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Gordon Brown to refuse elderly patients access to hospital
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Just a minute, that's a misleading headline. That's not what our beloved Prime Minister said. THIS is what he said:People aged over 65 could be given up to six weeks' support to enable them to remain in their own homes after a stay in hospital or residential care, or a fall or an illness, Gordon Brown said today. The prime minister said the plan forms part of the government's ambition to build a National Care Service, but details of how it might be funded would have to await a forthcoming white paper. It could benefit tens of thousands of people who end up in care when, with the proper support, they could stay at home for ...
Source: NHS Blog Doctor - February 8, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: denying access to doctors political dishonesty government fraud health care for the rich medical fraud Source Type: blogs
Investments In Community Health Centers Have Paid OffEmail this article to a colleague.
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Public and private investments in community health centers – institutions that provide care to approximately 15 million of the nation’s poor and medically underserved – have led to greatly expanded services and care for people who are uninsured, says a study published in the February 2010 edition of Health Affairs. Based on their study, the authors predict that a $500,000 increase in grant support for all centers would provide treatment for an additional 500,000 uninsured patients.
The authors say that these findings bode well for effective use of the more than $2 billion in funds provided to community health center...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - February 8, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Chris Fleming Tags: Access All Categories Primary Care Source Type: blogs
Weekly News Round-Up, Snow-Free EditionEmail this article to a colleague.
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A new edition of the Carnival of Feminists is up at Zero at the Bone – thanks to the host for including a couple of OBOS posts!
Last week, NPR ran a piece on new book, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” which I heard and posted about. I really should have one ahead and put a hold on it at my public library at the time; I waited until yesterday to do it and am now #39 in line for the book.
Renee at Womanist Musings asks “Do Black Women’s Reproductive Rights Even Matter?” with regard to the lack of feminist response to racially targeted anti-abortion campaigns such as one in Atlanta that call...
Source: Women's Health News - February 7, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Abortion Access, Rights, & Choice Advertising/Marketing Ethics Events & Observances Global Issues Government HIV/AIDS Help Somebody Miscellaneous News Round-Ups Pregnancy Women's Health woc OBOS Our Bodies Ourselves c-secti Source Type: blogs
At Our Bodies Our Blog: Tebow, Birth Options, and Update on the Call for ParticipantsEmail this article to a colleague.
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At Our Bodies Our Blog, I have a bit about the Tebow Super Bowl ad (with links to more commentary and the Planned Parenthood response video), and some info on response efforts related to the potential closing of a New York hospital and birth center.
On the Tebow post, I’ve got a commenter making the “what if Obama had been aborted?” argument, so go on over and comment if you want to have that debate.
Christine has an update and more information on the call for participants to inform the 2011 edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves.
Filed under: Abortion, Access, Rights, & Choice, Women's Health (Source: Women's Health News)
Source: Women's Health News - February 5, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Abortion Access, Rights, & Choice Women's Health Birth OBOS Our Bodies Ourselves Source Type: blogs
carmen logie, pubmed.gov: canadian AIDS Care study confirms HIV/AIDS stigma’s negative impact on health & quality of life in HIVers (2089)Email this article to a colleague.
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This study examined the relationships between HIV-related stigma and a range of demographic, social, physical and health characteristics. A meta-analysis was conducted to assess the overall strength and direction of these relationships. Twenty-four studies of PLHIV, conducted in North America and published in peer-reviewed journals between January of 2000 and November of 2007, were examined and their findings integrated. The heterogeneity of reported results was also assessed and examined. Our review revealed substantial variability in the ways researchers measure participants’ HIV-related stigma as well as their phy...
Source: aids-write.org - February 4, 2010 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: HIV prevention justice alliance LA city AIDS coordinator's office McCAB McNC aging and HIV/AIDS aids & bubonic plague & 1918 flu aids.org americans for safe access / la apla asian-pacific hiv/aids beingALIVE-la black msm ga Source Type: blogs
enrique rivero, UCLA newsroom: new research model predicts emergence of drug-resistant HIV/AIDS strains (2087)Email this article to a colleague.
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Study predicts HIV drug resistance will surge
By Enrique Rivero
January 22, 2010
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New research based on a novel mathematical model predicts that a wave of drug-resistant HIV strains will emerge in San Francisco within the next five years. These strains could prove disastrous by hindering control of the HIV pandemic.
In a study published Jan. 14 on the website of the journal Science, researchers from the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA and the University of California, San Francisco’s HIV AIDS Program at...
Source: aids-write.org - February 3, 2010 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: HIV prevention justice alliance LA city AIDS coordinator's office aging and HIV/AIDS aids & bubonic plague & 1918 flu americans for safe access / la apla asian-pacific hiv/aids beingALIVE-la black msm gay hiv/aids black women w Source Type: blogs
john hoeffel, latimes: LA city council votes 9-3 to pass “strict” medical cannabis ordinance (2086)Email this article to a colleague.
