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 care problems'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:59:05 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2934768&cid=t_136405_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F10%2F27%2Fpatient-stabs-doctor-shot-dead-at-bipolar-clinic%2F A patient being seen at the Massachusetts General Hospital’s Bipolar Clinic and Research Program attacked his physician today, stabbing her with a knife during a treatment session according to Boston Police. The incident occurred in an office building nearby the main Mass. General building, where the hospital leases space for the Bipolar Clinic: After at least one gunshot echoed on the fifth floor, two nurses from [a neighboring] office went to treat the patient, who had apparently been shot in the head by the security guard [...] “During the course of the stabbing incident, an off-duty security officer who was armed interceded,” [Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis] said. “He produced a weapon and ordered the suspect to drop the knife. When the suspect did not co... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2934768 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:38:36 +0100 2934768 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2390124&cid=t_136405_127_f&fid=34828&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrclouthier.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fsocialized-medicine-wont-solve.html It's amazing that health care insurance companies are asking the government to review their practices and behaviors. There behaviors and costs have been escalating out of control for years with no check or balance. The only problem for me with the health care insurance companies asking for this is that they are doing it out of fear that they will no longer exist. Why have they not policed themselves and stopped the extreme abuses in premiums and elsewhere that have existed for years ? It's simple, because they have not had too. They have not had to answer to anyone for years of abuses to those who pay the premiums that keep these companies afloat. Unfortunately, I would love to see private insurers get their hands slapped and slapped big time BUT, not if the solution is to spank our health... Dr. Steve Clouthier blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2390124 Wed, 06 May 2009 16:08:00 +0100 2390124 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2163517&cid=t_136405_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F02%2Funiversal-health-care-meltdown-in-japan.html Japan's system of health care boasts of universal coverage and free screenings. But there seems to be trouble brewing in the Land of the Rising Sun exemplified by the tragedy of a patient with serious head injuries dying after he was refused care by 14 hospitals because there was no room for him at the inn. From the story:After getting struck by a motorcycle, an elderly Japanese man with head injuries waited in an ambulance as paramedics phoned 14 hospitals, each refusing to treat him. He died 90 minutes later at the facility that finally relented--one of thousands of victims repeatedly turned away in recent years by understaffed and overcrowded hospitals in Japan...The Jan. 20 incident was the latest in a string of recent cases in Japan in which patients were denied treatment, underscorin... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2163517 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:37:00 +0100 2163517 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=773309&cid=t_136405_127_f&fid=34828&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrclouthier.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fdr-mercolas-video-on-state-of.html When you get a chance watch this video. It is eye opening and should be a educational experience to the truths that are inherent in the medical system as we know it. I did not produce this, it was produced by Mercola, so please don't be mad at me for the information it contains. (Source: Dr. Steve Clouthier) Dr. Steve Clouthier blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=773309 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:19:00 +0100 773309