How Mother Nature Helped Me Solve These Life Problems
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Mother nature is someone whom you can’t define in shape or size, from small invisible organisms to a giant blue whale, all constribute to her grandiosity. I always wanted to improve the lives of wild animals. But, who knew that over the time; beautiful animals and mother nature would teach me some of the most important lessons that will change my perspective towards my life.
Once, I came across a snake ...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - August 10, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ketan Tags: featured self improvement best self improvement blogs. pickthebrain Source Type: blogs
Surrogate End Points Ain ’t all that Bad
By CHADI NABHAN MD MBA
Life is busy, yet we somehow find time to stay engaged on social media, remain engrossed in the 24/7 news cycle, and continue our futile efforts to resist clickbait. While social media can allow us to mindlessly scroll through feeds, it also provides an avenue to provoke vigorous dialogue, however diverse, controversial, or even rooted in unfettered biases. These exchanges have served as the primordial soup for virtual friend or foe-ships. Tense and argumentative Twitter exchanges are especially entertaining given the challenges in justifying a position in fewer than 280 characters. Thus, tweetorial...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 9, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: at RogueRad Tags: EBM Source Type: blogs
Americans Fighting the Opioid Crisis in Their Own Backyards
Credit: New York Times article, Jan. 19, 2016.
The United States is in the midst of an opioid overdose epidemic. The rates of opioid addiction, babies born addicted to opioids, and overdoses have skyrocketed in the past decade. No population has been hit harder than rural communities. Many of these communities are in states with historically low levels of funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIGMS’ Institutional Development Award (IDeA) program builds research capacities in these states by supporting basic, clinical, and translational research, as well as faculty development and infrastructure improveme...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - August 1, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Chris Palmer Tags: Pharmacology Medicines Opioids Pain Source Type: blogs
The Root Cause of Scarcity (and the Solution)
As I shared in the Deep Abundance Integration video a few days ago, the root cause of scarcity is a lack of trust.
Let’s do a mini deep dive into this topic right here. Let’s see how a lack of trust actually creates stuckness in scarcity situations.
Resisting This Reality
A common pattern among people who feel stuck in scarcity is a resistance to accepting what they’re currently getting from life. They resist financial pressure, debt, and the scarcity experience in general. They resist their own feelings (like the feeling that it’s time to quit doing soulless work) and lean too much on external auth...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - July 31, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Abundance Creating Reality Source Type: blogs
The Few Things
There ’s a lot I could tell you about Schuyler’s trip to Gold Coast, Australia for the2018 International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC) Conference, where she took part in the Dare to LEAD workshop for selected participants who use AAC technology to communicate. There are a great many stories to tell about our trip.I could tell you about the sense of adventure that accompanied a trip to the other side of the planet, or about Schuyler ’s joy in discovering all the differences both tiny and significant between the US and Australia.I could tell you all about how she finally got to meet my ...
Source: Schuyler's Monster: The Blog - July 30, 2018 Category: Disability Authors: Robert Rummel-Hudson Source Type: blogs
Where Is the Boundary to Augment Life?
Cloning, CRISPR and gene editing, synthetic life forms, and longevity. The latest scientific discoveries are able to offset the natural order of human existence and meddle with sacred questions of life and death. Even so, does gaining insight into the secrets of being mean it should also be put into practice? Are we aware of the consequences? Where are the boundaries to augment life?
Life, death and the coin for Charon the Ferryman
In Japanese folklore, the Shinigami, gods or spirits of death came to the persons who were destined to die and invited them over the threshold of life and death. In ancient Egypt, Anubis, having...
Source: The Medical Futurist - July 28, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Bioethics Cyborgization artificial intelligence augmentation bioethical cloning CRISPR death future gene editing Health Healthcare life longevity research synthetic life Source Type: blogs
Should Pregnant Women Worry About Heart Attacks?
A new study shows heart attacks in pregnant women are on the rise.
The good news in a new study by the New York University School of Medicine showing more pregnant women are having heart attacks is that data is being collected about heart disease in women. If we can clearly define the problem, a solution is much more likely. Organizations like the American Heart Association have worked hard to make sure women are included in heart disease studies, and studies like this one help decrease the number of deaths due to heart disease.
Should pregnant women be worried about heart attacks?
As I shared in this interview on CBS,...
Source: Embrace Your Heart Wellness Initiative - July 26, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Eliz Greene Tags: Heart Disease Risk Factors Heart Health Pregnancy and Heart Health Women's Wellness Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 25th July 2018
Some recent things you might need to know about:StatisticsBreastfeeding at 6 to 8 weeks after birth: 2017 to 2018 quarterly dataHouse of Commons LibraryDebate Pack briefing on Perinatal MentalIllnessPublic Health EnglandResources relating to preconception care to help in planning and preparation for pregnancy and to improve outcomes for mothers and babies.Healthy Newborn NetworkChallenging the Stigma Around Stillbirth: Sharing Stories as AwarenessResearchNIHR Signals (summary of a recent piece of research)Testing oxygen levels of newborn babies helps find seriousheart defectsFrom STAT: Morning ReportMore women are having h...
