Archives
- 2008.07.04: Kick-Back Friday: #21
- 2008.07.03: Serotonin and a Buyer's Market
- 2008.07.02: Apropos-of-Nothing Wednesday: #21
- 2008.07.02: Pfizer Cuts Off CME Grants to MECCs
- 2008.07.02: As She Lay Dying at G Building
- 2008.07.01: High Prevalence of COIs Among Drafters of Neurology Guidelines
- 2008.07.01: WHO Recommends 2-Day Test for MDR-TB
- 2008.06.30: More Missed Primary Endpoints in AD Trials
- 2008.06.30: Real Medical Drama Made Less Real by Singer-Songwriters
- 2008.06.27: Kick-Back Friday: #20
- 2008.06.27: Kohl Targets Kopelow (and the ACCME)
- 2008.06.26: Rotavirus Vaccine Reduces (Surprise) Rotavirus Disease
- 2008.06.26: Initial Treatment for Parkinson's: L-Dopa or Dopamine Agonist?
- 2008.06.25: Apropos-of-Nothing Wednesday: #20
- 2008.06.25: Parasitic and Other Infectious Diseases Affect America's Poor
- 2008.06.24: Amyloid-Beta Dimers Induce Alzheimer's-Like Findings in Rodents
- 2008.06.23: A Response to Carlat the Magnificent
- 2008.06.20: Kick-Back Friday: #19
- 2008.06.20: ACCME Plans to Bulk Up While Cracking Down...I Think...Until It Will Exist No More
- 2008.06.19: Prediction: Anticonvulsant Suicide Warnings Unlikely to Affect Prescriptions
- 2008.06.18: Apropos-of-Nothing Wednesday: #19
- 2008.06.18: FDA Targets (and Retargets) Web Detritus
- 2008.06.17: Elan, Wyeth Bury Missed Primary Endpoints in Phase 2 Trial of AD Drug
- 2008.06.17: Obesity: What Is It Good For?
- 2008.06.17: Dingell and Stupak Grandstand on DTC Ad Requests
- 2008.06.16: Elimination of Commercially Funded CME "Down in Flames"
- 2008.06.16: How Is Reciting Pi to 22,000 Numbers Like Reforming Medicare?
- 2008.06.16: GSK, Novo Nordisk Lead Pharma Philanthropy; Teva, Schering-Plough Not So Much
- 2008.06.13: Kick-Back Friday: #18
- 2008.06.13: Surprising Target for Potential AD Agents
- 2008.06.12: Rules for Being Admitted to the Hospital and Invading Another Country
- 2008.06.12: Texas Healthcare Worker Gave Pertussis to Newborns
- 2008.06.12: Avian Flu Vaccine Is Immunogenic and Safe in Early-Phase Trial
- 2008.06.11: Apropos-of-Nothing Wednesday: #17
- 2008.06.11: Grassley's Winding Road to Biederman et al
- 2008.06.10: Spinning Dancer Chews up Bulk of Morning
- 2008.06.09: Mercury Fillings and the Media
- 2008.06.06: Kick-Back Friday: #17
- 2008.06.06: Meth and MRSA
- 2008.06.05: "Green Our Vaccines": It Rhymes, Sort Of
- 2008.06.04: Carlat vs Stossel: Little Learned
- 2008.06.04: Apropos-of-Nothing Wednesday: #16
- 2008.06.04: ASCO: Vaccine Prolongs Survival in Glioblastoma Multiforme
- 2008.06.03: "Change Your Brain, Change Your Life": Change the Channel
- 2008.06.03: Cannabis Use Correlates With Smaller Hippocampus, Amygdala
- 2008.06.02: Measles Outbreak in DuPage County, IL
- 2008.06.02: Duke's Allan Friedman Operates on Ted Kennedy
- 2008.05.30: Kick-Back Friday: #16
- 2008.05.30: Young-Geier Autism Study: What the—? (Part 4)
- 2008.05.29: NSAID Reduction of AD Not Dependent on Suppression of Beta Amyloid
- 2008.05.28: Apropos-of-Nothing Wednesday: #15
- 2008.05.28: Young-Geier Autism Study: What the—? (Part 3)
- 2008.05.28: Do Tase Me, Bro
- 2008.05.27: Young-Geier Autism Study: What the—? (Part 2)
- 2008.05.26: Young-Geier Autism Study: What the—? (Part 1)
- 2008.05.23: Kick-Back Friday: #15
- 2008.05.23: I've Been Sucked Into the Thimerosal-Autism-Geier Vortex
- 2008.05.22: Chinese CDC/WHO Release Report on Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease
- 2008.05.22: It's Always Fun, Until Somebody Gets Hurt
- 2008.05.21: Apropos-of-Nothing Wednesday: #14
- 2008.05.21: Christina the Astonishing
- 2008.05.20: Boston Globe: Ted Kennedy Has Brain Tumor
- 2008.05.19: IRB Approval of Geier Autism Study: Yes or No?
