8 Digital Health Technologies Transforming The Future Of Nurses
Being a nurse is a highly demanding but genuinely fulfilling job with the chance to touch many people’s lives. This hasn’t been highlighted better than during the COVID-19 pandemic. When the whole world is stricken by fear and uncertainty, with many under lockdown 2.0, nurses are actively in the front line assisting patients and physicians. As the nursing profession requires the core of what makes us human – paying attention, being empathetic and caring -, it will never be replaced by technology.
However, technological innovations can relieve nurses of the burden of many monotonous and repetitive tasks; especially ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - December 15, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Pranavsingh Dhunnoo Tags: Future of Medicine Robotics 3d printing AI artificial intelligence digital health Health 2.0 nurse Personalized medicine technology digital technology nurses Source Type: blogs
Why don't all doctors advice their patients to use the Malpani Self Insemination Baby Kit ?
The Malpani Self Insemination Baby Kitis extremely valuable in helping couples with unexplained infertility and childlessness because of sexual dysfunction to have a baby in the privacy of their bedroom , without having to spend money going to a doctor . Medical care is expensive , stressful and consumes a lot of time .However, when patients ask their doctor about whether the self insemination kit is helpful or not, they often lie and say that using the self insemination kit is dangerous . They claim that there is a risk of infection , and using the kit can damage the sperm and result in babies with birth defects because i...
Source: Dr.Malpani's Blog - December 3, 2020 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: blogs
Myth-Busting Pregnancy Edition
In honor of all parents-to-be, we bring you a few fun facts about family-building. While there is so much serious news to digest these days, we thought a break might be a welcome distraction.
Myth #1: Every woman’s water breaks before her labor begins.
Truth: Only 11% of all women experience a leak or gush of amniotic fluid prior to feeling their first contraction.
Myth #2: A due date is an actual thing.
Truth: Only 5% of all women give birth on their due dates. That’s why the clinical term is actually “Estimated Due Date” (and those of us in the birth world refer to it as a “Due Month” because there is s...
Source: Cord Blood News - December 1, 2020 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Jennifer Dembo Tags: parents pregnancy facts mythbusting Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Family Perspective on Mental Illness
What’s it like growing up with a sibling with mental illness? In today’s show, we hear it straight from Gabe’s little sister Debbie, who shares what it was like living with Gabe well before anyone knew he had bipolar disorder.
Join us for a great discussion on mental health issues in families. While it’s always hard, there is often a silver lining.
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Gabe Howard is an award-winning writer and speaker who lives with bipolar disorder. He is the author of the popular book, Mental Illness is...
Source: World of Psychology - December 1, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Not Crazy Podcast Tags: Bipolar Family General Not Crazy Podcast Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Reframing Past Traumas
What is your life story? Do you feel like a victim of your circumstances? And if so, how does this affect your future? In today’s show, our guest James Sweigert, who struggled out of a traumatic childhood, shares how the power of his thoughts and the spoken word changed his life.
Are you ready to make some edits to your life story? Tune in and James will help you go from your head to your heart so you can win the game.
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Guest information for ‘James Sweigert- Reframing Traumas’ Podcast Episode
James Sweigert’s childhood was challenging, to say the least. James struggled to be se...
Source: World of Psychology - November 26, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Podcast Tags: General Inspiration & Hope Interview LifeHelper Motivation and Inspiration The Psych Central Show Trauma Source Type: blogs
Next: Analyzing typing speed, speech and sleep patterns to identify cognitive decline, dementia, Parkinson ’s, and more
AI May Help Identify Patients With Early-Stage Dementia (The Wall Street Journal):
Researchers are studying whether artificial-intelligence tools that analyze things like typing speed, sleep patterns and speech can be used to help clinicians better identify patients with early-stage dementia.
Huge quantities of data reflecting our ability to think and process information are now widely available, thanks to watches and phones that track movement and heart rate, as well as tablets, computers and virtual assistants such as Amazon Echo that can record the way we type, search the internet and pay bills…
The goal of using arti...
Source: SharpBrains - November 19, 2020 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Technology & Innovation artificial intelligence brain signatures cognitive decline digital medicine doctors early-stage dementia machine-learning neurocognitive neurodegenerative disorders sleep-patterns speech Source Type: blogs
Babies Relax When Listening To Unfamiliar Lullabies From Other Cultures
By Emma Young
The controversial idea that there are universals in the ways we use music received a boost in 2018, with the finding that people from 60 different countries were pretty good at judging whether a totally unfamiliar piece of music from another culture was intended to soothe a baby or to be danced to. Now, new research involving some of the same team has revealed that foreign lullabies that babies have never heard before work to relax them.
