MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'atlantic'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:10:13 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5181896&cid=t_118682_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F09%2F01%2Fcan-a-hurricane-make-you-happy%2F I was in London at Heathrow Airport when I learned that my flight back to Newark, New Jersey was canceled.  More than that, they explained that Newark and all the surrounding airports in the New York City area had been closed because of Hurricane Irene, and that there was no possibility of getting a trans-Atlantic flight for a couple of days. Bummer. To make matters worse, the hotels in London were filled because of an annual carnival in the city.  There were no rooms. Double bummer. The airport staff was stressed because, well, weary travelers were stressed, which made for some unpleasant encounters.  A woman was spewing at the counter in front of me. “I must leave today, leaving tonight or tomorrow isn’t an option.” “I am sorry, the airports are closed tonight and tomorrow. ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5181896 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:55:55 +0100 5181896 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159032&cid=t_118682_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D4562%26utm_source%3Drss%26utm_medium%3Drss%26utm_campaign%3Dhalf-baked-nonsense-in-the-atlantic Jump to follow-up Reply to David Katz. The Atlantic is an American magazine founded (as The Atlantic Monthly) in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1857. It is a literary and cultural magazine with a very distinguished history. Its contributors include Mark Twain and Martin Luther King. So it was pretty exciting to be asked to write something for it, even with a 12 hour deadline. Sadly though, in recent years, the coverage of science in The Atlantic has been less than good The inimitable David Gorski has explained the problem in Blatant pro-alternative medicine propaganda in The Atlantic. The immediate cause of the kerfuffle was the publication of an article, The Triumph of New-Age Medicine. It was written by a journalist, David Freedman. It is very long and really not very good. It has been decon... DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159032 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:38:18 +0100 5159032 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893407&cid=t_118682_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FuczY8ZO9Tq4%2F By Caleb O. BrownAs Justin Logan puts it, we borrow money from China to make precision-guided munitions which we then give to the Europeans so they can drop them on Libya. This is a product of U.S. involvement in NATO. In this new video, Christopher A. Preble, Benjamin H. Friedman and Justin Logan provide analysis about our involvement in NATO with specific respect to the Libya campaign. Read more of Cato’s work on NATO. Get Out of Libya, Get Out of NATO is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893407 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:19:38 +0100 4893407 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4331190&cid=t_118682_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F01%2F10%2Ftheres-enough-insanity-to-go-around%2F Gun control activists are not just concerned about the criminally insane having guns. (Such diagnoses are too often only made after a shoot-’em-up anyway!) Otherwise sane people can act violently, too, and guns just make things that much worse. When I hear criminals dismissed by news-jockies as “crazy”, “unbalanced”, “off”, I sometimes take on those [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4331190 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 05:21:13 +0100 4331190 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4327040&cid=t_118682_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F01%2F09%2Ftheres-enough-insanity-to-go-around%2F Even some of my best friends…can be described as having, at least, a nodding acquaintance with mental illness. While, as far as I know, a police check would not flag me as mentally ill, I probably owe that more to the fact that my only direct personal contact with police has been cordial and no [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4327040 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:21:13 +0100 4327040 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4200563&cid=t_118682_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fplaying-doctor-profile-of-a-medical-ghostwriter%2F2010.11.24 Dr. Carl Elliott writes about ghostwriting in the December issue of The Atlantic magazine, “Playing Doctor: How to spin pharmaceutical research.” He profiles a young scientist (“David”) who became a ghostwriter about 10 years ago. Excerpts: “Ghostwritten articles surface again and again in litigation (in cases concerning Vioxx, Fen-Phen, Zyprexa, Premarin, Neurontin, and Zoloft, to mention just a few). Years before the Avandia scandal, GlaxoSmithKline paid $2.5 million to the State of New York to settle a lawsuit alleging that it had concealed studies suggesting an increased risk of suicidal behavior in children and teenagers taking Paxil, most notoriously in an article “authored” by Dr. Martin Keller of Brown University. One 2003 study in The Brit... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4200563 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 23:00:19 +0100 4200563 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3695529&cid=t_118682_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fgulf-oil-spill-spirit-air-must-be-high-to-stoop-so-low%2F So far, it seems like no one’s really capitalizing on the BP oil spill in the Gulf. We haven’t seen any t-shirts or heard any #1 hits about oil – and if we did, we’d hope the proceeds would be going to those people and wildlife affected by the spill. That’s so gre–wait, what? Spirit Air is running ads that are exploiting the oil spill – and sexist to boot? Spirit Air’s new campaign focuses on scantily-clad women lounging on beaches, all lubed up and enjoying the sun. The tagline reads, “Check out the oil on our beaches.” So tasteless. Did anyone at the ad agency perhaps think it was too soon, insensitive, or inappropriate to exploit a disaster that killed people, wildlife, and ruined a huge swath of the Gulf of Mexico – and is just getting ... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3695529 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:10:36 +0100 3695529 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3563937&cid=t_118682_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Feco-friendly-subway-cars-as-underwater-reefs-video-of-the-day%2F Ever wonder what happens to subway cars after their rush-hour commuting days are over? They become environmentalists. Out-of-service New York City train cars have been stripped and dumped into the Atlantic Ocean along the east coast in order to become artificial reefs for marine life. The cars look so much more appealing under water – we wish we could hitch a ride to work on the back of our sea turtle friend every day. via Huffington Post Post from: BlissTree Video: Eco-Friendly Subway Cars as Underwater Reefs (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3563937 Thu, 13 May 2010 22:52:46 +0100 3563937 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3176118&cid=t_118682_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FBYKZy7XOMwU%2F Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us and we’ll share with it others. That’s right. Send us your announcements and we’ll find a home for them. Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is coming and going, especially with all the layoffs. Despite the downsizing, there is movement. Here are some of the latest changes. Recognize anyone? And here is something we hope to make a regular feature. Send us a photo (something nice, please) and we will spotlight a different person each week. This time around, we note that Concert Pharmaceuticals hired Steven Weissman as associate director, process chemistry. Before joining Concert, he worked at Merck Research Laboratories as a senior investigator. Vical hired Rich... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3176118 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:09:48 +0100 3176118 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3092929&cid=t_118682_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F66RnfIw4kzM%2F Once again, New Jersey has made the unflattering list of places where judges “systematically apply laws and court procedures in an inequitable manner, generally against defendants in civil lawsuits,” according to the American Tort Reform Association, which compiles the annual ranking. And Alabama has landed on the watch list for the second consecutive year. Why? The Superior Court of Atlantic County, which is located in the shadow of Atlantic City’s hulking casinos, remains what ATRA calls “a center for mass tort actions, often directed at one of the state’s own economic generators, pharmaceutical manufacturers.” The group calculates 93 percent of plaintiffs in New Jersey’s pharmaceutical mass torts come from outside the state and the court houses ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3092929 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:21:58 +0100 3092929 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2946892&cid=t_118682_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FefbBx0q649s%2F One argument in favor of a government overhaul of the health care system is that the free market had its chance, and failed when it comes to providing the best possible care.  But as David Goldhill discovered while researching for the September cover article in The Atlantic, the United States has anything but a free-market health care system. He explains his findings below: For real market-based reform, see Cato’s new Policy Analysis, “Yes, Mr. President: A Free Market Can Fix Health Care.“ (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2946892 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:55:05 +0100 2946892 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2890621&cid=t_118682_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FAyL4iXsr2_w%2F In Bell Atlantic v. Twombly (2007) and Ashcroft v. Iqbal (2009), the Supreme Court gave trial courts more latitude to dismiss a lawsuit at a very early stage, before the parties have had a chance to engage in discovery (the often lengthy and expensive fact-finding stage of civil litigation), if judges think the suit is not founded on “plausible” allegations of wrongdoing.  There’s a rich, angry debate about the effect the decisions will have on dismissal rates of meritorious suits in lower courts. But the consensus among academics seems to be that both decisions will trigger a sea-change in lower court practice—one deeply unfavorable to plaintiffs. We won’t know the real effect of these decisions for many years to come. But a 2007 study by the Federal Judicial Center on the eff... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2890621 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:07:59 +0100 2890621 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2657586&cid=t_118682_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F4Pc9P-lMicE%2F Conor Clarke at The Atlantic blog, raised several issues with my study, “What to Do About Climate Change,” which Cato published last year. One of Conor Clarke’s comments was that my analysis did not extend beyond the 21st century. He found this problematic because, as Conor put it, climate change would extend beyond 2100, and even if GDP is higher in 2100 with unfettered global warming than without, it’s not obvious that this GDP would continue to be higher “in the year 2200 or 2300 or 3758”. I addressed this portion of his argument in Part I of my response. Here I will address the second part of this argument, that “the possibility of ‘catastrophic’ climate change events — those with low probability but extremely high cost — becomes real after 2100.” The examples o... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2657586 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:53:05 +0100 2657586 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2605950&cid=t_118682_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fp8YF_NBYC1U%2F Last week Conor Clarke at The Atlantic blog , apparently as part of a running argument with Jim Manzi, raised four substantive issues with my study, “What to Do About Climate Change,” that Cato published last year. Mr. Clarke deserves a response, and I apologize for not getting to this sooner. Today, I’ll address the first part of his first comment. I’ll address the rest of his comments over the next few days. Conor Clarke:  (1) Goklany’s analysis does not extend beyond the 21st century. This is a problem for two reasons. First, climate change has no plans to close shop in 2100. Even if you believe GDP will be higher in 2100 with unfettered global warming than without, it’s not obvious that GDP would be higher in the year 2200 or 2300 or 3758. (This depends cru... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2605950 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:51:11 +0100 2605950 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2580189&cid=t_118682_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FFPg8pEbKt4U%2F Normally I would be happy to leave labelling decisions to retailers and manufacturers, but here’s a proposal for a new mandatory labelling scheme that I can get behind. James Gibney, a reporter from the Atlantic, called me last week to ask some questions about dairy supports. He was preparing a blog post to propose a new labelling idea that might help break the frustrating stranglehold that the farm lobby has over U.S. agricultural policy. Here’s James’ idea: To wit, every product whose ingredients benefit from a subsidy should include the following language on the label: “This product has been subsidized by the U.S. government at taxpayer expense. For more information, please visit usda.gov.” And every product that benefits from tariff protection should ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2580189 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:06:04 +0100 2580189 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2353752&cid=t_118682_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FsJrYqPvz50U%2F Here’s a round-up of bloggers who are writing about Cato research and commentary: National Review’s Mark Hemingway quoted Ilya Shapiro about the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal’s recent decision on gun laws. He also posted David Boaz’s reaction to the New York Times blog that stated that Cato has been “remarkably silent on bailouts.” QandO’s Michael Wade offered his own thoughts on the New York Times blogger who said Cato’s voice against bailouts has not met her “expectations of adequate noise.” Blogging about high-speed rail, The Reason Foundation’s Samuel Staley cited Randal O’Toole’s study, High-Speed Rail: The Wrong Road for America. At The New Republic’s “The Plank” blog, James Kirchick ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2353752 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:16:29 +0100 2353752 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2047637&cid=t_118682_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F486745167%2F Actually, the specific location is the Superior Court of Atlantic County, which is, indeed, located in the shadow of those shiny casinos lining the Atlantic City boardwalk. The state court landed the No. 4 position in the annual ranking of judicial hellholes - or unfair jurisdictions - as compiled by the American Tort Reform Association. This means New Jersey is moving down in the world; last year, it ranked No. 6 (back story). Why? The group says the court has “become the destination of choice for those suing the pharmaceutical industry. Believe it or not, some of these cases are brought on behalf of people who do not even claim to have been harmed by taking a drug. Instead, lawyers are seeking massive payouts for anyone who merely purchased a drug.” New Jersey, of course, lik... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2047637 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:13:43 +0100 2047637 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1661199&cid=t_118682_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F348791756%2F A few colleagues and I just had an interesting exchange on the recent article at The Atlantic, Is Google Making Us Stupid?, which basically blamed Google for literally rewiring our brains into more stupid brains (not being able to pay attention, read deep books...) based on a number of personal anecdotes and a little research.  My 2 cents: this is a complex topic and we'd first need to clarify the question, before looking for answers to support or refute it. I found the Atlantic article superficial for a meaningful conversation, with its title and main premise making little sense: Google can not makes us stupid, in the same way that guns don't make us violent or pens don't make us good writers. The author of the article complains about having less of a number of cognitive abilities than... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1661199 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:37:32 +0100 1661199 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1106344&cid=t_118682_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F202837452%2F The latest ranking of America’s most unfair jurisdictions in which to be sued has been compiled by the American Tort Reform Foundation, which isn’t crazy about plaintiffs’ lawyers. And the county, which includes the seaside gambling den known as Atlantic City, joins the list this year at No. 6. For those who were unaware, the state court located there is home to a growing number of huge lawsuits filed against drugmakers, with the most notable being the Vioxx litigation (although many of those lawsuits are also housed in federal court in New Orleans). Here’s what the organization has to say: “Personal injury lawyers seem to have gained a monopoly in Atlantic County, a new addition to the Judicial Hellholes report. New Jersey is known for particularly plaintiff-... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1106344 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:20:32 +0100 1106344 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=675317&cid=t_118682_109_f&fid=34788&url=http%3A%2F%2Firvingpsychiatrist.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fchina.html The Atlantic magazine has a couple of great windows on China this month. J. Fallows shows how China is our industrial back office; Dallas, by the way, is, in part, a financial back office for New York. Interesting is that it has not grown on the Japanese or Korean model, that is the state favoring certain industries or companies. Like Topsy it has just grown as free trade zones were established. So that Japan makes Toyotas but China makes Del, IBM etc laptops. The branding is actually part of our profit and the Chinese pick up the littlest bit. Fallows, in part, covers the activity and career of an Irish business owner in China. Having learned and reported a lot, Fallows closes with asking him to suggest a Chinese government official of any level that might have been useful in facilitating... a psychiatrist who learned from veterans blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=675317 Sat, 16 Jun 2007 06:41:00 +0100 675317 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=612011&cid=t_118682_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F05%2F15%2Fshirley-mae-run-and-gildas-club-walk-2007%2F Filed under: Breast Cancer, Cancer events, Fundraisers, Stress ReductionThis past mothers day weekend I attended the Shirley Mae Run & Gilda's Club Walk held in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It was a beautiful Saturday to take a stroll on the boardwalk. My dad flew in from Arizona for the event and my mom drove from Philadelphia. I'm very lucky that my parents are so supportive. The Shirley Mae Breast Cancer Assistance Fund was started by Roy Goldberg to honor his mother, Shirley Mae, who survived breast cancer. The fund assists breast cancer patients in the south-eastern area of New Jersey with the cost of medicine, wigs, prostheses, and anything else needed to relieve financial stress so they can focus on healing and becoming survivors too. Shirley Mae's Fund and Gilda's Club Sout... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=612011 Tue, 15 May 2007 04:00:00 +0100 612011