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 'derek'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:02:17 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159220&cid=t_117623_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F08%2F25%2Fthe-situation-of-human-rights%2F Ryan Goodman, Derek Jinks, Andrew Woods,  have recently posted their chapter, “Social Science and Human Rights“   (forthcoming in their edited book, “Understanding Social Action, Promoting Human Rights,” Oxford University Press, 2012) on SSRN * * * Over the last twenty years, the social scientific understanding of human behavior has taken a significant leap forward. Important advances in several fields have increased the complexity and accuracy of prevailing models of individual actors, group dynamics, and communication. Unfortunately, too few of the key insights of that scholarship have been incorporated into the theory or practice of human rights promotion. In this project, we collect research from a broad set of disciplines and analyze its implications for hu... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159220 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 04:01:00 +0100 5159220 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159458&cid=t_117623_123_f&fid=39036&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpediatricinc.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F08%2F22%2Fdoes-your-practice-need-a-business-manager%2F When we first opened our practice, we knew we needed to hire an office manager to handle paying the bills, managing the staff’s time of and buying all the office supplies. But we didn’t anticipate that we’d need a business manager. Soon after we opened, it was apparent that the practice needed a business manager – not an office manager – but a business manager. Medical practices are relatively complex businesses. And they generate a lot of cash when you compare them to other small businesses. Thus, a practice should have a “qualified” business manager that manages the practice for physicians in order to run the business efficiently. In my experience, I’ve seen physicians give this position to nurses and in some cases, medical assistants with a knack for organization. Howeve... Pediatric Inc blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159458 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:00:51 +0100 5159458 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4337541&cid=t_117623_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftraffic.libsyn.com%2Ftwiv%2Fderek_smith.mp4 Derek Smith, Professor of Infectious Disease Informatics, University of Cambridge, U.K., has developed a method for visualizing antigenic evolution by creating two-dimensional maps in a process called antigenic cartography. These maps are made with data that provide information on the antigenic properties of the pathogen. In the case of influenza virus, the data come from measuring the ability of an antiviral antibody to inhibit hemagglutination – binding of virions to red blood cells. Such maps show how amino acid changes can affect antibody binding to virus particles, which cannot be done by comparing nucleotide sequences of different virus isolates. By charting influenza virus strains in this way, it should be possible to better understand genetic and antigenic evolution. I discussed ... virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4337541 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:05:04 +0100 4337541 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4203205&cid=t_117623_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2010%2F11%2F19%2Fmeaningful-use-exceptions-for-specialists%2F Neil Versel at Fierce EMR recently did a post talking about the meaningful use exceptions that are available for specialists. In it he quotes David Blumenthal, national health IT coordinator, and Dr. Derek Robinson, medical director for HHS Region V. They provide an example of an exception to the meaningful use criteria that a specialist might be able to use: For example, three of the “core” measures of meaningful use that all providers must be able report on are blood pressure levels, whether patients over 13 use tobacco products and adult weight screening. “You may say that one of these or all three of these may not be part of your scope of practice,” Robinson said, amednews reports. It is possible to report zero as both the denominator and numerator for the quali... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4203205 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:25:06 +0100 4203205 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4118764&cid=t_117623_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F10%2Fstudy-shows-significant-memory-problems-sepsis-recovery%2F A new study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association is reporting that patients that survive sepsis are often left with debilitating memory and cognitive problems after recovery. The study was authored by Dr. Theodore Iwashyna of the University of Michigan Medical Center. Comments by Dr. Derek Angus are included. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4118764 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 01:52:41 +0100 4118764 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3831345&cid=t_117623_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FMOuHxxoY74g%2F By Daniel J. MitchellIf I was organized enough to send Christmas cards, I would take Richard Rahn off my list. I do one blog post to call attention to his Washington Times column and it seems like everybody in the world wants to jump down my throat. I already dismissed Paul Krugman’s rant and responded to Ezra Klein’s reasonable criticism. Now it’s time to address Derek Thompson’s critique on the Atlantic’s site. At the risk of re-stating someone else’s argument, Thompson’s central theme seems to be that there are many factors that determine economic performance and that it is unwise to make bold pronouncements about Policy A causing Result B. If that’s what Thompson is saying, I very much agree (and if it’s not what he’s trying... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3831345 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:12:02 +0100 3831345 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3676741&cid=t_117623_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2FXaFtA3Av6WM%2F I’ve just read a fascinating letter by a prominent psychotherapist, attacking the lack of regulation in British psychotherapy which allowed an abusive therapist to carry on practising. The author complains that “the private training institutions of psychotherapy…enjoy unreasonable and excessive independence”, points to “serious defects in the systems of complaint and discipline” and demands that “the feudal arrangements of the psychotherapy world are opened to public scrutiny.” We’ve seen all these problems in the Derek Gale abuse case, in which the lack of accountability among psychotherapy organisations enabled Gale to carry on exploiting vulnerable people. We’ve discussed this at length on Mental Nurse. But this letter isn&#821... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3676741 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:11:28 +0100 3676741 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3621657&cid=t_117623_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F5Tjx8UPjycw%2F By Michael F. CannonThe economic tragedy unfolding in Greece is the welfare state taken to its logical conclusion.  When groups of people use the state to live at the expense of others, the feedback loop about the costs of those transfers is attenuated — often by design.  The welfare state therefore makes commitments that it cannot honor.  By the time creditors or taxpayers say, “Enough,” the welfare state has created a clash between expectations and means that leads to unrest and hardship — a clash that never had to occur. Reuters reports that this tragedy is playing itself out in Canada, where the Medicare system is straining the budgets of taxpayers and provincial governments — even as Canada remains infamous for providing inadequate access to care.  Ac... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3621657 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:09:17 +0100 3621657 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3610319&cid=t_117623_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FArTeXgSOuwE%2F By Neal McCluskeyAs the Obama administration continues to send mixed signals about the proposed $23 billion public-school bailout, rescue advocates are offering some very wimpy defenses of their cause. That is, except for the National Education Association, which has launched a PR blitz for the bailout in its grandest — and most shameless — tradition of using cute kids to get lots of dues-paying members: OK, enough of the NEA. The more numerous defenses of the bailout try to offer more reasoned and less emotional arguments for the bailout than does the NEA. But not much more reasoned Case in point, the The Atlantic’s Derek Thompson, who takes issue with an op-ed I had in the New York Post yesterday making clear that even cutting 300,000 public-school employe... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3610319 Fri, 28 May 2010 19:58:58 +0100 3610319 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3567886&cid=t_117623_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2F10-best-posts-on-thegloss-last-week%2F photo: Patricia Schlein/WENN.com Here are ten of our favorite posts from last week on our chic sister site, TheGloss. Click and enjoy. 1. The “Philosophy” of Overspending on Beauty Products 2. 11 Supremely Awesome Things for Under $10 3. If You Want to Boycott Arizona, You Need to Boycott Dial, Coldstone Creamery, and U-Haul 4. Derek Warburton on Growing Up Homeless – And Working With Bottomless Closet Now 5. Do You Want to Date Hot Men Reading Books? 6. Beauty Treatments of the Damned: The Derma Roller 7. Why I (Really, Seriously, Truly) Hate Carrie Bradshaw 8. Is This Hamburger Dress Hilarious or Horrible? 9. Catholics Divorcing So Fast They Decided to Throw a Fair 10. Eau Is Me: My Favorite Scents for 2010 Post from: BlissTree 10 Best Posts on TheGloss Last Week (Source: B... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3567886 Sun, 16 May 2010 15:13:59 +0100 3567886 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3290866&cid=t_117623_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2FS5vj7X4AC0g%2F At Mental Nurse we’ve repeatedly cited the Derek Gale case as evidence of the damage that can be caused by the unregulated nature of psychotherapy in Britain. Without proper accountability to a statutory regulator, abusive therapists can cause enormous harm to vulnerable people. We are therefore deeply shocked and saddened to hear of the death of Gena Dry, one of the complainants against Derek Gale in the Health Professions Council hearings that led to him being struck off. Although her death is currently described as “unexplained”, media reports suggest she may have committed suicide. During her career Ms Dry was a member of Indie band the Colour Noise and was invited on to the judging panel for the Brit Awards in 1996. She said of Gale: “Derek convinced me I had deep ... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3290866 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:45:35 +0100 3290866 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3283652&cid=t_117623_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2Ftj516P8NYLE%2F A couple of weeks ago we broke the news that Professor Andrew Samuels, chair of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), had been caught outright lying about his role in the Derek Gale abuse case. Howard Martin, the original complainant in the case that resulted in Derek Gale being struck off by the Health Professions Council, has now written an open letter to David Pink, the chief executive of the UKCP. We are publishing it here on Mr Martin’s behalf: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 16th February 2010 Dear David Pink and the Board of Trustees, This is an open letter to you with regards to Andrew Samuels, his role in the HPC v Gale hearings and his subsequent public statements concerning this matter that have led to media accusations that he is a liar. You are no do... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3283652 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:55:43 +0100 3283652 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3227862&cid=t_117623_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2FieAyWNT2X18%2F A surprising number of those campaigning against psychotherapy becoming regulated by the Health Professions Council also seem to have some sort of link with Derek Gale, the arts therapist and cult guru who was struck off by the HPC for physically, sexually and emotionally abusing his clients. People like Andrew Samuels, Professor of Analytical Psychology at Essex University and chair of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy. The transcripts of the Derek Gale hearings describe a letter from Samuels (PDF file, pages 36 and 37) offering to supervise Gale if he was allowed to continue practising. Some might consider this a conflict of interest in Samuels’ lobbying to try to prevent psychotherapists from having to join their arts therapist colleagues on the HPC register. Since then... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3227862 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:06:45 +0100 3227862 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3220581&cid=t_117623_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2FBKPx9J7n4Hw%2F It seems to be a week for news that we broke appearing in the mainstream media. In recent months we’ve highlighted the murky past of some psychotherapists who are now actively campaigning against HPC regulation of psychotherapy. Last month we discussed Professor Brian Thorne, who published an account of his wilful breaching of sexual boundaries with a female client, and who spoke in defence of Derek Gale, the abusive therapy cult guru, when Gale was up before a HPC hearing. This has now been reported in the Times Higher Education Supplement. A professor who has campaigned against the regulation of psychotherapists by the Health Professions Council held naked therapy sessions with a female client in the 1980s. Extracts from a book detailing the unusual sessions held by Brian Thorne, ... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3220581 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:43:57 +0100 3220581 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3092764&cid=t_117623_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2FX_iTUY7WpoM%2F This entry is part 15 of 15 in the series Regulation of PsychotherapyLast week I highlighted the role of Andrew Samuels, Professor of Analytical Psychology at Essex University, in the Derek Gale abuse case. Samuels is currently claiming (see comments thread) that it’s an “urban myth” that he offered to be his Gale’s supervisor if Gale’s suspension from the Health Professions Council was lifted. If it’s an urban myth, it’s one that has spread to the transcripts of the HPC hearing. (PDF file: see pages 36, 37 and 47) It turns out Professor Samuels wasn’t the only prominent psychotherapist to leap to Gale’s support when he was up before the HPC for running a deeply abusive therapy cult. Time now to meet Brian Thorne, Emeritus Professor of ... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3092764 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:41:27 +0100 3092764 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3075597&cid=t_117623_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F138ugUcWHE8%2F This entry is part 14 of 14 in the series Regulation of PsychotherapyMeet Andrew Samuels, Jungian psychotherapist and Professor of Analytical Psychology at the University of Essex. He’s a leading spokesperson for the campaign against HPC regulation of psychotherapy. A month ago he was elected chair of the UK Council for Psychotherapy, the main umbrella body for psychotherapy organisations in Britain. So, how will the UKCP’s new chair engage with the Health Professions Council on the tricky issue of regulating psychotherapy? The answer, it would seem, is by posting ranty, paranoid video messages attacking the chief executive of the HPC. In the video Samuels accuses the HPC of planning to prosecute him after “psychotherapist” becomes a protected title, though this app... