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 'health advocacy'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:35:20 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4343330&cid=t_245518_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FJs1rORbVJWw%2F There is terrific scrutiny given the amount of money drugmakers pay physicians, but what about money funneled toward health advocacy organizations? The Senate Finance Committee launched a probe last year (see here), but now a new study has examined the issue through the prism of what just one drugmaker doles out. A team of researchers examined the Eli Lilly grant registry data for the first two quarters of 2007 and disclosures made by 161 of the health advocacy groups that there were listed as having received funding. What did they find? Lilly gave more than $3.2 million in grants to HAOs during that six-month period, which amounted to 10 percent of all grants made. But only 25 percent of the groups that received Lilly grants acknowledged contributions on their sites, and only 10 percent a... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4343330 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:48:49 +0100 4343330 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3699546&cid=t_245518_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F06%2F25%2Fcongratulations-to-christine-stapleton-depression-on-my-mind%2F Earlier this month, Christine Stapleton, blogging for us over at Depression on My Mind, won a 2010 Media Award from Mental Health America, the national mental health advocacy group. This is a prestigious award honoring journalists, writers and producers who cover mental health issues during the previous year in newspapers, magazines and online. I “discovered” Christine through her wonderful column in The Palm Beach Post called “Kicking Depression.” But of course, tens of thousands of people were already aware of her writing! I thought she would make a great addition to Psych Central because she brought a journalist’s eye to covering her own battle with depression — a refreshing perspective to say the least. More amazingly, this has been a great fit for ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3699546 Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:20:29 +0100 3699546 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3529841&cid=t_245518_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F05%2F03%2Fintroducing-coming-out-crazy%2F I’m pleased to introduce Coming Out Crazy with Sandy Naiman. With years of journalistic experience and mental health advocacy, this former Toronto Sun blogger will engage us passionately in an ongoing dialogue on mental health issues from her perspective. Sandy has lived with serious mental health issues since her adolescence, and began writing and speaking about it in 1998. She was on the staff of The Toronto Sun for more than 30 years, and in April 2008, was contacted by The Toronto Star to blog for their site.  Sandy has been blogging on their site, Healthzone.ca, for the past two years about mental health issues and advocacy. She speaks regularly at conferences on these same topics, and is well known as an engaging storyteller as she weaves her personal tales into the research o... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3529841 Mon, 03 May 2010 16:55:12 +0100 3529841 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3171839&cid=t_245518_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F14%2Fprioritise-our-health-10-areas-for-action%2F Title: Prioritise our Health 10 Areas for Action Skinny: Broadsheet which identifies the following  priorities for the North West Health Brussels Office Health Impact and Health Equity Assessment in all policies Health Inequalities Worklessness and Health Demographic change Migration Alcohol Tobacco Nutrition and Healthy Agriculture Transport Climate Change Publisher: North West Health Brussels Office Size of Publication: 2p. Published: January 2010 Posted in Grey Literature, Public Health Tagged: Advocacy, European Community, Grey Literature, Priorties, Public Health (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3171839 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:11:33 +0100 3171839 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3012389&cid=t_245518_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FP8QHdXERuTU%2F As a member of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Advocacy Alliance Board and a breast cancer survivor, I welcome readers of Disruptive Women in Health Care to read the statement below that was released by Komen as a result of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force “new breast cancer guidelines.” In addition, please visit the Komen website: www.komenadvocacy.org and take a stand and action by signing the petition and help ensure that all women have access to this lifesaving screening. Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Recommends No Impediments to Breast Cancer Screening Until Science Improves, Current Screening Recommendations Should Remain, World’s Leading Breast Cancer Organization Reports Nov. 16, 2009 – Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, the world’s leading breast cancer advoca... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3012389 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:13:14 +0100 3012389 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2469748&cid=t_245518_125_f&fid=34820&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dentalblogs.com%2Farchives%2Fadministrator%2Fjune-is-national-smile-month%2F Oral Health America has been around for 50 years, “leading the way to a healthy future.” The organization sponsors National Smile Month each June to encourage Americans to “brush for health.” Kristen White is the contact at OHA for all things related to National Smile Month. If you’d like to get on board, the OHA website suggests… Posting the National Smile Month button on your website Sending the press release to local media Calling your elected officials about the event Planning an activity from the NSM Handbook Entering the NSM Healthy Smile Contest Sharing the link to www.MouthPower.org with Spanish-speaking parents of your patients Visit www.OralHealthAmerica.org or www.NationalSmileWeek.org (UK) for more information. Contact Kristin White at kris... dental blog for dentists about dentistry blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2469748 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:23:55 +0100 2469748 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441700&cid=t_245518_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F05%2F21%2Fpeter-ashenden-on-the-dbsa-blueprint-for-hope-and-passion%2F “We’ve been there. We know what it’s like.” – DBSA President Peter Ashenden on one of the organization’s most crucial weapons for combating mental health stigma and misinformation. In addition to currently serving as the president of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA), Peter Ashenden is a dynamic keynote speaker, a member of several mental health boards and committees, and acted as both a commissioner of the Certification Commission of the United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (USPRA) and the executive director for the Mental Health Empowerment Project (MHEP). Simply put, Ashenden is quite the force to be reckoned with in the mental health education and advocacy world and, as cliché as it sounds, I pretty much felt like I was in the presenc... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441700 Thu, 21 May 2009 20:05:56 +0100 2441700