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 'chris'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:55:53 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5069536&cid=t_120998_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F26528768%2F0%2Fneuromarketing%7EPrediction-Power-Asking-Gets-Results.htm Are you telling customers to buy your product? Maybe you should be asking them about their intentions instead. Research shows that if you want to get people to do something, you should ask them to predict if they will do it. An affirmative answer greatly increases the probability that they will follow through. Researchers Jonathan [...] CommentsThanks for stopping by, Geoff, and sharing your real-world ... by Roger DooleyA fascinating article, and I must admit after 30 years in Sales ... by Geoff FrewinRelated StoriesFurry Cat Ears Show Your MoodApologies Really DO WorkBetter Packaging via Neuromarketing (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5069536 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:25:07 +0100 5069536 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4952855&cid=t_120998_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FlsVr9tmLC6U%2F LITFL's first 'Postcard from the Edge', a series highlighting the emerging field of International Emergency Medicine, features Australian IEM trailblazer Associate Professor Chris Curry. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4952855 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 08:26:44 +0100 4952855 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934550&cid=t_120998_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2Fr7ddNltOXQU%2F (Editor’s Note: the recent trade book Computer Games and Instruction brings together the leading edge perspectives of over a dozen scientists in the area of videogames and learning, including a very insightful analysis –excerpted below– by Harvard’s Chris Dede. Please pay attention to his thoughts on scalability below, and enjoy!) — The research overview provided by Tobias, Fletcher, and Dai (this volume) is very helpful in summarizing studies to date on various dimensions of educational games and simulations. The next challenge for the field is to move beyond isolated research in which each group of investigators uses an idiosyncratic set of definitions, conceptual frameworks, and methods. Instead, to make further progress, we as scholars should adopt common research strategies ... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934550 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 15:24:20 +0100 4934550 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4921753&cid=t_120998_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FPIwO-IEL5xE%2F And so another working week will soon draw to a close. This is, of course, our signal to dream about weekend doings. Our modest agenda includes spending time with Mrs. Pharmalot and the short people, catching up on our own version of R&D - a never-ending quest - and maybe taking a nap. And you? Perhaps there will be time for a walk in the park? A moment with someone special? Or seize the moment and make plans to enter the Republican presidential primary? Whatever you do, have a great time. See you soon… Bristol-Myers Resolves Problems At Puerto Rico Plant (Dow Jones) Japan Does Not Plan To Recall Actos (Reuters) Germany Joins France In Suspending Actos (Reuters) FDA Links Some Prostate Drugs To Cancer Risk (Associated Press) Sanofi CEO Tells Canada To Upgrade Patent Protection (... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4921753 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:02:18 +0100 4921753 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4921557&cid=t_120998_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2011%2F06%2F05%2Femr-and-hipaa-quote-of-the-sunday%2F Lately I’ve been posting a number of tweets in a sort of Sunday Tweet roundup. I think it’s been fun to highlight some short Healthcare IT and EMR related tweets that people might find interesting. With a little bit of commentary of my own (let me know if you disagree). Today, I decided I’d just go with a small quote from a comment that Chris Paton made over on Neil Versel’s Meaningful Healthcare IT News. Here it is: We’re a long way from getting rid of doctors but they might find their role changes from being repository of all knowledge to being a trusted communicator and carer. I’d been trying to summarize this position in a coherent way and I think Chris hit it on the head. Not only the part about being a long way from getting rid of doctors, but his desc... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4921557 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 06:59:22 +0100 4921557 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893403&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FiK60lDYB1B0%2F By Walter OlsonI see the editorialists of the New York Times have rhapsodically hailed last week’s 3-2 New Jersey Supreme Court opinion striking down the budget-trimming plans of Gov. Chris Christie. As the press reported, the court ordered instead that an extra $500 million in state funds be allocated to some of the state’s poorest-performing school districts — the so-called Abbott districts, named after the three-decade-running New Jersey school finance litigation, Abbott v. Burke. It’s too bad the editorial said nothing about the report five years ago in which one leading newspaper surveyed the wreckage done by the then-25-year-old litigation, which it called an “ambitious court-ordered social experiment.” (At that point, $35 billion in state tax mon... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893403 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:40:14 +0100 4893403 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4828849&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FqX-jd6IVntY%2F By Roger PilonNow that Rep. Ron Paul is again a presidential candidate, his constitutional views will come under increasing scrutiny, as happened yesterday when he was interviewed by Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday. Not surprisingly, critics immediately leapt on Paul’s “crankish view” that Social Security, Medicare, and other such programs are unconstitutional. Even Wallace seemed taken aback, citing the document’s General Welfare Clause: The Congress shall have the Power to lay and collect Taxes … to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States. “Doesn’t Social Security come under promoting the general welfare of the United States?” Wallace asked, incredulously. One does not have to agree with everything Paul has said or stood... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4828849 Mon, 16 May 2011 20:06:10 +0100 4828849 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4828850&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FZQVsgrpqZaY%2F By Walter OlsonCato scholars have been appropriately scathing about the federal government’s 2009 “cash for clunkers” program, which paid several billion taxpayer dollars to have older cars scrapped and their engines destroyed, with owners getting vouchers toward new vehicles. When Chris Edwards nominated cash-for-clunkers as the “dumbest government program ever,” he listed among its effects: “Low-income families, who tend to buy used cars, were harmed because the clunkers program will push up used car prices.” Guess what’s the newest trouble to hit the car business? As news outlets around the country are reporting, the price of used cars has lately soared to a modern-day record, with some cars commanding more used than they sold for when new... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4828850 Mon, 16 May 2011 19:17:26 +0100 4828850 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4828788&cid=t_120998_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2011%2F05%2Feosinophilic-esophagitis-increasing-common%2F Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) is a bizarre condition that often prevents people from eating and is becoming increasingly common, particularly in children. Drs. Margaret Collins and Chris Liacouras comment. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4828788 Sun, 15 May 2011 21:23:38 +0100 4828788 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4631463&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FmtdKggUjFKQ%2F By Andrew J. CoulsonNew Jersey is broke. In an effort to get the state back on its financial feet, governor Chris Christie has made across-the-board cuts--including cuts to public school spending. This week, a judge ruled that his school cuts are unconstitutional, in light of state supreme court precedents dating back decades. Basically, New Jersey's highest court has ruled that the state must spend a fantastically large sum of money in order to meet its constitutional requirement of providing a "thorough and efficient" school system. Slight problem: by definition, a system that spends outrageous sums of money for outcomes that are merely "thorough" cannot also be "efficient." The courts seem to have resolved this logical contradiction by ignoring the word efficient. So now they just deman... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4631463 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:20:00 +0100 4631463 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4631617&cid=t_120998_134_f&fid=35179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscottsdiabetes.com%2F2011%2F03%2Fdinner-dc%2F The local DOC Contingent sure pulled together while we were in D.C. for JDRF Government Day. What started out as a group of nine or ten quickly turned into sixteen or more! Every time I checked my e-mail or twitter feed, there was another person who caught wind of our plans and wanted to join in.  I had no idea so many of these folks lived close enough to meet us for dinner! Chris and Dayle helped out BIG TIME in choosing a place to go and making (constantly changing) arrangements. We went to a place called Chevy’s, which was right across the street from where our hotel shuttle dropped us off and would pick us up later. Picture stolen from Allison I finally got to meet Miriam Tucker (I’m a huge fan).  I got to see Allison again (we share a strong “no drama” vibe)... Scott's Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4631617 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:00:15 +0100 4631617 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4627038&cid=t_120998_180_f&fid=38604&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmakeitgreat%2F%7E3%2FKCnRrNEmolE%2F NOTE from Phil: What follows is a guest post from Chris Gaddis, whose radio show I will be featured on Wednesday March 23rd, 2011 at 9:15 AM ET. Chris is a coach  who has a great story  to share with you. I think you’ll be able to relate to it. Make sure you read the whole article as Chris has a very special offer just for my readers. Let me tell you a story. I was 21 years old, a senior in college, and had just purchased my first rental property. I came out of college wanting to take on the world. In the next 2 years I purchased an additional 3 properties, got my securities licenses, became a financial advisor, got my MBA, started 3 businesses, and joined a number of organizations and boards; among many other things. I was off to a good start, but there was one problem: I had no defin... Phil Gerbyshak blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4627038 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:00:00 +0100 4627038 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4592359&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FZxnzQBPDcpY%2F By Tad DeHavenThe American Action Forum will host a conference on Capitol Hill this afternoon to discuss budget reform (details here). Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) will discuss his “Commitment to American Prosperity Act,” which would cap federal spending at a declining percentage of GDP over ten years. Spending as a percentage of GDP would eventually be reduced to 20.6 percent, which is equal to the average from 1970 to 2008. Corker’s plan properly places the focus of deficit reduction on the source of the problem: too much spending. A concern with Corker’s plan is that it is somewhat complicated, which could make it difficult to explain to the public. Chris Edwards, who will be speaking at today’s event, recently showed that the government can get its finances under control by imposin... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4592359 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:23:33 +0100 4592359 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4540550&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F26-13WvS_fA%2F By Alan ReynoldsIn my recent Wall Street Journal article, "The Myth of Corporate Cash Hoarding," I quoted Chris Matthews of MSNBC’s Hardball asking Politico's Charles Mahtesian an apoplectic question about businesses “sitting on their money” just to keep the economy weak and hurt Obama’s reelection chance in 2012.   Then I carelessly added an erroneous superfluity −writing that “Mr. Mahtesian concurred.” My apologies to Charles Mahtesian (and congratulations for having had the good sense to disagree with Chris Matthews). In reality, Mahtesian wisely dodged Chris Matthews’ bizarre interrogation about corporations willfully refusing to spend idle cash until after 2012 election.  Mahtesian instead switched to talking about business going "whole hog" during the 2010 congr... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4540550 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 19:41:00 +0100 4540550 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4532190&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fr9Nm4-WAS3U%2F By David RittgersYou are probably familiar with the story of Brian Aitken, the responsible gun owner wrongly convicted of violating New Jersey’s draconian gun laws. Governor Chris Christie commuted Aitken’s sentence, and his appeal is still pending. As Radley Balko often says, libertarianism happens to people. It happened to Brian Aitken: Aitken never thought of himself as a libertarian, but two years in the clutches of the state system has changed him completely. Before the arrest, the young, apolitical entrepreneur was on his way to a successful career in digital marketing. “I never considered myself a person who is really interested in politics,” Aitken says. “But after all this happened I am definitely a hardcore libertarian now.” Read the whole thing. Libertarianism Happen... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4532190 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:15:25 +0100 4532190 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4522089&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FDHYlsvMdiQs%2F By David BoazSpeaking to some 500 libertarian students at the International Students for Liberty Conference last weekend, Cato adjunct scholar Tyler Cowen noted: Rep. Paul Ryan gave an alternative State of the Union address without mentioning Social Security or Medicare. That's like discussing the Miami Heat without mentioning LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, or Chris Bosh. How Is LeBron James like Medicare? 