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 'immigrant'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:35:20 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934332&cid=t_245625_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F06%2F15%2Fcan-bad-journalism-impact-your-respect-for-journalists%2F Miller-McCune, whose tagline reads, “Smart journalism. Real solutions,” recently published an article entitled, Dumb Entertainment Can Have Impact Your IQ: Can Watching ‘Jackass’ Turn You Into One? (I am not making up that first part.) So you’d think it would be an article describing a study about the effects of either entertainment or watching a movie on one’s IQ. Except it’s nothing of the sort. The study described in the article looked at 81 college student responses to reading a story about a man with a directionless life, and then gave them a short, general knowledge survey the researchers made-up just for this study. If you’re having a hard time seeing how this relates to watching a movie or measuring one’s IQ, then you’re n... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934332 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:11:22 +0100 4934332 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3679750&cid=t_245625_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FXsYCxScVoto%2F By David BoazDespite the claims of immigration opponents such as Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, the rate of violent crime at the border and across Arizona has been dropping in the past few years, the New York Times reports — a fact you could have read here at Cato@Liberty back on April 27 and May 25. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3679750 Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:44:27 +0100 3679750 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3611880&cid=t_245625_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F05%2Fdeputy-surgeon-general-dr-david-rutstein-tours-illegal-immigrant-detention-facility%2F Acting deputy Surgeon General Dr. David Rutstein recently toured the Otay Mesa detention center outside of San Diego to investigate complaints that illegal immigrant detainees are not receiving topflight medical care while being held at the facility. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3611880 Sat, 29 May 2010 20:30:50 +0100 3611880 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3529769&cid=t_245625_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F0c_auXdTqak%2F By Daniel GriswoldIn a gutsy display for a newspaper, the Arizona Republic in a front-page editorial yesterday castigated the state’s top politicians for a failure of leadership on immigration. Prompting the editorial was the passage of Arizona’s tough new law making it a crime to be an illegal immigrant in the state. Under the banner headline, “STOP FAILING ARIZONA; START FIXING IMMIGRATION,” the state’s major newspaper fired with both barrels: We need leaders. The federal government is abdicating its duty on the border. Arizona politicians are pandering to public fear. The result is a state law that intimidates Latinos while doing nothing to curb illegal immigration. This represents years of failure. Years of politicians taking the easy way and allowing the debate to descend in... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3529769 Mon, 03 May 2010 19:51:02 +0100 3529769 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3475809&cid=t_245625_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FLb7UJy_Iev4%2F By Daniel GriswoldLawmakers in Arizona must believe the state’s law enforcement officers have too much time on their hands. A bill passed by the legislature yesterday will make it a misdemeanor to be in Arizona without proper immigration paperwork. It also directs Arizona police to question anyone about their immigration status if they have reason to suspect the person is in the country illegally. Failure to produce the proper documents could result in arrest, a $2,500 fine, and up to six months in jail. Making and enforcing immigration law is a federal responsibility. State and local police should focus their resources on preventing crime and apprehending real criminals who pose a danger to public safety. Police in Arizona seem to agree. According to an Associated Press report, [The bil... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3475809 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:51:10 +0100 3475809 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3008046&cid=t_245625_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fhpv-vacc-no-longer-a-must-u-s-immigrants%2F There was a huge uproar among women’s groups and immigration groups when news got out that the vaccine against some strains of human papillomavirus, which cause genital warts and may contribute to the development of cancer of the cervix, would be mandatory for any woman who wants to come to the United States to live permanently. What caused this uproar? The same requirement was not place on women who were American citizens. Granted, the United States has the right to make its own rules regarding what vaccinations people must have if they want to live within the U.S. borders. But, this isn’t a case of someone who may bring in a disease or someone living in a less prosperous country who may not have had the vaccines that we take for granted in North America. In the eyes of many, ... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3008046 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:33:18 +0100 3008046 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2160715&cid=t_245625_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F02%2F05%2Fwages-are-only-skin-deep-abstract%2F Joni Hersch recently posted a fascinating paper, titled “Color, Discrimination, and Immigrant Pay” on SSRN.  This is her latest paper in a larger set of articles on the topic.  Here’s the abstract. * * * In “Profiling the New Immigrant Worker: The Effects of Skin Color and Height,” (Journal of Labor Economics 2008), I present strong evidence of a wage penalty to darker skin color among new legal immigrants to the United States. Immigrants with the lightest skin color earn on average 17 percent higher wages than comparable immigrants with the darkest skin color, taking into account Hispanic ethnicity, race, country of birth, education, English language proficiency, family background, and occupation in the source country. This current paper demonstrates that ... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2160715 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:01:20 +0100 2160715 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1764352&cid=t_245625_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F09%2F05%2Fcolorblinded-wages-abstract%2F Joni Hersch, recently posted her intriguing paper, “Skin Color, Immigrant Wages, and Discrimination” on SSRN. Here’s the abstract. * * * Immigrant workers with darker skin color have lower pay than their counterparts with lighter skin color. Whether this pay penalty is due to labor market discrimination is explored using data from the New Immigrant Survey 2003 to estimate wage equations that control for skin color, sequentially taking into account a series of individual characteristics related to labor market productivity and personal background. These characteristics include Hispanic ethnicity, race, country of birth, education, family background, occupation in source country, English language proficiency, visa status, employer characteristics, and current occupation. T... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1764352 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:01:59 +0100 1764352 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1250438&cid=t_245625_154_f&fid=35946&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcanadianmedicine.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F02%2Ffor-canadian-doctors-refugee-care.html Being a doctor is hard work. But being a doctor to refugees? That’s quite possibly one of the most difficult medical assignments imaginable.In yesterday’s Calgary Herald, Terence Leung profiles three physicians who work with the Calgary Refugee Health Program: Lanice Jones, Lorraine Croft and program director Carolyn Pim.CALGARIAN AID“It's just a reminder of what we take for granted. For example, $6 million in Canadian health care is spent in about 17 minutes, whereas that kind of funding in a place like Laos will go to 2010,” Dr Jones told the Herald.“By chance you're born in Canada where we're not starving, freezing or anything. We feel obligated to give something back. For myself, you spend the first half of your medical career with your trade, whereas the second half goes to ... Canadian Medicine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1250438 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:54:00 +0100 1250438