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BehindTheMedspeak: Stroke Wars...
You knew it had to happen: angioplasty has now left the heart and brain, and moved to the carotid artery. The big red conduit that goes direct to your head and the wetware inside - that's the carotid artery. You can feel yours right now. Want to pla ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Pfizer mishandles unlikely Viagra recall...
Pfizer is providing an excellent example on how not to deal with product problems and recalls. While the drug industry has some unique attributes, there are several learnings that are applicable to other sectors as well. I have written extensively o ... (more) (06/01/2005)
More alternatives to Vioxx and Celebrex offered...
Since the recall of Vioxx and widespread speculation that both Celebrex and Bextra may be recalled as well in coming months, companies are trying to come up with alternatives to Cox-2 drugs. Supporters of Cox-2 inhibitors have been somewhat disappoi ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Myths and Reality about Homsexuality...
Myth and Reality about Homosexuality--Sexual Orientation Section, Guide to Family Issues Sexual Orientation SectionUnited Families InternationalGuide to Family Issues *Documentation to support the arguments in the Myth/Reality Section can be found i ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Adventist "Theology of the Body"...
Adventists still teach their children to memorize Bible verses, and one that every Adventist child can recite is Ecclesiastes 9:5: "For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing" (KJV)?it's the "proof text" for the doctrin ... (more) (06/01/2005)
SF events 5.31...
food subscribe to monthly nutrition email @ http://veganmd.org Food: Good School Meals Can Calm Students http://www.wnho.net http://www.dorway.com Russians reject GM foods http://www.gmwatch.org Film: The Future of Food http://www.thefutureoffood.co ... (more) (06/01/2005)
ALL ABOUT Leukemia disease (CML) - III...
Symptoms Like all blood cells, leukemia cells travel through the body. Depending on the number of abnormal cells and where these cells collect, patients with leukemia may have a number of symptoms. Common symptoms of leukemia may include: Fevers or ... (more) (06/01/2005)
August sneaks up on him before he is ready for it. Life has ...
Title: August and Everything After (1/1)Author: BuffyXPairing/Character: Logan POV; shades of Veronica/Logan, Veronica/DuncanRating: R for language and masturbation.Spoilers/Warnings: All of season one.A/N: This can be seen as a kind-of sequel to Th ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Mag Report: The Progressive (June issue with heads up to Mat...
New issue of The Progressive arrived in the mail today so we'll do a highlight. It's the June issue with an interesting illustration on the front cover. (I like the blue background, by the way. Makes the illustration stand out -- my opinion.) In his ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Vioxx recall lawsuits to exceed 100,000...
It appears that personal injury lawsuits against Merck, the maker of now recalled Vioxx, may exceed 100,000. This estimate was announced by the U.S. District Court Judge Eldon Fallon, who is handling Vioxx litigation. While the number may appear to ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Pfizer defends Bextra and calls it safe...
Pfizer is still adamant that Bextra is a safe drug and the FDA might have committed a grave mistake by banning it. This comes after the FDA found that Vioxx was not a safe drug either, and also put its strongest black box warning on Pfizer's other d ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Health Headlines - January 8...
Allergies Up Healthcare Use by Asthmatic Children Children with both asthma and hay fever (allergic rhinitis) incur greater asthma drug costs and are hospitalized more often than similar children who have just asthma, according to a new report. Lyri ... (more) (06/01/2005)
XP13512: Drug Development News...
Most often, when you see articles about drugs with names such as XP13512, chances are that the drug never will sit on a pharmacy shelf. In an earlier life, I was told that in some relatively nonindustrialized cultures, infants were not given n ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Human Changing...
The question of how society changes when we can enhance aspects of human capabilities is something we touch on regularly at WorldChanging. It's at least as important a question as how society adapts to climate change or embraces new tools for networ ... (more) (06/01/2005)
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New Scientist on brain optimisation Mind Hacks — New Scientist have put their cover article on brain optimising technologies online - which covers everything from nutrition to neurofeedback. Their story, 11 steps to a better brain, looks ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Batman: Jekyll & Hyde #1: A Medical Review...
Batman: Jekyll & Hyde #1 Paul Jenkins, writer Jae Lee, penciler Batman: Jekyll and Hyde #1 spends half the issue focusing on Harvey Dent, who is better known as the villainous Two-Face. Once a promising District Attorney, Dent had his face scar ... (more) (06/01/2005)
6963 - 3 more days 'till Halloween... silver shamrock....
ADP and Rhode Island are at odds. If things continue as they are now, I will likely be back on call a few more nights week, sometime soon. Getting a lot of anony-discussion in my comments section about the weatherman-pedophile, despite the screening ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Heart Attacks Happen Even in People Who Don't Have Already N...
How Could the 40 Year Old Jogger Who Just Had a Physical Get a Heart Attack? Heart Attacks Happen Even in People Who Don't Have Already Narrow Arteries: Cholesterol Lowering More Important Than Ever Cholesterol Lowering Drugs Seem to Lower Number of ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Recovery Quicker Without Earl...
Patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) routinely stop low-dose aspirin therapy 7 to 10 days before the operation to restore normal platelet hemostatic function, but a new study suggests that it may be more beneficial to continue ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Healthcare Crisis - The Best analysis I have found...
