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 'banks'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:49:40 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5181769&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FO8JYkfthuh4%2F By Steve H. HankeOn August 29th, I penned “Lagarde Confused, Again.” In it, I argued that Christine Lagarde, the new managing director of the International Monetary Fund, misdiagnosed Europe’s banking crisis. Ms. Lagarde’s assertion that Europe’s banks “need urgent recapitalization” is based on faulty economics. While the higher capital-asset ratios that Ms. Lagarde extols are intended to strengthen banks (and economies), higher ratios destroy money and are “deflationary.” This is not what a struggling Europe needs. Indeed, higher capital-asset ratios imposed on Europe’s banks at this juncture would virtually ensure that Euroland would take another dive. In consequence, some of the banks that were made “safer” by Ms. L... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5181769 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:45:32 +0100 5181769 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5118618&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36941&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mazecordblood.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1510       Mayim Bialik found out , quite by accident, that her son was color blind. Would you know the telltale signs?  Her son was not yet 6 years old and after an ordinary request to play checkers, she found out just what her son was seeing.  The article is thoughtful and clearly comes from the heart. Read here for more information on color blindness. You can also read her blog here (Source: Cord Blood News) Cord Blood News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5118618 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:29:57 +0100 5118618 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5086230&cid=t_99842_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2FEAt4EyYHOOM%2F Some of our most fun and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Awful Plastic Surgery) Awful Plastic Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5086230 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 01:10:44 +0100 5086230 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5062226&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FFGsoGrS2IEA%2F I’ve argued that the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill does not end “too-big-to-fail”, that is the belief that certain companies are implicitly backed by the government because policy-makers are unlikely to let said institutions actually fail. By naming some companies as ”systemically important” — as required by Dodd-Frank — the government is actually sending a signal as to who is likely to be bailed out. As evidenced by regulators’ behavior during the financial crisis, the prime beneficiaries would be the creditors of these companies, as even when shareholders and management suffered, creditors generally did not. This should allow such firms to borrow at a cost lower than firms not deemed systemically important. Given this funding... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5062226 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:53:37 +0100 5062226 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050459&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F07%2Fblood-money-at-border-red-cross-and.html Writing in our local Providence Journal, Felice Freyer reported on a story that becomes less bewildering when viewed in the context of how nominally not-for-profit health care organizations are now run.  The Border DisputeIt seems that two such non-profits are having a border dispute:Two local charities are fighting for your blood.The Rhode Island Blood Center, long the sole blood-collection agency in the state, is objecting to incursions by the American Red Cross of Eastern Massachusetts, which recently started holding blood drives here.A war of words has resulted, with the blood center accusing the Red Cross of a 'campaign of misinformation,' and the Red Cross calling the blood center 'hypocritical.' The Hospital Association of Rhode Island entered the fray with a letter to blood do... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050459 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:58:00 +0100 5050459 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4360961&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fhawc3g-lwJo%2F By Daniel J. MitchellI’m not a big fan of the Internal Revenue Service, but I try not to demonize the bureaucrats because politicians actually deserve most of the blame for America’s complex, unfair, and corrupt tax system. The IRS generally is in the unenviable position of simply trying to enforce very bad laws. But sometimes the IRS runs amok and the agency deserves to be held in contempt by the American people Let’s look at a grotesque example of IRS misbehavior. It deals with a seemingly arcane issue, but it has big implications for the US economy, the rule of law, and human rights. On January 7, the tax-collection bureaucracy proposed a regulation that, if implemented, would force American financial institutions to put foreign tax law above US tax law. Banks would be require... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4360961 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:44:54 +0100 4360961 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4302116&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36941&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mazecordblood.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1009 M.A.Z.E. Cord Blood Laboratories, The Medical Center for Female Sexuality, M.A.Z.E. Andrology Laboratories and Werner MD.com, would like to extend our wishes for a healthy and happy New Year 2011. We hope this upcoming  year is one of good fortune, success and hope. Happy New Year  2011!! (Source: Cord Blood News) Cord Blood News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4302116 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:33:21 +0100 4302116 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4285189&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36941&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mazecordblood.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D983 You’re considering storing your baby’s umbilical-cord blood in a private bank — but you’re not sure how to go about it? This step-by-step guide outlines what you need to know about private cord blood banking. Excerpted from Whattoexpect.com Now that you’re pregnant, you’ve probably discovered how many decisions you have to make a day — and how momentous some of them can seem because they now involve that precious little person who is about to join your family. One way to ease your mind about these big decisions is do a lot of research about the topic you’re considering. When it comes to saving your baby’s cord blood, the more you know the better. Cord blood, which contains stems cells that can treat a host of diseases, can be stored in a private or public bank... Cord Blood News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4285189 Thu, 23 Dec 2010 18:09:30 +0100 4285189 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4272501&cid=t_99842_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F12%2F20%2Fjulian-assange-and-bank-of-america-sit-down-for-tea%2F New cartoon by Trussell & Trussell on Politics Daily. Julian Assange and Bank of America Sit Down for Tea. And by the way, your smart phone just got stupid. Filed under: Politics Tagged: bank of america, banks, julian assange, wikileaks (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4272501 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:40:38 +0100 4272501 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4133680&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FjENdY8y6muk%2F By Gerald P. O'DriscollWithin the Federal Reserve System, there is a tug of war over QE2 (2nd Quantitative Easing).  