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I ' ve considered writing about Jeffrey Epstein for a long time, but I kept expecting more information about the sordid case to be forthcoming from the Southern District of New York. So far however we have seen no additional indictments or any investigative report. This surprises many people because there are strong indications that there is ample basis for additional indictments, despite Epstein ' s death. I ' ll get to that.I don ' t have any information to add to what is publicly known, obviously, but many people don ' t fully understand the story and the mysteries connected with it, so I figured I ' d provide a summary...
Source: Stayin' Alive - November 6, 2019 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Remembering Don Smith
Peter Goettler andRobert A. LevyOur entire Cato community is deeply saddened by the passing of Donald G. Smith. Don was a longstanding member of Cato ’s board of directors, a generous benefactor of the Institute, and a great champion of liberty. But above all, he was a dear friend to so many of us.We ’ve known few who have been as dedicated to advancing liberty as Don. A brilliant investor who formed his own firm, Donald Smith& Co., in 1980, Don placed his success squarely in the service of human freedom. He was an important partner of not only the Cato Institute, but many organizations working to create a freer Am...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 31, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Peter Goettler, Robert A. Levy Source Type: blogs
Exoskeletons: Robotic Structures Making Paralyzed People Walk Again
A paraplegic man made the first kick of the World Cup in Brazil in 2014; another paralyzed man was able to move all four of his limbs through mind-control, and yet another could walk down the aisle with the love of his life due to robotic structures called exoskeletons. These are just a few mind-blowing and heart-warming stories about their current power, but they haven’t reached their full potential yet. We looked around what exoskeleton technology can do today and what it promises for tomorrow.
Exoskeleton
becomes as real as a
donut
Remember
the huge mechanic beasts fighting against the indigenous people on moon ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 29, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Robotics digital health exoskeleton science fiction technology exoskeletons rehabilitation paralyzed stroke injury spinal cord exoskeleton technology Source Type: blogs
The Future Of Hearing: How Technology Might Turn Us Into Superheroes
The objective of medical tools for personal use started to go beyond
measuring health parameters and vital signs, offering accurate, as well as easy
and patient-friendly measurements. Lately, they are also coupled with aesthetic
appearance. Elements of design thinking and UX become an ever more organic
part of product development – and that’s also visible when looking at hearables.
The
trend also allows getting rid of societal stigmas bound with medical devices.
Millions of people don’t
want to wear hearing aids because it’s connected to aging and is perceived as
being more dependent while signaling that the bod...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 12, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine app artificial artificial intelligence ear hearing hearing aid hearing technology medical specialty otoscope smartphone superhero Source Type: blogs
A 50-Year-Old Terrorist Innovation Is Still Creating Life-and-Death Dramas
Fifty years ago, urban guerrillas in Rio de Janeiro kidnapped the American ambassador to Brazil, setting off a worldwide wave of terrorist kidnappings that continues today. Although few of the terrorist groups that engaged in kidnapping over the past half century have survived, seizing hostages funded their operations and earned them notoriety. And for that reason, it will likely remain a mainstay of the terrorist tool kit. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - September 24, 2019 Category: Health Management Authors: Brian Michael Jenkins Source Type: blogs
A 50-Year-Old Terrorist Innovation Is Still Creating Life and Death Dramas
Fifty years ago, urban guerrillas in Rio de Janeiro kidnapped the American ambassador to Brazil, setting off a worldwide wave of terrorist kidnappings that continues today. Although few of the terrorist groups that engaged in kidnapping over the past half century have survived, seizing hostages funded their operations and earned them notoriety. And for that reason, it will likely remain a mainstay of the terrorist tool kit. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - September 24, 2019 Category: Health Management Authors: Brian Michael Jenkins Source Type: blogs
Why Should Anyone Care About Health Data Interoperability?
By SUSANNAH FOX
This piece is part of the series “The Health Data Goldilocks Dilemma: Sharing? Privacy? Both?” which explores whether it’s possible to advance interoperability while maintaining privacy. Check out other pieces in the series here.
A question I hear quite often, sometimes whispered, is: Why should anyone care about health data interoperability? It sounds pretty technical and boring.
If I’m talking with a “civilian” (in my world, someone not obsessed with health care and technology) I point out that interoperable health data can help people care for themselves and their f...
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 19, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Data Health Policy Tech The Health Data Goldilocks Dilemma: Sharing? Privacy? Both? health data interoperability Susannah Fox Source Type: blogs
Avoiding nuts and seeds for better gut health? You shouldn ’t
Nuts and seeds are important components of a healthy diet. But if you have diverticula — little pouchlike structures that sometimes form in the muscular wall of the colon and bulge outward — you may worry about nuts or seeds getting stuck in those little pockets, which can cause a painful infection called diverticulitis.
