Wednesday Bible Study: Odds and Ends
Deuteronomy 15 consists of three pieces. Two of them echo ideas from Leviticus but with important differences -- in fact quite major contradictions. One, as far as I can recall, is essentially novel.15 At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts.2 This is how it is to be done: Every creditor shall cancel any loan they have made to a fellow Israelite. They shall not require payment from anyone among their own people, because theLord’s time for canceling debts has been proclaimed.3 You may require payment from a foreigner, but you must cancel any debt your fellow Israelite owes you.4 In ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - January 6, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Sunday Sermonette: Yadda yadda yadda
Deuteronomy 14 is mostly a rehash of material from Exodus and Leviticus. Not much to say about it except to point out some contradictions and absurdities. 14 You are the children of theLord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead,2 for you are a people holy to theLord your God. Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, theLord has chosen you to be his treasured possession.I ' m not sure how this follows. 3 Do not eat any detestable thing.4 These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,5 the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - January 3, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Trump Banned Many H-2B Workers But No More U.S. Workers Applied —Now He May Extend the Ban
David J. BierThe H-2B program allows nonagricultural employers to hire foreign workers when they cannot find U.S. workers to perform temporary jobs. Since 2014, employers have repeatedly hit the H-2B cap of 66,000 visas, so Congress has repeatedly authorized the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to permit workers to enter above the cap. DHS refu sed to allow any additional workers to enter above the cap after the unemployment rate spiked in March.In June, President Trump went even further by banning many H-2B workers until the end of this year, which caused visas under the cap to be wasted. Now Trumpis considering ex...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 31, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: David J. Bier Source Type: blogs
Do pro-inflammatory diets harm our health? And can anti-inflammatory diets help?
This study also showed that pro-inflammatory diets were associated with a poor cholesterol profile. This finding was also seen in other another study, also published in JACC, which found that pro-inflammatory foods had a harmful effect on cholesterol levels while some anti-inflammatory foods had favorable effects.
What foods are pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory?
Foods with a higher pro-inflammatory potential are red meat, processed meat, and organ meat; refined carbohydrates such as white bread, white rice, and many desserts; and sweetened beverages including colas and sports drinks.
Foods that have a higher anti-inf...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - December 23, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Katherine D. McManus, MS, RD, LDN Tags: Food as medicine Healthy Eating Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Celebrating a COVID Christmas
We’ve made it to the end of 2020! From polarizing politics to raging fires to COVID-19, it’s been a real doozy. And now the holidays… Do we celebrate with loved ones and risk COVID or take a pass? What are the risks?
In today’s show, our guest Dr. John Grohol, founder of Psych Central, explains how this isn’t going to be our regular holiday season and that’s okay: We can easily make lemonade out of lemons.
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John M. Grohol, Psy.D. is a pioneer in online mental health and psychology. Recognizing the ed...
Source: World of Psychology - December 3, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Podcast Tags: General Holiday Coping Interview Podcast The Psych Central Show Source Type: blogs
Teaching Old Cells New Tricks: Insights Into Molecular-Level Aging
When someone mentions aging, you may think of visible changes, like graying hair. Scientists can see signs of aging in cells, too. Understanding how basic cell processes are involved in aging is a first step to help people lead longer, healthier lives. NIGMS-funded researchers are discovering how aging cells change and applying this knowledge to health care.
Discovering the Wisdom of Worms
C. elegans with a ribosomal protein glowing red and muscle fibers glowing green. Credit: Hannah Somers, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory.
Aric Rogers, Ph.D., and Jarod Rollins, Ph.D., assistant professors of regenerati...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - December 2, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Injury and Illness Cellular Processes Research Roundup Source Type: blogs
2 easy, affordable, plant-centered dinners
Plant-based diets have taken root in American culture in recent years, mostly thanks to the growing realization about the health benefits of this eating pattern. But contrary to what some people think, plant-based doesn’t necessarily mean you must forego all animal products. Rather, you might just eat meat or dairy products less frequently, or in smaller portions. To replace those lost calories, you should eat more beans and legumes, vegetables, whole grains, and fruits. These mostly low-fat, nutrient-rich foods have been linked to improvements in many health-related issues, including high blood pressure, diabetes, and h...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - November 25, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Julie Corliss Tags: Cooking and recipes Food as medicine Healthy Eating Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Birthdays, COVID, and Reframing (Oh My!)
It’s that time of year again! That’s right — Gabe’s Annual Birthday Blog. Each year, Gabe looks back on the important events and lessons he’s encountered during the previous 12 months. But what events can he talk about when COVID came and stole the show?
