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 'correction'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:36:09 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4230158&cid=t_91279_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmedical-journal-retractions-a-transparency-issue%2F2010.12.05 Interesting case study raised by the Retraction Watch blog. A 2009 journal article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) – promoted in a news release by the journal and picked up by many news organizations — has now been retracted by the authors. But the journal issued no news release about the retraction — an issue of transparency that the RW blog raises. And you can guess how much news coverage the retraction will get. And this was all over a molecule that could supposedly “make breast tumors respond to a drug to which they’re not normally susceptible” — as the RW blog put it. But it was also a molecule, RW points out, that wasn’t even in clinical trials yet. He or she who lives by the journal news release risks one... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4230158 Sun, 05 Dec 2010 16:00:18 +0100 4230158 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3993912&cid=t_91279_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwhy-did-it-take-the-new-york-times-five-weeks-to-correct-its-alzheimers-test-assertion%2F2010.09.21 I have a lot of catching up to do after being in Europe for just 4 days. But I can’t let this one go by without comment. In fact, this issue was one of the first ones raised by German journalists I met with in Dortmund this week. Don’t think people around the world don’t notice the good AND the bad in American health/medical/science journalism — especially by The New York Times. The Times took a long time (five weeks) to comment on what critics — including me, Paul Raeburn, Charlie Petit and many other journalists (including Times’ ombudsman Arthur Brisbane) — wrote about Gina Kolata’s August 10 piece on a “100% accurate” Alzheimer’s test. But [on September 16th] the paper published a correction. (more…) *This... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3993912 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:00:27 +0100 3993912 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3742387&cid=t_91279_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F07%2Ftherell-be-no-dark-valley.html You see allegory everywhere when the world is cloaked in the new mystery again, as things you thought were true crash down about you and new structure is going up and everything is hazy because of injury and loss and grief and pain.  When cancer is back again, bigger each time, threatening; when going to the bathroom at night feels like a scene from "Where the Wild Things Are" (let the rumpus begin); when your heart flip-flops afresh to a mechanical beat like a bad '80's house jam; when you can't squeeze your children or cook your meals or pack your bags for a trip you want to go on/don't want to embark on.  Then daisies in harsh sidelight on your sacred marriage bed are haunted, and you think about the curse and evil, and God and good, and discipline and persecution.  You s... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3742387 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:55:00 +0100 3742387 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3223476&cid=t_91279_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fmy-mistake.html I re-read my Haiti post and went running for C.S. Lewis' Problem of Pain, a permanent fixture in my bedside book pile since cancer struck in mid 2008. I found the quote I was looking for, and feel humbly corrected. I love it when God whispers truth in your soul, and you are able to track down something that describes what was just an internal sense."Those who would like the God of scripture to be more purely ethical do not know what they ask." (Source: Turquoise Gates) Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3223476 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:56:00 +0100 3223476 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3216812&cid=t_91279_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fmy-soul-breathes-deep.html Whew. A deep breath for the soul, and the body. Cancer de-saturates life. Everything gets a little pale as you struggle through the current of ongoing trials. And then God is merciful, and your soul breathes in deep and expands, and you remember how colorful and vibrant life really is. What a gift it is.I read this verse in Jeremiah yesterday, and it echoes the constant cry of my heart since June 2008. When I really look deep into my heart, I see the blackness there, the many ways I've hurt others, or disappointed them, or gone back on my word; the selfishness and anger and disinterest and pride that eats out from the center. I know God sees it, even clearer through Holy eyes. Correct me, O Lord, but in justice; not in your anger lest you bring me to nothing. (Jeremiah 10:24) He corrects m... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3216812 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:23:00 +0100 3216812 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3197858&cid=t_91279_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fjust-between-two-of-us.html My anonymous comments have been increasing again of late, all of them with criticism to offer regarding my choices to continue my education and have a large family at the same time. Please read my remarks on this subject and other difficult subjects from 2009, and know that no anonymous comments left without contact information or a name at the end will be posted to my blog.http://turquoisegates.blogspot.com/2009/08/how-to-respond.htmlMay I point out a great passage in Matthew 18, which deals with the brother who sins against you? It tells exactly how to approach another Christian if you feel their ways are in error, and leaves no room for unsigned anonymous comments. I read each of the comments submitted, and many cut to the core. My purpose in writing this blog is to be an example of the... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3197858 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:32:00 +0100 3197858 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2820192&cid=t_91279_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F4P79iw81mD0%2F A Sept. 18 Page One article about the community organizing group ACORN incorrectly said that a conservative journalist targeted the organization for hidden-camera videos partly because its voter-registration drives bring Latinos and African Americans to the polls. Although ACORN registers people mostly from those groups, the maker of the videos, James E. O’Keefe, did not specifically mention them. –Washington Post, September 22, 2009 Original article here. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2820192 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:04:29 +0100 2820192 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2232370&cid=t_91279_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F03%2Fcorrection-final-exit-networks-ted.html A few days ago I wrote that Ted Goodwin, one of the Final Exit Network assisted suicide defendants, was a mainstream figure in the assisted suicide movement. He certainly is that. But I made an error by writing that he had resigned as vice president of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies. As far as I know he didn't. He resigned as head of the Final Exit Network. That means he is still in line to be the World Federation's president starting in 2010. Mea culpa. (Source: Secondhand Smoke) Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2232370 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:00:00 +0100 2232370