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 'freeman'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:12:13 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4300535&cid=t_164707_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FhTkt0DJMLqA%2F By Daniel GriswoldDid America become a great industrial power in the 19th century because of its high trade barriers? This is not just an academic question. Modern-day critics of trade, such as Pat Buchanan and Ian Fletcher, argue that the same tariff wall that made American great more than a century ago can bring back those days of industrial glory. I did my best to debunk this flawed historical argument in Chapter 7 of Mad about Trade, but I’m delighted to see my free-trade buddy Don Boudreaux of George Mason University weigh in with an article in the new issue of The Freeman. Under the title, “Tariffs and Freedom,” Don neatly dispels a number of myths surrounding that period in American economic history. Can a Tariff Wall Restore America’s Industrial Glory? is a post from Cato @... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4300535 Thu, 30 Dec 2010 20:30:42 +0100 4300535 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3958068&cid=t_164707_154_f&fid=35946&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCanadianMedicine%2F%7E3%2FWts7vgS8mfk%2Fbetter-pink-than-dead.html Canada goes too far in excluding gay men from blood donationIt was fairly predictable that Canadian Blood Services would win their negligence suit against Kyle Freeman, the gay Ontario man who introduced syphilis into the blood supply after lying about his sexual history in a donor screening interview. Mr Freeman lied, he gambled on the safety of his blood, and he lost. He must now repay the $10,000 that CBS spent tracking down and destroying his blood. Public sympathy is most unlikely to be on his side. But things might have been very different if a more honest gay man had forthrightly challenged, in the courts, a policy that many consider discriminatory. Several such cases are now in the works, and here, the CBS is on much shakier ground. The current policy demands that would-be male don... Canadian Medicine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3958068 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:43:00 +0100 3958068 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350482&cid=t_164707_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fwinning-with-type-1-diabetes-bike-racing-with-a-bang.html Following my series of interviews with Kris Freeman, I got a note from competitive cyclist Phil Southerland, founder of Team Type 1.  He wanted to let me know how well his group of athletes with type 1 diabetes have been performing so far this year. Phil was concerned that the mainstream media coverage of Freeman’s challenges [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350482 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:51 +0100 3350482 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3346425&cid=t_164707_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2010%2F03%2F09%2Faustin-freeman-diagnosed-with-diabetes%2F Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Daily NewsGeorgetown guard Austin Freeman has developed diabetes, which shouldn't affect his basketball career, but has made the junior's status questionable for today's start to the Big East tournament in New York City. Regardless of when he begins playing, his physician, Stephen Clement, head of the Diabetes Center at Georgetown University Hospital, will be on hand to help the Hoyas' leading scorer manage his condition. Clement told reporters at a press conference that it may take up to a month to determine which type of diabetes Freeman has. Type 1 diabetes, which occurs when the pancreas stops producing insulin, afflicts five to 10 percent of all diabetics. Type 2 diabetes occurs when the body can't use the insulin that is produced. Freeman had felt ill... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3346425 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3346425 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3342829&cid=t_164707_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fkris-freeman-closing-thoughts-on-vancouver-2010.html Admittedly, I’m a bit tardy here in publishing the final installment of my Winter Olympics conversations with cross-country skier Kris Freeman.  He has type 1 diabetes and was America’s best hope for a medal in his sport in Vancouver this year — but alas, things did not go well for Kris this time around.  He [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3342829 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:00:35 +0100 3342829 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3294756&cid=t_164707_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fkris-freeman-update-breaking-d-ground-in-olympic-endurance-sport.html I’m back today for my second exclusive check-in with Kris Freeman, world-class cross-country skier competing in the Winter Olympics this week. He’s the only athlete there with diabetes. And on Saturday, it caught up with him. A blood sugar crash killed his chances for taking a medal in the men’s 30K event, where he was [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3294756 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:00:35 +0100 3294756 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3283775&cid=t_164707_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fchecking-in-with-kris-freeman-type-1-diabetic-going-for-olympic-gold.html This year, and among the thousands of ueber-athletes striving for Gold at the 2010 Winter Olympics, there’s one ueber-diabetic. His name is Kris Freeman, and he’s a star cross-country skier, poised to break the USA’s decades-old “Olympic medal drought” in that sport — and also the first-ever athlete with Type 1 diabetes to compete in [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3283775 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:00:23 +0100 3283775 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3283496&cid=t_164707_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2010%2F02%2F18%2Folympic-athletes-with-diabetes%2F Filed under: Type 1, PersonalitiesAfter a diabetes diagnosis you're often angry and frustrated. Immediately, people begin setting limits for you, telling you what you can and can't do. Olympic skier Kris Freeman, who has type 1 diabetes, never listened to his critics. After being diagnosed in 2000 at age 19, his doctors told him that he would not be able to compete at an Olympic level. He could ski, but he wouldn't be able to keep his blood sugar stable for the 50-kilometer cross country race. Immediately, he began experimenting with different tools to maintain keep his blood sugar levels normal during competition. He now wears a small insulin pump to manage his diabetes. His determination paid off. He's a 13-time U.S. National cross-country champion who is competing in his third... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3283496 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3283496 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3283506&cid=t_164707_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E3%2Fh7eQIpWbePw%2Fdiy-synthetic-biology-more-than.html A few years in his book, A Many-Colored Glass, Freeman Dyson envisioned that the domestication of biotechnology would result in a new art form, as creative as painting or sculpture and would give rise to an explosion of new diverse creatures, few of which will be masterpieces, but “all will bring joy to their creators and variety to our flora and fauna.”  