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 'hurley'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:28:15 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3896050&cid=t_102834_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FIa9lS3CUQLI%2Fdiabetes-rising-by-dan-hurley.php I first heard of Dan Hurley and his book, "Diabetes Rising", over at Amy's site (Diabetes Mine). She did a two part interview about a year ago (Part 1, Part 2), and there was something about what Dan said that pulled at my emotions.  He says about his approach to the book:... Even with this best medical advice, I feel that the ‘just try harder’ approach is not going to work for a lot of people. If you’re very educated, motivated, and have a good attitude, you can kind of stumble your way through it. But obviously tons and tons of people don’t have all those attributes… something else is needed to help them. How many times have you felt you needed to "just try harder?"  Or worse yet, been told you "just need to try harder?"  I feel that way almost all the time!&nbsp... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3896050 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:00:00 +0100 3896050 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3331524&cid=t_102834_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F03%2Frethinking-a-%25e2%2580%2598cure%25e2%2580%2599-for-diabetes.html Dan Hurley, award-winning journalist and author of the new book Diabetes Rising is turning out to have some controversial views. He certainly thinks about Type 1 diabetes — which he’s lived with himself for 34 years — in different terms than I do; he’s very focused on causes and prevention, while I’m just trying to [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3331524 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:00:04 +0100 3331524 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3236023&cid=t_102834_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fwayback-wednesday-confounded-diabetes-statistics.html Today, another example of the more things change, the more they stay the same: In his new book Diabetes Rising, journalist Dan Hurley reports about skyrocketing numbers of children being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in a wealthy Boston suburb. Parents there are desperate for answers as to why this is happening, yet “the lack [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3236023 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:00:59 +0100 3236023 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3182326&cid=t_102834_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fwin-a-copy-of-diabetes-rising.html A little diabetes online fun for your Monday: Use your Noggin and three lucky readers will win a free copy of Dan Hurley’s new “epic” book, “Diabetes Rising.” First off, you may have heard a lot of buzz about this book lately. The full title is, “Diabetes Rising: How a Rare Disease Became a Modern Pandemic, [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3182326 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:00:13 +0100 3182326 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2851996&cid=t_102834_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fdan-hurley-on-diabetes-part-2-transformative-technology.html Welcome to Part 2 of my talk with award-winning journalist and Type 1 diabetic Dan Hurley, whose new “epic book” Diabetes Rising is due out soon.  In case you missed it, read Part 1 of the interview here.  Today, Dan talks about achieving the impossible — an artificial pancreas that works, and a diabetes [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2851996 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:40:46 +0100 2851996 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2842729&cid=t_102834_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fauthor-dan-hurley-on-diabetes-part-1-try-harder-is-not-enough.html Dan Hurley is a journalist and science writer who contributes regularly to the New York Times.  He’s also written for the Medical Tribune and Psychology Today.  And he’s one of us PWDs.  His new book, Diabetes Rising, is an exposé on the academic world of diabetes, coming out January. Have a look at last week’s [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2842729 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:00:33 +0100 2842729 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2828413&cid=t_102834_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fsneak-preview-epic-new-book-diabetes-rising.html Curious about what’s happening in the diabetes industry and research community? Or maybe (like me) you think that you already know what’s going on… Well, get ready for a concise and extremely entertaining exposé of the current status of diabetes care and research towards a cure. The title is Diabetes Rising, the new “epic [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2828413 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:55:27 +0100 2828413 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2793187&cid=t_102834_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FOiUhgPPEs44%2F Liz Hurley showed off her... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Awful Plastic Surgery) Awful Plastic Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2793187 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:01:05 +0100 2793187 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2035843&cid=t_102834_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E3%2F485107538%2Fwater-fluoridation-in-burlington.html This report reviewed a huge body of old and new science relevant to water fluoridation and concluded that the allowable limits of fluoride are too high. It concluded that infants/children may be getting 3-4 times the dose of fluoride that adults do. It also identified "vulnerable subsets" of the population, including infants, diabetics, kidney patients, and seniors who more at risk of problems due to fluoride toxicity.In response to this report, the American Dental Association changed their position on the use of fluoridated tap water ad infant formula in a warning stating that: "If using a product that needs to be reconstituted, parents and caregivers should consider using water that has no or low levels of fluoride.In 2008 the National Kidney Foundation changed their position on water f... Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2035843 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:36:26 +0100 2035843 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=478803&cid=t_102834_87_f&fid=34882&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbreathspakids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F01%2Fdiet-supplements-safety-and-children.html We're used to media pieces that warn us of the nutritional inadequacies of our diet or suggestions that intensive farming strips our food of nutritional value to the point where we would all be well-advised to take supplements. Lots of lifestyle media advise us to be wary of pharmaceutical preparations and to consider 'safer, natural' alternatives. The New York Times has published an interesting essay: Diet Supplements and Safety: Some Disquieting Data (use Bug Me Not if it asks for a log-in and read the correction) that is taken from Dan Hurley's Natural Causes: Death, Lies and Politics in America’s Vitamin and Herbal Supplement Industry. I haven't seen the book but it has attracted some adverse comments from interested parties on amazon.com (which is why I've given the US rather than U... Breath Spa for Kids blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=478803 Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:27:00 +0100 478803