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Los Angeles City Council approves medical marijuana ordinance that will shut down hundreds of dispensaries
By John Hoeffel
January 26, 2010
In a 9-3 vote, the Los Angeles City Council today gave its final approval to an ordinance that will shut down hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries and impose strict rules on the location and operation of the dispensaries that are allowed.
The measure passed quickly, without debate.
The ordinance, which the council first began discussing more than 4 1/2 years ago, will cap the number of dispensaries at 70 but make an exception to allow all those that registered with the city in 20...
Source: aids-write.org - February 3, 2010 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: HIV prevention justice alliance LA city AIDS coordinator's office McCAB McNC aging and HIV/AIDS americans for safe access / la apla asian-pacific hiv/aids beingALIVE-la black msm gay hiv/aids black women with aids champ citizen jou Source Type: blogs
frank stoltze, KPCC (89.3): LA city council members discuss pot experiences in past (2085)Email this article to a colleague.
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Medical cannabis advocate and rastafarian minister Ali Rashi offering public comment at a december Los Angeles City Council meeting about safe access and distribution. a great photo by Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Image captures some of the feel of the debate —rk
LA City Council members talk about their marijuana use
by Frank Stoltze
Jan. 26, 2010
The Los Angeles City Council Tuesday [approved] a new ordinance that would shut down most medical marijuana dispensaries in the city. It would place a cap of 70, with up to about 140 pot shops grandfathered in. KPCC surveyed councilmembers about whether they’d ever smoked pot...
Source: aids-write.org - February 3, 2010 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: HIV prevention justice alliance LA city AIDS coordinator's office McCAB McNC aging and HIV/AIDS americans for safe access / la apla asian-pacific hiv/aids black msm gay hiv/aids black women with aids champ citizen journalism crimin Source Type: blogs
Weekly News Round-Up, Snowed In EditionEmail this article to a colleague.
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Nashville got a few inches of snow on Friday, and I’m still not sure about getting down the hill for work tomorrow. Snow day!
Local and law student Goldni has two good posts this week, one on Roeder’s trial, and one on the parents who tried to get the dictionary removed from school because it contains *gasp* adult words. She writes:
…the fact that it took a whole committee to decide that it would do more good than harm to let the kids use the dictionary, and the fact that there are still some parents who may think that the dictionary may be just too scandalous for their kids, is profoundly disturbing.
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Source: Women's Health News - January 31, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Abortion Abuse, Rape, & Safety Access, Rights, & Choice Adolescent Health Birth Breastfeeding Contraception Global Issues Libraryland Miscellaneous News Round-Ups Pregnancy Sex & Sex Education adoption disability Haiti labo Source Type: blogs
Tax Incentives for Providing On-Call CareEmail this article to a colleague.
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Some states are having difficulty finding enough physicians to provide needed specialty care to patients who come to the emergency department. If a patient needs neurosurgery or trauma surgery and there is no one on staff that is able (or willing) to perform the necessary services, then the patient must be transferred to another facility. Sometimes the waits involved in arranging and performing the transfers can lead to bad outcomes for the patients involved.
In a recent Healthcare Update, I mentioned an article about Oklahoma legislation providing tax credits to physicians to provide on-call care.
A friend forwarded me an...
Source: WhiteCoat's Call Room - January 31, 2010 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: WhiteCoat Tags: Access to Care Source Type: blogs
PPMET Event at The Rutledge PostponedEmail this article to a colleague.
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If you were planning on heading out to PPMET’s Roe commemoration featuring Gretchen Peters at The Rutledge tonight, it’s been postponed due to the weather conditions. Looks like it will now happen on 3/25/2010 – see the event page for details.
Filed under: Access, Rights, & Choice, Events & Observances (Source: Women's Health News)
Source: Women's Health News - January 30, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Access, Rights, & Choice Events & Observances Nashville Planned Parenthood Source Type: blogs
Big Surprise, TennesseeEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Tennessee legislature is back in session. So, no surprise that somebody filed an abortion-related bill.
SB 2687 / HB 2680 – from Diane Black and Matthew Hill, both Republican
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 56, is amended by adding the following language as a new, appropriately designated section:
No qualified health plan established in this state through an American Health Benefit Exchange or Small Business Health Options Program (known as a SHOP Exchange) pursuant to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act shall offer coverage for abortion services. For purposes of this section, R...
Source: Women's Health News - January 27, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Abortion Access, Rights, & Choice Laws, Legislation, & Courts Mental Health disability prenatal care Tennessee Source Type: blogs
Balancing Access to Experts and Better Pay for Primary CareEmail this article to a colleague.
