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 'dow'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:31:22 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5139700&cid=t_152816_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fjc6_ifTclLk%2F By Daniel IkensonRhetorically, President Obama is a champion of industry—as long as it’s green. To put our money where his mouth is, the president has already devoted over $100 billion in direct subsidies and tax credits to promote investment in solar panel, wind harnessing, lithium ion battery, and other industries he deems crucial to “winning the future.” (See Economic Report of the President, 2011, P. 129, Box 6-2 “Clean Energy Investments in the Recovery Act” for a list of some of those subsidies.) Concerning those industries, the president said in his 2010 SOTU address: Countries like China are moving even faster… I’m not going to settle for a situation where the United States comes in second place or third place or fourth place in what will be ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5139700 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:57:17 +0100 5139700 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5036275&cid=t_152816_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F17%2F3-handy-ways-to-help-your-child-overcome-negative-thinking%2F Negative thinking isn’t something that just plagues adults. It also plagues kids. In the book Freeing Your Child From Negative Thinking: Powerful Practical Strategies to Build a Lifetime of Resilience, Flexibility and Happiness, child psychologist Tamar E. Chansky, Ph.D, writes that for kids with a “negative thinking bias,” negative thoughts become “the default, the first, last and final word.” Kids simply don’t realize that they have a choice in whether they internalize these thoughts. Instead, they start to see these inaccurate beliefs as absolute truths. Fortunately, Chansky says that parents can help! Whether your child expresses negative thoughts occasionally or on a regular basis, you can help them overcome these harmful patterns of thinking. Below are three activities to... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5036275 Sun, 17 Jul 2011 10:17:59 +0100 5036275 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4872479&cid=t_152816_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FhNw94LQfrRg%2F Meet Eric Dezenhall. An experienced public relations consultant who once worked briefly in the Reagan White House, he has generated a controversial profile as a crisis management counselor by adopting an aggressive posture toward the media. Among his high-profile assignments - he has reportedly represented former Enron ceo Jeff Skilling and Dow Chemical, which led to a nasty skirmish with Greenpeace USA over messy allegations of dumpster diving and stolen documents (see here and here). A New Jersey native, Dezenhall detailed his philosophy in a book entitled ‘Nail ‘Em!: Confronting High-Profile Attacks on Celebrities and Businesses.’ Bill Moyers, a noted journalist who sparred with the Dezenhall firm over a 2001 documentary about the chemicals industry, told BusinessWeek:... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4872479 Thu, 26 May 2011 14:18:05 +0100 4872479 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4570757&cid=t_152816_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FPmtKJqwRTaY%2F AstraZeneca agreed to pay $68.5 million to 36 states and the District of Columbia to resolve a lawsuit charging the drugmaker with illegal marketing of its Seroquel antipsychotic, failing to sufficiently disclose potential side effects to health care providers and withholding negative info in studies about safety and effectiveness. The drugmaker allegedly marketed Seroquel, which was approved only for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, for several off-label uses to treat both children and the elderly, specifically in nursing homes. Among the unapproved uses: Alzheimer’s Disease, dementia, anxiety, depression, sleep disorders and post traumatic stress disorder, according to the lawsuit (read here). “This case sends a message that we take seriously the duty pharmaceutical companies have... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4570757 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:37:14 +0100 4570757 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3519581&cid=t_152816_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2F3-rules-for-living-with-chronic-pain%2F If you’re one of us who live with chronic pain that means you have a constant roommate. That roommate is chronic pain. Quite frankly, it’s a lousy companion and an inconsiderate guest. That invader never pays rent, takes up far too much attention, and doesn’t pick up after it’s self, leaving us in our compromised state to do all the work.  You figure out immediately, life isn’t fair. Fairness is left behind as a childhood fantasy and we’re left with the stark reality of inequality. We rant, we rave and we cry but eventually, we learn that peace comes with acceptance and we adapt. Adaptation reveals that somewhere, deep within us, hope is alive. We can’t always see it but it’s there. Life has a way of charging forward without our approval as dust gathers, duties beckon and ... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3519581 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:56:54 +0100 3519581 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3142519&cid=t_152816_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FnjLh8I2w3HY%2F By Daniel GriswoldFor American workers and families trying to get ahead, the decade just behind us was a stinker. As a front-page Washington Post story over the long weekend summarized: For most of the past 70 years, the U.S. economy has grown at a steady clip, generating perpetually higher incomes and wealth for American households. But since 2000, the story is starkly different. … According to the story, the Aughts (2000-09) were the first decade since World War Two with no net job creation, and the first in which median household income was actually lower at the end than at the beginning. It won’t be long before critics of trade will try to blame the poor economic performance on trade agreements and globalization. This has been a standard line of attack, and I address it at length i... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3142519 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:06:28 +0100 3142519 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2963157&cid=t_152816_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F11%2F03%2Fthe-fear-of-relapse-5-cognitive-tools%2F A reader recently wrote to me about her overwhelming fear of relapse. She said, “I’m struggling now with it, obsessing over it, and I’m so, so scared. Do I want to crawl into the hole? I fear that. But I can’t. I can’t.” First of all, thank you for being honest. Because so many of us know exactly how you feel. I’m there a lot of the time myself. Less than I was the two years following my hospitalizations, but there too much of the time. Doctor Smith would continually remind me during those first fragile years after my big breakdown that a slight setback in my recovery didn’t mean that I was plunging into a full-fledged depressive episode again, and that it wouldn’t take another 18 months to recover, like it did after my breakdown. These... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2963157 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:39:47 +0100 2963157 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1060150&cid=t_152816_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F192433242%2F Imagine Mary Poppins dancing around the Banks household with a foam dispenser. If Dow Chemical has its way, we won’t need as much sugar, because the company is out there touting a new ‘drug delivery’ technology that would, presumably, make it easier to ensure the pediatric and geriatric sets swallow those sloppy liquid meds. “A parent can deliver medicine to a child without worrying about spilling and staining associated with typical coloured liquid medicines. The same is true for elderly patients and even pets that need medications,” Paul Sheskey, Dow’s technical services leader, tells in-PharmaTechnologist.com. “Foam-on-a-spoon was developed to aid the dispensing of liquid preparations. Dow scientists were looking for a fast dissolving drug deliv... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1060150 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:46:28 +0100 1060150 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=964602&cid=t_152816_97_f&fid=35050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmaGazette%2F%7E3%2F172259420%2Fstock_market_fluctuations_in_b.html  Company Name, Symbol, Share Price, ChangeAbbott Laboratories' (NYSE:ABT) $51.40 -0.27 (-0.52%)AstraZeneca's (NYSE:AZN) - $50.50 -1.66 (-3.18%)Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY) - $28.04 -0.49 (-1.72%)Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE:LLY) - $56.05 -0.59 (-1.04%)GlaxoSmithKline's (NYSE:GSK) - $50.76 -.50 (-0.98%)Merck & Co. (NYSE:MRK) - $53.06 -0.33 (-0.62%)Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) - $52.59 -0.70 (-1.31%)Pfizer Inc. ( NYSE:PFE) - $24.07 -.47 (-1.92%)sanofi-aventis (EPA:SAN) - $59.39 -.68 (-1.13%)Bad day across the board for Pharmaceuticals with all taking a minor hit and finishing below yesterday's close. The dip is in keeping with the decrease on the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 today. (Source: PharmaGazette) PharmaGazette blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=964602 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:15:58 +0100 964602 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=773480&cid=t_152816_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F139700971%2Fdid_the_wall_street_journal_se.html It’s hard to turn on stations like NRP, WSJ, CNN, or read respected blogs  without picking up on some buzz lately without another take on Rupert Murdoch's purchase of the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones - which finalized today. Bigger questions have yet to be addressed in the Riupert Murdoch deal though… and I am one who waits for better news. How about you? Are you disturbed as I am ... by key parts being ignored in this hot one man deal? Ok … we are told that Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate News Corp. settled on an agreement to buy out the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones from the Bancroft family.These private owners let their media empire go for a $5.6 billion. A sizeable chunk of change by anybody’s books! Let’s take a look at wh... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=773480 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:11:09 +0100 773480