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 'columbia university'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:03:29 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5181908&cid=t_138807_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F26991622%2F0%2Fneuromarketing%7ESales-Secret-The-Best-Time-to-Close.htm Want to close a sale? When choosing a time to meet with your customer, don’t just take the first appointment time offered to you. A recent study looked at decisions by judges, and revealed startling differences in outcomes at different times of day. Researchers at Columbia University and Ben Gurion University examined the decisions made [...] CommentsI don't doubt that a tipsy customer could be more pliable and ... by Roger Dooley“I’m not gonna suggest that we liquor a customer up and ... by Aman Basanti | Age of MarketingPlus 5 more...Related StoriesWhat’s Better Than an Excited Customer?Prediction Power: Asking Gets ResultsTime to Get Touchy? (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5181908 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:03:28 +0100 5181908 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159198&cid=t_138807_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F08%2F25%2Fcan-religion-or-spirituality-help-ward-off-depression%2F People of all shapes, sizes, colors and nationalities get depression. There seems to be little rhyme or reason to whom it strikes and when. Many people swear by certain things to help them keep depression away. Some people use exercise, while others throw themselves more into their work. Others take a daily dose of a herb like St. John’s Wort or fish oil, because of the association these ingredients have had with a reduction in depression in some studies. But what about religion? Can a strong sense of spirituality or religion help you ward off depression? According to new research that followed a group of people over 10 years, the answer is a qualified “Yes.” The new longitudinal research out of Columbia University wanted to followup on previous research demonstrating th... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159198 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:10:27 +0100 5159198 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5107516&cid=t_138807_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fcolumbia-university-medical-center-to-hold-all-day-event-covering-pancreatic-cancer-research%2F2011.08.08 On Thursday, October 20, The Pancreas Center of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center will be holding the 2011 Gigi Shaw Arledge Conference on Pancreatic Diseases. This all-day event is targeted for clinicians and scientists, covering pancreatic cancer research from basic, translational, clinical and epidemiological perspectives and will feature distinguished guest lecturers and leaders in the field of pancreatic diseases. The conference is being held due to the generous support of the Gigi Arledge Foundation. Giselle (Gigi) Arledge, the late wife of Columbia Trustee and benefactor Roone Arledge, passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2010. According to foundation President Catherine Shaw, ” Now is the time to move pancreatic cancer research forward. Dr. Chabot,... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5107516 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 21:00:05 +0100 5107516 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5107605&cid=t_138807_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F26652358%2F0%2Fneuromarketing%7EWhats-Better-Than-an-Excited-Customer.htm Think the way to sell more is to have a frenetic pitchman whip customers into a buying frenzy? Actually, relaxed customers are bigger spenders. A new study that will appear in the Journal of Marketing Research found that relaxed subjects would pay about 15% more for a variety of goods and services than less-relaxed subjects. [...] Comments[...] via The Relaxation Effect: Relaxed Customers Buy More | ... by Relaxed Customers Buy More « Reading Business NewsI agree, Wes, in some cases stress may speed up purchases and ... by Roger DooleyThis is interesting research! They say the customers give ... by Wes ManRelated StoriesLicense to MisbehavePrediction Power: Asking Gets ResultsFurry Cat Ears Show Your Mood (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5107605 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:32:11 +0100 5107605 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5103338&cid=t_138807_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fresearch-finds-success-in-small-cheap-and-strong-test-for-hiv-and-syphilis%2F2011.08.06 Researchers from Columbia University have developed a “lab on a chip” HIV and syphilis test, and are now reporting the first results from tests in the field conducted in Rwanda. The mChip, as it is called, is the size of a credit card and replicates all steps of an ELISA test, at a lower total material cost and within 20 minutes. After application of a blood sample, the chip is inserted into a $100 battery-powered handheld analyzer. It needs only 1 μl of unprocessed whole blood and does not require any user interpretation of the signal, providing a clear-cut yes or no result. Right now, HIV testing in developing countries either relies on expensive laboratory testing taking a long time, or uses cheaper methods based on lateral flow, which, although very rapid, do not provide very reli... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5103338 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 18:00:08 +0100 5103338 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5086173&cid=t_138807_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fnew-technology-enables-doctors-to-diagnose-lung-nodules-without-surgery%2F2011.07.31 Every year, a half million bronchoscopies are performed in the U.S. in order to investigate lesions within patients’ lungs. Because conventional bronchoscopy cannot reach the distant regions of the lungs, more invasive surgical procedures are often needed to diagnose lung nodules that may be malignant. The General Thoracic Surgery Division at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia has begun using a new technology, superDimension Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy™ (ENB). ENB creates a computer-generated reconstruction of the lungs from a CT scan of the tracheobronchial tree, explains Lyall A. Gorenstein, MD, FRCS (C), FACS, Director, Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery. Using these reconstructed images, the system creates a visual pathway so that surgeons can guide steerable catheters to w... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5086173 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:00:28 +0100 5086173 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4911573&cid=t_138807_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F06%2F07%2Fhow-forensic-psychology-began-and-flourished%2F There are many subsets of psychology. No doubt one of the most fascinating is forensic psychology. Forensic psychology is basically the intersection of psychology and the legal system. It’s quite a broad field. Psychologists work in a variety of settings, including police departments, prisons, courts and juvenile detention centers. And they do everything from assessing whether an incarcerated individual is ready for parole to advising attorneys on jury selection to serving as experts on the stand to counseling cops and their spouses to creating treatment programs for offenders. Most are trained as clinical or counseling psychologists. So how did this interesting specialty emerge and expand? Here’s a brief look at the history of forensic psychology. The Birth of Forensic Psychology The... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4911573 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:09:18 +0100 4911573 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4780272&cid=t_138807_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fwho-is-really-bullying-academic-leaders.html Universities, which are supposed to discover and disseminate knowledge, ought to be the foremost defenders of free speech and a free press.  However, in the past decades, university executives have become notorious for trying to control speech that offends their political sensibilities (for numerous examples, see the FIRE - Foundation for Individual Rights in Education web-site.)  It seems that academic leaders get even more upset when their or their faculties' conflicts of interest are criticized, as demonstrated by updates about two important cases we have discussed.Columbia UniversityWe recently posted about reactions at the university to revelations in the movie "Inside Job" that the Dean of the Business School and one of its prominent professors failed to disclose ... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4780272 Tue, 03 May 2011 19:46:00 +0100 4780272 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4744813&cid=t_138807_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fdavid-j-rothman-president-of-institute.html In one of the most bizarre statements I've ever seen from Ivy academia, David J. Rothman, president of the Institute on Medicine as a Profession at Columbia University disdains -- hates -- Dr. Marcus Welby, and blames solo practitioners for rising medical costs and medical errors for good measure.Such statements lead me to increasingly believe true scholarship no longer resides at the Ivy universities.A New York Times article today "Family Physician Can’t Give Away Solo Practice" about a hard working solo practitioner and former president of the Maryland State Medical Society, Dr. Ronald Sroka, laments the passing of the small practice and solo practitioners. The small practices and solos are being replaced by physician groups, often employed by a hospital or at a larger for-profit medic... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4744813 Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:38:00 +0100 4744813 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4733995&cid=t_138807_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fhenry-kissinger-icelands-promoter.html In which we discuss how medical academic mercenaries (like the key opinion leaders paid to promote drugs and devices cloaked in their academic and professional credentials) now appear to be just part of a larger problem.Henry KissingerAlmost 17 years ago, an article by David Halberstam in Vanity Fair(1) should have warned us of the rise of the academic and intellectual mercenary.  However, back in those go-go years of the new gilded age, most of us were not listening.  Halberstam focused on Henry Kissinger, once a protege of New York Governor and then US Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, who became the infamous President Nixon's National Security Advisor, then Secretary of State:Kissinger’s capacity to be all things to all campaigns—an overt Rockefeller man, a semi-over... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4733995 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:27:00 +0100 4733995 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4565642&cid=t_138807_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FVirologyBlog%2F%7E3%2Fx5LOBfPuqJw%2F We have just completed lecture #13 in my Columbia University virology course, which means that we are now at the halfway mark. In the first eleven lectures we covered basic aspects of viral replication in cell culture, including virus entry into cells, genome replication, and assembly. The remainder of the course is concerned with viral infection of a host, and will cover topics such as pathogenesis, immunity, immunization, antivirals, and evolution. All the virology lectures are available as videocasts (slides and audio) either at the course website, or at iTunes University. Below is a list of lectures that I have given so far in the course, with links to the videocast (.mp4 or .wmv files). To download the videocast, right click the link and save the file to your hard drive. Virology Lec... virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4565642 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 22:28:51 +0100 4565642 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4498276&cid=t_138807_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fibm-watson-could-revolutionize-healthcare%2F2011.02.19 If you’ve been watching Jeopardy! over the past couple days, you probably know that IBM’s highly-advanced artificial intelligence software, Watson, has been competing against Jeopardy!’s most successful contestants (and as of Tuesday night, took a commanding lead over the humans, despite having some trouble with United States geography). Besides the amazing ability to power through “Daily Doubles” and answer random trivia in the form of a question, IBM researchers believe that Watson could revolutionize the healthcare industry. From diagnostics to informatics, Watson could quickly search through medical records, clinical documents, and research information for precise answers that would benefit both doctors and patients. Check out the video below to see physic... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4498276 Sat, 19 Feb 2011 14:00:16 +0100 4498276 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4489650&cid=t_138807_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F79jJmJifJ1E%2F By Tim LynchHere is a new publication from Cato, "How the War on Drugs Is Destroying Black America,"  (pdf) by John McWhorter, who is a lecturer in linguistics and American Studies at Columbia University and a contributing editor to the Manhattan Institute's City Journal and The New Republic.  Here is his conclusion: If we truly want to get past race in this country, we must be aware that it will never happen until the futile War on Drugs so familiar to us now is a memory. ... The time to end the War on Drugs, therefore, is yesterday. Read the whole thing.  You can also listen to McWhorter's speech by clicking here. For additional Cato work related to drug policy, go here. The Drug War and Black America 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=4489650 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:22:22 +0100 4489650 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4459958&cid=t_138807_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmind-over-matter-in-medicine%2F2011.02.10 [Recently] I came upon a Jan 24 op-ed, “A Fighting Spirit Won’t Change Your Life” by Richard Sloan, Ph.D., of Columbia University’s psychiatry department. Somehow I’d missed this worthwhile piece on the sometimes-trendy notion of mind-over-matter in healing and medicine. Sloan opens with aftermath of the Tucson shootings: …Representative Giffords’s husband describes her as a “fighter,” and no doubt she is one. Whether her recovery has anything to do with a fighting spirit, however, is another matter entirely. He jumps quickly through a history of the mind cure movement in America: From Phineas Quimby’s concept of illness as a product of mistaken beliefs — to William James and “New Thought” ideas — to Norman Vincent Peale’s 1952 “... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4459958 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 22:00:02 +0100 4459958 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4460007&cid=t_138807_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F02%2F10%2Fcoping-with-grief-on-valentines-day%2F Losing a loved one stays with us forever. But holidays, in particular, can make the loss even tougher to handle. “Holidays tend to cause anniversary reactions,” according to George A. Bonanno, Ph.D, professor and chair of the Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College at Columbia University. Anniversary reactions occur on the anniversary of an important event or holiday. These times remind us of the person who’s no longer with us, which can cause the pain of grief, he said. “Even the most resilient people have this.” With its focus on love, relationships and romance, Valentine’s Day can be especially difficult. As Gloria Lloyd, bereavement community program educator at Mary Washington Hospice, said, it’s hard to escape the enthusiasm, because remin... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4460007 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:00:35 +0100 4460007 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4393886&cid=t_138807_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FVirologyBlog%2F%7E3%2FfWpMmrtT29s%2F My virology course at Columbia University, Biology W3310, has begun. This course, which I taught for the first time in 2009, is aimed at advanced undergraduates and will be taught at the Morningside Campus of Columbia University. Columbia University encompasses two principal campuses: the historic, neoclassical campus in the Morningside Heights neighborhood and the modern Medical Center further uptown, in Washington Heights. The two are separated by fifty-two city blocks, a distance of over two miles and 20-30 minutes by subway. My laboratory is at the Medical Center, where I’ve taught a variety of virology courses over the years. However, until last year, a virology course had not been offered at the Morningside Heights campus since the late 1980s. This is a serious omission for a f... virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4393886 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:46:44 +0100 4393886 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4225185&cid=t_138807_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F12%2Facademic-medical-center-crime-wave.html Every large group or organization has a few bad apples.  