Welcoming “Como Investir no Seu Cérebro?”
It is a pleasure to announce the publication of the Portuguese edition of The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness, by Edições Sílabo, and with a beautiful preface by Dr. Alexandre Castro Caldas, Director of the Health Sciences Institute in Lisbon! If you speak Portuguese here’s a great book on brain health and brain fitness (literally, the title means “How to invest in your brain,” same as in the Spanish edition). SINOPSE (in Portuguese): Todos sabemos que devemos investir na nossa saúde, na nossa educação, na nossa carreira profissional, em planos de poupança. Mas poucos sabem porque e como inv...
Source: SharpBrains - November 5, 2018 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning brain Brain-Fitness Brain-health Cerebro Edições Sílabo Lisbon Portuguese saúde Source Type: blogs

Is Burnout Worse for Radiologists in Canada than it is for Radiologists in the U.S.?
New research recently published in theJournal of the American College of Radiologyshows us that it might be more emotionally challenging to be radiologist in Canada than in the U.S.Physician shortages can be a major source of burnout for doctors of all specialities. Many countries grapple with physician shortages. The United States, Canada, Poland, South Korea, and Mexico have some of the  lowest doctor to patient ratios, with the average being 2.32 among those nations.TheNew England Journal of Medicine  predictsthat by 2025, the U.S. will be in need of between 61,700 and 94,700 doctors.In Canada, there are not enough ra...
Source: radRounds - October 19, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs

“My-side bias” makes it difficult for us to see the logic in arguments we disagree with
By Christian Jarrett In what feels like an increasingly polarised world, trying to convince the “other side” to see things differently often feels futile. Psychology has done a great job outlining some of the reasons why, including showing that, regardless of political leanings, most people are highly motivated to protect their existing views. However a problem with some of this research is that it is very difficult to concoct opposing real-life arguments of equal validity, so as to make a fair comparison of people’s treatment of arguments they agree and disagree with. To get around this problem, an ele...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - October 9, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Cognition Thought Source Type: blogs

PragerU's " A Nation of Immigrants " Video Has Serious Problems
This report finds problems with immigrant assimilation in Europe, especially for those from outside of the European Union, but the findings for the United States are positive.   In comparison to Europe and the rest of the OECD, immigrants in the United States are assimilating very well. The thirdwork by University of Washington economistJacob Vigdor offers a historical perspective.   He compares modern immigrant civic and cultural assimilation to the level of immigrant assimilation in the early 20th century (an earlier draft of his book chapter ishere while the published version is available in thiscollection).   For t...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 26, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Alex Nowrasteh Source Type: blogs

“Fort Trump” and Mounting U.S. Tensions with Russia
Washington ’s relations with Russia have been deteriorating for years, but new U.S. actions could make matters considerably worse.  One major source of irritation for the Kremlin has been NATO’s military exercises in countries on Russia’s border.  Those war games have proliferated since the onset of th e Ukraine crisis in 2014, when the United States and European Union countries helpeddemonstrators oust Ukraine ’s elected, pro-Russian president, Viktor Yanukovych, and Russia responded by annexing Crimea.Russian anger also has been directed at “rotational” U.S. military deployments in NATO’s easternmost memb...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 21, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Ted Galen Carpenter Source Type: blogs

Important Lessons We Learn from Our Kids
We teach our kids lots of things. We teach them how to read and how to share. We teach them to do chores and to work hard. We teach them how to make good decisions and how to drive. We teach them what it means to be good citizens. But we aren’t exclusively educators, mentors and tutors. We’re students, too. And our children are pretty incredible teachers. “[M]y kids teach me much more than I teach them,” said Emily Fonnesbeck, RD, a mom of four and a registered dietitian in southern Utah specializing in disordered eating, eating disorders and body image concerns. She’s learned so much about herself, about her str...
Source: World of Psychology - September 11, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Children and Teens General Mental Health and Wellness Parenting childhood Wisdom Source Type: blogs

​Activities & Tricks to  Help Kids Learn Key Social Skills
​Seeing as most kids nowadays have their eyes glued on different types of screens, one might argue that social development is now more important than ever. Our children still need to learn how to interact with other people in the community and that’s where social skills come in. Children with better social skills have a greater chance of cultivating more positive relationships and interactions with others and they generally have healthy self-esteem. Conversely, poor social skills have been linked to an increased risk of various physical and mental health problems including loneliness, anxiety and depression. While many...
Source: World of Psychology - August 26, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tyler Jacobson Tags: Children and Teens Family Parenting Child Development Social Skills socializing Source Type: blogs

The Jones Act Makes Little Sense in a Globalized World
Late last month that rarest of commodities, a new U.S.-built commercial transport ship, completed its maiden voyage by entering the harbor of San Juan, Puerto Rico to deliver its cargo. CalledEl Coqu í, the vessel is among the world ’s first hybrid roll-on/roll-off container vessels—a “ConRo” in industry parlance—that is powered by liquefied natural gas. Supporters of the Jones Act, a protectionist law which mandates that ships transporting goods between U.S. ports be U.S.-owned, crewed, flagged, and built, have pointed to  El Coqu í as a symbol of the measure’s success. The President of the Shipbuilder’...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 20, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Colin Grabow Source Type: blogs

