Bloody Religion
“With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.”Steven Weinberg
In 2003, I started a web page that documented the horrors of the Iraq war. The title of the page was corrie.html, because one of the first entries was about Rachel Corrie. This was it.
On Sunday, 16th March 2003, a 23-year-old American peace activist, Rachel Corrie, was crushed to death by a bulldozer as she tried to prevent the Israeli army destroying homes in the Gaza Strip.
You can read here some of the emails that she ...
Source: DC's goodscience - October 15, 2023 Category: Science Authors: David Colquhoun Tags: Palestine war Gaza Israel Source Type: blogs
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“With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.”Steven Weinberg
In 2003, I started a web page that documented the horrors of the Iraq war. The title of the page was corrie.html, because one of the first entries was about Rachel Corrie. This was it.
On Sunday, 16th March 2003, a 23-year-old American peace activist, Rachel Corrie, was crushed to death by a bulldozer as she tried to prevent the Israeli army destroying homes in the Gaza Strip.
You can read here some of th...
Source: DC's goodscience - October 15, 2023 Category: Science Authors: David Colquhoun Tags: Palestine war Gaza Israel Source Type: blogs
Out of Control Health Costs or a Broken Society
Flawed Accounting for the US Health Spending Problem
By Jeff Goldsmith
Source: OECD, Our World in Data
Late last year, I saw this chart which made my heart sink. It compared US life expectancy to its health spending since 1970 vs. other countries. As you can see, the US began peeling off from the rest of the civilized world in the mid-1980’s. Then US life expectancy began falling around 2015, even as health spending continued to rise. We lost two more full years of life expectancy to COVID. By the end of 2022, the US had given up 26 years-worth of progress in life expectancy gains. Adding four more ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy COVID Drug Overdoses gun violence Hospitals Jeff Goldsmith Maternal mortality Mental Health Obesity Poverty Regional Economy Society Source Type: blogs
Out of Control Health Costs or a Broken Society
Flawed Accounting for the US Health Spending Problem
By Jeff Goldsmith
Source: OECD, Our World in Data
Late last year, I saw this chart which made my heart sink. It compared US life expectancy to its health spending since 1970 vs. other countries. As you can see, the US began peeling off from the rest of the civilized world in the mid-1980’s. Then US life expectancy began falling around 2015, even as health spending continued to rise. We lost two more full years of life expectancy to COVID. By the end of 2022, the US had given up 26 years-worth of progress in life expecta...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy COVID Drug Overdoses gun violence Hospitals Jeff Goldsmith Maternal mortality Mental Health Obesity Poverty Regional Economy Society Source Type: blogs
Self-management, coping – or living with?
After a weekend relaxing by the beach, I’m once again pondering the nature of how people live well with persistent pain. It’s called variously ‘self-management’ or ‘coping’ or, in my life, ‘living with’ pain, and as I pointed out last week, it’s not well-defined. I’m not even sure that people with pain get a look-in at what to call these ‘ways of living’ because it’s typically an academic discussion that excludes the very people who are expected to comply with them!
That gripe aside, what’s wrong with the terms ‘coping’ or &#...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - October 8, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Chronic pain Coping strategies Pain conditions Resilience/Health biopsychosocial pain management Therapeutic approaches Source Type: blogs
We Have All Been The Victim Of False Government Propaganda Regarding Our International Intelligence Capability!
This
headline says it all!
Hamas
attack: This was a terrible intelligence failure by Israel
Greg Sheridan
9:11PM October 7,
2023
The Hamas attack is
an Israeli nightmare. Not so much the perhaps 5000 rockets – though the numbers
are disputed - the
terrorist group launched against Israel, but the terrorists roaming through
southern Israeli towns, where women and children take shelter in “ (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 8, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Atropos Health Announces Strategic Financing to Fund International Expansion and Support Key Channel Partnerships
Leader in Unlocking Real-World Data for Healthcare Moves to Address the Global Evidence Gap in Markets Plagued by Tight Data Restrictions and a Lack of Clinical Trial Diversity
Atropos Health, a pioneer in evidence-based healthcare known for its Green Button Clinical Informatics Consult Service, today announced that it has completed a strategic financing from Presidio Ventures, the venture arm of Sumitomo Corporation Venture Group, Samsung Next, a venture arm of Samsung Electronics, Gaingels, Audere Capital, and others. The funding enables Atropos Health to accelerate commercial and development opportunities outside the U....
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 6, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Analitica Atropos Health Audere Capital Dr. Brigham Hyde DVX Gaingels Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Presidio Ventures Project 360 LTD Rameen Rana Samsung Electronics Source Type: blogs
Briya Raises $11.5M Series A, Accelerates U.S. Rollout of Blockchain-Secured Data Exchange Platform to Enhance Collaboration Between Hospitals and Life Sciences
Briya Enables Hospitals to Increase Revenue While Research Organizations Capitalize on Most Comprehensive Anonymized Data to Develop and Implement Patient Treatments
Briya, an end-to-end healthcare data exchange platform, today announced the completion of an $11.5 million Series A round of financing, bringing the company’s total funding to $17 million. The round was led by Team8, includes existing investors Insight Partners and Amiti Ventures, and is joined by the George Kaiser Family Foundation.