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=4522089 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:27:55 +0100 4522089 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4489978&cid=t_120998_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2Fm5Z4_CQibSM%2F After chasing Genzyme around the table for several months, Sanofi-Aventis has finally reached a deal. Originally, the drugmaker offered $69 a share, but as you know, is paying $74 in cash, or roughly $20 billion, plus an unusual contingent value rights (CVR) that will be priced depending on various factors, such as fixing manufacturing problems and whether the Campath leukemia med is approved for multiple sclerosis. And so the CVR could require additional payouts of up to $4 per CVR later. Or maybe not. As for strategy, Sanofi ceo Chris Viehbacher has pooh-poohed stock buybacks and talked up the value of pursuing Genzyme and its biologics, an area of keen interest to big pharma. Then again, Genzyme is saddled with ongoing manufacturing difficulties that resulted in not only a consent decre... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4489978 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:34:00 +0100 4489978 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4472984&cid=t_120998_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F14%2Fdavid-vitter-eliot-spitzer-john-edwards-jon-ensign-mark-sanford-and-now-chris-lee-the-disposition-is-weaker-than-the-situation%2F During the summer of 2007, we published the post below in response to the sex scandal du jour involving U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-LA). We republished it in the wake of former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s (D) “indiscretions.”  Feormer U.S. Senator and Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee John Edwards’ confession had us dusting off this post yet again.  We published it again when Senator Jon Ensign (R-NV)–who in 1998 urged President Clinton to resign following the Monica Lewinsky scandal–was added to the list and then again in response to the Mark Sanford scandal.  For Chris Lee’s Craig’s List shenanigans (video below), we’ve decided to republish the post yet again.  (We have omitted many smaller scandals from our list... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4472984 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 04:01:57 +0100 4472984 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4464479&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FTyNgbnj1zEA%2F By Mark A. CalabriaRemember that “tough study” promised by Senator Chris Dodd to deal with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?  Well it is finally out.  All 22 pages (of doubled-spaced large font).  And less than half those pages actually discuss Fannie and Freddie. While the report does say a lot of the right things — such as protecting the taxpayer — it is awfully short on any real details.  And in many areas, the report makes clear that the Obama administration intends to keep the taxpayer on the hook for future losses arising from Fannie and Freddie.  For instance, after assuring us that the GSEs will have sufficient capital to meet their obligations, including debt, the report tells us that such capital will not come from investors, but from the taxpayer.  One has to wonder wh... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4464479 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:00:04 +0100 4464479 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4442091&cid=t_120998_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F05%2F30-years-out%2F If ever I’ve had a “But for the grace of God, there go I” occasion (even though I have problems with that expression) it would have to have been February 5, 1981 – thirty years ago today. At 11 p.m. that night, more than 150 police carried out simultaneous raids on four of Toronto’s most [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4442091 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 08:39:02 +0100 4442091 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4438991&cid=t_120998_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F05%2F30-years-out%2F If ever I’ve had a “But for the grace of God, there go I” occasion (even though I have problems with that expression) it would have to have been February 5, 1981 – thirty years ago today. At 11 p.m. that night, more than 150 police carried out simultaneous raids on four of Toronto’s most [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4438991 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 08:39:02 +0100 4438991 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4377557&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FM6ZRGjdMFXQ%2F By Ilya ShapiroIt’s now official: 28 states are challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare in the courts. For those of you keeping score, the following six joined the Florida-led lawsuit: Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas, Wyoming and Maine. Then of course Virginia is pursuing its own suit, and now Oklahoma is about to file its own separate lawsuit based on its voters’ approval in November of a Health Care Freedom Act similar to Virginia’s. Sadly — if I’m allowed to stop being hard-headed and just shake my head in an “o tempore o mores” sort of way — the government opposed Florida’s motion to add the six states to its lawsuit. There was no basis for this opposition: the newcomers are for these purposes similarly situated to the existing... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4377557 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:29:49 +0100 4377557 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4330995&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FzSsVgh--nzU%2F By Julian SanchezThis weekend, we learned that the U.S. government last month demanded records associated with the Twitter accounts of several supporters of WikiLeaks—including American citizens and an elected member of Iceland’s parliament. As the New York Times observes, the only remarkable thing about the government’s request is that we’re learning about it, thanks to efforts by Twitter’s legal team to have the order unsealed. It seems a virtual certainty that companies like Facebook and Google have received similar demands. Most news reports are misleadingly describing the order [PDF] as a “subpoena” when in actuality it’s a judicially-authorized order under 18 U.S.C §2703(d), colloquially known (to electronic surveillance geeks) as a &#8220... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4330995 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:01:46 +0100 4330995 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4281297&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FhdGZ5_8GRG0%2F By Malou InnocentIn front of the White House last Thursday, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges and Pentagon Papers whistle-blower Daniel Ellsberg, were among the 131 people arrested while protesting America’s involvement in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Hedges, a veteran war correspondent, recalls what he was thinking just moments before being arrested: I was transported in that short walk to places I do not like to go. Strange and vivid flashes swept over me—the young soldier in El Salvador who had been shot through the back of the head and was, as I crouched next to him, slowly curling up in a fetal position to die; the mutilated corpses of Kosovar Albanians in the back of a flatbed truck; the screams of a woman, her entrails spilling out of her gaping wounds, on the... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4281297 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:32:40 +0100 4281297 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4277818&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FCn2VmIrRHiY%2F By David RittgersNew Jersey Governor Chris Christie has commuted the seven-year sentence of Brian Aitken, the man wrongfully convicted on firearms charges under that state’s draconian gun laws. Good. While a full pardon seems more appropriate – the judge in this case should have given the jury instructions on the “moving exception” that protected Aitken – this is at least recognition of an injustice and relief for one man and his family. The New Jersey state judicial system’s webpage describes the grand jury’s function as “a screening mechanism to protect citizens from unfounded charges.” That didn’t happen in this case. For more on this phenomenon, read this Cato Policy Analysis, “A Grand Façade: How the Grand Jury Was Captured by the Government.” For more Cato wo... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4277818 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:29:49 +0100 4277818 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265695&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FI4N5Kv7l0Rw%2F By David RittgersIn a recent post I discussed the plight of Brian Aitken, a New Jersey resident currently serving seven years in prison. Thing is, it’s not clear that Aitken broke the law. Radley Balko produced an excellent write-up of Aitken’s case, and Glenn Reynolds put together a video. Aitken’s conviction is the product of (1) New Jersey’s draconian gun laws; (2) a lack of prosecutorial discretion that should have focused resources on real threats to society; and (3) a judge’s refusal to issue jury instructions on the “moving exception” to New Jersey’s gun laws. The same judge dismissed animal cruelty charges against a police officer that had placed his penis in the mouths of five calves. The judge was serving in a temporary capacity and not reappointed by Governor Chr... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265695 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:00:47 +0100 4265695 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4258841&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FIQ7J2n-QcAc%2F By Julian SanchezLate last week, Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Patrick Leahy (D-VT) in which he agreed to implement an array of policies designed to check abuse of USA PATRIOT Act powers. These include more thorough record keeping and more disclosures to Congress, prompt notification of telecommunications companies when gag orders have expired, and updated retention and dissemination procedures to govern the vast quantities of information obtained using National Security Letters. In itself, this is all to the good. But civil libertarians should pause before popping the champagne corks. Last year, the fight over the reauthorization of several expiring PATRIOT provisions opened the door to the comprehensive reform that sweeping legislation so... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4258841 Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:13:57 +0100 4258841 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4238151&cid=t_120998_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F4wnU_lg3IY0%2F Rise and shine, everyone. Another brand new day is on the way and, once again, we are hustling the short people off to their various school houses. This calls, of course, for a cup of stimulation. So please join us, or grab a bottle of water if you prefer. Meanwhile, here are a few tidbits to get us all started. Have a great one and drop us a line if you hear anything interesting… Sanofi Unwilling To Meet Genzyme Demands (Bloomberg News) Enzon Pharma Cuts Workforce By 26 Percent (Reuters) Johnson & Johnson Faces Thousands Of Levaquin Lawsuits (Minneapolis Star-Tribune) Kindler Departure Sparked By Succession Issue? (Bloomberg News) Glaxo Buys Chinese Drugmaker For $70M (Reuters) Chris Viehbacher Is Named New PhRMA Chief (The Hill) Medicaid Drugs Are Going To Drug Dealers (Associ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4238151 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 12:56:32 +0100 4238151 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4225224&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F02wUUY9gpag%2F By David RittgersBrian Aitken, a finance student at NYU and economic scholar at the Foundation of Economic Education, ran afoul of New Jersey’s draconian gun laws when he was arrested while transporting two handguns unloaded and locked in the trunk of his car. After separating from his wife in 2008, Aitken moved from Colorado to his native home of New Jersey the end of that year, to be closer to his son. Shortly thereafter, in January 2009, Aitken – according to one account – “became distraught, muttered something to his mother, and left his parents’ home in Mount Laurel, NJ,” after his ex-wife canceled a visit with their son. At that point, his mother, who is a trained social worker, called the police out of concern. That’s when things went downhill for Aitken. After the pol... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4225224 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:38:05 +0100 4225224 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4219732&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FGQ8_U4X16Ik%2F By Michael D. TannerThe howls of outrage that have greeted the report of the bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform shows two things:  1) most Democrats have no interest in reducing the size and cost of government; and 2) few Republicans are actually serious about it. From the initial reaction, one would think that the Commission has slashed government to the bone, throwing the elderly, poor and sick into the street.  In reality, the Commission report is far from a radical document.  It proposes a reduction in government spending from 24.3 percent of GDP today to 21.8 percent over the next 15 years.  That’s a start.  But as recently as 2000 total federal spending was just 18.4 percent of GDP — and people were hardly dying in the streets during the C... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4219732 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:31:40 +0100 4219732 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4200632&cid=t_120998_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F5mmtPdWD4bg%2F If you’ve spent any time on YouTube over the last few years (and you know you have), you’ve likely seen the video of the invisible gorilla experiment (if you’ve somehow missed it, catch yourself up here). The researchers who conducted that study, Dan Simons and Chris Chabris, didn’t realize that they were about to create an instant classic—a psychology study mentioned alongside the greats, and known well outside the slim confines of psych wonks. Milgram taught us about our sheepish obedience to authority; Mischel used marshmallows to teach us about delayed gratification; and Simons and Chabris used a faux gorilla to teach us that we are not the masters of attention we think we are. The duo’s new book, The Invisible Gorilla, and Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us, is every... