Breaking and Then Fixing Mouse Biochemistry is Not Reversing Aging
A recent example of research in which researchers break the mitochondrial biochemistry of mice and then reverse that breakage is doing the rounds in the press, being pitched as a reversal of aging. It is not a reversal of aging, however, and I'd say that the researchers involved still have to prove that the particular breakage that they engineered is in fact relevant in normal aging. The appearance of similar outcomes between the breakage and aging does not mean that it is relevant.
Why is this the case? Aging is an accumulation of specific forms of biochemical damage that leads to widespread tissue dysfunction. Giv...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 23, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
7 Foods Scientifically Proven To Make You Happier
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Sometimes, it could just be the little things which your mind and body are subjected to that could be making you feel bad and unusually grouchy — the amount of sunshine you’ve been getting, the level of physical activity you’ve been having or, the kind of food you are filling up with. When you fuel up with these 7 foods, you are also enhancing your chances of celebrating a fun-filled day rather than a stressful one.
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Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - June 29, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: lisianacarter3 Tags: diet happiness self improvement foods that make your happy good foods happier improve your mood mood foods pickthebrain Source Type: blogs
The Internet of Cosmetics And Beauty in The Bathroom of The Future
Smart mirrors might advise the clueless what to wear in the morning, skin scanners might find the most effective beauty products, toilets might eliminate urine tests, and bioprinting might help cosmetics companies discontinue animal testing. Technology will significantly re-shape our sanctuaries for hygiene, and to see how it will happen, we looked at the latest trends. Here’s an overview of what the bathroom of the future will look like.
The bathroom – source of ideas and singing talents
How old do you estimate the modern bathroom, everyone’s favorite space for singing? Did you know that 150 years ago most peop...
Source: The Medical Futurist - June 12, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Healthcare Design artificial intelligence augmented reality bathroom beauty beauty care cosmetics digital digital health Innovation technology Source Type: blogs
Trump ’s Docs
BySTEVEN FINDLAY
It’s now clear that two public assessments of President Trump’s health since 2015—the only ones we know about—were seriously compromised.
The import of this has been eclipsed by other (more salacious) recent events—Stormy Daniels, etc. But what has transpired raises troubling questions and should prompt a reassessment of how candidates for president and presidents are medically evaluated, and the public’s right to that information.
I’ve written two pieces for THCB on Trump’s physical and mental health. You can find them here and here.
The first assessment of Trump’s he...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Small Hairs Make Big Cuts (and Consequences)
The hair or thread tourniquet syndrome is a relatively rare condition that has evaded me in the emergency department for several decades, until past year when three cases showed up over six months. This condition has been around for as long as there has been hair or thread and body appendages. In fact, this condition may have first been described in the 1600s. (J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 2005;18[3]:155.)The etiology of this condition seems almost unbelievable. How in the world does a hair get wrapped repeatedly and tightly around an appendage of the body? Some authors expressed the need to consider nonaccidental etio...
Source: M2E Too! Mellick's Multimedia EduBlog - April 30, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
FDA Issues Order Restricting Sales of Contraception Device
Discussion Checklist – Acceptance of Risk and Informed Decision Acknowledgement. The labeling will now restrict the sale and distribution of the device only to healthcare providers and facilities that provide the required information to the patient. The patient must also be given the chance to review and sign the acknowledgement, as well as the physician implanting the device.
Bayer, the device manufacturer, is required to implement the restrictions immediately and ensure that the process going forward results in health care provider compliance with the sales restriction. The FDA will review and monitor Bayer’s plan t...
Source: Policy and Medicine - April 26, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan - Policy & Medicine Writing Staff Source Type: blogs
How to talk to your doctor about medication
Pharmacology has changed the practice of medicine. Scientists are continually working on new and better drugs to manage medical conditions, from high blood pressure to autoimmune diseases to cancer. The mechanism of a drug — how it actually works on the condition it is mean to treat — is one important factor, but drug delivery, meaning how the medication arrives at the target it is meant to affect, is also key.
