We need to talk about foobaw
Last Sunday, Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was knocked down in the second quarter of a game against the Buffalo Bills and hit the back of his head on the turf. He lay there for a few seconds, then tried to stand up on wobbly legs then he collapsed, obviously slobberknocked. They took him into the locker room, then sent him out to play the second half, claiming he had passed the concussion protocol and that he had collapsed due to a leg injury, which anybody could plainly see was a lie.Last night, against the Cincinnati Bengals, he was again knocked down and hit the back of his head. This timehe lay motionless f...
Source: Stayin' Alive - September 30, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Taxes and Interstate Migration of Seniors
Chris EdwardsAmericans are moving from high ‐tax states to low‐tax states. The smart states know this and are cutting income tax rates, as discussed in the forthcomingFiscal Policy Report Card on America ’s Governors.One group that states want to attract with tax cuts are seniors and retirees. Just this year,10 states cut their taxes on retirement income, which means income from Social Security, defined ‐benefit (DB) plans, and defined contribution (DC) plans, such as 401(k)s. Currently, about three‐quarters of the states fully exempt Social Security benefits from taxes. About a dozen states fully ex...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 27, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs
Commentators and Journalists Weigh In On Digital Health And Related Privacy, Safety, Social Media And Security Matters. Lots Of Interesting Perspectives - September 27, 2022.
Conclusions:This study revealed strong and consistent patterns of association between digital health literacy and the use of a web-based PHR. The results indicate potential actions for promoting PHR uptake, including improving digital technology and skill experiences that may improve digital health literacy and willingness to engage in web-based PHR. Uptake may also be improved through more responsive digital services, strengthened health care, and better social support. A holistic approach, including targeted solutions, is needed to ensure that web-based PHR can realize its full potential to help reduce health inequities....
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 27, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
6 Examples Of How The Hippocratic Oath Should Be Upgraded
Physicians have been taking the Hippocratic Oath for centuries. Originally written in 400 BC, it is one of the oldest known codes of ethics, attributed to Hippocrates, the ancient Greek philosopher and physician. In the “A Revised Hippocratic Oath for the Era of Digital Health” paper published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research by Brennan Spiegel and Bertalan Mesko (The Medical Futurist), we advocated how we should upgrade the millennia-old principles to reflect the 21st-century realities of medicine.
Amazingly modern for its age and timeless in its core principles, the Oath describes ideals that are timely...
Source: The Medical Futurist - September 20, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Future of Medicine Healthcare Policy Medical Education hippocratic oath medical oath doctors' oath upgrade modernized hippocratic oath revised hippocatic oath 21st century hippocratic oath Source Type: blogs
Ways to stop good clinicians leaving pain management (iii)
I’m an old hack when it comes to teamwork and pain management: I’ve worked in this field a long time. I’m familiar with reactions to both interpersonal differences within a team (and the myriad ways these can be expressed), and to the discourse that happens when posting a publicly available message. In fact, that’s why I publish on social media: so we can have open conversations rather than ones hidden behind paywalls, or in rarified academic settings. Humans are odd, and when poked – even when poked with good evidence – want to react, to bite back. The following comments are not about any specific organisation...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - September 19, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Chronic pain Clinical reasoning Interdisciplinary teams Occupational therapy Physiotherapy Professional topics Psychology Research Science in practice conflict healthcare teamwork Source Type: blogs
Not Looking Like Leverage: The False Promises of Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia
Jordan Cohen andJonathan Ellis AllenIn June, the State Department issued a report suggesting that poor oversight over U.S. weapons in thewar in Yemen directly led to civilian casualties, starvation, and displacement. On September 7, Senators Bernie Sanders (I ‑VT), Elizabeth Warren (D‑MA), and Mike Lee (R‑UT)sent letters in response arguing that the U.S. role in this conflict is “an unacceptable failure” and that the “United States may be complicit to in Yemen would represent a failure in the Biden administration ’s stated prioritization of human rights and our core democratic values.”An estimated...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 12, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Jordan Cohen, Jonathan Ellis Allen Source Type: blogs
Reversing the impact of the pandemic on childhood obesity [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “With schools closed, children spent hours upon hours sitting in front of a screen for instruction and homework. Non-academic screen time increased as well, with parents needing to work from home and thus relying more on screens to occupy the children. Parents also were
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Reversing the impact of the pandemic on childhood obesity [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 27, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Podcast by KevinMD Tags: Podcast Obesity Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Apocalypse Now
For some reason the U.S. corporate media are paying almost no attention to themultiple disasters unfolding in Europe. Widespread crop failures, rivers drying up, massive wildfires, deadly heatwaves -- and it ' s just about to get even worse. The weather has been bad enough in the U.S. -- unprecedented floods seem to be the story lately, but in the long run, the Colorado River is drying and there isn ' t enough water to go around. Something will have to give and that will have to mean major agricultural regions go fallow -- unless a couple of big cities are abandoned. Take your pick. Drought in Mexico is also hitting our fo...
Source: Stayin' Alive - August 12, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
August 11, 2022 Edition-----It is hard to go past just how bad the level strategic stability in the world seems to have gone backwards with the war hardly stopping, Nancy Pelosi poking Chinese bears. The UK imploding economically and Europe on the brink of collapse.I have never seen it this bas and many senior commentators agree. Really very worrying!-----Major Issues.-----https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/newspoll-record-electoral-satisfaction-rating-for-anthony-albanese/news-story/6ad1f681586961423e3eb75a05b99949Newspoll: Record electoral satisfaction rating for Anthony AlbaneseSimon BensonJuly 31, 2022Anthony Alba...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 11, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Federal Land Reform: Underused Housing Affordability Tool?
Vanessa Brown CalderThroughout the pandemic, people have poured into states in the south and intermountain west, including states like Idaho, Arizona, and Utah. According to Census Bureau estimates, areas including Boise, Idaho and Salt Lake City, Utah sustained some of thehighest net migration increases during the 2020 –2021 period.Figure 1. U.S. regional migration, 2020 –2021, numbers in thousandsSource note: Net internal migration encompasses migration to/ from U.S. states. Net migration includes migration from abroad. California has some of the highest outbound migration of any state; this depresses net migratio...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 4, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Vanessa Brown Calder Source Type: blogs
What needs to change in medicine for it to be sustainable? [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. “A prospect seeking a career in medicine must start with their own awareness of boundaries and perfectionism before entering the field. This inner work must be indoctrinated in schools and encouraged through residencies and mentorships. Furthermore, administration must model this and valued it as highly as continuing education, credentialing,
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What needs to change in medicine for it to be sustainable? [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 28, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Podcast by KevinMD Tags: Podcast Primary Care Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
The objective most consistent with recent operations is to conquer Luhansk, Donetsk, and Kherson, with a view to their eventual annexation and Russification. But not only are they some way from achieving that (w ith much of Donetsk still in Ukrainian hands and the Russia position in Kherson highly contested) it would also require an explicit Ukrainian surrender for it to serve as the basis for a declaration of victory. That will not be forthcoming.-----https://www.afr.com/world/europe/how-britain-giggled-its-way-into-crisis-20220710-p5b0giHow Britain giggled its way into crisisBoris Johnson has exposed the costs of Britain...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - July 21, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Pregnancy & Abortion Misconceptions We can Fix in A & P | TAPP 118
Host Kevin Patton uses arecent article fromScience News as a basis for discussing thebiological processes involved inpregnancy, birth, and abortion care toclarify misconceptions and support productivepublic conversation.00:00 | Introduction00:56 | Why Address These Concepts14:53 | Sponsored by AAA16:15 | Strategies21:44 | Sponsored by HAPI22:44 | Concepts& Misconceptions32:15 | Sponsored by HAPS34:44| More Concepts& Misconceptions43:31 | Staying Connected★ If you cannot see or activate the audio player, go to:theAPprofessor.org/podcast-episode-118.html🏅 Apply for your credential (badge/certificate) f...
Source: The A and P Professor - July 5, 2022 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
The Hard Problem of Abortion Rights
ConclusionIn sum, reasonable minds —including reasonable libertarian minds—can disagree about the moral nature of abortion itself, the constitutional status of abortion rights, and the proper legal framework with which to evaluate asserted claims of a right to abortion access in particular circumstances. Likewise, critics of the Court’s abortion cases can reasonably disagree on the most principled way to address precedents whose reasoning arguably has not withstood the test of time.In the aftermath ofDobbs, some states may well attempt to regulate abortion in ways thatdo pose grave concerns for libertarians generally...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 24, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Clark Neily, Jay Schweikert Source Type: blogs
A Closer Look at the NIGMS AREA (R15) Program
Continuing our regular posts detailing funding trends for NIGMS programs, here we provide a closer look at the NIGMS Academic Research Enhancement Awards (AREA) R15 program. AREA grants support small-scale research projects involving primarily undergraduate students at institutions that received no more than $6 million in funding from NIH in 4 of the past 7 years. Awards can be up to $300,000 in direct costs for the entire project period of up to 3 years. Unlike most of our other Research Project Grant (RPG) awards, which have noncompeting renewals on an annual basis, R15 funds are obligated in the first year and last the ...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - June 21, 2022 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Funding Trends AREA Funding Policies Source Type: blogs
