Housing Prices, Supply, and Innovation
Housing prices have soared in many U.S. and international cities, which has generated affordability problems for middle- and lower-income families.An article in theWall Street Journal today by Laura Kusisto and Peter Grant notes, “Across 32 major cities around the world, real home prices on average grew 24% over the last five years.”Kusisto and Grant imply that the blame should be shared: “Governments haven’t had the money to subsidize new supply … The private sector has also fallen short.” And they say, “But no approach has solved the crises and most have other negative ripple effects.”But then the reporte...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 3, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs
Mapping the Vikings using R
The commute to my workplace is 90 minutes each way. Podcasts are my friend. I’m a long-time listener of In Our Time and enjoyed the recent episode about The Danelaw.
Melvyn and I hail from the same part of the world, and I learned as a child that many of the local place names there were derived from Old Norse or Danish. Notably: places ending in -by denote a farmstead, settlement or village; those ending in -thwaite mean a clearing or meadow.
So how local are those names? Time for some quick and dirty maps using R.
First, we’ll need a dataset of British place names. There are quite a few of these online, but t...
Source: What You're Doing Is Rather Desperate - April 3, 2019 Category: Bioinformatics Authors: nsaunders Tags: R statistics ggplot2 history maps podcast rstats viking Source Type: blogs
Fracture Liaison Service Database: commissioner's report 2019
This report provides CCGs with a summary of the audit ’s national key findings, recommendations and results for fracture liaison services (FLSs) within their locality. The report also explains what an FLS is and how FLSs could help CCGs not only to reduce the number and cost of unplanned admissions but make a significant reduction in morbidity and mo rtality for older people. It finds that there are significantly fewer FLSs available for older patients in some parts of England and Wales than others, with 54,000 preventable life-altering fractures estimated to occur over the course of the next five years as a result.Repor...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 28, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: NHS finances and productivity NHS measurement and performance Patient involvement, experience and feedback Source Type: blogs
Podcast: How to Reduce the Stress of Social Media
Social media sites have become a huge part of our lives, enabling us to easily stay in touch with countless friends and family members all over the world. But there’s a dark side to social media, as it also enables negative things like bullying to proliferate. Many people have found that social media creates a huge amount of anxiety in their lives, but don’t feel they can live without it. In this episode, learn some ways to reduce the anxieties associated with social media.
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Dr. John Huber is the Chairman for Mainstream Mental Healt...
Source: World of Psychology - March 28, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Show Tags: General Stress Technology The Psych Central Show Gabe Howard social media Vincent M. Wales Source Type: blogs
Podcast: What Do We Really Mean by “Moral Character”?
We’ve all heard the term “moral character” at some point in our lives, but what do we really mean by it? Are morals and character two different things? Is this something that exists only in the abstract, philosophical sense, or something that can be shown in everyday life? Our guest approaches these questions and more in this week’s episode.
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Christian B. Miller is the A. C. Reid Professor of Philosophy at Wake Forest University. He is the Philosophy Director of the Beacon Project and is Past Director of the Character Project....
Source: World of Psychology - March 21, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Show Tags: Brain and Behavior Ethics & Morality General The Psych Central Show Gabe Howard moral character Vincent M. Wales Source Type: blogs
Podcast: How to Break Habits – And Keep Them Broken
We all have habits we’d rather not have, whether it’s smoking, emotional eating, or any of a hundred other things. And it’s likely that we’ve all, at one point or another, tried to break one or more of them, only to have the break be only temporary. What’s the secret to permanent habit change? Listen to this episode and find out!
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Judson Brewer, MD, PhD is a thought leader in the field of habit change and the “science of self-mastery,” having combined over 20 years of experience with mindfulness training with his scientif...
Source: World of Psychology - March 14, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Show Tags: General Habits Mindfulness The Psych Central Show breaking habits Gabe Howard Vincent M. Wales Source Type: blogs
Dartford Warblers at Dunwich Heath
It had been a long time since we visited National Trust Dunwich Heath on the Suffolk coast. It’s a beautiful place and aside from a warden or two in the hut there was barely anyone around, we had the place to ourselves, at least for the first hour and a half of our walk.
Anyway, we parked up, layered up and set off on one of the mapped out circular walks hoping to catch a glimpse of a Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata). Amazingly, there were a pair flitting about close to the start of the circuit, too quick to photograph, but not 100 metres up the trail, we could see at least three more, and we inched forward, not str...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - March 8, 2019 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Sciencebase Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Improve Your Mental Health with Super Powers
Life is tough. Life with mental illness is tougher. Life with mental illness on top of other conditions and life experiences can seem too tough. Today’s guest shares how she dealt with Tourette Syndrome, OCD, anxiety, depression, and many other things, by tapping into her own super powers. Perhaps you can, too.
