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In bone marrow matching, race plays a roleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
New Yorkers! Rally behind Jennifer Jones Austin! The Brooklyn-based mother, lawyer and family advocate has been stricken with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and has become the face of a city-wide blood and bone marrow drive in conjunction with New York Blood Center (NYBC) and The City University of New York (CUNY). After feeling tired, believing it was just a virus, Jennifer was diagnosed. Once she confirmed, unfortunately, that her siblings were not a match for a transplant, she turned to the “Be The Match” blood drive going on now at Borough of Manhattan Community College. According to statistics, only 10% of...
Source: Cord Blood News - February 8, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Ilene at mazelabs.com Tags: Cord Blood African American health African Americans BMCC bone marrow bone marrow registry bone marrow transplant Brooklyn Community race stem cells Source Type: blogs

A Hole in the Safety NetEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The following guest post is written by Candace Littell, Health Policy Advisor at Candace Littell, LLC. Candace Littell is a consultant with 30 years experience in healthcare policy and reimbursement. She serves as an advisor to corporate clients, healthcare providers, associations and related organizations. President Obama’s 2011 HHS budget builds on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (AARA) investment in federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), providing an additional $290 million for further expansions. With this increase, the administration estimates that health centers will be able to serve more than 20 ...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - February 8, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Consumer Health Care Guest Posts Policy Add new tag American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Facilities Medicine primary care Robert Wood Johnson Foundation United States Source Type: blogs

PalinEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Sarah Palin is the closest you can get to a populist Latin American president, such as Lula, the Kirchners, Chavez, etc. If you live in US, raise your hands to heaven and thank whoever that you don’t live in Latin American. You can get the taste. (Source: Blind.Scientist)
Source: Blind.Scientist - February 7, 2010 Category: Bioinformaticians Authors: Paulo Nuin Tags: Misc chavez latin american palin Source Type: blogs

Facebook Continues to Dominate Among YouthEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Last week, we discovered that 4 out of 5 teens prefer and use Facebook over the leading sugarless gum. Oh, sorry, I meant to say that while 7 out of 10 (73% to be exact) teens use social networking websites like Facebook, only 1 in 12 teens use Twitter. Clearly, the still-in-place-to-be is on Facebook and other social networking websites like it. The new data comes from our friends over at the Pew Internet and American Life Project, who conducted a phone survey in the middle of last year of 800 adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17. And while teens continue to embrace social networking, they seem to be abandoning the...
Source: World of Psychology - February 6, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Children and Teens General Psychology Research Students Technology 3 Years 4 Months Adolescents blog blogging Current Decline Facebook Friends Few Days Friends List Mental Health Paradigm Pew Internet And American Life Source Type: blogs

Missed Opportunities and the Mandate DilemmaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It could not escape notice this week that the Virginia state Senate passed legislation that would make it illegal for any government body to require individuals to purchase health insurance. The bill is expected to be passed by the state’s House of Delegates and then signed into law by Governor Bob McDonnell. Virginia is one of the first states to take such action, but it almost certainly won’t be the last. According to the American Legislative Exchange Council, legislative measures or proposed constitutional amendments have been filed in 35 states to challenge the idea of health insurance mandates. This is a signi...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - February 5, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Health Reform Policy Add new tag American Legislative Exchange Council Health insurance Health insurance mandate Healthcare Leadership Council United States United States Congress White House Source Type: blogs

Obama’s Big Tax Hike on U.S. Multinationals Means Fewer American Jobs and Reduced CompetitivenessEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
By Daniel J. MitchellThe new budget from the White House contains all sorts of land mines for taxpayers, which is not surprising considering the President wants to extract another $1.3 trillion over the next ten years. While that’s a discouragingly big number, the details are even more frightening. Higher tax rates on investors and entrepreneurs will dampen incentives for productive behavior. Reinstating the death tax is both economically foolish and immoral. And higher taxes on companies almost surely is a recipe for fewer jobs and reduced competitiveness. The White House is specifically going after companies that c...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 4, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Daniel J. Mitchell Tags: General Government and Politics International Economics and Development Tax and Budget Policy american enterprise institute China competitive disadvantage Deferral economy foreign markets multinationals tax rates taxation taxes Source Type: blogs

