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Category: Medical Progress
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Spotlight
- Pumping Life Into the HIV Pipeline Kristen Kresge, October 2004
- Race and medicine can mix without prejudice Sally Satel, MD, December 2004
- There's Already a "Cure" for Breast Cancer Elizabeth Whelan, October 2005
- FDA Shows Interest in 18th Century Presbyterian Minister Derek Lowe, January 2006
- Health insurance price caps a bad idea for business Tarren Bragdon, March 2006
- Why the 10/90 gap is still 100% fiction Philip Stevens, November 2006
- Don't expect "ethical" pharmaceuticals to save the world Philip Stevens, January 2007
- California's governor need not look far to identify the cause of the health care affordability crisis: He works every day at its center. John R. Graham, , Diana M. Ernst, February 2007
- Does the Free Lunch Live? Benjamin Zycher, Ph.D., March 2007
- Baptists and Bootleggers Philip Stevens, March 2007
- Personalized Mental Healthcare: Promise and Convergence John A. Fossella, PhD MBA, May 2007
- Survey or show trial? Thomas P. Stossel, M.D., Thomas S. Huddle, M.D., Ph.D., May 2007
- Science Pioneer Cautions Europe on Declining Medical Innovation Jurgen Reinhoudt, June 2007
- Michael Moore's sheer fantasy: Canada's "world-class" health-care system Cynthia Ramsay, June 2007
- Who's Really 'Sicko' David Gratzer, June 2007
- A deadly double standard in AIDS treatment Philip Stevens, July 2007
- No free ride on U.S. innovation. John Vernon, , Joseph H. Golec, July 2007
- Evista for Chemoprevention of Breast Cancer: Better Late Than Never, FDA Gilbert L. Ross, M.D., September 2007
- On Vaccines, Immune to Reason Paul Howard, Ph.D., October 2007
- False Accounting And Free Lunches Under A Single-Payer Health System Benjamin Zycher, Ph.D., October 2007
- Public Option Is A 'Trojan Horse' For Slow-Motion Socialized Care David Gratzer, June 2009
Commentary
- Rosiglitazone and Cardiovascular Risk by Curt D. Furberg, M.D., Ph.D., by Bruce M. Psaty, Ph.D., New England Journal of Medicine, 5-24-07
- Researcher makes his mark By establishing goals, Robert Ruffolo helped Wyeth step up its R&D game The Star-Ledger, 4-25-07
- Breast Cancer Breakthroughs by Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Wall Street Journal, 3-26-07
- Biology Goes Open Source Forbes, 2-12-07
- Business Bookshelf: Why Biotech's Promise is so great, but not its profits (so far) by Andy Kessler, Wall Street Journal, 1-3-07
- Sometimes, the Why Really Isn't Crucial by Sally Satel, MD, The New York Times, 12-19-06
- A New Mood of Cooperation by Andrew Jack, Financial Times, 12-1-06
- Cancer: Our National Shame by Lisa Priest, The Globe and Mail, 11-22-06
- The Glimmering Promise of Gene Therapy by Horace Freeland Judson, Technology Review, 11-14-06
- Learning from Vioxx The Boston Globe, 11-14-06
- The New Drug Wars by Tom Van Riper, Forbes, 11-2-06
- A Living Donor Let Me Live On by Sally Satel, MD, American Enterprise Institute, 10-25-06
- Poor U.S. Scores in Health Care Don't Measure Nobels and Innovation The New York Times, 10-5-06
- Routine Testing for the AIDS Virus The New York Times, 9-25-06
- The Measles Vaccine Follies The New York Times, 8-9-06
- Formally Undecidable by Derek Lowe, In the Pipeline, 6-20-06
- Circumventing Resistance to Kinase-Inhibitor Therapy by Brian Druker, M.D., New England Journal of Medicine, 6-15-06
- Lowering the Opportunity Cost for Drug Development by David B. Agus, Faster Cures, 5-10-06
- Funding for accelerating drug development initiative critical by Joanna Owens, Nature Reviews Drug Development, 3-20-06
- The Age of Medical Progress Denver Post, 10-10-05
- Wonder Land: From Spin City to Fat City by Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal, 5-6-05
- Cut Off at the Bypass For Most People, Stents and Drugs Are Usually Safer, Better Washington Post, 9-28-04
- Cheaper drugs or siren songs? by Robert Goldberg, Ph.D., Washington Times, 4-30-04
- Medicare's real mistake by Robert Goldberg, Ph.D., Washington Times, 4-1-04