The funding will support Briya’s mission to transform how data is exchanged between healthcare organizations and life sc...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 5, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Amiti Ventures Berlin Institute of Health BIH Briya Charité Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin David Lazerson Dr. Jawed Nawabi George Kaiser Family Foundation Health IT Funding Health IT Fundi Source Type: blogs
I feel I must belabor the obvious. Yes, it's a cult.
For most of my life, the Republican party has promoted itself as the true patriots, the people who " support the troops, " will aggressively confront foreign adversaries, and spend trillions of dollars for what they define as a " strong " national defense. They also purport to be the competent party, the " grownups in the room. " Now, quite suddenly it seems, they worship and adore a demented idiot who disparages and disdains the military and wants to bow down to the nation ' s most dangerous adversary.General Kelly, who served as white house chief of staff, has recently granted an interview to CNN. A person tha...
Source: Stayin' Alive - October 3, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
60 Teamwork Quotes for Working Smart and Smoothly Together
Teamwork is essential in many areas of life to go further. To find success an individual could only dream of.
No matter if that’s in your business, at work, in school, while playing sports or with family and friends.
But good or even great teamwork isn’t something that’s always easy to achieve.
So in this post I’d like to share the best and most helpful teamwork quotes that I’ve found.
To motivate new viewpoints and progress, inspire collaboration and bring your common vision or goal over obstacles and then into reality.
And if you want more motivation for work, school or your business then be sure to have a loo...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - October 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Inspirational Quotes Personal Development Source Type: blogs
Addressing the Mental Health Crisis: Why Personalized Digital Solutions Are Essential To Meet Growing Demand
The following is a guest article by Byron Crowe, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Solera
Demand for mental services has never been higher, and an ongoing shortage of psychiatrists and psychologists is preventing millions of Americans from timely access to mental health services. And the timing couldn’t be worse — findings from Solera Health’s recent Mental Health Index, a nationally representative survey of over 3,000 U.S. adults, found that 42% of Americans continue to be bothered by symptoms of anxiety and depression, a staggering figure that remains substantially elevated from pre-pandemic numbers. Moreover, these sym...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 21, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring CBT Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Digital CBT Digital Mental Health Tools Dr. Byron Crowe M.D. Healthcare Barriers Personalized Healthcare Solera Solera Network Teletherapy Therapist Source Type: blogs
U.S. and Israel on Parallel Paths
From the political roles of religious fundamentalism, to the inability of either side to find compromise with the other, to leaders facing legal struggles, the United States and Israel have a lot in common. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - September 6, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Brian Michael Jenkins Source Type: blogs
UV-Free Air Decontamination: Interview with Sorel Rothschild, VP at Quantum Innovations
LumaFlo, a medtech company based in Israel, has developed a decontamination technology that does not require UV light, something that can be dangerous for people nearby. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for safe and effective decontamination technologies for both public spaces and healthcare facilities. However, many such technologies rely on UV light to kill pathogens, but this can also have negative effects on those exposed.
In an effort to create a safer and more effective alternative, LumaFlo has developed a carbon nanostructure based photocatalytic system that is activated through visible light, meaning t...
Source: Medgadget - August 25, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Exclusive Medicine Public Health Source Type: blogs
TytoCare Announces $49 Million Funding Round and Launches New Care Modules
Funding Round Led by Existing Investor Insight Partners and Includes New Strategic Health System and Pension Fund Investors MemorialCare, HOOPP, and Clal
TytoCare, a virtual care company enabling leading health plans and providers to deliver accessible, high-quality primary care from home, today announced that it has raised $49 million in additional growth funding. This new investment brings the company’s total funding to $205 million to date. The round was led by global software investor Insight Partners, which also led TytoCare’s previous round. Notably, the round includes new investors, including MemorialCare ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - August 25, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Barry Arbuckle Clal Dedi Gilad Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Home Smart Clinic HOOPP Insight Partners MemorialCare TytoCare Source Type: blogs
God bothering
I thought our commenter ' s list of reasons, via Vivek Ramaswany, why people would want to vote Republican was interesting, and possibly largely correct -- or at least it reflects the surface of how Republican candidates and pundits talk, although I think it probably doesn ' t represent all of the underlying reasons. Anyway, it gives me an agenda, so I ' m going to take the assertions one by one, starting with this one:God is real. While there is no doubt that religion, or professed religion, is a motivator for Republican voters, there obviously has to be a lot more to it than just the assertion that God is real. Joe Biden...
Source: Stayin' Alive - August 24, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
