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 'czech republic'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:31:29 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5161741&cid=t_158030_10_f&fid=35345&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.GIDEONonline.com%2F2011%2F08%2F23%2Fmumps-in-the-czech-republic%2F Notwithstanding an ongoing outbreak in northern Bohemia, the Czech Republic has managed to reduce mumps to levels comparable to those of the United States. In the following graph, I have contrasted rates per 100,000 population for these two countries: Graph generation system outlined in [1]) Note that a precipitous decline in mumps in the Czech Republic followed the introuction of widespread MMR vaccination in 1987. [2,3] 1. Gideon Graphs module tutorial Gideon Graphs 2. Berger SA. Infectious Diseases of the Czech Republic, 2011. 424 pp, 139 graphs, 1192 references. Gideon e-books, http://www.gideononline.com/ebooks/country/infectious-diseases-of-the-czech-republic/ 3. Berger SA. Mumps: Global Status, 2011. 157 pp, 187 graphs, 390 references. Gideon e-books, http://www.gideononline.com/e... GIDEON blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5161741 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:46:53 +0100 5161741 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5125969&cid=t_158030_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FP452Yvu9Hlk%2F And so yet another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment to soon, yes? This is, of course, our treasured signal to daydream about weekend plans. Our own agenda includes taking one of the short people to a soccer match, catching up on some reading and tidying up around the Pharmalot corporate campus. In other words, a few small pleasures. And what about you? How about a day at the beach or a ride in the country? Maybe curl up with an e-book? Or a shopping trip to stimulate what is left of the economy? Whatever you do, have a grand time, and be safe. See you soon… US Ambassador Tells Czechs Not To Auction Meds Online (Prague Daily Monitor) Icahn Wants To Narrow Forest’s Research Focus (Bloomberg News) MannKind Claims To Have Clear Path Forward On Afrezza (Pharma Ti... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5125969 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:09:49 +0100 5125969 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4172112&cid=t_158030_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F11%2F16%2Fdoes-your-personality-shine-through%2F From time to time we all wonder what other people think of us. Often in a quiet moment, just before going to sleep, while reviewing the day, we try to work out how friends and family might interpret what we’ve said and done. How neurotic does my partner think I am? Do my colleagues think of me as a reliable, hard worker? Do my friends think I’m stuck in a rut or open to new experiences? Here on the inside we have a model of ourselves that makes sense, but out there, what conclusions are those who know us best drawing about our personalities? Of course we all differ and you might imagine that the differences between actor and observer would cancel out. For example some people might appear more conscientious than they are, and others less so. How Do Your Friends See You? When ps... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4172112 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:35:25 +0100 4172112 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3968996&cid=t_158030_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FwcpWDx0iesA%2F By Marian L. TupyThe European Union was meant to create a common market with free movement of goods, services, capital and people. The citizens of the “new” member states, such as the Czech Republic, should have been free to work in the “old” member states, such as Austria, from the date of accession of the “new” members to the EU on May 1, 2004. The Austrian government managed to postpone the horror of having laborers from ex-communist countries offer cheaper services to the Austrian citizenry until 2011. With the 2011 deadline looming, Austrian politicians came up with an ingenious way to make it more difficult for the Czechs and other hoi polloi to enter the Austrian labor market. Beginning next year, it will be “illegal” for Austrian employers to pay less to a foreign l... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3968996 Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:08:53 +0100 3968996 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3920818&cid=t_158030_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fay4G6Wp58_Y%2F By Jim HarperIn the sumer of 1992, I lived and studied in Prague. I was keen on seeing life in Eastern Europe after the end of Soviet domination. It was invigorating to think that my local law professor headed over the Vltava River in the afternoons to work on the new constitution in the Prague Castle. It was fascinating to learn of the “lustration” process by which participants in Soviet-era wrongs were penalized but not ostracized. Out of habit, no Czechs ever talked on the subway. Americans did. There were other reminders of the old order. My overnight train to Katowice, Poland, from which I planned a connection to Krakow, stopped in the middle of nowhere. In the pitch black night, the sound of border guards throwing open train compartments and making demands in a foreign t... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3920818 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:42:58 +0100 3920818 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3476081&cid=t_158030_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FUS9QAvJBpCU%2F And so another work week will soon draw to a close. What do your weekend plans call for? A walk in the park? A long, cozy nap? Tending to chores? Schlepping your own short people from place to place? Whatever you do, we hope you have a nice time. Meanwhile, there is today to wrap up. So here are a few items of note. See you soon… Genzyme Patients Feel Betrayed By Shortages (The New York Times) Pfizer Is Voted Best Employer In Czech Republic (Prague Daily Monitor) J&J Axes Execs In India (Economic Times) Cell Therapeutics Cuts 36 Employees (Xconomy) Rexahn Stumbles Over MDD Drug (Montgomery Gazette) photo thx to tipiro on Flickr creative commons (Source: Pharmalot) Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3476081 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:38:17 +0100 3476081 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3463579&cid=t_158030_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FP-fm9O175ng%2F By Marian L. TupyThis month, two vice-presidents of the Czech National Bank (CNB) have made very serious allegations against the International Monetary Fund. Below is the summary of their claims so far: Speaking to the Austrian daily newspaper Der Standard on April 2, Mojmir Hampl, the vice-president of the CNB, said that the IMF under Dominique Strauss-Kahn “wanted to expand its role in Eastern Europe and obtain new financial resources.” Hampl claimed that the IMF exaggerated problems with the financial systems in Eastern Europe. “We have always emphasized that the instability of the financial system [in 2008] was a Western European problem. That proved correct… According to a recent EU report, only nine out of 27 EU member states did not have to introduce any financial stabiliza... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3463579 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:50:55 +0100 3463579 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2970191&cid=t_158030_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FTcUGMK6yp1M%2F As a footnote to Chris Moody’s post about Monday’s 20-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, I just came across this article about red deer refusing to cross from Germany into the Czech Republic.  This, of course, is a border that was the once heavily fortified dividing line between free West Germany and captive Czechoslovakia. Even deer who weren’t born when barbed wire, watchtowers, and armed guards prevented the natural extension of their happy grazing grounds act as if the Cold War never ended — apparently because they learned their habits from their parents, who learned them from their parents. Still, as with the new generation of Eastern Europeans who have no memory of Communism, some young deer are starting to break the mold, taking advantage ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2970191 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:24:16 +0100 2970191 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2901621&cid=t_158030_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FtKTbSZ__-_U%2F According to press reports, the most recent opinion poll shows that 65% of Czechs support President Václav Klaus’ refusal to sign the Lisbon Treaty that would take more power from national parliaments and give it to the unelected bureaucracy in Brussels. Klaus, who has been at the pinnacle of Czech politics for the last 20 years (as minister of finance, prime minister, speaker of the house and now as president), has an unmatched understanding of the Czech people. Clearly, once again, he was able to discern the public mood better than others. That includes his successor as the leader of the center-right Civic Democratic Party (ODS), Mirek Topolanek, who once opposed the Lisbon Treaty but now supports it. It seems that the ODS is in a state of revolt against him and may unseat him at the ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2901621 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:28:29 +0100 2901621 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2469445&cid=t_158030_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FkXwA43dMCBQ%2F The results are in after the Europeans voted in elections for the European Parliament.  But while they were voting for the European Parliament, they largely voted on national issues.  Ruling parties in Britain and Hungary were blasted.  The Spanish ruling party took a hit. Anti-immigration candidates in Britain, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Austria did well.  Ruling conservative governments in France, Italy, and Germany (in coalition) also prospered — after stealing the interventionist economic policies of their opponents. Particularly noteworthy is the continuing fall in voter turnout.  Barely 43 percent showed up at the polls last week.  The Eurocratic elite is worried, as they should be.  As decision-making increasingly flows to Brussels, and to unelected institutions i... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2469445 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:34:59 +0100 2469445 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2255980&cid=t_158030_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FX40wcbLrqVs%2F The Birmingham Star reports on how Switzerland, Austria, and Luxembourg are defending their human rights policies of protecting financial privacy: Switzerland, Luxembourg and Austria are fighting attempts to put them on blacklist for being tax havens and over-secretive in banking rules. Luxembourg officials hosted discussions with the Swiss and Austrian finance ministers over the weekend, resulting in a demand for involvement in talks on the issue prior to the G20 summit next month. Luxembourg treasury officials said the small European group wanted to be involved in the debates about bank secrecy which were currently being discussed in meetings to which they did not belong, such as the G20. Equally important, the Czech Republic is standing up for the sovereign right of jurisdictions to hav... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2255980 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:46:45 +0100 2255980 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1660639&cid=t_158030_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F07%2Fczech-euthanasia-proposal.html I visited Prague last year and found the Czech Republic to be a vibrant and beautiful place. (Photo by WJS.) Alas, it seems to be slouching toward accepting euthanasia, and indeed, a legalization proposal is now being promoted in the country. From the story:According to the proposed legislation, "A dignified death can only be had on the basis of a request for help or can be chosen by a patient only in a situation when his health condition is hopeless and when he is in a condition of permanent physical or psychological pain, which is the result of contingent or long-term and incurable illness."Yada, yada, yada. We have seen repeatedly how such "guidelines" don't hold, but are merely meant to give the illusion of control. Moreover, an "incurable" condition can be almost anything and everythi... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1660639 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:25:00 +0100 1660639 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1051320&cid=t_158030_151_f&fid=35823&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FAddictionInbox%2F%7E3%2F190760549%2Fczech-meth-epidemic-widens.html Methamphetamine gains ground in EuropeCrystal methedrine: It’s not just for Kansas and Oklahoma anymore. A continuing proliferation of meth labs in the Czech Republic, coupled with the flow of Eastern European workers into Western Europe, has ripened the Euro market for speed, say drug enforcement experts.The high cost of cocaine in Europe is also working in meth’s favor. According to the International Herald Tribune, Czech police busted 416 meth labs last year, compared to just 19 such labs in 2000. But just as U.S. authorities discovered, cooking facilities are not easy to eradicate—“If one of them is seized, three mushroom up somewhere else,” said a member of the Czech police’s National Drug Headquarters.In the article, Nicholas Kulish notes that, of the 30,000 “problem dr... Addiction Inbox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1051320 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:37:00 +0100 1051320