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 'fur'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:29:06 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2382549&cid=t_112967_109_f&fid=34795&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoloshrink.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fapartment-inspection-part-iiv.html Inspection day at the apartment complex came around again last Friday. It is really more of a regular maintenance routine, but there is usually a suspicious looking assistant manager who accompanies the crew to make certain that I am not running an unapproved meth lab or have not burned down the kitchen without notifying the office in advance. I was fine with the first inspection here because I knew the manager loved cats and I handed her one while the others replaced filters, changed batteries, checked the fire extinguisher, and did the other necessary things. I got a notice six months ago that I was due for an inspection, but none ever happened. I was therefore not terribly surprised when I got the current notice to see that a single word had been added for this (yearly) inspection. I ha... Solo Shrink blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2382549 Sun, 03 May 2009 02:00:00 +0100 2382549 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2005918&cid=t_112967_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F5IkGF7jirRU%2F Corduroy, velvet, denim. Leather, silk, a rock. Bubble wrap, fake fur, burlap. Not a list of supplies for a craft project, but a list of things with different textures—but if you felt each, with your fingers or on the soles of your feet, would they just be so many sensory sensation? Or might one say “security” to you, or one make you agitated, even angry? Does touching certain textures evoke certain emotions in you? If so, you may have “tactile-emotion synesthesia.” Synesthesia is an “involuntary joining in which the real information of one sense is accompanied by a perception in another sense”; it’s thought to be much more common in the general population than previously thought. Someone with synesthesia might attach certain textures or soun... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2005918 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:24:09 +0100 2005918 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2006399&cid=t_112967_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F471240103%2F What will Chris do? Look for him to do some cost cutting. The 48-year-old, who was passed over for the top job at Glaxo, today takes over from Gerard le Fur, who was ousted in September after setbacks with the Acomplia obesity pill and the Plavix blood thinner, Bloomberg News writes. Sanofi, which is based in Paris, lags in cost cutting and introducing new meds to replace big-sellers facing generic competition, the news service writes. Viehbacher, who is credited with uniting Glaxo’s North American operations after a merger with SmithKline Beecham eight years ago, is well suited to overhaul Sanofi’s performance, according to Bob Ingram, a former Viehbacher mentor. “He really created a unified culture,” Ingram tells Bloomberg. Sanofi’s problems began four years ago during a ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2006399 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:16:05 +0100 2006399 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1806488&cid=t_112967_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F395163951%2F On one hand, Sanofi-Aventis will pay the outgoing ceo less severance than he was entitled to receive - $3.9 million, which is half the ‘termination benefit,’ given his “limited amount of time” running the drugmaker, according to a statement. Nonetheless, Gerard, who will step down on December 1, is still in line to receive at least $11.4 million thanks to a combination of salary, termination payments and continued advisory fees from the start of this year until his contractual obligations end in 2011. Such as? He will get his basic salary until December, which amounted to $1.85 million last year, and $142,000 a month until December 2010 in exchange for not taking on a role with a competitor. Then there’s another $71,000 a month until May 2011 as a scientific a... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1806488 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:27:58 +0100 1806488 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1798530&cid=t_112967_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F393128872%2F Gérard Le Fur, who was ousted as the Sanofi-Aventis ceo last week after less than two years on the job, could receive up to $11.3 million this year from the drugmaker before leaving in December, The Financial Times writes. Regulatory filings show the board agreed in February to pay Le Fur a “termination benefit” equal to 24 months of his last total remuneration in the event of his “removal from office,” the paper writes. If he receives 11 months’ pay this year at the same rate as his 2007 salary of about $3.8 million, a further 24 months would give him nearly $11.3 million before stock options, pension benefits and his future earnings as a scientific adviser to management. With Sanofi set to publish the “financial conditions” of its reshuffle shor... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1798530 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:33:51 +0100 1798530 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1786184&cid=t_112967_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F388627593%2F The speculation is now confirmed - Chris Viehbacher, who earlier this week announced he had left Glaxo’s board and would resign his job as head of the North American pharma unit in December, is taking the top job at Sanofi-Aventis. Viehbacher, 48, will succeed Gerard Le Fur, 57, who became Sanofi’s ceo in January 2007 and will remain for an unspecified period of time as a scientific advisor, according to a statement. The move comes as Sanofi experiences frustration in launching new products that can offset the looming patent loss of its older best-selling drugs. That has helped depress Sanofi shares, which are down 22 pressured from a year ago, and has pressured Le Fur. With the looming patent expiration of two top-selling drugs, blood-thinner Plavix and the Lovenox blood clot... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1786184 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:24:49 +0100 1786184 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1711718&cid=t_112967_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F08%2Fgwynith-paltrow-endorses-company-that.html Oh, oh. A-list movie star Gwyneth Paltrow has endorsed a clothing company that uses animal skin in some of its products, and predictably, the animal rights ideologues are coming unglued. From the story: The Hollywood star has been signed up by Italian designer Tod's and is pictured draped in fox fur and wearing fur-lined boots feature in the company's latest advertising campaign.Miss Paltrow, 35, who is married to the Coldplay singer and vegetarian Chris Martin has won praise for her impeccable green credentials and is a fan of holistic practices and yoga. The decision to endorse Tod's, a luxury goods company which also uses ostrich and snakeskin in its products, and describes itself as "refined, understated luxury, impeccable taste and enviable quality", has come as a shock to animal righ... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1711718 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:54:00 +0100 1711718 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1088840&cid=t_112967_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F199168516%2F The executive committee created by Sanofi-Aventis ceo Gerard Le Fur includes just four other directors from the drugmaker, reports APM Europe (subscription may be required), citing an unnamed source. Apparently, a letter was sent to R&D employees by Marc Cluzel, a senior vice chair who oversees R&D, saying the new committee will take care of implementing “strategic moves,” apportioning resources, overseeing overall management. A Sanofi spokesman confirmed the move to APM, saying this “is a condensed structure, designed to facilitate quick decision making.” This new committee, and a larger general management committee, got its start last month and replaces a larger exec committee. Besides Le Fur and Cluzel, the others on the committee are Jean-Claude Leroy,... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1088840 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:15:03 +0100 1088840 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=950971&cid=t_112967_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F170096941%2F Since becoming ceo nine months ago, Gerard Le Fur has avoided talking much about anything, despite the failure to win FDA approval for Acomplia, the weight-loss pill, and a thin product pipeline. Charges that Sanofi-Aventis lacked transparency prompted his decision to hold an R&D day last month, the drugmaker’s first attempt to explain in detail the group’s portfolio of experimental drugs since Sanofi’s merger with Aventis in 2004. “We are not very chatty as a company. I’m a backstage person – it’s a genetic thing,” Le Fur tells The Financial Times in an interview in which he hinted at costcutting and an appetite for fresh acquisitions. “We were not transparent enough. We have to admit to our errors, to be more Anglo-Saxon and more communicative.” But even the ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=950971 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:04:37 +0100 950971 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=551303&cid=t_112967_140_f&fid=35479&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarhousewife.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F03%2Ffake-fur-update.html Not only has this story been picked up by the Associated Press, but this issue is now being presented on the BBC website, lending more credibility to this horrible deception.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6205093.stmIf you want to be able to take action, please follow this link to the Humane Society's website to send a letter to congress for better labeling laws and enforcement.https://community.hsus.org/campaign/FED_2007_fur_labeling?qp_source=gaba2cSorry to get so serious and so political, but I just can't sit by while animals are being used in such a horrific fashion. I hope you, too, will find a way to help, just look at your own beloved pets for inspiration. As much as you would not want that pet to suffer, think of how these animals are being treated across the world in China. H... The Bipolar Housewife Experiment blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=551303 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:59:00 +0100 551303 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=551307&cid=t_112967_140_f&fid=35479&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarhousewife.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F03%2Fvery-important-message-for-animal.html I just received this, and I couldn't even read all of it, it was so horrible. You may not be able to either, but I think more people should know about this, mostly because of the inhumanity. The methods used by these companies should make your heart break, and hopefully inspire change in such a deplorable industry. Please read. Slaughter house: China butchers cats and dogs to satisfy the west's hunger>for fur>>>>It sounds too grotesque for words. But pelts from slaughtered cats and dogs>are being passed off as 'ethical' fur. Last week, the US fashion industry>cracked down on dubious ladelling, not good news for British shoppers as>fashion insiders predict a flood of rejects from the US>>The short video would have made even the most hardened fur-lover recoil. A>grey longhaired German shephe... The Bipolar Housewife Experiment blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=551307 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:53:00 +0100 551307