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Every January, new billing rules and rates go into place for physicians’ services as part of the annual update to Medicare’s Physician Fee Schedule. Dominating DC health policy concerns in this arena are the medical community’s efforts with Congress to address Medicare’s cost-of-living adjuster, known as the “sustainable growth rate” (SGR), which would have lowered 2010 fees across-the-board by 21 percent, if not for a last-minute temporary stay through the end of February. Negotiations with Congress are on-going to provide a long term or multi-year solution—a costly “fix” that I believe is well worth the...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - January 26, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Access Coverage Policy Insurance Medicaid Medicare Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS health care primary care Specialists Source Type: blogs
ISI - late to index #PLoS One but now marketing that they do soEmail this article to a colleague.
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Well, just a mini post here. In case you did not know - PLoS One is now being indexed by ISI (see their announcement: PLoS ONE and see the PLOS blog post here and see Erik Svensson's blog post for an interesting take) and will get an impact factor and be in their Citation Index and all such things. Now mind you, I think "Impact Factor" is a silly thing overall in that we should evaluate papers not journals per se.So why am I writing this - because I find it pretty funny that despite being slow to recognize PLoS One ISI is now promoting the fact that they are indexing PLoS One on their home page. See the screen capture abo...
Source: The Tree of Life - January 26, 2010 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Jonathan Eisen Tags: plos one open access Source Type: blogs
Access Standards = Unintended ConsequencesEmail this article to a colleague.
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State adopts nation’s first health care access standards—Sacramento Business Journal
The rules require health maintenance organizations to ensure they have enough doctors and other providers to meet the following time frames:
Triage or screening by telephone 24/7
Wait times of no longer than 30 minutes for telephone triage
A wait of no more than 10 minutes to speak to a HMO customer service representative during normal business hours
48 hours for urgent–care appointments that do not require prior authorization
96 hours for urgent–care appointments requiring prior authorization, including specialis...
Source: symtym - January 26, 2010 Category: Medical Lawyers and Insurers Authors: symtym Tags: Healthcare access emergency medicine legislation Source Type: blogs
How to store and view medical references on your Palm PreEmail this article to a colleague.
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Keeping medical references on your PDA phone is very convenient. We often prefer local storage to online access as it is faster and does not rely on a wireless connection which may be slow at times.
The types of documents vary, and commonly these include;
1) PDF files. These are easy enough to copy to the USB partition on your Palm Pre (the /media/internal). I suggest you organise the folders and keep the PDFs separately. If you launch the PDF viewer, it should locate the available PDF files for you to view. The default PDF viewer does not support landscape mode, but there is a landscape patch available for the PDF viewer ...
Source: The Palmdoc Chronicles - January 25, 2010 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: palmdoc Tags: Tips and Tricks Access CHM Ebook Freeware hyperlink iSilo Medical Palm Palm Pre Reference Textbook WebOS Source Type: blogs
Blog for Choice Day 2010: Some of My Favorite PostsEmail this article to a colleague.
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A few posts I enjoyed for various reasons, from bloggers both familiar and completely new to me.
“Choice” as a Feminist Idol – Sungold at Kittwampus, who reminds us that “choice” is pretty empty if it doesn’t include access, justice, rights, autonomy, and self-determination. Likewise, Radical Doula argues that it should be “Blog for Justice Day.”
Britni at Oh My God, That Britni’s Shameless shares a video, of a performance by Sonia Renee on “What We Deserve,” that gave me goosebumps (transcript provided).
I Trust Me, But Can I Trust You? – Heidi of A Black G...
Source: Women's Health News - January 23, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Abortion Access, Rights, & Choice News Round-Ups Women's Health blog for choice Source Type: blogs
jenny pizer, lgbt pov: videocasting the prop 8 trial (2084)Email this article to a colleague.
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Cut! Why did the Supreme Court ban videocasting of the Olson-Boies marriage trial?
By Jenny Pizer,
Marriage Project Director,
Lambda Legal(on
(left, pictured here
with her wife Doreena Wong)
January 14, 2010
Following the emergency appeal filed by the Prop 8 team, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled 5-4 that the federal marriage trial may not be videocast for public viewing at other federal courthouses. The earlier plan to upload trial video to the court’s website already had been nixed by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ Chief Judge Kozinksi, who decided there are technical problems to be worked out before...
Source: aids-write.org - January 22, 2010 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: LA city AIDS coordinator's office McCAB McNC aging and HIV/AIDS aids & bubonic plague & 1918 flu americans for safe access / la apla asian-pacific hiv/aids barak obama beingALIVE-la black msm gay hiv/aids black women with a Source Type: blogs
Blog for Choice Day 2010 – What “Trust Women” Means to MeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Each year, NARAL Pro-Choice America poses a theme for Blog for Choice Day to commemorate the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision. This year’s theme honors murdered provider Dr. George Tiller, who reportedly often wore a button that simply read, “Trust Women.”
What “trust women” means to me is a theme I discussed in my 2007 Blog for Choice Day post, and I think those words bear reiteratin here.
