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 'guidestar'. Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:23:30 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3665939&cid=t_284550_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2F183313%2F Don’t just sit there! Go brag about your favorite health-focused nonprofit to GreatNonprofits and GuideStar. If the health nonprofit you recommend gets at least 10 positive online reviews by the June 30 deadline, it could be eligible for a $5,000 giveaway. And we sure like worthy causes. Post from: BlissTree (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3665939 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:14:07 +0100 3665939 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3629609&cid=t_284550_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2F180918%2F Nominate Your Favorite Health Nonprofit: GreatNonprofits and GuideStar want to know what health-related nonprofits improve your community the most. Write your review here! Post from: BlissTree (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3629609 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:07:58 +0100 3629609 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3621638&cid=t_284550_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Ftell-the-world-about-your-favorite-health-nonprofit%2F Do you have a favorite health-focused nonprofit? If you do, it’s time to let GreatNonprofits and GuideStar know about it. Throughout the month of June, these two organizations are working together – in partnership with the National Association for Health and Fitness, Mental Health America, Cancer Schmancer, Diabetes Hands Foundation, FACE AIDS, and HopeLab – to compile user generated reviews of nonprofits in order to identify the best groups that work to improve the health and well-being of their communities. And they want to know what you think! You can be a donor, volunteer, board member, client, or a member of the public. Tell them: How do these organizations make an impact? Which ones are great? Which ones need improvement? If a nonprofit garners at least 10 positive reviews ... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3621638 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:45:05 +0100 3621638 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2751884&cid=t_284550_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FhVDusr_tS7I%2F Bruce Baker, author of the study of private school spending about which I blogged yesterday, has responded to my critique. Dr. Baker thinks I should “learn to read.” He takes special exception to my statement that he “makes no serious attempt to determine the extent of the bias [in his chosen sample of private schools], or to control for it.” Baker then points to the following one paragraph discussion in his 51 page paper that deals with sample bias, which I reproduce here in full [the corresponding table appears on a later page]: The representativeness of the sample analyzed here can be roughly considered by comparing the pupil-teacher ratios to known national averages. For CAS and independent schools, the pupil-teacher ratio is similar between sample and nati... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2751884 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:34:56 +0100 2751884 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2751889&cid=t_284550_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_RWp3JrdUNg%2F I know, it’s a bit of a dog-bites-man headline, but bear with me. A new study by a Rutgers University ed. professor purports to tell us about “Private Schooling in the U.S.: Expenditures, Supply, and Policy Implications.” The trouble is, the study presents no data that are representative of private schooling in the U.S. Author and ed school professor Bruce Baker analyzed per pupil expenditures of private schools that had registered with Guidestar.org. Based on its mission statement, Guidestar is a service brings together charities seeking donations with would-be donors, in an effort to encourage philanthropy. Only a fraction of the nation’s private schools participate, and they are self-selected into that group. It is reasonable to think that the schools that self-se... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2751889 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:36:34 +0100 2751889