Some months ago I was asked by Paul Rosenfeld, who directs psychiatric training at Mount Sinai Hospital Morningside West, to give a lecture. This took place on January 18. There was a Q and A afterwards. The talk was recorded and the video is here - Relationship Based Medicine. There will be two related talks, which will also feature in posts soon. Relationship Based … [Read more...] about Relationship Based Medicine
Politics of Care
Healy Podcasts
In comments after a recent post on RxISK, POGO mentioned that Josef Witt-Doerring has done two interviews with me so far and posted them on his site. The Risks of Antidepressants and Antidepressants and Mass Shootings/Murder Suicide: Update April 19 - Josef has posted a new cast Guidelines and Clinical Practice IAI TV On the IAI TV site there are a number of … [Read more...] about Healy Podcasts
The Sovereign Individual
To the Sounds of a Drum © Nina Otulakowski November 2022 Back in the last Millenium, 1997, a book appeared called The Sovereign Individual, written by James Davidson and William Rees-Mogg (yes - the father of Jacob) about the transition to an information age. No longer would we be Numbers, we would be Free Men - See I Am Not A Number. There was a chance for Donald Trump's … [Read more...] about The Sovereign Individual
News Flash – Noticia de última Hora
From our South American correspondent For David and Goliath read Augusto Roux and Albert Bourla - Pfizer (who might just be in Trouble) Readers who read earlier posts - Disappeared in Argentina - Fishy Business in the Rio de la Plata - So Long and Thanks for all the Fish - will remember the unsavoury account of Augusto Roux at the hands of Dr Fernando Polack, boss of … [Read more...] about News Flash – Noticia de última Hora
Yellow and Other Virus and Vaccine Perils
Big Friendly Gates On 28 April the NEJM published the interim results of a trial of Prefusion F Protein–Based Respiratory Syncytial Virus Immunization in Pregnancy. This paper contains evidence of a neonatal jaundice hazard in the babies whose mothers had been immunised - but you'd never guess it from the way the paper is written. Prizer's RSVpreF Trial Pfizer’s phase 2 … [Read more...] about Yellow and Other Virus and Vaccine Perils
Military Maneuvers in the Dark
This post follows on from If You Wake at Midnight. Military Medicine When the history of modern medicine is laid out - See Shipwreck of the Singular - it is clear that, from Napoleon onwards, the military have been the greatest influence on its development. In Wars before 1900, more soldiers died from disease than from enemy efforts. There was a pressing need to change this. … [Read more...] about Military Maneuvers in the Dark
Forked Tongues. Adverse Event or Adverse Reaction?
Linguas Bifidas © Nina Otulakowski July 2022 An Adverse Event is anything that happens while a trial is happening - even a nuclear war. There were lots of traffic accidents and broken bones in Buenos Aires during the Pfizer trial - mostly on placebo. Maybe Covid vaccines prevent fractures or accidents. Not impossible if you are too sick to get out and about. An Adverse … [Read more...] about Forked Tongues. Adverse Event or Adverse Reaction?
The Best Books on What Medicine Should Be
Two months ago I had an email from Ben Fox of forauthors@shepherd.com – a new venture looking to promote books in a new way. See Shepherd.com. The idea is to feature a book by an author and then get her or him to list five books that have particularly influenced them – centered on a topic of their choosing and linked into their work. Newspapers have been doing this for … [Read more...] about The Best Books on What Medicine Should Be
Harmatology: a New Science
In 2008-2009, 7 young women died in a HPV vaccine trial in India. There was a backlash against the clinical trial industry. Quite apart from Pharma trials, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) had 70 ongoing trials that were abandoned. It was clear, Indian investigators had to be taught how to assess awkward events properly. Barbara Bierer, a Haematologist, and … [Read more...] about Harmatology: a New Science
Mark and Barb and Eric and Carole
If North Americans don't know much about Asterix cartoons - see The Harmed, Europeans don't know about MAD. This image was adapted by Nina Otulakowski from a front cover image in Mad, see below, featuring the 1969 Bob, and Carol, and Ted and Alice movie. Born in the USA Multi-Regional Clinical Trials (MRCT) was born in the USA in 2009. Pfizer had just resolved a case with the … [Read more...] about Mark and Barb and Eric and Carole