Constance M. Bainbridge and Mila Bertolo from Harvard University led the new study, published in Nature Human Behaviour, on 144 babies with an average age of 7 m...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - November 17, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Babies Cross-cultural Developmental Music Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Families and Holiday Survival
Is your family bad for your mental health? If so, how do you handle the holidays? In today’s show Gabe and Lisa reminisce about their family holidays together — the good and the horrible — and discuss how they currently curb controversial topics at the table.
Join us for a bad trip down memory lane which leads to a whole lot of bickering and laughter.
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Source: World of Psychology - November 10, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Not Crazy Podcast Tags: Family General Holiday Coping Not Crazy Podcast Source Type: blogs
Making sense of early pregnancy scans - part 2
When you can see your baby on the vaginal ultrasound scan, you are going to be very excited , because you are one step closer to your dream of having your own baby.However, the truth is that not every pregnancy results in a baby - and this is as true of IVF pregnancies as bedroom pregnancies. About 15% of all pregnancies will miscarry, and IVF does not reduce the risk of a miscarriage. These are usually first trimester miscarriages. Sometimes we can see the baby, but can't see a heartbeat. Please don't panic ! This is quite normal when the scan is done early, because the baby is very small, and it takes time for the h...
Source: Dr.Malpani's Blog - November 9, 2020 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, October 12th 2020
We report that FMT from aged donors led to impaired spatial learning and memory in young adult recipients, whereas anxiety, explorative behaviour, and locomotor activity remained unaffected.
This was paralleled by altered expression of proteins involved in synaptic plasticity and neurotransmission in the hippocampus. Also, a strong reduction of bacteria associated with short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) production (Lachnospiraceae, Faecalibaculum, and Ruminococcaceae) and disorders of the CNS (Prevotellaceae and Ruminococcaceae) was observed. Finally, the detrimental effect of FMT from aged donors on the CNS was confir...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 11, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Congenital heart disease overview
Congenital heart disease can be broadly classified into cyanotic and acyanotic. Acyanotic congenital heart disease can be further subdivided into left to right shunts, obstructive lesions and a miscellaneous group. Cyanotic congenital heart disease can be classified into those with decreased pulmonary blood flow and those with reduced pulmonary blood flow.
Left to right shunts include atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus and aortopulmonary window. One person can have more than one of these shunts. Large left right shunts can induce the development of pulmonary hypertension and lead to ...
Source: Cardiophile MD - October 10, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis Tags: HBC Source Type: blogs
At-Home Clinical ECG: Now and After The Pandemic – Interview with Dr. Ruey-Kang Chang, CEO, QT Medical
Many fields of medicine are undergoing a transformation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as patients are kept away from clinics as much as possible. Patients are now regularly visited by their doctors over video calls, are asked to perform certain procedures on their own, and are prescribed medical devices that would normally be used by clinical staff.
Heart monitoring is the most important component of medical care for millions of people suffering from cardiovascular conditions, particularly those most at risk from COVID-19 complications. But receiving a clinical grade electrocardiogram (ECG) normally involves office...
Source: Medgadget - October 5, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Cardiology Exclusive Medicine Military Medicine Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Reductio ad absurdum
The new Supreme Court nominee believes that a zygote -- the single cell that results from the merger of a sperm cell and an ovum -- is a human being just like you and your Aunt Fannie, and entitled to all of the rights, dignity and respect due accordingly. Can you guess what is wrong with this idea? As I have noted previously, it most certainly does not come from the Bible, not from the Old Testament or any saying ascribed to Jesus or Paul. Nobody actually knew what conception was until the 20th Century, actually, but people knew that pregnancy resulted from sexual intercourse and that it didn ' t become apparent unti...
Source: Stayin' Alive - October 1, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Cute animals decrease stress and anxiety
I just published this post on my cat blog but decided to publish it here, too, since it is linked to a health issue that some or many of us might have, especially nowadays–stress, that is.
Watching cute animals is good for our health. We probably already knew that from personal experience, but now science has confirmed it…once again, I should add…I mean, I’ve seen similar studies before.
A new study, recently published by CNN, in fact shows that “watching cute animals may contribute to a reduction in stress and anxiety.”
Here’s the link to the CNN report: http://cnn.it/2G2hfjt
And...
Source: Margaret's Corner - September 30, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll cats and stress Source Type: blogs
Post #52 Overkill: When Modern Medicine Goes Too Far by Paul Offit M.D.
Overkill: When Modern Medicine Goes Too Far by Paul Offit M.D.I am admittedly a huge fanboy of Paul Offit, an infectious disease guru at Children ' s Hospital of Philadelphia, one of the preeminent pediatric hospitals in the world. His latest bookOverall: When Modern Medicine Goes Too Far, is a collection of medical facts that are already known to the well-read individual, but fly in the face of wrongly-held, out-dated, commonly-believed medical concepts. The majority of the incorrect information was previously considered the standard of care, but newer and better science and studies have clearly demonstrate...
Source: A Pediatrician's Blog - September 23, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
