MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'boot'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:25:35 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4622226&cid=t_214147_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fz1mnaiVYdgk%2F By Christopher PrebleNow he tells us. Max Boot, among the loudest proponents of military action against Muammar Qaddafi, reports in today’s NY Times that he “can’t stop worrying about everything that could go wrong.” Recognizing that Libya is so bitterly divided that it might not be appropriate to call it a country, Boot is suddenly concerned that “a long, seething history of rivalries among 140 tribes and clans,” could erupt into full scale civil war. Even if Boot gets his wish, and Qaddafi is ousted, he frets that “the tribes could fight one another for the spoils of Libya’s oil industry; as in Iraq, some could form alliances with Al Qaeda.” Boot concedes that Libya “has had an active Islamist movement that has sent many fighters to Iraq,” and warns that “the coll... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4622226 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:58:37 +0100 4622226 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4377669&cid=t_214147_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FfHS8WuIZZpw%2F I am writing to share some information about our third annual “Neuroscience Boot Camp,” which I think the readers of the SharpBrains blog will find interesting. The University of Pennsylvania announces their 3rd annual Neuroscience Boot Camp, July 31-August 10, 2011! Why Neuroscience Boot Camp? Neuroscience is increasingly relevant to a number of professions and academic disciplines beyond its traditional medical applications. Lawyers, educators, economists and businesspeople, as well as scholars of philosophy, sociology, applied ethics and policy, are incorporating the concepts and methods of neuroscience into their work. Indeed, for any field in which it is important to understand, predict or influence human behavior, neuroscience will play an increasing role. The Pe... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4377669 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:57:25 +0100 4377669 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4372029&cid=t_214147_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FP1z4bz7NXyk%2F By Justin LoganMax Boot is thinking about US military personnel training the Afghan security forces and feeling irritated: What irritates me about the whole situation is that it is the U.S. that has to pick up the tab. Our troops are already doing the bulk of the fighting. Why don’t our rich allies — e.g., Japan, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, France, Italy, Germany, Britain — pay for more of the cost of training? Some of those countries have made sizable troop contributions; others haven’t. But the U.S. has done more than any of them in terms of fighting the Taliban directly. Why do we have to do so much more than the rest of them in financing the Afghan Security Forces too? I should note that their failure to ante up should not be an excuse for us to walk away. This is not an act of altr... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4372029 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:21:19 +0100 4372029 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4330996&cid=t_214147_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FL8ZjvOmtF9U%2F By Christopher PrebleAs I discussed last week, Defense Secretary Robert Gates’s latest attempt to “cut” the Pentagon’s budget are phony. The Secretary would ideally like to see the $78 billion over five years in savings filtered elsewhere into the budget; meanwhile, the 2012 budget will actually grow. This hasn’t stopped uber-hawk Max Boot and a cadre of neocons from attempting to spin the Secretary’s announcement as the latest example of military downsizing that will make our services less prepared to deal with any conflict or international issue around the globe. I rebut Boot’s claims over at The Skeptics: In his latest offering at The Weekly Standard, Boot wails that the personnel cuts “will bring the Army’s active duty strength down to 517,000—still larger than it w... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4330996 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:09:15 +0100 4330996 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4203187&cid=t_214147_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F11%2F26%2Fscared-straight-not-really%2F “Controlled studies show that boot camp and “Scared Straight” interventions are ineffective, and even potentially harmful, for delinquents.” — Lilienfeld et al, 2010, p.225 ‘Scared Straight’ is a program designed to deter juvenile participants from future criminal offenses. Participants visit inmates, observe first-hand prison life and have interaction with adult inmates. These programs are popular in many areas of the world. The basic premise of these programs are that juveniles who see what prison is like will be deterred from future violations of the law — in other words, “scared straight.” “Scared Straight” emphasizes severity of punishment, but neglects two other key components of deterrence theory — certai... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4203187 Fri, 26 Nov 2010 12:50:48 +0100 4203187 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4097906&cid=t_214147_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FnaJcNTL0PJA%2F By Christopher PrebleYesterday, Prime Minister David Cameron announced Britain’s biggest defense cuts since World War II. The cuts affect the British military across the board. The Army will shed 7,000 troops; the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force will each lose 5,000 personnel; the total workforce in the Ministry of Defence, including civilians, will contract by 42,000. The Navy’s destroyer fleet will shrink from 23 to 19. Two aircraft carriers — already under construction — will be completed, but one of the two will be either mothballed or sold within a few years. Whether the one remaining flattop in the British fleet will actually deploy with an operational fixed-wing aircraft is an open question. They’ve decided to jettison their Harriers; a technological marvel ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4097906 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:56:31 +0100 4097906 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3764184&cid=t_214147_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F07%2F18%2Farmy-suicides-hit-all-time-high%2F For the month of June, the U.S. Department of Defense reported late last week that the number of soldiers who took their own lives — those who committed suicide — was an astonishing 32 individuals, 21 of whom were on active duty (but only one-third of those on active duty were serving in either Iraq or Afghanistan). This corresponds to the ongoing record-setting of the number of suicides in the past year — 245 who died in 2009 and the 145 who have committed suicide already in 2010. At the rate of suicides so far this year, 2010 will exceed 2009 in suicides. Who does the Army blame for this rise in suicides? Why, the people who commit suicide, of course, and the very culture they work to instill from Day One in boot camp. Tim Embree of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans o... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3764184 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:30:39 +0100 3764184 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3740566&cid=t_214147_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2F10-things-we-want-to-do-this-weekend-7%2F After a short week, the weekend came as a pleasant surprise to us here at Blisstree. But that doesn’t mean we don’t have a ton of things we want to fit in over the next few days: Have some chocolate. Even if it’s just a little square, we’ll be having a bite of chocolate this weekend. It was its birthday, we have to. It would be rude not to. Go camping. We’re ready to head out into the great outdoors and rough it for a night or two. But only with our eco-friendly camping supplies, of course. Read some foodie lit. We love reading about food almost as much as we love eating it (okay, maybe not that much). We might even read some good advice about how to eat well without gaining weight. Have a snack. Sometimes you just feel like snacking. We’ll be ... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3740566 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:39:48 +0100 3740566 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3408362&cid=t_214147_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FeycnW69TE8w%2F By Christopher PrebleMax Boot opines in today’s WSJ that ObamaCare is a threat to U.S. global military power, and, by extension, a threat to global security. I disagree. Because we should be seeking to offload some of the costs of policing the world, I hope that our current fiscal difficulties will force an ultimately worthwhile trade-off. To be clear, I share Boot’s disdain for this massive expansion of federal power. Similarly, I don’t dispute Boot’s characterization of the health care legislation as likely to impose a huge net cost. Rather, the central flaw in the piece is his unwillingness to think clearly about our government’s obligations to our citizens, and of other governments to theirs. The rationale whereby the U.S. government defends other countries, and U.S.... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3408362 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:48:03 +0100 3408362 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3398885&cid=t_214147_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F5a0uNjv8T7E%2F By Justin LoganThe U.S.-Israel relationship has been in the news a lot lately.  First, Israel humiliates the American Vice President by announcing an expansion of settlements in East Jerusalem during his trip to that country.  Then, Gen. Petraeus states in congressional testimony [.pdf] that the Israel/Palestine imbroglio “foments anti-American sentiment, due to a perception of U.S. favoritism for Israel,” which in turn creates a dynamic where “Al Qaeda and other militant groups exploit that anger to mobilize support.” For those with interest in the subject, Robert Wright’s piece on the New York Times’ website may be of interest.  Wright looks at how chauvinistically Gary Bauer, Max Boot, and Abraham Foxman define “pro-Israel” and writes I... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3398885 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:50:01 +0100 3398885 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3178813&cid=t_214147_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F01%2F16%2Fliving-oprah-live-your-real-life%2F I think I read too many books last year. Let me take that back. I didn’t read too many. Too many read me. I let them tell me my truth and how to accomplish it. I turned off my inner voice, my truth, as I read their words, so that they could tell me how to run my life. If a book told me that meditation could change my world view, I believed the author and felt badly about myself that I can’t seem to get beyond two seconds without thinking about the kids’ homework, or that the car has only enough gas to get to me their school, not back. If someone maintained that yoga was the answer to absolutely everything that was wrong in the world, I didn’t question that. I got out the whip and told myself that no wonder I struggled so much. I haven’t mastered my lotus pose... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3178813 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 10:30:14 +0100 3178813 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2842507&cid=t_214147_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FnPRKpXKkfxM%2F Max Boot, fellow for National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and perhaps one of America’s most radical neo-imperialists, eight years ago this month likened the Afghan mission to British colonial rule: Afghanistan and other troubled lands today cry out for the sort of enlightened foreign administration once provided by self-confident Englishmen in jodhpurs and pith helmets…This was supposed to be ‘for the good of the natives,’ a phrase that once made progressives snort in derision, but may be taken more seriously after the left’s conversion (or, rather, reversion) in the 1990s to the cause of ‘humanitarian’ interventions. [emphasis mine] Just yesterday, this “stay-the-course” proponent said President Obama should fight on in Afghanistan and properly r... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2842507 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:55:25 +0100 2842507 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2788705&cid=t_214147_101_f&fid=38969&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheemtspot.com%2F2009%2F09%2F10%2Fthe-2009-mda-drive%2F For my past two shifts I’ve been going out and helping with the annual firefighter MDA drive. You know what I’m talking about. We go out and get folks to put their spare cash and change in our fire boots under a ”Fill the Boot” banner. Fill the boot days can be long. They come in August to be in concert with the Jerry Lewis telethon. It’s a lot of time on the street and under the sun, but I feel like every minute is worth it. Working with the fill the boot project was one of my first experiences in charitable fund raising though I have gone on to do quite a bit more now for various causes. My experiences with the MDA fund raising encouraged me to do more charitable work. If you’ve never had the experience of going out and asking people to give in the n... The EMT Spot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2788705 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:00:41 +0100 2788705 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1984814&cid=t_214147_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F11%2F23%2Fpro-anorexia-groups-coming-out%2F For every mental health concern or mental disorder there is, you’d be surprised to learn there are people who are okay living with it. So much so, that some groups have come out in support of their disorder, helping reinforce their own and others’ behaviors. In a free society, we can’t stop such groups. But as they become more prevalent, they also become more well-known. And then some people get outraged that such groups could be “allowed” to exist, and all heck breaks loose. Newsweek has the story this week on one set of these groups, pro-anorexia (”pro-ana”) sites that help people with anorexia learn better ways to basically starve themselves. While these groups have existed online for over a decade (and probably longer), they’re now bec... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1984814 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:44:48 +0100 1984814 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=764995&cid=t_214147_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F07%2F29%2Ffor-heart-health-type-1-kids-must-move%2F Filed under: Type 1, Childhood, Lifestyle, Research, Exercise, ComplicationsA new report says physical activity is critical for kids with type 1 diabetes because it helps prevent heart trouble later in life. The German and Austrian researchers behind the study reached this conclusion after crunching the numbers for more than 23,000 kids between ages three and eighteen, comparing their health with activity levels. As you would expect, the most active kids had the healthiest hearts and lower levels of cholesterol and triglycerides. By comparison, thirty-six percent of children who were active only once or twice a week had high cholesterol and triglycerides. For type 1 kids, activity levels relate to HbA1c levels: fit children had lower HbA1c levels. High HbA1c levels in childhood practically... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=764995 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0100 764995