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 'grove'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:12:11 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4684189&cid=t_163335_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fparents-angry-local-plastic-surgeon-brings-breast-implant-school-career-day%2F Shady Grove Elementary School in Henrico, Virginia recently had its annual career day and a local plastic surgeon attended and allowed students to touch a silicone breast implant, outraging some parents who said they did not approve. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4684189 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 03:04:38 +0100 4684189 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4684764&cid=t_163335_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F3CWkAaWSr94%2F A small, but controversial non-profit group has just won a symbolic - and potentially significant - victory thanks to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, which has determined its comb can be listed as an alternative to pharmaceutical treatments containing an insecticide banned by dozens of countries for agricultural use (see this). The comb is cleared by the FDA for screening, detecting and removing head lice and their eggs (read here). The move comes after nearly two decades in which the non-profit, called the National Pediculosis Association, has tussled with drugmakers and government agencies over the insecticide. Known commercially as Lindane, the chemical has been widely used as an agricultural tool around the world, but is also a key component in a topical loti... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4684764 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:51:51 +0100 4684764 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4642995&cid=t_163335_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FuZGC-ukK-wc%2F Should generic drugmakers be required to strengthen product labeling if alerted to side effects, even when the same change has not been made to the labeling for the branded med? This question goes to the heart of a pair of state lawsuits filed by two women, who claim generic drugmakers should be held liable for failing to warn of serious side effects. However, the drugmakers, which include Actavis and Pliva, claim federal law preempts the lawsuits, because they would be required to offer labeling that is different from what appears on the label of the brand-name drug. The generic drugmakers further maintain that permitting such lawsuits to proceed in state courts would raise their costs, which would, ultimately, be passed on to consumers. This complicated issue will be heard this coming We... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4642995 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:12:39 +0100 4642995 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1213204&cid=t_163335_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F02%2Fdr-chisholm-and-dr-fradd-are-honourable.html I idly Googled Concordia Health and Melbourne Grove Surgery and up popped this from the East Dulwich Forum, where people are discussing which general practice would recommend:Well - I would definitely NOT recommend Melbourne Grove Surgery or its sister practice - Parkside Medical Centre (at Camberwell Green). Unfortunately they are both run by a company - Concordia Health, and their stated policy is that everyone must have a nurse appointment first. If you request a Dr's appointment, the best you will get is a booked telephone appointment with a nurse first!!I have heard that there are massive problems at these practices due to the way that Concordia are running the practices. There have been articles in Southwark News and the medical press in recent weeks exposing the way they are running... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1213204 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:40:00 +0100 1213204 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1204628&cid=t_163335_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F02%2Ffuture-of-british-family-medicine.html This evening I received a glimpse of the future. The future is not orange. The future is Melbourne Grove Medical Practice.Plausible touchy-feely website. Trendy corporate name - Concordia Health – and lots of nurse practitioners. This is the beginning of the end of the family medicine for which I trained. And why not? The dinosaurs had to go and perhaps the British family doctor is a dinosaur and an expensive one at that.Elsewhere, in a larger forum, I have written today about how I feel. Read it if you want, but my views are well known to regular readers of NHS BLOG DOCTOR.The Melbourne Grove Medical Practice say:You don’t need to wait to see a doctor. “Our prescribing Nurse Practitioners are highly trained and are able to deal with the vast majority of medical issues that you prese... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1204628 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:45:00 +0100 1204628 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1147423&cid=t_163335_107_f&fid=36698&url=http%3A%2F%2Fminingdrugs.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F11%2Fandy-grove-when-silicon-indoctrinates.html Andy Grove is right and we, the drug design community, can learn something from the chip industry. Derek, can you not see it, too? This strong relationship between those two families ..."If you want to understand why something happens in business, study the disk drive industry. Those companies are the closest things to fruit flies that the business world will ever see. Drug design is a process between 9 to 15 years! So, which object to study lies in-between a fruit fly and a hard-disk? A high-throughput screening, a biological assay or an 'in silico' 3D/2D/xD model of a drug?" [Mining Drug Space] (Source: Mining Drug Space) Mining Drug Space blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1147423 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:11:00 +0100 1147423 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1010425&cid=t_163335_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F11%2Fandy-grove-calls-for-pharma-wild-ducks.html What stands in the way of more and faster success in getting cures to patients?Newsweek