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 'gail'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:15:28 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3665971&cid=t_279269_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fflibanserin-another-pre-fda-approval-drug-hype%2F2010.06.15 This week the FDA will vote on flibanserin, the much-talked-about drug for women with the condition called hypoactive sexual desire disorder or — because everything in sexual health needs an acronym like ED or PE — HSDD. On the eve of the FDA vote, CBS last week ran still another story about flibanserin. This drug has received so much news coverage, you’d think it cures cancer. And CBS did little more than promote the hype even more, saying FDA approval “could translate into a $2 billion market in this country alone” and then failing to challenge the disease-mongering estimate of “10 percent to 30 percent of women” with this condition. It all just goes along with the drug company’s efforts to build a demand before the drug is even approved. (... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3665971 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:00:41 +0100 3665971 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3625482&cid=t_279269_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Ftm7cso7dmCk%2F By David BoazWhat is it with modern American liberals and taxes? Apparently they don’t just see taxes as a necessary evil, they actually like ‘em; they think, as Gail Collins puts it in the New York Times, that in a better world “little kids would dream of growing up to be really big taxpayers.” But you really see liberals’ taxophilia coming out when you read the reviews of the new movie Robin Hood, starring Russell Crowe. If liberals don’t love taxes, they sure do hate tax protesters. Carlo Rotella, director of American Studies at Boston College, writes in the Boston Globe that this Robin Hood is “A big angry baby [who] fights back against taxes” and that the movie is “hamstrung by a shrill political agenda — endless fake-populist ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3625482 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:07:47 +0100 3625482 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3599313&cid=t_279269_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F05%2Fappeal-murder-conviction-dr-robert-bierenbaum-denied%2F Plastic surgeon Dr. Robert Bierenbaum has lost another appeal of his murder conviction in the death of his wife in 1985. Bierenbaum supposedly strangled his wife Gail Katz-Bierenbaum and then dumped parts of her body into the Atlantic Ocean from the window of a small plane. The crime was the subject of the book “The Surgeon’s Wife” by Kieran Crowley. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3599313 Wed, 26 May 2010 03:11:16 +0100 3599313 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2974242&cid=t_279269_180_f&fid=38612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpickthebrain%2FLYVv%2F%7E3%2F-LyQg194U4w%2F Image Courtesy of Flickr Blog If you are like me, no one ever sat you down and instructed you on how to choose a life partner.  Yet, this is one of the most critical decisions we will ever make in life – with potentially huge repercussions for a less-than-ideal choice.  A long-term relationship can be one of the most joyous and fulfilling experiences life has to offer.  Although you may not have learned it from your mother, here is what you need to know to choose the life partner who is right for you. Consider qualities that are important to you First, become familiar with the qualities that you desire in a partner.  It doesn’t matter what they are – what matters is that you are consciously aware of what is important to you.  Take some time to reflect, write a list if it hel... PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2974242 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:53:42 +0100 2974242 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2800663&cid=t_279269_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F15%2Ffda-clears-vermillions-ova1-test-to-determine-likelihood-of-ovarian-cancer-in-women-with-pelvic-mass%2F The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared a test that can help detect ovarian cancer in a pelvic mass that is already known to require surgery. The test, called OVA1, helps patients and health care professionals decide what type of surgery should be done and by whom. First Lab Test That Can Indicate Ovarian Cancer Prior [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2800663 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:45:59 +0100 2800663 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2688883&cid=t_279269_137_f&fid=35426&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheAlzheimersReadingRoom%2F%7E3%2FKdzKOs_kHQI%2Fwife-of-early-onset-alzheimers-patient.html Time for a stomach ache.Gail Ward can't get over seeing her late husband struggling with early-onset Alzheimer's disease and being confused by the handcuffs and shackles used for commitment hearings after he became agitated at an assisted-living facility.It's not just the absence of Steven Ward that his widow, Gail, has struggled with since his death nine months ago. It wasn't even his diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease -- at the shockingly young age of 56.Gail Ward, 58, has been a long-term care nurse for decades and knows the struggles of caring for demented patients well.No, the memory that haunts the Roanoke woman is of her fearful, confused husband being escorted into an emergency commitment hearing -- in handcuffs and shackles -- and pleading with her to tell him: "What did I do wrong?... Alzheimer's Reading Room, The blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2688883 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:05:17 +0100 2688883 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2299064&cid=t_279269_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F03%2F24%2Fovarian-cancers-detected-early-may-be-less-aggressive%2F “The biology of ovarian cancers discovered at an early stage may render them slower growing and less likely to spread than more aggressive cancers, which typically are discovered in an advanced stage, according to a study led by investigators in the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center.  