The Philippine Bus and Miss Universe

The Philippine Bus and Miss Universe   by Daniel Wagner on The Huffington Post This week two noteworthy events involving the Philippines made headlines: the botched rescue of Chinese tourists taken hostage by a disgruntled former policeman, and a botched response to a question by Miss Philippines in the finals for the Miss Universe contest. [...]

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Doctors Educated Outside U.S. Outperform Home-Grown Physicians

from Bloomberg U.S. patients of doctors who went to medical school outside the country and weren’t American citizens had a 9 percent lower death rate on average than those whose doctors trained at home, a study showed. The report, published today in the August issue of Health Affairs, tracked the performance of primary-care doctors, internists [...]

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