Countries with the Highest Shares of Their Populations Living in the U.S.
David J. BierThe United States is home to immigrants from every country in the world, but people are much more likely to leave some countries than others. The probability of a person from a given country immigrating to the United States can be broadly measured by dividing the number of immigrants in the United States by the country’s population plus the country’s population.Figure 1 shows the origin countries for people with the highest likelihood of immigrating to the United States. The immigration data come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey as of July 1, 2021 and the country population da...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 29, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: David J. Bier Source Type: blogs
The truth about Caribbean medical schools
I graduated from St. George ’s University School of Medicine in Grenada and now work as an emergency medicine physician at a trauma center in Northern California. To some, that may seem like an extreme jump or a rare success story. The stigma of a Caribbean medical school education is built on rumors — and they’ve […]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 - May 15, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/jessica-k-willett" rel="tag" > Jessica K. Willett, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Education Emergency Medicine Medical school Source Type: blogs
Memory Box Valuable Tool for People with Alzheimer's
People with Alzheimer’s lose their short-term memory, progressively fading deeper and deeper into their cognitive past. While I’ve often written about the value of bringing old photos and other memorabilia along for visits to elderly loved ones, I don’t believe I’ve ever before suggested anything as self-contained as a memory box. Home Instead Senior Care, one of many excellent in-home care franchises, uses this idea as one of their tools to help elders enjoy memories of their past, or in the case of those with Alzheimer’s, help them have a more concrete connection to what at they may view as their current ...
Source: Minding Our Elders - October 31, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Travel Ban Is Based on Executive Whim, Not Objective Criteria
ConclusionFor countries on the list, and for any country wishing to remain off the list, it is vitally important that they understand which factors led to their inclusion or exclusion. If the United States is acting in good faith —seeking to change behavior as opposed to looking for an excuse to ban people—its criteria should be clearly explained and understood. The Iran nuclear deal, for example, hasvery precise requirements for Iran to avoid sanctions, down to the exact percentage of purity for its enriched uranium. This is very far from the case here.No consistent combination of factors or mitigating factors trigger...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 9, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: David Bier Source Type: blogs
Hookworm in the United States
The following background data on hookworm in the United States are abstracted from Gideon www.GideonOnlne.com. Primary references are available on request.
Hookworm was formerly common in the South and Southeast, with highest rates among children. 7,391 cases of ancylostomiasis were officially notified through optional reporting during 1967 to 1969, including 4,831 (65.4%) from Georgia. In 1987, 68.7% of positive state laboratory reports were submitted from California, Wisconsin, Rhode Island, Colorado and Washington.
Prevalence surveys:
Year(s) / Region / Details
1909-1914 / South / 40% of the general population
194...
Source: GIDEON blog - September 16, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Dr. Stephen Berger Tags: General Source Type: blogs
5 reasons why IMGs will save U.S. health care
Spoiler alert: I am biased. I graduated from St. George’s University, a medical school in Grenada that graduates more physicians annually than any other medical school in the world. It is a school comprised of people who are so determined to become doctors that they are willing to move to a different country — some taking their families with them, some leaving everything behind — to study medicine. My peers came from all over the United States and Canada and had prior graduate degrees, prior jobs and life experiences. Eventually, we all came to the same conclusion: No career would make us happier than a c...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 30, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/jenna-t-nakagawa" rel="tag" > Jenna T. Nakagawa, MD, MPH < /a > Tags: Education Residency Source Type: blogs
Where Do K-1 Visa Holders Come From?
Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik were killed last week in a gun battle with police after they committed a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. Malik entered the U.S. on a K-1 visa, known as the fiancé visa, accompanied by Farook. Their attack is the first perpetrated by somebody on the K-1 visa - igniting a debate over increasing visa security.
The government issued approximately 262,162 K-1 visas from 2005 to 2013 – 3177 or 1.21 percent of the total to Pakistani citizens.
Senator Rand Paul’s (R-KY) SECURE Act identifies 34 countries as particularly terror-prone. There were 32,363 K-1 visa, 12.34 pe...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 7, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Alex Nowrasteh Source Type: blogs
No One in Current GOP Field Wears the Reagan Foreign Policy Mantle
Every Republican wants to be Ronald Reagan reincarnated. At least that’s what GOP candidates say. But the 40th president probably wouldn’t feel comfortable running today.