This finding has implications for the question of whether screening [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2299064 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:27:59 +0100 2299064 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2187687&cid=t_279269_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Fwhat-ruc-again-one-of-worlds-most.html With health care reform continuing as a hot topic in the US, more discussions of issues of interest to Health Care Renewal are appearing. We previously posted about a prominent expert's discussion of how the US Medicare system pays physicians. We noted that he seemed to avoid critical issues, and thus may have failed to suggest changes that would address the real problems. Finally, we noted that his undisclosed financial relationships with several companies which have profited from the status quo may have affected his arguments, and failure to disclose these apparent conflicts of interest muddied the discussion.In a similar vein, we will discuss an article just published entitled "Reforming Medicare's Physician Payment System," by Gail R Wilensky, PhD(1). [Note that the discussion will be ... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2187687 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:28:00 +0100 2187687 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1385669&cid=t_279269_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F04%2Fgail-collins-howler-facts-dont-matter.html This is a perfect example of all that has gone wrong with our public discourse and what passes for important public policy. Facts simply no longer matter. What counts are narratives and motives.Thus Gail Collins, writing about global warming in the NYT, states: The Europeans have a perfect right to look down on the United States since they've set much more ambitious targets for reducing global warming. While they do not appear to be likely to meet any of them, it's the thought that counts.!!!!! Global warming is beyond our jurisdiction here at SHS, but this is an absolute howler! Actually accomplishing isn't what matters. Effectiveness isn't what matters. It is the narrative that really counts: The Europeans want to cut back on greenhouse gasses! Whether they actually do is immaterial. (So... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1385669 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:45:00 +0100 1385669 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1117866&cid=t_279269_131_f&fid=35743&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthegenesherpa.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F12%2Fhighest-breast-cancer-risk-hispanic.html This study performed by the Northern California Cancer Center had methods of design where they sought "patients younger than 65 years with newly diagnosed breast cancer and meeting defined eligibility criteria, and their family members, were enrolled This analysis is based on women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer between January 1, 1995, and December 31, 2003. Patients were identified through the population-based Greater San Francisco Bay Area Cancer Registry, which ascertains all incident cancers as part of the SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results) program and the California Cancer Registry. We recruited patients with oversampling of patients having characteristics suggesting an inherited basis for their cancers.In stage 1 of sampling, we administered a brief telephone ... Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1117866 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:10:00 +0100 1117866 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=858694&cid=t_279269_158_f&fid=36018&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaregiversbeacon.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fgail-sheehy-at-paradecom-writes-about.html Gail Sheehy writes about becoming a caregiver, and I, too, became a caregiver the same way. In 1996 my husband, Frank, died from cancer, when I was 44 years old. The words "It's cancer" seemed to come out of a bad dream somewhere, but it was real. Author Gail Sheehy writes in an article at parade.com about the day an oncologist let her know her husband had cancer and about becoming a caregiver.Many of us who have lost a spouse have taken our experience and try to use it to give something to the world. We had an experience we would never choose, but now we try to use that experience to care for others.A recent post I wrote about the Someonecaresonline.com website is an example. Carmen Leal, founder, now provides caregiver conferences, writes books, and provides resources to support other ca... The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=858694 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:07:00 +0100 858694 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=710251&cid=t_279269_85_f&fid=34692&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpolitedissent.com%2Farchives%2F1694 Billy: Nuts to you Mom! I’m going to a disco show…This polyester suit is the grooviest! This Jack Chick-esque warning tract concerning the dangers of disco music comes from the pages of Deadpool #67, where it was mailed to the Dazzler. Click on the image to the right for the full ad. The PSA may have been created by a homicidal maniac, but it sure seems to me like it carries a good message: “Beware the beat….the beat…the beat!”* Deadpool #67 is by Gail Simone and Udon. *The beat of disco music, that is. Not this Beat. Tags: comics psa deadpool disco dazzler gail simone (Source: Polite Dissent) Polite Dissent blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=710251 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 03:12:20 +0100 710251