About those EU Trade Concessions …
AsSimon Lester noted, President Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker caught the world by surprise Wednesday when they announced a step back from the rapidly escalating trade war between the United States and European Union.Inhis statement, Trump added this bit of news:And the European Union is going to start, almost immediately, to buy a lot of soybeans —they’re a tremendous market—buy a lot of soybeans from our farmers in the Midwest, primarily. So I thank you for that, Jean-Claude.… Secondly, we agreed today to a strengthen and [sic] strengthening of our strategic cooperation with respect t...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 27, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas A. Firey Source Type: blogs

Common food additives and chemicals harmful to children
What do a can of corn, a take-out pizza, a reusable water bottle, a bright green yogurt, and an inflatable pool toy have in common? They all contain food additives or chemicals that can be dangerous for children. Over the last few decades, the number of chemicals added to foods and other products has skyrocketed. We have created all sorts of plastics that are used in innumerable ways. We add preservatives to foods to keep them fresh. We add chemicals to foods to make them look more appealing. We have made food packaging to keep food fresh. We add chemicals to lotions and beauty products to make them feel, look, and smell ...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - July 24, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire McCarthy, MD Tags: Children's Health Environmental health Parenting Source Type: blogs

PocketECG Cardiac Rehabilitation System Helps to Get Most Out of Rehab Training
Medi-Lynx Cardiac Monitoring, part of MEDICALgorithmics, a Polish firm, won FDA clearance for its PocketECG Cardiac Rehabilitation System (CRS). The device, designed to record electrocardiography signals and to automatically spot cardiac arrhythmias, is intended to be used by patients, both high and low risk, that are undergoing rehab training. “PocketECG CRS was built on our PocketECG arrhythmia monitoring solution platform, and includes new software and enhancements specifically designed for use during all phases of the cardiac rehabilitation process – from early mobilization during hospitalization to post-disc...
Source: Medgadget - July 23, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Cardiology Medicine Rehab Source Type: blogs

After analysing the field ’s leading journal, a psychologist asks: Is social psychology still the science of behaviour?
By Alex Fradera Part of my role at the Digest involves sifting through journals looking for research worth covering, and I’ve sensed that modern social psychology generates plenty of studies based on questionnaire data, but far fewer that investigate the kind of tangible behavioural outcomes illuminated by the field’s classics, from Asch’s conformity experiments to Milgram’s research on obedience to authority. A new paper in Social Psychological Bulletin examines this apparent change systematically. Based on his findings, Dariusz Doliński at the SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Poland ask...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Methods Social Source Type: blogs

How to Overcome Perfectionism: 6 Powerful Habits
“Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.” Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe “People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looking for it where they will never find it.” Edith Schaeffer One of the most common challenges that people email me about – and I myself have had quite a bit of trouble with – is perfectionism. It’s an issue that can hold you back in life. Not only from achieving and finishing what you want. But sometimes from even getting started. While at the same time draining ...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - June 13, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Personal Development Relaxation Success Source Type: blogs

Remember our past in order to protect the future of medicine
A guest column by the American College of Physicians, exclusive to KevinMD.com. Her name is Wanda Poltawska. She is currently 96 years old and showing the physical signs of advanced aging, but remains mentally sharp and insightful. What makes her special is that in 1941, at 19 years of age, she was sent to a concentration camp in Germany, and while there was subjected to medical “experimentation” by Nazi physicians.  She was administered multiple drugs and underwent a variety of non-indicated procedures. And because she was Polish and imprisoned for subversive activities, using her as a subject for medical experimenta...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 6, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/philip-a-masters" rel="tag" > Philip A. Masters, MD < /a > Tags: Physician American College of Physicians Primary Care Source Type: blogs

Psychology Behind Blondes vs. Brunettes in the #MeToo Movement
Blonde women are arguably the most sexually objectified and stereotyped women, but could this equate to more #MeToo scenarios for blondes? Women often report experiencing increased attention and harassment from strangers as a given when going blonde. With an increased level of sexual attention and harassment, do women with blonde hair (from the bottle or not) have a greater risk of sexual assault than brunettes? My First Day as a First-Time Blonde… Yesterday I was a brunette. Using the magical powers of bleach I am now a first-time “blonde” (#silverhairtrend). It’s only hair…right? I immediately learned my e...
Source: World of Psychology - May 25, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Psych Central Staff Tags: Brain Blogger Bullying Men's Issues Personal Publishers Research Sexuality Trauma Women's Issues blondes brunettes Dehumanization Objectification Sexual Assault Sexual Harassment Unwanted Attention Source Type: blogs