I am pro-choice because I believe in women. I believe there are situations in a woman’s life that I/the government cannot possibly manage for her, and I believe individual women are the ones respo...
Source: Women's Health News - January 22, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Abortion Access, Rights, & Choice Events & Observances blog for choice Source Type: blogs
Support for All: the Families and Relationships Green PaperEmail this article to a colleague.
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Title: Support for All: the Families and Relationships Green Paper
Skinny: Sets out a wide range of measures to support all families as they bring up their children and to help families cope with times of stress and difficulty. The proposals recognise that while all families need some help, there are families in our society with complex needs and others who require additional – and sometimes non-negotiable – support. Its proposals aim to influence factors that can strengthen or weaken family life, such as the choices available about balancing employment with bringing up children; and how welcoming and accessi...
Source: Fade Library - January 21, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: western4uk Tags: Children Choice Education Grey Literature Infants Interagency Relations Local Authorities NHS Parenting Private Sector Public Sector Social Services Voluntary Sector Young People Access Family Care Green Papers Relationsh Source Type: blogs
Practice Management 2009 (Vol. 19 No. 9)Email this article to a colleague.
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Title: Improving mental care
Skinny: Approximately 2.75 million people a year of working age consult a GP for a mental health condition and 80 per cent go no further. Practice nurses also report that their consultations contain many people with a range of mental health problems. From 2006, the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme started to support PCTs in increasing capacity to implement NICE guidance.
(Print subscription held at Fade Library)
Posted in Access, General Practice, Journals, Mental Health Tagged: Access, GP Practices, Mental Health, NICE, Psychological Therapies (Source: Fade Library)
Source: Fade Library - January 20, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: bsnnbrou Tags: Access General Practice Journals Mental Health GP Practices NICE Psychological Therapies Source Type: blogs
Nashville Event to Commemorate Roe at The Rutledge with Gretchen Peters and PPMETEmail this article to a colleague.
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From an email from Planned Parenthood of Middle and East Tennessee, reposted with permission:
On Saturday, January 30th, PPMET will celebrate 37 years of Roe v. Wade with a special concert featuring acclaimed singer-songwriter Gretchen Peters along with Minton Sparks and Marshall Chapman. The event takes place at The Rutledge (410 4th Ave North) in downtown Nashville.
VIP tickets are available for a minimum donation of $60. VIP ticket holders will enjoy a pre-show reception with the artists, one free well drink of choice, and priority seating. General admission tickets for the show are available for a minimum donation of $...
Source: Women's Health News - January 19, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Access, Rights, & Choice Events & Observances Health Help Somebody Women's Health Nashville Planned Parenthood Source Type: blogs
Blog for Choice Day 2010 Coming Up This FridayEmail this article to a colleague.
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Blog for Choice Day is something I’ve participated in for the last three years, but it always sneaks up on me. Not this year! 2010’s Blog for Choice Day is happening this Friday, January 22, 2010.
Past entries on the topic have included a discouraged 2007 post on why I’m pro-choice, why I vote pro-choice (in 2008), and my pro-choice hopes for President Obama and/or the new Congress (many of which have already happened). This year’s theme is in honor of Dr. George Tiller, who often wore a button that simply read, “Trust Women,” focusing on the question “What does ‘Trust Women...
Source: Women's Health News - January 18, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Access, Rights, & Choice Events & Observances Abortion blog for choice Source Type: blogs
On Selecting Where Tax Dollars Can Be Spent: A Video on Hyde/Stupak/NelsonEmail this article to a colleague.
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Because I love anything Jay Smooth does. Oh, and because I’m not a fan of “I don’t want *my* tax dollars spent on X” arguments because there are a whole lot of things any individual might not want their tax dollars spent on for moral or other reasons. Like war, for example. The video below talks about the Hyde Amendment and the expansion of the “I don’t want my tax dollars spent on abortion” argument carried through Nelson/Stupak in health reform legislation. Feministe has a transcript and more commentary.
Posted in Abortion, Access, Rights, & Choice, Ethics, Government (Sourc...
Source: Women's Health News - January 17, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Abortion Access, Rights, & Choice Ethics Government health care reform Hyde Stupak video Source Type: blogs
Weekly News Round-Up, 1/17Email this article to a colleague.
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First things first: fellow librarian Cliff Landis is matching donations to Partners in Health toward Haiti relief, up to $10,000 (matched to be up to $20,000), through February 28.
Via Ms. Magazine, Ultrasound Requirement Approved by KY Senate Committee. It would require women to have and view (with physician commentary/description) an ultrasound prior to an abortion (and so differs from some other laws in that many require it to be offered but not viewed). I’ve written before that I find the whole forced ultrasound business to be paternalistic BS that assumes women just don’t know what they’re doing whe...
