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 'dakota'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:24:31 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4992659&cid=t_193389_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FWM2Tjg8fOSA%2F By Andrew J. CoulsonSouth Dakota joined Idaho this week in declaring that it will not raise its student proficiency targets next year as required by the NCLB. Under the law, states have been required to bring increasing percentages of their students up to the “proficient” level on their own tests. By 2014, NCLB demands that all students be deemed proficient by their respective state departments of education. The belief driving NCLB was that, if we we raise government standards for what students are supposed to know and be able to do, they will learn more. They haven’t, according to the best, nationally representative indicator of academic outcomes: the NAEP Long Term Trends tests. By the end of high school, overall student achievement is no better today than it was 40 y... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4992659 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:34:42 +0100 4992659 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4984421&cid=t_193389_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F2xbpOrm84Pw%2F By Jim HarperThe Los Angeles Times has a good article on California’s move to require Amazon and other out-of-state retailers to collect taxes for it. Good because it accurately portrays what’s happening. Many such stories will say that California is seeking to tax Amazon. In fact, says the headline, “California Tells Online Retailers to Start Collecting Sales Taxes From Customers.” You see, Californians generally don’t pay their “use taxes“—the alternative to sales taxes, for things brought into the state from outside. If the tax authorities tried to collect use taxes, going door to door to tally up the goods that haven’t yet been taxed, there would be bedlam. So they want out-of-state companies that sell into California to collect the... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4984421 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:42:27 +0100 4984421 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4622201&cid=t_193389_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F03%2F22%2Fsouth-dakota-passes-law-requiring-potentially-deceptive-non-medical-counseling-for-abortion%2F HB1217 was signed into law today by the Governor of South Dakota; it will require women to visit crisis pregnancy centers (called “pregnancy help centers” in the bill) in order to effectively get their permission to obtain an abortion. Those centers are known for misleading women about the medical risks of abortion, and exist primarily to try to convince women not to choose abortion. These centers are not staffed by licensed medical or psychological professionals. Women will be required to receive a presentation on “what education, counseling, and other assistance is available to help the pregnant mother keep and care for her child.” This would be fine, if it were intended to help women make an educated choice rather than to sway them to a specific choice (without unduly i... Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4622201 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 02:11:27 +0100 4622201 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4507238&cid=t_193389_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F21%2Fsunday-news-round-up-monday-style-2%2F The Now@NEJM blog posted a new item in its Clinical Practice series, Streptococcal Pharyngitis. This seemed particularly relevant after a worker fixing a light on Friday – after about 20 minutes in my office – told me all about how his current case of strep throat. The NEJM piece doesn’t seem to address people like me, though – I have a penicillin allergy! Acquaintance Ilissa has a diary up at Daily Kos on her first morning as an abortion clinic escort. I particularly liked one of the comments: “There is not room in one skin for two people with full rights.” At the New York Times, Study of Breast Biopsies Finds Surgery Used Too Extensively. This would be the kind of harm people were talking about when they talked about what happens when we do too many m... Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4507238 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 03:23:18 +0100 4507238 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4337911&cid=t_193389_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fy0cuASswcr4%2F By Sallie JamesLast year I wrote about the intriguing proposal by the North Dakota Farm Bureau to do away with federal farm subsidies. I expressed at the time my doubt that the proposal would find much traction with the national American Farm Bureau Federation and, indeed, the group voted yesterday (at their annual conference in Atlanta) against the milder proposition to cut direct payments — the approximately $5.2 billion per year of your money that flows to farmers regardless of what, or even whether, they farm. Those payments are becoming increasingly politically contentious at a time of growing unease about record deficits, and some farm groups had said defending (let alone receiving) them was a threat to farmers’ broader interests. Well, despite some discord among t... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4337911 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:37:32 +0100 4337911 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4302844&cid=t_193389_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2011%2F01%2Fnorth-dakota-oral-surgeon-dr-david-sande-died-age-68%2F Dr. David Sande has died at age 68 of a stroke during his recovery from surgery for pancreatic cancer. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4302844 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 03:20:51 +0100 4302844 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3935794&cid=t_193389_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fthe-national-guard-on-a-flooded-road-photo-of-the-day%2F This shot was taken on April 15, 2009, at Fort Ransom State Park in North Dakota. This National Guardsman and woman are trying to get through a road flooded by the Sheyenne River. Good thing Hurricane Earl didn’t hit nearly as hard this weekend, because our camouflage Hummer jeep is in the shop. Photo by Flickr user The National Guard Post from: BlissTree The National Guard on a Flooded Road: Photo of the Day (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3935794 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:00:33 +0100 3935794 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3585833&cid=t_193389_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F9py8TV-yzSg%2F Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us and we’ll share with it others. That’s right. Send us your announcements and we’ll find a home for them. Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is coming and going, especially with all the layoffs. Despite the downsizing, there is movement. Here are some of the latest changes. Recognize anyone? And here is something we hope to make a regular feature. Send us a photo and we will spotlight a different person each week. This time around, we note that Qforma, which traffics in analytics and predictive modeling, hired Chris Tama as senior vp for business development. Prior to joining Qforma, he was president of Ferguson, part of the CommonHealth network of ad agencies ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3585833 Fri, 21 May 2010 12:04:13 +0100 3585833 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3390742&cid=t_193389_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fblisstree-video-of-the-day%2F Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart (photo: Mike Stotts/WENN) Amid all the buzz surrounding yesterday’s release of “The Runaways,” a film starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning about the early days of girl rockers Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, you might be apt to forget about two other wildly awesome female musicians from the 1970s (and ’80s and 90s). Don’t. They’re sisters (one’s got the voice, the other guitar skills); they’re from Seattle; they’ve sold 30 million records; and they kick some serious ass. Post from: BlissTree (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3390742 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:24:08 +0100 3390742 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3243774&cid=t_193389_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FFOHwFBdaL9s%2F By Tad DeHavenSenator Kent Conrad (D-ND) has a reputation for being a “deficit hawk.” But the bar is apparently so low in Washington that merely paying lip service to “fiscal responsibility” is enough to earn you the hawk title in the press. In reality, Conrad is a tax and spender as a story in today’s Wall Street Journal demonstrates. These examples illustrate Sen. Deficit Hawk’s commitment to deficit reduction and fiscal responsibility: “Like many in Congress, he is conflicted. He boasts a 23-year record of looking after North Dakota voters with ample farm subsidies, aid for drought-hit ranchers, defense spending and scores of pet projects. He has done little to help rein in Medicare and Social Security expenses—the U.S.’s biggest budget busters.” “He has bee... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3243774 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:17:42 +0100 3243774 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3142513&cid=t_193389_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FjbUNnK6jmTw%2F By Sallie JamesNot content with waiting for federal legislation on the matter, it seems that Minnesota has introduced a “carbon fee” of $4-$34 per ton of carbon dioxide emissions on energy produced –mainly using coal — in North Dakota.  The fee is scheduled to go into effect in 2012. (see here) North Dakota plans to challenge the new tax, which it rightly says will discourage the purchase of North Dakota power (that is, indeed, the whole point of the tariff). I’m no constitutional scholar, but Article 1, section 10 of the Constitution says that “No State shall, without the consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws…” so the Minnesota tar... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3142513 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:26:19 +0100 3142513 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3089260&cid=t_193389_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F6-Rob9CAzpQ%2F By Sallie JamesWell here’s an interesting, if three-weeks-old, story. Apparently the North Dakota Farm Bureau’s annual convention recently passed a policy calling for the elimination of all agricultural programs.  Reading between the lines of the original press release indicates that the call was part of a broad political position by the NDFB to move away from government intervention in many areas of the economy apart from farm programs, including cap-and-trade and health care: “As people in this country expect more from the government and less from themselves, our delegates are urging everyone, including farmers, to step away from the public trough and get back to the principles of individual responsibility and initiative,” said NDFB President Eric Aasmundstad…. ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3089260 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:51:20 +0100 3089260 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2217105&cid=t_193389_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FBreastfeeding123%2F%7E3%2FzI7efxq0vJY%2F There are several breastfeeding bills making their way through the state legislatures at the moment. Here I discuss three such bills that illustrate how the text of each bill makes a huge difference in the quality and enforceability of the breastfeeding protection. Breastfeeding advocates in Wisconsin, North Dakota, and Washington state need to follow the legislation closely to ensure appropriate measures are passed. Wisconsin On February 24, 2009, the Wisconsin Senate passed the Right to Breastfeed Act (SB 16). If it becomes law, it would affirm a woman’s right to breastfeed in any public or private location where the mother is otherwise authorized to be, and would provide a penalty of up to $200 for interfering with that right. The organization Wisconsin Family Action had been push... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2217105 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:22:02 +0100 2217105 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2200631&cid=t_193389_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E3%2F543349488%2Fhere-we-go-again.html [Hat tip to supporter Paul Root Wolpe and our colleagues at Bioedge for bringing our attention to this story]As we blogged about before on several occasions, the debate over the personhood and the legal/moral status of embryos (as well as other entities) continues: Even though the 'personhood for embryos' amendment in Colorado was resoundingly defeated, North Dakota is next in line to attempt to create a law that would give full moral and legal status to embryos.The Grand Fork Herald reports that [The] "measure approved by the North Dakota House gives a fertilized human egg the legal rights of a human being, a step that would essentially ban abortion in the state. The bill is a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that extended abortion rights nationwide, suppor... Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2200631 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:53:14 +0100 2200631 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2188151&cid=t_193389_97_f&fid=35606&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theangriestpharmacist.com%2F2009%2F02%2F13%2Fi-am-glad-to-be-wrong%2F I exchanged emails with a guy named Jerad a while back about North Dakota law. Currently, pharmacies are required to be at least 50% owned. This, of course, has kept Walgreens, Wal-mart, and your other corporate pharmacies out of there. At the time, the law was being challenged in their state legislature. I told him they already lost. I told him they had no chance and that every independent pharmacist/owner in the entire state of ND could bend down and kiss his own ass goodbye. I just knew that WAG and WM was gonna burst into the ND scene throwin’ around Matchbox 20 money and buying every senator and representative in the entire state. Therefore: I am GLAD to be wrong… Hey! So not sure if you remember the message I had sent you before asking what you thought of the pharmacy own... The Angriest Pharmacist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2188151 Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:00:30 +0100 2188151 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=396068&cid=t_193389_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F01%2Fsouth-dakota-to-bring-back-abortion.html The Keloland news website is reporting that a bill banning abortion is expected to be introduced in the South Dakota legislature next week, following a voter defeat of the total abortion ban in November. The new bill is expected to inculde exceptions for rape, incest, and the woman's health, but is said to be still in final drafting stages. Technorati Tags: abortion; South DakotaMeSH Tags: Abortion, Induced; Abortion, Legal; Reproductive Rights; South Dakota; (Source: Women's Health News) Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=396068 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:07:00 +0100 396068