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 'clifford'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:26:26 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4676761&cid=t_245756_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FnQEjtLnxHgw%2F By Jason KuznickiThis month at Cato Unbound we're discussing a practical, everyday issue -- parking! Yes, Cato Unbound is supposed to cover big ideas, deep thoughts, and the like, but parking policy is both important in its own right and also points to what I consider a very interesting problem: Given a theoretical or abstract commitment to free markets, well, how do we get there in the real world? What would a free-market policy look like in this or that issue area? The answer isn't always obvious, and the map isn't the territory. Parking is interesting in this respect and possibly helpful. Parking is all around us, most of us deal with it every day, and the unintended consequences of parking policy are I think maybe easier to see than the unintended consequences in other fields. Parking... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4676761 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:00:10 +0100 4676761 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4372090&cid=t_245756_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F23650516%2F0%2Fneuromarketing%7EComputers-As-People-Happy-Customers-and-Automation.htm Forget the Turing Test! (That test, proposed in 1950, was a measure of machine intelligence that required a machine to interact with a person so effectively that the person could not distinguish it from a human.) But you don’t have to try to fool people – research shows well-designed automation can make people feel like [...] CommentsCommentsRelated StoriesRivalry MarketingTop Neuromarketing Posts of 2010Most Immersive Outdoor Ad Ever (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4372090 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:00:27 +0100 4372090 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3896091&cid=t_245756_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FZvLxhdlArQ8%2F Avandiagate, as some have called it, appears to be never ending. In the latest twist, a letter and accompanying memo that GlaxoSmithKline wrote and distributed at the behest of the FDA is now itself the subject of a flap because some experts say the contents are misleading. And this occurs just as the agency gets set to decide the fate of the controversial Avandia diabetes pill, The New York Times writes. The letter was supposed to bring doctors up to date on two things - the outcome of a recent FDA advisory committee meeting about Avandia, which the panel decided should remain on the market but with restrictions, and a decision by the FDA to halt Glaxo’s TIDE clinical trial designed to assess cardiovascular risk when compared with the rival Actos drug (background here and here). The... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3896091 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:41:16 +0100 3896091 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3487186&cid=t_245756_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fhow-will-web-coupons-affect-your-personal-health-information Stephanie Clifford's story in the New York Times tells how the massive, under-the-radar data mining industry just hammered the one of the last nails into the coffin of online "privacy". In case you are naïve enough to imagine you have any privacy at all online - this story proves you have none.   How will "web coupons" affect your personal health information, from prescriptions to DNA to diagnoses?   (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3487186 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:26:20 +0100 3487186 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2473570&cid=t_245756_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F06%2F13%2Fhappy-100th-mental-health-america%2F Mental Health America (the singer formerly known as the National Mental Health Association) turned 100 this year, and we’d like to wish them a Happy Birthday. They trace their roots back to 1909 and Clifford W. Beers: We began our work in 1909 when Clifford W. Beers, a young businessman who struggled with a mental illness and shared his story with the world in his autobiography “A Mind That Found Itself,” created a national citizens’ group to promote mental health and improve conditions for children and adults living with these health problems. It was a revolutionary act and attracted prominent national leaders of the time, including the philosopher William James and the Rockefeller family. The modern NMHA organization wasn’t formed until 1950, and in that time has help... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2473570 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:10:30 +0100 2473570 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1543372&cid=t_245756_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F318731970%2F Never in my life have I entertained thoughts of being a lawyer: A doctor, yes, at one time, and some other much-less-lucrative pursuits. The closest I got to law school was a summer job when I was in grad school; the law schools career development director hired me to read stacks of surveys from alumni/ae and write up a summary report. “Litigation” was the specialty most frequently checked: Double no thanks, I thought, as I entered data into the computer. Time passes, one stops working odd and temp jobs, one gets married, has a baby, gets a full-time job, the child is diagnosed with autism…….. Many therapies, therapists, classrooms, doctors’ offices and more later, one finds oneself at IEP meeting after IEP meeting, and then sometimes (too often?) one finds on... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1543372 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:37:44 +0100 1543372 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1393903&cid=t_245756_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F276146279%2F The heated controversy over links between autism and vaccines took a strange twist this past month when a high-profile plaintiffs’ attorney subpoeaned a blogger, who regularly questioned the connection between the malady and the products. Why did Cliff Shoemaker take that step? Speculation centers on a post by Kathleen Seidel on her neurodiversity blog showing the fees earned by plaintiffs’ lawyers - particularly Shoemaker - from the vaccine litigation. Apparently, there was never any indication Seidel had any direct or indirect involvement in a case, which is being handled by Shoemaker, that alleges mercury used in the vaccine caused a plaintiff’s autism. Nonetheless, as the Legal Blog Watch notes, Shoemaker’s subpoena sought a sweeping amount of info and documents... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1393903 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:03:50 +0100 1393903 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=755626&cid=t_245756_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F07%2F24%2Ftrans-fats-banned-from-seattle-area-restaurants%2F Filed under: Type 2, Diet, Lifestyle, Daily NewsKing County, Washington - following in the footsteps of New York - has banned restaurants from cooking foods in trans fats. King County is home to Seattle, the city famous for its generous rainfall and equally generous caffeine intake. The new rule stipulates that, in addition to the trans fats ban, all eateries in the Seattle-area must also provide nutritional information about menu items. The trans fats ban was passed by the King County Board of Health in an effort to stem soaring rates of illnesses that are linked to obesity, like type 2 diabetes. Board members and their supporters (including a representative from the American Diabetes Association) argue the change will help turn the tide by improving eating habits. Their opponents, howeve... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=755626 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0100 755626