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4200632 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:13:26 +0100 4200632 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4183295&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fits-cold-and-flu-season-snls-hibernol%2F2010.11.19 Thanks to former student Allison Miller for reminding me about this clip from the Saturday Night Live (SNL) archives: *This blog post was originally published at Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4183295 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:00:54 +0100 4183295 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4074067&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fstem-cell-face-lifts%2F2010.10.14 It’s been almost a month since the LA Times ran the article by Chris Woolston entitled  The Healthy Skeptic: Stem cell face-lifts on unproven ground. It’s well written and presents a fairly balanced view. While I am a fan of stem cell research, I think the “claims” are often put ahead of the science.  This is one of those times. I can’t find any decent articles to support the claims of the plastic surgeons doing “stem cell face-lifts.” My view is echoed in the article (bold emphasis is mine): Rubin says he’s excited about the potential of stem cells in the cosmetic field and beyond. Still, he adds, there are many unanswered questions about the cosmetic use of stem cells, and anyone who claims to have already mastered the technique is jumping the gun. As Rubin puts ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4074067 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:00:00 +0100 4074067 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4074044&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FtSnuybvMHAg%2F By Jim HarperPolitical gamesmanship has never seen a clearer illustration than in this CQ Politics article, “Locals Split on DeMint’s Earmark War.” South Carolina Republican senator Jim DeMint opposes earmarks. Fellow South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham supports earmarks and regularly requests them. (See a list of all 136 of his earmark requests for FY 2010 here.)  Senator Graham’s request for a $400,000 earmark for the Port of Charleston hasn’t been awarded—perhaps because of DeMint’s opposition to earmarks. Refusing to go along has a price. And in the article it’s a Republican operative who sinks the first shiv, suggesting that DeMint’s failure to earmark hurts South Carolina. “What you’re hearing [in the state... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4074044 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:09:29 +0100 4074044 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4065351&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FxqqGvCcfR_Y%2F By Michael F. CannonAt the Daily Caller, Duke University Prof. Chris Conover writes: There you are, about to sign the papers, when the car salesman offers to throw in a $1,000 options package. He knows those options will cost you a further $440 by reducing the performance of your new car’s engine, but he doesn’t tell you that. Sounds sleazy, right? Congress does it every day. Politicians love to rail against car dealers and mortgage lenders who surprise consumers with hidden costs. Yet Congress hides from voters a huge part of the cost of government: the hidden costs of taxes, which include lost income and jobs. Failing to account for these costs creates a bias in favor of bigger government and a less efficient tax code. Read the rest of Conover’s oped here, and his Cato... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4065351 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:58:43 +0100 4065351 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4065355&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FVgzZLoXI_uA%2F By Michael F. CannonIn a study released today by the Cato Institute, Duke University professor Chris Conover estimates how much ObamaCare and related provisions will reduce economic output: The Congressional Budget Office has projected the 10-year, on-budget cost of [The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. ObamaCare] will be just over $1 trillion. This paper estimates PPACA will impose an additional, hidden cost of $157 billion to $494 billion in the form of reduced economic output. Related provisions (such as the so-called “doc fix”) could drive the economic losses to $550 billion, or more than half of the bill’s official cost estimates. Conover will present his paper at a Cato policy forum at 10 a.m. today.  Click here to watch online. Cato Study: ObamaCa... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4065355 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:53:43 +0100 4065355 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4040721&cid=t_120998_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FHRijdjeUHTg%2Fin-sand-up-to-my-ears.php Having spent the weekend with George and everyone that came to town for his celebration, I was an emotional basket-case.  I was riding a freaking tidal wave of emotions on the last day of my visit.To have those fragile emotions rattled around like dice in a cup, then tossed out, one by one, into a coffin with Paul Conroy, was just a little too much for me to handle.Confusion, terror, claustrophobia, panic, rage, humor, fear, logic, anger, sadness, dishonesty, love, hope, despair, surrender, honesty, survival, wit, limit, compassion, regret, surprise, encouragement.Those are some of the things I felt and thought as I watched 'Buried'.  I could not believe how intense the movie was, and how my emotions were pulled from one thing to another, all inside a tiny coffin buried under a f... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4040721 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 07:00:00 +0100 4040721 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4018467&cid=t_120998_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FKARfmZl9KS8%2F I remember having a conversation with Naomi from Itty Biz what seems like no more than a year ago. She was telling me she was running a guest post from Chris Guillebeau. Chris who? I responded. Not many people that are into blogging are saying Chris who anymore. In the period since then Chris’s blog The Art of Non-Conformity has exploded catapulting Mr G firmly into the ranks of A list bloggers. He’s also recently become a published author with the release of his book named after his blog and has managed to rack up more air miles than most people do in a life time. Chris is well known for his travel writing and his ambition to visit every country in the world (as I write he is at 151 out of 192), but it’s his foray into the world of self-development that sparked my interest. I’m no... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4018467 Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:53:01 +0100 4018467 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3987196&cid=t_120998_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2Fb6u9ykIdeSI%2Fcwd-friends-for-life---mountain-climber.php Sorry folks, I'm not done gushing about CWD Friends For Life.   I left off with Jay Hewitt on three TV screens, and some evening basketball with Gary Scheiner.I had just as much trouble choosing sessions on Friday as I did the day before.  I'm a big fan of Tom Karlya, also known as "Diabetes Dad", which made my morning decision that much easier.  He and Kimberly Davis, Director of Federal Affairs at Johnson & Johnson, did two great sessions on "How to Talk to Your Congressperson".  It was fantastic.  They were fantastic.Did you know that in Province, RI it is illegal to sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same customer on a Sunday?  Or that in North Dakota it is illegal to go to bed wearing shoes?  Or that in Kentucky it is illegal to transpo... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3987196 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:00:00 +0100 3987196 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3942776&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FL8Ehoyf2UkU%2F By Jim HarperOn August 24th, the Attorneys General of 17 states sent a letter [PDF] to the founder and CEO of the Craigslist online platform, to “request” that they take down the “Adult Services” section of the site. The link to that section of the site now stands with a “CENSORED” label over the place where the link stood. On the TechLiberationFront blog, Ryan Radia has a good write-up, including the legal protections Craigslist enjoys under federal law as a provider of an “interactive computer service.” The AGs undoubtedly know that could not directly shut down Craigslist. They wouldn’t have a legal leg to stand on if they attacked the site for the behavior of its users. But they also know that publically badgering Craigslist can win ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3942776 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:06:40 +0100 3942776 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3921078&cid=t_120998_150_f&fid=38374&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2FXne2cz02wfs%2Fepharma-summit-long-tail-of.html ePharma Summit 2010 took place this past February in Philadelphia. If you were unable to make it, we will now be presenting a weekly video series featuring all of the sessions from our event. This week Chris Anderson presents The Long Tail of the Pharmaceutical Industry: How Emerging Technologies Will Impact Consumer Behavior & Preferences.Click here to watch the video. The video is under the "video" portion of the interactive player on the ePharma Summit webpage.ePharma Summit now has a Facebook fan page! Like the ePharma Summit today! (Source: ePharma Summit) ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3921078 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:03:00 +0100 3921078 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3902880&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FJPH4gelW8Ig%2F A couple of weeks ago, David Boaz discussed the Old Testament story in which the people of Israel ask Samuel for a king to rule over them. God’s instructions to Samuel can be summed up as “tell them to be careful of what you wish for.” David brought up the passage in the context of civil liberties, but the story’s lesson also applies to economic liberties. Over the past eighty years, the public has become conditioned in times of crisis to turn to their rulers and demand that they “do something.” That the rulers had a hand in the crisis is all too often either unrecognized or it’s a secondary concern. As Robert Higgs demonstrated in his seminal book, Crisis and Leviathan, the rulers will willingly oblige the public and, in the process, come away with more power and control tha... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3902880 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:05:04 +0100 3902880 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3902881&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FhmzzqK4BIqc%2F For a long time now I’ve been writing about how student aid fuels explosive college costs, while Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven have been highlighting the ever-cushier compensation of federal workers. Well, I’m pleased to have finally discovered a direct linkage between these topics: A new U.S. Office of Personnel  Management report on student loan repayment programs for federal workers. According to the report, in calendar year 2009 “36 Federal agencies provided 8,454 employees with a total of more than $61.8 million in student loan repayment benefits.” Now, 8,454 employees is a small chunk of the entire, roughly 2-million-person federal workforce. Still, $61.8 million isn’t anything to sniff at, and loan forgiveness is one more perk that needs to be con... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3902881 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:25:06 +0100 3902881 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3899638&cid=t_120998_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F8iE8rWOFbhk%2F Hello, everyone, how are you today? Unfortunately, it is another cloudy morning in New England, where we are visiting to speak at the American Chemical Society annual gathering (please look here). Nonetheless, our spirits are sunny and we are keeping as busy as ever. So please join us for a cup of stimulation as we scan the news of the world. Hope your day goes well and do stay in touch… Sanofi-Aventis CEO And His Challenges (The Financial Times) Roche Inks Deal With Aileron For Stapled Peptides (The New York Times) Another 115 Pfizer Workers To Lose Their Jobs (The Times Herald-Record) Novo Nordisk To Test Victoza To Fight Obesity (Dow Jones) UK’s NICE Rejects Avastin Again (PharmaTimes) Pfizer’s Sutent Fails To Meet Goal In Lung Study (Bloomberg News) Merck Foundation A... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3899638 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:37:31 +0100 3899638 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3885507&cid=t_120998_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FkXTq6_F5BUw%2Fcwd-friends-for-life---epic-sizer.php I walked into the Richard Rubin Keynote (opening session) with an overflowing breakfast plate and my shoulder bag full of diet sodapop.  After only a step or two into the room I was stopped in my tracks by the sheer size of this thing.  I had no idea.  No. Idea.I could not even see the people on the other side of the room.  They were lost over the horizon.  There were THREE giant TV screens to broadcast the podium.  THREE SCREENS!  I was very full of emotion being surrounded by so many people all deeply entrenched in diabetes.  Everyone there was either a person with type 1 diabetes, a parent of a child with type 1 diabetes, family member of someone with type 1 diabetes, or a caregiver for someone with type 1 diabetes.  Type 1 diabetes, type 1 d... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3885507 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3885507 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3865400&cid=t_120998_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FiOuyaoN8_W0%2Fcwd-friends-for-life---fast-driver.php Bernard, Amy, Kerri, Scott, photo by Jeff HitchcockOne of the hardest things at CWD Friends For Life (FFL) was deciding on which session to attend for any given pocket of time.  Each session ran for an hour, or an hour-and-a-half, and there were usually six or seven to choose from at any given time. On Wednesday morning I listened in to Kerri & Amy do a great presentation called "Finding Your Online Voice".  I loved it.  I thought Kerri & Amy were perfect hosts and leaders, and that the information was well received.  There were lots of questions, ranging from "how do I do it?" to "what about privacy concerns?" I hope that a few people found the inspiration to start sharing their stories.  After the session, I jumped on Kerri's coattails to go meet Charlie ... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3865400 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:00:00 +0100 3865400 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3805821&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwhy-heart-patients-should-order-their-pizza-delivered%2F2010.07.30 … because the pizza deliveryman might just save your life. From The Associated Press: LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Ordering a pizza may have saved George Linn’s life. Linn’s wife says he had just gone into cardiac arrest Friday when the pizza deliveryman knocked on the door of their Colorado home to bring their order. Kami Linn says she opened the door to “some burly-looking dude” and immediately asked for help. The deliveryman, Chris Wuebben, happened to be a paramedic recently returned from Iraq. Kami Linn says Wuebben performed CPR on her husband and revived him. Other paramedics who later arrived then took over. George Linn remains hospitalized in the intensive care unit. Kami Linn says her husband has a history of heart problems. -WesMusings of a cardiologist and ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3805821 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3805821 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3806026&cid=t_120998_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2Fg72jSWkDSpc%2F Hello, everyone, and top of the morning to you. ‘Tis a shiny day here on the Pharmalot corporate campus, where we look forward to a relaxing weekend of reading, walking our official Pharmalot mascots and frolicking with the shortest of short people. What about you? Any special plans? An afternoon at the beach? A night out with someone special? How about a good movie? Whatever you do, have a great time. Meanwhile, here are some tidbits. Stay in touch and see you soon… Charles River Abandons Plan To Buy WuXi (Outsourcing Pharma) Sanofi’s Viehbacher Tries To Cope (Associated Press) Obese Patients Lose Weight On Orexigen Drug (Reuters) Merck’s Dutch Employees Go To Court Over Job Cuts (Dow Jones) Test Designed To Screen Resistance To Gleevec (Reuters) FDA Finds Problems... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3806026 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:57:04 +0100 3806026 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3798744&cid=t_120998_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FS1gCTbVYlh4%2Fthanks-to-scott-strange-g-baumgartel.php Disclaimer #1: The fact that we even have to talk about this is another reminder of how crude our therapy is.  Don't get me wrong - I'm thankful for every bit of therapy we have (a century ago we'd all be dead), but it's still pretty damn barbaric.Jabbing a needle in fast (usually) hurts much less than inserting it slowly.  I have known this, logically, for as long as I can remember.  But that didn't help me and my fine motor skills actually jab the needle in quickly.  I had never been able to get past some subconscious fear that I would "hit" something important, which would hurt like hell and surely kill me.  Silly, I know, but ...?When George was here, Scott Strange & Chris Bishop drove up to experience some of George's magical personality.  At breakfas... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3798744 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:23:54 +0100 3798744 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3858213&cid=t_120998_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F17434533%2F1oha3q%2Fneuromarketing%7EThe-Truffle-Strategy-Tempt-Your-Customers.htm Could eating a chocolate treat make you want to buy a TV or a cruise? The surprising answer is YES! At a mall I used to frequent, there was a candy kiosk that always offered a sample chocolate to each passerby. I wondered about the economics of that practice – it seemed that almost [...] (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3858213 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:48:27 +0100 3858213 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3723298&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Ftop-10-blisstree-posts-of-the-week%2F The long July 4th holiday weekend is finally here, and we hope you can take a little time out to kick back with our Top 10 Blisstree posts of the week. Catch up with us, then go outside and play catch with someone else. 1. 4th of July Desserts: Our 15 Favorite Red, White, and Blue Recipes on the Internet 2. Eating Disorders on TV and Film: 9 Female Characters Who Eat Everything and Never Gain Weight 3. Eco-Friendly 4th of July: 10 Patriotic Party Supplies for Under $10 4. Dating Rules: Kill ‘Em With Kindness After They Break Your Heart 5. Extreme Fitness With Lacey Stone: Bring It! to BOOTYcamp! or Just Go Home! 6. What Do Eva Longoria, Venus Williams, and Chris Martin Have In Common? They Sew. 7. Ten Ways to an Eco-Friendly Kitchen: Green Your House Series 8. Meatless Monday Recipe ... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3723298 Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:00:57 +0100 3723298 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3721706&cid=t_120998_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fdeceased-nfl-player-chris-henrys-brain-showed-signs-brain-damage%2F NFL player Chris Henry’s brain showed the signs of traumatic brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE after studies were conducted at the Brain Injury Research Institute at West Virginia University. The presence of tau protein is an indicator of CTE, as explained by Dr. Julian Bailes, Chair of Neurosurgery at WVU. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3721706 Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:38:59 +0100 3721706 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3641226&cid=t_120998_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2F-hiAEk_ONv0%2Fguest-post-at-the-life-of-a-diabetic.php Chris Stocker writes a great blog called "Life of a Diabetic", where he treats us with wonderful glimpses of his experiences living with type 1 diabetes.   This week Chris is featuring guest posts by a bunch of folks, and I am honored to be one of the guest bloggers.  Chris - thank you!"Resignation Versus Resolve", my guest post, was published there today.  I would love to hear what you think about it.  Yesterday's guest post was from Lorraine, Caleb's supermom, who blogs over at "This Is Caleb...", and it was all about the support she and her family have found through the Diabetes Online Community (DOC).  She even says, in writing, that I am not a stalker.I love Lorraine, Caleb, and David (Caleb's dad).  They rock.  I mean, how could you not love a goofy... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3641226 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:55:12 +0100 3641226 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3590331&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2F10-best-posts-on-crushable-last-week%2F Crushable, Blisstree’s sister site, is our favorite source of celebrity gossip, plus relationship and style advice. Check out our top 10 list from the past week: Chris Klein’s ‘Mamma Mia’ Audition: It’s pee-in-your-pants-hilarious, but is it real or fake? Job-Networking 101: How to Work A Room (the introverts in us are grateful to learn how to work it like Kate Beckinsdale, above) ‘Modern Family’ Creator Comments on Gay Kiss Controversy Kelly Bensimon Unleashes The Crazy on ‘Real Housewives,’ Drags Gwyneth Paltrow Into Her Hot Mess What Your Boyfriend’s ‘Lost’ Alter-Ego Says About Him (And Why You Should Bail!) Singer Shontelle on touring with Akon and Beyonce The Shake-Weight: Crushable’s testers were less tha... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3590331 Sun, 23 May 2010 13:42:56 +0100 3590331 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3590462&cid=t_120998_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F05%2F23%2Fbeaten-senseless-windsor-man-adds-his-story-to-the-archives-of-insane-gay-bashings%2F I’m angry, I’m sad, angry, sad, angry, sad…   The Windsor Star’s account includes a video of the young victim, who clearly understands the value of personal story-telling, holding a press conference to describe the beating he endured and some of the deeper meanings, however ironic. I heard about this yesterday but only started to [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3590462 Sun, 23 May 2010 11:58:35 +0100 3590462 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3588847&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2F10-best-videos-from-blisstree-this-week%2F If you can’t be discreetly hit “play” at the office during the workday, then here are the best videos you missed on Blisstree last week. Now that it’s the weekend, play away: Our interview with Piper Kerman, author of “Orange is the New Black”, part 1: Share this video on your own site: Our interview with Piper Kerman, author of “Orange is the New Black”, part 2: Share this video on your own site: Chris Klein’s Mamma Mia audition (Is it real or fake? We’re still stumped.): Share this video on your own site: Melina Kanakaredes on Breast Cancer: Share this video on your own site: Alex Auder’s Crazy Yoga Pose #1: Share this video on your own site: Alex Auder’s Crazy Yoga Pose #2: Share this video on your own site: Alex ... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3588847 Sat, 22 May 2010 12:46:59 +0100 3588847 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3577371&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fyou-know-youre-unwell-if-youre-chris-kleins-agent%2F Check out this hilarious (read: sad, pathetic, desperate) audition tape featuring actor Chris Klein (Election, American Pie) trying out for a role in the musical Mamma Mia by “singing” a song called “Lay All Your Love on Me.” Our sister site Crushable first posted this very disturbing video, and we thank them for it. Except that now we can’t get Klein’s awful rendition of this song out of our heads. Is this real? We don’t know. But for the love of God, somebody, please, stop him. Or, at least, hire him. Share this video on your own site: via Crushable Post from: BlissTree You Know You're Unwell If...You're Chris Klein's Agent (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3577371 Tue, 18 May 2010 19:55:00 +0100 3577371 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3573948&cid=t_120998_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FFw_XdWx5yHE%2F In the midst of mergers that are causing thousands of job cuts and empty facilities throughout New Jersey (see here), Governor Chris Christie is proposing budget cuts that have the state’s biotechs in a frenzy. And so one big trade group, BioNJ, is testifying today before the assembly budget committee in hopes of preventing moves that some fear would further deplete what was once proudly called the nation’s medicine chest. One of Christie’s ideas is to cut in half the $60 million in funding for the Technology Business Tax Certificate Transfer Program, which enables unprofitable, but promising biotechs to turn net operating losses and R&D tax credits into capital. The other proposal causing a stir is the planned elimination of all funding for the New Jersey Commission... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3573948 Mon, 17 May 2010 16:42:13 +0100 3573948 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3545584&cid=t_120998_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FO_KPWGTj6dM%2Fmagical-meet-ups.php It has been about three days since I dropped George off at the airport.  I have been thinking about how to write about it ever since.  You know what?  There is no way I can do the visit justice.  It is literally impossible to describe how great it was.  George and I have a weird/special connection that goes beyond blogging and diabetes.  It is more like twin brothers separated at birth.  For example, when we were visiting my dad, my kids noticed George's watch and commented about how cool it is.  I looked at his watch, and it is a "Relic" brand watch.  Guess what brand of watch my wife just bought me a month ago...  That's just one of a hundred similar "coincidences" between us.   We have many of the same habits, many of the same ... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3545584 Fri, 07 May 2010 18:39:57 +0100 3545584 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3534140&cid=t_120998_180_f&fid=38604&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmakeitgreat%2F%7E3%2FTBMpGMm1tRk%2F I just got back from a fantastic weekend at Business School for Bloggers and other social media  types in Chicago, Illinois. While the keynotes were dynamite, the panel discussions lively, and the mastermind groups extremely helpful, I’m not writing about any of those today. I’m writing instead of what happened Saturday night at the Blue Frog in downtown Chicago. I’m writing about Karaoke! For those unfamiliar with karaoke, it’s where someone gets up to sing the words to a song by a famous artist. It’s popular in lots of places, and I learned Saturday it is WAY popular in social media circles. Now I know why. What follows are the lessons I learned Saturday, and the way I’ll be applying them to my business. If you use them, they’ll help you too! Get your friends involve... Phil Gerbyshak blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3534140 Wed, 05 May 2010 13:11:00 +0100 3534140 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3494268&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2010%2F04%2F22%2Fdiabetes-rockstar-chris-thomas%2F Filed under: Type 1, BloggersWriting an introductory post is pretty intimidating. I'm sitting at the computer, trying to find the perfect words for The Diabetes Blog. Should I try to be funny? Should I make myself sound sophisticated and professional? As I ponder this, I keep coming back to this: Hello, my name is Christopher Thomas, and I am an Addict. An Insulin Addict. As excited as I am to be a part of The Diabetes Blog, I feel like I'm at an "Anonymous" meeting. I'm standing up in front of a large crowd, all of whom know diabetes. It's pretty obvious why I'm so nervous. Twenty-three million Americans have diabetes. I'm comforted by the reality that every person affected by diabetes has an unique story. Like everyone else, I have my own personal diabetes tale. About three years ... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3494268 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3494268 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3490615&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FsVvDzVxyTnE%2F By Andrew J. Coulson…Sparta, New Jersey that is. Like their fellow citizens in 54 percent of school districts across the state, the people of Sparta rejected their local district’s proposed budget yesterday. That’s the highest rate of school budget rejections since 1976, according to the New Jersey Star Ledger. Why? Taxpayers are tired of the relentlessly increasing per-pupil cost of public schooling at a time when their own household budgets are under pressure. It helped that popular new governor Chris Christie recommended that voters reject their districts’ budgets unless the teachers unions agreed to a one year salary freeze. [HT: Instapundit] If this keeps up, voters might just decide to dump the government monopoly approach to schooling in favor of an education system... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3490615 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:14:48 +0100 3490615 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3404144&cid=t_120998_150_f&fid=38374&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2F5V-AV6G5yMA%2F9th-annual-epharma-summit-full-video.html (Source: ePharma Summit) ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3404144 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:25:00 +0100 3404144 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3391053&cid=t_120998_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2Fga4KJanbgzI%2F I love Amazon, I really do. I have no idea how much I spend there in a year, but it’s a lot. I love the fact that I can read reviews on books before I buy, that when I do buy they’ll turn up on time thanks to the awesome Amazon Prime. That I can buy a gift and have it delivered directly to the person, gift wrapped if necessary, and that I can send stuff back without any quibbling whatsoever. I hate Amazon, I really do. I hate the fact they take such a large percentage off authors for their books, that they pay pitiful levels of commission to their affiliates and they charge me $79 for Amazon Prime, a service that has me buying books on a whim when before I’d wait until I got up to the free order threshold by which time I’d often changed my mind. Most of all though I hate the f... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3391053 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:22:33 +0100 3391053 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3366292&cid=t_120998_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fonc-i-trust It's my nature to question authority. Whether it's religion, politics, or even my local administrative leadership, authority figures must earn my trust. Earning that trust is not easy. As folks who work closest with me know, I believe that much of Dilbert is based on true case studies. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3366292 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:36:52 +0100 3366292 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3267198&cid=t_120998_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2Fzx_BhmEZ7OA%2F After five years heading the pharmaceutical industry lobbying machine in Washington, DC, Billy Tauzin has resigned from PhRMA amid bickering over his deal with the White House over health care reform. The former Louisiana congressman, a 66-year-old cancer survivor who was paid $2 million a year, will formally leave on June 30 (read the bio). His departure was precipitated by his calculated move that industry would benefit by working with the Obama administration, which alienated some PhRMA members and many Republicans, who have traditionally received industry backing. Under his tutelage, for instance, the trade group increased support for Democrats in an effort to become more of a bipartisan organization. The deal he helped broker had drugmakers contributing $80 billion over a decade to he... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3267198 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:51:26 +0100 3267198 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3259248&cid=t_120998_150_f&fid=38374&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2FyiPlPSMzW7k%2Fepharma-summit-2010-long-tail-of.html (Source: ePharma Summit) ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3259248 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:29:00 +0100 3259248 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3220515&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FdC1O9e04uXY%2F By Cato EditorsCato experts put some of President Obama’s core State of the Union claims to the test. Here’s what they found. THE STIMULUS Obama’s claim: The plan that has made all of this possible, from the tax cuts to the jobs, is the Recovery Act. That’s right — the Recovery Act, also known as the Stimulus Bill. Economists on the left and the right say that this bill has helped saved jobs and avert disaster. Back in reality: At the outset of the economic downturn, Cato ran an ad in the nation’s largest newspapers in which more than 300 economists (Nobel laureates among them) signed a statement saying a massive government spending package was among the worst available options. Since then, Cato economists have published dozens of op-eds in major news outlets poking hol... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3220515 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:54:17 +0100 3220515 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3216570&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FtMuUx7G-x2I%2F By Chris Moody Cato experts will live-blog Obama’s State of the Union Address tonight. Join in, submit questions, and watch the speech right here on Cato@Liberty at 9:00 PM EST. A quick, ten-point libertarian State of the Union Address. One “Great Canard”: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke argues that the Fed’s monetary policy was not responsible for the U.S. housing bubble. About that non-discretionary spending… Podcast: “Obama’s Fiscal Right Fake” featuring Chris Edwards. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3216570 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:43:17 +0100 3216570 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3204834&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FdX2X8JYc_vA%2F By Chris Moody The massive impact government spending has on job creation. Why climate change spurs whining about cold snaps. Beware the “Crusader Temptation”: “Afghanistan has become a target of aggressive pro-war activists in America, including feminists who believe in waging war to improve the status of women.” What happens when the only socialist in the U.S. Senate starts to look moderate when compared to his colleagues? Podcast: “Bush’s Budget-Busting Binge,” featuring Chris Edwards. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3204834 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:15:30 +0100 3204834 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3205071&cid=t_120998_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F25%2Fchris-tindal-my-choice-to-succeed-kyle-rae-in-torontos-ward-27%2F Matthew, over at Not an Official Green Party Canada Site, has done an excellent job outlining the reasons why Chris Tindal would make a fantastic member of Toronto City Council for Ward 27 – a race sans incumbent with Kyle Rae’s decision not to run again and, therefore, one race to really watch leading up [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3205071 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:13:50 +0100 3205071 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3163754&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F4tgPZTGKJo8%2F By Chris Moody Should the President be considered “America’s Daddy“? (Not unless you think all American people should be treated like children…) Cato President Ed Crane on Tucker Carlson’s new site, “The Daily Caller.” Here comes the super judge… More bad news for Blackwater. Podcast: “Government Workers’ Padded Paychecks” featuring Chris Edwards. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3163754 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:59:46 +0100 3163754 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3163759&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FNTNXygE_EEk%2F By David BoazElizabeth Gilbert, the bestselling author of the memoir Eat, Pray, Love, is back with a new book, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace With Marriage. In her earlier book Gilbert reflected on her broken marriage, her travels around the world “looking for joy and God and love and the meaning of life,” and her determination never to marry again. In the new book we learn that she surprised herself by meeting a man worth settling down with, a Brazilian living in Indonesia. So they became a couple and settled near Philadelphia, with Jose Nunes regularly leaving the country to renew his visitor’s visa. But then came a legal shock: She was in the early stages of research for that book when Nunes was detained, after a visa-renewing jaunt out of the country, by Homeland S... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3163759 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:34:16 +0100 3163759 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3105251&cid=t_120998_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F12%2F19%2Fits-the-comedy-stupid%2F Jon Stewart My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up: Newspapers are hanging on for dear life. Comedians, meanwhile, are cleaning up. In fact, one is a now the junior senator from Minnesota. For many Americans, “The Daily Show,” hosted by satirist Jon Stewart, has supplanted the evening news. And this year The Onion, a site that is 100 percent parody, won a Peabody Award for its online send-up of cable-TV news. One-time sportscaster Keith Olbermann brings attitude aplenty to his MSNBC show, “Countdown.” They say things. They’re not afraid. You might call them modern-day court jesters. From wikipedia: Jesters could give bad news to the King that no-one else would dare deliver. The best example of this is in 1340, when the French fleet was destroyed at the Batt... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3105251 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:41:08 +0100 3105251 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3052129&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FC9ZA-KfzFgE%2F Chris Preble on Afghanistan: It’s time to leave. “We don’t need 100,000 soldiers in Afghanistan chasing down 100 al-Qaeda fighters.” Malou Innocent on Obama’s West Point speech. A few possible outcomes of U.S. military engagement in the Middle East. More updates on ClimateGate. An overview of all the hidden taxes in the health care overhaul. Podcast: “Obama’s Afghanistan Contradiction“ (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3052129 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:25:29 +0100 3052129 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3012365&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fgjs4qLYa2NU%2F I agree with Chris Preble’s assessment of Steve Simon’s opinion piece in the New York Times Tuesday. “Why We Should Put Jihad on Trial” is animated by a sound understanding of the strategic logic of terrorism. Simon knows that the proper response is outclassing terrorists in terms of ideology and legitimacy. Trying KSM transparently in New York is just, and doing justice is powerful counterterrorism. The procedural and security fears about it are poorly founded. It’s useful to compare another opinion piece, written with welcome thought and care, but missing a key point about counterterrorism. In “Holder’s al Qaeda Incentive Plan,” Wall Street Journal “Main Street” columnist William McGurn assesses the incentive structure ter... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3012365 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:36:53 +0100 3012365 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2995724&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FQ6mLE33klFU%2F Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani appeared on Fox News Sunday this weekend to argue against the Obama administration’s plan to try some alleged terrorists in New York courts. He did not acquit himself well. Giuliani argued, for example, that criminal defendants aren’t tried “at the scene of the crime.” Criminal defendants are almost always tried in the jurisdictions where their crimes took place (not at the actual crime scene, of course). Giuliani’s insistence on misstating basic criminal procedure showed that he was twisting to score points against the administration. This is inappropriate political use of terrorism issues. But Chris Wallace roasted Giuliani—with quotes from Rudy Giuliani. Of prosecuting the 1993 World Trade Center bombers, ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2995724 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:37:11 +0100 2995724 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2981364&cid=t_120998_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FSBfgKUzy9Cg%2F The Sanofi-Aventis ceo made the equivalent of a sales pitch yesterday to some 200 guests in Cambridge, Ma., yesterday in a bid to attract what he called partners for innovation. The notion is nothing new in big pharma, where drugmakers are turning over rocks to find new compounds to exploit. But Chris Viehbacher wanted to make the sales call himself to Boston’s biotech community. And so he talked up plans to start a venture capital fund and strike more partnerships that yield what he called “the right brain activity.” “We all know there is a patent cliff in this industry, and it goes from 2012 to 2014,” he explained, according to Xconomy.com. “But my goal isn’t just to fill a sales gap.” “We’re starting to learn to work with others, to play nice... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2981364 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:20:07 +0100 2981364 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2981353&cid=t_120998_149_f&fid=35778&url=http%3A%2F%2Forgprepdaily.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F11%2F10%2Fintramolecular-carboacylation-with-rhodium-c-c-insertion%2F To a cooled solution (–78 °C) of 8-bromoquinoline (2.25 g, 10.8 mmol) in THF (70 mL) in a flame-dried flask under N2 was added n-BuLi (2.5 M in hex, 6 mL, 15 mmol) drop-wise. The dark orange mixture was allowed to stir for 10 min. Aldehyde (2.84 g, 16.2 mmol, readily available from salicylaldehyde and 1-chloro-2-methyl-2-propene) was slowly delivered as a solution in THF (3 mL) over a span of 10 min to give a dark cloudy red solution. The reaction was stirred at –78 °C for 20 min, and allowed to warm to room temperature over 2 h. The clear orange solution was quenched with saturated NH4Cl (60 mL), and the layers were separated. The organic layer was washed with water (10 mL), and the combined aqueous washes were extracted with Et2O (2 x 50 mL). The combined organic portions were wash... Org Prep Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2981353 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:57:38 +0100 2981353 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2981354&cid=t_120998_149_f&fid=35778&url=http%3A%2F%2Forgprepdaily.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F11%2F10%2F8-bromoquinoline-a-painless-skraup-synthesis%2F A 1-L 3-neck round bottom flask was equipped with an overhead mechanical stirrer, an internal temperature thermometer, and a dropping funnel. The flask was charged with methanesulfonic acid (250 mL) and warmed with stirring to an internal temperature of 125 °C. 2-Bromoaniline (80.55 g, 0.468 mol) was added portion-wise, followed by meta-nitrobenzenesulfonic acid sodium salt (66.30 g, 0.293 mol) and FeSO4.7H2O (3.90 g, 14 mmol). The addition funnel was charged with glycerol (28.3 mL, 0.39 mol) and the glycerol was added dropwise over 15 min. Two additional portions of glycerol (2 x 28.3 mL, 0.78 mol) were added at three-hour intervals. After the last portion of glycerol was added the brown solution was maintained at 125 °C for 12 hours. The reaction mixture was allowed to cool to RT and w... Org Prep Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2981354 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:44:42 +0100 2981354 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2920490&cid=t_120998_150_f&fid=38374&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2FG1rz7RKuqnk%2Fchris-anderson-editor-in-chief-of-wired.html (Source: ePharma Summit) ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2920490 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:46:00 +0100 2920490 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2898922&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fr9MnCjdus80%2F . . . notes the ACLU’s Chris Calabrese in this story about the use of license photos to search for criminal suspects. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2898922 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:15:27 +0100 2898922 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2879374&cid=t_120998_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F10%2F10%2Fthis-week-i-will-blog-from%2F Picture taken by Chris Mavergames http://twitpic.com/kxrnl Chris and I will facilitate a web 2.0 workshop for the Cochrane (see here, for all workshops see here). The entire program can be viewed at the Cochrane Colloquium site. Chris Mavergames, Web Operations Manager and Information Architect of the Cochrane Collaboration will also give a plenary presentation entitled: “Cochrane for the Twitter [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2879374 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:54:46 +0100 2879374 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2865648&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FOU8VBlIASEw%2F Did you know that the average American family spends $1,000 each year on the U.S. Department of Agriculture, whether or not it consumes that agency’s services?  Or that the federal government annually spends $1,500 per household on net interest costs alone? In an ongoing effort to shed light on runaway government spending and expose wasteful government programs, Cato launched a new Web site today that examines the federal budget department-by-department to see which agencies can be reformed or terminated. DownsizingGovernment.org describes which programs are wasteful, damaging and obsolete in an era of trillion-dollar deficits. The research exposes that many public outlays—though vigorously defended by the politicians who created them and the constituencies they purport to help... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2865648 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:59:26 +0100 2865648 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2857399&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_Uyj3oXiUxo%2F My colleague Chris Edwards called the government’s “Cash for Clunkers” program the “Dumbest Program Ever.”  Given that Chris is familiar with more than a few dumb government programs, that’s quite a statement. Today, the Washington Post provides more evidence that he might be right: After the shopping binge inspired by the government’s “Cash for Clunkers” incentive program ended, U.S. auto sales plunged in September and the industry sunk back to the depths from which it started, figures released Thursday showed… The results raised doubts from some economists about the effectiveness of the $3 billion federal program as a stimulus. Alan Blinder, a Princeton professor who was among the first to push an auto sales incentive program i... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2857399 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:15:33 +0100 2857399 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2846627&cid=t_120998_150_f&fid=38374&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2FdsmTkKG1kLI%2Fregistration-open-for-epharma-summit.html (Source: ePharma Summit) ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2846627 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:52:00 +0100 2846627 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2842506&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FzlvOae3aiV0%2F Last night, Chris Matthews presided over an odd, staccato interview with AEI’s Michael Rubin and Time magazine’s Bob Baer that was enough to make one feel sorry for the interviewees.  Matthews was wildly whipping questions at Rubin and Baer, but they both did an admirable job returning Matthews’ volleys. One interesting topic that came up was whether the Obama administration should discourage Israel from attacking Iran.  Rubin and Baer agreed that at this point an Israeli attack would be unhelpful and should be discouraged, but Baer noted that our ability to prevent such an attack is “zero.”  They agreed that the likelihood of an Israeli strike in the next year was “greater than 50-50″ and Rubin suggested that the Israeli timeline for an attack ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2842506 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:11:54 +0100 2842506 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2809733&cid=t_120998_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F7dpBv543VyM%2F The bestselling author of The Pursuit of Happyness has a new passion: designing celebrity charity frames for eye bobs eye wear. Best of all, proceeds from the frames proceeds will be donated to a non-profit organization near to Gardner’s heart, the Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco. The inspirational single father and successful entrepreneur has become the first celebrity to design and develop an original color for his favorite eye bobs frames, the Thick Eye. The new frames, part of eye bobs’ fall 2010 collection, will be known as “The Chris Gardner.” Seventy-five percent of sales proceeds from “The Chris Gardner” frames will be donated to the Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco. This was the shelter, food kitchen and humanitarian organization that helped Chris Gardner... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2809733 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:40:42 +0100 2809733 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441858&cid=t_120998_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fhow-much-would-it-cost-facebook-sign-11-million-people Dr. David Blumenthal, how much would it cost Facebook to sign up all 11 million Healthcare workers in America and let them use their very powerful architecture for healthcare delivery? How about then investing in third parties to build apps on top of this “Facebook for healthcare?” I guarantee it’s nowhere near the $20 billion you want to handout to the industry stuck in 1986. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441858 Thu, 21 May 2009 17:49:04 +0100 2441858 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414821&cid=t_120998_97_f&fid=36415&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D1466 This study is no more informative than the infamous Spence (2005) ’study’ of the same type, which seems to be the only thing that homeopaths can produce to support their case. There is an excellent analysis of the Northern Ireland ’study’ by Andy Lewis, The Northern Ireland NHS Alternative Medicine ‘Trial’.  He explains patiently, yet again, what constitutes evidence and why studies like this are useless. His analogy start ” . . . the Apple Marketing Board approach the NHS and ask for £200,000 to do a study to show the truth behind the statement ‘An apple a day keeps the doctor away’. The Minister, being particularly fond of apples, agrees and the study begins.” 16.30 Social enterprise and whole systems integrated care.  Dee Ky... DC's Improbable Science blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414821 Sun, 17 May 2009 07:18:25 +0100 2414821 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2415639&cid=t_120998_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2F_lK0-s4kndM%2F People outside the United Kingdom may not be familiar with Chris Woodhead, but he was the Chief Inspector of Schools in the UK who reported in 195 that some 15,000 UK teachers were incompetent and should be replaced. Five years after, Woodhead resigned from his position after he had several altercations with the then Secretary of Education. Almost ten years later, Woodhead is stirring up new controversies in The Guardian interview and in his book “The Desolations of Learning”. Do genes dictate success in school? Woodland says that children have differing abilities that the current British school system do not take into account when putting children together in classes. So what happens? Smarter children do worse after 4-5 years because these children succumb to the peer pressure to be ... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2415639 Sat, 16 May 2009 12:51:00 +0100 2415639 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2347781&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F5l5n9NYj3z0%2F In today’s Washington Post, Chris Cillizza predicts that Mitt Romney “will move to sieze the high ground (from a policy perspective) on health care over the coming months and is likely to be Obama’s leading critic when Congress takes up the legislation in the fall.” For anyone who thinks this is good news, I refer you to my post from last week regarding the many failures of Governor Romney’s last foray into health care reform. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2347781 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:40:52 +0100 2347781 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2347787&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FWzPAtqLgCZg%2F Michael McConnell went on Fox News Sunday this week, fiercely objecting to the Obama administration’s release of Bush-era memos regarding “enhanced interrogation techniques.” He and three other former CIA directors objected to the release. That common front might draw the memo release into doubt if it wasn’t a given that CIA directors are always going to defend the interests of the CIA. McConnell trotted out the tired “war” on terror metaphor. This framing may be exciting to him and his colleagues, but it is strategic error to address terrorism this way, and the American public chose a presidential candidate last November who campaigned to emphasize hope over fear. Intoning about war did not help McConnell’s case. The heart of his argument was that... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2347787 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:21:42 +0100 2347787 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349462&cid=t_120998_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fweb-based-get-healthy-contests.html I’ve been to a bunch of “Health 2.0″ events in which the question inevitably came up: does all this online stuff really have the potential to improve people’s health?  Well yes, was my response, because we don’t just use to it chat, but also to motivate each other and even create campaigns and contests for [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349462 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:00:16 +0100 2349462 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2347893&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Freally-strange-health-foods%2F Last month Dr Manny from Fox News enlisted the help of Chris Kilham (aka the Medicine Hunter) and went on a culinary quest to find some really strange health foods. His first port of call was an ice cream factory in New York City’s Chinatown to sample dorian ice cream. Dorian, a fruit that’s has been cultivated in southeast Asia since prehistoric times, is loved by many Asian communities. It’s odd appearance (think football with spikes) and abhorent rotten garbage smell, though, has prevented the fruit from become popular in the western world. One look at Dr Manny’s face when he was trying this and it’s pretty obvious that the ice cream doesn’t kill the smell. As for it’s health benefits, apparently it is thought to act as an aphrodisiac!!! The n... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2347893 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:28:39 +0100 2347893 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2306724&cid=t_120998_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FJG-X0ffLFeA%2F So why would he talk like one? On Fox News Sunday this week, Obama Senior Advisor David Axelrod spoke with Chris Wallace about nuclear non-proliferation, saying, among other things: [President Obama] wants in the next four years to lock up the loose nuclear weapons that are scattered around Eastern Europe, that could fall into the hands of terrorists. And, of course, that is the big threat. That’s why we have to step up the pace. This represents an existential threat and we need to meet it. Controlling any loose nukes is important, but the chance of them being used by terrorists is exceedingly small, and it is not an existential threat. For too long, U.S. national leaders have perpetrated the error of speaking about terrorist threats as “existential” when they are not. Ta... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2306724 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:05:45 +0100 2306724 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2259389&cid=t_120998_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F4-TgwBPmcCg%2F Here you have the presentation I delivered on Tuesday at ETech 2009 (this year's O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference): Emerging Research and Technology for Life Hacking/ Brain Training (click to open presentation in new window) Description: Life hacking. Brain training. They are one and the same. The brain’s frontal lobes enable our goal-oriented behavior, supporting “executive functions,” such as decision-making, attention, emotional self-regulation, goal-setting, and working memory. These functions can be enhanced with targeted practice – such as life hacking. This session will provide an overview of the cognitive neuroscience underpinning life hacking, and review the state-of-the-art of non-invasive tools for brain training: neurofeedback, biofeedback, software applications... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2259389 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:53:32 +0100 2259389 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2191302&cid=t_120998_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D1143 What on earth has gone wrong at the Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry (SMD)? It is not so long ago that I discovered that the very sensible medical students at Barts were protesting vigourously about being forced to mix with various quacks.  