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 'christie'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:11:02 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893403&cid=t_330594_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=4631463&cid=t_330594_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=4532190&cid=t_330594_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=4377557&cid=t_330594_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=4277818&cid=t_330594_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_330594_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=4225224&cid=t_330594_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=3573948&cid=t_330594_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=3490615&cid=t_330594_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=3467711&cid=t_330594_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Ffeel%2Fsomebody-stop-us-more-awful-celeb-baby-names%2F Will Ferrell with his wife and son We promise we’re going to let it go, but we just can’t help ourselves. Okay, so we’re a little obsessed with the egregious baby-naming practices of TV, movie, and music’s biggest stars (and not so biggest…sorry, John and Connie). We’ve done not one, not two, but three recent installments. This one will be the last. Maybe. It’s really all up to Hollywood. 1. Prima Sellecchia – Daughter of John Tesh and Connie Sellecca 2. Racer, 3. Rebel, 4. Rocket, and 5. Rogue – Kids of Robert Rodriguez (director, producer, writer) 6. Sailor Lee – Daughter of Christie Brinkley 7. Seven Sirius and 8. Puma – Children of Erykah Badu 9. Magnus Paulin – Son of Will Ferrell (Okay, his wife is Swedish) Post from: BlissTree Some... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3467711 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:37:38 +0100 3467711 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3457981&cid=t_330594_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F04%2F11%2Fchristie-buckner-they-oughta-name-a-drink-after-you%2F My new post, Christie Buckner, They Oughta Name a Drink After You, on Politics Daily / Woman Up. A sample: Cancer survivors are reluctant to search for old friends with whom they’ve lost touch. We fear what we may find. Eventually, though, curiosity gets the best of us. Sometimes we get good news. More often than not, we get a death notice. Christie Buckner 1970-2009 A week ago I found out my friend and fellow ovarian cancer survivor Christie Buckner died back in October, according to a short obit in the New Orleans Times Picayune. Because of our high mortality rates, the ovarian cancer community is used to deaths. But we never take them lightly. I got on Facebook and posted pictures of Christie, along with excerpts from her 2002 newspaper story in Gambit Weekly. Then it dawned on me... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3457981 Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:42:56 +0100 3457981 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3449141&cid=t_330594_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FnMVsG-Me73I%2F Fred Schiff, a former Bristol-Myers Squibb chief financial officer, won a federal appeals court ruling that limits the criminal fraud case brought against him by the U.S. Justice Department to whether he made misstatements on investor conference calls, Reuters reports. So prosecutors are barred from introducing evidence that he failed to tell investors about an alleged improper practice known as channel stuffing to bolster revenue by giving financial incentives to wholesalers, or to explain an April 2002 plunge in the drugmaker’s stock price after the scheme became known. A spokeswoman for US Attorney Paul Fishman says options are being considered (here’s some background). “We have felt from the beginning that this prosecution was misguided and the case should never have ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3449141 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:28:56 +0100 3449141 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3436373&cid=t_330594_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F04%2F04%2Fthe-silent-killer-takes-out-a-woman-who-would-not-shut-up%2F My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up: Christie Buckner was an ordinary woman, so the world took little notice of her death last October. Last night I came across a short, vague Times Picayune obit. Christie was 39 years old. “She conducted a courageous and tenacious fight for her life for many years. She is survived by her family and many friends.” To be specific: She survived nine years, and her opponent was ovarian cancer. Christie Buckner 1970-2009 I first became aware of her in late 2002. On an ovarian cancer message board, someone had posted Christie’s article from the New Orleans newspaper, Gambit Weekly: The Silent Killer. This nickname for ovarian cancer made for a good — if ironic — headline. In Christie’s case, her cancer announced itself with pe... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3436373 Sun, 04 Apr 2010 15:40:39 +0100 3436373 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3279960&cid=t_330594_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FbOOWjQtMbTI%2F By Daniel J. MitchellBarack Obama wants higher tax rates on the so-called rich, including steeper levies on income, capital gains, dividends, and even death. Along with other politicians in Washington, he acts as if successful taxpayers are like sheep meekly awaiting slaughter. I’ve explained in this video why class-warfare tax policies are misguided, and a new study from Boston College provides additional evidence about the consequences of hate-and-envy tax policy. The research reveals that high tax rates in New Jersey have helped cause wealthy people to leave the state, leading to a net wealth reduction of $70 billion between 2004 and 2008. Wealth and income are different, of course, so it is worth pointing out that another study from 2007 estimated that the state lost $8 billion o... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3279960 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:38:36 +0100 3279960 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3216842&cid=t_330594_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F3RHWBeMHIwE%2F Will the third time be the charm? Once again, the New Jersey legislature is being urged to pass a bill requiring a doctor or nurse to obtain informed consent from a minor’s parent before writing a prescription for any psychotropic that already carries a Black Box warning. The issue first emerged in the wake of the controversy over links between antidepressants and suicidal behavior in teens. As with two previous efforts, the initiative is being pushed by several parents who believe that FDA-mandated Med Guides for antidepressants are insufficient. Their earlier attempts were thwarted by a state senator who repeatedly blocked introduction (see here and here), but the Senate health committee now has a new chair. The bill was recently introduced in the assembly and Senate support is bei... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3216842 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:57:20 +0100 3216842 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3189400&cid=t_330594_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FcSz5onqH0Ls%2F For only the second time, the National Institutes of Health is applying pressure to a university over alleged conflicts of interest involving its researchers. The Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, is reportedly being eyed for failing to comply with the agency’s conflict of interest policy. Two years ago, the NIH suspended a grant from Emory University and added new conditions on further grants. The latest move was sparked by an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education that pointed out several academics with alleged research conflicts, including Baylor’s Christie Ballantyne, who received over $34,000 for consulting with Merck about its Vytorin cholesterol pill. This prompted US Senator Chuck Grassley to ask the NIH to investigate (see here), since Ballantyne was ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3189400 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:43:13 +0100 3189400 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3089263&cid=t_330594_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FfiG4XwzHgWA%2F By Michael F. CannonIt has been 178 days since Democrats introduced the first version of President Obama’s health plan, and a growing chorus of voices is demanding that the Congressional Budget Office reveal the full cost of Sen. Harry Reid’s health care legislation — including the cost of the private-sector mandates. Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Kevin Ferris writes: “Have the CBO score the entire Senate bill — both on-budget expenses and off. Let senators and taxpayers see the real cost – before a vote is taken. Then decide what the nation can afford.” Former New Jersey Governor and EPA administrator Christie Whitman — who should know a little something about private-sector mandates — writes: “the CBO estimates do not count t... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3089263 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:36:28 +0100 3089263 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3056881&cid=t_330594_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FHWofFH4gJ24%2F The ties between New Jersey government and the pharmaceutical industry grow a wee bit closer with the announcement that Christopher Christie has hired Richard Bagger (see photo), a senior vice president for worldwide public affairs at Pfizer, as his chief of staff. Formerly a direct report to Pfizer chief executive Jeff Kindler and a well-regarded staffer, Bagger has been co-chairing Christie’s transition task force on budget and taxes. The Republican served in the NJ state Senate in 2002 and 2003, and the assembly for 10 years before that. He was previously an attorney for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey and worked at the politically connected law firm of McCarter & English. With its vast employment and tax payments, pharma has always had warm relations with NJ governm... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3056881 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:48:46 +0100 3056881 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2931286&cid=t_330594_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F6qSn-qjUnrs%2F The move is the latest in a long-running effort by the Republican Senator from Iowa, who has been probing undisclosed financial conflicts of interest among academics who simultaneously receive grants from the National Institutes of Health and payments from drug makers for research or speaking. His latest letter to the NIH follows an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education that noted several academics with alleged research conflicts. In particular, he cited Dr. Christie Ballantyne of the Baylor College of Medicine, who received over $34,000 for consulting with Merck about the Vytorin cholesterol pill. At the same, Grassley writes, Ballantyne was listed on several NIH grants concerning cardiovascular studies (here’s one). According to current NIH regulations, which Grassley has ci... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2931286 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:47:43 +0100 2931286 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2796378&cid=t_330594_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fbreastfeeding123%2Fvote-for-llli-to-win-10000%2F La Leche League International (LLLI) calls upon breastfeeding supporters to nominate LLLI to win $10,000 in The Christie Cookie Charity Giveaway! It just takes a minute to select your charity (scroll down to get to La Leche League) and enter your email address (which the company promises not to sell to third parties). If LLLI receives enough nominations it could win $10,000 in cash! You have until October 15, 2009 to register your nomination but please take a minute now so that LLLI can gain momentum in the voting! Post from: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2796378 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:18:12 +0100 2796378 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2709345&cid=t_330594_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2Fh9dp6flrNzc%2F Do you live in a city? One with really bad air quality? Maybe that’s why your child has autism. Or maybe you just live in a city in the United States with smog and pollution, and your child has autism. Photo of L.A. freeway by biofriendly (flickr.com) Christie Brinkley, ex-super model and super ex-wife, spoke at a benefit for a division of Albert Einstein College of Medicine that researches children’s health issues. Saying that the environment affects our health, she theorized that pollution is a possible cause of autism. Since Brinkley has also been speaking on environmental topics, I think it’s a definite possibility she’s looking for a Theory of Everything, which is always attractive but not always true. If pollution were the cause — or even a cause —... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2709345 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:46:43 +0100 2709345 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2452388&cid=t_330594_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F2zyqJ_YLrxY%2F Christopher J. Christie just decisively won New Jersey’s Republican gubernatorial primary, but had to veer away from his middle-of-the-road plan and venture into some traditionally conservative territory to do it, according to news accounts. Will that be a problem for him in the general election? Not necessarily. As NorthJersey.com’s Charles Stile observes, Christie’s ardent support for private school choice is not the polarizing stance it once was: these programs “once championed by conservative ideologues, are being embraced by urban Democrats.” As we’ve been saying at the Center for Educational Freedom for some time now, the post-partisan age of school choice is well within sight, and draws closer every day. The last politicos to see that will find... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2452388 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:59:30 +0100 2452388 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2326695&cid=t_330594_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2FVsTSJ3E-XKE%2F Spring — the arrival thereof — has duly commenced here in southwest Ohio. I try never to rely solely on the weather when calculating things like the arrival of a warm season. I depend on other, surer signs: a small bout of insomnia, and a fit of cleaning. Thankfully, both signs have now occurred, and I am recovering from them. I have just picked about 150 pounds of books to be sent to the used book store. Probably more is to come. I depend too much on my Kindle, so I don’t need paper copies. Besides, how many worn old copies of Agatha Christie does on need to keep, anyway? Copyright © 2009 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 infringeme... white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2326695 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:48:38 +0100 2326695 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1581901&cid=t_330594_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2008%2F07%2F05%2Fsexbolt-saturday-is-christie-brinkleys-ex-hubby-a-sex-addict%2F If you’re married to former supermodel Christie Brinkley, do you cheat? Do you spend scads of money on porn? Do you broadcast yourself masturbating to a live internet audience? Um, maybe if you’re a sex addict. And so go the theories about Christie’s soon-to-be ex-husband, Peter Cook. Say some experts, all these behaviors point to someone who has an addictive sexual personality. Someone who has such low self-esteem that he chooses to indulge an 18-year-old mistress instead of forming a sensual and mutually-respective relationship with his spouse. Someone who likely looks to porn and unrealistic standards to get his engine running. Naturally, none of these experts have treated Brinkley or Cook, but it stands to reason there may be something wrong with this guy’s gray... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1581901 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:06:51 +0100 1581901 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1369730&cid=t_330594_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2F269792458%2F AlzheimersNotes.com  Facing Alzheimer’s With Love and Laughter is the subtitle of The Last Dance.  