Teacher Well-Being, Russian PMCs, AI Conspiracy Theories: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on how America ' s teachers are doing, the proliferation of Russian private military companies, preparing for conspiracy theories about artificial intelligence, and more. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - June 23, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: blogs
Can You Follow A Keto Diet With Hypertension?
Conclusion
Navigating the maze of diet and health can indeed be a challenge. Especially when it comes to the trendy keto diet and its potential effects on hypertension. So, where do we land on the question, “Can you follow a keto diet with hypertension?”
From the studies we’ve reviewed and the real-life experiences we’ve heard, the answer is a cautious yes. It seems a well-managed keto diet could potentially benefit individuals with hypertension, mainly through weight loss, improved metabolic health, and lower blood sugar levels.
However, it’s not a one-size-fits-all approach. The key...
Source: The EMT Spot - June 21, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Rotman, MD, FRCPC, PhD Tags: Blood Pressure Source Type: blogs
Sunday Sermonette: Who'dat?
In Nehemiah 8, a character named Ezra appears. Is this the same dude who is the protagonist of the Book of Ezra? Doesn ' t seem to be -- he has a different job description. Previously, he was in charge, in basically the same role Nehemiah has in the current story. Now he ' s a priest and " teacher of the law " (rendered " scribe " in the KJV). Did Nehemiah show up and demote him? What this really shows is that the book Ezra/Nehemiah grew by accretion and there was no editor to assure continuity. Exactly how different protagonists got assigned to the two versions of the story there ' s no telling.The " Book of the Law of Mo...
Source: Stayin' Alive - June 18, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Brainwaves Reveal When Students Are Learning From Their Teacher (M)
The brainwaves of undergraduate students and their instructor were monitored while they learned. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - June 16, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Learning subscribers-only Source Type: blogs
Friday Feature: Black Minds Matter
Colleen HroncichDenisha Merriweather Allen says her life would be very different today if not for school choice. She grew up in an impoverished community in Jacksonville, Florida. Her family had lived in poverty there for at least four generations. They were well ‐known in the community and in the local schools. “She’s a Merriweather,” teachers would say, with the implication being not to expect anything from her.Not surprisingly, Denisha ’s behavior reflected these expectations the adults had of her. “I remember days when I would walk into the classroom and everyone would sigh, including my teacher,” sh...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 16, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
Career Conversations: Q & A With Physiologist Elimelda Moige Ongeri
Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Elimelda Moige Ongeri.
A career path in science is rarely clear cut and linear, which Elimelda Moige Ongeri, Ph.D., can attest adds to its excitement. She went from working in animal reproductive biology to studying proteins involved in inflammation and tissue injury. Dr. Ongeri is also currently dean of the Hairston College of Health and Human Sciences and professor of physiology at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) in Greensboro. In this interview, she shares details of her career, including a change in research focus to human physiology; her goals for the f...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - June 14, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Profiles Proteins Source Type: blogs
Trump Earns a Failing Grade in Civics (K-12) in North Carolina.
BY Mike Magee MD
Events over the past year clearly have confirmed that we are a “work in progress” even as we stubbornly affirm our good intentions to create a society committed to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
With the Dobbs’ decision, our Supreme Court has unleashed long-abandoned regressive state laws designed to reinforce selective patriarchy and undermine the stability and confidence of America’s women and families. As a result, our nation’s health professionals, and the patients they care for, potentially find themselves “on the wrong side of the law.”
It calls to mind ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - June 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Non-Health Donald Trump Mike Magee North Carolina Republican Supreme Court Source Type: blogs
Ask the Editors: Striving for Clarity in Designing and Reporting Quantitative Research
On this episode of the Academic Medicine Podcast, the journal’s editors–Colin West, MD, PhD, Yoon Soo Park, PhD, Jonathan Amiel, MD, and Gustavo Patino, MD, PhD–join host Toni Gallo to share practical guidance for designing and reporting quantitative research. They share tips for success and flaws to avoid around designing your study, using descriptive and inferential statistics, and analyzing and presenting your data. While the advice in this episode comes from the editors of Academic Medicine, much of it also applies to designing and reporting quantitative research for other journals and publications.&...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - June 12, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: amrounds Tags: AM Podcast AM Podcast Transcript Academic Medicine podcast medical education quantitative research scholarly publishing scholarly writing Source Type: blogs
Extremist Beliefs Among Veterans, Space Traffic, Teacher Well-Being: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on whether extremist beliefs are more prevalent among veterans, why it ' s time to manage traffic in outer space, crises facing the Russian military, and more. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - June 9, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: blogs
Friday Feature: Sweetwater Schol é
Colleen HroncichLike many creative educational options, Sweetwater Schol é is evidence that necessity is the mother of invention. Despite a career working to advance educational freedom and school choice, Randan Steinhauser’s original education plan for her children was pretty typical. “When it came time for my husband and I to buy a house, the first thing we loo ked at was the local school district,” she recalls. “I grew up in public school. My husband did, too. So, I’m fighting for school choice for other families. But I never thought of it for myself.”When her oldest daughter was one, Randan had twins. ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 2, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
Arming Teachers, F-16s for Ukraine, Commercial Spaceflight: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on howteachers feel about arming teachers, what F-16s will (and won ' t) do for Ukraine, the need to regulate commercial spaceflight, and more. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - June 2, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: blogs
The power of being present
I’ve been listening to Prof Kevin Vowles recently, as he presents his approach to pain using ACT. He made an important point about mindfulness that resonated with me: it’s that when learning to be fully present, it’s not how long we stray from our point of focus, nor even how many times we come back, the learning is that we can come back. Again and again and again.
There are arguments about what mindfulness is, and I’m certain these will continue, but for the purposes of this post and for people just learning mindfulness, I’m defining it as the deliberate practice of attending to a focus (t...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - May 28, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: ACT - Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Chronic pain Coping strategies Professional topics Research hypnosis mindfulness Therapeutic approaches Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, May 29th 2023
In this study, we used a Drosophila model to understand the role of the dec2P384R mutation on animal health and elucidate the mechanisms driving these physiological changes. We found that the expression of the mammalian dec2P384R transgene in fly sleep neurons was sufficient to mimic the short sleep phenotype observed in mammals. Remarkably, dec2P384Rmutants lived significantly longer with improved health despite sleeping less. In particular, dec2P384R mutants were more stress resistant and displayed improved mitochondrial fitness in flight muscles. Differential gene expression analyses went on to reveal several altered tr...
Source: Fight Aging! - May 28, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Public Schools Can ’t Force Employees to Support Ideas They Oppose
Thomas A. Berry andNicholas DeBenedettoIn the Fall of 2020, public schools in Springfield, Missouri implemented mandatory “equity” training. All employees of the school district were required to attend a session, not just teachers. The employees were told that if they did not participate, the school district would dock their pay and they could lose necessary professional development credit.The training topics included “Oppression, White Supremacy, and Systemic Racism” and tools on “how to become Anti‐Racist educators.” Training sessions included several interactive exercises that required participants to ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 26, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas A. Berry, Nicholas DeBenedetto Source Type: blogs
Friday Feature: Challenger School
Colleen HroncichThe late Barbara Baker left behind quite a legacy. She was a first grade teacher in 1960 when she realized her incoming students were unprepared because her school district had dropped phonics. Despite being pregnant with her fifth child, Barbara quit teaching and started her own preschool in 1963. “I figured that if they learned phonic s in preschool, no one could take that away from them,” shesaid.That modest beginning —half of the students in the first class were family and friends—ultimately launchedChallenger School. Jeff Davis, whose own children attended Challenger, now serves as marketing...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 26, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
