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 'controversies'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:39:04 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4775534&cid=t_156616_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2Fyaen40aR1Ro%2F I’m happy that Osama bin Laden is dead. Or am I? Soon after the news broke last night that the much-sought-after Al-Qaeda leader had been killed by U.S. Special Forces, ebullient crowds gathered, street parties broke out, people cheered, and American flags were waved. The TV newscasts, which broke into regularly scheduled programming at around 10:50 p.m. ET, were filled with adjectives like “joyful” and “elated.” When I started to see images of jubilant revelers pouring into Lafayette Square in D.C. and Times Square in New York City, I was half-convinced that I was watching re-broadcast coverage of the night of the U.S. presidential election back in November 2008, or, much more recently, the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in London. Almost ... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4775534 Mon, 02 May 2011 16:40:53 +0100 4775534 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4394446&cid=t_156616_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmedical-ethics-why-they-should-matter-to-patients%2F2011.01.24 Medical ethics has properly gained a foothold in the public square. There is a national conversation about euthanasia, stem cell research, fertilization and embryo implantation techniques, end-of-life care, prenatal diagnosis of serious diseases, defining death to facilitate organ donation, cloning and financial conflicts of interest. Nearly every day, we read (or click) on a headline highlighting one of these or similar ethical controversies. These great issues hover over us. We physicians face ethical dilemmas every day in the mundane world of our medical practices. They won’t appear in your newspapers or pop up on your smartphones, but they are real and they are important. Here is a sampling from the everyday ethical smorgasbord that your doctor faces. How would you act under the fol... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4394446 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:00:00 +0100 4394446 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4377651&cid=t_156616_117_f&fid=34696&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.straightfromthedoc.com%2F38647165%2Fare_the_mentally_ill_really_more_violent.php With the recent reports about shooter Jared Loughner's mental health, the issue is once again a hot topic in the news. Are the mentally ill more violent than others? The stigma associated with mental illness is not only about violent behavior, but there is a great deal of fear about it. It is true that certain types of mental illnesses have violent tendencies as part of their characteristics, but not all. On average, the mentally ill are not violent people. One study has ... (Source: Straightfromthedoc) Straightfromthedoc blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4377651 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 01:58:43 +0100 4377651 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441389&cid=t_156616_93_f&fid=36697&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjeffreyleow.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F05%2F24%2Fbound-for-controversy%2F it seems that top individuals in their field are more inclined to be engaged in some sort of controversy, like it or not. Recent events in the Paediatric Surgical community here in Melbourne has prompted this post. Is Paddy Gewan, a renowned paedatric urologist, a saint or sinner? The Age, Melbourne’s newspaper, reports back in 2003.  “There were charges of intimidation, protracted and ugly contract negotiations, complaints by Dewan about serious errors and patient deaths, and untold instability and upset on all sides. Finally, the hospital’s chief executive, Kathy Alexander, recommended Dewan be sacked for disrupting the surgical department and effectively compromising patient care. The hospital board, after examining acidic statements by at least 14 surgeons, endorsed t... monash medical student blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441389 Sun, 24 May 2009 09:19:33 +0100 2441389 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1082865&cid=t_156616_117_f&fid=34696&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.straightfromthedoc.com%2F50226711%2Fthe_debate_on_infant_male_circumcision.php The most common surgical procedure performed on males is circumcision. Previously conducted because of cultural and religious reasons, now medical evidence suggests that circumcision is medically beneficial: reduced risk of sexually transmitted infections, such as human papilloma virus, chancroid and syphilis, can reduce the spread of HIV. While circumcision is not illegal anywhere in the world, it is a choice that parents do for their baby boys. For a matter of information, while in other parts of the world, circumcision is done on infant males, here (the Philippines), young boys make the choice themselves like a right of passage. But then of course, because the society sort of already made the decision that boys should be circumcised, these young boys most often than not, will agr... Straightfromthedoc blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1082865 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:32:03 +0100 1082865 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1067842&cid=t_156616_93_f&fid=36200&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.jammedph.com%2Fadb-clean-water-shortage-by-2025%2F An alarming news published in Philippine Daily Inquirer based on a research by Asian Development Bank should make us rethink of conserving water. The Philippines’ water resources are fast deteriorating with rapid urbanization, with only about 33 percent of river systems still suitable as a supply source and up to 58 percent of groundwater now contaminated. Water availability in the Philippines could be “unsatisfactory” in eight of its 19 major river basins and in most major cities before 2025. Urbanization has been pointed out as the major cause of this arising problem. Poor environmental management, extensive forest denudation, poor maintenance of sanitary landfills, crowding in urban areas, etc, are few of the effects of urbanization that have subsequently affected the... Jammed: Full into Capacity blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1067842 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:19:51 +0100 1067842 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1028173&cid=t_156616_117_f&fid=34696&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.straightfromthedoc.com%2F50226711%2Favandiaa_and_risk_of_heart_attacks.php Remember the verdict on Avandia® despite the controversy that has linked this diabetes drug by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to increased risk of heart attacks? Yes, Avandia® was allowed to stay in the market, as approved by the FDA panel of advisers. Avandia®, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Philadelphia, Pa., was approved in 1999 as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve control of blood sugar levels. Avandia is approved to be used as a single therapy or used in combination with metformin and sulfonylureas, other oral anti-diabetes treatments. But now, the FDA recently announced that the manufacturer of Avandia® - GSK - has agreed to add new information to the existing boxed warning in the drug's labeling about potential increased risk for heart attacks. According to ... Straightfromthedoc blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1028173 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:04:46 +0100 1028173 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2645401&cid=t_156616_117_f&fid=34696&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.straightfromthedoc.com%2F50226711%2Fdr_conrad_murray_to_be_questioned_about_michael_jacksons_death.php Dr. Conrad Murray is Michael Jackson's personal physician who was with him on the day he died. Now the LA coroner's pending toxicology results hold the fate of Dr. Conrad Murray. The doctor ... (Source: Straightfromthedoc) Straightfromthedoc blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2645401 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 2645401 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2641374&cid=t_156616_117_f&fid=34696&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.straightfromthedoc.com%2F50226711%2Fkidney_selling_and_kidney_brokers_do_exist.php © aturkus A scar like this one in the photo is like a trophy in one place in the Philippines (translation necessary, text is mainly in Filipino). Mostly men - mainly due to poverty - are forced to sel... (Source: Straightfromthedoc) Straightfromthedoc blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2641374 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 2641374