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 'hike'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:50:50 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4206053&cid=t_150502_136_f&fid=39212&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbahtocancer.com%2F2010%2F11%2Fa-film%2F Team Bah! – on this occasion Ned, my Dad and me – did the 20 mile London Night Hike for Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres in September this year. Maggie’s have just released a film of the event. It’s here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duDheDN6yxA&feature=player_embedded I urge you to watch it. It captures the spirit – the joy, and achievement, and strength and hope and pain – of the event beautifully. I cried through most of it, but in a good way. (The film, not the 20 mile hike.) And, if you’re new-ish to the blog, you can read about my Night Hike 2010 here, and my rather longer and more painful Night Hike 2009 here. It’s not too late to sponsor us, either. Please click here and donate if you can. (C’mon, it’s been ages ... Bah! to cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4206053 Sat, 27 Nov 2010 10:13:01 +0100 4206053 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3983536&cid=t_150502_136_f&fid=39212&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbahtocancer.com%2F2010%2F09%2Frecovery%2F As I didn’t really do any serious training for the Night Hike, there’s a neat symmetry in the way I recovered in the worst way possible too. Dad and I rolled into our beds at a hotel in south west London at 6.30am, and were both awake at 8.30. I creaked a bit on getting out of bed, took a hot shower and got dressed. (It’s a mark of my poor preparation., I think, that I hadn’t taken a clean bra wih me – the one that had walked 20 miles the night before wasn’t an appealing prospect, so I went commando, bra-wise, for the first time in more than a quarter of a century. I can’t say I felt especially liberated. Just a little…. loose.) We had a woeful breakfast – shame on you, Holiday Inn – and packed and got ready to leave. We’d t... Bah! to cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3983536 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:59:05 +0100 3983536 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3983537&cid=t_150502_136_f&fid=39212&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbahtocancer.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fteam-bah-does-the-london-night-hike%2F It was not an auspicious start. Dad and I set off from Northumberland for London at 10.30am on Friday, needing to get to our hotel, check in, meet Ned, eat, and be at the start for 8.15pm. In theory, we had plenty of time. In practice, we sat in traffic on the M25 for a couple of hours and, at the time we were meant to be leaving on our 20 mile hike, we were sitting on the tube bewailing our bad beginning. We made it the Guildhall, registered, were allowed to start with the next group of walkers at 9pm, which we just managed – as they were doing a warm-up, we were scarfing dowm lamb-burgers and lemonade and I, for one, was feeling as though I was living one of those dreams where you turn up to take an exam/be in a play only to realise that you’ve neglected to do any revision or... Bah! to cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3983537 Sun, 19 Sep 2010 11:44:50 +0100 3983537 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3976660&cid=t_150502_136_f&fid=39212&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbahtocancer.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fthis-week%2F It’s been quite a week chez Bah! …. not that there is a chez Bah! at the moment. On Monday, the movers came to our home in London. I missed it all because I was working (deep guilt/deep ecstasy), but Alan masterminded the whole thing, and once it was done, he loaded Maisie into a cat carrier and drove the 350 miles north to my parents’ place in our brand new car. (Properly new. It was delivered at 2pm on Monday. We haven’t had a car in London but it’s a necessity in Northumberland.) So on Monday morning, I left the house that has been my home for almost 15 years for the last time. It’s been the place where my children have grown up, the witness to the end of my first marriage and my first happy decade with Alan, the haven I survived cancer in. I’m ... Bah! to cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3976660 Fri, 17 Sep 2010 06:06:48 +0100 3976660 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3954456&cid=t_150502_136_f&fid=39212&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbahtocancer.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fto-do%2F As The Move gains momentum, Alan and I have a to-do list as long as all of our arms, severed and laid end-to-end. I’d hate you to feel left out, so I’m providing a handy Bah! to-do list so you can join in. Please feel free to do at least one of them today, or if you want to get in to the moving spirit, try doing them all at once, then let me know and I’ll give you another 1400 things for your list! 1. Add your Declaration to yesterday’s post. 2. If you’ve got a guest blog post for me, email it over, and earn my undying gratitude. 