June 19, 2009
An informal experimentation tragedy
Anders Sandberg writes about the case of Yolanda Cox in the Practical Ethics article Not better than the alternative: an informal experimentation tragedy. Police are reinvestigating the 2007 death of Yolanda Cox, a woman who collapsed in anaphylactic shock after...Posted by Waldemar at 03:05 PM
June 08, 2009
1999 was our 1968
In the year 1999 the Extro-4 conference was held at the Joseph Wood Crutch Theater on the Clark Kerr Campus, University of California, Berkeley. Anders Sandberg was interviewed in a series of five films on what developments have been seen...Posted by Waldemar at 09:20 AM
May 15, 2009
Svininfluensans goda sidor
Är svininfluensan en förbannelse eller en välsignelse? Kan vi lära oss något av den? Waldemar Ingdahl talar på Radio Voltaire Åsikt om den nya influensan, svininfluensan, pandemier och varför den skrämmer oss så mycket. Finns risken att opinionen slår tillbaka...Posted by Waldemar at 01:45 PM
May 06, 2009
Swine flu: is the WHO on track?
Anders Sandberg writes in Practical Ethics on the H1N1 epidemic also known as the swine flu. In The flu paradox: is the WHO focusing too little on flu? Sandberg discusses the World Health Organization's increased emphasis on public health, in...Posted by Waldemar at 01:20 PM
April 13, 2009
Frank Burroughs kamp öppnar för fler och bättre läkemedel
Artikeln har publicerats i Läkemedelsvärlden nummer 2/2009 Waldemar Ingdahl och Bartley J. Madden, författare till boken Fler valmöjligheter ger bättre hälsa. Abigail Burroughs dog 2001 av huvud- och nackcancer. Sista halvåret försökte hon få tillgång till Erbitux som då var...Posted by Waldemar at 08:00 PM
March 29, 2009
The Atlas Liberty Forum 2009
Waldemar Ingdahl from the Eudoxa think tank will speak at the Atlas Liberty Forum 2009 in the session Bringing Drugs to Market –Strategies to Develop a Free-Market Alternative. What are the obstacles to drug reform and how can we...Posted by Waldemar at 10:40 AM
March 22, 2009
Fattiga behöver säkra läkemedel
I DN uttalar sig europaparlamentariker Carl Schlyter (mp) och Läkare utan gränser om att EU stoppar medicin på väg till u-länder. Det finns problem med hur läkemedelspatenten ser ut idag, och reformer kan behövas. Hur kommer det sig att den...Posted by Waldemar at 11:55 AM
March 12, 2009
Bad doctor, bad prosecutor or bad laws?
Anders Sandberg writes in Practical Ethics on the collision between ethics, medical practice and the law in Bad doctor, bad prosecutor or bad laws? On March 2 police took a doctor into custody at the Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital in...Posted by Waldemar at 01:00 AM
December 29, 2008
Valfrihet ger bättre hälsa
Waldemar Ingdahl skriver artikeln Valfrihet ger bättre hälsa i Liberal Debatt nummer 6. Medicinen och läkemedelsbranschen står inför ett vägval. Läkemedelsverket varnar i kampanjen crimemedicine.com för osäkra läkemedel. Apoteksmonopolet skall slopas år 2009. Oro sprids om att läkemedelsbranschen inte längre...Posted by Waldemar at 09:25 AM
December 26, 2008
Ett föredrag på liv och död
Waldemar Ingdahl talade den 11 december på ett möte hos Föreningen Heimdal och FMS Uppsala under rubriken Valfrihet ger bättre hälsa - ett föredrag på liv och död. Ingdahl talade om läkemedel, sjukvård och hälsa, med avstamp från boken Fler...Posted by Waldemar at 09:55 AM
December 07, 2008
The perfect enhancer
Anders Sandberg writes in Practical Ethics Anders Sandberg reveals The perfect cognition enhancer- it is iodine. Iodine deficiency affects up to 2 billion people, impairing at least 18 million children mentally each year and most likely costing mankind several billion...Posted by Waldemar at 11:25 AM
December 05, 2008
Valfrihet ger bättre hälsa- ett föredrag på liv och död
Om du eller någon i din familj drabbades av en dödlig sjukdom, skulle du ta chansen att prova ett läkemedel som är under utveckling? I dag får du inte välja. Bara läkemedel som gått igenom omständliga tester får tillstånd att...Posted by Waldemar at 01:20 PM
November 21, 2008
The International Leaders' Summit
Waldemar Ingdahl spoke on November 13th at the International Leaders' Summit at the European Parliament in Brussels. The summit included a most interesting list of speakers. From left to right: Waldemar Ingdahl, Julian Harris, Alec van Gelder and moderator Gregory...Posted by Waldemar at 09:30 AM
October 31, 2008
The Future of Transatlantic Relations
Waldemar Ingdahl of the Eudoxa think tank is scheduled as a speaker at the Fifth Annual International Leaders Summit, November 12 and 13. The conference "The Future of Transatlantic Relations- Strategic Focus on Economics, Energy, Justice, Regulation, Security, Taxation and...Posted by Waldemar at 01:15 PM
October 24, 2008
Fler och bättre läkemedel
Waldemar Ingdahl skriver i tidningen Kristdemokraten, nummer 41 den 10 oktober. I artikeln Låt sjuka få prova icke godkända läkemedel (ej online) berättar han om Bartley J. Madden och hans bok Fler valmöjligheter ger bättre hälsa....Posted by Waldemar at 03:15 PM
October 22, 2008
The controversial test for Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Anders Sandberg writes in Practical Ethics. In Finding holes in the brain: to test or not to test for Creutzfeldt-Jakob?, Sandberg writes that a new test for carriers of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is under development. It raises an ethical problem:...Posted by Waldemar at 07:15 AM
August 13, 2008
IHRA conference 2008 in Barcelona: towards a global vision
Waldemar Ingdahl from the Eudoxa think tank partecipated at the annual conference of The International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA) held in 2008 in Barcelona between May 11th and 15th. Waldemar Ingdahl presents an extensive report on the seminars at the...Posted by Waldemar at 12:20 PM
August 08, 2008
Synen på dopning behöver förnyas
Waldemar Ingdahl skriver tillsammans med Julian Savulescu, professor i praktisk etik vid Oxfords universitet i Göteborgs-Posten den 8 augusti. I artikeln Synen på dopning behöver förnyas att idrotten skulle tjäna på ett mer rationellt förhållande till dopningen, och att sluta...Posted by Waldemar at 07:20 AM
August 04, 2008
Er billige medisiner bedre for de fattige?
Waldemar Ingdahl skriver Er billige medisiner bedre for de fattige? i ABC Nyheter den 1 augusti. Dersom Thailand, og andre middels rike land som egentlig ikke trenger det, krever å få medikamenter til samme pris som de fattigste landene, vil...Posted by Waldemar at 09:05 AM
July 30, 2008
Unlikely risks and fat tails
In his The Pulse article of July 29th Bangs and whimpers Anders Sandberg takes the long view of health risks. Sandberg reports from the Oxford Global Catastrofic Risks Conference, that while overall risks may have fallen, large and unlikely types...Posted by Waldemar at 09:00 AM
July 29, 2008
Think about the planet, stop having kids
Rafaela Hillerbrand writes in Practical Ethics about the points made by Anders Sandberg in The Pulse about the recent suggestions in the UK that doctors should talk to their patients about climate change and encourage them to think about the...Posted by Waldemar at 01:55 PM
July 18, 2008
Research to refute the refutable
In his The Pulse article of July 18th Binding Heavy Metal Fears Anders Sandberg asks when clinical trials are to check whether a treatment doesn't work OK? The US National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is studying chelation therapy because...Posted by Waldemar at 06:00 PM
July 15, 2008
The significance of cutting- edge drugs
In his The Pulse article of July 9th No Trials Please, We're British Anders Sandberg explains why big drug companies shift trials away from the UK, and why the pharmaceutical industry is languishing....Posted by Waldemar at 08:15 AM
June 24, 2008
Medical Tourism
In his The Pulse article of June 20th Rise of the Medical Tourist Guide Anders Sandberg writes on how medical tourism is increasingly forcing medical systems to compete in terms of price and service. But ensuring that medical tourism is...Posted by Waldemar at 08:15 AM
June 10, 2008
Feedback on Health Journalism
In his The Pulse article of June 10th Improving Health Journalism with Reviewing Anders Sandberg describes an interesting new project; evaluating health journalism. The project also provides the evaluation to the journalist writing the article, gaining a positive response....Posted by Waldemar at 06:05 PM
June 06, 2008
Sugar pills for sale
In his The Pulse article of June 3rd Over-the-Counter Placebo Anders Sandberg writes about Obecalp, the first placebo medication on sale at the pharmacy. Obecalp is targeting parents that wish to help their children for imagined ailments without giving them...Posted by Waldemar at 09:00 AM
June 02, 2008
More isn't better
In his The Pulse article of May 29th Topping Up Our Pie Slices Anders Sandberg writes about how national health care systems always are low on resources and patients always desire better care than they can get. Increasing public expenditures...Posted by Waldemar at 07:35 AM
May 30, 2008
An argument for minarchist vaccination policies
Anders Sandberg writes in Practical Ethics. In the article Preventing Polka-Dot Problems: Should Measles Vaccination be Compulsory? Sandberg argues from Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State and Utopia about vaccinations. Vaccination is one of the real success stories of public health, yet...Posted by Waldemar at 07:30 AM
May 15, 2008
The smart spy pill
In his The Pulse article of May 12th The Tell- tale Pill Anders Sandberg writes about a new smart pill from Proteus Biomedical that reports to the doctor when it has been taken. Given the great problems with patient compliance...Posted by Waldemar at 06:00 PM
May 08, 2008
A more productive way to health and development
Waldemar Ingdahl writes in The Providence Journal on May 7th about the recent developments in the WHO on pharmaceutical patents. In World disease not rooted in patents, Ingdahl explains that the problems surrounding public health in poorer countries are not...Posted by Waldemar at 12:15 AM
May 05, 2008
Paying people to be healthy
In his The Pulse article of May 2nd Paying people to be healthy Anders Sandberg writes about the new World Bank funded experiment in Tanzania. Young Tanzanians are paid a monetary reward if they avoid to get infected with HIV/AIDS....Posted by Waldemar at 07:05 AM
May 02, 2008
Mixing sex and health with money
Anders Sandberg writes in Practical Ethics. In the article Reverse Prostitution: cognitive biases and conditional cash transfers Sandberg comments on a new strategy for fighting HIV/AIDS in Africa. People are payed for not contracting sexually transmitted infections. Sandberg notes that...Posted by Waldemar at 09:05 AM
April 16, 2008
Frihet att välja ger bättre hälsa
Waldemar Ingdahl från Eudoxa och Bartley J. Madden, författare till boken Fler valmöjligheter ger bättre hälsa, skriver i Dagens Medicin den 16 april. Ingdahl och Madden skriver i sin artikel Låt patienter välja ej godkänd medicin om hur fler människor...Posted by Waldemar at 04:00 PM
April 14, 2008
Enhancing Me at the Dana Centre
On April 29th, the Dana Centre in London will launch the book "Enhancing Me" by Peter Moore. Science and technology now allow us to change our bodies, brains and emotions. What drives us to want to be ‘superhuman’? Is it...Posted by Waldemar at 08:25 AM
April 07, 2008
Vi har rätt att förändra våra kroppar
Anders Sandberg skriver i Aftonbladet den 7 april Det finns inte ett enda sätt att leva som skulle göra alla lyckliga. Makten till den egna kroppen blir en allt mer viktig och explosiv politisk fråga. Sandberg argumenterar för att det...Posted by Waldemar at 09:35 AM
April 03, 2008
Presentation av boken Fler valmöjligheter ger bättre hälsa
Den 27 mars presenterade tankesmedjan Eudoxa boken Fler valmöjligheter ger bättre hälsa av Bartley J. Madden. Waldemar Ingdahl berättade om de förslag kring Dual Tracking systemet som finns i Bart Maddens bok, och satte det i perspektiv med Europa och...Posted by Waldemar at 05:35 PM
March 27, 2008
Fler valmöjligheter ger bättre hälsa
Eudoxa presenterar boken Fler valmöjligheter ger bättre hälsa- fri att välja experimentella läkemedel av Bartley J. Madden, med ett förord av nobelpristagaren Vernon Smith. Beställ boken från BooksOnDemand, CDON.com, Bokia, Adlibris, Bokus, Capris.no eller Kulturbutiken....Posted by Waldemar at 08:04 AM
Valfrihet ger bättre hälsa, visar ny bok
Bartley J. Madden visar i sin bok att patienter själva borde få bestämma över vilka risker de vill ta med experimentella läkemedel, och hur detta kan bli skillnaden mellan liv och död. Fler valmöjligheter ger bättre hälsa- fri att välja...Posted by Waldemar at 07:35 AM
March 22, 2008
Uppmärksamhet för "Fler valmöjligheter ger bättre hälsa"
Heartland Institute uppmärksammar den kommande lanseringen av översättningen av Bartley J. Maddens bok Fler valmöjligheter ger bättre hälsa, som handlar om läkemedel och läkemedelstester. Det gör även Alex Tabarrok på Marginal Revolution....Posted by Waldemar at 01:48 PM
March 14, 2008
Is the information about your health in safe hands?
