Reviewing What is Known of the Longevity Gene INDY
INDY was one of the earlier longevity-related genes to be robustly identified, a discovery made 20 years ago now. Much of the exploratory work on INDY was carried out in flies, though more than enough time has now passed for mouse data to have also emerged. The authors of today's review paper characterize the benefits resulting from a reduced expression of INDY as a calorie restriction mimetic effect, more or less. That is a fair enough shorthand for any approach that improves cellular maintenance processes in a way that modestly slows the aging process, resisting the accumulation of damage, dysfunctional cells, and chroni...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 26, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Suggesting that 40% of Dementia is the Result of Lifestyle and Environment
Researchers here run the numbers to suggest that as much of 40% of the incidence of dementia is the result of lifestyle choices and environmental factors, and thus amenable to prevention. A lot of these line items are known to contribute to the chronic inflammation of aging, and evidence increasingly leans towards an important role for unresolved, lasting inflammation in the progression of neurodegenerative conditions. Much of the focus is on hypertension, the raised blood pressure that is very damaging to fragile tissues such as those of the brain. Hypertension can be controlled to a large degree via changes in diet, weig...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 25, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
How To Increase The Motivation To Get Healthy
The key to eating healthily, reducing alcohol consumption and exercising more. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - July 24, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Motivation Source Type: blogs
Alcohol Price Floors and Externalities: The Case of Fatal Road Crashes
Marco Francesconi (University of Essex), Jonathan James (University of Bath), Alcohol Price Floors and Externalities: The Case of Fatal Road Crashes, SSRN (2022): In May 2018, Scotland introduced a minimum unit price on alcohol. We examine the impact of this... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 24, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
The Impact of Smoking Bans in Bars and Restaurants on Alcohol Consumption and Smoking
Anne Burton (Cornell University), The Impact of Smoking Bans in Bars and Restaurants on Alcohol Consumption and Smoking, SSRN (2022): Governments implemented bar and restaurant smoking bans to target smoking-related externalities, but these bans may also affect drinking. This paper... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 6, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Moment in the Sun
From economic historian Brad DeLong,a brief summary of the extreme weirdness of our time. He presents the table below without giving any source, and the seemingly precise quantification is certainly questionable, but the basic idea is undoubtedly correct. What ' s important is not the numbers, but the idea. Right now the income per capita of all humanity is almost 13 times what it was in 1500. Another way of looking at this is that it took 20 workers in 1870 to produce what one worker can today. And yet, we still have billions of people living in abject poverty. Even in a wealthy country like th...
Source: Stayin' Alive - June 30, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Lifestyle Medicine Could Be The Key To Digital Health Adoption
I’ve been wearing several generations and types of smartwatches for a couple of years and I only remove my watch when I shower. I use it to track my sleep and its smart alarm wakes me up at the optimal time every morning. With the pocketable Kardia, I regularly check my ECG at home to detect any anomalies. For an in-depth analysis of what my genetic makeup predisposes me to, I had my whole genome sequenced. And I bring relevant data to my general practitioner during my checkups so that we can decide on preventive measures. In short, I’m trying to live like the patient of the future, using lifestyle medicine to prev...
Source: The Medical Futurist - June 29, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Pranavsingh Dhunnoo Tags: Lifestyle medicine E-Patients Health Sensors & Trackers Healthcare Design Medical Education Personalized Medicine sleep stress food scanner sleep apnea Apple Watch Dr. Vernes Baylor ACLM Source Type: blogs
Reflections upon Alcohol in Our Lives: 10 Years after the Law Commission Report
Sir Geoffrey Palmer QC (Victoria University of Wellington), Reflections upon Alcohol in Our Lives: 10 Years after the Law Commission Report, SSRN (2022): A speech delivered to Alcohol Action New Zealand ’s annual meeting on 13 August 2019. The speech provides... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - June 26, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Alcohol, Health and the Law Commission's Liquor Review
Sir Geoffrey Palmer QC (Victoria University of Wellington), Alcohol, Health and the Law Commission's Liquor Review, SSRN (2022): An address to the Alcohol Advisory Council's “Working Together” conference, delivered on 15 May 2009. The address focuses on the health and... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - June 25, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
The Hard Problem of Abortion Rights
ConclusionIn sum, reasonable minds —including reasonable libertarian minds—can disagree about the moral nature of abortion itself, the constitutional status of abortion rights, and the proper legal framework with which to evaluate asserted claims of a right to abortion access in particular circumstances. Likewise, critics of the Court’s abortion cases can reasonably disagree on the most principled way to address precedents whose reasoning arguably has not withstood the test of time.In the aftermath ofDobbs, some states may well attempt to regulate abortion in ways thatdo pose grave concerns for libertarians generally...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 24, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Clark Neily, Jay Schweikert Source Type: blogs
Voting Republican is bad for your health
Literally. A study byWarraich HJ, Kumar P, Nasir K, Joynt Maddox KE, and Wadhera RK in BMJfinds this: There has actually been lots of previous research on this general question. As the authors note, " Previous studies have shown that counties that elect Republican candidates tend to experience worse health outcomes, such as fewer gains in life expectancy and increased rates of opioid prescription.56789, " so this is just further confirmation. As they summarize their fndings, " the mortality gap between white residents in Democratic versus Republican counties increased fourfold. Rural Republican count...
Source: Stayin' Alive - June 24, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
The weed with roots in hell
When I was a youth -- high school, college, and beyond -- everybody smoked pot. By everybody I mean pretty much all my friends and people who went to the same parties and belonged to the same political organizations (I was an activist) and roommates and girlfriends and casual acquaintances. It was just completely normal. It was illegal, but that didn ' t really apply to white people with college degrees. That just wasn ' t something we had to worry about, the cops weren ' t interested in us.Anyway, I really didn ' t see much, if any harm in it. All of the people I knew were perfectly functional, they did well in school the...
Source: Stayin' Alive - June 23, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
The Common Drink Linked To A Lower IQ
The drink is consumed by 86% of Americans and is popular around the world. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - June 21, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Alcohol Intelligence Source Type: blogs
The New Buzz: These Are The Top Examples Of Digital Therapeutics
Digital Therapeutics or DTx in short is one of the latest buzzwords in the digital health ecosystem. Unlike others (NFT, Metaverse just to name a few) however, we see DTx as a meaningful trend that has the capacity to bring short-term, substantial improvements in personalised healthcare.
What is Digital Therapeutics?
The definition by the Digital Therapeutics Alliance, the main professional hub is:
“Digital therapeutics (DTx) deliver evidence-based therapeutic interventions that are driven by high-quality software programs to prevent, manage, or treat a medical disorder or disease. They are used inde...
Source: The Medical Futurist - June 21, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Digital Health Research Future of Medicine Health Sensors & Trackers Telemedicine & Smartphones software chronic pain apps cancer care mental health DTx digital therapeutics eczema Atopic dermatitis sleep disorders Source Type: blogs
Storms in Sunny States: Fraud in the Addiction Treatment Industry
Rachel Rein (Columbia University), Storms in Sunny States: Fraud in the Addiction Treatment Industry, Am. U. Wash. College of L. Health L.& Pol ’y Brief (2022): This paper studies health care fraud in the drug and alcohol treatment industry: what... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - June 20, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