Now, college biology students are competing to see who can create new, living tools to address the planet's problems (e.g., bacteria that   The comments and reactions to the article range from go-get-'em to we-are-destroying-ourselves-and-the planet to philosophical: Sample comment 1:  Genetic engineering by experienced professionals is dangerous enough. Genetic engineering by students is a spectacularly bad idea. S... Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3283506 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:47:25 +0100 3283506 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3197837&cid=t_164707_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FwBxpzCLFYQ0%2F You may be wondering who Kris Freeman is, if you don't mind let me take a few minutes of your time to explain.  Kris Freeman is a one of the countries elite cross-country skiers, he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in September 2000 and recently selected to compete on the US Ski Team in Vancouver for the 2010 Olympics.Press Release: Insulet Applauds Kris Freeman as He Heads to 2010 Olympic GamesOmniPod Insulin Management System Helps Cross-Country Skier With Diabetes Make U.S. Olympic Ski TeamBEDFORD, MA, Jan 19, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- (NASDAQ: PODD) -- Kris Freeman, one of the country's most elite cross-country skiers, has been selected to compete as a part of the US Ski Team in the 2010 Olympic Games this February in Vancouver. Freeman, a medal contender in all three cro... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3197837 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3197837 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2255986&cid=t_164707_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FM18kNvPwg_s%2F No sooner had I posted here about Chas Freeman’s support for a national ID than he withdrew his candidacy to be Chairman of the National Intelligence Council. With a number of controversies roiling, the national ID issue may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back of Freeman’s aspirations to the intelligence post. Indeed, it may have been the mighty power of this blog, the acid keyboard of yours truly, that served as the catalyst . . . maybe. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2255986 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:02:31 +0100 2255986 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2260417&cid=t_164707_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F03%2F09%2Fgps-should-suspect-ovarian-cancer-in-all-women-with-distended-abdomen-uk-researchers-warn%2F “GPs [General Practioners] should suspect ovarian cancer in all women presenting with abdominal distension, [U.K.] researchers have warned.  The primary care study found it was an important enough symptom on its own to warrant further investigation.  Researchers linked seven symptoms to ovarian cancer with many commonly present as much as six months before diagnosis, and [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2260417 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:23:31 +0100 2260417 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1340545&cid=t_164707_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F04%2F01%2Fparanoia-is-everywhere%2F Fear of what others may be thinking of us is common, but exaggerated fears are more common than previously thought. Most research into paranoia (defined as “unfounded mistrust”) involves psychosis and schizophrenia, although it’s been estimated 10-15% of the population suffer such fears. New research finds that lesser degrees affect many more. Researcher Daniel Freeman at King’s College London and colleagues used VR software to simulate a subway ride, and 200 participants from the general population (people with mental illness and epilepsy were excluded) recorded their thoughts about the virtual passengers/avatars around them. The avatars were programmed to have neutral faces at all times. Before putting on the VR helmet, subjects did some tests and researchers wer... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1340545 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:32:10 +0100 1340545 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1152488&cid=t_164707_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F01%2F15%2Flobotomies-for-all%2F How could the entire modern medical profession get behind and approve of a procedure for over 30 years that involved sticking an ice pick through your upper eye sockets, into your brain, and rotating it? Amazingly, it did, from the 1930s until the 1960s. Marketed as a “cure all” for psychosis, depression, or any other troublesome behavior, it’s no wonder it worked: His operation severed the frontal lobe from the thalamus, the repository of emotions and the site where Freeman believed mental illness originated. Ouch. It’s the same story we’ve heard before — doctors wanting to do something, because they believe any kind of action is better than no action at all. We see that is not always the case. A few patients and their families claimed lobotomy ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1152488 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:05:58 +0100 1152488 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1096283&cid=t_164707_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F200317042%2F Every so often, we like to try something different on this evolving site. And so this time, we are experimenting with what amounts to a guest column. Why? We like the idea of livening up the usual menu of items with input from a loyal reader, but also one who has experience in the trenches and a refreshing point of view. This piece offers some provocative reforms, for instance. Will we do this again? Maybe. We do not wish to be flooded with requests, but we are open to suggestion. Meanwhile, we hope you enjoy this little contribution… How the States Can Lower the Impact of Increasing Drug Prices and Expenditures By Robert A. Freeman, Ph. D. and Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Texas A & M University Health Science Center, Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy in Kingsville... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1096283 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:35:33 +0100 1096283 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1033105&cid=t_164707_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F185848562%2F Social responsibility means different things to different people, particularly when its comes to large corporations. For pharma, this is a charged issue. No longer a matter of donations to United Way or the local symphony, drugmakers are scrutinized for business practices that affect society in various ways. To get a better grip on the issue, we chatted with Bob Freeman, a former executive director of public policy at AstraZeneca, who is now a professor of pharmaceutical sciences at Texas A&M Health Science Center and the editor of the Journal of Pharmaceutical Finance, Economics and Policy. He sounds off on public relations, pricing and overseas patent disputes. Pharmalot: So, Bob, what is corporate social responsibility? Freeman: The traditional definition has been philanthropy, str... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1033105 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:33:01 +0100 1033105