In his The Pulse article of March 13th, The Big Blue Journal Anders Sandberg explains how IBM's innovative virtual health care island in Second Life hightlights a vital issue in e-health: security. Control of the underlying hardware or software at...Posted by Waldemar at 09:35 AM
March 13, 2008
Fler valmöjligheter ger bättre hälsa- presentation den 27 mars
Tankesmedjan Eudoxa presenterar torsdagen den 27 mars boken Fler valmöjligheter ger bättre hälsa- fri att välja experimentella läkemedel av Bartley J. Madden, med ett förord av nobelpristagaren Vernon Smith. Presentationen sker torsdagen den 27 mars i Wenner-Gren Center på Sveavägen...Posted by Waldemar at 11:20 AM
March 10, 2008
Prozac just placebo?
In his The Pulse article of March 6th Knowing the Price Tag Makes You Healthier Anders Sandberg examines the increasing effects of placebo. The recent media stories that the new generation of antidepressants, may not indicate that they are less...Posted by Waldemar at 07:10 AM
March 04, 2008
The clock is ticking for e-health
In his The Pulse article of March 3rd, New Records Anders Sandberg explains how Google is now beginning to store medical records. While concerns about privacy and data mining are of course raised, Sandberg compares with the problems that government...Posted by Waldemar at 12:10 PM
February 25, 2008
Skydd för tredje världens forskare ger billigare och bättre mediciner
När Världshälsoorganisationen WHO, höll möte i Genève om folkhälsa och innovationer var forskarna förvisade till åskådarplats och innovatörerna fanns inte representerade. Det skriver Juliano Froehner vid Federala universitet i Sao Paulo, Brasilien i artikeln Aktivister ockuperar WHO i Läkemedelsvärlden nummer...Posted by Waldemar at 07:38 PM
February 21, 2008
The Avandia breach of confidentiality
In his The Pulse article of February 20th, Temporary confusion or the sociology of science? Anders Sandberg discusses the recent research scandal, as a researcher reviewing a paper with damaging findings about the drug Avandia broke confidentiality and leaked it...Posted by Waldemar at 10:00 AM
February 14, 2008
A testament to intellectual integrity
In his The Pulse article of February 14th, Changing Hearts and Minds Anders Sandberg writes about the debate over the cost of recently developed cancer drugs (such as Herceptin). When these drugs were introduced they were heavily criticised. These opinions...Posted by Waldemar at 06:10 PM
January 31, 2008
Is climate change a matter for doctors?
In his The Pulse article of January 31st, Medical Climate Evangelism and Evidence Based Medicine Anders Sandberg writes about climate change and the medical profession. The public health aspects of climate change are among the most uncertain. While climate models...Posted by Waldemar at 07:40 PM
January 23, 2008
Is cost efficiency the problem in health care?
In his The Pulse article of January 23rd, It isn't easy to be NICE Anders Sandberg writes about the problems facing the institutions that perform cost-effectiveness evaluation of treatments. Criticizing them is immensely popular; there is something to dislike for...Posted by Waldemar at 09:25 AM
January 17, 2008
Recycle your heart
In his The Pulse article of January 16th, A Heart as Good as New Anders Sandberg writes about a new twist on organ donation. Maybe in the future only the scaffolding of donated organs will be donated, the cells will...Posted by Waldemar at 08:10 AM
December 23, 2007
Fattigdom, inte patent, är problemet
Waldemar Ingdahl svarar den 19 december på en debattartikel i tidningen Dagen av europaparlamentarikern Carl Schlyter. Ingdahl skriver i Problemet är fattigdom- inte patent på medicin om att det inte är abstraktioner som patent och läkemedelspriser som är viktigast för...Posted by Waldemar at 10:15 AM
December 14, 2007
Patenten öppnar för fattigdomsbekämpning
Debatten om läkemedelspatent fortsätter. Waldemar Ingdahl replikerar europaparlamentarikern Carl Schlyter från Miljöpartiet De Gröna på Europaportalen den 14 december och påpekar att Fattiga länder behöver en egen läkemedelsindustri. Huvudmålet borde vara att göra biståndet överflödigt och kunna få med de...Posted by Waldemar at 04:09 PM
WHO och uppskattningen av hivsmitta
Waldemar Ingdahl skriver i Nerikes Allehanda på internationella aidsdagen den 1 december artikeln När antalet hiv-smittade sjönk med 6 miljoner (ej online). I artikeln pekar Ingdahl att antalet hivsmittade i världen sjönk med mer än 6 miljoner människor bara på...Posted by Waldemar at 01:20 PM
December 13, 2007
Eudoxa på SVT Argument
Med anledning av den senaste tidens debatt om läkemedelspatent så kommer frågan att tas upp på SVT Argument. Debatt mellan Waldemar Ingdahl, tankesmedjan Eudoxa, Carl Schlyter (mp), Anders Blanck, Läkemedelsindustriföreningen och Emma Hernborg, Afrikagrupperna Direktsändning: SVT1 torsdag 13 december kl...Posted by Waldemar at 11:37 AM
December 09, 2007
The spread of multi- drug resistent bacteria
In his The Pulse article of December 7th, In Praise of Second Best Anders Sandberg writes about the threat of multi-drug resistant bacteria. One of the most serious threats to health care today. New antibiotics are needed, says Sandberg, but...Posted by Waldemar at 02:51 PM
December 06, 2007
Läkemedelspatent- både känsla och förnuft
Waldemar Ingdahl från tankesmedjan Eudoxa skriver på Europaportalen den 6 december i Skydda läkemedelspatenten om att lösningen på paradoxen mellan ökad innovation kontra ökad tillgänglighet som diskuterats för mediciner är genom fri företagsamhet, handel, rationellt patentskydd, reformer och internationella samarbeten,...Posted by Waldemar at 11:55 AM
December 03, 2007
Patent på läkemedel- för säkerhetens skull
Det har blivit debatt om tvångslicensieringar och läkemedelspatent på Sveriges Television Opinion sedan Waldemar Ingdahl från tankesmedjan Eudoxa väckte frågan i sin debattartikel. Europaparlamentarikern Carl Schlyter från Miljöpartiet De Gröna och Pehr Olov Pehrson från Läkare utan Gränser replikerade, och...Posted by Waldemar at 03:00 PM
When are people competent to refuse treatment?
In his The Pulse article of December 1st, Inability to Want to get Better Anders Sandberg ponders a dilemma: when are people competent to refuse treatment? New research suggests that current standards of competency overlook important complications. This in turn...Posted by Waldemar at 04:00 AM
November 30, 2007
Patent och läkemedelsinnovation
Alexander Sanchez skrev en debattartikel för Enköpings-Posten den 8 november, Patenten viktiga för läkemedelsforskning (ej online). Den handlar om patent och läkemedelsforskning. Sanchez pekar på att det är en illusion att tro att WHO och Förenta Nationerna effektivt skulle kunna...Posted by Waldemar at 02:35 PM
November 29, 2007
Waldemar Ingdahl på P1 Morgon
Waldemar Ingdahl från tankesmedjan Eudoxa debatterar med Pehr Olov Pehrsson från Läkare utan gränser på Sveriges Radio P1 Morgon kl. 07.39 den 29 november om patent på läkemedel....Posted by Waldemar at 12:25 AM
November 27, 2007
Läkemedelspatenten är bra för världens fattiga
Waldemar Ingdahl från tankesmedjan Eudoxa skriver på SVT Opinion Läkemedelspatenten är bra för världens fattiga. Tvångslicensieringar av läkemedel är ett undantag, för kriser, och för att de skall behålla sin nytta så bör det även fortsättningsvis vara så, annars lämnar...Posted by Waldemar at 10:00 AM
November 23, 2007
Systematic Sloppiness
Anders Sandberg writes in Practical Ethics. In his article It is 10 o'clock, do you know what your cells are? he describes the amazingly persistent problem of contaminated cell lines. It has been known for more than 40 years. This...Posted by Waldemar at 08:30 AM
November 20, 2007
FN spred överdrifter om HIV/AIDS
I maj hjälpte Waldemar Ingdahl på tankesmedjan Eudoxa professor James Chin med översättningen av hans artikel UNAIDS sprider osanningar om HIV för Läkemedelsvärlden. Lars Olof Kallings, FN:s Generalsekreterare Ban Ki-Moons särskilda sändebud för hiv/aids i Östeuropa, replikerade. Nu rapporterar nyhetsbyrån...Posted by Waldemar at 09:00 PM
November 14, 2007
My brother's nanny?
In his The Pulse article of November 13th, Are We Our Brothers' Piercings' Keepers? Anders Sandberg explains how mandatory health insurance systems give an incentive of worrying about our neighbour's health - if he is doing something to risk it,...Posted by Waldemar at 11:35 AM
November 10, 2007
Innovation och läkemedelspatent
Alexander Sanchez skriver artikeln Patent viktiga för läkemedelsforskning i Gotlands Allehanda den 10 november. Sanchez pekar på att det är en illusion att tro att WHO och Förenta Nationerna effektivt skulle kunna allokera resurserna som behövs för framtida forskning. Ändå...Posted by Waldemar at 10:10 AM
November 05, 2007
A step in the right direction
In his The Pulse article of November 5th, Magnetic Delay Anders Sandberg writes about the partial victory in the debate over the obviously absurd restrictions on the use of magnetic imaging in the Physical Agents Directive. The restrictions proposed have...Posted by Waldemar at 03:50 PM
Ny site för innovation och läkemedelsfakta öppnas
I dag inleder världshälsoorganisationen WHO sitt möte om folkhälsa, innovation och upphovsrätt i Genève (IGWG). Det handlar om hur fattiga länder bäst får tillgång till mediciner. Är det genom en fungerande industri eller är det genom att vara beroende av...Posted by Waldemar at 08:45 AM
October 28, 2007
Waldemar Ingdahl joins Essentialinnovation.org
Waldemar Ingdahl joins the discussion on Essentialinnovation.org, an online forum that will feature commentary and analysis on the importance of continued innovation, and the potentially disastrous consequences a decline in intellectual property rights will have on global public health. The...Posted by Waldemar at 09:00 AM
October 25, 2007
The future of European health care
In his The Pulse article of October 25th, Anders Sandberg writes about the European Commission's newly adopted health strategy, Together for Health: A Strategic Approach for the EU 2008-2013. In All Together Now Sandberg writes about the move towards patient-centred...Posted by Waldemar at 02:35 PM
October 16, 2007
Genteknik och hälsa
Den 15 oktober var tankesmedjan Eudoxa inbjudna till konferensen Genteknik och hälsa, som anordnades av Gentekniknämnden i Riksdagen....Posted by Waldemar at 09:26 AM
October 11, 2007
What Microsoft and Google have in store for e-health
In his The Pulse article Where do you want your medical data to go today? of October 11th, Anders Sandberg asks if Microsoft or Google will be the repositories of our electronic health records? While progress towards European e-health standards...Posted by Waldemar at 11:25 AM
October 09, 2007
Dr. Moore ställer fel diagnos
Waldemar Ingdahl skriver i Svensk Tidskrift, nummer 4, om filmen Sicko av den amerikanske filmaren Michael Moore. I När boten är värre än soten berättar Ingdahl om att Moore har rätt i att USA:s sjukvårdssystem har allvarliga problem, men av...Posted by Waldemar at 02:00 AM
October 07, 2007
Eudoxa på radio om läkemedelspatent
Waldemar Ingdahl intervjuades den 23 september av Joakim Henriksson på Radio UPF om läkemedelspatent och tredje världen. Lyssna på radioprogrammet via den här länken Andra bloggar om: politik, upphovsrätt, läkemedel, bistånd...Posted by Waldemar at 01:50 PM
Satisfaction Guaranteed or Your Money Back
In his The Pulse article Satisfaction Guaranteed of October 5th, Anders Sandberg writes about refunding money for non-efficacious cures. Given the placebo effect of treatments this is probably always going to be good for business. Andra bloggar om: forskning, samhälle,...Posted by Waldemar at 01:40 PM
October 05, 2007
Sugar pills against smoking
In his The Pulse article Personalized Sugar Pills of September 27th, Anders Sandberg discusses smoking cessation and the drug Brupropion Andra bloggar om: forskning, samhälle, medicin, läkemedel, risker, politik, vården, sjukvård...Posted by Waldemar at 10:04 AM
September 20, 2007
Nasty NICE
In his The Pulse article Nasty Debate about NICE Guidelines of September 20th, Anders Sandberg writes about the problem of centralised evaluation that is used by cost-cutting agencies. Sandberg explains the issue using the recent argument about the guidelines concerning...Posted by Waldemar at 08:40 AM
September 19, 2007
Biased medical media?
