How Large Is American Government?
America ’s strong economic growth and high living standards were built on our relatively smaller government. U.S. per capita income is higher than nearly all major countries and our government spending is still somewhat less.However, America ’s lower-spending advantage has diminished. TheOECD publishes data on total federal-state-local government spending as a percentage of GDP for its member countries. The chart shows spending for the United States and for the simple average of 30 OECD countries which have data back to 1995. These are high-income countries such as Canada, Germany, and Japan.The chart shows that the Un...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 18, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs
The Long Emergency: It is upon us
Obviously it ' s been hard to get people worried about consequences that may ensue in the year 2100. Unfortunately much of the public communication about climate change has been about the considerably distant future. When people build their houses in places they know are prone to wildfires, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions they probably aren ' t thinking about heatwaves and droughts 30 years from now.Scientists were reluctant to talk about the possibility of very near-term effects of climate change because they didn ' t have a high degree of certainty about them, and in fact they have been somewhat taken by surprise. But...
Source: Stayin' Alive - July 1, 2019 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
To My Friends In India Who Happen To Be Affiliate Marketers...
I ' ve never hidden the fact that I track the readership of this blog. It ' s not that I get all that much traffic, but I do get a big thrill knowing that I have reached people from around the world. Interestingly, in the past few days, DoctorDalai.com has been viewed several thousand times by someone in the Czech Republic. To that poor fellow, I can only say, " D ěkuji! "But as the title above might suggest, I continue to be plagued by " comments " that invariably originate from India. I put " comments " in quotes because these " comments " have nothing to do with the post they " comment " on, but rather are thinly-veile...
Source: Dalai's PACS Blog - June 25, 2019 Category: Radiology Source Type: blogs
Psychologists Have Identified The Creatures We Find Most Scary And Revolting
via Polák et al, 2019
By Christian Jarrett
You may be best advised not to read this article late at night or before you eat. Psychologists at the National Institute of Mental Health and Charles University in the Czech Republic have surveyed a large sample of non-clinical volunteers to gauge their reaction to 24 creatures that are commonly the source of specific animals phobias.
The results, published in the British Journal of Psychology, not only contribute to our understanding of animal phobias, but could prove incredibly useful to horror writers. Among the key findings is that spiders were unique in being both intensely...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - June 25, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Emotion evolutionary psych Mental health Source Type: blogs
Nanotechnology Will Break The Curse Running Through Generations
A fictional tale about the healing power of technology
The mutation of the CDH1 gene determines the fate of
generations of men in a Czech small town. The great-grandfather
dies unexpectedly upon returning home from the trenches of the first World War
– he survives the bullets of the Italian front
but gives in after a pint of beer and schnitzel. The grandfather was already diagnosed
with an illness, gastric cancer, which required the removal of his entire
stomach – but his life couldn’t be saved either. His son was luckier, he was
diagnosed in time with an early stage hereditary diffuse gastric cancer and had
e...
Source: The Medical Futurist - March 23, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Medical Science Fiction Nanotechnology in Medicine cancer generation genetic disorder genetics Innovation sci-fi Surgery Source Type: blogs
The United Nations Migration Compact - In Context
Some member states of the United Nations just adopted the “Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. ” The compact is a legally non-binding statement of principles regarding the treatment of non-humanitarian immigrants, the sharing of information, support for the rule of law in adjudicating immigration matters, and international cooperation. Practically, this compact does not amount to much a s it is legally non-binding and doesn’t change any laws. However, the compact has garnered a lot of international attention since the United States, Austria, Australia, Chile, the Czech Republic, Italy, Hunga...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 13, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Alex Nowrasteh Source Type: blogs
Rosy Future Predicted for Cannabis Research; Lab Launched to Support Clinical Trials
Cannabis is the one growth industry in the U.S. that you can count on. Recreational use of marijuana is now legal in many states. Moreover, there's increasing attention being paid to the medical uses of cannabis-based products. An Israeli lab has been set up to provide clinical validation for cannabis medical research (see:Israeli lab set up to give clinical validation to cannabis research). Below is an excerpt from an article on this topic:Israeli firm Asana Bio Group Ltd. has invested $2.3 million in a lab that will provide clinical trial services to companies that are developing a wide range of med...
Source: Lab Soft News - October 25, 2018 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Bruce Friedman Tags: Clinical Lab Industry News Clinical Lab Testing Healthcare Innovations Lab Industry Trends Medical Research Pharmaceutical Industry Source Type: blogs
The Top Sleep Apps To Start Your Bedtime Tracking Journey
Instead of angels, dragons or unicorns, trackers may guard your dreams in the 21st century – which at least gives you a chance to gain more insight into your sleep data and actually improve your bedtime. If you want to become the master of sleep tracking, start with an app. Here, we collected the top sleep apps to choose from!