Research
- The Expanding Pharmaceutical War on Cancer, NBER Working Paper No. w10328, February 2004
- The Impact of New Drug Launches on Longevity, NBER Working Paper No. w9754, June 2003
- Genetic Mutation Linked to More Aggressive Breast Cancer Found More Often in African-Americans Cancer, Interdisciplinary International Journal of the American Cancer Society, August 2004
- Fluoxetine, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, and Their Combination for Adolescents With Depression, The Journal of the American Medical Association, August 2004
- Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease with atorvastatin in type 2 diabetes in the Collaborative Atorvastatin Diabetes Study (CARDS): multicentre randomised placebo-controlled trial, The Lancet, August 2004
- Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibition for the Treatment of Hypertension: New Findings in Old Subjects, Medscape, November 2004
- Gene Map of the Extended Human MHC, Nature Reviews Genetics, December 2004
- Results of the ATAC (Arimidex, Tamoxifen, Alone or in Combination) trial after completion of 5 years' adjuvant treatment for breast cancer, The Lancet, December 2004
- A Multigene Assay to Predict Recurrence of Tamoxifen-Treated, Node-Negative Breast Cancer, New England Journal of Medicine, December 2004
- C-Reactive Protein Levels and Outcomes after Statin Therapy, New England Journal of Medicine, January 2005
- Statin Therapy, LDL Cholesterol, C-Reactive Protein, and Coronary Artery Disease, New England Journal of Medicine, January 2005
- Imatinib Manipulation Modifies Resistant Leukemia, Medscape, January 2005
- Rofecoxib Increases Risk for Acute MI; Higher Doses Further Increase Risk, Medscape, January 2005
- Suicide Rates Have Decreased With Increased Use of SSRIs, New-Generation Non-SSRIs, Medscape, February 2005
- Detection of Bladder Cancer Using a Point-of-Care Proteomic Assay, The Journal of the American Medical Association, February 2005
- Gene-expression profiles to predict distant metastasis of lymph-node-negative primary breast cancer, The Lancet, February 2005
- Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Older and Younger Women With Lymph Node–Positive Breast Cancer, The Journal of the American Medical Association, March 2005
- Weight Loss Maintained With Rimonabant After Two Years, Medscape, March 2005
- Bevacizumab Combined With Chemotherapy Prolongs Survival for Some Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer, National Cancer Institute, March 2005
- COX-2 Inhibitors Given Perioperatively Improve Surgical Outcome, Medscape, April 2005
- BNP Better Than C-Reactive Protein at Predicting Cardiovascular Events, Medscape, April 2005
- Statin Use Before and After an Ischemic Event Has Better Outcomes, Medscape, April 2005
- Living Donor Pancreas Transplant Successfully Treats Patient With Diabetes, Medscape, April 2005
- Statins May Curb Risk of "Clinically Important" Prostate Cancer, Medscape, April 2005
- Herceptin® Combined With Chemotherapy Improves Disease-Free Survival for Patients With Early-Stage Breast Cancer, National Cancer Institute, April 2005
- Aspirin, COX-2 Inhibitors Effective as Adjuvant Therapy in Stage III Colon Cancer, Medscape, May 2005
- Statins and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer, New England Journal of Medicine, May 2005
- Effect of VKORC1 Haplotypes on Transcriptional Regulation and Warfarin Dose, New England Journal of Medicine, June 2005
- NSAIDs may be cardiotoxic: Hippisley-Cox and Carol Coupland, British Medical Journal, British Medical Journal, June 2005
- Erlotinib in Previously Treated Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer, New England Journal of Medicine, July 2005
- Gene Therapy for Brain Tumors Shows Promise in Animals, Medscape, July 2005
- Two U.S. Studies Report Improved Quality of Care at Least for Specific Measures, Medscape, July 2005
- Study confirms treatment switch is beneficial for women with early breast cancer, Medical News Today, August 2005