Source: Browsing - July 25, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
What Profit Is There To Be Found In One Pediatrician's Two Decades Of Wandering - And A Hospital's Downfall?
I ' ve not blogged in a very long time. But it does seems to be TIME to pick the pen back up.Twenty years ago, executives running my hometown hospital (Randolph Hospital in Asheboro, North Carolina) fired me just two weeks after I answered the call of a terrified charge nurse and intervened in a " bad-baby " case being managed by a Cone-Healthcare-employed Family Practitioner. After I stabilized the baby and shipped her to North Carolina Baptist/Brenner Children ' s Hospital, the doctor I " rescued " trashed me to the baby ' s parents - falsely alleging that I had somehow caused her harm - when, in fact, by ALL...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - July 17, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
How to Give the Greatest Hug Ever Invented
I took care of my mother who lived with dementia for 8 and a half years. 3,112 days.By Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomI understand how Alzheimer's caregiver feel. I was one.As part of learning how to communicate more effectively with my mom,I invented the greatest hug ever.This hug is not limited to persons living with dementia; in fact, it works with everyone and will improve your life.Alzheimer's Care The Power of Purpose in Our LivesIf you don't touch your loved one who will? The Importance of Touch and Kindness in Dementia CareAre you hugging someone you care about at least 3 times a day? 3 times you ask? I st...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - July 11, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: #alzheimersworld alzheimers connect Alzheimers Dementia care of dementia patients caregiving caring for dementia patients dementia help for caregivers hug Source Type: blogs
The Not So Golden Rule
I am willing to wager that you’ve heard of the Golden Rule: do unto others as you would have them do unto you. In other words, treat others the way you would wish to be treated. This “ethic of reciprocity” has been expressed in many moral maxims and religious and spiritual traditions. It has even become a part of many formal educational systems.
As with many commonly accepted directives and norms, I hadn’t put much thought into Golden Rule until fairly recently. After all, most of us don’t question commonly accepted beliefs. In contemplating its significance, however, I was somewhat surprised to r...
Source: World of Psychology - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Pratibha Anand Tags: Ethics & Morality Friends Habits Happiness Mindfulness Self-Help Compassion Empathy Source Type: blogs
Sunset on Snettisham Beach
Dashed to the coast late on Saturday afternoon armed with a bag of Jelly Babies and a hefty stash of tent pegs. Evening dog walk was accompanied by the turring of Turtle Doves on and off the campsite, off-shore wind turbines, a fish supper and watching the sun set on the East Coast with the wonderful Mrs Sciencebase. An astonishing thought in so many ways for one grew up on the coast far north of The Wash.
Switch off the mind and let the heart decide…
Making tracks
Any way the wind blows
Breaker, breaker, do ya copy?
The seventh first and only seal
Groyne injury
Live for the groove… (Source: David Bradley Sci...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - July 2, 2018 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science Source Type: blogs
Managing sleep problems – a medication-free approach (iii)
More on sleeping the ACT way. Step one was discover – all the things you’re doing to help yourself sleep, but in your attempts to control the uncontrollable (thoughts, feelings, memories, worries, sensations, the environment and so on). And hopefully you’ve seen that these things can be counter-productive. That flash new pillow and bed is pretty useless if you travel somewhere. The pills need to be stopped at some point – and then you have to withdraw from them. And the thoughts, and sensations (including pain) just carry right on there not matter what you do.
So step two is to accept: accept what y...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - July 1, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: ACT - Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Clinical reasoning Coping strategies Pain conditions Resilience/Health Science in practice Source Type: blogs
No, Babies Are NOT Born Addicted to Opioids
“A crisis is a terrible thing to waste,” is a phrase coined by Stanford economist Paul Romer. Politicians are always in search of new crises to address—new fires to put out—with rapid and decisive action. In their passion to appear heroic to their constituents they often act in haste, not ta king the time to develop a deep and nuanced understanding of the issue at hand, insensitive to the notion that their actions might actually exacerbate the crisis.An example of that lack of understanding was made apparent in a press release by the office of House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) on June 22 supporting legisl...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 25, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer Source Type: blogs
Wearable Vital Signs Monitor for Newborns: Interview with Neopenda Co-founders Sona Shah and Teresa Cauvel
Neopenda, a medical device startup based in Chicago, is developing medical solutions for low-resource settings, and has recently unveiled its first product, a wearable vital signs monitor for newborns. The company has reported that almost 3 million babies die within the first month of life. Up to 98% of these deaths occur in developing countries, and in many cases these deaths are preventable.
A lack of resources in many developing countries can result in understaffing and insufficient healthcare equipment. This can mean that it is difficult or impossible for healthcare staff to adequately monitor ill newborns to assess if...
Source: Medgadget - June 25, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Exclusive Medicine Pediatrics Public Health Source Type: blogs
