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Up And Down The Ladder... Job Changes
Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us and we’ll share with it others. That’s right. Send us your announcements and we’ll find a home for them. Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is coming and going, especially with all the layoffs. Despite the downsizing, there is movement. Here are some of the latest changes. Recognize anyone? And here is our regular feature. Send us a photo and we will spotlight a different person each week. This time around, we note that TherapeuticsMD hired Joel Krasnow as chief scientific officer. Previously...
Source: Pharmalot - December 13, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: esilverman Source Type: blogs

Our Man in the NQF? - CareFusion Settles Kickback Allegations for $40.1 Million and Government Alleges They Meant to Manipulate National Quality Forum Standards
What appeared to be yet another entry in the march of legal settlements turns out to be more interesting than it first appeared.The Basic Story: Off-Label Marketing  The story was initially briefly reported in the media.  A report in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer on 9 January, 2014, was perhaps the most complete, CareFusion, a manufacturer of medical and surgical supplies and medical devices, has agreed to settle charges of illegal marketing practices and kickback payments for promoting sales of the company’s surgical preparation solution, Chloraprep.Under the terms of the settlement with Washington, other sta...
Source: Health Care Renewal - January 22, 2014 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: CareFusion conflicts of interest guidelines institutional conflicts of interest kickbacks legal settlements National Quality Forum pay for performance Source Type: blogs

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 103
Question 1 Who was de Musset, and why do we still refer to him? Reveal Answer expand(document.getElementById('ddet1832833978'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink1832833978')) Alfred de Musset (1810-1857) was a French romantic poet and playwright. His brother remarked to him that his head regularly nodded and de Musset reportedly stopped it temporarily by placing his thumb and forefinger on his neck. de Musset’s sign is one of the clinical findings of aortic regurgitation. Question 2 In Britain Hoover this is a common brand of vacuum cleaner and the Americans have a dam with the same name, but what does ...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - August 29, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Niall Hamilton Tags: Arcanum Veritas Frivolous Friday Five de musset erythema ab igne Hoover Hoover's sign toasted skin syndrome will rogers Source Type: blogs

Wheat Belly Total Health: Public TV Schedule for December 1-8, 2014
The Wheat Belly Total Health Public Television Special continues to rollout nationwide! Here is the schedule for December 1st through 8th, 2014. (Not all airings are listed; please be sure to consult your local public TV station’s schedule. Also, note that many cities have more than one public TV station, including HDTV stations.) Be sure to show your support for your local public television station by making a generous pledge to allow them to continue to air programs like Wheat Belly Total Health. Special, exclusive-to-public-television Wheat Belly Total Health DVDs will be available to contributors to the local st...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - November 28, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Total Health autoimmune gluten PBS public television Weight Loss Source Type: blogs

Healthier and Happier
By: Alexandra Norcott, MD, second-year internal medicine resident at Yale-New Haven Hospital and member of the West Haven Veterans Affairs Center of Excellence in Primary Care Education (CoEPCE). She plans to pursue a career in general internal medicine with subpecialization in patient safety and quality improvement. “On average, how much alcohol do you drink?” I questioned the sixty-three year-old veteran. “About fifty beers a week,” Nate nonchalantly retorted. I noticed his cherry cheeks, accented by the red sailboats on his Hawaiian shirt. “OK. For about how long?” “About as long as I’ve been married—...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - January 22, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Featured Trainee Perspective Center of Excellence in Primary Care Education health care teams interprofessionalism patient centered care Source Type: blogs

"Don't go so fast: we're in a hurry!"
-- Talleyrand to his coachman. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838) was a French bishop, politician and diplomat. Due to a lame leg, he was not able to pursue the military career that had originally been foreseen for him by his family. Instead he studied theology. Unique in his own age and a phenomenon in any, Charles-Maurice, Prince de Talleyrand, was a statesman of outstanding ability and extraordinary contradictions. He was a world-class rogue who held high office in five successive regimes. ---From OHCM: "We aim to encourage the doctor to enjoy his patients: in doing so we believe he will prosper in t...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - October 17, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: OHCM Source Type: blogs

“15-year-old Keyondre Authement threw rocks on Isle de...
"15-year-old Keyondre Authement threw rocks on Isle de Jean Charles, in Louisiana. All over the world, governments are confronting the reality that rising sea levels, stronger storms, increased flooding, harsher droughts and dwindling freshwater supplies could begin to drive vulnerable people from their homes. From 50 million to 200 million people could be displaced by 2050 because of #climatechange. This island is one of the communities in danger. Already, homes and trailers on Isle de Jean Charles bear the mildewed, rusting scars of increasing floods. The fruit trees are mostly gone or are dying thanks to saltwater in th...
Source: Kidney Notes - May 4, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Joshua Schwimmer Source Type: blogs

Read it and weep - then get angry!
The Deadly Corruption of Clinical TrialsUpdate (4/3/2015):  After nearly 11 years of obfuscation and denial surrounding the tragic death of Dan Markingson, the University of Minnesota has suspended enrollment in psychiatric drug trials. This comes in response to a blistering report issued by the Minnesota State Legislative Auditor that cites "serious ethical issues" and vindicates much of the reporting in the story below. Read more from Carl Elliott about the fallout from the report here.IT'S NOT EASY TO WORK UP a good feeling about the institution that destroyed your life, which may be why Mary Weiss i...
Source: PharmaGossip - April 3, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: insider Source Type: blogs

