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 'brad'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:05:20 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5107897&cid=t_186670_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FQaavhu47mq4%2F Earlier this year, a Dendreon investor named Brad Loncar took the maker of the Provenge prostate cancer vaccine to task for what he believes are basic managerial shortcomings and criticized the board for failing to provide sufficient oversight and advice. The sort of complaints he expressed (read here) are familiar to investors in many stocks - repeatedly missing forecasts, failing to disclose important info and ignoring worthwhile suggestions. Irked that his missive to the Dendreon board was ignored, he went public (see this) and generated some heat, but faded from view again after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services endorsed reimbursement. But last week, his criticism seemed all the more relevant when Dendreon shocked investors by disclosing that sales were slower than plan... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5107897 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:13:15 +0100 5107897 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4953394&cid=t_186670_160_f&fid=36190&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.skincareblog.org%2F Sonal Bahuguna: Hairstyles for summer (men)Short and ‘cool’ hairstyles for men this summer There could be no appropriate style statement that will get you immediately noticed than getting your hair style changed.Changingyour hairstyle can bring a lot of difference to your appearance and completely transform the way you look. Selecting a hairstyle for men is a bit tricky to as they have very less option to opt from but let explore all the possible hair style that can suit summer well and can help you cool and stylish on other hand. Short hairstyles are appropriate for summer as they help you deal with hot weather well. They definitely look classy and give a neat well groomed look to your personality. High and Tight HairstyleHairstyle that can make you look attractive and ga... Skin Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4953394 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:49:52 +0100 4953394 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4952797&cid=t_186670_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FczovuTGcLYA%2F By Alan ReynoldsRobert Reich posted a letter in June 20 Wall Street Journal responding to my article of June 16, “Why 70% Tax Rates Won’t Work.” He argues that I distort his proposal (though I wasn’t talking about his proposal) and ignore his argument that, “Giving the middle class more purchasing power by lowering its rates while raising the rates at the top will help spur [economic] growth.” This strikes me as a futile effort to change the subject.  Since I proved that past tax rates of 50-70% on relatively modest incomes raised less revenue than a top tax rate of 28%, how could Reich’s proposal of 50-70% rates at incomes above $500,000 raise more revenue?   And if 50-70% tax rates would not raise more revenue, then how could he possibly promise “substantial rate ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4952797 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:05:45 +0100 4952797 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4770736&cid=t_186670_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FVirologyBlog%2F%7E3%2Fj7WGBpLMldg%2F Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Dickson Despommier, and Brad Thompson Vincent, Alan, and Dickson chat with Brad Thompson, CEO of Oncolytics Biotech, about using reovirus to treat cancer. Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #131 (42 MB .mp3, 97 minutes). Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed, by email, or listen on your mobile device with the Microbeworld app. Links for this episode: Patrick Lee’s path to reolysin Reoviruses commonly infect humans Reovirus at ViralZone Onyx-411, an anti-tumor adenovirus BioVex, developers of OncoVEX GM-CSF This Week in Pediatric Oncology – TWiPO (iTunes) TWiV on Facebook Letters read on TWiV 131 Weekly Science Picks Dickson – Angels and Insects Alan – Sc... virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4770736 Sun, 01 May 2011 18:45:41 +0100 4770736 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4709191&cid=t_186670_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FHNuexYBc_74%2F By Edward H. CraneBrad Thompson’s excellent new book, Neoconservatism: An Obituary for an Idea, adroitly dissects this pernicious political philosophy.  He has received some criticism for attempting to demonstrate that Leo Strauss, the philosophical godfather of so many neocons, had a certain sympathy with fascism.  Indeed, while stating that he is not saying neoconservatives have fascist designs, Thompson does suggest that their philosophy could pave the way to a kind of “soft fascism.”  Far be it from me to pass judgment on such academic debate, but it is interesting to consider the following from the noted neocon columnist for the New York Times, David Brooks, writing in that paper on March 10: Citizenship, after all, is built on an awareness that we are not all that special bu... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4709191 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:09:54 +0100 4709191 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4436939&cid=t_186670_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FsCHNSKX3aBI%2F The ongoing shortage of a drug used for prison executions has now ensnared the FDA. Six inmates on death row in prisons in Arizona, California and Tennesse yesterday filed a lawsuit claiming the agency violated federal law by allowing the states to import thiopental sodium, even though there was no official review for safety and effectiveness. In other words, there are no approved suppliers. The shortage began when Hospira stopped making thiopental in 2009, prompting prisons to seek alternates. Last month, the FDA decided to permit imports, but declined to vouch for the meds, even though one recent execution may have involved an expired import (back story). “Reviewing substances imported or used for the purpose of state-authorized lethal injection clearly falls outside of FDA’s exp... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4436939 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 23:53:10 +0100 4436939 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4338092&cid=t_186670_117_f&fid=38856&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timemastermd.com%2F%3Fp%3D1626 FINGER MATTERS Big fingers = big penis?  Scientists say finger length may help a girl know a guy’s penis length when he is not erect, but not when he is excited.  Most of the time, erect size is much larger- but not always, so don’t “judge a finger by it’s cover.” The longest finger should be 7/8th of the length of the palm of the hand.  Any shorter – you might be sporting a small penis, but also have an increased risk of cancer in the prostate, poor sports skills, small bank account, and increased odds of homosexuality!  Wow, that is a lot a pressure for an simple finger! Why do men with the longest fingers seem to want to become protologists and urologists, and women with the smallest fingers become gynecologists?  Seems like it should be reverse... Timemaster MD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4338092 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:39:45 +0100 4338092 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3961809&cid=t_186670_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FM2IgRCfBeas%2F By Daniel J. MitchellI touched a raw nerve with my post about Fidel Castro admitting that the Cuban model is a failure. Matthew Yglesias and Brad DeLong both attacked me. DeLong’s post was nothing more than a link to the Yglesias post with a snarky comment about “why can’t we have better think tanks?” Yglesias, to his credit, tried to explain his objections. This leads Daniel Mitchell to post the following chart which he deems “a good illustration of the human cost of excessive government.”…this mostly illustrates the difficulty of having a rational conversation with Cato Institute employees about economic policy in the developed world. Cuba is poor, but it’s much richer than Somalia. Is Somalia’s poor performance an illustration of the human costs of ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3961809 Sun, 12 Sep 2010 17:50:15 +0100 3961809 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3961869&cid=t_186670_117_f&fid=38856&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timemastermd.com%2F%3Fp%3D1162 Time the Golden Arches Right Bikini Babe Audrina Patridge – Bingo, Bongo, Blanket, Burger? If you want to have more sex, make sure you slam a burger down her throat after you have done your thing!  Because, soon after that burger hits her stomach, she starts making insulin.  Insulin lowers blood sugar, but more importantly, lowers sex drive! Nicole Anderson – dating diabetic Nick Jonas?  Should we be concerned for her? Nick Jonas is about to turn 18 next week, so I doubt if the insulin he has to take for his diabetes kills off his sex drive with the ladies!  Is he dating Nicole now?  I am out of the loop, maybe you know? Double Burger and Double Babies!  Welcome Knox and Vivienne! Actress Angelina Jolie reported got gestational diabetes during her pregnancy – yo... Timemaster MD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3961869 Sun, 12 Sep 2010 15:16:22 +0100 3961869 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3938416&cid=t_186670_117_f&fid=38856&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timemastermd.com%2F%3Fp%3D1126 A recent study definitively proved that women’s body goes into sexual overdrive when she smells testosterone.  Her body prepares for a booty call when a whiff of androstadienone – a form of testosterone found in male sweat hits her nostrils. This is unavoidable, unintentional, and entirely animalistic! Do you think it is a coincidence P. Wentz took Ashlee Simpson to basketball gym? He had to hire sweat with substance!  Wentz has less testosterone than Lady Gaga!   Ashlee, her sister Jessica Simpson, and Pud Wentz also gets excited around sweaty men with orange balls I hear. Girls with bigger nostrils should therefore have  legs up on other females with smaller proboscises when it comes to seeking male partners.  Paris Hilton knows about about legs up, and now we know wh... Timemaster MD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3938416 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:24:37 +0100 3938416 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3895849&cid=t_186670_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fbrad-pitt-wants-revenge-for-bp-oil-spill-in-spike-lees-new-hbo-documentary%2F photo: Apega/WENN.com Spike Lee’s new, follow-up documentary about the repercussions in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Katrina, as well as this year’s BP oil spill starts screening this week, and environmentalist and activist Brad Pitt is doing interviews as part of the film. Pitt is asked if he thinks capital punishment would be suitable for those responsible for the oil spill, and he responds, “I was never for the death penalty before — I am willing to look at it again.” Whoa, Brad! This flick should be called Death Wish X: The Oily Payback. But Spike Lee actually titled it: If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise (the follow-up to his 2006 HBO documentary When the Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts). It’ll be shown in two parts tonight an... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3895849 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:04:45 +0100 3895849 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3845101&cid=t_186670_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmy-brother-the-red-sox-and-a-wrong-diagnosis-gone-right%2F2010.08.08 How often do people get the wrong diagnosis? Too often. There are things you can do help protect yourself. Things like, asking questions, being sure everything makes sense to you, not doing anything you’re not sure about. At Best Doctors, helping people do this is what we do every day, and so I want to tell you a story. It’s about my brother. I want to tell it to you it because it will help you understand the important work we do here, and because of something very special that happened for him this weekend. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at See First Blog* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3845101 Sun, 08 Aug 2010 18:00:59 +0100 3845101 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3806031&cid=t_186670_154_f&fid=35946&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCanadianMedicine%2F%7E3%2F8J6QsapamBQ%2Fms-and-powers-that-be.html At least 55,000 Canadians have multiple sclerosis, 3,500 of whom live in Saskatchewan. No one’s sure why our country is home to so many MS sufferers. Brad Wall, Premier of Saskatchewan, has taken a bold move in promising to help finance clinical trials on an unproven but promising new treatment – the “liberation procedure.” He’d like other premiers to follow suit. However, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty isn’t convinced the controversial treatment is ready for testing. So, afflicted Canadians are traveling to Bulgaria, Poland, Costa Rica, Italy and India, where the procedure is available, to benefit -- even if only minimally – from any relief it may offer, at an average of $30,000 a pop.MS patients may have a range of symptoms that include balance problems, vision impairment,... Canadian Medicine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3806031 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:39:00 +0100 3806031 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3794762&cid=t_186670_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FtkSZBV0yGq4%2F By John SamplesThe cloture vote on the DISCLOSE Act will soon be taken. It appears that its supporters lack the votes to close off debate. Brad Smith explains some of the problems of DISCLOSE. Roger Pilon notes other failings. President Obama tried to rally the troops yesterday by taking a populist tone. I have never thought Obama was a very good demagogue, and his efforts at populism belie his strengths. President Obama and congressional Democrats are hoping a defeated DISCLOSE will be good for their fall campaigns. Historically, campaign finance issues have had little salience with the public. On these issues, more than others, hope does seem to spring eternal. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3794762 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:20:13 +0100 3794762 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3552220&cid=t_186670_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FLVlPYQ_3Wxs%2F By Walter Olson Confirmation hearings are a “vapid and hollow charade”, or at least that’s what Elena Kagan wrote fifteen years ago. National Review Online invited me to contribute to a symposium on how Republican senators can keep the coming hearings from becoming such a charade, with results that can be found here. The First Amendment has been among Kagan’s leading scholarly interests, and yesterday in this space Ilya Shapiro raised interesting questions of whether she will make an strong guardian of free speech values. Eugene Volokh looks at her record and guesses that she might wind up adopting a middling position similar to that of Justice Ginsburg. As Radley Balko and Jacob Sullum have noted, the departing John Paul Stevens ran up at best a mixed record on Fir... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3552220 Tue, 11 May 2010 15:28:11 +0100 3552220 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3457825&cid=t_186670_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fcool-celebrity-baby-names%2F Lately we’ve been talking about all the horrible baby names lurking around Hollywood, but things really aren’t all bad. These stars came up with some sparkling monikers for their mini constellations. Willow and Jaden Smith (Image: WENN) Willow and Jaden – Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s kids Their daughter’s name relates to daddy, and their son’s to mom. Cool. Tallulah – Demi Moore and Bruce Willis’ daughter Scout and Rumer might be hip, but Tallulah takes the cake. Too bad she changed her name to Lula. Ripley and Nico – Thandie Newton’s daughters Thandie’s daughters were named after the character Ellen Ripley in the Alien films, and Nico, the Velvet Underground singer and Warhol Superstar, respectively. Satchel – Spike Lee’... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3457825 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 20:58:29 +0100 3457825 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3220739&cid=t_186670_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FclnNZ5t5YXQ%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 Bruce McCarthy joined Afferent Pharmaceuticals as chief executive. He was previously a vp of neuroscience development at Pfizer, where he led neuroscience drug development programs of new molecul... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3220739 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:32:09 +0100 3220739 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208342&cid=t_186670_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F0Oxeqqp1HgI%2F By John SamplesYou might have heard that the Citizens United decision will allow foreign corporations to become involved in American campaigns. You might have heard that from the President, in fact, whose speech decrying the decision said foreign corporations “may now get into the act” of pursuing their “special interests” in American politics. Not true. Justice Kennedy explicitly says the Court did not decide whether Congress has the power to prevent “foreign individuals or associations from influencing our Nation’s political process.” Nothing in Citizens United prevents Congress from prohibiting such political spending by foreign corporations. The Supreme Court might uphold such a law or it might strike it down. The upholding or the striking down... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208342 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:20:11 +0100 3208342 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2967272&cid=t_186670_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fcrca-kAaJqQ%2F In a recent post, I argued that while third-quarter GDP was positive, the underlying data revealed that U.S. private investment was still in the toilet. While government spending might be providing a short-term “sugar high” for the economy, U.S. business investment remains in recession. I speculated that Obama’s anti-business agenda is likely one cause of the problem. For those observations, economist Brad DeLong called me an “utter fool.” Let me draw your attention to an article in the Washington Post today entitled “Corporate giants sit on piles of cash.” Nucor Steel is sitting on piles of cash that it is unwilling to invest. Nucor’s chief executive Daniel Dimicco explains: Everything is still on hold because we don’t have a lot of ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2967272 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:11:06 +0100 2967272 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2782009&cid=t_186670_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_aDhKlAPaIM%2F The other day, Sarah Palin cited my work in an oped for the Wall Street Journal.  So when the Democratic National Committee savaged her for it, ABCNews.com asked me for comment.  Here’s an excerpt from George Stephanopoulos’ blog: “Instead of poll-driven ’solutions,’ let’s talk about real health-care reform: market-oriented, patient-centered, and result-driven,” wrote Palin. “As the Cato Institute’s Michael Cannon and others have argued, such policies include giving all individuals the same tax benefits received by those who get coverage through their employers; providing Medicare recipients with vouchers that allow them to purchase their own coverage; reforming tort laws to potentially save billions each years in wasteful spending; a... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2782009 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:57:47 +0100 2782009 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2513627&cid=t_186670_180_f&fid=38604&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmakeitgreat%2F%7E3%2F0tYx1Wg1V44%2F My friends Stephen Smith and Brad Shorr are among the smartest guys online. They really *get* writing for the web, as both of them have been doing this for quite a while, and have worked with freelancers like me to write great copy. I must admit, I can’t afford to use either of them very often, because they get over $100 an hour for copywriting help, and for even the most basic of things, I end up investing $500 or more for their services. Can you relate? So when Stephen and Brad decided to collaborate on a course about Writing for the Web, I was very excited. And then I saw they priced it an amazing price, and I knew I had to share it with you. I’m not sharing the exact price because they could change the price at any time. You could hire Brad or Stephen to write your copy fo... Phil Gerbyshak blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2513627 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:19:56 +0100 2513627 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2306745&cid=t_186670_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FxB6nTbohbBw%2F As President Obama institutionalizes the permanent campaign, Democrats are using his mailing list and his organization to generate support for his massive spending hikes. Yesterday they announced to the media that they were delivering 642,000 pledges of support for the Obama budget to Capitol Hill. But Washington Post writer Dana Milbank asked a couple of questions and got some interesting answers: At Democratic National Committee headquarters yesterday morning, party workers were loading minivans with Xerox boxes, each addressed to a different congressional office. It was a classic campaign canvassing operation — except that the next election is 19 months away. “Supporters of President Obama’s Budget to Hand Deliver 642,000 Pledges Gathered from Around the Country to Cap... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2306745 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:04:49 +0100 2306745 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1865722&cid=t_186670_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FBreastfeeding123%2F%7E3%2FfhZ-i5QSTMI%2F The November cover of W magazine shows a picture taken by Brad Pitt of Angelina Jolie breastfeeding one of their twins. You can see it here. And while you’re there, take a moment to vote in the poll that asks whether the breastfeeding picture is “Gorgeous” “OK” or “Gross.” I’m sure you can guess where I land on the matter. To me she’s never looked more beautiful or natural! La Leche League spokeswoman Jane Crouse applauded Angelina: Breast-feeding in public reveals a whole lot less than what has been revealed on the red carpet. … I think we do need more role models like Angelina Jolie willing to be photographed and say, ‘Hey look, it can be done, it oughta be done. I applaud her too! Not only is she breastfeeding twins, she&... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1865722 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:56:55 +0100 1865722 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1689065&cid=t_186670_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FkbEbbL-9wK0%2F Tomorrow, August 7th, from 11 am to 3 pm EST, there will be a meeting of the Meeting of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) Autism Strategic Plan Implementation Workgroup. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss budgetary requirements for the IACC Strategic Plan for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Research; workgroup findings will be forwarded to the IACC for consideration and discussion at the next committee meeting on November 21, 2008. You can listen in to the workgroup meeting through a conference call phone number and a web presentation tool on the Internet. Click this link to join the Webinar: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/921061447 [(Please note this information has been corrected, thanks to Regan] Or, call this conference call phone number: (888) 455-2920 ... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1689065 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:23:41 +0100 1689065 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1509224&cid=t_186670_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FBreastfeeding123%2F%7E3%2F308537875%2F Jessica Alba and Cash Warren welcomed their daughter, Honor Marie Warren, last Saturday just in time to celebrate Celebrity Health Week here at the Health and Wellness Channel. Unfortunately, Alba had told Extra that she was more paranoid about breastfeeding than giving birth! One can only hope she attended a La Leche League meeting, and read “Ten Tips on How a Pregnant Woman Can Prepare for Breastfeeding” and the blog carnival on “ what I didn’t expect when I was expecting.” Tori Spelling gave birth today to her daughter with Dean McDermott, Stella Doreen McDermott. She worked hard to breastfeed their first child Liam. Hopefully she finds it easier the second time around! Angelina Jolie also has experience breastfeeding, but let’s hope she has done some... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1509224 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:19:34 +0100 1509224 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1502605&cid=t_186670_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2F307849037%2F (Image credit: medicineworld.org)  This week b5 media’s Health and Wellness channel is focusing on celebrities health.  Our focus is not on ‘tittle tattle’  and hot gossip about Angelina, Brad or ’Tomkat’ but rather a serious look at health issues that high profile individuals share with all of us.  In the genetics world, our ‘celebrities’ are the likes of Craig Venter and James Watson - pioneering geneticists but basking in the eye of the media. The race to sequence genomes has resulted in some major PR, particularly for Craig and James. 454 is sequencing James Watson’s genome and Craig has announced some of his results in PLoS.  TV star Larry King, cosmologist Stephen Hawking, Google co-founder Larry Page, Microsoft co-founder Paul... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1502605 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:00:52 +0100 1502605 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1469627&cid=t_186670_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2008%2F05%2F26%2Fsuffer-from-crs-disease-this-guy-sure-doesnt%2F Admit it. There are days when your CRS (Can’t Remember Shit) Disease rears its ugly head more so than others. But if you’re Brad Williams, those days are pretty much, well…never! See, Mr. Williams is one of only three people in the world with an extreme autobiographical memory called hyperthymestic syndrome. This condition - its name derived from the Greek words for excessive (hyper) and remembering (thymesis) - is characterized by lifetime memories forever being etched into one’s mind. Most folks, of course, have memories which fade over time. Mr. Williams, 51, lives in Wisconsin and joins a man in Ohio and a woman in California as the only documented hyperthymestic people in the world. Naturally, scientists are anxious to study this super-memory phenomenon, in hop... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1469627 Tue, 27 May 2008 01:31:31 +0100 1469627 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1395182&cid=t_186670_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F276467998%2Fnature_brings_brains_alive.html I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order … John Burroughs said.What brings you into nature’s wonders ... especially when daily demands ... work against your time? Naturalistic intelligence comes alive … especially in spring … when we take personal retreats across meadows, or into woodlands, where even a small creek can bring reflection and creativity alive. Only nature offers that magic potent that puts your senses in order and adds intelligence to your workday.  