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 'harvey'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:14:55 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5069448&cid=t_207868_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FL4v1dpVS2L8%2F By Tim LynchOver the weekend, the Wall Street Journal ran an excellent article about the problem of overcriminalization—the proliferation of criminal laws and how more and more people can find themselves on the wrong side the law without even realizing it. Here’s an excerpt: In 2009, Mr. Anderson loaned his son some tools to dig for arrowheads near a favorite campground of theirs. Unfortunately, they were on federal land. Authorities “notified me to get a lawyer and a damn good one,” Mr. Anderson recalls. There is no evidence the Andersons intended to break the law, or even knew the law existed, according to court records and interviews. But the law, the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979, doesn’t require criminal intent and makes it a felony punishab... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5069448 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:39:14 +0100 5069448 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4911451&cid=t_207868_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FD5RpmLJrNPA%2F By David RittgersDepartment of Education officers employed a SWAT team because of unpaid student loans. I am not making this up: Kenneth Wright does not have a criminal record and he had no reason to believe a S.W.A.T team would be breaking down his door at 6 a.m. on Tuesday… As it turned out, the person law enforcement was looking for was not there – Wright’s estranged wife. “They put me in handcuffs in that hot patrol car for six hours, traumatizing my kids,” Wright said. Wright said he later went to the mayor and Stockton Police Department, but the City of Stockton had nothing to do with Wright’s search warrant. The U.S. Department of Education issued the search and called in the S.W.A.T for his wife’s defaulted student loans. This, along with the J... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4911451 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:48:13 +0100 4911451 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4762853&cid=t_207868_125_f&fid=37825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbibbynews.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F04%2F28%2Fwhat-everyone-ought-to-know-about-eastman-dental%2F Bibby Library has preserved the history of Eastman Dental and dentistry in the Rochester New York area through its print and digital archive collections. The American Library Association has designated the week of April 24-30 as preservation week. Here are a few interesting facts about Eastman Dental: 1.  Eastman Dental has been providing oral health [...] (Source: Bibby Library News and Tips) Bibby Library News and Tips blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4762853 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:51:57 +0100 4762853 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734101&cid=t_207868_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Famazing-leaps-in-medical-knowledge-heart-physiology-then-and-now%2F2011.04.20 These last several weeks I have been absolutely overwhelmed with science, meetings, writing, and reviews. I might complain, but I should also be flattered that I am as busy as I am. Mama is in demand, little muffin. Still, things are beginning to slow down to a tolerable level on my end, which means I will be back to blogging. Today I was working on some writing when I had cause to review some historical texts. It gives me pause to stop and consider things that we take for granted. For example, think about how blood flows through the heart and lungs… Figure 1: Blood flows from right to left, across the lungs. I can’t tell you how many times a day I look at a heart and  take for granted that blood should flow from the venous circulation, into the right side of the heart, acros... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734101 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:00:08 +0100 4734101 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4399507&cid=t_207868_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FNb9gopEJD8o%2F By David RittgersIf you haven’t seen it already, I recommend the Frontline report Are We Safer? Since September 11, 2001, the government has gone on a spending spree without any regard for fiscal federalism, dumping $31 billion into grant programs. The program is based on The Washington Posts’ Top Secret America article, “Monitoring America.” Watch it below: Much of this spending has gone to local pork projects or allowed state and local governments to avoid the realities of budgeting – spend federal counterterrorism dollars on normal law enforcement requirements while spending the local tax base on unsustainable pensions for public employees. For a tally of this excess, check out the Price of Peril, an interactive map showing homeland security spending by state, courtesy of the... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4399507 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:49:22 +0100 4399507 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4245308&cid=t_207868_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FBtKPkms1vXQ%2F As each new labelled generation of students arises, the fallen generation vocalise their lament on the decay of learning, the demise of articulate presentation and the death of inquisitive thought...Bring back pimping...they exclaim (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4245308 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 01:04:04 +0100 4245308 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4230315&cid=t_207868_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FgkT0F97oxsE%2F Within days of agreeing to pay a whopping $2.3 billion to settle civil and criminal charges of off-label marketing several drugs, including the Bextra painkiller, Pfizer was hit with a derivative shareholder lawsuit. Now, the drugmaker has agreed to settle the litigation by creating a $75 million fund that will be overseen by a new compliance committee comprised of board members who will monitor corporate governance. The move may have far-reaching implications. That’s because the preliminary deal, which was reached late last week, makes a requirement that was not specified in the corporate integrity agreement Pfizer signed last year with the federal government. The CIA, which you can read here, requires a compliance committee, but this consists of a chief compliance officer and and m... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4230315 Sun, 05 Dec 2010 18:42:14 +0100 4230315 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4133683&cid=t_207868_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_AHhBDrV-sE%2F By David RittgersBuilding on Ilya Shapiro’s post on the sealed grand jury proceedings against Siobhan Reynolds, founder of the Pain Relief Network, and the sealed Reason Foundation/Institute for Justice amicus brief, here is some more background on the Wichita witch hunt: The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Wichita, Kansas, indicted physician Stephen Schneider and his wife, Linda, a nurse, for illegal drug trafficking in December 2007. Reynolds found an eerie parallel between Schneider’s case and the prosecution that denied her husband pain medication, so she took action. Her public relations campaign on behalf of Dr. Schneider so annoyed Assistant U.S. Attorney Tanya Treadway that Treadway sought a gag order to bar Reynolds’s advocacy. The presiding judge denied the gag order. When the ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4133683 Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:14:08 +0100 4133683 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3998963&cid=t_207868_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FZlOB7UzPC7o%2F By David RittgersA federal prosecutor’s misconduct tilted the scales of justice against Antonio Lyons, an Orlando businessman. Lyons served three years in prison before his attorney discovered statements from a witness that differed from the testimony given at trial. That was just the tip of the iceberg. For more than a week in 2001, the jurors listened to one witness after another, almost all of them prison inmates, describe how Lyons had sold them packages of cocaine. One said that Lyons, who ran clothing shops and nightclubs around Orlando, tried to hire him to kill two drug dealers. But the federal prosecutors handling the case did not let the jury hear all the facts. Instead, the prosecutors covered up evidence that could have discredited many of Lyons’ accusers. They never di... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3998963 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:24:45 +0100 3998963 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3767015&cid=t_207868_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fdr-harvey-cushing-pulitizer-prize-winner%2F Harvey Cushing as photographed by Ida Tarbell in 1908 The only surgeon to win a Pulitizer Prize was Harvey Cushing, who was awarded the prize in 1925 for his biography of fellow Johns Hopkins titan Dr. William Osler. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3767015 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:00:10 +0100 3767015 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3635898&cid=t_207868_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fcommunity-health-data-initiative Institute of Medicine President Harvey Fineberg and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius launched the Community Health Data Initiative on June 2 at an IOM Forum in Washington, D.C. The initiative represents the hard work of many people, especially HHS CTO Todd Park. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3635898 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:31:00 +0100 3635898 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3577622&cid=t_207868_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FN2Mz6xyOy2c%2F A panel investigating the World Health Organization’s response to last year’s swine flu outbreak wants to see confidential exchanges between the agency and drugmakers. The 29-member panel wants WHO records and correspondence from before and after the H1N1 strain was declared a pandemic in June, the Associated Press reports. “We will want to have access to certain confidential documents that may be in place here at WHO or elsewhere,” committee chair Harvey Fineberg, who is also president of the Institute of Medicine in Washington, told reporters in Geneva, adding that documents include “contractual or letters of understanding” between the WHO and drugmakers. Some agreements have been considered confidential, but so far all requests have been met. The pane... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3577622 Wed, 19 May 2010 15:45:07 +0100 3577622 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3556069&cid=t_207868_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FUlleBYNc0wc%2F By Mark MollerKagan gets an endorsement from superstar conservative appellate litigator and Bush II appellate nominee (also my old boss) Miguel Estrada here (see last paragraph). Plus, Stuart Taylor says Kagan’s nomination could mean a more conservative Court: Commentators on the left . . . complain that Kagan never compiled much of a record of aggressively championing liberal causes during her years as a law professor. Some say she was too friendly as dean of Harvard Law School to conservatives and did not recruit as many women and minorities for the faculty as diversitycrats desired. Speaking as a moderate independent, I like everything about Kagan that the left dislikes. To borrow from my friend Harvey Silverglate, a leading Boston lawyer who champions both civil liberties and a... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3556069 Wed, 12 May 2010 14:35:35 +0100 3556069 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3511648&cid=t_207868_125_f&fid=37825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbibbynews.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F04%2F28%2Fread-the-story-of-eastman-dental%2F The Eastman Institute for Oral Health has released its new book “Leading the Way: Eastman and Oral Health”. Authored by Elizabeth Brayer, this page turner tells the story of philanthropist George Eastman’s founding of the Rochester Dental Dispensary. The book depicts the history of Eastman Dental and dentistry in Rochester, concluding with the recent establishment [...] (Source: Bibby Library News and Tips) Bibby Library News and Tips blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3511648 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:05:03 +0100 3511648 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3429482&cid=t_207868_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2F2Q7WXYvPzs0%2F If you’re reading this on 1st April you may think the heading of this post is a joke (if that’s what you want, guess what? Life Coaching To Be Banned- honest!). That no way a few weeks after broadcasting to the world about the Death of the Self Help Seminar, Carl Harvey has done a complete volte face and is now a huge fanboy of self development seminars. One of the things I’ve always found weird about the US election system is the way politicians will viciously attack each other for changing their minds. My take on the matter is fairly straight forward. When contrary and incontrovertible evidence shows up, then to not change your mind doesn’t make you statesmanlike, it makes you simpletonlike.  None of  us like being wrong, but we all are from time to time and it takes guts t... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3429482 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:40:03 +0100 3429482 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3429166&cid=t_207868_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FTkO58KX2lDs%2F By David RittgersBrian Walsh of The Heritage Foundation and Paul Rosenzweig have a new book out, One Nation Under Arrest: How Crazy Laws, Rogue Prosecutors, and Activist Judges Threaten Your Liberty. For an example of how our federal criminal laws have morphed into a leviathan that threatens the liberty of average citizens, take the case of inventor and entrepreneur Krister Evertson: In May 2004, FBI agents driving a black Suburban and wearing SWAT gear ran Evertson off the road near his mother’s home in Wasilla, Alaska. When Evertson was face down on the pavement with automatic weapons trained on him, an FBI agent told him he was being arrested because he hadn’t put a federally mandated sticker on a UPS package. A jury in federal court in Alaska acquitted Evertson, but the fed... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3429166 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:22:37 +0100 3429166 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3239702&cid=t_207868_125_f&fid=37825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbibbynews.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F02%2F03%2Feastman-dental-featured-in-ada-sesquicentennial-book%2F Several  former Eastman Dental staff, faculty and alumni are featured in the American Dental Association’s (ADA) new book,  150 Years of the American Dental Association, A Pictorial History 1859-2009. In coffee-table style format, the book is the culmination of efforts to collect historical dental images and stories to celebrate 150 years of the ADA. Eastman dental’s contribution [...] (Source: Bibby Library News and Tips) Bibby Library News and Tips blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3239702 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:43:34 +0100 3239702 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3100780&cid=t_207868_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FOzOGa6jQh8Y%2F By Tim LynchHere are some interesting new items on the web: Cato Senior Fellow Nat Hentoff is interviewed by John W. Whitehead of the Rutherford Institute.  Nat says “Obama has little, if any, principles except to aggrandize and make himself more and more important.”  And “Obama is possibly the most dangerous and destructive president we have ever had.”  Go here for the full interview. Cato adjunct scholar Harvey Silverglate is blogging this week over at the Volokh Conspiracy on his new book, Three Felonies a Day.  Cato Adjunct Scholar Marie Gryphon, who is also a Senior Fellow with the Manhattan Institute, has just put out a new paper, It’s a Crime: Flaws in Federal Statutes That Punish Regular Businesspeople. Cato Media Fellow Radley Balko takes a lo... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3100780 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:13:04 +0100 3100780 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3075485&cid=t_207868_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FVt8wKpaQGQs%2F By Tim LynchYesterday, Michael Dreeben, the attorney representing the U.S. government, tried to defend the controversial “honest services” statute from a constitutional challenge in front of the Supreme Court.  When Dreeben informed the Court that the feds have essentially criminalized any ethical lapse in the workplace, Justice Breyer exclaimed, [T]here are 150 million workers in the United States.  