Religion and morality
A commenter asks about the relationship over time between religiosity, and crime and " sexual deviance. " You got it!If you will refer to my previous post on declining religiosity in America (or just take my word for it) the trend toward fewer people claiming religious affiliation began in about 1992. What a coinkydink! That ' s exactly when the crime rate began to decline. Here are property crimes (data is from the Bureau of Justice Statistics andI cribbed it from the Wikipedia article): And whaddya know, that ' s also exactly when the homicide rate started to decline! (Note that it first started to go up sharp...
Source: Stayin' Alive - January 17, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Live view of yourself on the globe : Find, which dot are you ?
Really thrilled to see who all are reading this site live on a rotating globe. It makes much more happier to know that all those grateful and honourable dots (i.e., you) are literally drawing the world map . Six million reads from 190 countries, right from the Solomon Islands in Micronesian Pacific, abutting the International date line, to the extreme west, reaching Chile and Hawaii has happened so far.
Please click here, to see your live location , zoom on the dot and check, it is indeed true.https://www.revolvermaps.com/livestats/globe/53mvtnd7p2d/ (Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD)
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - November 24, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Live view on the globe : Find which dot is you ?
Really thrilled to see who all are reading this site live on a rotating globe. It makes much more happier to know that all those grateful and honourable dots (i.e., you) are literally drawing the world map . Six million reads from 190 countries, right from the Solomon Islands in Micronesian Pacific, abutting the International date line, to the extreme west, reaching Chile and Hawaii has happened so far.
Please click here, to see your live location , zoom on the dot and check, it is indeed true.https://www.revolvermaps.com/livestats/globe/53mvtnd7p2d/ (Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD)
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - November 24, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Live view on the globe as you read : Find which dot is you ?
Really thrilled to see who all are reading this site live on a rotating globe. It makes much more happier to know that all the grateful and honourable dots (i.e., you) literally draw the world map . Six million reads from 190 countries, right from the Solomon Islands in Micronesian Pacific, from the International date line to the extreme west right reaching Chile and Hawaii has happened so far.
Please click here, to see your live location , zoom on the dot and check, it is indeed true.https://www.revolvermaps.com/livestats/globe/53mvtnd7p2d/ (Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD)
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - November 24, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Invasive species in the UK
Invasive species, a term referring to non-native species introduced to new environments, often establish self-sustaining populations with negative impacts on local ecosystems, economies, or human health.
These invaders, encompassing plants, animals, fungi, or microorganisms (refer to the foot of this article for examples), typically arrive due to human activities such as trade, travel, or intentional release. In rare cases, invasive species might reach the UK through natural avenues, such as animal migration or wind dispersal. Climate change exacerbates the situation, creating new ecological niches due to shifts in tempera...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - November 10, 2023 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Biology Environment Science Source Type: blogs
Poor Kids. Pitiful Us
By KIM BELLARD
Well, congratulations, America. The child poverty rate more than doubled from 2021 to 2022, jumping from 5.2% to 12.4%, according to new figures from the Census Bureau. Once again, we prove we sure have a funny way of showing that we love our kids.
The poverty rate is actually the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM), which takes into account government programs aimed at low income families but which are not counted in the official poverty rate. The official poverty rate stayed the same, at 11.5% while the overall SPM increased 4.6% (to 12.4%), the first time the SPM has increased since 2010....
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Child poverty Kim Bellard Medicaid Source Type: blogs
Neurotech, neuroethics and brain data in context: Are “neurorights” the way to mental privacy?
This article was originally published on The Conversation.
To Learn More:
Brain Data in Context: Are New Rights the Way to Mental and Brain Privacy? (AJOB Neuroscience). From the Abstract:
The potential to collect brain data more directly, with higher resolution, and in greater amounts has heightened worries about mental and brain privacy … To better understand the privacy stakes of brain data, we suggest the use of a conceptual framework from information ethics, Helen Nissenbaum’s “contextual integrity” theory. To illustrate the importance of context, we examine neurotechnologies and the information flows th...