- Sirolimus-Eluting Stents vs Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: Meta-analysis of Randomized Trials, The Journal of the American Medical Association, August 2005
- Statins Reduce Fracture Risk in Men, Medscape, September 2005
- Risk of Death in Elderly Users of Conventional vs. Atypical Antipsychotic Medications, New England Journal of Medicine, December 2005
- FDA Safety Changes: Mobic, Medscape, December 2005
- Value of Health and Longevity, NBER, December 2005
- Ethnic and Racial Differences in the Smoking Related Risk of Lung Cancer, New England Journal of Medicine, February 2006
- Who is at greatest risk for receiving poor quality health care?, New England Journal of Medicine, March 2006
- The Impact of Antihypertensive Drugs on the Number and Risk of Death, Stroke and Myocardial Infarction in the United States, NBER, January 2006
- Effect of Introduction of the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae, New England Journal of Medicine, April 2006
- HPV Vaccine May Be Safe and Protective, Medscape, April 2006
- Elderly Not Adherent to Concomitant Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Therapy, Medscape, May 2006
- Little Growth Seen In Vaccine R&D for Rest of Decade, Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, July 2006
- The Emerging Market Dynamics Of Targeted Therapeutics, Health Affairs, August 2006
- Research and Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Congressional Budget Office, October 2006
- Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Understanding the Employer Mind-Set, Health Affairs, November 2006
- Five-Year Data on Imatinib Show Best-Ever Survival With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, Medscape, December 2006
- Multiple Biomarkers for the Prediction of First Major Cardiovascular Events and Death, New England Journal of Medicine, December 2006
- The Value of Antihypertensive Drugs: A perspective on medical innovation, Health Affairs, January 2007
- Is the U.S. Population Behaving Healthier?, NBER, April 2007
- Effect of Rosiglitazone on the Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Death from Cardiovascular Causes, New England Journal of Medicine, May 2007
Events
- Better Health, Longer Lives: The Case for Paying for New Drugs, Center for Medical Progress Forum, Speaker(s): Frank R. Lichtenberg, December 2003
Transcript Available - Medical Progress; Markets and the New Meaning of Health Care, Center for Medical Progress Breakfast Forum, Speaker(s): Johan Hjertqvist, April 2002
News
- Clearing the haze of Chemo; A drug to boost cancer patients’ memory is one of several research advances Los Angeles Times, 6-11-07
- FDA: 'Black Box' for Avandia USA Today, 6-7-07
- Drop in Cardiac Deaths Tied to Better Treatments, Lifestyles Forbes, 6-7-07
- Researchers Detect Variations in DNA That Underlie Seven Common Diseases The New York Times, 6-7-07
- Deal for Smallpox Vaccine Could Jump-Start BioShield Washington Post, 6-7-07
- Cancer Catch-22; Researchers want to know if a pill can prevent breast cancer, but U.S. calls study too risky for healthy volunteers who won’t get disease. Chicago Sun-Times, 6-6-07
- Good, bad news on breast cancer; drug curbs relapses, but eligibility tests raise major doubts Chicago Tribune, 6-5-07
- Will you get cancer? Forbes, 5-31-07
- Avandia concerns reopen a wider debate Wall Street Journal, 5-23-07
- Prostate cancer test's accuracy cited Los Angeles Times, 4-26-07
- Caterpillars may help boost flu vaccine Los Angeles Times, 4-11-07
- Firms gang up on diabetes Chicago Tribune, 4-8-07
- Cancer Thriver Wall Street Journal, 4-5-07
- Diplomacy paying off in the war on cancer Houston Chronicle, 4-2-07
- Big step forward for cancer vaccine The San Francisco Chronicle, 3-30-07
- European agency backs new drug testing ideas Reuters News, 3-29-07
- Breast Cancer Drug Wins FDA Approval Wall Street Journal, 3-14-07
- Cancer burden expected to soar, overwhelm doctors USA Today, 3-13-07
- To Save Later, Employers Offer Free Drugs Now The New York Times, 2-21-07
