Are Taxes Really Lower in California than in Texas?
Marc JoffeWalletHub recently publishedan analysis of tax burdens by state that included some surprising findings: most notably, that Texas state and local governments impose heavier taxes on median earners than their California counterparts. Of the fifty states plus DC, the Golden State had the 12th lightest tax burden, while Texas ranked 41st.The counterintuitive conclusion that California is a relatively low tax state caught the attention of State Senator Scott Wiener (D‑San Francisco)trumpetedthe results on his Twitter page.The narrative CA — now the world’s 4th largest economy — is imploding has never been tr...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 27, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Marc Joffe Source Type: blogs
Strengthening Policies and Structures to Combat Illicit Tobacco Trade in the Philippines
John Rafael Arda (Ateneo School of Government), Alen Josef Santiago (Ateneo School of Government), Strengthening Policies and Structures to Combat Illicit Tobacco Trade in the Philippines (2023): The Philippines has been seeing an increase in illicit tobacco trade in recent... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - March 26, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Biden ’s Math of Just Taxing the Rich Doesn’t Add Up
Adam N. MichelDespite the headlines, thePresident ’s 2024 Budget demonstrates how challenging it is to raise significant new tax revenue from a small minority of wealthy taxpayers. The budget raises about $1.8 trillion from non‐corporate taxpayers over ten years. Yet, following all the rhetoric about the rich not paying their fair share, it should be striking that across more than twenty new and expanded taxes, the administration’s plan does not even raise enough revenue from wealthy taxpayers to cover new spending proposed in Biden’s budget, let alone theprojected $20 trillion deficit over the next ten years....
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 22, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Adam N. Michel Source Type: blogs
Idaho Public Television and State Health Officials Lie to the Public by Telling them Smoking is Not More Harmful than Vaping
In a public education campaign entitled " Do You Know Vape? " Idaho Public Television in collaboration with the state health districts isinforming the public that: " Vaping isnot safer than cigarette smoking. "The campaign is also making several other alarming claims, including that:vaping causes brain, bone, and lung injury to young people;third-hand aerosol from vaping (i.e., particles that stick to surfaces) can cause "asthma,respiratory illness, increased risk of disease, headaches andincreased risk of cancer" ; and vaping exposes users tometals in the lungs that can cause lung cancer.The Rest of the StoryRather t...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - March 21, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs
Marijuana Taxes Keep Black Markets Thriving
Jeffrey Miron and Jacob WinterTwenty ‐one states havelegalized some amount of marijuana for recreational use, and sixteen more allow marijuana for medical use.Critics claim black markets remain despite legalization. This is true — because legalization has been accompanied by excessive taxation and regulation.California ’s legal marijuana industry, for example, has a tough time competing with the black market. The state ’s illegal sales approach $8 billion annually, twice legal sales.It ’s not difficult to see why. Retailers must pay a $1,000 applicationfee and a minimum $2,500 licensing fee annually,...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 20, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey Miron, Jacob Winter Source Type: blogs
107 Friday Quotes to Start Your Weekend Just Right
Friday is finally here again.
The end of the work week. And the start of the weekend.
It’s one of the best days of the week and in this post I’d like to share 107 of the most uplifting, happy and inspiring Friday quotes.
To help you finish the work week strong, celebrate that this week at school or at work is soon done and to set you up for a great, fun-filled and recharging weekend.
And if you want even more inspiration for this weekend then check out this post with Saturday quotes this one filled to the brim with Sunday quotes.
Inspirational Friday Quotes
”It's time to embrace the crazy beautiful mess that you are...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - March 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Inspirational Quotes Personal Development Source Type: blogs
The orgasmic heart beat
TL:DR – Sex can double or treble a person’s heart rate, but this is a normal physiological response provided the rate goes back to normal within a few minutes.
Love might make your heart skip a beat, but love-making definitely gets it pumping. Indeed, sexual activity will inevitably raise your bpm, beats per minute, especially as a person approaches orgasm. A friend with a fake FitBit was curious about the trajectory of heart rate during sex and wore his monitor (around his wrist) in the bedroom one night. As he and his missus slid between the sheets, he set it to “other” workout and then synced th...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - March 17, 2023 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Health and Medicine Sex Source Type: blogs
Rock rewritten
As you may have noticed I wrote about the news story concerning the so-called brain-eating amoeba. I also felt the tragic tale deserved a modern, post-punk, folk song as a lament and so I pulled one together in on an otherwise dull morning. Later that evening, I had second thoughts about the original lyrics and rewrote them entirely the following wet morning. The original song became Old Nick is Quick
Old Nick is Quick
I woke up today
As you might have easily guessed
There’s one thing I must say
You might be less than impressed
I read in the news
There was a man with the answers
For shaking off the blues
With a shot he ...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - March 8, 2023 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Music Source Type: blogs
New way for a new wave song
TL:DR -Newspaper story inspired me to write a post-punk folk song telling the tale. I rewrote the lyrics the next day. Download/stream here.