Source: Women's Health News - January 17, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Abortion Access, Rights, & Choice Birth Contraception Global Issues Help Somebody Laws, Legislation, & Courts News Round-Ups Pregnancy Sex & Sex Education BPA c-section Haiti HHS home birth insurance sex workers ultrasoun Source Type: blogs
Health Reform: The Pursuit of ProgressEmail this article to a colleague.
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Healthcare (insurance) reform has passed in the Senate and final negotiations are happening before it moves on to the President’s desk for signature. While the legislation is not perfect – in fact some would say far from perfect – it is a piece of legislation that is very much in keeping with our American philosophy, our constant pursuit of progress and change.
As the late Senator Kennedy’s career on Capitol Hill demonstrated, change is usually incremental, usually negotiated and usually compromised. But at the end of the day, change usually amounts to progress.
I see tremendous progress, too, as I ...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - January 15, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Access Caregiving Consumer Health Care Coverage Policy Health Professions Health Reform Insurance Patients Source Type: blogs
$30 Women’s Health Exams in Nashville This SaturdayEmail this article to a colleague.
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For the past week or so, I’ve passed by the “Franklin Road Women’s Health Center” and idly wondered, “Who is that? What will that be?” Now I know the answer – it’s another community clinic in Nashville from University Community Health Services in conjunction with Vanderbilt University* School of Nursing.
This Saturday (January 16, 2010, 8am-4pm), the Center will offer $30 women’s health exams (including pap tests) as part of its Women’s Health Day.
The announcement also indicates that:
Copays are due at the time of service. TennCare customers will have exam and lab fees...
Source: Women's Health News - January 15, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Access, Rights, & Choice Events & Observances Vaginas & Vulvas Women's Health pap Source Type: blogs
At Our Bodies Our Blog: Emergency Contraception for Military WomenEmail this article to a colleague.
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At Our Bodies Our Blog, I have a post about proposed legislation to make emergency contraception available at all military health centers (as well as a somewhat cleaned up version of my post on the Florida court-ordered bed rest case – I can’t even say how much I love having an editor at OBOB).
Posted in Abuse, Rape, & Safety, Access, Rights, & Choice, Birth, Contraception, Ethics, Laws, Legislation, & Courts, Pregnancy (Source: Women's Health News)
Source: Women's Health News - January 14, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Abuse, Rape, & Safety Access, Rights, & Choice Birth Contraception Ethics Laws, Legislation, & Courts Pregnancy emergency contraception Florida Source Type: blogs
Case on Court-Ordered Bed Rest Highlights Reproductive Rights Concerns for Pregnant WomenEmail this article to a colleague.
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Via a message from Aunt B, I learned of this Florida case in which Samantha Burton, a pregnant woman, visited her doctor with sins of a potential miscarriage at ~25 weeks. The doctor ordered bed rest, which Burton declined with the intent of seeking a second opinion, as she believed her two existing young children and keeping her job would make bed rest untenable. The doctor then contacted the state.
She was ordered to stay in bed at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital and to undergo “any and all medical treatments” her doctor, acting in the interests of the fetus, decided were necessary. Burton asked to switch hospitals and...
Source: Women's Health News - January 13, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Abuse, Rape, & Safety Access, Rights, & Choice Birth Ethics Laws, Legislation, & Courts Pregnancy Source Type: blogs
Wanted - input on topics for "open access" publishing discussion at #scio10Email this article to a colleague.
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To all
I am posting this because I will be chairing a session this up coming weekend at Science Online 2010 on "Open Access" publishing.
And I would love input from everyone/anyone out there on what might be worth discussion at this session. Possible topics include
why open and free are not the same thing
open access mandates
financial aspects of OA
educational uses of OA literature
things that are slowing the inevitable spread of OA publishing
I am perhaps most interested these days in the last two on that list. For example - it seems that OA publishing would spread even faster if we did not ha...
Source: The Tree of Life - January 13, 2010 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Jonathan Eisen Tags: open access Source Type: blogs
If he could speak, what would he tell our leaders? Tell them for him.Email this article to a colleague.
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As we all know, children can’t speak for themselves, but if they could, they’d probably point out the obvious: they need more attention. There have been some great strides over the years and some compelling examples such as those shown in Bill and Melinda Gates’ Living Proof project and the Measles Initiative. In the recent installment of Raj Shah, the new USAID Administrator, he touts the progress that his new agency has already made in preventing unnecessary deaths. He is pragmatic and encouraging as he also says that much more should be done. To save more lives, we need to make sure the US investments ...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - January 11, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Access Advocacy Disparities Health Reform Policy Politics Source Type: blogs
video post: kearns to LA city council announcing elder HIV/AIDS summit & new media training feb 12 (2083)Email this article to a colleague.
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[december 15, 2009] good morning president garcetti, distinguished council members. i have given the clerk copies of my prepared remarks. my name is richard kearns. i am a 58-year-old gay man living with AIDS in los angeles for more than 20 years, an angelino poet advocate. i am delighted to announce to you this morning that on friday, february 12th, 2010, upstairs in the tom bradley conference center, on the 27th floor, we will hold, the LA city grassroots elder HIV/AIDS advocacy summit &a...