- As oral cancer drugs gain, dosage problems grow The Boston Globe, 2-4-07
- FDA Reforms Seek Right Dose Winston-Salem Journal, 1-28-07
- Second Drop in Cancer Deaths Could Point to a Trend, Researchers Say The New York Times, 1-18-07
- Area drug firms go to war over vaccine The Philadelphia Inquirer, 1-18-07
- States Bridling at Insulin's Cost, Push for Generics The New York Times, 1-11-07
- Halting heart drugs a big risk, study finds The Globe and Mail, 1-10-07
- AIDS drugs offer hope but too late for one man Los Angeles Times, 1-2-07
- Mother's Tale: As their Babies Tested New Drug, A Friendship Grew Wall Street Journal, 12-12-06
- Novartis Test Drug Shows Promise in Blood Cancer; Tasigna Aids People Who Don't Respond to Gleevec Therapy Wall Street Journal, 12-12-06
- Detecting Alzheimer's Early: Scientists Make Progress Toward Test for the Disease Wall Street Journal, 12-12-06
- The Rush to Biomarker Tests Wall Street Journal, 12-12-06
- Stent Sales Likely to Fall After Meeting The Boston Globe, 12-11-06
- Collapse of a Cholesterol Drug The New York Times, 12-5-06
- New Scrutiny for Stents Newsday, 12-4-06
- US Buying More Generic AIDS Drugs The Boston Globe, 11-12-06
- Generic Biotech Drugs Backed Los Angeles Times, 11-11-06
- New Hope on Gene Therapy The Philadelphia Inquirer, 11-7-06
- What Pilots Can Teach Hospitals About Patient Safety The New York Times, 10-31-06
- Ethics Rules Send NIH Scientists Packing USA Today, 10-28-06
- Tying Diseases to DNA in Thousands of Women Wall Street Journal, 10-24-06
- Lawmakers Express Distrust of CDC on Vaccine Studies FoxNews.com, 10-10-06
- Pay Organ Donors, Experts Suggest , 10-6-06
- New Sense of Caution at F.D.A. The New York Times, 9-28-06
- Cancer breakthrough reported Washington Times, 8-31-06
- Cancer breakthrough reported Washington Times, 8-31-06
- Scientists Begin to Grasp the Stealthy Spread of Cancer The New York Times, 8-15-06
- Research to Unleash Gene Therapy on Arthritis The Boston Globe, 8-14-06
- New Tests May Help Treat Lung Cancer Wall Street Journal, 8-10-06
- Latest Retail Niche: Clinics Los Angeles Times, 7-18-06
- FDA Clears OnceADay AIDS Drug Washington Post, 7-13-06
- Patients With Rare Diseases Work to Jump-Start Research Wall Street Journal, 7-11-06
- FDA Signals It's Open to Drug Trials That Shift Midcourse Wall Street Journal, 7-10-06
- Fighting Diseases with Checkbooks The New York Times, 7-8-06
- Panel Unanimously Recommends Cervical Cancer Vaccine for Girls 11 and Up The New York Times, 6-30-06
- 4 Diabetes Drugs Are Seen Raising Hope and Profit The New York Times, 6-22-06
- Betting on a New Cancer Drug Wall Street Journal, 6-15-06
- U.S. Approves Use of Vaccine for Cervical Cancer The New York Times, 6-9-06
- When Cancer Runs in Your FamilyRecent Research on Relatives Leads to Advances For Cancers of Kidney, Prostate, and Colon Wall Street Journal, 5-23-06
- FDA panel backs key STD vaccine; Medical community hails 'breakthrough' in cervical cancer fight Chicago Tribune, 5-19-06
- Genetic Tests Pose Tailored Care Wall Street Journal, 2-14-06
- A Gender Difference in Heart Disease; Variant in Women Called Hard to Detect Washington Post, 2-1-06
- A weapon against stroke; Until now, only medicine could open fragile brain passages Chicago Tribune, 1-22-06
- Use of proven heart disease therapies has increased, but still suboptimal Reuters News, 1-10-06
- 'Next frontier' in heart disease: Undoing it USA Today, 1-9-06
- New Genetic Tests Boost Impact of Drugs – Cancer Screens and Moves by the FDA Help Finally Launch Era of Personalized Medicine Wall Street Journal, 12-21-05
- FDA approves promising drug for kidney cancer Chicago Tribune, 12-21-05
- Saving Celebrex Forbes, 12-13-05
- Drug shows promise in lupus patients Newsday, 11-30-05
- FDA takes the pain out of Rx info: New rule requires online data for health care providers and consumers Federal Computer Weekly, 11-14-05
- Know your patient for fine-tuned therapeutics Financial Times, 11-11-05
- A Booster Shot for Medical Data-Sharing Business Week, 11-10-05
