Who is going to save medical science from “ peer reviewed ” madness ?
This 90-second video clip is a “perfect provocation”
.Allan Savory is a renowned ecologist from Africa. He is a global leader in environment and eco protection. He is making this famous comment, during one of his interviews from within the deep forests of Zimbabwe, after years of ground-level work in the field of desertification and climate change. I can understand his feelings, as we also encounter similar situations at ground zero of the health care delivery system. (I wonder if there is anything called peer-reviewed bedside caring)
We realize wide gaps between academia, patient care, and re...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - May 30, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Uncategorized art of healing best book in medicine cost effectiveness in medicine definition of medical care ethics in medicine evidence based medicine harrison principles davidson medical education medical science is an art or true scie Source Type: blogs
The U.S. Posture on Global Access to Medication & the Case for Change
Michael Palmedo (American University), Srividhya Ragavan (Texas A&M University), The U.S. Posture on Global Access to Medication& the Case for Change, SSRN: The TRIPS Waiver sought by India and South Africa features as the hot button issue of 2021.... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - May 24, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Swift action in Cottenham
Swift boxes designed and built by Dick Newell have now been installed by firefighters from Cottenham Fire Station on the new Village Hall and the sports pavilion with plans to install additional units.
Swift in flight, Apus apus
Dick Newell with one of the multistorey Swift boxes now installed in Cottenham’s sports pavilion
The wooden boxes blend in well with the buildings offering executive homes for our summer visitors and augmenting the swift bricks that already form part of the fabric of the new Village Hall. The boxes have a smooth slot through which these slick and speedy birds can fly to build their nests.
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Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - May 16, 2021 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Birds Source Type: blogs
The Jones Act Should Be Waived, but More Substantive Changes Are Needed
Colin GrabowIn the wake of the Colonial Pipeline outage that has produced mounting fuel shortages along the East Coast, the Department of Transportation hasannounced that it is taking initial steps to determine if a Jones Act waiver is warranted. It ’s not hard to see why. Transporting a massive 100 million gallons of fuel per day, the Colonial Pipeline accounts for 45 percent of the fuel used on the East Coast. That ’s a huge supply gap to fill and, as the Energy Information Administrationpoints out, waterborne transport can play a key role:Markets along the Atlantic Coast with access to deepwater ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 12, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Colin Grabow Source Type: blogs
Grasshopper Warbler, Locustella naevia
I’m fairly sure I’d heard this rare bird at RSPB Fowlmere several years ago but as a very, very amateur “birder“, I’d not seen one and certainly not seen one calling until this week. We took a trip to RSPB Titchwell on 2nd May 2021 and could hear one in the reed bed adjacent to the main footpath from the visitor centre, but didn’t catch a glimpse of the bird. A second visit in the week (5th May) and we could definitely hear the insect-like call of the bird and finally pinned it down to a patch of gorse and hawthorn not far from Patsy’s reedbed.
The Common Grasshopper Warbler is on...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - May 5, 2021 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Birds Photography Source Type: blogs
Women ’s Rights Are Improving Worldwide
Ian V ásquez andGuillermina Sutter SchneiderThe World Bank recently released its latest“Women, Business and the Law” annual report that gathers some 50 years of data evaluating dozens of legal indicators regarding women’s rights in 190 countries. For each country, it answers questions such as “Can a woman choose where to live in the same way as a man?” and “Can a woman register a business in the same way as a man?”We looked at 19 of the report ’s indicators that we felt best measured gender equality (we left out some indicators—e.g., on whether the government administers 100% of maternity leave be...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 4, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Ian V ásquez, Guillermina Sutter Schneider Source Type: blogs
Does Human Germline Genome Editing Violate Human Dignity? An African Perspective
Bonginkosi Shozi (University of KwaZulu-Natal), Does Human Germline Genome Editing Violate Human Dignity? An African Perspective, J. L.& Biosciences. (2021): It has been variously claimed that alterations to the human genome for reproductive purposes ought to be prohibited on... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - April 18, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Umbilical Hernias: Systemic Racism, Dogma, And Pediatric Surgery
by Stephanie Preston, MD
In the health professions, we have all been taught that some of the most common, chronic, and debilitating diseases in the United States – hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, and most cancers – disproportionately affect Black Americans. As resident surgeons, dogma holds that umbilical hernias are more prevalent in Black children, but without any discussion about underlying drivers. There is no evidence to support that this disparity is related to biologic or genetic differences. However, a recently published study continues to state that umbilical hernias are 8-9x more prevalent among Bla...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - April 13, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Blog Editor Tags: Children/Adolescents Ethics Featured Posts Health Care Health Disparities Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
State of Denial
It ' s just human nature, I suppose, but we have to face and defeat our instinct to turn away and pretend that predictable catastrophe isn ' t actually happening. Al Gore titled his documentary An Inconvenient Truth, recognizing that people won ' t see what they don ' t want to see, but 15 years later, nothing has really changed. So here ' s the deal. Much of the southwest U.S is already in extreme drought, and it ' s going to get much worse. The cold truth is that there will not be enough water to sustain the population and industry of a vast stretch of the country. To quote the CNN story, " While there will be wet y...
