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 'harris'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:57:53 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4789381&cid=t_218583_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2011%2F04%2F29%2Finterview-with-allscripts-president-and-xerox-executive-vp-about-500-million-hosting-services-contract%2F Many of you probably already saw the announcement of the $500 million contract that was signed between Allscripts Healthcare Solutions and ACS, A Xerox Company, to provide hosted IT service for the Allscripts’ Sunrise Enterprise Suite. Considering the size of the contract, I thought it would be interesting to do an interview to learn more about the Allscripts and ACS (Xerox) relationship. The following is an email interview with Lee Shapiro, President, Allscripts and Chad Harris, Executive Vice President and Group President, ACS Healthcare Provider and IT Applications Solutions. They duck a few of the questions, but provide some information about their relationship that I think’s useful and interesting. Lee Shapiro, president, Allscripts What percentage of Allscripts Sunrise E... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4789381 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:39:47 +0100 4789381 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4560365&cid=t_218583_109_f&fid=38951&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarlatpsychiatry.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F03%2Fdr-levin-modern-psychiatrist.html (Source: The Carlat Psychiatry Blog) The Carlat Psychiatry Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4560365 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:01:00 +0100 4560365 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4554651&cid=t_218583_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F03%2F06%2Fpsychiatry-doesnt-do-psychotherapy-anymore%2F Despite a trend that started as early as the late 1980s, Gardiner Harris writing in The New York Times yesterday seems to bemoan the fact that most psychiatrists don’t practice psychotherapy any longer. Perhaps Harris should have interviewed Dr. Danny Carlat, who nearly a year ago wrote about his experiences as a modern psychiatrist (in the The New York Times Magazine, no less). Psychiatrists nowadays are generally poorly trained in psychotherapy, so they spend most of their time prescribing psychiatric medications. (Dr. Carlat’s book, Unhinged is well worth the read for further background about modern psychiatry.) So I wasn’t sure why I was reading this in the “Money and Policy” section of the Times. Surely it’s not news that psychiatry is no longer pra... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4554651 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 17:16:39 +0100 4554651 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4438932&cid=t_218583_117_f&fid=38856&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timemastermd.com%2F%3Fp%3D2024 LET’S ALL MATE LIKE RABBITS THIS YEAR 29 year old Alessandra Ambrosio – says “Happy Chinese New Year” – Brazilian Victoria Secret Supermodel Style!  She has two really big ears. We are 3 days into the Year of the Metal Rabbit! The rabbit’s peaceful nature combines with the noble, protective metal element to usher in a gentle phase governed by diplomacy. These Rabbits are very ambitious and can be quite crafty in their dealings with others. They throw themselves and their emotions into everything they do, making them intense lovers and immerse themselves into projects…both business and personal. This Chinese New Year will allow more time for family pursuits. Spending time with your nearest and dearest will take precedence over work and romantic love.... Timemaster MD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4438932 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:47:26 +0100 4438932 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4405995&cid=t_218583_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F01%2F27%2Foutside-the-body-filtration-device-may-reduce-ovarian-cancer-cells-in-abdominal-fluid%2F A paper published in the January issue of the journal Nanomedicine could provide the foundation for a new ovarian cancer treatment option — one that would use an outside-the-body filtration device to remove a large portion of the free-floating cancer cells that often create secondary tumors. A paper published in the January issue of the [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4405995 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 22:13:24 +0100 4405995 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4399529&cid=t_218583_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Feffect-of-autism-vaccine-fraud-not-easily-undone%2F2011.01.24 Eighteen percent of American believe that vaccines can cause autism, 30 percent remain unsure, and 52 percent of Americans don’t think vaccines can cause autism, according to public opinion polling done after research linking vaccines to the condition was reported as fraudulent. While 69 percent of respondents said they had heard about an association between vaccination and autism, 47 percent knew that the original Lancet study had been retracted, and that recently the research is reported as being fraudulent. The poll also found that 86 percent of parents who have doubts about the vaccine said that their children were fully vaccinated, compared to 98 percent of parents who believe vaccines are safe, and that 92 percent of children are fully vaccinated. The poll was conducted... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4399529 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:00:00 +0100 4399529 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4394443&cid=t_218583_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Famericans-are-quickly-rethinking-the-autism-vaccine-link%2F2011.01.24 Eighteen percent of American believe that vaccines can cause autism, 30 percent remain unsure, and 52 percent of Americans don’t think vaccines can cause autism, according to public opinion polling done after research linking vaccines to the condition was reported as fraudulent. While 69 percent of respondents said they had heard about an association between vaccination and autism, 47 percent knew that the original Lancet study had been retracted, and that recently the research is reported as being fraudulent. The poll also found that 86 percent of parents who have doubts about the vaccine said that their children were fully vaccinated, compared to 98 percent of parents who believe vaccines are safe, and that 92 percent of children are fully vaccinated. The poll was conducted... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4394443 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:00:00 +0100 4394443 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4331236&cid=t_218583_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FED0DYDEIm1U%2F The controversy over so-called pay-to-delay settlements between brand-name and generic drugmakers has prompted attorneys general from 32 states to file an amicus, or friend-of-the-court brief urging the US Supreme Court to review the deals, which the states say thwart competition and block needed access to lower-cost medications. The move comes less than a month after three pharmacy chains and a wholesaler petitioned the court to rule on the issue, which has divided other federal courts (see this) and spurred the Federal Trade Commission into a Quixotic quest to urge Congress to pass a law to restrict these deals (back story). The case that precipitated these filings involved a deal in which Bayer paid Barr Pharmaceuticals, which is now owned by Teva Pharmaceuticals, to drop its patent cha... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4331236 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:26:37 +0100 4331236 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4322464&cid=t_218583_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2011%2F01%2Forthopedic-surgeon-dr-mayfield-harris-died-age-86%2F Dr. Mayfield Harris, friend and doctor to celebrities, has died at age 86. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4322464 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 06:15:23 +0100 4322464 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4190151&cid=t_218583_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwheres-my-government-provided-healthcare%2F2010.11.22 Freshman Republican Congressman Andy Harris, who was elected on a promise to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), is outraged that he’s going to go a whole month before his government-provided health insurance kicks in. From Politico: A conservative Maryland physician elected to Congress on an anti-Obamacare platform surprised fellow freshmen at a Monday orientation session by demanding to know why his government-subsidized health care plan takes a month to kick in. Republican Andy Harris, an anesthesiologist who defeated freshman Democrat Frank Kratovil on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, reacted incredulously when informed that federal law mandated that his government-subsidized health care policy would take effect on Feb. 1st –- 28 days after his Jan. 3rd sw... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4190151 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:00:00 +0100 4190151 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4036649&cid=t_218583_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhow-the-swedish-mammography-study-shouldve-been-analyzed%2F2010.10.05 We reviewed four stories on the Swedish mammography study that appeared in the journal Cancer last week. Three of the four stories gave a pretty clear indication that there were methodological concerns about the Swedish research (of the four reviewed, only HealthDay offered no such hint): • 4th paragraph of AP story: “The new study has major limitations and cannot account for possibly big differences in the groups of women it compares.” • 1st paragraph of LA Times blog story: “Critics charged that the study was poorly designed and potentially vastly misleading.” • 2nd sentence of NY Times story: “Results were greeted with skepticism by some experts who say they may have overestimated the benefit.” But none of the stories did a very complete job of ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4036649 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 20:00:34 +0100 4036649 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3569819&cid=t_218583_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D3061 One member of parliament, above all others, has championed reason for the last 13 years, But Evan Harris was not re-elected in Oxford West and Abingdon. On May 6th he got 23,730 votes, a mere 176 votes fewer than his conservative rival. Click picture to see hero movie (be patient) (or right click to download mpg file) Let me declare an interest. Evan Harris is one of the most principled men I have ever had the pleasure to meet. His stands on human rights, civil rights and libel law reform have been exemplary. He is also one of the few (and now fewer) members of parliament who understands how science works and its importance for the future of the UK. He has been a tireless advocate for the idea that policy should be based on evidence (as opposed to guesswork).. Harris is also an atheist,... DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3569819 Mon, 17 May 2010 10:46:00 +0100 3569819 