Using Insurance to Regulate Food Safety: Field Notes from the Fresh Produce Sector
Timothy D. Lytton (Georgia State University), Using Insurance to Regulate Food Safety: Field Notes from the Fresh Produce Sector, 52 N.M. L. Rev. 282 (2022): Foodborne illness is a public health problem of pandemic proportions. In the United States alone,... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 18, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Friday Feature: Mary McLeod Bethune
Colleen Hroncich“We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends. ” These compelling words from Mary McLeod Bethune’slast will and testament were written nearly 70 years ago, but the truth of them is just as relevant today.Bethune, born in South Carolina in 1875, was the daughter of former slaves. In her early years, her life was centered around cotton fields; she could pick250 pounds of cotton a day by the time she was nine. Everything changed when she became theonly child in her family to...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 15, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
Catching Up With ReMARCable Vanderbilt Graduates
Four of the first-cohort MARC scholars in April 2022. From left to right: Cassidy Johnson, Lucy Britto, Hannah Craft, and Sim Plotkin. Credit: Dr. Katherine Friedman.
In 2021, we shared the perspectives of third-year undergraduates who had recently joined the first cohort of the Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) program at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Vanderbilt’s MARC program provides mentorship and professional development opportunities to third- and fourth-year undergraduates who plan to pursue advanced degrees and are from groups that are underrepresented in the biomedical sci...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - July 13, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Training Source Type: blogs
Neuroethics guidance documents: Principles, analysis, and implementation strategies
Matthew O'Shaughnessy (Georgia Institute of Technology), Walter G. Johnson (Arizona State University), Lucille Tournas (Arizona State University), Christopher Rozell (Georgia Institute of Technology), Karen Rommelfanger (Emory University), Neuroethics guidance documents: Principles, analysis, and implementation strategies, SSRN (2022): Innovations in neurotechnologies... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 5, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Responsive Analysis: Public Health Federalism and Tort Reform in the U.S. Response to COVID-19
Timothy D. Lytton (Georgia State University), Responsive Analysis: Public Health Federalism and Tort Reform in the U.S. Response to COVID-19, 71 DePaul L. Rev. 101 (2022): Tort liability offers a means of incentivizing healthcare facilities and businesses to adopt reasonable... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - June 30, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Knowing about racial disparities in Covid outcomes reduces White Americans ’ concern and support for safety precautions
This study again showed that having more knowledge about racial disparities led to less concern about Covid. However, this effect seemed to be strongest for the group presented with information about the role of systemic issues in producing these disparities. Reduced concern in this group in turn led them to show less support for safety precautions. In essence, it seems as though the more the participants knew, the less they cared.
The authors speculate that explaining how Covid racial disparities are a product of enduring health inequalities affecting non-White communities may have made White participants feel that the...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - June 9, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Coronavirus Social Source Type: blogs
Making Deflection the New Diversion for Drug Offenders
Kay Levine (Emory University), Joshua Hinkle (Georgia State University), Elizabeth Griffiths (Rutgers University), Making Deflection the New Diversion for Drug Offenders, 19 Ohio State J. Crim. L. (2022): In this paper we argue that prosecutors ought to embrace deflection programs... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - June 3, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Cannabis Derivatives and Trademark Registration: The Case of Delta-8-THC
Michael Schuster (University of Georgia), Cannabis Derivatives and Trademark Registration: The Case of Delta-8-THC, Ind. L. J. (Forthcoming): The legal environment surrounding the cannabis industry is ambiguous and constantly changing. While the drug is prohibited under federal law, a 2018... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - May 19, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Smart Stent Monitors Hemodynamics
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a smart stent that can monitor hemodynamic parameters. The wireless and battery-free device can transmit the data to the outside of the body, and is powered through a wireless energy transfer system that uses magnetic fields, similar to wireless chargers that are available for many smartphones. The system could be helpful in long-term monitoring and aid patients with cardiovascular issues to avoid repeated angiograms. It can also potentially function as an early warning alarm for issues such as changes in blood pressure.
