Archive for May 2024

Houses bought as speculative investments often lie vacant and in disrepair, eroding neighborhood conditions and blocking any community-led attempts at revitalization.

Inhaling fentanyl caused large sections of white matter in the patient’s brain to become inflamed to the point where he had lost consciousness and risked irreversible loss of brain function, or possibly death. Medical experts had documented previous cases caused by inhaling heroin, but the OHSU patient is believed to be the first documented case involving inhalation of illicit fentanyl.

Frankly, elder abuse reflects a decay of basic human rights in a major segment of our society. This type of neglect has many faces which may include physical, sexual, emotional, and psychological abuse. Victims are also commonly subjected to financial abuse, often losing savings, assets, homes, and other material property. Individuals may also be exposed to abandonment and loss of contact with family and friends.

Cigna tracks every minute that its staff doctors spend deciding whether to pay for health care. Dr. Debby Day (above) said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s how you hit your numbers,” Day said.

Biophilia is the innate love for and connection we feel to the natural world

However, there is yet another, less extensively documented trend: the growing emphasis placed on doctoral training internationally and globally, notably by international organisations such as the European Union (EU) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). What is the impact? Does the involvement of such organisations in shaping research career strategies change both the institutional governance framework and substance of doctoral policies?