- 2008.05.19: Media Retain Big Anti-Jones for ENHANCE, Schering-Plough, and Fred Hassan
- 2008.05.16: Kick-Back Friday: #14
- 2008.05.16: JNJ v ARC: Remaining Claims and Counterclaims
- 2008.05.16: Large Stroke Trial a Bust for Boehringer Ingelheim
- 2008.05.16: This Just Might Make Living in Cleveland Worth It
- 2008.05.15: From the Mind of Stephen King
- 2008.05.15: Mixed Messages in NEJM Criticism of Cypher Ad
- 2008.05.15: Viagra Maintains Cardiac Function in Mouse Model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- 2008.05.14: Apropos-of-Nothing Wednesday: #13
- 2008.05.14: Study to Determine Drug Counterfeiting in India
- 2008.05.14: More Grim Figures From China
- 2008.05.13: Cardiologist Peter Libby: Negative Perception Prompted Refusal of Pharma Money
- 2008.05.13: In Attempt to Usurp Dems' "Change" Message, GOP Steals Effexor's Tagline
- 2008.05.12: Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease Takes More Lives in China
- 2008.05.12: Stem-Cell Research in Neurology Continues Despite Lack of Clear Guidelines
- 2008.05.09: Kick-Back Friday: #13
- 2008.05.09: How Many Trees Were Killed for Representative Dingell?
- 2008.05.09: Your Crack Grandpappy
- 2008.05.09: Looming Large: The Cost of Not Vaccinating
- 2008.05.08: Your Intestinal Flora: Get to Know Them!
- 2008.05.08: Continuing Outbreak of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in China
- 2008.05.07: More Data for Neuroprotective Effect of NSAIDs
- 2008.05.07: Apropos-of-Nothing Wednesday: #12
- 2008.05.06: China Is Being, Well, China in the Investigation of Tainted Heparin
- 2008.05.05: African Sleeping Sickness: Ploys Between Host and Parasite
- 2008.05.02: Kick-Back Friday: #12
- 2008.05.02: New Biomarker for AD Highly Sensitive and Specific
- 2008.05.01: Spheramine Implants for Parkinson's: Clinical Study Continues
- 2008.04.30: Apropos-of-Nothing Wednesday: #11
- 2008.04.30: The FDA Is Hiring, Quick and Big Time
- 2008.04.29: Survival in ALS Prolonged With High Lipid Levels
- 2008.04.29: Disheartening News for Lupus Patients
- 2008.04.28: AAMC Report: Do as I Say Now, Not as I Did Then
- 2008.04.25: Kick-Back Friday: #11
- 2008.04.25: Trachoma Still Leading Cause of Blindness in Developing World
- 2008.04.24: Heparin Contaminant Not Naturally Produced
- 2008.04.23: Actions of Heparin Contaminant Revealed
- 2008.04.23: Apropos-of-Nothing Wednesday: #10
- 2008.04.23: Little Headway Made in Treatment of Prion Diseases
- 2008.04.22: Teen Peanut Bully Arrested
- 2008.04.22: Managed Care: Fewer Vytorin Prescriptions, but No Change in Coverage
- 2008.04.22: FDA to China: Prime Suspect Is Heparin Contaminant
- 2008.04.21: Somebody Writes Something Positive About Prozac
- 2008.04.21: Chinese Official: Heparin Contaminant Not Cause of Adverse Reactions
- 2008.04.20: AMWA Chimes in on Medical Ghostwriting
- 2008.04.18: Kick-Back Friday: #10
- 2008.04.18: Smoking, Chemical Exposure, and ALS Risk
- 2008.04.18: TB Strains on a Plane
- 2008.04.17: NIH Branch Offers Calculator for Preemie Viability
