45,000 “Special Interest Aliens” Caught Since 2007, But No U.S. Terrorist Attacks from Illegal Border Crossers
ConclusionSo far, there have been zero people murdered or injured in terror attacks committed by illegal border crossers on U.S. soil. This includes those who entered as illegal immigrants and those who entered illegally and then applied for asylum. Only seven terrorists from special interest countries, all of whom entered prior to the government putting those countries on a list, even entered the U.S. illegally by crossing a land border. Two of them were arrested within hours of doing so, two other received asylum, and none of them crossed the Mexican border. Our above evidence is based on past events. The futu...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 17, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: David Bier, Alex Nowrasteh Source Type: blogs
69% Oppose Creating Federal Paid Leave Program If It Harms Women ’s Career Prospects
The national Cato 2018 Paid Leave Survey of 1,700 adults finds widespread support for creating a federal paid leave program, with 74% in favor. However, 69% of Americans would oppose establishing a federal paid leave program if it meant that fewer women would get promoted and become managers. But would establishing a federal program actu ally do this? Research suggests that it could and that’s why we asked about it on the survey:Read about the full survey results and methodology here.First, let ’s consider the different career outcomes between women in the United States and women in Western Europe and Scandinavia....
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 17, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Emily Ekins Source Type: blogs
BMC ‘Research in progress’ photo competition 2018: winning images
The objective of this collage is therefore to recognize diversity, as an essential aspect of our existence.
“Look into my eyes”Lidianne Salvatierra, Federal University of Tocantins (UFT), Brazil
Frontal face of a jumping spider (Salticidae). Jumping spiders have well developed eyes and can actually form images.
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Source: BioMed Central Blog - December 14, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Davy Falkner Tags: Open Access Publishing Research in progress photo competition Source Type: blogs
Alcohol, Smoking, Drugs: Can Digital Solutions Give A Helping Hand To The Addicted?
Alcohol content measuring wristbands, smart lighters, nicotine tracking wearables, stop smoking apps, virtual reality therapies, automated messaging platforms are the newest elements in the arsenal of digital health technologies supporting everyone in the fight against addiction to cigarettes, alcohol or drugs.
Addiction and dependency ruins lives
Once you become addicted, it sticks with you for a long time, if not for life. It doesn’t matter whether it’s about cigarettes, alcohol, medication, drugs, gambling, sex, etc., any of these substances or phenomena could cause you strong dependency and might impact your everyd...
Source: The Medical Futurist - December 6, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Future of Pharma Medical Professionals Patients Researchers alcohol cigarette digital health drugs health technology Innovation medication opioid opioid crisis smartphone smartphone apps smoking virtual Source Type: blogs
New Wheelchair Uses Facial Gestures Instead of Joystick
There are many tools that allow disabled people to operate wheelchairs, including joysticks and blow tubes, but a new partnership between HOOBOX Robotics, a Brazilian company, and Intel, the chip maker, has resulted in a wheelchair controlled exclusively by face gestures.
The Wheelie, as the device is called, has a camera that constantly monitors the user’s face and when certain gestures, such as a smile or a raise of an eyebrow, trigger different actions by the wheelchair. Since there are obvious issues, such as inadvertent gestures, that must be considered, the wheelchair actually uses artificial intelligence techn...
Source: Medgadget - December 5, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Rehab Source Type: blogs
The Mental Health Gift Giving Guide from Psych Central
Christmas, the biggest gift-giving holiday of them all, will be here in less than a month — which means that gift buying season is currently in full force.
Unless you are my sister — who is already done shopping and wrapping — you are probably just now starting to think about what gifts you want give your loved ones. Many people have no idea what to give certain people. Even my wildly efficient sister has issues finding the perfect gift for me, her picky big brother.
I’ve been gifted socks and Welshcakes from relatives over the years, and I always hear my mother’s voice in my head when I unw...
Source: World of Psychology - November 30, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gabe Howard Tags: Happiness Mental Health and Wellness Peer Support Self-Help christmas shopping Gift Giving Stigma Source Type: blogs
What Challenges Did Going to ASHA Convention Help You Overcome?
On the first day of the largest ASHA convention in the organization’s history, Leader editors talked to around 600 of the thousands of attendees. We asked about topics we should cover in our new podcast, launching next year. We’d like you to share, too!
Please list any topics or experts from the professions you’d like to hear about on the coming Leader podcast in the comment section below.
We also asked attendees why they came to Boston in November. We wanted to know what challenges members face and the strategies they hope to learn to help them overcome those challenges.
See what your peers shared below. And look fo...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - November 16, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: ASHA Staff Tags: Academia & Research Audiology Events Health Care News Private Practice Schools Speech-Language Pathology Advocacy ASHA Convention Autism Spectrum Disorder Dysphagia Early Intervention Professional Development social skills Source Type: blogs
What Challenges Did You Come to ASHA Convention to Help Overcome?