A bit of investigation soon showed that the students [...] (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2191302 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:19:17 +0100 2191302 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2141360&cid=t_120998_135_f&fid=35250&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.poz.com%2Fshawn%2Farchives%2F2009%2F01%2Fblocked_by_a_bo.html The Medicaid Family Planning State Option was dropped from the stimulus package after a public outcry from House Minority Leader, John Boehner (pronounced "BAY-ner"). This would have either: a) provided health care coverage for 2.3 million women while generating savings for states and the federal government or b) funded the pro-abortion business. That's depending on whether you side with Planned Parenthood or John Boehner. My thinking is that contraceptives and condoms are secretly viewed as abortions by many lawmakers. As a sex educator, I support the Medicaid Family Planning State Option as part of the stimulus package, because I do think that unwanted pregnancies (which are usually followed by unwanted marriages, unwanted families, unwanted in-laws and unloved children) are quite cost... Shawn's HIV Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2141360 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:17:23 +0100 2141360 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2131257&cid=t_120998_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2F_m6Vrw2tkns%2F Details about Obama’s health care stimulus package are out. I prefer to call it Obama funds EMRs for medical practices. Here’s a summary of some proposed changes via HISTalk and John Glaser, VP and CIO at Partners HealthCare System (and thanks to Chris Paton for linking me there). Provision of $40,000 in incentives (beginning in 2011) for physicians to use an EHR Creation of HIT Extension Programs that would facilitate regional adoption efforts Provision of funds to states to coordinate and promote interoperable EHRs Development of education programs to train clinicians in EHR use and increase the number of healthcare IT professionals Creation of HIT grant and loan programs Acceleration of the construction of the National Health Information Network (NHIN) He also adds. &#8220... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2131257 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:58:46 +0100 2131257 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2090080&cid=t_120998_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2FzOlMleRPRAw%2F Often caregivers feel isolated and think they’re alone in facing the challenges of caring for a family member, especially one with Alzheimer’s or some form of dementia.  Even if there is a caregivers’ support group in their community, it’s not always easy to get away to attend meetings. Online communities have become a boon to caregivers, where they can meet with others online who are having similar challenges. Forgetful Not Forgotten is a community that’s evolving out of the film of the same name, by Chris Wynn about his father’s experience.  In this community you’ll be able to share your experiences and gain encouragement from others. The movie, Forgetful Not Forgotten, premieres January 11 on TVO.  You also can see excerpts of the film at t... Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2090080 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:00:03 +0100 2090080 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2086858&cid=t_120998_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2009%2F01%2F07%2Fvideo-nbc-news-chuck-todd-loses-his-virginity-to-the-one%2F You mean Barack Obama is ACTUALLY going to answer questions from the White House Press corps? Having watched Chuck Todd for a while, Flap doubts that Obama will be getting too much of a free pass - at least not yet. Likley, “The One” will ignore Chuck. Technorati Tags: Chcuk Todd, Chris Matthews Bookmark/Search this post with: (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2086858 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:20:16 +0100 2086858 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2084475&cid=t_120998_113_f&fid=36504&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMedicalRecordShow%2F%7E3%2F503248007%2F A slightly new look for the blog, while improving functionality. This time, the visual theme of the site has been changed to the Thesis theme, which has been tweaked to closely resemble the last theme, Copyblogger. It enables near endless customization, and a whole lot of nifty do-dads behind the scenes. It doesn’t hurt that it’s very aggressively supported, either; it’s also not accidental that this is a premium theme, meaning that unlike ~ 95% of the themes available for WordPress blogs, you have to purchase it. I’ve used a number of themes to give my blogs their looks, which were all free before Thesis. IMHO, you get what you pay for, and the price for the flexibility and support is modest. Again, it’s a theme from Chris Pearson, creator of the prior Copybl... The EMR/EHR Show: Making Your Electronic Medical Records Really Work blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2084475 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:09:09 +0100 2084475 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2511398&cid=t_120998_113_f&fid=36474&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMedsqodPodcastingForMedicalProfessionals%2F%7E3%2FLg7gnGBJQQA%2F Another in a spate of updates (I feel like an updating dervish, relative to my recent time away…) This time, the visual theme of the site has been tweaked to Thesis, or rather, the Thesis theme, which has been tweaked to closely resemble the last theme, Copyblogger. It does a lot, and enables customization and a whole lot of nifty do-dads behind the scenes. It doesn’t hurt that it’s very aggressively supported, no sir; it’s also not accidental that this is a premium theme, meaning that unlike ~ 95% of the themes available for WordPress blogs, you have to purchase it. I’ve used a number of themes to give my blogs their looks, which were all free before Thesis. IMHO, you get what you pay for, and the price for the flexibility and support is modest. Again, it&#82... MedSqod: Podcasting for Medical Professionals blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2511398 Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:00:49 +0100 2511398 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2511400&cid=t_120998_113_f&fid=36474&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMedsqodPodcastingForMedicalProfessionals%2F%7E3%2FATQLBKJuLM0%2F And once again, it’s courtesy of Chris Pearson. Though it’s NOT his latest creation. It’s actually an older theme, called Copyblogger, which I use on another of my blogs, The Medical Record Show. There’s just something about those reds and blacks… More important, perhaps, is that I am, actually, back. Long story short: my work now involves creating educational videos, which has consumed a great deal of time. The downside has been the geometric increase in time and complexity, both in recording as well as editing/producing these video “shows,” even with the slick Camtasia screen capturing platform. This has translated into my absence these past several months, both in terms of the initial learning curve, and the added workload once I demonstrated co... MedSqod: Podcasting for Medical Professionals blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2511400 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:30:11 +0100 2511400 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2033171&cid=t_120998_109_f&fid=35044&url=http%3A%2F%2Fadultaddstrengths.com%2F2008%2F12%2F11%2Fnew-theme-for-my-blog-thesis-whaddya-think%2F Post from: Adult ADD Strengths New Theme for my Blog, Thesis. Whaddya Think? I recently installed Thesis a paid WordPress theme by well known WordPress theme designer Chris Pearson of Pearsonified. Chris has created the several WordPress themes such as the popular Copyblogger, Neoclassical, Cutline and Press Row. Unlike most standard Wordpress themes it’s SEO’d properly, i.e.,  H1 tags default for posts titles which WordPress should use as default but they don’t. The default settings are excellent, typography and layout is amazing and you can customize it very easily. They have control panels in the design section of WordPress that I really wished my previous theme Northern Web Coders had, would have saved me days of messing around trying to customize things. They have a... Adult ADD Strengths blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2033171 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:35:22 +0100 2033171 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2022033&cid=t_120998_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D555 It may be only post-1992 universities that run degrees in nonsense, but you can find plenty even in the highest places. Like St Bartholomew’s (founded in 1123).  That well known source of misleading medical advice, The Prince’s Foundation for Integrated Health (FiH), published last March, “Teaching integrated health at Barts and the London“. This consists [...] (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2022033 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:26:07 +0100 2022033 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2006399&cid=t_120998_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F471240103%2F What will Chris do? Look for him to do some cost cutting. The 48-year-old, who was passed over for the top job at Glaxo, today takes over from Gerard le Fur, who was ousted in September after setbacks with the Acomplia obesity pill and the Plavix blood thinner, Bloomberg News writes. Sanofi, which is based in Paris, lags in cost cutting and introducing new meds to replace big-sellers facing generic competition, the news service writes. Viehbacher, who is credited with uniting Glaxo’s North American operations after a merger with SmithKline Beecham eight years ago, is well suited to overhaul Sanofi’s performance, according to Bob Ingram, a former Viehbacher mentor. “He really created a unified culture,” Ingram tells Bloomberg. Sanofi’s problems began four years ago during a ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2006399 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:16:05 +0100 2006399 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1933426&cid=t_120998_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F442135087%2F As part of an ongoing makeover, the drugmaker tomorrow will tell its US pharma employees about a reorganization that will include still more cutbacks, sources tell us. However, a replacement for Chris Viehbacher, who runs Glaxo’s North American pharma unit but is leaving next month to head Sanofi-Aventis, will not be among the announcements. The reorg is expected to affect sales reps, in particular. A Glaxo spokeswoman declined to discuss details, but did confirm an announcement is forthcoming. “We do have time scheulded to meet with employees to talk about the latest progress in our US effort to basically reshape the organization to be fit for the future challenges we’re facing,” she says. “It’s not a new thing that hasn’t been discussed before&#... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1933426 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:19:19 +0100 1933426 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1876156&cid=t_120998_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2F419626808%2F How Can You Protect Yourself Against Theft? ~ Chris Pirillo. Copyright © 2008 white pebble. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact legal@www.white-pebble.net so we can take legal action immediately.Plugin by Taragana Technorati Tags: Chris Pirillo, safety, theft (Source: white pebble) white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1876156 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:41:36 +0100 1876156 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1868586&cid=t_120998_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F10%2F11%2Fmccains-generals-need-to-hide-their-privates-or-at-least-calm-them-down%2F While I will probably never get my wish that Chris Matthews speak more softly, it was worth the shouting to see this discussion with Joan Walsh of Salon.com and former Bush I staffer Ed Rogers.  It seems that I have been able to watch coverage of both the Canadian and U.S. elections without getting confused. I [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1868586 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:31:50 +0100 1868586 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1862944&cid=t_120998_85_f&fid=36194&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftesstermulo.com%2F2008%2F10%2F09%2Fthe-lucky-charm-aint-so-lucky%2F I know it’s both pathetic and retarded to see things as entirely influenced by good luck.  I mean, of all people who should be thinking that way, I’d be the least of them.  However, sometimes I just can’t help but think that I’m some sort of a lucky charm to anyone I care for, especially guys that I’ve had relationships with.  I cannot be really specific but I’ve just noticed that guys that I’ve been in a relationship with all have done really good right after we broke up.  Better career, nicer car, and even better relationships…it’s as if after a relationship with me, I’ve given them the luck so that they may get what they want.  But with me, it’s as if nothing really specially good happens.  I still stay the same.  ... Prudence and Madness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1862944 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:10:54 +0100 1862944 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1834761&cid=t_120998_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F09%2F27%2Fmatthews-on-obamas-debate-performance-did-it-surprise-you-that-he-was-so-un-ethnic-tonight%2F Chris, First of all slow down. Our generation doesn’t talk as fast as our children. Second, slow down. Third, lower your voice. When you shout in that high tenor voice you sound hysterical (as in crazy not funny). Fourth, slow down. Your saliva is a huge distraction and you need to take time to let your [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1834761 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 23:43:23 +0100 1834761 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1806488&cid=t_120998_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F395163951%2F On one hand, Sanofi-Aventis will pay the outgoing ceo less severance than he was entitled to receive - $3.9 million, which is half the ‘termination benefit,’ given his “limited amount of time” running the drugmaker, according to a statement. Nonetheless, Gerard, who will step down on December 1, is still in line to receive at least $11.4 million thanks to a combination of salary, termination payments and continued advisory fees from the start of this year until his contractual obligations end in 2011. Such as? He will get his basic salary until December, which amounted to $1.85 million last year, and $142,000 a month until December 2010 in exchange for not taking on a role with a competitor. Then there’s another $71,000 a month until May 2011 as a scientific a... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1806488 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:27:58 +0100 1806488 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1798530&cid=t_120998_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F393128872%2F Gérard Le Fur, who was ousted as the Sanofi-Aventis ceo last week after less than two years on the job, could receive up to $11.3 million this year from the drugmaker before leaving in December, The Financial Times writes. Regulatory filings show the board agreed in February to pay Le Fur a “termination benefit” equal to 24 months of his last total remuneration in the event of his “removal from office,” the paper writes. If he receives 11 months’ pay this year at the same rate as his 2007 salary of about $3.8 million, a further 24 months would give him nearly $11.3 million before stock options, pension benefits and his future earnings as a scientific adviser to management. With Sanofi set to publish the “financial conditions” of its reshuffle shor... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1798530 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:33:51 +0100 1798530 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1790490&cid=t_120998_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F390571616%2F And so the end of the week is near. A wonderful time to clear the desk of those memos and reports. So as you get started, please enjoy a few items of interest. Meanwhile, we will break now and then today for important meetings and a chat with some industry types who are curious about our site. First, though, our cup of stimulation awaits. See you soon… Glaxo Creates New Cancer R&D Group (Reuters) Will New Sanofi CEO Mean A Big Merger? (Reuters) Drugs In Drinking Water Affect Tens Of Millions (The Associated Press) (Source: Pharmalot) Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1790490 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:02:26 +0100 1790490 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1786184&cid=t_120998_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F388627593%2F The speculation is now confirmed - Chris Viehbacher, who earlier this week announced he had left Glaxo’s board and would resign his job as head of the North American pharma unit in December, is taking the top job at Sanofi-Aventis. Viehbacher, 48, will succeed Gerard Le Fur, 57, who became Sanofi’s ceo in January 2007 and will remain for an unspecified period of time as a scientific advisor, according to a statement. The move comes as Sanofi experiences frustration in launching new products that can offset the looming patent loss of its older best-selling drugs. That has helped depress Sanofi shares, which are down 22 pressured from a year ago, and has pressured Le Fur. With the looming patent expiration of two top-selling drugs, blood-thinner Plavix and the Lovenox blood clot... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1786184 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:24:49 +0100 1786184 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1782896&cid=t_120998_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F387750475%2F Word travels fast when you live in Macy’s window. And Chris Viehbacher, who yesterday announced his pending departure from Glaxo, where he was passed over for the ceo job, is now reported to be taking a top position at Sanofi-Aventis, according to The Wall Street Journal. Viehbacher, who acknowleged he was pursuing “another opportunity,” would bring some needed US experience to Sanofi-Aventis. As the paper notes, the drugmaker has not much success in launching new products that can offset the looming patent loss of its older best-selling drugs. That has helped depress Sanofi shares, which are down 22% from year-ago levels, and pressured ceo Gerard Le Fur. With the looming patent expiration of two top-selling drugs, blood-thinner Plavix and the Lovenox blood clotter, the d... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1782896 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:03:07 +0100 1782896 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1779679&cid=t_120998_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F386700974%2F Less than a year after being passed over to succeed JP Garnier as ceo, Chris Viehbacher resigned from the drugmaker’s board today and plans to leave altogether on December 1. Currently, Viehbacher is president of the North American Pharmaceuticals. As a consolation prize, Viehbacher was given about $5 million in stock and the board seat after he lost the race to succeed Garnier. The shares reportedly were to become payable in two tranches, the first at the end of this year, and the balance in 2011, but only if he remained at Glaxo. Viehbacher, 49, raised his exposure with investors and the media last year by steering Glaxo through the Avandia safety crisis. A dual citizen of Canada and Germany, he speaks English, French and German and ran the European business before taking over the... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1779679 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:03:00 +0100 1779679 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1535687&cid=t_120998_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F06%2F21%2Fday-by-day-by-chris-muir-june-21-2008%2F Day By Day by Chris Muir African Americans vote in lock-step with the Democrat Party and have done so for decades. Why should Howard Dean and the Congressional leadership pander to them AT ALL? With Barack Obama as a Presidential candidate they will massively turn out their “black” demographic with little cost to the party in either money or promises. So much for the post-racial candidate. And, note that Barry reminded America in his first general election television ad this week that he is half white and from Kansas. Previous: The Day By Day Archive (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1535687 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:42:01 +0100 1535687 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1518642&cid=t_120998_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F06%2F14%2Fday-by-day-by-chris-muir-june-14-2008%2F Day By Day by Chris Muir Yet, Chris, Americans thus far have forgiven or at least turned their head the other way with Barack Obama’s association with: Jeremiah Wright - God Damn America preaching black liberation Pastor for over 20 years Michael Pfleger - Anti-American racist priest William Ayers - Far left Radical terrorist bomber Bernardine Dohrn - Far left Radical terrorist bomber Jodie Evans - Co-founder Code Pink If Obama had been on the RIGHT, the MSM would have had him for lunch. Is Flap missing something here? Previous: The Day By Day Archive (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1518642 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:20:27 +0100 1518642 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1516430&cid=t_120998_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F06%2F13%2Fday-by-day-by-chris-muir-june-13-2008%2F Day by Day by Chris Muir When the United States Supreme Court begins to subvert the Constitution by making its own law it is time for the people to rise up and control the court. The awarding “The Privilege of Habeas Corpus To Terrorists” may be the death knell for respect of the court. Justice Scalia in dissent: America is at war with radical Islamists. The enemy began by killing Americans and American allies abroad: 241 at the Marine barracks in Lebanon, 19 at the Khobar Towers in Dhahran, 224 at our embassies in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi, and 17 on the USS Cole in Yemen. See National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, The 9/11 Commission Report, pp. 60–61, 70, 190 (2004). On September 11, 2001, the enemy brought the battle to American soil, killing 2,7... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1516430 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:15:15 +0100 1516430 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1501251&cid=t_120998_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F06%2F08%2Fday-by-day-by-chris-muir-june-8-2008%2F Day By Day by Chris Muir It looks like Hillary Clinton Democrats will have to “get a grip” with Barack Obama as their candidate. Yesterday’s speech by Hillary cannot be consoling to Team Obama, no matter how they spin it. Obama will soon have to choose to offer her publicly the Vice Presidency AND help her pay off her campaign debts or put up with 2 plus months of carping and undermining. Previous: The Day By Day Archive (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1501251 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:42:54 +0100 1501251 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1484830&cid=t_120998_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F06%2F01%2Fday-by-day-by-chris-muir-june-1-2008%2F Day By Day by Chris Muir The OBVIOUS media bias from NBC News and MSNBC is renown. When MSNBC’s Chris Matthews said after an Obama speech: I have to tell you, you know, it’s part of reporting this case, this election, the feeling most people get when they hear Barack Obama’s speech. My, I felt this thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don’t have that too often. No, seriously. It’s a dramatic event. He speaks about America in a way that has nothing to do with politics. It has to do with the feeling we have about our country. And that is an objective assessment. And, every night Keith Olbermann bags on Hillary Clinton and her continuing campaign. There is little wonder why viewers are turned off and in the ratings MSNBC trails Fox News and CNN badly. The NBC News o... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1484830 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:11:00 +0100 1484830 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1467807&cid=t_120998_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7049 Day By Day by Chris Muir Are you saying Chris that Obama has won the Democrat nomination by playing the “RACE CARD?” Well, you are correct. But, it won’t help him in the general election with a “THIN” legislative record and FAR LEFT POSITIONS on the issues. In an otherwise Democrat Party year, John McCain WILL beat Obama in the fall. Previous: The Day By Day Archive (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1467807 Sun, 25 May 2008 17:05:33 +0100 1467807 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1463694&cid=t_120998_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7036 Sienfeld - Soup Nazi - NO SOUP FOR YOU! Michelle Malkin explains the background of Chris Muir’s Day By Day cartoon of today. John McCain’s “point” system for blog comment trolls is now a running joke across both sides of the Internet. RedState skewers the program here. Here is Chris Muir’s cartoon from this morning: Well, so much for enthusiasm in the conservative blogosphere for McCain who prefers “SOCK PUPPETS” to discussion of policy - especially that which may be critical of him. Didn’t we see the same when McCain “blew Up” at Senator John Cornyn over the illegal alien amnesty bill last May? Not a pretty display of class for McCain. Guess it is better to be safe than criticized. Get those points and sock puppets ready or NO SOUP for you.... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1463694 Fri, 23 May 2008 14:28:22 +0100 1463694 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1461244&cid=t_120998_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F295745323%2F Almost 40 percent of Glaxo shareholders either abstained or voted against the drugmaker’s pay plan at the annual meeting yesterday, a poor showing for Glaxo directors and execs who have repeatedly sought to justify compensation packages. Investors holding about 29 percent of Glaxo shares chose not to vote on plan yesterday, according to figures released by Glaxo. Of those who voted, about 86 percent supported the plan, while 14 percent were against it. That compares with 92.5 percent who supported the plan last year, when 1 percent of votes were withheld. Several shareholders attending the meeting spoke out against pay levels of Glaxo executives and directors, according to Bloomberg News. They complained the compensation was “excessive” and not linked to the performance... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1461244 Thu, 22 May 2008 11:05:56 +0100 1461244 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1432360&cid=t_120998_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6944 Day By Day by Chris Muir Chris is RIGHT that it will take MORE than campaign cash that will convince the Clinton Cabal to quit this race for the Presidency. Hillary will withdraw but only after June 3rd and exacting MAJOR concessions from Team Obama. Previous: The Day By Day Archive (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1432360 Fri, 09 May 2008 14:25:04 +0100 1432360 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1426772&cid=t_120998_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F285319102%2F Glaxo is playing hardball with Massachusetts. Chris Viehbacher, who heads the drugmaker’s North American pharma biz, sent what The Boston Herald calls “harshly worded letters” to three state politicans to accuse the state of a “strong anti-biopharmaceutical streak” and complains of attempts to “attack and demonize the industry.” His ire was prompted by Senate President Therese Murray’s proposed ban on gifts to docs and, in his letters, Chris suggests Glaxo may not invest as much in the state if “political developments…devalue” assets there. His missives arrive just two weeks after Glaxo agreed to pay $720 million for Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, which is based in Cambridge. The two firms employ about 115 workers in Massachusetts... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1426772 Wed, 07 May 2008 11:58:56 +0100 1426772 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1426328&cid=t_120998_150_f&fid=34768&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmagossip.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Flobbying-with-chris.html Here's the story. (Source: PharmaGossip) PharmaGossip blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1426328 Wed, 07 May 2008 08:43:00 +0100 1426328 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1418465&cid=t_120998_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2F282807163%2F This weeks Bio-IT World meeting was all about data storage. Driven by the needs of integrating complex, heterogenous data and most of all by next gen sequencing, it’s amazing how much data the life sciences are generating and how poorly prepared we are. I won’t necessarily mention names, but there are places which have data hitting the petabytes AFTER throwing away most of it. How do you access this data? How do you back it up? What kind of data centers do you need? What kind of power do you need? When people are worried about the city being able to handle their power needs then there is cause for concern. It is also why I think the future of scientific data generation needs to be thought about like Google, etc view data, infrastructure and data access. What if we had a Big Tab... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1418465 Sat, 03 May 2008 16:00:39 +0100 1418465 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1409769&cid=t_120998_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2F280709573%2F A quick report on Day 2 of Bio-IT World. The day started with a keynote by Josh Boger, founder and CEO of Vertex. His talk spanned several real world examples and some food for thought. Highlights Vertex has made active use of a MedChem ELN, which has been extended to their entire MedChem community, including external partners. In his own words the goal was “enabling the virtual research organization” Metric of success was user adoption and there were some good analytics supporting uptake He spoke at length about the HCV program, where they have used extensive predictive modeling and simulation Clinical data has backed up their predictive modeling (they’re in Phase III now) They have avoided some experiments (carried out by competitors in one case) that their models sug... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1409769 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:43:39 +0100 1409769