Source: Stayin' Alive - April 12, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Hoarding: Buried Alive
The U.S. and some other wealthy countries are making progress toward vaccinating enough people to achieve herd immunity. Whether we will actually get there depends on whether disinformation promulgated mostly by conservative propagandists stops people from doing what ' s right for themselves, their families, their community, and their country --which for example 40% of Marines have refused to do. But even if we can overcome this insanity, we have an even bigger problem.So far 87% of vaccine doses have gone to high or upper middle income countries, and only 0.2% to people in low income countries. That ' s because the rich c...
Source: Stayin' Alive - April 10, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
76 Percent of Consulates Are Fully or Partly Closed Even after Tests and Vaccinations
David J. BierPresident Bidenended President Trump ’s immigrant visa ban and allowed his nonimmigrant visa ban to expire on April 1. While this is progress, the president is inexplicably keeping 76 percent of consulates fully or partially closed to routine visa processing, affecting about 71 percent of all visa applicants. The consulate closures a re acting as a de facto ban on legal immigration and travel, even thoughall travelers to the country must receive negative COVID-19 tests and more than 551 million doses of the vaccinehave already been administered outside the United States.In March 2020, the State Department c...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 9, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: David J. Bier Source Type: blogs
Black peer support: A role in mental health recovery
It’s been a troubling year for millions of Americans, marked by public reckonings over inequities in justice, health care, and most certainly mental health care. None of these inequities are new. Estimates suggest that only 22% of Black Americans — fewer than one in four — who need mental health care actually receive treatment. In addition to financial and insurance barriers to mental health treatment, a long history of discrimination in medicine makes it difficult for some people of color to form trusting relationships with medical providers. And that’s one reason why peer support has been gaining traction to help...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - April 8, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Valeria Chambers, EdM, CAS, CPS Tags: Anxiety and Depression Health Health care disparities Mental Health Relationships Source Type: blogs
Decolonising Nelson
I wrote in an earlier post about Admiral Lord Nelson, who, being a Norfolkman like my Dad, did get talked about in my house growing up.And I have written a few posts about decolonisation. Here is one about both.Nelson, English (maybe British) hero, victor over the French, standing proud on his famous column in central London.And Nelson, famous Norfolkman.Are there other viewpoints from which to view his life?Well, although he fought in battles against another European power, they were not always in European waters. He is remembered for Trafalgar, but there was also the Battle of the Nile. &...
Source: Browsing - April 6, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: decolonisation Source Type: blogs
The Antiques Roadshow does decolonisation
BBC1 ' s Antiques Roadshow is usually on, although I often don ' t watch it as such. Last night (3rd April) I did, and there were two items that are actual practical examples of decolonisation, which show how you can look at existing British history from a new viewpoint.The programme was fromCulzean Castle in Ayrshire. If you are not familiar with it, members of the public take along an antique or collectible that they have, and someone expert with that sort of art or craft talks about it, and values it. The programme visits different venues. That is relevant to example 1, ...
Source: Browsing - April 5, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: decolonisation Source Type: blogs
Case of the Week 632
This week ' s case has a fun little twist. The following structures were seen within the mucosa in an intestinal biopsy (hematoxylin and eosin stained) of a patient in sub-Saharan Africa. The largest of these measured>120 micrometers long.Then there was this...Diagnosis? (Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites)
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - March 29, 2021 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