In his The Pulse article What's Good for the Goose is Good for the Gander of September 14th, Anders Sandberg explores the issue about media bias in reporting about health care and medicine. Andra bloggar om: forskning, samhälle, medicin, läkemedel,...Posted by Waldemar at 09:52 PM
September 12, 2007
Expensive drug bias
In his The Pulse article The War on Study Bias of September 11th, Anders Sandberg writes about the conflict of interest in government-sponsored studies comparing treatment effectiveness. The government is trying to find medical truth while at the same time...Posted by Waldemar at 09:09 AM
September 04, 2007
Lägg ner Folkhälsoinstitutet
Mattias Svensson, liberal debattör och författare, skrev tillsammans med riksdagsman Fredrick Federley en mycket kritisk debattartikel i GT om Folkhälsoinstitutet, Lägg ner Folkhälsoinstitutet. Vi på tankesmedjan Eudoxa har länge följt frågan om folkhälsa, skadereduktion och riskvärdering så vi bad Mattias...Posted by Waldemar at 03:40 PM
July 15, 2007
Quarantine compensation fights pandemias
In his The Pulse article Compensating a Rational Worry of July 12th, Anders Sandberg explains the booming field of epidemiology. Worries about the avian flu are starting to be seen as overblown, while untreatable drug- resistant tubercolosis is starting to...Posted by Waldemar at 02:08 PM
June 20, 2007
The body as the state's "strategic asset"
In his The Pulse article Paranoia... or Profit? of June 20th, Anders Sandberg writes about Russia's recent ban on exporting human biological materials. While the Russian example might be an extreme the trade in genetic and biological materials is quickly...Posted by Waldemar at 11:05 AM
June 14, 2007
Will genetic information tilt the insurance market?
In his The Pulse article The DVDs That Threaten Insurance of June 13th, Anders Sandberg writes about genetic testing and whether results should be disclosed to insurance companies, or if they even have the right to demand testing. At present...Posted by Waldemar at 08:00 AM
June 07, 2007
Transparency builds trust
In his The Pulse article From Serial Murder to Trust and Transparency of June 6th, Anders Sandberg writes about the interesting developments that followed in the NHS after the serial murderer Harold Shipman. Harold Shipman was a British general practitioner...Posted by Waldemar at 08:36 AM
June 01, 2007
FN sprider överdrifter om HIV/AIDS
James Chin, professor i epidemiologi vid University of California i Berkeley, anser att Förenta Nationernas samarbetssekretariat i HIV/AIDS- frågor UNAIDS överdriver risken för en allmän HIV-epidemi för att få allmänhetens stöd för förebyggande insatser. Han var tidigare chef för övervaknings-...Posted by Waldemar at 08:00 AM
May 31, 2007
Mashed up medicine
In his The Pulse article Do the Medical Mash of May 30th, Anders Sandberg explains how Web 2.0 is affecting medicine. The main idea of Web 2.0 is taking data from different sites and presenting them together- displaying news stories...Posted by Waldemar at 09:25 AM
May 23, 2007
How to avoid a wrecked reform
In his The Pulse article Study for nothing of May 23rd, Anders Sandberg writes about the Modernising Medical Careers (MMC), a singularly disastrous attempt to reform the medical education of junior doctors who are seeking training in a speciality. The...Posted by Waldemar at 09:09 PM
May 16, 2007
Bet your life on it
In his The Pulse article The Uncertainty of Death and Taxes of May 16th, Anders Sandberg writes about the development of new financial instruments to handle the risks of drastically increased lifespans. Mortality bonds, essentially bets on whether the death...Posted by Waldemar at 01:55 PM
May 10, 2007
What is the survival rate at this hospital?
In his The Pulse article Do your duty, and leave the outcome to the Patients of May 10th, Anders Sandberg enquires about a sensitive issue. Should the survival rates of individual surgeons and hospitals be published for all patients to...Posted by Waldemar at 03:55 PM
April 26, 2007
Pretending the provision of universal health care
In his The Pulse article A Duty to Hypocrisy? of April 25th, Anders Sandberg asks if our doctors really do inform us about all the medical treatments available to us? The background to Sandberg's story is a recent debate in...Posted by Waldemar at 08:15 AM
April 18, 2007
No cure for cancer
In his The Pulse article Genes (and Patients) Turning Against the Body of April 18th, Anders Sandberg discusses the findings of Jarle Breivik at the University of Oslo that there is no cure for cancer. This "evolutionary view" suggests that...Posted by Waldemar at 05:00 PM
April 14, 2007
Eudoxa quoted on single payer medicine
Matt Hisrich, policy analyst at the Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions quoted Waldemar Ingdahl's article His Hip, Hooray!. Hisrich used Ingdahl's description of Sweden in order to drive home the point that Single-payer is bad medicine for Ohio. Andra...Posted by Waldemar at 06:35 PM
April 13, 2007
Why medicine is so backwards
In his The Pulse article Supply side medicine of April 12th, Anders Sandberg reveals the perverse incentives in today's health care systems. Diffusion of technologies such as telephones, email and electronic records have been extremely slow in medicine compared to...Posted by Waldemar at 06:30 PM
April 09, 2007
Unlocking Ideas: Essays from the Amigo Society
The Amigo Society conferences, held in Brussels, were set up in 2004 to bring together public policy experts, media representatives and members of civil society to debate these and other issues of importance to an enlarged Europe. Taking concrete examples...Posted by Waldemar at 01:40 PM
April 04, 2007
The smart medical phone
In his The Pulse article Ericsson, Nokia and Apple Patient Records of April 4th, Anders Sandberg talks about how patient records now can be uploaded to the cell phone or the medical iPod. What will the effects of the dentralization...Posted by Waldemar at 02:45 PM
March 31, 2007
Cognitive enhancement conference
On March 27-28th a Workshop on cognition and physical enhancement was arranged in Stockholm by the Centre for Practical Ethics, Oxford University and by the Stockholm Bioethics Centre, Stockholm University. The workshop described existing and future enhancement technologies. Recent developments...Posted by Waldemar at 12:30 PM
March 15, 2007
Does Iran have the most free market in the world?
In his The Pulse article To Bridgetown via Teheran of March 14th, Anders Sandberg tells the story of cricket fan Tarun Sharma who wanted to sell his kidney in order to make the trip to the West Indies to see...Posted by Waldemar at 09:00 AM
March 08, 2007
Ban exchange
In his The Pulse article Trans-Atlantic of March 7th, Anders Sandberg tells about a recent meeting between EU Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou and New York City Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden. The two commissioners were discussing the exchange of bans regarding...Posted by Waldemar at 12:10 PM
March 03, 2007
Introducing the intermediate drug prescription
In his The Pulse article Opening a Side(nafil) Gate of March 2nd, Anders Sandberg discusses how the drug store Boots has begun a trial to sell Sidenafil (also known as Viagra). The interesting part, writes Sandberg, is that it is...Posted by Waldemar at 11:25 AM
February 22, 2007
Svensk organdonation räcker inte
Waldemar Ingdahls artikel "Svensk organdonation räcker inte" om hur svenskarna är sämst i Europa på att registrera sig för organdonation. Ett stort antal människor dör varje år i väntan på nya organ. Så skulle det inte behöva vara om man...Posted by Waldemar at 12:20 PM
February 21, 2007
Debatt om läkemedelsbranschens framtida marknadsföring
Onsdagen den 7 mars hålls heldagskonferensen Läkemedelsmarknadsdagen 2007 under rubriken "Nya förutsättningar för läkemedelsmarknaden". Waldemar Ingdahl, VD för tankesmedjan Eudoxa, har inbjudits för att debattera förutsättningarna för marknadsföringen av läkemedel (om vilken Ingdahl har skrivit i bland annat Dagens Industri)....Posted by Waldemar at 05:32 PM
The rise of the Nintendo surgeons
In his The Pulse article Nintendo Surgery of February 21st, Anders Sandberg explains how the surgeon's work is changing rapidly after the introduction of laparoscopic surgery (using a video feed from flexible surgical tools inserted into the body). Will the...Posted by Waldemar at 03:35 PM
February 14, 2007
Funding bias in clinical trials
In his The Pulse article Funding bias – terrible danger or just sad fact of life? of February 14th, Anders Sandberg writes about the interaction between science and profit in the area of pharmaceutics. Sandberg notes the growing debate on...Posted by Waldemar at 09:25 PM
February 08, 2007
Sanguine competition
In his The Pulse article Cutting the Cord for a New Blood Bank of February 7th, Anders Sandberg tells us about how Richard Branson's Virgin Health Bank enters in competition with the UK National Blood Service. This is particularly important...Posted by Waldemar at 04:58 AM
February 05, 2007
Please Don't Poop in My Salad!
Please Don't Poop in My Salad and Other Essays Opposing the War Against Smoking is a book that collects the essays of the Heartland Institute's President Joseph L. Bast during the past several years concerning the taxes and regulations imposed...Posted by Waldemar at 12:33 PM
February 01, 2007
Svensk organdonation räcker inte
Waldemar Ingdahl debatterar den 1 februari i Ljusnan om organdonationer. I artikeln Svensk organdonation räcker inte framför Ingdahl att svenskarna är sämst i Europa på att registrera sig för organdonation. Ett stort antal människor dör varje år i väntan på...Posted by Waldemar at 10:45 AM
Det är hög tid att åter ta upp frågan om ersättningar för donerade organ
Waldemar Ingdahl debatterar den 1 februari i Sundsvalls Tidning om organdonationer. I artikeln Svensk organdonation räcker inte framför Ingdahl att svenskarna är sämst i Europa på att registrera sig för organdonation. Ett stort antal människor dör varje år i väntan...Posted by Waldemar at 04:40 AM
January 31, 2007
Tackling counterfeit drugs
In his The Pulse article Zapping the Fly in the Ointment of January 31st, Anders Sandberg tackles the problem of counterfeit drugs. Estimates suggest that between 10-50% of drugs worldwide are fake. Can counterfeinting be reduced by regulations? Is technology...Posted by Waldemar at 07:15 PM
Öppna upp för handel med organ!