As a patient, it’s your right to understand everything about a medication prescribed for you. That doesn’t mean you have to become a scientist or pass an exam about pharmacology. But you can and should ask y...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - April 23, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Carolyn A. Bernstein, MD, FAHS Tags: Drugs and Supplements Health Health care Source Type: blogs
Coping with Other's Cancer
When you are diagnosed with cancer, you are faced with the World of Oncology. Inside that world lies the answers to your questions and how to keep you alive. As you go through diagnosis and treatment, you get to educate yourself on your illness and what ' s involved in getting through it.Oncologists have to go to medical school to learn all this crap. Us patients get the express pass and learn it much faster and more intimately. Doctor ' s say ' may cause nausea and hair loss ' . We know it means we will watch our hair fall out as we shop for a wig and try to keep something in our stomachs. We learn what the truth really i...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - March 24, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: cancer diagnosis cancer information cancer treatment coping Source Type: blogs
Oxygen-Permeable Silicone Chip Allows the Mass-Production of Hair-Making Tissue
Researchers at Yokohama National University in Japan have developed a technique to mass-produce “hair follicle germs” – cellular aggregates that can be implanted into the skin and allowing new hair to grow. The technique brings a regenerative medical therapy for hair loss closer to clinical reality.
Hair loss can be psychologically challenging for the men and women who experience it. In our aging society, this number is set to increase. At the moment, treatment options for hair loss are limited and scientists are working to find new treatments to regenerate hair follicles. One of the major challenges has been creatin...
Source: Medgadget - February 5, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Genetics Materials Source Type: blogs
Will polydimethylsiloxane cure baldness?
The title of this blog post is a QTWTAIN.
There’s a piece of fake news circulating on social media that suggests that polydimethylsiloxane (a food additive used as an anti-foaming agent in the production of French fries for fast-food restaurants) could somehow be used to treat baldness…
…the tabloids seem to have deliberately got the wrong end of the stick. From a quick read of the research paper it looks like the researchers used polydimethylsiloxane to make a gas-permeable membrane for their culture dish for growing stem cells. They then found that the stem cells would differentiate into hair follicles ...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - February 5, 2018 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science Source Type: blogs
Doctors, Data, Diagnoses, and Discussions: Achieving Successful and Sustainable Personalized/Precision Medicine
The following is a guest blog post by Drew Furst, M.D., Vice President Clinical Consultants at Elsevier Clinical Solutions.
Personalized/precision medicine is a growing field and that trend shows no sign of slowing down.
In fact, a 2016 Grand View Research report estimated the global personalized medicine market was worth $1,007.88 billion in 2014, with projected growth to reach $2,452.50 billion by 2022.
As these areas of medicine become more commonplace, understanding the interactions between biological factors with a range of personal, environmental and social impacts on health is a vital step towards achieving sustaina...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 10, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Blogger Tags: Clinical Decision Support Genomics Healthcare HealthCare IT Personalized Medicine Drew Furst Elsevier Elsevier Clinical Solutions Precision Medicine Source Type: blogs
MKSAP: 40-year-old woman with amenorrhea
Test your medicine knowledge with the MKSAP challenge, in partnership with the American College of Physicians.
A 40-year-old woman is evaluated for amenorrhea of 4 months’ duration. She has had weight gain, facial hair, alopecia, and debilitating fatigue. Her medical history is significant for psoriasis. She seems to be gaining weight in her face, abdomen, and neck. She also bruises easily. Her only medication is clobetasol for psoriasis.
On physical examination, temperature is 37.6 °C (99.7 °F), blood pressure is 148/90 mm Hg, pulse rate is 88/min, and respiration rate is 12/min. BMI is 38. She is obese with a r...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 25, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/mksap" rel="tag" > mksap < /a > Tags: Conditions Endocrinology OB/GYN Source Type: blogs
What ’ s the story with zinc?
In the several decades since the need for dietary zinc was discovered, it has proven to be far more important to overall health than initially thought. And deficiency is proving to be common.
You may recall that the phytates of wheat and grains block nearly all absorption of dietary zinc, along with blocking iron, calcium, and magnesium (all positively-charged cations). Just as iron deficiency anemia with hemoglobin values of 7 or 8 g/dl resistant to iron supplementation commonly develops in grain-consuming populations, so a parallel zinc deficiency also develops (although not well reflected by blood levels of zinc, which ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - November 18, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Undoctored Wheat Belly Lifestyle autoimmune gastrointestinal gluten gluten-free grain grain-free grains hormonal Inflammation phytates rash zinc Source Type: blogs
Weird and Wild: Scalp Abscesses and Kerions
Welcome back to the weird and wild, "what do I do with that?" series! We want to take you back to the magical land of abscesses. This scalp abscess case study and Procedural Pause pearl will help you relieve significant pain and decrease the risk for skin infections and complications. This case made it to our weird and wild list for being rare and interesting.Scalp abscesses and kerions can be tricky and complicated. At first glance, they can appear small and harmless. They are often underappreciated for this reason, but require immediate attention. There are several types of wound infections and rashes tha...
Source: The Procedural Pause - November 1, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