- Cholesterol drug also helps memory Newsday, 11-9-05
- A Special Drug Just for You, At the End of a Long Pipeline The New York Times, 11-8-05
- Researchers Aim to Stretch Flu-Vaccine Supply Wall Street Journal, 11-2-05
- Doctor’s Bold Step Paid Off For His Patients Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 10-31-05
- Hurdles ahead for makers of gene-based medicine The San Francisco Chronicle, 10-19-05
- Links with pharma groups blossom Financial Times, 10-19-05
- Studies Point to Drop in Heart Attacks Wall Street Journal, 10-12-05
- New Breakthroughs mean better outcomes The Star-Ledger, 10-10-05
- Cervical cancer prevented in 2-year study The San Francisco Chronicle, 10-7-05
- Test Predicts Response to Cancer Drugs Wall Street Journal, 9-27-05
- Remicade May Prevent Surgery for Ulcerative Colitis Patients Wall Street Journal, 9-26-05
- Drugs Offer Angioplasty Alternative The New York Times, 9-20-05
- Cancer prevention studies involving Celebrex resume Associated Press Newswires, 9-13-05
- Diabetes Drug Cuts Heart Attacks Forbes, 9-12-05
- Pfizer Inhalant Drug For Diabetics Wins Support of FDA Panel Wall Street Journal, 9-9-05
- MEDICINE; IN THE LAB; Brain cancer in its sights; An experimental drug appears to home in on and destroy the malignant cells of deadly glioblastoma Los Angeles Times, 8-15-05
- No New Cases in Tysabri Patient Screening Associated Press Newswires, 8-9-05
- Personalized Approach to Cancer; Genitope hopes its custom-made vaccines for lymphoma will lead to extended remissions. Los Angeles Times, 7-25-05
- Makers of Race-Based Heart Drug Warn Against Ignoring Genetics Wall Street Journal, 7-14-05
- In cancer fight, a spice brings hope to the table / M.D. Anderson researchers see a potent weapon in curcumin, used in Indian cooking Houston Chronicle, 7-11-05
- Vioxx should return to market, panel says; Painkiller poses heart-health risk similar to ibuprofen, study concludes The Globe and Mail, 7-8-05
- Casting a new light on healing; Low-level laser therapy shows potential in repairing damaged organs and tissues Los Angeles Times, 6-6-05
- Study Suggests Gene Tests Could Ease Use of Anti-Clotting Drug The New York Times, 6-2-05
- BOSTON SCIENTIFIC IN $25M VENTURE; STENT MAKER INVEST IN BRAIN-SCAN SYSTEM IN EFFORT TO DIVERSIFY The Boston Globe, 5-25-05
- Drug Helps to Reverse Vision Loss Wall Street Journal, 5-24-05
- Fresh Lines of Attack in Fighting Cancer May Keep Tumors From Recurring Wall Street Journal, 5-17-05
- Ex-silver bullet re-aimed at cancer/Formerly hyped drugs that starve tumors show new promise in use with chemotherapy Houston Chronicle, 5-16-05
- Test tells how much aspirin you need Newsday, 5-10-05
- Next Step Toward Digitized Health Records Wall Street Journal, 5-9-05
- New Drugs Aid Ethnic Patients In Varying Ways Drug Makers Find Ethnicity Affects Efficacy Cancer Drug, Deemed Failure, Helps Asians Wall Street Journal, 5-5-05
- Target Corp. redesigns the pill bottle, hoping to grab customers Associated Press Newswires, 4-28-05
- Breast Cancer Recurrence Is Cut in Half by a Drug The New York Times, 4-26-05
- Ariad gets FDA cancer drug fast track Associated Press Newswires, 4-21-05
- Roche looks into heart attack test for COX-2 users. Reuters News, 4-19-05
- More good news for Genentech drug / Avastin helps those with breast cancer, clinical study shows The San Francisco Chronicle, 4-16-05
- Drawing a Bead on Side Effects Business Week, 4-11-05
- Let There Be Light. Forbes, 4-11-05
- Low Costs Lure Foreigners to India for Medical Care The New York Times, 4-7-05
- Labs Turn DNA Into Personal Health Forecasts Washington Post, 4-7-05
- Can we limit stroke damage? Because every second counts, patients in a novel study will be treated before they reach the hospital. Los Angeles Times, 3-28-05
- GE Sees Potential in Health-Care Unit Wall Street Journal, 3-23-05
- Finding Medical Destiny on the Family Tree The New York Times, 3-22-05
- IVAX: The inside story of how a drug is developed The Miami Herald, 3-21-05