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Everyone has challenges but some people have more than others. Brett Francis knows this from personal experience. Only now she turns those challenges—her own and other people’s—into assets. Her mantra is “no one is bro...
Source: World of Psychology - March 7, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Show Tags: General OCD Self-Help The Psych Central Show anxiety Gabe Howard Tics Tourette Syndrome Vincent M. Wales Source Type: blogs
Podcast: How to Stay on Track to Make Lasting Change
When it comes to making big changes in our lives, most of us fail. Oh, the change might stick for a while, but eventually we go back to our unchanged selves. Why is that? Why can’t we maintain change for the long-term? In this episode, you’ll learn different reasons for this, but even better, how to make the long-term changes stick.
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Eric Zimmer is a dad, serial entrepreneur, podcast host, behavior coach, and author. He is endlessly inspired by the quest for a greater understanding of how our minds work and how to intentionally creat...
Source: World of Psychology - February 28, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Show Tags: Brain and Behavior General Habits The Psych Central Show change Gabe Howard Vincent M. Wales Source Type: blogs
Podcast: What is Schadenfreude?
We’ve all experienced it – that feeling of smug happiness at another person’s misfortune. From someone slipping on a banana peel to a jerk receiving a dose of instant karma, there’s something satisfying about this strange emotion. Why is that? Are we living in an “Age of Schadenfreude”? Should we feel guilty about feeling it? And for crying out loud, how do we say it in English? Listen in to find out!
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Dr. Tiffany Watt Smith is a cultural historian and author of The Book of Human Emotions. In 2014, she was named a BBC N...
Source: World of Psychology - February 21, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Show Tags: General Happiness Psychology The Psych Central Show Emotion Gabe Howard schadenfreude Vincent M. Wales Source Type: blogs
Guidance on the review of PPU arrangements under the Private Healthcare Market Investigation Order 2014
Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) - This guidance sets out the CMA ’s approach to reviewing Private Patient Unit (PPU) arrangements. That is, arrangements for a private hospital operator to operate, manage, or otherwise provide privately-funded healthcare services at a private patient unit in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, or Scotland.GuidanceMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 20, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Regulation, governance and accountability Source Type: blogs
Podcast: What to Do About Toxic Relationships
Toxic relationships come in many forms. They can include physical abuse, emotional abuse, and more. Most of us, at one point or another, will find ourselves in one… perhaps with a romantic partner, possibly a friend, or even with a family member. Even good relationships can sour and turn toxic. So what do we do when we realize that we’re in such a relationship? Listen for some excellent advice and information.
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Kati Morton is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in Santa Monica, CA. Her popular YouTube channel has h...
Source: World of Psychology - February 14, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Show Tags: Bullying General Relationships The Psych Central Show Gabe Howard gaslighting Toxic Relationships Vincent M. Wales Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Service Animals vs. Emotional Support Animals
Service animals have been around for a long time, and we’re all familiar with them. These are animals (usually dogs) trained to assist persons with disabilities of one sort or another. We’re also seeing today a lot of “emotional support” animals. A lot of them. This week’s guest explains the difference between them, how they are used, and some surprising laws (or lack thereof) pertaining to them.
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Stephanie L. Taylor has her master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the
University of Texas at San Antonio. She specialize...
Source: World of Psychology - February 7, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Show Tags: General Mental Health and Wellness Military The Psych Central Show emotional support animals Gabe Howard Service Animals Stephanie L. Taylor Vincent M. Wales Source Type: blogs
Podcast: How to Change Your Psychological Identity
We all know that addiction, severe depression, and other conditions change our personality. What few know, however, is just how deeply ingrained that change can be, and how difficult (and scary) it can be to try to become “ourselves” again. In this episode, we examine such changes through the experiences of our guest, who overcame depression and addiction, and now helps others do the same.
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David Essel, MS, OM, is a number one best-selling author (10), counselor, master life coach, international speaker and minister whose mission ...
Source: World of Psychology - January 31, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Show Tags: Depression General Recovery The Psych Central Show Addiction David Essel Gabe Howard Personality Vincent M. Wales Source Type: blogs
Separation Anxiety – Should Treatment be Imposed for Conjoined Twins?
by Dominic Wilkinson @Neonatalethics On the BBC News website this week, there is a feature on a pair of conjoined twins from Senegal who are currently living in Wales. They have an extremely rare condition – fused at the lower abdomen they have separate brains, hearts and lungs, but shared liver, bladder and digestive system. […] (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 24, 2019 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Dominic Wilkinson Tags: Clinical Ethics Decision making Health Care Children and Families Critical Care Dominic Wilkinson's Posts syndicated Source Type: blogs
