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 'farmer'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:24:04 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050778&cid=t_296367_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.drmalpani.com%2F2011%2F07%2Ffarmers-doctors-and-society.html I was just reading a great book called, Food for Thought – Towards a Future for Farming. This is what the blurb on the back cover had to say. “ The French radical farmers union Confederation Paysanne.., has led the world in demonstrating the possibility of a socially progressive future for training. Rejecting the increasing intensification and industrialization of agriculture, the Confederation has argued for the need for local food production by small, independent farmers-both for the sake of the quality of the food we consume and to support the kind of societies we want to live in. .. the WTO’s Agreement on Agriculture are both designed to encourage an increasing free-market, profit-maximizing, destructive agriculture. The majority of farmers have lost out and continue to lose. Agr... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050778 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 03:28:00 +0100 5050778 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4622189&cid=t_296367_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2011%2F03%2Fdr-frank-farmer-named-florida-surgeon-general%2F Dr. Frank Farmer, the head of the Florida Medical Association, has been named the new Surgeon General for the state of Florida. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4622189 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 04:22:59 +0100 4622189 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4433104&cid=t_296367_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fbuilding-a-hospital-in-haiti%2F2011.02.03 Partners in Health is building a state-of-the-art teaching medical facility in Mirebalais in Haiti’s underserved Central Plateau. My niece Annie helped design the waste and water treatment systems of the project as part of her engineering internship with Northeastern University, and will be joining the Partners in Health group upon graduation. It’s so inspiring to see this wonderful project coming to fruition and to know that she’ll be part of it. You can be part of it, too, by donating, volunteering or, like Annie, working for Partners in Health. Partners in Health was founded by Dr. Paul Farmer and colleagues in 1987 to serve the poor in Haiti. Dr. Farmer’s story is the subject of Tracy Kidder’s new book “Mountains Beyond Mountains: One Doctor’s Quest to Hea... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4433104 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:00:30 +0100 4433104 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3993868&cid=t_296367_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fr64jPEjWV48%2F By Walter OlsonThat’s not just my view; that’s the view of writer Barry Estabrook, an ardent critic of the food industry (“Politics of the Plate“), writing at The Atlantic. You needn’t go along completely with Estabrook’s dim view of industrialized agriculture to realize he’s right in one of his central contentions: “the proposed rules would disproportionately impose costs upon” small producers, including traditional, low-tech and organic farmers and foodmakers selling to neighbors and local markets. Even those with flawless safety records or selling low-risk types of foodstuff could be capsized by new paperwork and regulatory burdens that larger operations will be able to absorb as a cost of doing business. (Earlier here and here.) Thi... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3993868 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:37:46 +0100 3993868 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3665944&cid=t_296367_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2F183245%2F Want to take a summer trip? Check out Ontario – you could even win a free trip there for you and your family. Post from: BlissTree (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3665944 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:46:28 +0100 3665944 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3687379&cid=t_296367_167_f&fid=38271&url=http%3A%2F%2Frebeccascritchfield.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F06%2F11%2Ffarmers-market-finds%2F One of my favorite parts of summer is shopping at the Farmers Market. Farmers Markets are a great place to find fresh, local and sustainable produce. Not only are you shopping in a very environmentally friendly manner, but this also a great chance to get to know the people that grow your food. And the taste of fresh fruit and vegetables in your meals can not be equaled by anything in the supermarket! Here are some tips to make the most out of your farmers market trip! Find a Market Close to You! Local Harvest will help you find farmers’ markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area, where you can buy produce, grass-fed meats, and many other things! Bring a Reusable Bag-So you can load up on veggies without wasting paper or plastic Chat it up! Get to... Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3687379 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:31:45 +0100 3687379 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3648455&cid=t_296367_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fsponsored-post-escape-to-ontario-%25e2%2580%2593-the-museums-and-mazes-contest%2F WIN the Museums and Mazes Contest! Only in Ottawa can you come face-to-face with a prehistoric creature one day, then name a newborn calf in an urban farm the next. You’ll also try to find your way through a theme park’s collection of outdoor mazes, and then explore a world-class museum’s collection of never-before-seen artifacts. Enter now and yours could be the lucky family to do all this and more on a summer adventure in Canada’s capital. Enter today and your family of four could be the one to enjoy: A three-night stay at the Residence Inn by Marriott in Downtown Ottawa A $2,000 Family Travel Allowance Admission to the Canadian Museum of Nature and a gift shop welcome basket A guided tour through the Canada Science and Technology Museum, including a be... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3648455 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:37:26 +0100 3648455 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2876058&cid=t_296367_93_f&fid=35707&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHemodynamics%2F%7E3%2FIakKk0TYxJI%2Four-farmer.html A member of our CSA, on our farm's Facebook page, laying out a week's small share on the counter, and sharing the photo with the world.Today was the last day of the year to pick up produce from our farmer. Our farmer is an old punk rocker, now a single dad and farmer. His son (who is maybe 6?) was enthusiastically shilling the hen-of-the-woods mushrooms that our farmer was selling as an extra if we wanted to add it to our regular farm share: "It's fifteen dollars! You have to buy them!" No thank you, I said, bemused.This last couple of pick-ups are extras beyond what we originally expected. We'd negotiated which of our two-out-of-three bonus sessions we'd attend, because we're going off on vacation soon, and getting married. He remembered this, and cut me off a hunk of hen-of-the-woods mus... hemodynamics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2876058 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:35:00 +0100 2876058 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2852011&cid=t_296367_135_f&fid=35274&url=http%3A%2F%2Facidrefluxweb.com%2F%3Fp%3D4064 Last night someone must have snuck into my bedroom and given me a Scatter Perm while I was asleep, as it’s been one of those days so far. All is not lost as long as the my plane doesn’t do a crash landing. So far it’s a bit bumpy, and how knows maybe I’ll be able to use a barf bag for the first time. I knew I should have brought my Marinol with me (anti-nausea pills). For some reason I looked at my e-ticket and read my arrival time in Vancouver and thought I was my departure time. When I printed my boarding pass just before the taxi came, I realized that I wasn’t going to make it to the gate in 15 mines. My iPhone wasn’t working and I couldn’t call anyone, even though it was working  when I called the taxi company an hour earlier. A quick settings reset and I was able to dia... acidrefluxweb.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2852011 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:55:09 +0100 2852011 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2786236&cid=t_296367_135_f&fid=35274&url=http%3A%2F%2Facidrefluxweb.com%2F%3Fp%3D3988 Actually I saw lots of dead people as I made it out to the catacombs, the land of calvaires. While I was cooped up for that one day here, I had on Euronews that kept repeating this clips of a boat capsizing with the heading -- Portugal: no comment I decided to make my own today. I knew it was going to be a better day today because the cute boy waiter discerned by the few words I said to him that I was from Canada, and he has a thing for Quebec. Well it’s all lipstick on a pig here, as at the end of the day I’m not a quebecois, but as far as cute waiters go, I’ll be one. It’s amazing how fast the day goes when you get up at 1 pm. I swore it was the morning. I picked one thing I haven’t done here before and set out to do that. And of course, try a little sho... acidrefluxweb.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2786236 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:13:23 +0100 2786236 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2649240&cid=t_296367_135_f&fid=35274&url=http%3A%2F%2Facidrefluxweb.com%2F%3Fp%3D3837 No not that Paris. Last Friday I booked my flight over to Paris for September. Yesterday I finally settled on an apartment to rent at a pretty damn good prize. For some visuals, I’ll post some photos. For about 85 Euros a night, I have an apartment, dishwasher - not that I need that, washer, and free WI FI, something very essential for me. Now going to Paris may not seem that adventurous, especially after my official “Pandemic Tour” where I travelled around the world, literally. But it is. Image by Kostas, Athens. The last time I was in Paris, I was detoxing. I was actually detoxing all over Europe, mostly  in Brussels, but also Paris, Glasgow, and Amsterdam. Feeling strung out,  I longed to be back at home. Europe to me looked as if someone photoshopped all the c... acidrefluxweb.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2649240 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:36:31 +0100 2649240 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2571113&cid=t_296367_135_f&fid=35274&url=http%3A%2F%2Facidrefluxweb.com%2F%3Fp%3D3737 Last night I shared that I was feeling crappy because of dropping the Lithium out of my repertoire of drugs that I take. It was never to be used for bi-polar, but as a low-dose anti-depressant enhancer with a synergistic effect allowing not to have to raise the dose of the antidepressant, and thus, in theory, less side effects. I had been doing this since 2007 - post rehab. It was quite helpful. Also I had read studies where 300 mg doses of Lithium was helpful in dealing with mild HIV-related cognitive issues, something I struggle with (especially with language). Unfortunately, the Lithium turned out to be almost like Sustiva 2 (the horrific drug so widely prescribed in the “one a day” pill that are being pushed everywhere in the One Life ads), or as I put it, Francis Farmer Re... acidrefluxweb.