- Roche, Glaxo await OK for easier osteoporosis drug. Reuters News, 3-18-05
- Company spent nearly 18 years developing drug; Amylin diabetes drug wins FDA approval - It's first new treatment since insulin introduced The San Diego Union-Tribune, 3-17-05
- Genentech Drug Shows Effect on a 2nd Cancer The New York Times, 3-15-05
- Aspirin Sensitivity Found in More Than One Quarter of Cardiac Patients on Aspirin Therapy Medscape, 3-14-05
- New Therapy Shows Promise In Heart Attacks --- Addition of Blood Thinner Is The First Big Improvement In Drug Treatment in a Decade Wall Street Journal, 3-10-05
- Newer Therapies Lower Stroke Risk Wall Street Journal, 3-9-05
- Quit smoking with a pill? Researchers say new drugs show promise Associated Press Newswires, 3-8-05
- Drug blocks cravings Chicago Tribune, 3-6-05
- A scan - but not as we know it: The AmpliChip, a revolutionary breakthrough in genetic diagnostics, has brought 'Star Trek' medicine a step closer Financial Times, 3-4-05
- Warning for Cholesterol Drug Wall Street Journal, 3-3-05
- F.D.A. Issues a Guide to Gathering Genetic Data That May Personalize Drug Therapy The New York Times, 2-23-05
- Drugs to break addiction's hold; Tests of a number of new medications have researchers hopeful. The Philadelphia Inquirer, 2-21-05
- Tricky way to fight cancer Trial vaccines use deception to alert immune system to tumors USA Today, 2-21-05
- Genome map offers first look at human differences. Reuters News, 2-17-05
- High-Tech Tool Planned for Physicians - GE, Partner Hope to Make Treatment, Prevention Data Available Over Internet Wall Street Journal, 2-17-05
- Power tools for the gene age ; New test can help doctors in prescribing medications The San Francisco Chronicle, 2-7-05
- Glaxo Drug Quickly Suppresses HIV in a Human Clinical Trial Wall Street Journal, 2-5-05
- F.D.A. May Approve an Implant as a Treatment for Depression The New York Times, 2-4-05
- An Injection May Stall Lymphoma Wall Street Journal, 2-3-05
- Nanomedicine's Promise Is Anything but Tiny Washington Post, 1-31-05
- Novartis Breast-Cancer Drug Lowers Tumor Risk in Study Wall Street Journal, 1-27-05
- Cancer Passes Heart Disease as Top Killer The New York Times, 1-20-05
- Nursing Employees Back to Health: Employers Battle Ailments That Sap Productivity, With Drug Makers' Help Wall Street Journal, 1-18-05
- Prostate-Cancer Therapy Leaves Men Prone to Bone-Fracture Risk Wall Street Journal, 1-13-05
- Chemotherapy Gets Re-Engineered - Cancer Drugs Are Modified In an Effort to Cut Toxicity And Increase Effectiveness Wall Street Journal, 1-11-05
- A Quandary in Good News The New York Times, 1-7-05
- New Test May Detect Parkinson's Early, Aid Search for Drugs Wall Street Journal, 1-7-05
- Two Studies Suggest a Protein Has a Big Role in Heart Disease The New York Times, 1-6-05
- DNA helping Lilly bank on future cures Indianapolis Star, 1-5-05
- AIDS Fight Shifts Fronts - Researchers Aim to Fortify Cells to Prevent Virus From Getting In Wall Street Journal, 1-5-05
- Health Journal: What You Should Know About Painkillers Before Clearing Out the Medicine Chest Wall Street Journal, 1-4-05
- Cholesterol Drugs Have No Effect in Fighting Cancer, It Now Seems Wall Street Journal, 1-4-05
- FDA Approves First in a New Class of Pain Drugs Wall Street Journal, 12-29-04
- FDA Clears Test of Patient DNA To Screen for Drug Effectiveness Wall Street Journal, 12-24-04
- It all starts with quality, Biogen Idec CEO says ; Innovation is vital, as is learning from mistakes USA Today, 12-20-04
- Study Suggests Way to Predict Whom Antidepressants Help The New York Times, 12-17-04
- Genetic Mutation Tied to Depression, Drug Response Wall Street Journal, 12-10-04
- Certain Type of Breast Cancer Drug Shows Better Result in Study The New York Times, 12-9-04
- Early Warning: A New Way To Find Cancer - Blood Test Detects Beginnings Of Disease, Suggesting Possibility Of Treatment Before Tumors Grow Wall Street Journal, 12-7-04
- New Leukemia Drugs May Prove More Potent Than Gleevec Wall Street Journal, 12-6-04
