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 'court case'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:43:12 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3733057&cid=t_223701_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fshould-your-texts-be-private-at-work%2F So your company provides a pager, phone, or BlackBerry – score! Saving money on phone bills every month is a major job perk, but what if the texts you send could get you fired? Not so perky. In City of Ontario v. Quon, Jeff Quon, a California police sergeant, claimed that the city had violated his privacy when they audited the texts sent through his company phone. Though the lower courts said that he had a right to privacy in this case, the Supreme Court ruled that police officer’s texts weren’t private. The court made it clear that this ruling doesn’t extend to all cases, but the ruling indicates that companies are likely to have protection of the law when auditing employee communications. In Quon’s case, the city found that out of 456 texts sent on his work phon... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3733057 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:00:19 +0100 3733057 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3538150&cid=t_223701_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F05%2F06%2Fcan-fmri-tell-if-youre-lying%2F The simple answer is, no. You can now go back to work, content in that little tidbit of brain knowledge. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a fancy name for a brain scan that purportedly measures “brain activity.” What is actually measures is simply changes in blood oxygenation and flow in your brain, which we believe to be directly related to brain activity — but this is an indirect measure at best. It’s not actually measuring “brain activity.” fMRI scans are most often used in research to try and better understand our brains and how other things affect our brains (like mental illness or a specific cognitive activity). So you can imagine the challenges that might be faced when you connect this kind of brain measurement to a legal proceeding... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3538150 Thu, 06 May 2010 12:16:21 +0100 3538150 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2855775&cid=t_223701_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F9rhxCxynxj0%2F More on Sylvia Tagle, the special ed teacher convicted of putting hot sauce in soda and allowing a child to drink it: Did she do it? Tagle has defenders who describe her as a caring and committed teacher. Was she? I am having a hard time getting a complete picture because the coverage of this story was so skimpy. I can understand why there wasn’t much space devoted to it. It just doesn’t seem like that big a story. Photo courtesy of yaybiscuits123 (flickr.com) Unless it’s your kid, of course, or like us you are interested in stories of abuse in the world of special needs. I can’t help thinking that reduced newsroom staff is having an effect on reporting stories like this one as well as other stories. The Miami Herald had a 17 % staff cut in June 2008. In March, the... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2855775 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:45:53 +0100 2855775 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2730297&cid=t_223701_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FfKI66EsyUN4%2F Luck beat forethought in the case of a missing autistic 5-year-old who has been found four miles from his home in West Virginia. The boy, found in the woods by a neighbor two hours after his mother called the police, is part of Project Lifesaver, a program that helps police track adults and children who wander off due to Alzheimers, autism or other related disorders. Sadly, the boy wasn’t wearing his tracking bracelet. A local sheriff’s department sergeant stressed that tracking equipment must be maintained ceaselessly: battery checks every day, inspections for the transmitter and the bracelet, and ascertaining bracelet location on the body. See here for more information on Project LifeSaver. *    *    * Photo courtesy of dbking (flickr.com) If only they all turned out li... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2730297 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:24:14 +0100 2730297 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2725192&cid=t_223701_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FkI0DHDufgsU%2F A family who enrolled their 4-year-old son with special-needs in a private preschool has been awarded partial reimbursement by a North Carolina review officer. Both parents and the Orange County Schools system made procedural errors in providing services for Owen McWhirter, who has autism, according to the officer. According to the decision, the school system’s errors deprived Owen of educational services for months, the decision said. Because of this, they failed to provide him with the “free, appropriate public education” required by law. More is here. *    *    * Photo courtesy of Bill Ward's Brickpile (flickr.com) The Fargo Special Needs Kids Examiner has released a back-to-school guide for children with Asperger’s Syndrome. There are tips on handlin... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2725192 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:01:30 +0100 2725192 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1870534&cid=t_223701_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F10%2Fif-montana-anti-assisted-suicide-law-is.html This is all so phony: Compassion and Choices (formerly Hemlock Society) has filed a suit to declare Montana's law prohibiting assisted suicide to be unconstitutional as against Montana's right to privacy. The suit seeks to declare that a terminally ill person has a right to assistance with suicide as a liberty interest, a matter argued in court recently. From the story:The plaintiffs argue that mentally competent, terminally ill Montanans facing a dying process they find intolerable should be allowed to take prescribed medication to help them die peacefully."A mentally competent, terminally ill Montanan should have the right to choose a peaceful death, when confronted by death," said Kathryn Tucker, Compassion and Choices director of legal affairs.But dying isn't dead, it is an aspect of l... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1870534 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:04:00 +0100 1870534