Free Speech
Free Speech Just as it often happens, one bright, sunny day two professors met halfway across the green at a prestigious, great American university.“Hi, Frank.”“Hi, John.”“Um, assumptions 1 through 47, 56, 92, and 190 through 197, with the usual exceptions for 13b and 17g, with our regular qualifications on 194.”“So stipulated, with the addition of 73c and 73d, and with liberty to interpret generalizations according to the Interuniversity Treaty of Discourse, Section 24, as amended.”“Agreed. So, how’s it going?”“Fine, fine (in accordance with Characterization Rule 6 of the Informal ...
Source: The Virtual Salt - January 4, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Robert Harris Source Type: blogs
Medgadget ’s Best Medical Technologies of 2020
In conclusion, 2020 will certainly be remembered for a world stopped by an pandemic. It will also stand out as a time when people came together to innovate, adapt, and improve the world around them. We wish you all a happy New Year and look forward to better times ahead, together.
Flashbacks: Medgadget’s Best Medical Technologies of 2019; 2018; 2017; 2016; 2015 (Source: Medgadget)
Source: Medgadget - December 30, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Exclusive Source Type: blogs
No Names, Please
By KIM BELLARD
Feeling good about your holiday spending? You’ve made it through most of this mostly horrible 2020, maybe lost a job or even a loved one, but still probably found a way to buy presents for your loved ones and maybe even to give some money to charity. Indeed, charitable giving was up 7.5% for the first half of 2020, despite the economic headwinds.
Then there’s MacKenzie Scott.
Ms. Scott, as you may recall, is the former wife of Amazon founder/CEO Jeff Bezos. She got Amazon stock worth some $38b in their 2019 divorce, which is now estimated to be worth around $62b. She ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 23, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Policy Charity Kim Bellard Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, December 7th 2020
In this study, except for the reduction in body weight, the aging characteristics related to epidermal and muscle tissue in mice were significantly ameliorated in the CR group compared with the control group. Additional studies have indicated that not stem cells themselves but the stem cell microenvironment is the key factor mediating stem cell activation, proliferation and differentiation.
Mitochondrial dysfunction is an important factor leading to age-related muscular atrophy. Considering the dependence of skeletal muscle on ATP, loss of mitochondrial function, which can lead to a decrease in strength and enduranc...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 6, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
A Tour of Longevity Industry Therapies Presently in Clinical Trials
The longevity industry is presently still quite young, a hundred and something companies that are largely still at the preclinical stage of development, most founded in the last couple of years. Even if we want to be broadly generous as to which companies and projects are to be included in our definition of the industry, no newly developed therapies to treat the mechanisms of aging have yet been approved by the FDA, although a few have made it to phase 3 clinical trials. This is just a matter of time, however; it can take a decade of hard work to go from an idea to an approved therapy, and very few longevity industry compa...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 1, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Longevity Industry Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Family Perspective on Mental Illness
What’s it like growing up with a sibling with mental illness? In today’s show, we hear it straight from Gabe’s little sister Debbie, who shares what it was like living with Gabe well before anyone knew he had bipolar disorder.
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Gabe Howard is an award-winning writer and speaker who lives with bipolar disorder. He is the author of the popular book, Mental Illness is...
Source: World of Psychology - December 1, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Not Crazy Podcast Tags: Bipolar Family General Not Crazy Podcast Source Type: blogs
The Demarcation Problem
" Demarcation " is the fancy term used by philosophers of science for making the distinction between science and basically every other kind of belief or kind of statement. Since science claims to be about distinguishing what is true, it also comes down to what is basically another word for epistemology, the branch of philosophy which deals with how we decide what is true. But by reframing epistemology as the effort to define science, philosophers have essentially made the word " science " a synonym for epistemological validity. I ' m going to be very careful not to get too deep into the weeds here. Philosophers pulp w...
Source: Stayin' Alive - November 25, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
To keep our democracy, we need more liberal arts (and funding)
by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.
In 1862, the Morrill Act provided for the building of land grant universities throughout the country. Their purpose was to make higher education, especially in agriculture and technical arts, available to people who previously would not have had access. With a single act, higher education went from being a pursuit of the elite to an opportunity available to many. However, it was not until the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 (the GI Bill), that higher education became available to large numbers of people because the cost was covered by the United States government.… (So...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - November 24, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Craig Klugman Tags: Education Featured Posts Politics Fascism humanities liberal arts Source Type: blogs
Some Other Ballot Measures To Watch
Walter OlsonVoters will face the usual wide array ofstate and local ballot measures tomorrow, and my colleagues have already done an excellent job reviewing many of the highlights. In particular, you should check out Chris Edwards ’s posts onincome,sales, andproperty tax measures, andwho contributes, as well as onmarijuana legalization measures under consideration in four states, Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota.Michael Tanner has looked at California measures related to poverty, including important votes on rent control andfreelance work.Amid a host of generally dispiriting propositions before San Fra...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 2, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Walter Olson Source Type: blogs
People Use Jargon To Make Up For Their Low Standing In A Group
By Matthew Warren
Why do business people promise to “reach out to KOLs” when they could simply say that they will contact leading experts? How come judges sometimes remark that they will hear trials “in-camera” instead of just “in private”?
As infuriating as it can be, jargon actually performs a social function. By definition, jargon refers to language used by a particular group of people, in the place of more accessible words and phrases. And although that can make it frustrating and confusing for people not in that group, if you are a member then it can help signal to others that you belong. People may...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - November 2, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Language Social Source Type: blogs
Smartphone Dongle for Cancer Biomarker Measurement
Researchers at McMaster and Brock universities in Canada have developed a hand-held device that can provide rapid measurements of cancer biomarkers in blood samples. Termed an electrochemical bio‐barcode assay, the device could be used to measure a variety of health markers at home, and is similar to the devices used by patients with diabetes to measure blood glucose levels.
Monitoring and detecting disease using blood-based biomarkers typically requires a blood sample to be sent to a laboratory and potentially days or weeks before a result is available. Moreover, such labs are packed with expensive and bulky equipmen...
Source: Medgadget - October 20, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Diagnostics Genetics Oncology Urology Source Type: blogs
Before Redesigning the REF, a New Survey Could Help in Understanding What Is and Isn ’ t Working
September ' s call for more sustainable and agile research funding signaled a renewed push by research-intensive universities for a funding and assessment system with a lighter touch. Before embarking on a further round of changes, it is important to listen and learn from researchers and managers about what has and has not worked well. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - October 5, 2020 Category: Health Management Authors: Catriona Manville; James Wilsdon Source Type: blogs
It ’s Alright, Ma, It’s Life and Life Only: Are Colleges and Universities Legally Obligated during the Coronavirus Pandemic to Exempt High-Risk Faculty from In-Person Teaching Requirements?
Mark L. Jones (Mercer University), Cathren Page (Mercer University), Suzianne D. Painter-Thorne (Mercer University), Gary J. Simson (Mercer University), It ’s Alright, Ma, It’s Life and Life Only: Are Colleges and Universities Legally Obligated during the Coronavirus Pandemic to Exempt High-Risk... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - October 2, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
October 01, 2020 Edition. ----- We are really getting close to the US election and it has all the hallmarks of being the most contested and divided in US history. There seems also to be a risk that any result will be challenged in the courts with the potential of all sorts of outcomes some of which are truly dire. I fear the US is now well past its zenith and that it is all downhill from here. In the UK we are seeing daily cases above 14,000. This all looks to be going very badly and does not look like it will end will. In the 2 weeks before the Federal Budget we are seeing a ‘backflip’ epidemic with major policy...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 30, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
