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 'ira'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:14:49 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4314217&cid=t_285809_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2Ff3Dkwc5NsAg%2F The news that Josh Sharfstein is leaving the FDA, where he has been deputy commish for slightly less than two years, came as something of a surprise to many (back story). A Harvard-trained physician and former Congressional investigator with a penchant for criticizing pharma, Sharfstein arrived along with Margaret Hamburg, the FDA commish, and the pair was seen by pharma critics as white knights who could help restore some luster to a tarnished agency, while industry worried they might create havoc. Sharfstein is expected to become the secretary of health and mental hygiene in Maryland, and so we asked Ira Loss of Washington Analysis, a long-time observer of the intersection between pharma, Wall Street and Capitol Hill, about this high-profile change… Pharmalot: Were you surprised S... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4314217 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:21:37 +0100 4314217 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4233421&cid=t_285809_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FmgKGXEvVg-M%2F Oh, to be young. And that appears to be a requirement to work in the FDA press office, at least according to FDA Webview, which reports that FDA associate commish for external affairs Beth Martino, who is a 31-year-old former Kansas aide to HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius, is purging senior specialists who are 50 and older. The moves were described as abrupt and undertaken to make room for younger people closer to her age. Three of those let go: Elaine Gansz Bobo, 52, Dick Thompson, 65, and Ira Allen, 62, who were told they could be terminated as probationary hires for “incompetence” or resign, FDA Webview writes. Bobo and Allen had to immediately clean out their desks and were escorted off the premises, while Thompson, a former Time magazine Washington bureau science editor and high-... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4233421 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:45:35 +0100 4233421 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3899330&cid=t_285809_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F08%2Fnhl-player-vinny-lecavalier-surgery-shows-intact-meniscus%2F Tampa Bay NHL player Vinny Lecavalier had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee performed by Dr. Ira Guttentag that did not show damage to the meniscus as feared. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3899330 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:17:48 +0100 3899330 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3577675&cid=t_285809_180_f&fid=38610&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.productivity501.com%2Fborrow-from-your-ira%2F7425%2F Did you know that a single two-second distraction can cost you 15 minutes of your day? When your concentration is interrupted, it takes up to 15 minutes to get your focus back. Our ambient sounds help reduce the amount of noise distractions in your workplace. Take advantage of the current SALE.Advertise HereUsually I write about stuff that I recommend doing. In this post, I want to look at something that is possible, but not recommended under most circumstances. With hard economic times, there are a lot of people trying to find ways to borrow from their retirement funds. Many 401k accounts allow this, but what if your money is in an IRA? Can you borrow from your IRA? Can you borrow against your IRA’s value? Technically, no. But there is a short-term loophole that you can use if you... Productivity501 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3577675 Tue, 18 May 2010 17:00:16 +0100 3577675 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3146212&cid=t_285809_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F9lss1R4hDDE%2F The agency approved 26 new meds last year compared with 25 in 2008, a level that hadn’t been reached in five years, according to Dow Jones, which cites a report by Washington Analysis, a research firm. Newly approved meds included Effient, a blood thinner from Lilly and Daiichi Sankyo; Sanofi-Aventis’ Multaq heart pill, and two drugs to treat advanced kidney cancer: GlaxoSmithKline’s Votrient and Novartis’ Afinitor. However, several drugs that had been expected to reach medicine cabinets never made it that far, as the agency delayed some approvals in search of additional info. An example: Amgen’s Prolia, or denosomab, for treating post-menopausal osteoporosis. Ira Loss, a healthcare analyst at Washington Analysis, says the FDA did a decent job approving drugs... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3146212 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:04:14 +0100 3146212 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3019217&cid=t_285809_137_f&fid=35426&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcnettv.cnet.com%2Fav%2Fvideo%2Fcbsnews%2Fatlantis2%2Fplayer-dest.swf "Families cannot imagine there could be anything worse than their loved one dying. But in fact, there are things worse....Most generally, it's having someone you love die badly, suffering, dying connected to machines." -- Dr. Ira Byock, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center....Last year, Medicare paid $50 billion just for doctor and hospital bills during the last two months of patients' lives. That's more than the budget of the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Education. And it has been estimated that 20 to 30 percent of these medical expenditures may have had no meaningful impact. The vast majority of people say they want to die at home, but 75 percent die in a hospital or nursing home. Many Americans spend their last days in an ICU, subjected to uncomfortable machines ... Alzheimer's Reading Room, The blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3019217 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:50:21 +0100 3019217 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2800369&cid=t_285809_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FPXaZmmp6wYQ%2F Item: The Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy, a group of concerned scholars and authors who work on international security and U.S. foreign policy, have issued an open letter to President Obama warning him not to expand U.S. involvement in that country.  (Full disclosure: I was a signatory.)  The list of signatories includes many of the scholars who urged President Bush not to invade Iraq.  Politico was the first to run the story: see here. Item: Via Michael Cohen, former CIA counterterrorism honcho Paul Pillar takes to the pages of the Washington Post to think through the concept of “safe havens” in Afghanistan.  His conclusion? Among the many parallels being offered between Afghanistan and the Vietnam War, one of the most disturbing concerns inadequate examination o... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2800369 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:44:15 +0100 2800369 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2765999&cid=t_285809_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FirnGW8C1JHU%2F Over at The Corner, Rich Lowry put up a post on detainee interrogations that I responded to. Follow-up posts are available here and here. Jay Nordlinger steps in to offer the view that, with terrorists, the difference between a “schlub” and a “monster” isn’t much. A pathetic radical can cause a lot of damage with just a little bit of luck. This may be true, but there is a valuable ends-means calculation that must be considered (also addressed in Julian Sanchez’s post here). How many times must we use coercive interrogation and get nothing, suffering the inevitable backlash in public opinion and enemy recruiting, for each intelligence success? If you are willing to torture a dozen/hundred/thousand men for each schlub, you will motivate a sufficient number of monsters to make a s... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2765999 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:34:46 +0100 2765999 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2417147&cid=t_285809_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F05%2F18%2Fmesothelin-a-potential-new-target-for-ovarian-cancer-immunotherapy%2F Researchers have generated altered immune cells that are able to shrink, and in some cases eradicate, large tumors in mice. The immune cells target mesothelin, a protein that is highly expressed, or translated in large amounts from the mesothelin gene, on the surface of several types of cancer cells. The approach, developed by researchers at [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2417147 Tue, 19 May 2009 04:51:22 +0100 2417147 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2260674&cid=t_285809_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2009%2F03%2F11%2Faint-it-the-truth%2F BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! And, for those share-the-wealth liberals who might take offense to this……….. There…..I feel a little bit better now. My head may not explode after looking at my IRA’s a few minutes ago. Half of all my retirement funds are in the toilet. Sure, many of you say it’s Bush’s fault. But, face it, you bleeding heart [...] (Source: bipolar chicks blogging) bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2260674 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:10:01 +0100 2260674 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1537824&cid=t_285809_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F06%2Fira-byock-how-to-die.html I did a radio show on WASU in Wisconsin this morning and we focused primarily on hospice care. The call-in response was strong: People were clearly interested and concerned.Then, when I checked my e-mail, I a link to a video about "how to die," by my friend, the hospice physician and medical professor Ira Byock. Byock is a pioneer in treating patients with terminal illnesses. His book Dying Well is a must read for people facing the end of life. In this short video, Byock discusses issues that are important to people who are dying at this important time. Interestingly, there are responses by the courageous Ayaan Hirshi Ali of the AEI--the atheist former Muslim who is under death threat from jihadis, who--tying in our earlier discussion about how the reality of death focuses us and helps us ... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1537824 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:20:00 +0100 1537824