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3560190&cid=t_218583_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fpresident-obamas-supreme-court-nominee-elena-kagan-on-dont-ask-dont-tell%2F photo: Wenn.com With President Obama’s recent nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, conservatives are busy trying to find some dirt on Kagan that will sully the nomination. The best (or worst, I guess) they can come up with are Kagan’s days as the dean of Harvard Law School. In 2004, Kagan kicked Pentagon recruiters off of campus because of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that prohibits openly gay citizens to enter the armed forces. After the government threatened to pull federal funding from Harvard, Kagan repealed her ban. The Defense Authorization bill is going though the Senate and the House Armed Services Committees, and The Services Members Legal Defense Network (SLDN) is urging President Obama to include a repeal of “Don’t... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3560190 Wed, 12 May 2010 21:34:17 +0100 3560190 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3519469&cid=t_218583_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D3000 I voted labour in every election (apart from my very first) up to and including 1997.  This is about my feelings for the 2010 election.  Make up your own mind (but don’t let Rupert Murdoch manipulate you). Downloadable button from Mark Golding at http://www.coia.org.uk Don’t Get Fooled Again “I agree with Rupert“ By 2001 election, I had been forced to the conclusion that Tony Blair had views that were well to the right of Margaret Thatcher’s, in many areas that mattered to me. so I voted Lib Dem. That was before 9/11 After that event, all doubt was gone, so the 2005 election it was Lib Dem again.  I won’t even consider the Conservative party much.  I have never understood how anyone could vote for them, ever. The only choic... DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3519469 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:30:42 +0100 3519469 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378417&cid=t_218583_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Ffeel%2Fself-help-test-drive-brainwashing-part-2%2F This is the second post in a four-part series by contributor Carole Braden about her experiences with relaxation CDs from Centerpointe Research Institute. Read part one of her series here. photo: Thinkstock Part Two: Four days later, as I pondered whether to eat a bag of chips or not scrub the bathroom, the Centerpointe package arrived. It contained a pile of printed literature and a CD. I threw the paper on the floor with the cardboard mailer, popped the disc into my computer and uploaded the demo track it contained to iTunes. I didn’t bother moving it onto my iPod – just plugged in my earbuds and clicked play. My computer said the track would run for 20:02. I had a feeling it would be over long before that. Surprisingly, though, I immediately liked what I heard. It started with the ... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378417 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:14:51 +0100 3378417 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3366385&cid=t_218583_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F03%2F14%2Fthe-roof-over-my-head-a-touchstone-of-my-gratitude%2F A brief look at Kengi’s blog reminded me to take stock of how grateful I am to be living where I do, as I do, with rent geared-to-income. This spring marks the beginning of my nineteenth year in this apartment – I’ve had to do a couple rounds of finger counting just to come to believe [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3366385 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:26:33 +0100 3366385 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3326930&cid=t_218583_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F03%2Forthotist-guy-farris-heads-haiti-amputees-walk%2F Salem, Oregon based orthotist Guy Farris of Summit Orthotics, along with orthopedic surgeon Dr. Peter K. Van Patten, is heading to Haiti to tend to some of the recent amputees who lost limbs in the earthquake. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3326930 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:55:00 +0100 3326930 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3311653&cid=t_218583_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F99JXmkLJnuo%2F By Jim HarperHere’s a great conversation at Slate.com about Shane Harris’ new book The Watchers. We’ll be having the author here at Cato on March 10th for a similar discussion of his book and the growth of the surveillance state. Register here. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3311653 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:16:14 +0100 3311653 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3275912&cid=t_218583_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fdata-lockers-healthcare Online data lockers are barely a ripple in the IT pond, showing up as secure sites where individuals can keep Web site passwords and other information, or as basic computer backup services. But as consumer data becomes more important to businesses, and cloud computing ditches the need for physical presences, this technology may very well put customer data in the hands of consumers - even in healthcare. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3275912 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:13:48 +0100 3275912 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3251177&cid=t_218583_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fsterilize-drug-addicts-and-pay-them%2F Pay women who are drug addicts to be sterilized. Good or bad? What about if men can be sterilized (and paid) too? Would that make a difference? What if committing to long-term contraception was an option – how would you feel then? Does this smack of preserving the ultimate race, keeping quality control of babies, or a smart thing to do? Well, regardless of how you feel about it, it’s already happening in the United States, thanks to Project Prevention. Project Prevention’s mission statement: Project Prevention offers cash incentives to women that are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol to use long-term or permanent birth control. Project Prevention is a national, 501 (C) 3 organization that has paid clients in 39 states and the District of Columbia. Our mission is to reduce ... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3251177 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:17:57 +0100 3251177 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3118828&cid=t_218583_85_f&fid=34924&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baggas.com%2Fposts%2F2009%2F12%2F24%2Fchristmas-in-the-sun%2F Here I am on Christmas Eve at work seeing a double load of patients since most of the other doctors have already abandoned us, but only a few short hours to go before a 4 day break. Just thought I’d take this opportunity to wish anyone who reads this a Happy and Blessed Christmas, wherever in the world you may be! As I’ll be here in Australia, I thought it was appropriate to share this little effort from Rolf Harris – Christmas in the Sun, perhaps his best Christmas song since the classic “Six White Boomers” (not that that’s saying very much…) As I’ve said before Christmas is the one time of year it’s okay to listen to otherwise forbidden music, so I hope you can excuse the cheesiness of this… on a tangential issue, it’s bee... Baggas' Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3118828 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:13:09 +0100 3118828 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2872003&cid=t_218583_137_f&fid=35426&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheAlzheimersReadingRoom%2F%7E3%2FqAeiwpdGzds%2Fworried-about-alzheimers-you-should-be.html Regardless of age, you should be worried about Alzheimer's. This is the first in a series of articles that discusses what you can be do to maintain a healthy body and brain--and help delay the onset or ward off Alzheimer's disease. First, some background on Alzheimer's disease. A Harris Interactive poll showed that 100 million Americans are touched by Alzheimer. The same poll showed that more than 33 million Americans are worried about getting Alzheimer's. Subscribe to The Alzheimer's Reading Room--via Email Here is something that is not well known--15,000 Americans are turning 62 years old each day. Are they worried about Alzheimer's? They should be because they are entering the danger zone. Every 70 seconds someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer's. By the middle of the century som... Alzheimer's Reading Room, The blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2872003 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:03:14 +0100 2872003 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2786002&cid=t_218583_109_f&fid=38951&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarlatpsychiatry.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fforests-promotional-objective-use-cme.html We have known for some time that the actual purpose of industry-sponsored CME (continuing medical education) is to increase prescriptions of the supporter's product. But few will admit it. The ACCME says that it accredits only CME that is unbiased and objective, even though half of it is paid for by the pharmaceutical industry. Leading medical societies appear to be willing to fight to maintain their God-given right to industry funding of CME until the world ends. Finally, a major drug company--Forest Laboratories--has confirmed that CME is, in fact, advertising. In today's New York Times, Gardiner Harris describes a smoking gun document that outlines in stark fashion how Forest has created CME programs for physicians in order to increase market share for Lexapro. The document, entitled "F... The Carlat Psychiatry Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2786002 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:50:00 +0100 2786002 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2660789&cid=t_218583_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F82K8UGxYpQQ%2F Fans of the fabulous writer E. Lynn Harris were saddened to learn that he had passed away last week. Now, a coroner’s report confirms that he died of heart disease combined with high blood pressure and hardening of the arteries. He was only 54. At first the official report was that he died of natural causes. But natural causes at 54? I’m glad they did an autopsy and found the real reason. Harris, for those of you that don’t know, was a pioneer in writing. He had ten New York Times best sellers, and over four million books in print. Amazing. We will miss him. Image: Zuma Press Share and Enjoy: Post from: Blisstree E. Lynn Harris Died of Heart Disease (Source: A Hearty Life) A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2660789 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:00:20 +0100 2660789 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441856&cid=t_218583_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fcertifying-health-it-lets-set-electronic-health-record-straight The Stimulus bill catapulted health IT - previously the domain of clinicians with a passion for applying technology to improve healthcare - onto the national stage.  When you inject billions of taxpayer dollars, politics inevitably comes with it. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441856 Tue, 26 May 2009 14:12:05 +0100 2441856 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2390342&cid=t_218583_137_f&fid=35426&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheAlzheimersReadingRoom%2F%7E3%2F9G6q2n3qliY%2F100-million-adults-touched-by.html HBO Alzheimer's Project / Harris Interactive CensusExamining the Impact of Alzheimer's Disease in AmericaMore than half of Americans report that they have been touched by someone (living or deceased) who has Alzheimer's disease, and roughly a third of Americans are worried about getting Alzheimer's. The majority of Americans have a poor understanding of the fatal and progressive brain disease and the extent of its impact on individuals and society.These are among the key findings of the HBO ALZHEIMER'S PROJECT/HARRIS INTERACTIVE CENSUS, a new survey that reveals the impact of Alzheimer's, what Americans think about the disease, and how it has affected them, their relatives and friends.The survey found that:54% of the U.S. population, or more than 100 million people, has been touched in som... Alzheimer's Reading Room, The blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2390342 Wed, 06 May 2009 16:53:40 +0100 2390342 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2102460&cid=t_218583_147_f&fid=38117&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engageinhealth.com%2F2009%2F01%2Fnew_rules_the_new_economy_as_a.html Here's a guest post from the brilliant Jane Sarasohn-Kahn -- health economist, industry analyst, blogger and friend. I’m inspired today on two fronts at the moment: first, by a Twitter message from Gilles Frydman (who goes by KosherFrog on Twitter), Founder of the Association of Cancer Online Resources (ACOR), which says, “Tell me & I'll forget. Show me & I may remember. Involve me & I'll understand.” A Chinese proverb, Gilles asks in Twitter shorthand, “could this be the motto for Participatory Medicine?” I’m also enthused about the new book by Robert Samuelson, The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath: The Past and Future of Affluence. Samuelson, who writes about economics for Newsweek and the Washington Post, sees the new fiscal era we’ve entered is one of “affluent de... The Health Engagement Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2102460 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:56:54 +0100 2102460 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2055834&cid=t_218583_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F12%2F21%2Fnot-tonight-dear-im-on-the-internet%2F Survey results released last week showed that nearly half of women (46 percent) and nearly one third of men (30 percent) would rather go without sex for two weeks than give up Internet access for two weeks. The survey also found that most adults (58 percent) would rather give up television watching for two weeks than Internet access for one week, and 65 percent of those surveyed placed the Internet into the category of discretionary items in their life that they cannot live without. Far from robbing people of their social involvement with others, the survey also revealed that 78 percent of adults said the Internet improved their ability to stay in touch with friends and family, and more than two-thirds described it as a method to shop more effectively and efficiently, saving them money. ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2055834 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:39:57 +0100 2055834 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2006392&cid=t_218583_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F471708797%2F Former National Public Radio host Fred Goodwin is the subject of a great deal of talk these days. Earlier this year, an episode of his program, “The Infinite Mind,” which was heard on 300 NPR stations, featured three experts who discussed the controversial link between antidepressants and suicide. All of them, plus Goodwin, declared that worries about the drugs have been overblown. Yet the trio’s ties to pharma were never disclosed. Then, 10 days ago, Chuck Grassley, the ranking Republican on the US Senate Finance Committee, revealed that Goodwin, a former director of the National Institute of Mental Health, also has substantial ties to several drugmakers. Since 2000, Glaxo, for instance, paid him more than $1.2 million in speaking fees and over $100,000 in expenses. The story, w... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2006392 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:39:30 +0100 2006392 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1920876&cid=t_218583_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2F437577959%2F Katherine Harris (the tranny... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Awful Plastic Surgery) Awful Plastic Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1920876 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:28:24 +0100 1920876 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1794797&cid=t_218583_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F09%2F16%2Fthe-interior-situation-of-complex-human-feelings%2F Michael Craig Miller, M.D. has a helpful article, “Sad Brain, Happy Brain,” in this week’s Newsweek.  Here are some excerpts. * * * The brain is the mind is the brain. One hundred billion nerve cells, give or take, none of which individually has the capacity to feel or to reason, yet together generating consciousness. For about 400 years, following the ideas of French philosopher René Descartes, those who thought about its nature considered the mind related to the body, but separate from it. In this model—often called “dualism” or the mind-body problem—the mind was “immaterial,” not anchored in anything physical. Today neuroscientists are finding abundant evidence . . . that separating mind from brain makes no sense. Nobel Prize-winning psyc... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1794797 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:35:53 +0100 1794797 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1551895&cid=t_218583_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F321395798%2F The latest Harris Interactive poll that examines American attitudes toward corporate America offers a sobering view of and for the pharmaceutical industry. Only 26 percent of Americans view the industry favorably which, of course, means that 74 percent have a negative or neutral impression. And 52 percent are firmly negative, which places pharma slightly below big oil, and above tobacco. Bob Ehrlich of DTC Perspectives notes the warning signs: “The drug industry must decide what improving their reputation is worth. They could accept the second lowest ranking or decide how to make it better. Clearly their current approach has fallen short and anyone charged with making it better has largely failed, unless the goal was a controlled decline. I know all the good things the drug companies... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1551895 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:24:08 +0100 1551895 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1494471&cid=t_218583_85_f&fid=36194&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftesstermulo.com%2F2008%2F06%2F04%2Fthe-doubter%2F “Let me tell you why you’re here. You’re here because you know something. What you know you can’t explain, but you feel it. You’ve felt it your entire life, that there’s something wrong with the world. You don’t know what it is, but it’s there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad.” - Morpheus, The Matrix In as much as I believe that the topic of faith should not be shielded from the crucible of human reason, I’ve intently avoided talking or arguing about faith or the lack of it, except with a few trusted friends. From experience, I know it only ignites a series of heated arguments that almost always leads to exchange of below-the-belt comments and holier-than-thou/superiority-inferiority attitudes. I suspect that if th... Prudence and Madness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1494471 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:24:57 +0100 1494471 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1450197&cid=t_218583_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F05%2Futilitarian-bioethics-anything-goes-on.html John Harris is an influential UK bioethicist whose hard core utilitarianism makes his ideas dangerous and potentially as tyrannical as those of Peter Singer--perhaps more. I first became aware of Harris when researching Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America, when I read an article he wrote in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal called "The Concept of the Person and the Value of Life," in which he wrote: Many, if not most of the problems of health care ethics presuppose that we have a view about what sorts of beings have something we might think of as ultimate moral value. Or, if this sounds to apocalyptic then we certainly need to identify the sorts of individuals who have "the highest" moral value or importance...Harris's point was that human nonpersons can be kil... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1450197 Sat, 17 May 2008 14:16:00 +0100 1450197 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=885436&cid=t_218583_140_f&fid=35465&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychlaws.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fvictims-of-untreated-mental-illness.html Two recent stories at opposite ends of the criminal justice system mirrored those of Andrea Yates, LaShaun Harris, Sherry Sims, Christine Wilhelm, and so many others.In Massachusetts yesterday Helen Kirk was found not guilty by reason of insanity for fatally strangling her 3- year-old son. Kirk had a long history of mental illness and believed her son was the devil when she strangled him. She will finally be getting treatment in the state hospital where she is committed.A young mother in Texas faces a capital murder charge. On Saturday, Ariania Green doused her three girls and herself with gasoline and lit them on fire. One of the girls died; two remain in the hospital.Ariania’s husband says his wife had a history of mental illness with a past diagnosis of bipolar disorder. She was presc... Treatment Advocacy Center blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=885436 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:38:00 +0100 885436 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=552258&cid=t_218583_140_f&fid=35465&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychlaws.blogspot.com%2F2005%2F10%2Fno-death-but-what-kind-of-life.html What passes for good news these days is when people who commit terrible crimes due to symptoms of an untreated mental illness are spared the death penalty.In Ohio, one prosecutor is mad about it. He swears that Gordon Franklin, 39, will spend the rest of his life behind bars. “We will do all we can to ensure [he] never leaves prison, which is all we can do in this case."You may remember that Franklin beat his 13-year-old daughter to death with a golf club. You may also remember that he is severely ill with bipolar disorder and was not taking medication.And California, it looks like the prosecutor will not seek the death penalty for Lashaun Harris, who threw her three children to their death in the bay last week.There is no good resolution to stories like these – jail is a pretty terrib... Treatment Advocacy Center blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=552258 Tue, 25 Oct 2005 16:19:00 +0100 552258