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 'earlier'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:28:46 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5008197&cid=t_109767_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwhat-to-do-if-your-doctors-appointment-isnt-soon-enough%2F2011.07.07 A friend of mine had a hard time getting in to see her doctor for an urgent visit last week. Reeling from an unexpected and sudden family upset, she was depressed and anxious, unable to sleep or function, and her therapist was advising an antidepressant.  She called her family doc, who works at a large hospital-based multispecialty group, and told the woman at the call center that she wanted to see the doctor on an urgent matter. She was given an appointment 6 weeks in the future. Summoning her courage, my friend told the woman her story – and that she was really worried about herself and did not think she could wait that long. “Sorry, that is the best I can do” was the reply. Increasingly upset, my friend told the woman that if she had to wait that long, she just might kill hersel... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5008197 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:00:32 +0100 5008197 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4489727&cid=t_109767_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F02%2F17%2Fthe-birth-of-the-mental-asylum%2F The first hospital in the U.S. opened its doors in 1753 in Philadelphia. While it treated a variety of patients, six of its first patients suffered from mental illness. In fact, Pennsylvania Hospital would have a pivotal impact on psychiatry. Benjamin Rush, a physician who has been referred to as “the father of modern psychiatry” largely due to his book, Medical Inquiries and Observations on the Diseases of the Mind, worked at the hospital. He believed in treating mentally ill patients with bloodletting, a treatment that was used by Ancient civilizations. He dismissed demonic theories behind mental illness, and instead thought that psychiatric disorders originated from “hypertension in the brain’s blood vessels” (as cited in Goodwin, 1999). It was thought that removing bl... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4489727 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:17:01 +0100 4489727 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4233229&cid=t_109767_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F12%2F06%2Fsex-important-to-older-men-stop-the-presses%2F Here’s a news flash for you — people like sex. Even older people. Wow, what an astounding insight into human behavior. I think some people have this conception that older people are somehow, like, not normal. Like they don’t have all the same needs, wants and desires as a younger person does. Like aging itself is some sort of disorder or disease that needs separate studying and understanding. I’ll let you in on a little secret — most older folks don’t feel their age. Most middle-age folks don’t feel their age. Once you hit 25 or so, many people (most?) seem “stuck in time” in terms of their own self-image and what they imagine others see them as. Most people simply don’t seem to feel their chronological age. So your grandparents ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4233229 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:31:18 +0100 4233229 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4205934&cid=t_109767_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Famerican-medical-news-welcome-to-our-archives%2F2010.11.27 Via the American Medical Associations’s American Medical News article “Welcome to our archives“: Now, our extensive online archive, paired with search and article collections by topic, puts thousands of stories at your fingertips. Add to that a growing collection of Web-only content, such as our interactive tool for tracking health-plan earnings and a “Vault” page that will take you directly to articles and multimedia on topics of enduring interest (www.amednews.com/vault). Most of that older content has been behind an access-control wall. By knocking down that barrier, we are making available 10 years of full content and several years more of selected earlier articles. All told, about 15,000 articles now can be searched and read. We invite our readers to vis... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4205934 Sat, 27 Nov 2010 17:00:23 +0100 4205934 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3048174&cid=t_109767_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F12%2F01%2Floneliness-may-be-contagious%2F A year ago, nearly exactly to the date, researcher Nicholas Christakis and colleagues released a study demonstrating how our moods might be contagious within our social network (sorry, this research pertains primarily to traditional social networks; it’s not known whether it’s generalizable to online social networks). Specifically, Christakis found that happiness is a little contagious within our small group of friends and family. That old study found that “when a person becomes happy, a friend living close by has a 25 percent higher chance of becoming happy themselves. A spouse experiences an 8 percent increased chance and for next-door neighbors, it’s 34 percent.” In other words, happiness can be a little contagious. Today, we discover the logical extension... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3048174 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:01:59 +0100 3048174 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2927520&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D1907 Hot man uncovered as clocks go back chers— evidently they doit a week earlier in great britain. namaste —rk http://www.be-selfish.co.uk/ A cheeky reminder that the clocks are going back on October 25th, one thats sure to help you and your friends remember… Brilliant little reminder at a time of year … (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2927520 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:42:14 +0100 2927520 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1306562&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D733 Invites you to Spend a day at Casa Hogar Las Memorias AIDS Hospice in Tijuana, Mexico (Please bring your passport) We are looking for donations for the Hospice. Items include: Food: Beans, Rice, Sugar, Flour, Canned food, Etc… Toiletries: Toilet paper, Shampoo, Toothpaste, Toothbrush, Razors, Etc… Other: Clorox, Pinesol, Trash bags, Sanitizer, Supplies, Etc… Anything that can be donated (no clothes)!!! We are also taking cash, to buy products or to help them pay a bill or two. For more information contact: Enrique Topete Program Coordinator Phone: (323) 257-1056 ext. 24 Fax: (323) 257-1625 etopete@thewalllasmemorias.org http://www.thewalllasmemorias.org Tijuana Hospice Trip Info: Saturday, April 5, 2007 Meet at 8:30am @ The Wall Las Memorias Project 1... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1306562 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:13:58 +0100 1306562 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1303335&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D727 aids-write.org is a virtual public artspace, meetingplace and hometown/npo for a diverse, inclusive community of activist artists, thinkers and persons whose aim is to compose, record, document, listen to, reflect upon, feel, communicate and “mythologize” our aids/hiv stories and experiences, intending to create a cultural context for social change, and thus to be a significant pro-active voice in all health, social and environmental public-policy-related decisions by offering wise counsel drawn from our accumulated visions. the war that can’t be won (001) (LOS ANGELES, POSTED JUNE 2, 2005) here begins the journal of an AIDS shaman. what is AIDS? AIDS—HIV disease—is not a blessing, contrary to the sentimental testimonials of many of my brothers and sisters in ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1303335 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:52:38 +0100 1303335 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1188665&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D694 Aging Grace: Facing the Uncertainties of Growing Older With HIV by David