TimAllenMDJD

Timothy Craig Allen, M.D.,J.D.: Jackson, Mississippi, United States; Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology in the University of Mississippi Medical School at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. B.S. Texas A&M University 1980; M.D. Baylor College of Medicine 1984; J.D.with honors University of Chicago 1998. Pulmonary Pathologist. Posts ≠ endorsements. Posts are my own and do not necessarily represent my institution.

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Toward developing a blood test for diagnosing Cystic Fibrosis

From Wash U: Understanding of smoking risk among Bosnian refugees

From WashingtonExaminer.com: America's future: the welfare state?

Health care: creeping toward becoming a federal "right"

From WashingtonPost.com: “We have sound economic fundamentals,” [Berlusconi] said.

From Robert Barro and FT.com: The coming crises of governments

Higher Ed students: "unable to earn the projected income that justified taking out their loans in the first place."

Genomic Pathology: Challenges in Implementation

Acute alveolar dilation: An indicator of strangulation homicide?

Erdheim-Chester disease

Cystic fibrosis: Improving outcomes in patients with end-stage disease

From JAMA: Health care entity liability for insufficient catastrophic emergency preparation

From Slovenia: Salted dry-cured meat and contamination by Penicillium nordicum

Body fat distribution and hypertension in Mexican children

More on the revolution in lung cancer

The American Cancer Society and health care reform

Continued regulatory state dysfunction

From TaxProf Blog: "NALP Objects to ABA Reform of Law School Placement Data Reporting"

The university called a "beer drinker's paradise" starts to deal with it.

Regarding the lack of diversity in academic medicine

More on so-called "patient-centered care"

"Lawmakers may not realize they are becoming national jokes, but they are."

"Age and Obesity Are Risk Factors for Adverse Events After Total Hip Arthroplasty."

From Walter Olsen-NYDailyNews: More on the nanny state in the kitchen

"I think you'd find almost anyone who stands up to their patent rights has been called a patent troll."

Target blood pressure in hypertensive diabetics

"Maybe because our culture has become small, we need small things to believe in."

Returning to work after cancer in the Netherlands

Being clever is easy. Being original-that's something else entirely...

From Keith Kerr and colleagues: CT screening for lung cancer in the UK

The genetics of Kashin-Beck disease in Tibet

Prehistoric Eskimos show us " the human capacity for cultural amelioration of environmental hardships is quite significant."

"Public-employee unions underestimate the magnitude of California’s unfunded retirement liability"

Myths and realities of the Tour de France: "The myths seem infinitely preferable."

LA riot police fire rubber bullets at ravers on Hollywood Blvd

Ronald Coase: The Problem of Social Cost-Journal of Law and Economics, 1960

From the Washington Post: Greece's upcoming default

Folate and colon cancer treatment

From the Atlantic-Megan McCardle: the Euro:bad at the periphery?

From FT Magazine: The golden years, the silver tsunami, and Agnes the aging suit

From Fox News: College student health hazards

Richard Epstein on taxes

From NY Times: Grad School-Why bother?

All your tweets are belong to us.

From Jon Reed & colleagues: the recurrent nevus phenomenon

From BBC: Moody's give Greece the lowest rating of any country it rates in the world

From University of Chicago: 2 genetic variations predict second cancers after radiation for children with Hodgkin lymphoma

The Euro Endgame: "Buying time is the name of the game."

From USC: Stroke declines as cause of death

Nina Easton: "The longer a worker is unemployed, the farther he or she falls behind in sellable skills in a fast-paced global economy."