Fiscal Policies and Malnutrition: Signaling Effect of the Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Tax in Catalonia
El éonore Dal, Cristian MoralesOpazo, José Luis Yagüe Blanco, Arturo Angulo Urarte, Fiscal Policies and Malnutrition: Signaling Effect of the Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Tax in Catalonia, Spain, SSRN: To understand in which ways and to what extent sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) taxes trigger... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - November 10, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Election anxiety and post-election depression
To know our history is to predict our future. We ’ve been here before. To be more specific, we were in this very position in 1920. It was an election year amidst a pandemic, the Spanish flu that began in 1918. The Republican nominee, Warren Harding, claimed victory. Given the circumstances at the time, it is […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 9, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/anjani-amladi" rel="tag" > Anjani Amladi, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Understanding Emotional Abuse
What are the signs of emotional abuse? Can you be a victim or a perpetrator and not even know it? In today’s podcast, we welcome psychotherapist Beverly Engel who explains how emotional abuse can sometimes slide under the radar and may even be mistaken as care. In truth, it’s all about control.
Join us for a nuanced discussion on the many forms of emotional abuse and how to detect it.
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Guest information for ‘Beverly Engel- Emotional Abuse’ Podcast Episode
Beverly Engel is an internationally recognized psychotherapist and an acclaimed advocate for victims of sexual, physical, and e...
Source: World of Psychology - November 5, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Podcast Tags: Abuse General Interview Podcast Relationships The Psych Central Show Source Type: blogs
Putting on my daily m áscara
Signs encouraging mask-wearing compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic are posted in English and Spanish at my hospital. I was fascinated that a Spanish word for mask is m áscara, since “mascara” in English signifies the cosmetic that darkens the eyelashes. While I am vigilant about wearing my máscara, I can’t remember the last time I put […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 2, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/lealani-mae-acosta" rel="tag" > Lealani Mae Acosta, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician COVID-19 coronavirus Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs
Fun Activities To Do At Home While In Quarantine
Conclusion
Self-quarantining has brought outdoor activity to a halt, but you should not let that dim your spirits. If you feel like time is becoming rather blurry, that is a sign that whatever you are doing is becoming monotonous. Move on to a tougher challenge. The idea here is to beat boredom and stay safe while at it.
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Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - October 27, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Martha Payne Tags: family featured productivity tips self education self-improvement activities covid kids pickthebrain quarantine Source Type: blogs
The matrix
I first started this blog maybe 15 years ago. I have never gotten a huge number of comments, but for the first 11 years they were always constructive and thoughtful. Then something happened. I had to start moderating comments because I got so many that were offensively racist, or consisted of disinformation and wild illogic. I even tried doing a series of posts on logical fallacies and verification to try to educate some of these commenters on critical thinking. Obviously that didn ' t work. What happened, obviously, is that we entered the Trumpian post-truth era. What is left of the journalistic profession is finally...
Source: Stayin' Alive - October 27, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Promoting equity and community health in the COVID-19 pandemic
Editor’s note: Second in a series on the impact of COVID-19 on communities of color, and responses aimed at improving health equity. Click here to read part one.