I think possibly 140 [million] of them flunk your test. There it is.  Some of us have been trying to draw more attention to the dangerous trend of overcriminalization.  Judge Alex Kozinski co-authored an article in my book entitled “You’re (Probably) a Federal Criminal.”  And Cato adjunct scholar, Harvey Silverglate, calls his new book, Three Felonies a Da... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3075485 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:28:50 +0100 3075485 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2857398&cid=t_207868_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fri15wQP9Hl4%2F On Wednesday the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security held a hearing on the proposed cyberbullying legislation I mentioned in this post. Cato adjunct scholar Harvey Silverglate testified at the hearing, and his written testimony is available here. Silverglate highlighted the pernicious potential of this law, which sits at the nexus of his two books. The Shadow University highlights how speech codes have impaired free expression on college campuses nationwide. Three Felonies a Day shows how federal criminal law has expanded to define various innocuous activities as federal felonies. Put the two together and a federal cyberbullying law is what you get. Silverglate’s recent podcast is available here, and he recently appeared at a Cato book fo... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2857398 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:26:00 +0100 2857398 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2842500&cid=t_207868_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FICtFUaMj4O8%2F Federal prosecutors moved to criminalize internet harassment last year by prosecuting Lori Drew. Lori Drew, as you may recall, is a Missouri woman who created a fictional MySpace profile named “Josh” and started an online relationship with Megan Meier, a teenage girl who may have spread gossip about Drew’s daughter at the local high school. After “Josh” broke up with her, Megan Meier killed herself. While this is despicable conduct, Missouri prosecutors found that Drew had broken no criminal statute and could not be prosecuted. Enter Thomas O’Brien, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California. O’Brien filed charges against Drew based on alleged violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). O’Brien alleged that by violating MySpace’s policy requiring fact... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2842500 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:26:02 +0100 2842500 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2842503&cid=t_207868_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FM_woR6EAhvk%2F Harvey Silverglate’s new book, Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent, is receiving a good bit of press. L. Gordon Crovitz has a good piece up at the Wall Street Journal discussing federal overcriminalization and how it impacts information technology. National Review Online has an audio interview with Silverglate discussing how federal law often strays from traditional notions of criminal intent, making innocent activity potentially criminal. Silverglate will be speaking at Cato on Thursday at a book forum with Tim Lynch. Tim’s recent book In the Name of Justice looks at the evolution of strict liability statutes and other developments in criminal law with chapters from prominent legal thinkers. Washington Times columnist Tony Blankley will be serving as guest moderator... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2842503 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:20:01 +0100 2842503 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2523496&cid=t_207868_125_f&fid=37825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbibbynews.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F06%2F16%2Feastman-dental-clinics-in-europe%2F Bibby Library Launches New Archival Exhibit We are pleased to bring you a collection of images depicting George Eastman’s establishment of dental clinics in London, Paris, Rome, Brussels and Stockholm during the 1920’s and 1930’s. Similar in architecture and purpose, the clinics illustrate Eastman’s desire for  indigent children to have access to dental treatment and to be [...] (Source: Bibby Library News and Tips) Bibby Library News and Tips blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2523496 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:09:58 +0100 2523496 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2473209&cid=t_207868_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F6xKO5pf1yf4%2F The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding hearings today on Sen. Jim Webb’s (D-VA) bill to create a National Criminal Justice Commission. Senator Webb is a long-time student of what has gone wrong with American criminal justice. The bill provides for an 18-month review of the nation’s criminal justice system and recommendations for reform. I plan to attend, and the proceedings will be available on video here. Click here to read The Sentencing Project’s endorsement of the legislation. My colleague Tim Lynch recently published a book on crime and punishment, In the Name of Justice. Notable authors such as Court of Appeals Judges Alex Kozinski and Richard Posner, Professor James Q. Wilson, and veteran defense attorney and law professor Harvey Silverglate weigh in on how the ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2473209 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:05:40 +0100 2473209 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2469438&cid=t_207868_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F8gKcnamfb3M%2F Vice-president Joe Biden says we should rally behind the Supreme Court nomination of Sotomayor because she will “have the back” of the police.  