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 'examiner'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:32:44 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734060&cid=t_290018_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_w3pyeTsKZ0%2F By Gene HealyMy Washington Examiner column this week covers two developments last week that may make you somewhat less likely to “Give Thanks for the TSA” as former Bush speechwriter Marc Thiessen urged on National Review’s website. The first is the viral video of a TSA agent at New Orleans airport giving the “freedom fondle” to a six-year-old girl. The second is Friday’s revelation that among the “behavioral indicators” TSA uses to scope out travelers who deserve extra manhandling is the “arrogant” expression of “contempt against airport passenger procedures.” Because, clearly, making a scene on an airport security line is sound strategy for anyone trying to sneak a bomb onto a plane. Is it possible that anyone with an IQ above room temperature bu... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734060 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:06:53 +0100 4734060 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4592356&cid=t_290018_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FqVLqjXQly9U%2F By Gene HealyFor once, a new poll on the political attitudes of young Americans brings some good news.  The poll, "D.C.'s New Guard: What Does the Next Generation of American Leaders Think?"[.pdf]  is from the Brookings Institution, and it's the subject of my Washington Examiner column this week: "It's a survey of the type of kids who run for student government and choose to spend their summer vacations working in Washington," the authors explain, "youth who already have the 'Washington bug' and have set themselves towards a career in politics and policy." In other words ... creeps! If you're the rare bird who favors limited government at home and abroad, you can hardly expect good news from a poll of this generation's Tracy Flicks*. After all, aren't these just the sort of model U.N. t... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4592356 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:21:11 +0100 4592356 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4424217&cid=t_290018_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FvxOwlr43-cA%2F By Jim HarperIn a blog post of righteousness last week, I assailed Fairfax County (Virginia) Supervisor Jeff McKay for his failure to comprehend basic security principles as they pertain to the Metro system. A Washington Examiner reporter retrieved McKay’s response: [H]e laughed. But he quickly defended his stance, saying that random searches were recommended by the U.S. Transportation Security Association, the D.C. Police, and WMATA management. “I trust the intelligence agencies when they tell me there’s a reason to do this,” he said. McKay admitted that bag searches likely wouldn’t stop someone intent on causing mass destruction to the Metrorail, but that they will make passengers much more aware of security concerns. Supervisor McKay was not flip about thes... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4424217 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:47:26 +0100 4424217 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4382754&cid=t_290018_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_1FLwXWsXw0%2F By Jim HarperPresident Obama’s “Regulatory Review” executive order, issued this week, has no effect on the regulatory environment that I can discern. It essentially encourages agencies to continue doing the thinking and analysis they are doing so poorly under existing law and executive decree. I called it “a cosmetic, symbolic effort” in the Washington Examiner and—you’ll get the backstory here—also speculated that it’s an effort to change the subject. “Regulatory review” has briefly turned the press away from the government’s huge, ongoing spending spree, and the pall of uncertainty that President Obama has cast over the economy with projects like his re-design of the American health care system. But don’t take ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4382754 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:43:26 +0100 4382754 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4285160&cid=t_290018_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F12%2Fjudge-rules-dr-ralph-reeder-libel-suit-medical-examiner%2F An Iowa judge has ruled against spinal surgeon Dr. Ralph Reeder in his libel suit against Woodbury County Medical Examiner Dr. Thomas Carroll. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4285160 Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:13:30 +0100 4285160 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4172040&cid=t_290018_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FCnBe0NOSJW4%2F By Doug BandowIf you travel by plane, you either hate the Transportation Security Administration, or will soon do so.  The TSA has unveiled a new security pat down which is about as close to a strip-search as you can get while still wearing clothes. With a metal knee replacement I invariably set off the TSA metal detectors.  I can avoid a pat down by using the fancy new imaging machine where it is available.  But this machine images everything on the body, and that means everything.  The explicit nature of the pictures is reflected in the nick-name which I’m told TSA employees have applied to the machine.  Let your mind wander, but imagine a crude term about measuring the male genitalia. The other alternative is to accept the pat down.  Until recently TSA employees used a... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4172040 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:45:23 +0100 4172040 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3929215&cid=t_290018_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FRVx1xxEnHc4%2F By Michael F. CannonA week ago today, I questioned both the premises and purpose of an upcoming National Journal forum on ObamaCare and job creation.  The forum’s promotional materials touted the new health care jobs that the law will create as a Good Thing, even though we already have too many health care jobs.  All in all, it looked to be a very dignified pro-Obama(Care) rally, funded by one of ObamaCare’s biggest beneficiaries, the drugmaker Eli Lilly.  The Washington Examiner‘s Tim Carney picked up on the story.  Then Instapundit did added his own pithy interpretation: “Hey, the Atlantic media empire needs money. Eli Lilly has it. Plus, it boosts Obama. Win-win!”  (Actually, I believe that would be win-win-win.) To its credit, National Journal has sin... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3929215 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:04:46 +0100 3929215 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3599353&cid=t_290018_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F2kV0kcE7VQw%2F By Gene HealyMy Washington Examiner column this week begins with a look back at the Disco Era: In his high school yearbook photo, President Barack Obama sports a white leisure suit and a Travolta-esque collar whose wingspan could put a bystander’s eye out. Hey, it was 1979. Maybe that explains the rest of young Barry’s yearbook page, with its “still life” featuring a pack of rolling papers and a shout-out to the “Choom gang.” (“Chooming” is Hawaiian slang for smoking pot.) Survey data suggest some 100 million Americans have tried pot, including political elites and drug war supporters Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin. So the point here isn’t to play “gotcha” by calling the president out on some harmless fun ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3599353 Wed, 26 May 2010 15:33:05 +0100 3599353 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3581607&cid=t_290018_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwhats-your-poison-science-and-medicine-vs-chemical-poisoning%2F2010.05.20 This is going to be a quick welcome to Deborah Blum (@deborahblum) who has just moved her blog, Speakeasy Science, to ScienceBlogs. Why quick? Because I am only 22 pages away from finishing her latest book, The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York. This engaging tale of the race of science and medicine against chemical poisonings for profit and punishment features the true story of NYC chief medical examiner Charles Norris and toxicologist Alexander Gettler. Of course, the other actors are arsenic, methanol, chloroform, thallium, and radium, among others. In the teens through the mid-1930s, long before benchtop atomic absorption spectrophotometry and LC/MS instruments, Norris and Gettler devised methods to detect poisons in human tissues... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3581607 Thu, 20 May 2010 14:00:49 +0100 3581607 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3463578&cid=t_290018_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fw6MrqfWcBOg%2F By Jim HarperLast week, coincidence brought together a pair of worthy articles attacking the political adage that terrorism is an “existential” threat. Gene Healy debunked “existential” in his Examiner column. “Conservatives understand that exaggerated fears of environmental threats make government grow and liberty shrink,” he writes. “They’d do well to recognize that the same dynamic applies to homeland security.” John Mueller and Mark Stewart, meanwhile, have an article on Foreign Affairs’ web site titled: “Hardly Existential: Thinking Rationally About Terrorism.” They show that conventional assessment methods place terrorism so low on the scale of risks that additional spending to further reduce its likelihood or consequences is probably not justified. B... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3463578 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:14:28 +0100 3463578 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378463&cid=t_290018_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FoUsfeofrzc0%2F By Michael F. CannonFrom the invaluable Tim Carney: The Obama team regularly dismisses opponents as industry lackeys. The Democratic National Committee blasted out e-mails this week warning that “for every member of Congress, there are eight anti-reform lobbyists swarming Capitol Hill” and “Congress is under attack from insurance lobbyists.” But drug industry lobbyists, according to Politico, spent the weekend “huddled with Democratic staffers” who needed the drug lobby to “sign off” on proposals before moving ahead. Meanwhile, we learn that the drug lobby is buying millions of dollars of ads in 43 districts where a Democratic candidate stands to suffer for supporting the bill. The doctors’ lobby and the hospitals’ lobby are also ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378463 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:20:44 +0100 3378463 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3075486&cid=t_290018_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F85SR44OFnLU%2F By Jim Harper. . . says Libby Jacobson of CEI, writing in the Washington Examiner. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3075486 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:22:37 +0100 3075486 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2823967&cid=t_290018_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FFuQ414OVrvQ%2F “Americans are more likely today than in the recent past to believe that government is taking on too much responsibility for solving the nation’s problems and is over-regulating business,” according to a new Gallup Poll. New Gallup data show that 57% of Americans say the government is trying to do too many things that should be left to businesses and individuals, and 45% say there is too much government regulation of business. Both reflect the highest such readings in more than a decade. Byron York of the Examiner notes: The last time the number of people who believe government is doing too much hit 57 percent was in October 1994, shortly before voters threw Democrats out of power in both the House and Senate. It continued to rise after that, hitting 60 percent in Decembe... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2823967 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:18:43 +0100 2823967 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2800374&cid=t_290018_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fwj5ohzXfHXk%2F Sabrina Schaeffer (yes, related) over at IWF’s Inkwell wonders when the NEA is going to sever its ties to ACORN, given recent revelations that its employees are willing to help set up a brothel with child prostitutes. Good question. I’m sure a lot of union members would be none too pleased with where their dues money ends up. From the Examiner: Teachers unions have contributed over $1.3 million to ACORN and its affiliates, since 2005, according to U.S. Labor Department financial disclosure forms. Many education reformers would call the NEA criminal in their resistance to effective policy change. But that’s a figure of speech. They do, however, need to be more careful with their money. The NEA, really any activist group on the Left with a shred of dignity, should publicly end their re... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2800374 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:14:19 +0100 2800374 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2267108&cid=t_290018_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2FEwE_3jtpDlA%2F I’ve been really amazed at the number of people I’ve heard talking about the HITECH Act bringing in a “new age of EHR” and other similar phrases. Then, I usually consider who’s been saying it and I realize that their pocketbooks are going to be lined with money from the HITECH Act and EHR adoption. So, I take it with a grain of salt. Instead, I like to look at examples to help me better understand what might happen with the $18 billion Obama’s planning to spend on EHR adoption. The best example I know of comes from the British National Health System. It’s certainly not a perfect match, but should open our eyes on government funded EHR systems. The Examiner (San Francisco) provided an interesting editorial on Britain’s National Health Service&... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2267108 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:25:18 +0100 2267108 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1186134&cid=t_290018_117_f&fid=36026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fzimney%2Fheath-ledgers-autopsy-inconclusive-so-far%2F When death strikes someone at a young age, it is always tragic - and there are always questions. For most, the questions are limited to the family, friends and perhaps to some in the local community. For celebrities, the questions become national, even international. Sometimes the questions are about the cause of death, but they always involve the whys. Why them, why now, why our child? These latter questions are existential in nature and are rarely, if ever, fully answered. The former, however, are the purview of the pathologist, a physician with specialized training in solving the physical causes of death. Sometimes the answers are obvious, sometimes not. On rare occasion, they are never determined. In the case of Heath Ledger, the questions remained unanswered as of this writing. I’m ... Dr. Z's Medical Report blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1186134 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:25:13 +0100 1186134