The Popular Drink Linked To Cognitive Decline — Yet Again
While the drink used to be thought safe for brain health, the latest research finds otherwise. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - January 20, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Alcohol Dementia Source Type: blogs
Fentanyl Test Strips Save Lives, Yet Most States Ban Them As “Drug Paraphernalia”
Jeffrey A. SingerToday ’s Wall Street Journalreports that recreational drug users at parties and nightclubs increasingly use fentanyl test strips before engaging in drug use. Singer ‐songwriter Kalie Shorr, who has lost a sister and childhood friend to drug overdoses, keeps them with her in her purse and offers them to partiers and nightclub goers:Just dissolve the cocaine in a small amount of water, she tells them. Then dip in the test strip, and wait a few minutes to see if one line (positive) or two lines (negative) appear. “You can put it up your nose if you feel so inclined,” she said. “But...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 19, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer Source Type: blogs
Drug Diversion – Can AI Monitoring Solve This Growing Issue?
The following is a guest article by Claire Reilly, Director of Clinical Operations at Imprivata and former Emergency Room Charge Nurse.
Although often overshadowed by major news and events, drug diversion – the rerouting of medications intended for patients by healthcare staff and is actually theft – has been a persistent problem in all healthcare settings. Pharmacies, doctors’ offices, hospitals, and care homes are all places drug diversion can occur if prescribing is not carefully monitored and managed.
In recent years, multiple factors have combined to create a perfect storm for drug diversion. Healthcar...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 19, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning Analytics/Big Data Clinical Healthcare IT Regulations Adderall Alcohol Abuse Artificial Intelligence Big Data Technologies Claire Reilly COVID-19 Drug Abuse Drug Diversion Drug Overdoses EHR Electronic Hea Source Type: blogs
The Common Drink That Reduces Stress And Heart Attack Risk
People who drank this were at a 20 percent lower risk of having a heart attack. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - January 17, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Alcohol Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – January 15, 2023 – 80% of consumers want a clearer process for dealing with billing errors, USCDI update would add 20 more elements, and more
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
News and Studies
ONC released the Draft United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) v4 and its accompanying Standards Bulletin. USCDI is a standardized set of health data classes and data elements that enables data exch...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 15, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT 3M Allina Health Ayble Health Cameron Deemer Castell CenTrak CloudWave Cone Health digital pathology DocGo Dr. B DrFirst Edifecs Elevate Addiction Services Franciscan Health GE Healthcare Gradient Health H Source Type: blogs
A teenager with chest pain, a troponin below the limit of detection, and " benign early repolarization "
Sent by anonymous, written by Pendell MeyersA male in his teens presented with complaints of chest discomfort and dyspnea beginning while exercising but without obvious injury. He immediately stopped exercising and symptoms started to improve. Later that evening he felt recurrent central chest discomfort, shortness of breath, and vomited. Symptoms have been constant since this second episode, and are still present on arrival, which seems to have been less than 1 to 2 hours from onset of symptoms. No similar symptoms in the past. No prior exertional complaints of chest pain, dizziness, lightheadedness, or undue shortness of...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - January 9, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Pendell Source Type: blogs
6 Ways Alcohol Is Good For Mind And Brain
How alcohol affects cognitive function, changes how you appear to others and even lowers the risk of some diseases. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - December 31, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Alcohol Source Type: blogs
The Popular Drink Linked To Cognitive Decline — Yet Again
While the drink used to be thought safe for brain health, the latest research finds otherwise. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - December 23, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Alcohol Dementia Source Type: blogs
DEA Seizes Record Amounts of Fentanyl in 2022
Jeffrey A. SingerAxiosreports that the Drug Enforcement Administration seized 379 million doses of fentanyl in 2022, which included 50.6 million fentanyl ‐laced counterfeit prescription pain pills and more than 10,000 pounds of powdered fentanyl (which can be mixed in with cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin or used to make counterfeit prescription pain pills). AsDavid J. Bier and I wrote recently, the vast majority of these drugs are seized at legal border crossings, mostly smuggled in by U.S. citizens working for Mexican drug cartels.In its December 20announcement, the DEA stated:“In the past year, the ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 21, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer Source Type: blogs
Bad Backs & Deductibles
It’s time again for me to use my bad back as a case study in why American health care has such crazy incentives.
