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 'byron'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:46:27 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4266141&cid=t_435662_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2FVcDacspixKw%2F When I was young and still Catholic and still fully believing in the Jesus and the God that the Church had fully encased in its teachings, I used, at night, when I was too full of anxiety and dread to get to sleep by imagining that I was held in the cupped hands of an angel. I was old enough to know that such was not the case, but the imagining still helped and I would gradually relax enough to drift off to sleep. Later, when I was older and in my teens and had discovered cynicism, I couldn’t quite do it — I could not believe in the hands of angels, not even enough to go to sleep. At this point, I found out that sleeplessness lies on the other side of cynicism, but had not been offered an acceptably sophisticated substitute for angels. The over-the-counter Sominex that I snuck int... white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4266141 Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:05:44 +0100 4266141 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3156444&cid=t_435662_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FrRwSJLBKprw%2F By Daniel GriswoldWhen Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-ND, announced this week that he would not be running for re-election in November, he explained that he wanted to pursue other interests such as teaching and writing more books. As a senator, Dorgan opposed almost all efforts to liberalize trade unless it involved Cuba or the re-importation of price-controlled drugs. He holds the distinction of being the second most frequently mentioned politician (behind only Barack Obama) in my Cato book, Mad about Trade, something that I’m sure the senator would consider a badge of honor. Here is my critical but eminently fair review of his 2006 book, Take This Job and Ship It: How Corporate Greed and Brain-Dead Politics Are Selling Out America. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3156444 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:22:10 +0100 3156444 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3101062&cid=t_435662_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F4ElM3c_A9fo%2F The recent Senate squabbling over whether cheaper imports from Canada and elsewhere should be allowed into the US was full of intrigue. Why, for instance, did President Barack Obama flip-flop on his oft-stated campaign remarks that imports should be allowed? Was it the $80 million deal that PhRMA cut on discounts that would help pay for health care reform legislation? Meanwhile, some questioned the sudden appearance of a letter from FDA commish Margaret Hamburg, who worried aloud that her agency couldn’t guarantee the safety of meds coming into the country. Byron Dorgan, the North Dakota Democrat who fought for the importation amendment, tells The Wall Street Journal that he thinks the White House drafted her letter. Ironically, more active pharmaceutical ingredients are coming from ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3101062 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:11:19 +0100 3101062 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3092934&cid=t_435662_150_f&fid=38374&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2F33SKyv-Ksp4%2Fsenate-rejects-dorgans-plan-to-import.html (Source: ePharma Summit) ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3092934 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:07:00 +0100 3092934 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3092933&cid=t_435662_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FCsQ9xaTVnN4%2F The vote on the amendment was 51-48 in favor, but 60 votes were needed to prevail under a special rule, the Associated Press reports. President Obama supported the measure as a senator, but his administration echoed safety concerns raised by the pharmaceutical industry, which is supporting the Democrats’ health care bill. And now that bill may have a better chance of passage. An angry Byron Dorgan, the North Dakota Democrat who introduced the measure, denounced a competing amendment that would permit imports if the FDA certifies it can be done without risks. “Do not vote for this amendment and say you’ve done something about the price of prescription drugs because constituents will know better,” Dorgan admonished his colleagues, according to the AP. The alternative ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3092933 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:35:02 +0100 3092933 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3089260&cid=t_435662_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F6-Rob9CAzpQ%2F By Sallie JamesWell here’s an interesting, if three-weeks-old, story. Apparently the North Dakota Farm Bureau’s annual convention recently passed a policy calling for the elimination of all agricultural programs.  Reading between the lines of the original press release indicates that the call was part of a broad political position by the NDFB to move away from government intervention in many areas of the economy apart from farm programs, including cap-and-trade and health care: “As people in this country expect more from the government and less from themselves, our delegates are urging everyone, including farmers, to step away from the public trough and get back to the principles of individual responsibility and initiative,” said NDFB President Eric Aasmundstad…. ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3089260 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:51:20 +0100 3089260 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2823967&cid=t_435662_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FFuQ414OVrvQ%2F “Americans are more likely today than in the recent past to believe that government is taking on too much responsibility for solving the nation’s problems and is over-regulating business,” according to a new Gallup Poll. New Gallup data show that 57% of Americans say the government is trying to do too many things that should be left to businesses and individuals, and 45% say there is too much government regulation of business. Both reflect the highest such readings in more than a decade. Byron York of the Examiner notes: The last time the number of people who believe government is doing too much hit 57 percent was in October 1994, shortly before voters threw Democrats out of power in both the House and Senate. It continued to rise after that, hitting 60 percent in Decembe... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2823967 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:18:43 +0100 2823967 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2667401&cid=t_435662_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FL6XbTQy8V9A%2F Over the weekend Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who’s had a bit of trouble paying his own taxes, made it clear–in Washington-speak–that tax hikes are coming.  He appeared on air with George Stephanopoulos.  Byron York of the Washington Examiner provides the transcript of the relevant Q&A: STEPHANOPOULOS: Former deputy Treasury Secretary Roger Altman said it is no longer a matter of whether tax revenues should increase but how. Is he right? GEITHNER: George, it is absolutely right and very important for everyone to understand we will not get this economy back on track, recovery will not be strong enough to sustain unless we can convince the American people that we’re going to have the will to bring these deficits down once recovery is firmly established. ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2667401 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:36:51 +0100 2667401