Striking Iran In Response to Abqaiq Attack Would Be a Mistake
Christopher A. PrebleThe smoke hasn ’t yet cleared from the attack on Saudi Aramco’s facility, but U.S. officials were quick to pin blame on Iran, with some even going so far as to suggest thatmilitary strikes could be – and should be – in the offing.Such a move should upset constitutional purists; Congress hasn ’t authorized military action against Iran for these purposes. The case that the Trump administration might present to Congress in an attempt to build support for strikes is unlikely to be compelling. Indeed, the story of the attack and what U.S. military strikes in retaliation would achieve is a lot more...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 16, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Christopher A. Preble Source Type: blogs
America Is Nearly Alone on Iran Policy
The Trump administration continues to pursue an extremely confrontational policy toward Iran, and Washington finds itself increasingly alone in doing so. Even most of the traditional European allies show little enthusiasm for the U.S. approach. Indeed, many of them now are openly defying Washington’s wishes. As I discuss in a recentNational Interest Onlinearticle, such resistance has been building for some time, but the administration ’s newest actions have intensified the opposition. NATO governments are especially uneasy about Washington ’s decision todeploy B-52 bombers, sendan additional 1,500 troops to t...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 3, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Ted Galen Carpenter Source Type: blogs
What Does the Helium Shortage Mean for MRI?
Not only is Party City shutting down 45 stores in part because of the worldwide helium deficit, but medical imaging centers are also vulnerable to the short supply.The chemical element is a byproduct of natural gas production and the second-most common element in the universe. At one point the United States was the world ’s top helium producer, but got wrapped up in financial troubles and resorted to selling off its reserves in the late 1990s. Yet as of recently, Qatar, the world’s main producer of helium and claims 75 percentof global supply, was forced to stop exporting the gas after a handful of Middle Eastern coun...
Source: radRounds - May 17, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
DEFENSE DOWNLOAD: Week of 2/7/19
Welcome to the Defense Download! This new round-up is intended to highlight what we at the Cato Institute are keeping tabs on in the world of defense politics every week. The three-to-five trending stories will vary depending on the news cycle, what policymakers are talking about, and will pull from all sides of the political spectrum. If you would like to receive more f requent updates on what I’m reading, writing, and listening to—you can follow me on Twitter via @CDDorminey. “Sold to an ally, lost to an enemy, ” Nima Elbagir, Salma Abdelaziz, Mohamed Abo El Gheit, and Laura Smith-Spark. CNN broke a story...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 7, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Caroline Dorminey Source Type: blogs
American Weapons in Yemen: A Cautionary Tale
CNNbrokean important story today outlining how Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have intentionally transferred American-made weapons to violent non-state actors. Intended as a government to government sale, everything from American rifles to Oshkosh armored vehicles to TOW anti-tank missiles have made their way into the hands of “Al Qaeda-linked fighters, hard-line Salafi militias, and other factions waging war in Yemen. ”Although the extent of the problem in Yemen is disturbing, the illegal dispersion of American weapons is nothing new. And the fact that Saudi Arabia and the UAE are unreliable customers...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 5, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: A. Trevor Thrall, Caroline Dorminey Source Type: blogs
Top Digital Health Stories of 2018: From Amazon And Google To Gene-Edited Babies
Instead of mind-boggling inventions, 2018 was the year when national governments, as well as healthcare regulators, started to embrace digital health technologies at scale. The year when Google, Amazon, Apple or Microsoft competed head-to-head for the biggest chunks on the healthcare market, and when the buzzword of the year award went to the blockchain. Here’s our guide to the top digital health stories from last year.
2018: Under the spell of cosmos and microcosmos
Every year, The Medical Futurist team sits down and collects the top stories of the past 12 months in healthcare. We put the novelties under the microscope,...
Source: The Medical Futurist - December 11, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Business Future of Medicine Medical Professionals Patients Policy Makers Researchers Top Lists 2018 AI artificial intelligence artificial pancreas blockchain chatbot CRISPR deep learning diabetes digital health digital he Source Type: blogs
Update: How to Challenge Health Care Corruption Under a Corrupt Regime
Summary: the Corruption of Health Care Leadership as a Major Cause of Health Care DysfunctionAs we wrote in August, 2017, Transparency International (TI) defines corruption asAbuse of entrusted power for private gainIn 2006,TI published a report on health care corruption, which asserted that corruption is widespread throughout the world, serious, and causes severe harm to patients and society.the scale of corruption is vast in both rich and poor countries.Also,Corruption might mean the difference between life and death for those in need of urgent care. It is invariably the poor in society who are affected most by corruptio...