It brings to mind the question…“Should we laugh and joke about Alzheimer’s?” Some caregivers and spokespersons for Alzheimer’s became very upset because Julie Christie joked about memory loss during an interview associated with her movie, Away From Her.  However, others felt we should lighten up because she wasn’t meaning anything derogatory. What do you think when it concerns laughing and joking about Alzheimer’s?  In general, I feel,  it depends on the situation and how the remark was said.  I found, when caring for Mother, that laughter helped get all of us through.  I recall one day, when Jim and I laughed at a situation, that Mothe... Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1369730 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:00:41 +0100 1369730 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1323239&cid=t_330594_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F257066199%2F The federal investigation into kickbacks paid by device makers to hip and knee surgeons is now shifting to the docs themselves. After reaching settlements with five hip and knee implant makers last year over payments, the HHS Office of Inspector General is focusing on doc who receive money as paid consultants, The New York Times reports. “We are going to be looking at those soliciting kickbacks,” Lewis Morris, the OIG chief counsel told an audience of docs, device execs and investors earlier this month in San Francisco at a meeting of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. The same message has gone out to health care lawyers attending legal education seminars and, directly from Christopher Christie Jr., the US Attorney in Newark, who is overseeing the investigation. Execs say Chr... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1323239 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:43:07 +0100 1323239 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1323240&cid=t_330594_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F257040493%2F That would be Frederick Schiff, who is scheduled to go on trial today on two felony counts of conspiracy and securites fraud for his role in an alleged channel stuffing scheme to inflate the drugmaker’s earnings between 2000 and 2002. Last week, US District Court Judge Faith Hochberg greatly narrowed the scope of his liability, Financial Week* reports. She decided that Schiff can’t be held liable for failing to issue clarifying statements in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission that have might have clarified false or misleading statements about financial reports in separate forums, such as analyst calls, the mag writes. Rather than explicit accounting violations, the government’s case now rests on Schiff’s “misstatements” in SEC filings and his “omissio... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1323240 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:45:41 +0100 1323240 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1225336&cid=t_330594_145_f&fid=35710&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstoryofhealing.com%2F2008%2F02%2F12%2Fmedia-in-medicine-what-of-the-insurance-companies-other-issues%2F The Lost Angeles Times recently reported more of these online consults. Doctor visits in the United States have surged 20% in the last five years to more than 1.2 billion visits annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Even as the population ages, the number of doctors is falling across the country, and experts predict that office wait times will increase in the coming years. — “People can wait a long time to get in to see their primary-care doctor and longer for a specialist. . . . To have immediate access is huge,” said Dr. Melissa Welch, Aetna’s Northern California medical director. Insurance companies apparently opened up and expanded coverage to these web-based services, according to the same article. …Aetna Inc., the natio... the story of healing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1225336 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:14:57 +0100 1225336 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1169623&cid=t_330594_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2Falzheimers-disease-sarah-polleys-movie_22.html In continued postings here about Away From Her, I note that Julie Christie and Sarah Polley have just been nominated in Academy Award categories Best Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay, respectively.The screenplay was adapted from a short story written by Alice Munro. (Source: BrainBlog) BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1169623 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:45:00 +0100 1169623 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=908784&cid=t_330594_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F162145005%2F DePuy Orthopaedics is one of five makers of medical device implants that reached a $310 million agreement to resolve charges they paid kickbacks to docs, according to the US Attorney in New Jersey. The other four companies are Biomet Orthopedics, Smith & Nephew, Stryker and Zimmer Holdings. The five companies account for almost 95 percent of the market in hip and knee implants. Four will pay a total of $310 million; all agreed to be monitored. The amounts were based on market share. “This investigation uncovered evidence that health care decisions were being made based on a doctor’s wallet and not on a patient’s well-being,” says Weysan Dun, the agent in charge of the FBI’s New Jersey division, told the Associated Press. [Separately, J&J’s DePu... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=908784 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:40:28 +0100 908784