Why I devoted my life to preventing heart disease in women
I was a medical student learning to deliver babies, bringing new life into the world, as my mom ’s life was fading away. I saw all the missed calls from Dad. I knew in my heart something terrible happened. She was in the ICU. Dad told me she had a heart attack. I flew to beRead more …Why I devoted my life to preventing heart disease in women originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 10, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/claire-donley" rel="tag" > Claire Donley, DO < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Breaking Up is Good to Do
By KIM BELLARD
Last week General Electric announced it was breaking itself up. GE is an American icon, part of America’s industrial landscape for the last 129 years, but the 21st century has not been kind to it. The breakup didn’t come as a complete surprise. Then later in the week Johnson and Johnson, another longtime American icon, also announced it would split itself up, and I thought, well, that’s interesting. When on the same day Toshiba said it was splitting itself up, I thought, hmm, I may have to write about this.
Healthcare is still in the consolidation phase, but there may be some lessons here for it....
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 16, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Finance The Business of Health Care Aetna conglomerates CVS-Aetna General Electric Johnson & Johnson Kim Bellard Optum Source Type: blogs
Good Grief! Where Have I Been All This Time ‽
My life was briefly put on hold, thanks to a certain virus, but now I’m back, more cheeky& cynical than ever!So much for new beginnings.A week after my knee surgery, just as I was able to feel more human than sore, I became sick. Then sicker. Then sicker still. A quick visit to the InstaCare on a quiet Sunday evening ushered me into my new life of exhaustion and fatigue.I’ve had five or six COVID–19 tests since the pandemic began. They were almost beginning to feel routine. That Sunday night was no different. I showed up to pick up my pre-registered self-test, then opted to be seen instead because I f...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - October 27, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Depression Goodreads Somnambulating Spinning Visualizing Source Type: blogs
Digital Health For Pets – The Future Of Veterinary Care
The past year has brought an unprecedented surge in pet adoption in major cities and even in rural areas all around the world. As many people think of their pets as their children, it’s no surprise these animals also get their momentum in digital health. But what it means exactly and what our buzzwords like telemedicine, wearable devices and even smart health tools mean in the pet-setting – we dive deep to find out.
It’s not only that the number of pets adopted grew significantly over the past 18 months – it’s also how pets, in general, received that much-needed boost regarding their immediate health issues. T...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 14, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Judit Kuszkó Tags: Forecast Lifestyle medicine Health Sensors & Trackers Portable Medical Diagnostics Telemedicine & Smartphones veterinary care vets pets dogs cat horse Source Type: blogs
The A word revisited
What I ' ll say here I ' ve mostly said before, but unfortunately the reporters who work for the corporate media don ' t seem to know any of it and Democratic politicians probably do know it but won ' t say it, for some reason.The idea that " Christian " faith requires that abortion be outlawed is wholly modern. There is exactly one reference to abortion in the entire Bible. It ' s in the Old Testament, Numbers 5, and consists ofa ceremony for the purpose of inducing an abortionin the case of an unfaithful wife, to be performed by a priest. Abortion is mentioned exactly nowhere in the New Testament, even though abortion an...
Source: Stayin' Alive - September 8, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Cancer
I sometimes like to open my posts with a joke. But not this time. There isn ' t a joke for this.Mrs. Dalai has cancer.How ' s that for a kick in the ass? I am neither vain nor arrogant enough to think that I could write the ultimate treatise on dealing with a loved one ' s cancer. There are any number of engaging stories out there on Caring Bridge and the like. You don ' t want to read a tear-jerker anyway, nor do you want to endure every last boring and/or gory detail. Mrs. Dalai would be very upset with me if I shared all that. Hell, she ' s probably going to be upset with me for writing this at all. She is a very p...
Source: Dalai's PACS Blog - September 4, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: blogs
Pregnancy in Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy : LSCS or vaginal delivery ?
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a specific genetic disorder of myocyte (myosin and others) within the sarcomere. Though uncommon in pregnancy it raises considerable anxiety to the patient, family, and the obstetrician.
Hemodynamics
Though we tend to worry more about dynamic LVOT obstruction, it is actually the restrictive physiology of LV myocardium that might cause more concern. Three key variables operate in this entity namely preload, afterload, and contractility that determine the cardiac hemodynamics and possibly the symptoms. We know the classical consequence of pregnancy is a fall in systemic vascular resistance(...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - August 27, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Pregnancy and heart pregnancy and heart disease Uncategorized esc ropac zahara pregnancy heart disease complicating pregnancy indication for lscs in hcm hocm lscs or normal delivery in hocm hcm pregnancy in hocm pregnancy in hypertrophic c Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, August 23rd 2021
In this study, we used the UK Biobank (n = 440,185) to resolve previous ambiguities in the relationship between serum IGF-1 levels and clinical disease. We examined prospective associations of serum IGF-1 with mortality, dementia, vascular disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, and cancer, finding two generalized patterns.
