Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in Cambridge, may have found a combination of drugs that can relieve the pain of passing a kidney stone. They performed their study in pigs. Anyone who has ever passed a kidney stone knows that it can be a painful experience. Every year, over half a million… Read More »
Our research indicates that New Deal labor and industrial policies prolonged the Depression by seven years. In , severe droughts in the Southern Plains brought high winds and dust from Texas to Nebraska, killing people, livestock and crops. The common view among most economists is that Roosevelt’s New Deal policies either caused or accelerated the… Read More »
Years ago, I was camping in the Badlands of South Dakota, unaware of how low the temperature would drop at night. I woke up at 3:00 am with a deflated air mattress on the cold ground, shivering and in need of a toilet. I walked to the restroom, where I found a line of women… Read More »
Dive Brief: The Government Accountability Office in a new report said the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs could be more inclusive as it makes efforts to revamp its “antiquated” electronic health records system, in particular when handling stakeholder input on how its system should be deployed and operated. Of particular concern is that workshops held… Read More »