On the first day of the largest ASHA convention in the organization’s history, Leader editors talked to around 600 of the thousands of attendees. We asked about topics we should cover in our new podcast, launching next year. We’d like you to share, too!
Please list any topics or experts from the professions you’d like to hear about on the coming Leader podcast in the comment section below.
We also asked attendees why they came to Boston in November. We wanted to know what challenges members face and the strategies they hope to learn to help them overcome those challenges.
See what your peers shared below. And look fo...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - November 16, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: ASHA Staff Tags: Academia & Research Audiology Events Health Care News Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Advocacy ASHA Convention Autism Spectrum Disorder Dysphagia Early Intervention Professional Development social sk Source Type: blogs
Make sure you pay attention to your medical interpreter
During my flight from Denver to Japan, I watched a movie called Un Traductor. It is a true story directed by the children of the couple who are the main characters in the movie. The reason why I chose this movie was that there was a Brazilian actor in it. Even so, I was not […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 31, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/andrea-bischoff" rel="tag" > Andrea Bischoff, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Hospital-Based Medicine Primary Care Source Type: blogs
Glasses with Green Lenses Help Kids with Dyslexia to Read
Researchers at the São Paulo State University in Brazil and Paris Diderot University in France have for the first time conclusively showed that green light filter can help children overcome symptoms of dyslexia. Specifically, nine and ten year-old children with dyslexia improved their reading time significantly when using green color glasses.
Green colored glasses have been used in the past for learning disabilities and even for addressing autism and ADHD. This latest study is the first to rigorously test green color glasses for dyslexia, and even comparing the effectiveness to using glasses with lenses of other colors,...
Source: Medgadget - October 22, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Pediatrics Psychiatry Rehab Source Type: blogs
Futuristic, Forward-looking and Fun – The Curiscope Virtuali-tee Review
Futuristic, forward-looking and fun. Whenever these three attributes characterize a technology, we know it’s a jackpot. The Virtuali-tee Human Body T-shirt created by Curiscope has all three qualifiers – and one more. It’s our secret weapon for blowing people’s minds with augmented reality. The T-shirt and the accompanying app shows colorful human organs, animations, and the entire 3D image looks so real that physicians often ask Dr. Meskó if these are really his insides. No, they are not. Read our Virtuali-tee review to understand why.
Turning abstract biological concepts into magic
The UK-based company, Curiscop...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 4, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Medical Augmented Reality Medical Education Medical Professionals Patients Anatomy AR digital future Health Healthcare MedEd Medicine review STEM Source Type: blogs
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation shows early promise to ameliorate depression, especially if combined with other therapies and dosage optimized
Conclusions: The effect size of tDCS treatment was comparable with those reported for repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and antidepressant drug treatment in primary care. The most important parameters for optimisation in future trials are depression refractoriness and tDCS dose.
News in Context:
Guidance by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on the use of transcranial direct current stimulation (tdcs) for depression
FDA clears deep transcranial magnetic stimulation device to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder
FDA clears first CBT-based digital therapeutic to treat substance...
Source: SharpBrains - October 1, 2018 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Professional Development Technology depression efficacy Major Depressive Disorder MDD meta-analysis NICE pharmacotherapy tDCS Transcranial-direct-current-stimulation US Food and Drug Admin Source Type: blogs
Make Asbestos Great Again? - Trump Once Claimed " Movement Against by Asbestos was Led by the Mob, " Now is EPA Wants to Relax Asbestos Regulation
Introduction: An Old Public Health MenaceThis is somewhat personal. In the early 1980s, as a general internal medicine fellow, I gave a series of talks about important medical problems that generalist physicians often missed. One was asbestos related disease. Although asbestos had been heavily regulated since 1973, there were stilll large numbers of people exposed to it alive in the 1980s. One of my primitive slides, seemingly a picture of type writing, stated that around then, 2 to 4 million people who had histories of significant asbestos exposure were likely alive. Asbestos is known t...
Source: Health Care Renewal - August 10, 2018 Category: Health Management Tags: asbestos cancer conflicts of interest Donald Trump public health Source Type: blogs
About those EU Trade Concessions …
AsSimon Lester noted, President Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker caught the world by surprise Wednesday when they announced a step back from the rapidly escalating trade war between the United States and European Union.Inhis statement, Trump added this bit of news:And the European Union is going to start, almost immediately, to buy a lot of soybeans —they’re a tremendous market—buy a lot of soybeans from our farmers in the Midwest, primarily. So I thank you for that, Jean-Claude.… Secondly, we agreed today to a strengthen and [sic] strengthening of our strategic cooperation with respect t...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 27, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas A. Firey Source Type: blogs