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3075597 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:22:58 +0100 3075597 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2800490&cid=t_117623_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2FAc5xEsnD3IQ%2F (Guest post by Arthur Musgrave) My apologies for the delay in posting this, the second part of my response to your comment – Arthur Your point about a solution to the current debate as to who should have prior claim to the titles ‘counsellor’ and ‘psychotherapist’ demands careful consideration. I agree with you that the business of psychotherapy/counselling is done with people who are suffering and in psychological distress. I also agree with you that personal coaching is generally seen as a self‑improvement thing. In other words these two activities are distinct. But the HPC doesn’t regulate activities – it regulates titles. So, as far as the principles underpinning this form of regulation are concerned, provided people don’t either use a protected title or imply they’... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2800490 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:15:50 +0100 2800490 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2800375&cid=t_117623_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FwXo02MyF5Uo%2F In response to yesterday’s post making the case against the Google Book Search Deal, I had spirited conversation with Google policy analyst Derek Slater, who helped me understand Google’s perspective on the case and some of the issues I discussed. He raised a reasonable objection to my claim that “the settlement would give Google carte blanche to use these orphan works without making a serious effort to contact their owners.” He points out that the settlement stipulates that the Book Rights Registry will make an effort to locate orphan works holders and hold funds in escrow for five years to be paid to any orphan work holders who surface. Describing this as “carte blanche” was probably too strong. I think my basic point—that Google won’t be requi... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2800375 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:24:27 +0100 2800375 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2442607&cid=t_117623_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2FC5GwDiZU98c%2F Even in poetry, there are controversies. Maybe this is a tempest in a teapot, but I’ve come over the decades to recognize poetry as my own personal teapot. The first female Oxford Professor of Poetry resigned today following her involvement in an alleged smear campaign against a former rival. Ruth Padel, a great-great granddaughter of Charles Darwin, insisted she had “acted in good faith” and had done “nothing intentional” to lead her rival Derek Walcott to withdraw from the election. Oxford University sources said a new election would now be held. via Oxford professor of poetry Ruth Padel resigns Related articles by Zemanta Ruth Padel quits top poetry job (guardian.co.uk) Technorati Tags: Charles Darwin, Derek Walcott, Oxford University, Professor of ... white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2442607 Thu, 28 May 2009 23:03:17 +0100 2442607 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2367426&cid=t_117623_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F04%2Fderek-humphry-has-another-teenage.html This has happened before and it will happen again. A teenager has apparently committed suicide using the death information contained in Derek Humphry's book Final ExitWho is Derek Humphry? He founded the Hemlock Society--now Compassion and Choices--with his second wife Ann Wickett, after becoming famous for a book he wrote about assisting the suicide of his first wife, called Jean's Way. Humphry abandoned Wickett when she was diagnosed with breast cancer (as did the rest of the "right to die" community), and she was ultimately befriended by Rita Marker, the hated enemy of "the ultimate civil liberty." Wickett eventually committed suicide, telling Marker in a note that Humphry's first wife Jean had actually died "by suffocation," rather than from the drug coctail Humphry said he gave her to... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2367426 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:32:00 +0100 2367426 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2364975&cid=t_117623_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fgreys-anatomy-blurring-fact-and-fiction%2F The hospital - Seattle Grace - doesn’t exist and neither does its staff but that’s not stopping them from using the pending nuptials of Dr Derek ‘McDreamy’ Shepard and Dr. Meredith Grey as a fundraiser for a worthy cause. Actually, it’s a pretty clever idea - creating online wedding registry - that taps the Grey’s Anatomy’s fans into feeling that they are part of the wedding festivities, which allows them to donate in lieu of gifts to one of these three well deserving charities… - American Academy of Neurology Foundation (ANN) - Alzheimer’s Association - American Skin Foundation When contacted by the producers of Grey’s Anatomy as one of the chosen charities, the AAN foundation jumped on the offer. As foundation’s Executive Director, Catherine M Rydell, says ‘…Thi... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2364975 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:41:25 +0100 2364975 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2353754&cid=t_117623_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FP4nCiQl0CEU%2F In today’s Washington Post, Checker Finn and Andy Smarick ask President Obama to save the nation’s vanishing urban Catholic schools. Their commentary does a good job of explaining why he might want to do that: Catholic schools are typically bastions of excellence in otherwise educationally blighted inner-city areas. Economist Derek Neal has shown that black children attending these schools are 26 percentage points more likely to finish high school, and twice as likely to graduate from college, than similar students attending urban public schools. Finn and Smarick also suggest ways that president Obama could bring the option of private schooling, including Catholic schools, within reach of all families — supporting the spread of state tax credit and scholarship programs ar... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2353754 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:56:51 +0100 2353754 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2347981&cid=t_117623_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F04%2Flabour-partys-answer-to-jeffrey-archer.html News of the World"The Prime Minister has accepted Mr McBride's resignation. Neither he nor anybody else in Downing Street had knowledge of these emails. It is the Prime Minister's view that there is no place in politics for the dissemination or publication of material of this kind, which is why it is right that Mr McBride and Mr Draper decided not to publish this material."Earlier in the day, ex Home Secretary Charles Clarke blasted McBride, saying he had brought shame to the Labour party, adding: "Damian McBride has no place in Downing Street."News of the World via GuidoLet us not forget that McBride was working in Downing Street. He had a senior position. He was conspiring with Draper to launch a viscious smear campaign against Conservative Shadow Cabinet Members and, to boot, Samantha C... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2347981 Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:15:00 +0100 2347981 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2347982&cid=t_117623_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fanother-blog-triumph.html Another triumph for Guido.The appalling Damien McBride has been utterly discredited and, any second now, will be falling on his sword.Those not interested in political rough-and-tumble may not have been following Guido’s remorseless pursuit of these appalling Labour Party apparatchiks. The main stream media has, as always, tried to stay aloof from what they have dismissed as a internecine blog war between Guido, Iain Dale and Derek Draper.  It was far more than that. Derek Draper was dishonest with an overinflated c.v. but both he and Damien McBride had the Prime Minister’s ear. McBride was playing a major role in an underhand Labour Party smear campaign that was to be directed, with Draper's help, against leading members of the Conservative Party. And Nadine DorriesThe power of the i... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2347982 Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:10:00 +0100 2347982 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1825974&cid=t_117623_85_f&fid=36194&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftesstermulo.com%2F2008%2F09%2F24%2Fplurk-must-be-crazy%2F Or, at least, it had been (more than the usual) crazy today… That’s Entertainment Attendance?! Somebody just declared September 24 as That’s Entertainment Plurk Day! Can you imagine how much effort I’ve to exert to keep myself from laughing out loud, as I was reading all of these plurks and new plurk names while I was at the clinic earlier? If you noticed, plurkers have started changing their display names into names of members of That’s Entertainment, a local tv show aired by GMA 7 from 1986 to 1996.  I can remember some of the more famous artistas then, to think that I’ve seen this show when I was 6 years old until I was 16.  But how much more those who’re even younger than I am now?  Surprisingly though, even the youngsters remember this sho... Prudence and Madness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1825974 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:27:45 +0100 1825974 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1407299&cid=t_117623_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F280269220%2Fgl_hoffmans_take_on_intelligen.html This blog is a response to my invitation to GL Hoffman's thoughts on business intelligence.I laughed when I read GL's opener ... "This Was Intimidating..." But the wit and wisdom I'd looked forward to most ... flowed freely below! Ellen asking me to write a guest post for her blog, Brain Based Business!!!, is a bit like Derek Jeter asking me to come over to Yankee Stadium to catch some grounders with him.  Sounds fun at first, but there is a very real chance I will embarrass myself, my family, my company and all my dead relatives.  Plus the uniform will make me look like I am wearing tightie-whities from head to toe.  This could get ugly fast.I learned long ago that I blog best when I don’t think so much.  This is probably very appa... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1407299 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:00:30 +0100 1407299 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=601856&cid=t_117623_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F05%2F12%2Futah-jazzs-derek-fisher-fights-for-daughters-life%2F Filed under: Brain Cancer, Daily news, SportsThe Utah Jazz's Derek Fisher finds himself in a whole new ballgame lately as he helps his 10-month-old daughter, Tatum, fight for her life.Tatum was diagnosed last week with retinoblastoma, a cancerous tumor in her left eye. Fisher, who was excused from his team to begin dealing with his daughter's illness, flew his family -- his wife Candace, Tatum, and Tatum's twin brother Drew -- to New York on Monday to see a specialist.Fisher and his wife must decide on a course of treatment for their daughter. Their options are removal of the eye or a combination of surgery and chemotherapy. Their most pressing goal is to save Tatum's life. They also want to save her eye. And they think in her case, she should be able to keep her eye.Tatum's condition was ... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=601856 Sat, 12 May 2007 04:00:00 +0100 601856