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 'denis'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:26:41 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3526725&cid=t_350579_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fheqs31Ut9lk%2F By adminBritain may have given the world freedom as we understand it (i.e. see The Liberty of Ancients Compared with that of Moderns by Benjamin Constant), but you would not know it from the last prime ministerial debate that took place last Thursday. The candidates (Conservative David Cameron, Labour’s Gordon Brown and Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg) used the word “freedom” only 2 times. They said the word “free” 5 times, but all in the context of the supposedly “free” goodies, which they promised to lavish on the electorate. Words “responsible” and “responsibility” fared somewhat better (4 times). But the winning words were “fair” and “fairness” that were mentioned 22 times — almost always in connection with taxing the rich. Here is a typical example: Bro... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3526725 Mon, 03 May 2010 15:37:16 +0100 3526725 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3499242&cid=t_350579_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FEwJ06B1N8wY%2F This interview with two of Earth Day’s founders, Denis Hayes and Representative Paul McCloskey, is not just a good reminder of the reasons Earth Day began, but it’s also a terrific flashback to 1960. Remember Hugh Downs and camel-colored blazers? Here’s a refresher: Post from: BlissTree Flashback Friday: The First Earth Day, 40 Years Ago (Source: Genetics and Health) Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3499242 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:35:23 +0100 3499242 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2067679&cid=t_350579_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F5ZMkWnSt7HQ%2F Seems a pity that, on seeing the words “top 10 unfounded health scares,” the first thing I thought about was……….vaccines and autism. Many speak of a “debate” about an alleged vaccine-autism link and that there’s a “controversy” brewing here, but it’s a false controversy. 2008 saw the publication of more studies refuting a link, and yet there’s been a call for more studies—-among the $1 billion in research initiatives noted in the Strategic Plan of the IACC is an item about the “different health outcomes in vaccinated, unvaccinated and alternatively-vaccinated groups”—so it’s not as if this particular topic is going to go away. Sometimes, one starts to wonder, will this particular topic eve... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2067679 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:41:50 +0100 2067679 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1999137&cid=t_350579_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FTkI3-YarwUE%2F Made it through Thanksgiving; did some holiday shopping from the comfort of home (and here’s some gift suggestions); time to get back on the school bus! Autism and Schizophrenia: The Same “Disease”? According to the latest theory, “an evolutionary tug of war between genes from the father’s sperm and the mother’s egg can, in effect, tip brain development in one of two ways.” Girls and Getting a Diagnosis Are girls and women sometimes not diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum because they do not have the same symptoms as boys and men do? Denis Leary Tries (Tries) to Defend Himself Contrary to what he said a few weeks ago, Denis Leary doesn’t seem to be so sorry after all about what he said Nicotine Addiction and Autism While studying drug abuse and addiction, re... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1999137 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:00:26 +0100 1999137 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1926561&cid=t_350579_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F413jGg5LseA%2F So Denis Leary issues an apology—what if he’d just not said a word about autism in the first place? And allow me to air a frustration: Leary’s gotten quite a lot of attention (however negative) for his comments and become a subject of discussion in the autism community. But I think I’d prefer to spend the time talking about autistic persons, rather than the ultra-uninformed mouthings of the likes of Leary. ‘Nuff said! Tags: ada, asd, asperger, autism, autism blog, denis leary, disabilities blog, disability, Education, emerson college, Health, History, michael savage, Parenting, pdd-nosShare This (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1926561 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:58:42 +0100 1926561 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1911388&cid=t_350579_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FHuO04v0-mSE%2F From the October 28th Boston Herald: “I have nothing but admiration and sympathy for the people I know who are raising children with autism. In fact, they were the inspiration for the chapter I wrote about the subject,” the Worcester native and author of the provocative forthcoming book “Why We Suck” said in a statement to the Herald. “To them - and to all parents of children with autism - I apologize for any pain the out-of-context quotes from my book may have caused.” Not a complete recantment—-the Boston Herald notes that Leary still said that “‘“taking one or two sentences out of context” from the book’s chapter “Autism Shmautism” is “unfair and misleading.’” Well, Mr. Leary, to throw around even “one or two” phrases lik... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1911388 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:38:38 +0100 1911388 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1911389&cid=t_350579_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2Fwv5MUqj7ciY%2F Through laboratory experiments with rats, Prof. Marta Weinstock-Rosin of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem School of Pharmacy is studying how maternal stress during pregnancy can lead to developmental and emotional problems in their offspring. From a press release, which notes that some of the “unfortunate consequences” that children can develop are “slower development, learning and attention difficulties, anxiety and depressive symptoms and possibly even autism.” Weinstock-Rosin has been able to show through her laboratory experiments that when rat mothers were subject to stressful situations (irritating sounds at alternating times, for example), their offspring were later shown to have impaired learning and memory abilities, less capacity to cope with adverse sit... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1911389 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:13:29 +0100 1911389 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1908840&cid=t_350579_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FfEMbc1CDGko%2F Autism gets mentioned for the first time in a presidential debate on October 15th; here’s more news: After Many Years, A Diagnosis Deborah Lipsky was in her 40s when she found out that has autism. There Goes Another Autism Myth While out riding his bike, Charlie hears another child crying and……. Denis Leary Does a Michael Savage I know Leary’s a comedian but some things just aren’t funny—-alumni from Emerson College don’t think so either. McCain and Obama Debate: Down Syndrome, Autism, Special Needs Disability historian Paul Longmore writes about Sarah Palin as “talking about special needs children” and Obama as having substantive plans for all people with disabilities” in the October 3rd Huffington Post Barney Can Wait What happened to all tho... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1908840 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:35:07 +0100 1908840 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1883943&cid=t_350579_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aspieweb.net%2Fautistics-lazy-stupid-or-both%2F Comedian Denis Leary decided to flex his humor muscle on autism - at the expense of Autistic people.  In Leary’s Book “Why We Suck: A Feel-Good Guide to Staying Fat, Lazy, and Stupid” he says autistic people are …”not autistic. He’s just stupid. Or lazy. Or both.”  Read more to read the entire quote Leary writes [...] (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1883943 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:52:09 +0100 1883943 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1883394&cid=t_350579_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F6Yb_Xrp9DtU%2F Forgotten is the name of a report about autistic adults by Autism Ontario: The report says that the province has a “piecemeal” approach to addressing the issues facing an estimated 50,000 autistic adults and calls on the government to create a framework to assist them. With this guy making the news about autism somehow I’m not surprised that what we need to talk and do something about gets “forgetten.” You can read the Autism Ontario report here. Tags: asd, asperger, autism, autism blog, Comedy, denis leary, disabilities blog, Disability Rights, Education, Health, michael savage, ontatioShare This (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1883394 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:37:48 +0100 1883394 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1879951&cid=t_350579_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F6WKkt-i-zeg%2F From the New York Post: In his new book, “Why We Suck: A Feel-Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid,” the joke-slinging “Rescue Me” star writes about the brain disorder: “There is a huge boom in autism right now because inattentive mothers and competitive dads want an explanation for why their dumb-ass kids can’t compete academically, so they throw money into the happy laps of shrinks . . . to get back diagnoses that help explain away the deficiencies of their junior morons. I don’t give a [bleep] what these crackerjack whack jobs tell you - yer kid is NOT autistic. He’s just stupid. Or lazy. Or both.” I know Leary’s a comedian but some things just aren’t funny. Tags: asd, asperger, autism, autism blog, Comedy, de... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1879951 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:52:20 +0100 1879951 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=782953&cid=t_350579_87_f&fid=34882&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbreathspakids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fdid-scoop-campbell-pull-brizendine-more.html There have been lots of tedious stories in the news about the alleged chattiness of women and the Trappist-like qualities of men. One of the major sources for this recent nonsense is Louann Brizendine.The San Francisco Chronicle took the appearance of the new paper in Science about women's and men's chattiness as a prompt for a front-page story last Friday (July 6), and of course got some quotes from San Francisco resident and myth spreader Louann Brizendine. Quotes of astonishing disingenuousness, it turns out. Brizendine's newest story is this:My book is really about hormones, and that one line [about women uttering three times as many words per day as men] has been taken out of context. It's fascinating, anytime you talk about sex differences, it's controversial. But the bottom line is,... Breath Spa for Kids blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=782953 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:20:00 +0100 782953 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=780399&cid=t_350579_87_f&fid=34882&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbreathspakids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fconfused-by-muddled-medical-research.html Scoop Campbell was the trigger for St. Maximilian Kolbe and Blessed Titus Brandsma Day: once The Observer had published those notorious pieces, it guaranteed abysmal coverage of the issue for the next 100 days. Following Campbell's fine example, other staff from The Observer duly obliged with failed clarification upon failed clarification and no adequate apology although one of these articles has now disappeared from the archives seemingly related to legal enquiries. Jon of Holford Watch has been remarkably diligent about following up on factual errors with The Observer's Readers' Editor but it seems that Steve Pritchard is still not ready to acknowledge that Campbell erred in points of fact, and that Pritchard's attempts to deny this are increasingly ludicrous.Campbell was wrong. The arti... Breath Spa for Kids blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=780399 Sun, 05 Aug 2007 09:30:00 +0100 780399