Zimbabwe ’ s Neighbors Express Solidarity Against a False Enemy
The notion that sanctions are primarily responsible for the economic collapse in Zimbabwe is a useful fiction promoted by that country ' s authoritarian elite. In reality, the ruling party, in power for 39 years, has no one to blame but itself. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - October 24, 2019 Category: Health Management Authors: Jon Temin; Alexander H. Noyes; Mark Bellamy Source Type: blogs
Why Ethiopia Sailed While Zimbabwe Sank
At a time when outside powers are calibrating how they respond to political transitions around the world, the divergent paths of Ethiopia and Zimbabwe illustrate their precariousness and offer lessons for how the international community can support democratization processes in Africa and beyond. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - September 8, 2019 Category: Health Management Authors: Hilary Matfess; Alexander H. Noyes Source Type: blogs
Angels of Death
The news that somebody at a West Virginia VA medical center wasapparently murdering patients with insulin overdoses is the latest reminder of a phenomenon that occurs disturbingly often. The denominator of all the medical professionals in the world is obviously very large, so the dozens who have been identified as serial killers don ' t mean you are at notable risk, but still. Actually there must be many more since one of the perks of being a physician or a nurse is that you can get away with being a serial killer pretty easily.The most notorious is probably the British GP Harold Shipman,who killed at least 218 of his own ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - August 28, 2019 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Drum roll please … presenting this year ’ s winners of our F1000Prime Awards
Throughout the year our Faculty works tirelessly to ensure we never miss a notable article to help us stay on top of the literature. Therefore, each year it’s fitting that we recognise their valuable work by way of two types of award, namely our AFM Travel Grant Awards and Faculty Member of the Year Awards.
Whist, of course, we are grateful for all of the contributions each and every member of the F1000Prime Faculty makes, these awards acknowledge those who have made extraordinary contributions and whose recommendations have proved particularly popular and engaging throughout the year.
Thank you very much to our entire F...
Source: Naturally Selected - March 1, 2019 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Steven Lokwan Tags: F1000 Institutions Researchers Source Type: blogs
Asking Patients To Draw Their Illness Can Be Surprisingly Revealing
“an adult’s perceptions of how the heart has been affected by damage and blockages following a heart attack” – from Broadbent et al 2018 / 2004
By Christian Jarrett
Asking patients to draw the parts of their body affected by illness (and similar drawing challenges) can provide insights into how they think about their illness, the seriousness of their condition, and how well they are likely to cope, among other things. For instance, when people who had experienced a heart attack were asked on repeated occasions to draw their heart, an increase in the size of their drawings over time correlated with more anxi...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - January 17, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Health Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, October 22nd 2018
In this report, we propose that the molecular mechanisms of beneficial actions of CR should be classified and discussed according to whether they operate under rich or insufficient energy resource conditions. Future studies of the molecular mechanisms of the beneficial actions of CR should also consider the extent to which the signals/factors involved contribute to the anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor and other CR actions in each tissue or organ, and thereby lead to anti-aging and prolongevity.
RNA Interference of ATP Synthase Subunits Slows Aging in Nematodes
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Source: Fight Aging! - October 21, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Any and All Trend Projection Models Showing Slow, Incremental Future Increases in Longevity are Simply Wrong
This open access paper is an example of a model of future life expectancy that projects existing trends, with a little variation in here and there based on whether or not public health measures related to smoking and diet prove to be more successful or less successful. It predicts an average global increase in life expectancy of 4 to 5 years by 2040. In recent years I would have said that this is probably incorrect. I think we are at the point now in the development of rejuvenation therapies at which I can say that it is definitely incorrect. Any study that fails to consider progress in the treatment of aging as a medical ...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 18, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Trump Should Warn South Africa on Land Expropriations
According topress reports, South Africa ’s government has begun expropriating privately-owned farmland without financial compensation, thereby ignoring the post-apartheid political settlement, which allows for land redistribution in the country on a “willing buyer, willing seller” basis.Eighteen years ago, Zimbabwe embraced a similar policy. As a consequence, South Africa ’s northern neighbor’s economy collapsed and the country descended into penury and political violence. This scenario is likely to repeat itself in South Africa. An attack on property rights will result in the destruction of South Africa’s farm...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 20, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Marian L. Tupy Source Type: blogs
Socialist Experiments
In the summer of 1982, after the Cato Institute ’s week-long seminar at Dartmouth, I drove to Boston with one of the other attendees. Touring the city, we encountered a protest rally on Boston Common. I don’t remember just what the rally was about – probably the “nuclear freeze” or a general protest against nuclear weapons, which was a strong movement then. As we watched, a young woman approached and handed us flyers calling for socialism. “Like in Russia and China?” I asked her. Unwilling to defend those disastrous results, she responded “We’re more interested in the experiments currently going on in Zim...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 3, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: David Boaz Source Type: blogs
Tropical Travel Trouble 009 Humongous HIV Extravaganza
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The diagnosis of HIV is no longer fatal and the term AIDS is becoming less frequent. In many countries, people with HIV are living longer than those with diabetes. This post will hopefully teach the basics of a complex disease and demystify some of the potential diseases you need to consider in those who are severely immunosuppressed. While trying to be comprehensive this post can not be exhaustive (as you can imagine any patient with a low ...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - July 7, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Amanda McConnell Tags: Clinical Cases Tropical Medicine AIDS art cryptococcoma cryptococcus HIV HIV1 HIV2 PEP PrEP TB toxoplasma tuberculoma Source Type: blogs
New cross-cultural analysis suggests that g or “general intelligence” is a human universal
By Alex Fradera
Intelligence is a concept that some people have a hard time buying. It’s too multifaceted, too context-dependent, too Western. The US psychologist Edwin Boring encapsulated this scepticism when he said “measurable intelligence is simply what the tests of intelligence test.” Yet the scientific credentials of the concept are undimmed, partly because intelligence is strongly associated with so many important outcomes in life. Now Utah Valley University researchers Russell Warne and Cassidy Burningham have released evidence that further strengthens the case for intelligence being a valid and useful conce...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - April 24, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Cross-cultural Intelligence Source Type: blogs
Trypanosomiasis – Imported / Exported
Gideon follows cross-border Infectious Disease events in tabular form – including movement of infected animals, and outbreaks related to imported items. [1] The following list chronicles cases of African trypanosomiasis which were imported into South Africa, or were exported from Zambia. Further details and references are available from the author.
Acquired in Zambia.
1986 – An American tourist acquired trypanosomiasis in Zambia.
2000 – A British tourist acquired trypanosomiasis (nonfatal) in Zambia.
2001 – A British national acquired trypanosomiasis in Zambia.
2008 – A British tourist acq...
Source: GIDEON blog - January 12, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Dr. Stephen Berger Tags: Ebooks Epidemiology ProMED Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Financial And Political News Relevant To E-Health And The Health Sector In General.
November 23, 2017 Edition.-----Well the Don has come back from Asia proclaiming a brilliant success but with rather less conviction being expressed by most others!The main news this week and for the next week or so will be the attempt to pass some “Tax Reform”. Currently it is hard to know how that will play out but you can be sure the poor are unlikely to be better off after it is done – if it ever is.The main other issue has been a Senate Candidate who seems to be a child molester (9 women so far have complained) but he still thinks h e can elected! He is hoping to outTrump Trump!In the rest of the world things are...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - November 23, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
Prior Presidents ’ “Travel Bans” Are Different From President Trump’s Ban
President Trump ’stravel ban Proclamation that bans immigration and travel from seven countries (and limits it from an eighth) is based on authority in immigration law that other presidents have used. But all but one of these bans were quite different from President Trump ’s. They banned at most a few thousand—almost always specifically named—individuals based on their personal conduct, not their nationality. In the one exception, not all nationals were banned, and the requirements to end the ban were very clear. Neither of which can be said for the Trump ban.Different in ScaleNo president has attempted to ban as m...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 16, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: David Bier Source Type: blogs
