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 'frederick'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:16:16 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5077771&cid=t_243459_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F28%2F5-reasons-for-the-joy-of-craft-or-why-is-computer-programming-fun%2F I recently read (sort of) Frederick Brooks’s The Mythical Man-Month. As I understand it, this book is a cult classic, and I was very curious to read it. It’s about software project management, and even though that’s a subject about which I know nothing, I found the book very interesting — that is, the parts I could understand. My favorite section was a discussion of “The Joys of Craft,” in which Brooks answers the question, “Why is programming fun?” This question interests me because it’s such a good reminder of my Secret of Adulthood: Just because something is fun for someone else doesn’t mean it’s fun for me — and vice versa. Nothing is inherently fun. Some people find computer programming fun, or skiing, shopping, ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5077771 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:21:46 +0100 5077771 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4975943&cid=t_243459_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F06%2F27%2Fdare-to-be-happy%2F If there is no struggle, there is no progress. ~ Frederick Douglass Let’s get this out in the open: I am bipolar II. That means the mania is really low-key and infrequent and the depression, at least in my case, for most of my life, has been pretty much nonstop. There are degrees of depression, of course. Mine gets severe relatively quickly and stays that way a relatively long time. Yes, I have been an inpatient at psychiatric hospitals. Yes, I have self-harmed. Yes, I have been on every psychotropic medication known to man, and failed most of them. The two that I’m on right now combine for one really annoying side effect. I have even, since about New Year’s, been undergoing a course of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). My memory is shot, along with many other things, but the suggesti... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4975943 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:49:03 +0100 4975943 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4418797&cid=t_243459_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FVirologyBlog%2F%7E3%2F02yUppO3s6Y%2F Frederick Hayden, Professor of Medicine and Pathology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, U.K., has focused on the use of antiviral agents to prevent and treat respiratory viral infections. His interests range from the use of in vitro assays to study viral susceptibility and antiviral mechanisms of action, to clinical trials utilizing experimentally induced and naturally occurring infections. Work from his laboratory includes the demonstration that intranasal administration of interferons can prevent transmission of rhinovirus colds, studies of transmission of drug-resistant influenza A viruses in families, and the antiviral activity and clinical use of influenza neuraminidase inhibitors. His laboratory currently focuses on the application of nucleic acid hybridization to study rhi... virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4418797 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:23:48 +0100 4418797 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4266269&cid=t_243459_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FWkhv1xCUFCI%2F Three years after pleading guilty to a criminal misdemeanor in connection with the misbranding of the OxyContin painkiller, a federal judge has ruled three former Purdue Frederick execs are barred from working for any company that does business with Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health care programs for 12 years. The ruling affirms an order from the US Department of Health and Human Services, which initially sought to exclude Michael Friedman, the former ceo and president; Howard Udell, the former exec vp and general counsel (see photo); and Paul Goldenheim, the former chief medical officer and R&D chief, for 20 years. “We are disappointed by the court’s ruling,” attorneys for the former execs say in a statement sent us. “Our clients continue to believe ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4266269 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:09:34 +0100 4266269 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4258784&cid=t_243459_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F12%2Fmuseum-highlight-african-american-civil-war-physicians-nurses%2F The National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick, Maryland is opening an exhibit this week highlighting African American surgeons and nurses who took care of soliders in the Civil War. Featured is surgeon John DeGrasse of Massachusetts, who was the only black surgeon to serve with a regiment in the field. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4258784 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 04:38:16 +0100 4258784 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4245247&cid=t_243459_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F12%2Fwife-slain-navy-surgeon-dr-frederick-trayers-pleads-guilty-murder-charge-2%2F Jennifer Trayers has plead not guilty to stabbing her husband Navy surgeon Dr. Frederick Trayers to death. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4245247 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 03:23:16 +0100 4245247 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3710791&cid=t_243459_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FK2wtFNQoH2Q%2F Rick Lane and Frederick Schiff struck a deal in which they will avoid criminal prosecution for an alleged scheme to artificially inflate financial results reported by Bristol-Myers Squibb The former execs will pay a combined $400,000 to a shareholder settlement fund and, in return, criminal charges will be dropped under a deferred prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors in New Jersey. The charges actually get tossed in 12 months if they stick to the deal, which was approved today by US District Court Judge Faith Hochburg, and stay out of trouble. Under the agreements, the men are barred from serving as a ceo or cfo of a public company for two years (read theSchiff deal and the Lane deal). The government alleged the execs failed to tell investors that Bristol in 2000 and 2001 gave wh... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3710791 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:37:41 +0100 3710791 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3449141&cid=t_243459_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FnMVsG-Me73I%2F Fred Schiff, a former Bristol-Myers Squibb chief financial officer, won a federal appeals court ruling that limits the criminal fraud case brought against him by the U.S. Justice Department to whether he made misstatements on investor conference calls, Reuters reports. So prosecutors are barred from introducing evidence that he failed to tell investors about an alleged improper practice known as channel stuffing to bolster revenue by giving financial incentives to wholesalers, or to explain an April 2002 plunge in the drugmaker’s stock price after the scheme became known. A spokeswoman for US Attorney Paul Fishman says options are being considered (here’s some background). “We have felt from the beginning that this prosecution was misguided and the case should never have ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3449141 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:28:56 +0100 3449141 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3115283&cid=t_243459_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2Fu1KKsgS2luA%2F Mike Friedman, Purdue’s chief executive, and Howard Udell, the drugmaker’s chief counsel, are fighting a decision by the US Human and Health Services department that prevents them from working at companies that do business with federal agencies for 12 years. And as Corporate Counsel notes, Udell is the first general counsel to face this situation. The case stems from the May 2007 settlement between the US Attorney for Western Virginia and three top execs at Purdue Frederick - including Udell and Friedman - over the misbranding of the OxyContin painkiller. The government claimed Purdue Frederick misled patients, regulators and doctors about the drug’s addictive risks. All totaled, Purdue and the three execs paid $634 million in fines (background here). The Purdue Frederick... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3115283 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:53:12 +0100 3115283 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3023361&cid=t_243459_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fthank-you-dr-frederick-banting.html In honor of both National Diabetes Month and the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, I wanted to share with you the story of a man whom we all owe a debt of gratitude: Dr. Frederick Banting. Some of you may know this, but World Diabetes Day was chosen to be on November 14 because it is Dr. Banting’s [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3023361 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:00:57 +0100 3023361 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2800663&cid=t_243459_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F15%2Ffda-clears-vermillions-ova1-test-to-determine-likelihood-of-ovarian-cancer-in-women-with-pelvic-mass%2F The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared a test that can help detect ovarian cancer in a pelvic mass that is already known to require surgery. The test, called OVA1, helps patients and health care professionals decide what type of surgery should be done and by whom. First Lab Test That Can Indicate Ovarian Cancer Prior [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2800663 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:45:59 +0100 2800663 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2788778&cid=t_243459_101_f&fid=38972&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLifeUnderTheLights%2F%7E3%2FMk1E-zPiVZk%2Fnot-ems-political-msm-journalism-at-its.html (Source: Life Under the lights) Life Under the lights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2788778 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:51:00 +0100 2788778 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1975631&cid=t_243459_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F460224952%2F Last May, National Public Radio talk-show host Fred Goodwin was, himself, the subject of a great deal of chatter. An episode of his program, “The Infinite Mind,” which is heard on 300 NPR stations, featured three experts who discussed the controversial link between antidepressants and suicide. And all four, including Goodwin, declared that worries about the drugs have been overblown (back story). But there was a catch: Goodwin never pointed out that all three guests had ties to pharma, or that the show received “unrestricted” from drugmakers, including Lilly, which sells Prozac and Cymbalta. The segment, by the way, aired just two months after UK regulators concluded a four-year investigation of Glaxo’s Paxil and found the drugmaker had been aware since 1998 t... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1975631 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:25:45 +0100 1975631 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1866506&cid=t_243459_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2008%2F10%2F09%2Fonly-yesterday%2F : An Informal History of the 1920s is an excellent book by former editor of Harper’s magazine. Author Frederick Lewis Allen shows such insight into this era you’d think it was published decades later instead of in 1931. The website contains the whole book for you to read — free! (I bought a used book, but it’s so old it’s literally crumbling.) Chapters:  1. Prelude: May, 1919. 2. Back to Normalcy 3. The Big Red Scare 4. America Convalescent 5. The Revolution in Manners and Morals 6. Harding and the Scandals 7. Coolidge Prosperity 8. The Ballyhoo Years 9. The Revolt of the Highbrows 10. Alcohol and Al Capone 11. Home, Sweet Florida 12. The Big Bull Market 13. Crash! 14. Aftermath: 1930-31 Excerpt from the chapter on Florida land speculation of the mid-1920s: T... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1866506 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:09:05 +0100 1866506 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1403043&cid=t_243459_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F04%2F28%2Flessons-learned-from-the-abu-ghraib-horrors%2F On April 28, 2004, four years ago, our nation, and the world, was shocked by the revelation of the abuse and torture of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers. More surprising than the fact of the abuse, for soldiers often abuse their enemies in wartime, was the nature of the “trophy photos.” Both male and female Military Police posed smilingly, giving high fives over a pyramid of naked detainees; dragging some around on dog leashes; and forcing others into sexually degrading poses. An iconic image of torture emerged from the digitally documented depravity which was shown in a helpless prisoner standing on a cardboard box, head hooded, electrodes attached to his fingers, fearing that when his body weakened and he fell off the stress box, he would electrocute himself. Recall that the imme... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1403043 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:01:24 +0100 1403043 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1332725&cid=t_243459_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F259585957%2F Frederick Schiff, who faces two felony counts of conspiracy and securities fraud for his role in an alleged channel stuffing scheme to inflate the drugmaker’s earnings between 2002 and 2002, just got his second break in as many weeks. You may recall that last week, US District Court Judge Faith Hochberg issued a ruling that scaled back the federal case. And so the US Attorney in Newark, NJ, Christopher Christie, has decided to appeal, which will cause an unspecified delay, The New York Times reports. In a ruling dated March 19, Judge Faith Hochberg sided with Schiff and limiting the scope of what prosecutors can argue against him and criticizing them for repeatedly changing their theory of the crime they say he committed. “The court will permit no further ‘legal theory morphs’ ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1332725 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:34:34 +0100 1332725 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1323240&cid=t_243459_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F257040493%2F That would be Frederick Schiff, who is scheduled to go on trial today on two felony counts of conspiracy and securites fraud for his role in an alleged channel stuffing scheme to inflate the drugmaker’s earnings between 2000 and 2002. Last week, US District Court Judge Faith Hochberg greatly narrowed the scope of his liability, Financial Week* reports. She decided that Schiff can’t be held liable for failing to issue clarifying statements in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission that have might have clarified false or misleading statements about financial reports in separate forums, such as analyst calls, the mag writes. Rather than explicit accounting violations, the government’s case now rests on Schiff’s “misstatements” in SEC filings and his “omissio... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1323240 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:45:41 +0100 1323240