- 2008.04.17: Add Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency to List of Protective Mutations Against Malaria
- 2008.04.17: More on Pig-Slaughter Neuropathy
- 2008.04.16: Apropos-of-Nothing Wednesday: #10
- 2008.04.16: JAMA Offers Chance Not to Blog About ENHANCE Study
- 2008.04.16: FDA's Eschenbach: Chinese Heparin Counterfeited for "Economic Fraud"
- 2008.04.15: Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- 2008.04.15: Rituxan Not Effective in Primary Progressive MS
- 2008.04.15: Then and Now: Quality Differences in ENHANCE Data
- 2008.04.14: More on Case Against Pfizer's Alan Hesketh, Some of It Stomach Turning
- 2008.04.11: Kick-Back Friday: #9
- 2008.04.11: Independent Reviewer: ENHANCE Data "Not Acceptable"
- 2008.04.11: SP to Grassley: Here's Your Disclosure, Right Here
- 2008.04.10: No Wonder Chinese ED Pills Work Redux
- 2008.04.10: German Stoners Get the Lead In
- 2008.04.09: Apropos-of-Nothing Wednesday: #9
- 2008.04.09: Another ENHANCE Panel: Still No Discussion of "Missing" or "Implausible" Data
- 2008.04.09: FDA Updates Likely Heparin Death Toll
- 2008.04.08: FDA to GSK: How Widespread Are Your Reporting Deficiences?
- 2008.04.07: Bizarro World: Bacteria Eat Antibiotics, Clay Kills Bacteria
- 2008.04.04: Kick-Back Friday: #8
- 2008.04.04: Pfizer Attempts to Capitalize on Vytorin's Limited Indications: Oh, the Irony
- 2008.04.04: Industry-Funded CME: More Point and Counterpoint
- 2008.04.03: ENHANCE Study: The Thing That Wouldn't Leave...the Blogosphere
- 2008.04.02: Apropos-of-Nothing Wednesday: #8
- 2008.04.02: ENHANCE E-Mail Exchange: Dear John, John, and...Rick
- 2008.04.01: SP Share Price, Insider Trading, and the ENHANCE Timeline: Now in Fancy Graphs
- 2008.03.31: ENHANCE Study: Frustration With Trial and Coverage of It
- 2008.03.29: FBI: Homing in on the Perpetrator of the 2001 "Anthrax Attacks"
- 2008.03.28: Kick-Back Friday: #7
- 2008.03.28: Ga-ross: Pfizer Patent Chief Charged With Child Porn Activities
- 2008.03.28: Sexism in Medicine? Well, Snap My Bra and Call Me Shocked
- 2008.03.27: Indicted Former InterMune CEO Is Filmed as "Man on the Street"
- 2008.03.27: Lithium Possibly Beneficial in ALS
- 2008.03.26: Apropos-of-Nothing Wednesday: #7
- 2008.03.26: This Just In: Kids Go Wild for Harry Potter and Increases in Drug Costs Outpace Inflation
- 2008.03.25: Priscilla Presley's Face: TMZ All Over the Story—Or Maybe Not
- 2008.03.24: InterMune: Chronology of a Near Death
- 2008.03.21: Kick-Back Friday: #6
- 2008.03.21: Anti-Vax Parents Sustain Californians' Goofy Reputation
- 2008.03.20: More on Faux Heparin Contaminant
- 2008.03.20: Surgeon Roozrokh to Face 1 Charge; 2 Dismissed
- 2008.03.19: Apropos-of-Nothing Wednesday: #6
- 2008.03.19: Former InterMune CEO Indicted for Misleading Promotion of Actimmune
- 2008.03.19: NYT: Counterfeit Heparin Likely Altered Chondroitin Sulfate
- 2008.03.18: Lilly Responds to NYT Article on Lechleiter "Off-Label" E-Mail
- 2008.03.17: Who Needs SNL's Weekend Update When You've Got the AP?
