSS Feeds Social Networking Text Messaging Twitter Video Sharing Virtual Worlds Wikis Website Accessibility and 508 Compliance Website Usability Blogs Where can I learn about blogging basics? Common Craft’s video on blogs “in plain English” What are examples of government public health blogs? AIDS.gov Blog Health and Human Service Secretary Mike Leavitt’s Blog CDC’s Health M... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3267135 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:16:43 +0100 3267135 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3267136&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2150 new media toolkit strategy Here are two tools to help you develop your new media strategy: POST Method Worksheet (PDF 49 kb), remixed from Forrester , a quick one-page form to help you get started with your new media planning. New Media Strategy Map (PDF 38 kb), remixed from the WeAreMedia project funded by the Surdna Foundation , a more in-depth tool to help you build your comprehensive new media strategy. (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3267136 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:01:26 +0100 3267136 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3262645&cid=t_324391_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F02%2F11%2Fthe-fresh-air-fund-needs-host-families%2F Imagine growing up in a city environment where you rarely see a tree, a patch of grass, or a bird. Imagine having nowhere to play a game of baseball or play catch with your dog. Imagine a place where the only thing summer brings is sweltering indoor temperatures, with no vacation or fun outside of playing in the fire-hydrant spray. For many children, this is inner-city life and the only life they know. But the Fresh Air Fund is a non-profit that has been giving free summer experiences to poor children in New York City since 1877. During that time, they’ve helped more than 1.7 million children have a very different kind of summer vacation — a chance to breath some fresh air in a different, less urban environment. In 2009, The Fresh Air Fund’s Volunteer Host Family program... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3262645 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:30:38 +0100 3262645 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3262837&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2148 Researchers find ‘broad spectrum’ antiviral that fights multitude of viruses By Enrique Rivero February 01, 2010 Compound could be used against HIV-1, Nipah, Ebola and other deadly viruses Viruses are insidious creatures. They differ from each other in many ways, and they can mutate — at times seemingly at will, as with HIV — to resist a host of weapons fired at them. Complicating matters further is that new viruses are constantly emerging. One potential weapon is a small-molecule “broad spectrum” antiviral that will fight a host of viruses by attacking them through some feature common to an entire class of viruses. For example, there are two categories of viruses: lipid-enveloped and non-enveloped. Enveloped viruses are surrounded by a membrane that in effect ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3262837 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:05:14 +0100 3262837 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3262838&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2145 Scientists say [they've] crack[ed] HIV/AIDS puzzle for drugs By Kate Kelland January 31, 2010 Study solves puzzle that eluded scientists for 20 years * Finding should help development of new HIV/AIDS medicines * Allows scientists to see how Merck and Gilead drugs work LONDON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Scientists say they have solved a crucial puzzle about the AIDS virus after 20 years of research and that their findings could lead to better treatments for HIV. British and U.S. researchers said they had grown a crystal that enabled them to see the structure of an enzyme called integrase, which is found in retroviruses like HIV and is a target for some of the newest HIV medicines. “Despite initially painstakingly slow progress and very many failed attempts, we did not give up and our effort w... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3262838 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:10:53 +0100 3262838 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3262839&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2141 Zelda Rubinstein Dead at 76 by Neal Broverman Posted on Advocate.com January 27, 2010 Zelda Rubinstein, the Poltergeist actress and HIV activist, died Wednesday at the Barlow Respiratory Hospital in Los Angeles. She was 76. The 4-foot, 3-inch actress had various health problems following a mild heart attack she suffered late last year. Rubinstein will be remembered by gays for being one of the first celebrities to lend her name and face to an HIV/AIDS public awareness campaign aimed at gay men. In a series of billboards and posters that blanketed Los Angeles in the mid ’80s, Rubinstein portrayed “Mother,” a sweet maternal figure who urged her “sons” to play safe. The posters soon spread nationally and then internationally. The actress spoke to Advocate.com rec... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3262839 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:47:10 +0100 3262839 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3258977&cid=t_324391_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rwjf.org%2Ffiles%2Fresearch%2F20090715beveragetaxresearchbrief.pdf During this blizzard of 2010, I thought about the difficulties an ambulance would have reaching someone in need on an unplowed street—let alone if the person were significantly obese and hard to transport on even an ordinary day.  Then today I read an astounding Washington Post article that noted “a patient between 400 pounds and 600 pounds is part of every workweek for many crews throughout the [DC metro] region.”  Really? I thought this only happened on occasion in select areas shown on the Discovery Channel.  Apparently, not the case. Emergency medical crews are making hefty investments (no pun intended) in super-sized, ambulatory equipment.   According to the article, “sales of stretchers designed specifically for very large patients were expected to reach $50 million in 2... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3258977 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:15:14 +0100 3258977 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3259184&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latalkradio.com%2Fimages%2FTerry-013110.mp3 Terry LeGrand’s The Alternative Internet Radio Channel 1Sunday nights 6:00-7:00 http://www.latalkradio.com/ chers— click below to listen or download the audiofile namaste —rk Broadcast date: Sunday, January 31, 2010 Guests Richard Kearns, a poet, journalist, activist, organizer for the LA Grassroots Elder HIV/AIDS Advocacy Summit, and long time AIDS survivor, and Elliott Katz discussed LA Grassroots Elder HIV/AIDS Advocacy Summit along with a special visit from LATalkRadio’s Greg Rempe discussing BBQ. Please click this sentence to Play audio recording of show Please click this sentence to Download audio recording of show Terry Le Grand transfers his show “The Alternative” from KTLK 1170 Los Angeles to LATALK Radio. Terry Le Grand, has been a GAY activist fo... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3259184 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:59:28 +0100 3259184 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3254419&cid=t_324391_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Feverything-is-up-to-date-in-kansas-city.html They say everything is up to date in Kansas City, so maybe it should not be a surprise that it is the source of a new and colorful tale of how leaders of health care organizations are different from you and me.  The Kansas City Star reported about the professional life of the recently fired CEO of Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences:Hiring the CEOThere’s an often-told story about how Karen Pletz, the fired president of the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, got her job in the first place.On a flight from Phoenix to Kansas City in 1995, a stranger sat next to her: Jack Weaver, then chairman of the university’s board of trustees.Pletz, with a law degree and a career in banking, so impressed Weaver that he proposed she join the board. When the tru... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3254419 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:43:00 +0100 3254419 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3251189&cid=t_324391_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FAFF9EqrtsAk%2F By Ilya ShapiroI previously blogged about the NRA’s misbegotten motion, which the Supreme Court granted, to carve 10 minutes of oral argument time away from the petitioners in McDonald v. Chicago.  Essentially, there was no discernable reason for the motion other than to ensure that the NRA could claim some credit for the eventual victory, and thus boost its fundraising. Well, having argued that petitioners’ counsel Alan Gura insufficiently covered the argument that the Second Amendment should be “incorporated” against the states via the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause, the NRA has now filed a brief that fails even to reference the four biggest cases regarding incorporation and substantive due process.  That is, the NRA reply brief contains no ment... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3251189 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:13:12 +0100 3251189 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3247048&cid=t_324391_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F02%2F05%2Fjourney-of-a-lifetime%2F (Excerpts from my posts on this trip, first published here in 2009. Read more in the February 7, 2010 Sunday magazine of The Kansas City Star, or read it now online at Journey of a Lifetime. View photographs from the trip on Flickr.) 1974 in Austin, Texas: Donna Trussell, Charlton McMillan, Linda Elizondo Long Strange Trip At home, watching the sun rise might mean a sleepless night followed by what would surely be an achy, lethargic day. But on a train, ushering in the dawn is a badge of honor. Most of us in the lounge car at 5:00 in the morning could not sleep in coach or even in the roomette. Our compensation was the dramatic landscape that inspired novelist Willa Cather accented by a deepening pink and coral sky. As we awaited the opening of the dining car – and that first cup of ... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3247048 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:00:25 +0100 3247048 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3243979&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2134 This study examined the relationships between HIV-related stigma and a range of demographic, social, physical and health characteristics. A meta-analysis was conducted to assess the overall strength and direction of these relationships. Twenty-four studies of PLHIV, conducted in North America and published in peer-reviewed journals between January of 2000 and November of 2007, were examined and their findings integrated. The heterogeneity of reported results was also assessed and examined. Our review revealed substantial variability in the ways researchers measure participants’ HIV-related stigma as well as their physical, emotional and mental health. In spite of this variability, high stigma level was consistently and significantly associated with low social support (r = -0.369, p&l... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3243979 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:03:46 +0100 3243979 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3236037&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2131 Social determinants of the health by Mohammad Rajja February 3, 2010 chers— the discussion that follows concerns the social factors (determinants) driving poor health — poverty, malnutrition, gender and more. it’s a bit of a wrestling match with english, but all the more interesting because of that. think of it as a bit of a tone poem. and rajja’s english is way better than my bangladeshi. namaste —rk There are more than a few social determinants of the health of populations in the [bangladesh] region. These encompass eight major ones discuss[ed] below. Other connected factors include stress, the nature of work, service status, as well as social support. Poor countries and poor people suffer from multiple deprivations that translate into high levels of ill hea... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3236037 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:05:55 +0100 3236037 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3236038&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2128 Study predicts HIV drug resistance will surge By Enrique Rivero January 22, 2010 chers— there are several useful lilnks at the end of this post. namaste —rk New research based on a novel mathematical model predicts that a wave of drug-resistant HIV strains will emerge in San Francisco within the next five years. These strains could prove disastrous by hindering control of the HIV pandemic. In a study published Jan. 14 on the website of the journal Science, researchers from the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA and the University of California, San Francisco’s HIV AIDS Program at San Francisco General Hospital, developed a complex network model that tracks the transmission of multiple strains of HIV. The model can be used to predict drug resista... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3236038 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:28:44 +0100 3236038 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3236039&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2124 Los Angeles City Council approves medical marijuana ordinance that will shut down hundreds of dispensaries By John Hoeffel January 26, 2010 In a 9-3 vote, the Los Angeles City Council today gave its final approval to an ordinance that will shut down hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries and impose strict rules on the location and operation of the dispensaries that are allowed. The measure passed quickly, without debate. The ordinance, which the council first began discussing more than 4 1/2 years ago, will cap the number of dispensaries at 70 but make an exception to allow all those that registered with the city in 2007 and have remained open. City officials believe that number is around 150. Hundreds of dispensaries have opened in Los Angeles as the City Council debated its proposed ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3236039 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:01:54 +0100 3236039 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3236040&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2121 Medical cannabis advocate and rastafarian minister Ali Rashi offering public comment at a december Los Angeles City Council meeting about safe access and distribution. a great photo by Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Image captures some of the feel of the debate —rk LA City Council members talk about their marijuana use by Frank Stoltze Jan. 26, 2010 The Los Angeles City Council Tuesday [approved] a new ordinance that would shut down most medical marijuana dispensaries in the city. It would place a cap of 70, with up to about 140 pot shops grandfathered in. KPCC surveyed councilmembers about whether they’d ever smoked pot – medical or otherwise. It was 1968, and Councilman Tom LaBonge was a high school kid sweet on a girl. She offered him some pot. “I was 15. It was after school. I w... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3236040 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:36:13 +0100 3236040 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3231769&cid=t_324391_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F02%2F01%2Fare-wind-farms-making-people-sick%2F found poem by Donna Trussell The 27 turbines in the Bluegrass Ridge dedicated in September in February spilled over into a fistfight, then a lawsuit. A third of a mile from Charles Porter’s home – the sound of blades swooshing through air, driving his family crazy. The turbines emit a low, humming vibration. Some compare it to a train that never arrives… Read the rest on on Present Magazine: 2010 Poet-in-Residence. Filed under: Writing Tagged: kansas city, poet in residence, present magazine, wind farms (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3231769 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:05:36 +0100 3231769 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212566&cid=t_324391_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F26%2Ftwo-combination-treatment-regimens-added-to-updated-nccn-guidelines-for-ovarian-cancer%2F The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) recently updated the NCCN Guidelines for Ovarian Cancer to include two additional combination treatment regimens for women with select types of recurring ovarian cancer. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) recently updated the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines for Oncology™ for Ovarian Cancer to reflect the addition of two preferred combination [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212566 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:44:49 +0100 3212566 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208335&cid=t_324391_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FX7sm9oR6BaY%2F By Ilya ShapiroYesterday the Supreme Court granted the NRA’s motion for divided argument in McDonald v. Chicago.  What this means is that Alan Gura’s 30 minutes of argument time on behalf of Chicagoland gun owners just became 20, with 10 going to former Solicitor General Paul Clement, whom the NRA hired at the last minute to pursue this motion and argument.  (Full disclosure: Alan Gura is a friend of mine, and of Cato.) The NRA’s motion was premised on the idea that Alan had not fully presented the substantive due process argument for selective incorporation of the Second Amendment — presumably out of an outsized concern for the Privileges or Immunities Clause arguments about which I’ve previously blogged and written a law review article.  This is a highl... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208335 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:53:06 +0100 3208335 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3197839&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2118 Cut! Why did the Supreme Court ban videocasting of the Olson-Boies marriage trial? By Jenny Pizer, Marriage Project Director, Lambda Legal(on (left, pictured here with her wife Doreena Wong) January 14, 2010 Following the emergency appeal filed by the Prop 8 team, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled 5-4 that the federal marriage trial may not be videocast for public viewing at other federal courthouses.  The earlier plan to upload trial video to the court’s website already had been nixed by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ Chief Judge Kozinksi, who decided there are technical problems to be worked out before webcasting will be possible. The high court’s majority decision is troubling in its accommodation of Prop 8’s proponents’ supposed fears of harm.  As the dissent ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3197839 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:12:34 +0100 3197839 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3178997&cid=t_324391_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FBCSXKgBvSRQ%2F Sarah Jessica Parker Friends as Family. Members of 12 Step Fellowships such as Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Al-anon and Adult Children of Alcoholics will recognise these themes as being part and parcel of everyday life in recovery. These themes may also be familiar to one of the stars, Kirsten Davis, who is in recovery from alcoholism. An Indiana University press release says; Remember The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink? These films illustrate what Maresa Murray calls the “friends as family” concept. Today, television viewers see a myriad of shows with similar themes. Think Sex and the City, Entourage, Cashmere Mafia and Lipstick Jungle. “We are currently seeing some of the same themes from 20-25 years ago in families, relationships and media,” sa... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3178997 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:20:03 +0100 3178997 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3165109&cid=t_324391_10_f&fid=34467&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fmcr%2Fbhic%2F%3Fp%3D7635 http://tinyurl.com/yh2xu2z In what possibly is a first for a U.S. library, the San Francisco Public Library has hired a psychiatric social worker to address its homeless users. Since joining the staff nearly a year ago, Leah Esguerra has directed more than 150 individuals into city social services programs, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. [Library Journal Express, January 12, 2010] (Source: BHIC) BHIC blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3165109 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:53:42 +0100 3165109 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3159940&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2115 chers— if this works, share my joy of this unhistoric moment of major insignificance, la la la namaste —rk after the jump [december 15, 2009] good morning president garcetti, distinguished council members. i have given the clerk copies of my prepared remarks. my name is richard kearns. i am a 58-year-old gay man living with AIDS in los angeles for more than 20 years, an angelino poet advocate. i am delighted to announce to you this morning that on friday, february 12th, 2010, upstairs in the tom bradley conference center, on the 27th floor, we will hold, the LA city grassroots elder HIV/AIDS advocacy summit & new media training “new tricks for old dogs & their allies” sponsored by councilmember rosendahl & the city AIDS coordinators office HIVers over 50 — el... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3159940 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:49:11 +0100 3159940 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3159941&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2108 chers— terry has just migrated to LA TalkRadio (channel 1), and his premiere show tonight features medical cannabis adevocates don duncan, scott imler and richard eastman. i’m not quite sure what next week’s topic will be. but i’ll be there on January 31st, talking about HIV/AIDS & aging and the upcoming summit/training february 12. Listen live @ http://www.latalkradio.com/Terry.php. namasté —rk Jan 10- This week’s topic is Medical Marijuana in Los Angeles. Guests include Don Duncan, from ASA (Americans for Safe Access), Rev. Scott Imler, the first person to open a collective in the LA area, and activist Richard Eastman……..Tune in live and call in your remarks and questions. Call-In telephone number 323-203-0815 Jan 17- “Cut Off Funding to UGA... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3159941 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:59:20 +0100 3159941 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3142598&cid=t_324391_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2Fwgai5BE-VV4%2F Jason Lewis starred on a few... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Awful Plastic Surgery) Awful Plastic Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3142598 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:59:28 +0100 3142598 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3142666&cid=t_324391_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fnashville-mobile-transactions-and-more I'm a transplant to Tennessee from the Twin Cities of Minnesota and like many other folks I've thought about Nashville's role as Music City USA. But getting to know the home of HCA and its 150 plus inspired/related firms over these past two decades has made me take notice of some interesting Nashville-centric healthcare facts. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3142666 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:29:31 +0100 3142666 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3136689&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2104 text of flyer after jump SAVE THE DATE! LA City Grassroots Elder HIV/AIDS Advocacy SUMMIT & new media TRAINING February 12, 2010 Tom Bradley Center (26th & 27th floors) LA City Hall 200 N. Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 hosted by - LA 11th district City Councilmember Bill Rosendahl - the City of LA AIDS Coordinator’s Office - richard kearns publisher of http://AIDS-write.org & http://havvacc.wordpress.com [seal of city of los angeles ) FOR MORE INFORMATION: contact rk@aids-write.org or call 310-488-1328 “new tricks for old dogs & their allies” (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3136689 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:06:09 +0100 3136689 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3136690&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2101 Step into the GLM Time Machine by Maeve Maddox january 1, 2010 The Global Language Monitor (GLM) is an Austin, Texas-based entity that documents, analyzes and tracks trends in language and publishes a list of the year’s most used English words, names, and phrases. According to GLM’s algorithm, 2009’s most used word, both online and in print, is Twitter. GLM’s top ten for 2009: Twitter Obama H1N1 stimulus vampire 2.0 (as a suffix attached to the next generation of everything. Ex. Web2.0) deficit Hadron healthcare transparency A look at the Words of the Year for 2000-2008 recalls the prominent events and personalities of those years: 2000 chad 2001 GroundZero 2002 misunderestimate 2003 embedded 2004 incivility 2005 refugee 2006 sustainable 2007 hybrid 2008 change Taking the decad... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3136690 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:01:35 +0100 3136690 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3136691&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2098 2009 AIDS IN BLACK AMERICA City Sheet Los Angeles, California chers— this is a comprehensive resource list. print out all four pages and stick it on the frig. add phone numbers and email addresses on your contact lists, both phone and internet. use them. local & state stuff. links to officials after the jump. namasté —rk The CitySheet Series This CitySheet is a resource intended to provide Black community stakeholders that want to get involved in stopping the disease with AIDS information and potential partners. These numbers represent real people in your community who are impacted by HIV and AIDS. These organizations represent traditional Black leadership and have an important role to play in ending AIDS in the Black community. In our annual State of AIDS reports, we as... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3136691 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:27:21 +0100 3136691 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3111640&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2096 Sunnie Rose says: January POZ Weekend Seminar - Jan 23rd and 24th! Reservation Page is now open! The Next POZ Life Seminar is Jan. 23 and 24 in the West Hollywood area. Download the PDF Flyer Registering for the POZ Life Weekend Seminar can be easy! You can either drop us a note at registration@thelifegroupla.org or call us TOLL FREE at (888) 208-8081 and we will contact you, or you can simply follow this link to the registration form. (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3111640 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:27:21 +0100 3111640 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3111641&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2093 commemorating the first long night that ended when raven stole the sun & moon & stars & put them in the sky (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3111641 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:22:56 +0100 3111641 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3108339&cid=t_324391_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FJTfRB-pr-CU%2F By Ilya ShapiroI recently blogged about an interesting op-ed in which Ken Klukowski and Ken Blackwell of the American Civil Rights Union argue that the Supreme Court need not overturn The Slaughter-House Cases while “incorporating” the right to bear arms against the states.  (Josh Blackman fisked the article in more depth here.)   This piece was essentially a distillation of the ACRU’s amicus brief in McDonald v. City of Chicago, which ultimately argues, like Cato’s brief, that Chicago’s gun ban is unconstitutional. It has come to my attention, however, that I mischaracterized one aspect of the Kens’ op-ed (sorry about that): while they are indeed against overturning Slaughter-House, the authors still seek to apply the Second Amendment right�... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3108339 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:52:10 +0100 3108339 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3097016&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2091 [december 15, 2009] good morning president garcetti, distinguished council members. i have given the clerk copies of my prepared remarks. my name is richard kearns. i am a 58-year-old gay man living with AIDS in los angeles for more than 20 years, an angelino poet advocate. i am delighted to announce to you this morning that on friday, february 12th, 2010, upstairs in the tom bradley conference center, on the 27th floor, we will hold, the LA city grassroots elder HIV/AIDS advocacy summit & new media training “new tricks for old dogs & their allies” sponsored by councilmember rosendahl & the city AIDS coordinators office HIVers over 50 — elder Persons Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs) — are predicted to double in community prevalance over the next five years to con... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3097016 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:34:19 +0100 3097016 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3092929&cid=t_324391_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F66RnfIw4kzM%2F Once again, New Jersey has made the unflattering list of places where judges “systematically apply laws and court procedures in an inequitable manner, generally against defendants in civil lawsuits,” according to the American Tort Reform Association, which compiles the annual ranking. And Alabama has landed on the watch list for the second consecutive year. Why? The Superior Court of Atlantic County, which is located in the shadow of Atlantic City’s hulking casinos, remains what ATRA calls “a center for mass tort actions, often directed at one of the state’s own economic generators, pharmaceutical manufacturers.” The group calculates 93 percent of plaintiffs in New Jersey’s pharmaceutical mass torts come from outside the state and the court houses ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3092929 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:21:58 +0100 3092929 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3092882&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2086 [december 15, 2009] good morning president garcetti, distinguished council members. i have given the clerk copies of my prepared remarks. my name is richard kearns. i am a 58-year-old gay man living with AIDS in los angeles for more than 20 years, an angelino poet advocate. i am delighted to announce to you this morning that on friday, february 12th, 2010, upstairs in the tom bradley conference center, on the 27th floor, we will hold, the LA city grassroots elder HIV/AIDS advocacy summit & new media training “new tricks for old dogs & their allies” sponsored by councilmember rosendahl & the city AIDS coordinators office HIVers over 50 — elder Persons Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs) — are predicted to double in community prevalance over the next five years to con... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3092882 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:56:12 +0100 3092882 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3089493&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2082 Perez chosen Assembly speaker By Jim Sanders jsanders@sacbee.com Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 Assembly Democrats this afternoon choseAssemblyman John A. Perez as their new speaker, making the first-term Democrat the first openly gay man to hold the post. Members emerged from a closed-door caucus at the historic Stanford Mansion to announce that Democrats had chosen Perez, of Los Angeles, on an unanimous vote. A public vote on the Assembly floor is expected in January. Perez walked arm-in-arm from the caucus meeting with current Assmbly Speaker Karen Bass and Kevin de Leon, a Los Angeles Democrat who had fought fiercely for the job but ultimately bowed out and formally nominated Perez before today’s voice vote. Perez said it was an “incredibly moving experience to have the un... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3089493 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:21:57 +0100 3089493 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3084931&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2079 will be making announcement during public comments at LA city council meeting tuesday, december 15, 2009 text of jpeg after jump SAVE THE DATE! LA City Grassroots Elder HIV/AIDS Advocacy SUMMIT & new media TRAINING February 12, 2010 Tom Bradley Center (26th & 27th floors) LA City Hall 200 N. Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 hosted by - LA 11th district City Councilmember Bill Rosendahl - the City of LA AIDS Coordinator’s Office - richard kearns publisher of http://AIDS-write.org & http://havvacc.wordpress.com [seal of city of los angeles ) FOR MORE INFORMATION: contact rk@aids-write.org or call 310-488-1328 “new tricks for old dogs & their allies” (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3084931 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:03:17 +0100 3084931 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3068477&cid=t_324391_10_f&fid=34467&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fmcr%2Fbhic%2F%3Fp%3D7259 By Annie Gowen Saturday, December 5, 2009 1:41 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/05/AR2009120501746_pf.html Julija Pivoriunaite’s heart sinks when one of her teachers at Glasgow Middle School announces that the class must go online to do a homework assignment. It happens almost every school day. [wwwedu listserv] (Source: BHIC) BHIC blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3068477 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:50:40 +0100 3068477 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3045923&cid=t_324391_10_f&fid=34467&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fmcr%2Fbhic%2F%3Fp%3D7191 In a powerful new book, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Investigator Jason Corburn, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley, examines why most American cities are unable to offer healthy surroundings to all their residents. Toward the Healthy City: People, Places and the Politics of Urban Planning uses success stories, past and present, to identify what city planners, health departments, activists and residents themselves can do to improve the physically and socially toxic environments that are too common in our cities today.  Learn more about the book http://www.rwjf.org/humancapital/product.jsp?id=52309 (Source: BHIC) BHIC blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3045923 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:02:52 +0100 3045923 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3044967&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2074 [december 1, 2009, world AIDS day] richard kearns, poet advocate. here is my poem for world AIDS day, 2009. (i have given the clerk copies) jeff was dying, i was not a hundred karposi lesions covered his body & made him look like nijinsky in afternoon with a faun, only skinny he was my captain of bright & stormy mornings my saint & my man he was my AIDS hero (more than mine) & i hated he was leaving me i wanted to pour into him all the life left to me — because i could never hope to be good enough to survive this plague by myself, let alone for anyone else — because i was cannon fodder — because we needed him i told him so one day he laughed & then — i don’t remember how — he scooped up my tanned gym-hard bod in his pale & thin ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3044967 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:42:18 +0100 3044967 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3037062&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2071 [november 24, 2009] good morning president pro tem perry, distinguished council members. i have given the clerk copies of my prepared remarks. my name is richard kearns. i am a 58-year- old gay man living with AIDS in los angeles for more than 20 years — a long-term survivor & AIDS activist, a medical cannabis patient & advocate, a poet & journalist. an angelino. my intent in addressing you this morning is to comment on the character of the meetings i missed last week: monday’s joint PLUM & public safety committee meeting & the city council meeting that followed it wednesday. i was too sick to make it downtown last week — i wish medical cannabis cured everything, but it doesn’t. however, i did listen & watch on the internet (thank you for making tha... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3037062 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:23:47 +0100 3037062 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3037063&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2062 LA City Attorney wrong about AG by Don Duncan November 25, 2009 The Los Angeles City Attorney’s office misrepresented the position of California Attorney General Jerry Brown today, implying that the state’s top law enforcement official said that all sales of cannabis are illegal. That never happened. On Saturday, KFI Radio in Los Angeles broadcast a previously recorded statement by the Attorney General Brown in which he says, “Unfortunately, in some communities, Los Angeles in particular, there’s a lot of exploitation and just getting into the drug business, the dope business.” Pundits at the notoriously conservative radio station (home to Rush Limbaugh and anti-gay crusader “Dr. Laura” Schlesinger) then added their own spin to the Attorney General’s comments. The reporte... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3037063 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:43:04 +0100 3037063 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3037064&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2058 Global Fund Approves $2.4 Billion For Global HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Programs By Nora Proops Nov 21, 2009 On November 12, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria approved grants worth $2.4 billion to support treatment of these diseases worldwide. Although it is the second largest amount ever approved by the Global Fund, the number of accepted grants fell by 35 percent from the year before. The Global Fund is an organization that attracts aid from wealthy governments and the private sector for distribution among poor countries to prevent and treat people with HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. These diseases account for 12.5 percent of deaths in low-income nations, according to 2004 World Health Organization estimates. Since its inception in 2002, the Global ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3037064 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:36:32 +0100 3037064 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3037065&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2055 Discussion Top We suggest four factors that could explain the diminishing proportion of HIV/AIDS borne by the populations moving through CFs; these four factors could contribute either alone or in combination. First, with increased life expectancy for persons with HIV with the advent of better therapeutics, infected persons are aging out of the crime-prone years, generally considered to be between the ages of 15 and 24. Second, while a person may have been infected in his or her crime-prone years, with HAART, prison AIDS mortality has fallen [20], and that person is more likely to survive incarceration, be released, and stay out. Third, the past decade has seen a decline in the number and proportion of HIV/AIDS cases among injection drug users [21], [22], probably due to interventions ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3037065 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:48:32 +0100 3037065 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3023092&cid=t_324391_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FwDabaHUGt-k%2F Josh Blackman, my coauthor on “Opening Pandora’s Box? Privileges or Immunities, The Constitution in 2020, and Properly Incorporating the Second Amendment,” has inaugurated a series of podcasts devoted to law and liberty. He’s already has an interview with PLF’s Timothy Sandefur (also a Cato adjunct scholar) and the Independence Institute’s David Kopel (also a Cato associate policy analyst).  Tim authored Cato’s brief in McDonald v. City of Chicago, the case seeking to extend Second Amendment protections to the states — and about which I blogged yesterday. Well, now Josh has come up with a bit of a twist on the podcast medium: he invited George Mason law prof Ilya Somin (also a Cato adjunct scholar) and me to engage in a contest based on t... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3023092 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:48:02 +0100 3023092 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3018980&cid=t_324391_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FDEAth9FtwTQ%2F Last year, in District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court confirmed what most scholars and a substantial majority of Americans long believed: that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms. Heller led to the current challenge to Chicago’s handgun ban, which raises the question of whether the Fourteenth Amendment protects that right against infringement by state and local governments. The Seventh Circuit answered the question in the negative, finding itself foreclosed by 19th-century Supreme Court decisions. The Supreme Court agreed to review the case — after Cato filed an amicus brief supporting the cert petition — and specifically consider whether the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause or its Privileges or Immunities Claus... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3018980 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:51:51 +0100 3018980 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3017195&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2052 Amending motions to LA medical marijuana ordinance posted online by brett stone mmjnews november 19, 2009 All of the amending motions to the 5th draft ordinance regulating medical marijuana collectives in Los Angeles that were presented in city council on Wednesday are posted online at - http://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect/index.cfm?fa=ccfi.viewrec\ ord&cfnumber=08-0923 Also the agenda for next Tuesday’s city council meeting has been released, the medical marijuana ordinance is item #10. See - http://ens.lacity.org/clk/councilagendas/clkcouncilagendas363681_1124200\ 9.pdf Peace brett (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3017195 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:43:35 +0100 3017195 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3003723&cid=t_324391_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F5hXmRdohMh0%2F Yesterday I described the brief Alan Gura filed on behalf of the petitioners challenging Chicago’s gun ban in the Supreme Court — asking the Court to apply the individual right to keep and bear arms to the states. Late last night, Orin Kerr at the Volokh Conspiracy sketched out his predictions of whether the individual justices would go for Gura’s main argument: that the indefensible Slaughter-House Cases should be overturned and thus that the Court should “incorporate” the rights at issue via the Privileges or Immunities Clause.  (Cato supports this argument, as we’ll show in the brief we’ll be filing next week.) He concludes that Justice Thomas is the only vote available for this claim. According to Orin, the Chief Justice and Justices... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3003723 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:37:47 +0100 3003723 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3004039&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2049 D.A. chides L.A. council, says he’ll target pot dispensaries Steve Cooley insists sites that sell marijuana are violating state law and will be prosecuted. Of the City Council’s effort to pass an ordinance, he says: ‘Quite frankly we’re ignoring them.’ By John Hoeffel November 18, 2009 With the Los Angeles City Council poised to take up a medical marijuana ordinance after two years of contentious debate, L.A. County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley warned Tuesday that he intends to prosecute dispensaries that sell the drug even if the city’s leaders decide to allow those transactions. “The L.A. City Council should be collectively ashamed of their failure to grasp this issue,” Cooley said, arguing that state laws do not allow medical marijuana to be ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3004039 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:46:19 +0100 3004039 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3004040&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2047 D.A. will prosecute medical marijuana dispensaries — even if L.A. does not ban sales [Updated] “It makes no sense to play political football with people’s lives.” says councilmember Reyes in update below [after jump], by John Hoeffel November 17, 2009 Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley said today he will prosecute dispensaries that sell medical marijuana even if the Los Angeles City Council adopts an ordinance that does not ban such sales. On Monday, two council committees rejected the city attorney’s advice and changed a provision in the proposed ordinance, allowing cash transactions as long as they complied with state law. “Undermining those laws via their ordinance powers is counterproductive, and, quite frankly, we’re ignoring them. They are absolutely so irrelevant it’s not... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3004040 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:33:43 +0100 3004040 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3004041&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2045 In rebuff to city attorney, council committees support pot dispensaries Rejecting advice that Los Angeles must ban sales, lawmakers endorse patients’ cash contributions to outlets, which cannot make a profit. By John Hoeffel November 16, 2009 Two Los Angeles City Council committees rejected the advice of the city attorney and voted Monday to approve an ordinance that allows marijuana dispensaries to continue to sell the drug to people with a doctor’s recommendation. The city attorney’s office has maintained for a year and a half that Los Angeles has no choice but to ban sales because state law and court decisions are clear that collectives can only cultivate marijuana. That opinion had stalled the council’s deliberations because dispensary operators insisted it wou... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3004041 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:11:28 +0100 3004041 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3004042&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2043 West Hollywood’s medical marijuana success story The small city enforces a strict ordinance and eliminates the drama that plagues L.A. By John Hoeffel November 16, 2009 A few miles from Los Angeles City Hall, a small experiment in marijuana regulation has been underway for years. While the state’s largest city passed a flawed moratorium, failed to enforce it, debated proposed rules endlessly and watched flummoxed as dispensaries multiplied, West Hollywood pressed ahead. Confronted with its own dispensary explosion in 2005, the city surrounded by L.A. imposed a moratorium on dispensaries, clamped interim rules on the ones that were open, passed a strict ordinance and capped the number allowed at four, all within two years. When the West Hollywood City Council updated its ordina... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3004042 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:54:25 +0100 3004042 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3004043&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2041 boxer We are honored to have Senator Barbara Boxer share with Courage Campaign members her commitment to strip the horrific Stupak Amendment from any healthcare reform bill and pass true health care reform. Her message is powerful. We need to show her — and the nation — that thousands and thousands of us stand with her by signing the petition. –Rick Jacobs, Chair, Courage Campaign Dear Friend, Ten days ago, the House passed the Stupak Amendment, which would be one of the biggest setbacks to women’s health in recent decades - unless we stand together and stop it. That’s why we are launching a petition at FightForWomensHealth.com, because women must not be denied access to safe and legal medical procedures. Will you join us? Click here to stand with us t... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3004043 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:49:37 +0100 3004043 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2999501&cid=t_324391_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FoLDCE2IdLZg%2F Alan Gura, who successfully defended the individual right to keep and bear arms under Second Amendment in District of Columbia v. Heller has now filed his brief in the case that seeks to apply that right to the states, McDonald v. City of Chicago.  (Cato earlier filed a brief supporting Alan’s cert petition, the background to which you can read about here.) The question presented in this case is: Whether the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms is incorporated as against the States by the Fourteenth Amendment’s Privileges or Immunities or Due Process Clauses.  Remarkably, only 7 of the brief’s 73 pages are devoted to the Due Process Clause, which is the constitutional provision by which almost all the the Bill of Rights has been “incorporated” agai... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2999501 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:54:47 +0100 2999501 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2999759&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2034 L.A. City Council panels reject ban on medical marijuana sales John Hoeffel at City Hall November 16, 2009 Rejecting the advice of the city attorney, two Los Angeles City Council committees voted today to scrap a proposed provision that would have banned the sale of medical marijuana. The controversial measure, first proposed a year and a half ago, delayed deliberations as council members debated the wisdom of ignoring the opinion of the city’s top prosecutor. But about four hours into a raucous hearing, council members made it clear they were ready to move on. “When can we finally stop the merry-go-round?” said Councilman Dennis Zine, who kicked off the City Council’s consideration of the issue in 2005 when concerns about dispensaries first surfaced. He proposed a... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2999759 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:00:48 +0100 2999759 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2999760&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2032 Mid-City Gets Into the Great Los Angeles Walk Spirit November 12, 2009 GREAT NEWS from the Mid-City Neighborhood Council! They’ll be sponsoring a water and supply station for this year’s Great LA Walk! Here are the details, from Bruce Durbin of the Mid City Neighborhood Council: The Mid City Neighborhood Council is going to sponsor a “Water & Supply Station” for the Great LA Walk. We will be setting up a table outside the Atomic Cafe, located at 5001 W. Washington Blvd. (on Washington, a block west of La Brea). We will have free bottled water, snacks, sunscreen/band-aids, and also a limited number of token items to show our appreciation for this year’s walk participants. The Water & Supply Station will be set up between 10:30 and 2:30 - that should be ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2999760 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:18:35 +0100 2999760 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2993908&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2024 Pesticides & Politics, Part 2 the second of two guest blogs concerning medical cannabis safety by M. Backes November 11, 2009 The Los Angeles City Attorney’s office found 5.25% of the cannabis samples tested from purchases made at Los Angeles dispensaries (3 out of 52 samples) to contain pesticide residues. Legal thresholds of pesticide residue on cannabis have not yet been established by the EPA or CDPR. By comparison, when the CDPR tests fresh ginger root purchased from California supermarkets, it has found that 5% of samples contain illegally high levels of pesticide residues. Questions: Should California state and local officials be concerned about pesticide contamination on medical cannabis? How does the risk of contaminated cannabis (an unregulated agricultural product) compa... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2993908 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:07:32 +0100 2993908 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2993909&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2021 Pesticides & Politics, part 1 (This is a guest blog by M. Backes, responding to allegations by City Attorney Carmen Trutanich about pesticides on medical cannabis.) October 15, 2009 LA City Attorney, Carmen “Nuch” Trutanich, has been all over the media trying to convince Los Angeles that a pesticide used to kill Mexican fire ants is evidence that medical cannabis provided by dispensaries is poisonous and supporting Mexican drug cartels. Having abandoned the flawed interpretation of the California Supreme Court’s decision in People v. Mentch, Mr. Trutanich and LA County District Attorney Steve Cooley have now latched onto toxic reefer as their latest justification for shuttering LA’s pot shops. According to Trutanich, three samples of medical marijuana from “controlled buys�... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2993909 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:48:59 +0100 2993909 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2993910&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2018 Medical marijuana gets a boost from major doctors group The American Medical Assn. changes its policy to promote clinical research and development of cannabis-based medicines and alternative delivery methods. By John Hoeffel November 11, 2009 The American Medical Assn. on Tuesday urged the federal government to reconsider its classification of marijuana as a dangerous drug with no accepted medical use, a significant shift that puts the prestigious group behind calls for more research. The nation’s largest physicians organization, with about 250,000 member doctors, the AMA has maintained since 1997 that marijuana should remain a Schedule I controlled substance, the most restrictive category, which also includes heroin and LSD. In changing its policy, the group said its goal was to cl... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2993910 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:37:16 +0100 2993910 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2992857&cid=t_324391_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2F215-friendship-themes-from-sex-and-the-city Sarah Jessica Parker Friends as Family. Members of 12 Step Fellowships such as Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Al-anon and Adult Children of Alcoholics will recognise these themes as being part and parcel of everyday life in recovery. These themes may also be familiar to one of the stars, Kirsten Davis, who is in recovery from alcoholism. An Indiana University press release says; Remember The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink? These films illustrate what Maresa Murray calls the “friends as family” concept. Today, television viewers see a myriad of shows with similar themes. Think Sex and the City, Entourage, Cashmere Mafia and Lipstick Jungle. “We are currently seeing some of the same themes from 20-25 years ago in families, relationships and media,” sa... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2992857 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:25:00 +0100 2992857 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2989356&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2015 [tuesday, November 3, 2009] good morning president garcetti, distinguished council members. i have given the clerk copies of my prepared remarks. my name is richard kearns. i am a 58-year-old gay man with AIDS, a long-term survivor & activist, a medical cannabis advocate, a poet & journalist. i am here this morning to suggest a plan B for medical cannabis in LA please empower a special high-speed ad hoc medical cannabis team, who, starting with the text of the city’s legislative analyst submitted to the plum committee september 25th can finish translating the whereases to section numbers inside a month (sort of like going from iambic pentameter to dactylic hexameter) & not to “correct” them, but to produce a good faith medical cannabis ordinance, one that spells out fees... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2989356 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:49:10 +0100 2989356 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2989357&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2010 chers— wanted to put up reference info from the wikipedia entry for satyagraha, not only because it doesn’t get enough circulation, but also because i believe it could be a successful strategy when applied to the development of an LA medical cannabis ordinance. i don’t think it has truly been applied yet. take a read namasté —rk Satyagraha theory also influenced Martin Luther King, Jr. during the campaigns he led during the civil rights movement in the United States: Like most people, I had heard of Gandhi, but I had never studied him seriously. As I read I became deeply fascinated by his campaigns of nonviolent resistance. I was particularly moved by his Salt March to the Sea and his numerous fasts. The whole concept of Satyagraha (Satya is truth which equals love, and ag... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2989357 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:25:22 +0100 2989357 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2989358&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D2007 chers— this is my favorite essay on the term “namasté,” which belongs in the mix before we go too much further along. i make no claims about divinity here, because nothing can really be verifiably known about divinity. but we all share & perceive & express greatnesses whose roots reach into an inner invisible realm of spirit. namasté —rk . . . while we are singing the praises of namasté, it should be observed how efficient a gesture it is in an age of mass communication. A politician, or performer can greet fifty thousand people with a single namasté, and they can return the honor instantly. In such a situation a handshake is unthinkable . . . “Shake hands and come out fighting.” It’s the referee’s final counsel to two pugilists ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2989358 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:17:18 +0100 2989358 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2977521&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1997 chers— this is the second publication of this letter, which originally went to rocky degadillo, the LA city attorney at the time (march 4, 2009). in it, i itemize the many problems with a “cultivation only” type ordinance for people who are sick & dying, an ordinance such as the current city attorney, carmen trutanich, has currently proposed, an ordinance whose intent is to shut down medical cannabis in los angeles by making the regulations unreasonable, contrary to the intent of voters and the LA city council. i will be offering a copy of it to mr. trutanich at the lgbt community forum tonight. he is a big supporter of same-sex marriage, and rode in gay pride in councilmember dennis zine’s motorcycle brigade. what’s the problem with medical cannabis? his... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2977521 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:31:01 +0100 2977521 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2977522&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1992 Standing Up Before Stonewall Exhibit Illuminates Los Angeles’ History of Gay Life and Activism by Ryan Vaillancourt Published: Friday, November 6, 2009 3:55 PM PST DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - In 1969, the Stonewall Riots in New York ignited the nation’s gay rights movement, proving to be a flashpoint for organization and advocacy against discrimination and prejudice. The riots followed a police raid of the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in Greenwich Village. Although Stonewall is widely considered the most important event for the gay rights movement, it didn’t happen in a vacuum. Nor was New York alone as a host city for gay advocacy: Los Angeles’ homosexual community also played a major role in the fight for recognition and justice, and the organizers of a two-week exhibition in the Histori... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2977522 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:40:33 +0100 2977522 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2977523&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1990 Dear friends and colleagues, I am reaching out to you today to invite you to join the World AIDS Day “Testing Millions” campaign.  A global coalition is working hard to make HIV testing free and accessible with linkages to antiretroviral treatment (ART).  Be a part of this worldwide movement to conquer AIDS. We at AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) believe that the best way to reach the estimated 33 million people living with HIV/AIDS is to identify those who do not know they are infected and link them to treatment. This is also the best route to combating the spread of the disease, as it is believed that the source of the majority of new infections are people who are HIV positive, but do not know it. Clearly, testing in much greater numbers is urgently needed.  AHF’s Testing Milli... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2977523 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:26:18 +0100 2977523 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2974158&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1987 ViiV vows joint venture will help fight HIV By Andrew Jack November 3 2009 The new head of the pioneering HIV joint venture between GlaxoSmithKline andPfizer predicts his company can operate for at least five years without fresh funding from its shareholders. Dominique Limet, chief executive of ViiV Healthcare, which was formally launched on Tuesday, says it will generate £1.6bn a year in sales to finance its own research and would begin paying a dividend to its two owners in 2011 as it sells new products. A woman infected with HIV prepares her medicines in Indonesia. She could be one of thousands who would benefit from more effective treatments EDITOR’S CHOICE Novartis to expand Chinese research labs - Nov-03 French crackdown on parallel drugs trade - Nov-02 Interactive grap... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2974158 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:10:49 +0100 2974158 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2974159&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1984 Larger Merck says merger will actually increase R&D efficiency pharmatimes.com 05 November 2009 The new Merck & Co has opened its doors for business, and the company has been laying out its plans for future growth now that Schering-Plough has been added to the group. Chief executive Richard Clark says that “our integration teams prepared us well for a strong start…with thorough plans designed to ensure a seamless transition”. The new entity now has more than 15 late-stage candidates “spanning critical therapeutic categories” and has 106,000 employees in more than 140 countries. That figure is expected to be reduced by 15%, or some 15,000 jobs, as Merck has set itself a target of cost savings of $3.5 billion annually beyond 2011, “which are expected to co... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2974159 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:11:25 +0100 2974159 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2974160&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1980 Drug Policy Changes Under New Director Talk of the Nation The Department of Justice will no longer prosecute medical marijuana users who comply with state laws. Some reform advocates hope the move means decriminalization of pot may be in the works. Drug czar Gil Kerlikowske talks about the direction of U.S. drug policy. REBECCA ROBERTS, host please click here to kisten to audio recording of Kerlikowske’s interview on the NPR site This is TALK OF THE NATION. I’m Rebecca Roberts in Washington. Last month, medical marijuana advocates cheered when Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Department of Justice will de-prioritize cases against medical marijuana users and dispensaries, as long as they comply with state laws. But Gil Kerlikowske, the director of the Office of N... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2974160 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:52:54 +0100 2974160 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2974161&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1978 text transcribed from jpeg follows jump LGBT forum with los angeles city attorney carmen trutanich an evening of discussion on how the los angeles city attorney’s office may address issues concerning the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities tuesday, november 10, 2009 the village at ed gould plaza, renberg theatre 1125 n. mccadden place los angeles, ca 90038 reception 6pm refreshments will be served community forum 7-8pm presented by asian pacific islander pride council la gay & lesbian center jordan/rustin coalition log cabin republicans stonewall democratic club 2009 LA Pride Parade held in West Hollywood, California Los Angeles City Attorney Elect Carmen Trutanich rides in the 2009 LA Pride Parade in West Hollywood, California on June 14, 2009. (UPI Photo/Phil Mc... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2974161 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:10:52 +0100 2974161 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2963281&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1961 World AIDS Day Federal Conference Call Tuesday, November 17, 2009: 2:30pm - 4:00pm (EST) AIDS.gov is hosting a World AIDS Day Conference Call for Federal staff and grantees. The call will provide a brief update on the state of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U.S. and a brief overview of the global epidemic. Participants will have a chance to ask these representatives about Federal HIV/AIDS programs: Dr. Howard Koh, HHS Mr. Christopher Bates, Office of HIV/AIDS Policy Ambassador Eric Goosby, PEPFAR Dr. Kevin Fenton, CDC Mr. David Vos, HUD Dr. Deborah Parham Hopson, HRSA Dr. Carl Dieffenbach, NIH/NIAID Ms. Beverly Watts Davis, SAMHSA Dr. Ronald Valdiserri, VA To participate, register here by November 15. Conference call capacity is limited to the first 3500 callers. If you have logistical... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2963281 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:50:06 +0100 2963281 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2948449&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1958 Is LA’s City Attorney a Wolf in Loose Cannon Clothes? CityWatch By Ken Draper Oct 30, 2009 So what are we to think of our Carmen Trutanich? Is the City’s attorney a sad buffoon or a wonderful, much needed, City Hall bully? As has become the case in this considerably divided national and local political climate, the answer to who won the game depends on which side of the field the fans are sitting. As a society we’ve become quite good at defending … making excuses for … the foolish performances of those we blindly support. Such is the case these days with LA’s heat-seeking and controversial City Attorney. A bunch of folks love him and rationalize away his over-the-top behavior. (“He knows what he’s doing … it’s all part of a plan … he has City Hall right where he wan... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2948449 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:14:55 +0100 2948449 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2948450&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmpegmedia.abc.net.au%2Fnews%2Faudio%2Ftwt%2F200910%2F20091030-twt-6-marijuana-tussle.mp3 US vows crackdown on medical marijuana By Kim Landers for The World Today, ABC news australia Fri Oct 30, 2009 Audio: LA officials to clean up the joint(The World Today) Officials in the United States are vowing to crack down on medical marijuana facilities even as the Obama administration signals a new hands-off policy on the drug. Los Angeles officials have been agonising for two years over a move to introduce what they call sensible guidelines to help regulate the booming industry. In the US, 14 states have laws allowing the use of medical marijuana, but no state has gone further than California and no city has gone further than LA, where there are more marijuana dispensaries than public schools. Brian Berens is the owner of Green Oasis, a medical marijuana dispensary in LA. “Da... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2948450 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:29:14 +0100 2948450 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2947090&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1946 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act Signed into Law REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT SIGNING OF THE RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS TREATMENT EXTENSION ACT OF 2009a Diplomatic Reception Room 11:58 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. AUDIENCE: Good morning. THE PRESIDENT: We often speak about AIDS as if it’s going on somewhere else. And for good reason — this is a virus that has touched lives and decimated communities around the world, particularly in Africa. But often overlooked is the fact that we face a serious HIV/AIDS epidemic of our own — right here in Washington, D.C., and right here in the United States of America. And today, we are taking two important steps forward in the fight that we face here at home. It has been nearly three decades since this virus first... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2947090 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:40:17 +0100 2947090 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2944018&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1936 Obama to sign Ryan White reauthorization Friday Measure would provide funds for an additional four years By CHRIS JOHNSON Oct 29 2009 President Obama plans to sign into law on Friday a reauthorization of funds under the Ryan White Care Act, according to Shin Inouye, a White House spokesperson. The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 would provide funding for low-income people living with HIV/AIDS for an additional four years. First enacted in 1990, the Ryan White Care Act is the nation’s largest federally funded program for people living with HIV/AIDS and is designed to assist low-income patients who are underinsured or who have no insurance. (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2944018 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:47:52 +0100 2944018 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2944019&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1927 ONLINE JOURNALISM & BLOGGING AS A PROFESSION Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 4:30pm English Dept. University Hall 3226 Loyola Marymount University Featuring Siel Environmental Activist & Founder of Green LA Girl Blog http://greenlagirl.com/ Richard Kearns Blogger & Activist, HIV/AIDS issues http://aids-write.org http://havvacc.wordpress.com Simon Samano Associate Editor, NFL.com http://www.nfl.com/ Sponsored by the LMU English Department • Refreshments will be served For more info, contact Molly Youngkin, 310-568-6226 DIRECTIONS TO LMU We will be meeting in University Hall 3226, which is at the east end of the building. Please ask for a visitor’s pass, which is free, at the entry gate on Lincoln Boulevard and park in Visitor Parking in P2 or P3 in University Hall. If you p... