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 'bloomberg'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:07:59 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5139686&cid=t_98346_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FbnZJRxaxutE%2F By Tim LynchThe New York Times has an article today about how city officials take children away from parents because of marijuana use.  Here is an excerpt: Hundreds of New Yorkers who have been caught with small amounts of marijuana, or who have simply admitted to using it, have become ensnared in civil child neglect cases in recent years, though they did not face even the least of criminal charges, according to city records and defense lawyers. A small number of parents in these cases have even lost custody of their children. The article explains that even if a child is not immediately removed a “neglect finding” can kill prospects for certain jobs involving kids, such as a daycare assistant, and will make it easier for judges to order a removal down the road.  Even though m... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5139686 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:26:05 +0100 5139686 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4615189&cid=t_98346_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F03%2F19%2Fcompulsive-hoarding-and-6-tips-to-help%2F It’s been awhile since I covered the topic of compulsive hoarding, because the last time I did I posted photos of my nut collection and book pile, and the next thing I know I was contacted by Discovery Disney to be fixed on some hoarding special show. Seems like that’s kind of a pattern, now that I think about it. I go public with my stuff … I get invited onto shows! Well, anyway, I was reading an article in the Fall 2007 issue of The Johns Hopkins Depression & Anxiety Bulletin — an interview with Gerald Nestadt, M.D., M.P.H, Director of the Johns Hopkins Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Clinic and Jack Samuels, Ph.D., an assistant professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Me... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4615189 Sat, 19 Mar 2011 18:30:05 +0100 4615189 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4175672&cid=t_98346_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F0ca85Zl1YrE%2F By Walter OlsonI had an op-ed in the Washington Times yesterday on government’s growing participation in public-health scare campaigns demonizing everyday foods that are fattening, salty, or thought to be bad for us in other ways. In particular, I singled out Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s New York City Department of Health, which has followed up one scientifically dubious ad campaign on sweetened soft drinks (“What can we get away with?” asked one official) with an even worse — in fact, grossly misleading and manipulative — attack on salt in processed foods: It shows a can of soup bursting at the seams with table salt, whole mounds and piles of it. The city’s underlying point is not 100 percent off-base – healthful in most other ways, convention... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4175672 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:00:57 +0100 4175672 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4045074&cid=t_98346_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=4018156&cid=t_98346_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F7D33y_6u4ec%2F By Michael F. CannonMany employers, such as McDonald’s, provide health benefits that are less comprehensive than most.  They may have an annual claims limit of $10,000 or less.  But if you’re young, healthy, and need to pinch your pennies, that may suit you just fine.  According to Jerry Newman, a SUNY-Buffalo professor who wrote a book about working at McDonald’s, “For those who didn’t have health insurance through their spouse, it was a life saver.” These are the health plans (and the workers) that are seeing the highest premium increases under ObamaCare.  The Wall Street Journal reports: Trade groups representing restaurants and retailers say low-wage employers might halt their coverage if the government doesn’t loosen a requirement for &#8... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4018156 Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:14:04 +0100 4018156 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4013137&cid=t_98346_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FGw1wIjQHXrQ%2F By Michael F. CannonIn a previous post, I promised to address the negative spin that the Kaiser Family Foundation put on its annual Employer Health Benefits Survey, released this month.  I do so in an op-ed that ran today at the Daily Caller.  An excerpt: The Kaiser Family Foundation recently issued its annual survey of employer-sponsored health benefits, declaring: “Family Health Premiums Rise 3 Percent to $13,770 in 2010, But Workers’ Share Jumps 14 Percent as Firms Shift Cost Burden.” That’s half-right — but the other half perpetuates a myth about employee health benefits that stands in the way of real health care reform…. [Y]ou pay the full cost of your health benefits: partly through an explicit $4,000 premium and partly because your wages are $9,770 lower than ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4013137 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:07:03 +0100 4013137 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3885331&cid=t_98346_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FtVvBZIljiAY%2F Yesterday, FoxNews.com posted a story on what appears to be a growing problem for public school systems across the country: accommodating Muslim holidays. Unfortunately, the report didn’t contain the solution to the problem. It did, though, contain a very succinct discussion of the root of the problem; an example of the good intent that causes people to ignore the problem; and the kind of “solution” that is ultimately at odds with the most basic of American values. A quote from New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg captured the essence of the problem: One of the problems you have with a diverse city is that if you close the schools for every single holiday, there won’t be any school. There you have the basic conundrum in a nutshell: Whenever you have a divers... