...aide to Rep. Henry Waxman (D., Calif.), the new chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee. Another name floated is Steven Nissen, chief of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic, who has raised questions about the safety of two blockbuster drugs,...
...commission) -- FBI: Robert Mueller (term expires 2011) -- Fed Chair: Ben Bernanke (at least for first year) -- FDA: Steven Nissen (Cleveland Clinic), Joshua Sharfstein (Baltimore health commissioner), Janet Woodcock (Big Pharma's choice), Susan Wood (GWU occupational...
The New York Times delves into the few years incoming White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel was in the private sector. Emanuel "went on to make more than $18 million in just two-and-a-half years, turning many of his contacts in his substantial
...their financial relationships past a board. If those relationships are approved, the clinic posts them on its Web site. Dr. Steven Nissen's profile is on the site. He heads the department of cardiovascular medicine, and he gets a lot of money for consulting...
...patients whose coronary arteries were examined with ultrasound in a trial called Illustrate. And the researchers, including Steven Nissen from the Cleveland Clinic, found that patients who had the biggest increase in HDL had the most regression of the plaques...
...to pay for CT scans because of the authors' conclusion that CT is not yet a replacement for conventional angiography. Steven Nissen, a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic, said he believes the study is "overly optimistic about CT angiography," adding, "In...
...(NJ environ commission) -- FBI: Robert Mueller (term expires 2011) -- Fed Chair: Ben Bernanke (at least for first year) -- FDA: Steven Nissen (Cleveland Clinic), Joshua Sharfstein (Baltimore health commissioner), Janet Woodcock (Big Pharma's choice), Susan...
...at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association in New Orleans. The IVUS technique was pioneered by Steven E. Nissen, the same Cleveland Clinic cardiologist who put Avandia's cardiovascular risk in the spotlight. Last March, he presented a study of...