First, IGF-1 interacts with age to modify risk in a manner consistent with antagonistic pleiotropy; younger individuals with high IGF-1 are protected from disease, while older individuals with high IGF-1 are at increased risk for incident disease or death. Second, the association between IGF-1 and risk ...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 22, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Protein and Brain Health: What to Know
In this study of over five hundred seniors, those who consumed 120 grams of protein daily had lower levels of amyloid-beta than those whose daily intake was only fifty-four grams.
But that’s not all. Another study of 920 seniors showed that those who follow a high-protein diet, along with plenty of leafy greens and healthy fats, also had a decreased risk of dementia and improved cognitive function.
Unfortunately, it’s not entirely clear how protein influences the level of amyloid-beta in the brain. Some believe it’s the effects of a high-protein diet for lowering blood pressure and improving heart health. In ge...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - August 15, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nicole McCray Tags: diet featured health and fitness self-improvement brain health protein Source Type: blogs
The Apgar Olympics: The race is on
The page comes during a lull on an otherwise busy day in the well-baby nursery (WBN). My pager ’s shrill cry rouses me like the blast of a starting pistol. DI-DI GESTATION. 37 WEEKS. BABY A WITH NON-REASSURING HEART TONES. BABY B BREECH. OPERATING ROOM A. COME STAT. Translation: Twin birth. Baby A is STRESSED. BabyRead more …The Apgar Olympics: The race is on originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 28, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/russell-johnson" rel="tag" > Russell Johnson, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Hospital-Based Medicine Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
What is this rhythm? Is there AV block?
Case written and submitted by Elzada Sercus M.D., peer reviewed by Pendell Meyers, Steve Smith, and Ken GrauerA 31-year-old female with a history of low blood pressure and episodes of lightheadedness developed near syncope on postpartum day one after an uncomplicated c-section. She has no other past medical history and does not take any medications. She has no family history of sudden cardiac death or premature coronary artery disease. Given the patient ' s near syncope, an ECG was obtained and when the patient was placed on continuous telemetry monitoring was found to have frequent PVCs. She did not experience any palpita...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - July 16, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Pendell Source Type: blogs
3D Printing in Medicine And Healthcare – The Ultimate List In 2021
3D printing has demonstrated huge potential for the future of medicine in the previous years, and its development is unstoppable. Just look at the impressive list of 3D printed healthcare materials and medical equipment below!
How does 3D printing in medicine work?
3D printing in medicine is part of the innovative process called additive manufacturing, which means producing three-dimensional solid objects from a digital file. How the technology works, we explained the technology in our article on bioprinting here.
As technology evolves, researchers work on various solutions. For example, engineers from the University of B...
Source: The Medical Futurist - July 13, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: 3D Printing Biotechnology Future of Medicine Healthcare Design Medical Education Personalized Medicine bioprinting Innovation Video GC1 3d printed biomaterial tissue engineering Source Type: blogs
Keep Repealing AUMFs until You Hit the One That Matters
Gene HealyOn Sunday night at around 6:00 PM ET, Joe Biden became president all over again —at least by theperverse Beltway logic that holds bombing the Middle East is as presidential as it gets. At the CINC ’s command, Air Force F-15s and F-16s pounded several facilities in Syria and Iraq used by Iran-backed militias to attack U.S. troops. The Pentagon’s press officeunleashed a relentless adjective-swarm —“necessary, appropriate, deliberate”—justifying the “defensive precision” attacks, exquisitely calibrated to “limit the risk of escalation” while sending “a clear and unambiguous deterrent message....
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 1, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Gene Healy Source Type: blogs
The Bitcoin Law: Counterfeit Free Choice in Currency
George Selgin“Why should we not let people use freely what money they want to use? [They] ought to have the right to decide whether they want to buy or sell for francs, pounds, dollars, D-marks, or ounces of gold. I have no objection to governments issuing money, but I believe their claim to amonopoly, or their power tolimitthe kinds of money in which contracts may be concluded within their territory …to be wholly harmful.”—F.A. Hayek,Choice in Currency: A Way to Stop Inflation, p. 17.So, it has happened: a country —an honest to God,bona fide, country, complete with its own flag, coat of arms, seat at the U.N., a...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 17, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: George Selgin Source Type: blogs
Bias, Before First Breath
How structural racism and implicit bias impact America’s babies, even prior to birth
By ELLIE STANG
Becoming a new mother in America is more dangerous for some mothers than it should be. Each year, 700 women die in childbirth or from pregnancy-related causes in the United States, the highest number of any developed nation.
Health inequities in America mean that overwhelmingly, Black women and their infants are the ones impacted: Black mothers are 243% more likely to die from pregnancy than white ones. These discrepancies are wide ranging: American Indian and Alaska Native women are also 2x more likely ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - June 2, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Policy Public Health Ellie Stang health equity ProgenyHealth structural racism Source Type: blogs
