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 'crow'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:09:15 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3443672&cid=t_106829_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FYdrRop-dMUc%2F By David BoazAt Reason.com I argue that libertarians are wrong to look back at some point in the past for a golden age of liberty, and especially wrong to write paeans to the gloriously free 19th century without mentioning the little matter of 19 percent of Americans being held in chains. For many libertarians, “the road to serfdom” is not just the title of a great book but also the window through which they see the world. We’re losing our freedom, year after year, they think…. Has there ever been a golden age of liberty? No, and there never will be. There will always be people who want to live their lives in peace, and there will always be people who want to exploit them or impose their own ideas on others. If we look at the long term—from a past that includes de... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3443672 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:32:47 +0100 3443672 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3063473&cid=t_106829_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2Ffi02XL4nGMM%2F To avoid conflicts of interest, the University of Minnesota has a 19-member Conflict Review Committee that is support to monitor docs and faculty at the university’s Academic Health Center, although it boasts a curious twist - at least two members sport ties to drug or device makers. For instance, there’s Scott Crow, a professor in the medical school’s psychiatry department, received about $273,000 from various drug companies between 2002 and 2008, according to Minnesota Board of Pharmacy records, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune writes. Another is David Polly, a nationally known spine surgeon at the university who has come under fire for his consulting relationship with Medtronic. The disclosure comes as the university mulls a new conflict-of-interest policy that attempts t... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3063473 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:25:31 +0100 3063473 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2890792&cid=t_106829_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fobstinancy-is-a-virtue-in-a-life-with-chronic-pain%2F I love that word obstinate. To me it stands for stubbornness, willfulness and “stick-to-it.” If you’re heading into a battle, these are handy virtues to carry along. I realize it can be irritating to be the parent of an obstinate child. As many of us know, it can also be difficult to be married to a stubborn person. There are, however, times when this can be the greatest of all gifts, a virtue, actually. I think my favorite mental picture is that which is evoked by the synonym “mulish.” Can’t you just feel the heart in that word, mulish, thinking about that little or maybe large mule, stubbornly, steadfastly and boldly standing firm, refusing to move. When he’s ready, then, and only then, will he move. Some of us are just naturally born obstinate. Hands on hips, lips curled, ... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2890792 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:09:57 +0100 2890792 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414749&cid=t_106829_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FbNwzdN2ia3Y%2F A tax credit bill was recently proposed in South Carolina to give parents an easier choice between public and private schools. It would do this by cutting taxes on parents who pay for their own children’s education, and by cutting taxes on anyone who donates to a non-profit Scholarship Granting Organization (SGO). The SGOs would subsidize tuition for low income families (who owe little in taxes and so couldn’t benefit substantially from the direct tax credit). Charleston minister Rev. Joseph Darby opposes such programs, and I support them. We’ve decided to have this dialogue to explain why. Our closing comments will appear next Tuesday, and the previous installments are here and here. Rev. Joe Darby Second Response We agree on something, Andrew — you don’t lock kids in a b... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414749 Fri, 15 May 2009 16:10:23 +0100 2414749 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2375846&cid=t_106829_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F87wxu-u4z3E%2F I write this from the Bar Members’ line waiting to be let into the Supreme Court courtroom for the final argument of the term. Today the Court hears Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No.1 (”NAMUDNO”) v. Holder. This is a challenge to the controversial Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, which requires, among other things, any change in election administration in certain states and counties to be “precleared” by the Department of Justice in Washington. This is, of course, a remnant of the Jim Crow era, and southern states’ massive resistance to attempts to enforce the 15th Amendment. In 1965, Congress included Section 5 — which would otherwise be an unconstitutional infringement on peoples’ right to run their own elections locally &#... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2375846 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:49:16 +0100 2375846 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1838708&cid=t_106829_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2008%2F09%2F29%2Fthe-stupid-cancer-show%2F Tonight I appeared on The Stupid Cancer Show, the weekly broadcast from Matthew Zachary, the founder of I’m Too Young for This. (For the record, I am in no way young, but I slipped in under the radar.) Files are available for listening anytime. Below is my script. I’m going to talk about cancer and lies. First you lie to yourself The fatigue/pain/lumps were always there. It’s not cancer! It can’t be. I’m too special to get cancer. Cancer is for other people. I’ve never been the disease type. I’m too hip for cancer. Cancer is so conformist, so dreary. All those unflattering turbans and sad smiles. Why would anyone choose cancer? Then again, some women go back to wife-beaters. But not me! Then the cancer establishment lies to you You’re gonn... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1838708 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:53:26 +0100 1838708 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1560797&cid=t_106829_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F07%2F01%2Fless-plastic-surgery-might-make-you-look-happier-new-study-shows%2F In a study published in the medical journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery recently (and profiled in this May 28 New York Times article), Yale University researchers examined how features of the eye and eyebrow affect our facial expressions and, in turn, how other people use this information to guess our mood at the time. Study participants were shown 16 digitally altered versions of the same face (check them out here), each with different eyebrow placement, lid shape, and level of wrinkling. For each photograph, they were asked to rank on a scale of one to five the presence of tiredness, happiness, surprise, anger, sadness, disgust and fear. The results might surprise you: “…many of the pictures that mimicked various plastic surgery procedures, such as eyelid surgery or brow l... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1560797 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:04:46 +0100 1560797 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=756723&cid=t_106829_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2F137224829%2Fbest_friends_cassie_and_mo.php tags: crow, cat, animal friendship, streaming video One of those sweet animal stories where two animals that are supposed to be enemies become friends. This time it is a cat and a crow. [2:04] Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=756723 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:21:27 +0100 756723 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=530570&cid=t_106829_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fpets-dont-eat-pets.html It’s more of a wish than a reality. These words are on the current linguistic loop, the latest "mantra." All of them say it frequently, but two of them say it in continuous periods of up to an hour, that would be stereo of course. Why are they saying it? Because at 5:10 a.m I was not at my best. If you find a cat hanging over the edge of the new, no expenses spared, aquarium, housing two, ‘free from the garden,’ lizards, a woman needs to protect that kind of financial investment. As that frantic furry paw worried the livestock, I have to admit that I tapped him, purely for attention seeking purposes, not to physically punish him. Although we have several water spray bottles around for the purpose of cat education, there’s never one handy when you need one. Corporal punishment has ... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=530570 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 00:14:00 +0100 530570 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=518719&cid=t_106829_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F04%2F03%2Fsheryl-crow-speaks-out-on-breast-cancer-bill%2F Filed under: Breast Cancer, Prevention, Politics, Environment, Daily news, Celebrity news, Cancer SurvivorsBreast cancer survivor and Grammy- winning rock star Sheryl Crow was on Capital Hill last week where she urged Congress to pass a bill that would provide funds for research into the possible connection between breast cancer and the environment.The Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act -- predicted to pass, by the way -- would allocate $40 million for study into an area not receiving much attention."We're looking into all these different scientific methods, with gene therapy with stem cells, it's all very encouraging but we have not tapped into the area of the environment," Crow says. "We have to look at the environment, we cannot ignore it anymore."This same bill was defeated l... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=518719 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 518719 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=498624&cid=t_106829_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F03%2F24%2Ftreatable-but-not-curable%2F Filed under: Breast Cancer, All Cancers, Politics, Celebrity news, Cancer SurvivorsElizabeth Edwards has been told the metastatic cancer found in her bones is considered stage four. And it's treatable. But not curable.Tricky stuff -- all this cancer terminology -- and a little hard to fully comprehend.I saw Sheryl Crow talking with Maria Shriver and Dr. Susan Love on Larry's King's CNN program the other night. Crow says her breast cancer was curable -- it was teeny tiny and had not spread and required a lumpectomy and radiation, but not chemotherapy. "I'm the walking poster child for early detection," she said. Her cancer was caught and treated swiftly. She is cured. Theoretically.Can Crow's cancer still return? Yep. We just aren't sure at the time of one cancer discovery if these deadly c... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=498624 Sat, 24 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 498624