Source: aids-write.org - January 11, 2010 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: 2010 hiv/aids summit & training 2-2010 HIV prevention justice alliance LA city AIDS coordinator's office McCAB McNC aging and HIV/AIDS ahf aids.org americans for safe access / la apla asian-pacific hiv/aids awo call to action b Source Type: blogs
terry le grande, LA talkradio today (1-10-10): don duncan, richard eastman & scott imler (2082)Email this article to a colleague.
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terry has just migrated to LA TalkRadio (channel 1), and his premiere show tonight features medical cannabis adevocates don duncan, scott imler and richard eastman. i’m not quite sure what next week’s topic will be. but i’ll be there on January 31st, talking about HIV/AIDS & aging and the upcoming summit/training february 12.
Listen live @ http://www.latalkradio.com/Terry.php.
namasté
—rk
Jan 10- This week’s topic is Medical Marijuana in Los Angeles. Guests include Don Duncan, from ASA (Americans for Safe Access), Rev. Scott Imler, the first person to open a collective in the LA area, an...
Source: aids-write.org - January 10, 2010 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: HIV prevention justice alliance LA city AIDS coordinator's office McCAB McNC aging and HIV/AIDS americans for safe access / la apla asian-pacific hiv/aids beingALIVE-la black msm gay hiv/aids black women with aids champ citizen jou Source Type: blogs
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Thanks to Academic OB/Gyn for pointing people to their local medical library for access to the medical literature, along with a reminder that you can’t get by just reading the abstracts of articles.
Feminists with Female Sexual Dysfunction has info on an upcoming segment on vulvodynia on the Dr. Oz show. [I've never seen the show so I can't speak for how well it covers health, although I know the ScienceBlogs folks have been critical of Dr. Oz and the whole Oprahsphere when it comes to health]
Via Lauredhel at Hoyden, the 20th Down Under Feminist Carnival is up, and includes several health-related links. I particula...
Source: Women's Health News - January 10, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Abuse, Rape, & Safety Access, Rights, & Choice Boobs Cancer Drugs Events & Observances Government Libraryland Midwifery News Round-Ups Abortion breast cancer disability domestic violence LGBT libraries mammography vulvody Source Type: blogs
At Our Bodies Our Blog: Submit Your Input on a National Plan to Tackle Health DisparitiesEmail this article to a colleague.
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At Our Bodies Our Blog today I have a post on the Office of Minority Health’s National Plan for Action, which describes the current state of health disparities in the United States and proposes strategies for their elimination; public comments on the plan are being solicited through February 12, 2010.
Posted in Access, Rights, & Choice, Government, Health (Source: Women's Health News)
Source: Women's Health News - January 7, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Access, Rights, & Choice Government Health health disparities OBOS Our Bodies Ourselves woc Source Type: blogs
NIH Conference on VBAC; Sign up For Free Online Webcast of the EventEmail this article to a colleague.
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In March, the National Institutes of Health will host a “consensus development conference” on the topic of vaginal birth after cesarean section (VBAC), during which a number of experts will discuss the medical evidence on VBAC, including the following key questions:
What are the rates and patterns of utilization of trial of labor after prior cesarean, vaginal birth after cesarean, and repeat cesarean delivery in the United States?
Among women who attempt a trial of labor after prior cesarean, what is the vaginal delivery rate and the factors that influence it?
What are the short- and long-term benefits and har...
Source: Women's Health News - January 6, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Access, Rights, & Choice Birth Events & Observances Government NIH vbac Source Type: blogs
New E-Journals Available from FadeEmail this article to a colleague.
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As part of the North West NHS purchase of Ovid full text journals we now have access via Athens to:
Adverse Drug Reaction Bulletin December 2000 – Present RSS Feed
Journal of Nursing Research RSS Feed
Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research RSS Feed
Posted in Access, Access from Home, Access from Work, Access in the Library, E-Journals, Electronic Resources (Source: Fade Library)
Source: Fade Library - January 5, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: western4uk Tags: Access Access from Home Access from Work Access in the Library E-Journals Electronic Resources Source Type: blogs
True InclusionEmail this article to a colleague.
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It’s about time that all of us minority groups – the ones who have faced discrimination for years – let the world know what an inclusive society looks like. We can start by telling about what it is not: It’s not simply following the law. It’s not doing only what you have to do. It’s not trying to avoid doing more.
It’s going beyond what we are told to do by authority. It is looking for ways to make people feel welcome and part of society.
It is going beyond the “basics” and beyond the “requirements”.
History shows us that the law is slow to catch up to human...
Source: NTs Are Weird - January 2, 2010 Category: Autism Authors: Joel Tags: Access Source Type: blogs
Ten Years in Women’s and Reproductive Health, a Bloggy Look BackEmail this article to a colleague.
