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 'ghana'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:17:14 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4152272&cid=t_101065_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FyEol_ZBMUqs%2F Good morning, folks. How are you today? We are just fine, thank you. After all, the sun is shining here on the Pharmalot corporate campus, where the official mascots are chasing squirrels and two cups of stimulation are brewing. What will today bring? Hmm… One never knows, but to help you prepare, we have gathered a few interesting tidbits of information. So dig in. And we hope your day goes well… PhRMA CEO John Castellani On Elections And Health Care Reform (Politico) Merck Results For Cholesterol Pill Are Due Next Week (Bloomberg News) FDA Commish Defends Handling Of Heparin Crisis (Reuters) Glaxo Sees More Industry Consolidation (The Business Standard) Pharma Needs Lessons On Winning Trust (MedAd News) Court Is Urged To Narrow Patent-Misconduct Standard (Bloomberg News) FDA ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4152272 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:39:39 +0100 4152272 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3872515&cid=t_101065_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fe-readers-improve-literacy-kindles-distributed-in-ghana%2F Worldreader is a nonprofit aimed at increasing literacy in developing countries by distributing Kindles. It was co-founded by David Risher, the ex-vice president of Amazon.com, the company that donated Kindles to begin testing in Ghana earlier this year. The e-reader is becoming more widespread in that part of the world, and it could have a big impact on the availability of literature there. via Planet Green Post from: BlissTree E-Readers Improve Literacy: Kindles Distributed in Ghana (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3872515 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:06:03 +0100 3872515 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3549371&cid=t_101065_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F05%2F10%2Fmad-pride-movement-meets-in-toronto%2F I haven’t written a lot about the “mad pride” movement in the world, because frankly I don’t know what to make of it. I’ve lived my entire life seeing people I love devastated by the effects of mental illness, including a good friend who took his own life because of his deep depression. Contrast that with people who have been forcibly medicated, only to find when they stopped the medication, they could get better on their own, and I’m left scratching my head. Of course, these are just two anecdotes out of the millions of stories we live and breathe about mental illness. To me, there is no “right answer” about the One True Path to find enlightenment or to relieve one’s suffering from mental illness. So when I read an article in the Natio... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3549371 Mon, 10 May 2010 10:38:27 +0100 3549371 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2598188&cid=t_101065_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FJNhZRSXjITs%2F While perusing Instapundit, I came across a post suggesting that President Obama thinks investment will suffer if government takes 20 percent of a company’s income. At first I thought this was a form of satire, but there is a real link to a speech that the President gave to the Parliament of Ghana. Indeed, the speech has several good comments: Development depends on good governance. …Repression can take many forms, and too many nations, even those that have elections, are plagued by problems that condemn their people to poverty. No country is going to create wealth if its leaders exploit the economy to enrich themselves… No business wants to invest in a place where the government skims 20 percent off the top… No person wants to live in a society where the rule of ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2598188 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:51:36 +0100 2598188 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2040121&cid=t_101065_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F3ESPTdPo7yg%2F 16 months ago, Olivia Agbonlahor and her 7-year-old twins, Great and Melissa, were deported from Clonakilty, County Cork, in Ireland, to Nigeria. Great is autistic and, as reported in the Irish Indepedent, he is considered “wicked” and “possessed by voodoo” in Africa. Great’s autism is simply not recognised due to the common stigma in Africa against autism. “I have to do my best, but it is not easy,” said Olivia. “His behaviour is getting worse every day — that is the problem. He cannot play with other children. People ask ‘what is wrong with this boy’ all the time,” she said from her home in Ghana. While the teachers that helped the family when they lived in Clonakilty and Killarney have sent over computer learning ai... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2040121 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:22:15 +0100 2040121 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=472268&cid=t_101065_109_f&fid=34794&url=http%3A%2F%2Fadseg-shu.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F09%2Fso-there.html FUFU / FOOFOO Foofoo (or Fufu) is a much-beloved staple diet through most of West Africa. It is usually topped by some sort of sauce or it is served as a rather bland accompaniment of a main dish. It can be prepared with everything from rice, yams, and plantains to yucca, manioc, or even instant mashed potatoes. Conventional west African Fufu is made by boiling such starchy foods as cassava, yam, plantain or rice, then pounding them into a glutinous mass— usually in a giant, wooden mortar and pestle, or .by pounding and beating the ingredients in a mortar with a wooden spoon. (This hard work can be easily substituted by a food processor.) Bring 6 cups of unsalted water to a rapid boil in a large, heavy pot. ... Turn Your Head and Scoff blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=472268 Mon, 18 Sep 2006 23:21:00 +0100 472268