Waldemar Ingdahl debatterar den 31 januari i Västerbottens-Kuriren om organdonationer. I artikeln Svensk organdonation räcker ej framför Ingdahl att svenskarna är sämst i Europa på att registrera sig för organdonation. Ett stort antal människor dör varje år i väntan på...Posted by Waldemar at 12:17 PM
January 24, 2007
Achieving breakthroughs in medicine
In his The Pulse article The future arrives too soon and in the wrong order of January 24th, Anders Sandberg argues that the current tendency to aim at streamlined and standardized health care for egalitarian and cost-cutting reasons limits the...Posted by Waldemar at 06:05 PM
January 19, 2007
Islamic health care
In his The Pulse article Identity Medicine of January 19th, Anders Sandberg writes about professor Aziz Sheikh's argument for more accommodations for islamic religious needs such as circumcision, same-sex doctors and the avoidance of porcine and alcohol-derived drugs. Sandberg argues...Posted by Waldemar at 01:00 PM
January 10, 2007
Unexpected future developments in health care
In his The Pulse article Happy Danes and the Future of Medicine of January 10th, Anders Sandberg reads the Christmas issue of the British Medical Journal. Together with some interesting new trends and discoveries in medicine he finds out that...Posted by Waldemar at 11:00 AM
December 21, 2006
Empowering patients
In his The Pulse article Laughter (and empowerment) as the best medicine of December 21st, Anders Sandberg explains why empowering patients is not just economically rational and moral; it may have a subtle but pervasive effect of reducing learned helplessness...Posted by Waldemar at 11:03 AM
December 16, 2006
Dangerous Directive
In his The Pulse article Bureaucracy kills of December 15th, Anders Sandberg sharpely criticizes the European Union's clinical trial directive (EUCTD) as it has had devastating effects on non-commercial trials. The increased paperwork and documentation is actively putting patients' lives...Posted by Waldemar at 09:09 AM
December 13, 2006
Sandberg quoted on smart drugs
Jacob Arfwedson quoted Anders Sandberg's speech in Brussels at the Centre of the New Europe regarding the new pharmacology in his The Pulse article When the chips are down of December 13th. Andra bloggar om: medicin, framtiden, samhälle, forskning...Posted by Waldemar at 02:45 PM
December 07, 2006
Xenoviral threats
In his The Pulse article Xenoviral Marketing of December 7th, Anders Sandberg explains what might act as a major stumbling block for xenotransplants: transmission of animal diseases to humans. Sandberg also examines Global Enforcement Organisation for Xenobiology (GEOX) proposed by...Posted by Waldemar at 04:16 PM
November 30, 2006
Transparency is the best policy
In his The Pulse article Opaque Evidence of November 29th, Anders Sandberg writes about the turbulent times for the institutes for health care efficiency. Will the problems for the German IQWiG and British NICE lead to an increased transparency of...Posted by Waldemar at 08:40 AM
November 23, 2006
Dr. Google makes the correct diagnosis
In his The Pulse article "But of course he has Paget-von Schrötter syndrome!" of November 23rd, Anders Sandberg writes about how two researchers found out that Google as a diagnostics tool is correct in 58 per cent of the cases....Posted by Waldemar at 10:10 AM
November 20, 2006
Transmedicine at the Wellcome Trust
On December 5th, Anders Sandberg will lecture at the Wellcome Trust's seminar Full Life, Long Life in London. In his speech Sandberg will explore what he calls "transmedicine", namely the pressure to achieve better memories, sharper attention, longer lives and...Posted by Waldemar at 07:50 PM
November 15, 2006
Paving the way for biogenerics
In his The Pulse article Pro-Competition Democrats of November 15th, Anders Sandberg points out that the new Democratic majority in the United States Congress might pave the way for the introduction of biogenerics. A similar debate is starting in the...Posted by Waldemar at 04:10 PM
November 01, 2006
Germany punishes the sick
In his The Pulse article You got sick, so we are going to punish you of November 1st, Anders Sandberg writes about the new German health reform package that includes a proposal that cancer patients that have not undergone screenings...Posted by Waldemar at 09:07 PM
October 26, 2006
Citation by the Gezondheidsraad
The Gezondheidsraad has published a report on nanotechnology: Betekenis van nanotechnologieën voor de gezondheid. The report cites the Eudoxa poster Nanotechnology and Health Policy, written by Anders Sandberg and Waldemar Ingdahl for EuroNanoForum in Trieste 2003, on that the developments...Posted by Waldemar at 01:15 AM
Citation by the Health Council of The Netherlands
The Health Council of the Netherlands has published a report on nanotechnology: Health significance of nanotechnologies. The report cites the Eudoxa poster Nanotechnology and Health Policy, written by Anders Sandberg and Waldemar Ingdahl for EuroNanoForum in Trieste 2003, on that...Posted by Waldemar at 12:40 AM
October 19, 2006
Crossing the European borders for health care
In his The Pulse article Paths are made by walking of October 18th, Anders Sandberg reminds us that despite all the talk about "health tourism" and e-health there is still no treaty in the European Union regulating cross-border health care....Posted by Waldemar at 12:25 AM
October 12, 2006
The use of designer nanomaterials in medicine
In his The Pulse article The Good NHS of October 11th, Anders Sandberg explains how nanomedicine is rapidly progressing. With the introduction of the substance NHS-1 to stop bleeding, nanomaterials have entered practical medicine. Will they end up in a...Posted by Waldemar at 11:15 AM
October 04, 2006
A racist "no" to ultrasound sex selection
In his The Pulse article Getting to Know the Little bundle one is Carrying of October 4th, Anders Sandberg writes about the practice of sex selection through ultrasound for infant children. Sandberg asks if maybe the fear of sex selection...Posted by Waldemar at 05:30 PM
September 27, 2006
Deadly tan
In his The Pulse article Tanned, Lean And Cancer Free of September 27th, Anders Sandberg discusses the problem of the increase of skin cancer cases, and how Genistein, a component of soy with anti-cancer and anti-obesity effects, might be a...Posted by Waldemar at 06:10 PM
Ingdahl in Prague
On September 20th, Waldemar Ingdahl spoke in Prague about the economic, social, and security impacts of tobacco excise duty harmonization in the EU. A transcript of Director Ingdahl's speech is now available at Eudoxa's website. The opening remarks were held...Posted by Waldemar at 02:30 PM
September 13, 2006
Will genetics provide the cure for diabetes?
In his The Pulse article Is Genetic Testing for Diabetes just Sugaring? of September 13th, Anders Sandberg asks what we can expect from genetics in regard to the diabetes epidemia in the world. Is genetic testing the best alternative?...Posted by Waldemar at 05:15 PM
September 07, 2006
An Inevitable Surprise
In his The Pulse article An Inevitable Surprise of September 6th, Anders Sandberg explains why eminently clear and predictable trends in demography, epidemiology and technology so quickly can undermine older plans in health care....Posted by Waldemar at 11:14 AM
August 31, 2006
Avskaffa tullarna på mediciner och sjukvårdsmateriel
Waldemar Ingdahl skriver i Apotekarsocietetens tidning Läkemedelsvärlden, nummer 9 om handelshindren för mediciner och sjukvårdsutrustning i artikeln Avskaffa tullarna på mediciner och sjukvårdsmateriel....Posted by Waldemar at 08:54 AM
August 15, 2006
Valet borde handla om hur vården gör oss mer hälsosamma och trygga
Av James Hughes, bioetiker vid Trinity College i Hartford, Connecticut. Hughes är författare till boken "Citizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the Redesigned Human of the Future", och föreläser den 16 augusti på ett seminarium arrangerat av Eudoxa...Posted by Waldemar at 11:34 AM
August 11, 2006
Fair trade in medical equipment
In his The Pulse article Do you want fair trade scalpels for your surgery? of August 11th, Anders Sandberg writes about the issue of fair trade in medical equipment purchases....Posted by Waldemar at 10:25 AM
August 09, 2006
A Call to Action for the XVI International AIDS Conference to Eliminate Tariffs on Medicines and Medical Devices
Tariffs on medicines and medical devices represent a barrier to reaching the 2010 target of universal access for treatment of HIV/AIDS. Taxing the sick only hurts the estimated one third of the world’s population living without access to adequate healthcare...Posted by Waldemar at 08:02 AM
En uppmaning till den sextonde internationella AIDS-konferensen att avskaffa tullarna på mediciner och sjukvårdsmateriel
Tullarna på mediciner och sjukvårdsmaterial utgör ett hinder för att uppnå målet av allmänn tillgång för behandling av HIV/AIDS. Att beskatta de sjuka är endast till skada för den tredjedel av världens befolkning som lever utan fullgod sjukvård och livsviktiga...Posted by Waldemar at 07:40 AM
July 27, 2006
The first round in the battle over stem cell research
In his The Pulse article Is the Stem Cell Petri Dish Half Full or Half Empty? of July 27th, Anders Sandberg writes about the recent controversy regarding the EU funding for stem cell research. While the first round ended in...Posted by Waldemar at 12:35 PM
July 17, 2006
How proven life-saving benefits weigh less than unproven risks
In his The Pulse article Magnetic Resonance of July 12th, Anders Sandberg explains how the EU is creating problems for patient requiring MRI scans. This is because Commissioner Vladimir Spidla holds on to the precautionary principle in health care....Posted by Waldemar at 10:05 AM
July 06, 2006
What Bertie Ahern didn't want to hear
In his The Pulse article Lies, Blatant Lies and Statistics of July 6th, Anders Sandberg writes about the impact of the European Health Consumer Index and why the terrified Irish prime minister Taoiseach Bertie Ahern accused it of just being...Posted by Waldemar at 01:00 PM
June 29, 2006
The Kill Malaria Mosquitoes Now campaign
Africa Fighting Malaria has started the global campaign Kill Malarial Mosquitoes NOW! The campaign declares that: Developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America face a terrible health and human rights crisis: 500 million of their people get malaria every...Posted by Waldemar at 01:37 AM
June 28, 2006
Improving health care bit by bit
In his The Pulse article Kaizen Healthcare of June 28th, Anders Sandberg explains the success of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's 100 000 lives campaign. How can rapid response teams radically improve health care on the basis of local fixes?...Posted by Waldemar at 04:13 PM
June 21, 2006
Climate imperialism in health care
In his The Pulse article Should doctors treat the Earth's fever? of June 21th, Anders Sandberg discusses the claim that climate change will lead to a rise in epidemics....Posted by Waldemar at 07:24 PM
June 15, 2006
Stop taxing the medicines of the poor!
