The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
September 08, 2022 Edition-----In the US we are seeing the outcomes of Climate Change really of and running with droughts and fires etc. Biden amped up the partisan divide with a fiery anti-Republican speech!In Russia the last leader of Soviet Russia died.In the UK we have a new PM while in Europe the energy crisis is just getting worse.In OZ we have survived the Jobs and Skills Summit with 36 prearranged outcomes. Stage management +++ in action. The GP crisis is not being addressed fully and worries regarding the Global Economy - esp. China - worsen.-----Major Issues.-----https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/educati...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 8, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
New Poll: 76% of Americans Oppose Student Debt Cancellation if It Drives up the Price of College, 64% Oppose if It Raises Taxes
Emily EkinsMajorities oppose cancelling federal student debt if it raises their taxes, primarily benefits the wealthy, increases college prices, or causes more employers to require degrees.TheCato 2022 Student Debt Cancellation National Survey, a new national poll of 2,000 U.S. adults, finds 64% of Americans support the federal government forgiving up to $10,000 in federal student loans for people who earn less than $150,000 a year or less than $300,000 per year for married couples. However, support for cancelling federal student loan de bt plummets when Americans consider its trade‐offs.Nearly two ‐thirds of...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 1, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Emily Ekins Source Type: blogs
How the Market, Not Government, Regulates Cryptocurrency Crimes
Nicholas Anthony andIvane NachkebiaWhile policymakers have been busy formulatingsweeping changes and regulators have been busydebating jurisdiction, some participants in the cryptocurrency industry have been busy regulating the space themselves. And considering that all too often the word “regulation” follows the word “government,” we shouldn’t be too quick to overlook the fact that the market too is capable of creating a level of order and regularity. In the case of cryptocurrency, part of this effort to create order and regularity has taken the form of countless individuals and organizations seeking to com...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 23, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Nicholas Anthony, Ivane Nachkebia Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, August 22nd 2022
In conclusion, application of a multi-species bat epigenetic clock provides strong evidence that hibernation is associated with slower epigenetic ageing. The multi-species clock explains 94% of the variation in the chronological ages of both hibernating and non-hibernating big brown bats; however, the clock estimates are equal to or greater than the chronological age, suggesting big brown bats age slightly faster than a 'typical' bat, especially during the active period. (Source: Fight Aging!)
Source: Fight Aging! - August 21, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Incredible Health Raises $80M Series B, Reaching $1.65 Billion Unicorn Status as the Leader in Healthcare Hiring
Funding to fuel national expansion and continued innovation in nurse hiring amid widespread industry shortages and upheaval
Incredible Health, the fastest-growing career marketplace for permanent healthcare workers, today announced it has secured $80 million in Series B funding, bringing the company’s valuation to $1.65 billion. Now the highest valued tech-enabled career marketplace in healthcare, Incredible Health has radically transformed not only how nurses are hired but the experience of nursing itself. This new funding will support the company’s initiatives to help health systems and their employees manage surging...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - August 18, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Andre Iguodala Base10 Partners Charli D'Amelio David Lubarsky Dixie D’Amelio Dr. Iman Abuzeid Great Resignation Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Source Type: blogs
Discussing the State of the TAME Clinical Trial, Metformin to Slow Aging
The TAME clinical trial, still not started, intends to assess the ability of metformin to marginally slow aging in humans. Back at the start of this initiative, it required a long process of negotiation on the part of the trial organizers with the FDA to produce an endpoint that was agreed upon to sufficiently represent aging. To my mind, the TAME trial initiative has already achieved what needs to be achieved: to get the FDA to agree that there is a way to run trials to treat aging. One doesn't actually need to run the trial, and there is in fact little point in running the trial. Metformin is almost certainly a marginal ...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 16, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
What's in a name?
People often talk past each other because they are using the same word with different meanings. Also, a common logical fallacy is to ascribe a different meaning to a word than your interlocutor intends. For example, a guy I once knew claimed that the concept of organic food is meaningless because " organic " means " carbon compounds " and all food consists of carbon compounds. He wasn ' t joking, he really believed he had a " gotcha " argument.This Jen Sorenson cartoon sketches some of the confusion about the word " liberal. " First let me get " liberal arts " out of the way. Apparently some people think this me...