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What with the new year and decade and all, it seems appropriate to engage in a bit of reflection. First, the blog itself. This year will mark the 5th anniversary of Women’s Health News – I first posted on May 19, 2005, although that was at the blogspot location. While this little blog is not among what most people would name as the top medical or top feminist blogs, I don’t worry too much about traffic, or increasing traffic, so long as at least a a few people are finding it useful and I’m not too overworked to deal with it. So, I expect to continue on for a bit longer. Will it make it to the decade...
Source: Women's Health News - January 2, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Abortion Abuse, Rape, & Safety Access, Rights, & Choice Adolescent Health Contraception Drugs Ethics Events & Observances Government HPV News Round-Ups conscience emergency contraception FDA tiller Source Type: blogs
kearns: save the date (feb 12, 2010) for LA city grassroots elder HIV/AIDS advocacy summit & new media training (2081)Email this article to a colleague.
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text of flyer after jump
SAVE THE DATE!
LA City
Grassroots
Elder
HIV/AIDS
Advocacy
SUMMIT
& new media
TRAINING
February 12, 2010
Tom Bradley Center
(26th & 27th floors)
LA City Hall
200 N. Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
hosted by
- LA 11th district
City Councilmember
Bill Rosendahl
- the City of LA
AIDS Coordinator’s Office
- richard kearns
publisher of
http://AIDS-write.org
& http://havvacc.wordpress.com
[seal of city of los angeles )
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
contact rk@aids-write.org
or call
310-488-1328
“new tricks
for old dogs
& their allies” (Source: aids-write.org)
Source: aids-write.org - January 2, 2010 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: HIV prevention justice alliance LA city AIDS coordinator's office McCAB McNC aging and HIV/AIDS ahf aids & bubonic plague & 1918 flu aids.org americans for safe access / la apla asian-pacific hiv/aids awo call to action b Source Type: blogs
maeve maddox, dailywritingtips: global language monitor’s ten most often used words of 2009 (2080)Email this article to a colleague.
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Step into the GLM Time Machine
by Maeve Maddox
january 1, 2010
The Global Language Monitor (GLM) is an Austin, Texas-based entity that documents, analyzes and tracks trends in language and publishes a list of the year’s most used English words, names, and phrases.
According to GLM’s algorithm, 2009’s most used word, both online and in print, is Twitter.
GLM’s top ten for 2009:
Twitter
Obama
H1N1
stimulus
vampire
2.0 (as a suffix attached to the next generation of everything. Ex. Web2.0)
deficit
Hadron
healthcare
transparency
A look at the Words of the Year for 2000-2008 recalls the prominent events and personali...
Source: aids-write.org - January 1, 2010 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: HIV prevention justice alliance LA city AIDS coordinator's office aging and HIV/AIDS aids & bubonic plague & 1918 flu americans for safe access / la apla asian-pacific hiv/aids beingALIVE-la black msm gay hiv/aids black women w Source Type: blogs
black AIDS institute’s LA CitySheet pdf: links for fighting HIV/AIDS in the community (2079)Email this article to a colleague.
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2009
AIDS IN BLACK AMERICA
City Sheet
Los Angeles, California
chers—
this is a comprehensive resource list. print out all four pages and stick it on the frig. add phone numbers and email addresses on your contact lists, both phone and internet. use them. local & state stuff. links to officials after the jump.
namasté
—rk
The CitySheet Series
This CitySheet is a resource intended to provide Black community stakeholders that want to get involved in stopping the disease with AIDS information and potential partners. These numbers represent real people in your community who are impacted by HIV and AIDS. These...
Source: aids-write.org - January 1, 2010 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: HIV prevention justice alliance LA city AIDS coordinator's office aging and HIV/AIDS ahf aids & bubonic plague & 1918 flu americans for safe access / la apla asian-pacific hiv/aids black AIDS institute black msm gay hiv/aids Source Type: blogs
Are Some Service Animals More Equal?Email this article to a colleague.
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The US society has long recognized the justice and power in allowing guide dogs in most public spaces. Today, a blind person’s guide dog can enter restaurants, movie theaters, airplanes, workplaces, child care facilities, and many other places that “normal” dogs cannot. Few have a problem with this, in part due to the excellent training that the guide dogs receive. (Ironically, this excellent training that allows most people to accept these animals is not the training that gives the dog special skills to guide a blind person, but rather the fact that the dog is simply well behaved and won’t be a pro...
Source: NTs Are Weird - January 1, 2010 Category: Autism Authors: Joel Tags: Access Source Type: blogs
Video – A Girl’s LifeEmail this article to a colleague.
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I just watched “A Girl’s Life” on PBS – it’s not specifically health-focused, but does examine issues of body image, bullying, violence, and education through profiles of four adolescent girls. It was very good and is well worth a watch, even for those without daughters.