Eastman Dental Featured in ADA Sesquicentennial BookEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Several former Eastman Dental staff, faculty and alumni are featured in the American Dental Association’s (ADA) new book, 150 Years of the American Dental Association, A Pictorial History 1859-2009. In coffee-table style format, the book is the culmination of efforts to collect historical dental images and stories to celebrate 150 years of the ADA. Eastman dental’s contribution [...] (Source: Bibby Library News and Tips)
Source: Bibby Library News and Tips - February 3, 2010 Category: Dentists Authors: bibby1 Tags: American Dental Association Bibby Library Dental History Eastman Dental Center Eastman Institute for Oral Health Basil Bibby Harvey Burkhart Jack Caton Michael Buonocore Source Type: blogs

Wayback Wednesday: Confounded (Diabetes) StatisticsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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)
Source: Diabetes Mine - February 3, 2010 Category: Diabetes Authors: AmyT Tags: D-News Examined Health 2.0 ADA American Diabetes Association Dan Hurley diabetes cure diabetes data Diabetes Rising diabetes statistics diabetic insulin type 1 diabetes Source Type: blogs

Obama’s Troubles and U.S. Foreign PolicyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
By Christopher PrebleAt their National Security Experts blog, The National Journal asks: President Obama is in a rough political patch…So, what does his weakened position mean for his handling of foreign affairs and for the tack that allies, rivals and outright enemies take toward the U.S.? I respond: I don’t believe that the president will rely on a major foreign policy initiative to turn around his political fortunes. He has many things on his plate right now. He spent just nine minutes on foreign policy in the SOTU, and the American people have clearly signaled a desire to focus on problems here at home. I&#...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 3, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Christopher Preble Tags: Foreign Policy and National Security american security michael mandelbaum trade protectionism Source Type: blogs

5 Rules for Watching Reality TV EfficientlyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Image courtesy of vhm-alex @ deviantART What’s your guilty reality TV pleasure? The Bachelor? Survivor? America’s Got Talent? Of course, the granddaddy of them all — American Idol — just started a new season. Some 30 or 40 million fans have been waiting six months for American Idol to kick off. If this season is anything like last season, expect at least 50 hours of American Idol on your TV. No, that’s not a typo. Last year I gave you a few ideas on what you could have done with those 50 hours instead of watch American Idol. For example, you could earn an extra $1,000, read several books, start writing your o...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - February 2, 2010 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Robert Pagliarini Tags: productivity tips time management american idol find more time get more time limiting tv other 8 hours pickthebrain reality tv robert pagliarini time tips watching tv Source Type: blogs

What's The Point Of Articles Like This?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There's an OK-ish piece in the New York Times today, penned by a psych nurse in Portland, Ore. It concerns a young woman admitted to a psych unit in that city--without name and history--and the nurse writing about her progress and such. The article really doesn't go anywhere although it does make the adroit observation that there are few "ah ha" moments in psychiatry (Breaking news!) and it's one of those pieces that I scratch my head about and wonder why it was appealing to an editor. (Source: Furious Seasons)
Source: Furious Seasons - February 2, 2010 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: American Culture Source Type: blogs

It’s Heart MonthEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It’s February. The month of sweet tarts and sweet hearts (and far too much candy being tossed around, if you ask me). Fittingly, it also happens to American Heart Month, a time to call attention to cardiovascular diseases (CVD), including stroke, which are our nation’s No. 1 killer (!) A full 50% of people with diabetes [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine)
Source: Diabetes Mine - February 1, 2010 Category: Diabetes Authors: AmyT Tags: D-News Examined Miscellaneous american heart association American Heart Month cardiovascular disease diabetes cardiovascular February heart month heart disease heart disease diabetes Source Type: blogs