- New Therapies Target Once-Untreatable Cancers : New Techniques Shift Thinking on Options for Sickest Patients; 'Convinced I Was Going to Die' Wall Street Journal, 11-30-04
- Novel Vaccine Activates HIV Immunity, Slows AIDS Virus FoxNews.com, 11-29-04
- Flu Crisis Sparks Fresh Look at Vaccine Production Washington Post, 11-27-04
- Protein May Prevent Damage After Heart Attack Wall Street Journal, 11-26-04
- F.D.A. Approves a Pill for Lung Cancer to Be Sold by Genentech and OSI The New York Times, 11-19-04
- Bristol-Myers Diabetes Drug Produces Positive Test Results Wall Street Journal, 11-18-04
- Support for Cholesterol Regimen The New York Times, 11-11-04
- Diet Drug Helps Patients Maintain Lower Weight: Sanofi Pill, Which Blocks 'Munchie' Receptor, Shows Other Health Benefits, Too Wall Street Journal, 11-10-04
- Keeping us alive is good business: PERSONALISED MEDICINE: Targeting small groups who will benefit most from a drug can be more profitable than first thought Financial Times, 11-10-04
- New Vision-Loss Drugs Offer Hope Wall Street Journal, 11-9-04
- Flu Vaccine Goes Further With a Shallower Shot: Technique Could Improve Protection, Stretch Supply; Further Testing Is Needed Wall Street Journal, 11-4-04
- Vaccine Works to Prevent Cervical Cancer The New York Times, 11-2-04
- Novartis Drug Gains Wider Use Wall Street Journal, 11-1-04
- Cool technology The Economist, 10-21-04
- Brain-Imaging Study is Launched for Alzheimer’s Wall Street Journal, 10-14-04
- Beating Back Cancer . . . Again: Ten Years Without Leukemia Meant Everything Was Supposed to Be OK; It Wasn't Wall Street Journal, 10-11-04
- Fixing Vaccine Supply System; Task Will Not Be Easy, Say Health and Drug Industry Officials Washington Post, 10-9-04
- U.S. Will Miss Half of Its Supply of Flu Vaccine The New York Times, 10-6-04
- After the Hospital, Get the Checklist: Study Finds Heart Patients Fare Much Better if Given Reminders on Drug Regime Wall Street Journal, 9-21-04
- Technology Inc.: Company helps drug makers beat odds | Chemnavigator supports discovery, testing phases The San Diego Union-Tribune, 9-17-04
- Statins May Be Particularly Useful in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Medscape, 9-16-04
- HEALTH JOURNAL: Custom Chemo: Some Doctors Want It, But Key Panel Says Tests Aren't Ready Wall Street Journal, 9-14-04
- Method to Turn Off Bad Genes Is Set for Tests on Human Eyes The New York Times, 9-14-04
- Anorexia: The Most Deadly Mental Illness Forbes, 9-10-04
- ACE Inhibitors Protect the Heart with Dual Action Wall Street Journal, 9-1-04
- Reassessing a Popular Cholesterol Drug: Big Zocor Doses Fail to Offer Benefit to High-Risk Patients; Insights on Statins Emerge Wall Street Journal, 8-31-04
- How to Kill Cancer So It Doesn't Grow Back Quest Seems as Elusive as Hercules's Second Labor Washington Post, 8-30-04
- IN BRIEF Washington Post, 8-25-04
- Statins Cut Diabetics' Risk of Heart Attacks, Study Finds Washington Post, 8-20-04
- FDA Will Seek To Revise Labels For Antidepressants Wall Street Journal, 8-20-04
- A Test Predicts Breast-Cancer Survival - Inexpensive Blood Screen May Emerge as Key Tool In Choosing Treatments Wall Street Journal, 8-19-04
- Health Journal: Latest Approach for Migraine Sufferers: Stopping Headaches Before They Start Wall Street Journal, 8-17-04
- Strep-Throat Vaccine Passes Early Clinical Tests Wall Street Journal, 8-11-04
- STATIN MEDICATION Sale plan a bitter pill? Cardiologists debate effectiveness, safety of cholesterol-cutting drugs being available over the counter Newsday, 8-8-04
- Missoula firm helping seniors cut prescription costs Associated Press Newswires, 8-8-04
- In Drug Research, Some Guinea Pigs Are Now Human The New York Times, 8-4-04
- Off-Label Treatments, New Drugs Target Mysterious, Debilitating Fibromyalgia Wall Street Journal, 8-3-04
- Anesthesia, Without a Knockout Punch The New York Times, 7-27-04
- Patients Get New Guide To Cancer-Treatment Choices: Government 'Map' Aims To Pull Together Latest Data On Trials and Research Wall Street Journal, 7-27-04
- Private screening; Health kits make themselves at home, testing for everything from high cholesterol to colon cancer Chicago Tribune, 7-25-04
- Study of Antidepressants Finds Little Disparity in Suicide Risk The New York Times, 7-21-04
- Investors Target The Side Effects Of Cancer Drugs Wall Street Journal, 7-21-04
- Coalition Floats Ideas to Tame Rocketing Costs of Health Care Wall Street Journal, 7-21-04
- Move over, cholesterol drugs Washington Times, 7-19-04
- FDA to Set Up New Cancer Drug, Products Review Office Wall Street Journal, 7-16-04
- The Informed Patient: Help Is on the Way For Your Skeleton - Coming Drugs and Treatments For Osteoporosis Rebuild Bones Instead of Just Slowing Loss Wall Street Journal, 7-15-04
- New, Lower Goals Set for Bad Cholesterol -- Amid Evidence of the Benefits Of Drastically Lowering LDL, Government Urges Levels Below 70 Wall Street Journal, 7-13-04
- Gleevec Provides Scientists Clues to More Drugs Wall Street Journal, 7-6-04
- A New Approach to Fighting Alzheimer's: Major Clinical Trial Is Set To Begin, as Wave of Drugs Aims to Halt the Disease Wall Street Journal, 6-29-04
- Possible Therapy for Bleeding Strokes Hemophilia Drug Sharply Lowers Risk of Death or Severe Disability, Study Indicates Washington Post, 6-27-04
- Silencing "Syndrome X" Forbes, 6-21-04
- Attacking Heart Attacks: Heart disease is the number one cause of death. Scientists are
designing a new arsenal of weapons that could conquer this killer in our lifetime. Forbes, 6-21-04
- Genes Play Role In Who Benefits From Statin: In Boost to 'Personalized Medicine,' Study Links Patient Genetics With Efficacy of Cholesterol Drug Wall Street Journal, 6-16-04
- Vaccines Show Promise Fighting Parkinson's, Other Brain Diseases Wall Street Journal, 6-15-04
- New Drug Curbs Breast Cancer After Standard Therapy Ends Wall Street Journal, 6-9-04
- Two Drugs Found to Help In Prostate and Brain Cancers The New York Times, 6-8-04
- Gene-Therapy Experiment Hints at ALS Treatment Wall Street Journal, 5-27-04
- Transplant Drug Cuts Onset of Cancer Wall Street Journal, 5-17-04
- Statin Drugs May Help Multiple-Sclerosis Patients Wall Street Journal, 5-14-04
- Medical paper-pushers resist opportunity to improve care USA Today, 5-13-04
- Makers of Drug-Coated Stents Fight For the Hearts of Cardiologists The New York Times, 5-12-04
- Taking Better Aim At Cancer: New studies point the way to more effective use of lung cancer drugs Business Week, 5-10-04
- Scrutiny of Other Heart Drugs Could Grow After Failed Trial The New York Times, 12-4-06
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Analysis and News on the Healthcare Reform Debate
NEWS
Chuck Schumer crafting public option, Politico, 7-2-09
To Fix Health Care, Some Study Developing World, Wall Street Journal, 7-2-09
COMMENTARY
Away from the Hill, in Annandale, Jim Geraghty, National Review Online, 7-2-09
'Reconciliation' to Pass Health Bill Won't Work, Mort Kondracke, RealClearPolitics.com, 7-2-09
RESEARCH
How Reforms to the Tax Treatment of Health Insurance Benefit the Middle Class, Greg D'Angelo, Rea S. Hederman, Jr., and Paul L. Winfree, The Heritage Foundation, 7-1-09
The Case for Real Health Care Reform, Joseph Antos, American Enterprise Institute, 6-30-09
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TESTIMONY:
On Wednesday, June 24, 2009, David Gratzer, senior fellow at the Center for Medical Progress, appeared before the Ways and Means Committee
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Paul Howard interviews J. Edward Hill, former head of the American Medical
Association, about his reaction to President Obama's speech to the American Medical Association.
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INNOVATIVE IDEAS:
Podcast Series
Stephen Parente, Academic Director, Medical Industry
Leadership Institute Carson School Of Management, Finance & Insurance, University of Minnesota, talks to Paul Howard, director of
the Center for Medical Progress, about his idea for medical banking.
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