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 'capitalism'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:10:52 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5158948&cid=t_129570_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FXEZiNWNBQiA%2F By Tom G. Palmer John Mackey, co-founder and co-CEO of a substantial wealth-creating business enterprise, explains the moral significance of business.  A longer interview with Mackey, along with other thinkers, can be found in The Morality of Capitalism, available here.  (The book is being distributed by the Atlas Network and Students for Liberty.) The Morality of Business Enterprise is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5158948 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:03:33 +0100 5158948 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4549740&cid=t_129570_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FvPmlMaPLIdY%2F By David BoazIn the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Barton Hinkle notes that the Virginia General Assembly has just passed "tough new regulations on abortion clinics." And Suddenly, outraged liberals are sounding remarkably like libertarian advocates of laissez-faire capitalism and the industries they defend. For instance, abortion-rights supporters already are warning that the heavy hand of government will impose requirements so absurd and so economically burdensome that they will force clinics to close their doors. "What they'll do is put a burden of extra cost that is not backed up by sound science," said one abortion provider who spoke on condition of . . . whoops! Actually, those were the words of Alva Carter Jr., chairman of a New Mexico dairy industry group, who was protesting new groundwa... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4549740 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:32:46 +0100 4549740 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4302898&cid=t_129570_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F01%2Fcreating-something-out-of-nothing.html Society takes great pride in depicting business barons as being role models of success. They are revered as "wealth creators" and admired in a capitalistic society.However, in reality, many of these businessmen are just traders . They do not actually create anything - they just accumulate money. While it's great to be rich, all they have done is merely transfer assets from others into their pocket, without creating anything new.The real creators are the creative artists, who actually produce something out of nothing. However, while it's true that a work of music is a piece of art, this is a luxury which only affluential societies can afford to indulge in !The true creators are the farmers ! Unfortunately, most of us have never been to a farm, so it's hard to remember what a miracle growing... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4302898 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 03:33:00 +0100 4302898 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4277816&cid=t_129570_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FEFJAtFg6yIg%2F By Christopher PrebleSpurred on by a new release of documents from the archives, the past few weeks have witnessed a renewed interest in the military-industrial complex (MIC), the term forever associated with Dwight David Eisenhower. Or, at least, that should be the case. Eisenhower – the West Point graduate, career military officer, and hero of World War II – was one of the first to ever use the phrase, in a televised Farewell Address to the nation on January 17, 1961. Over the years, however, the MIC has become a mantra for progressives and left liberals, usually used in tandem with an assault on private enterprise, writ large, or as part of an elaborate conspiracy theory that equates crony capitalism with market economics. The left’s capture of the term has ena... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4277816 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:44:08 +0100 4277816 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4197026&cid=t_129570_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FnCBK1WUjhAk%2F By Daniel GriswoldWhen I was growing up, my father would occasionally tell me the story around this time of year of how private property rights saved the Pilgrims from starvation. When the Pilgrims first arrived in 1620, as my father told the story, they tried to live communally according to the spirit of the Mayflower Compact. What crops they grew were put in a common storehouse and then apportioned according to each family’s need. The small colony struggled to survive for two or three years until its leaders declared that every family henceforth would be responsible for growing its own food. The new system proved much superior at putting food on the table. Years later, when I was writing editorials for the Colorado Springs Gazette, I would tell the story in print on Thanksgiving Day, t... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4197026 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:53:09 +0100 4197026 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4013144&cid=t_129570_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FwrmA9IdllFI%2F By Marian L. TupyOn September 26, 2010 — 92 years after the WWI officially ended — Germany made her last payment of $94 million in reparations “to private individuals, pension funds and corporations holding debenture bonds as agreed under the Treaty of Versailles.” As Keynes rightly predicted, the unreasonably high French demands for financial reparations led to German economic weakness. The end result was hyperinflation, which was one of the principal causes of Hitler’s rise to power and the start of the Second World War. In spite of losing two world wars, Germany did eventually become the most powerful nation in Europe — through trade, capitalism and German ingenuity. First World War Ends is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog (Source: Cato-at-liberty... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4013144 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:28:59 +0100 4013144 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3998952&cid=t_129570_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FqhT4H1b49dI%2F By Juan Carlos HidalgoFollowing the announcement of massive layoffs in the public sector, the Cuban government published today new guidelines that will allow private employment in 178 economic activities. Among the newly authorized private occupations are masseurs, clowns, shoemakers, locksmiths, and gardeners. However, these new entrepreneurs will face a few hurdles before enjoying the benefits of their own work. Not only must they get a government license in order to operate (according to official sources the number of permits will be capped at 250,000), but they will also have to pay high taxes. A leaked document from the Communist Party says that small businesses will pay between 10 to 40 percent of their gross income in taxes. On top of that, they will have to contribute 25 percent of... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3998952 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 21:09:39 +0100 3998952 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3968993&cid=t_129570_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fd4uxrN7GofI%2F By Juan Carlos HidalgoConfirming Fidel Castro’s recent confession that “the Cuban model doesn’t even works for us anymore” (did it ever work?), Havana has announced the massive layoff of 500,000 state workers in the upcoming months. This is approximately 12 percent of the government workforce (and 10 percent of the total labor force). The big question is whether the meager non-state sector can absorb such an influx of workers in such a short period of time. My take is that the only way Cuba can accomplish this is by aggressively liberalizing its economy: privatizing most industries and farmland, cutting red tape, freeing prices, lowering taxes (which fall heavily on the tiny private sector), and getting rid of thousands of restrictions on private businesses that currently thwar... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3968993 Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:58:18 +0100 3968993 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3929219&cid=t_129570_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FYQ9csW4yt14%2F By Malou InnocentFrom this week’s Washington Post: Afghanistan’s Central Bank has taken control of the country’s biggest and most politically potent private bank and ordered its chairman to hand over $160 million worth of luxury villas and other real estate purchased in Dubai for well-connected insiders, according to Afghan bankers and officials. Farther down the page the article continues: Kabul Bank previously had been shielded by the political clout of its shareholders who, in addition to Mahmoud Karzai [President Hamid Karzai’s brother, who partly owns Kabul Bank], include Haseen Fahim, the brother of Vice President Mohammed Fahim. If this hostile takeover wasn’t questionable enough, the article goes on to report: Kabul Bank’s biggest creditor, bank i... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3929219 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:03:43 +0100 3929219 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3718380&cid=t_129570_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_qZfqtnCi-s%2F By Daniel IkensonSteven Pearlstein’s ready for the nuclear option.  With the conviction of a man who knows he won’t be held accountable for the consequences of his prescriptions, Pearlstein says the time has come for action against China.  Hopefully, those whose fingers are actually near the button will recognize Pearlstein’s suggestion for what it is: an outburst of frustration over what he considers China’s insubordination. In his Washington Post business column yesterday, Pearlstein criticizes U.S. policymakers for blindly adhering to the view that China will inevitably transition to democratic capitalism, while they’ve excused market-distorting protectionism, mercantilism, and state dominance over the economy in China.  Pearlstein writes: Up to now, a succession of adminis... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3718380 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:31:44 +0100 3718380 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3607480&cid=t_129570_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F-yzHCOKZFp0%2F By Walter OlsonThe Atlantic has posted (h/t Future of Capitalism) an article by Virginia artisanal meat provider Joe Cloud sounding the alarm about how as regulation intensifies, only producers with the scale and sophistication to deal with it will be left standing: Although species go extinct on Earth on a regular basis, every so often there is a major event that comes along and wipes out 40 or 50 percent of them. The same thing happens in the small business world. A few businesses fold every year due to retirement, poor management, and changes in the market, and that is quite normal. But then every so often a catastrophe comes along and causes a wholesale wipeout. For small meat businesses in America, catastrophic events result from changes high up in the regulatory food chain that make ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3607480 Thu, 27 May 2010 17:57:22 +0100 3607480 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3607481&cid=t_129570_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FM_yxevurwek%2F By Michael F. CannonAs explained in an excellent letter to the editor of The Washington Post: Capitalism’s friends never had to cede moral ground to its enemies, but they will have to replace the current power structure to make room for a revival. President Obama summarized his understanding of free enterprise in his 2009 commencement speech at Arizona State University: “ruthless competition pursued only on your own behalf…” That markets are built on voluntary transactions — mutual exchange for mutual benefit — is an alien concept in the academic environment that produced Mr. Obama and many of his staffers. That one accumulates wealth in a free market by providing value to willing buyers — the exact opposite of acting “only on your own behalf... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3607481 Thu, 27 May 2010 16:56:01 +0100 3607481 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3499051&cid=t_129570_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Ft1Wqzfxd7gQ%2F By Jim HarperThis week, over drinks at a fresh, new watering hole on up-and-coming H Street, NE, my companion and I struck up a conversation with a local resident, artist, and dandy. (Yes, dandy. His hair is what got the conversation started.) We all three appreciated in varying degrees the change coming to the street. Having been about to up-and-come for quite a while now, H Street seems actually to be taking off. There’s quite a lively scene on the eastern end now, known as the Atlas District. Change isn’t always easy, though. Increased commerce and gentrification along the street are apparently already raising property values and increasing property taxes, which some longtime local businesses can’t afford. So it is with capitalism, though, remorselessly serving the tas... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3499051 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:22:55 +0100 3499051 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3275775&cid=t_129570_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F8uQUlgvRGDM%2F By David BoazIn the Wall Street Journal, Ian Buruma puts Google’s conflict with China in its historical context: the long struggle by China’s leaders to have the benefits of knowledge and trade from around the world without loosening their own hold on the Chinese people: One way of dealing with this problem was to separate “practical knowledge” from “essential” culture, or ti-yong in Chinese. Western technology was fine, as long as it didn’t interfere with Chinese morals and politics. In practice, however, this was not feasible. Political ideas came to China, along with science, economics, and Western religion. And they did help to undermine the old established order. One of these ideas was Marxism, but once Mao had unified China under his totalita... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3275775 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:06:46 +0100 3275775 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3149034&cid=t_129570_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FtVv87lxdqr0%2F By Daniel GriswoldThree items in the news this week remind us why we should be glad we live in a more global economy. While American consumers remain cautious, American companies and workers are finding increasing opportunities in markets abroad: Sales of General Motors vehicles continue to slump in the United States, but they are surging in China. The company announced this week that sales in China of GM-branded cars and trucks were up 67 percent in 2009, to 1.8 million vehicles. If current trends continue, within a year or two GM will be selling more vehicles in China than in the United States. James Cameron’s 3-D movie spectacular “Avatar” just surpassed $1 billion in global box-office sales. Two-thirds of its revenue has come from abroad, with France, Germany, and Russia the lea... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3149034 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:02:52 +0100 3149034 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3092670&cid=t_129570_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fiux8TkE4uBY%2F By Chris Moody The top five most unbelievable lines from the health care reform debate this year. Alan Reynolds: Hey, leave Lieberman alone. “Human interest stories are sure to get readers’ sympathy. But emotion is no substitute for common sense.” The money behind climate science. Podcast: “Trouble for the Race to the Top Fund.” Cato Weekly Video: Is there a contradiction between Christianity and capitalism? (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3092670 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:11:02 +0100 3092670 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3048103&cid=t_129570_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FxpXcVTHGauE%2F The following post by Robin Strongin, Creator of Disruptive Women in Health Care, is part of Disruptive Women’s “The Value of Health: Creating Economic Security in the Developing World” series. “As study after study has taught us, there is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women. No other policy is as likely to raise economic productivity or to reduce child and maternal mortality. No other policy is as sure to improve nutrition and promote health, including the prevention of HIV/AIDS. No other policy is as powerful in increasing the chances of education for the next generation. That is why discrimination against women of all ages deprives the world’s children—all of them, not just the half who are girls—of the chance to reach their po... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3048103 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:05:29 +0100 3048103 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3018981&cid=t_129570_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fjqj3fu3L4ME%2F On the weekend that next year’s Rhodes Scholars are announced, Elliot Gerson, American secretary of the Rhodes Trust and executive vice president of the Aspen Institute, writes in the Washington Post that he is greatly disappointed that a few Rhodes Scholars have gone into business. Yes, you read that right. He’s disappointed that even a few Rhodes Scholars have chosen to go into business: For more than a century Rhodes scholars have left Oxford with virtually any job available to them. For much of this time, they have overwhelmingly chosen paths in scholarship, teaching, writing, medicine, scientific research, law, the military and public service. They have reached the highest levels in virtually all fields. In the 1980s, however, the pattern of career choices began to change.... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3018981 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:40:56 +0100 3018981 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2838903&cid=t_129570_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FNy2-231gpm8%2F In the latest example of “We had to burn the village to save it” logic, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) argues in a letter in the Washington Post this morning that the way to “support more trade” in the future is to raise barriers to trade today. Brown criticizes Post columnist George Will for criticizing President Obama for imposing new tariffs on imported tires from China. Like President Obama himself, Brown claims that by invoking the Section 421 safeguard, the president was merely “enforcing” the trade laws that China agreed to but has failed to follow. He scolds advocates of trade for talking about the “rule of law” but failing to enforce it when it comes to trade agreements. Brown concludes, “If America is ever to support more trade, its people need to know that the rules... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2838903 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:05:06 +0100 2838903 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2832128&cid=t_129570_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fy5bbFuDIAeU%2F I wrote in Libertarianism: A Primer, “One difference between libertarianism and socialism is that a socialist society can’t tolerate groups of people practicing freedom, but a libertarian society can comfortably allow people to choose voluntary socialism.” (In the final section, “Toward a Framework for Utopia.”) Now Ira Stoll notes the irony that it was very successful capitalists who put up the money that allowed Michael Moore to make his anti-market screed Capitalism: A Love Story: The funniest moments of all in the movie, though, may just be in the opening and closing credits. We see that the movie is presented by “Paramount Vantage” in association with the Weinstein Company. Bob and Harvey Weinstein are listed as executive producers. If Mr. Moo... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2832128 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:49:15 +0100 2832128 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2796414&cid=t_129570_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=2774915&cid=t_129570_150_f&fid=34768&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmagossip.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fmichael-we-love-you.html Filmmaker Michael Moore is promoting his new movie “Capitalism: A Love Story” to the media at the Venice Film Festival. He is stopped in his tracks when an Italian female reporter unfurls a banner bearing those adoring words.Moore is getting good press in Italy, where his movie had its world premiere. “Interessantissimo” (highly interesting), cheered the daily La Stampa, while Corriere della Sera gave it three stars out of four. La Repubblica devoted whole pages to the Michigan-born director, and reported that he had a double serving of spaghetti al pomodoro sent up to his hotel room.More Moorehttp://www.capitalismalovestory.com/Read the Variety review. (Source: PharmaGossip) PharmaGossip blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2774915 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:46:00 +0100 2774915 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2734014&cid=t_129570_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FXmuqbPJu1us%2F In re-appointing Bernanke to another four year term as Fed chairman, President Obama completes his embrace of bailouts, easy money and deficits as the defining characteristics of his economic agenda. Bernanke, along with Secretary Geithner (then New York Fed president) were the prime movers behind the bailouts of AIG and Bear Stearns. Rather than “saving capitalism,” these bailouts only spread panic at considerable cost to the taxpayer. As evidenced in his “financial reform” proposal, Obama does not see bailouts as the problem, but instead believes an expanded Fed is the solution to all that is wrong with the financial sector. Bernanke also played a central role as the Fed governor most in favor of easy money in the aftermath of the dot-com bubble — a policy t... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2734014 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:25:29 +0100 2734014 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2653672&cid=t_129570_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FH8pZgt742Hs%2F As I have argued elsewhere, Bernanke’s record as both a Fed governor and Chair suggest we be better off with a new Fed Chair come January 2010, when Bernanke’s term as Chair expires. Outside of those who believe the bailouts have saved capitalism, two very reasonable arguments are put forth for keeping Bernanke at the helm:  1) in a time of crisis, the markets need certainty and dislike change; and 2) the alternatives, such as Larry Summers, would be worse.  Both these points have real merit, however I believe in both cases the pros of change outweigh the cons of staying the course with Bernanke.  I will save the “certainty” debate for another time, for now, let’s ask ourselves:  Would Summers really be any worse than Bernanke? Before I make the... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2653672 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:53:41 +0100 2653672 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2473195&cid=t_129570_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F5YSZF6r4Fok%2F What is to be done with the nation’s largest financial institutions, 19 of which have been officially designated as “too big to fail?” When thus guaranteed government protection, such institutions can be expected to take excessive risk and generally operate recklessly. Profits on risky ventures remain privatized, while losses become socialized. That is what happens when you bet with other people’s (that is, taxpayers’) money. I have called the system “casino capitalism.” The solution, of course, is to end the policy of “too big to fail.” That will not happen soon, however, and we will likely see the government’s safety net extended to more institutions before there is any prospect for its withdrawal. In the interim, the risk-taking appetite of the large banks must be co... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2473195 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:28:12 +0100 2473195 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2463061&cid=t_129570_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F06%2F07%2Fthe-situation-of-socialism%2F Conor Clarke of The Atlantic responds to criticisms from some that the United States is headed toward socialism through this very simple pie chart: For his post, click here. (Source: The Situationist) The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2463061 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:39:18 +0100 2463061 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2424135&cid=t_129570_97_f&fid=35606&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theangriestpharmacist.com%2F2009%2F05%2F19%2F5-things-your-pharmacist-wont-tell-you-about-pharmacy-but-theangriestpharmacist-will%2F Recently, there was a huge uproar (caused by me) resulting from a crappy article making pharmacists look like unethical dickwads. Well, I rebutted. You can read PART ONE and PART TWO. The title was “10 Things Your Pharmacist Won’t Tell You.” — I’m about to tell it. 1. “While FOUR DOLLAR PRESCRIPTIONS are good for you, I am usually losing my ass.” - Sure, the cost is low enough that I make a profit on the medicine, but in the grand scheme of things, I am getting bent over here. We are failing to realize the actual cost of filling a prescription here. I have to pay for: the tech to type it, the computer system that interprets it and runs a DUR/interaction check, the electricity to run it all, the A/C to keep the store cool (and gas for heat in the wi... The Angriest Pharmacist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2424135 Wed, 20 May 2009 05:05:59 +0100 2424135 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2389765&cid=t_129570_90_f&fid=34499&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcalifmedicineman.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fprotecting-lowly-pedestrian.html This article mentioned by the instapundit caught my eye. Apparently, Cranfield University in England has prototyped a novel airbag technology to protect pedestrians hit by cars. From the photograph, it looks to have a somewhat Rube Goldberg flavor to it. To my unpracticed eye, it also looks to be somewhat expensive although a spokesman for the project reassures us that, "it would add little to the cost of the vehicle." Why does this seem unlikely to me?There is essentially no limit to the features that can be added to automobiles to make them safer. The problem is of course figuring out how to pay for them. There is also obviously a difference between technologies designed to protect innocent third parties (e.g. pedestrians or people driving other cars) and the cars' occupants. This is why... California Medicine Man blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2389765 Tue, 05 May 2009 19:06:00 +0100 2389765 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1291063&cid=t_129570_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E3%2F248965026%2Fgot-posilac-afact-should-be-ashamed.html NYT reports on an advocacy group that is attempting to block the sale of milk produced without synthetic hormones. The group, called American Farmers for the Advancement and Conservation of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Women's Bioethics Blog) Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1291063 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:38:02 +0100 1291063 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1064812&cid=t_129570_90_f&fid=34499&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcalifmedicineman.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F11%2Fdrug-companies-and-their-big-marketing.html (Source: California Medicine Man) California Medicine Man blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1064812 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:40:00 +0100 1064812 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1058237&cid=t_129570_90_f&fid=34499&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcalifmedicineman.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F11%2Fbody-dysmorphic-disorder-and-cosmetic.html (Source: California Medicine Man) California Medicine Man blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1058237 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:11:00 +0100 1058237 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1043936&cid=t_129570_90_f&fid=34499&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcalifmedicineman.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F11%2Fsetting-paul-krugman-straight.html (Source: California Medicine Man) California Medicine Man blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1043936 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:45:00 +0100 1043936 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1024184&cid=t_129570_90_f&fid=34499&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcalifmedicineman.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F11%2Fzyrtec-d-approved-for-otc-use-by-fda.html (Source: California Medicine Man) California Medicine Man blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1024184 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:24:00 +0100 1024184 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=716532&cid=t_129570_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F07%2F05%2Fsickkids-partners-to-speed-cure-research-for-diabetes%2F Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Research, Products, SupportIn December 2006, The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada (SickKids) researchers found that mice injected with capsaicin -- the chemical that makes chili peppers hot -- were rapidly cured of Type 1 diabetes. Now with widespread credence following their discovery, SickKids has partnered with Approach Therapeutics to accelerate the human clinical trials for this cure. Researchers discovered that Type 1 diabetes is caused by malfunctioning pain nerves surrounding islets. These nerves mistakenly tell the brain that the islets are inflamed and the body creates insulin autoantibodies to destroy them. The researchers injected capsaicin, also known as "substance P", to kill the pancreatic pain nerves. Researc... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=716532 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0100 716532