160 Deep Quotes That Make You Think
I like deep quotes. The ones that set my mind off in a new direction. Or make me think a little extra (or sometimes a lot). So in this post I'd like to share 160 of the most thought-provoking quotes I've found over the past 10+ years. I've divided this big post into a few different sections on for example life, love (for yourself and others) and motivation to make it easier to navigate and use. I hope you'll find something here that helps you to find a new perspective and improve your own life. And if you need more motivation and help then I recommend this post with quotes on never giving up and this one filled with quote...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - April 20, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Personal Development Source Type: blogs

Side effects of fludrocortisone – Cardiology MCQ – Answer
Side effects of fludrocortisone – Cardiology MCQ – Answer Side effects of fludrocortisone does not include – Correct answer: d) Postural hypotension Fludrocortisone is an important drug for the treatment of postural hypotension. It is a synthetic steroid with mineralocorticoid activity. It increases sodium reabsorption in the renal tubules. The drug in turn increases potassium excretion and cause hypokalemia. Sodium retention causes volume expansion decreases the chance of postural hypotension. For the same reason it may cause supine hypertension in these patients. Often supine hypertension is an importan...
Source: Cardiophile MD - April 18, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis Tags: Cardiology MCQ DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Source Type: blogs

5 Simple Ways to Find Peace After a Divorce
Do this for yourself. Figuring out how to move on after divorce is really challenging because the end of your marriage itself is so traumatic. Loneliness takes over and your life gets ripped apart all at once and again and again. You struggle to find happiness, a new equilibrium, and a new way of living — on your own. Dealing with divorce is kind of like facing a huge, catastrophic earthquake followed by all these aftershocks of varying intensities (like a nasty text from your ex, selling your home, or paying child support instead of living with your children every day). But, eventually, you’ll be able to complete ...
Source: World of Psychology - February 28, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Psych Central Guest Author Tags: General Marriage and Divorce Publishers Relationships Self-Help YourTango Getting Over A Breakup healing after divorce Source Type: blogs

Diabetes as the Trojan Horse of Digital Health
Originally, a Trojan horse referred to the wooden horse used to cunningly penetrate and conquer the city of Troy by the Greeks. In our era, the term has been adapted to describe disguised malwares that attack unsuspecting users’ computers and wreak havoc once inside. Judging by the title of this article, how then can a condition as serious as diabetes help move the digital health agenda forward? Computer generated 3D illustration with the Trojan Horse at Troy, source: http://codingtidbit.com/ Once upon a time, empowered patients started a revolution…  It all begins with a crippling speed of bureaucra...
Source: The Medical Futurist - January 7, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Prans Tags: E-Patients Future of Medicine Healthcare Design diabetes digital health diabetes management patient design Source Type: blogs

What sperm banks could learn from Fox ’s ‘Almost Family’ and ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ sequel ‘The Testaments’
This article was originally featured on the Genetic Literacy Project on October 1, 2019. This article, along with more information and additional links can be found at: https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2019/10/01/foxs-almost-family-vs-the-handmaidens-tale-sequel-the-testaments-different-takes-on-the-dangers-of-sperm-bank-donations/ .  ** I'm dreading the debut of the Fox TV series Almost Family on October 2. In it, Julia Bechley discovers that her dying dad, a famous fertility doctor, had made dozens of personal DNA donations that are now millennials, at least two of whom have unknowingly h...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - October 14, 2019 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Bioethics Today Tags: Genetics Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs

80 Inspirational Education Quotes for Students and Teachers
Education is so important. Because it opens the mind and expands it. It allows you to improve your life in hundreds of ways. So in this post I'd like to share 80 of the most motivating and inspiring quotes on education of all time. Quotes both on what you learn in school but also on what you can learn for yourself in life. I hope you'll find them helpful no matter if you're a student that needs a boost of motivation or if you're a teacher of any kind that wants to inspire and make a change in your students lives. Education Quotes to Motivate Students “A man's mind, stretched by new ideas, may never return to its origina...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - August 29, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Inspirational Quotes Source Type: blogs