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2944019 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:22:24 +0100 2944019 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2944020&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1923 Farr Introduces Medical Marijuana Fair Trial Bill Wed. October 28, 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Sam Farr on Tuesday introduced legislation that would allow individuals accused of violating federal marijuana laws to offer evidence in federal court that their use of medical marijuana followed state medical marijuana laws. Rep. Farr introduced the bill, called the Truth in Trials Act, in the wake of a recent directive from the Justice Department telling federal prosecutors not to prosecute individuals who are following state medical marijuana laws. The bill would codify legal protections for defendants caught between state and federal laws, ensuring that state medical marijuana laws remain a defense in federal trials even if a future administration overturns the recent guidelines. &#... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2944020 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:50:58 +0100 2944020 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2944021&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1921 One City’s Insane Fight Against Obama’s Sane New Pot Policy The administration has officially put a stop to crackdowns on the medical-marijuana business, but to hear the dispensers tell it, nothing’s stopping Los Angeles from finding every last ridiculous loophole By John H. Richardson October 27, 2009 Two years ago, in the throes of a Bush administration that disregarded states’ rights whenever it felt like getting high on itself, there were fewer than two hundred medical-marijuana outlets in Los Angeles. Today, even the most conservative estimates say that number has quadrupled. On one stretch of Santa Monica Boulevard alone, four thriving pot shops estimate their tax payments at $4 million a year. Got an emergency radiation treatment and can’t find the n... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2944021 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:22:49 +0100 2944021 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2944022&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1915 POT GROUP: BANNING MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES WOULD COST L.A. MILLIONS Story Published: Oct 25, 2009 Los Angeles’ proposed medical marijuana ordinance, which would outlaw the sale of pot at dispensaries, would cost the city $36 million to $74 million in lost sales taxes, a marijuana advocacy group asserted Sunday. Under the proposed ordinance, only nonprofit medical marijuana collectives — groups of qualified patients and their primary caregivers — would be allowed to cultivate the drug to relieve pain from serious illnesses. According to the California chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, the proposed ordinance would “effectively shut down the city’s medical marijuana distribution system by banning all sales of marijuana... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2944022 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:46:34 +0100 2944022 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2944023&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1913 Los Angeles could act on medical pot in early November A proposal to ban all sales of medical marijuana in the city is unlikely to be taken up next week. Aides to Councilman Smith say he supports it and believes it would force most dispensaries to close. By John Hoeffel October 23, 2009 The Los Angeles City Council moved Thursday to consider a controversial medical marijuana ordinance in early November, as a poll released by a national organization that supports marijuana legalization found that more than three-quarters of voters in the county want dispensaries regulated, not prosecuted and closed. FOR THE RECORD: Medical marijuana: An article in Friday’s Section A on medical marijuana misattributed a quote to Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti. It was Councilman Gre... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2944023 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:23:33 +0100 2944023 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2944024&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1909 In conclusion, the prevalence of overall transmitted resistance among patients in Europe in whom HIV‐1 infection was newly diagnosed was found to be stabilizing under 10%. Concomitantly, transmitted NRTI resistance also seems to be stabilizing, whereas transmitted NNRTI and PI resistance decreased over time. Subtype B infection was the strongest predictor of transmission of resistance. Results. In total, 2793 patients with newly diagnosed HIV‐1 infection met the predefined inclusion criteria: they were HIV‐1 drug naive, were >18 years old, provided a sample for genotypic analysis within 6 months after diagnosis, and had viral loads >1000 copies/mL. Sequence analysis was successful for >96% (2687) of 2793 patient samples. The baseline characteristics of the patients are summa... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2944024 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:50:13 +0100 2944024 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2927520&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1907 Hot man uncovered as clocks go back chers— evidently they doit a week earlier in great britain. namaste —rk http://www.be-selfish.co.uk/ A cheeky reminder that the clocks are going back on October 25th, one thats sure to help you and your friends remember… Brilliant little reminder at a time of year … (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2927520 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:42:14 +0100 2927520 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2927521&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1905 chers— eight posts on HIV/AIDS & H1N1 at http://HAVVACC.wordpress.com (the HIV/AIDS volunteer virtual assisted care community) weho news: free flu shots tuesday by cedars (056) cdc recommendations for HIVers (full text) (055) about.com — difference between  seasonal & swine flus (054) AIDS-meds no evidence HIV worsens H1N1 severity (053) natap-sickest H1N1 patients have comorbidities (052) weho news – michael mooney on vaccine drawbacks (051) wikipedia: 1918 flu epidemic (050) cdc swine flu social media toolkit (049) namaste —rk (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2927521 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:32:34 +0100 2927521 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2920435&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1900 City of Angles L.A. Medical Marijuana Scene in Tumult By Brian Doherty October 22, 2009 8:57 AM The medical marijuana scene in Los Angeles gets more uncertain, with judges knocking down the existing moratorium, the city attorney threatening a severe crackdown, and the city council ready to act on a new wave of restrictions. First on the court action, from the L.A. Times account: A Superior Court judge concluded today that Los Angeles’ moratorium on new medical marijuana dispensaries is invalid and granted a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the ban sought by a dispensary that had sued the city. Judge James C. Chalfant determined that the city failed to follow state law when it extended its initial moratorium. “The city cannot rely on an expired ordinance,” he ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2920435 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:57:42 +0100 2920435 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2920436&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1898 LAnow Medical marijuana poll: Most L.A. voters support dispensaries by John Hoeffel October 22, 2009 | 10:00 am More than three-quarters of the voters in Los Angeles County want to see medical marijuana dispensaries regulated, rather than prosecuted and forced to close, according to a poll released today by a national organization that supports marijuana legalization. The poll, completed Monday and Tuesday, also found that 74% support the state’s medical marijuana law, while 54% want to see marijuana legalized, regulated and taxed. The Marijuana Policy Project, based in Washington, D.C., commissioned the poll by an independent firm, Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, after Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley threatened all dispensaries in the county with prosecution. Cool... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2920436 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:44:25 +0100 2920436 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2916386&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1893 Los Angeles City Council to rush vote on medical pot law The draft ordinance currently being urged would severely restrict the operations of medical marijuana dispensaries, which have exploded across the city in the absence of permanent regulation. By John Hoeffel October 20, 2009 | 10:25 p.m With its moratorium on new medical marijuana dispensaries declared unlawful, the Los Angeles City Council is now poised to act quickly on a strict ordinance that it has struggled with fitfully for more than two years. On Tuesday, the city attorney’s office delivered a draft that some members want the council to take up within a week. The sudden acceleration stems from a Superior Court ruling Monday that left the city unable to enforce its ban and derailed its four-month-old drive to shut down ne... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2916386 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:09:07 +0100 2916386 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2916387&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1890 Medical Pot Is Bringing L.A. Together In the increasingly acrimonious pot wars, all sides agree City Hall is incompetent By PATRICK RANGE MCDONALD AND JILL STEWART Published on October 21, 2009 at 5:04pm When Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant ruled on October 19 that the Los Angeles City Council’s two-year moratorium on medical-marijuana dispensaries was illegal, invalidating the ban, few legal experts seemed surprised — including City Attorney Carmen Trutanich, whose aide promptly admitted that the City Council had indeed been in the wrong. The judge issued an injunction banning L.A. from enforcing its moratorium against Green Oasis, a popular pot shop in Playa Vista. That decision is widely expected to prevent City Hall from enforcing its ban throughout Los Angeles.... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2916387 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:36:16 +0100 2916387 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2916388&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1888 Rally Thursday!! What: LA Rally & Protest - and Statewide Day of Action When: Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Where: Los Angeles City Hall - N. Main St. entrance (between Temple and 1st St.) LA is going to pass regulations that will close our dispensaries.  The raids have already started.  It’s time for ALL of us to take a stand. Call all your friends and gather at City Hall today. Stay safe and be well. Sincerely, Degé Coutee Education & Advocacy Director Patient Advocacy Network www.CannabisSavesLives.com (323) 334-5282 (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2916388 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:24:58 +0100 2916388 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2916389&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1885 What Gets You Out of Bed in the Morning (when over- whelmed, discouraged, etc.)?: Answers to Sunday’s Question Julie Cristal had a good idea: so many good answers today (October 18) they should be “preserved” in a single note. Here they are: K.D. Miller: the fact that I have a world to change for my eight year old sister!! Lisa Hirzel: the need to keep my job. Peggi Cella: The belief that every new day holds endless possibilities and I want to be available to them. Kathleen C. Rolenz: Putting on my running shoes and running. Like I am doing right now Steve Louzos: I think of a dear friend who died a few years back. Steven would call up, blurt out a phrase and then abruptly hang up. Here’s what he would say, “Something wonderful is gonna happen today!” ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2916389 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:50:18 +0100 2916389 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2916390&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1882 Medical pot advocates say law still a purple haze By MARCUS WOHLSEN and LISA LEFF Associated Press Writers Tuesday, October 20, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO — A new Obama administration policy loosening guidelines on federal prosecution of medical marijuana on Monday signaled to users that they had less to fear from federal agents but still left their suppliers to contend with a tangled mesh of state laws and regulations. The Justice Department told federal prosecutors that targeting people who use or provide medical marijuana in strict compliance with state laws was not a good use of their time. Marijuana advocates and patients called the memo an encouraging step forward from the strict anti-pot policies of the Bush administration. But many worried that the web of laws in the 14 states that allow... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2916390 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:09:46 +0100 2916390 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2916391&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1879 Judge rules L.A.’s ban on new medical marijuana dispensaries is invalid The Superior Court judge’s decision undermines the city’s 4-month-old drive to shut down hundreds of the stores. By John Hoeffel October 20, 2009 Los Angeles’ ban on new medical marijuana dispensaries is invalid, a Superior Court judge said Monday in a decision that undermines the city’s 4-month-old drive to shut down hundreds of the stores. The judge issued an injunction banning enforcement of the moratorium against Green Oasis, a dispensary in Playa Vista that had challenged the ban. But city officials acknowledged the ruling would effectively block current efforts to enforce the ban against other dispensaries. The decision came on the day the Obama administration issued guidelines that ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2916391 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:37:51 +0100 2916391 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2916392&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1874 .LA NOW . Judge grants injunction against city’s medical marijuana dispensary ban by John Hoeffel at L.A. Superior Court October 19, 2009 | 11:13 am A Superior Court judge concluded today that Los Angeles’ moratorium on new medical marijuana dispen-saries is invalid and granted a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the ban sought by a dispensary that had sued the city. Judge James C. Chalfant determined that the city failed to follow state law when it extended its initial moratorium. “The city cannot rely on an expired ordinance,” he said. Green Oasis and a number of other medical marijuana collectives sued the city last month, challenging its efforts to control the dispensaries. The lawsuit argued that the City Council violated state law when it extended... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2916392 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:21:06 +0100 2916392 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2916393&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1871 MEMORANDUM FOR SELECTED UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS October 19,2009 FROM: David W. Ogden - Deputy Attorney General SUBJECT: Investigations and Prosecutions in States Authorizing the Medical Use of Marijuana This memorandum provides clarification and guidance to federal prosecutors in States that have enacted laws authorizing the medical use of marijuana. These laws vary in their substantive provisions and in the extent of state regulatory oversight, both among the enacting States and among local jurisdictions within those States. Rather than developing different guidelines for every possible variant of state and local law, this memorandum provides uniform guidance to focus federal investigations and prosecutions in these States on core federal enforcement priorities. The Department of Just... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2916393 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:36:00 +0100 2916393 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2916394&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1868 Pelosi Applauds House Passage of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement in support of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act, which passed the House of Representatives today by a vote of 408 to 9. The Senate passed the bill earlier this week so the bill now goes to President Obama for his signature into law. “As everyone knows, San Francisco was hit early and hard by the devastation of AIDS. But San Franciscans responded to the needs of our neighbors by developing a system of community-based care that became the model for the Ryan White CARE Act when it was first enacted in 1990. “Today, Ryan White-funded initiatives are a fundamental component of the systems of care upon which low-income individua... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2916394 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:43:11 +0100 2916394 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2916395&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1864 STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY S. 1793 — Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 (Sen. Harkin, D-Iowa) The Administration strongly supports Senate passage of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009. The Ryan White program provides critical health care and related services to uninsured and underinsured people living with HIV/AIDS. This legislation authorizes appropriations for the program for the next four years. The Administration is committed to strengthening access to care for people living with HIV/AIDS. The legislation reauthorizes all parts of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program and supports continued funding for the Minority AIDS Initiative, the goal of which is to address the disproportionate impact of the disease on racial and ethnic minorities. When ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2916395 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:19:24 +0100 2916395 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2890617&cid=t_324391_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fi0W33AuT26k%2F Two figures that say it all. Death Rates (deaths per 1,000 population), New York City, c. 1800-2007. Source: NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene. Summary of Vital Statistics (2008). H/T to William Briggs for making me aware of this figure. Infant Mortality Rate (deaths per 1,000 live births), New York City, 1898-2007. In 1898 IMR was estimated to be 140.9 Because of incomplete reporting of early neonatal deaths, this is almost certainly an underestimate. In 2007 IMR was 5.4 deaths per 1,000 live births. Source: NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene. Summary of Vital Statistics (2008) (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2890617 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:50:37 +0100 2890617 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2876298&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1857 chers— this was a very thoughtful & (i thought) useful overview looking at the spread of HIV/AIDS as driven by social structures. Dr. Lynne C. Todman, Director of the Institute of Social Exclusion (ISE) at the Adler School of Professional Psychology in Chicago, presented it at the HIV Prevention Justice Alliance teleconference call may 27, 2009. Toddman’s point: “Poverty reduction must be at the core of any long-term, sustainable solution to ending HIV/AIDS.” these are the official notes from the session, which also included presentations by  Marisa Franco, National Lead Organizer, Right to the City Alliance & Jaime Grant, Ph.D., Director of the Policy Institute at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) also, see the link to the book toddman recommends below, ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2876298 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:10:12 +0100 2876298 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2865636&cid=t_324391_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FVyYV4F2ZbNc%2F Through my work on agriculture, I get occasional media calls on obesity and the agri-industrial complex supposedly behind it.  On Sunday, for example, I gave an interview on NPR about the USDA’s push for — and subsidisation of — farmers markets and “eating locally” as the solution to poor nutrition. (This a recurrent theme of the Obama administration: Michelle Obama has made people’s food habits her business, growing a White House Garden and driving in a convoy of 36 vehicles to the H Street farmers’ market in a photo-op to promote it. The USDA even has a “People’s Garden“.) So an article in today’s New York Times caught my eye. According to a recent study, the push for calorie postings in restaurants has had no affect on p... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2865636 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:41:55 +0100 2865636 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2862699&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1852 Life Group LA Takes The POZ Life Weekend Seminar to San Diego, CA! The Life Group LA is proud to announce that it will be bringing its team of dedicated volunteers and presenters to the San Diego area on November 14th and 15th, 2009. Our innovative and ground breaking POZ Life Weekend Seminar is a place where compassion, education, community and love is offered unconditionally. It’s a place HIV+ men, women, youths, family members and care givers can come be themselves, feel comforted and support in their effort to learn how to either live a long healthy productive POZitive lifestyle, or help someone they know and love overcome the fears associated with being HIV+ at no cost… the seminar is Free! Our diverse group of Presenters, Volunteers and Staff effectively reach out and relate... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2862699 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:38:58 +0100 2862699 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2862700&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1850 Discussions: ONAP will hold a series of fourteen forums from late summer through the end of 2009 in various regions of the country with diverse communities impacted by HIV/AIDS. These forums will provide opportunities for individual citizens to provide White House staff and other policy makers with their recommendations for achieving the President’s three goals for the NHAS.Locations for the planned forums include (in alphabetical order): Albuquerque, NM; Atlanta, GA; Columbia, SC; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Houston, TX; Jackson, MS; Los Angeles, CA; Minneapolis, MN; New York, NY; Oakland, CA; San Francisco, CA; San Juan, Puerto Rico; the Virgin Islands, and Washington, DC. [chers---cut & pasted from another location: ---rk] Location Date Minneapolis, MN October 2 Albuquerque, NM ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2862700 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:01:26 +0100 2862700 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2862701&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1848 Related Websites These links will take you out of the www.PEPFAR.gov Web site. PEPFAR Archive Website: This website contains PEPFAR-related information released prior to January 20, 2009. Content on the archive site is not updated. Act Against AIDS HHS/CDC Domestic Campaign AIDS.gov serves as an information gateway to guide users to Federal domestic HIV/AIDS information and resources. AIDSinfo Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Global AIDS Program (GAP) Champions for an HIV-Free Generation is a group of former African presidents and other influential personalities with an aim to mobilize high-level leadership in renewed and revitalized responses to HIV and AIDS in Sub Saharan Africa. Department of Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention Program Department of Health and Human Services - Of... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2862701 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:54:43 +0100 2862701 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2858756&cid=t_324391_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F10%2F04%2Fthorpe-menn-award%2F [ed. note: Speech I gave at the luncheon co-sponsored by the American Association of University Women and the Kansas City Public Library on October 3, 2009 after my book What's Right About What's Wrong won the Thorpe Menn Award for Literary Excellence. Pictures from the event here.] ~ ~ ~ Anyone who has read What’s Right About What’s Wrong may have noticed the list of thank-yous is quite long. That’s because it’s my first book. It’s also because I figured it would be my last book as well. Perhaps I was the only poet in the world who did not want to publish a volume of her poetry. I had some 25 years of publications in literary journals, but as time passed I grew to dislike not just my poems, but writing itself. I suspect the relentless clerical duties that fac... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2858756 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:16:14 +0100 2858756 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2855794&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1844 “]”]Remarks at Swearing-In Ceremony for Dr. Eric Goosby Global AIDS Coordinator and Ambassador-at-Large Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State Eric Goosby, M.D., Global AIDS Coordinator Ben Franklin Room Washington, DC September 17, 2009 [Transcript of Ambassador Goosby’s remarks provided by the Office of the U.S. Coordinator for Global AIDS] [link to 22-min video which cannot be embedded here] SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Well, this is such a wonderful occasion, and I am especially grateful that you were all so understanding to change the time for this event. I learned at the last minute yesterday that I had to be at the White House for a meeting with the President. And I actually did say, well, I’m sorry I have to swear-in. (Laughter.) And the answer came back sayin... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2855794 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:17:25 +0100 2855794 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2852010&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1840 Ryan White funding extended for 30 days Senate committee passes measure to renew HIV program for four years By LAURA DOUGLAS-BROWN Sep 30 2009 The U.S. Senate voted 62-38 late Wednesday to approve legislation that will extend funding to the U.S. government for 30 days after the Sept. 30 end of the current fiscal year. Included is a measure to maintain HIV/AIDS programs funded by the Ryan White CARE Act for the next month. The U.S. House passed the measure Sept. 25. The legislation buys time for Ryan White, but does not permanently renew funding for the programs. At stake is at least $2.1 billion in funding that props up HIV services around the country, including $72 million that goes to programs in Georgia. Although the Ryan White Act has bipartisan support in Congress, the legislation, l... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2852010 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:44:36 +0100 2852010 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2836242&cid=t_324391_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FMtMOofKdiqo%2F As we mentioned yesterday in Part 1 of our series, running is becoming increasingly popular. People are running for their own fun or health, while others are running to push themselves to the limit, including doing marathons and Ironman competitions. This brings us to Part 2 of the two-part series. While running is a great cardio workout, it can cause problems for your body as it puts up with the pounding that comes with the running. In a discussion about the upcoming New York City Marathon, Dr. Oliver Zong, a cosmetic foot surgeon in New York City, and Director of Surgery at NYC Foot Care, as well as a board member at the Gramercy Park Surgery Center, said, “Every stride taken while running applies a force of 3-4 times your body weight across knees, ankles and feet.  During a 10-mi... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2836242 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 07:45:38 +0100 2836242 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2834467&cid=t_324391_145_f&fid=35710&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstoryofhealing.com%2F2009%2F09%2F26%2Finternational-medicine-2008-conference-and-revisits%2F I had so many posts planned for the months past when my schedule and flow took a turn—in a very good and mostly fun way. I have been occupied with our wedding celebration, teaching and other projects, medical electives, mouse jogging through my studies, plus my occasional will of glorious procrastination to begin writing. For those who gave me a-okay for my Media In Medicine series e-interviews, I hope they can still remember me when I start knocking on their email doors again with my finally-written down Qs. For those whose correspondence I am all too happy to receive but have not replied yet, I hope you won’t tire checking in and seeing if I have actually risen from my blog-grave yet. And, of course, thank you for reading. Conference A little over a year ago in May, I flew to t... the story of healing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2834467 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:20:06 +0100 2834467 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2834430&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1837 U.S. House approves measure to extend Ryan White funding for 30 days Measure to continue key HIV funds still must pass Senate By LAURA DOUGLAS-BROWN Sep 25 2009, 7:15 PM The U.S. House on Friday approved a resolution to extend funding for the legislative branch for 30 days, including a measure that continues funding the Ryan White CARE Act, a key HIV/AIDS program. The continuing resolution must still pass the U.S. Senate, which is expected to take it up next week. Once the resolution is approved by both chambers, it will enable funding for Ryan White to continue until the end of October. Within that time, Congress must pass legislation renewing the Ryan White Act in order for the program to continue. At stake is at least $2.1 billion in funding that props up HIV services around the countr... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2834430 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:03:27 +0100 2834430 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2834431&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1834 Pot dispensaries sue L.A. over moratorium Medical marijuana collectives’ suit comes as the city struggles to write a new ordinance. By John Hoeffel September 23, 2009 A newly formed association of Los Angeles medical marijuana collectives has challenged the city’s efforts to control dispensaries, claiming in a lawsuit that the 2-year-old moratorium is unconstitutionally vague and that the City Council violated state law when it extended the ban until mid-March. The lawsuit, filed late Monday, is the first to take aim at the city’s attempts to halt the explosive growth in dispensaries. It comes as the City Council’s Planning Committee continued Tuesday to struggle with a permanent ordinance to replace the moratorium. Representatives from the city attorney’s of... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2834431 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:30:39 +0100 2834431 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2834432&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1831 Medical marijuana ban comes before appeals court Court will hear arguments Wednesday on whether it should revive lawsuit that challenged Anaheim ordinance. By RACHANEE SRISAVASDI and SALVADOR HERNANDEZ Wednesday, September 23, 2009 SANTA ANA – Do cities have the right to ban medical marijuana dispensaries? The answer may hinge on a lawsuit being heard today before California’s 4th District Court of Appeal. A group of medical marijuana patients – called the Qualified Patients Association – are appealing an Orange County Superior Court judge’s dismissal of their lawsuit that challenged an Anaheim ordinance that forbids such outlets and makes operators subject to criminal prosecution. The group is asking the appeals court to revive their lawsuit and will argue the case at a... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2834432 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:19:03 +0100 2834432 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2834433&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1828 chers— sarah armstrong spoke to these points at the PLUM meeting tuesday, and her analysis is quite coherent, so i thought i’s pass it along. (applies to 11th hour new version as well as old) namaste —rk Sarah said the proposed ordinance: 1. Allows police to enter dispensaries at any time to nose around. Since 14 LAPD are cross sworn as federal DEA Agents, this probably isn’t a good idea. [Section 46.71] 2. Requires dispensaries to register the names and contact info of their cultivators with the LAPD, presumably so that the 14 cross sworn officers can find them easily. [Section 46.64 Section b number 3 item n] 3. Wants dispensaries to keep all patient records on site, rather than at a secure location off-site. So, when the DEA busts down the door, your medical reco... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2834433 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:31:05 +0100 2834433 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2834434&cid=t_324391_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1823 carmen trutanich pulled a rocky degadillo tuesday, submitting a new draft version of a medical cannabis ordinance 15 minutes before the city’s PLUM committee (planning, land use & management) meeting began, rendering informed discussion about the proposed law impossible at the public hearing. Medical cannabis draft regulations were on the agenda tuesday in PLUM committee. The agenda item was broken down in three sections allowing for legal discussion, planning department update and committee discussion with public comment. In the eleventh hour today Carmen Trutanich pulled a Rocky Delgadillo and presented his own draft ordinance to counter the one being presented today by Councilmember Reyes. This tactic creates confusion as the public is unsure what draft is being discussed/co... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2834434 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:06:27 +0100 2834434 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2800364&cid=t_324391_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F2HMKgKrYIAg%2F I have been trying for years to make people understand that a single system of government schools is fundamentally at odds with American values, especially individual liberty and equal treatment under the law. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, in opposing a move to let city public schools close for Muslim holidays as they do for Christian and Jewish holidays, recently made my point in one, simple sentence: One of the problems you have with a diverse city is that if you close the schools for every single holiday, there won’t be any school. Exactly. So which religions, and which people, will get to be more equal than others, Mr. Mayor? With universal school choice, we wouldn’t have to grapple with such terrible questions. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2800364 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:58:20 +0100 2800364 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2800665&cid=t_324391_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F09%2F16%2Fyou-want-savers-not-debtors-since-when%2F My new Politics Daily / Woman Up post: It’s not often that Kansans make the national news. But one did so a few days ago in The New York Times. His name is Ray Rucker, and he lives in Overland Park, a suburb of Kansas City. Rucker is 62 years old. He wants to work another 10 years, but he’s been laid off. And no one wants to hire him. For 32 years I have lived just a few miles from Overland Park. So I think I can describe the mindset of a typical Kansan: They are polite to a fault. If they have something unkind to say, they keep silent. They go to church. They vote Republican. They work hard. They hoard more than they spend. The cliche of the salt-of-the-earth Midwesterner is not far off the mark… Read the rest on AOL: You Want Savers, Not Debtors? Since When? Posted in K... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2800665 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:09:55 +0100 2800665 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2741341&cid=t_324391_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FjWPKqE-3z8Y%2F Some well-known bloggers are being terrible bullies, beating up on private schools. Felix Salmon kicks things off by hoping the government tightens the definition of a “charitable” organization and begins taxing private schools who don’t “do a bit more to earn it.” Matt Yglesias agrees that private schools are mooching deadbeats and ups the ante, calling them actively harmful as well. Finally, Conor Clarke at The Atlantic agrees, but makes the other two look like panty-waists by proposing the government radically narrow what is considered a charity in the first place. Yglesias even has the temerity to indict private schools for the failure of NYC public schools: And as best one can tell, their main impact on the common weal is negative, drawing parents with resources and social c... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2741341 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:57:50 +0100 2741341 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2691473&cid=t_324391_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fflip-flops-can-turn-deadly%2F Any flip flop wearers out there? If so, here’s a study you  might want to consider. Two reporters living in New York City recently walked around the city for four days wearing flip-flops. They took numerous train trips, walked through Prospect Park, headed out to the bars in West Village, took in a baseball game at Coney Island, waded through the public restrooms at the Coney Island subway station, and even rode the Cyclone, twice. They then turned the flip-flops over to a microbiology lab at EMSL Analytical for testing. The results -  the flip-flops had collected approximately 18,100 bacteria of the five most prevalent varieties, including the deadly Staphylococcus aureus. Now flopping around in Flip Flops might stop your feet from touching the ground but they don’t stop the grim fr... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2691473 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:47:49 +0100 2691473 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2667649&cid=t_324391_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F08%2F03%2Flong-strange-trip-march-of-the-ex-husbands%2F [Ed. note: Continued from Long Strange Trip: Grand Canyon.] University of Arizona at Tucson campus There was the lure of Tucson itself, with its Southwestern architecture. There were Sagauros — the cactus of cartoons and everyone’s childhood — waving from hillsides. There was my first poetry teacher, who had years ago retired in Tucson. Most important to my friend Linda and her son Danny was Danny’s father (also known as Linda’s second ex-husband) and the main attraction: The swimming pool at his apartment. The ex-husband’s pretty 21-year-old wife of just a month’s standing met us in Flagstaff in a rented car driven by a friend. No small thing, as the trip from Flagstaff to Tucson takes four hours, and a good portion of that is Phoenix. A review of Phoen... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2667649 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:48:10 +0100 2667649 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2662625&cid=t_324391_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F08%2F01%2Flong-strange-trip-grand-canyon%2F Writer and cancer survivor Donna Trussell at the Grand Canyon [Ed. note: Continued from Long Strange Trip: Get Your Kicks.] Ask anyone and they’ll tell you they’ll never forget their first sight of the Grand Canyon. I was 13 years old, and what struck me most was the depth and breadth of the canyon. For a girl from a Dallas suburb, the moment was literally breathtaking. The canyon is so large that the Colorado River looks like a trickle, as it did to the first explorers. Untrue, we now know. Maybe someday we’ll have the technology to recreate such vistas, but for now the axiom “pictures don’t do it justice” applies to no other place on earth as it does to the Grand Canyon. The iconic El Tovar and other hotels within the park had no vacancies — not sur... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2662625 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:02:41 +0100 2662625 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2657876&cid=t_324391_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F07%2F31%2Flong-strange-trip-get-your-kicks%2F Cruiser's Cafe 66 in Williams, AZ [Ed. note: Continued from Long Strange Trip: Desperately Seeking Williams.] The bus driver was friendly, and that was a comfort in the desolate landscape in which my friend Linda, her son Danny, his friend Montana and I found ourselves when we got off the train in Williams Junction, Arizona. The bus headlights illuminated scrap heaps on both sides of the dirt road. “Mighty pretty country you got here,” I said. The bus driver laughed and said we were looking at the dumping ground for a construction company. Within ten minutes we entered the town of Williams, Arizona, population about 3,000 and location of our home for the night, a bordello turned B&B. The hotel stood right across the railroad tracks, but these days the Southwest Chief sk... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2657876 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:16:38 +0100 2657876 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2651327&cid=t_324391_10_f&fid=34467&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fmcr%2Fbhic%2F%3Fp%3D5609 I was at a meeting yesterday in Columbia, Missouri with a fabulous group of librarians and staff from Community Based Organizations. At that meeting I had the chance to learn about some great resources, national as well as Missouri specific. Librarian 411 http://www.librarian411.org/ Librarian 411 is a free web-based training for library staff, supported by the Missouri Department of Mental Health and the Missouri State Library with funding from the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). This library training has been developed to help front-line library workers better serve patrons with mental illness and/or developmental disabilities. Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) http://www.eden.lsu.edu/ The    Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) links Extension educators ... BHIC blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2651327 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:41:36 +0100 2651327