Reversing Essure: Say Hello To Essure Reversal Baby Emily!
Mom with second Essure reversal baby, Emily Ann. Reversing Essure is possible if you are hoping for another baby. Removing Essure without a hysterectomy is possible if you are having symptoms after Essure. Most health care providers are not aware Essure inserts can be safely removed without a hysterectomy. Dr. Monteith is a reversal specialist who helps women restore natural fertility through Essure reversal surgery and treats women with symptoms from Essure with Essure removal surgery. Essure inserts can be removed without a hysterectomy and Essure can be reversed and allow the chance for natural conception and pregnancy...
Source: Tubal Reversal Blog - October 15, 2015 Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: Dr. Monteith Tags: essure reversal Fall River how is essure reversed Massachusetts pregnancy reversing essure symptoms tubal reversal facebook Source Type: blogs

Wharton ’ s Jelly (Cord Tissue) for Cleft Palate Repair
Did you know that the most common congenital birth defect is a cleft lip or palate?   At about 9 weeks your baby’s face is formed. During this time if the tissues that compose the upper lip do not completely attach, your baby can be born with a cleft lip or palate. A cleft lip is an opening in the upper lip. According to MedlinePlus, “The opening can be a small slit or a large opening that goes through the lip into the nose. Children with a cleft lip also can have a cleft palate. With a cleft palate, the tissue that makes up the roof of the mouth does not join correctly.” Children who are born with a cleft lip or pa...
Source: Cord Blood News - July 10, 2017 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Maze Cord Blood Tags: Cord Tissue stem cells Source Type: blogs

More on Nancy MacLean
I realize that I am a bit late to this party and that many of Nancy MacLean ’s strangeclaims and factualerrors have already been exposed and debunked by people much more familiar with her work, the intellectual history of libertarianism and the Nobel Prize-winning economist James Buchanan, than I am. However, there is one aspect of MacLean ’s conspiracy theorizing inDemocracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right ’s Stealth Plan for America (i.e., “the attempt by the billionaire-backed radical right to undo democratic governance” in America) that, I think, needs further comment.Specifically, it would a...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 31, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Marian L. Tupy Source Type: blogs

5 Best Motivational Books That Push You to Take Action
Note: This post is written by Rose Martin When the going gets tough, the tough get reading. There’s no better way to instantly lift your spirits up, change your chain of thought and escape to a whole new world, than reading.  Reading a good book is akin to living in the author’s world and learning from their treasure of experience. There are some people who lived incredible lives, fought all kinds of challenges and emerged winners. Fortunately, a lot of these people penned books for the world to know of their journey and be inspired by it. Every time you are feeling lost and need a healthy dose of motivation to get yo...
Source: Life Optimizer - August 3, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rose Martin Tags: Attitude Learning Source Type: blogs

Wharton ’ s Jelly (Cord Tissue) for Cleft Palate Repair
Did you know that the most common congenital birth defect is a cleft lip or palate?   At about 9 weeks your baby’s face is formed. During this time if the tissues that compose the upper lip do not completely attach, your baby can be born with a cleft lip or palate. A cleft lip is an opening in the upper lip. According to MedlinePlus, “The opening can be a small slit or a large opening that goes through the lip into the nose. Children with a cleft lip also can have a cleft palate. With a cleft palate, the tissue that makes up the roof of the mouth does not join correctly.” Children who are born with a cleft lip or pa...
Source: Cord Blood News - July 10, 2017 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Maze Cord Blood Tags: Cord Tissue stem cells Source Type: blogs

5 Best Motivational Books That Push You to Take Action
When the going gets tough, the tough get reading. There’s no better way to instantly lift your spirits up, change your chain of thought and escape to a whole new world, than reading.  Reading a good book is akin to living in the author’s world and learning from their treasure of experience. There are some people who lived incredible lives, fought all kinds of challenges and emerged winners. Fortunately, a lot of these people penned books for the world to know of their journey and be inspired by it. Every time you are feeling lost and need a healthy dose of motivation to get you back on track with renewed vigor, just p...
Source: Life Optimizer - August 3, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rose Martin Tags: Attitude Learning Source Type: blogs

FAU Named a ‘Research Center of Excellence’ for Lewy Body Dementia
The Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) named Florida Atlantic University as a LBDA Research Center of Excellence (RCOE).ByAlzheimer's Reading RoomThe LBDA is the leading advocacy group dedicated to raising awareness and advancing research about Lewy Body Dementia (LBD)LBD affects 1.4 million Americans and their families, making it one of the most common forms of dementia.What is the Difference Between Alzheimer ’s and DementiaThe centers are selected for their clinical expertise in LBD, experience running clinical trials, capacity of facilities and geographic location (combined, the 33 principal investigators have run...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - April 4, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: dementia dementia test fau james galvin LBD LBDA Lewy Body Dementia lewy body dementia test Source Type: blogs