About a month ago at the HLTH conference in Vegas, over the course of a few hours I developed debilitating leg pain. To quote from my earlier twitter thread on my time in Vegas, “After 3 days of excruciating pain, my wife insisted I went to the ER. The public policy person in me was horrified but we had already spent our deductible, so the cost was actually lower than paying cash for an MRI”
What actually happened was that after 3 days of dreadful pain & inability to wal...
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Matthew Holt Chronic Back Pain health deductible health plans (HDHP) Insurers Surgery Source Type: blogs
Too Many QHINs Could Hinder Progress Toward Nationwide Health IT Interoperability
The following is a guest article by Zach Finn, chief executive and technology officer at Centralis Health.
Focused guidance is needed to create reliable and sustainable standards and processes that work with healthcare today
This fall, The Sequoia Project began accepting applications for potential qualified health information networks (QHINs), the entities tasked with operationalizing the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) established by the 21st Century Cures Act. TEFCA aims to create one unified technical framework to exchange data across the country between healthcare providers, health plans, public...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 15, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Interoperability Regulations CCD Centralis Health Continuity of Care Document Health Data Exchange Health Information Exchanges Health IT Community HIEs Office of the National Coor Source Type: blogs
5 Simple Habits and Routines to Keep You Away from Depression and Stress
One of the major problems facing today’s generation is depression. Excessive workload, changing lifestyle, loneliness, and financial pressure all lead to stress which results in depression. You feel unhappy, non-productive and withdrawn when you are depressed.
Many experts believe that establishing routines filled with healthy habits is a great way to move more efficiently through your day while expending less mental energy and even willpower in the process. Following simple routines like exercising, eating the right food, taking energy supplements, meditating, and getting sufficient sleep can help to manage str...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - December 13, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erin Falconer Tags: featured happiness health and fitness self-improvement Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, December 12th 2022
In conclusion, selective removal of senescent dermal fibroblasts can improve the skin aging phenotype, indicating that BPTES may be an effective novel therapeutic agent for skin aging.
Non-Dividing Neurons Do In Fact Become Senescent, Impairing Brain Function
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2022/12/non-dividing-neurons-do-in-fact-become-senescent-impairing-brain-function/
Cellular senescence is generally thought of as a characteristic of replicating cells; it is an end state reached when telomeres, reduced in length with each cell division, become too short. This is followed by programmed cell death...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 11, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Enjoying the spirit of the holidays with fewer spirits
The winter holidays are almost here. And it’s the time of year when food abounds and alcohol sales double. So, in the spirit of wellness and health, I’m sharing some ideas for alcohol substitutes, safe drinking, and some general information about alcohol. Enjoying the holidays with good company, food, and drink is a treat. But
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Enjoying the spirit of the holidays with fewer spirits originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 8, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Gioia M. Guerrieri, DO Tags: Conditions Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
What are the mechanisms of beneficial action of alcohol in moderate amounts ?
Putative mechanisms
Alcohol dis-engages platelets that are in aggregation mode (Renaud et al Clin Chim Acta. 1996 Mar 15;246(1-2):77-89)
Alcohol has anti-atherogenic properties (BRUNECK study Stroke. 1998;29:900–907 )
Alcohol Increases HDL which we still believe to be good cholesterol ( Elizabeth R. De Oliveira e Silva Circulation. 2000)
Alcohol causes less Ischemic stroke, that is documented ( Hillbom M Alcohol and stroke: pathophysiologic mechanisms. Neuroepidemiology. 1998)
Alcohol promotes energy consumption.
It is a sort of baseline exercise equivalent (ELI* )
Alcohol can make a perso...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - December 8, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Alcohol and heart disease ada guidelines alcohol alcohol and cad alcohol and Interheart alcohol is it really beneficial INTERHEART study lancet interheart gbd study moderate alcohol beenfits what is moderate alcohol intake Source Type: blogs
