Election Stress: How to cope
Is election stress making you feel anxious?
Me too! My Webinar Talk Show cohost, Thom Singer, and I dedicated our latest episode to coping with election stress and how to navigate relationships over the coming weeks.
I have a few strategies to feel better, work better, and relate better in the midst of election stress.
Reduce election stress by taking control of something
One of the reasons elections creates stress is that they are by design uncertain. We don’t know who will win and we potentially upend our government every four years. Uncertainty triggers stress. Democracy in action seems pretty s...
Source: Embrace Your Heart Wellness Initiative - October 31, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Eliz Greene Tags: Productivity Stress In Crisis Stress Management Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Marijuana on the Ballot
Chris EdwardsRecreational marijuana is now legal in Alaska, California, Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont, Washington State, and the District of Columbia.Four other states —Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota—have measures on the ballot in November to legalize recreational sales. Polls summarized by Ballotpedia show thatProposition 207 in Arizona,Initiative 190 in Montana,Question 1 in New Jersey, andAmendment A in South Dakota are all likely to pass.One incentive for states to legalize marijuana is to raise tax revenues. Most of the states with legal recreational ma...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 27, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, October 26th 2020
In conclusion, all NAFLD histological stages were associated with significantly increased overall mortality, and this risk increased progressively with worsening NAFLD histology. Most of this excess mortality was from extrahepatic cancer and cirrhosis, while in contrast, the contributions of cardiovascular disease and HCC were modest.
BMP6 as a Target for Pro-Angiogenic Therapies
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2020/10/bmp6-as-a-target-for-pro-angiogenic-therapies/
Today's research materials are focused on the fine details of angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels, and point to BMP6 as a p...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 25, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Sitting It Out? Or Pushed Out? Women Are Leaving the Labor Force in Record Numbers
Added to longstanding challenges such as securing child care and combatting pay disparities, the economic downturn due to the COVID-19 pandemic has hit women workers measurably harder than men. The consequences make clear just how much policy has failed to keep up with women ' s progress. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - October 23, 2020 Category: Health Management Authors: Kathryn A. Edwards Source Type: blogs
No Year Has Seen Legal Immigration Cut Like the 2nd Half of FY 2020
David J. BierThe United States has welcomedmore than 85 million legal immigrants to the United States since its founding. But at no time since it has maintained records has the country witnessed as fast a decline in legal immigration as it has seen in the second half of fiscal year 2020 (which finished September 30). Overall, the second half of FY 2020 saw 92 percent fewer immigrants from abroad than the first half, which was larger than any annual decline in the history of the United States. Figure 1 shows the monthly immigrant visa issuances under the Trump administration since March 2017. As it shows, legal immigra...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 13, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: David J. Bier Source Type: blogs
Two Sorts of Average Inflation Targeting
George SelginIt occurs to me that recent discussions of the Fed ' s new average inflation targeting plan gloss over a subtle distinction between two different kinds of Average Inflation Targeting (AIT). Hence this post explaining the difference, and why I think it matters.The difference between the two sorts of AIT that I have in mind is subtle, so pay close attention! It hinges not on any different central bank objectives or reaction function parameters or that sort of thing, but on two different reasons why a central bank might find that it has veered from its inflation target in the first place. A central bank may fail ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 29, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: George Selgin Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, September 21st 2020
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Source: Fight Aging! - September 20, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
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How will the COVID-19 pandemic affect opioid overdose deaths and states’ ability to respond? The Commonwealth Fund’s Jesse Baumgartner, Gabriella Aboulafia, and Sara Collins look at unemployment trends and opioid deaths to determine which states may be battling both an economic downturn and an opioid epidemic.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog - August 28, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jesse C. Baumgartner, Gabriella N. Aboulafia, Sara R. Collins Source Type: blogs
Optimal Federal Redistribution During Uncoordinated Response to a Pandemic
Jacek Rothert (U.S. Naval Academy), Optimal Federal Redistribution During Uncoordinated Response to a Pandemic, SSRN: Optimal policy during an epidemic calls for depressed economic activity to slow down the outbreak. Sometimes, these decisions are left to local authorities (e.g. states).... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - August 24, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Take Your Mom to Work
By KIM BELLARD
If you are a working mom, or married to one, or simply know one, you know that it is tough to balance a job and raising a child even under ideal circumstances. Even if she has a supportive spouse, chances are that it is the mom who ends up providing the most child care, and whose career it impacts the most.
But, of course, these are not ideal circumstances. Prior to the pandemic, women had made great strides in the workforce; more women had payroll jobs than men, for example (although they continued to be paid less for them). Those gains quickly came crashing down once ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 12, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: COVID-19 Health Policy child care Kim Bellard Moms motherhood Source Type: blogs
COVID-19: Assessing Some Potential Global Economic, Business and Legal Impacts
Rupert Macey-Dare (University of Oxford), COVID-19: Assessing Some Potential Global Economic, Business and Legal Impacts, SSRN: The new and fast evolving COVID-19 global pandemic has already caused, according to the IMF, 'the worst downturn since the great depression'. This paper... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 14, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, July 13th 2020
In conclusion, sitting for prolonged periods of time without interruption is unfavorably associated with DBP and HDL cholesterol.
Exercise Slows Inappropriate Growth of Blood Vessels in a Mouse Model of Macular Degeneration
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2020/07/exercise-slows-inappropriate-growth-of-blood-vessels-in-a-mouse-model-of-macular-degeneration/
Excessive growth of blood vessels beneath the retina is a proximate cause of blindness in conditions such as macular degeneration. Researchers here provide evidence for physical activity to be influential in the pace at which this process of tissu...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 12, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Where Have All the Coins Gone?
William J. Luther“If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert,” the economistMilton Friedman once quipped, “in five years there’d be a shortage of sand.” The U.S. Mint, to its credit, had a much longer run.The Federal Reserve, which purchases coins from the Mint and distributes them to depository institutions,announced it would begin rationing coins “based on historical order volume by coin denomination” last month as its coin inventory had been “reduced to below normal levels.” The Fed also called on the Mint to increase the supply. Until the shortage is resolved, however,retailers...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 10, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: William J. Luther Source Type: blogs
Foreign Worker Programs Trump ’s Order Targets Create Jobs for Americans
David J. BierPresident Trumpannounced yesterday that he would suspend several foreign worker programs for the remainder of the year. These visas include the J-1, L-1, H-1B, and H-2B. The president claims that the suspensions are necessary to protect jobs for Americans, but the fact is that these programs create jobs for Americans, and eliminating them will undermine job growth, hurting the recovery.The most important point is that all immigrant workers create jobs because they participate in the economy not just as workers but also as consumers. So when new workers enter the economy, they increase both the supply of worker...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 23, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: David J. Bier Source Type: blogs
The Facts About the L-1 Visa Program
ConclusionMultinational companies play an exceptionally important role in the United States. U.S. parent companies account for nearly a quarter of all private sector output, nearly half of all exports, and nearly three quarters of all private research and development.[44] More than 30 million American workers ’ jobs depend on multinationals. The U.S. government should not further upend investment and job growth by these companies in the United States during the economic recovery. The unemployment rate in computer occupations where many L‐1s are employed did not increase at all during the downturn,[45] and the Unit...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 10, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: David J. Bier Source Type: blogs