- 2008.03.15: Baxter: No Endotoxins in Recalled Heparin
- 2008.03.14: Kick-Back Friday: #5
- 2008.03.14: Lechleiter: Too Dumb to Be Lilly CEO?
- 2008.03.14: Tree Felling: Don't Try at Home (by Yourself, Without a Helmet, Using a Tractor)
- 2008.03.13: Should Kids With Autism Be Screened for Mitochondrial Disorders?
- 2008.03.12: Stubborn Case of MRSA? What Up With Kitty?
- 2008.03.12: So Who's Paying for Vaccine-Related Injuries?
- 2008.03.12: Apropos-of-Nothing Wednesday: #5
- 2008.03.11: When Did Everybody Decide That Prostitution Is OK?
- 2008.03.11: Pharma vs Biotech: FDA-Approval Rates
- 2008.03.10: Japanese Companies Recall SPL Heparin
- 2008.03.10: Parents of Hannah Poling: Differing Explanations for Daughter's Autism?
- 2008.03.09: File Under What the Hell Am I Supposed to Do With This Information?*
- 2008.03.09: DMCB to Disease-Management Companies: Use This Anecdote Template
- 2008.03.08: Roozrokh Prelim Hearing: Final Testimony
- 2008.03.07: Kick-Back Friday: #4
- 2008.03.07: Roozrokh Prelim Hearing: Who Ordered What When?
- 2008.03.07: Ripped From "Law and Order": US Execs Charged With Importing Tainted Chinese Toothpaste
- 2008.03.06: Roozrokh Prelim Hearing: See One, Botch One
- 2008.03.06: Manganese-Induced Parkinsonism in IV Drug Users
- 2008.03.05: "Contaminant" in Baxter's Recalled Heparin
- 2008.03.05: Roozrokh Prelim Hearing Continues: Conflicting Accounts and Neuro Testimony
- 2008.03.05: Apropos-of-Nothing Wednesday: #4
- 2008.03.04: JAMA: Media Shortcomings in Reportage of ENHANCE Study
- 2008.03.03: Continuing Coverage of Roozrokh Preliminary Hearing: Transplant Expert Testimony
- 2008.03.03: Clinical Trial Phases: What Are the Success Rates?
- 2008.02.29: Kick-Back Friday: #3
- 2008.02.29: More on Roozrokh Case: Lubarsky Testimony
- 2008.02.28: Heparin Supplier Changzhou SPL: FDA Inspection Form Now Available
- 2008.02.28: Newborn Cystic Fibrosis Declining in Massachusetts
- 2008.02.27: NYT Discovers California (and Roozrokh Case)
- 2008.02.27: Apropos-of-Nothing Wednesday: #4
- 2008.02.26: More on Heparin Extraction: Zzzzzz
- 2008.02.25: Education and Net Worth May Guard Against Dementia, but not Mortality, in Elderly
- 2008.02.25: Tina Fey et al Send up Duramed's Seasonale Ad
- 2008.02.22: Kick-Back Friday: #2
- 2008.02.22: APP's Soon-Shiong: No Stranger to Suspect Chinese Suppliers
- 2008.02.21: And the Air-Travel Risks Just Keep on Comin': This Time, Measles
- 2008.02.21: The WSJ Has Gordon Fairclough in China
- 2008.02.20: How in Tarnation Did US Armadillos Get Leprosy?
- 2008.02.20: APP: Aiming for a Heparin Monopoly?