Evans January 29, 2008 On the morning of January 6, readers of The New York Times awoke to a sobering headline: “AIDS Patients Face Downside of Living Longer.” The article highlights the stories of two fifty-something HIV-positive men, both of whom boast a disheartening list of ailments more typically found in much older people. Both men seem uncertain about how they might navigate a bleak future filled with illness. The article credits antiretroviral drugs for giving one man back his life and hopes for the future, but poses the question, “at what cost?” Some readers recognized their own struggles in the men’s stories and felt validated. Steven Deeks, MD, a prominent AIDS researcher and doctor at the Univ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1188665 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:48:51 +0100 1188665 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1182872&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D691 Biker pedals across the U.S. — backward To raise awareness for the homeless, HIV/AIDS patients and a federal medical marijuana law, a Kansas native is riding his bicycle across America — backward. Posted on Sun, Jan. 27, 2008 BY CAMMY CLARK cclark@MiamiHerald.com KEY WEST — Like many people before him, Curan Wright is biking across America for a good cause. Wright is just facing the wrong way. ‘’It was quite a freakish, slightly surreal experience,'’ said British tourist Owen Darbishire of Oxford, who saw Wright recently in the Keys. “Visually, he looked like he was riding his bicycle toward us, but when we got closer we realized he was riding backwards.'’ The 36-year-old former bounty hunter recently stopped in Key West, the halfway p... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1182872 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:57:08 +0100 1182872 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1182874&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D689 chers— up for air. this has been a moment-filled time for me. i’ve been struggling to stay well which seems to require massive amounts of sleep (thus very little writing, except my dreams) when awake, i have also been strugglng to keep up with with a flood of events that have become deeply personal • many of the recent dea raids were on mmj dispensaries where i volunteer for aids advocacy. hivers and pwas make up 25 percent of the la-area medical cannabis population. • i have been fending off another annual insurance threat to my housing because i’m still alive. harnessing my rage. film some other time. • i’ve realized i’m part of the rapid demographic shift that’s taking place in the hiver community over the next 5-10 years: we’re getting older. today 1... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1182874 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:33:36 +0100 1182874 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1057307&cid=t_109767_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2007%2F11%2F28%2Fvirginia-tinkers-with-involuntary-commitment-rules-while-rome-burns%2F In the wake of the Virginia Tech murders earlier this year, Virginia’s legislators are looking at whether to make it easier to commit people who are a danger to themselves or others. This is a complete and utter deflection of the problem that states like Virginia actually face — a decline in support and funding of comprehensive, public mental health services. Virginia lawmakers are basically tinkering with the wording of their laws while Rome burns around them. The Washington Post has the story in yesterday’s edition entitled, Commitment Rule Is Key To Changing The System. It should be noted that Cho, the person who committed the Virginia Tech murders was, in fact, detained for overnight observation and was examined and found not to be a danger to himself or others back ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1057307 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:32:03 +0100 1057307 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=808696&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D661 From: MarkSKing@aol.com Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2007 To: rk@aids-write.org Subject: “When we were heroes” I’m very, very moved by your poem on aids-write regarding my piece. We are, many of us, heroes, and still are, and can be again. I was searching for the piece myself because I got the news today that it won the national gay and lesbian journalism award for written opinion piece. Mark King From: rk@aids-write.org Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2007 To: MarkSKing@aol.com Subject: RE: “When we were heroes” mark— deepest & fondest congratulations. will repost at aids-write.org with your note. —rk rk@aids-write.org http://aids-write.org http://cannabispatientvoice.blogspot.com an open poem to mark king from the timelessness of the net, i... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=808696 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 16:07:48 +0100 808696 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=795153&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D656 This article appeared on page B - 8 of the San Francisco Chronicle (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=795153 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 04:11:28 +0100 795153 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=764313&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D644 my name is richard kearns. i am a 56-year-old gay angelino alive with AIDS for more than 20 years. i am a medical cannabis patient & advocate. i am a new media citizen journalist & poet i stand before you today risking my life to save my life pushing my health luck way past safe limits to speak to you this morning drug czar john walters’ claim that i am a “violent criminal terrorist” because i am a cannabis patient & grower is so foolish and plainly self-serving it seduces us into not taking it seriously it can be understood, though: principle defines walters’ behavior even without informing it the good is the enemy of the better we are stewards of the better. our mission is to create wiser government, using reason science, ratonal judgment & public discour... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=764313 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 22:21:44 +0100 764313 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=749459&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D640 citybeat: the federal government’s endless crackdown on medical marijuana and all things pot issue 215 week of july 19-25, 2007 Ron Garmon: Crushing Your Local Cannibis Collectives Feds use asset-forfeiture laws to spell evictions for medical-pot providers The feds stepped in last week with a flurry of letters to landlords of collectives reminding them of federal preeminence over state law, a possible 20-year prison term, and the unhappy implications of Title 21, U.S. Code 881(e), the assets-forfeiture statute. But as special Agent Sarah Pullen of the DEA reminds me, “They’re ongoing investigations, so they’re merely at this point to serve notice for the property owners that there are individuals there violating federal drug laws.” Cheerful and businesslike, she describes the... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=749459 Sun, 22 Jul 2007 12:12:52 +0100 749459 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=726331&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D624 [PART TWO] Crystal Meth Uncensored: Susan Kingston’s Remarks from the June 27 Center on Halsted Event The following is the second installment of Susan Kingston’s remarks from her talk at the Center on Halsted June 27 titled: “Crystal Meth Uncensored - What the DEA and the Gay Media Won’t Tell You.” Click here for her full remarks, posted on Crystal Breaks. click here for part one. click here for part two. click here for part three. click here for brother blogger rod rushing at kickin’ tina: a report on susan kingston’s HIV & crystal meth presentation in chicago 6-28 (689) ————————– …if you’re on a mission to rid the gay community of meth, you better also be prepared to start crowba... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=726331 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:13:41 +0100 726331 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=721378&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D621 chers— it’s not the first time, even in the hallowed pages of aids-write. (the last time was louis.) i felt the energy of a champion in passing, i feel visited & gifted by spirit. a transferrance of light. an arrogance of joy. i was at work writing during the memorial last night. “a death i can live with: AIDS-write reports on HIV and the end of life” will begin as a series of poetic reports to the west hollywood city council at their meeting monday, july 16. i may offer reports as BROWNACTivist readings, but am giving that more thought. in the meantime, below are excerpts and links to two pieces by ferd. namasté —lyr Dykes and Fags Want Everything: Dreaming with the Gay Liberation Front Ferd Eggan (Courtesy of Soft Skull Press, That’s Revolting: Quee... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=721378 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:03:19 +0100 721378 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=718094&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D614 chers— today, june 6, 2007, we pass the 700 mark in posts at aids-write.org. huzzah! send money! three poems one short two long two on the city one in drag namasté —lyr one city true as truth distinct as laughter familiar as dream unforgotten the way blossoms grow from poems writ in seeds each journey’s eye opens in one city all roads go there all promises all satisfactions depart in the company of travelers moving on ask your heart (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=718094 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:36:21 +0100 718094 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=710322&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D610 The HIV / AIDS news headlines shown above are provided courtesy of Medical News Today and are subject to the terms and conditions stated on the Medical News Today website. HIV / AIDS News from Medical News Today Please click on this sentence and donate tax-deductibly to aids-write.org. adventures in unimaginable numbers: from the npp (national priorities project), a nifty little counter of the ever-accumulating dollar-cost of the iraq war. npp estimates the war money could have fully funded world-wide aids/hiv programs for 27 years, though that much bang for warbucks difficult to imagine. the need is so underestimated. i thought medicine was expensive. war is obscenely expensive, unless you are ceo of halliburton as well as vp. then it can’t cost enough. original text and gra... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=710322 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:30:09 +0100 710322 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=708852&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D601 Abbott sued on ritonavir price increase 06/28/2007 by Bob Roehr The pharmaceutical company Abbott kicked off a storm of protest when it increased the price of the anti-HIV drug ritonavir (Norvir) by 400 percent in December 2003. Now a federal judge in California has authorized a class action lawsuit against the company as a violation of antitrust laws. The legal wrangling has been going on since 2004 when the lawsuit initially was filed. Motions to dismiss and appeals have stalled progress, but the June 11 ruling by federal court Judge Claudia Wilken represents a major milestone, though the trial itself is not likely to occur until next spring. The lead attorney for the plaintiffs, Joseph J. Tabacco Jr., managing partner of the San Francisco office of Berman DeValerio, accused Abbot... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=708852 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 05:28:55 +0100 708852 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=705762&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D599 bewitched Wednesday, June 13, 2007 I have decided to take a working vacation and spend some time in my home town of Chicago. The evening session at the National Testing Day Event at the new Center on Halsted holds some promise of great interest for me. Susan Kingston really has pioneered some amazing work and the programs in King County are exemplary. She is the featured speaker for the third session that day. I wonder sometimes, if she is more than a mere mortal. She seems to see truths before others do and tells it as she sees it and so eloquently to boot. And I am completely vexed. Here’s just a single example of the great work at Seattle King County. When Your Friend Has a Drug or Alcohol Problem A Guide for Gay and Bisexual Men Meth Expert to Speak at Chicago Conference Wed... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=705762 Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:22:07 +0100 705762 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=705763&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D598 American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM), Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP), Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA), HIV Medical Association (HIVMA), National Coalition for LGBT Health, and Stop AIDS invite you to a teleconference on Anal Health: What We Should Know About Anal Carcinoma and Pap Screening. THURSDAY, July 19th at 2pm EST [1pm Central, 12noon Mountain, 11am Pacific] Toll-free number: 866-247-3147 Passcode: 4277# Please register by contacting Sarah at showell@champnetwork.org or 401-427-2303 x2 with your name, city/state, email, phone, and organization (optional). ________________________________________ PRESENTERS: • Terry Schwartz, RN, MS, FNP, ANP-C, nurse practitioner, HIV specialist & practitioner of High Resolutiion Anoscopy for the dia... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=705763 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:32:20 +0100 705763 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=698161&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D590 chers— 529 persons with AIDS in Alaska, Montana, Puerto Rico and South Carolina line up to stay alive, line up on waiting lists to receive life-sustaining HIV meds paid for by ADAP funds (AIDS Drug Assistance Programs), according to the ADAP Watch report issued by NASTAD (National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors) Monday, 6/25. Tuesday morning Kaisernetwork carried the story. from my notes for an april 2, 2007 workgroup report for campaign to end aids, karen [bates] said in south carolina, 512 hivers are currently on the waiting list to receive adap drugs there for the last 6-8 months. five hivers have died waiting. karen reports other hivers are getting themseves arrested so they can receive treatment in jail. april 02 kearns @ aids-write: c2ea workgroup report ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=698161 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:41:49 +0100 698161 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=676441&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D581 Dear Friends of the International Carnival of Pozitivities (ICP): The International Carnival of Pozitivities (ICP) has been selected by Blog Carnival as their featured carnival for today, June 15, 2007. I am thrilled to receive this honor, especially since it highlights the work of our last host, James Wortz, and all of the contributors to this volunteer project. Many, many kudos to all of you who have contributed in the past. Please visit Blog Carnival today. You might find another carnival that brings you passion. Peace to you all. Ron Hudson 2sides2ron Poundcake Love The International Carnival of Pozitivities (ICP) The 13th consecutive and first edition of Year Two of the ICP will be hosted at ScribeSpirit eZine. We, myself and the hosts Jody and Jolen, are now seeking submission... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=676441 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:54:12 +0100 676441 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=676443&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D577 List of military personnel killed between of 5/22/07 and 6/4/07 as reported by the Department of Defense. Total deaths as of Monday, 6/4/07: 3,770 Pfc. Matthew A. Bean, 22 Sgt. Chadrick O. Domino, 23 Pfc. Matthew E. Baylis, 20 Sgt. Bacilio E. Cuellar, 24 Spc. James E. Lundin, 20 Pfc. Joshua M. Moore, 20 Staff Sgt. Joseph M. Weiglein, 31 Sgt. Richard V. Correa, 25 Pfc. Robert A. Liggett, 23 Cpl. Jonathan A. Markham, 22 Spc. Alexandre A. Alexeev, 23 Cpl. Zachary D. Baker, 24 Chief Warrant Officer Theodore U. Church, 32 Sgt. Anthony D. Ewing, 22 1st Lt. Keith N. Heidtman, 24 Staff Sgt. Thomas M. McFall, 36 Pfc. Junior Cedeno Sanchez, 20 Cpl. James E. Summers III, 21 1st Lt. Kile G. West, 23 Lance Cpl. Emmanuel Villareal, 21 Spc. Clinton C. Blodgett, 19 Sgt. Clayton G. Dunn II, 22 Pfc. Char... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=676443 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:49:53 +0100 676443 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=638314&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D571 List of military personnel killed between of 4/17/07 and 5/21/07 as reported by the Department of Defense. Total deaths as of Monday, 5/21/07: 3,680 Pfc. Larry I. Guyton, 22 Pfc. Jerome J. Potter, 24 Sgt. Randell T. Marshall, 22 Staff Sgt. William C. Moore, 27 Sgt. Brice A. Pearson, 32 Lance Cpl. Dale G. Peterson, 20 Spc. Michael J. Rodriguez, 20 Sgt. Michael L. Vaughn, 20 Cpl. Ray M. Bevel, 22 Sgt. William W. Bushnell, 24 Staff Sgt. Marlon B. Harper, 34 Pfc. Christopher M. North, 21 Pvt. Michael J. Slater, 19 Staff Sgt. Steven R. Tudor, 36 Lance Cpl. Jeffrey A. Bishop, 23 Pvt. 1st Class Tomasz Jura, 25 Cpl. Ben Leaning, 24 Chief Warrant Officer Dwayne L. Moore, 31 Cpl. Wade J. Oglesby, 27 Cpl. Michael M. Rojas, 21 Trooper Kristen Turton, 27 Pfc. Jason M. Morales, 20 Pfc. Richard P. Lan... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=638314 Sat, 26 May 2007 02:35:03 +0100 638314 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=631670&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D568 Today, the Planning and Land Use Management Committee of the LA City Council heard input from the City Clerk’s office, the department that will be the registering body for collectives under the ICO [interim control ordinance]. The City Clerk’s office had relatively little new input on the matter. Advocates again stressed how important it is that the Council move quickly with this item. It appears that our voices have finally been heard, and the Council plans to begin moving forward with the regulations process. Within 6 weeks, the PLUM committee should forward their report to the Council floor, at which time action will finally be taken on the item. Just to be clear, the LA City moratorium IS NOT effective. Once again, thanks always to all the collectives and advocates w... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=631670 Wed, 23 May 2007 04:24:37 +0100 631670 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=629359&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D567 my name is richard kearns. i am a poet activist alive with AIDS for 20 years in los angeles. i am here today to speak in favor of the moratorium & the medical cannabis regulation process a week ago when i was here, i crooned to you the blues living and dying in the city i still do but today i come to share a secret AIDS wisdom discover-able, practice-able insight-able incite-able through medical cannabis use: the wisdom of self-goverment los angeles can regulate west hollywood can regulate san fran can sacramento can washington may or may not regulate it is all ashes & smoke & empty ink-stained bitter air without self-regulation, self government & i’m not talking about sticking to my haart treatment regimen either (although that counts) i mean stakeholderism i mea... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=629359 Tue, 22 May 2007 17:58:34 +0100 629359 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=623823&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D563 from ACT-UP ny: 1983 denver AIDS principles Ever since people with AIDS stormed the stage at a Denver conference in 1983 and demanded self-determination, grassroots AIDS activism has taken its lead from the people most affected. There is no better way to cite the history of the PWA self-empowerment movement that to quote the principles articulated in Denver in 1983. They are as relevant and powerful today as they were then. THE DENVER PRINCIPLES (Statement from the advisory committee of the People with AIDS) We condemn attempts to label us as “victims,” a term which implies defeat, and we are only occasionally “patients,” a term which implies passivity, helplessness, and dependence upon the care of others. We are “People With AIDS.” RECOMMENDATIONS... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=623823 Sun, 20 May 2007 18:01:29 +0100 623823 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=623825&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D561 The HIV / AIDS news headlines shown above are provided courtesy of Medical News Today and are subject to the terms and conditions stated on the Medical News Today website. HIV / AIDS News from Medical News Today Please click on this sentence and donate tax-deductibly to aids-write.org. adventures in unimaginable numbers: from the npp (national priorities project), a nifty little counter of the ever-accumulating dollar-cost of the iraq war. npp estimates the war money could have fully funded world-wide aids/hiv programs for 27 years, though that much bang for warbucks difficult to imagine. the need is so underestimated. i thought medicine was expensive. war is obscenely expensive, unless you are ceo of halliburton as well as vp. then it can’t cost enough. original text and gra... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=623825 Sun, 20 May 2007 17:29:50 +0100 623825 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=620427&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D558 List of military personnel killed between of 4/17/07 and 5/7/07 as reported by the Department of Defense. Total deaths as of Monday, 5/7/07: 3,650 Sgt. Randell T. Marshall, 22 Staff Sgt. William C. Moore, 27 Sgt. Brice A. Pearson, 32 Lance Cpl. Dale G. Peterson, 20 Spc. Michael J. Rodriguez, 20 Sgt. Michael L. Vaughn, 20 Cpl. Ray M. Bevel, 22 Sgt. William W. Bushnell, 24 Staff Sgt. Marlon B. Harper, 34 Pfc. Christopher M. North, 21 Pvt. Michael J. Slater, 19 Staff Sgt. Steven R. Tudor, 36 Lance Cpl. Jeffrey A. Bishop, 23 Pvt. 1st Class Tomasz Jura, 25 Cpl. Ben Leaning, 24 Chief Warrant Officer Dwayne L. Moore, 31 Cpl. Wade J. Oglesby, 27 Cpl. Michael M. Rojas, 21 Trooper Kristen Turton, 27 Pfc. Jason M. Morales, 20 Pfc. Richard P. Lanenbrunner, 19 1st Lt. Shaun M. Blue, 25 Lance Cpl. Je... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=620427 Tue, 15 May 2007 06:30:38 +0100 620427 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=620429&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D556 chers— the following report from kaiser family network sounds just like something is happening. don’t be fooled. what do you suppose it means, “zeroing in on discovering”? what was happening before? how is it different now? is it different now? namasté —lyr Science & Medicine | United Press International Examines Vaccine Development for HIV/AIDS, Other Diseases [May 11, 2007] Researchers are “zeroing in on discovering” vaccines against HIV/AIDS and other diseases, such as malaria and tuberculosis, that largely affect the developing world, scientists said this week at the BIO International Convention in Boston, United Press International reports. According to UPI, advanced trials of HIV vaccines are underway in Africa and China. Seth Berkley, presid... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=620429 Mon, 14 May 2007 19:34:27 +0100 620429 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=601854&cid=t_109767_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F05%2F12%2Fbreast-pap-test-to-detect-abnormal-cells%2F Filed under: Breast Cancer, Prevention, Research, Young Adult Cancers, Cancer Pre-vivorsWouldn't it be great if we could find breast cancer long before something appears on a mammogram? An FDA approved test called the Halo Breast Pap Test System might be able to do just that by collecting Nipple Aspirate Fluid (NAF). The test is designed to detect abnormal cells in the breast. The Halo system can identify benign disease as well as abnormal ductal cells that can be precursors to cancer. Some research has suggested that ductal fluid excreted from the nipple can be used to identify a women's specific risk of breast cancer. A women with abnormal cells in the fluid has a four to five times greater risk of developing breast cancer. Think about this: The introduction of the HALO Breast Pap Test ... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=601854 Sat, 12 May 2007 04:00:00 +0100 601854 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=593107&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D552 The HIV / AIDS news headlines shown above are provided courtesy of Medical News Today and are subject to the terms and conditions stated on the Medical News Today website. HIV / AIDS News from Medical News Today Please click on this sentence and donate tax-deductibly to aids-write.org. adventures in unimaginable numbers: from the npp (national priorities project), a nifty little counter of the ever-accumulating dollar-cost of the iraq war. npp estimates the war money could have fully funded world-wide aids/hiv programs for 27 years, though that much bang for warbucks difficult to imagine. the need is so underestimated. i thought medicine was expensive. war is obscenely expensive, unless you are ceo of halliburton as well as vp. then it can’t cost enough. original text and gra... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=593107 Mon, 07 May 2007 04:29:47 +0100 593107 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=571515&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D543 1) hector tobar: mexico city legalizes first-trimester abortions (4-25-07) MEXICO CITY — City lawmakers voted Tuesday to legalize abortion in this capital during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, an action supporters say will serve as a landmark for women’s rights in Latin America. The legislation could result in thousands of Mexican women traveling to the capital for legal abortions. Roman Catholic activists and the leaders of the conservative National Action Party, or PAN, have promised to challenge the law in court. “Women have self-determination over their bodies,” Deputy Daniel Ordoñez said as he formally introduced the bill in the city’s Legislative Assembly. “They have the right to decide whether to enter into motherhood. It is a basic right and a... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=571515 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:39:49 +0100 571515 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=571517&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D541 chers— notes from the tip jar at nedra’s spare change —lyr • Via OPC Today, Hindu priests are now blessing children with drops of polio vaccine instead of the traditional holy water usually offered in Hindu temples. The local health agency has trained hundreds of priests to administer the vaccine.”I was very surprised when the priest put polio drops into the mouths of several children, including my son, as god’s blessings,” said Sunita Devi of Bihar. “But we trust the priest as he can do us no harm.” What a clever partnership. • Next Monday, April 30, I will be moderating a panel at the Healthcare Blogging Summit in Las Vegas. The session is on using new media to market or motivate behavior change, and the three panelists will have a lot... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=571517 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:41:48 +0100 571517 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=571519&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D539 List of military personnel killed between of 3/19/07 and 4/16/07 as reported by the Department of Defense. Total deaths as of Monday, 4/16/07: 3,562 Spc. Wilfred Flores Jr., 20 1st Lt. Neale M. Shank, 25 Sgt. Joe Polo, 24 Sgt. Curtis J. Forshey, 22 Staff Sgt. Marcus A. Golczynski, 30 Master Sgt. Sean M. Thomas, 33 Pfc. Orlando E. Gonzalez, 21 Cpl. Jason Nunez, 22 Sgt. Jason W. Swiger, 24 Pfc. Anthony J. White, 21 Lance Cpl . Trevor A. Roberts, 21 Sgt. Greg N. Riewer, 30 Spc. Lance C. Springer II, 23 Cpl. Henry W. Bogrette, 21 Sgt. Freeman L. Gardner Jr., 26 Staff Sgt. Darrell R. Griffin, 36 Cpl. Dustin J. Lee, 20 Sgt. Adrian J. Lewis, 30 Sgt. Nicholas J. Lightner, 29 Joey T. Sams II, 22 Sgt. Wayne R. Cornell, 26 Spc. Curtis E. Glawson, Jr., 24 Pfc. Stephen K. Richardson, 22 Sgt. Ryan P.... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=571519 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:39:00 +0100 571519 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=542098&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D525 my thunderstrike in babylon my dayhit by dawnlit fire blasts dark ashy-crumbled brick-burning peals pelt’d in word-roaring peels peal’d & cascad’d & repeel’d & repealing night’s scrapperies pared like lemonskins ripp’d, stripp’d, shave’d, slice’d sliver’d, echo’d & noise’d all through my blue bell-bowl of sky a discovery & instant reverie of sung bright-burning greenstemm’d paperwhites my fire of language mornings my way & hides you among your sheltering shadows safe never-ceasing & mumbl’d until this day, this coming light —lyr . . ———– This work is licensed under a creative commons attribution — non-commercial 2.5 license. citation: “copyright © 2007 by richard kearns at aids-wri... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=542098 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 01:14:32 +0100 542098 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=542102&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D519 Discussion and activity on this matter have been reasonable and inclusive, so far. Patients are hoping the best. Patients Defending the Sanctuary City of West Hollywood The following is a brief of the medical cannabis dichotomy that is currently Los Angeles: January 16th – LAPD Chief Bratton makes statements to the media that he intends to shut down medical cannabis dispensaries in Los Angeles. January 17th – Media and DEA report 11 medical cannabis collectives raided, advocates count 14, most in West Hollywood and San Fernando Valley. Two protests organize in each community. No one is arrested. All medicine and money is stolen. Days later DEA revisits LA and re-raids those collectives that tried to reopen. Community is stunned. No one has yet been charged. January 22nd – LA me... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=542102 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:20:18 +0100 542102 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=539459&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D514 kff | Drug Access | Abbott To Reduce Cost of Kaletra in Thailand, Other Developing Countries [Apr 11, 2007] Abbott Laboratories on Tuesday said that it plans to reduce the cost of its antiretroviral drug Kaletra in Thailand and more than 40 low- and low-middle-income countries by more than half, the Chicago Tribune reports. [abbott is headquartered in the chicago area —rk] The company said it will provide Kaletra in the countries for $1,000 per patient annually, which is less than the cost of generic versions of the drug, instead of the current price of $2,200 (Miller, Chicago Tribune, 4/10). Abbott in March announced that it had withdrawn applications to sell seven new drugs in Thailand in response to the country’s decision to issue a compulsory license for Kaletra. Thai H... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=539459 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:34:55 +0100 539459 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=539460&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D513 kff | Drug Access | Abbott Refuses Invitation for Second Round of Talks With Thai Government Over Compulsory Licensing of Antiretroviral Kaletra [Apr 10, 2007] Pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories recently turned down an invitation for a second round of talks with the Thai government to discuss compulsory licenses issued by the country for certain medications, including the antiretroviral drug Kaletra, the Bangkok Post reports (Apiradee, Bangkok Post, 4/9). Abbott recently announced that it has withdrawn applications to sell seven new drugs in Thailand in response to the country’s decision to issue a compulsory license for Kaletra. Thai Health Minister Mongkol Na Songkhla in January signed the compulsory license, which allows Thailand to produce a lower-cost version of Kalet... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=539460 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:19:17 +0100 539460 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=539464&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D510 kaiser family network: Recent Releases | Annual Report Gives Update on AIDS Drug Assistance Programs [Apr 11, 2007] “National ADAP Monitoring Project Annual Report, 2007,” Kaiser Family Foundation/National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors: Kaiser and NASTAD on Tuesday released an annual report that looks at state and territorial AIDS Drug Assistance Programs, which are federal- and state-funded programs that provide HIV/AIDS-related medications to low-income, uninsured and underinsured HIV-positive individuals. The report is based on a comprehensive survey of ADAPs in the U.S.; Washington, D.C.; Puerto Rico; Guam; and the U.S. Virgin Islands. According to the report, as of June 2006, 142,000 people were enrolled in ADAPs nationwide, an increase of 5% from 2... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=539464 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:09:38 +0100 539464 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=539466&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D509 Next Meeting April 16, 2007 AIDSVote 2008: Bring The Noise! To suggest an upcoming topic, give an off-line comment, or ask a question, please contact Karen Bates (scaplwa@aol.com) or Larry Bryant (bryant2@housingworks.org). chers— i have been remiss i posting a report about the 4-2-07 c2ea outrach workgroup. also misplaced all email addresses hosted by karen bates and larry bryant. we talked for about an hour with reagan hoffman, editor of poz magazine. newswise, karen’s report was the headliner: karen said in south carolina, 512 hivers are currently on the waiting list to receive adap drugs there for the last 6-8 months. five hivers have died waiting. karen reports other hivers are getting themseves arrested so they can receive treatment in jail. a bill providing emergency s... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=539466 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:57:05 +0100 539466 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=524781&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D506 The true cost of campaigning a boston globe editorial April 5, 2007 SENATOR Barack Obama’s $25 million “call” yesterday qualifies him for another round at the presidential poker table. But the $129 million total pot raised by all the presidential candidates in the first quarter illustrates how morally and politically bankrupt the game is. . . . Do contributions corrupt policy? Few would answer no. Just this week, the Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency should be regulating greenhouse gas emissions. Candidate George Bush promised in 2000 to have the EPA do just that — and the voters were pleased. But President Bush reversed himself a year later, putting such emissions off-limits for the EPA. Big oil and other corporate interests, which had ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=524781 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:53:13 +0100 524781 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=524782&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D505 aids-write.org is a virtual public artspace, meetingplace and hometown/npo for a diverse, inclusive community of activist artists, thinkers and persons whose aim is to compose, record, document, listen to, reflect upon, feel, communicate and “mythologize” our aids/hiv stories and experiences, intending to create a cultural context for social change, and thus to be a significant pro-active voice in all health, social and environmental public-policy-related decisions by offering wise counsel drawn from our accumulated visions. (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=524782 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:26:59 +0100 524782 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=524785&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D501 kaiser family network | Across The Nation | California Bill Extending Government-Funded Health Care Benefits to HIV-Positive People Not Being Implemented, Los Angeles Times Reports [Apr 04, 2007] A California law (AB 2197) signed by former Gov. Gray Davis (D) in September 2002 that aims to extend government-funded health care benefits to HIV-positive residents who have not developed AIDS has yet to be implemented by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s (R) administration, the Los Angeles Times reports (Rau, Los Angeles Times, 4/4). Before the law was signed, only people with an AIDS diagnosis who were considered disabled were eligible for benefits under Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program. The law provides full Medi-Cal benefits to HIV-positive people who already are enrolled i... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=524785 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 10:32:37 +0100 524785 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=524786&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D500 true as truth distinct as laughter familiar as dream unforgotten the way blossoms grow from poems writ in seeds each journey’s eye opens in one city all roads go there all promises all satisfactions depart in the company of travelers moving on ask your heart —richard kearns notes: this poem survives from an “epic” series written in 2002-2003 short and long pieces. some chapters of manuscript are lost to me forever. originally a part of potlatch tales. incorporated into another mythology in excerpts & fragments from the lost manuscritpts of martin, loremaster, and pieces of both works are incorporated into psalms of captain saint lucifer. there is another, quite long poem i still want to post about one city from that period, “tutorial.” the typograph... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=524786 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 10:00:46 +0100 524786 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=523715&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D499 chers— have had some interesting responses to the series of iraq & healthcare questions. here’s one discussion that’s a vision, a conversation between two holy hearts. i don’t understand how these things happen. from my notes, clipped and tidied. namasté —lyr let’s call her nurse estelle, and give her cream - and - coffee - colored skin, scarf - wrapped grey - streaked mahogany dreadlocks, blue eyes, a smile like sunlight, and bright, deep - dyed hemp nationalist colors that shine from her many other scarves & skirts & blouses & socks. we are sisters. we are grandmothers & great aunts together. we are elders together. we hear the beat together. and the silences. together. you need to talk about veterans, she tells me. healthcare benefits for v... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=523715 Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:07:17 +0100 523715 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=520688&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D497 chers— okay, so you’ve read the post below. (click here if you haven’t) here are my cut-to-the-chase questions after: in the nation, kaiser poll identifies healthcare as the number 2 (29%) issue after the war in iraq (44%). in the HIV community and in the medical cannabis community, healthcare is the number 1 issue. (also, the bias of kaiser family foundation is toward healthcare as the number 1 issue.) how should the medical cannabis community and the HIV community create allies with anti-war community? how do they understand their activism? we ours? as matters of practical aggressive proactive politics and wellness-driven cultural advocacy of social justice and heart and haart? how do we go about it? what common understandings about activism can we have? how do we make... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=520688 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:04:01 +0100 520688 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=520182&cid=t_109767_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F04%2F04%2Fmen-more-likely-to-develop-skin-cancer%2F Filed under: Skin Cancer, Research, Daily newsA new study shows men are three times more likely to develop certain types of skin cancer than women. But it doesn't have as much to do with sun exposure as we might think.According to researchers at Ohio State University, gender differences put men at greater risk for non-melanoma skin cancers than their female counterparts.Researchers tested the effects of UVB rays on mice and found male mice developed tumors earlier. The tumors were also larger and more aggressive than those found in female mice.The study, published in the April 1 issue of Cancer Research, indicates it could be the higher levels of antioxidants females have in their skin that allow them to fight off tumors better.Read | Permalink | Email this | ... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=520182 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 520182 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=512835&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhscvideo2.hsc.usf.edu%2Fasxroot%2FCOPH%2Fsjames%2FSocial_Justice_and_Global_Health_Equity.asx from paul farmer’s 3-29 talk at usf: when you’re reading a paper or hearing someone give an argument, sometimes it’s good to just ask, “is this an argument or a statement to start a conversation, or to end one?” and it’s a very useful strategem, i find . . . the public hospitals that we’ve rebuilt — not OUR hospital which is dead in the middle — all those other places, those gleaming, shiny white buildings — they’re all public institutions, so when people say “you can’t work with the public health sector or the ministry of health,” don’t believe it. in fact, we need to do that . . . each of these places have all been rebuilt by — by the way with AIDS money, so you hear people say, “too much money going to AIDS” — well, it�... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=512835 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 23:19:42 +0100 512835 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=511640&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D487 Health leader visiting campus By: David Guidi, Asst. News Editor Farmer is known not only for his work in the field, but also for his work as a thinker on global health. He advocates liberation theology, an interpretation of the Gospels that emphasizes the Christian mission to bring justice to the poor and oppressed. He also speaks and writes about “structural violence” of denied opportunities and economic deprivation, and the ways they systematically kill millions of people who lack access to what Farmer says are fundamental human rights: access to health care, food, clean drinking water and education. “Something so precious as health should be viewed as a right, not a commodity,” Farmer said in an interview with WBUR, a Boston radio station. Farmer - noted phys... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=511640 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:32:48 +0100 511640 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=511641&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D486 timeline: December 1, 2004 On December 1, 2004, Pedro Chequer, Head of Brazil’s Aids programme, announced that Brazil would break foreign patents in 2005 to permit production of imported, patented drugs where imported costs had ballooned to absorb 85% of programme costs. Brazil to break Aids drug patents http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4059147.stm Brazil Requests Voluntary Licensing for AIDS Drugs To Treat More Patients, Reduce Costs of Importing Patented Drugs March 14, 2005 17 Mar 2005 Kaiser Network The Brazilian government on Tuesday [March 14] “moved a step closer” to breaking antiretroviral drug patents when it asked U.S. drug companies… Merck, Gilead and Abbott Laboratories to grant the government voluntary licensing to produce generic versions of ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=511641 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:33:09 +0100 511641 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=506480&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D481 March 26, 2007 The Honorable Henry Waxman Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform US House of Representatives 2204 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Congressman Waxman Thanks for your letter dated March 1, 2007, regarding your support of safe access to medical cannabis in Los Angeles, and responding to my poem about being a 55-year-old gay man living here with AIDS for twenty years. I am writing you both to thank and to encourage you in another AIDS-related matter, (from an article in The Hill): The Oversight and Government Reform Committee is considering holding hearings to investigate whether pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories artificially inflated the price of its AIDS drug, Norvir, in 2003, according to a committee staffer. (from ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=506480 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 06:30:59 +0100 506480 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=506481&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D480 House Dems scrutinize price tag of AIDS drug By David Mikhail March 14, 2007 Echoing the party’s pledges to address high drug costs, House Democrats are looking into long-asserted price-gouging allegations surrounding a key drug in the treatment of AIDS. The Oversight and Government Reform Committee is considering holding hearings to investigate whether pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories artificially inflated the price of its AIDS drug, Norvir, in 2003, according to a committee staffer. The aide confirmed that the panel, chaired by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), has been probing the issue during the new legislative session but could not say when hearings would occur if the committee decided to proceed with them. Melissa Brotz, a spokeswoman for Abbott Laboratories, st... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=506481 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 06:02:14 +0100 506481 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=506482&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D479 Opinion | Abbott’s Decision To Withhold New Drug Applications in Thailand ‘Strikes at Heart’ of Country’s Efforts To Provide Wider Drug Access, Editorial Says [Mar 26, 2007] The decision by pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories to withdraw applications to sell new drugs in Thailand “certainly strikes at the heart of the government’s efforts to secure life-saving medicine for all Thais,” a Bangkok Post editorial says (Bangkok Post, 3/22). Abbott recently announced that it has withdrawn applications to sell seven new drugs in Thailand in response to the country’s decision to issue a compulsory license for the company’s antiretroviral drug Kaletra. Thai Health Minister Mongkol Na Songkhla in January signed the compulsory licens... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=506482 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:48:15 +0100 506482 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=506483&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D478 AIDS Treatment News Abbott Laboratories Increases Norvir Price Fivefold By John S. James December 26, 2003 comment: drug development in light of abbott’s fivefold price hike In addition to specific remedies, we also need a new look at the big picture of how medicines are developed. People died in the clinical trials and clinical experience that led to the modern use of boosted protease inhibitors. Patients need options, but now one company wants to take away much of the benefit of what has been learned, in order to increase its market share and profit. Congress has given big pharmaceutical corporations a monopoly on life and death, but this system cannot work unless the power is used with some restraint and respect for public interest. Americans are told they must suffer exorbit... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=506483 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:30:42 +0100 506483 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=506484&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D477 Gay Men’s Health Crisis: Abbott’s Norvir Price Hike Is Bad Medicine Statement at the NIH Public Meeting on Norvir By Bob Huff May/June 2004 On May 25, 2004, the NIH heard public statements concerning a petition to invoke the march-in provisions of the Bayh-Dole Act on Abbott Laboratory’s Norvir. The law says that patented inventions developed in part with public funds can be reassigned to other business entities if the patent holder does not make the invention available on reasonable terms. In the first part of December 2003, the HIV/AIDS treatment community was shocked to hear that Abbott Laboratories was raising the price of its HIV drug, Norvir, five-fold. The price per 100-mg pill would increase from $2.14 to $10.71 (average wholesale prices; $1.71 to $8.57, whol... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=506484 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:14:49 +0100 506484 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=506485&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D476 Abbott Labs Blocks Media from Session; Hides from Activists at Intl. Conference Activists Plan Vibrant Public Search Today Activists Collect Thousands of Signatures Demanding Affordable Kaletra Toronto, 17 August 2006 [dateline —rk] — People Living with HIV and AIDS and their allies plan a public search this afternoon for Abbott Laboratories officials who, while attending the International AIDS Conference, have refused to address the media, activists, and others on why they are denying affordable access to Kaletra. (Source: aids-write.org) aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=506485 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:57:34 +0100 506485 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=504912&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D475 chers— the room was packed. HIVers fifty and older. i wept later. also in attendance for gilead’s medical science liaison octavio vallejo’s remarks on hiv and aging: hundreds. thousands of others. uncountable no longer touchable we stand on their shoulders they stand in our hearts i stand. you stand. we stand together we remain standing we remain thank you, herbie taylor, chairman, the life group la committee on HIV and aging, and committee members allan klein, len lovallo, and tom royer. on the shoulders of sunnie rose & ric parish. it’s turtle shoulders all the way down after a certain point. —lyr . . . ———– This work is licensed under a creative commons attribution — non-commercial 2.5 license. citation: “copyright ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=504912 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:21:31 +0100 504912 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=504914&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D474 (Los Angeles, March 22, 2007) [dateline —rk] This afternoon, the Los Angeles Planning Commission approved an Interim Control Ordinance on medical cannabis dispensing collectives in Los Angeles, making a positive step towards the long awaited regulatory process in Los Angeles. Dozens of patients and advocates turned out to show the commission they supported the moratorium and the regulatory process. The advocates even convinced the Planning Commission to amend the original text of the ordinance to ensure that collectives did not have to register with the LAPD, as originally proposed. The extensive community outreach Americans For Safe Access has done in Los Angeles paid off when the Planning Commission stated clearly that they did not want to regulate access out of Los Angeles. The ... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=504914 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:28:58 +0100 504914 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=504916&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D473 The International Carnival of Pozitivities is accepting submissions for edition 10. If you have a post that you specifically would like me to consider, please send me an email with its URL permalink. Otherwise, I will be scanning blogs in the next few days for nominations and you will hear from me as I get that task completed. If you haven’t yet read the 9th edition, it is available via a link in the ICP homepage. Please have a look and remember to share the link with your readers so that we can increase our audience. Any posts you can make on your own blogs (including listing the ICP in your blogroll) will be helpful. I hope this finds you well. With good luck and God willing, I will celebrate my 48th birthday on Monday. When I think that I was 25 when I first learned of my HIV st... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=504916 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:03:08 +0100 504916 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=503090&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D471 “it is the dateline — the “where?” and “when?” of the journalist’s poem — that makes all politics local politics . . . because of the poetry of journalism, the dateline places the event in west hollywood, not washington, dc “the federal drug enforcement agency raided yet another west hollywood medical marijuana dispensary on tuesday, march 6, less than eight weeks after raiding the same dispensary, along with another dozen in the la area, in january. three patients were taken into custody by west hollywood sheriffs for obstructing a peace officer during the raid, cited and released on their own cognizance. another twenty patients, who attempted to block the DEA’s exit by laying down on the parking structure floor without actually coming into contact with federal vehic... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=503090 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 10:40:34 +0100 503090 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=503091&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D469 above, first piwdw graduating class poynter centerpiece: empowering women, one journalist at a time by cristi hegraines The founder of a grassroots effort to train women in the developing world to become journalists looks back on her first year and a half. Maria Antonieta Gomez Alvarez is a 38-year-old woman who lives in Chiapas, at the bottom of Mexico. She has spent her life quietly struggling, as a mother and a midwife, a soldier and an advocate. Today she is a journalist. Tonita, as she is called, is a squatter in the outskirts of town. Hers is a world of pirated electricity, rebel armies, inequality and poverty. She is a single mother. She is small, with rosy cheeks, and she is very quiet. When I first met her, I worried that she was too shy to be a reporter. But when this woma... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=503091 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 07:33:16 +0100 503091 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=501897&cid=t_109767_135_f&fid=35246&url=http%3A%2F%2Faids-write.org%2F%3Fp%3D468 [text version] [re-keyed by me] [letterhead] congress of the united states house of representatives washington, dc 20515-0530 henry a waxman 30th district, california march 1, 2007 mr. richard kearns . . . los angeles, ca dear mr kearns: thank you for contacting me to express your support for the right of patients to use medical marijuana, and for including your poem about living with AIDS. i am glad to know that we are in agreement on this issue and appreciate your taking the time to get in touch. people in the advanced stages of terminal diseases such as cancer and AIDS should receive compassionate pain relief, and i have long supported the compassionate use of prescription drugs and therapies, including medical marijuana. i was deeply disappointed with the us supreme court’s dec... aids-write.org blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=501897 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:52:28 +0100 501897