Evidence to Combat Biden ’s Education Spending Onslaught
ConclusionThe Biden proposals seem to be premised on one idea: we do not spend enough money. At the very least, the situation is not at all that simple. (Source: Cato-at-liberty)
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 29, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Neal McCluskey Source Type: blogs
Students With ADHD Aren ’t Always Given The Support They Need To Thrive At University
By Emily Reynolds
Doing well in educational settings can have huge advantages — better job prospects, higher wages, greater life satisfaction and more. Achievement at university isn’t always to do with how hard you work or how intelligent you are, however — first generation university students are more at risk of impostor syndrome, for example, reducing their engagement in class, their attendance, and their overall performance.
And for those with extra needs, university can offer all kinds of extra challenges, as a new study in the Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology makes clear. It finds tha...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - April 27, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: ADHD Educational Source Type: blogs
Supreme Court Poised to Reinforce the Freedom of Association Against California Intrusion
Ilya ShapiroThis morning the Supreme Court heard argument in what I consider to be the most important case of the term,Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta (which used to beRodriguez, and before thatBecerra, as those serving as California ’s attorney general keep shifting). The case involves a broad California law requiring nonprofit organizations to disclose extensive donor information to the state. For more background, seethis blog post andCato ’s brief.)The way argument went, it ’s almost certain that the challengers to the law, Americans for Prosperity Foundation and Thomas More Law Center ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 26, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Ilya Shapiro Source Type: blogs
The Right to Remain Silent
David BoazUniversities, corporations, nonprofit groups, and other institutions are increasingly pressured to take positions on political issues such as climate change, systemic racism, diversity, and a new election law in Georgia.Writing at Arc Digital, Spencer Case warns of the consequences of this politicization:If most major corporations, scientific organizations, universities, and other prominent entities are committed to political goals —especially the same political goals—then personal neutrality will be difficult or impossible to maintain. Many people will be conscripted into political speech when they’d ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 21, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: David Boaz Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, April 12th 2021
In conclusion, the MR exhibited the protective effects against age-related behavioral disorders, which could be partly explained by activating circulating FGF21 and promoting mitochondrial biogenesis, and consequently suppressing the neuroinflammation and oxidative damages. These results demonstrate that FGF21 can be used as a potential nutritional factor in dietary restriction-based strategies for improving cognition associated with neurodegeneration disorders.
Senescent T Cells Cause Changes in Fat Tissue that are Harmful to Long-Term Health
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2021/04/senescent-t-cells-cause...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 11, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
A View of Early Modern Trends in Longevity Derived from Data on European Scholars
In this study, we present data that overcome such weaknesses and use these data to reanalyze the timing of mortality improvements among the European elite. Furthermore, using information about relative status within the elite, we investigate whether differences in socioeconomic position were already influencing mortality when secular changes in mortality first started, or whether this pattern is more recent. Finally, we exploit information about the scientific fields in which the scholars in our database were working to examine whether there were leaders or laggards by discipline. A particular focus of our analysis is on m...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 7, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Meaningful Careers: Get Paid and Help the World
Conclusion
The list of jobs that help humanity is endless. Some require advanced education, some require a high school diploma, and some only require an altruistic soul. Continue being a nice person, loving humanity, and getting all the additional training you can get, and soon enough, an opportunity to make money out of your good heart will fall in your lap.
Elisa is an expert in education coaching who focuses on helping students entering undergraduate programs. She is an enthusiastic contributor eager to promote personal growth through sharing their expertise with others. Elisa has extensive expertise in advisi...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - April 6, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elisa Tags: career featured happiness philosophy productivity tips success inspiration motivation pickthebrain Source Type: blogs
This Looks To Be A Very Bad Thing For The Privacy Of Medical And Clinical Information.
This appeared last week: AMA raises alarm over data sharing plan Denham Sadler
Senior Reporter 24 March 2021 The Australian Medical Association has sounded the alarm over the federal government ’s flagship new data-sharing scheme, warning there are no minimum privacy protections and that private health information could be shared with insurance firms. The government introduced the Data Availability and Transparency Act to Parliament in December last year, after nearly three years of deve lopment and consultation. The legislation facilitates a significant expansion of the sharing of public sector data between agencies an...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - March 31, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
National Education and Training Survey 2020
Health Education England (HEE) - This survey gathers opinions from students about their time in clinical placements, asking them to provide feedback on what worked well and what they think could be improved. The results offer universities, colleges, healthcare placement providers and Health Education England further insight into the quality of the clinical learning environment. This year, as students may be undertaking clinical placements during pandemic surges, the survey provides an additional opportunity to understand their experience and any impact on the quality of training. Results of the survey are now availab...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 22, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Covid-19 Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Immediate Solutions for Migrant Children
Conclusion: Long-Term Solutions NeededThe Biden administration has options to reduce illegal entries by unaccompanied children. First, it should immediately rescind Title 42 to allow children to cross with their parents without fear of immediate expulsion and homelessness in Mexico. Second, it should stop separating “unaccompanied” children from extended family members like aunts, uncles, and grandparents and release them together to free up space for truly unaccompanied children. Third, it should restart processing asylum applicants—particularly families and unaccompanied children—at ports of entry to prevent ille...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 17, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: David J. Bier Source Type: blogs
An Investigation of Transition Experiences of Students with Visual Impairment in Public Universities in Ghana
Sandra Tsoenemawu Sikanku (University of Cape Coast), An Investigation of Transition Experiences of Students with Visual Impairment in Public Universities in Ghana, 11 J. Comparative& Int ’l Higher Ed. 183 (2020): Student transition to university offers significant challenges to all... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - March 7, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
House Bill Provides Path to Citizenship for Most Legal Dreamers
David J. BierHouse Democrats introducedthe American Dream and Promise Act (H.R. 6) yesterday. The primary focus on the legislation —like the Dream Act in the Senate—is to provide a path to citizenship for immigrants brought to the country as minors.Unlike the Dream Act and last Congress ’s version ofH.R. 6, however, this year ’s version extends the path to citizenship to “legal dreamers,” foreign-born children of temporary workers who can grow up in this country in temporary status that they lose at age 21.Along with many of the legal dreamers themselves, I ' velong advocated for this change, and it will have m...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 4, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: David J. Bier Source Type: blogs
Being Playful but Resourceful: Two Qualities for an Adventurous Life
I’m currently reading A Man for All Markets, a memoir by Edward O. Thorp. It chronicles his story as a mathematics professor who tried to beat the casinos in gambling games. Later, he did something similar in the financial markets. He eventually became the pioneer of quantitative finance.
I enjoyed the book and learned a lot from it. Among others, the book taught me about calculating the odds before making a bet and balancing risks and returns.
But what I’d like to share with you in this post is the qualities that I noticed in Ed Thorp’s life. As I was looking for the right words to describe them, two words came to m...
Source: Life Optimizer - February 22, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Attitude Thinking Source Type: blogs
Science
Back in the time of Archimedes, and right through Galileo, Benjamin Franklin, Isaac Newton, and Darwin, it was possible for a lone investigator to make important scientific discoveries with easily affordable apparatus, or just by thinking. Scientists were mostly people of means, who had the leisure to pursue science essentially as a hobby, and perhaps spend small sums on experimental gadgetry. We still think of Albert Einstein as the archetypal scientists, a lone genius who developed profound insights while working at a fairly menial job. The only reward for these intellectual pioneers was fame, and in Einstein ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - February 20, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
