Digital Detox: What is it, and why do you need it?
Our attitudes towards the digital world are very contradictory. Many researches show that most of us consider the Internet the best source of information and knowledge. Moreover, online presence increases the chances of finding a job and facilitates most everyday activities. Almost 80% of teenagers develop their interests and passions in the digital world. 60.2% feel calm and happy when using the web. However, this is only one face of the digital world.
On the other hand, 2 out of 3 Internet users declare they consider themselves addicted to technology. Over half of Americans spend between 3 to 5 hours on their devices ...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - May 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Michal Jonca Tags: depression motivation productivity tips self improvement Source Type: blogs
Discover the surprising lessons of being a terrible patient: How it made me a better doctor
As an ER doctor for many years, I recently retired from medicine to write and explore the world. My husband and I sold our lovely lake home and downsized to a three-season cabin in the woods, smaller than a school bus, and got a tiny RV and a place in Thailand. COVID be damned, we
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Discover the surprising lessons of being a terrible patient: How it made me a better doctor originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - May 12, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Rada Jones, MD Tags: Physician Emergency Medicine Source Type: blogs
Congress ’s Shade on Suspended Solar Duties Shines Light on Troublesome Trade Remedy Laws
Gabriella Beaumont-SmithOn May 3, the Senatepassed a Housejointresolution to nullify President Biden ’s proclamation to freeze the collection of antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVDs) oncertain imports of solar cells and panels.President Biden ’sproclamation, issued last June, usesSection 318 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to declare an emergency of insufficient “electricitygeneration capacity to meet expected customer demand. ” The president directed the Secretary of Commerce to freeze the collection of AD/CVDs onsolar cells and panels imported from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, after the ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 8, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Gabriella Beaumont-Smith Source Type: blogs
Government Proposes To Make Bad Standards on Race and Ethnicity Worse
John F. EarlyI recently laid out the case to stop government classification of people by race and ethnicity in a CatoBlog post. Those observations were stimulated by The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) posting a notice for comment in the Federal Register with respect to a report from the Federal Interagency Technical Working Group and Race and Ethnicity Standards to revise the existing standards for collecting data by race and ethnicity. Comments are due by April 27, 2023.Ipublished a similar op ‐ed in the Wall Street Journal, which subsequently printed a singleletter to the editor in re...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 18, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: John F. Early Source Type: blogs
Medgadget Visits Healthcare ᐩ Expo Taiwan
This past week, Medgadget was an official media partner with the Healthcareᐩ Expo Taiwan. This four-day annual event brings together healthcare companies from all over Taiwan and the rest of the world. It is also an opportunity for tech companies not typically associated with healthcare, such as ASUS, Intel, and BenQ, to showcase what they’re doing in medicine and healthcare.
The event kicked off with an opening ceremony presided by Taiwan president Tsai Ing-Wen, as well as the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between hospital representatives from Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand...
Source: Medgadget - December 17, 2022 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Scott Jung Tags: Diagnostics Exclusive Genetics Medicine Telemedicine healthcareexpo Taiwan TaiwanHealthcare Source Type: blogs
How to Stay in Touch with the Office During Your Leisure Time and Still Enjoy It 
There are many debates surrounding the idea of working in our leisure time. Most people believe it's purely harmful and ruins our mental health. Seriously, if I get a dollar every time I hear or read about how terrible it is to work on your day off, I'd be rich by now. But a small group timidly suggests that it depends on how we use our free time. Let's explore this issue and check how to stay in touch with the office during leisure time without harming your work-life balance.
Work vs. Leisure, or Work and Leisure?
There is one undisputedly true statement - we must find the time and space to take a rest from ou...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - November 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Michal Jonca Tags: career communication featured internet culture success leisure time Source Type: blogs
Answer to Case 699
Answer:Clonorchis sinensis/Opisthorchiseggs. The location (South Korea) is consistent withC. sinensis.As noted by Sam, " Both eggs have an abopercular knob and an obvious operculum. So these could be eggs of eitherClonorchis sinensisorOpisthorchisspecies (both liver flukes). We can ' t differentiate based on morphology, but based on the patient being from/living in South Korea, we can likely narrow the identification down toClonorchis sinensis, as Korea is an endemic region for this parasite. WhereasOpisthorichis viverriniis endemic to South East Asia (i.e, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand). Biliary complications can aris...