Biden is a lawyer, a senator, and former chairman of the Senate’s Judiciary Committee, so he should know better than to pull a political stunt like that to curry favor with law enforcement groups.  The Constitution places limits on the power of the police to search, detain, wiretap, imprison, and interrogate.   The separation of powers principle means that judges must maintain their impartiality and “check” the police whenever they overstep their authority.  To abdicate that responsibility and to “go along with the police” is to do away with our system of checks and balances. As it happens, The New Yo... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2469438 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:38:26 +0100 2469438 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2464089&cid=t_207868_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F3UHApBS5qak%2F Thomas Paine, one of the fathers of American freedom, died almost unmourned 200 years ago today. Brendan O’Neill remembers him at BBC.com: In January 1776 he published a short pamphlet that earned him the title The Father of the American Revolution. Titled simply, Common Sense, the work has been described by the Pulitzer-winning historian Gordon S Wood as “the most incendiary and popular pamphlet of the entire [American] revolutionary period”. It put the case for democracy, against the monarchy, and for American independence from British rule. Lefties like Harvey Kaye, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and author of Thomas Paine and the Promise of America, like to say He put the case for political democracy AND social democracy, arguing in The Rights of... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2464089 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:58:29 +0100 2464089 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2348046&cid=t_207868_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsandnsurf.medbrains.net%2F2009%2F04%2Fpimping-in-perspective%2F An excellent post titled “The zen of questioning” recently appeared on the orthopedics blog “Them bones… “. Leaning on the landmark 1989 JAMA paper by Brancati, it provided an erudite discussion of the phenomenon of “pimping” in medical education. Coincidentally, this preempted the timely April 1st 2009 update of “The art of pimping” by Detsky [...] (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2348046 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:00:16 +0100 2348046 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2028725&cid=t_207868_167_f&fid=36991&url=http%3A%2F%2Fefoodalert.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F12%2Fsouthern-ontario-outbreak-over-fat-lady.html December 9, 2008The Ontario Ministry of Health declared last Friday that the province's multi-locus outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 has ended. With the most recent new patient having begun to experience symptoms on November 6, the tally of lab-confirmed and probable cases in each of the five public health units was finalized at:Niagara: 13 confirmed, 13 probableGuelph: 7 confirmed, 19 probableHalton: 6 confirmed, 6 probableWaterloo: 2 confirmedHamilton: 1 confirmedA confirmed case is one in which the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 was recovered from a patient. A probable case is one in which the patient's symptoms and onset date fit the outbreak profile, but no lab confirmation was obtained. In all, 67 people were part of this outbreak; the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 was recovere... eFoodAlert.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2028725 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:03:00 +0100 2028725 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1985650&cid=t_207868_167_f&fid=36991&url=http%3A%2F%2Fefoodalert.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fsouthern-ontario-e-coli-o157h7-outbreak.html For the second time this year, California lettuce is suspected of causing an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 in Southern Ontario.ThePacker.com, a produce industry news service, reports that FDA and the California Department of Public Health are investigating the possibility that romaine lettuce from one or more California farms may be linked to the current Ontario outbreak of E. coli O157:H7. The US action was triggered by epidemiological evidence from the Canadian outbreak investigation that pointed a finger at California romaine.The outbreak has now spread to five different health units in Southern Ontario. As of Friday, November 21, 153 cases – 30 of them confirmed – have been reported. The cases are restaurant-associated, and the identical outbreak strain has been identified in all fiv... eFoodAlert.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1985650 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:34:00 +0100 1985650 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1961878&cid=t_207868_167_f&fid=36991&url=http%3A%2F%2Fefoodalert.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fsouthern-e-coli-o157h7-is-lettuce-link.html The Ontario Ministry of Health reported today that Southern Ontario's E. coli O157:H7 outbreak is responsible for as many as 148 illnesses in four health districts. These include:56 cases in Niagara - 14 confirmed31 cases in Halton - 6 confirmed58 cases in Guelph - 7 confirmed3 cases in Waterloo - 2 confirmedBy definition, a confirmed case is one in which the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 was recovered from the patient. Unconfirmed cases are either still under investigation, or match the epidemiological profile (time frame, location, symptoms) without the specific outbreak strain having been found.As is often the case in this type of investigation, the MOH totals vary somewhat from those reported by the individual districts – probably because of the time lag involved in transmitting... eFoodAlert.