Video on the PBS site
Info about the program at show host Rachel Simmons’s website
Associated PBS site for parents on raising girls
Posted in Abuse, Rape, & Safety, Access, Rights, & Choice, Adolescent Health, Body Image & Eating Disorders (Source: Women's Health News)
Source: Women's Health News - December 31, 2009 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Abuse, Rape, & Safety Access, Rights, & Choice Adolescent Health Body Image & Eating Disorders Source Type: blogs
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The local paper, the Denver Post, ran an article about the problem of people calling 911 (the US all-emergency phone number) instead of visiting a doctor’s office for urgent care needs (that is, things that need to be handled quickly but are far from life and death). It seems that many times this ties into another disability problem: lack of affordable, convenient, usable transportation. It turns out that you can get an ambulance. You can’t get other transportation oftentimes if you are poor and don’t drive.
Many politicians in larger urban areas (like Denver) probably pat themselves on the back thinking,...
Source: NTs Are Weird - December 29, 2009 Category: Autism Authors: Joel Tags: Access Transportation Source Type: blogs
You Gotta Laugh: Life in the Trenches of the Health Insurance BusinessEmail this article to a colleague.
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Think you have maternity coverage? Think again.
Welcome to the first entry of the book I’ll be publishing in 2010 entitled: You gotta laugh: Life in the trenches of the health insurance business. Because I think Disruptive Women readers will find it useful, each month I’ll post an example of a health insurance problem that is so maddening and frustrating that we just gotta laugh at its absurdity.
My goal, however, is to find a way to improve health insurance for beneficiaries and I have some suggestions at the end of this post. ...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - December 29, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Access Childbirth Consumer Health Care Coverage Policy Insurance Patients' Rights Source Type: blogs
Weekly News Round-Up, Post-Holiday EditionEmail this article to a colleague.
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Whew. For Christmas this year, we went to Morristown, Kingsport, and New Market, TN, and that was only immediate family – we had to miss the aunts and uncles and cousins and whatnot because there wasn’t enough time. Saw my parents and the spouse’s parents and BiL/SiL/nephew. I twisted my ankle and then ignored sensible advice to stay off it for a bit. Watched Half-Blood Prince with my parents. Listened to this Johnny Cash: Live at San Quentin radio show. Ate a ridiculous amount of food. Came home to see that another big branch fell off the tree in the front yard, and hope it didn’t cause any trouble...
Source: Women's Health News - December 28, 2009 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Abortion Access, Rights, & Choice Adolescent Health Birth Government News Round-Ups Pregnancy Sex & Sex Education Breastfeeding infant mortality WIC Source Type: blogs
On Morning Edition: Update on Roeder Case and the “Justifiable Homicide” DefenseEmail this article to a colleague.
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Morning Edition this morning provided an update on the case of Scott Roeder, accused of murdering Dr. George Tiller (summary here, there doesn’t seem to be a transcript).
Roeder pleaded not guilty in the shooting of Dr. Tiller, has admitted killing him, and claims he did it to protect unborn children (who I’d say were under no immediate threat while Dr. Tiller was at church that day). The justifiable homicide defense has apparently not been allowed when it has been attempted in previous cases of this nature. One supporter of the defense is interviewed and compares Roeder’s plea to stepping forward to defe...
Source: Women's Health News - December 22, 2009 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Abortion Abuse, Rape, & Safety Access, Rights, & Choice Ethics Laws, Legislation, & Courts tiller Source Type: blogs
sunnie rose: next POZ life weekend seminar jan 23rd and 24th (2078)Email this article to a colleague.
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Sunnie Rose says:
January POZ Weekend Seminar - Jan 23rd and 24th! Reservation Page is now open!
The Next
POZ Life Seminar is Jan. 23 and 24 in the West Hollywood area.
Download the PDF Flyer
Registering for the POZ Life Weekend Seminar can be easy!
You can either drop us a note at registration@thelifegroupla.org or call us TOLL FREE at (888) 208-8081 and we will contact you, or you can simply follow this link to the registration form. (Source: aids-write.org)
Source: aids-write.org - December 22, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: HIV prevention justice alliance LA city AIDS coordinator's office McCAB McNC aging and HIV/AIDS aids & bubonic plague & 1918 flu americans for safe access / la apla asian-pacific hiv/aids beingALIVE-la black msm gay hiv/aids Source Type: blogs
happy raven’s night & winter solstice 2009 (2077)Email this article to a colleague.
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commemorating the first long night that ended when raven stole the sun & moon & stars & put them in the sky (Source: aids-write.org)
Source: aids-write.org - December 22, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: HIV prevention justice alliance LA city AIDS coordinator's office McCAB McNC aging and HIV/AIDS americans for safe access / la apla asian-pacific hiv/aids beingALIVE-la black msm gay hiv/aids black women with aids ces (coalition for Source Type: blogs
