The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
February 18, 2021 Edition. ----- In the US the Biden calm rolls on as Trump is acquitted by Senate due some very cowardly Republican Senators. Fortunately it seems his support is gradually dropping so we can hope for better times ahead with only a zillion other issues to address. In the UK I heard my brother had his first vaccine dose a few days ago. The UK economy shrank by almost 10% last year so they need to get something right! In OZ Parliament is back and so we will see all sorts of stuff happen. By the end of next week we may actually see some vaccines being given! Frankly it can ’t happen soon enough!And in late-b...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - February 18, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Can biofeedback-based videogames help children better manage stress? Magellan Health and Mightier secure $2 million NIMH grant to investigate
This study’s goal is to validate that digital tools like Mightier can improve health outcomes, lower the cost of care and increase access to mental healthcare” said Matthew Miller, senior vice president, behavioral health, Magellan Healthcare.
About the grant:
The research is supported by the National Institute Of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R44MH124574. The NIMH supports scientists, clinicians, and research personnel at universities, medical schools, hospitals, small businesses, and other institutions via grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements. Researchers at NIMH-suppo...
Source: SharpBrains - February 10, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Technology & Innovation Behavioral Health biofeedback biofeedback video game heart rate-monitor Magellan Health mental health disorders Mightier NIMH regulate stress video-games videogame wearable Source Type: blogs
Teaching in the Time of the COVID-19 Vaccine
Tim Duane (University of San Diego), Teaching in the Time of the COVID-19 Vaccine, SSRN: The development and deployment of COVID-19 vaccines for the SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus has generated new hope and optimism that schools, colleges, and universities can return... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - February 10, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
New Cato Research on Immigration and Espionage
Alex NowrastehCato released my newpolicy analysis about espionage and immigration. It is the culmination of many months worth of original research to meticulously document and quantify every espionage and espionage ‐related criminal conviction in the United States from 1990–2019 – including those convicted of economic espionage, theft of trade secrets, and other related commercial crimes. Although my goal was to find each one, I undoubtedly missed a few, but the sample provided here is still large enough for analysis. Espionage is a serious issue that impacts American national security and that freq...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 9, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Alex Nowrasteh Source Type: blogs
Laws Against Discussing Pandemics, Cont ’d: Privacy
Walter OlsonIwrote last week in this space about government ’s longstanding tendency during dangerous outbreaks of contagious disease to assert control over public discussion of medical matters on the rationale of preventing the spread of misinformation. (Some members of Congressare currently trying to browbeat platforms into taking down social media posts that promote erroneous notions about vaccines.) Citing the flu pandemic of 1918 –19, I pointed out that “rather than quieting the rumor mill and the popular spread of false ideas about the virus, the tight control of information [often does] the reverse.”The...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 8, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Walter Olson Source Type: blogs
COVID-19 Vaccine and Therapeutic Trials ACTIV-ate in West Virginia
ACTIV clinical trials will evaluate the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 treatments and vaccines. Credit: iStock.
Since the virus that causes COVID-19, known as SARS-CoV-2, was first reported in late 2019, scientists have launched hundreds of studies on strategies for diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. To prioritize the most promising vaccine and therapeutics candidates, streamline clinical trials, and coordinate regulatory processes, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Foundation for the NIH have established the Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV) partnership. ACTIV brings t...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - February 3, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Injury and Illness COVID-19 Infectious Diseases Medicines Scientific Process Source Type: blogs
Students Enjoy Classes More And Get Better Grades If They Feel Their Professor Has Faith In Their Ability To Change And Improve
By Emily Reynolds
As anyone who’s ever flunked a test will tell you, doing well at school or university isn’t just a simple matter of intelligence, ability, or even of how hard you’ve worked. In fact, there are plenty of things that can affect the way we perform, from the way we take notes to how we revise to how much sleep we get while we’re studying.
