Category: Interesting Links

Headlines I Wish I Hadn’t Seen

Case y Mulligan: The huge increase in Food Stamp spending is due to more ge nerous benefits and easier e ligibility, not to the depressed economy.

Doctors worried about malpractice do more defensive medicine, but caps on damages and other reforms don’t seem to matter.

Book: Clinton’s State Department was told Benghazi was a “terrorist attack” minutes after it began.

Sep 04, 2013 | 10 comments | by John Goodman

The Uneasy Case for Wellness Programs, and Other Links

Austin Frakt on Rand: Wellness programs don’t save money.

Feminists against the pill.

Female doctors make $50,000 less than male doctors.

The case for Health Savings Accounts.

Interactive map shows how your premiums will likely change under ObamaCare.

Sep 04, 2013 | 11 comments | by John Goodman

Why Women Live Longer than Men, and Other Links

There is a Darwinian reason why women outlive men.

Is four cups of coffee a day really good for the liver?

Why I may need more personal space than you do.

Lifespan could increase by 20 percent with one gene change.

Aug 30, 2013 | 13 comments | by Devon Herrick

Headlines I Wish I Hadn’t Seen

NSA employees spied on their lovers.

Men feel worse about themselves when their wives succeed.

Are you fat? New estimates of your odds of dying.

Trumka: The White House is trying to change the law to help the unions. Here’s Avik Roy on this issue.

Aug 30, 2013 | 18 comments | by Devon Herrick

Combating Obesity in the Supermarket, and Other Links

How well does nudge work in the supermarket?

North Car olina hospitals must publish the prices that they negotiate with ins u rers.

GOP congressman opts out of federal health plan.

The least likely buyer of (ObamaCare insurance) is not young. He is older, wealthier and healthier.

Aug 29, 2013 | 16 comments | by John Goodman

Societal Benefits of Knee Replacements, and Other Links

The social benefit of a knee replacement: $10,000 to $30,000.

Study: Health insurance agents and brokers make insurance shopping easier and cheaper.

Less than half (47%) of women 15 and over are married ― the lowest percentage since the turn of the century.

Aug 23, 2013 | 10 comments | by John Goodman

Headlines I Wish I Hadn’t Seen

ObamaCare will cost Delta Airlines nearly $100 million next year.

C ato study: Welfare pays more than a minimum-wage job in 35 states.

More than a third of House Republicans urged their leader Thursday to trigger a government shutdown rather than fund the implementation of ObamaCare.

Local governments are cutting hours over ObamaCare costs.

NPR: Despite promises by President Obama that people can keep the insurance they have once ObamaCare is in full effect, millions will have to upgrade to more expensive policies.

Aug 23, 2013 | 17 comments | by John Goodman

Headlines I Wish I Hadn’t Seen

Matthew Yglesias: The case for getting drunk at work.

Woman has baby using embryo frozen 18 years.

Cancer risk may be linked to stressful conditions, events early on in life.

Study: There’s no such thing as a right or left brain thinker.

Study: Many discharged hospital patients have no idea how to care for themselves.

Aug 22, 2013 | 10 comments | by Devon Herrick

Alcohol’s Role in Weight Control, and Other Links

Alcohol: a new weapon in the Battle of the Bulge.

Alcohol-related ER visits vary by beverage brand: Budweiser is the King of Beers, and ER visits.

Wearing a weighted belt can boost bone density.

Standard calorie counts are mostly wrong.

People cannot store long term memories prior to age four.

Aug 22, 2013 | 12 comments | by Devon Herrick

Outsourced Indian Assistants, and Other Links

For $10 an hour, you too can have a personal assistant ― in India.

Diet studies: the only consistent finding is: you will most likely lose weight if you stick to whatever diet you happen to be on.

Your chance of dying without a liver transplant depends on your ZIP code. The answer: gerrymandering.

Aug 21, 2013 | 11 comments | by John Goodman