The Awful Way We Treat Our ElderlyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Seattle Times today has part two of a big old investigative series on adult family homes in Washington State and the paper's findings are horrifying. I won't even try to summarize them because it is all sickening and makes me question some peoples' inherent humanity. So if your stomach is strong, the series home is right here. (Source: Furious Seasons)
Source: Furious Seasons - February 1, 2010 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: American Culture Source Type: blogs

Can Unemployment Benefits Create Jobs?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
By Alan ReynoldsAt the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, sociologist Michael Leachman claims “some of the most effective job-creation and job protection measures” in last year’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are excluded from the job figures to be released on recovery.gov on January 30. He explains that, “Most of ARRA’s distributed dollars to date have gone directly to individuals (including greater jobless benefits and food stamps) and states (including greater federal support for Medicaid). Although these dollars are likely protecting or creating hundreds of thousands of jobs, none of the a...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 29, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Alan Reynolds Tags: Finance, Banking & Monetary Policy Government and Politics Health, Welfare & Entitlements Tax and Budget Policy alan krueger american recovery and reinvestment act center for budget and policy priorities christina romer larry summers mar Source Type: blogs

ARRS group now with latest issue from AJR journalEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The ARRS (American Roentgen Ray Society) group has just implemented a new upgrade: the group members can now access the table of contents of the latest issue of the journal "AJR" (American Journal of Roentgenology). It is available under the discussion section on the group frontpage. -> Link to the ARRS group. (Source: Radiolopolis Blogs)
Source: Radiolopolis Blogs - January 29, 2010 Category: Radiologists Tags: social network social media Radiology journal group ARRS American Roentgen Ray Society American Journal of Roentgenology AJR Source Type: blogs

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy’s Positive ImpactEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Yesterday, we reported on a new meta-analysis of psychodynamic psychotherapy that demonstrates the effectiveness of this type of therapy. Traditionally, psychodynamic therapy is thought to be “less scientific” than newer, modern psychotherapy treatments, like cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). We had previously noted how psychodynamic therapy fared just as well as CBT for anxiety disorders in another robust study. The new research analysis — which reviewed eight meta-analyses of 160 studies of psychodynamic therapy — was published in the American Psychologist and showed robust effect sizes: One ma...
Source: World of Psychology - January 27, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: General History of Psychology Psychotherapy Research Treatment American Psychologist Anxiety Disorders Beneficial Impact CBT Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Cognitive Therapy Consistent Trend Maladaptive Traits Mental Health Problem Source Type: blogs

DSM-5 To Dub Obesity A Mental Illness?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In a fascinating piece in the Boston Globe, which echoes one of my regular themes about weight gain problems with psych meds, Harvard psychologist Paula Caplan delivers some shocking news about the forthcoming DSM-5: "Another disturbing link could be on the way. The fifth edition of the major psychiatric diagnostic manual, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V), is expected to be released in 2013. One proposal under consideration: listing obesity as a mental illness. That would be a mistake, since obesity can be caused by metabolic and other physical problems that are often undiagnosed. And beca...
Source: Furious Seasons - January 26, 2010 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: American Culture Source Type: blogs

Don’t Fear the ForeignerEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
By John SamplesYou might have heard that the Citizens United decision will allow foreign corporations to become involved in American campaigns. You might have heard that from the President, in fact, whose speech decrying the decision said foreign corporations “may now get into the act” of pursuing their “special interests” in American politics. Not true. Justice Kennedy explicitly says the Court did not decide whether Congress has the power to prevent “foreign individuals or associations from influencing our Nation’s political process.” Nothing in Citizens United prevents Congress ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 25, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: John Samples Tags: Law and Civil Liberties american elections brad smith citizens united corporations foreign nationals foreigner Justice Kennedy special interests Supreme Court Source Type: blogs

Trauma Surgeon Dr. A. Brent Eastman Deploys To HaitiEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Prominent surgeon Dr. A. Brent Eastman is reportedly leaving for Haiti today and will be in country on Sunday, January 24 to begin aiding the medical relief efforts. He will be carrying a satellite phone to be used in providing regular field updates to the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Eastman is Chair of the Board of Regents of the ACS. (Source: Inside Surgery)
Source: Inside Surgery - January 23, 2010 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Medical News Wire A Brent Eastman ACS American College of Surgeons Board of Regents satellite phone haiti Source Type: blogs