And according to a new study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, something else might have an impact on our educational achievements: our assumptions about our professors. If we believe they have faith in our ability to change and imp...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - February 2, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Educational Social Source Type: blogs
Bad Behaviour And Rethinking Pain: The Week ’s Best Psychology Links
Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web
Swearing, drinking, or making social transgressions are not behaviours we generally think of as good. But in some cases, these kinds of “bad” behaviours can have benefits, both for ourselves and others. Richard Stephens explains why at The Conversation.
In The Guardian, Margee Kerr and Linda Rodriguez McRobbie write that we need to rethink our approach to pain. We currently have a “socially dysfunctional relationship” with pain, they argue: we rely too much on painkillers, and don’t appreciate that changing the way we thin...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - January 29, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Weekly links Source Type: blogs
Meru New Standards for Mental Health: Exclusive with CEO Kristian Ranta
2020 has been a challenging year in many ways, including for everyone’s mental health. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a spike in mental health problems with cases tripling in the number of adults experiencing depression. Existing sentiments and situations drag on now into 2021.
Today, the mental health care system is not very efficient and in many cases, broken, due to a shortage of access for patients and a lack of lasting results.
Following the increasing mental health problem trends, a study published in JAMA Network Open in September 2020 offered one of the first nationally repre...
Source: Medgadget - January 20, 2021 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Alice Ferng Tags: Exclusive Informatics Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
Some true facts about the First Amendment
Here ' s it is. I may talk about the religion part later, but now I ' m just going to deal with the rest of it.Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. This is some of what the First Amendment doesnot require: It does not require Simon and Schuster to publish your book.It does not require the New York Times to publish your editorial.It does not require any person, corporation, universi...
Source: Stayin' Alive - January 11, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
When your institution has a less than 1% hiring rate for Black residents [PODCAST]
“As soon as I realized we had so few Black residents, I began to ask around to find out if there were reasons why. One person brought up the fact that we happen to be the smaller institution between 3 other larger universities within an hour away and even bigger world-class institutions just 6 hours […]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 - January 9, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/the-podcast-by-kevinmd" rel="tag" > The Podcast by KevinMD < /a > < /span > Tags: Podcast Radiology Residency Source Type: blogs
Election Results in Georgia Open Potential Path to Immigration Reform: Here Are Some Ideas
ConclusionThere are many other immigration reforms that Congress should consider, but the above are a very quick summation of some reform ideas that my colleagues and I have written about elsewhere and that we ’ve discussed for years. Even a slight liberalization of immigration would be very positive for the United States so politicians should not hesitate to take it. The political situation will change in the coming months and years, but right now there is a lot of momentum for the new Congress and Pre sident to pursue reform. (Source: Cato-at-liberty)
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 8, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Alex Nowrasteh Source Type: blogs
Only 44 Percent of Employment ‐Based Green Cards Were Granted to Workers in 2019
Alex NowrastehIn normal operating years, the United States ’ immigration system favors family reunification. This favor extends even in the so‐called employment‐based green card categories. The family members of immigrant workers must use employment‐based green cardsdespite the text of the actual statute and other evidence that strongly suggests that this was not Congress ’ intent. This is not unusual as Japan is the onlyOECD country that has more immigrant workers than immigrant family members, but the difference is larger in the United States than in other countries. Instead of a separate green card ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 8, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Alex Nowrasteh Source Type: blogs
My NCBI Login Changes in June
Tuesday, I got an email regarding Important Changes to NCBI Accounts Coming in 2021. Basically, NCBI will be transitioning away from NCBI managing logins (My NCBI, SciENcv, and MyBibliography) require people to login to their My NCBI using federated account credential from eRA Commons, Google login, or a university or institutional point of access to login.
While I get that NCBI wants to be out of the password management game, I have some concerns regarding the impact this might have.
The eRA Commons is primarily used by people and institutions for grants. “The eRA Commons is online interface where grant appli...
Source: The Krafty Librarian - January 8, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: KraftyLibrarian Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