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3885331 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:03:02 +0100 3885331 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3880845&cid=t_98346_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fs4kbUW4ySfU%2F Some leaders within the Republican Party seem to have fixed on a useful club with which to bludgeon the president and his fellow Democrats — Cordoba House, aka the “Ground Zero” Mosque. Over the weekend, Republican strategist Ed Rollins explained how the party would use the issue in the coming months: ROLLINS: Intellectually, the president may be right, but this is an emotional issue, and people who lost kids, brothers, sisters, fathers, what have you, do not want that mosque in New York, and it’s going to be a big, big issue for Democrats across this country. “Face the Nation” Host Bob SCHIEFFER: So you see it as an issue that’s going to continue? ROLLINS: Absolutely. No question about it. Every candidate — every candidate who’s in t... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3880845 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:51:51 +0100 3880845 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3872556&cid=t_98346_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fdo-foreign-medical-graduates-doctor-better%2F2010.08.16 Yes, according to a study in today’s Health Affairs. (The full text of the study is available only to subscribers, but Kaiser Health News Daily has a good summary of its findings and links to other news reports.) The study compares inpatient death rates and lengths of stay for patients with congestive heart failure or acute myocardial infarction when provided by U.S. citizens trained abroad, citizens trained in the United States, and non-citizens trained abroad. Treatment was provided by internists, family physicians, or cardiologists. The differences were striking, according to the authors: “Our analysis of 244,153 hospitalizations in Pennsylvania found that patients of doctors who graduated from international medical schools and were not U.S. citizens at the time they entered... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3872556 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:00:00 +0100 3872556 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3865251&cid=t_98346_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FFCerV1IMkAk%2F By David BoazA front-page story in today’s New York Times begins: Michael R. Bloomberg is a former Wall Street mogul with a passion for the rights of a private property owner. The story is about the not-really-at-Ground-Zero mosque, of course. Bloomberg has a passion for property rights — except when the property owner wants to allow smoking on his own property or just wants to keep the property he owns even if a richer person wants it. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3865251 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:03:54 +0100 3865251 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3784240&cid=t_98346_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FWCYyVn6vhJg%2F By David RittgersThat’s the message of my recent op-ed in the Daily Caller. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s initial reaction to the McDonald v. City of Chicago decision was to say that McDonald would have no impact on government’s ability to keep guns “out of the hands of criminals and terrorists.” This was a reference to legislation that Bloomberg supports that would allow the federal government to bar anyone the Attorney General thinks is a terrorist from purchasing a firearm. Not convicted of a crime in support of terrorism — that would make them a felon and already unable to purchase or own a firearm. No, being suspected of activity in support of or preparation for terrorism means you get the same treatment as if you were a convicted felon or had been involunta... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3784240 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:24:13 +0100 3784240 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3767315&cid=t_98346_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FUPI_dkTAal8%2F Now that Pfizer has decided to keep an R&D facility and about 300 jobs in Richmond, Virginia, the city may give the drugmaker $650,000 in tax grants over a 10-year period, starting in 2014. Although the grant would be capped, Pfizer would be able to request additional funds for every $50 million invested in the property. “It’s a performance-based grant - very modest,” Peter Chapman, deputy chief administrative officer for economic and community development, tells The Richmond Times-Dispatch, who adds the tax break is critical to hold on to the jobs. Such incentives, which some decry as corporate welfare, are regularly used to encourage companies to relocate or retain jobs, although results don’t always match expectations. Two years ago, the widely used practic... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3767315 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:46:08 +0100 3767315 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3552546&cid=t_98346_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2Fu5xnfU-IeWo%2F Seven years after receiving millions of dollars in tax breaks to create jobs in New York, Pfizer is eliminating up to 1,400 workers amid a vast consolidation that was accelerated by its $68 billion purchase last year of Wyeth. Along with the cuts and musical job chairs, which come on top of 2,000 other positions already eliminated, the drugmaker is also putting a midtown office building up for sale, The New York Times notes. Pfizer will retain its midtown headquarters on East 42nd Street, as well as 4,400 employees, but now faces an angry and embarassed Bloomberg administration, which wants to recover twice the $12 million in tax breaks awarded in 2003. A spokesman for the city’s Economic Development Corporation tells the paper the city can pursue twice the amount of breaks if Pfizer... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3552546 Tue, 11 May 2010 12:14:43 +0100 3552546 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3499069&cid=t_98346_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FNwSrWwE1XTY%2F By Lois Privor-Dumm. How many times have you seen a single photograph that has caused you to stop what you’re doing and find out more, tell a friend or donate money?  