Some, mostly outside the system, are calling for $1 trillion-plus purchases of long-term bonds.  Within the Fed, there is little taste for purchases that large. I expect a compromise, with an initial purchase perhaps as low as $100 billion. There is widespread doubt as to the efficacy of further purchases of long-term bonds. They will supply additional liquidity, but liquidity isn’t what is needed. Businesses and banks are suffering from fear and uncertainty: new taxes, new regulations, new mandates, and, for financial services, the uncertainty of the Dodd-Frank banking bill.  Lower interest rates on long-term bonds will do nothing to diminish fear and uncertaint... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4133680 Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:00:45 +0100 4133680 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4086462&cid=t_99842_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F10%2F20%2Fbanks-to-underwater-homeowners-dont-get-comfy%2F New cartoon by Trussell & Trussell on Politics Daily. Banks to Underwater Homeowners: Don’t Get Comfy. Missed out on Katrina? Now Katrina is coming to you!     Filed under: Politics Daily Tagged: banks, foreclosure, housing crisis, humor, mortgage, political cartoon, robert donna trussell, underwater (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4086462 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:52:51 +0100 4086462 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4013146&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FH6U5zwCeVMo%2F By Mark A. CalabriaA common defense offered for keeping Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, or something like them, is that the market simply cannot absorb the same level of mortgage lending without them.  The central flaw in this argument is that Fannie and Freddie themselves must be funded by the market.  So if the financial markets can absorb X in GSE debt, then the financial markets can absorb X in mortgages. Different market participants currently face different capital requirements for the same assets.  To some extent, Fannie and Freddie were a vehicle for shifting mortgage risk from higher capitalized institutions to less capitalized.  If the Obama administration and bank regulators are serious about closing “regulatory gaps” then all entities backed by the govt, implicit o... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4013146 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 18:21:31 +0100 4013146 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3959922&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fbecome-part-of-oprahs-last-season-you-might-regret-it%2F We know you’re really broken up about Oprah’s final season on ABC. Now who will teach you your life lessons? Well, to help you feel like you’re part of Oprah’s last hurrah, she’s letting you Oprah-fy yourself on her website. Because somehow having Oprah’s massive earrings dangling from your ears connects you to her departure from daytime network TV. While no one can fill her shoes, we thought we’d see what a few other talk show hosts would look like if they donned Oprah’s trademark looks throughout the years: via Gapers Block Ellen Degeneres Tyra Banks Larry King all original photos via WENN.com Post from: BlissTree Become Part of Oprah's Last Season (You Might Regret It) (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3959922 Sat, 11 Sep 2010 20:59:54 +0100 3959922 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3812945&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fliteral-piggy-banks-why-of-the-day%2F photo via The Daily What No, the image above hasn’t been photo-shopped to put coin slots on live pigs. The pigs are dead, and the coin slots are real. These are literal piggy banks, made from taxidermal piglets. You can actually buy one of these — though you’d have to be both completely effed-up and rich to get one. But we fear that combination is more common than you’d expect. If you’ve got an extra $4,000 and the patience to wait a year, you may have your shrine of freakish and horrible things. The company that makes these bring-home-the-bacon moneyholders claims that the piglets die of natural causes. (While waiting in line at the bank?) Is this the most disgusting thing ever, or are we overreacting? via The Daily What Post from: BlissTree Literal Piggy Banks:... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3812945 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:10:26 +0100 3812945 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3603829&cid=t_99842_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F05%2F27%2Fbanks-cdos-and-prison-futures%2F New cartoon by Trussell & Trussell on Politics Daily. Banks, CDOs and Prison Futures. Filed under: Politics Daily Tagged: banks, chaos theory, corruption, enron, humor, political cartoon, wall street (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3603829 Thu, 27 May 2010 15:02:19 +0100 3603829 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3589017&cid=t_99842_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fbreast-cancer-survivors-can-donate-blood%2F I have been under the completely mistaken assumption that breast cancer survivors can’t be blood donors. Somewhere, I heard that if you had been diagnosed with cancer and then also had chemotherapy, you were not eligible to give blood. I think about giving blood often and urge family members and friends to give. I have often wished that I could contribute to blood banks and drives, but truly believed that having had breast cancer eliminated me. Yesterday I decided I really didn’t know for sure and that I should look into it. On its list of eligibility requirements for blood donation, the American Red Cross states that people diagnosed with cancer can donate if the cancer was treated successfully and at least 12 months have passed with no cancer recurrence. This is a change from their p... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3589017 Fri, 21 May 2010 21:09:01 +0100 3589017 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3538076&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F5P7uroEV4wg%2F By Mark A. CalabriaWhen it comes to banking policy, there are few people I respect more than Jonathan Macey and Arnold Kling; so when these two, independently, argue that we should be breaking up the largest banks, it is idea that merits consideration.  Yet I still have my doubts. First, lets start with what we are fairly certain of.  There is a large empirical literature that suggest most US mega-banks are beyond their efficient size.  There is a good survey of the literature by former Fed Economist Allen Berger .  So, at a minimum, the academic literature suggests the largest banks are beyond a size that is justified by the social benefits. However, there is also a small literature that suggests more concentrated banking systems are more stable, and less prone to crisis.  Some of t... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3538076 Wed, 05 May 2010 18:30:52 +0100 3538076 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3390931&cid=t_99842_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fliam-knows-what-to-do-when-kids-act.html This is a small, short book for children, with an important preface for the adults in their lives.I have had this book in my possession for a considerable period of time. While it's unwise to over analyze, I've been in two minds about the Liam series, for a number of different reasons. Jane Whelan Banks attacks the main stumbling blocks for many of our children - the mystifying world of social skills. In fact, I would describe this as a social story, a entertaining teaching tool.I know a great many children, on and off the spectrum, who think and behave very similarly to Liam. Jane captures the dichotomy - Liam values his performance talents, which others do not, while other people value different skills, which Liam doesn't value at all.Some will interpret Liam's behavior as acting up or s... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3390931 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:15:00 +0100 3390931 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3178747&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fwhy-are-health-care-organizations.html In conclusion, I asked readers to think about whether their own health care organization had anything resembling such a policy.  I suspect few could identify such policies.  Health care professionals need to inquire why health care organizations, including drug, device, biotechnology and health care information technology companies,  health care insurers, to hospitals, academic medical centers, and medical schools, etc, almost never have real organizational ethics policies.  Of course, the suspicion is that lack of such policies makes it easier for insiders to direct the organization for their personal benefit.  At least if we could make such policies the norm, we could remind organizational leaders that they are supposed to be upholding the mission, not linin... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3178747 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:22:00 +0100 3178747 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3096841&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FsUITgFNxEJ8%2F By Edward H. CraneIn his ongoing effort to micromanage the U.S. economy President Obama used his Dec. 12 weekly radio address to promote his proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency.  It will be filled with bureaucrats second-guessing entrepreneurs and is sure to improve the performance of our financial institutions — much in the manner of the SEC’s bureaucrats alertly nailing Bernie Madoff just 30 years into his Ponzi scheme.  Never mind that the federal government had much more to do with the financial meltdown than the banks did, the real knee-slapper in his address was his claim that the CFPA “would bring new transparency and accountability to the financial markets…” This, from a man demanding passage of a 2000-page health care reform bill that no one, incl... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3096841 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:59:23 +0100 3096841 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3089262&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fp2n8huTt0pA%2F By Daniel J. MitchellThe picture below, taken from a story in The Economist, shows that France, Germany, and Italy are among the nations with the most central bank employees (as a share of the population). In some sense, this is a dog-bites-man factoid. After all, is anyone surprised that Europe’s major welfare states have bloated public payrolls? But there’s more to this story. All three of these central banks ceased to have a monetary policy, starting back in 2002, when their nations adopted the euro. The mission is gone, but the bureaucracy lives on. To be fair, the bureaucrats in these nations presumably are not sitting in quiet rooms playing minesweeper. Perhaps these central banks are responsible for other functions, such as financial regulation. Of course, given how gov... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3089262 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:07:08 +0100 3089262 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3089267&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fn-zLqOP_OBE%2F By Gerald P. O'DriscollAs reported in today’s Wall Street Journal, Paul Volcker, who is a former Fed Chairman and current adviser to President Obama, challenged bankers to produce a “shred of neutral evidence about the relationship between financial innovation recently and the growth of the economy.”  Yet some of these innovative financial products brought the economy to “the brink of disaster.”   Profits in banking are being restored in part by playing financial brinkmanship once again. How can this be?  Volcker focuses in on public policies that back excessive risk taking by bankers.  They and their stockholders garner the profits, but, through bailouts and government guarantees, manage to socialize the losses. That process is what economists call mor... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3089267 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:21:22 +0100 3089267 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3048084&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FHQqn4XqYCUI%2F John Kay’s column in yesterday’s Financial Times criticizes government guarantees to banks because they involve hidden but large costs. According to Kay: Such guarantees distort competition: sheltered banks outperform rivals not because of greater efficiency, but because capital becomes cheaper to obtain. Sheltered banks gain too-big-to-fail status, which creates barriers to entry for smaller, more efficient banks. Relief from business risk leads to more risk taking, AKA moral hazard. Cheaper private risk management incentives are reduced within and outside the bank. Other kinds of government guarantees, such as social insurance, also involve large hidden costs. Social Security and Medicare’s guarantee of a paid holiday with medical care for the rest of retirees’ lives generates ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3048084 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:23:22 +0100 3048084 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3039758&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FCP7eG62IwFM%2F Nancy Pelosi: “The power of Congress to regulate health care is essentially unlimited.” Since August 2008 the monetary base (bills in circulation plus bank credits at Federal Reserve banks) has increased by 137%. If not defused, this bomb will eventually explode into inflation. Federal spending  just pushed the government’s debt over $12 trillion. Spending has soared so high that 40 percent of this year’s budget will be funded by borrowing. What the NFL can teach us about the War on Terror. Podcast: “The Rule of Law and the Fed“ (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3039758 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:31:16 +0100 3039758 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3018979&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FRiXVruPRDAs%2F The Wall Street Journal reported that Congress likes Fed Chairman Bernanke, but not the institution that he heads. There is growing consensus that the Fed needs to be reformed and restructured.  