In early March 2020, as COVID-19 was declared a public health emergency in Boston, Mass General Brigham began to care for a growing number of patients with COVID-19. Even at this early stage in the pandemic, a few things were clear: our data showed that Black, Hispanic, and non-English speaking patients were testing positive and being hospitalized at the highest rates. There were large differences in COVID-19 infection rates among communities. Across the river f...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - October 22, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sarah Wilkie, MS Tags: Coronavirus and COVID-19 Health Health care disparities Infectious diseases Source Type: blogs
America ’s Truck Shortage Reveals the Folly of Pandemic Protectionism
Scott LincicomeShortages during the onset of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic caused many politicians and pundits toembrace protectionism as a means of boosting the United States’ “resilience” to economic shocks and, by extension, Americans’ access to essential goods during the next crisis. Current shortages of pickup trucks, however, show why such plans are not only ineffective but could actually make thing worse.According to a recent CNBCreport, the pandemic is causing Americans to travel across the country and pay record prices for new and used trucks (emphasis mine):Two factors tied to the coronavirus pandemic...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 21, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Scott Lincicome Source Type: blogs
Going Postal? Proposals for Post ‐Office Banking in 2020
Conclusion: The Strange Persistence of Postal BankingTo paraphrase the USPS ' s unofficial motto, neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night —nor the evidence from unbanked surveys—have yet managed to dissuade contemporary proponents of postal banking. But there is no reason to believe that postal banking would significantly lower the number of Americans without bank accounts. That does not mean there are no suitable remedies, but th ese are more likely to come from innovative tech firms and retailers in the private sector, and from the removal of regulations that have raised the cost of keeping a bank account. ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 16, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Diego Zuluaga Source Type: blogs
Uninsured and undocumented: a resident perspective
A middle-aged man lies on a gurney. Anxious. Work boots. Blue jeans. Stained white shirt. Rough hands.“Hi! I ’m your doctor. What brings you to the emergency room?” The patient looks at me, puzzled. He ’s Spanish speaking. It’s the middle of the night, and I ’d rather not use the translator line. We start in broken […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 15, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/zachary-wikerd" rel="tag" > Zachary Wikerd, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Emergency Medicine Neurology Source Type: blogs
What Can We Expect From 2021: The COVID Perspective
Nearing the end of 2020, we are globally far from seeing the end of the pandemic that ruled (and ruined) 2020. Every day we see hundreds of thousands of new cases of coronavirus infections, with the WHO reporting a record one-day rise, while people have a hard time complying with the strict safety measures again. We are all waiting for this nightmare to stop, but will it ever? How long, ‘till we need to keep masks on and stay away from grandma? After this dystopian 2020, how are we looking at 2021?
No one knows for sure. With countries being knee-deep in the second wave, everyone is waiting for the vaccines to put an ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 15, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Judit Kuszkó Tags: Forecast Digital Health Research Future of Medicine Science Fiction fake news vaccination covid covid19 pandemic vaccine hoax flu Oxfam COVAX olympics Source Type: blogs
101 Quotes About Change (to Help You Live Your Best Life)
Today I'd like to share the best and most powerful quotes about change.
Because change is inevitable. Sometimes it surprises and tackles us on a regular Tuesday afternoon.
At other times we may simply realize that a change is needed to live a happier, less stressful or more successful life.
So in this post you'll find 101 of the most helpful and thought-provoking quotes about dealing with change and about making a change happen in your own life.
Inspirational Quotes about Change in Life
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“You never change your life until you step out of you...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - October 1, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Personal Development Source Type: blogs
Shedding Light on Sepsis
Sepsis is the body’s overactive and extreme response to an infection. It’s unpredictable, can progress rapidly, and affects more than 1.7 million people in the United States each year. Without prompt treatment, it can lead to tissue damage, organ failure, and death. NIGMS supports state-of-the-art sepsis research, including the development of rapid diagnostics and new therapeutics. September is Sepsis Awareness Month, and we’re highlighting a few resources that offer more information about this condition.
Our infographic provides details at a glance on basic statistics and the future of sepsis research. It’s als...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - September 23, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Injury and Illness Bacteria Infectious Diseases Sepsis Systems Biology Viruses Source Type: blogs
Remove Barriers that Prevent Nurses from Addressing Public and Private Health Crises
Michael F. CannonNurses have been on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic as they have been for every public health crisis from the Spanish influenza to the AIDS epidemic. Yet state governments have made it harder for nurses to help victims of this and other diseases.In 2004, California enacted a law that restricts the ability of hospitals to assign nurses to where patients need them, which increases the cost of care. In that year, California became the first state to mandate inpatient facilities adhere to predeterminednurse ‐to‐patient ratios. The law restricts the number of patients each nurse can ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 22, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Michael F. Cannon Source Type: blogs
Brucellosis – how dangerous is it?
Brucellosis is most frequently transmitted via unpasteurized dairy products
Zoonotic diseases to be keeping the world on its toes. What is the disease responsible for the latest outbreak in China and what is its pathogenic potential?
Not the next COVID-19
Brucellosis is a category B bioterror disease, as classed by CDC. While it is one of the most important zoonotic diseases worldwide, brucellosis has limited pandemic potential, since human-to-human transmission is sporadic and occurs via blood, sexual exposure, or breastfeeding.
63% of cross-border events since 1965 were directly linked to the consumption of unpa...
Source: GIDEON blog - September 19, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Kristina Symes Tags: Epidemiology News Outbreaks Source Type: blogs
