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 'hugo'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:20:38 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5174562&cid=t_298529_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2011%2F08%2Fvenezuelan-president-hugo-chavez-undergo-chemotherapy%2F Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has opted to remain in his country to complete his third round of chemotherapy for an unspecified “pelvic” malignancy. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5174562 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 17:23:18 +0100 5174562 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4975835&cid=t_298529_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fix6HLAliazk%2F By Juan Carlos HidalgoRumors abounded this weekend about Hugo Chávez’s apparent critical health condition. The Nuevo Herald reported that the Venezuelan president could be suffering from prostate cancer. On June 9, while visiting Cuba, Chávez fell ill and was treated for a “pelvic abscess.” Since then, the loquacious caudillo, who for over a decade has flooded Venezuelan airwaves with endless TV addresses, has been conspicuously out of sight. All we have is a picture released to the media showing a frail Hugo Chávez holding onto Fidel Castro (aged 84) and his brother Raúl (aged 80). Speculation increased on Saturday after Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s Foreign Relations Minister, said that Chávez was waging a “great battle for his health” while admitting that he wasn’t... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4975835 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:39:49 +0100 4975835 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4455250&cid=t_298529_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FgCjkWeRPXdw%2F By Juan Carlos HidalgoNew Wikileaks cables have surfaced on the role of U.S. Ambassador to Honduras Hugo Llorens in the aftermath of the constitutional removal of Manuel Zelaya from power and the subsequent presidential election in that country. Written by Llorens himself, the cables show a disturbing pattern of interference and bullying from the U.S. diplomat in Honduras’s internal affairs. The cables describe several meetings that Llorens had with Honduras’ president Porfirio Lobo after the general election of November 2009. In all instances, Lobo visited Llorens in his office or residence, not the other way around. During the meetings, they discussed the confirmation of Lobo’s cabinet, as well as the circumstances under which Roberto Micheletti—who replaced Zelaya as preside... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4455250 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:24:26 +0100 4455250 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3998957&cid=t_298529_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FuxX3-RYN1S8%2F By Juan Carlos HidalgoVenezuelans go to the polls on Sunday for a legislative election that will test the extent to which democracy still exists in their country. It’ll be the 13th election since Hugo Chávez became president in 1998 (these include constitutional referenda, gubernatorial, legislative and presidential elections, as well as a recall vote). Some would say that all these elections prove that Venezuela is a true democracy. I would argue that democracy means more than simply voting. It involves separation of powers, constitutional checks and balances, and freedom of the press. None of these exists in Venezuela anymore. Even the electoral process is deeply flawed. Just as in previous elections, nobody expects the vote on Sunday to be fair: Independent international observers ha... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3998957 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:05:13 +0100 3998957 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3895864&cid=t_298529_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FB6ErUYV_3rM%2F The New York Times highlights today the increasing plight of violence that besets Venezuela. The headline couldn’t be blunter: “More Killings in Venezuela than Iraq.” It’s a gruesome reminder of what Hugo Chávez’s “Socialism of the 21st Century” has delivered to the Venezuelan people. Some Venezuelan officials deny that there is a rise in crime altogether claiming it is part of a media campaign to discredit the government (they have coined the expression “media pornography” to refer to crime coverage, thus setting the semantic stage for censoring it). However, among the most plausible causes behind the national spike in crime, some government advisers point to an overall increase in violence in the region. According to this theory, not only Venezuela is suffe... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3895864 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:34:51 +0100 3895864 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3880826&cid=t_298529_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fk2NKRo9Lezk%2F More than 16,000 murders occurred in Venezuela in 2009. That compares with 4,550 homicides reported in 1998, the year Hugo Chavez was elected president. The fact that Venezuela now has one of the world’s highest violent crime rates underscores the Chavez revolution’s utter neglect of the basic and proper functions of government. Yet the problem is downplayed by the government, which inexplicably blames capitalism and poverty even though official figures show a fall in poverty rates. As if to highlight the government’s insensitivity, the president of state-run TeleSUR TV station recently laughed off the problem in a widely-seen CNN interview. Last week, El Nacional newspaper published this graphic front-page photo of crime victims in a morgue. The official response from a government-c... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3880826 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:21:08 +0100 3880826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3776365&cid=t_298529_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FaqexA54r2qY%2F By Juan Carlos HidalgoSince Hugo Chávez promised last year to shut down Globovisión—Venezuela’s last independent TV station—it’s only been a question of when and how he will try to fulfill his pledge. A dictator can’t tolerate a free press, and Globovisión’s critical and independent coverage has long been a thorn in Chávez’s side. However, shutting down Globovisión would’ve been an abrupt move that would have drawn international condemnation around the world, and it would’ve made life harder for those international leaders who still claim that Venezuela is a democracy, such as Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Spain’s Prime Minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza. Yet Chávez could ill afford having an in... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3776365 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:01:22 +0100 3776365 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3746722&cid=t_298529_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fp4r7WV6GzEs%2F By Ian VasquezJackson Diehl and Mary O’Grady write today in the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal, respectively, about Guillermo Zuloaga, critic of Hugo Chavez and owner of Globovision TV, the only remaining independent TV station in Venezuela. Zuloaga has become an international symbol of press freedom as he and his station have come under increasing government harassment, especially in the past year. Last month, a Chavez controlled court issued an arrest warrant for Zuloaga and his son, and they went into hiding. In March, Zuloaga was arrested briefly for having spoken critically of the Venezuelan regime at an international conference. The government accused the Globovision head of criticizing the president and poisoning the minds of Venezuelans. Chavez has promised to shut down ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3746722 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:44:04 +0100 3746722 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3632258&cid=t_298529_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FW3E_vSN8ivw%2F By Daniel GriswoldThirty-nine members of Congress from both major parties sent a letter to President Obama this week urging him to seek passage of the long-stalled free trade agreement with our South American ally Colombia. The agreement to eliminate trade barriers between our two countries was signed in November 2006, but under the influence of their trade-union allies, Democratic leaders in the House have refused to even allow a vote. As signers of the letter point out (go here for a Cato analysis), the agreement would be good for our economy and good for U.S. foreign policy.  So far, the delay in passage has forced U.S. exporters to Colombia to pay $2.7 billion in extra duties that would have been eliminated if the agreement had become law. The bipartisan supporters also rightly note t... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3632258 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:47:02 +0100 3632258 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3573674&cid=t_298529_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FoHVrg3rQQGY%2F By Ian VasquezThe accomplishments of Venezuela’s “Socialism of the 21st Century” are looking very much like those of old-fashioned socialism with basic goods shortages, high inflation, negative growth, blackouts, water rationing, the persecution of Hugo Chávez’s critics, plus skyrocketing crime. Now Chávez is accusing his enemies of sabotaging his TV and Radio program, “Alo Presidente” because it suffers from continuous technical problems on the air, including sound interruptions and the loss of the satellite signal. An upset Chávez observes: ”The problems are very frequent here, almost every day. I don’t understand how you have so much equipment, so much technology…. By contrast, you see the private channels and that doesn’t happen…. And for me it’s almost ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3573674 Mon, 17 May 2010 16:43:49 +0100 3573674 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3487039&cid=t_298529_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_DRd7kaHz24%2F By Ian VasquezThe presidential election in Chile that brought Sebastián Piñera to power last month was good news for Chile and the region. It confirmed once again that Chile is Latin America’s most modern country, one in which Chileans chose a center-right candidate to lead the country after 20 years of center-left governments that by and large stuck to the free-market model set in place in the 1970s and 1980s and that has made the country one of the most economically free in the world. In Chile, what’s at stake in presidential contests is not a radical change of the rules of the game, but rather policies that build on or depend on high growth. Chile’s mature democracy and economy serve as a model for Latin America. But in just over a month of being in office, Piñera has made two ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3487039 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:48:06 +0100 3487039 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3408360&cid=t_298529_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FxTxCaenBmaE%2F By Ian VasquezToday, the Venezuelan government arrested Guillermo Zuloaga, president of Globovision Television, the only remaining television on public airwaves critical of Hugo Chavez. According to the government, Zuloaga made offensive comments about Chavez (which is against the law in Venezuela) while speaking at a conference of the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) in Aruba, where media representatives criticized the Venezuelan regime’s crackdown on freedom of speech. Globovision and Zuloaga have been under constant harassment from the government, and Chavez has promised to close the station. Last July, Cato held a forum in Washington on “Venezuela’s Assault on Freedom of the Press and Other Liberties,” which was to feature Zuloaga. After the event was announced, however... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3408360 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:38:13 +0100 3408360 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3306826&cid=t_298529_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FQeZLx8BeJR0%2F By Ian VasquezA report (PDF) released today by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights condemns in well documented form the growing violation of human rights under the regime of Hugo Chavez. The 302-page study is yet another confirmation of the multitude of ways in which individuals, NGOs, union leaders, politicians, activists, businessmen, students, judges, the media and others who disagree with Venezuelan government policies are targeted by the government and its supporters through intimidation, arbitrary use of administrative and criminal law, and sometimes violence and homicide. Among the many cases it documents, the report describes how the government last year shut down a publicity campaign in defense of private property run by our colleagues at the free-market think tank CEDIC... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3306826 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:44:59 +0100 3306826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3235832&cid=t_298529_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FRjT19raMdZk%2F By Chris Moody Obama’s budget and the $1 trillion mistake. Interesting: Would John Maynard Keynes  be a “Keynesian” if he were alive today? Justin Logan on the rise of government and central control: “The factor that explains the largest share of the centralism and growth of the American state is war.“ What we can learn from Hugo Chavez: “The lesson for all of us, north and south of the border, is watch our presidents closely, and check them when they try to slip their constitutional bonds.” “Stimulus Means More Meddling in Education” featuring Adam B. Schaeffer. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3235832 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:58:15 +0100 3235832 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3044737&cid=t_298529_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FhKDu3YrEbac%2F One of the big losers from yesterday’s successful election in Honduras has been Brazil’s president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who demonstrated that under his presidency, Brazil is not ready to play a positive leadership role in the hemisphere. Not only did Lula seem to be complicit in smuggling deposed Honduran president Manuel Zelaya into the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa—an irresponsible move that risked the possibility of major confrontations and bloodshed in that country—but he stubbornly refuses to recognize yesterday’s election as legitimate. Lula’s grandstanding has nothing to do with a supposed commitment to democracy, of course. After all he continues to lavish praise on the Castro brothers’ dictatorship in Cuba, has said that Hugo Chávez is the best president V... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3044737 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:37:03 +0100 3044737 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3023103&cid=t_298529_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fcl_3Rv3NzC8%2F Sunday marked the third anniversary of the signing of a free trade agreement between the United States and Colombia. It is an embarrassment to our great nation that this agreement with an important Latin American ally still sits on the shelf three years later, a victim of congressional trade politics. As my Cato colleague Juan Carlos Hidalgo and I argued in a 2008 Free Trade Bulletin, and as I wrote in a more recent op-ed, the FTA with Colombia is a win-win for Americans. It fully opens the Colombian market and its 44 million pro-American consumers to our exports, while deepening our ties with one of our most dependable allies in the Western Hemisphere. The AFL-CIO and other opponents of the agreement demand that Colombia further reduce violence against trade unionist before approval can b... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3023103 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:33:31 +0100 3023103 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2934654&cid=t_298529_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FvBIYaaFKxhQ%2F A new poll in Venezuela shows that President Hugo Chávez’s approval ratings have fallen from about 60 percent early this year to 46 percent now. Likewise his disapproval ratings have increased from about 30 percent earlier in the year to 46 percent now, and 59 percent of those polled view the country’s situation negatively. Despite having received upwards of $800 billion in revenues during Chávez’s ten years in power, the government is doing a dismal job of carrying out its proper functions—such as controlling crime or corruption—and public administration in other areas is deteriorating. Chávez recently announced regular cuts in electricity and water provision. (These issues will be discussed in an upcoming Cato forum on Venezuela on November 10.) As domestic conditions deteri... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2934654 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:06:06 +0100 2934654 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2894689&cid=t_298529_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FrAbaB3MBQM0%2F Dr. Hsien Lei of the DNA Network informed us about a new blog launch, HUGO MATTERS from the International Human Genome Organization (HUGO). The HUGO is a group of scientists involved in genetic and genomic research whose aims are to assist coordination of research and foster collaboration of scientists. HUGO Matters will be a central hub for HUGO’s HUGO’s social networking efforts. Readers can discuss relevant topics in genomics including research, ethics, social issues and even education, according to HUGO president Prof. Edison T Liu. As part of the blog launch, HUGO is offering a free meeting registration at the HUGO Genomics and Ethics, Law and Society Symposium in Switzerland on November 1- 3. Check out this page for details. And if you are attending the 59th Annual American ... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2894689 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:58:26 +0100 2894689 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2712207&cid=t_298529_117_f&fid=34808&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthebeautybrains.com%2F2009%2F08%2F19%2Fyou-can-pick-your-nose-but-would-your-nose-pick-hugo-boss%2F Mid Brain reports: Call me a geek, but I dream of the day when we invent an electronic nose that’s better than our own nostrils. Well, now my dream has come one step closer to reality:  Science Daily reports that the smelling range of electronic noses has been dramatically improved through a program that compares their readings to what is arguably the best nose of all – the common housefly. Super Fly According to the article the scientists evaluated “how the most common type of e-nose sensors – metal oxide or ‘MOx’ receptors – sample the air around them. This is a critical factor in the performance of all noses. We then compared it with the performance of odorant receptors from the common house fly, Drosophila.” The researchers say that this new system all... thebeautybrains.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2712207 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:01:20 +0100 2712207 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2653670&cid=t_298529_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F-UiIiUq-uZs%2F A Venezuelan court has prohibited Guillermo Zuloaga, president of Globovision Television, from traveling to Washington, D.C. where he was scheduled to deliver an address tomorrow at the Cato Institute. Zuloaga and his network have been openly critical of the Hugo Chavez government, and as a result have endured harassment from authorities as Chavez attempts to place television and radio networks under government control or shutter them completely. As a result, the Cato forum will now feature the vice-president of Globovision TV, Carlos Alberto Zuloaga, and Rafael Alfonzo, president of CEDICE, Venezuela’s leading market-liberal think tank, with comment by Robert Rivard, of the Inter American Press Association. Mr. Alfonzo will discuss how CEDICE and other members of civil society are comin... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2653670 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:36:17 +0100 2653670 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2527762&cid=t_298529_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FgYWp_-MLJEA%2F How come President Obama can find time to call and congratulate Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa on his reelection (someone who has said that he prefers “a thousand times” to be a friend of Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez than to be an ally of the United States) but can’t find time to meet with, or at least issue a statement supporting, Cuban dissidents at the White House as his predecessors did? (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2527762 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:43:26 +0100 2527762 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2527767&cid=t_298529_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FZ1ho7MFDigU%2F A serious institutional crisis is taking place in Honduras as a result of President Manuel Zelaya’s call for a new constitution that would allow for his reelection. Zelaya, a close ally of Hugo Chávez, is barred from pursuing a second term in the general elections in November. Unfortunately for Zelaya, he doesn’t have the backing of his own party, much less any other major political group. So he has moved unilaterally to call for a referendum on the need for a new constitution. The vote, which is scheduled for this Sunday, has been declared illegal by the Supreme Court and the Electoral Tribunal, and condemned by the Honduran Congress and attorney general (whose office is not part of the cabinet in Honduras). Despite the widespread institutional opposition to his plans, Zelaya is push... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2527767 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:59:42 +0100 2527767 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2477539&cid=t_298529_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FRQzXZbt1CkE%2F Mary O’Grady writes in today’s Wall Street Journal on the Kirchners’ threats to press freedom in Argentina. Unfortunately, the attack on free expression is part of a worrying trend that is intensifying in some of the region’s populist countries. For more, see Gabriela Calderón’s post on Ecuador here; and my posts on Ecuador and on Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s efforts to close down Globovision TV here and here. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2477539 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:31:39 +0100 2477539 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441162&cid=t_298529_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FaMWIjAh3UkY%2F “We don’t want Venezuela to become a totalitarian communist state,” declared Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa yesterday in Caracas at the opening of a major conference organized by the market-liberal think tank, CEDICE. I’m in Venezuela this week with my Cato colleagues Juan Carlos Hidalgo and Gabriela Calderon to participate in the event and to run a seminar for 60 students and young leaders from Venezuela, which took place earlier this week. Vargas Llosa’s concern is not about some remote possibility. Nor is it the opinion of an isolated intellectual detached from reality. His comments received sustained applause from the over-flow crowd of the 600 people in attendance and he has been mobbed by the press since he arrived here yesterday. Venezuela is not yet a full fledged d... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441162 Fri, 29 May 2009 20:03:32 +0100 2441162 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441180&cid=t_298529_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F0fd4uSiEySI%2F The Cato Institute media department sent this press release to media outlets in Latin America, after the Venezuelan government tried to shut down a Cato-sponsored conference this week: CAUCAGUA, VENEZUELA—A Cato Institute educational seminar fell victim to an attempt by the Venezuelan government to shut it down for expressing ideas critical of the Chavez regime. Numerous Venezuelan government agencies harassed the Cato Institute event, called Universidad El Cato-CEDICE, or “Cato University,” which took place in Caucagua, Venezuela May 24-26. The event is co-sponsored by the Venezuelan free-market think tank Centro de Divulgación del Conocimiento Económico por la Libertad (CEDICE) and was organized to teach and promote the classical liberal principles of limited government, individu... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441180 Wed, 27 May 2009 18:05:43 +0100 2441180 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2307461&cid=t_298529_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsandnsurf.medbrains.net%2F2009%2F03%2Fjack-barnes-and-the-irukandji-enigma%2F In 1964, Jack Handyside Barnes, his nine year-old son, and a local surf lifesaver were rushed to Cairns Base Hospital after developing Irukandji syndrome. Thus the riddle of what caused Irukandji Syndrome was solved; years of detective work had reached its climax in a dramatic and decisive episode of self-experimentation. Jack Barnes was both a [...] (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2307461 Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:00:05 +0100 2307461 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2255998&cid=t_298529_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FxYhBDG6ePHk%2F El Salvador is becoming an economic success story in Central America, says Cato scholar Juan Carlos Hidalgo. Since 1992, the country has undertaken an aggressive program of liberalization that has transformed its economy and yielded major improvements in various socioeconomic areas. In a new study, Hidalgo explains how El Salvador “is showing the rest of the region how economic freedom can pave the way for development and how globalization offers great opportunities for developing countries that are willing to implement a coherent set of mutually supportive market reforms.” In today’s Cato Daily Podcast, Hidalgo explains how despite recent economic reforms, next week’s election in El Salvador could end with a  government that has great admiration for the policies o... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2255998 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:26:12 +0100 2255998 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=922080&cid=t_298529_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F164229497%2F Taking a page from Consumer Reports, a former Quintiles exec this week will be launching a new web site that provides consumers with risk info about their meds in the form of color-coded rankings. Called iGuard, the venture is designed to take the mystery out of the time-consuming and often confusing process of learning whether a drug is safe enough to take. The site relies on the latest medical info and a user’s personal health data to generate a ranking. A red 5, for instance, may be the equivalent of placing an Al-Qaeda pill in your body. “The model came from the car industry. Most consumers don’t get a phone call from a pharmacist or doctor (about safety info). It’s left up to them to determine how actively they want to look up info…So if you look at drug ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=922080 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:05:01 +0100 922080 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=650614&cid=t_298529_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D5044 Chávez Looks at His Critics in the Media and Sees the Enemy “Sound the alarm in the hills, slums and towns to defend our revolution from this new fascist attack,” President Hugo Chávez said in a nationally televised speech this week as his government was under siege by student protests over his decision to take [...] (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=650614 Sat, 02 Jun 2007 03:45:55 +0100 650614 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=644625&cid=t_298529_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D5017 A woman supporter of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez displays a doll representing Chavez during a demonstration organized by Venezuela’s embassy in Managua, Sunday May 27, 2007. The demonstration was to support Chavez’s decison of not renewing the license to broadcast of RCTV, Radio Caracas Television channel, the sole opposition-aligned TV station with nationwide reach. The [...] (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=644625 Wed, 30 May 2007 19:01:10 +0100 644625 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=644618&cid=t_298529_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D5024 An opponent to the Venezuelan government waves a flag in front of the police during a protest 28 May 2007, in Caracas, in the aftermath of the closure of private network RCTV (Radio Caracas Television). The United States called on Venezuela’s leftist president, Hugo Chavez, Tuesday to reverse his decision to close the country’s oldest [...] (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=644618 Wed, 30 May 2007 19:01:10 +0100 644618