In his The Pulse article Stop Taxing the Sick of June 14th, Anders Sandberg writes about the high costs of medicines in developing countries. Due to government taxation and duities levied the prices on certain drugs rise far above the...Posted by Waldemar at 11:42 AM
June 07, 2006
Withstanding the trends
In his The Pulse article That Cantankerous Centenarian of June 7th, Anders Sandberg writes about how pharmaceutical fads come and go, meta-analyses are challenged but aspirin remains....Posted by Waldemar at 12:10 PM
May 18, 2006
Evaluating fads
In his The Pulse article Evidence Based Health Policy Against Fads of May 18th, Anders Sandberg explains why there is seldom any information on whether new organisational practices work, and when the old fads are discarded in favor of new...Posted by Waldemar at 02:06 PM
May 10, 2006
Leave the matters of the heart to the expert with the highest survival rate
In his The Pulse article Publish or Perish of May 10th, Anders Sandberg examines how e-health care has changed heart medicine in England, Wales and The Netherlands....Posted by Waldemar at 02:02 PM
May 04, 2006
Beating cancer
In his The Pulse article Profiting from the War on Cancer of May 3rd, Anders Sandberg writes that finding a cure for cancer would be worth $100 trillion worldwide. There is thus a huge demand for cancer research, but which...Posted by Waldemar at 09:30 AM
April 13, 2006
Transcipt from pharmacogenomics seminar
On Febraury 22nd Anders Sandberg debated pharmacogenomics with Robby Berloznik at the Amigo Society in Brussels. A transcript of the speeches and the following debate is now available as a PDF-file from the The Stockholm Network....Posted by Waldemar at 06:00 PM
April 12, 2006
Simulating the avian flu pandemic
In his The Pulse article Waiting for the Flu Under the Table of April 12th, Anders Sandberg discusses the most eagerly awaited pandemic of all times; the avian flu. One reason for this has been the use of supercomputer simulations...Posted by Waldemar at 02:05 PM
April 05, 2006
Banning Thimerosal
In his The Pulse article Choosing between Mercury, Autism and... Choice of April 5th, Anders Sandberg discusses the effects of the vaccine preservative Thimerosal, its allegied links to autism and the proposed ban in the United States. Ultimately, says Sandberg,...Posted by Waldemar at 06:06 PM
March 29, 2006
Cutting the EU's public health and consumer protection strategy
In his The Pulse article Starving Paternalism or Health? of March 29th, Anders Sandberg writes about how the EU recently has decided to cut the public health and consumer protection strategy budget in half. Is it a defeat for public...Posted by Waldemar at 05:26 PM
March 15, 2006
The Challenges for Life Extension and Enhancement
In his The Pulse article Tomorrow's People Today of March 15th, Anders Sandberg examines the future of human enhancement and life extension through his precence at the James Martin World Forum 2006....Posted by Waldemar at 06:30 PM
March 11, 2006
EU regulations raise the costs of clinical trials
In his The Pulse article The Vioxx Directive of March 8th, Anders Sandberg argues that medical treatments that show serious side effects are rapidly withdrawn. What about EU directives?...Posted by Waldemar at 11:25 AM
March 02, 2006
Arfwedson on the Amigo Society seminar
Jacob Arfwedson writes about Anders Sandberg's speech at the Amigo Society in his article on That's My Idea! of February 28th. Arfwedson writes in Show me your DNA, please how the seminar discussed that the mapping of the human genome...Posted by Waldemar at 10:49 AM
March 01, 2006
Isabel improves the doctor's diagnosis
In his The Pulse article Web access for better diagnosis of March 1st, Anders Sandberg examines the fact that treatments in medicine have been strongly developed lately, leaving many forms of diagnosis behind. Can decision support software, like Isabel, be...Posted by Waldemar at 02:40 PM
February 28, 2006
Seminar at the Amigo
On February 22nd Anders Sandberg spoke in Brussels about the current status of pharmacogenomics and its application in health care. Dr. Sandberg speaking at the Amigo Society Dr. Sandberg and Director Robby Berloznik of the Health Technology Assessment Center of...Posted by Waldemar at 10:54 AM
February 17, 2006
Recension av Citizen Cyborg
Waldemar Ingdahl recenserar i tidskriften Arena 1/2006 James Hughes bok Citizen Cyborg i artikeln "Frihet, jämlikhet, teknologi". När den amerikanske bioetikern James Hughes, studerade i Japan jämförde han landets syn på abort och hjärndöd med USA:s. Abort var ingen skillnad...Posted by Waldemar at 01:17 PM
February 15, 2006
Who do I have to sue to get some treatment here?
In his The Pulse article The High Costs of Centralization of February 15th, Anders Sandberg tells us about how a British nurse has had to sue to get a breat cancer medicine. The fear of costly new treatments due to...Posted by Waldemar at 01:40 PM
February 08, 2006
Biotechnology and the promise of tailor-made medicines
The Amigo Society organizes a speech by the Eudoxa think tank's science director Anders Sandberg at Hotel Amigo, Rue de l' Amigo 1-3, in Brussels on Wednesday February 22nd between 19.00-20.30 o'clock. The life sciences have ushered in a veritable...Posted by Waldemar at 04:55 PM
The problem with medicalization
In his The Pulse article Enhancements against Medicalization of February 8th, Anders Sandberg discusses the problem with a medicalizing approach in geriatrics. It introduces new threats to protect against as science advances. Would a change of perspective on enhancing medicine...Posted by Waldemar at 10:35 AM
January 27, 2006
Neurological diversity
In his The Pulse article Brussels Meets the Minds of January 25th, Anders Sandberg examines the results of a citizen’s panel of the "Meeting of Minds" project. It delivered its final report on brain science to the European Parliament on...Posted by Waldemar at 01:42 PM
January 18, 2006
Fine on paper, messy practice
In his The Pulse article Is the English patient free? of January 18th, Anders Sandberg gives his review about the top-down imposed patient choice program in the National Health Service....Posted by Waldemar at 07:35 PM
January 11, 2006
Arcology, campus or network?
In his The Pulse article The Hospital of the future of January 11th, Anders Sandberg writes about three conflicting views of the future hospital and their benefits and drawback: the arcology, the medical campus and network hospital....Posted by Waldemar at 08:18 PM
December 28, 2005
Dr. Google is in
In his The Pulse article Is Google Santa Claus? of December 28th, Anders Sandberg examines how the use of Google could help the medical profession as a decision support tool....Posted by Waldemar at 03:57 PM
December 21, 2005
Adding just a bit of market doesn't do the trick
In his The Pulse article Every reform needs examples more than advocates of December 21st, Anders Sandberg writes that there is a common belief that one can just add market power to a small part of the health care system...Posted by Waldemar at 02:51 PM
December 16, 2005
Preparing for a new pandemic
In his Tech Central Station Europe article Future Flu Fight of December 16th, Anders Sandberg discusses the avian flu and what problems might emerge from the pandemic panic reactions and a feeling of entitlement to low cost vaccines....Posted by Waldemar at 02:25 AM
December 14, 2005
Nutrigenomics and vegetables
In his The Pulse article Eat Your Greens– If You Have a Faulty Gluthatione s-transferase of December 14th, Anders Sandberg discusses how genomics and nutrition science are combined today into a new field. How will a more precise comprehension of...Posted by Waldemar at 05:54 PM
December 07, 2005
How to adopt electronic medical record systems in health care
In his The Pulse article Design Software with Us, Mahalo of December 7th, Anders Sandberg examines electronic medical record systems. Electronic medical record systems promise many benefits, both in cost savings, safety, accountability and ease of movement for patients. But...Posted by Waldemar at 10:31 AM
December 02, 2005
Eudoxa in South Africa
Waldemar Ingdahl's article WTO Must Eradicate Tariffs on AIDS Medicines has been published in the South African Insurance Times and Investment News of December 2nd....Posted by Waldemar at 08:55 PM
December 01, 2005
La OMC debe acabar con los aranceles sobre los medicamentos contra el SIDA
El panel de expertos sueco insta a la Conferencia Ministerial de Hong Kong a afrontar la naturaleza regresiva de los aranceles sobre los medicamentos La OMC debe marcar el Día Mundial del SIDA con un llamamiento a la eliminación de...Posted by Waldemar at 10:15 PM
WTO muss Importzölle auf AIDS-Medikamente abschaffen
Schwedische Denkfabrik drängt Ministerratskonferenz in Hongkong, sich mit der regressiven Natur von Importzöllen auf Medikamente zu befassen Die WTO muss die Bedeutung des Welt-AIDS-Tag dadurch würdigen, dass sie zur Abschaffung von Importzöllen auf AIDS-Medikamente aufruft, sagt die schwedische Denkfabrik Eudoxa....Posted by Waldemar at 10:00 PM
WTO måste ta bort alla tullar på AIDS-mediciner
Svensk tankesmedja uppmanar ministermötet i Hong Kong att ta upp frågan om tullars regressiva effekter på läkemedel Världshandelsorganisationen WTO borde uppmärksamma Världsdagen mot AIDS genom att ta bort tullarna för AIDS-mediciner. Samtalen om världshandeln i Hong Kong ger hopp om...Posted by Waldemar at 04:58 PM
WTO Must Eradicate Tariffs on AIDS Medicines
Swedish think tank urges that Hong Kong Ministerial must address regressive nature of tariffs on medicine The WTO must mark World AIDS Day by calling for the elimination of tariffs on AIDS medicines says Swedish Think Tank Eudoxa. The upcoming...Posted by Waldemar at 03:27 PM
L'OMC doit éliminer les droits de douane sur les médicaments de traitement du SIDA
Le groupe de réflexion suédois presse les ministres réunis à Hong Kong de se pencher sur le caractère régressif des droits de douane sur les médicaments L'OMC doit marquer la Journée mondiale du SIDA en appelant à l'élimination des droits...Posted by Waldemar at 11:48 AM
November 28, 2005
Det er på tide at vi tillater legemiddelreklame
Den norska tankesmedjan Civita har publicerat artikeln Tillat reklame for legemidler skriven av Eudoxas Lene Johansen. Debatten om å tillate legemiddelreklame rettet direkte mot forbrukerne har fått vind i seilene i EU de siste årene. Norske politikere sliter med å...Posted by Waldemar at 05:08 PM
November 16, 2005
The new pharmacology
On the 10th of November Anders Sandberg spoke at the Centre for the New Europe Health Luncheon in Brussels. A transcript of his speech The new pharmacology: are tailor-made drugs changing health care is now available as a pdf-file. In...Posted by Waldemar at 10:22 AM
November 09, 2005
The rumours of the death of antibiotics have been exaggerated
In his The Pulse article Resistant Antibiotics of November 9th, Anders Sandberg examines the worry that unless free antibiotics use is controlled the era of antibiotics will end, due to bacteria evolving resistance. Sandberg points out that the twin evolutionary...Posted by Waldemar at 07:50 PM
November 06, 2005
Fågelinfluensan- boten värre än soten?
Anders Sandberg skriver att larmet åter gått för den fruktade fågelinfluensan. Sandberg menar att fågelinfluensans värsta effekt hittills är att paniken den orsakat har angripit samhällets immunsystem. Artikeln har publicerats i Falköpings Tidning (29/10), Skaraborgs Läns Tidning (29/10), Skövde Nyheter...Posted by Waldemar at 02:12 PM
November 04, 2005
Dare we take the demographic leap?
On the 14th of October Waldemar Ingdahl spoke at the European Research Bank meeting in Vilnius. His speech has been edited and extended into a PDF-file Dare we take the demographic leap? in which Ingdahl argues that in order to...Posted by Waldemar at 02:20 PM
November 03, 2005
Mänskligheten som kung Markatta
År 2002 utkom boken Homo sapiens 2.0- når teknologien kryber ind under huden på danska. I boken medverkade Anders Sandberg, där han skrev om vilka effekter som nya tekniker kommer att ha för mänskligheten. Då boken är slut på förlaget...Posted by Waldemar at 04:20 PM
November 02, 2005
The new era of biogenerics
In his The Pulse article Making the Biogenerics Grow of November 2nd, Anders Sandberg points at the era of biogenerics: pharmaceutical preparations of naturally occurring substances such as hormones, where the patent protection for production has expired. Will each new...Posted by Waldemar at 06:59 PM
October 31, 2005
Anders Sandberg speaks on pharmacogenomics
On Thursday, the 10th of November Eudoxa's science director Anders Sandberg will speak at the Centre for the New Europe's Health Luncheon. Dr. Sandberg's topic will be The New Pharmacology: how tailor-made drugs are changing healthcare based on The New...Posted by Waldemar at 05:38 PM
October 26, 2005
Electronic Health Records
In his The Pulse article A Less Deadly Paper Replacement of October 26th, Anders Sandberg discusses The Center for Health Transformation's and Newt Gingrich's suggestion for Electronic Health Records (HER)....Posted by Waldemar at 02:44 PM
October 20, 2005
A more imminent danger than the avian flu pandemic
In his The Pulse article Eroding the Immune System of October 19th, Anders Sandberg criticizes how the avian influenza crisis has been handled. The pressure on Roche for rapidly allowing other companies to produce Tamiflu may hurt the whole market...Posted by Waldemar at 06:06 PM
Ingdahl quoted in Tech Central Station
James Pinkerton quotes Waldemar Ingdahl's article Making Immunity More Than Skin Deep on the issue of the avian flu....Posted by Waldemar at 09:18 AM
October 12, 2005
Fighting the flu
In his The Pulse article Trapping the Flu in a Net of October 12th, Anders Sandberg discusses the recent revival of the the Spanish Flu virus for scientific purposes. Sandberg also reviews various epidemiological strategies for fighting easily transmittable diseases....Posted by Waldemar at 01:17 PM
October 05, 2005
Less deaths than ever before
In his The Pulse article Mortality isn’t What it Used to be of October 5th, Anders Sandberg alerts us on the fact that mortality rates seem to drop more sharply than previously thought of. What could this mean for health...Posted by Waldemar at 07:36 PM
Bioetik på Stureakademin
Waldemar Ingdahl och Anders Sandberg kommer att föreläsa på Stureakademin den 22 oktober. De kommer där att ge en liberal syn gen- och bioteknikdebattens historia, på de politiska frågor som väcks av ny kunskap om genomet, kroppen och hjärnan. Vad...Posted by Waldemar at 05:49 PM
September 30, 2005
Hampering magnetic imaging
In his The Pulse article Magnetic repulsion of September 28th, Anders Sandberg adresses the issue of protection for health care personnel. Will the limits put by the European Union and the United Kingdom on exposure to electromagnetic fields unnecessarily block...Posted by Waldemar at 01:54 PM
September 21, 2005
Turning a blind eye on the tougher problems
In his The Pulse article A Strike for the Status Quo of September 21th, Anders Sandberg examines the UK government's answer to the House of Commons Health Select Committee. Instead of addressing issues like ties between regulators and the industry,...Posted by Waldemar at 10:28 PM
September 20, 2005
Increase consumer choice regarding pharmaceuticals
By Waldemar Ingdahl and Charlotte Cederschiöld, Member of the European Parliament The recent proposals to create a European database open to the public with information about safety and efficiency in pharmaceuticals is a good step towards increasing consumer choice and...Posted by Waldemar at 10:44 AM
September 14, 2005
Allergies: a problem on the rise and possible cures
In his The Pulse article Cleaning Out Allergies of September 14th, Anders Sandberg points out that allergies are becoming a major health problem affecting one person in five. What is the cause of the rapid increase in allergies, and can...Posted by Waldemar at 11:30 AM
September 10, 2005
Rapport om framtidens medicinska teknik
Tekniken befriar kroppen- framtidens medicinska teknik, patienterna och sjukvården är en ny rapport från Health Consumer Powerhouse. Rapporten är skriven av Anders Sandberg, Alexander Sanchez och Waldemar Ingdahl. Ladda ner rapporten som pdf-fil här>>> "Tekniken befriar kroppen" undersöker de kommande...Posted by Waldemar at 02:35 AM
New report on the future of medicine
"Tekniken befriar kroppen- framtidens medicinska teknik, patienterna och sjukvården" (Technology liberates the body- the future's medical technology, the patients and health care) is a new report published by Health Consumer Powerhouse. Written by Eudoxa's Anders Sandberg, Alexander Sanchez and Waldemar...Posted by Waldemar at 02:33 AM
September 08, 2005
Can science reports be trusted?