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1961878 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:11:00 +0100 1961878 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1955950&cid=t_207868_167_f&fid=36991&url=http%3A%2F%2Fefoodalert.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fharveys-reopens-in-north-bay.html The North Bay-Parry Sound District Health Unit gave Harvey's the green light yesterday, and the restaurant has reopened for business. According to the North Bay Nugget, customers of the fast food outlet were standing in line by the time the restaurant opened its doors this morning.Harvey's was ordered to close on October 12th, after it was linked to an outbreak of E. coli o157:H7 that sickened 251 individuals (50 lab-confirmed) in North Bay, 10 other Ontario health districts, Québec (1 case) and British Columbia (1 case). One of the victims, a seven-year old boy, is still hospitalized with in Toronto with hemolytic uremic syndrome. The source of the E. coli O157:H7 still has not been determined.In what may be a coincidence – or perhaps a spurt of secondary infections – the district is... eFoodAlert.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1955950 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:06:00 +0100 1955950 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1948058&cid=t_207868_167_f&fid=36991&url=http%3A%2F%2Fefoodalert.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fe-coli-o157h7-tying-outbreaks-together.html The E. coli O157:H7 cases in four southern Ontario regions may be linked to some cases in the United States after all – just not the ones we thought.Bill Marler reported this morning that some isolates of E. coli o157:H7 that were reported in southern California, New Jersey and South Dakota appear to be the same genetic strain as the one that has infected individuals in Niagara, Halton, Waterloo and Guelph.The Ontario Ministry of Health, which is coordinating the results from the affected regions, has recognized a total of 88 cases as of this evening, 24 of which have been lab-confirmed. The totals reported by each health unit are somewhat different:Niagara (as of November 7): 55 cases, including 13 confirmed, 38 probable and 4 under investigationHalton (as of November 10, 12:00pm): 69 c... eFoodAlert.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1948058 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:59:00 +0100 1948058 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1943935&cid=t_207868_167_f&fid=36991&url=http%3A%2F%2Fefoodalert.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fe-coli-o157h7-tours-ontario.html Not content with wreaking havoc in North Bay, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Welland and Burlington, our old friend has also put in an appearance in Waterloo, Ontario. And, just for good measure, he has granted an encore at the University of Guelph.Based on information released by the Ontario Ministry of Health, the illnesses in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Welland, Burlington and Waterloo all are due to the identical strain of E. coli O157:H7. So far, this multi-city outbreak comprises 91 cases, 20 of which have been confirmed. The two Waterloo victims are both described as "older children"; one has been hospitalized. Both of the Waterloo cases have been lab-confirmed.The Little Red Rooster restaurant in Niagara-on-the-Lake, and M.T. Bellies in Welland, both of which closed for the outbreak investigation,... eFoodAlert.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1943935 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:11:00 +0100 1943935 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1940352&cid=t_207868_167_f&fid=36991&url=http%3A%2F%2Fefoodalert.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fontario-e-coli-o157h7-outbreak-links.html We were advised this morning by Andrew Morrison of the Ontario Ministry of Health that a link between the Niagara and Michigan/Illinois outbreaks of E. coli O157:H7 has not been established. Here is what we know:The Chatham-Kent outbreak definitely was linked to the Michigan/Illinois outbreak.Preliminary genetic fingerprinting of some isolates from the North Bay outbreak showed a connection between the North Bay and Chatham-Kent strains. This was not borne out by more extensive testing.One isolate from the Halton outbreak appears to be the same as the Niagara outbreak strain.The Niagara cases have not been linked to the Michigan/Illinois outbreak strain.Our thanks to Andrew Morrison for this clarification. (Source: eFoodAlert.com) eFoodAlert.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1940352 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:10:00 +0100 1940352 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1933533&cid=t_207868_167_f&fid=36991&url=http%3A%2F%2Fefoodalert.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fniagara-halton-e-coli-o157h7-linked-to.html eFoodAlert has learned that the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in the Niagara region has been linked by genetic fingerprinting to the recent cross-border outbreak that caused illnesses in Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Oregon, New York and the Chatham-Kent region of Ontario.The earlier outbreak was traced epidemiologically by US and Canadian investigators to California-grown bagged, pre-washed, shredded iceberg lettuce distributed by Aunt Mid's Produce Company of Detroit, MI. Investigators were unable to detect the outbreak strain in any samples of the lettuce, and Aunt Mid's never accepted the validity of the epidemiological findings.As of early this afternoon, the Niagara region has identified 12 confirmed cases of E. coli O157:H7 infection; an additional 35 cases are under investigation. Of the 4... eFoodAlert.