Health: Our brain “re-wires” after about age 40
“Older adults tend to show less flexible thinking, such as forming new concepts and abstract thinking, lower response inhibition, as well as lower verbal and numeric reasoning,” the reviewers noted.…
Public health: Percent of children vaccinated for diseases
Source: FastStats – Immunization Some of these students will “catch up” by the age of 5, when they enter school – because their school or state may require full vaccinations.…
Demographics: Decline in births leads to closing obstetric hospital units
The decline in births is causing some smaller hospitals to consider closing their obstetrics units. Research suggests they begin to have too few births to maintain the services and care…
Public health: One third of gym users have not returned after Covid shutdowns
Nearly one-third of gym-goers say they have not returned to their workout facility. For those that haven’t returned, 27 percent said they don’t have plans to go back, according to…
Public health: Ten pages of Covid rules for a Nov 2022 event
Ten single spaced pages of Covid restrictions to attend a “con”-like event in mid-November 2022! Kumoricon » COVID-19 Expectations for Kumoricon 2022 Mandatory vaccination or lab/pharmacy issued negative PCR/Rapid test…
Transportation: Should more people be riding bikes?
Read an item this morning promoting more people to ride bikes to work and to stores. Which reminded me of a key issue that goes ignored… Look at most urban…
Health: New hard hat design reduces rotational brain injuries
This is good: The latest generation of hard hats are designed to cushion the brain during an impact by absorbing forces that cause the head to spin. Source: Next gen…
Media notices disease model projections mostly worthless
Predictions about the pandemic rarely age well. In the United States, the pandemic appeared to be winding down in May 2021 amid a vigorous vaccination campaign, only to get wound…
Part 11 – Population Demographics: Pennsylvania sees drop in college-aged population
The bigger issue for Pennsylvania higher education is its ability to attract students while the college-aged population in the commonwealth shrinks. Student loan forgiveness arrives, but shrinking student numbers in…
Early: When do CEOs wake up in the morning?
People who suffer from sleep disorders probably not welcome in the executive suites: Specifically, here are the survey’s most popular wake-up times: 6 a.m. (37% of respondents) 5 a.m. (27%)…