3. Have a look at the current Bah! BBB and add your name to the ‘Pick me!’ list. 4. Send someone a card. In the post. No, you haven’t forgotten a birthday – well, you might have, but if you have you need to sen... Bah! to cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3954456 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:19:14 +0100 3954456 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3907758&cid=t_150502_136_f&fid=39212&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbahtocancer.com%2F2010%2F08%2Fthree-weeks%2F from now – if all of the ducks currently shuffling around waiting for someone to tell them what to do actually get themselves into a line – we will be moving. Well, sort of. Joy will already be ensconced in Northumberland with her Grandma and Granda, as she starts her new school on 8 September. Ned will be in place at his Dad’s nearby as he’ll be studying A’Levels at Kingston College (with season ticket for the East Coast Line in hand). The fleet of juggernauts with all of our worldly goods will be heading up the M1. Yes, 17 September has been earmarked as The Day, although as anyone who has ever bought or sold a house will know, having a provisional completion date is no guarantee of anything. I think it’s time for a gratuitous house picture. This time... Bah! to cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3907758 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:10:25 +0100 3907758 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3816672&cid=t_150502_136_f&fid=39212&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbahtocancer.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fteam-bah-is-at-it-again%2F I told you a little while ago that I will be doing the London Night Hike in aid of Maggie’s Centres again this year. I’m proud and honoured to be joined by my Dad and my son on this 20 mile night time adventure. Here are the three of us in Northumberland last summer. (It’s not often I get to be the shortest one on the team.) We’re hoping to raise £1000 for Maggie’s Centres, a haven for anyone touched by cancer in any way. I know I’m always asking you for money; but please, help if you can. I’ve set up a fundraising page here. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. (That was one from each of us.) (Source: Bah! to cancer) Bah! to cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3816672 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:30:45 +0100 3816672 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3729858&cid=t_150502_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FvC0-g5iObU4%2F By Tad DeHavenThe long-term prospects for the U.S. Postal Service monopoly are bleak. To help stem the flow of red ink, the USPS intends to seek a rate increase. Only a government monopoly would try to raise prices when the demand for its services is plummeting. The rate increase will only push its already declining customer base to use cheaper, more efficient electronic alternatives. The USPS is in need of drastic reform, but instead of looking at big picture, Congress is hung up on the USPS’s request to eliminate Saturday mail delivery service. In contrast, countries around the world are continuing to liberalize their postal markets by embracing competition and private sector involvement. Britain is a good example. In 1969, the British Post Office transformed from a government agency i... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3729858 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:52:58 +0100 3729858 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3617814&cid=t_150502_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fvacation-in-nature-photo-of-the-day%2F Now that it’s after Memorial Day, we can start thinking about all the trips we’d like to take this summer. A hike followed by a dip in a lake seems ideal: Photo from Flickr user Per Ola Wiberg ~ Powi Post from: BlissTree Vacation In Nature: Photo of the Day (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3617814 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:30:51 +0100 3617814 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3429160&cid=t_150502_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FNAy9l6EF2gI%2F By Daniel GriswoldAlex Nowrasteh and Ryan Young of the Competitive Enterprise Institute make the case for immigration reform in an especially appealing way in a fresh op-ed this week in the Detroit News. In a commentary article titled, “Fix immigration rules to crush black market,” they dissect a well-meaning but flawed Obama administration effort to fix the dysfunctional H-2A visa program for temporary farm workers. Instead of fine tuning an unworkable law, Nowrasteh and Young advocate liberalization: That means making H-2A visas inexpensive, easy to obtain, and keeping the related paperwork and regulations to a minimum. That means no minimum wage hike. No costly background check requirements. People rarely break laws that are reasonable and easy to obey. When legal channels cost too ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3429160 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:42:49 +0100 3429160 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3167097&cid=t_150502_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_T4oaMqq1iI%2F By Michael D. TannerAs President Obama is finding out, spending a trillion dollars on health care reform is easy; paying for it is a bit harder.  Both the House and Senate versions contain huge tax increases.  But they take completely different approaches toward which taxes are hiked and who would pay them.  And, as President Obama discovered in yesterday’s contentious meeting with labor bosses, those differences will not be easy to resolve. The Senate wants to slap a 40 percent excise tax on so-called “Cadillac” insurance plans, that is plans with an actuarial value of more than $8,500 for an individual and $23,000 for a family.  The tax technically falls on the insurance company that offers the plan, but there’s widespread recognition that insurers will merely pas... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3167097 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:30:28 +0100 3167097 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2862465&cid=t_150502_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FlTr48a3bkh0%2F An earlier post revealed that higher tax rates in Maryland were backfiring, leading to less revenue from upper-income taxpayers. It seems New York politicians are running into a similar problem. According to an AP report, the state’s 100 richest taxpayers have paid $1 billion less than expected following a big tax hike. The story notes that several rich people have left the state, and all three examples are about people who have redomiciled in Florida, which has no state income tax. For more background information on why higher taxes on the rich do not necessarily raise revenue, see this three-part Laffer Curve video series (here, here, and here): Early data from New York show the higher tax rates for the wealthy have yielded lower-than-expected state wealth. …[New York Govern... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2862465 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:39:23 +0100 2862465 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2601961&cid=t_150502_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FQqwtjZG3HNk%2F The New York Times reports that House Democrats want to raise money for health care with a $550 billion tax hike on people who produce the most wealth. The Times says, the proposal is perhaps the clearest expression yet of the mandate that Democrats believe they won last November, when voters expanded Democratic majorities in Congress and sent Barack Obama to the White House. If Democrats think they won a mandate for huge tax increases — without talking about them — then 2010 ought to be fun. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2601961 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:37:50 +0100 2601961 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2556079&cid=t_150502_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FVW_QJXgpmGo%2F A column in the Washington Post makes an excellent general observation about how taxes on business are actually paid by people. The piece also cites a couple of examples, including an explanation of why the Administration’s big tax hike on American multinational firms will backfire - which is the same argument I made in this video. The moral of the story, of course, is that a bigger burden of government is good for politicians, but bad for regular people. Geoff Colvin explains: The average citizen had to conclude that most big U.S. companies are tax cheats. Only a dedicated student of accounting would figure out that the term “tax haven” as defined by the Treasury Department means any country with a lower corporate tax rate than America’s, which is all countries ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2556079 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:31:37 +0100 2556079 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2458044&cid=t_150502_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FyeyiZ29wawI%2F As I warned in my “deferral” video, the president’s proposal to increase the tax burden on U.S. companies competing in global markets is horribly misguided. The White House has now been put on notice by high-tech executives that they will be compelled to move jobs out of America if this destructive policy is adopted. Bloomberg reports: Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steven Ballmer said the world’s largest software company would move some employees offshore if Congress enacts President Barack Obama’s plans to impose higher taxes on U.S. companies’ foreign profits. “It makes U.S. jobs more expensive,” Ballmer said in an interview. “We’re better off taking lots of people and moving them out of the U.S. as opposed to keeping them inside the U.S.”... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2458044 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:38:18 +0100 2458044 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2375852&cid=t_150502_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FLTDX_h9nBD4%2F President Obama campaigned on a promise of change. But the first 100 days of his administration have seen a continuation of the Bush administration’s irresponsible fiscal policies: more bailouts, higher spending, and mounting debt. The president has already signed a tax hike that disproportionately hurts lower-income people, and is seeking additional tax increases to fund a transition to a more centrally-planned, European-styled economy. Just as previous administrations have done, the president is using the current economic ‘crisis’ to justify further government encroachment upon the private sector. In doing so, dangerous precedents are being set that could have negative repercussions for future economic growth and individual liberty. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2375852 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:45:48 +0100 2375852 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2364914&cid=t_150502_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FZNPck3lWvgU%2F The headline from Stateline.org’s top story today reads, “State budget gaps top $200 billion; fee, tax hikes in the works.” But as Chris Edwards noted back in February, these so-called “budget gaps” are mainly fiction.  Put simply, previous revenue forecasts overstated the amount of money that would be coming into state coffers.  Now that revenues are drying up because of the slow economy, state politicians can’t spend the amount of money they intended. For individuals and businesses, the economic downturn and resulting financial crimp means less spending and more prudence.  For politicians and those living at the expense of taxpayers, it means raising taxes to keep the spending spigots turned on.  As the table below shows, total state spending has i... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2364914 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:49:09 +0100 2364914