patient advocacy

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “patient advocacy”

• I Am Still Here and I Am Not

  
  Patient Anonymous: Just Another Head Case — Authority: 125
  I figured that would be a suitable Post Title on the heels of the last? I don’t know what the hell I’m doing right now.  Falling back into the trap of staring at baby MacBook all day? I haven’t hit my night yet and I haven’t opened any apps…so? Why am I making this Post? Because I’m exhausted, I can’t ...
  14 hours ago

• kearns to LA city atty: medical cannabis peace mission letter (2054)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 126
  chers— this is the second publication of this letter, which originally went to rocky degadillo, the LA city attorney at the time (march 4, 2009). in it, i itemize the many problems with a “cultivation only” type ordinance for people who are sick & dying, an ordinance such as the current city attorney, ...
  15 hours ago

• NATAP: pharmatimes reports merck/schering merger (2050)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 126
  Larger Merck says merger will actually increase R&D efficiency pharmatimes.com 05 November 2009 The new Merck & Co has opened its doors for business, and the company has been laying out its plans for future growth now that Schering-Plough has been added to the group. Chief executive Richard Clark ...
  21 hours ago

• rebecca roberts, top of the nation (NPR) interviews new US drug czar gil kerlikowske (2050)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 126
  Drug Policy Changes Under New Director Talk of the Nation The Department of Justice will no longer prosecute medical marijuana users who comply with state laws. Some reform advocates hope the move means decriminalization of pot may be in the works. Drug czar Gil Kerlikowske talks about the direction of U.S. ...
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• LA city atty carmen trutanich to appear at LGBT community forum tues nite (2049)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 126
  text transcribed from jpeg follows jump LGBT forum with los angeles city attorney carmen trutanich an evening of discussion on how the los angeles city attorney’s office may address issues concerning the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities tuesday, november 10, 2009 ...
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• LA city atty carmen trutanich to appear at LGBT community forum tues nite (2049)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 126
  text transcribed from jpeg follows jump LGBT forum with los angeles city attorney carmen trutanich an evening of discussion on how the los angeles city attorney’s office may address issues concerning the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities tuesday, november 10, 2009 ...
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• Sen. Leach introduces bill to improve access to eating disorder treatments

  
  HealthPoint PA — Authority: 439
  Announces a press release from Sen. Daylin Leach: State Sen. Daylin Leach (D-Delaware, Montgomery) today introduced a bill that would provide better access to treatment for the thousands of Pennsylvanians who suffer from eating disorders.   Senate Bill 1138 would require Pennsylvania’s health insurers to cover ...
  3 days ago

• AIDS.gov hosts federal phone conference for world AIDS day 2009 (2048)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 126
  World AIDS Day Federal Conference Call Tuesday, November 17, 2009: 2:30pm - 4:00pm (EST) AIDS.gov is hosting a World AIDS Day Conference Cal l for Federal staff and grantees. The call will provide a brief update on the state of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U.S. and a brief overview of the global ...
  5 days ago

• My Personal Trainer: An Example for Practitioners Working with Chronic Pain Patients

  
  Dancing with Pain Blog — Authority: 126
  My personal trainer, Nina Moore , has a thing or ten in which to school health care practitioners working with chronic pain patients: She took the time to get to know me — to read my blog posts and articles, to correspond with me by email, and, in the process, to understand my needs. She responded ...
  6 days ago

• The continuing stigma of depression

  
  Blogs — Authority: 159
  Part of the mission of patient advocacy groups is to reduce the stigma associated with depression. This is noble and important work because historically people who have suffered from depression have tended to suffer in silence and/or not sought treatment because of the shame associated with admitting depression. In ...
  1 week ago

• ken draper, citywatch-LA: carmen trutanich, LA city atty — buffoon or bully? (2047)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 126
  Is LA’s City Attorney a Wolf in Loose Cannon Clothes? CityWatch By Ken Draper Oct 30, 2009 So what are we to think of our Carmen Trutanich? Is the City’s attorney a sad buffoon or a wonderful, much needed, City Hall bully? As has become the case in this considerably divided national and local ...
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• kim landers, the world today, ABC news australia: US officials vow crackdown on medical cannabis (2046)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 126
  US vows crackdown on medical marijuana By Kim Landers for The World Today , ABC news australia Fri Oct 30, 2009 Audio: LA officials to clean up the joint (The World Today) Officials in the United States are vowing to crack down on medical marijuana facilities even as the Obama administration ...
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• towleroad: obama signs ryan white CARE act extension, lifts HIV travel & immigration ban (2045)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 126
  Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act Signed into Law REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT SIGNING OF THE RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS TREATMENT EXTENSION ACT OF 2009a Diplomatic Reception Room 11:58 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. AUDIENCE: Good morning. THE PRESIDENT: We often speak about ...
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• chris johnson, southern voice: obama to sign 4-year ryan white CARE act reauthorization friday (2044)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 126
  Obama to sign Ryan White reauthorization Friday Measure would provide funds for an additional four years By CHRIS JOHNSON Oct 29 2009 President Obama plans to sign into law on Friday a reauthorization of funds under the Ryan White Care Act, according to Shin Inouye, a White House spokesperson. The Ryan ...
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• kearns to speak at LMU panel about online journalism & blogging nov. 18 (2043)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 126
  ONLINE JOURNALISM & BLOGGING AS A PROFESSION Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 4:30pm English Dept. University Hall 3226 Loyola Marymount University Featuring Siel Environmental Activist & Founder of Green LA Girl Blog http://greenlagirl.com/ Richard Kearns Blogger & Activist, HIV/AIDS ...
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• tradingmarkets.com: sam farr (D-CA 17th) introduces medical cannabis “truth in trials act” (hr3939) (2042)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 126
  Farr Introduces Medical Marijuana Fair Trial Bill Wed. October 28, 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Sam Farr on Tuesday introduced legislation that would allow individuals accused of violating federal marijuana laws to offer evidence in federal court that their use of  medical marijuana followed ...
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• john richardson, esquire: medical cannabis in LA — “every last ridiculous loophole” (2041)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 126
  One City’s Insane Fight Against Obama’s Sane New Pot Policy The administration has officially put a stop to crackdowns on the medical-marijuana business, but to hear the dispensers tell it, nothing’s stopping Los Angeles from finding every last ridiculous loophole By John H. Richardson October 27, 2009 ...
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• LA independent: CA NORML asserts ban of medical cannabis dispensaries would cost city millions (2040)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 126
  POT GROUP: BANNING MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES WOULD COST L.A. MILLIONS Story Published: Oct 25, 2009 Los Angeles’ proposed medical marijuana ordinance, which would outlaw the sale of pot at dispensaries, would cost the city $36 million to $74 million in lost sales taxes, a marijuana advocacy group ...
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• john hoeffel, latimes: defacto medical cannabis ban could come before council early nov. (2039)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 126
  Los Angeles could act on medical pot in early November A proposal to ban all sales of medical marijuana in the city is unlikely to be taken up next week. Aides to Councilman Smith say he supports it and believes it would force most dispensaries to close. By John Hoeffel October 23, 2009 The Los ...
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• jules levin, NATAP: report spread of resistant HIV stabilizes in europe (2038)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 126
  BRIEF REPORT Transmission of Drug‐Resistant HIV‐1 Is Stabilizing in Europe The Journal of Infectious Diseases Nov 15 2009;200:1503–1508 “We found that TDR appears to be stabilizing in Europe, consistent with recent reports of decreasing drug resistance and improved viral suppression in patients ...
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