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - October 23, 2022 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 7th October 2022
Some recent things it might help to know.ResearchAlternative to intensive management of the active phase of the second stage of labor: a multicenter randomized trial (Phase Active du Second STade trial) among nulliparous women with an epidural. Trial conducted in France. (L)Midwifery continuity of care: a scoping review of where, how, by whom and for whom. Continuity of care in this context is care being provided by the same midwife. Declaration of interest - I found out about this one as it cites a study I did the literature searching for! Related to that is this letter from NHS Eng...
Source: Browsing - October 7, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
A Better Approach to U.S.-Taiwan Economic Relations
Clark PackardThe United States Trade Representative (USTR) recentlyannounced it would begin formal trade negotiations with Taiwan. Thenegotiating mandate lays out 11 different areas for negotiation, ranging from trade facilitation to labor and the environment. Middlebury College professor Dr. Gary Winslett had a comprehensiveTwitter thread in response to the substance of the announcement, most of which I agree with. Like the Biden administration ’sIndo ‐Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), market access (i.e., tariff elimination/ reduction) is notably absent from the Taiwan announcement, which is regretta...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 14, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Clark Packard Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
July 14, 2022 Edition-----The biggest news this week was the assassination of the ex-PM of Japan – Shinzo Abe – who was a good friend to OZ incidentally.In the US we have had a wind-up to a busy summit season – NATO etc – and the ongoing war in Ukraine which is becoming a deepening, protracted and horrible situation which it seems hard to resolve sadly.In the UK Boris is out but not gone and the battle for the succession is off and rolling.In OZ we have Albo back and we need to work out what to mitigate these various natural disasters and actually get on with it!!!! The response has been pathetic so far I reckon!--...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - July 14, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
The Iron(y) in Steel Protectionism
Scott Lincicome andGabriella Beaumont-SmithIn the midst of highinflation, the federal government continues to build on bad policies for the U.S. housing market. Instead of addressing current rules creating an inflexible environment for building houses, the government imposed new duties on steel nails, a crucial component for home construction. These duties will increase the cost of construction, further contributing to scarce housing and higher home prices.Last month, the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) predictablydetermined that the U.S. nail industry has been injured by “dumped” and “subsidi...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 21, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Scott Lincicome, Gabriella Beaumont-Smith Source Type: blogs
Let the Sun Set on Solar Tariffs
ConclusionThe best decision by President Biden would be to refuse to extend these solar tariffs —one ofmany examples of how freeing trade can help counter climate change. Yet what may well prevent Biden from making the best decision are the politics involved and, especially, the prospect of being accused of favoring China and abandoning U.S. labor unions. But surely Joe Biden should have realized by now that, in any trade decision he makes that relates to China and regardless of what he actually does, the president will be accused by his political opponents of kowtowing to the Chinese government. And if his goal is to ex...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 19, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: James Bacchus, Gabriella Beaumont-Smith Source Type: blogs
How Can You Improve Your Mental Health With Technology
Technology and mental well-being might seem like profoundly antagonistic terms. However, there are excellent digital tools to help you reach mindfulness and to practice meditation. You can even use smartphone apps, virtual reality solutions and digital devices as a form of relieving stressing and achieving digital detox – as, after a while, you will be able to practice all types of anti-anxiety skills on your own.
During the pandemic many organisations have warned to prepare of the biggest wave of all – a state we called “depidemic” in our related article. A worldwide scale of anxiety, loneliness and fear, assoc...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 9, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Health Sensors & Trackers Telemedicine & Smartphones Virtual Reality depression digital health Innovation technology mental health mental wellbeing emotional emotional health stress management anxiety Source Type: blogs
HOW TO Improve Your Mental Health With Technology
Technology and mental well-being might seem like profoundly antagonistic terms. However, there are excellent digital tools to help you reach mindfulness and to practice meditation. You can even use smartphone apps, virtual reality solutions and digital devices as a form of relieving stressing and achieving digital detox – as, after a while, you will be able to practice all types of anti-anxiety skills on your own.
During the pandemic many organisations have warned to prepare of the biggest wave of all – a state we called “depidemic” in our related article. A worldwide scale of anxiety, loneliness and fear, assoc...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 9, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Health Sensors & Trackers Telemedicine & Smartphones Virtual Reality depression digital health Innovation technology mental health mental wellbeing emotional emotional health stress management anxiety Source Type: blogs
Health-Related Information and COVID-19: A Study of Sri Lanka and Thailand
Ramathi Bandaranayake, Pirongrong Ramasoota (Chulalongkorn University), Ashwini Natesan, Arthit Suriyawongkul (Trinity College), Health-Related Information and COVID-19: A Study of Sri Lanka and Thailand, SSRN (2021): In this research, we focus on the COVID-19 pandemic in two emerging Asia Pacific nations,... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - October 24, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