Stents are invaluable in treating ...
Source: Medgadget - May 18, 2022 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Radiology Vascular Surgery Source Type: blogs
Friday Feature: Hybrid Schooling
Colleen Hroncich“The best of both worlds.” That’s how many parents—and kids—describe hybrid schooling, where students split their learning time between home and school.Hybrid schooling gives families many of the benefits of at ‐home learning—flexibility, independence, and more of a say in what kids learn. At the same time, they get many of the benefits of in ‐person education—support, social time with peers, outside evaluation, and group activities.There isn ’t really one single definition of hybrid schools. And this is part of their appeal. Students may meet in person two days and then learn...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 6, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
Electronic Eye Enables Color Vision
A team at Georgia State University have developed an “electronic eye” that can provide color vision for microrobots. While the technology should be useful for medical robots, it could also make possible color perception technology for the visually impaired and could act as a component of artificial eyes. The technology relies on a stack of van der Waals semiconductors to sense red, green, and blue light. Stacking the semi-conductors allowed the researchers to decrease the size of the artificial vision system. While still in its infancy, the technology could pave the way for more advanced electronic eyes, which would be...
Source: Medgadget - April 26, 2022 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Ophthalmology Rehab artificialeyes georgiatech Source Type: blogs
Deregulate Home Food Businesses
Chris EdwardsThe pandemic has created lasting changes to the economy. More employees are working from home, videocalls are replacing business travel, and home ‐based entrepreneurship is booming. The internet is a key driver of home entrepreneurship —the number of arts‐and‐crafts businesses on Etsy.com, for example,jumped from 2.6 million in 2019 to 7.5 million by 2021.Another thriving area of internet ‐driven entrepreneurship is home‐based food production for retail sale, often called the cottage food industry. Popular cottage foods include baked goods, canned goods, pickled goods, chocol...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 20, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs
One Rational Expectation For Each: The Next Healthcare Moves Of Tech Giants
Walmart announced the opening of five new ‘Walmart Health’ Centres in Florida in April, promising low-cost healthcare services. Not very surprising given how the American firm has been steadily building a foothold in this industry in recent years without any signs of slowing down.
In the U.S., Walmart established 600 COVID-19 testing sites during the pandemic; before the current announcement, Walmart Health business has rolled out in 20 locations across Arkansas, Georgia and Illinois in the last three years complete with primary care, emergency care, labs and more. By 2029, Walmart’s board even plans to scal...
Source: The Medical Futurist - April 14, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Forecast Future of Medicine digital health Healthcare tech giants Source Type: blogs
The Party of Dumbness
Herschel Walker, former NFL running back and the candidate for U.S. Senate from Georgia endorsed by Ronald T. Dump,thinks he ' s smarter than all those egghead scientists. Yep, he ' s come up with a real gotcha question for us Satanic believers in evolution.The Republican front-runner for a Senate seat in Georgia,Herschel Walker, last weekend expressed doubt about evolution, citing the existence of apes as his reasoning for doubting the scientific theory.“At one time, science said man came from apes. Did it not?” Walker said while speaking to the lead pastor of Sugar Hill Church in Sugar Hill, Ga.“Ever...
Source: Stayin' Alive - March 16, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
A mother ’s early life experiences of adversity can influence her baby’s sensitivity to stress
By Emma Young
Over the past few decades, it’s become clear that experiences even before birth influence later psychological wellbeing. A mother’s stress levels during pregnancy have emerged as a key influence. Greater stress seems to programme her child to “expect” a difficult environment, and so to be more sensitive to potential threats — and more vulnerable to developing an anxiety disorder. It’s uncertain, though, whether adversity earlier in life affects stress levels during pregnancy, and so might impact the child’s sensitivity to stress. So Cassandra L. Hendrix at New York University and col...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - March 15, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Babies Emotion Source Type: blogs