Source: Stayin' Alive - August 2, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 1 August, 2022.
Here are a few I have come across the last week or so. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.General Comment-----Quite a lot this week – especially regarding the NBN and Labor trying to regain control of what it is actually for – service provision – and not making a huge profit – in their view. Love the new Minister has ambitions to be maximally photogenic and not a ‘techie’!Otherwise all sorts of fun things!-----https://www.ausd...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 1, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD 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
New Legislation May Not Be Enough to Counter Chinese Interference in British Universities
There is alarming evidence of growing Chinese espionage and influence in UK universities that could threaten UK national security and academic freedoms. Three complementary initiatives could increase university researchers ' awareness of the potential risks of collaborating with certain Chinese partners. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - July 8, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Fiona Quimbre Source Type: blogs
When AI Meets the Transgender Community
Matthew FeeneyCredit: Os KeyesAnyone who has been paying attention to politics in the last year or so will know that across the country there have been an increasing number of public policy fights surrounding the transgender community. Perhaps the most notable are debates on rules governing who should be able to compete in women ’s and girl’s sporting events or access gender‐segregated bathrooms. Others include debates on “Don’t Say ‘Gay’ ” bills. What is less often discussed is how recognition technology fueled by Artificial Intelligence (AI) will affect members of the transgender community. As this te...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 20, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Matthew Feeney Source Type: blogs
George H. Smith, RIP
David BoazGeorge H. Smith, the brilliant libertarian philosopher and historian, died April 8 in Bloomington, Illinois, where he had lived for many years. He was 73.George was probably best known for his bookAtheism: The Case against God, published in 1974 and still in print, but he spent more time over the past 50 years on his libertarian scholarship. In the 1980s and 1990s he was a frequent lecturer at seminars of the Cato Institute and the Institute for Humane Studies and at other libertarian conferences.George ’s early writings and lectures were on philosophical topics, but around 1982, when we needed a lecturer...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 15, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: David Boaz Source Type: blogs
Five Market ‐Oriented Policies to Help the U.S. Semiconductor Industry
Scott LincicomeWith Congress still considering a $50 billion-plus subsidy package for U.S. semiconductor manufacturing, I ’ve discussed themany(many)reasonswhy such subsides are costly and unnecessary, as well as theignominious history of similar industrial policies in the United States. This doesn ’t mean, however, that the U.S. government should simply do nothing. Instead, there are many horizontal, pro-market policy reforms that would deliver substantial benefits to chipmakers and other capital-intensive advanced manufacturers in the United States while avoiding U.S. industrial policy’s common pitfalls – picking...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 5, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Scott Lincicome Source Type: blogs
Students with Dark Triad traits don ’t feel responsible for their own learning, making them more likely to cheat
By Emma Young
Plagiarism and cheating are persistent problems in higher education, note the authors of a new paper in Personality and Individual Differences. Better ways of combatting academic misconduct are clearly needed. And in their paper, Guy J. Curtis at the University of Western Australia and colleagues report that they’ve found one: encouraging students to take personal responsibility for their own learning.
Recent work has consistently linked various forms of cheating to higher scores on the “Dark Triad” personality traits of psychopathy, Macchiavelianism and narcissism, and also to st...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - April 21, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Educational Personality Source Type: blogs
We tend to prefer political candidates with higher levels of education — here’s why
By Emily Reynolds
What makes us vote for particular candidates often goes beyond their politics. Research has suggested that our voting preferences can be influenced by our own self-identity, candidates’ perceived beauty, and even the depth of their voices. A new study looks at another factor that could sway our choices: education.
Writing in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Jochem van Noord and team find that people with low or high levels of education both prefer more educated politicians — but the reasons for this preference may be different for each group.
In the first study, participants w...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - April 20, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Political Social Source Type: blogs
