(2020-07-08). New York Times lays out conditions for Biden to debate Trump… or loophole to get Joe out of live sparring. rt.com 
Joe Biden is a stumbling speaker at the best of times, and Donald Trump is the insult king. With the two set to engage in three televised debates, the New York Times has decided that Biden needs an out. | "I worry about Joe Biden debating Donald Trump," New York Times opinion columnist Thomas Friedman wrote on Tuesday. Friedman is likely not the only liberal pundit sweating at the prospect. Donald Trump, for all his ineloquence, is a brutal debater, well used to ripping his opponents apart with off-the-cuff insults and jibes. Joe Biden, by contrast, mumbles and fumbles his way even through prepared statements,…
(2020-07-07). Fallacious Arguments Employed to Justify the Revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's Autonomy and Its Bifurcation. counterpunch.org The throes of pain, palpable on the face of the 3-year old child whose grandfather was killed in an exchange of fire between militants and Central Reserve Police Force personnel in Sopore, can lacerate the most hardened person. The palpable contrast between the enchanting beauty of Kashmir and the glazed eyes of its people is
(2020-07-07). Statins for Primary Prevention in the Elderly. jamanetwork.com An aging population brings considerable challenges for health care systems. The increase in disease burden and economic investment required for the care of older patients is in contrast with the minimal data available to guide optimal approaches to prevention and treatment. An area in major need of evidence-based pathways involves the prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) events in older individuals. The risk of ASCVD events increases substantially with age and is accompanied by an increase in poor outcomes among individuals with clinically manifest disease. The increasing number of older p…
(2020-07-06). [Research Paper] Prognostic factors associated with mortality risk and disease progression in 639 critically ill patients with COVID-19 in Europe: Initial report of the international RISC-19-ICU prospective observational cohort. thelancet.com The European RISC-19-ICU cohort demonstrates a moderate mortality of 24% in critically ill patients with COVID-19. Despite high ARDS severity, mechanical ventilation incidence was low and associated with more rescue therapies. In contrast to risk factors in hospitalized patients reported in other studies, the main mortality predictors in these critically ill patients were markers of oxygenation deficit, renal and microvascular dysfunction, and coagulatory activation. Elevated risk of bloodstream infections underscores the need to exercise caution with off-label therapies.
(2020-07-06). Nicaragua — Virtual Reality and Human Rights. globalresearch.ca Ever since January 2007, the Western human rights industry has attacked Nicaragua's Sandinista government for being undemocratic and repressive. For over a decade, Nicaragua's social and economic development and successive democratic elections repeatedly contradicted that mendacious narrative. Frustrated by Nicaragua's …