Most notably, there are calls to strip the Fed of its supervisory authority.  In practice, the new sentiment reflects the failure of the Fed to rein in risk taking by the largest banks. The Fed is pushing back.  One reserve bank president said that removing the Fed’s supervisory authority “would affect our ability to conduct monetary authority effectively.” He went on to say that without the supervisory authority, the Fed wouldn’t know enough about risks brewing in the economy.  This argument is shop worn. The Fed had the authority. It fueled the housing boom with its m... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3018979 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:01:02 +0100 3018979 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2842501&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FsID2zzPRduw%2F Twenty inaccurate claims in Obama’s speech to Congress on health care. “If [members of Congress] yelled out every time President Obama said something untrue about health care, they would quickly find themselves growing hoarse.” Political tensions decreasing between Taiwan and China. How Americans misunderstand war: “America’s biggest mistake in Afghanistan and Iraq was to think its modern military would make winning easy.” Always read the fine print: There is a dangerous provision in the Senate Finance Committee’s health care bill that could deny crucial health treatments for Medicare patients. Will the FDIC start borrowing from healthy banks to continue to provide relief to banks teetering on the edge? Podcast: Justin Logan explains why ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2842501 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:23:08 +0100 2842501 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2832423&cid=t_99842_167_f&fid=37833&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnutrition.edublogs.org%2F2009%2F09%2F25%2Ftyra-banks-healthy-lifestyle-changes%2F Last year I blogged about Tyra Banks taking on her critics in her Retort on “Fat” Comments.  I’ve used this example for several years in the Nutrition course as an example of someone in the public eye, being labeled “fat” for having a healthy BMI. This year, she is in the news again about her weight, but for making healthy lifestyle changes. According to reports for Tyra Banks, what began as a game, a a three month “get fit, get healthy challenge” with seven of her friends has turned into a new lifestyle for her. As noted in the Video clip below, she felt conflicted and decided to say something about her weight loss after the media started to notice: “The media started taking notice and showing pictures of before and after of me losing weight, and I... Nutrition and Wellness Biology 50 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2832423 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:32:42 +0100 2832423 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2823964&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FGP_FEocr8sE%2F “My critics say that I’m taking over every sector of the economy,” President Obama sighed to George Stephanopoulos during his Sunday media blitz. Not every sector. Just health care energy local schools banks insurance companies automobile companies compensation at financial firms newspapers the internet This president and his Ivy League advisers believe that they know how an economy should develop better than hundreds of millions of market participants spending their own money every day. That is what F. A. Hayek called the “fatal conceit,” the idea that smart people can design a real economy on the basis of their abstract ideas. This is not quite socialism. In most of these cases, President Obama doesn’t propose to actually nationalize the means of product... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2823964 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:10:35 +0100 2823964 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2820455&cid=t_99842_125_f&fid=34820&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dentalblogs.com%2Farchives%2Fadministrator%2Fcutting-edge-dentistry-and-stem-cells%2F In light of the 2009 World Stem Cell Summit in Baltimore this week, DentalBlogs brings you the news on stem cell research and procedures in dentistry. Dental Pulp Stem Cells (DPSC) can differentiate into various types of cells, then multiply to rebuild tissue. Embryonic cord stem cells have been used to regenerate blood cells, but dental stem cells can create many other types of tissues, such as connective, muscular, bone, dental, and even neuronal. Recently, DentalBlogs posted an article regarding the successful implantation of stem cells that resulted in a mouse growing a new tooth. According to a Nova Southeastern University survey, 96% of dentists predict that stem cell regeneration will “dominate the future of dentistry.” More than half of surveyed dentists believe that they will ... dental blog for dentists about dentistry blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2820455 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:24:22 +0100 2820455 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2796414&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FgXSkReayefo%2F When Treasury Secretary Hank Paul proposed the bailout of Wall Street banks last September, I objected in part because the TARP meant that government connections, not economic merit, would come to determine how capital gets allocated in the economy. That prediction now looks dead on: As financial firms navigate a life more closely connected to government aid and oversight than ever before, they increasingly turn to Washington, closing a chasm that was previously far greater than the 228 miles separating the nation’s political and financial capitals. In the year since the investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed, paralyzing global markets and triggering one of the biggest government forays into the economy in U.S. history, Wall Street has looked south to forge new business strategies... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2796414 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:27:19 +0100 2796414 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2758164&cid=t_99842_177_f&fid=38134&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbabybound.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F02%2Fchase-bank-can-suck-my-dick%2F **this post as nothing to do with anything.  But I’m mad.  So deal. OK.  I’ve been a Wamu banker for over 10 years.  I have a platinum account with them and have done a great deal of business with them.  I have a total 6 accounts with them!  So naturally, you would think that if there was something suspicious with my account, they would be more than happy to help me right?  O I’m so sorry to tell you this, but you would be dead wrong. When Wamu was purchased by Chase, everything went to hell in a hand basket. We have recently been the lovely recipients of bank fraud.  Somebody has been transferring our money around and then withdrawing it.  Like 5 times a day.  For a month.  Awesome right? You would THINK that the bank would help us out.  Its so obvious that i... B a b y B o u n d blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2758164 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:15:13 +0100 2758164 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2709106&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36941&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mazecordblood.