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 'baum'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:29:33 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4045074&cid=t_116886_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F0JMVllrwUl8%2F By Michael F. CannonBloomberg’s Caroline Baum has a great column in BusinessWeek on ObamaCare.  It leads off with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s oft-repeated remark, “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.” Truer words were never spoken.  Heck, ObamaCare gives HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius so much arbitrary power to reshape the health care sector that Congress had to pass the law so that Pelosi could find out what is in it. Baum explains why such discretionary power is dangerous: Discretion may be the better part of valor, but it’s not something businesses can rely on for planning purposes. Corporations are already hunkered down because of (take your pick) weak demand, hurt feelings as a result of presidential persecution, or uncertainty over ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4045074 Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:43:39 +0100 4045074 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3599434&cid=t_116886_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D3095 Conclusion Holism in medicine is an open ended and exquisitely complex understanding of human biology that over time has lead to spectacular improvements in the length and quality of life of patients with cancer. This approach encourages us to consider the transcendental as much as the cell and molecular biology of the human organism. Alternative versions of “holistic medicine” that offer claims of miracle cures for cancer by impossible dietary regimens, homeopathy or metaphysical manipulation of non-existent energy fields, are cruel and fraudulent acts that deserve to be criminalized. Such “alternative” versions of holism are arid and closed belief systems, locked in a time warp, incapable of making progress yet quick to deny progress in the field of scientific medicine. Fo... DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3599434 Tue, 25 May 2010 21:16:07 +0100 3599434 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2204977&cid=t_116886_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Fjade-goody-professor-michael-baum.html Jade Goody & Professor Michael BaumThe media loves nothing more than building something up only to knock it down again. Occasionally, it will do the opposite. Jade Goody provides the classic example. She has been universally derided by the media for years but now, because she is seriously ill, suddenly she can do no wrong. Private Eye has long been aware of this phenomenon :Private EyeEven cynical old Dr Crippen has been taken aback by the obvious hand-rubbing pleasure that the main-stream media has taken in jumping on the “let’s criticise the breast screening programme” bandwagon. It all comes courtesy of Mike Baum. I know Mike Baum. Once upon a time, Mrs Crippen was a hospital registrar and worked closely with him. Make no mistake, Professor Michael Baum is one of the most ou... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2204977 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:04:00 +0100 2204977 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1531691&cid=t_116886_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F316142064%2F A Justice Department investigation of Glaxo’s handling of the marketing and safety research of its antidepressant, appears to be widening, The Wall Street Journal reports. The drugmaker confirmed that a previously disclosed Colorado-based Justice Department investigation of marketing practices also includes the US Attorney’s office in Boston and is being coordinated by the agency in Washington. At a meeting convened in Boston by an agency prosecutor last year, plaintiffs’ lawyers representing families suing Glaxo say they were asked about info, documents and depositions concerning Paxil’s potential link to suicidal behavior in adolescents and adults, and how the company portrayed that risk to doctors and the FDA, the Journal writes. This follows a recent demand by C... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1531691 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:14:38 +0100 1531691 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=589139&cid=t_116886_87_f&fid=34882&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbreathspakids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fgp-homeopath-in-bbcs-doctors-bold-idea.html A few weeks ago I complained about the depiction of tonsillitis as a life-threatening illness for children in BBC's daytime medical drama, Doctors. I thought that I'd shrugged off how annoying medical dramas can be when I learned that this same drama is about to feature a GP Homeopath.I was profoundly irritated at first and then wondered if I were jumping the gun. After all, I don't know how they will handle the storyline and homeopathy is available on the NHS in the UK. Back in January, an interesting paper in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology revealed that 60% of the 323 of the surveyed doctors' surgeries in Scotland prescribe homeopathic or herbal remedies (there was also an intriguing analysis of the demographics of the people who obtained these prescriptions and the conditi... Breath Spa for Kids blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=589139 Fri, 04 May 2007 02:14:00 +0100 589139