W. Khan/European Pressphoto AgencySupporters of Muhammad Tahir ul Qadri, who addressed protesters outside parliament on Tuesday, repeated calls for the ouster of the government. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan’s supreme court ordered the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf in a corruption case on Tuesday afternoon, dramatically raising the stakes in a tense standoff between the government and...
Jan
14
Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Psychologist Who Studied Depression in Women, Dies at 53
Label: HealthSusan Nolen-Hoeksema, a psychologist and writer whose work helped explain why women are twice as prone to depression as men and why such low moods can be so hard to shake, died on Jan. 2 in New Haven. She was 53. Andrew SacksSusan Nolen-Hoeksema at the University of Michigan in 2003. Dr. Nolen-Hoeksema's research showed that women were more prone to ruminate, or dwell on the sources of...
Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Psychologist Who Studied Depression in Women, Dies at 53
Label: LifestyleSusan Nolen-Hoeksema, a psychologist and writer whose work helped explain why women are twice as prone to depression as men and why such low moods can be so hard to shake, died on Jan. 2 in New Haven. She was 53. Andrew SacksSusan Nolen-Hoeksema at the University of Michigan in 2003. Dr. Nolen-Hoeksema's research showed that women were more prone to ruminate, or dwell on the sources of...
Electronic Records Systems Have Not Reduced Health Costs, Report Says
Label: TechnologyThe conversion to electronic health records has failed so far to produce the hoped-for savings in health care costs and has had mixed results, at best, in improving efficiency and patient care, according to a new analysis by the influential RAND Corporation. Jim Wilson/The New York TimesDr. Alvin Rajkomar tracks patient data on a Samsung Galaxy Note. A new report questions whether electronic...
IHT Rendezvous: IHT Quick Read: Jan. 14
Label: WorldNEWS French fighter jets struck deep inside Islamist strongholds in northern Mali on Sunday, shoving aside months of international hesitation about storming the region after every other effort by the United States and its allies to thwart the extremists had failed. Adam Nossiter, Eric Schmitt and and Mark Mazzetti report. An Egyptian appeals court on Sunday threw out the guilty verdict and life sentence...
Jan
13
Treasury Will Not Mint $1 Trillion Coin to Raise Debt Ceiling
Label: BusinessWASHINGTON — The Treasury Department said Saturday that it will not mint a trillion-dollar platinum coin to head off an imminent battle with Congress over raising the government’s borrowing limit. “Neither the Treasury Department nor the Federal Reserve believes that the law can or should be used to facilitate the production of platinum coins for the purpose of avoiding an increase in...
City Room: Cuomo Declares Public Health Emergency Over Flu Outbreak
Label: HealthWith the nation in the grip of a severe influenza outbreak that has seen deaths reach epidemic levels, New York State declared a public health emergency on Saturday, making access to vaccines more easily available.There have been nearly 20,000 cases of flu reported across the state so far this season, officials said. Last season, 4,400 positive laboratory tests were reported.“We are experiencing...
City Room: Cuomo Declares Public Health Emergency Over Flu Outbreak
Label: LifestyleWith the nation in the grip of a severe influenza outbreak that has seen deaths reach epidemic levels, New York State declared a public health emergency on Saturday, making access to vaccines more easily available.There have been nearly 20,000 cases of flu reported across the state so far this season, officials said. Last season, 4,400 positive laboratory tests were reported.“We are experiencing...
Aaron Swartz, Internet Activist, Dies at 26
Label: TechnologyAaron Swartz, a wizardly programmer who as a teenager helped develop code that delivered ever-changing Web content to users and who later became a steadfast crusader to make that information freely available, was found dead on Friday in his New York apartment. An uncle, Michael Wolf, said that Mr. Swartz, 26, had apparently hanged himself, and that a friend of Mr. Swartz’s had discovered...
Egyptian Court Grants Hosni Mubarak a New Trial
Label: WorldCAIRO — The prosecution on former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak took another turn Sunday, when a court in Cairo granted his appeal of a life sentence and ordered a retrial on charges that he failed to prevent the killing of hundreds of protesters during the uprising that toppled his government nearly two years ago. The ruling read by judge Ahmed Ali Abdel-Rahman during the brief court session...
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