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2571113 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:41:39 +0100 2571113 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512696&cid=t_296367_135_f&fid=35274&url=http%3A%2F%2Facidrefluxweb.com%2F%3Fp%3D3670 Shitting yourself in your sleep is one definite omen of what the following day may bring. I’ve been told to make the opening sentence an eye catcher, so I hope that worked. As it turns out, they (the dentist, endontist, and now oral surgeon) are not done with the other hole, my mouth. After one root canal, one api-something (I can’t spell it), and another opening up of the gums to take a peak only two weeks ago, I’ve now got to go to an oral surgeon to get the f.ing thing yanked out. Thus leaving an onslaught of really nasty antibiotics, and hainess bills to pay. That means once it’s all said and done, over the last year and a couple months this one tooth will have already cost about 2,400 dollars with another 3,500 apx. to go over the next few months as I get an im... acidrefluxweb.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512696 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:32:21 +0100 2512696 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2474054&cid=t_296367_135_f&fid=35274&url=http%3A%2F%2Facidrefluxweb.com%2F%3Fp%3D3627 Thank you to my friend Brandon for the Hildy photos. It’s been a week where I’ve not want to think too much.  And when I don’t want to think, I resort to the dogs. This is because I was offically diagnosed as Francis Farmer again, the relapse. It’s not due to the regular meds but the antidepressents. My doc looked at me this morning and said, “You are alarmingly spacey.” That was after I showed him the stitches inside my mouth from sewing back up the gums. “Those are stitches? Let if go on the record that you officially made your physician nauseous!” I decided not to tell him about walking home with blood all over my lips while shopping etc. The doc gave me a name to write down for a possible pediotrist referal. Jeff is the guy’s first... acidrefluxweb.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2474054 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:22:53 +0100 2474054 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405958&cid=t_296367_135_f&fid=35274&url=http%3A%2F%2Facidrefluxweb.com%2F%3Fp%3D3472 I’m surprised at how many do not know of Frances Farmer’s tale of whoa. Today I have to go to the doctors. I’m afraid I’m reliving my Sustiva lobotomizing days again, only not quite as bad. That’s most like due to the fact I’m not smoking pot. If that were the case, I’d be in serious trouble, and most likely appearing on a milk carton box near you. My depression is always a challenge to deal with. Lithium in non-therapeutic doses works to boost the efficacy of the antidepressant. All of these drugs is really a crap shoot in figuring out what works. I’m afraid I may have too much of a good thing, as I feel as if I’m living what I call, “The Frances Framer Moments - The Remixes” One of my biggest issues is falling into a pit o... acidrefluxweb.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405958 Mon, 11 May 2009 13:51:27 +0100 2405958 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2387119&cid=t_296367_135_f&fid=35274&url=http%3A%2F%2Facidrefluxweb.com%2F%3Fp%3D3448 mylene farmer. degeneration This clip is taken from a longer film called The Farmer Project. What you miss is a couple of Russian cops sitting in their car when something falls from the sky and their windshield is covered in dirt and newspapers from the gust of impact. They go out to see what it is and it’s mylène floating, they taser her and take her to this lab. She comes out of her coma and sexes the place up. Mylène has out-scandalized Madonna since the mid-80s in France, in fact I’d call her a much more sophisticated version of her. Mylène’s lyrics are studied and admired as much as the music. When it comes to her songs, nothing is what it appears to be. A song wiht “What a beautiful day” in the chorus is really about suicide. She even makes words up.... acidrefluxweb.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2387119 Sun, 03 May 2009 23:24:53 +0100 2387119 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=829966&cid=t_296367_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F08%2F29%2Ftuberculosis-diabetes-tougher-to-treat%2F Filed under: Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Research, Daily News, BooksNew research finds tuberculosis (TB) is more difficult to treat if the patient has type 2 diabetes. The study examined 737 Indonesians with tuberculosis screened for type 2. Nearly 15 percent had type 2, and initially, their TB was as severe as the non-diabetics. After two months of treatment, TB sputum tests were positive 18.1 percent for those with type 2 and only 10 percent in non-diabetics. At the six month mark, 22.2 percent of type 2s had positive sputum results compared to 9.5 percent of the non-diabetics. The story in Reuters does not address why people with TB and type 2 diabetes do not respond as well to TB treatment. Tuberculosis is a serious infectious disease. Over one-third of the world carries the TB ba... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=829966 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 829966