Cancer Physicians Attack High Drug Costs More than 100 cancer specialists have banded together to persuade pharmaceutical companies to bring prices down, suggesting that the high prices for medicine needed to keep someone alive is profiteering. More
Patients’ Genes Seen as Future of Cancer Care Major academic medical centers in New York and around the country are spending and recruiting heavily in what has become an arms race within the war on cancer. The investments are based on the belief that the medical establishment is moving toward the routine sequencing of every patient’s genome in the quest for “precision medicine,” a course for prevention and treatment based on the special, even unique characteristics of the patient’s genes. More
Even after melanoma, some people keep on using tanning beds You would think that people who were diagnosed with melanoma -- the most deadly form of skin cancer -- would be meticulously careful about using sunscreen, avoiding tanning salons and generally protecting their skin. More
Roger Ebert (1942-2013) Roger Ebert loved movies. Except for those he hated. For a film with a daring director, a talented cast, a captivating plot or, ideally, all three, there could be no better advocate than Roger Ebert, who passionately celebrated and promoted excellence in film while deflating the awful, the derivative, or the merely mediocre with an observant eye, a sharp wit and a depth of knowledge that delighted his millions of readers and viewers. More
Scientists find treatment to kill every kind of cancer tumor Researchers might have found the Holy Grail in the war against cancer, a miracle drug that has killed every kind of cancer tumor it has come in contact with, the New York Post reported. The drug works by blocking a protein called CD47 that is essentially a "do not eat" signal to the body's immune system, according to Science Magazine. More
Kennedy’s Vow to Take On Big Food Could Face Resistance Processed foods are in the cross hairs of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., but battling major companies could collide with President-elect Donald J. Trump’s corporate-friendly goals. 11/15/2024 - 3:53 am | View Link
Trump transition recap: Donald Trump chooses Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead HHS President-elect Donald Trump is still choosing his nominees for his second term in the White House − and making some surprising picks. 11/14/2024 - 7:36 pm | View Link
House Republicans applaud Trump's picking Kennedy to lead HHS -- with a few concerns House Republicans had mixed reactions to Trump's announcement that he would nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be HHS secretary. 11/14/2024 - 2:12 pm | View Link
What to Know About Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Long History of Promoting Anti-Vaccine Views Here Are the New Members of Trump’s Administration So Far. Kennedy has long advanced the debunked idea that vaccines cause autism. He has also pushed other conspiracy ... 11/14/2024 - 1:03 pm | View Link
RFK Jr. named as Trump’s health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been angling for a role in the Trump administration since he endorsed the president-elect in August. 11/14/2024 - 12:28 pm | View Link
Kara Kennedy, Daughter of Edward Kennedy, Is Dead at 51 Kara Kennedy, the daughter of Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, died Friday after a workout at a Washington-area health club. She was 51. The cause was a heart attack, according... 11/14/2024 - 6:26 am | View Link
Kara Kennedy dies at 51; oldest child of Sen. Edward Kennedy Kara Kennedy, the oldest child of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, died Friday at a Washington, D.C.-area health club after her daily workout, said her brother Patrick. She was 51. 11/13/2024 - 8:07 am | View Link
Kara Kennedy, daughter of Ted Kennedy, dies at 51 | The ... The eldest of the senator’s three children, Kara Kennedy died Friday at age 51, collapsing after her daily workout at a Washington health club. The cause of death wasn’t immediately released. 11/12/2024 - 10:06 pm | View Link
Kara Kennedy Obituary (2011) KENNEDY KARA ANNE KENNEDY On September 16, 2011, Kara Anne Kennedy, the daughter of the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy and Joan Bennett Kennedy, and the devoted mother of Grace Allen,... 11/12/2024 - 9:20 am | View Link
Oldest child of late Sen. Ted Kennedy dies at 51 Kara Kennedy, the oldest child of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, died suddenly Friday evening at a Washington-area health club. Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy confirmed the death of his 51-year-old... 11/11/2024 - 9:21 am | View Link
Yes, the choices of Pete Hegseth, Matt Gaetz, Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are outrageous and a MAGA power play. But let’s not lose sight of the MAGA forest here: each is unqualified to run large, complex departments that deal with serious, complex problems that all Americans depend on to keep us safe in one way or the other.
Even if you love the MAGA philosophy and goals for respective departments Trump wants these folks to run, not one of them has even a fraction of the experience that any president who cares about protecting Americans would require.
Pete Hegseth (DOD): When Hegseth was rightfully passed over for running the VA, he had no experience running a large organization.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bnPie08XoU
How the hell did we get here? Donald Trump, president again. After doing the worst job of any POTUS--including a few dead ones--last time; chaos, dysfunction, corruption and so much more. So how did he do it?
The answer's not what you may think. Listen as I discuss with the former/final White House Correspondent for Playboy Magazine, Brian Karem--who famously got Trump on the record admitting he might not accept the results of the 2020 election (which made an appearance in Jack Smith's legal brief)-- an essential subject if we're to have a democracy.
Balkinization - what can law schools do? Teach persuasion;
Degenerate Art - swept into the flood - how history instructs us;
Mock Paper Scissors - Kristi's trigger finger is twitching;
No More Mr. Nice Blog - Hegseth, because Trump likes to watch;
The Mahablog - bad and getting worse.
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Melania Trump didn’t join her husband, President-elect Donald Trump, at the White House on Wednesday for his meeting with President Joe Biden and rejected an invitation from first lady Jill Biden. In fact, it seems she won’t be returning to the White House anytime soon—if at all.
“Mrs. Trump will not be attending today’s meeting at the White House,” said a post on X from the Office of Melania Trump.
Robert F. Kennedy. Matt Gaetz. Pete Hegseth. The flurry of announcements this week from Donald Trump revealing his planned cabinet for a second term have drawn stunned responses across the federal government. In the intelligence community, the alarm has focused on Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s pick to be the next Director of National Intelligence.