Patients’ medical records sit on shelves in an office, pictured Nov. 7, 2015. The most expensive aspects of medical care in the United States—administrative costs, and fixing medical errors—can be addressed by expanding Medicare benefits, for which those same administrative costs are lower. Cultura/Alamy Medicare turns 50 this week. It was signed into law July… Read More »
Scientists from Sheffield University say their low-intensity ultrasound device can reduce the healing time of skin ulcers and bedsores by as much as 30%, according to a university news release. The handheld device was developed by Mark Bass, a PhD in biochemistry at the British university, along with several other colleagues. Bass and his team… Read More »
Recently, Louisiana became the latest state to attempt a massive ban on cash that would have resulted in making it illegal to use U.S. cash dollars in any secondhand transactions. The law, called R.S. 37:1866, made it illegal to, say, go to a garage sale and buy a lawn mower with cash dollars. That’s right:… Read More »
Toddlers who spend a lot of time in front of a TV may be at greater risk of being bullied later in life, a new study suggests. As the number of hours of TV watching increased, so did the risk of being victimized by classmates in middle school, according to the study published… Read More »
A potentially deadly amoeba has been found in the New Orleans water supply for at least the second time in two years. Water from the St. Bernard Parish neighborhood in New Orleans has tested positive for Naegleria fowleri and the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals ordered a 60-day chlorine “burn” starting Thursday to ensure… Read More »
The benefits of exercise have been well-established over the years. Now, there may be even more incentive to dust off those sneakers and take a walk or jog around the neighborhood. Three separate studies presented this week at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in the District of Columbia suggest that regular physical activity may stave… Read More »
There are a billion Earths in this galaxy, roughly speaking. Not a million. A billion. We’re talking 1 billion rocky planets that are approximately the size of the Earth and are orbiting familiar-looking yellow-sunshine stars in the orbital “habitable zone” where water could be liquid at the surface. That’s a billion planets where… Read More »
NEW YORK (MainStreet) — Anxiety that Social Security benefits will not be available in retirement has inspired plenty of fear among American consumers. Amid the gloom, there is cause for slight optimism: the combined asset reserves of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance Trust Funds are not projected to run out until 2034, gaining a year… Read More »
Welcome to Mcity: The Fake Town Built for Testing Driverless Cars.
Everybody knows if you don’t pay to repair your car, you limit its life. The same is true with people. We need medical care to avoid becoming clunkers. For a half-century, Medicare has enabled seniors to get that care. But now the Obama administration is pressuring hospitals to skimp. Last week, the administration announced the… Read More »
Tweet (1,112) Share (27k) Renégat Living in Switzerland ruined me for America and its lousy work culture by Chantal Panozzo on July 21, 2015 I was halfway through a job interview when I realized I was wrinkling my nose. I couldn’t help myself. A full-time freelance position with a long commute, no benefits, and a… Read More »
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How a first crack cocaine offense led to a life sentence | The Washington Post.
These 12 startups died in Q2. Here’s why and how | VentureBeat | Small Biz | by Mark Sullivan.
A new model of the Sun’s solar cycle is producing unprecedentedly accurate predictions of irregularities within the Sun’s 11-year heartbeat. The model draws on dynamo effects in two layers of the Sun, one close to the surface and one deep within its convection zone. Predictions from the model suggest that solar activity will fall by… Read More »
The record temperatures we keep reading about could be a fond memory in just 15 years’ time, which is when a new mini-Ice Age will hit the planet, a group of scientists is warning. The last “Little Ice Age,” which chilled the northern hemisphere from the year 1300 to 1870, lasted almost 600 years. The U.K.… Read More »
The properties of marijuana are legend and legion. Now scientists in Israel have added an unexpected feature to the list: a compound in weed can help heal broken bones. In rats at least. Whether it would work for the kids remains to be seen. The compound – which does nothing to the mind – is… Read More »
When They Won’t See It Your Way: Four Persuasion Approaches That Work The recent measles outbreak and re-emergence of whooping cough and pertussis in the United States has shone a spotlight on the anti-vaccine movement. According to a study published in the journal Pediatrics, 90 to 95 percent of the population must be immunized to… Read More »
Indiana Declares Public Health Emergency to Battle Worst HIV Outbreak in State History – ABC News.
As rates of Alzheimer’s diagnoses continue to rise, researchers are searching for effective ways to detect the disease early in patients. A neuroscience graduate student at the University of Alberta says he’s identified a simple way to screen for early stages of the disease: by analyzing a patient’s saliva. The researcher, Shraddha Sapkota, presented… Read More »
(Repeats without change to widen distribution) By Leah Schnurr (Reuters) – Canada’s prim capital is suddenly focused more on the state of people’s affairs than the affairs of the state. One in five Ottawa residents allegedly subscribed to adulterers’ website Ashley Madison, making one of the world’s coldest capitals among the hottest for extra-marital hookups… Read More »
Here’s What the Average American’s Finances Look Like. How do Yours Compare? via Here’s What the Average American’s Finances Look Like. How do Yours Compare? — The Motley Fool.
Tiger parenting is by now a well-documented phenomenon that has given pundits everywhere an extra column or two, and, for a certain original tiger mother, a New York Times best-seller. I have something of a strange tie to tiger parenting. I grew up in Silicon Valley, home of Apple, Google, and the new American dream,… Read More »
Earlier this month a guy named Todd Fassler was bitten by a rattlesnake in San Diego, KGTV San Diego reports. In itself this isn’t terribly unusual—the CDC estimates that roughly 7,000 to 8,000 people a year get bit by a venomous snake in the U.S. And somewhere between five and six people die from these bites… Read More »
People are social beings, we like to gather with like-minded people who are on the same wavelength as we are, and there is nothing wrong with having a small circle of friends for occasional social gatherings. It is a known fact that some people are more outgoing than others, but certain people simply fail to… Read More »
“Why do you need to choose love or sex over the other fun things that don’t have the potential for pain and suffering?” via Middle-aged virgins: Why so many Japanese stay chaste – CNN.com.