Have you experienced it lately?For the past few days … in between board meetings and work demands …  I’ve been cleaning up leaves and debris blown in from winter winds. Then today …  I plotted the landscape and planted roses, pe... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1395182 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:09:47 +0100 1395182 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1363861&cid=t_186670_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F267752306%2F The former Merck exec, who was in the running to succeed Ray Gilmartin as ceo until the Vioxx withdrawal dashed his hopes, is wondering how to spend his time. Until recently, Brad was running Reliant Pharmaceuticals, a small specialty drug marketer that was searching for a strategy. Within a year of his arrival, however, Reliant was sold to Glaxo. Unlike most of the thousands of pharma employees being let go by his former employers and their rivals, Sheares appears to have the luxury of time. Earlier this week, he gave a pep talk to college students at Montclair State University, which was holding its annual Pharmfest forum. And he tells The Star-Ledger of New Jersey that he has talked at other schools as well. “Since leaving Reliant, I’ve been doing this sort of stuff,”... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1363861 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:44:33 +0100 1363861 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1268564&cid=t_186670_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F243480582%2Fwords_that_whack_or_win.html Have you ever wished you’d added a word of hope … when a situation seemed grim? Or have you regretted that you tossed in words of defeat … rather than insights for a solution? Words tend to shape the direction of business far more than you may realize. How so?(I should mention that this cartoon which triggered Brad Shorr’s contest  was originally produced for Bill Welter, president of Adaptive Strategies and co-author of The Prepared Mind of a Leader.) It reminds us how words can cost! Have you seen it happen?Sadly, words hold 5 hidden dangers that undermine people and limit profits. 1. Negative words … come doused in tone problems that work against human brains like gasoline works against a car wash. Once out they cannot be suctioned back. 2. Ranting ... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1268564 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:50:02 +0100 1268564 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1191399&cid=t_186670_131_f&fid=34976&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftalk.dnadirect.com%2F2008%2F01%2F31%2Fgot-blue-eyes-congratulations-youre-related-to-brad-pitt%2F ...and Frank Sinatra, and Bill Clinton, and (insert your favorite famous blue-eyed person here). The Danish geneticist, Hans Eiberg, who pioneered research into understanding the genetics of eye color, now traces all blue-eyed people back to a common ancestor who lived 6,000 to 10,000 years ago, perhaps around the Black Sea near the Ukraine or Turkey. (Source: DNA Direct Talk) DNA Direct Talk blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1191399 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:22:21 +0100 1191399 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1044176&cid=t_186670_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F188338278%2F The sale isn’t all that surprising. A former Merck exec, Brad Sheares, joined Reliant as ceo last January after the little pharma underwent a series of ups and downs, leading to speculation that a sale or an IPO was likely. We also hear, by the way, that Merck was looking at Reliant, but we have not been able to confirm that tidbit. A Merck spokeswoman declined to comment on “speculation.” UPDATE: A Reliant spokeswoman declined to comment. Sheares, for those who may not recall, headed Merck’s US pharma biz and was considered to be a strong candidate to succeed the embattled Ray Gilmartin as Merck ceo, until the September 2004 Vioxx withdrawal. He was subsequently passed over and left the big drugmaker in the summer of 2006. As for Glaxo, the deal is being done in or... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1044176 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:55:26 +0100 1044176 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=931174&cid=t_186670_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F165864375%2F Autism is the “new black” according to EOnline, and as previously noted here on Autism Vox. But what happens when autism is no longer “in fashion”? Share This (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=931174 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 20:12:06 +0100 931174 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=773481&cid=t_186670_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F139625365%2Fnew_hope_through_deep_brain_st.html A news report just out … shows an interesting advance through a deep brain stimulation process discovery. It could restore mental control to people who suffer serious brain malfunctions. For instance, loss of movement and other movement disorders connected to the brain, come to more than one and one half million Americans.Many are forced to leave work far before they are ready to retire.Dr. Brad Wallace, a neurosurgeon at Lyerly Neurosurgery, recently developed an amazing treatment called Deep brain Stimulation. Check out the details on the video here at NBC News. Many more people could remain at work – and live far more satisfactory lives – with benefits promised in this innovative therapy. It may be worth passing it on to a person you know who suffers Parkinson’s... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=773481 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:29:33 +0100 773481