Immigration Does Not Decrease Economic Freedom
Alex Nowrasteh
A common criticism of immigration reform (here, here, and here) is that it will decrease economic freedom in the United States, by increasing the voting pool for the Democratic Party. Leaving aside the issue of which party supports economic liberty, if any, it’s important to see what the actual impacts of immigration are on economic freedom in the United States and the world. The political effects of immigrants after they arrive are less certain than the economic benefits. Do immigrants decrease economic freedom in their new countries? The bottom line: fears of immigrants decreasin...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 8, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Alex Nowrasteh Source Type: blogs
MERS-CoV Cases Increase to 70 with 39 Fatalities
The number of MERS-CoV cases - the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus - have increased to 70. There have been a total of 39 deaths. The World Health Organization (WHO) says it has received lab-confirmed cases of MERS in the following countries: Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). France, Germany, Italy, Tunisia and the United Kingdom have reported cases, but these cases involved people who had been traveling in the Middle East.
A recent report said MERS spreads easier and is deadlier than SARS. This may turn out to be true, but it is also possible there are infected people with no sy...
Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - June 25, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: mers Source Type: blogs
Out of Industry Friday: Turkey and Social Media
Each Friday, we take time to look outside the digital industry and look at how social media is affecting something else in our world. We all saw the Arab Spring rise over the past few years where the youth of countries rose and overthrew dictatorships with the tools of social media. Now, another country is following suit. Turkey's people are voicing their oppositions to the commercialization of a park, and in turn the leadership of their Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and gaining fuel thanks to the power of social media.
The Huffington Post shines a spotlight on how social media is provi...
Source: ePharma Summit - June 14, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Tags: Out of Pharma Social Turkey social media ePharma Summit Source Type: blogs
A Middle East Aflame Needs Economic Freedom
Doug Bandow
The small Persian Gulf kingdom of Dubai is an oasis in a region aflame. Even NATO member Turkey has been inundated with protests.
The region’s best hope for the future is greater economic opportunity. It’s an issue that I recently discussed with businessman Waleed Moubarak of Alghanim Industries.
The Emirate of Dubai is one of seven kingdoms which make up the United Arab Emirates. The latter is a kingdom, not a democracy, which is reflected in its human rights record. However, the country is doing better on economics. Overall the UAE comes in at number 11 on the Economic Freedom of the World Index.
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Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 12, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Doug Bandow Source Type: blogs
Colovesical Fistula
Descending and sigmoid colon show multiple small diverticuli. Urinary bladder shows tiny dot of free air. Loop of sigmoid colon is very close to superior-lateral aspect of bladder with loss of fat interface. Features are s/o Colo-Vesical Fistula. Tract of fistula could not be visualized. Minimal fat stranding noted around. Collaborative ultrasound image also provided. Case Submitted by Dr Ravi Kadasne, senior radiologist at Emirates International Hospital Al-Ain, UAE.
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Source: Sumer's Radiology Site - May 28, 2013 Category: Radiologists Authors: Sumer Sethi Source Type: blogs
IVF/ICSI Success story for a man with globozoospermia
As a referral IVF clinic , we treat many patients who have failed IVF and ICSI cycles in other clinics. Here's a success story from such a couple.
Globozoospermia is a very rare condition , and most IVF clinics in the world will not be able to even properly diagnose this condition, leave alone manage such complex cases. While I am very proud of the fact that we helped our patient to achieve a pregnancy, I am even more proud of the fact that he has become an expert patient, who is very well-informed about his problem ! He now knows more about globozoospermia than most IVF specialists !
Here's his first person account.
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Source: The Patient's Doctor - May 13, 2013 Category: Obstetricians and Gynecologists Source Type: blogs
Physicians: Don’t take UAE jobs
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JOHANNESBURG — For Dr. Cyril Karabus, it was a routine job, albeit in an exotic location. For six weeks in 2002, he filled in for another doctor in Abu Dhabi, lured like many other foreign professionals by the big paychecks that doctors, bankers, lawyers and architects can earn in the United Arab Emirates and other Persian Gulf nations.
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A decade later, while Dr. Karabus was passing through Dubai on his way home to South Africa after attendin...
Source: GruntDoc - April 12, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: GruntDoc Tags: Medical Source Type: blogs
Diabetes in... Denmark
We're back with another edition of our Global Diabetes series, in which we've "traveled the world" to bring you the stories of people living with diabetes, from Germany and Spain to India and the United Arab Emirates. Today, Anja Nielsen joins us ... (Source: Diabetes Mine)
Source: Diabetes Mine - June 22, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Allison Blass Source Type: blogs
Living with Diabetes in... the United Arab Emirates
Welcome again to our ongoing series about living with diabetes around the globe. We're very excited to bring you this special account of life in the United Arab Emirates by Aisha AlQaissieh, a 25-year-old native of Abu Dhabi, the capitol of the co... (Source: Diabetes Mine)
Source: Diabetes Mine - April 5, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Allison Blass Source Type: blogs
My Regulatory Grand Tour
Like Johnny Cash said, “I’ve been everywhere” -- or at least it seems that way. Over the past few months I’ve visited with government health officials in China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Egypt, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Russia, Brazil, Columbia, South Africa, Kenya, and many other points in-between. And the only thing that’s grown more than my frequent flyer miles is my respect and admiration for those over-worked and under-appreciated civil servants toiling on the front lines of medicines regulation. (Source: drugwonks.com Blog)
Source: drugwonks.com Blog - September 6, 2007 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: blogs
