One Down, One To Go: House Passes Historic Wall Street Reform Bill Talking Points Memo by Brian Beutler June 30, 2010 By a vote of 237-192, the House of Representatives this afternoon voted to pass final legislation dramatically changing the rules that govern the financial industry. Nineteen Democrats joined 173 Republicans in opposing the legislation, […]
a fella’ just has to speak out: http://carlatpsychiatry.blogspot.com/2010/06/former-emory-psychiatrist-criticizes.html When my letter was forwarded to Dr. Carlat by Dr. Adriane Fugh-Berman of PharmedOut and he asked if he could publish it, I had a surge of anxiety [fear]. Was I too brash? Did I have the right to criticize? Had the talks I’d been to by […]
Iceland celebrates double victory for its female leadersIce News 30 June 2010 This week, Iceland’s Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir made history by marrying her partner Jonina Leosdottir to make her not only the world’s first openly gay leader, but also the first gay leader to get married. This week also marks 30 years since Iceland […]
Medicine is not a static science. So medical training is just a launching pad for the process of life-long learning. I guess that’s why we call it "practice" [no one seems to question why we also call the people we see "patients"]. The main place where that ongoing learning takes place is in seeing patients […]
I’ve got a problem – a moral problem. Senator Chuck Grassley [R-IA] is a hero because of his fine work on the question of Conflict of Interest in Medicine. But does that mean that I have to agree that the right to bear arms comes from God?
Accused Spies Blended In, but Seemed Short on SecretsNew York TimesBy SCOTT SHANE and BENJAMIN WEISERJune 29, 2010 WASHINGTON — The suspected Russian spy ring rolled up by the F.B.I. this week had everything it needed for world-class espionage: excellent training, cutting-edge gadgetry, deep knowledge of American culture and meticulously constructed cover stories. The only […]
I’ve wondered what anyone reading this blog might think about my meanderings, particularly recently with my diversion into an idiosyncratic case from my own history, the case of Dr. Nemeroff – the number one paradigm for Conflicts of Interest in Psychiatry. How does that fit with the other things I like to write about – […]
I have been obviously fixated on the story of Dr. Charles Nemeroff, the former Chairman of Psychiatry at Emory University who was removed in late 2008 after he failed to disclose numerous ties with the Pharmaceutical Companies that manufacture drugs he recommended or was in charge of investigating. While chiding him for not revealing these […]
He may have been in the Klan as a young man and stayed a segregationist way too long, but he did a lot of things right – two come to mind…
The Third Depression New York Times By PAUL KRUGMAN June 27, 2010 Recessions are common; depressions are rare. As far as I can tell, there were only two eras in economic history that were widely described as “depressions” at the time: the years of deflation and instability that followed the Panic of 1873 and the […]