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 department'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:38:16 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4984393&cid=t_135885_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F06%2F29%2Fwho-knows-or-cares-how-planned-parenthood-cuts-affect-nashville-womens-health-care%2F Not the Governor who pushed for the move, apparently. Earlier this month, I wrote about how Republican-led efforts to defund Planned Parenthood in Tennessee will affect women in Nashville – one of two TN cities where the state usually gives federal family planning and cancer prevention money to Planned Parenthood. In Nashville, that money will now go to the local health department, which explicitly said that it doesn’t expect to serve the same number of women for the money. Planned Parenthood made up the gap between the federal funds and what it takes to actually serve Nashville’s women by raising funds from donations. The health department does not expect any additional funds to make the shortfall, and would need local tax increases to make up the difference. As at le... Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4984393 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:44:39 +0100 4984393 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2786275&cid=t_135885_150_f&fid=38374&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2FhF8f3wyI_Rw%2Fnew-widget-helps-ny-doctors-treat-aids.html (Source: ePharma Summit) ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2786275 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:12:00 +0100 2786275 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2453185&cid=t_135885_150_f&fid=38374&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2Fxu1h8SGSuvM%2Fnyc-health-department-buys-google-ads.html (Source: ePharma Summit) ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2453185 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:06:00 +0100 2453185 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441688&cid=t_135885_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F05%2F28%2Fsoldiers-ordered-not-to-kill-themselves%2F Brig. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, according to CNN, has “in effect ordered his soldiers Wednesday not to commit suicide” in the 101st Airborne at Fort Campbell. Why? After nearly one soldier per week committed suicide at the post between January and mid-March, the Army instituted a suicide prevention program that “seemed to be having good effects” until last week, when two more suicides occurred, he said. Yes, these are not positive numbers and the Army needs to do more to combat the stigma of seeking help for a psychological concern such as depression. They can begin by promising soldiers that such treatment seeking will have no negative effect on their ability to move up in the Army and get promoted in the future. You wouldn’t hold someone from getting a pro... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441688 Thu, 28 May 2009 23:41:14 +0100 2441688 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441094&cid=t_135885_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F05%2F26%2Fnearly-half-of-women-smoke-while-pregnant-in-one-tennessee-county%2F WPLN, my local NPR affiliate, had news this morning that in Tennessee, about one in five (19.4%) women smoke at some point while pregnant. In Hancock County, it’s 47.7%. According to the piece, the following rural counties (among 95 total counties in the state) have the highest rates: Hancock – 47.7% Unicoi – 43.9% Stewart – 40.5% Houston – 39.6% Benton – 39.5% Williamson, Shelby, Davidson, Fayette, and Rutherford counties had the lowest rates, from 5.6%-13.9%. (see a map of TN counties) The state Department of Health is reminding women about the Tennessee Tobacco QuitLine, …a free service which offers personalized support to those who want to quit smoking and/or other tobacco products. This convenient and confidential service is available to Tennessee residents in... Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441094 Tue, 26 May 2009 15:57:51 +0100 2441094 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2033591&cid=t_135885_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F482191126%2F A doctor who once denounced Pfizer for holding a marketing event in a pool hall is leading President-elect Barack Obama’s team formally assessing the troubled FDA, boosting his chances of becoming the next FDA commissioner, according to The Wall Street Journal. Joshua Sharfstein, now head of the Baltimore Health Department, has tangled with the pharmaceutical industry on several occasions and would likely lead the agency to get tougher on drugs, the paper writes, adding that drugmakers might just benefit from his strong support of childhood vaccinations. Just the same, several other candidates are in the running, and no decision appears imminent. Sharfstein, 39 years old, is a former staffer for Henry Waxman, the California Democrat who recently won the chairmanship of the House Ener... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2033591 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:55:52 +0100 2033591 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1134009&cid=t_135885_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F212583346%2F Alan Johnson, the UK’s health minister, hopes the price cut will generate substantial savings on branded drugs for the National Health Service and its $22 billion budget in talks that are expected to be completed by June, according to The Financial Times. However, the 10 percent proposal is likely to make pharma unhappy, PharmaTimes points out, since drugmakers signed a five-year deal in 2004 offering price cuts of around 7 percent in return for increased allowances to encourage R&D of innovative products. In August, the UK’s Health Department surprised drugmakers by saying that renegotiation of the Pharmaceutical Pricing Regulation Scheme was needed, a move which came after the UK’s Office of Fair Trading published a controversial report on the PPRS concluding that the ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1134009 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:27:15 +0100 1134009 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=982729&cid=t_135885_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F175388616%2F The UK’s Health Minister announced today that, starting in September, girls who are 12 and 13 years old can get vaccinated, although the shots won’t be mandatory. A catch-up campaign to vaccinate girls up to 18 years old will start in 2009. “This is an exciting step towards preventing cervical cancer in the UK,” says Harpal Kumar, Cancer Research UK’s ceo. “Prevention is always better than cure and this vaccine will prevent many women from catching the human papilloma virus in the first place, potentially saving around 400 hundred lives a year,” says health minister Alan Johnson in a statement. But which vaccine? That hasn’t been decided. Both Merck’s Gardasil and Glaxo’s Cervarix are approved in Europe and priced comparably, set... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=982729 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:30:52 +0100 982729