My web searches constantly turn up stories of individuals working in health care who behave unethically or commit crimes.  I do not generally discuss these cases on Health Care Renewal, since they seem unavoidable, and their sporadic appearance does not necessarily have anything to do with systemic problems in health care.However, in the last week, I noted four cases of rather exceptionally bad behavior by individuals working in large hospital systems, and the severity and proximity of these cases made me wonder if they reflect some new trend.Pennsylvania State University Faculty Member Charged with RapeAs reported by PennLive.com,Former Derry Township, Dauphin County, doctor Dr. Robert L. Yarwood stands accused of using hi... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4225185 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:16:00 +0100 4225185 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4207336&cid=t_138807_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F11%2F28%2Fthe-man-who-did-not-take-his-medicine-and-the-dog-who-saved-him%2F Today’s guest post is by Dr. Olajide Williams, a general neurologist with special interest in stroke. He is Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology at Columbia University. The following story is an excerpt from his book, “Stroke Diaries,” which is a collection of his experiences, both somber and hopeful. I find this piece on Oxford University Press’s blog, which you can get to by clicking here. Pedro was lying on the bathroom floor next to the toilet bowl. Water was still running from rusty faucet, overflowing the sink, and pooling around his body as he lay limp on wet porcelain tiles. Lucy was standing over him and whining. The young black Labrador retriever had not left her owner’s side since the previous night. It was as if she had predicted it, as if sh... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4207336 Sun, 28 Nov 2010 18:50:34 +0100 4207336 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4245626&cid=t_138807_175_f&fid=39258&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmypatraining.com%2F2010%2F11%2F13%2Fwhite-coat-origins-meaning-of-the-clincicians-uniform-part-1-of-2%2F In just a few weeks, my classmates and I will participate in what has become a right of passage for medical students: the white coat ceremony.  The ceremony commemorates the formal presentation and donning of the white lab coat for medical students, and like any symbolic act, it is interpreted differently depending on whom you [...] (Source: Palpating the Field) Palpating the Field blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4245626 Sun, 14 Nov 2010 06:49:32 +0100 4245626 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4164729&cid=t_138807_175_f&fid=39258&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmypatraining.com%2F2010%2F11%2F13%2Fwhite-coat-origins-meaning-of-the-clincicians-uniform-part-1-of-2%2F In just a few weeks, my classmates and I will participate in what has become a right of passage for medical students: the white coat ceremony.  The ceremony commemorates the formal presentation and donning of the white lab coat for medical students, and like any symbolic act, it is interpreted differently depending on whom you [...] (Source: Palpating the Field) Palpating the Field blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4164729 Sun, 14 Nov 2010 06:49:32 +0100 4164729 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4142749&cid=t_138807_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fdo-the-elderly-benefit-from-the-fury-of-american-medicine%2F2010.11.07 I don’t consider myself a right-wing healthcare fear monger, but if I were this study would be worthy of amplification. As reported concisely in the New York Times, from the journal Demography (not previously known to me), population researchers reported that even though elderly Americans have more medical problems than their peers in Britain, older Americans live longer once they make it to 70. Why would this be? Is it because Americans who reach 70 are “heartier” than Britons, as Columbia University PhD (but now on leave and working at HHS) Sherry Giled says. Or is better survival of the American elderly one of the benefits of the “fury of American medicine?” (more…) *This blog post was originally published at Dr John M* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4142749 Sun, 07 Nov 2010 16:00:00 +0100 4142749 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4118897&cid=t_138807_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FL3TRisx-TMU%2F By Ilya ShapiroFive years ago, in the landmark property rights case of Kelo v. New London, the Supreme Court upheld the forced transfer of land from various homeowners by finding that “economic development” qualifies as a public purpose for purposes of satisfying the Fifth Amendment’s Takings Clause.  In doing so, however, the Court reaffirmed that the government may not “take property under the mere pretext of a public purpose, when its actual purpose was to bestow a private benefit.” State and federal courts have since applied that pretext standard in widely differing ways while identifying four factors as indicators of pretext: evidence of pretextual intent, benefits that flow predominantly to a private party, haphazard planning, and a readily identifiable beneficiary.  More... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4118897 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:47:46 +0100 4118897 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4013287&cid=t_138807_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2FYLGOrinMKfo%2F A New York City hospital has apologized for a security lapse that allowed personal information belonging to as many as 6,800 former patients to be published on the Internet. New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center says the information included names, clinical data and a few social security numbers. The hospital said in a statement that the data had been inadvertently placed on a server, which was accessible online. The information has now been taken down. -Source This is a pretty sad indiscretion although it is lacking some important details. I hate that it only says personal information for 6800 former patients. Ok, putting ANY health information on an insecure web server is just dumb, but not all health information is created equal. Plus, wouldn’t it be ni... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4013287 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:17:07 +0100 4013287 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3885401&cid=t_138807_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F17860712%2F1pg8d9%2Fneuromarketing%7ETime-to-Get-Touchy.htm If you are in sales, do you touch your customers? In these litigious days, perhaps not. But there’s research that shows a woman’s light touch on a subject’s shoulder caused a change in risk-taking behavior. (Sorry, guys, it only worked for female touchers.) Research by Jonathan Levav of Columbia University and Jennifer Argo [...] (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3885401 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:33:18 +0100 3885401 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3767121&cid=t_138807_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F07%2F19%2Fkreitchman-pet-center-at-columbia-university-cut-corners%2F In a little-noticed article over at The New York Times late last week, Benedict Carey noted how one of Columbia University’s premier research centers — the Kreitchman PET Center — had to halt all of its research studies because researchers were caught cutting corners. Not just once, but over and over again. We’re not talking about flubbing up statistical data here. We’re talking about creating and administering improper, impure drugs to research participants. Drugs that may not only harm patients, but could even impact the researcher’s findings. (And researchers then wonder why it’s so hard to get research subjects…) What is the Kreitchman PET Center? It is (or was) the nation’s leading research organization using positron emission tomo... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3767121 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:30:50 +0100 3767121 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3695546&cid=t_138807_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FBlRmg0G3pq8%2F By Roger PilonSad to say, but as expected, New York State’s highest court, the New York Court of Appeals, has just upheld yet another gross abuse of the state’s power of eminent domain, exercised by the Empire State Development Corporation on behalf of my undergraduate alma mater, Columbia University, against two small family-owned businesses, one of them owned by Indian immigrants. Details can be found in the press release just issued by the Institute for Justice, which filed an amicus brief in the case and has been in the forefront of those defending against such abuse across the country. IJ has had success in obtaining eminent domain reform in over 40 states, but New York remains a backwater, where collusion between well-connected private entities and government is rampant, and the ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3695546 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:36:46 +0100 3695546 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3676635&cid=t_138807_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Ffilm-review-christy-turlington-tackles-womens-health-issues-with-no-woman-no-cry-documentary%2F This post originally appeared on our sister site TheGloss, and was written by TheGloss Editor-in-Chief Lilit Marcus. During the opening sequence of her documentary No Woman No Cry, Christy Turlington admits that she’s led a pretty charmed life, but something happened the day that she gave birth to her daughter and there were complications: “I went from invincible to powerless.” Though Turlington got medical care and both she and her daughter were fine, she realized how fortunate she was to have access to quality maternity care. The experience sent her on a new kind of journey, not only of motherhood but of a mission to learn about maternal health around the world and try to raise awareness about women’s health issues. Her travels took her from Bangladesh to Guatemal... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3676635 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:29:12 +0100 3676635 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3648424&cid=t_138807_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fdr-hilda-hutcherson-discusses-reasons-lack-latino-doctors%2F Dr. Hilda Hutcherson, associate dean for the Office of Diversity Affairs at Columbia University School of Medicine and other educators and physicians detail the reasons why the number of Latinos choosing medicine as a career is falling. Cited factors include a lack of emphasis on higher education degrees that require many years of study and commitment, an unwillingness to take on substantial debt, language barriers, and lack of family contributions to help pay tuition. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3648424 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:18:24 +0100 3648424 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3641024&cid=t_138807_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-dartmouth-atlas-debate-careful-consideration-needed%2F2010.06.07 The worst-kept secret in journalism circles recently was that the New York Times was planning an article critical of the Dartmouth Atlas. Among the main points in the article: • “The mistaken belief that the Dartmouth research proves that cheaper care is better care is widespread.” • “The atlas’s hospital rankings do not take into account care that prolongs or improves lives.” • “Even Dartmouth’s claims about which hospitals and regions are cheapest may be suspect.” • “Failing to make basic data adjustments undermines the geographic variations the atlas purports to show.” The Times has also published the correspondence it had with the Dartmouth team about methodology questions. The Dartmouth team challenges each of these c... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3641024 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:00:46 +0100 3641024 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3635742&cid=t_138807_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-dartmouth-atlas-debate-consider-criticism-and-comments-carefully%2F2010.06.07 The worst-kept secret in journalism circles recently was that the New York Times was planning an article critical of the Dartmouth Atlas. Among the main points in the article: • “The mistaken belief that the Dartmouth research proves that cheaper care is better care is widespread.” • “The atlas’s hospital rankings do not take into account care that prolongs or improves lives.” • “Even Dartmouth’s claims about which hospitals and regions are cheapest may be suspect.” • “Failing to make basic data adjustments undermines the geographic variations the atlas purports to show.” The Times has also published the correspondence it had with the Dartmouth team about methodology questions. The Dartmouth team challenges each of these c... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3635742 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:00:46 +0100 3635742 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3585250&cid=t_138807_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.virology.ws%2F025_W3310_10.mp4 In the final lecture of my virology course, Professor Dickson Despommier weaves a story about the arrival of West Nile virus to the United States in the summer of 1999. This is a special treat that you won’t want to miss, as Prof. Despommier is a wonderful storyteller. Download: .wmv (422 MB) | .mp4 (108 MB) Visit the virology W3310 home page for a complete list of course resources. (Source: virology blog) virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3585250 Fri, 21 May 2010 13:00:59 +0100 3585250 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3501388&cid=t_138807_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.virology.ws%2F018_W3310_10.wmv Download: .wmv (330 MB) | .mp4 (72 MB) Visit the virology W3310 home page for a complete list of course resources. (Source: virology blog) virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3501388 Sat, 24 Apr 2010 11:43:40 +0100 3501388 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3408331&cid=t_138807_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Ffeel%2Ftaking-the-piss-out-of-pee%2F We women often wait ages longer in line than men for the restroom, only to meet a seat be-dewed with yellow droplets. Whoever last used this toilet was a proponent of the “helicopter” or “crop duster” approach to urination. She squats, hovers, and sprays. She was thus spared contact with a potentially dirty john – with the added benefit of working her thighs and glutes. The downside, for you, is damp. If your office is home to a chronic crop duster, irate signs in creative fonts tend to appear on stall doors: “PLEASE be considerate and leave this bathroom the way you found it. This is a SHARED space. We don’t come to YOUR house and pee on the seat!” and on and on, depending on how often your co-workers have gotten a wet one. Another favorite is the cutes... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3408331 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:33:47 +0100 3408331 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3321989&cid=t_138807_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.virology.ws%2F011_W3310_10.wmv Download: .wmv (354 MB) | .mp4 (104 MB) Visit the virology W3310 home page for a complete list of course resources. (Source: virology blog) virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3321989 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:07:35 +0100 3321989 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3314453&cid=t_138807_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.virology.ws%2F010_W3310_10.wmv Download: .wmv (331 MB) | .mp4 (71 MB) Presented by guest lecturer Saul Silverstein, Ph.D. Visit the virology W3310 home page for a complete list of course resources. (Source: virology blog) virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3314453 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:58:15 +0100 3314453 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3235516&cid=t_138807_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.virology.ws%2F004_W3310_10.wmv Download: .wmv (394 MB) | .mp4 (110 MB) Visit the virology W3310 home page for a complete list of course resources. (Source: virology blog) virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3235516 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:19:36 +0100 3235516 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3223022&cid=t_138807_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.virology.ws%2F003_W3310_10.mp4 Download: .wmv (333 MB) | .mp4 (75 MB) Visit the virology W3310 home page for a complete list of course resources. (Source: virology blog) virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3223022 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:00:18 +0100 3223022 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208079&cid=t_138807_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.virology.ws%2F002_W3310_10.mp4 Download: .wmv (348 MB) | .mp4 (116 MB) Visit the virology W3310 home page for a complete list of course resources. (Source: virology