Stop the Presses! or, How the Fed Can Avoid Reserve Shortages without Bulking-Up, Part 2
George SelginYou ’ve always had the power to go back to Kansas.–the Good Witch of the East, to Dorothy, inThe Wizard of Oz(This is the conclusion of a two-part essay. For Part 1 clickhere.)Equipped with some historical background, we can now consider ways in which the Fed might get the Treasury and Foreign Official Institutions (FOIs) to revive their pre-crisis practice of parking surplus dollars somewhere other than at the Fed. In fact, most of the necessary means are already at hand. Fed officials only need to recognize and take advantage of them. They need, as it were, to click the heels of their ruby slippers toget...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 14, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: George Selgin Source Type: blogs
An ODD Diagnosis Doesn ’t Make Your Child “Bad”
In recent years, I’ve encountered a growing number of parents in my therapy practice who come to me fearing that their child has oppositional defiant disorder (ODD). According to the American Psychiatric Association, the primary signs of ODD are angry and irritable mood, argumentative and defiant behavior, and vindictiveness.
Often these parents will share that a teacher or doctor told them their child may have ODD, and that when they looked up the condition online, they recognized some of the symptoms in their child’s behavior. As a parent myself, the worry and confusion on my clients’ faces and, in their voices, s...
Source: World of Psychology - November 11, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Erina White, PhD, MPH, MSW Tags: Agitation Children and Teens Parenting Stigma Students Child Development difficult child Oppositional Defiant Disorder Source Type: blogs
Podcast | Abandoned: Loss of Friendships
The feeling of abandonment can span through all types of relationships and in this episode, we focus on friendships. Have you ever had a close friend abandon you or have you ever exited a friendship without notice? The emotions and actions surrounding the abandonment of friends can be complex and hurtful, but they are very real and can hurt deeply.
In this episode, Jackie recounts friendships that were very important to her and how she’s handling the loss of them.
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Source: World of Psychology - November 11, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Not Crazy Podcast Tags: Communication Family Friends General Grief and Loss Not Crazy Podcast Relationships Source Type: blogs
Answer to Case 568
Answer toParasite Case of the Week 568: Pseudoscorpion or false scorporion, not a human parasite.This fun little arthropod is occasionally submitted to the clinical laboratory for identification, and may be mistaken as a true scorpion. While both scorpions and pseudoscorpions are arachnids, pseudoscorpions are very small (1 cm or less in length) andlack a tail with a stinger. As sylvie g and Santiago note, pseudoscorpions can occasionally be found in the house, but they don ' t bite or sting humans, and instead feed on other small arthropods such as booklice.Thanks again to Old One and his son for the donation of the cool ...
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - November 10, 2019 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
5 Ways to Practice Gratitude When Life Feels Hard
When someone suggests you try being grateful when you failed an exam, lost your job, lost a loved one, are getting divorced, or are experiencing some other kind of awful, you probably want to punch that person in the face. (Hold on. Let me step aside.)
But practicing gratitude during a difficult time can genuinely help.
In 2009, I distinctly remember sitting around the table with my family, before or after my dad’s funeral, and all of us cracking up. I can’t remember why. But I can remember that it was the best kind of laughter—full body, sides hurting, faces contorted, uncontrollable, can’t-catch-your-breath laugh...
Source: World of Psychology - November 6, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Books General Habits Holiday Coping Inspiration & Hope Mental Health and Wellness Self-Help Stress Success & Achievement Gratitude Source Type: blogs
Help Parents of Children With Feeding Disorders Prepare for Holiday Gatherings
Aww … home for the holidays. Gatherings with family can create cherished memories. However, parents of children with feeding and swallowing disorders can find navigating holiday meals particularly difficult.
As feeding and swallowing specialists, we speech-language pathologists can do much to serve our clients by offering tips to reduce food-related holiday stress.
Parents often go on high alert when managing their child’s feeding and swallowing difficulties outside the home. In preparing to travel, they might pack suitcases full of g-tube supplies or specific foods to help make sure their child consumes enough calorie...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - October 30, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Jennifer WIlson Tags: Health Care Private Practice Slider Speech-Language Pathology Dysphagia Early Intervention Feeding Disorders Swallowing Disorders Source Type: blogs
TWiV 570: Aarhus viral
At Aarhus University in Denmark, Vincent speaks with Trine Mogensen, Søren Paludan, Ole Søgaard, and Madalina Carter-Timofte about their careers and their work on sensing herpesviral DNA, immunodeficiencies that predispose to severe viral infections, and the path to a cure for HIV/AIDS. Click arrow to play Download TWiV 570 (61 MB .mp3, 101 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - October 20, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology Aarhus University AIDS AIDS cure cGAS DNA sensor herpes simplex virus HIV-1 HIV-1 latent reservoir host genetics polIII polio poliomyelitis poliovirus STING TLR9 varicella-zoster virus viral viruse Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, October 14th 2019
In conclusion, a polypharmacology approach of combining established, prolongevity drug inhibitors of specific nodes may be the most effective way to target the nutrient-sensing network to improve late-life health.
