tag:bmartinmd.com,2007-10-12://1 2012-02-03T20:47:33Z For the love of disease. Movable Type Publishing Platform 4.01 tag:bmartinmd.com,2012://1.1179 2012-02-03T20:01:53Z 2012-02-03T20:47:33Z

Pimpernel Smith (1941) is Leslie Howard's updated riff on his previous leading role in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934), the classic espionage adventure of rescue set during the French Revolution. In the former movie, released just 2 years before Howard's shocking...

bmartin http://www.pathophilia.com Pimpernel Smith (1941) is Leslie Howard's updated riff on his previous leading role in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934), the classic espionage adventure of rescue set during the French Revolution. In the former movie, released just 2 years before Howard's shocking... tag:bmartinmd.com,2012://1.1178 2012-02-02T14:36:21Z 2012-02-04T15:34:48Z

Two articles in this week's Neurology consider the significance of biomarkers for Alzheimer disease in the cognitively normal elderly.Essentially confirming a recently published Mayo Clinic study, investigators from Texas reported the high prevalence of beta amyloid deposits (detected with Avid...

bmartin http://www.pathophilia.com Two articles in this week's Neurology consider the significance of biomarkers for Alzheimer disease in the cognitively normal elderly.Essentially confirming a recently published Mayo Clinic study, investigators from Texas reported the high prevalence of beta amyloid deposits (detected with Avid... tag:bmartinmd.com,2012://1.1177 2012-01-27T17:16:01Z 2012-01-27T18:43:35Z

Watching The Final Countdown (1980), starring the recently departed James Farentino, is more of an exercise in "How could I make this movie really good?" as opposed to recognizing its few merits—one of which is the evergreen premise of rewriting...

bmartin http://www.pathophilia.com Watching The Final Countdown (1980), starring the recently departed James Farentino, is more of an exercise in "How could I make this movie really good?" as opposed to recognizing its few merits—one of which is the evergreen premise of rewriting... tag:bmartinmd.com,2012://1.1176 2012-01-26T14:55:01Z 2012-01-30T13:56:22Z

Implementation of the Sustainable Growth Rate, or SGR, formula—the formula ostensibly used to control Medicare spending and physician reimbursement for Medicare services—has been stayed numerous times since it was legislated in the late 1990s. As Harvard policy analysts describe in...

bmartin http://www.pathophilia.com Implementation of the Sustainable Growth Rate, or SGR, formula—the formula ostensibly used to control Medicare spending and physician reimbursement for Medicare services—has been stayed numerous times since it was legislated in the late 1990s. As Harvard policy analysts describe in... tag:bmartinmd.com,2012://1.1175 2012-01-24T16:07:43Z 2012-01-30T13:59:01Z

At last, something positive (albeit very preliminary) to report about the use of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs)...in disease, no less.Yesterday The Lancet published (and made freely available—!) early safety results from Advanced Cell Technology's 2 prospective phase 1/2 clinical...

bmartin http://www.pathophilia.com At last, something positive (albeit very preliminary) to report about the use of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs)...in disease, no less.Yesterday The Lancet published (and made freely available—!) early safety results from Advanced Cell Technology's 2 prospective phase 1/2 clinical... tag:bmartinmd.com,2012://1.1174 2012-01-23T16:29:16Z 2012-01-26T17:28:40Z

Friday the FDA announced that it's permitting the marketing of the first test for antibodies to the JC virus (Stratify JCV Antibody ELISA test; Quest Diagnostics), the cause of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in immunocompromised individuals and now an official...

bmartin http://www.pathophilia.com Friday the FDA announced that it's permitting the marketing of the first test for antibodies to the JC virus (Stratify JCV Antibody ELISA test; Quest Diagnostics), the cause of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in immunocompromised individuals and now an official... tag:bmartinmd.com,2012://1.1173 2012-01-20T22:00:15Z 2012-01-27T14:43:41Z

"Life on Mars" (2006-2007): A modern-day Manchester policeman (played by the terrific John Simm) is transported back to politically incorrect 1973 after being struck by a car. Is he mad, in a coma, or back in time? The nifty opener...

bmartin http://www.pathophilia.com "Life on Mars" (2006-2007): A modern-day Manchester policeman (played by the terrific John Simm) is transported back to politically incorrect 1973 after being struck by a car. Is he mad, in a coma, or back in time? The nifty opener... tag:bmartinmd.com,2012://1.1172 2012-01-20T17:40:23Z 2012-01-20T17:54:46Z