Haiti Update from Society of Critical Care Medicine President Judith JacobiEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This excerpt is from an email sent from Dr. Judith Jacobi, PharmD to SCCM members on January 21, 2010 After more than a week has passed since the initial earthquake that destroyed much of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, aftershocks continue and the needs of survivors mount. In our most recent communication with the Pan American Health Organization, they informed us that they are seeking volunteers to be included in a database of healthcare professionals willing to accept potential deployment to Haiti. Interested health professionals should send an email with CV attached to EOC@paho.org. In addition, SCCM has posted...
Source: Inside Surgery - January 21, 2010 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Medical News Wire Judith Jacobi Pan American Health Organization SCCM Society of Critical Care Medicine Source Type: blogs

Supreme Court Ruling on Hillary Movie Heralds Freer Speech for All of UsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
By Ilya ShapiroToday the Supreme Court struck a major blow for free speech by correctly holding that government cannot try to “level the political playing field” by banning corporations from making independent campaign expenditures on films, books, or even campaign signs. As Justice Kennedy said in announcing the opinion, “if the First Amendment has any force, it prohibits jailing citizens for engaging in political speech.” While the Court has long upheld campaign finance regulations as a way to prevent corruption in elections, it has also repeated that equalizing speech is never a valid government ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 21, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Ilya Shapiro Tags: Law and Civil Liberties american democracy campaign expenditures campaign finance regulations campaign spending citizens united First Amendment free speech john mccain nonprofit corporation SCOTUS Supreme Court Source Type: blogs

Is Health Care Reform Dead?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
That's the big question out there today after the stunning victory of GOP Senate candidate Scott Brown in Massachusetts yesterday, which cost Senate Democrats their 60 vote edge in the upper house. Brown has indicated he'd vote against the health care bill currently being hammered out by House and Senate leaders. Personally, I have no idea where I stand on any of this: both the House and Senate bills have huge problems, but if something doesn't get passed soon, we'll never have health care reform, which is badly needed I'm curious what the rest of you think. (Source: Furious Seasons)
Source: Furious Seasons - January 20, 2010 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: American Culture Source Type: blogs

Judi Chamberlin, 1944-2010Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It's my sad duty to inform you all that psychiatry survivor and grandmother of the Mad Pride movement Judi Chamberlin died on Saturday after a long illness. Chamberlin was 65. I gather that NPR's "Morning Edition" will be doing a piece on her today. I don't like talking about death too much and others are far more qualified to write about Chamberlin's life and work, but I can say with complete confidence that she was a hero. Please show your respect by leaving a comment at Chamberlin's blog (first link above), which will remain active. (Source: Furious Seasons)
Source: Furious Seasons - January 19, 2010 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: American Culture Source Type: blogs

Win A Copy of “Diabetes Rising”Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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)
Source: Diabetes Mine - January 18, 2010 Category: Diabetes Authors: AmyT Tags: Books & Resources Diabetes Blogs and Web Stuff Fun Stuff ADA American Diabetes Association Dan Hurley diabetes books diabetes community diabetes education Diabetes Rising diabetic ePatients Health 2.0 Matthew Zachary online pat Source Type: blogs

Native American traditions blend with AA principlesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Basil Brave Heart’s journey of healing began 31 years ago when a Lakota medicine man took him to a sweat lodge, made a circle in the dirt with a stick, then planted the stick in the center of the circle. “He told me, ’This is you in the center, and alcohol walks around you on the outside like the trickster coyote. You chase it up a hill, but it circles around and fools you. Don’t let it sneak up on you. Turn around and embrace it so it can become one of your most powerful teachers.’” Brave Heart says that alcohol has become a prolific teacher whom he can trust to remind him each morning that he must sta...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - January 16, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: 12 Step Fellowships Addictions Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholism Drugs Family Higher Power. Recovery Sobriety Spirituality Sponsorship 12 steps lakota Native American psychology sweat lodge Source Type: blogs

