Lead Pipe Cinch
By KIM BELLARD
The term “lead pipe cinch” means something that is very easy or certain. Here’s two things that are lead pipe cinches: first, that ingesting lead, such as from the water or the air, is bad for us. It’s especially bad for children, whose cognitive abilities can be impaired. Second, that the Biden Administration’s latest proposal to reduce the lead in our drinking water is not going to accomplish that.
The new proposed rules would require that lead service lines be replaced within ten years; there are estimated to still be some 9.2 million such lines in the U.S. The trouble is, no one really kn...
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Kim Bellard Lead public health Source Type: blogs
What is pericardial effusion – Cardiology Basics
What is pericardial effusion – Cardiology Basics
Pericardial effusion is collection of fluid between the visceral and parietal layers of the pericardium. If the amount of pericardial fluid is large or there is a rapid increase in the amount of pericardial fluid, compression of the heart prevents its proper filling. This reduces cardiac output and causes hypotension and is known as cardiac tamponade.
Cardiac tamponade needs urgent pericardial aspiration or surgical drainage if the fluid is very thick. Very thick fluid can be there in purulent bacterial pericarditis. Sometimes it can be a hemopericardium due to bleedin...
Source: Cardiophile MD - October 24, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Commentators and Journalists Weigh In On Digital Health And Related Privacy, Safety, Social Media And Security Matters. Lots Of Interesting Perspectives - October 11, 2022.
-----This weekly blog is to explore the news around the larger issues around Digital Health, data security, data privacy, AI / ML. technology, social media and any related matters.I will also try to highlightADHA Propagandawhen I come upon it.Just so we keep count, the latest Notes from the ADHA Board were dated 6 December, 2018 and we have seen none since! It ’s pretty sad!Note: Appearance here is not to suggest I see any credibility or value in what follows. I will leave it to the reader to decide what is worthwhile and what is not! The point is to let people know what is being said / published that I have come upon, a...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 11, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, September 13th 2021
In this study, mature DCs (mDCs), generated from the GM-CSF and IL-4 induced bone marrow cells, were intravenously injected into wild-type mice. Three days later, assays showed that the mDCs were indeed able to return to the thymus. Homing DCs have been mainly reported to deplete thymocytes and induce tolerance. However, medullary TECs (mTECs) play a crucial role in inducing immune tolerance. Thus, we evaluated whether the mDCs homing into the thymus led to TECs depletion. We cocultured mDCs with mTEC1 cells and found that the mDCs induced the apoptosis and inhibited the proliferation of mTEC1 cells. These effects were onl...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 12, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Successfully Treating Fibrosis in Mice via the Senolytic Strategy of Bcl-2 Inhibition
It has to be said, today's research materials make for a fascinating read. A group of scientists, in 2021, a decade into the general acceptance of the importance of cellular senescence as a phenomenon, conducts a study of lung fibrosis in which they achieve a reversal of that fibrosis using a bcl-2 inhibitor, venetoclax, and then publish a paper that fails to mention cellular senescence even once.
Fibrosis is a dysfunction of tissue maintenance, producing scar-like collagen deposits that disrupt tissue function. There is a weight of evidence for fibrosis as a phenomenon to be driven by the presence of senescent cell...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 6, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Magnets, sound, and batteries: Choosing safe toys
The holidays feel more important than usual this year as the pandemic rages around us; we all are looking for something to enjoy. And a big part of holiday enjoyment for families is, of course, buying toys.
As parents, friends, and family set out to buy toys for the children on their lists, here are some suggestions for things you shouldn’t buy — and those you should.
Buyer beware when choosing toys
The US PIRG (Public Interest Research Group) has a list of kinds of toys that people should try to avoid. They include
Loud toys. Loud noises can actually damage hearing. Given how much noise we end up being exposed to ove...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - December 11, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire McCarthy, MD Tags: Adolescent health Children's Health Parenting Safety Source Type: blogs
Using Artificial Classes To Settle Mass Litigation: What Ginsburg Knew
Walter OlsonLast week theSixth Circuit rejected a federal judge ’s novel certification of an unusual “negotiating class” aimed at promoting a global settlement between opiate manufacturers and cities and counties around the country that have sued them. The designated class would have included thousands of cities and counties around the country that have not filed suit, and the way in which it would have handled their legal interests was assailed from many directions as lacking in fairness. Last week ’s ruling triumphantly vindicates the prescience of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the modern C...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 28, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Walter Olson Source Type: blogs
And We Thought Pandemics Were Bad
By KIM BELLARD
Those of us of a certain age, or anyone who loves classic movies, remember the famous scene in “The Graduate” when Benjamin Braddock is given what is intended as a helpful clue about the future. “Plastics,” one of his father’s friends says. “There’s a great future in plastics.”