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1933533 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:52:00 +0100 1933533 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1930865&cid=t_207868_167_f&fid=36991&url=http%3A%2F%2Fefoodalert.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fontario-e-coli-o157h7-investigations.html North Bay-Parry Sound reported today that it has now identified 246 cases – 49 lab-confirmed as E. coli O157:H7 – in the food poisoning outbreak linked to Harvey's Restaurant on Algonquin Avenue in North Bay, Ontario. This includes cases from 10 other Ontario District Health Units, as well as from the provinces of Québec and British Columbia. The District still has not been able to identify a probable source of the contamination.The Niagara region outbreak has now grown to 46 cases, 12 of which are lab-confirmed. Forty-one of the 46 cases have been linked to one of two restaurants – Little Red Rooster in Niagara-on-the-Lake, and M.T. Bellies in Welland. Halton's caseload also is growing. The total number of suspect and confirmed cases now stands at 28, three of which have been lab-... eFoodAlert.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1930865 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:57:00 +0100 1930865 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1925127&cid=t_207868_167_f&fid=36991&url=http%3A%2F%2Fefoodalert.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fanother-ontario-restaurant-enmeshed-in.html North Bay-Parry Sound reported this afternoon that the number of E. coli O157:H7 cases has risen to 237, of which 46 have been lab-confirmed. All of the confirmed cases are linked directly to the Harvey's Restaurant on Algonquin Avenue in North Bay, and reported an onset of symptoms before October 22nd.The District Health Unit has received lab reports on food samples up to October 25th. All of the food samples analyzed so far have been negative for E. coli O157:H7. Some tests, though, are still in progress.The 237 cases include residents of North-Bay Parry Sound, nine other Ontario District Health Units, and two other provinces – Québec and British Columbia. All of the districts have supplied North Bay with information obtained from people who ate at Harvey's during the time period of t... eFoodAlert.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1925127 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:59:00 +0100 1925127 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1912135&cid=t_207868_167_f&fid=36991&url=http%3A%2F%2Fefoodalert.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fe-coli-turns-up-in-niagara-on-lake-too.html The Niagara Region Medical Officer of Health is asking members of the public to contact the health unit if they experienced an onset of symptoms of E. coli  illness – severe abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea, possibly accompanied by fever – between October 11th and October 24th.The request was made after two people were lab-diagnosed with E. coli . An additional three people are also thought to be infected with the microbe. Four of the five victims ate at the Little Red Rooster, 271 Mary Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake. The Health Unit's news release did not specifically mention E. coli O157:H7, but bloody diarrhea is a common symptom of this strain.The restaurant's owners are cooperating with the investigation into these illnesses, including providing food samples for analysis and giv... eFoodAlert.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1912135 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:35:00 +0100 1912135 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1906468&cid=t_207868_167_f&fid=36991&url=http%3A%2F%2Fefoodalert.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fnorth-bay-ontario-outbreak-no-news-is.html Today's update from the North Bay-Parry Sound District Health Unit is singularly devoid of news – good or bad.The number of confirmed and suspect cases has risen slightly to 209, of which 39 have been lab-confirmed as E. coli O157:H7. One of the victims is a child, who is hospitalized with symptoms of hemolytic uremic syndrome. Today's update describes the child's condition as "critical".There still has been no break-through in finding the source – food, food-handler, or environmental – of the outbreak. And there is still no word on the results of genetic fingerprinting of the outbreak strain (or strains).Unless something significant breaks over the weekend, it's likely that the next update from the District Health Unit will be on Monday, October 27th. (Source: eFoodAlert.com) eFoodAlert.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1906468 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:40:00 +0100 1906468 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1902805&cid=t_207868_167_f&fid=36991&url=http%3A%2F%2Fefoodalert.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fnorth-bay-e-coli-o157h7-victim.html North Bay-Parry Sound District Health Unit announced today that one of the victims of the Harvey's Restaurant outbreak – a child – is hospitalized in serious condition with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS).The child is one of 207 confirmed and suspect cases of E. coli O157:H7 illness, most of them traced to customers who ate at Harvey's Restaurant on Algonquin Avenue in North Bay, Ontario between October 1st and October 12th. Thirty-nine of the victims have been lab-confirmed.Investigators have not yet determined a probable source of the pathogen. The District Health Unit has asked customers of Harvey's Restaurant, who ate there between October 1st and October 12th and remained healthy, to participate in an epidemiological interview. The interviews will help the District Health Unit to ... eFoodAlert.