With data for a better bedtime
Research shows that humans spend one-third of their lives with sleeping or at least attempting to do so. If you have trouble with the snooze, there have been many traditional and non-traditional, legal and illegal methods to help: sleeping pills, booze, marijuana, inh...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 10, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Health Sensors & Trackers Medical Professionals Patients android app apps fitness future iphone Personalized medicine sleep sleep app sleep sensor sleep tracker smartphone technology wearables Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, September 17th 2018
In this study, we found that TXNIP deficiency induces accelerated senescent phenotypes of mouse embryonic fibroblast (MEF) cells under high glucose condition and that the induction of cellular ROS or AKT activation is critical for cellular senescence. Our results also revealed that TXNIP inhibits AKT activity by a direct interaction, which is upregulated by high glucose and H2O2 treatment. In addition, TXNIP knockout mice exhibited an increase in glucose uptake and aging-associated phenotypes including a decrease in energy metabolism and induction of cellular senescence and aging-associated gene expression. We propose that...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 16, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Debating the Microbial Hypothesis for Alzheimer's Disease
Why do only some older people develop the elevated levels of amyloid-β that start the amyloid cascade of Alzheimer's disease, leading to tau aggregation and consequent death and dysfunction of brain cells? If amyloid-β is the result of persistent infection by pathogens such as herpesviruses and lyme spirochetes that are, collectively, only present in 20% or so of the population, then perhaps that is the answer. This is the core of the microbial hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease, that amyloid-β is a feature of the innate immune system, and thus persistent infection of brain tissue will result in higher levels of amyloid ...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 10, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
A big win for European honeybees
The European Union has voted to expand a 2013 ban on three neonicotinoid pesticides that harm/kill bees and other pollinators. The ban is now permanent. See: goo.gl/yWyJoL
This is a major victory for science AND for common sense. I mean, even if, for some weird reason, you are NOT in favor of banning pesticides, do you really want to be eating food that has been contaminated with toxic crap that kills bees and birds?
Didn’t think so…
Incredibly, the EU vote was not unanimous, as it SHOULD HAVE BEEN. I read that four countries voted against it, namely, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Romania, and Hungary. Eight ot...
Source: Margaret's Corner - April 27, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Bayer honeybees NEONICOTINOID PESTICIDES Takeda Source Type: blogs
Virtual Reality Can Help Women Get Through Childbirth With Less Pain
Erin Martucci didn’t expect to be among the first women to experience virtual reality during childbirth, she just wanted to deliver her baby girl without epidural, narcotics or any other drugs for the labor pain. However, when her doctor, Ralph Anderson introduced her the equipment, the calming beach scene and the soothing audio giving her breathing instructions really helped her through the most difficult parts of labor. The Medical Futurist asked Martucci and Dr. Anderson what they think about the option of using VR for labor pain.
Delivering a baby with VR
It was a grey dawn in November 2016, when Erin Martucci woke u...
Source: The Medical Futurist - April 26, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Virtual Reality in Medicine baby birth childbirth digital health future gynecology pain pain management technology VR Source Type: blogs
Profiles of Every Terrorism Vetting Failure in the Last 30 Years
In my newpolicy analysis released today, I identify 65 vetting failures where the visa vetting system allowed a foreign-born person to enter the United States as an adult or older teenager when they had already radicalized —80 percent occurred before 9/11. Just 13 vetting failures have occurred since 9/11, and only one—the last one (Tashfeen Malik)—resulted in any deaths in the United States. That’s one vetting failure for every 29 million visa or status approvals, and one deadly failure for every 379 million visa or status approvals from 2002 to 2016.As I note, 9/11 is reasonable point of analysis because after th...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 17, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: David Bier Source Type: blogs
TAPNA 2018: Its toxicology, Australian Style.
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What is it?
TAPNA is the annual scientific meeting for the Toxicology and Poisons Network Australia. Join Australian and International toxicologists at Sydney to run through a plethora of topics including fomepizole (should we use it in Australia?), urine drug screens, what to do with an anion gap and the latest in OP poisoning.
TAPNA is hosting a stellar faculty including Dr Michael Eddleston from Edinburgh whose primary research is in pesticides and antidotes. He will ...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - April 16, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Conference TAPNA toxicology Source Type: blogs
TAPNA 2018: It ’ s toxicology, Australian Style
LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog
What is it?
TAPNA is the annual scientific meeting for the Toxicology and Poisons Network Australia. Join Australian and International toxicologists at Sydney to run through a plethora of topics including fomepizole (should we use it in Australia?), urine drug screens, what to do with an anion gap and the latest in OP poisoning.
TAPNA is hosting a stellar faculty including Dr Michael Eddleston from Edinburgh whose primary research is in pesticides and antidotes. He will ...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - April 16, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Conference TAPNA toxicology Source Type: blogs
