Category: Interesting Links

Happy Liberals vs Happier Conservatives, and Other Links

Conservatives are happier than liberals.

Patient “spends” 2.1 million Medicare dollars before he dies.

MRI scanners translate thoughts into messages.

Americans made about 160 million doctors visits per quarter before the recession; now it’s about 140 million.

Jul 10, 2012 | 6 comments | by John Goodman

Robots as Therapists, and Other Links

Robots better than humans at rehab coaching.

A calorie is not a calorie.

Therapeutic Libertarianism.

Michael Millenson: American patients have always been independent.

Medicaid expansion will cost jobs.

Jul 06, 2012 | 7 comments | by John Goodman

Doctors Showing Up Sick to Work, and Other Links

The early bird gets the worm — or at least it’s happier and healthier.

Doctors think it’s OK to show up to work sick.

Belief in Hell reduces crime.

Jul 03, 2012 | 8 comments | by Devon Herrick

Increasing Health Care Spending, and Other Links

Just 6 percent of Americans cite health care as the issue as the most important problem facing the nation.

By 2020, health care spending will reach $13,000 per person per year.

Cost of waiting: C$1,144 for each individual awaiting a medical procedure in Canada.

Medicare takes a Lake Woebegone approach to pay-for- performance.

Jul 02, 2012 | 6 comments | by John Goodman

Unhealthy Coffee Components, and Other Links

Coffee is a complex substance that contains more than 1,000 compounds that may affect health.

“Almost psychopaths” are more than the real thing.

Reporters sprinting out of the SCOTUS building. HT: Sarah Kliff

Inside story: Did Justice Roberts cave to outside media pressure?

Jul 02, 2012 | 4 comments | by John Goodman

5 More Links on My New Book, Priceless

Priceless in Reason.

My op-ed in Forbes.

Laissez-Faire Books likes Priceless.

Priceless at Newsmax.

Interview with CBN News.

Buy the book here (available in hardback and e-book formats).

Jun 29, 2012 | 4 comments | by John Goodman

Anxiety Diagnosed More Often in Women, and Other Links

Anxiety disorders diagnosed more often in women than men.

The most contaminated surface in a hotel room is the TV remote.

Love resides in the brain, not the heart.

Jun 29, 2012 | 10 comments | by Devon Herrick

Stress Can Be Good, and Other Links

Stress can actually be good for you.

Exercise is bad for some people (about 10%).

Oregon Study: Medicaid doesn’t save money. It does make people feel happier and healthier.

Jun 27, 2012 | 4 comments | by John Goodman

Headlines I Wish I Hadn’t Seen

ObamaCare reforms may hurt vulnerable patients.

Emergency department crowding is growing twice as fast as visits and will rise to unsustainable proportions.

You need a license before you can enter more than 1,000 professions in the United States.

Cato study: Since President Obama took office, federal welfare spending has increased by 41 percent, more than $193 billion per year, yet poverty rate remains where it was in 1965.

Jun 26, 2012 | 9 comments | by John Goodman

Great Reviews of Priceless

Priceless reviewed (again) at Marginal Revolution. First review here.

Priceless on “Stossel.”

Priceless on FOX.

In addition to the hardcover edition, Priceless is now available in e-book format: for Kindle, iBook, and NOOK.

Jun 26, 2012 | 4 comments | by John Goodman