Source: SharpBrains - August 10, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: The Conversation Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Technology & Innovation brain data brain privacy Brain-Computer Interfaces contextual integrity mental privacy neural data neurotechnologies Neurotechnology Source Type: blogs
Chileans Vote to Step Back from the Socialist Brink
Daniel RaisbeckBack in August of 2022, I wrote about how a small band of sanctimonious, sophomoric malcontents had—astoundingly—taken over the Chilean state. President Gabriel Boric, who was elected to his country’s highest office in 2021 at the age of 35, had assembled a team of former student activists. Since the early 2010’s, their main contri bution to Chilean society had consisted of leading numerous protests against the country’ssoi disant“neoliberal” model. First, it was against school choice and profit in the education sector. Then it was against the private pension system. Finally, in 2019,mild ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 10, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Daniel Raisbeck Source Type: blogs
Adverse Selection and Equity in Insurance Markets with Guaranteed Renewable Contracts: Evidence from Chile
Cristian Figueroa (Boston College), Adverse Selection and Equity in Insurance Markets with Guaranteed Renewable Contracts: Evidence from Chile (2022): In theory, guaranteed renewable (GR) insurance contracts can efficiently insure against reclassification risk without causing adverse selection on pre-existing conditions. In... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - January 16, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Career Conversations: Q & A with Biomolecular Engineer Markita Landry
Dr. Markita Landry. Credit: Vilcek Foundation.
“I have a hard time envisioning a career more exciting than science. It’s really magical to see an experimental result and, for a moment, be the only person in the universe to know something about the world,” says Markita Landry, Ph.D., an associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. In an interview, Dr. Landry shares with us her scientific journey, research with nanoparticles, and interests outside of the lab.
Q: What sparked your interest in science?
A: I was indirectly exposed to science growing up bec...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - December 14, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Tools and Techniques Cool Tools/Techniques Profiles Source Type: blogs
VillageMD Acquires Summit Health-CityMD, Creating one of the Largest Independent Provider Groups in the U.S.
With Investments from WBA and Evernorth, the Combined Company Will Deliver a Unique and Comprehensive Patient Experience for Optimal Individual and Community Outcomes
VillageMD announced today it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Summit Health-CityMD, a leading provider of primary, specialty and urgent care. The transaction is valued at approximately $8.9 billion with investments from Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA) and an affiliate of Evernorth, a subsidiary of Cigna Corporation (NYSE:CI).
Together, VillageMD and Summit Health-CityMD will create a multi-payor platform to deliver quality, afforda...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 10, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Ambulatory Health IT Company Healthcare IT CIGNA Cigna Corporation CityMD Eric Palmer Evernorth Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Jeff Alter Patient Experience Roz Brewer Summit Health Summit Health-CityMD Tim Barry Vil Source Type: blogs
TWiV 951: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses Influenza incidence and vaccine effectiveness during the southern hemisphere influenza season in Chile, Nirsevimab for prevention of RSV infection in healthy late-preterm and term infants, severe Monkeypox in hospitalized patients, reinfections with different SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants, impact of community masking on COVID-19 in Bangladesh, unadjuvanted intranasal spike vaccine elicits protective … TWiV 951: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - November 5, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology antiviral coronavirus COVID-19 delta inflammation influenza Long Covid marburg virus monkeypox monoclonal antibody Omicron pandemic poliovirus SARS-CoV-2 vaccine vaccine booster variant of concern Source Type: blogs
TWiV 951: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses Influenza incidence and vaccine effectiveness during the southern hemisphere influenza season in Chile, Nirsevimab for prevention of RSV infection in healthy late-preterm and term infants, severe Monkeypox in hospitalized patients, reinfections with different SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants, impact of community masking on COVID-19 in Bangladesh, unadjuvanted intranasal spike vaccine elicits protective […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - November 5, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology antiviral coronavirus COVID-19 delta inflammation influenza Long Covid marburg virus monkeypox monoclonal antibody Omicron pandemic poliovirus SARS-CoV-2 vaccine vaccine booster variant of concern Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
September 15, 2022 Edition-----The death of QE2 has rather dominated the news for the last week or so and will probably pass after the funeral today.Otherwise the war in Ukraine seems to be in a turning phase. I hope that continues into the eventual getting rid of the Russians from Ukrainian territory!In OZ life goes on much as usual just awaiting the mourning period to pass,-----Major Issues.-----https://www.afr.com/policy/foreign-affairs/what-australia-should-do-about-taiwan-20220904-p5bf7iWhat Australia should do about TaiwanCanberra cannot be silent if US policy on Taiwanese independence changes. Quiet diplomacy is cal...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 15, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
