Day: February 3, 2016

Book Review: Neurosurgical Operative Atlas: Vascular Neurosurgery, 2nd edition

(Part of a series of five volumes. The others are: Neuro-Oncology, Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Pediatric Neurosurgery, and Functional Neurosurgery). Editor: R. Loch Macdonald, MD Publisher: Thieme – 280 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani This textbook offers a Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) to those who complete the requirements listed on page x.   Thieme collaborated with that organization in publishing this work. One hundred and two people provided the content to make this valuable volume possible. They live and work in nine other countries besides the United States. Those places...

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Republicans Prefer Blunt Talk About Islamic Extremism, While Democrats Favor Caution: Pew Center Survey

Most Americans say religion doesn’t cause violence, but rather that violent people use religion to justify their actions Washington DC, Feb. 3, 2016 – As President Obama makes his first visit to a U.S. mosque during his presidency, a new Pew Research Center survey finds that half of Americans say the next president should be careful not to criticize Islam as a whole when speaking about Islamic extremists, while four-in-ten want the next president to speak bluntly about Islamic extremists even if the statements are critical of Islam as a whole. Blunt talk is preferred by 65 percent of Republicans and...

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