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 'cotton'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:15:31 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4684272&cid=t_222019_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FftAI2DQb20E%2F By Sallie JamesI thought I would add some detail to the posts my colleagues have already written on Congressman Paul Ryan's (R-Wisc.) 2012 budget resolution. Interestingly -- and, I would argue, appropriately -- the agriculture stuff appears in the "Ending Corporate Welfare" section of the plan, most of  it on page 36. After outlining the ways that farming America is doing well, Ryan's plan would cut almost $30 billion (or 20 percent of projected outlays) over the next 10 years from farm subsidies (direct payments, currently costing about $5 billion per year) and crop insurance subsidies. Cuts will also reportedly fall on nutrition and conservation programs, but I will let my colleagues weigh in on those. The focus on crop insurance is encouraging, because crop insurance is an increasin... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4684272 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:59:47 +0100 4684272 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4495176&cid=t_222019_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F6ERnIFQoFfM%2F By Sallie JamesAn amendment to end what Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) rightly called "lunacy" failed this afternoon in a depressing show of cowardice on cotton subsidies. The amendment [Amendment No. 89] would have ended payments to Brazilian [yes, sic] cotton farmers that cost U.S. taxpayers $150 million a year.  The House rejected the amendment 183 to 246.  Republicans -- those stalwart fiscal conservatives! -- voted 75 in favor and 164 against. The Democrats showed more courage and voted in favor of the amendment 108 to 82. (These numbers are according to C-SPAN; I will post an update if they prove to be incorrect). The deal on cotton is one of the more shameful aspects of U.S. trade policy. As I blogged last year, U.S. taxpayers are paying millions of dollars to Brazilian... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4495176 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:32:22 +0100 4495176 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4489652&cid=t_222019_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FCUijtZ1nf7g%2F By Sallie JamesWhile I fully agree with my colleagues that President Obama "chickened out" in general in his FY2012 budget proposal, in one area he had the courage to propose some cuts that have proven controversial for ages: farm subsidies.  His plan would lower the income eligibility limits for subsidies (from $500,000 to $250,000 for off-farm AGI per farmer, and an on-farm AGI limit of $500,000, down from $750,000.) It would also lower the cap on annual direct payments that individuals can receive -- from a maximum of $40,000 to $30,000. The administration's proposal would affect only about 2 percent of the total recipients of direct payments -- subsidies that flow every year regardless of prices or farm output to owners of land that may or may not still be used for farming -- and... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4489652 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:21:36 +0100 4489652 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4219678&cid=t_222019_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F12%2Fdr-eric-demaria-charged-embezzlement%2F Former Duke University bariatric surgeon Dr. Eric DeMaria and former Duke employment John Cotton have been charged with embezzling more than $250,000 from the University. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4219678 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 04:38:19 +0100 4219678 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4214516&cid=t_222019_160_f&fid=36189&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.skinmdblog.com%2F321%2Fapple-cider-vinegar-for-troubled-skin%2F Few people realize as they spend hundreds of dollars a month on skincare that the perfect regimen might be just under their noses—literally.  Apple cider vinegar (ACV) is a household cooking item and cleaning agent, and also a little known acne home remedy. ACV Benefits to Acne-Prone Skin Acne is often a result of accumulated toxins in one’s body, a result of an unhealthy diet and lifestyle.  Used topically, ACV can detoxify skin over time by removing deep-seated bacteria from skin and regulating the skin’s pH, which makes it less likely to house bacteria.  ACV is also rich in alph-hydroxy acids; these dissolve fatty deposits in the skin’s surface as well as soften scaly conditions caused by many store-bought acne remedies.  Unlike other “home remedies” like benzoyl peroxid... Skin MD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4214516 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:53:48 +0100 4214516 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3902870&cid=t_222019_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fbargain-shopping-10-lingerie-buys-under-10%2F Shopping for bras and underwear can be a real drag — particularly when they tend to be a little on the pricey side. How are you going to be a secret sex vixen beneath your office clothes if you can’t afford the lace you so desire? Don’t worry — our ten lingerie buys under $10 have got you covered. Or uncovered. Whichever you prefer. (Plus, a few picks are eco-friendly, and you can even buy one of them directly from us!) photo: Thinkstock Post from: BlissTree Bargain Shopping: 10 Lingerie Buys Under $10 (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3902870 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:50:56 +0100 3902870 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3757832&cid=t_222019_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Feco-friendly-fashion-a-cork-bag-for-all-seasons%2F photo from Eco Salon We’ve heard of cork board, cork shoes, even cork furniture. But there’s another eco-friendly product made of recycled cork that we hadn’t heard of until now — cork purses. But, man — were we missing out. We love the understated elegance of Peasants and Travelers‘ cork Doctor’s Bag, which we found while browsing Eco Salon. It’s fashioned from remnants of wine bottle corks from Portugal that have been smashed and laminated, but the material is flexible and waterproof. The rest of the bag is made from reclaimed materials, like its cotton dress shirt lining. And at $150, it’s a forever piece that isn’t too much of an investment. via Eco Salon Post from: BlissTree Eco-Friendly Fashion: A Cork Bag for All Seasons (Source: B... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3757832 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:10:46 +0100 3757832 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3750028&cid=t_222019_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Feco-friendly-fashion-the-truth-about-bamboo%2F photo: Thinkstock Even Walmart is selling bamboo clothing and textiles, which touts them as an easy, inexpensive way to buy green. Bamboo is the fastest growing wood-ish plant in the world, and most of it is grown organically without using fertilizers or irrigation. This all sounds very eco-friendly, until it comes time to actually make the bamboo into fabric. Most bamboo fabrics are basically rayon. The process most widely used to create bamboo fabric (and rayon) is called viscose, which involves taking the fiber (in this case, bamboo), and dissolving it in a strong solvent to make a thick, gummy solution. Then, that’s shoved through a spinneret and into a quenching solution that solidifies the goop into a fiber. Unfortunately, the solvent used in this process is a toxic chemical ca... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3750028 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:02:01 +0100 3750028 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3676651&cid=t_222019_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FGASLabQr1Ag%2F By Sallie JamesNotwithstanding the efforts of four brave congressmen, the belated concession to reality by House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, and the misgivings of trade analysts including myself, it appears that the “temporary” deal struck by Brazil and the United States in April to ward off Brazil’s retaliation for WTO-illegal U.S. cotton supports is here to stay: The government said a deal agreed between the two countries in April to head off up to $829 million in World Trade Organization-sanctioned retaliation against U.S. goods would stay in place until a new U.S. farm bill is passed [in 2012]… “Brazil doesn’t rule out taking countermeasures at any moment,” Roberto Azevedo, Brazil’s envoy to the World Trade Organizatio... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3676651 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:52:20 +0100 3676651 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3526716&cid=t_222019_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Feco-friendly-shopping-green-advice-from-ecochick%2F Reusable shopping bags from T Bag & Co. We have a new girl crush and her name is ecochick. She’s based in Canada and runs an earthy-friendly shopping blog. She recommends cool books (like Organic Manifesto by Maria Rodale), tells us about pretty reusable water bottles (from SIGG and OtterBottle), and alerts us to uber-chic reusable shopping bags from companies including T Bag & Co. and Flip and Tumble. We like to think of ecochick as our go-to green shopping guru. so ecochick, will you be our new BFF? Post from: BlissTree Eco-Friendly Shopping: Green Advice From ecochick (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3526716 Mon, 03 May 2010 13:30:44 +0100 3526716 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3499050&cid=t_222019_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F-80GP0dPdEo%2F By Sallie JamesYet another show of that rare commodity, bipartisan efforts to reduce the size of government today. Four members of the House—two Republican and two Democrat—have sent a letter to President Obama, calling on him to reverse the insane policy of bribing Brazilian farmers with subsidies in an attempt to correct, in accordance with the perverse two-wrongs-make-a-right school of logic, for  illegal U.S. subsidies. (There were other questionable parts of the deal with Brazil). Barney Frank (D, MA), Ron Kind (D, WI), Paul Ryan (R, WI) and Jeff Flake (R, AZ) make compelling arguments for finding a better and more permanent  solution to the dispute than the current (dodgy) deal with Brazil, including arguments about fiscal responsibility, the adverse effects of di... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3499050 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:42:09 +0100 3499050 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3467933&cid=t_222019_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FIs9kdFk3Bos%2F Double Dot beach umbrella from PB teen I strongly believe in that “healthy summer glow.” My vitamin D levels are through the roof. In other words, I am a sun worshipper. I spend as much time as I can outside, avoiding the shade like the plague. Of course, I wear SPF (more or less) and no longer bask Bain de Soleil-style on a chaise lounge. The change in habits is due, in part, to the good sense that 30-some-odd years can bring, and, in part, because my two-year-old son (and ever-present tag-a-long) inherited his dad’s powder-like skin complexion. If I plan to go to the beach, park, or pool for any length of time with toddler in tow, I need to execute a two-pronged strategy: Divert and protect. Besides my handy SPF-45 spray, here are a few new tools to help keep my little one – and ... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3467933 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:09:20 +0100 3467933 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3453884&cid=t_222019_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FoxXMXyHgvGs%2F By Sallie JamesIt appears that the United States has reached a temporary deal with Brazil over U.S. cotton subsidies, which were deemed illegal under world trade rules many years ago. (Here’s Cato adjunct scholar Dan Sumner on the case and its implications. Bloomberg’s Mark Drajem and the New York Times’ Sewell Chan have more details on the deal.) This comes not a minute too soon from the U.S. perspective: the deal was reached just one day before Brazil was to begin imposing over $800 million worth of tariffs and WTO-approved intellectual property rights violations against American firms in retaliation for U.S. intransigence in complying. (Snarky aside: where’s your commitment to ”trade enforcement” now, Mr. Obama?) What’s in the deal, you ask?... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3453884 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:35:20 +0100 3453884 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3420421&cid=t_222019_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2F3-cool-things-7%2F Three things we like, in no particular order, from Blisstree to you: Bloomin’ Plantable Seed Paper – Stationery made of 100 percent recycled paper mixed with wildflower seeds that bloom when the cards are buried after use. Surf Sister – Surf camps and lessons in Tofino, British Columbia, led by an all-female staff. Moop – Simple, beautiful handmade bags created in Pittsburgh. (And some are organic cotton!) Post from: BlissTree 3 Cool Things (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3420421 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:32:58 +0100 3420421 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3411081&cid=t_222019_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fblisstree-photo-of-the-day-2%2F Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s Earth From Above photos have toured the world as an outdoor exhibition, campaigning for a sustainable planet with an impressive array of photos. The images were all taken from helicopters above the earth, including this one of a worker resting on cotton bales in Ivory Coast. Post from: BlissTree Blisstree Photo of the Day (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3411081 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:58:51 +0100 3411081 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2182645&cid=t_222019_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E3%2F538406944%2Fsweet-soft-matter-candy-cotton-for.html I love interdisciplinary journals, but I had not stumbled across Soft Matters, where physics meets chemistry meets biology for fundamental soft matter research, until today when the following story caught my eye: (Via Red Orbit) "Scientists are turning to cotton candy as a novel tool to help grow replacement tissues for people. It seems the long-time favorite treat may provide an ideal way to generate a network of blood vessels within lab-grown skin, bone, muscle or fat for breast reconstruction, researchers say. Dr. Jason Spector of New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York and Leon Bellan of Cornell University conducted the research on the new technique. It works by first pouring a thick liquid chemical over the cotton candy, and waiting for the liquid to ... Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2182645 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:18:03 +0100 2182645 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2104471&cid=t_222019_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F01%2F14%2Finternet-fears-for-children-overblown%2F Of no surprise to regular readers of World of Psychology, 49 state attorneys general looked at the problem of children being solicited for sex online and concluded that the problem isn’t as big as previously thought. Why no surprise? Because as we’ve noted here for years, anything to do with new technology or the Internet is often demonized. History is rife with examples of society reacting poorly, at first, to the introduction of significant, life-changing technologies. The cotton gin. The telephone. The automobile. TV. Video games. Computers. Cell phones. The Internet. We place all of our blame on the agent of change for causing problems, when either the problems are less serious than we thought (as in this case), or the problems are a characteristic of change itself. Peop... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2104471 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:12:13 +0100 2104471 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=560286&cid=t_222019_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F04%2F22%2Ftips-to-prevent-diabetic-foot-complications%2F Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Lifestyle, Services, SupportIn recognition of Foot Health Awareness Month, LifeMasters encourages diabetics to prevent foot complications by following a few simple steps to maintain healthy feet. As you know, diabetics are more prone to foot complications. These complications include fungal infections, calluses, ulcers, foot deformities, and gangrene -- which may include infection and may in some cases, lead to amputation. The underlying diabetic cause for these complications is the nerve damage, also called neuropathy and a decrease of blood flow to the foot. Neuropathy causes loss of feeling in the feet, decreasing feeling, affecting balance and leading to a foot injury. Diabetes also causes damage to blood vessels in all parts of the... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=560286 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 560286