posed this question to Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel, in a recent interview ("A Research Revolution"). You would think such a smart guy would come up with an enlightening and actionable answer. Instead, he came up with this:"The peer review system in grant making and in academic advancement has the major disadvantage of creating conformity of thoughts and values. It's a modern equivalent of a Middle Ages guild, where you have to sing a particular way to get grants, promotions and tenure. The pressure to conform [to prevailing ideas of what causes diseases and how best to find treatments for them] means you lose the people who want to get up and go in a different direction. There is no place for the wi... Pharma Marketing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1010425 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:23:00 +0100 1010425 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2523025&cid=t_163335_97_f&fid=34618&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmHouse%2F%7E3%2Fx3Z2ehwoiwY%2Flessons-from-intel.html Newsweek published an interview with the former CEO of Intel Corp Andrew S Grove. This interview was done before his speech in annual meeting of Scociety of Neurosciences. There he challenged big pharma companies, many of which haven't had an important new compound approved in ages, and academic researchers who are content with getting NIH grants and publishing research papers with little regard to whether their work leads to something that can alleviate disease, and asked them to change their ways. In this publication-driven-research practice age, there are lot of missing links which retard the growth. Mr Grove observes the fact that, in the same time span when there were amazing discoveries in his area of semiconductors, the treatment of Parkinson’s (Grove suffers from Parkinson’s)... Pharm House blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2523025 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:30:00 +0100 2523025 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1010644&cid=t_163335_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F180900567%2F The former ceo, who made his bones making chips, is a prostate-cancer survivor who knows how to get things done. Prior to giving a speech to the Society of Neuroscience this past weekend, he chatted briefly with Newsweek. He has some provocative thoughts, and he doesn’t mince words - in his view, pharma doesn’t go about product development correctly and, therefore, needs a cultural change. Here is an excerpt…. Newsweek: Why is the speed of progress so different in semiconductor research and drug development? Grove: The fundamental tenet that drives us all in the semiconductor industry is a deeply felt conviction that what matters is time to market, or time to money. But you never hear an executive from a pharmaceutical company say, “Before the end of the year I&#821... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1010644 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 04:21:20 +0100 1010644 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=807342&cid=t_163335_158_f&fid=36021&url=http%3A%2F%2F3genfamily.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F06%2F09%2Fwill-an-elder-monitor-keep-mom-at-home-longer%2F In an open letter to our Presidential Candidates in a recent issue of Fortune Magazine, Andy Grove, former Chairman of Intel, proposes that Medicare can help seniors stay in their homes longer by specifying and paying for monitoring devices for them. The devices would alert a human to help a senior when medication has been missed, for example. Ignoring the self-serving aspect of his idea for the moment, his suggestion is not unreasonable. It can be a way to provide peace of mind for family, especially for long distance caregivers.  In Japan, families can rent an “i-pot” for a senior living alone.   The electric tea kettle boils water, records the time when the pot was turned on and dispenses the water, and emails the information to a neighbor or family member. If the e... 3GenFamily Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=807342 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 18:02:48 +0100 807342 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=655406&cid=t_163335_113_f&fid=34649&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftechnhealth.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fintel-co-founders-view-on-it-in-health.html Intel co-founder's view on IT in health careUnfortunately I wasn't able to embed this video so you will have to visit CNET to watch but well worth it.Intel co-founder, Andy Grove talks with ZDNet about his views on the current use of IT in health care. It will probably come as no suprise to hear that he believes there is still a long way to go before IT is well established in health and gives his thoughts as to what might prompt pickup in the future.Watch video - will take you to the ZDNet site.tags technorati : INTEL Andy Grove health care ICT (Source: Tech 'n' Health) Tech 'n' Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=655406 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 655406 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=541288&cid=t_163335_113_f&fid=34898&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbillkosloskymd.typepad.com%2Fwirelessdoc%2F2007%2F04%2Fpandemic_will_b.html This video is an interview of Intel's "Andy Grove on a flawed health care system" by CNET. He suggests that it's wrong to blame the medical profession for not adopting healthcare IT. "The doctors don't make the decisions to adopt technology somebody makes it for them--they may be doctors or ex-doctors." When ask when are we likely to see the next breakthrough, he quickly responds, "Right after the next pandemic." I'm glad that Grove quickly qualified his statement that physicians are not in the decision-making loop for advancing the prospect of the national EHR (electronic health record). This is simply not the case. You can see how easily confusion arises on how this nationwide EHR will be planned and implemented. Excluding the clinicians and other health... Wireless Doc blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=541288 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:53:52 +0100 541288