In his The Pulse article Would You Trust This Report? of September 7th, Anders Sandberg discusses the provocative essay "Why most published research findings are false" by John P.A. Ioannidis. Are the results of medical studies that certain? Is science...Posted by Waldemar at 01:02 PM
September 06, 2005
Legemiddelreklame kan tjene vanlige folk
Lene Johansen skriver i Aftenposten om hur läkemedelsreklam kan gynna patienten. Läs mer i Legemiddelreklame kan tjene vanlige folk den 15 augusti....Posted by Waldemar at 10:50 PM
August 15, 2005
The Holy Grail of fitness equipment
Lene Johansen reports on how Robert Kissel created a self-regulating weight stack for weight-lifting machines that automatically adapts to the strength of the exerciser. This enables users to see quicker results from their exercise. Read more in Johansen's article Exertron...Posted by Waldemar at 04:21 PM
Curing neurogenerative diseases?
Lene Johansen reports on how Dr. Jeffrey Milbrandt identified a protein that delays the breakdown of axons, the part of the brain cell that broadcasts nerve impulses to other neurons. Axonal degeneration is related to diseases such as Alzheimer's, amyotrophic...Posted by Waldemar at 08:25 AM
August 08, 2005
I framtiden blir vi förhoppningsvis genetiskt särbehandlade
Waldemar Ingdahl skriver artikeln Ingen särbehandling på grund av genpatent i Göteborgs-Posten den 8 augusti. Ingdahl menar att den senaste tidens debatt om genpatent och deras koppling till vissa etniska grupper är missriktad. Man kritiserar ofta genpatenten och farmakogenetiken för...Posted by Waldemar at 04:08 AM
July 27, 2005
The new exigences of microsurgery
In his The Pulse article A Fantastic Voyage of July 27th, Anders Sandberg discusses how the steady introduction of microsurgery in health care requires surgeons that are more at home with a computer than a scalpel....Posted by Waldemar at 12:20 PM
July 20, 2005
Cyberchondria and health care
In his The Pulse article Curing Cyberchondria with Gold Stars of July 20th, Anders Sandberg explains a new form of hyperchondria. With widespread web access and medical information online, it is not surprising that many patients self-diagnose themselves wrong. How...Posted by Waldemar at 02:35 PM
July 15, 2005
Commissioner Verheugen replies to the Eudoxa think tank’s petition on information to patients
The Commissioner reassures his interest to prioritise information to patients The pan-European petition initiated by Eudoxa has been replied by Commissioner Günter Verheugen. The Commissioner indicates his positive view on increasing consumer information on pharmaceuticals. "The Commission gives a high...Posted by Waldemar at 10:08 AM
July 14, 2005
Kommissionär Verheugen svarar på Eudoxas upprop om information till läkemedelskonsumenterna
Kommissionären försäkrar sitt intresse för att utöka informationen till patienterna Det europeiska upprop som tankesmedjan Eudoxas tagit initiativ till har besvarats av kommissionär Günter Verheugen. Kommissionären ställer sig positiv till att utöka informationen till patienten. "Kommissionen ger hög prioritet till...Posted by Waldemar at 07:53 AM
New software empowers the patient
In his The Pulse article Eliza, Meet Emmi of July 13th, Anders Sandberg tells us about EMMI (Expectation Management and Medical Information), a new software system that seeks to reduce the number of malpractice suits by guiding patients through medical...Posted by Waldemar at 02:18 AM
June 23, 2005
Competition in Dutch health care
In his The Pulse article Liberalisation in the Netherlands of June 22nd, Anders Sandberg reports that The Netherlands has approved of competition into health service. What will this mean for European health care policy?...Posted by Waldemar at 09:49 PM
June 21, 2005
Unhealthy industry
In his Tech Central Station Europe article Cure for What Ails EU of June 21st, Waldemar Ingdahl explains the current problems of the European pharmaceutical industry and offers some possible solutions....Posted by Waldemar at 04:52 AM
June 18, 2005
Crawling the health web
In his The Pulse article Crawling the Health Web of June 16th, Anders Sandberg explains that patients know the most about how a drug affects their lives, but so far that local information has only filtered up slowly through doctors...Posted by Waldemar at 01:28 AM
June 16, 2005
Open up for more information to consumers regarding pharmaceuticals
In The Daily Telegraph of June 11th, Waldemar Ingdahl writes the article Internet doctoring together with Charlotte Cederschiöld, Member of the European Parliament on the topic of the proposed Europharm database. The European Commission plans to provide the public with...Posted by Waldemar at 04:00 AM
June 08, 2005
Giving away generic drugs for free?
In his The Pulse article The First Dose is Free of June 8th, Anders Sandberg says that generic medicines might be fine, if you're the one paying for them, but patients and doctors think otherwise....Posted by Waldemar at 04:15 PM
June 07, 2005
Öppna för en organmarknad
Waldemar Ingdahl debatterar den 7 juni i tidningen Folket om organdonationer. I artikeln Bättre regler för organdonation nödvändigt framför Ingdahl att svenskarna är sämst i Europa på att registrera sig för organdonation. Ett stort antal människor dör varje år i...Posted by Waldemar at 10:18 PM
June 02, 2005
Bewilderment and the Swedish pharmaceutical monopoly
In his The Pulse article We will get the headache pills you ordered within a few years of June 2nd, Anders Sandberg discusses the verdict of the European Court of Justice, the official Swedish reaction and what this might mean...Posted by Waldemar at 12:44 PM
May 31, 2005
Apoteksmonopolets tid är ute
Av Waldemar Ingdahl Artikeln har publicerats i Norrtelje Tidning (3/6), Skaraborgsbygden (3/6), Smålandsbygdens Tidning (3/6) och Västerbygden (3/6) Den 31 maj så kom då äntligen EG-domstolens utslag. Det svenska försäljningsmonopolet på läkemedel måste avskaffas. Detta var egentligen rätt givet redan...Posted by Waldemar at 11:11 PM
May 25, 2005
"Swifter, higher, stronger", the new motto of health care?
In his The Pulse article Patients Outrunning the Athletes of May 25th, Anders Sandberg tells us about his impressions at the international conference "Legitimate and illegitimate enhancements, where to draw the line?" held at Stockholm university this week....Posted by Waldemar at 11:59 AM
May 18, 2005
Implanted concerns
In his The Pulse article An Implanted Debate of May 18th, Anders Sandberg adresses the concerns expressed by the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE), regarding the risks to integrity and non-medical uses for "smart" electronical...Posted by Waldemar at 01:40 PM
May 16, 2005
Can cancer be defeated?
By Waldemar Ingdahl The war on cancer was started by President Richard Nixon in 1971. Most experts expected a cure in about a decade’s time. The war is still ongoing today, more than thirty years after, but the National Institute...Posted by Waldemar at 02:35 PM
May 12, 2005
Petition to the Commission and the European Parliament on consumer information regarding pharmaceuticals
The Eudoxa think tank wishes to express its gratitude to all the co-signers to our petition to the European Commission and to the Members of the European Parliament. It is our hope that the Commission and the Parliament will support...Posted by Waldemar at 10:28 PM
Will functional food work?
In his The Pulse article Healthcare Food of May 11th, Anders Sandberg examines if the solution to rising healthcare costs can be found in functional food?...Posted by Waldemar at 01:31 PM
Tillåt reklam riktad direkt till patienten
Den 12 maj publicerade Dagens Industri artikeln Tillåt reklam riktad direkt till patienten av Waldemar Ingdahl. Han skriver att det är välkommet att apoteksmonopolet håller på att rullas upp, men att det behöver följas upp av friare marknadsföring av läkemedel....Posted by Waldemar at 01:00 PM
May 11, 2005
Eudoxa joins group formed to improve access to life-saving medicines and medical devices
The Eudoxa think tank has joined No Taxes on Drugs and Devices Initiative (NtDDi), a program designed to eradicate taxes and tariffs imposed by governments of developing countries on medicines and medical devices....Posted by Waldemar at 10:21 AM
May 04, 2005
Influencing your doctor
In his The Pulse article Asking for more of May 4th, Anders Sandberg asks if patients can influence their doctors' medical treatment decisions? Studies show that they can, and Sandberg argues that this is a positive occurence rather than a...Posted by Waldemar at 02:40 PM
April 29, 2005
Skadade viljor
Av Anders Sandberg Artikeln har publicerats i tidskriften Liberal Debatt 2-3/2005 Många ser drogberoende som ett problem som bör hanteras genom socialtjänst och rättsväsende, men vetenskapen lutar allt mer åt att det är ett hälsoproblem, där de sociala insatserna inte...Posted by Waldemar at 07:47 PM
April 20, 2005
Regulating contacts between doctors and the pharmaceutical industry
In his The Pulse article Trusting the "armed and dangerous" pharma industry? of April 20th, Anders Sandberg takes a look at the influence of the pharmaceutical industry and how this is perceived by the policymakers....Posted by Waldemar at 12:45 PM
April 19, 2005
Bildgivning och medicin
I Forskning och Framsteg 3/2005 finns den mycket intressanta artikeln 3-D bilder i medicinens tjänst. Artikeln tar upp den forskning som bedrivs på Center for Medical Image sciences and Visualiztion (CMIV) vid Linköpings universitet. Bl.a. tar artikeln upp det intressanta...Posted by Waldemar at 12:28 PM
April 18, 2005
Lös bristen på organ med en marknad
Liv kan räddas med organmarknader och teknik Svenskarna är sämst i Europa på att donera organ, och många människor dör som kunnat räddas. Den dåliga tillgången på organ är både p.g.a. medicinska framsteg, men också otydligheten som följt av Sveriges...Posted by Waldemar at 07:28 AM
April 13, 2005
Choosing our children's sex
In his The Pulse article Selecting sex selection? of April 13th, Anders Sandberg examines the new law proposed in the UK about sex selection for non-medical reasons. Is this a valid procedure people should be able to choose, and should...Posted by Waldemar at 04:16 PM
April 09, 2005
Politizando la salud
Waldemar Ingdahl was quoted by Doug Bandow in the Spanish language El Diario Exterior on March 17th, regarding the issue of the WHO's HIV debacle....Posted by Waldemar at 02:05 PM
April 08, 2005
Individualiserad sjukvård
Waldemar Ingdahl skrev med anledning av rapporten Tekniken befriar kroppen en debattartikel om framtidens sjukvård. I dag framförs inte längre svenska sjukvård som ett föredöme för idealistiska tankar eller god organisation, utan för att dess centralism gör det möjligt att...Posted by Waldemar at 03:48 PM
April 06, 2005
Can a health database be maintained in a democratic bottom-up fashion?
