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 'epstein'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:25:57 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5069443&cid=t_225628_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FybAzPiSy7zI%2F By Walter OlsonGood news from Texas, where a state appeals court has handed a major win to investigative journalist Carla Main, whose book Bulldozed: ‘Kelo,’ Eminent Domain, and the American Lust for Land took a critical look at the seizure of private land under eminent domain laws for purposes of urban redevelopment. Dallas developer H. Walker Royall didn’t like what Main wrote about his involvement in a Freeport, Texas marina project and proceeded to sue her, publisher Encounter Books (which I should note is also my own publisher on Schools for Misrule), and even liberty-minded law professor Richard Epstein over a dust jacket blurb Epstein had given for the book. (Earlier coverage of the suit here and here.) A trial court had declined to dismiss Royall’s claims on... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5069443 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:41:26 +0100 5069443 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4968905&cid=t_225628_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FkCs8X6zlPB8%2F Earlier this week, Medco Health Solutions, the big pharmacy benefits manager, struck an unusual deal with Sanofi to help the drugmaker navigate the path from laboratory to formulary placement. Specifically, Medco will provide input on clinical trial design, help develop comparative effectiveness data and review usage of existing medications to improve patient adherence. The move reflects a growing awareness among drugmakers that designing and testing a compound for FDA approval is no longer the only key hurdle to winning sales and market share. We spoke with Robert Epstein, Medco’s clinical research and development officer, about the deal… Pharmalot: You’re saying this is the first deal of this sort. But the problems you hope to address aren’t new, right? Epstein: It’s been very ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4968905 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:25:12 +0100 4968905 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3617782&cid=t_225628_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F05%2Fmononucleosis%2F Pathophysiology infection with Epstein-Barr virus (or sometimes CMV with slightly different clinical presentation) in adolescence or early adulthood Signs and Symptoms 1) prodrome of fatigue, malaise, and myalgias 2) tender but mobile lymphadenopathy (especially in posterior cervical chain) 3) fever 4) exudate pharyngitis 5) splenomegaly 6) splenic rupture (0.5%) 7) mouth petechiae 8) gingivitis 9) abdominal pain 10) rash (10%) 11) symptoms usually resolve in 3-4 weeks Characteristic Test Findings Laboratory – 1) leukocytosis with at least 10% lymphocytes 2) presence of Paul-Bunnell heterophile antibody (this is the basis of the diagnostic monospot test) 3) presence of transient cold agglutinins 4) increased AST, ALT, alkaline phosphatase Histology/Gross Pathology 1) atypical lymphcy... Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3617782 Mon, 31 May 2010 18:58:03 +0100 3617782 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3585591&cid=t_225628_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FlP50jE4h0DI%2F By Ilya ShapiroSince I first issued my challenge to debate “anyone anytime anywhere” on the (un)constitutionality of Obamacare, a lot has happened.  For one thing, Randy Barnett and Richard Epstein, among many others, have published provoctive articles looking at issues beyond the Commerce Clause justification for the individual mandate — such as the argument that Congress’s tax power justifies the mandate penalty and that the new Medicaid arrangement amounts to a coercive federal-state bargain.  (Look for to a longish article from yours truly due to come out in next month’s issue of Health Affairs.)  For another, as Michael Cannon noted, seven more states — plus the National Federation of Independent Business and two individuals – have joined ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3585591 Fri, 21 May 2010 00:33:05 +0100 3585591 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3560217&cid=t_225628_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FduK7j3vcz7A%2F By Roger PilonIn his post this morning, “Kagan on Military Recruitment,” Cato adjunct scholar Mark Moller touches on Cato’s 2005 amicus brief in Rumsfeld v. FAIR, which he co-authored when he was with us as editor-and-chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review – a duty he performed splendidly before moving off to the legal academy. In mentioning the brief, however, Mark says that he recalls that the position it took was controversial within Cato, that it might still be, and that Cato’s legal shop might take a different view were the case presented today. I don’t recall that the position we took was controversial within Cato, but then it was five years ago, memories fade, and much has happened in the meantime, including the filing of a brief just three months ago that nicely complem... