Trump's Trade Deficit Obsession
My previous attempts atasking a Trump trade adviser directly about trade policy failed. I ’m now going to try another approach: Interpreting something surprising two other Trump advisers said.Here ’s what Wilbur Ross and Peter Navarrowrote recently:The saddest fact here is that Hillary Clinton doesn ’t know the difference between a good trade deal and a bad one. Exhibit A is the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR).In her economic speech in Detroit, Clinton bragged that she voted against the one multilateral trade deal that came before the Senate while she was there. That was indeed CAFTA-DR, a multilater...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 31, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: Simon Lester Source Type: blogs
Spirituality vs. Mental Disorders: God Doesn’t Hate Medication
I grew up in a family that had high expectations of me, and I have personally struggled with anxiety. For several years, I thought that my anxiety was a normal part of life. I didn’t realize that I should not have been having full-blown anxiety at the age of nine, but I was.
My family didn’t believe in mental illnesses, besides those that were obvious to the untrained eye. We did, however, attend a church regularly. I was highly interested in Christianity and studied it on my own. I was able to combat the unnatural anxiety through my relationship with God, and was able to overcome the anxiety throughout middle and high...
Source: World of Psychology - July 16, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Spencer Willoughby Tags: Anxiety and Panic Brain and Behavior Caregivers College Disorders Family General Parenting Personal Personality Psychology Spirituality Anxiolytic God Mental Disorder Nursing Source Type: blogs
“She seemingly did everything right when all went wrong...
"She seemingly did everything right when all went wrong for her. Yoselin, 31, an undocumented immigrant from Honduras, said she was abused by a former partner. When she told him she was calling the police, he said he'd kill her and her unborn baby. Still, she reported domestic violence to the police in in Freeport, New York, last fall. In January, New York State and New York City announced plans to step up efforts to protect some of the most vulnerable immigrants from deportation. But it can be difficult to get what is known as a U visa. Yoselin and her advocates say they have run into a series of roadblocks: police prejud...
Source: Kidney Notes - March 9, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Joshua Schwimmer Source Type: blogs
“For 2 days in November, @nytimes journalists followed 10...
"For 2 days in November, @nytimes journalists followed 10 men — 6 Hondurans and 4 Guatemalans — as they trekked more than 40 miles through dense forests, sun-bleached farmland and highways patrolled by the authorities in Mexico's Chiapas State. A new reality on Mexico's southern border has arrived: Mexican authorities are cracking down on the tens of thousands of Central Americans who have been heading north. Their enhanced vigilance, the result pressure from the U.S., has forced migrants to abandon safer modes of travel like the once-preferred trains and buses. Now, migrants must take riskier routes through remote str...
Source: Kidney Notes - February 8, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Joshua Schwimmer Source Type: blogs
A Trip to India
BY MICHAEL DAUM, MDI had the wonderful privilege of visiting three different cities in India for 16 days during my third year of residency. My original impression of India was, "Wow." This country could not be any more different from what I am used to.I am just a small-town boy from southern Indiana, but my medical training has given me the opportunity to visit poverty-stricken areas and witness different medical practices in Honduras, Guatemala, and Haiti. But India was just different. Name anything. From the obvious — language, food, population density, climate, dress, and religion — to the not-so obvious ...
Source: Going Global - February 1, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
“During his 15 years in the United States, Kelvin...
"During his 15 years in the United States, Kelvin Villanueva, an undocumented migrant from Honduras, had never been pulled over while driving. Then, one night last June, a policeman stopped him for a broken taillight. Kelvin was arrested, and after months circuiting prisons and detention centers, he was deemed ineligible for asylum and deported. Over the last 5 years, the U.S. has deported more than half a million Hondurans, Guatemalans and Salvadorans — many of whom, like Kelvin, have had to leave their children behind. While on #nytassignment for @nytmag in #Honduras, @michaelchristopherbrown of @magnumphotos photograp...
Source: Kidney Notes - December 11, 2015 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Joshua Schwimmer 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
“When Daysi Perdomo came to the United States as a...
