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 'cei'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:00:55 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5125721&cid=t_296445_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F0bjiCY6NxMA%2F By Jim HarperSomething as simple as the concept of tradeoffs can cause cognitive dissonance to good-hearted people who want too hard to drive the society toward their perception of the good. A nice illustration of that is the cost in lives of making cars that use less gasoline. How can doing good for the environment possibly be harmful? Oh, it can be deadly. Nicely illustrated by CEI’s Sam Kazman on John Stossel’s show. 2,000 Deaths per Year … for the Environment 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=5125721 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:49:08 +0100 5125721 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4676753&cid=t_296445_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FXPS5OEq8Kyk%2F By Ilya ShapiroA recent poll showed that 22% of Americans believe Obamacare has been repealed and 26% aren’t sure.  Yet here at Cato, we're all too aware that the massive, unconstitutional, and fundamentally unworkable overhaul of our health care system still looms on the horizon. While two lower courts have struck down Obamacare in whole or in part, three others have ruled it constitutional, including a D.C. District Court opinion that claimed for the federal government the right to regulate the “mental activity” of decision-making.  As litigation progresses to the appellate level, this latter decision has proven to be more a hindrance to Obamacare’s supporters than a help, its Orwellian pronouncement being hard to ignore while the government downplays the significance of the po... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4676753 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:54:33 +0100 4676753 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3784246&cid=t_296445_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FozgMmywe9Mg%2F By Ilya ShapiroOur friends at the Competitive Enterprise Institute have released a new report on the worst state attorneys general in the country.  Despite Eliot Spitzer no longer being eligible for consideration, six attorneys general comprise the worst-in-the-nation list: 1. Jerry Brown, California 2. Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut 3. Drew Edmondson, Oklahoma 4. Patrick Lynch, Rhode Island 5. Darrell McGraw, West Virginia 6. William Sorrell, Vermont The report, authored by Hans Bader (who will be contributing an article to this year’s Cato Supreme Court Review), uses several criteria for determining who made the list of shame: ethical breaches and selective applications of the law; fabricating law; usurping legislative powers; and predatory practices (such as seeking to regula... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3784246 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:42:31 +0100 3784246 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3635744&cid=t_296445_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fnutrition-and-the-government-donuts-for-freedom%2F2010.06.07 An interesting press release from the Competitive Enterprise Institute recently came across our desk and is reproduced in full below. I’m curious what our readers think of it, and of the government’s role in nutritional issues, given the link between nutrition and health: Institute Calls for Civil Disobedience on National Donut Day As Government Meddling in Nutritional Issues Mounts, CEI Advises, “Eat Two Donuts Today—One for Yourself, and One for Your Freedom” Washington, D.C., June 4, 2010 — The Competitive Enterprise Institute today urged Americans to turn National Donut Day into a day of protest against growing government intrusion into nutritional issues. CEI urged people to eat two donuts — “one for yourself, and one as an act of patriotic civil disobedience.�... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3635744 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3635744 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3467734&cid=t_296445_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F3Tj_w72mg6I%2F By Jim HarperCEI’s Alex Nowrasteh has a commentary on Townhall.com illustrating how restrictive immigration policies confound security. Twenty-three Somalis with suspected ties to an Islamist group were mistakenly released from a Mexican prison last January, and their whereabouts now are unknown. He continues: Forcing immigrants underground creates an enormous black market where terrorist activities and serious crimes can continue undetected. If legal immigration were much easier, the American government would know who was entering the country and do a better job in screening out criminals and suspected terrorists. I’m leery of touting terror threats for any reason beyond alerting the public to information they can use for national and self-protection. A small group of possib... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3467734 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:02:28 +0100 3467734 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2886739&cid=t_296445_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fceis-critique-of-fdas-paid-search.html "Hey, John. This is America, after all, and everyone is entitled to their opinion—even you!," said Arnie Freide, co-author the Competitive Enterprise Insitute's (CEI's) article "FDA and Advertising" (see here), in an e-mail to me. He was responding to my blog post in which I called CEI's premise --ie, "FDA's position on sponsored links could have the unintended effect of making regulated information less available to consumers while making less reliable and unsubstantiated information more available...If sponsored links for highly regulated drugs and devices become more rare, then an information seeker will be relegated to wading through a list of Web sites that contain all manner of information of dubious validity." -- "Carefully Wrought Bullshit" (see "Is FDA's Sponsored Search Adverti... Pharma Marketing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2886739 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:15:00 +0100 2886739 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2876360&cid=t_296445_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fis-fdas-sponsored-search-advertising.html A new Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) analysis cautions that FDA’s current policy restricting use of Internet sponsored links could have the unintended effect of making regulated information less available to consumers and making less reliable and unsubstantiated information more available. CEI's report, entitled "DDMAC's Internet Stance Could Increase Consumer Risk," contends that "FDA's position on sponsored links could have the unintended effect of making regulated information less available to consumers while making less reliable and unsubstantiated information more available...If sponsored links for highly regulated drugs and devices become more rare," says CEI, "then an information seeker will be relegated to wading through a list of Web sites that contain all manner of info... Pharma Marketing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2876360 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:29:00 +0100 2876360