Pythiosis in Humans
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Human pythiosis was first described in Thailand, in 1987; and thirty-two cases had been published worldwide as of 2002. Most cases are reported from tropical and subtropical regions; however, human infection has also been encountered in United States, Israel and Australia. The principal pathogen is identified as Pythium insidiosum, and at least one case of Pythium aphanidermatum infection has been reported.
Most case reports of pythiosis are published from Thailand, which accounted for 78% of pub...
Source: GIDEON blog - August 18, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Dr. Stephen Berger Tags: General Source Type: blogs
Help Malians Fight Back
The March 7 terrorist attack that killed five people in a nightclub in Bamako, Mali, underscores the importance of international support for the West African country, which has become another front in the struggle against Islamist radicalism. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - March 13, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: blogs
Mali's Peace Accord Offers Little More Than an Opportunity
The good news is that Mali's latest attempt at peace presents a real opportunity. The bad news is that all the reasons that previous agreements failed are still present. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - March 11, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: blogs
Ebola Update: New Bill to Fast Track Ebola Treatment; FDA Focuses on Importance of "Randomized Trials"
On Wednesday, November 12, HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson will appear before the Senate Appropriations Committee to testify on the government’s response to Ebola. CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, as well as other officials from the State Department, Defense Department, USAID and the Joint Chiefs of Staff are also expected to testify.
Challenges and Incentives for Development
The companies that are working to come up with vaccines and treatments for Ebola are faced with several challenges that...
Source: Policy and Medicine - November 7, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs
Lessons from the Aga Khan in Canada
One of the world's great leaders is not the head of a national government. He is the leader of a religious faith. The Aga Khan is the spiritual head of the Ismaili Muslims, a Shia sect reaching back to the days of the Prophet Mohamed. In this role, and through the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), he has addressed issues of the elimination of poverty, access to education, and social peace in a pluralist environment. He was recently recognized for this and other accomplishments by being invited to address the Canadian Parliament.The speech is a remarkable exposition of the potential power of pluralism...
Source: Running a hospital - March 3, 2014 Category: Health Managers Source Type: blogs
Europeans Debate Creating a Bigger Military Policy with a Smaller Military
Doug Bandow
A second marriage, it is said, is the triumph of hope over experience. So is a European Union debate over defense. At the latest European Council meeting in late December, European leaders again promised to do more than free ride on the U.S.
It was hard enough to get the Europeans to divert cash from their generous welfare states during the Cold War when there was a plausible enemy. The financial crisis, enduring recession, and Eurozone imbroglio have sapped what little interest most Europeans had in maintaining real militaries. Earlier this year a top NATO official admitted at a ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 31, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Doug Bandow Source Type: blogs
Enlightenment Fest Starts Today – Free Online Event
Just a quick reminder that the free Enlightenment Fest (hosted by Learning Strategies and Jeddah Mali) has now started. I mentioned it in my last newsletter and wanted to post a note here that the Fest is underway.
Today’s session is about Conscious Awareness in the Present Moment.
The whole Fest is free.
Why is it free? Learning Strategies gives away the material for free over the course of a week, and then people can buy the recordings afterwards if they want to own a copy. Since the whole course is try-before-you-buy, it only works for them if the quality is superb and people want to own the courses afterwards. It...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - December 2, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Consciousness & Awareness General Intention & Manifestation Spirituality Source Type: blogs
Monaco and humanitarian aid for a heart surgery
In this compassionate video, the monaco humanitarian aid organization describes a 12 year old girl, Aminata Keita who lives in Barnako, in the African country of Mali with a heart condition. Aminata suffers from cardiomyopathy, which results in failure of the heart and requires complicated and dangerous open heart surgery. Cardiomyophathy results from the deterioration […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - October 16, 2013 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
President’s Drone Speech: Good on Rhetoric, Bad on Policy
Benjamin H. Friedman
President Obama’s Tuesday speech was intended to convey that he is taking a more measured approach to counterterrorism, reducing drone strikes and moving toward closure of Guantanamo Bay.
In many ways, the speech is excellent. The president’s effort to put the terrorism threat in context and his argument that the war cannot be unlimited and unending are praiseworthy, as is his mention of ultimately repealing the Authorization for Use of Military Force.
That said, he still claims almost unlimited war powers based on secret legal reasoning. He still has not told us what countries and groups he c...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 23, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Benjamin H. Friedman Source Type: blogs
On Benghazi, the Buck Stops with Hillary
Malou Innocent
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will face the wrong questions when she testifies today on the September 11, 2012, terrorist attack in Benghazi. The buck stops with Secretary Clinton—and it should. But members of Congress will focus on politically charged and distracting issues. The terrorist attack on the consulate was abhorrent. However, a broader discussion about the NATO-led regime change in Libya—and its unfolding political aftermath in Mali—would be a better use of Congress’s time. The consequences of intervention should not be ignored, and its antecedents must be explored.
Secretary Cl...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 23, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Malou Innocent Source Type: blogs
M. Hollande Sends Troops to War
David Boaz
A top headline in today’s Washington Post reads (in the print version)
France’s Hollande intervenes in Mali
An odd headlne, I thought. I’m sure Hollande himself isn’t picking up a gun and heading for Mali. And if he’s simply sending troops (as the online version says), don’t we usually just say “France sends troops”? But in fact, of course, some person or persons actually send troops to war. It isn’t done by a whole country collectively. And in the case of France, apparently one person has the authority to launch military interventions. (Thank God we don’t l...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 12, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: David Boaz Source Type: blogs