"When Daysi Perdomo came to the United States as a 7-year-old, she could barely speak. At home in Honduras, doctors had determined that she was hearing-impaired. In 2013, father, Getulio, managed to bring Daysi to the New York City, where he had moved years earlier to find work. Reunited, the two live with Getulio's girlfriend and her children just blocks from the ocean. Daysi wears hearing aids and attends a school for deaf students. She has learned to communicate in 3 languages: English, Spanish and sign language, which she is trying to teach the family. "I don't find it that difficult," her father said. "She's a great t...
Source: Kidney Notes - December 7, 2015 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Joshua Schwimmer Source Type: blogs
The WellCare Case Provides an Example of Overcriminalization in Action
Overcriminalization is not a myth. Labyrinthine regulations often produce absurd outcomes, including prison sentences for individuals who do everything in their power, including consulting multiple attorneys, to comply with the law before acting.
A recent op-ed in The Washington Times illustrates the point, using a recent Medicaid fraud case that is currently in front of a federal appeals court:
Here’s a quiz: Which of the following is a federal crime: (a) A hamster dealer needlessly tilting a hamster’s cage while in transit; (b) subliminally advertising wine; or (c) selling a fresh steak with paprika on it?
Give up? T...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 19, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Adam Bates Source Type: blogs
Trade, Health, And Tobacco Exceptionalism: The TPP Tobacco Carve-Out
Last Thursday the White House notified Congress of its intent to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the trade agreement reached in October between the U.S. and 11 other Pacific Rim countries, not including China. The notification and release of the agreement’s text commences a lengthy period of Congressional and public review. Among the issues that will receive close attention is the so-called tobacco carve-out.
The tension between free trade and public health is both ancient and enduring. From a free-trade perspective, public health regulations often appear as barriers to trade, sometimes with good reason. Nation...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - November 10, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Wendy Parmet Tags: Equity and Disparities Featured Global Health Public Health free-trade investor-state dispute systems tobacco Trans-Pacific Partnership World Health Organization Source Type: blogs
Melioidosis in the United States
The following background data are abstracted from Gideon www.GideonOnline.com and the Gideon e-book series [1,2] (primary references available on request)
The first case of melioidosis in the Western hemisphere was diagnosed in the United States in 1945 – an American who had worked in the Panama Canal Zone during 1927 to 1928.
Sporadic autochthonous cases (five reports to 2013) have been reported from Arizona, Georgia, Hawaii, Oklahoma, Ohio and California. The fifth case of autochthonous melioidosis was reported in Ohio in 2013. Imported cases have originated from Laos, Mexico, Viet Nam and Thailand. Two cases imp...
Source: GIDEON blog - February 11, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Dr. Stephen Berger Tags: Ebooks Epidemiology ProMED Melioidosis Source Type: blogs
Narrative Matters: Shining A Light On Child Health
Last month, a group of writers, clinicians, policy makers and other experts gathered at Airlie House in Warrenton, Virginia, for the 2014 Narrative Matters Symposium. About an hour outside the city, the scenic fall setting—rolling farm land and trees with auburn and gold leaves—was the perfect backdrop to take attendees outside of their normal day-to-day work and introduce them to others who also are deeply passionate about improving the health of vulnerable children.
The focus of this year’s symposium was “Vulnerable Children: Using Stories to Shine a Light on Child Health.” Manuel Pastor, professor of S...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - December 15, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Jessica Bylander Tags: All Categories Children Narrative Matters Personal Experience Policy Source Type: blogs
A Gift to Remember Me By
Last night at dinner, this girl, Virginia, said, I’ll see you tomorrow! It old her that I was leaving in the morning. She asked for a gift to remember her by. I told her I didn’t have much (which was true, I packed ultra light, and brought no gifts) she asked if I could give her my necklace (I said no). I told her I would draw her a photo instead.
So I brought out this sketchbook that Kwin Krisadaphong sent me, and she asked for that as a gift. I showed her Kwin’s inscription and told her I couldn’t give away a gift to me.
I quickly sketched out this picture with a nice sketch pen I carry with the ...
Source: Mr. Hassle's Long Underpants - September 28, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Doc Shazam Tags: Honduras Source Type: blogs
