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 'cobra'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:15:31 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265607&cid=t_221193_87_f&fid=34470&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehealthcareblog.com%2Fthe_health_care_blog%2F2010%2F12%2Fcost-awareness-anecdote-between-the-cracks-contest-finalist.html By KELLY CHERAMY Between the cracks is a frightening place to be. During the course of trying to improve our family’s financial stability, my husband and I were blind-sided by one hidden detail: We’d face $10,000 in costs to continue... (Source: The Health Care Blog) The Health Care Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265607 Sat, 18 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4265607 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4190151&cid=t_221193_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwheres-my-government-provided-healthcare%2F2010.11.22 Freshman Republican Congressman Andy Harris, who was elected on a promise to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), is outraged that he’s going to go a whole month before his government-provided health insurance kicks in. From Politico: A conservative Maryland physician elected to Congress on an anti-Obamacare platform surprised fellow freshmen at a Monday orientation session by demanding to know why his government-subsidized health care plan takes a month to kick in. Republican Andy Harris, an anesthesiologist who defeated freshman Democrat Frank Kratovil on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, reacted incredulously when informed that federal law mandated that his government-subsidized health care policy would take effect on Feb. 1st –- 28 days after his Jan. 3rd sw... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4190151 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:00:00 +0100 4190151 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3714110&cid=t_221193_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F06%2Ftheory-cleopatras-suicide%2F German historian Christoph Schaefer and toxicologist Dietrich mebs have published a paper postulating that Cleopatra did not die of an asp or cobra bite, but rather took her own life by drinking a concoction of hemlock, wolfsbane, and opium. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3714110 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:06:01 +0100 3714110 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3075728&cid=t_221193_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Flosing-health-care-in-the-middle-of-chemo%2F Those of us that have been through treatment for breast cancer know how complicated it can be to have to deal with insurance companies to make sure you are covered for tests, surgery and office visits, it can be a nightmare to navigate through. My personal nightmare is all about losing health insurance coverage in the middle of chemo. When I was in my third month of chemotherapy, my husband’s job situation changed. That meant that after 30 days we would have to choose COBRA or be without health insurance. I still had several more chemotherapy sessions scheduled. So we chose COBRA. I have told this story before, but it helps people understand why I am so committed to health care reform. It is because in the middle of chemotherapy I had to find an additional 1200.00 dollars a month to ... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3075728 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:23:54 +0100 3075728 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2859066&cid=t_221193_136_f&fid=39025&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Feverythingchangesbook%2F%7E3%2FOtmPBsw6Zcw%2Fasking-for-help I spent my first month of cancer trying to weasel my way onto COBRA. (Check out the podcast from my interview on yesterday’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, where I talk about this and other young adult cancer issues.) One of my tactics was pulling the cancer card with COBRA phone representatives: “I’m 27, I have cancer and no insurance, pity me.” It was life or death and I was shameless. Pulling the cancer card so early on in my diagnosis initiated me into the world of asking for help from others. And I got pretty good at it. But, most other patients I interviewed in Everything Changes told me that asking for help crushed their pride and amplified their lack of independence. Listening to these other patients, I started feeling guilty over not feeling shameful about asking for help.  ... Everything Changes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2859066 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:55:11 +0100 2859066 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2358602&cid=t_221193_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fjobless-and-diabetic-some-folks-we-know.html A few weeks ago, our community was shocked to learn that one of the most respected D-bloggers, Scott Johnson, was let go from his company. Although losing a job for anyone in this economy is a hard blow, it is especially worrisome for those of us with a serious, chronic medical condition like diabetes — [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2358602 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:13:14 +0100 2358602 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2200550&cid=t_221193_135_f&fid=35250&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.poz.com%2Fshawn%2Farchives%2F2009%2F02%2Fmy_column_in_ne.html I have a new column in the latest issue of Poz Magazine, you can read it here: "Week On, Week Off". It's about the ups and one big down of my last seven years on my Structured Treatment Interruption. Hope you enjoy reading it- I am especially proud of all of the Karate Kid references and am honored to be included in an issue that focuses on what we as positoids can do to improve our health. Positively Yours, Shawn (Source: Shawn's HIV Blog) Shawn's HIV Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2200550 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:26:45 +0100 2200550 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1177894&cid=t_221193_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F222997962%2F Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us and we’ll share with it others. That’s right. Send us your announcements and we’ll find a home for them. Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is coming and going, especially with all the layoffs being announced each month. Despite the downsizing, there is movement. Here are some of the latest changes. Recognize anyone? Transgenomic hired Eric Kaldjian as chief scientific officer; Bristol-Myers Squibb added Togo West Jr. to its board; Guido Magni leaves Roche to help run the Index Ventures Growth Fund; M4 hired Eric Ratinetz as senior vp for managed market strategies; Cobra Biomanufacturing named Simon Saxby as chief operating officer; BioReliance named Jim Krame... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1177894 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:16:58 +0100 1177894