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 'harvard university'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:17:22 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159312&cid=t_103102_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fsharp-focus-roundup I've been thinking about the Strategic Health IT Advance Research Projects (SHARP) Program lately and plan to give an update soon on some of the progress being made. SHARP has four major efforts underway at major collaborative efforts at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of Texas at Houston, Harvard University, the Mayo Clinic of Medicine, and Massachusetts General Hospital. The websites for each of these projects are: read more (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159312 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:27:50 +0100 5159312 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5158978&cid=t_103102_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FozhAdUrT5V0%2F By Archelle Georgiou. A report of child abuse is made every ten seconds and three million cases involving almost 5.5 million children are reported each year.   This tragedy occurs at every socioeconomic level, across ethnic and cultural lines, within all religions and at all levels of education. This issue has never impacted me, my family or anyone close to me, but since childhood, I have been passionate about protecting children from abuse.  As early as age ten,  I was in Rock Creek Park (in Washington, DC) on a picnic with my family when I saw a mother whipping her young children with a tree branch.  I marched up to her and demanded that she stop.  As recently as a month ago, while patiently waiting for a table at IHOP,  I noticed a mom yanking so hard on her toddler’s arm t... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5158978 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:30:27 +0100 5158978 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4960274&cid=t_103102_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F06%2F21%2Fharvard-scientists-image-beginning-stages-of-ovarian-cancer-metastasis-cancer-cells-bully-their-way-through-normal-tissue%2F According to a study reported in the Cancer Discovery journal, scientists at Harvard University imaged the beginning stages of ovarian cancer metastasis, and identified a mechanism used by cancer cells to bully their way through normal tissue. Scientists at Harvard University have created a laboratory model using time-lapse video microscopic technology that allows observation of early [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4960274 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:49:55 +0100 4960274 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4592392&cid=t_103102_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthyroid-cancer-a-hazard-from-radioactive-iodine-emitted-by-japan%25e2%2580%2599s-failing-nuclear-power-plants%2F2011.03.15 One of the most abundant substances in the cloud of radioactive steam released by a failing nuclear power plant is iodine-131 — a radioactive form of the element iodine that is found throughout nature. Iodine-131 poses a special health risk because of its cancer-causing effect on the thyroid gland. The small, butterfly-shaped thyroid sits just below the voice box. From this perch, it controls how fast every cell in the body changes food into energy. The gland’s main product, thyroid hormone, governs the function of the digestive tract, brain, heart, nerves, muscles, bones, skin, and more. Iodine is a key ingredient that goes into making thyroid hormone. We get this element from ocean-caught or ocean-farmed fish and shellfish, milk, cheese, yogurt, eggs, and fruits and vegetables gr... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4592392 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:00:43 +0100 4592392 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4592399&cid=t_103102_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fdoes-i-know-cpr-mean-you-can-do-cpr%2F2011.03.14 While I was browsing the produce section of my grocery store the other day, the sound of a panicked voice coming over the store’s loudspeaker made me jump. “Does anyone in the store know CPR? Anyone? CPR? We need you in baked goods!” I froze. In theory, I know how to perform CPR — cardiopulmonary resuscitation. I took a two-hour course on it nearly 25 years ago. But I hadn’t given it much thought since then and I certainly hadn’t practiced what I learned. My mind started whirling as I tried to remember the sequence of steps. They’d changed the rules a few years back — I knew that much — so I wouldn’t have to do mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. But where exactly on the chest was I supposed to push? Should I form a fist and push down with my knuckles, or use the ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4592399 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:00:53 +0100 4592399 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4575057&cid=t_103102_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fshingles-recurrence-can-the-vaccine-help%2F2011.03.11 This month’s Harvard Health Letter has an article about getting shingles a second or even a third time. (Click here to read the full article.) The bottom line is that recurrence is a) certainly possible and b) if some recent research is correct, much more common than previously thought and about as likely as getting shingles in the first place if you’re age 60 or older. I talked to Barbara Yawn, M.D., director of research at the Olmsted Medical Center in Rochester, Minn., for the article and mentioned results that she and her colleagues first presented at a conference several years ago. Yawn reported a more complete version of those results in last month’s issue of the Mayo Clinic Proceedings (a favorite journal of mine). Full text of the study isn’t available unless you h... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4575057 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:00:50 +0100 4575057 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4560272&cid=t_103102_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fteens-who-smoke-pot-at-risk-for-mental-illness-later%2F2011.03.08 Teenagers and young adults who use marijuana may be messing with their heads in ways they don’t intend. Evidence is mounting that regular marijuana use increases the chance that a teenager will develop psychosis, a pattern of unusual thoughts or perceptions, such as believing the television is transmitting secret messages. It also increases the risk of developing schizophrenia, a disabling brain disorder that not only causes psychosis, but also problems concentrating and loss of emotional expression. In one recent study that followed nearly 2,000 teenagers as they became young adults, young people who smoked marijuana at least five times were twice as likely to have developed psychosis over the next 10 years as those who didn’t smoke pot. Another new paper concluded that early marijuan... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4560272 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:00:56 +0100 4560272 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4549753&cid=t_103102_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fpulmonary-embolism-if-it-can-strike-serena-williams-it-can-ace-anyone%2F2011.03.04 News that tennis star Serena Williams was treated for a blood clot in her lungs is shining the spotlight on a frightfully overlooked condition that can affect anyone — even a trained athlete who stays fit for a living. Williams had a pulmonary embolism. That’s doctor speak for a blood clot that originally formed in the legs or elsewhere in the body but that eventually broke away, traveled through the bloodstream, and got stuck in a major artery feeding the lungs. (To read more about pulmonary embolism, check out this article from the Harvard Heart Letter.) Pulmonary embolism is serious trouble because it can prevent the lungs from oxygenating blood — about one in 12 people who have one die from it. “No one is immune from pulmonary embolism, not even super athletes,” says ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4549753 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:00:19 +0100 4549753 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4507279&cid=t_103102_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthink-zinc-for-a-cold-not-me%2F2011.02.22 Media channels are a-twitter with the news that zinc can beat the common cold. CBS News, the LA Times, the Huffington Post, and hundreds of others are treating a quiet research report as big news that will have a life-changing effect. After reading the report and doing a little digging into the dark side of zinc, I’m not rushing out to stock up on zinc lozenges or syrup. The latest hubbub about zinc was sparked by a report from the Cochrane Collaboration. This global network of scientists, patients, and others evaluates the evidence on hundreds of different treatments. In the latest review, on zinc for the common cold, researchers Meenu Singh and Rashmi R. Das pooled the results of 13 studies that tested zinc for treating colds. By their analysis, taking zinc within 24 hours of first no... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4507279 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:00:38 +0100 4507279 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4331057&cid=t_103102_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F01%2F10%2Fdaily-hope-newsletter-from-postpartum-progress%2F Postpartum Progress, our favorite blog on postpartum depression, has a new daily newsletter that’s intended to help pregnant and new mothers get through the difficulty of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. It’s called “Daily Hope.” Daily Hope, according to Postpartum Progess, is the “nation’s first support service featuring once daily emails to mothers with postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety, postpartum OCD and antenatal depression or anxiety.” Beginning Monday, January 17th, this free service will provide encouragement from survivors, the country’s top perinatal mental health specialists and authors of the leading books on perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and parenting. Many of the nearly one million women who suffer each year do not... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4331057 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:06:48 +0100 4331057 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4309610&cid=t_103102_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Ftop-10-health-stories-of-2010%2F2011.01.04 1. Health care reform How could the health care reform legislation that President Barack Obama signed into law on March 23, 2010, not be the #1 story of the year?  Whether you are for or against it, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is nothing if not ambitious, and if implemented, it will fundamentally alter how American health care is financed and perhaps delivered.  The law is designed to patch holes in the health insurance system and extend coverage to 32 million Americans by 2019 while also reining in health care spending, which now accounts for more than 17% of the country’s gross domestic product. The biggest changes aren’t scheduled to occur until 2014, when most people will be required to have health insurance or pay a penalty (the so-called indiv... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4309610 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:00:49 +0100 4309610 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4214107&cid=t_103102_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fnew-recommendations-for-vitamin-d%2F2010.11.30 Vitamin D has been talked about as the vitamin — the one that might help fend off everything from cancer to heart disease to autoimmune disorders, if only we were to get enough of it. “Whoa!” is the message from a committee of experts assembled by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to update recommendations for vitamin D (and for calcium). The IOM committee’s report, released this morning, says evidence for many of  the health claims for vitamin D is “inconsistent and/or conflicting or did not demonstrate causality.” The exception is the vitamin’s well-documented (and noncontroversial) benefits on bone growth and maintenance. The IOM panel’s report also says most North Americans (Canadians as well as Americans) have more than enough vitamin D in their blood to a... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4214107 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:00:45 +0100 4214107 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4082333&cid=t_103102_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FmXWFiEHhuFU%2F Good morning, everyone. Nice to see you again. A spot of rain is falling here on the Pharmalot corporate campus, but our spirits are sunny just the same. After all, as the Morning Mayor used to say: Every brand new day should be unwrapped like a precious gift. So while you tug on the ribbon, please join us for a cup of stimulation and a bit of news. Hope your day goes well… Statins May Lower Colon Cancer Risk: Study (Associated Press) FDA Panel Rejects Dosing Restrictions On Anemia Meds (Bloomberg News) Mom Sues Abbott Over Beetles In Similac (Chicaco Business) Glaxo Strikes Alliance For Rare Disease Research (Dow Jones) Sanofi-Aventis Signs Reseach Deal With Harvard (PharmaTimes) UK Scraps Generic Substitution Plan (PharmaTimes) FDA Expands Use of Bristol-Myers’ Baraclude (Ass... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4082333 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:13:44 +0100 4082333 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3858156&cid=t_103102_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fyoung-doctors-who-lie%2F2010.08.11 This is something: A study published in the July 20, 2010 Annals of Internal Medicine finds that 5 percent of residency applications contain plagiarized content. The study from Boston’s Brigham & Woman’s Hospital is based on the personal statements of nearly 5,000 residency applicants that were matched against a database of published content. The authors comment that the study is limited, among other things, by the fact that it was done in just one institution. It makes me wonder if the number is artificially high or potentially too low. So why would medical students lie? (more…) *This blog post was originally published at 33 Charts* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3858156 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:00:14 +0100 3858156 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3807393&cid=t_103102_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-global-burden-of-diseases-whos-healthier-on-the-planet%2F2010.07.31 My friend and colleague Bill Heisel, one of our news reviewers, also works at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. He wrote to me that this group: “… has launched a major global health survey to measure the impact of more than 300 diseases or injuries and more than 40 risk factors. This is the most ambitious global health measurement project in two decades. And when people answer the survey, they will be providing information that will directly shape the final outcome of the research because ‘disease burden’ is partly objective but partly subjective.” And his pitch to anyone to take the 15-minute, anonymous, online survey is this: “With unprecedented money and attention pouring into global health effort... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3807393 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:00:26 +0100 3807393 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3023410&cid=t_103102_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F7tjKjqLZKqo%2F Why? There are concerns that the guidelines, which are based, in part, on work by a Harvard University researcher, may have been undermined due to his financial ties to drugmakers, according to The Daily Telegraph. A Congressional investigation revealed last year that Harvard’s Joseph Biederman had earned far more money from drugmakers than he had reported to the school (back story and more here). The probe found about $1.6 million in payments and by failing to report income, he may have violated federal and university research rules governing conflicts of interest. Harvard Medical School is supposedly investigating the discrepancies, although it remains unclear if any action was taken. Meanwhile, the Royal Australasian College of Physicians is belatedly conducting a review that is jeopa... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3023410 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:33:40 +0100 3023410 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2977574&cid=t_103102_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2Fn9EXinVDdso%2F There are five of them - Harvard University, Yale University, Brown University, the University of Pennsylvania and Boston University - will release a pledge to encourage companies to give poor countries better access to drugs and medical products based on discoveries made on their campuses, Bloomberg News reports. Their promise is supposed to guide how drugs developed by scientists at their universities are licensed to companies, a Harvard spokesman tells Bloomberg, adding that the schools signed their pledge after campus student groups pushed for policies to make new drugs available at low cost to poor patients. The statement commits the schools to make “vigorous efforts” to promote global access to drugs through licensing strategies, Bloomberg writes. For example, the schools will w... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2977574 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:42:32 +0100 2977574 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2473171&cid=t_103102_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FqxtcUS0nU40%2F For children who have delays or disorders in developing speech and language critical to the learning process, early intervention is imperative. Yet for many, services are out of reach. All children, regardless of their families’ socio-economic status should be entitled to succeed in learning and success in life. The foundation for learning is the ability to use language. For those children who enter kindergarten unprepared to achieve academic success, the future is not bright. According to Catherine Snow, Graham professor of education at Harvard University, preschool programs focusing on building vocabulary are crucial for making up the deficit that children from low-income families already face. Children with the largest vocabularies in kindergarten still have the largest vocabularies s... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2473171 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:47:35 +0100 2473171 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2380733&cid=t_103102_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FMnG5Uj6PXdQ%2F William F. Buckley famously said that he’d ”rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University.” That was, of course, a swipe at the practical wisdom of those people who spend their lives teaching in ivory towers, and a deserved one. But score one for the egg heads when it comes to identifying the practical reality of modern higher education. According to a new report from Public Agenda, while college presidents blather on about their impoverished schools and what a tremendous public good higher education is, the professors (at least those that Public Agenda interviewed) are pretty darn realistic about the real problems in academia. This quote, echoed in profes... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2380733 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:31:53 +0100 2380733 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1996756&cid=t_103102_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F466307897%2F Earlier this week, we learned that reknowned Harvard University psychiatrist Joseph Biederman pushed Johnson & Johnson to fund a research center at Massachusetts General Hospital that would focus on the use of its Risperdal antipsychotic in children, well before the med was approved for pediatric use (back story). Seeking to curry favor with the influential doc, Biederman was put in charge of the institute. He also began a study of 40 children between 4 and 6 years old who were given Risperdal and Lilly’s Zyprexa, another antipsychotic. At the time, Harvard University and MGH rules forbid researchers from running trials with drugmakers if they receive more than $10,000 from a company that makes the drug. However, info provided to the US Senate Finance Committee, which has been i... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1996756 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:48:40 +0100 1996756 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1985162&cid=t_103102_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F464258000%2F Last June, when a Congressional investigation revealed Harvard University’s Joseph Biederman had earned far more money from drugmakers than he had reported to the school, the world-renowned child psychiatrist insisted his “interests are solely in the advancement of medical treatment through rigorous and objective study.” (Back story). Now, e-mails and internal Johnson & Johnson documents made public in a court filing reveal Biederman pushed the drugmaker to fund a research center at Massachusetts General Hospital, and the point was “to move forward the commercial goals of J&J,” according to the documents, The New York Times reports. The documents also show J&J wrote a draft summary of a study that Biederman was said to author (here are the documents... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1985162 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:08:57 +0100 1985162 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1921195&cid=t_103102_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F435716241%2F There is little time to watch TV on the Pharmalot corporate campus, but we were directed to a recent episode of ‘Boston Legal,’ that compelling drama about - what else? - a bunch of emotionally challenged lawyers, because there was mention of a recent pharma issue being investigated by the US Senate Finance Committee. To wit, the committee is looking at alleged instances of undisclosed conflicts of interests involving academics who receive National Institutes of Health grants to research certain drugs and payments from drugmakers for consulting, research or speaking (back story). This is prominently noted by actress Candace Bergen, along with other matters such as pharma ties to the FDA, Congress and doctors, in a speech to a jury about a woman who suffered a heart attack after... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1921195 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:04:05 +0100 1921195 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1769138&cid=t_103102_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F383216828%2F Under pressure from an ongoing US Senate investigation, the National Institutes of Health last week sent reminders to universities that “proper stewardship of Federal funds includes ensuring objectivity of results by protecting federally-funded research from compromise by FCOI,” or financial conflicts of interest. The August 25 e-mail was written by Norka Ruiz Bravo, the NIH deputy director for extramural research, who last March told The New York Times that “for us to try to manage directly the conflict-of-interest of an NIH investigator would be not only inappropriate but pretty much impossible.” She added that “I think (the system) is working to the extent that people are being honest and I think most people are honest.” Honesty aside, the Senate Finance Co... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1769138 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:38:08 +0100 1769138 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1655670&cid=t_103102_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F345833615%2F The ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee wants the National Institutes of Health to revoke grants to academic scientists who fail to report financial conflicts of interest to their institutions, the Iowa Senator tells The Chronicle of Higher Education. His remarks come after targeting Harvard University, Stanford University and the University of Cincinnati, because some academics underreported their own financial interests in research projects supported by the NIH. Institutions are required by federal regulation to report the existence of those conflicts to the agency. Grassley is seeking info from 20 other institutions about financial conflicts among their scientists, including Brown University’s Martin Keller, and the American Psychiatric Association. Since 1995, an N... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1655670 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:01:05 +0100 1655670 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1655677&cid=t_103102_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F345585820%2F We are about to get a head start on the weekend in order to spruce up the Pharmalot corporate campus. We take great pride in our public image, after all. So while we keep busy, please enjoy a few of the items we have found floating about… Bayer Anticoagulant Wins Green Light From EU (Yahoo/Reuters) Genentech Forms Panel To Review Roche Bid (Bloomberg News) FDA Extends Exclusivity For J&J’s Topamax (Associated Press) Glaxo Strikes Stem Cell Deal With Harvard (The Boston Globe) (Source: Pharmalot) Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1655677 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:45:43 +0100 1655677 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1551898&cid=t_103102_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F321279248%2F The investigation by the Senate Finance Committee into academic researchers who simultaneously receive funding from pharma and the NIH - without fully disclosing their payments - has been followed closely on this site. For those of you, however, who enjoy a watching televised version of the saga, or simply missed an item here or there, CBS Evening News ran a segment last night. Here it is… (Source: Pharmalot) Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1551898 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:08:44 +0100 1551898 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1543925&cid=t_103102_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F319993115%2F In response to sustained public pressure, the National Institutes of Health is now getting set to tighten its oversight on grants awarded academic researchers, whose institutions are required to report any conflicts of interest. Recent examples uncovered by the Senate Finance Committee, however, have embarrassed the NIH and several universities, most notably Harvard University. Over the past several months, the committee has disclosed instances where academic researchers at Harvard, Stanford University and the University of Cincinnatti accepted funding from both the NIH and various drugmakers, but failed to fully disclose industry payments. Universities are supposed to monitor researchers and the NIH is supposed to monitor the universities for conflicts involving payments exceeding $10,000... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1543925 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:03:01 +0100 1543925 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1543928&cid=t_103102_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F319828349%2F The US Senate Finance Committee charges that Stanford University failed to properly monitor alleged conflicts of interest involving Alan Schatzberg, who chairs the psychiatry department at Stanford University and who owns about $6 million in stock in Corcept Therapeutics, which that participates in a National Institutes of Health study he oversees. This is the latest such case involving high-profile academics, who receive funding from both the NIH and industry, to be investigated by Chuck Grassley, the ranking committee Republican, for possible violations of federal regulations. At issue are whether universities are adequately policing disclosures in an effort to maintain scientific integrity and objectivity. Earlier this month, he targeted three Harvard University psychiatrists, including... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1543928 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:34:27 +0100 1543928 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1225336&cid=t_103102_145_f&fid=35710&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstoryofhealing.com%2F2008%2F02%2F12%2Fmedia-in-medicine-what-of-the-insurance-companies-other-issues%2F The Lost Angeles Times recently reported more of these online consults. Doctor visits in the United States have surged 20% in the last five years to more than 1.2 billion visits annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Even as the population ages, the number of doctors is falling across the country, and experts predict that office wait times will increase in the coming years. — “People can wait a long time to get in to see their primary-care doctor and longer for a specialist. . . . To have immediate access is huge,” said Dr. Melissa Welch, Aetna’s Northern California medical director. Insurance companies apparently opened up and expanded coverage to these web-based services, according to the same article. …Aetna Inc., the natio... the story of healing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1225336 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:14:57 +0100 1225336 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=479199&cid=t_103102_87_f&fid=34866&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecardioblog.com%2F2007%2F02%2F24%2Fnaps-reduce-heart-attacks%2F Filed under: Prevention, Research, Stress, Women Heart Health, Men Heart HealthMeditation, siestas, and naps all are used to re energize us. I have friends who swear by the 20 minute power nap. But in a society where everyone pumps caffeine to stay awake and working 12 or more hours a day is becoming common place, can we take the advice of the Archives of Internal Medicine telling us that taking naps reduces heart attacks? Now studies show that taking 30 minute naps in the afternoons can help reduce the risk of dying from a heart attack. Working men seemed to benefit the most from the down time. The main reasoning in the study is that naps helped reduce stress and lowering stress helps reduce the likelihood of heart attacks.In the largest study to date, Dr. Dimitrios Trichopoulos of Harvar... The Cardio Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=479199 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 05:00:00 +0100 479199