Twitter Falsehoods Fly After Haiti TragedyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Demonstrating the intrinsic nature of twitter as a stream of group consciousness more than anything else, the Haiti tragedy has brought out the rumor mill. And with it, it demonstrates one of the underlying weaknesses of relying on a group stream of consciousness — it’s not always the most accurate thing in the world. The rumors were, thankfully, limited to things that didn’t cause any real harm or damage. Except to the companies who were the subject of the rumors. Their reputations were inadvertently tarnished by being included in the rumors, which they then had to publicly deny. The denial makes them se...
Source: World of Psychology - January 15, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Brain and Behavior General Health-related Psychology Technology Aid Flights American Airlines Disaster Zone Doctors And Nurses Doctors Without Borders False Information Group Consciousness Haitians Intrinsic Nature Jet Blue J Source Type: blogs

Haiti Disaster Relief OrganizationsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The devastating earthquake this week in Haiti again brings to the forefront the issue of infant feeding in emergencies. You might recall how dangerous it is for relief efforts to send artificial baby milk to disaster sites due to a lack of sanitary water, inadequate supplies, the increased risk of deadly respiratory infections and diarrhea in non-breastfed babies, and poor access to medical care. A man carries a baby among the debris in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 13 January 2010 after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit the island on 12 January 2010; IMG: ZUMA Press So if you choose to donate to an organization involved in ...
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - January 14, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor Tags: activism American Red Cross International Response Fund breastfeeding in emergencies charitable gifts disaster relief Haiti Haiti relief efforts infant feeding in emergencies Red-Cross Source Type: blogs

AA & Professional WorkersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Alcoholics Anonymous has many A.A. members and service committees who are available to provide professionals with information about Alcoholics Anonymous. A.A. has a long history of cooperating but not affiliating with outside organizations and being available to provide A.A. meetings or information about A.A. upon request. For professionals working with people who have special needs there is [...] (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com)
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - January 14, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholism Recovery Sobriety American Sign Language braille Employment healthcare Human Resources Legal & Corrections professional workers Source Type: blogs

Work & Sleep: Are Adults Sleeping Less in the U.S.?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Have adults in the U.S. been getting less sleep over the past three decades? A new study examined time-use surveys to find out. The results were published in the Jan. 1 issue of the journal Sleep.The study analyzed data from eight time-use surveys. The earliest survey was conducted in 1975. The most recent data came from the 2006 American Time Use Survey.Surveys were completed by more than 73,000 adults. They were at least 18 years of age. “Short sleep” was defined as less than six hours of sleep, nap or rest in a 24-hour period.Results show that the overall odds of being a short sleeper have not increased over the pas...
Source: Sleep Education - January 13, 2010 Category: Sleep Medicine Tags: sleep duration sleep survey American Time Use Survey work short sleeper Source Type: blogs

Yet Another Study Links Processed Food To DepressionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There's been a small wave of studies published in recent months concerning diet and depression. There was one asserting that the Mediterranean diet is protective against depression and another one asserting a link between processed food and depression. Now comes a new study in the American Journal of Psychiatry by Australian researchers asserting that processed foods--or what researchers deemed a "Western" diet--was linked with greater odds of depression (38 percent) and anxiety (9 percent) than was a "traditional" diet (odds ratio .78 and .81) or a "modern" diet (1.08 and .97 odds ratios). The study looked at the dietary...
Source: Furious Seasons - January 13, 2010 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: American Culture Source Type: blogs

So I Filed A Ballot Initiative YesterdayEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Over the weekend, I co-authored a proposed initiative repealing the State of Washington's criminal penalties relating to the adult use, possession and cultivation. Then on Monday I drove to Olympia with co-author Douglas Hiatt and delivered the proposed text to the Secretary of State's office and paid the $5 filing fee. So that's why there were no posts on Monday. I can assure you that nothing sucks up all your time like helping to organize such an effort and then hammering out the language and figuring out what sections of state law apply. Needless to say, I am exhausted. I think the findings and intent of the proposed i...
Source: Furious Seasons - January 12, 2010 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: American Culture Source Type: blogs