Well, we’re living in that future, and it’s not all that rosy. Plastics have, indeed, become an integral part of our world, giving billions of us products that we could never otherwise have or afford. But our future is going to increasingly be dr...
Source: The Health Care Blog - June 29, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Policy Public Health Kim Bellard Source Type: blogs
Primary pericardial mesothelioma
Unlike the pleural mesothelioma, direct link to asbestosis in case of primary pericardial mesothelioma has not been established [1]. It is a very rare malignant tumour of the pericardium with around 150 cases reported. Yet it represents half of primary pericardial tumours. It is a malignancy of the mesothelial cells lining the visceral or parietal pericardium.
Majority of cases occur between fourth and seventh decade and a male preponderance has been noted. They can present with large pericardial effusions which can be fatal [2]. In general it is an aggressive disease with survival less than 6 months. In one case report, ...
Source: Cardiophile MD - April 27, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis Tags: Cardio Oncology Source Type: blogs
Trocar during Times of Trauma
Seventy-five percent of trauma injuries involve some kind of thoracic insult, a quarter of which need a procedural intervention like a chest tube. (Surg Clin North Am 2007;87[1]:95; http://bit.ly/2HaoX90.) Long-term illness, lung disease, and post-operative complications may cause pleural effusions or a pneumothorax, so treating these conditions quickly can significantly decrease patient morbidity and mortality. Other indications for chest tube placement include:Trauma: Pneumothorax, hemopneumothorax, or tension pneumothoraxLong-term illness: Pleural effusion (cancer, pneumonia)Infection: Em...
Source: The Procedural Pause - April 1, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Belluck & Fox Explain How to Care for a Loved One with Mesothelioma
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When a loved one is diagnosed with mesothelioma it can be extremely stressful and overwhelming for all involved, but there are things you can do to help provide much needed love and support. A combination of educating yourself so you understand the disease and making it easier for your loved one to manage the disease, both emotionally and physically, can lessen the stress.
Mesothelioma ...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - March 24, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erin Falconer Tags: health and fitness self improvement care mesothelioma Source Type: blogs
On Asbestos Blame, Supreme Court is Still At Sea
With Justices Kavanaugh and Roberts crossing over to join the liberals, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 today inAir& Liquid Systems v. DeVries that federal maritime law permits seafarers claiming asbestos-related ailments to sue manufacturers of ship components such as boilers and turbines that contained no asbestos, on the grounds that they knew that the mineral would be used in conjunction with their product later in such forms as insulation or connective gaskets. Justice Neil Gorsuch, dissenting on behalf of himself and Justices Thomas and Alito, had the better argument: doing so requires stretching traditional bounds of to...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 19, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Walter Olson Source Type: blogs
Nitrates, nitrites, and nitrosamines
There seems to be a lot of confusion about the issues of nitrates, nitrites, and nitrosamines, so much that some people—including book authors and doctors—are declaring that they are entirely benign and not an issue for health. Let’s try and clear up the confusion.
Much of the confusion stems from the fact that nitrates and nitrites occur in many foods, including vegetables and fruit. Upon ingestion, nitrates and nitrites are converted to nitric oxide, the master vasodilator (artery relaxing agent) that thereby contributes to healthy arteries and blood pressure. So there is nothing intrinsically wrong wit...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 16, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: News & Updates undoctored wheat belly Source Type: blogs
The Curly Girl Method – what’s the science? episode 170
On today’s episode of the Beauty Brains we cover beauty questions about
Shampoo and what it does to hair colorWhether collagen works in skin care productsThe Curly Girl method of treating hair
Beauty Science News
Is there asbestos in J&J baby powder?
Reuters says that J&J was selling product with asbestos in it. J&J says they weren’t. Science can’t answer that question but it can answer the question of whether you should be afraid baby powder is causing cancer. It isn’t.
Unilever Sues Target
Unilever, the parent company of the spa skincare brand Dermalogica, has file...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - January 21, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perry Romanowski Tags: Podcast beauty products cosmetics Source Type: blogs
The Curly Girl Method – what ’ s the science? episode 170
On today’s episode of the Beauty Brains we cover beauty questions about
Shampoo and what it does to hair colorWhether collagen works in skin care productsThe Curly Girl method of treating hair
Beauty Science News
Is there asbestos in J&J baby powder?
Reuters says that J&J was selling product with asbestos in it. J&J says they weren’t. Science can’t answer that question but it can answer the question of whether you should be afraid baby powder is causing cancer. It isn’t.
Unilever Sues Target
Unilever, the parent company of the spa skincare brand Dermalogica, has file...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - January 21, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perry Romanowski Tags: Podcast beauty products cosmetics Source Type: blogs
