I was so pleased to receive this guest posting this morning from Stuart Henochowicz, M.D., who has his own blog (well worth checking out--burkemed.blogspot.com). Here are some of his thoughts on serving as faculty: ...

According to a story on KGBT 4-TV, eight of the nine physicians involved in developing cholesterol guidelines for the public had financial ties to the companies whose drugs the guidelines recommend. ...

This post courtesy of Anne Taylor-Vaisey: ...

While I was away on vacation, my co-blogger Anne Taylor-Vaisey has dug up a bunch of good articles to peruse. Forgive the data dump, but I'm going to try to play catch up and post as many of them as I can over the next few days. Lots of...

The writer of this editorial thinks so, and makes a pretty good case for it, I think. As she points out, "In 2003, members of the House and Senate introduced bills to improve pain management, but neither of these bills calls for mandatory...

There is a short item in the January 24 issue of AMNews entitled: ...

I'm kind of surprised I haven't heard any blowback about my editorial in the December issue of Medical Meetings, called "Beware the Squids." In hopes of generating a little discussion, I'll post it here as well...

If you or someone you know plans meetings for pharmaceutical companies, you/they might want to check out the Pharmaceutical Meeting Planners Forum, scheduled for March 31 to April 1 at the Doubletree Philadelphia. Medical Meetings is partnering...

Thanks to Anne Taylor-Vaisey for this link to an interesting article in BMJ. A quick snippet: ...

Jennifer Goodwin sings praise for a new brand of "smart" e-newsletter that ...