New Study Seconds Cato Finding: Immigration Reform Good for EconomyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
By Daniel GriswoldThe Center for American Progress and the Immigration Policy Center released a new study this morning that finds comprehensive immigration reform would boost the U.S. economy by $189 billion a year by 2019. The bottom-line results of the study are remarkably similar to those of a Cato study released last August. Titled “Raising the Floor for American Workers: the Economic Benefits of Comprehensive Immigration Reform,” the CAP study was authored by Dr. Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda of the University of California, Los Angeles. It finds that legalizing low-skilled immigration would boost U.S. gross domestic produc...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 7, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Daniel Griswold Tags: General Trade and Immigration Center for American Progress Congress economic benefits economy immigration reform jobs low-skilled President Obama think tanks university of california Source Type: blogs

What the new cervical cancer screening guidelines mean for womenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The following guest post on the subject of cervical cancer screening guidelines is written by Susan Wysocki, WHNP-BC, FAANP, president and CEO of the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health and Susan Scanlan, chair of the National Council of Women’s Organizations. The article below initially appeared on America Media Forum’s website. It’s not surprising that women are confused about the recently changed recommendations for cancer screening and prevention. New guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) – the leading medical group that p...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - January 7, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Guest Posts Women's Health American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists breast cancer Cervical cancer Human papillomavirus Pap test screening guidelines Sexually transmitted disease Source Type: blogs

Global Markets Keep U.S. Economy AfloatEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
By Daniel GriswoldThree items in the news this week remind us why we should be glad we live in a more global economy. While American consumers remain cautious, American companies and workers are finding increasing opportunities in markets abroad: Sales of General Motors vehicles continue to slump in the United States, but they are surging in China. The company announced this week that sales in China of GM-branded cars and trucks were up 67 percent in 2009, to 1.8 million vehicles. If current trends continue, within a year or two GM will be selling more vehicles in China than in the United States. James Cameron’s 3-D mov...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 6, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Daniel Griswold Tags: General Trade and Immigration american consumers capitalism China france general motors germany global economy global markets gm India inflation james cameron mad about trade middle class recession The Great Depression Source Type: blogs

Antidepressants Don’t Help Mild Depression: StudyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The ongoing debate over antidepressants and links to suicides prompts the medical community - notably, psychiatrists - to say the pills serve a needed purpose. Without the drugs, the argument goes, many patients may be in worse shape (background here). A new analysis in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests the pills don’t do much for those with mild or moderate depression. An analysis of randomized trials indicates that, compared with placebo, the “magnitude of benefit” of varies with the severity of symptoms, and may provide little benefit for those with mild or moderate depression. B...
Source: Pharmalot - January 5, 2010 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Antidepressants JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association Source Type: blogs

Women’s Sexuality and G Spot ResearchEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I’m not exactly sure what it is about our fascination about women’s sexuality. Perhaps it’s as simple as because women’s sexual reproductive organs are mostly on the inside and men’s are mostly on the outside that researchers seem forever fascinated by female sexuality. I was honestly debating as to whether to comment on the recent media hype about new research which, according to media reports, claims that the “g spot” in female sexuality may be a myth. Why was I not going to write on this topic? Because after reading the “research” that was conducted, I was mystified ...
Source: World of Psychology - January 5, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Brain and Behavior General Sexuality Women's Issues American Men Anatomy Brains Controversy Fascination Female Sexuality Fuss G Spot Historical Context Human Sexuality Identical And Fraternal Twins Media Hype Myth Pairs Source Type: blogs

Nemeroff Buys $1.9 Million Miami HouseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Via Pharmalot, news is out that controversial, pharma-whoring psychiatrist Charles Nemeroff has purchased a $1.9 million house in Miami. It's over 5,000 square feet, which is to say it's of Nemeroffian proportions. Nemeroff recently quit his post at Emory University for one at the University of Miami after disclosures of all manner of conflicts of interest and tons of pharma consulting monies and after he became the object of a Senate investigation for not disclosing said monies while receiving federal research dollars. My Nemeroff back catalog is here. When you consider how tight the housing credit market is and just how...
Source: Furious Seasons - January 4, 2010 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: American Culture Source Type: blogs