In his The Pulse article Informed choice from informed databases of April 6th, Anders Sandberg says that the recent proposal to create a European database open to the public with information about safety and efficiency in pharmaceuticals is another step...Posted by Waldemar at 06:03 PM
March 24, 2005
L'Europharm augment la liberté du consommateur
Le commissaire européen G. Verheugen est sur la bonne voie La récente proposition de création d'une base de données européenne ouverte au public et contenant des informations au sujet de l'innocuité et de l'efficacité des produits pharmaceutiques représente une démarche...Posted by Waldemar at 07:53 PM
Aumento de la libertad de consumo gracias a la base de datos médica
El comisionado Verheugen está en la pista correcta La reciente proposición para crear una base de datos europea abierta al público con información sobre la seguridad y eficacia de los productos farmacéuticos supone un paso adelante para mejorar la elección...Posted by Waldemar at 04:47 PM
Eudoxa quoted in Austria
Waldemar Ingdahl was quoted on the issue of the European e-Health area by the Austrian publication Telekom Presse in the article Medizinische Datenbank in der EU....Posted by Waldemar at 04:10 PM
Freiheit der Verbraucher durch medizinische Datenbank erhöhen
Beauftragter Verheugen auf richtigem Weg Die jüngsten Vorschläge zur Schaffung einer für die Öffentlichkeit zugänglichen Europäischen Datenbank mit Informationen über die Sicherheit und Wirksamkeit von Arzneimitteln ist ein geeigneter Schritt in Richtung erhöhter Wahlmöglichkeiten des Verbrauchers und Vorbereitung einer neuen...Posted by Waldemar at 12:00 PM
March 23, 2005
Laughter is a serious issue
In his The Pulse article The best medicine of March 23rd, Anders Sandberg explains why laughter just might be a bit more important than a moment of fun when it comes to health care policy...Posted by Waldemar at 12:43 PM
Increase consumer choice with medical database
Commissioner Verheugen is on the right track The recent proposals to create a European database open to public with information about safety and efficiency in pharmaceuticals is a good step towards increasing consumer choice and preparing for a new situation...Posted by Waldemar at 08:12 AM
March 17, 2005
Distinguishing addictions
In his The Pulse article The right drug for the right person of March 16th, Anders Sandberg adresses the issue that people are differently vulnerable to addiction and react differently to different drugs. But what is new is that these...Posted by Waldemar at 08:10 AM
March 14, 2005
Expertseminarium om framtidens sjukvård
Anders Sandberg talade på expertseminariet "Vilka värderingar och drivkrafter formar framtidens sjukvård?" anordnat av Health Consumer Powerhouse den 14 mars. Sandberg talade om vilka grundläggande tekniska förändringar som sjukvården står inför och hur de påverkar vårdkonsumentens ställning samt förändrar sjukvårdens...Posted by Waldemar at 11:48 PM
March 11, 2005
The internet patient demands information and self-determination
In his Tech Central Station Europe article The Well-Informed Patient of March 11th, Waldemar Ingdahl points out the first signs of change with the upcoming abolition of the Swedish government's monopoly on the retail of pharmaceuticals. It is not going...Posted by Waldemar at 07:35 AM
March 09, 2005
Pacemakers cure depressions
In his The Pulse article Blessed are the pacemakers of March 9th, Anders Sandberg discusses brain pacemakers and the ethical issues they bring to health care...Posted by Waldemar at 02:38 PM
DNA-vaccines, will they save the day?
In his Tech Central Station Europe article Making Immunity More Than Skin Deep of March 9th, Waldemar Ingdahl analyzes the problems with the vaccine market today, the warning sent to us by the avian flu scare, and how research on...Posted by Waldemar at 09:33 AM
March 05, 2005
Un momento cruciale di cambiamento per i sistemi di sanità in Europa
L'articolo di Waldemar Ingdahl, Libertà ed efficienza nell'informazione al paziente è stato pubblicato nel settimanale di "RagionPolitica" del 4 marzo....Posted by Waldemar at 05:59 PM
February 26, 2005
Ingdahl quoted in The American Spectator
Waldemar Ingdahl was quoted by Doug Bandow in The American Spectator on February 24th, regarding the issue of the WHO's HIV debacle....Posted by Waldemar at 10:27 PM
February 24, 2005
Gentester och försäkringar
Av Waldemar Ingdahl Den 17 februari så godkände USA:s senat enhälligt The Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act of 2005. Lagen, som nu går till president George W. Bush för övervägande förbjuder försäkringsbolag att kräva eller använda information från gentester vid upprättande...Posted by Waldemar at 10:35 AM
February 23, 2005
A toolkit of cures for cancer
In his The Pulse article The lesson from the "war on cancer" of February 23rd, Anders Sandberg looks back on the progress of the "war on cancer" since 1971 and thinks of the future of cancer research and treatment....Posted by Waldemar at 04:19 PM
February 19, 2005
What can we learn from the avian flu scare?
In his The Pulse article Scare of the avian flu of February 16th, Anders Sandberg says that the recent avian flu scare most probably is exaggerated but that it stills contains a kernel of truth that we should take very...Posted by Waldemar at 01:14 PM
February 09, 2005
A liberal stem-cell legislation
In his The Pulse article Give stem-cell research a chance of February 9th, Anders Sandberg tells us about the recent decision of the Swedish parliament to adopt one of Europe's most liberal legislations regarding stem-cell research. He also gives a...Posted by Waldemar at 04:49 PM
February 02, 2005
Child obesity is a complex social issue
In his The Pulse article The trend of rising child obesity and paternalist health care of February 2nd, Anders Sandberg notes the trend that health policies spill over to other areas in order to appease health paternalism...Posted by Waldemar at 11:51 AM
January 27, 2005
Hur ser den amerikanska abort- och stamcellsdebatten ut egentligen?
Ofta får vi i den svenska debatten intrycket att aborträtten och stamcellsforskningen håller på att förbjudas i USA. Stämmer den bilden? Är det rimligt att använda Sverige som ett föredöme för USA i dessa frågor? Eller debatterar vi utifrån en...Posted by Waldemar at 02:09 PM
January 12, 2005
The final days of a monopoly
In his The Pulse article Monopoly Headaches of January 12th, Anders Sandberg talks about the Swedish government monopoly on the retail of pharmaceuticals and how the European Court of Justice may soon open up the market for competition...Posted by Waldemar at 11:08 PM
January 05, 2005
Paying for safety with lost medical opportunities
In his The Pulse article Barking up the Right Tree of January 5th, Anders Sandberg asks if Aspirin would have been approved if it had been introduced today?...Posted by Waldemar at 03:42 PM
December 28, 2004
The Sanctity of Humans and the Profanity of Markets
By Lene Johansen Organizing markets for sale of human organs, use of human embryos in research and eventually in production of medical cures, and use of human reproductive technologies from basic technologies to future possibilities like germline interventions creates a...Posted by Waldemar at 03:20 PM
December 22, 2004
Liberty makes healthy
In his The Pulse article Freedom is healthy of December 22nd, Anders Sandberg discusses why freedom makes us healthier...Posted by Waldemar at 12:35 PM
December 21, 2004
WHO's to blame?
By Waldemar Ingdahl Hopes where initially set high for the newly appointed Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Lee Jong-Wook, to start a new chapter in the history of this in many times highly criticised organization. The future looked...Posted by Waldemar at 10:20 AM
December 15, 2004
Genetic tests help both the insured and the insurer
In his The Pulse article Win-Win Gene Tests of December 15th, Anders Sandberg shows how genetic testing can be made into a win-win situation both for the customers and for the insurance companies, and that it makes economic sense for...Posted by Waldemar at 08:30 PM
December 09, 2004
Open and transparent policy is better
In his The Pulse article Backstage at the Puppet Theatre of Medicine of December 8th, Anders Sandberg explains why it is better to make policy and politics as open, transparent and visible as possible....Posted by Waldemar at 05:51 AM
November 29, 2004
En hälsosam framtid
Av Waldemar Ingdahl Sverige är den tredje största marknaden i världen för så kallade "functional foods", det vill säga mat som är anpassad till att förbättra vår hälsa och minskar risken för att drabbas av sjukdomar. Gränsen mellan livsmedel och...Posted by Waldemar at 09:43 PM
November 25, 2004
Opio-phobia in health care
In his The Pulse article The Border-guards of the Country of Pain of November 24th, Anders Sandberg discusses chronic pain and why it is widely under-treated, despite many effective methods....Posted by Waldemar at 11:51 PM
November 24, 2004
Eudoxa quoted by the Cato Institute
Waldemar Ingdahl was quoted by Doug Bandow of the Cato Institute in his comment Politicizing Health and Harming Patients on November 24th, regarding the issue of the WHO's HIV debacle....Posted by Waldemar at 07:55 PM
Eudoxa in Asia
Waldemar Ingdahl was quoted by Doug Bandow in The Taipei Times, The Japan Times and The Bangkok Post on November 24th and The Pakistan Observer on November 28th, regarding the issue of the WHO's HIV debacle....Posted by Waldemar at 07:20 AM
November 23, 2004
Avskaffande av förbudet på marknadsföringen av läkemedel ger bättre vård
Alexander Sanchez har skrivit en debattartikel om marknadsföring av läkemedel direkt till konsument. Frågan har blivit en alltmer het fråga den senaste tiden i både Sverige och EU, inte minst då Apoteket förbereder sig inför EU:s direktiv om någon vecka...Posted by Waldemar at 10:11 PM
November 22, 2004
Europeiska Unionen borde stärka patientens egenmakt, inte urholka den
EU borde bemäktiga patienten och tillåta reklam för mediciner Ett flertal förslag från EU får långtgående följdverkningar, där patientens valmöjligheter försämras. Det är istället av största vikt att ta tillvara den nya medicinens möjligheter och förbättra patientens tillgång till information....Posted by Waldemar at 02:48 AM
November 17, 2004
Scarcity of vaccines
In his The Pulse article Immunity is skin deep of November 17th, Anders Sandberg discusses a new method of inoculation and how it might provide a solution to the present scarcity of vaccines....Posted by Waldemar at 04:20 PM
November 16, 2004
The trouble with vaccination
By Anders Sandberg In the present debate about vaccines the contrasts are stark. On one hand we are seeing declines in vaccination not due to economics or lack of technology but "well-disinformed parents". On the other hand it seems like...Posted by Waldemar at 11:25 AM
November 15, 2004
The horror of Alzheimer's disease
In her The Columbia Missourian article Facing Alzheimer's of November 14th, Lene Johansen tells us about one man's struggle with Alzheimer's and what can be done to alleviate it....Posted by Waldemar at 05:09 AM
November 12, 2004
St. John's Wort and our demand for medical information
In his The Pulse article Continuing the Quarrel Inside the Body of November 10th, Anders Sandberg uses the herb St. John's Wort and its effects, to explain what will happen if health consumers are free to select what kind of...Posted by Waldemar at 10:17 AM
November 10, 2004
Will cognitive enhancer drugs become the next battlefield?
By Anders Sandberg Off-label prescription of cognitive enhancer drugs. This might very well be the next big medical policy battlefield. On one hand, off-label prescriptions enable exploration, customization to patient needs and new treatment for disorders. On the other hand...Posted by Waldemar at 06:10 PM
November 03, 2004
Would you change your name to fit your job email?