Take heart. While it was once believed that nut and seed consumption could lead to diverticulitis, the link is unproven.
In fact, quite the opposite is true. Nuts and seeds are rich in fiber, which is important for gut health and keeping you regular.
How much fiber do you need daily? If you’re over 5...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - September 3, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Heidi Godman Tags: Digestive Disorders Healthy Aging Healthy Eating Nutrition Source Type: blogs
New Optical Method for Functional Brain Imaging
Researchers from the University of Birmingham in the UK and Washington University School of Medicine have developed a new non-invasive brain imaging method for studying the shape of the brain’s surface and oxygenation of brain tissues. Their discovery enables deeper brain imaging with higher resolution than prior studies with similar capabilities. This exciting development can one day improve brain mapping, ICU patient monitoring, and early diagnosis of a number of neurological conditions.
Functional neuroimaging provides valuable medical information about the health and condition of brain tissue. Functional near-infr...
Source: Medgadget - August 22, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Siavash Parkhideh Tags: Neurology Radiology Source Type: blogs
Context and Nuance, Part 5
I worked for 15 years at a community based organization in Boston that was founded as a public health agency targeting the Latino population. We eventually had offices in Boston, Lowell and Brockton, and began to offer behavioral health and clinical case management as well as community health promotion programs. I was one of the few Anglos who worked there, but I don ' t know that I was exactly more of a minority than everybody else. My co-workers were of Puerto Rican, Dominican, Mexican, Ecuadorian, Venezuelan, Argentinian, and eventually also Haitian and Brazilian ethnicity as we expanded the communities we served. We di...
Source: Stayin' Alive - August 15, 2019 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Bolivian Hemorrhagic Fever
In 2019, a small outbreak of Bolivian hemorrhagic fever was reported at a hospital in La Paz, Bolivia. The following background data on Bolivian hemorrhagic fever are abstracted from Gideon www.GideonOnline.com and the Gideon e-book series. [1,2] Primary references are available from the author.
Bolivian hemorrhagic fever (BHF) is caused by Machupo virus (Arenaviridae, Tacaribe complex, Mammarenavirus). The disease was initially described in 1959 as a sporadic hemorrhagic illness in rural areas of Beni department, eastern Bolivia; and the virus itself was first identified in 1963. BHF is most common during April to...
Source: GIDEON blog - July 5, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Dr. Stephen Berger Tags: Ebooks Epidemiology Outbreaks ProMED Source Type: blogs
How I Stopped Scrolling My Life Away
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“What did you mean you didn’t know?! I posted it on Facebook!”
How many times have you heard this statement from friends
and family members?
Staying away from social media is not easy.
Everyone you know is on one single platform. Even when you want to switch to an entirely
new one, where would you go!? That is called the network effect. You’re “stuck”
in this one place since everyone you know co...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - June 27, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Johan Tags: featured internet culture philosophy productivity tips self improvement mental health social media Source Type: blogs
Can Digital Health Go Off-Grid And Still Save Lives?
What would you do without your smartphone or laptop for a week? Some cannot even imagine putting them down for a second, not thinking much of the vulnerability of our entire digital existence. What if a hurricane destroys the electric grid? What if power supplies will get cut off by unstoppable rain? What about a future dystopic scenario with our traditional energy sources depleted due to overconsumption? And what if we just look at less fortunate parts of the world where stable electricity service is a rare treasure? We collected some examples of how medicine could become more independent from the traditional electricity ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - May 25, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Africa asia Caribbean development digital digital health Healthcare smartphone solar sustainability technology Source Type: blogs
New Insights Into Hikikomori – People Who Withdraw From Society For Months Or Years On End
By Emma Young
Hikikomori is a dark term that describes people who stay holed up in their homes, or even just their bedrooms, isolated from everyone except their family, for many months or years. The phenomenon has captured the popular imagination with many articles appearing in the mainstream media in recent years, but, surprisingly, it isn’t well understood by psychologists.
The condition was first described in Japan, but cases have since been reported in countries as far apart as Oman, Indian, the US and Brazil. No one knows how many hikikomori exist (the term refers both to the condition and the people with it), but...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - May 22, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Cross-cultural Mental health Source Type: blogs
Are Republicans Still the Party of Free Trade?
Politico reportersrecently sat down with Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and asked his opinion about the future of the world trading system and what might be going on in President Trump ’s head with regard to the increasing recourse to tariffs as a policy tool. Here’s what he said:Grassley on Trump: “He believes in tariffs as a tool to get a negotiation as opposed to being an end in themselves. Then he hasn’t changed anything. If he has used tariffs because he believes they’re good, and I know he says that, but I don’t believe he actually believes that. I don’t see how he could believ e it.”“[H]e hasn’...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 16, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Inu Manak Source Type: blogs