Bartonella, A Chronic Lyme Disease Coinfection, is More Causing Chronic Fatigue Problems.
A Conventional Scientific Overview of CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) and Fibromyalgia Causatives Below, is a quick list of idiopathic disease causes — we will give a clinical review and explanation as to what takes place. Brain abnormalities Genetic factors (HPA) axis A hyper-reactive immune system Viral or other infectious agents like (Chronic Lyme disease Complex)… Read More »
Communal Abuse and Cults Communal abuse is a type of abuse that is exerted, in part, by victims (survivors) upon each other in the course of aspiring for something good within a intentional community. Community abuse is almost always masterminded by a leader, and one hallmark of an abusive community is leader-on-member personal abuse. This… Read More »
Researchers long ago established a link between having sex and feeling pleased with yourself and the world. In a representative recent study of 1,000 women, for example, the participants ranked sex as No.1 among the activities that made them the happiest. Data from 16,000 American adults on incomes, sexual activity and happiness led economists to… Read More »
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Dick Cheney reemerges: Bloodthirsty veep is back to promote endless war — just in time for 2016 Dick Cheney and his silly advocacy group are back to preach neoconservatism to the converted Simon Maloy Follow Share 1K 163 Post 50 Topics: Dick Cheney, 2016 Elections, Liz Cheney, Republicans, Alliance for a Strong America, Neoconservatism, neoconservatives,… Read More »
In 2004, psychologist Barry Schwartz wrote The Paradox of Choice, a compelling manifestothat outlined the paralysis and dissatisfaction one feels when presented with too many choices. A decade later, Aaron Shapiro, the CEO of the global digital design agency Huge, has evolved Schwartz’s observations into a provocative scenario he calls “anticipatory design.” In Shapiro’s… Read More »
The Fasting Mimicking Diet Might Have Good Benefits June 26, 2015 By Dean Lamori 6 Comments Follow Fasting is known to have many benefits on our bodies, even if there have been debates on the issue. Many people are interested in losing weight and they found intermittent fasting might be effective. However, there are other… Read More »
Coffee lovers may be on to something. Aside from a necessary aid to wake up in the morning, a new study published in theJournal of the National Cancer Institutehas found that drinking coffee could protect you from skin cancer. ADVERTISING The study surveyed over 447,000 people in the United States over an average of 10… Read More »
‘Cure for terminal cancer’ found in game-changing drugs Immunotherapy, which harnesses the body’s own immune system to destroy deadly tumours, has been hailed as one of the biggest breakthroughs in the treatment of cancer for decades 25K 840 0 209 26K Email X-rays showing a patient’s tumor, circled, before, leftm and after immunotherapy By… Read More »
Here’s another, more recent one: The thorium-turbine powered car.thorium CaddyHeat energy from the thorium – a weakly radioactive element named after the Norse god Thor that is estimated to be 3-4 times more naturally abundant than uranium and which contains 20 million times the energy as an equivalent lump of coal – is used to… Read More »
America’s Seniors Find Middle-Class ‘Sweet Spot’ – The New York Times.
n the morning of August 17, 1971, nine young men in the Palo Alto area received visits from local police officers. While their neighbors looked on, the men were arrested for violating Penal Codes 211 and 459 (armed robbery and burglary), searched, handcuffed, and led into the rear of a waiting police car. The cars… Read More »
Pregnant California mom sucks venom from son’s leg after snake bite | Fox News.
5 things women hide from their husbands Published June 12, 2015 Facebook84 Twitter146 Email Print After you tie the knot, the “what’s mine is yours and what’s yours is mine” mentality can begin to shape your life together. However, for most women, there are at least a few things they tend to hide from their… Read More »
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Report: Digital Health Solutions Expected Save $100B by 2018.
We’re a culture obsessed with parenthood, or “parenting,” as we like to call it. Countless websites, books, and magazines provide advice for parents aspiring to perfection. And paramount on any good parent’s priority list is making sure our kids are safe and healthy. So we pay extra for organic milk and banish trans fats from… Read More »
Haunting chalkboard drawings, frozen in time for 100 years, discovered in Oklahoma school – The Washington Post. Teachers and students scribbled the lessons — multiplication tables, pilgrim history, how to be clean — nearly 100 years ago. And they haven’t been touched since. This week, contractors removing old chalkboards at Emerson High School in Oklahoma City… Read More »
A new report into U.S. consumers’ attitude to the collection of personal data has highlighted the disconnect between commercial claims that web users are happy to trade privacy in exchange for ‘benefits’ like discounts. On the contrary, it asserts that a large majority of web users are not at all happy, but rather feel powerless to stop their data being harvested… Read More »
Canada AM: General anesthesia lowers IQ? Dr. Andreas Loepke on a study that finds anesthesia may be to blame for lower IQ and language skills in kids who had surgery as a youngster. 12 5 17 0 CTVNews.ca Staff Published Monday, June 8, 2015 12:43PM EDT General anesthesia may be to blame for lower IQ… Read More »
New McKinney Pool video surfaces: ‘They started it, it was not racial.’ June 8, 2015 By Christopher Koulouris 0 Comments New McKinney Pool video Has the media presented a lopsided presentation of what actually took place at McKinney Pool, Texas on Saturday afternoon? New damning video evidence has surfaced challenging the notion that… Read More »