We read so much about the problems of the world today and, if you’re like me, unless the issue is already close to your heart, words alone may not be enough to register. Salim Khan, 3 year old pneumonia survivor from Bijnor, India by Ándre J. Fanthome A photo contest seems like such a simple thing, but it’s a way to enable a problem to reach into our hearts and minds.  Pneumonia is a leading killer of the world’s young children, but the disease has very real and practical solutions.  Although I see the statistics and understand the scientific pathways, nothing impacts me more than seeing how the disease affects ... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3499069 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:18:07 +0100 3499069 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3266889&cid=t_98346_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fj5XsHa47BeU%2F By Daniel J. MitchellIf you want to get depressed or angry, the New York Times has an article celebrating the effort by politicians at all levels of government to lure more people into the food stamp program. New York City is running ads in foreign languagues asking people to stick their snouts in the public trough. The City is even signing up prisoners when they get out of jail. The state of New York, meanwhile, actually set up quotas for enrolling new recipients. And on the federal level, there apparently is a program that gives states “bonuses” for putting more people on the dole. No wonder one out of every eight Americans is receiving food stamps. By the way, this is not just the fault of Democrats. The ranking Republican on the Agriculture Committee is a big defender of th... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3266889 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:04:46 +0100 3266889 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3133582&cid=t_98346_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FKKgp8fSDho8%2F By Benjamin H. FriedmanTerrorists are named after an emotion for a reason. They use violence to produce widespread fear for a political purpose. The number of those they kill or injure will always be a small fraction of those they frighten. This creates problems for leaders, and even analysts, when they talk publicly about terrorism. On one hand, leaders need to convince the public that they are on the case in protecting them, or else they won’t be leaders for long. On the other hand, good leaders try to minimize unwarranted fear. One reason is that we shouldn’t give terrorists what they want. Another is that fear is a real social harm, particularly when it is exaggerated. Stress from fear harms health. It causes bad decisions. For example, if people avoid flying and drive inst... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3133582 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:27:10 +0100 3133582 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3059722&cid=t_98346_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FzdjxjhQuOS8%2F Why is it that you can buy a Coke or mobile phone refill cards in a remote African village but in these same villages, you cannot consistently get basic lifesaving medicines? Why are pneumonia and diarrhea still the biggest infectious disease threats for children when effective and affordable solutions to prevent and treat a large portion of deaths already exist?  What is the contribution of vaccines in creating a more productive society and wealth of nations?  These are just a few of the questions asked at the new International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC), launching on Monday December 7th at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. IVAC seeks to translate evidence into policy, and policy into access to life-saving vaccines for all children. Indeed, access is a hot topic. Wh... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3059722 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:04:50 +0100 3059722 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3039757&cid=t_98346_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FKvMTcKXLB4E%2F With the Washington Post and other mainstream media outlets publishing endless defenses of “Federal Reserve independence” and proclaiming the Fed as savior of our financial system, it is all to easy to dismiss much of the media as simply defenders of the status quo.  There were many, however, willing to challenge this orthodoxy.  Standing out among them was Mark Pittman, reporter for Bloomberg.  It was Mr. Pittman who sued the Federal Reserve, winning a victory on August 24, as the Manhattan Federal Court allowed the suit to proceed.  Sadly, Mark Pittman passed away on November 25th.  Mark Pittman and his employer, Bloomberg News, sought details on the Federal Reserve’s numerous special lending facilities.  Which firms were getting loans, and for how much and at wha... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3039757 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:41:47 +0100 3039757 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2958817&cid=t_98346_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FfPOJ7tWo1uM%2F New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has been elected to a third term, despite the two-term limits that New Yorkers voted for twice. His biggest challenge was persuading the City Council to overrule the voters, but he managed that trick thanks to his absolute mastery of money and politics in the Big Apple. And on election day, even his $100 million campaign barely overcame popular anger over the repeal of term limits. Personally, I wish the Council had just given Bloomberg another term. Don’t get rid of term limits. Just do like the Romans used to do in an emergency. Name Bloomberg “dictator,” an extraconstitutional position with extraordinary authority but limited duration. Then you keep the rules, you just make an exception. And I’m sure Bloomberg would be willing to be addressed as... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2958817 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:56:18 +0100 2958817 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2923261&cid=t_98346_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FtIc1MZKvMEc%2F As this first full term at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has unraveled, I see how much they were prepping us during summer term.  My days have been filled with work, outside activity, caffeine, and a test of how long I can go without sleep and still be productive—similar to what I imagine the days are like for most of the Disruptive Women in Healthcare!  Classes this term included biostatistics, evolution of infectious diseases, program planning for health behavior change, health policy I, and public health economics seminar.  I chose the more rigorous biostatistics course (and will take others throughout the year) in an effort to become more quantitative and enhance my ability to analyze and conduct cost-effectiveness studies and economic evaluations in particul... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2923261 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:44:33 +0100 2923261 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1686429&cid=t_98346_151_f&fid=35823&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FAddictionInbox%2F%7E3%2F357655423%2Fgates-bloomberg-target-cigarettes.html Billionaires pledge $500 million, but will it do any good?If money were all it took, tobacco smoking would be on the run after Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg jointly pledged last month to fight tobacco use worldwide, especially in low- and middle-income countries, through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Johns Hopkins University.Mayor Bloomberg, who has been involved in anti-smoking campaigns for years, admitted at a joint news conference that "all the money in the world will never eradicate tobacco. But this partnership underscores how much the tide is turning against this deadly epidemic."The program, put together by Bloomberg and Dr. Margaret Chan of the World Health Organization (WHO), is an ambitious, multi-faceted effort to be coordinated by the Bloomberg Initiative to Red... Addiction Inbox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1686429 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:41:00 +0100 1686429 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1575412&cid=t_98346_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F07%2F03%2Fhavard-researchers-for-sale-take-2%2F Apparently after you’ve made it as a tenured professor at Harvard University, your first job is to secure some more funding for your research (despite Harvard being the richest school in the world). And what better way to do this than to ask for a little industry support? Critics have typically focused on the potential for a conflict of interest when researchers are funded by the pharmaceutical companies whose drugs they study. But there are many deep pockets in the world, and gambling companies have some of the deepest. Just ask Howard Shaffer, a world-renown researcher on compulsive gambling and a Harvard professor. Bloomberg pointed out yesterday how he has received over $9 million in industry money since 1996, in support of his research initiatives into gambling and gambling pr... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1575412 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:49 +0100 1575412 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1509063&cid=t_98346_147_f&fid=35750&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthCareVox%2F%7E3%2F309731699%2Fpr_agencies_please_read_this_p.html Recently, because my blog has been listed on a few lists compiled by public relations professionals, I’ve been getting lots and lots of pitches about various health-related products, services and issues.  I’d say that 99% of them are not relevant and indicate that the person sending the pitch has no idea about I write about on a regular basis.  I’ve been thinking about writing a post about this for a while now, but didn’t want to whine about getting irrelevant pitches.  However, I came across a great article by my friend Toby Bloomberg that I just had to pass along.  It’s titled: “Blogger Relations: I Don't Need A New Best Friend.”  Bloomberg writes: “Lead with what is most valuable to me and my community. Help me... HealthCareVox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1509063 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:02:56 +0100 1509063 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=682359&cid=t_98346_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D5150 New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg talks with reporters as California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger listens, left, at a conference in Los Angeles Tuesday, June 19, 2007. Later Tuesday, Bloomberg left the Republican Party and switched to unaffiliated, a move certain to be seen as a prelude to an independent presidential bid that would upend the 2008 [...] (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=682359 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:38:52 +0100 682359 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=660457&cid=t_98346_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F06%2F06%2Fglaxo-spins-the-avandia-record-study-critics-disagree%2F Filed under: Type 2, Adult Onset, Drugs, ResearchGlaxo is turning up the volume. Thanks to this post yesterday, we are all aware Glaxo's media department has been busy spinning the news on Avandia. Now they are spinning the RECORD study -- quite differently from critics. Preliminary results of the study were released today via an editorial in the New England Medical Journal, one day before today's Congressional investigation of the FDA. Opponents contend the FDA ignored heart risks associated with Avandia. Interim analysis of RECORD reports an 2.15 increase in heart failure for Avandia-takers, but no increased risk in the death rate for heart attack or stroke. Glaxo's Chief Medical Officer, Ron Krall, claims the results are reassuring and compares Avandia's safety profile to other type 2 m... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=660457 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 660457