Antipsychotic Use Doubles In America's ToddlersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Need more evidence that America has lost its soul and that psychiatry has lost its mind? A study published today in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (it's not online yet) asserts that twice as many young toddlers are getting antipsychotics as in the late-1990s. We're talking kids aged 2 to 5, getting drugs which have no approval for their age group. "In 1999-2001, about one in 1,300 were being treated with antipsychotics. By 2007, that had risen to one in 630, according to Olfson. "For 5-year-olds, about one in 650 were being treated in 1999-2001. That doubled, to one in 329, in 1997, ...
Source: Furious Seasons - January 4, 2010 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: American Culture Source Type: blogs

Ruth Lilly, Eli Lilly Heiress, Prozac Beneficiary Dies At 94Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Ruth Lilly, 94, died on Wednesday. She was the last surviving great-grandchild of Col. Eli Lilly, the founder of the pharmaceutical giant, and in 2002 her fortune was valued at $800 million to $1 billion, although she didn't have direct control of her estate. She gave away much of that before she died, including $200 million to the foundation that publishes Poetry magazine, which had long rejected Lilly's verse. Lilly reportedly suffered from depression much of her life and, ironically, took Prozac, which apparently helped her greatly. "Prozac, the Lilly company’s most successful drug in decades, came on the market in ...
Source: Furious Seasons - December 31, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: American Culture Source Type: blogs

Senate Health Care Bill Contains $1.25 Billion Gift To Sen. StabenowEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There's been a lot of coverage of amendments to the recently-passed Senate health care reform bill over the last 10 days, especially the Medicare giveaways for the State of Nebraska reportedly employed to capture the support of Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska) as well as giveaways to other Democratic senators. But one provision of the amendments, which were introduced on December 19, has escaped notice of the mainstream media and the political blogosphere alike. That would be $1.25 billion included in the amendments, apparently to secure the vote of Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow. Sen. Stabenow, a Democrat, was a passionate ...
Source: Furious Seasons - December 29, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: American Culture Source Type: blogs

When Cardiologists SueEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It's sad that cardiologists have had to sue as their last resort to save their practices:"Heart specialists on Monday filed suit against Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius in an effort to stave off steep Medicare fee cuts for routine office-based procedures such as nuclear stress tests and echocardiograms.The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, charges that the government's planned cutbacks will deal a major blow to medical care in the USA, forcing thousands of cardiologists to shutter their offices, sell diagnostic equipment and work for hospitals, which charge...
Source: Dr. Wes - December 28, 2009 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Tags: health care reform cardiology American College of Cardiology Source Type: blogs

Senate Health Care Reform Bill Contains Controversial MOTHERS Act, Abortion StudyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study may assess the incidence, timing, magnitude, and duration of the immediate and long-term mental health consequences (positive or negative) of these pregnancy outcomes. As I wondered aloud in October, it's not clear to me how such a study would affect Americans access to health insurance, but perhaps I am a blockhead. I also wonder who pressed to have this provision stuck into the bill since it's not clear to me whether such a study would serve the interests of pro-lifers or pro-choicers. If anyone knows, feel free to enlighten me. (Source: Furious Seasons)
Source: Furious Seasons - December 28, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: American Culture Source Type: blogs

The Situation of the Known UniverseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The American Museum of Natural History has created a truly amazing video which shows the Universe as we know it. While we all know the Earth is very small relative to the rest of the Universe, that point is graphically made–and perhaps more dramatically than you would expect–in this video. We hope you enjoy watching it. (Source: The Situationist)
Source: The Situationist - December 25, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Life American Museum of Natural History The Known Universe Source Type: blogs