blog) virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208079 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:08:12 +0100 3208079 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3188876&cid=t_138807_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FVirologyBlog%2F%7E3%2FyEjW4dYWK8I%2F Tomorrow is the start of my new virology course at Columbia University. The course, Biology W3310, is aimed at advanced undergraduates and will be taught at the Morningside Campus of Columbia University. Columbia University encompasses two principal campuses: the historic, neoclassical campus in the Morningside Heights neighborhood and the modern Medical Center further uptown, in Washington Heights. The two are separated by fifty-two city blocks, a distance of over two miles and 20-30 minutes by subway. My laboratory is at the Medical Center, where I’ve taught a variety of virology courses over the years. However, a virology course has not been offered at the Morningside Heights campus since the late 1980s. This is a serious omission for a first-class University. Sending graduates in... virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3188876 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:52:08 +0100 3188876 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3224883&cid=t_138807_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F4135548%2F11pn0p%2Fneuromarketing%7ESome-Learn-From-Mistakes-Others-Dont.htm In Managing by Mistakes, I wrote about the power of learning from mistakes. Some of the most successful individuals in different fields credit relentless focus on even small mistakes with their high achievement. Researchers at Columbia University divided student subjects into two groups, “grade hungry” and “knowledge hungry” based on a short survey, [...] CommentsThis is an interesting study, I was doing a course with ... by Claire BoylesVery interesting information, here, Roger. Thanks for including ... by Laurel MiltnerPlus 5 more... (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3224883 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:12:22 +0100 3224883 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3100748&cid=t_138807_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fwith-leaders-like-these.html My current favorite book about the global financial meltdown, aka great recession, The Sellout, by Charles Gasparino, featured vivid portraits of the bad leadership that lead to the collapse.  For example:Richard S Fuld, Jr, former CEO of Lehman Brothers (now bankrupt) - Fuld had become more isolated and arrogant. (p.208)As the firm's leverage increased, Fuld's grip on his management and board grew. He was revered by so many people in his circle of senior advisers that almost no one dared to speak out about the firm's risk and leverate, and almost never to Fuld himself. Everyone else was so scared to be cursed at in public or even fired that they simply kept their mouths shut.Fuld's leadership was more like that of a cult leader than even that of an imperial CEO. (p. 20... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3100748 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:04:00 +0100 3100748 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3089237&cid=t_138807_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F12%2F98-million-dollar-man.html We seem to have a new candidate for the award for best-paid CEO of a not-for-profit academic medical center, as reported in the New York Post,Wall Streeters aren't the only ones raking in big bonuses during tough economic times.Hospital presidents and CEOs also collect fat bonuses and 'incentive payments,' even as health-care systems cry poverty, claiming they struggle to break even against government cutbacks, tightwad insurers and skyrocketing costs.While warning of layoffs and slashed patient services, many hospitals shower their top execs and department heads with bonuses and perks. They include housing allowances, chauffeurs, first-class air travel, tuition for their kids and country-club memberships.Under new IRS rules, the extras are disclosed for the first time in recently filed 20... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3089237 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:29:00 +0100 3089237 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3056611&cid=t_138807_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fh-LMrQBySfA%2F Ilya Shapiro warns us that the U.S. Supreme Court probably will not uphold property rights in a case involving Florida beachfront property.  But property rights did receive an unexpected boost in New York yesterday, where an appeals court overturned a taking for the benefit of Columbia University. Reports the New York Times: A New York appeals court ruled Thursday that the state could not use eminent domain on behalf of Columbia University to obtain parts of a 17-acre site in Upper Manhattan, setting back plans for a satellite campus at a time of discord over government power to acquire property. In a 3-to-2 decision, a panel of the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court in Manhattan annulled the state’s 2008 decision to take property for the expansion project, saying that its c... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3056611 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:05:50 +0100 3056611 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3056284&cid=t_138807_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.virology.ws%2FCUvaccines2009.mov Today I lectured on viral vaccines in the Immunology course at the Morningside Heights campus of Columbia University. I used poliovirus and influenza virus vaccines to illustrate general principles of immunization. My thanks to the engaged students who asked excellent questions! Here is a video of my lecture. Thanks to ScreenFlow, I was able to record my audio along with the slides and post it here the same day. Next semester I’ll be teaching a new undergraduate virology course at Columbia University, and I plan to upload similar videos of each lecture – 26 in all. I’ll post more information here about that course in early 2010. Download ‘Vaccines’ video. 67 MB .mov video file 247 MB .wmv video file (Source: virology blog) virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3056284 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:18:04 +0100 3056284 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1886683&cid=t_138807_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F423021278%2F The latest doctors to be investigated as part of the Senate inquiry into relationships between industry and academia are affiliated with Columbia University and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, a non-profit that is the sponsor of the annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference, a premier forum for new cardiac technologies. In a joint effort, the US Senate Finance Committee and the Senate Special Committee on Aging sent letters (here and here) seeking info about industry payments to docs associated with both institutions. Many of the names on the CRF faculty also show up on the roster at Columbia’s Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy. The device makers mentioned are Boston Scientific, Medinol, Abbott Labs, Medtronic and Johnson & Johnson. The thread ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1886683 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:26:10 +0100 1886683 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1315402&cid=t_138807_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F254324919%2F Charlie is on Spring Break this week; he’s been off from school for three days now and it’s already been clear how much he misses it, how much he needs the structure and familiar routines of school: Without these, he’s one small fish in a big ocean of time. He’ll be back in the classroom next Monday and the day before I will be speaking on a panel at the eighth annual second city Disability Studies in Education conference—yes, on topics always on my mind. Prof. Douglas Biklen of Syracuse University will first speak about Who Owns a Disability? The Case of Competition to Represent Autism The panel includes Ari Ne’eman, President of The Autistic Self Advocacy Network; Lawrence Long, the Director of Advocacy of the Disabilities Network of NYC; and Alicia Br... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1315402 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:41:09 +0100 1315402 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1142929&cid=t_138807_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F214647734%2F Neuroscientists at Columbia University Medical Center (see our previous interview with Yaakov Stern on the Cognitive Reserve) have asked for help in recruiting volunteers for an exciting clinical trial. If you are based in New York City, and between the ages of 60 and 75, please consider joining this study. More information below: --------------------------- Use it or Lose it? Train your Brain! Healthy adults between the ages of 60 and 75 living in NYC are invited to join a study of mental fitness training. Qualified individuals will play a scientifically-based video game in our laboratory, and will be tested to determine the effects on attention, memory, and cognitive performance. You will earn up to $600 plus transportation costs if you complete the 3-month program. This exciting study i... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1142929 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:50:45 +0100 1142929 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1076913&cid=t_138807_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F196402657%2Fwatch_violence_change_your_bra.html The word is just out. It seems the human brain changes when people watch violent acts … and researchers just reported it’s far from good news. Scientists at Columbia University have finally taken us inside the brain to show through Magnetic Resonance Imaging what’s really going on. They concluded that brain network changes result from watching violence … and these changes leave people less able to control their own violent behavior. Do you believe that?With the increasing acts of violence portrayed in today’s media … neuroscience finally stepped in to show aggression from the brain’s perspective. Check out details in the full research article at the Public Library of Science … which is a peer reviewed publication. Here’s my question... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1076913 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:59:27 +0100 1076913 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=792988&cid=t_138807_134_f&fid=35152&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsstrumello.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fbones-may-be-factor-behind-type-2.html I generally do not report much on issues pertaining to type 2 diabetes, in part, because of the the fact that so much of that news is what I would consider to garbage. Because I am not personally impacted by type 2 diabetes, many of these developments have little personal relevance to me. However, there are occasional exceptions that impact all people with diabetes. Sometimes discoveries have implications for a much wider audience, including society as a whole as well as a factor contributing to beta cell proliferation. I should forewarn and caution my readers that discoveries on mice may be irrelevant to humans.Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have recently identified a surprising yet critically important novel function of the skeleton. They've shown for the first time th... Scott's Web Log blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=792988 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:40:00 +0100 792988