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 'conventions'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:31:32 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4214106&cid=t_160406_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhealthcare-transparency-patient-experts-at-medical-conventions%2F2010.11.30 We are invading their home turf. Increasingly, in among the thousands of doctors, scientists, and medical industry marketers at the largest medical conventions you are finding real patients who have the conditions discussed in the scientific sessions and exhibit halls. Patients like me want to be where the news breaks. We want to ask questions and — thanks to the Internet — we have a direct line to thousands of other patients waiting to know what new developments mean for them. I vividly remember attending an FDA drug hearing a few years ago and how there were stock analysts sitting in the audience, BlackBerries poised for the “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” on whether a proposed new drug would be recommended for approval. (At that session it was thumbs dow... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4214106 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:00:47 +0100 4214106 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3662673&cid=t_160406_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhealth-news-how-big-medical-conferences-try-to-control-it%2F2010.06.14 In recent days, news readers/viewers/listeners have been bombarded with news from the big American Society of Clinical Oncology conference in Chicago. But how does some of this stuff become news? Read an excellent post by an excellent reporter, Ron Winslow of the Wall Street Journal, to see some of the crazy, ugly sausage-making that goes on in the manipulation of the media. In the example Winslow raises, what may be packaged as news really isn’t ”new” — which is often the case. *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=3662673 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:00:23 +0100 3662673 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3632268&cid=t_160406_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmedical-conventions-more-focus-on-patients-needed%2F2010.06.04 Andrew Schorr, host and founder of Patient Power, discusses the hope of changing the focus from products to patients at medical conventions. Shifting the Focus to Patients at Medical Conventions from Patient Power® on Vimeo. *This blog post was originally published at Andrew's Blog* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3632268 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:00:55 +0100 3632268 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3124666&cid=t_160406_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fgreater-than-sum-bird-brain.html It’s the usual rigmarole, or rather it isn’t - a variation on a theme. I’ve not visited the Bird shop for a couple of years, so I am quite delighted on Christmas Day. The boys went there, with their Dad. It was as much an exercise in perspective taking as gift buying, more or less one and the same, although Dad footed the bill - the value of money is still a work in progress. It’s a whole 24 hours later and there they all are, the most extraordinary collection of peculiar shaped items - gift wrapped. I’d understand if each one was the same as it’s fellows, uniform in shape, or size, but they’re not. If I had chosen something three foot long, the shape of a lollipop, I’d remember what was inside. Nor could I forget something heavy, like an upside down umbrella. There aren’... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3124666 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:30:00 +0100 3124666 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1396432&cid=t_160406_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F276827619%2F Who will be throwing the big parties at the upcoming national political conventions? Maybe the Republican and Democratic governors associations. And for lobbyists, this means schmoozing time. For industries finding themselves in hot water in Washington, outside-the-Beltway convention party time is particularly precious. And pharma, in particular, is trying to keep a low profile, even while injecting money into parties, Politico writes. “The pharmaceutical guys are throwing their money around to every hot event,” a veteran Democratic fundraiser who spoke on condition of anonymity tells Politico. “They want to be there and participate, but they don’t want to be the headliner. They are too radioactive. They don’t want to draw attention to themselves.” Two of those drugmakers, ac... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1396432 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:58:41 +0100 1396432 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1087573&cid=t_160406_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2007%2F12%2F11%2Fis-bipolar-disorder-a-dangerous-gift%2F Two weeks ago, popular Furious Seasons blogger Philip was in Florida giving a talk about bipolar disorder. He was asked a question he couldn’t get into the kind of answer he felt the question deserved at the time, so he posted his answer today on his blog. The question itself was thought-provoking: My question was, how do you feel about the presence of bipolar? Have you felt that it is, in the terminology of Icarus [Project], a ‘dangerous gift,’ something to be cultivated and learned from (a personality trait for which this culture marginalizes you?), or is it an invasive agent to be kept at bay? Interesting, because the definition of mental illness has never been as clean and as clear-cut as something like diabetes. It has been shaped as much by societal norms and co... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1087573 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:24:31 +0100 1087573 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1085594&cid=t_160406_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F12%2Fapa-report-rips-pharma-new-one.html A task force of the American Psychological Association (APA) recently published a report that listed more than half a dozen ways the pharmaceutical industry exerts "enormous financial and political influence" that enables it to "assume a significant role in directing medical treatment, clinical research, and physician education" (see "Corporate Funding and Conflicts of Interest - A Primer for Psychologists").The report also recommended that its 148,000 members "turn their nose up at pharma funds; limit the role industry plays at professional conferences, meetings and CME sessions; and adopt strict guidelines on conflict-of-interest disclosure" (see "Psychologists Urged To Upgrade Ethics Rules").According to the APA, the drug industry exert enormous financial and political influence over mo... 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