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"Poor Sit-to-Stand Performance in Adolescent and Young Adult Patients w" by Savannah V Wooten, Behrang Amini et al.
Abstract Background: Adolescents and young adult (AYA) patients with sarcoma are at heightened risk of reduced physical capacity and disease-related weakness. Sit-to-stand (STS) performance correlates with lower extremity functionality and activities of daily living; however, little is known regarding the relationship between muscular status and STS performance in patients with sarcoma.
Deadly and Imminent: The Pentagon’s Mad Dash for Silicon Valley’s AI Weapons
Report Summary One year into its flagship Replicator initiative, the Department of Defense has still not clarified whether it is fast-tracking AI-empowered weapons designed to kill on the battlefield. The uncertainty around the program’s parameters exists by design, as the Pentagon cultivates strategic ambiguity. The Pentagon wants to prove that it can innovate quickly.
Early Skeletal Muscle Loss in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients Treated With Anthracycline Chemotherapy
BACKGROUND: Early skeletal muscle loss has been observed in adolescent and young adult (AYA) sarcoma patients undergoing treatment. Identification of individuals within the AYA populace that are at greatest risk of anthracycline-induced skeletal muscle loss is unknown.
Lawmakers still benefitting from share trading in defense stocks
While insider trading on the stock market had long been illegal for you, me, and Martha Stewart, the law did not apply to members of Congress gleaning inside information from their congressional perches and cashing in - not until 2012. A series of insider trading scandals forced a reluctant Congress finally to pass the STOCK Act, making it illegal for lawmakers to trade on inside information.
A.I. Joe: The Dangers of Artificial Intelligence and the Military
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and the military-industrial complex are rushing to embrace an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven future. There’s nothing particularly surprising or inherently worrisome about this trend. AI is already in widespread use and evolving generative AI technologies are likely to suffuse society, remaking jobs, organizational arrangements and machinery.
Early skeletal muscle loss in adolescent and young adult cancer patients treated with anthracycline chemotherapy
1 INTRODUCTION There is a paucity of research on the impact of cancer treatment on musculoskeletal health during and shortly after treatment in adolescent and young adults (AYAs, age 15–39 years at diagnosis) with cancer. Although prior studies have focused on musculoskeletal late effects, up to 20 years after chemotherapy, it is vital to direct attention to muscle degradation prevention via early identification of at-risk AYAs during early cancer treatment.
Military-Industrial Complex Clinches Nearly 450,000% Return on Investment
Protecting Democracy [1] Making Government Work [2] Consumer & Worker Safeguards [3] Safe & Affordable Drugs & Devices [4] Prescription drugs are unaffordable and new drugs and devices often are approved without being proven safe and effective. Public Citizen challenges Big Pharma, device manufacturers and federal regulators to make drugs and medical devices safe, effective and accessible to all.
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Dear white conservatives
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington Dreamstime When you're right, you're right. And you are definitely right about that quote from Martin Luther King. When he stood at the temple of Lincoln in 1963 and declared his dream "that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character," he surely spoke a word for the ages. Your fondness for that word has not gone unnoticed. How could it?
Bruce Kaskubar: On MLK and 'slave drivers'
Bruce Kaskubar Monday, June 21, 2021, in Rochester. (Joe Ahlquist / jahlquist@postbulletin.com) “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” ― Martin Luther King, Jr. It’s the month in which we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Unfortunately, his work, beliefs, and messages seem to be forgotten by too many. His approach and philosophy were dignified and righteous. His fight was truly about human rights. Today’s social justice warriors, not so much.
Sara Lassig: Stewartville schools' mask stance is ill-advised
As a parent of children in the Stewartville School District, a health care professional who has supported families through the death of loved ones from COVID-19, and a community member, I was stunned and disappointed by the actions of the Stewartville School Board on Jan. 10 . Across the country, state, and nearby localities, public and private entities are tightening up COVID protocols and mitigation measures in light of the current surge.
Commentary: Rein in runaway Pentagon spending
Why do we continue to spend billions of federal funds on expanding an already bloated military? Aren’t there better things — like health care, housing and the environment — we could be spending that money on? Congress doesn’t seem to think so. Despite a year of negotiations over President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better spending plan, Republicans and Democratic holdouts like Sen.
Rein in runaway Pentagon spending Original
Why do we continue to spend billions of federal funds on expanding an already bloated military? Aren’t there better things – like health care, housing and the environment – we could be spending that money on? Congress doesn’t seem to think so. Despite a year of negotiations over President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better spending plan, Republicans and Democratic holdouts like Sen.
Rein in Runaway Pentagon Spending
Why do we continue to spend billions of federal funds on expanding an already bloated military? Aren’t there better things — like health care, housing and the environment — we could be spending that money on? There are no greater threats to national security right now than the pandemic and fast-approaching catastrophic climate change. Congress doesn’t seem to think so. Despite a year of negotiations over President Biden’s Build Back Better spending plan, Republicans and Democratic holdouts like Sen.
Prehabilitation program composed of blood flow restriction training and sports nutrition improves physical functions in abdominal cancer patients awaiting surgery
Abstract Introduction The impact of prehabilitation remains controversial due to a short presurgical waiting period and the diminished capacity of the patient population. A strategy to augment and optimize the effectiveness of prehabilitations for abdominal cancer patients may be found in the unlikely field of sport science.
Rethinking the Military Budget Amid the Coronavirus Crisis
Click here to read the full article. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. So why does the U.S. government cling to a “national security” strategy that has never, and can never, make its people truly secure? For decades, America’s modus operandi has been to chase military and economic superiority at any cost, even at the expense of its own well-being. It didn’t make sense before the global pandemic, but now it is truly, well, insane.
Rethinking the Military Budget Amid the Coronavirus Crisis
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. So why does the U.S. government cling to a “national security” strategy that has never, and can never, make its people truly secure? For decades, America’s modus operandi has been to chase military and economic superiority at any cost, even at the expense of its own well-being. It didn’t make sense before the global pandemic, but now it is truly, well, insane.
The Energizer Bunny temporarily runs out of juice - Responsible Statecraft
Blackwater USA Chief Executive Erik Prince swears in before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on security contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan on Capitol Hill in Washington October 2, 2007. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES) One thing about endless wars is that they don’t happen out of the blue. They are not a natural phenomenon. They need to be created, nurtured, and sustained to achieve that perfect sense of hopelessness and despair.
Trump’s proposed budget is fuel for American militarism - Responsible Statecraft
If a budget is a moral document, President Trump’s FY2021 budget proposal is a dark tell-all. Released this week to outcry from experts and advocates alike, the document underscores the president’s overt contempt for the most vulnerable in our society and consistent failure to plan for the real human security needs of the 21st century. The total proposed budget is a record $4.8 trillion, up from the $4.74 trillion approved budget from last year.
Burr and Tillis must call for end of U.S. involvement in Yemen
Senators Mike Lee (R-UT), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Chris Murphy (D-CT), an unlikely alliance of senators, have introduced legislation invoking the War Powers Resolution in order to end military involvement of the U.S. in Yemen. This moment is monumental: this week, the Senate will hold the first ever vote to withdraw U.S. forces from a war that was never authorized by Congress.
Medicaid 'Coverage Gap' Worse in Rural
Medicaid ‘Coverage Gap’ Worse in Rural Two thirds of rural residents who lack health insurance live in states that have not expanded Medicaid, putting rural Americans at a greater risk of falling into the health-care coverage gap. Rural residents who don’t have medical insurance are disproportionately affected by state decisions not to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, reports a Kaiser Family Foundation research brief.
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