As you may have noticed I wrote about the news story concerning the so-called brain-eating amoeba. I also felt the tragic tale deserved a modern, post-punk, folk song as a lament and so I pulled one together in on an otherwise dull morning. Later that evening, I had second thoughts about the original lyrics and rewrote them entirely the following wet morning. The original song became Old Nick is Quick
Old Nick is Quick
I woke up today
As you might have easily guessed
There’s one t...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - March 8, 2023 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Music Source Type: blogs
5 Things Parents Should Look for in Their Children ’ s Medical Records
Here are five things I think parents should look for in their children’s medical records and have at their fingertips:
BMI Percent – Parents are often stunningly wrong about whether or not their children are at a healthy weight. We are so familiar with our kids that they often look normal to us even when they are not. And more than 75% of parents of overweight children aged 2 to 15 report never being told the child is overweight by the pediatrician.The Body Mass Index is a calculation that looks at appropriate weight for height for a given age and gender. If children’s BMI is below the 5th percentile, they are likel...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - March 7, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Alan Greene MD Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Growth & Development Source Type: blogs
Ecology Rescued the AMA and Medical Professionalism Beginning in 1870. Will technology and science rescue the profession once again?
BY MIKE MAGEE
Medicine does not exist in a vacuum. The trusting relationships that underpin it function within an ever-changing environment of shifting social determinants. This is not new, nor surprising.
Consider for example the results of their 1851 survey of 12,400 men from the eight leading U.S. colleges had to be shocking. The AMA was only four years old at the time and being forced to acknowledge a significant lack of public interest in a physician’s services. This in turn had caused the best and the brightest to choose other professions. There it was in black and white. Of those surveyed, 26% planned to pur...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy AMA Ecology Mayo Mike Magee Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, March 6th 2023
In this study, we develop a rFOXN1 fusion protein that contains the N-terminal of CCR9, FOXN1, and TAT. We show here that, when injected intravenously (i.v.) into aged mice, the rFOXN1 fusion protein can migrate into the thymus and enhance T cell generation in the thymus, resulting in increased number of peripheral T cells. Our results suggest that the rFOXN1 fusion protein has the potential to be used in preventing and treating T cell immunodeficiency in the older adult.
Increased miR-181a-5p Expression Improves Neural Stem Cell Activity, Learning, and Memory in Old Mice
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/20...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 5, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Economics 101 continued
While the fictitious Free Market ™ fails to produce the purported paradise in general, the concept is glaringly absurd in the case of health care.* In the first place, asymmetrical information is part of the definition of the service -- the produce is expertise. If I knew everything my doctor knows, I wouldn ' t need one. In the second place, it has positive externalities that produce public goods. Infectious disease control is maybe the most obvious, but a healthier workforce, not having to watch people suffering and dying in the streets, † and fewer families psychologically burdened by premature loss are among the ma...
Source: Stayin' Alive - March 4, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Risk of Death Due to Heart Attack Has Fallen Considerably Over The Past 20 Years
Atherosclerosis leading to heart attack is one of the more amenable issues in aging to control through lifestyle choice and available medications. A very rigorous commitment to diet, exercise, and lowering LDL cholesterol will greatly reduce the odds of developing atherosclerotic plaque sufficient to produce heart attack or stroke. A combination of better treatment and better lifestyle choices has led to a sizable reduction in mortality due to heart attack in recent decades. Eliminating atherosclerosis entirely is going to require new developments in medical science, however, as lowering LDL cholesterol doesn't do much to ...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 2, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
ISFAR Criticizes New Alcohol Guidance Issued by Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction But Fails to Reveal Its Conflicts of Interest with Big Alcohol
Earlier this year, the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction released anew guidance on alcohol use. The guidance was notable for concluding that there is a dose-response relationship between the amount of alcohol one consumes and one ' s risk of disease or injury and therefore, greater amounts of alcohol consumption are associated with poorer health outcomes. In particular, the guidance concluded that drinking no alcohol is safer than drinking a low or moderate amount of alcohol.The International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research (ISFAR) has just published a stingingcritique of the new guidance. The critique es...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - February 23, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs
