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 'documentaries'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:24:47 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5158847&cid=t_199180_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F08%2F21%2Fsunday-news-round-up-not-on-vacation-edition%2F I know I’ve been posting infrequently when I get an email from a reader saying they thought I might be on vacation. I’m not. That message was about updates in the Juana Villegas case, which I’ll post about separately later this week. In the meantime, here are some things that have caught my attention recently: New York City is going to make sure middle and high school students get at least a little sex ed as part of their health education classes. Good. Maternal mortality for Black women got a bit of attention at BET. The New York Times explores the issue of pregnancy reduction when there are twins/two fetuses. “Selective reduction” is pretty well accepted (but not uncontroversial) when there are many fetuses, but it apparently seems more complicated to som... Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5158847 Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:32:45 +0100 5158847 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3994244&cid=t_199180_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F09%2F21%2Fpbs-documentary-%25e2%2580%259cthe-whisper-the-silent-crisis-of-ovarian-cancer-%25e2%2580%259d%2F To raise ovarian cancer awareness, Long Island’s Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) affiliate WLIW-Channel 21 will present the exclusive New York metro area premiere of a half-hour television documentary entitled, “The Whisper: the silent crisis of ovarian cancer.” The program will debut at 7 P.M. (EDT) on Friday, September 24 in the New York metro area, [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3994244 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:24:12 +0100 3994244 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3933068&cid=t_199180_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Freusable-stainless-steel-water-bottle-with-filter-get-it-now-for-41%2F If you’ve seen Gasland, filmmaker Josh Fox’s new HBO documentary about the dangers of natural gas drilling in the U.S., you know that your tap water can be less than safe to drink. Anyone see the guy lighting his tap water on fire? Not so appealing. That’s why the Water Geeks stainless-steel bottle with an advanced filter is so terrific. It’s got everything we like about our stainless-steel BPA-free bottles, plus a filter that eliminates lead, heavy metals, chlorine, bacteria, and groundwater contaminants. And even if you already have a fancy water-filtration system at home, chances are you’ll have to refill on-the-go at some point. And the greatest part about this green grab? You can order a Water Geeks bottle directly from us for $41, thanks to OpenSky, our ... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3933068 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:30:32 +0100 3933068 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3899365&cid=t_199180_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fimogen-heap-enlists-fans-to-create-nature-documentary%2F photo: WENN.com Singer-songwriter Imogen Heap wants to make a nature documentary using footage filmed by her fans. She says, “It could be a sunrise from your bedroom window, underwater deep sea diving, a flower in a pavement crack…” You get the point. She wants the film to tour, inspiring the audience to save the planet. So, this is going to basically be an hour-long clip show set to Imogen Heap’s music. That’s going to inspire people to recycle? The musician is capable of much-less-empty gestures, though. While on tour earlier this summer, she improvised a song every night about a local cause, and then sold the songs on her website and donated the proceeds to each particular charity. We like that better. Not that we don’t love college filmmakers shootin... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3899365 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:00:37 +0100 3899365 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3764134&cid=t_199180_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Ffilmaid-gives-hope-in-haiti%2F2010.07.18 FilmAid International provides the children of Haiti what many doctors can’t bring earthquake survivors — a moment to forget about the pain and suffering the last six months has brought. Dr. Jon LaPook reports. Click HERE to watch the CBS Evening News video. (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3764134 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:14:40 +0100 3764134 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3757844&cid=t_199180_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FtLP2cET1Qfk%2F By Andrew J. CoulsonAEI’s Rick Hess worries that school choice advocates are moving into the public messaging arena with “brazenly manipulative” flicks that rely on shallow “sound bites.” He cites the screening of five documentaries at an upcoming national conference in San Franscisco to argue his point. I can’t comment on them as a whole–I haven’t seen them all–but I would like to point out that there will actually be at least eight screenings at next month’s conference. Among them will be a brief sample of a proposed six-part documentary series called School, Inc.  Taking Educational Excellence from Candle to Flame. This series, inspired by James Burke’s Connections and Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, would take viewers o... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3757844 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:54:50 +0100 3757844 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3676635&cid=t_199180_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Ffilm-review-christy-turlington-tackles-womens-health-issues-with-no-woman-no-cry-documentary%2F This post originally appeared on our sister site TheGloss, and was written by TheGloss Editor-in-Chief Lilit Marcus. During the opening sequence of her documentary No Woman No Cry, Christy Turlington admits that she’s led a pretty charmed life, but something happened the day that she gave birth to her daughter and there were complications: “I went from invincible to powerless.” Though Turlington got medical care and both she and her daughter were fine, she realized how fortunate she was to have access to quality maternity care. The experience sent her on a new kind of journey, not only of motherhood but of a mission to learn about maternal health around the world and try to raise awareness about women’s health issues. Her travels took her from Bangladesh to Guatemal... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3676635 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:29:12 +0100 3676635 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3577368&cid=t_199180_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fwomen-and-art-why-are-male-artists-more-successful-than-females%2F photo: Thinkstock When thinking about areas where women are misrepresented, we usually imagine a traditional office setting, with women being passed up by men for managerial positions, or getting lower raises. We forget that women are also underrepresented in more non-traditional workplaces, like the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. Half of the trained artists in the U.S. are women, yet they make up just 2% of the artists whose work hangs in the National Gallery. And, as Salon points out, this isn’t just a problem rooted in historical gender issues – at the contemporary art-focused Hirshhorn Museum, women make up only 5% of featured artists. Pamela T. Boll examines this disparity and its causes in her documentary Who Does She Think She Is? Though the film was released in ... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3577368 Tue, 18 May 2010 22:30:44 +0100 3577368 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2621852&cid=t_199180_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F07%2F21%2F5-ways-to-practice-gratitude-an-interview-with-sonja-lyubomirsky%2F Today’s interview is with happiness expert Sonja Lyubomirsky, Ph.D., who is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside and the author of “The How of Happiness.” In 2002, Lyubomirsky was awarded a Templeton Positive Psychology Prize. Currently, she holds a 5-year million-dollar grant (with Ken Sheldon) from the National Institute of Mental Health to conduct research on the possibility of permanently increasing happiness. Her research has been written up in dozens of magazines and newspapers and she has appeared in multiple TV shows, radio shows, and feature documentaries in North America and Europe. Question: I know that gratitude is one key component of happiness, and you mention keeping a gratitude journal, where you regularly write down the thing... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2621852 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:32:12 +0100 2621852 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2591533&cid=t_199180_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F07%2F10%2Fcarter-center-awards-2009-2010-fellowships-for-mental-health-journalism%2F The Carter Center does good work to help promote de-stigmatizing mental health information and journalism, so I thought this announcement was worth reproducing here to help them publicize this year’s fellowship awards. After receiving a record number of applicants, the Carter Center’s Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism — the only journalism fellowships exclusively for mental health — announced today the winners of its 2009-2010 awards (see below for full list of fellows and their project topics). Since 1996, the fellowship program has educated more than 100 journalists, who set the standard in their field for accurate and sensitive portrayals of mental health issues. “Journalists have a very important role to play in shaping the public’s pe... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2591533 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:16:18 +0100 2591533 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2458162&cid=t_199180_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F06%2F07%2Fa-secret-a-disability-a-journey-into-the-unknown%2F The best documentaries, said one creator of that art form after a recent screening in Baltimore, reveal something that is outside the experience of those watching the film. His words resonated for me. For the past several years, I have immersed myself in the life of someone I never knew, someone whose daily routine couldn’t have been more different than mine. She was my aunt, and she was a family secret. More precisely, she was my mother’s secret. Mom never talked about having a sister, and only after Mom’s death did the first wisps of her secret come into the light. Her name was Annie Cohen. She had physical and mental disabilities that came to define her and her existence. I know now, based on medical records unearthed from a mental hospital, that Annie wanted nothing m... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2458162 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:00:01 +0100 2458162 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2380728&cid=t_199180_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FTH9YJzJh5n4%2F A coalition of more than 70 groups around the world, from Canada to Brazil to Kyrgyzstan to Germany to China to Japan to Kenya, has joined together to stop the dangerous stirrings of protectionism.  The FreedomToTrade.org coalition (coordinated internationally by the Atlas Economic Research Foundation and the International Policy Network) has circulated a petition (signed by over 1,000 economists and thousands of others) and is now producing documentaries to alert the public to the dangers posed by protectionism.  This one is on the role the Smoot-Hawley Tariff played in turning a serious recession into the Great Depression. The mini-documentary is also being made available in 12 other languages.  The Spanish version will be available on Cato’s Spanish-language project, ElCato.or... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2380728 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:41:00 +0100 2380728 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1943931&cid=t_199180_93_f&fid=36982&url=http%3A%2F%2Fprep4md.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fso-what-happened-to-half-ton-man.html Not long ago I shared a documentary film with you titled "The Half Ton Man". I just checked on wikipedia to see what happened to the guy and this is what I found:"Patrick D. Deuel (born 28 March 1962), of Nebraska, was one of the heaviest people in the world. He was the subject of the documentary “Half Ton Man”. Deuel is a former restaurant manager.At one point, he had not left his house, or even his bed, in 7 years. He stands at 5'9" (175 centimeters). At his peak he weighed 1,072 pounds (486 kg); at the time, the only scale that could be used to weigh him was a livestock scale. He was so enormous that his bedroom wall had to be cut out to extract him from his home. Then, he was rushed to a South Dakota hospital in an ambulance with extra-wide doors and a ramp-and-winch system th... My M.D. Journey! blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1943931 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:07:00 +0100 1943931 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1727809&cid=t_199180_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F07%2F16%2Fpov-documentary-in-the-family-one-womans-journey-through-the-unpredictable-world-of-predicative-genetic-testing%2F “At the age of 27, filmmaker Joanna Rudnick tested positive for the BRCA mutation. Joanna now faces an impossible decision: remove her healthy breasts and ovaries or risk incredible odds of developing cancer. Armed with a positive test result that leaves her essentially “a ticking time bomb,” she balances dreams of having her [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1727809 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:51:22 +0100 1727809