Healthcare Reform Health Care Reform: SCHIP “Let the Games Begin” Thomas Sullivan Jan 7, 2009 0 House Democrats are not wasting any time since the start of session yesterday and according to the Associated Press are promising…
Media The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM): Health News Reports Often False… Thomas Sullivan Jan 7, 2009 0 “But all too frequently, what is conveyed about health by many other journalists is wrong or misleading.” This is the theme of a…
Healthcare Reform Health Care Reform: Stark to Obama – Happy New Year Thomas Sullivan Jan 7, 2009 0 Not bothering to wait for President-Elect Obama to be inaugurated, California Representative Fortney Pete Stark, has introduced…
Healthcare Reform Health Care Reform: Healthcare Growth Slowest in Decade Thomas Sullivan Jan 7, 2009 0 According to recent reports in Health Affairs, the rate of increase in healthcare spending in 2007 dropped to its lowest level…
Media Pharmalot – Gone for Now Thomas Sullivan Jan 5, 2009 0 Today, Ed Silverman the veteran writer of Pharmalot (www.pharmalot.com) announced he is moving on, taking a package from the New…
Academic Organizations PhRMA Receives Praise from AMSA Thomas Sullivan Jan 5, 2009 0 Praise for a policy is not the normal type of thing that would be written about on this website, but since it is the American…
Government Regulation Groups Prescription Project Conference: Drug Free Zones Thomas Sullivan Jan 5, 2009 0 Finally, the White House and the U. S.Capitol Building have become “drug-free” zones from the corrosive and corrupting influence…
Media New York Times Editorial: Completely Sever Financial Ties to Industry Thomas Sullivan Jan 5, 2009 0 If you ever wondered what the editors of The New York Times (hereinafter, The Times) really think about manufacturer-funded…
Congress Letters From Grassley: Harvard and Biederman Get the Facts Thomas Sullivan Jan 5, 2009 0 Joseph Biederman, M,D,, the renowned Harvard Child Psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass. General), has agreed to…
Medical Journals The Dark Angell Thomas Sullivan Jan 2, 2009 0 Recently Marcia Angell, M.D., the significant other of Arnold S. Relman, M.D., both former Editors of The New England Journal of…