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D227 Last month, MinnPost ran an opinion piece discussing cord blood donation and the difficulties with donating cord blood in different states. According to the article, there are only 22 states that offer public cord blood banking options. These options are only available through certain hospitals. This is why it is sometimes difficult to find a match in the public cord blood banks, especially for minority patients. (Source: Cord Blood News) Cord Blood News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2709106 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:44:12 +0100 2709106 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2648964&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F21KAs7jsxn4%2F There seems to be near universal agreement that the excessive use of debt among both corporations, particularly banks, and households contributed to the severity of the financial crisis.  However, other than the occasional refrain that banks should hold more capital, there has been little discussion over why corporations choose to be so highly leveraged in the first place.  But then such a discussion might lead us to the all too obvious answer — the federal government, via the tax code, encourages, even heavily subsidizes corporate leverage. Cato scholar and banking analyst Bert Ely has estimated that the subsides for debt have historically resulted in an after tax cost of debt of 3 to 5 percent, compared to an after tax cost of equity of 12 to 15 percent.  With differences of th... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2648964 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:53:32 +0100 2648964 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2621747&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36941&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mazecordblood.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D190 Peter Smith, the Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, is encouraging people to donate their cord blood to cord blood banks. According to the press release, “cord blood is rich in stem cells and is already being used to treat many different diseases including leukemia, sickle cell anemia and thalassemia.”  It further explains that “Researchers are now finding more uses for blood donations taken from the umbilical cord at birth.” The Archbishop recognizes that, “Valuable cord blood can be extracted in a simple, safe procedure from the umbilical cord after birth, but currently, most of that resource is discarded.” (Source: Cord Blood News) Cord Blood News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2621747 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:41:34 +0100 2621747 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2613827&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FN0C09Kl2jwA%2F Rep. Ron Paul now has a majority of the House of Representatives supporting his bill for an independent audit of the Federal Reserve System. He presented his case at a Cato Policy Forum recently, with vigorous responses from Bert Ely and Gilbert Schwartz. Now more than 200 economists have signed a petition calling on Congress to “defend the independence of the Federal Reserve System as a foundation of U.S. economic stability.” The petition seems implicitly a rebuttal to Paul’s bill. Allan Meltzer, a leading monetary scholar and frequent participant in Cato’s annual monetary conferences, declined to sign the petition and explained why: “I wrote them back and said, ‘the Fed has rarely been independent and it strikes me that being independent is very unlikely’” in th... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2613827 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:05:22 +0100 2613827 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2605947&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FcgC1HzVkYvo%2F The logic in Washington is ineluctable.  If government provides money, then it needs to impose regulations.  If the government takes ownership, then it must provide management. Bail out the banks.  Set bankers’ salaries.  Bail out the insurers.  Decide on corporate bonuses. And if the government takes over the automakers, then it should run the automakers.  That, of course, means deciding who can be dealers.  Reports the Washington Post: Now that the Obama administration has spent billions of dollars on the bailouts of General Motors and Chrysler, Congress is considering making its first major management decision at the automakers. Under legislation that has rapidly gained support, GM and Chrysler would have to reinstate more than 2,000 dealerships that the companies had sl... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2605947 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:03:27 +0100 2605947 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2584134&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FiC90sVS_mVI%2F Switzerland has better tax policy than America and a far stronger human-rights policy regarding personal privacy. This makes the IRS unhappy, since the tax police would like to find out if some Americans have overseas bank accounts. In an odious display of fiscal imperialism, the Department of Justice is demanding that one of the Swiss banks divulge any information about American clients - even though this would mean imposing America’s bad law on a foreign institution operating on foreign soil. Thankfully, the Swiss government has stepped in to ensure that the bank cannot be extorted. Bloomberg reports: Switzerland said it would seize UBS AG data to prevent the U.S. Justice Department from pursuing a U.S. court order seeking the identities of 52,000 American account holders in a cra... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2584134 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:17:36 +0100 2584134 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2570381&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FFLnyxQ0sxGQ%2F One of the most pernicious public policies aggravating the financial crisis is that of “too big to fail.” The doctrine states that some banks (now financial institutions generally) are so large that their failure would incur “systemic risk” for the financial system. That sounds terrible and it is intended to. Financial services regulators and Treasury secretaries use it to frighten small children and congressmen. How can an elected official vote to incur systemic risk? He must vote to approve the bank bailout of the day. In fact, people who use the term cannot even agree among themselves as to what it means, much less what causes it and, therefore, what the appropriate response would be. I suggest the reader substitute the phrase “too politically connected to fail” whenever he ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2570381 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:57:36 +0100 2570381 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2570384&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FrGWIX7NUNs0%2F A news story from today in a slightly alternate universe: Jobless Rate at 26-Year High Employers kept slashing jobs at a furious pace in June as the unemployment rate edged ever closer to double-digit levels, undermining signs of progress in the economy, and making clear that the job market remains in terrible shape. The number of jobs on employers’ payrolls fell by 467,000, the Labor Department said. That is many more jobs than were shed in May and far worse than the 350,000 job losses that economists were forecasting. Job losses peaked in January and had declined every month until June. The steep losses show that even as there are signs that total economic activity may level off or begin growing later this year, the nation’s employers are still pulling back. White House pres... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2570384 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:34:21 +0100 2570384 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2570385&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FRXqlqo8xVqY%2F Technically, it was the companies which raised their fees.  But they did so to anticipate new legislative restrictions on fees taking effect.  Congress wanted to cut costs for consumers, but ended up costing them instead. Reports the Washington Post: Credit card companies are raising interest rates and fees seven months before new rules go into effect that will limit their ability to do so, much to the irritation of Congress and consumer advocates. Chase, for instance, will raise the minimum payment required of some of its customers from 2 percent to 5 percent of the statement balance starting in August. Chase and Discover have increased the maximum fee charged for transferring a balance to the card to 5 percent of the amount, up from 3 and 4 percent, respectively. Bank of America last ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2570385 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:22:23 +0100 2570385 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2561203&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FZzljOs5BDLg%2F The Washington Post reports: Sen. Daniel K. Inouye’s staff contacted federal regulators last fall to ask about the bailout application of an ailing Hawaii bank that he had helped to establish and where he has invested the bulk of his personal wealth. The bank, Central Pacific Financial, was an unlikely candidate for a program designed by the Treasury Department to bolster healthy banks. The firm’s losses were depleting its capital reserves. Its primary regulator, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., already had decided that it didn’t meet the criteria for receiving a favorable recommendation and had forwarded the application to a council that reviewed marginal cases, according to agency documents. Two weeks after the inquiry from Inouye’s office, Central Pacific ann... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2561203 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:36:29 +0100 2561203 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2442748&cid=t_99842_150_f&fid=38374&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2F_iL18XUN9MQ%2Fwashington-and-oregon-looking-to-online.html (Source: ePharma Summit) ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2442748 Tue, 26 May 2009 20:54:00 +0100 2442748 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2424040&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_VHxY3lEetI%2F One of the best laugh lines always has been “I’m from the government and I’m here to help you.”  Certainly that’s true when it comes to consumer protection. In the name of saving customers from the evil, rapacious credit card companies Congress plans on limiting access to credit.  It also is working to hike costs for people with good credit. Reports the New York Times: Now Congress is moving to limit the penalties on riskier borrowers, who have become a prime source of billions of dollars in fee revenue for the industry. And to make up for lost income, the card companies are going after those people with sterling credit. Banks are expected to look at reviving annual fees, curtailing cash-back and other rewards programs and charging interest immediately on a... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2424040 Tue, 19 May 2009 12:43:22 +0100 2424040 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405027&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F51Qr1ymVBqE%2F Congress is off on another crusade, to save Americans from credit cards.  People get into debt, run up big fees, generally feel abused, and complain to their elected officials.  Never mind the obvious convenience, which is why credit cards have become an indispensable part of American commerce.  Legislators plan on micro-managing the credit terms which may be offered across America. Reports the New York Times: “We like credit cards — they are valuable vehicles for many people,” said Senator Christopher J. Dodd, Democrat of Connecticut, the chairman of the Senate banking committee and author of the measure now being considered by the Senate. “It’s when these vehicles are being abused by the card issuers at the expense of the consumers that we must step in and change the rules.�... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405027 Thu, 14 May 2009 13:07:07 +0100 2405027 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405038&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FN_eTKAOix2M%2F Recently on Leno, President Obama compared some financial products to an exploding toaster. His words: When you buy a toaster, if it explodes in your face there’s a law that says your toasters need to be safe. But when you get a credit card, or you get a mortgage, there’s no law on the books that says if that explodes in your face financially, somehow you’re going to be protected. So this is — the need for getting back to some common sense regulations — there’s nothing wrong with innovation in the financial markets. We want people to be successful; we want people to be able to make a profit. Banks are critical to our economy and we want credit to flow again. But we just want to make sure that there’s enough regulatory common sense in place that ord... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405038 Wed, 13 May 2009 15:23:22 +0100 2405038 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405043&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FtZlSp42e6lw%2F Yes, I know.  It’s hard to believe.  Fannie Mae continues to lose money and, even more surprisingly, isn’t likely to ever pay taxpayers back for all of the billions that it already has squandered.  Rather, it says it will need more bail-out funds — probably another $110 billion this year alone. Reports the Washington Post: Fannie Mae reported yesterday that it lost $23.2 billion in the first three months of the year as mortgage defaults increasingly spread from risky loans to the far-larger portfolio of loans to borrowers who have been considered safe. The massive loss prompts a $19 billion investment from the government to keep the firm solvent, on top of a $15 billion investment of taxpayer money earlier this year. The sobering earnings report was a reminder of the f... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405043 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:12:16 +0100 2405043 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2398598&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fzo5LWewVdPc%2F Even with the stress tests completed, the Obama Administration lacks an exit strategy for its deepening involvement in supporting these banks. What the administration needs to do is give the American people a road map for getting out of the business of owning banks. However, instead of a roadmap, the Administration keeps digging more potholes. Secretary Geithner’s recent remarks, in which he suggested imposing additional requirements before letting banks repay their TARP obligations, raise serious questions regarding the administration’s desire to actually exit the current situation. Treasury should reconsider its position and not only allow banks to repay, but encourage them to do so. The quicker we get these institutions out from under the government, the quicker our financial marke... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2398598 Thu, 07 May 2009 15:34:19 +0100 2398598 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2389660&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FZtP_7C0-_28%2F Following on from the mildly good news of a few weeks ago, Barney Frank (D, MA) has announced that he will introduce a bill tomorrow to roll back current restrictions on gambling online (the restrictions are made operative by bans on U.S. banks from processing transactions to and from gambling websites).  Although the details of the bill are yet to be released, this here article contains some good analysis. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2389660 Tue, 05 May 2009 21:27:58 +0100 2389660 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2389671&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F-07jcqg6oek%2F As the bank stress tests are released, it is vital that the public receive specific and detailed information on each financial institution.  The Administration’s and the Federal Reserve’s continued policy of attempting to disguise the differing health of each bank has been a failure.  What is best for the taxpayer and the investing public is sufficient information to separate the good banks from the bad. For those institutions which lack sufficient capital to remain solvent, they should seek private capital or else be closed and resolved.  Too many taxpayer dollars have already been wasted keeping alive failed institutions.  The Administration’s policy of keeping failed institutions on taxpayer-financed life-support only serves to retard the market’s ability... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2389671 Mon, 04 May 2009 19:25:02 +0100 2389671 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2222454&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Fnever-patronise-teenager.html I defy you to watch this without squirming++++++++++Many years ago, aged sixteen, I walked down the road from my father’s office to the National Provincial Bank, as it then was, to open my first bank account and meet the famous Granville Cheetham.The family tradition of an allowance and a bank account at sixteen continues, but the process has changed. Crippen Junior researched teenage bank accounts on the Internet and decided to go for the Nat West, or what’s left of it. They are still taking on clients, it seems, though who can tell if that means that his £50 opening deposit will be safe.Granville Cheetham was nowhere to be found. He had been replaced by Sharon. Sharon had not recently researched teenage bank accounts. Crippen Junior was better briefed than Sharon and talked her thro... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2222454 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:24:00 +0100 2222454 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2228349&cid=t_99842_167_f&fid=37833&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnutrition.edublogs.org%2F2009%2F02%2F26%2Fweight-management-posts%2F I’ve pulled together links to prior entries that are dealing with Weight Managment, Weight Stereotypes and Weight Management Plans. Tyra Banks Retort on “Fat” Comments Queen Latifah - My Weight is “Healthy” Truth in Advertising: No wonder our perception of beauty is distorted Teaching Our Children to Have a Healthy Self Image: Dove’s Onslaught Campaign These prior posts look at many of the issues regarding our perceptions of beauty and weight as well as the impact of these images on our children. Authored by Dr.Dyer. Hosted by Edublogs. (Source: Nutrition and Wellness Biology 50) Nutrition and Wellness Biology 50 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2228349 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:00:18 +0100 2228349 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2097800&cid=t_99842_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F01%2F12%2Fcord-blood-banking-in-the-uk-an-international-comparison-of-policy-and-practice%2F reviews current UK practice in umbilical cord blood (UCB) collection and use compared to other parts of the world. Posted in Genetics, Grey Literature, NHS   Tagged: Blood Banks, Genetics, Grey Literature    (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2097800 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:22:09 +0100 2097800 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1860612&cid=t_99842_167_f&fid=37833&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnutrition.edublogs.org%2F2008%2F10%2F03%2Ftyra-banks-retort-on-fat-comments%2F Tyra addresses rather effectively the unflattering bathing suit photos that were plastered across every tabloid and gossip website in 2007, claiming that she had gained 40 lbs. In calculating Tyra’s BMI, at 5′10″ and 161 lbs, she ends up right in the healthy range with a BMI of 23.1 You can read an interview with her at People Magazine online. Calculating BMI (Body Mass Index) BMI Formula BMI = [ Weight in Pounds / ( Height in inches ) x ( Height in inches ) ] x 703 BMI = ( kg/m² ) (weight in pounds * 703 ) height in inches² Metric BMI Formula BMI = [ Weight in Kilograms / ( Height in Meters ) x ( Height in Meters ) ] BMI = ( kg/m² ) weight in kilograms height in meters² Authored by drdyer. Hosted by Edublogs. (Source: Nutrition and Wellness Biology 50) Nutrition and Wellness Biology 50 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1860612 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:21:54 +0100 1860612 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1622038&cid=t_99842_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F07%2F15%2Fjournal-of-management-marketing-in-healthcare-14%2F This study examines how technological innovation is encouraged, and discouraged, in Canada and other selected Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, including the UK, France and the USA. The research uses The Conference Board of Canada’s Innovation Framework as an analytical tool in benchmarking the performance of Canada and other OECD countries in several areas of health innovation, including the innovation environment, and the creation, diffusion, transformation and use of knowledge. The results of this study are discouraging for Canada as it scores poorly in many important areas of technological health innovation. Substantial efforts are needed, and needed now, to revitalise health innovation systems and to refuel the capacity to commercialise heal... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1622038 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:27:58 +0100 1622038 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1564220&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FBreastfeeding123%2F%7E3%2F325281829%2F On Thursday, July 3, 2008, the Tyra Banks show will feature Veronika Robinson (author of The Drinks Are on Me), who will share her experience with breastfeeding her children until they were ages 7 and nearly 8. She has written about her experience before, in an essay entitled Extraordinary Breastfeeding. Here’s the blurb from the Tyra Banks show about the episode “Motherhood Controversy”: With her audience filled with mothers, Tyra hosts a no-holds-barred conversation about the pressures they face today. Tyra speaks with a woman who defends her controversial decision to breastfeed her kids until they were 8 years old, and a woman who believes it is acceptable to breastfeed her children in public. Then a young woman explains her desire to be a stay-at-home wife and mother ... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1564220 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:15:50 +0100 1564220 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1519192&cid=t_99842_93_f&fid=36982&url=http%3A%2F%2Fprep4md.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F06%2Fmy-usmle-step-1-daily-plan.html Here is my daily prep plan for USMLE Step 1:1- Read the pages from the review book set for the day.Example: 50 pages of pathology.2- Solve 50 Questions.From the Q-banks that I have chosen.3- Read Question Explanations.This takes a considerable amount of time. As a beginning I am planning on reading all the explanations.4- Read the corresponding part of First Aid for the subject that I am reading.Example: when I am done reading Microbiology, I'll try to read it from First Aid for USMLE Step 1, so I concentrate on the important stuff and make sure I did not miss anything.5- Read 10 Cases.I am planning on reading several cases each day. From books like Under Ground Clinical Vignettes or First Aid Cases for USMLE Step 1. I plan on doing this so I get a sense for the clinical presentation of ca... My M.D. Journey! blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1519192 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:38:00 +0100 1519192 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1060055&cid=t_99842_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F192621637%2F Medical Condition Won’t Stop Model from Competing: ‘America’s Next Top Model’ Contestant Makes It to Final Five, Despite Disability reads a headline in today’s ABC News. Heather Kuzmich, who was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome and ADHD at the age of 13, was eliminated from ANTM last night. Speaking to Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America today, Heather noted: “It actually was a big step for me when I first got on the show. I came out the first few moments and just told everyone,” she said. She said it took courage to come right out and talk about her condition, but she did it so that she wouldn’t be misunderstood. “I wanted people … [to know] and not just look at me like I’m a freak of nature. I also wanted to show other girl... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1060055 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:20:40 +0100 1060055 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1049036&cid=t_99842_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F190330363%2F In the latest segment of America’s Next Top Model, Heather, who has Asperger Syndrome, and the other girls go to China. Her expressions in these photos remind me of some Charlie regularly makes: He too screws up his eyes and smiles and looks out of the corners of his eyes, when he seems to be thinking; some have called these “soft neurological signs.”) No, I don’t think he’s a likely contestant if there were a search for American’s Next Top Male Models………..). Share This (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1049036 Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:39:02 +0100 1049036 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1032945&cid=t_99842_93_f&fid=34899&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mexicomedstudent.com%2F2007%2F11%2F704 Oh. My. God. I am so blissfully happy it’s Friday. I don’t care how those little boxes line up on the calendar, I’m marking today–THIS DAY–as the end of my week from Hell. Dante doesn’t know shit. To type it all out would take forever, but I’ll just hit the highlights. One of the most frustrating things living in Mexico is how slowly everything moves. For many, life is like a permanent vacation, with few consequences for tardiness, because practically everyone else is the same way. It’s not trying to get away with as little as possible or being lazy, it’s simply at an ingrained cultural level, there’s no hurry unless there really needs to be one. Regarding a pending problem with school administration, I spent two days shuttling fr... Mexico Medical Student blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1032945 Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:23:47 +0100 1032945 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=764201&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F07%2F28%2Fmagazine-industry-loses-a-giant-peter-a-banks%2F Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Magazines, Support, PersonalitiesPeter A. Banks, renowned past publisher of the American Diabetes Association's (ADA) Diabetes Forecast magazine died on July 21 at his home. Mr. Banks had colon cancer. For years and years, my parents subscribed to Diabetes Forecast. My brother had been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in the mid-1970s, and in an effort to gather the latest news on type 1, my parents were avid readers. Mr. Bank's career with the ADA spanned 20 years from 1986-2006. He was named publisher of Diabetes Forecast in 1999. Over the next seven years as publisher, Diabetes Forecast circulation rose nearly 20 percent. Before that time, he also served as editorial director. In his last year with the ADA, Mr. Banks was recognized one... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=764201 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0100 764201 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=482083&cid=t_99842_87_f&fid=34969&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FUnboundedMedicine%2F%7E3%2F94094096%2F The neuropathologist Diana Rivas from Perú runs a Museum of brains and she states that this show is unique in the World. This museum has an inventory of 2,998 brains and counting. Rivas studies neurological diseases and psychiatric disorders but, unlike prestigious brain banks around the World, she allows entrance to the general public. There is a brain of the Creutzfeld-Jakob disease. Her goal is to educate people. “It’s true. Alcohol and drugs kill brain cells”, she said. Fact: The greatest brain bank in the World is the Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center. brain banks, neurological diseases (Source: Unbounded Medicine) Unbounded Medicine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=482083 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 03:44:00 +0100 482083 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=463019&cid=t_99842_113_f&fid=34630&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthTechBlog%2F%7E3%2F77921014%2Fatm_access_to_h.html Last Week, I took a couple of photographs of the good and bad of ATM user interface design. First, the bad - from the local Spar shop. I choose to withdraw €30 and got this response. Poor design in action here. A few days later, at an Ulster Bank ATM, a more intuitive approach. After inserting the bank card (below), you are informed what notes are available. Then I wondered - Ok, apart from the User Interface design issue - what's the connection here? This morning, I came across an old post from Hans Oh discussing the Canadian Health System, and a quote from a tired sounding CIO on the difficulties associated with developing a regional or national EHR (electronic health record)."You can't walk up to the health ATM, stick your tongue in it and get a h... The Health Tech Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=463019 Fri, 19 Jan 2007 05:00:00 +0100 463019