- 2008.02.20: Apropos-of-Nothing Wednesday: #3
- 2008.02.19: No Wonder Chinese ED Pills Work
- 2008.02.19: WSJ: Product Variations Found in Baxter's Chinese-Made Heparin
- 2008.02.18: WHO's Leprosy-Elimination Program Targets Brazil
- 2008.02.18: Study Confirms Risk of Plavix in Proximity to CABG
- 2008.02.15: Kick-Back Friday: #1
- 2008.02.15: Where Does Heparin Come From?
- 2008.02.14: Rituxan in MS: Positive Phase 2 Results, But Phase 3 Study Stalled
- 2008.02.13: Tysabri: Additional Risk and Unexpected Potential
- 2008.02.13: Cafepharma Reassures Anonymous Posters
- 2008.02.13: Apropos-of-Nothing Wednesday: #2
- 2008.02.12: ENHANCE Study: More Much Ado About Suboptimal Data
- 2008.02.11: Ripping off Medicaid Through Nominal Pricing
- 2008.02.08: Dear Prospective Ad Agency: I Would Like to Be Played by Julianne Moore
- 2008.02.07: DoJ: US Importer Conspired to Bypass Inspection of Tainted Chinese Wheat Gluten
- 2008.02.06: McCain Not So Pharma-Friendly
- 2008.02.06: Official Cause of Ledger's Death Reported
- 2008.02.06: Apropos-of-Nothing Wednesday: #1
- 2008.02.05: MeetingsNet CME Survey: Pro or Con Industry Support?
- 2008.02.04: “Celebrity Rehab”: Attention Junkies
- 2008.02.02: Why I Won't Be Eating a Hot Dog Today
- 2008.02.01: The Neverending PR Cluelessness of Pharma
- 2008.01.31: Topic: Democratic Health Plans—Neither Democratic Nor Healthy? Discuss.
- 2008.01.30: Hello, My Name Is Dr. Mengele—Er, Svensson
- 2008.01.29: TV Show Offends Doctors, Lawyers, Asians, Good Writers, British Actors, Purist Wham! Fans...
- 2008.01.28: ENHANCE Study: Basically, the Ultrasound Images Were Crap
- 2008.01.25: "Henry Ford of Lobotomy"
- 2008.01.25: John Edwards's Emergency-Response Plan
- 2008.01.25: CDC Requests Help in Pig-Slaughter Neuropathy
- 2008.01.24: In Case of Emergency, Do Not Call an Olsen Twin
- 2008.01.23: Eponym Use Promotes Misguided Praise
- 2008.01.22: Suggested Link Between Pig Slaughter and Neurologic Illness
- 2008.01.19: More Data for the Anti-Statin Zeitgeist
- 2008.01.17: If You Flog the Data, They Will Confess
- 2008.01.16: The Existential Controversy of Fibromyalgia
- 2008.01.15: Possible Sexual Transmission of Resistant CA-MRSA Clone Among Gay Men
- 2008.01.14: If Industry-Funded CME Goes, What Exactly Goes With It?
- 2008.01.10: The Netherlands Takes Your Political Temperature
- 2008.01.09: Original American Sin in the Form of an AFAP Mutation
- 2008.01.08: More In-Flight TB Exposure: Passenger Screening With New Blood Test Recommended
- 2007.12.31: No. 1: Warning—Made Partly or Wholly in China
- 2007.12.30: No. 2: Regulatory Vigilantism
- 2007.12.29: No. 3: Prion, Schmrion?
- 2007.12.28: No. 4: Success of HPV Vaccine
- 2007.12.27: No. 5: Failure of HIV Vaccine
- 2007.12.26: No. 6: CA-MRSA—Not Your Father’s HA-MRSA
- 2007.12.25: No. 7: Frequently Flying XDR/MDR TB—Reason Gajillion to Avoid Air Travel
- 2007.12.24: No. 8: Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1)—A Few Amino-Acid Substitutions Shy of a Pandemic
- 2007.12.23: No. 9: Exubera Market Withdrawal—Your Imperfect Disaster/Hastiness/Rudeness Analogy Here
- 2007.12.22: Inaugural Post
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- Accidental injury: March 2008
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