The Good, The Bad and The Weird: Health Tech From CES 2019
Smart belt for weight loss, spider-like walking car, terrifying Robo-Sharks, IoT cat toilet, the real version of the monolith from Space Odyssey: the world’s most famous tech circus brings the superlatives of innovation to Las Vegas every year. Here, we sorted out the most exciting, the less useful or the outright dumbest health technologies from CES 2019. The year of the solar cow What do power banks and cows have in common? The 2019 CES Innovation Award, actually. It’s a brilliant project of a South Korean solar energy company, Yolk, having partnered with a Kenyan educational institution, to keep children at school....
Source: The Medical Futurist - January 10, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine ces CES 2019 digital digital health digital health tech gadgets health technology health trends Innovation smartwatch summit wearables Source Type: blogs

The Good, The Bad and The Weird: Health Tech From CES 2019
Smart belt for weight loss, spider-like walking car, terrifying Robo-Sharks, IoT cat toilet, the real version of the monolith from Space Odyssey: the world’s most famous tech circus brings the superlatives of innovation to Las Vegas every year. Here, we sorted out the most exciting, the less useful or the outright dumbest health technology from CES 2019. The year of the solar cow What do power banks and cows have in common? The 2019 CES Innovation Award, actually. It’s a brilliant project of a South Korean solar energy company, Yolk, having partnered with a Kenyan educational institution, to keep children at school. W...
Source: The Medical Futurist - January 10, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine ces CES 2019 digital digital health digital health tech gadgets health technology health trends Innovation smartwatch summit wearables Source Type: blogs

The Good, The Bad and The Weird: Health Tech From CES 2019
Smart belt for weight loss, spider-like walking car, terrifying Robo-Sharks, IoT cat toilet, the real version of the monolith from Space Odyssey: the world’s most famous tech circus brings the superlatives of innovation to Las Vegas every year. Here, we sorted out the most exciting, the less useful or the outright dumbest health technologies from CES 2019. The year of the solar cow What do power banks and cows have in common? The 2019 CES Innovation Award, actually. It’s a brilliant project of a South Korean solar energy company, Yolk, having partnered with a Kenyan educational institution, to keep children at school....
Source: The Medical Futurist - January 10, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine ces CES 2019 digital digital health digital health tech gadgets health technology health trends Innovation smartwatch summit wearables Source Type: blogs

We Need to Protect Black Moms
By: Helena Addison In the first hour of my OB clinical rotation, I held up a woman’s legs as she gave birth vaginally. The OB/GYN stood in front of her. She rolled her eyes, shook her head, and scolded, “Come on, you are still not pushing hard enough.” Then, “If you don’t push harder, I’m The post We Need to Protect Black Moms appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine. (Source: Nursing Blogs at Johns Hopkins University)
Source: Nursing Blogs at Johns Hopkins University - December 17, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Editor Tags: Health Equity On the Pulse african american Maternal health Newborn pregnancy Source Type: blogs

Adrenal insufficiency due to chronic opiate use
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - October 10, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: endocrinology pharmacology toxicology Source Type: blogs

LITFL Review 328
LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog Welcome to the 328th LITFL Review! Your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peeks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the blogosphere’s best and brightest and deliver a bite-sized chunk of FOAM. Readers can subscribe to LITFL review RSS or LITFL review EMAIL subscription The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beauts of the Week Simon Carley re...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - April 22, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Marjorie Lazoff, MD Tags: LITFL review LITFL R/V Source Type: blogs

#PatientCV Shows Doctors How Proactive Patients Are
The idea of a one-pager skill-set called “Patient CV” created by a chronic patient for her future doctors generated quite a buzz lately on Twitter. Listing of personal health skills could enable patients to show their doctors they are active participants in their care. That means being a patient is not a passive adjective, but a very active verb. How to present complex patient info easily to doctors? The Medical Futurist reached out to the idea initiator, @betabetic or Lindsay Fallow, a software developer turned science journalist; who is coping with multiple endocrine problems including adrenal insufficiency and a t...
Source: The Medical Futurist - March 29, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Empowered Patients conversation future Health Health 2.0 Healthcare patient empowerment patient-doctor Source Type: blogs