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Nicholas AnthonyFinancial privacy has been undermined by governments for decades, but it seems as if officials have increased their efforts as of late. The European Union voted in favor ofoutlawing anonymous transactions in cryptocurrency, Canada ’s prime minister chose tofreeze the bank accounts of protestors, and the U.S. Congress was consideringexpanding financial surveillance by the Internal Revenue Service to all bank accounts with $600 of annual activity. And all of that has taken place in just the last six months.Amidst all this trouble, an interesting proposal emerged: theElectronic Currency and Secure Hardware (...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 18, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Nicholas Anthony Source Type: blogs
Spray Blocks SARS-CoV-2 Entry into Nasal Cells
Researchers at the University of British Columbia, and collaborators, created a nasal spray that can block the entry of SARS-CoV-2 into cells in the nasal cavity, potentially offering protection and treatment for COVID-19. Excitingly, in lab tests, the spray appears to work against all known variants of the virus, including the Omicron variant, which shows some resistance to our existing vaccines.
The spray dramatically increased survival in a mouse model of severe COVID-19, highlighting its potential as both a treatment and a prophylactic. The spray contains a drug that inhibits an enzyme in the nasal cells that is in...
Source: Medgadget - April 18, 2022 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Medicine Public Health Source Type: blogs
Menthol Cigarette Bans in Canada and the US the Role of Legal and Market Structures
Ian Irvine (Concordia University Montreal), Menthol Cigarette Bans in Canada and the US the Role of Legal and Market Structures, SSRN (2022): Menthol cigarettes have been viewed as a scourge on youth because they have facilitated initiation and made quitting... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - April 17, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
How to Get Back on Track and Succeed in Life
Is your life spiraling in a downward direction? Are you challenged with not being as focused as you would like? Are you looking for ways to turn your life around? Read the following to discover how to get your life back on track, and stay there.
At times our lives can turn upside down, spiraling into negativity and then just as quickly can soar positively upwards. Clearly, we understand where the expression ‘mood swings’ come from. Life is very much like a roller coaster, if you like roller coasters.
Life is not perfect, never has been, never will be. &...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - April 11, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lori Gradley Tags: career confidence creativity featured motivation philosophy productivity tips self-improvement success failure Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - research - 11th April 2022
COVIDAssociation of COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy with adverse peripartum outcomes, study carried out in Canada looking at primarily mRNA vaccines given in second and third trimester, comparing with vaccination given after pregnancy or no vaccination given, found no significant association.Retrospective cohort study of association of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination during pregnancy with pregnancy outcomes, " In this population-based retrospective cohort study that included 157 521 deliveries in Sweden and Norway, SARS-CoV-2 vaccination during pregnancy, compared with no SARS-CoV-2 vaccination during pregnancy, was no...
Source: Browsing - April 11, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
