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 'harvard school of public health'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:38:52 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050574&cid=t_153369_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmore-bad-news-about-the-obesity-epidemic-in-america%2F2011.07.22 A report released recently by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Trust for America’s Health issued some grim warnings about the current and future state of the U.S.’s obesity epidemic. Bluntly titled “F is for fat: How obesity threatens America’s future 2011,” the report found that obesity rates rose in 16 states since 2010 and that more than 30% of people are obese in 12 states, compared with one state just four years ago. The South is still the worst-faring region—nine out of 10 states with the highest obesity rates are located there. The report compared today’s data with data from 20 years ago, when no state’s obesity rate exceeded 15%. Now, only one state—Colorado—has a rate below 20%. The report also points out that d... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050574 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:00:00 +0100 5050574 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3071433&cid=t_153369_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F12%2F08%2Fmagp2-gene-expression-signature-a-potential-ovarian-cancer-personalized-treatment-target%2F A multi-institutional study has identified a potential personalized treatment target for the most common form of ovarian cancer. In the December 8 issue of Cancer Cell, the research team describes finding that a gene called MAGP2 – not previously associated with any type of cancer – was overexpressed in papillary serous ovarian tumors of patients [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3071433 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:17:59 +0100 3071433 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3023224&cid=t_153369_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2009%2F11%2F21%2Femr-stimulus-money-is-all-or-nothing%2F The wonderful John Chilmark posted a short message he heard from a Keynote address by John Halamka at the PHAT conference put on by the Harvard School of Public Health. Here’s the message: there will be no partial reimbursement for meeting just part of meaningful use. Its all or nothing folks. I think we all assumed this was basically the case, but it’s interesting to hear John Halamka say it. Let’s not take this quote too far out of context. I don’t think that John Halamka was saying that if you don’t qualify for one year of EMR incentive, that the next year you won’t have any more chances to qualify. I think he’s saying that either you’re going to get that years portion of EMR stimulus money or you’re going to be stuck waiting for the... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3023224 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:45:47 +0100 3023224 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1278313&cid=t_153369_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F245592134%2F A new poll finds Americans greatly value the potential benefits of prescription drugs for their families, but most believe they cost too much money and many struggle to pay for needed meds. A campaign issue, perhaps? Four in 10 Americans (and half of those regularly taking at least one medication) report experiencing at least one of three cost-related concerns in their family: 16 percent say it is a “serious” problem to pay for prescription drugs; 29 percent say they have not filled a prescription in the past two years because of the cost; and 23 percent say they have cut pills in half or skipped doses in order to make a medication last longer. People are most likely to report one of these three issues if they lack drug coverage (52 percent), if they have low incomes (54 percen... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1278313 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:49:36 +0100 1278313 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1221288&cid=t_153369_145_f&fid=35710&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstoryofhealing.com%2F2008%2F02%2F10%2Fthe-health-care-commotion%2F Michael Moore’s Sicko was just one of the manifestations of many Americans’ seeming discontent on the current status of its policies affecting health care. All of a sudden, there is this more-than-romantic urgency to get packing for France! Or quite simply, curse the insurance companies. This so called commotion has started long before the movies came out. And now, it is election time. Along with these varied degrees and reasons for this noise, there is this apparent expression of the desire to see changes. Among a gamut of issues in town, health care is one closest to the heart and probably the first card people want laid out on the table by the candidates. Is America’s health care going to change? How is America’s health care going to change? Where will the next l... the story of healing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1221288 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:09:28 +0100 1221288