First, he’d have a good laugh at the fear-mongering. For instance, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie declared: “I don’t believe that I have ever lived in a time in my life when the world was a more dangerous and scary place.”
Reagan lived through World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Cold War. He likely would explain that never in its history has America been as secure from serious threats.
Reagan almost certainly would see Rus...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 4, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Doug Bandow Source Type: blogs
For Ronald Reagan Peace through Strength Did Not Mean War at Any Price
Alzheimer’s robbed Ronald Reagan of his memory. Now Republican neocons are trying to steal his foreign policy legacy. Reagan likely would have been appalled by the aggressive posturing of most of the Republicans currently seeking the White House.
Ronald Reagan’s mantra was “peace through strength.” Peace was the end, strength the means. He focused on the Soviet Union and its advanced outposts, especially in the Western Hemisphere.
Restraining the hegemonic threat posed by an aggressive, ideological Soviet Union led to Reagan’s tough policy. Still, Reagan avoided military confrontation with Moscow. Indeed, he rout...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 27, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Doug Bandow Source Type: blogs
Q-fever in Spain
The following background data on Q-fever in Spain are abstracted from Gideon www.GideonOnline.com and the Gideon e-book series. [1,2]
Time and Place:
The first cases of Q-fever in Spain were reported in 1950. Q-fever rates are highest in the Basque region (accounting for 60% of community-acquired pneumonias) and Navarre. Pneumonia is the predominant clinical presentation in the north, and hepatitis in the south. Ten outbreaks were registered during 1981 to 1985. 130 cases of Q-fever were reported in the Basque Country during 1981 to 1984; and 1,261 cases in Gipuzkoa (Basque Country) during 1984 to 2004.
Rates of Q-fever ...
Source: GIDEON blog - May 4, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Dr. Stephen Berger Tags: Ebooks Epidemiology Graphs ProMED Q-fever Spain Source Type: blogs
A Bioethical Perspective on Oklahoma ’s New Abortion Law
< div > < br / > The percentage of college educated Americans who support legal abortion seems to have reached < a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/01/opinion/01blow.html" > a new low among women under thirty < /a > and among the population as a whole, & nbsp; so it should be no surprise that < a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/28/us/28abortion.html" > states are passing laws < /a > to restrict safe abortions. Before performing any abortion < a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/HB/HB2780_ENR.RT" > Oklahoma ’s new 2010 law requires < /a > that the doctor do an ultrasound and describe to the w...
Source: Women's Bioethics Blog - May 6, 2010 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: abortion gestational age informed consent oklahoma abortion law vaginal transducer Source Type: blogs
A Bioethical Perspective on Oklahoma ’s New Abortion Law
The percentage of college educated Americans who support legal abortion seems to have reached a new low among women under thirtyand among the population as a whole, so it should be no surprise thatstates are passing lawsto restrict safe abortions. Before performing any abortionOklahoma ’s new 2010 law requires that the doctor do an ultrasound and describe to the woman the dimensions and gestational age of the embryo, cardiac activity if any, and appearance of external and internal structures. A vaginal transducer must be used when doing so will display the embryo more clearly than an abdominal transducer.&nbs...
Source: Women's Bioethics Blog - May 6, 2010 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: abortion gestational age informed consent oklahoma abortion law vaginal transducer Source Type: blogs
A Bioethical Perspective on Oklahoma s New Abortion Law
The percentage of college educated Americans who support legal abortion seems to have reached a new low among women under thirtyand among the population as a whole, so it should be no surprise thatstates are passing lawsto restrict safe abortions. Before performing any abortionOklahoma s new 2010 law requires that the doctor do an ultrasound and describe to the woman the dimensions and gestational age of the embryo, cardiac activity if any, and appearance of external and internal structures. A vaginal transducer must be used when doing so will display the embryo more clearly than an abdominal transducer. ...
Source: Women's Bioethics Blog - May 6, 2010 Category: Medical Ethics Tags: abortion gestational age informed consent oklahoma abortion law vaginal transducer Source Type: blogs