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3560217 Wed, 12 May 2010 16:55:23 +0100 3560217 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3472046&cid=t_225628_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FW2F_2n_2gqo%2F After reorganizing its worldwide ranks earlier this year (see here), the drugmaker is now doing the same thing with its US pharma biz. The changes include the departure of Ludwig Hantson who, for the past two years, was US pharma ceo (that’s him in the photo). And four new business units are being created, according to the email sent earlier today to employees by David Epstein, who runs the global pharma biz (see the note below). The changes are effective May 1 and about 250 employees are being let go. Dear Colleagues, Across Pharma a key objective is to innovate for patients and win in a changing environment. As you are aware, NPC initiated several changes last year through the Customer Centric Initiative (CCI) and Shape the Future Together strategy. Given the importance of our US ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3472046 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:59:04 +0100 3472046 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3395104&cid=t_225628_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FBtfqsKyyqQk%2F By Ilya ShapiroHouse Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) was asked on Friday where in the Constitution Congress gets the power to force people to buy health insurance.  He said, “Under several clauses, the good and welfare clause and a couple others.” As it happens, there is no “good and welfare clause” — which Conyers should know, as both judiciary chairman and a lawyer.  But even if you excuse his casual use of constitutional language, what he probably means — the General Welfare Clause of Article I, Section 8 — is not a better answer.  What that clause does is limit Congress’s use of the powers enumerated elsewhere in that section to legislation that promotes ”the general welfare.”  (So earmarks are arguably... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3395104 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:22:40 +0100 3395104 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3366178&cid=t_225628_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FG8SBqOFyXRE%2F By Jim HarperIf you haven’t been paying attention to the Comcast-NBC Universal merger, here’s a reason to: A good fight has broken out! It starts with Mark Cooper, Director of Research at the Consumer Federation of America, who testified against the merger to the House Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet on behalf of CFA, Free Press, and Consumers Union. The merger has so many anti-competitive, anti-consumer, and anti-social effects that it cannot be fixed,” says Cooper. Cato Adjunct Scholar Richard Epstein lays into Cooper’s testimony with aplomb: ”Dr. Cooper has achieved a rare feat. The evidence that he presents against this proposed merger suffices to explain emphatically why it ought to be approved.&... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3366178 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:53:16 +0100 3366178 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3269674&cid=t_225628_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E3%2FQRJPZ3wAYmI%2Frandi-epsteins-get-me-out-making-babies.html As I was driving past the Brazilian Embassy a few days back on Massachusetts Ave in DC, I turned on the radio and heard "So tell me about these do-it-yourself forceps". My interest was instantly piqued. It was Fresh Air on NPR, and Terry Gross was interviewing Randi Epstein about her new book called "Get Me Out: Making Babies Through the Ages". Though the interview was only about 15 minutes long, it gave a very exciting example of what the book would provide, a deep look at technology, politics and sociology behind the history of women conceiving and delivering babies, right up until today's discussion of designer babies. Randi's interview was fascinating and I'm looking forward to grabbing the book! [Editor's note: And read together with our previous post about Why I Love Designer Babies... Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3269674 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:28:04 +0100 3269674 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3239551&cid=t_225628_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FYgDEqrpv3mE%2F By Ilya ShapiroHastings College of the Law, a public law school in California, has a policy prohibiting discrimination on the basis of “race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, disabilities, age, sex or sexual orientation.” In 2004, the Christian Legal Society, a religious student organization at the school, applied to become a “recognized student organization” — a designation that would have allowed CLS to receive a variety of benefits afforded to about 60 other Hastings groups. While all are welcome to attend CLS meetings, CLS’s charter requires that its officers and voting members abide by key tenets of the Christian faith and comport themselves in ways consistent with its fundamental mission, which includes a prohibition on “unrepentan... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3239551 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:40:19 +0100 3239551 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3231459&cid=t_225628_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FUINy8eVRBo8%2F By Jim HarperI was pleased when I learned that Harvard professor Lawrence Lessig had asked to come speak to us at Cato. Julian Sanchez has done a terrific job of capturing some of the subjects highlighted by his visit last week. Lessig is very keen on public financing of elections. In the end, however, Lessig’s visit reminded me of a birthday party I attended many years ago — something had been wrong with the cream sauce on the tortellini. The day after Professor Lessig spoke to a small group of us at lunch, a friend forwarded me an email he had sent to his followers describing his visit to our “prominent conservative think tank.” His email, PowerPoint presentation, and talk were all framed as if we are on “the right,” which doesn’t sit well ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3231459 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:18:04 +0100 3231459 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3231460&cid=t_225628_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FNl1UEnSqIGc%2F By Richard A. EpsteinThis past week Professor Lawrence Lessig of the Harvard Law School dropped into the Cato Institute to give his stump speech on his new passion: the corruption in government. There is no question that he has picked a subject large enough to test his own ambitions, for the ever expanding size of government opens up new avenues for political intrigue that leave the defenders of small government like myself in tears, no matter which party is in power. Lessig and I, it seems, share a common bond on the identification of the disease. But his presentation to the Cato Institute did not reflect the chasm on the question of remedy. Lessig is a one-dimensional man. Once he thinks that public funding of elections is the cure for the political disease, he mounts his crusade. I... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3231460 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:15:38 +0100 3231460 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208687&cid=t_225628_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FtuFCdpv_JR8%2F Implementing a succession plan he claims to have hatched a year ago, Dan Vasella is stepping aside as ceo and will be succeeded by Joe Jimenez, who currently heads the Novartis pharma biz. Vasella, however, will remain chairman. Meanwhile, Joerg Reinhardt, who less than two years ago was named chief operating officer (see here) and was widely believed to have been the next ceo, is leaving altogether. The other changes: David Epstein, who currently heads the oncology business, will now run the pharma biz; Jon Symonds will replace the retiring Raymund Breu as cfo; and the executive committee will shrink from 12 to 9. The Novartis 9 includes Jimenez; Epstein; Symonds; Mark Fishman, global head of the Novartis Institute for BioMedical Research; Jeff George, who runs generics; George Gunn, who... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208687 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:10:35 +0100 3208687 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2726907&cid=t_225628_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2F2009%2F08%2Fepstein-barr-virus.html (EBV) is a human gamma herpes virus that is best known for being the causative agent of infectious mononucleosis in man. A fascinating feature of this virus is its ability to persist in the host and it is estimated that more than 95% of adults are carriers of the virus. Importantly, EBV can transform latently infected primary cells from healthy individuals into cancerous ones, thereby causing important human cancers such as B-cell neoplasms (e.g. Burkitt's lymphoma and Post-transplant lymphomas), certain forms of T-cell lymphoma, and some epithelial tumours (e.g. gastric carcinomas). Understanding viral latency, what triggers viral reactivation and the mechanism of transformation of normal host cells into malignant cells are critical for the development of strategies for the prevention an... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2726907 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:26:00 +0100 2726907 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2177490&cid=t_225628_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F02%2F11%2Fglobal-warming-and-your-mental-health%2F Midweek Mental Greening If you keep up with news that’s related to both your mental health and the environment, you might have stumbled across this Boston Globe piece: Climate Changes Takes a Mental Toll. In it, Emily Anthes describes the mental toll events like global warming and natural disasters can take on us. The anxiety, trauma and depression such events (and even the possibility of such events) can cause some people seriously impacts the quality of their lives. The article is only a couple of days old, but it’s no surprise some folks are already meeting it with skepticism. American Thinker’s Matt Spivey, for example, calls it “the most illogically crazy article [he’s] seen.” Whether it’s damage caused by climate change or the havoc wreaked by disasters like Hurrica... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2177490 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:35:26 +0100 2177490