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1902805 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:27:00 +0100 1902805 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1902808&cid=t_207868_167_f&fid=36991&url=http%3A%2F%2Fefoodalert.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fnorth-bay-e-coli-o157h7-outbreak-new.html The North Bay-Parry Sound District Health Unit reported today that the total number of confirmed and suspect cases in this outbreak investigation now stands at 190 – up significantly from yesterday's total of 158. Thirty-six of the 190 cases are lab-confirmed as E. coli O157:H7. We've been told by the District that confirmed cases are defined as patients from whom E. coli O157:H7 has been isolated; suspect cases are patients whose symptoms match those expected from an infection with E. coli O157:H7, and who began to experience their symptoms during the outbreak time frame. As of today, no genetic fingerprinting (PFGE) results are available. The Medical Officer of Health believes that the sharp increase in cases is due to more cases coming out of the woodwork as the news of the outbrea... eFoodAlert.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1902808 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:35:00 +0100 1902808 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1896341&cid=t_207868_167_f&fid=36991&url=http%3A%2F%2Fefoodalert.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fnorth-bay-outbreak-numbers-rise-again.html The North Bay-Parry Sound District Health Unit reported this afternoon that the number of confirmed cases in this E. coli O157:H7 outbreak has risen to 35 lab-confirmed victims. The combined total of confirmed and suspect cases now stands at 158.The total number of cases is now just one shy of the 159 total that was reported on Sunday. eFoodAlert has learned that the removal of 18 suspect cases from the Sunday total was due to the symptoms reported by those individuals not matching the typical symptoms associated with an E. coli o157:H7 infection. In addition to North Bay-Parry Sound, eight other health units in the province are investigating cases that may be part of this outbreak. The Ontario Ministry of Health, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Public Health Agency of Canada and Agency ... eFoodAlert.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1896341 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:06:00 +0100 1896341 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1234978&cid=t_207868_122_f&fid=36506&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainSciencePodcastBlog%2F%7E3%2F235654247%2F The latest episode of Talking Robots is an interview with Inman Harvey of the University of Sussex. He observes that when researchers attempt to build automous robots their approach is strongly influenced by their philosophy of mind, even if that philosophy is only implicit. He also points out that what he calls “good old-fashioned AI” fails to represent how brains really work. This is a point I have emphasized repeatedly. Inman observes that approaches liked embodied artificial intellingence (which we discussued with Rolf Pfeifer in Episode 25) are really based on a different philosophy of mind that “good old-fashioned AI.” His paper Philosophy of Mind Using a Screwdriver is available as a PDF. (Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell) the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1234978 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:09:15 +0100 1234978 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=816799&cid=t_207868_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F146966503%2F Last month, some advocacy groups wrote the ceo of each drugmaker, along with PhRMA and the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations, urging them to disclose their global contributions. The reason? Concern that donations result in off-label marketing by groups receiving funds; mask the agendas of public policy groups that debate policy issues, and allow researchers to circumvent normal disclosure requirements. In doing so, they cited Lilly’s recent decision to make disclosures, at least in the US. Since then, Lilly agreed to expand its disclosure policy on a global basis. However, Harvey Bale, who heads the IFPMA, wrote back and politely declined to join the bandwagon, saying that disclosures would be a burden and, instead, should be made on a national level. ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=816799 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:15:20 +0100 816799 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=546171&cid=t_207868_135_f&fid=35263&url=http%3A%2F%2Fronhudson.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fthank-you-mr-fierstein.html Our Prejudices, Ourselves By HARVEY FIERSTEINApril 13, 2007AMERICA is watching Don Imus’s self-immolation in a state of shock and awe. And I’m watching America with wry amusement. Since I’m a second-class citizen — a gay man — my seats for the ballgame of American discourse are way back in the bleachers. I don’t have to wait long for a shock jock or stand-up comedian to slip up with hateful epithets aimed at me and mine. Hate speak against homosexuals is as commonplace as spam. It’s daily traffic for those who profess themselves to be regular Joes, men of God, public servants who live off my tax dollars, as well as any number of celebrities. In fact, I get a good chuckle whenever someone refers to “the media” as an agent of “the gay agenda.” There are entire channels,... 2sides2ron blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=546171 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:23:00 +0100 546171