Join Gabe and Lisa as they discuss the Year of Coronavirus and the good and bad that came with it.
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Source: World of Psychology - November 17, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Not Crazy Podcast Tags: General Not Crazy Podcast Source Type: blogs
USDA Once Again Tries to Regulate Small Farmers Out of Business
Mallory ReaderThe Department of Agriculture (USDA) is once again trying to interfere with farming practices in the name of consumer health.The USDA ’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invited the public to comment on a plan to mandate the use of radio frequency identification tags on cattle, as opposed to the metal tags now in use. One reason for tagging cattle is to trace animals ’ movements, in order to then track diseased and at‐risk exposed animals. The agency believes that being able to identify these animals electronically might allow government veterinarians to better contain disease ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 13, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Mallory Reader Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, November 9th 2020
In this study, young adult mice were submitted to endurance exercise training and the function, differentiation, and metabolic characteristics of satellite cells were investigated in vivo and in vitro.
We found that injured muscles from endurance-exercised mice display improved regenerative capacity, demonstrated through higher densities of newly formed myofibres compared with controls (evidenced by an increase in embryonic myosin heavy chain expression), as well as lower inflammation (evidenced by quantifying CD68-marked macrophages), and reduced fibrosis. Enhanced myogenic function was accompanied by an increased ...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 8, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Data on OneSkin's Peptide 14, a Topical Senotherapeutic, in Human Skin Models and Skin Biopsies
You might recall that OneSkin recently launched a cosmetic product claimed to reduce levels of senescent cells in aged skin, as measured by the usual markers for cellular senescence, such as p16 expression and senescence-associated β-galactosidase. Removal of senescent cells is more or less literal rejuvenation, given that the accumulation of such cells drives chronic inflammation, tissue dysfunction, and degenerative aging. Clearance of a large fraction of senescent cells via senolytic drugs has been shown to extend life and turn back measures of aging in a number of animal studies.
The OneSkin product contains a ...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 6, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Banishing the Organizational Shadow in Healthcare
Carl Jung once identified the shadow (or shadow archteype) as the unconscious aspect of the personality that the conscious mind and ego don ' t especially care to recognize as an aspect of the self. Some may refer to the shadow as the entirety of the unconscious mind. In this light, can we also deduce that organizations themselves also have a shadow? The Shadow Lurks Jung stated, “Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual ’s conscious life, the blacker and denser it is. ” He also said, “One does not become enlightened by imaging figures of light, but my making the darkness c...
Source: Digital Doorway - October 31, 2020 Category: Nursing Source Type: blogs
Why Bother Assessing the U.S.-China Phase One Trade Deal, Anyway?
Daniel J. IkensonOf course, the Trump administration is going toexaggerate claims about the success of its “Phase One” trade deal with China. That’s no surprise. And, of course, Trump’sdetractors won ’t let the administration get away with such claims. Exposing Trump’s trade follies—“tariffs are taxes,” “tariffs haven’t brought back supply chains or manufacturing jobs,” “farmers have been pummeled,” “trade wars are neither good nor easy to win”—is just too much fun to r esist.But, at some point —like now, for instance—the unity we pro‐trade, pro‐globalization voices fin...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 30, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Daniel J. Ikenson Source Type: blogs
Viruses on Motorcycles
By ANISH KOKA
The most recent fiction dressed up as science about COVID comes to us courtesy of a viral Washington Post article. “How the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally may have spread coronavirus across the Upper Midwest” screams the headline. The charge made is that “within weeks” of the gathering that drew nearly half a million visitors the Dakota’s and adjacent states are experiencing a surge of COVID cases.
The Sturgis Rally happens to be a popular motorcycle rally held in Sturgis, South Dakota every August that created much consternation this year because it wasn’t cancel...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 26, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: COVID-19 Health Policy Anish Koka Pandemic sturgis motorcycle rally Source Type: blogs
More Taxpayer Money for More Sheepskins? Bad Idea
Neal McCluskeyIt hasn ’t been much discussed in the presidential campaign—personality, scandal, and COVID-19 have dominated that—but the idea of spending big taxpayer bucks for “free” college still looms. The Biden campaignis proposing free tuition at four ‐year public colleges for anyone in families earning less than $125,000 a year, and free community college for all, among many promises to lavish taxpayer money on ivory towers. The basic justification seems intuitive: education is good, more education must be better.But “intuition” and “reality” are not always the same, and pushing more money and...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 19, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Neal McCluskey Source Type: blogs