Source: Health Care Renewal - October 17, 2018 Category: Health Management Tags: anechoic effect conflicts of interest Donald Trump health care corruption regulatory capture Source Type: blogs
U.S. Whitewashes Saudi War Crimes
There are indications now that the Saudi Arabian government may havemurdered a prominent Saudi journalist who advocated domestic reforms and opposed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. A Turkish investigation concluded that a 15-member “preplanned murder team” killed Jamal Khashoggi when he was visiting the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Not surprisingly, Riyadh has flatly denied Turkey’s allegation, but that denial seems to have even less credibility than most Saudi statements. Khashoggi has contributed articles to theWashington Post and numerous other prominent Western news outlets, and he has an abundance of influenti...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 9, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Ted Galen Carpenter Source Type: blogs
Cord Blood and Your Family ’s Future
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Source: Cord Blood News - August 20, 2018 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: maze_cordadmin Tags: Cord Blood Cord Tissue parents Source Type: blogs
MSN (Entry Into Nursing) Heads to the UAE
RaeGina Covington, Ally Seal, and Hasmin Sherwin are exploring global health by completing their (MSN) Entry into Nursing practicum in the United Arab Emirates this summer, beginning their practice during Ramadan (May 27 to June 24). The fun thing about MSN (Entry into Nursing) is that it’s for students who did not previously study nursing.
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Source: Nursing Blogs at Johns Hopkins University - June 7, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Editor Tags: New Global health master's entry MSN practicum UAE Source Type: blogs
Profiles of Every Terrorism Vetting Failure in the Last 30 Years
In my newpolicy analysis released today, I identify 65 vetting failures where the visa vetting system allowed a foreign-born person to enter the United States as an adult or older teenager when they had already radicalized —80 percent occurred before 9/11. Just 13 vetting failures have occurred since 9/11, and only one—the last one (Tashfeen Malik)—resulted in any deaths in the United States. That’s one vetting failure for every 29 million visa or status approvals, and one deadly failure for every 379 million visa or status approvals from 2002 to 2016.As I note, 9/11 is reasonable point of analysis because after th...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 17, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: David Bier Source Type: blogs
Top 12 Companies Bringing Blockchain To Healthcare
Security, trust, traceability, and control – these are the promises of the blockchain, the technology with the most potential in healthcare at the moment. As these are highly attractive traits for storing sensitive health data or for the operation of supply chains, many companies aim to leverage its powers for healthcare. We collected the most promising enterprises here.
The buzzword of the year award goes to blockchain
It would be a big surprise if the buzzword of the year award would not go to blockchain in 2018. Although the technology is indeed a game-changer, the craze and hype around it remind some experts of the d...
Source: The Medical Futurist - March 27, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Security & Privacy AI artificial intelligence big data blockchain future genetics genomics Health health data health IT health market Innovation Personalized medicine Source Type: blogs
National Security: A Gateway Drug to Protectionism
Writing inThe Hill last week, retired Brigadier General John Adams declared global overcapacity in the aluminum sector to be a national security threat and urged President Trump to “impose meaningful relief” for domestic industry. With Trump widely expected to make a decision in the coming months—or perhaps even sooner—on whether to impose new restrictions on aluminum imports as part of aSection 232 investigation initiated last year, it ’s the type of argument we are likely to see more of in the weeks ahead. While no one should doubt the sincerity of Adams’ concern for U.S. national security, his description of...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 17, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Colin Grabow Source Type: blogs
Let ’s appreciate the growing landscape of digital brain health & enhancement: 177 experts and pioneers in 23 countries –and counting!
Registrants for the 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 5-7th) as of November 23rd, 2017
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Quick update on how registration stands for the upcoming 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit: Brain Health & Enhancement in the Digital Age (December 5-7th) — THANK YOU to everyone who has registered already
We are pleased to report that so far 177 experts, pioneers and practitioners are registered to participate. 130 seem to be based in the US and 47 abroad (based on IP address during registration), with the following country breakdown:
United States 130
Australia 7
Canada 7
Israel 5
United Kingd...
Source: SharpBrains - November 24, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Technology brain health innovation brain-enhancement Brain-health sharpbrains virtual conference virtual summit Source Type: blogs
