Sepsis: who will shoot first? Pharma or diagnostics?

Will pharma twitter?

The technology is still in its early days, but will more pharmaceutical companies take the plunge? And will they fare better in the Twittersphere than they have in the blogosphere? To date, only a handful of pharmaceutical company blogs remain active. Among them are Johnson & Johnson’s site, JNJBTW (www.jnjbtw.com), up and running for more than two years, and GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK’s) “ America...

The states, Congress, or the courts: who will be first to reform ERISA remedies?

Curtis Rooney's article reviews the ERISA law and it relationship to managed care. The piece continues with a review of the relevant preremption provisions and a extentivsive discussion of related U.S. Supreme Court decisions. The author discusses malpractice and design liabilities. The article concludes with a discussion of reform initiatives directed toward the ERISA preemption and damage pro...

Transit-Induced Gentrification: Who Will Stay, and Who Will Go?

Olympics : who will survive ?

I t is evident that anyone required to perform at a high level in sport or other physically demanding occupation has a limited number of years before demands made on the body begin to take their toll, sometimes accompanied by difficulties of a psychological nature. Although there may be a good deal of informal support from family, friends, and perhaps even other athletes who have retired, in so...

Who Will Gain and Who Will Lose Influence under Different Electoral Rules . Who Will Gain and Who Will Lose Influence under Different Electoral Rules*

*The research reported here was supported by funds granted to the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin by the Office of Economic Opportunity pursuant to provisions of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. We also acknowledge computation funds from NICHD grant l-P01-HD05876. The conclusions are the sale responsibility of the authors. ABSTRACT Elec~'oraJ,. reform has p...