MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'added'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:23:53 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5174597&cid=t_176427_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FFiy1IQMguDM%2F By Daniel J. MitchellThe White House has announced that it is nominating Alan Krueger, a professor at Princeton, to be the new Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. In a Freudian copy-editing slip, the Fox News story (at least as of 8:44 a.m.) says “Krueger’s job will be to provide policy prescriptions on ways to spur unemployment.” That’s obviously tailor-made for a joke about the Obama Administration not needing any help when it comes to stimulating joblessness. On a more serious note, though, I’m worried about Krueger’s sympathy for a value-added tax (VAT). Here’s what he wrote back in 2009. …a 5 percent consumption tax would raise approximately $500 billion a year, and fill a considerable hole in the budget outlook. In addition, a... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5174597 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:00:06 +0100 5174597 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5069441&cid=t_176427_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F-ptqhNzL54Q%2F By Daniel J. MitchellI testified before the House Ways & Means Committee yesterday. As always, my trip inside the belly of the beast was an interesting adventure. The tax-writing committee was holding a hearing on the value-added tax. I was on a panel with five other witnesses, and all of the other people testifying were sympathetic to a VAT. But since I had truth on my side, that made it a fair fight (though it did cross my mind that it’s not a good sign when a Republican-controlled committee stacks the witnesses in favor of a European-style tax system). I made two points. First, a VAT is less destructive than the current income tax. As such, if we somehow repealed the 16th Amendment and replaced it with something ironclad that would prevent the income tax from ever again haunti... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5069441 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:35:13 +0100 5069441 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4532196&cid=t_176427_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F7OFg_GMW4ik%2F By Daniel J. MitchellSooner or later, there will be a giant battle in Washington over the value-added tax. The people who want bigger government (and the people who are willing to surrender to big government) understand that a new source of tax revenue is needed to turn the United States into a European-style social welfare state. But that's exactly why the VAT is a terrible idea. I explain why in a column for Reuters. The entire thing is worth reading, but here's an excerpt of some key points. Many Washington insiders are claiming that America needs a value-added tax (VAT) to get rid of red ink. ...And President Obama says that a VAT is “something that has worked for other countries.” Every single one of these assertions is demonstrably false. ...One of the many problems with a VAT is... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4532196 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:49:20 +0100 4532196 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4324816&cid=t_176427_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F01%2F08%2Fthe-state-of-e-therapy-2011%2F Colleagues, acquaintances, e-patients, media and others often ask me, “What’s the state of online therapy? Does it have a future?” My answer hasn’t changed significantly in the past decade, for good reason — very little has changed in the field. For folks who may be unawares, I’ve been a part of the mental health landscape and online therapy since the early 1990s, and e-therapy specifically when it started to hit the scene hard in the late 1990s. In fact, I coined the term “e-therapy” to describe online psychotherapy — a specific modality of psychotherapy that utilizes many techniques and features of traditional face-to-face psychotherapy. In 1999, I joined an e-therapy startup — HelpHorizons.com — as the industry’s y... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4324816 Sat, 08 Jan 2011 13:55:25 +0100 4324816 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4309592&cid=t_176427_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FIougkQG-aIU%2F By Daniel J. MitchellThe mid-term elections were a rejection of President Obama’s big-government agenda, but those results don’t necessarily mean better policy. We should not forget, after all, that Democrats rammed through Obamacare even after losing the special election to replace Ted Kennedy in Massachusetts (much to my dismay, my prediction from last January was correct). Similarly, GOP control of the House of Representatives does not automatically mean less government and more freedom. Heck, it doesn’t even guarantee that things won’t continue to move in the wrong direction. Here are three possible bad policies for 2011, most of which the Obama White House can implement by using executive power. 1. A back-door bailout of the states from the Federal Reserve &#82... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4309592 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:02:34 +0100 4309592 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4175671&cid=t_176427_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fsg6VpRicAgY%2F By Daniel J. MitchellI’ve already commented on the proposal from the Chairmen of President Obama’s Fiscal Commission (including a very clever cartoon, if it’s okay to pat myself on the back). Now we have a similar proposal from the so-called Debt Reduction Task Force. Chaired by former Senator Pete Domenici and Clinton Administration Budget Director Alice Rivlin, the Task Force proposed a series of big tax increases to finance bigger government. I have five observations. 