Deletion of p38α in Neurons Slows Neural Stem Cell Decline and Loss of Cognitive Function in Mice
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2019/10/deletion-of-p38%ce%b1-in-neurons-slows-neural-stem-cell-decline-and-loss-of-cognitive-function-in-mice/
Researchers here provide evidence for p38α to be involved in the regulation of diminished neural stem cell activity with age. It is thought that the...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 13, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Is Displaced Nuclear DNA a Meaningful Cause of Chronic Inflammation in Aging?
Sterile inflammation arises without external cause, such as infection or injury, and chronic sterile inflammation is a characteristic of aging. Inflammatory signaling becomes constant and pronounced in tissues, and the immune system is constantly roused to action. Processes, such as regeneration from injury, that depend upon a clear cycle of inflammation that starts, progresses, and resolves are significantly disrupted. It is no exaggeration to say that the downstream consequences of chronic inflammation accelerate the progression of all of the common age-related conditions. It is of great importance in atherosclerosis and...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 11, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
A Clinical Ethicist ’s Reflections on The Farewell
“Based on an Actual Lie”—thus begins The Farewell, a film that follows 30-year-old Billi from her New York City home to Changchun, China, where she and her family visit her dying grandmother Nai-Nai. Billi’s family arrives in Changchun under the guise of a wedding celebration for Nai-Nai’s grandson, but they have really come together to all be with Nai-Nai before she dies of stage IV lunch cancer. The ‘actual lie’ on which the story is based concerns the withholding of grim health information from the family’s matriarch; but this very substantial lie coexists with myria...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - October 1, 2019 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Bioethics Today Tags: End of Life Care Health Care autonomy Bioethics in the Media patient autonomy Senior Care social norms syndicated Source Type: blogs
Nanoparticles for RNA Vaccine Delivery Help Stop Melanoma Tumor Growth
RNA vaccines are a promising way to harness the immune system to fight cancers and infections. Some are currently in clinical trials, but the technology is still in its early stages. A major impediment to the effectiveness of RNA vaccines is the difficulty in getting them into the correct immune cells to produce the desired proteins and guaranteeing that the immune system will respond with sufficient force.
To help with this, chemists at MIT have created a range of lipid nanoparticles that can be used as delivery vesicles for RNA vaccines. These nanoparticles have already been shown to improve target protein production ...
Source: Medgadget - October 1, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Medicine Nanomedicine Oncology Public Health Source Type: blogs
A Sting, then Blisters and Pain
A 25-year-old woman presented with a rash, and reported that she was in South Carolina when she felt a stinging sensation. That was followed by blisters on her foot.She noticed swelling of her foot, and had continued pain. She took pictures of the bite on days two and six. (Below.) She reported that she had a similar sting the previous summer. She said she had no fever, shortness of breath, or dizziness. Her vital signs were a temperature of 98.6°F, a heart rate of 80 bpm, a blood pressure of 100/60 mm Hg, a respiratory rate of 16 bpm, and an SPO2 of 100% on room air.She was alert and in no distress. Her oropharynx was...
Source: The Tox Cave - September 3, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
How to Be Honestly Happy in the Present Moment
“Every day there is only one thing to learn: how to be honestly happy.” – Sri Chinmoy
Happiness is something we hear a lot about. Advice on how to be happy proliferates on the Internet and almost anyone you ask will give you a different suggestion on how to achieve it, how to know if you have it, what to do if you lose it. If you say you want to be happy, that implies that you are somehow not happy at present. In reality, you probably are happy, yet you’re expressing an overarching desire for happiness in your life — your entire life. Trying to map out a strategy that ensures you’re absolutely happy all the...
Source: World of Psychology - September 1, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Suzanne Kane Tags: Happiness Present Moment Self-Help Source Type: blogs
Testicular pain: Everything you need to know as a parent
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Does your of age son often complain about the pain in testicles? Does he feel uncomfortable while riding his bicycles or bike? If yes! It could be testicular pain which mostly occurs among teenage boys. It’s very uncommon to see the pain in boys above 25 years old. Testicular pain often requires immediate medical attention. If the treatment is started within 6 hrs of beginning of the pain, then...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - August 22, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: lakshmikrishnanunni Tags: health and fitness Causes of Testicular Pain in Children Kidshealth Testicle Pain Testicle Pain in Children Testicular Pain in Kids Source Type: blogs
