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 'congestion'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:39:50 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4758740&cid=t_372101_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FAL-eC2nmqmc%2F By George Scoville New research suggests that there has been more monetary and macroeconomic instability since the Federal Reserve’s inception than in the decades preceding it. New thinking about the usefulness of government programs will help us from restore fiscal balance and economic well-being in America. New geopolitical circumstances should make us wonder: why are we still a part of NATO? New Deal-era jurisprudence may soon be overturned as challenges to the Affordable Care Act reach the U.S. Supreme Court. New means of funding public roads will increase efficiency by confronting drivers with the costs of using them, and reducing congestion: Reminder: If you’re in the DC area, please join us this Friday at 4:00 p.m. Eastern for a special sneak preview of Free or Equal a... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4758740 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:01:48 +0100 4758740 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4382705&cid=t_372101_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2011%2F01%2Fsigns-symptoms-primary-omental-torsion%2F This rather uncommon condition occurs when the omentum becomes twisted along its longitudinal axis, as when wringing a dish towel. This torsion impedes venous outflow and causes venous congestion, edema, and infarct. Although signs and symptoms can be non-specific, the classic finding is sudden, right-sided onset of pain that is constant but of fairly short duration. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4382705 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 06:03:54 +0100 4382705 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4377559&cid=t_372101_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FWDHcDx3302k%2F By David BoazA new report says that traffic congestion is worse, and the American Public Transportation Association urges Congress to . . . spend more money on public transportation. Cato senior fellow Randal O’Toole has been challenging the received wisdom on traffic and mass transit for years. See his book Gridlock: Why We’re Stuck in Traffic and What to Do About It, and lots of other studies. In November he debated the head of the American Public Transportation Association at a Cato Policy Forum: The Traffic Congestion Problem is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4377559 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:25:41 +0100 4377559 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3993875&cid=t_372101_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FxPbRzK41R9o%2F By David BoazIt’s Car Free Day in Washington, and the traffic on I-66 was the worst in memory. Update: Link fixed. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3993875 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:19:28 +0100 3993875 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3629619&cid=t_372101_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FnQJOdjgZ0K4%2F By David BoazNot five months after Randal O’Toole discussed the idea of safe, efficient, driverless cars in his book Gridlock: Why We’re Stuck in Traffic and What to Do about It and in this full-page Wall Street Journal essay — but 71 years after Norman Bel Geddes first imagined the idea at the New York World’s Fair of 1939 — the Washington Post (in an article picked up from the New Scientist) and Scripps-Howard columnist Dale McFeatters (in the New York Post and elsewhere) are writing about the benefits of such advanced technology. As the Post puts it, Yet according to Jonas Ekmark, a researcher at Volvo headquarters near Gothenburg, Sweden, this is just the start. He says we are entering an era in which vehicles will also gather real-time information abo... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3629619 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:14:51 +0100 3629619 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2901533&cid=t_372101_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fcpap-therapy-reducing-nasal-congestion.html A new study from Ireland evaluated methods to improve nasal symptoms in people using CPAP therapy for obstructive sleep apnea. The results were published yesterday in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.The study involved 112 people; most of the participants were men. On average they were obese and had severe sleep apnea.They were randomly assigned to one of three CPAP therapy groups: dry CPAP, CPAP with a humidifier or CPAP with a nasal steroid spray.After one month of treatment, quality of life was improved in all three groups. Fatigue and daytime sleepiness also decreased. All groups used CPAP for an average of more than five hours per night.People who used “dry” CPAP were least likely to have itchy or watery eyes. But they were most likely to have nasal congestion. At the end of... Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2901533 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:57:00 +0100 2901533 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=757722&cid=t_372101_99_f&fid=35347&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cathryntonne.com%2F%3Fp%3D14 Unfortunately the odds of a congestion charging scheme, similar to that of London, being implemented in NYC just got longer. Last week the NY state senate, whose approval is required to implement the program, shelved the plan. The proposed pilot scheme was quite similar to London’s in spirit: drivers would be charged daily $8 for cars and $21 for trucks to travel below 86th St during working hours, Monday through Friday. Revenue generated through the scheme would be dedicated to transportation investment. The pilot program was one of the transportation initiatives proposed as part of PlanNYC 2030, a long-term sustainability plan for the city. Fingers crossed that the plan can be salvaged or that a similarly aggressive traffic management scheme in an American city will finally emerge. (... Cathryn's blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=757722 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:15:02 +0100 757722