Authenticity as aesthetic (or: what is coherence and integrity?)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In the Forward, Jay Michaelson says that "the myth of authenticity has got to go." In the liberal circles that he and I travel, this claim isn't all that surprising or challenging. I believe he's mostly talking to those of us whose subconscious, when asked to provide the image of an archetypal Jew, summons up a fundamentalist of our time or a prehistorical figure - anything but one of our own hyphenated, conflicted kind. But the hyphenations and conflicts, say Michaelson, are part and parcel - perhaps even the most admirable element - of Judaism. Most of what we value is transient, and always in flux.What should we pursuin...
Source: Zackary Sholem Berger - December 24, 2009 Category: Epidemiologists Tags: American Judaism myth of authenticity Forward Jay Michaelson coherence integrity liberal Judaism Source Type: blogs

6 Last-Minute Holiday Stress BustersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I have a theory regarding holiday stress: In the month of December, high levels of Cortisol (stress hormone) turn 80 percent of the American population into fruitcakes–just like the stale one delivered to your house yesterday. Because on top of adding 675 things to your to-do list, you’ve now got to deal with the strained relationship with your dad and two brothers. Bummer. Here, then, are my tips to keep your stress down a notch, so that you don’t turn into a fruitcake or hurl the mistletoe at an obnoxious relative. 1. Simplify Cut your to-do list in half. In December??? Yep. Keep on asking yoursel...
Source: World of Psychology - December 21, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Anxiety and Panic Brain and Behavior General Health-related Mental Health and Wellness Relationships Stress American Population Christmas Dinner Coin Collection Desperate Person Elves Fruitcake Fruitcakes Holiday Stress Busters Source Type: blogs

Pets For Post-Combat PTSDEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The AP had a small item today on a new and interesting project called Pets2Vets, which seeks to match military veterans with post-combat stress/PTSD with a suitable dog or cat from an animal shelter. This is such a great idea not only because animals have been proven to be quite useful therapies for PTSD, but because this country's animal shelters are overrun with unwanted animals, far too many of whom end up being euthanized. Anything that works to address those twin problems is good with me. (Source: Furious Seasons)
Source: Furious Seasons - December 21, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: American Culture Source Type: blogs

Health Care Reform To Include Tanning TaxEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
OK, news is just coming out this afternoon that the Senate health care reform bill will include a 10 percent tax on artificial tanning. Apparently, this was done to replace the Botox tax on cosmetic surgery that was in the bill at some point. I'm not a fan of the whole artificial tanning thing, but if people are into it, then whatever. Some folks use tanning sessions to ward off seasonal affective disorder. But a federal tax on it? To help pay for health care reform? I think there needs to be a diagnosis in the DSM for this kind of political chicanery and nanny statism. Heck, I'm just waiting for someone to declare this ta...
Source: Furious Seasons - December 21, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: American Culture Source Type: blogs

Can a Website Teach CPR?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The American Heart Association, in conjunction with a $1 million dollar grant from the Medtronic Foundation, thinks it can, especially if schools can win a thousand bucks for their effort promoting the idea:Through the Be the Beat campaign, the Medtronic Foundation is providing $1,000 grants for school staff to help fund CPR and AED training outreach programs within their school or community. The deadline for application is January 15, 2010. More information is available in the “Teachers and Administration” section of the Be the Beat Web site, BetheBeat.heart.org/schools.BetheBeat.heart.org engages 12- to 15-year-olds ...
Source: Dr. Wes - December 18, 2009 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Tags: sudden death Medtronic American Heart Association AED CPR Source Type: blogs

Enough For A RoundupEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I'm flat out exhausted after a long week in a tough year in a trying decade, one that will soon be at an end, and have run into several tidbits I wanted to pass along. Apparently things are hopping for the parents of Jani. Not only am I told that her dad has a book deal but the rumor is that ABC's "20/20" is doing a piece on her. Meanwhile, check out the website, scroll to the bottom and you'll see that mom and dad have their own publicist now. No comment. More on the Miami psychiatrist who's been writing 153 prescriptions a day. The feds have stopped paying his Medicare/Medicaid claims. I suspect there are many, many do...
Source: Furious Seasons - December 18, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: American Culture Source Type: blogs