In a Pharmalot interview, money manager, blogger, and diabetic David Kliff absolutely excoriates "Buttah Queen" Paula Deen and insulin-maker Novo Nordisk for their newly announced, and arguably duplicitous, promotional relationship. Kliff easily tosses out words like "hypocrite," "shyster," and "bastardizing"...

bmartin http://www.pathophilia.com In a Pharmalot interview, money manager, blogger, and diabetic David Kliff absolutely excoriates "Buttah Queen" Paula Deen and insulin-maker Novo Nordisk for their newly announced, and arguably duplicitous, promotional relationship. Kliff easily tosses out words like "hypocrite," "shyster," and "bastardizing"... tag:bmartinmd.com,2012://1.1171 2012-01-18T15:07:57Z 2012-01-18T15:48:30Z

Medivation and partner Pfizer will cease development of Dimebon (latrepirdine), a now thoroughly defunct antihistamine, "for all indications and will terminate the ongoing open label extension study in Alzheimer's disease." The small biopharm company announced the official end of Dimebon...

bmartin http://www.pathophilia.com Medivation and partner Pfizer will cease development of Dimebon (latrepirdine), a now thoroughly defunct antihistamine, "for all indications and will terminate the ongoing open label extension study in Alzheimer's disease." The small biopharm company announced the official end of Dimebon... tag:bmartinmd.com,2012://1.1169 2012-01-13T21:02:13Z 2012-01-13T21:25:47Z

The October Man (1947): Seriously brain injured in a bus crash (which takes the life of his young companion), a recovered, but terribly guilt-ridden, man (John Mills) is suspected of murdering a needy female acquaintance. Given his mental handicap, he,...

bmartin http://www.pathophilia.com The October Man (1947): Seriously brain injured in a bus crash (which takes the life of his young companion), a recovered, but terribly guilt-ridden, man (John Mills) is suspected of murdering a needy female acquaintance. Given his mental handicap, he,... tag:bmartinmd.com,2012://1.1168 2012-01-13T14:42:27Z 2012-01-13T15:32:13Z

Sherley et al v Sebelius et al. The case that won't go away...to the chagrin of scientists who rely on government funding for research with human embryonic stem cells (hESCs).The Nature News Blog reports today that scientists James Sherley and...

bmartin http://www.pathophilia.com Sherley et al v Sebelius et al. The case that won't go away...to the chagrin of scientists who rely on government funding for research with human embryonic stem cells (hESCs).The Nature News Blog reports today that scientists James Sherley and... tag:bmartinmd.com,2011://1.1166 2011-12-22T16:17:04Z 2011-12-22T18:23:26Z

About one-third of cognitively normal elderly demonstrate an elevated load of beta-amyloid,* a pathologic hallmark of Alzheimer disease, in the brain, according to a newly published study from the Mayo Clinic. These data support previous observations, in which the PET-imaged...

bmartin http://www.pathophilia.com About one-third of cognitively normal elderly demonstrate an elevated load of beta-amyloid,* a pathologic hallmark of Alzheimer disease, in the brain, according to a newly published study from the Mayo Clinic. These data support previous observations, in which the PET-imaged... tag:bmartinmd.com,2011://1.1164 2011-12-17T03:38:17Z 2011-12-17T04:19:33Z

My Foolish Heart (1949): A major weepie with Susan Hayward. As an alcoholic and terribly unhappy wife, Hayward recounts the lost love of her life to a visiting college chum. The movie, which is oh-so-loosely based on* J. D. Salinger's...

bmartin http://www.pathophilia.com My Foolish Heart (1949): A major weepie with Susan Hayward. As an alcoholic and terribly unhappy wife, Hayward recounts the lost love of her life to a visiting college chum. The movie, which is oh-so-loosely based on* J. D. Salinger's... tag:bmartinmd.com,2011://1.1163 2011-12-16T20:55:43Z 2012-01-25T18:12:34Z

First Jeffrey Kindler, then Lipitor, and now this: Pfizer announced today that it's* its dependency on the FDA's approval is over. * Bloody hell....

bmartin http://www.pathophilia.com First Jeffrey Kindler, then Lipitor, and now this: Pfizer announced today that it's* its dependency on the FDA's approval is over. * Bloody hell.... tag:bmartinmd.com,2011://1.1162 2011-12-10T02:07:29Z 2011-12-10T15:10:00Z

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979): The faithfully adapted 7-part BBC mini-series of John Le Carre's titular novel—a story as much about of the banality of espionage during the Cold War, as it is about the treachery. Starring the (nearly) incomparable...

bmartin http://www.pathophilia.com Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979): The faithfully adapted 7-part BBC mini-series of John Le Carre's titular novel—a story as much about of the banality of espionage during the Cold War, as it is about the treachery. Starring the (nearly) incomparable...