1. Notwithstanding a claim of $2.68 trillion of “spending cuts” during the 2012-2020 period, government gets a lot bigger during the decade. All of the supposed “cuts” are measured against an artificial baseline that assumes bigger government. In other words, the report is compl... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4175671 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:51:16 +0100 4175671 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4133665&cid=t_176427_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FxOTI9btkngc%2F By Daniel J. MitchellWe’ve been spending too much time on elections, so let’s get back to pointing out inane, foolish, and destructive government policies. Our latest example comes from the United Kingdom, where politicians are pushing airline ticket taxes to punitive levels and harming the tourism industry. But the real lesson from this story is that it is very dangerous to give politicians a new revenue source. The airline ticket tax was first imposed by a (supposedly) Conservative Party government in 1994 at a maximum rate of 10 pounds. During the Blair/Brown Labor Party reign, the tax was boosted to a maximum rate of 50 pounds. Now, the new government, led by ostensible Conservative David Cameron, is pushing the maximum tax up to 75 pounds (more than $120) per ticket. Here... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4133665 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:31:59 +0100 4133665 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4098265&cid=t_176427_129_f&fid=38601&url=http%3A%2F%2Flovingsweetlily.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F10%2Flilys-brother-and-new-blog-address.html Lily's baby brother, Alexander was born almost 8 weeks ago so I've been a little busy and my blog has suffered. Lily's hearing loss is caused by a mutation in the Connexin 26 gene which gives us a 25% chance of having a child with hearing loss with eac... (Source: Deaf Village) Deaf Village blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4098265 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 03:27:00 +0100 4098265 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4086255&cid=t_176427_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F378dCQZLq0s%2F By Daniel J. MitchellGovernor Mitch Daniels of Indiana has triggered a spat among policy wonks with his recent comments expressing sympathy for a value-added tax (VAT). Kevin Williamson of National Review is arguing that a VAT will probably be necessary because there is no hope of restraining spending. Ryan Ellis of Americans for Tax Reform jumped on Williamson for his “apostasy,” arguing that a VAT would be bad news for taxpayers. From a policy perspective, I’m very much against a VAT because it will finance bigger government, as explained in this video.   That being said, Kevin Williamson makes a good point when he says that some supply-siders have neglected the spending side of the fiscal ledger. And it certainly is true that Republicans don’t seem very intere... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4086255 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:29:47 +0100 4086255 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3924891&cid=t_176427_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FABtddZklDdE%2F This study jumps into a long-running chicken-or-egg debate in the academic literature about whether higher taxes lead to higher spending or whether higher spending leads to higher taxes. This causality debate is interesting, but I’m not sure it really matters. A VAT is a terrible idea if it triggers bigger government, and a VAT is a bad idea if it merely finances bigger government. But I suspect this study is correct. The key thing to remember is that Milton Friedman was right when he warned that “In the long run government will spend whatever the tax system will raise, plus as much more as it can get away with.” This means that a VAT will allow more government spending and no reduction in deficits and debt, which is exactly what we see in Europe (and as Jim Powell n... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3924891 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:38:58 +0100 3924891 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3920901&cid=t_176427_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F08%2F31%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-august-31-2010%2F Here is it. The last day of August. When you think back to the last three months of summer, how do you feel? Did you get to do everything you wanted to do? Read every book you wanted to read? Spend a few days relaxing and doing nothing too? Sometimes we get sucked into this “I need to accomplish everything and be perfect” hole. And when we’re there, we don’t know how we winded up where we are or why we wanted to be there in the first place. There’s a theme in this week’s top posts that have to do with perfectionism and also truth. I think we all strive to seek truth, what’s true for us and how to accept ourselves and be comfortable with who we are. Yet, there’s this crazy sense of push and pull between who we are (what’s true) and who w... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3920901 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:57:48 +0100 3920901 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3813153&cid=t_176427_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2F671pfzaKFGc%2Fno-sugar-added-poetry-book.php "From words, carefully chosen, purposefully arranged, emerges a shared experience and mutual understanding" - Lee Ann Thill, in the introduction of No-Sugar Added Poetry. I received a copy of No-Sugar Added Poetry at the 2010 Roche Social Media Summit (Roche Diagnostics sponsored the publishing of this book).  I recently sat down and read through it, and was touched by these poems from cover to cover.In 2008, a member of the TuDiabetes.org community, Sohair Abdel-Rahman, dreamed of a poetry book written by the members of TuDiabetes.  In 2009 the Diabetes Hands Foundation (the non-profit organization behind TuDiabetes.org and the Spanish EsTuDiabetes.org ) held a  poetry contest.  They had to choose from over 100 beautiful poems, which must have been an impossible task, ... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3813153 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 06:06:00 +0100 3813153 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3802540&cid=t_176427_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FAhUjgJYH2EM%2Flend-a-hand-for-diabetes-awareness.php I'm not a huge proponent of BigPharma, but do give two thumbs up for the Global Diabetes Handprint, inspired by Luis Emiro's idea for the TuDiabetes Word in Your Hand Project, spearheaded by Manny Hernandez, a photo contest in which hundreds of diabetics took photos of our belabored hands, sporting a word or two to sum up some aspect of life with diabetes. My contribution is to the left.I'll be honest; I'm not a real in-yo-face marketing type professional nor a gimmick-y prone gal, but I like this idea. And I like how simple it is: by writing a word on your hand (or on a virtual one!) and sharing a 200 word blurb about your word(s) along with your name and email address (though you can fully opt out of any correspondence with One Touch), One Touch will donate $5 to one of the following sma... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3802540 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:58:54 +0100 3802540 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3729877&cid=t_176427_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fcan-sugar-raise-your-blood-pressure%2F2010.07.06 Most of us know that salt raises blood pressure in many people. When I learned that in medical school almost 40 years ago, I have not touched a salt shaker since. I enjoy having a low normal blood pressure. A new study published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (July 2010) suggests that sugar, especially the fructose that comes from corn syrup, may also raise blood pressure. A study team from the University of Colorado in Denver looked at sugar intake among thousands of Americans in a major national nutrition survey between 2003 and 2006. Those who consumed more added sugars, such as the fructose in soft drinks, had significantly higher blood pressures than those who did not and ate more natural foods such as fresh fruit. Fructose from corn syrup is a major cause of the... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3729877 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:00:00 +0100 3729877 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3699485&cid=t_176427_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FFLyk-xzuIJo%2F By Daniel J. MitchellAs the chart below indicates, the United Kingdom has a large budget deficit solely because government spending has increased to record levels (OECD data). Unfortunately, the new Tory-Liberal coalition government has decided that taxpayers should be punished for all the over-spending that occurred when the Labor government was in charge. The Telegraph reports that the top capital gains rate will jump to 28 percent, up from 18 percent (the new government foolishly thinks this will result in more revenue). But the biggest change is that the value-added tax will increase to 20 percent. According to Business Week, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (the British equivalent of Treasury Secretary) actually bragged that the VAT increase was good since it would generate “13 ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3699485 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:03:37 +0100 3699485 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3690822&cid=t_176427_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FFLyk-xzuIJo%2F By Daniel J. MitchellAs the chart below indicates, the United Kingdom has a large budget deficit solely because government spending has increased to record levels (OECD data). Unfortunately, the new Tory-Liberal coalition government has decided that taxpayers should be punished for all the over-spending that occurred when the Labor government was in charge. The Telegraph reports that the top capital gains rate will jump to 28 percent, up from 18 percent (the new government foolishly thinks this will result in more revenue). But the biggest change is that the value-added tax will increase to 20 percent. According to Business Week, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (the British equivalent of Treasury Secretary) actually bragged that the VAT increase was good since it would generate “13 ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3690822 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:03:37 +0100 3690822 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3687086&cid=t_176427_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FIUyMrWIY1gA%2F By Daniel J. MitchellSmart statists understand that there are very strong Laffer Curve effects at the top of the income scale since investors and entrepreneurs have considerable ability to control the timing, level, and composition of their income. So if higher tax rates on upper-income taxpayers don’t collect much revenue, why is the left so insistent on class-warfare taxation? The answer, I think, is that soak-the-rich taxes are a “loss-leader” that politicians impose in order to pave the way for higher taxes on the middle class. Indeed, I made this point in my video on class warfare taxation, and noted that are not enough rich people to finance big government. As such, politicians that want to tax the middle class hope to soften opposition among ordinary people by firs... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3687086 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:21:46 +0100 3687086 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3610322&cid=t_176427_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FhBsUQsiZdJc%2F By Daniel J. MitchellThe Taxpayers Alliance has a brief but compelling video, entitled “How long do you work for the tax man?,” which shows how an ordinary worker in the United Kingdom spends more than one-half his day laboring for government. “What will they tax next?” is still the best policy video to come out of the U.K., in my humble opinion, but this one is very much worth watching — especially since America is becoming more like Europe with each passing day. What makes the video particularly depressing is that it only considers the tax burden. Regulations and government spending also are a burden on average workers, largely because of foregone economic growth. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3610322 Fri, 28 May 2010 19:12:05 +0100 3610322 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3563953&cid=t_176427_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F3EvyfoWCfPY%2F By Daniel J. MitchellThe chart below shows everything you need to know about why the United Kingdom is a fiscal disaster. Over the past 10 years, the burden of government spending has skyrocketed from 36.6 percent of GDP to more than 53 percent of GDP. Taxes, meanwhile, have remained largely unchanged, averaging about 40 percent of GDP. Since the OECD numbers show that the fiscal crisis in the U.K. is solely the result of a bloated public sector, the obvious solution is … you guessed it, higher taxes. David Cameron’s new coalition government has announced support for a higher capital gains tax and is signalling that this will be followed by an increase in the value-added tax. There are some proposals to curtail the growth of spending, including some pay cuts for Prime Minster C... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3563953 Thu, 13 May 2010 16:11:46 +0100 3563953 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3490618&cid=t_176427_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F8s6EC1W4Izk%2F By Daniel J. MitchellGloominess and despair are not uncommon traits among supporters of limited government — and with good reason. Government has grown rapidly in recent years and it is expected to get much bigger in the future. To make matters worse, it seems that the deck is stacked against reforms to restrain government. One problem is that 47 percent of Americans are exempt from paying income taxes, which presumably means they no longer have any incentive to resist big government. Mark Steyn recently wrote a very depressing column for National Review Online about this phenomenon, noting that, “By 2012, America could be holding the first federal election in which a majority of the population will be able to vote themselves more government lollipops paid for by the ever shrin... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3490618 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:48:45 +0100 3490618 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3262646&cid=t_176427_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F02%2F11%2Fmy-first-week-as-a-therapist%2F The weather conspired against us this week in North Carolina. A state that does usually see at least one major snowstorm a year, we still have no idea what to do when it actually happens. It snowed last Friday night through the day on Saturday and as a result, my university was closed on Monday, and had delayed openings on Tuesday and Wednesday due to daytime snow melt refreezing on the roads at night. Consequently, our counseling clinic was an absolute hive, with all 31 of us taking turns on the one clinic phone, trying to call our clients to reschedule canceled appointments. As if anticipation for seeing your first client isn’t bad enough — most of us had to wait a few extra days! I, myself, had originally scheduled three clients for Monday. Luckily, it worked out that all three ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3262646 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:30:52 +0100 3262646 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3100778&cid=t_176427_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FtFatODyqKEo%2F By Chris EdwardsThe Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee is holding hearings today focused on Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND) and Judd Gregg’s (R-NH) idea to set up a special Task Force to draft a deficit-reduction plan. The plan would get fast-tracked through Congress for a vote and “everything would be on the table.” For taxpayers, this idea creates the threat of large tax increases on top of all the other tax increases being discussed in Congress. While the senators supporting a Task Force express valid concerns about the government’s exploding debt, the plan could launch a drive to impose a European-style value-added tax in America. In theory, such a Task Force could come up with some meaty and long-overdue cuts to the federal budget. But nine of the se... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3100778 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:06:01 +0100 3100778 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2954553&cid=t_176427_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F11%2F03%2Fwhat-health-care-reform-means-for-mental-health%2F Now that it looks like some form of health care reform will be passed this year — barring a catastrophe like Joe Lieberman — we have some idea of how the eventual act will affect mental health services. All of the plans now under consideration will mean some real improvements for mental health consumers, and there doesn’t seem much likelihood of these improvements being cut out before passage. However, it appears that individuals and employers will still have to purchase their insurance from private insurance companies, without competition from a strong public option like Medicare available for everyone. Nevertheless, the “reform” aspect of the bill would require private insurers to make some real changes in how they treat mental health issues. Key Benefits Parity for m... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2954553 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:08:39 +0100 2954553 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2890618&cid=t_176427_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F5ZIzpiSepLQ%2F Michael Tanner and Michael Cannon are working nonstop to derail government-run health care, but they better figure out how to work more than 24 hours per day, because if they fail, it is very likely that politicians will then look for a new revenue source to finance all the new spending that inevitably will follow. Unfortunately, that means a value-added tax (VAT) will be high on the list. Indeed, the VAT recently has been discussed by powerful political figures and key Obama allies such as the Co-Chairman of his transition team and the Speaker of the House. The VAT would be great news for the political insiders and beltway elite. A  brand new source of revenue would mean more money for them to spend and a new set of  loopholes to swap for campaign cash and lobbying fees.  But as I expl... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2890618 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:40:17 +0100 2890618 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2839192&cid=t_176427_167_f&fid=38271&url=http%3A%2F%2Frebeccascritchfield.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F28%2Fcutting-sugar-and-sweets-from-your-calorie-budget%2F The American Heart Association recently released recommendations for added sugars – and they say “slash slash slash” it way down. According to their position paper, the usual intake of added sugars for Americans was 22.2 teaspoons per day (355 calories per day) in 2001-2004. American Heart Association would like to see American women consume no more than 100 calories per day and men no more than 150 calories per day from added sugars. Why? Excessive consumption of sugars has been linked with several metabolic abnormalities and adverse health conditions, as well as shortfalls of essential nutrients. Translation: Basically, Americans are overdrawing the “calorie funds” in their “discretionary calories” bank account. Discretionary calories are what’s left over in the budget AF... Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2839192 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:03:16 +0100 2839192 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1536771&cid=t_176427_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F317205746%2Fcoffee_aromas_jolts_brainpower.html Pause at the door of your kitchen momentarily before you bolt off to work and breathe in the  fresh aroma of coffee beans. It’s well worth your time,  according to new research on aromic brainpower in coffee. Who’d believe that coffee scents hold enough voltage to power you past stresses you’ll face during the day.Listen to NPR’s latest interview from neuroscience about how coffee activates several genes that help people past workplace pressures. Not bad when you think of 22 stressors hitting against your brain on an ordinary day. We’ve known for some time that odors - from smelly runners to fresh cut roses – can impact how people feel and act. Some workplaces even promote scents for well-being. Now  brain scans show how dif... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1536771 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:28:40 +0100 1536771 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1344210&cid=t_176427_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F04%2F01%2Fare-we-really-that-ill%2F I meant to blog about this a few days ago, but time got away from me and here it is April already! Christopher Lane over at The (N.Y.) Sun has written an in-depth editorial asking if we Americans are as sick as some of the mental health professional experts would have us believe. It’s a legitimate question, as the number of diagnosable disorders has expanded over the years (but technically hasn’t changed since the release of the original DSM-IV in 1994, 14 years ago). In the editorial, Lane examines why 112 new disorders were added to the DSM-III, which was originally published in 1980 (28 years ago, not that anyone is counting). His cursory look at the complex and unscientific process that went into the DSM-III is interesting, but ultimately unsatisfying: Incredibly, the... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1344210 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:12:37 +0100 1344210