In his The Pulse article Procrustean Email of November 3rd, Anders Sandberg gives an example of that the key problem with moving towards e-health is not the technology, but lack of communication and organisational rigidity in health care organisations....Posted by Waldemar at 05:00 PM
October 29, 2004
Farmakogenetik i Svenska Dagbladet
In sin artikel i Svenska Dagbladet Under strecket den 29 oktober Skräddarsydd medicin både löfte och hot, berättar Waldemar Ingdahl om hur farmakogenetiken utvecklas snabbt tack vare den nya informationsbehandlingen. Genom att studera hur människor reagerar på mediciner beroende på...Posted by Waldemar at 08:44 AM
October 25, 2004
Half the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window
By Anders Sandberg In the light of the Vioxx and Prozac debates, how can we tell when the risks outweigh the benefits? Or when trials are too expensive, biased and sometimes unethical and benefits not necessarily anything that can be...Posted by Waldemar at 10:58 AM
October 24, 2004
After the convergence
Anders Sandberg spoke on October 22nd, at the PSCIs Biocomputing Workshop in Stockholm. Sandberg's topic was "After the convergence: info/bio/nano/cogno-technology, medicine and society" where he explained the present research vision of the merger of the aforementioned general technologies into something...Posted by Waldemar at 05:00 PM
October 22, 2004
Eudoxa på radio
Den 19 oktober medverkade Eudoxas vetenskapsansvarige Anders Sandberg i Sveriges Radio P1 Vetenskapsnyheter där han kommenterade RFID och denna tekniks användningar i sjukvården. Lyssna på programmet här...Posted by Waldemar at 08:35 AM
October 20, 2004
Top-down risk estimates fail
In his The Pulse article Apples and oranges, Prozac and Vioxx of October 20th, Anders Sandberg discusses how the risk-aversive climate in drug testing may actually hurt more patients than are saved....Posted by Waldemar at 10:57 AM
October 16, 2004
Pecunia olet
In his Tech Central Station Europe article Smells like victory of October 15th, Waldemar Ingdahl says that this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine makes scents....Posted by Waldemar at 09:18 AM
October 13, 2004
The future of Pharming
In his The Pulse article In Tasmania’s Fields the Poppies Blow of October 13th Anders Sandberg discusses pharming, the use of genetically modified plants to produce pharmaceuticals, and it's applications....Posted by Waldemar at 12:14 PM
October 08, 2004
Comments on the CNE's Healthy Ageing Conference
By Anders Sandberg Brussels seems to have become a bad habit of mine lately. This week I attended the CNE Health Conference on the Politics of Healthy Ageing and European Public Opinion. Robert Perkins of the Consensus Research Group presented...Posted by Waldemar at 11:43 PM
Healthy Ageing Conference
Anders Sandberg attended the Centre for the New Europe's Health Conference on the Politics of Healthy Ageing and European Public Opinion in Brussels on October 7th, making comments and providing information, as noted in Johan Hjertqvist's article in The Pulse...Posted by Waldemar at 11:36 PM
October 05, 2004
The new pharmacology
By Anders Sandberg and Waldemar Ingdahl The challenge for the pharmaceutical industry is to create medicines that provide profits despite the enormous development costs, which to a large extent have been created by the steep requirements of the consumers and...Posted by Waldemar at 01:42 PM
October 03, 2004
Civil society vs. Medicare
In her The Columbia Missourian article Handle with Care of October 3rd Lene Johansen reports on how looking after ill family members requires emotional support and extra patience. She also shows the dangers of relying only on Medicare and how...Posted by Waldemar at 07:03 PM
September 30, 2004
Converging technologies
In his The Pulse article Promethean Technological Foresight of September 30th Anders Sandberg tells about a conference he visited in Brussels....Posted by Waldemar at 02:13 PM
September 17, 2004
L'OMS e i farmaci anti-HIV
L'articolo di Waldemar Ingdahl, Sanità plagiata è stato pubblicato nel settimanale di "RagionPolitica" del 17 settembre....Posted by Waldemar at 02:48 PM
September 14, 2004
Ethnic pharmaceuticals
In his Tech Central Station Europe article Drugs and Race of September 14th Waldemar Ingdahl discusses the new developments in pharmacogenomics....Posted by Waldemar at 04:32 AM
September 08, 2004
The paradox of private medicine
In his The Pulse article The Three Paradoxes and Three Forms of Private Medicine of September 8th Anders Sandberg worries about the public's conflicting emotions towards private health care....Posted by Waldemar at 02:09 PM
August 31, 2004
Disgusting medicine
In his The Pulse article The Gauntlet of Disgust of August 31th, Anders Sandberg discusses that medical innovations often provoke feelings of disgust and fear when introduced. What can we do about it?...Posted by Waldemar at 01:35 PM
August 29, 2004
Eudoxa at ESOF
Between August 25th to 28th Eudoxa participated in EuroScience Open Forum 2004 in Stockholm with debating and networking....Posted by Waldemar at 01:31 PM
August 26, 2004
The Hudson Institute on Eudoxa
The Hudson Institute in Washington DC replies on August 26th to Eudoxa's statement about the WHO and HIV medicines on August 13th....Posted by Waldemar at 12:33 PM
August 24, 2004
Det borde finnas ett botemedel mot AIDS
SIDA höll mellan den 24-26 augusti en konferens i Härnösand om AIDS. Syftet var att öka svenska organisationers insatser i u-länderna. Alexander Sanchez och Waldemar Ingdahl skrev med anledning av det en debattartikel om HIV-mediciner och Världshälsoorganisationen WHO:s roll i...Posted by Waldemar at 01:50 PM
August 22, 2004
New technology brings hope to paraplegics
In her The Columbia Missourian article The road to recovery of August 22th, Lene Johansen writes about the AutoAmbulator....Posted by Waldemar at 01:24 PM
August 17, 2004
Why we care so much about health care
In his The Pulse article We care a lot of August 17th, Anders Sandberg applicates evolutionary theory on health care. Why do we care so much about health care? Sandberg reaches some new conclusions....Posted by Waldemar at 01:16 PM
August 13, 2004
WHO:s direktör och ledarskap måste avgå efter skandalen med AIDS medicinerna
Det behövs förändringar i ett WHO i förtroendekris Världshälsoorganisationens beslut förra veckan att ta bort tre indiska generiska AIDS mediciner från listan av godkända läkemedel understryker vikten av ett nytt och ansvarigt ledarskap vid det som borde vara världens viktigaste...Posted by Waldemar at 03:38 PM
Eudoxa in India
Eudoxa's statement about WHO and HIV medicines of August 13th gets attention in the The Hindu Business Line in Mumbai on August 13th...Posted by Waldemar at 12:28 PM
WHO director and senior leadership must step down after recent drug scandal
Changes are needed at the WHO after HIV-debacle Last week’s decision by the World Health Organization to remove three Indian-made generic AIDS drugs from list of approved medicines underscores the need for new and responsible leadership at the helm of...Posted by Waldemar at 12:22 PM
August 09, 2004
The future of humanity at Toronto University
On August 7th the conference TransVision 2004 was held at The University of Toronto, Canada. Organizers were The World Transhumanist Association and The McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology. Anders Sandberg was invited as one of the speakers, and held...Posted by Waldemar at 12:57 PM
July 29, 2004
Higher prices or medical progess?
In his The Pulse article Cheap Drugs vs. Good Drugs of July 29th, Anders Sandberg points our that rising costs for medicines do not mainly depend on that prices are getting higher, but on the fact that we can now...Posted by Waldemar at 10:27 AM
July 16, 2004
Neurocognitive enhancement
In his The Pulse article Getting Drugs and Debates Right of July 16th, Anders Sandberg writes about a debate that has not started yet in Europe. The debate about enhancing medicine....Posted by Waldemar at 09:51 AM
July 07, 2004
A bright future for new vaccines, or...
In his The Pulse article The paradoxical new era of vaccines of July 7th, Anders Sandberg discusses public scepticism of vaccines....Posted by Waldemar at 09:40 AM
July 01, 2004
The beginning of the neuroethics debate
In his The Pulse article Neuroethics Top Gainer on Ethics Market of July 1st, Anders Sandberg tells about the new buzzword, neuroethics -ethics applied to the new knowledge and choices gained from neuropsychology....Posted by Waldemar at 01:14 AM
June 23, 2004
Cheap medical sensors
In his The Pulse article Screen them all, let the government sort it out of June 23rd, Anders Sandberg discusses the Bush administration's new mental health initiative and the proliferation of cheap medical sensors....Posted by Waldemar at 12:57 AM
June 08, 2004
E-health
In his The Pulse article E-Health for E-urope? of June 8th, Anders Sandberg discusses the European Commission's new plan for integrating IT and health care....Posted by Waldemar at 12:44 AM
June 04, 2004
Health care shot from the hip
In his Tech Central Station Europe article His Hip, Hooray! of June 4th, Waldemar Ingdahl discusses Swedish health care. The Swedish prime minister waits in line like everybody else for medical care, maybe that's the problem....Posted by Waldemar at 12:36 AM
May 23, 2004
Systemfel skapade mutkultur hos läkarna
Av Waldemar Ingdahl Artikeln har publicerats i Mariestads-Tidningen (24/5), Göteborgs Tidningen (31/5), Kvällsposten (14/6), Nya Wermlands-Tidningen (21/6) och Smålandsposten (24/6) Under våren har mutkulturen inom läkemedelsindustrin rullats upp i media. I en gråzon mellan läkare och läkemedelsföretag verkar presenter, bjudresor...Posted by Waldemar at 12:06 AM
March 29, 2004
Får elitidrottare vara lika friska som pensionärer i framtiden?
I sin artikel i Västerviks-Tidningen den 29 mars Gendopning och elitidrott diskuterar Anders Sandberg idrottsmedicin, mutationer, gendopning och framtidens idrottstävlingar....Posted by Waldemar at 10:08 PM
March 26, 2004
Seminarium i riksdagen
Den 25 mars anordnade Kristdemokraterna seminariet "Lagreglering av stamcellsforskning och kloning- vilka beslut behövs i riksdagen?" för riksdagens ledamöter och tjänstemän, med anledning av regeringens proposition om etisk reglering av stamcellsforskning och kloning. Waldemar Ingdahl var inbjuden till seminariet och...Posted by Waldemar at 10:14 PM
December 13, 2003
The Future of European Nanotechnology
Between December 9th and 12th the conference EuroNanoForum 2003 was held in Trieste, Italy and gathered more than a 1000 participants from the scientific community, EU policy makers and private industry. One of the main organizers was the EU Commission....Posted by Waldemar at 06:02 PM
November 12, 2003
Sjukvårdsseminarium i tidningarna
Seminariet som Eudoxa deltog på tillsammans med Timbro Hälsa den 10 november i Lund omnämndes med artiklar den 12 november i både Sydsvenska Dagbladet och Kvällsposten....Posted by Waldemar at 05:12 PM
November 11, 2003
Sjukvården och den nya medicinska tekniken
Den 10 november anordnade Timbro Hälsa i samarbete med Timbro Syd ett seminarium för att presentera det projekt om sjukvården år 2015 som Eudoxa också arbetar med, rapporten Tekniken befriar kroppen. Seminariet ägde rum på Grand Hotel i Lund. Waldemar...Posted by Waldemar at 05:08 PM
October 30, 2003
The health care of the future
The Eudoxa think tank was invited to the conference "Markets and solidarity-building the European healthcare of tomorrow" organized by The Stockholm Network, the Institute for Public Policy Research and Timbro Health. The conference was held in Stockholm on October 29th....Posted by Waldemar at 04:34 PM
October 01, 2003
Politically incorrect pills
By Lene Johansen The British Medical Journal posted an article this last winter where the BMJ attacked scientists doing research on female sexual dysfunction and the pharmaceutical companies that fund them. The arguments are based on outdated politics and outdated...Posted by Waldemar at 04:45 PM
September 20, 2003
Framtidens sjukvård
Av Waldemar Ingdahl Artikeln har publicerats i tidskriften Liberal Debatt 3/2003 I dagens vårddebatt återfinns ofta en tanke att man kan diskutera olika prioriteringar av vårdresurser, möjligtvis finansieringsformer, man att sjukvårdens organisation inte kommer att förändras. Är det möjligt att...Posted by Waldemar at 02:45 PM