Here is an extract from a recent letter to the Times in the UK. It refers to the NHS but as you will see, nails the issue for us in Canada as well. From THE WEEK Magazine 30 April 2005 Let?s Rethink the National Health Service Letter to the Times fr ... (more) (06/01/2005)
links for 2005-05-27...
iHealthBeat podcast, DHHS Secretary Mike Leavitt discussed the "humanitarian and economic imperative" to establish a national interoperable health information network to improve health care in the United States. Speaking this week to medical student ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Healthcare? More like perpetuation of laziness!...
Change or Die “A relatively small percentage of the population consumes the vast majority of the health-care budget for diseases that are very well known and by and large behavioral.” … “Even as far back as when I was in medi ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Effect of hypnotic sedation during percutaneous transluminal...
Am J Cardiol. 2004 Apr; 93(8): 1035-8Baglini R, Sesana M, Capuano C, Gnecchi-Ruscone T, Ugo L, Danzi GBForty-six patients were randomized to receive drug (group 1) or hypnotic sedation (group 2) during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Don't Judge Me (Wherein I Declare Decisive Victory Over a Sp...
So, you may have noticed I haven’t been updating the site much. I have been busy at work, but that isn’t what has been stopping me. We all know the cliche of the tortured artist, where great art comes from pain. I have had enough pain ov ... (more) (06/01/2005)
The Doctor Will Be With You Shortly?...
One of the most frequent complaints about our medical system is the lack of availability to doctors and facilities, commonly referred to as ?access to care.? Several factors have converged to create this problem, not least among them a decreasing nu ... (more) (06/01/2005)
IHT Get Steamed About IP...
I'm doing my thing at the WSIS Conference in St Petersburg on Wednesday Apparently I'm co-chairing, looks like a busy day tomorrow. Anyhoo, I picked up the IHT in the plane on Friday and immediately found more amo for the presentation in these two o ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Through the 5 Boroughs A marathon post about my marathon...
Today, my body is tied in knots. Some ligament or tendon on the outside of my left knee is throbbing, and my legs are so sore and my hips so stiff that I have trouble walking up and down stairs. My back is stiffening, and I've been on Advil non-stop ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Vioxx, Celebrex Safety Concerns...
Vioxx, Celebrex and Bextra Alternatives Sought When Vioxx was recalled from the market in September of 2004 many patients throughout the U.S.A. and worldwide went looking for a new painkiller. Some of them were advised by their doctors to return to ... (more) (06/01/2005)
the smartest dumb girl...
…well, that’s how I feel sometimes. ADD is a bitch of a stumbling block. Some people believe that ADD or ADHD sufferers are just fidgety or flighty. It’s common to brand those with the ailment as being disruptive or difficult. It c ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Medication Recall Boost Alternative Therapies...
Ever since the health alerts regarding Vioxx, Celebrex, Bextra and the over the counter drug Aleve, more doctors are suggesting alternative therapies for pain management. Techniques such as acupuncture, guided imagery and biofeedback have little neg ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Doctors Need Drug Data...
In an article for the New York Times News Service, writer Barry Meier reports that doctors are having a difficult time assessing pain relievers with the recent Vioxx recall and the problems now associated with Celebrex, Bextra and Aleve. "We are des ... (more) (06/01/2005)
disappearing act...
yup, I disappeared again.Friday -- I went up to MOCA to pick up a packet during the opening -- no packet for me at the entry desk or the main desk, extremely loud DJ for the opening, anyway. xhollydayx calls me, she is on her way to the Beachl ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Expert Predicts Big Future for Pfizer's Lyrica Drug...
An industry analyst is predicting that the newly approved Pfizer drug Lyrica could generate annual sales of more than $1 billion, which would offset the expected erosion of sales of Pfizer's Celebrex and Bextra ...(06/01/2005)
Correction: Pfizer-Pain-Drug Story...
In a Dec. 31 story about a new pain drug, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Pfizer Inc.'s Lyrica was the first approved for treatment of pain associated with diabetes. Eli Lilly & Co.'s drug, Cymbalta, was approved Sept. 3 to treat diab ... (more) (06/01/2005)
More College Students Abusing Prescription Drug Stimulants...
A study released by the University of Michigan found that 7 percent of college students used prescription drugs as stimulants for non-medical purposes during their lifetimes, and 4 percent have done it in the past month. The national study included ... (more) (06/01/2005)
The Prep...
Three weeks before I left for Peru, I was running around frantically clearing out my condo to get it ready to go on the market. Thanks to Rebecca's kind soul, a fat check to a miracle cleaner (windows, bathrooms, kitchen, fridge, moss on balcony, yo ... (more) (06/01/2005)
More Bitter Pills For Big Pharma...
Last year, Merck & Co. made pharmaceutical history as the company that suffered the greatest agony due to a pain remedy. In September, Merck withdrew Vioxx, its $2.5 billion pain medication, after a study confirmed fears that the drug raised the ris ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Seeking insurance, individuals face many obstacles...
Tuesday, May 31, 2005 By Sarah Lueck, The Wall Street Journal John Craig, a 46-year-old software consultant in Orem, Utah, plays racquetball twice a week, doesn't smoke or drink and isn't overweight. But when he tried to get an individual health-ins ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Hello Again...
A little more than a month ago, I came to the conclusion that politics just didn't get my blood boiling: it was time for a blogging haitus. I'm glad to tell you all that I'm back, and will be posting a little more each week til I'm back in the game. ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Its been quite a while......
...since my last entry. All systems are go on the new shiny meds front, I got a call from the hospital last friday to say my prescription was in the post. It's all slightly confusing - the chemist has to order the stuff in, and once I get it I've go ... (more) (06/01/2005)