#HealthTechDeals Episode 16: Doctolib, House Rx, SmithRx, Synapse Medicine, and Kintsugi
May the luck of the Irish be with the health tech sector and may everybody’s valuation go back to where it was for the St. Patrick’s Day episode of Health Tech Deals! In today’s episode, Jess asks me about Doctolib’s €500 million raise with a massive €5.8 billion valuation – this is a doctor booking service and more in Europe. We also cover specialty pharma company House Rx’s $25 million raise, bringing their total up to $30 million, SmithRx’s $27 million raise for its flat-fee PBM, Synapse Medicine’s $28 million raise doing medication management, and Kintsugi’s $20...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 17, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Tech Health Tech Deals Jessica DaMassa Matthew Holt #HealthTechDeals doctolib House Rx Kintsugi SmithRx Synapse Medical Source Type: blogs
A mother ’s early life experiences of adversity can influence her baby’s sensitivity to stress
By Emma Young
Over the past few decades, it’s become clear that experiences even before birth influence later psychological wellbeing. A mother’s stress levels during pregnancy have emerged as a key influence. Greater stress seems to programme her child to “expect” a difficult environment, and so to be more sensitive to potential threats — and more vulnerable to developing an anxiety disorder. It’s uncertain, though, whether adversity earlier in life affects stress levels during pregnancy, and so might impact the child’s sensitivity to stress. So Cassandra L. Hendrix at New York University and col...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - March 15, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Babies Emotion Source Type: blogs
A great new book and five fun brain teasers to celebrate Brain Awareness Week 2022
Neurons of the spinal cord and connections as seen in a photomicrograph using a staining method pioneered by Santiago Ramón y Cajal. PHOTO: ALAMY
Brain Awareness Week 2022 just started!
Let’s celebrate our human brains by learning more about neuroscience pioneer Santiago Ramón y Cajal via a great new book about his life and by challenging our minds with a few fun brain teasers and illusions below ?
First, some fascinating insights into the “father of modern neuroscience” from a superb book review:
It was during a trip to Madrid for his exams that Cajal visited a lab where he learned how to look at cells under ...
Source: SharpBrains - March 14, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Education & Lifelong Learning Brain Teasers brain-awareness-week brain-book neuroscience Santiago-Ramon-y-Cajal Source Type: blogs
Impact of Covid-19 on new parents: one year on: Government response to the Committee ’s first report
This report concludes that this goes some way to addressing the ‘baby blind spot’ in Covid-19 recovery spending identified in the Committee’s report but the response contains no new commitments in response to the concerns raised and recommendations made in the report.ReportHouse of Commons Petitions Committee - news (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 9, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Covid-19 Source Type: blogs
We ’re only able to mentally represent an exact number if we have a word for it
By Emma Young
Babies, monkeys and even bees have a basic “sense of number”. They can instantly perceive that there are one, two, three or four objects in a pile, without having to count them. They can also tell at a glance that a pile of 50 objects contains more than a pile of 20, say. But what explains the unique ability of older kids and adults to go far beyond this, and mentally represent quantities much bigger than four exactly? Some researchers argue that language must be key — that learning to count “one”, “two”, “three”, and on and on, enables this cognitive feat...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - March 8, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Cognition Language Source Type: blogs
We Can Honor Conflicting Efforts to Destigmatize Incontinence Wear
Terminology is important and respecting one another's view is a sign of respect. To get there, however, we often need to be educated. For example, in elder care, we use words such as “pad” and “brief” to describe the protection worn by many who find themselves incontinent at a late age. As a caregiver, I’ve done (and will continue to do) the same. However, since I've started running a support group for the Egosan brand of premium incontinence products, I've learned a few things. One is that caregivers still insist (as do I) that these products have a name that doesn't make people think of babies. This is because ...
Source: Minding Our Elders - March 3, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
May the needs of others become personal to you
The hands were heavily stained black, the skin with severe eczematous changes, yet she did not mention them. She was a young mother who had come to the clinic to have her six-month-old baby boy seen by the“doctors from America.” I was the team leader of a faith-based medical team serving in the outskirtsRead more …May the needs of others become personal to you originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 2, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/andy-lamb" rel="tag" > Andy Lamb, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Primary Care Source Type: blogs
Randolph Hospital (the old/bankrupt Randolph) vs. Cone Healthcare: " Self-dealing " And Unethical Business Practices. DUH. It's Not Like I Did Not Tell You So.
Before we even get started (and for the record), I was born at Cone Hospital. For years, I admired it from afar.But that was before . . .Once upon a time, twenty-four years ago this month, the executives running my hometown hospital (Randolph Hospital in Asheboro, North Carolina), fired me ( " without cause " ) . . . two weeks after I answered a terrified LDRP charge nurse ' s call in the middle of the night - to intervene in a neonatal case where the managing Family Practitioner was so " lost " that the nurse feared the baby would die before I could get there. The FP (who later styled himself to the baby ...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - February 24, 2022 Category: American Health Tags: Asheboro Atrium Health Bankruptcy Bob Morrison Cone Healthcare Ed Cone Medical Whistle-blower National Health Service Corps NC Rural Heatlh Patient Safety Quality Assruance Steve Eblin Source Type: blogs
Why Self-Care Can Assist You in Stress Management
Many of us have so many duties in life that we neglect to look after our own needs. This is especially true for those who are responsible for a large number of people. Self-care is a vital element of stress management, even if it's difficult to prioritize when you have so many other things on your to-do list.
How Self-Care Can Help You
When we're physically and emotionally exhausted, we're less equipped to handle the challenges that life throws at us. Or, to put it another way, when we are physically and emotionally at our best, we are more robust and capable of handling life's stress. A massage, a hot bath, or some ...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - February 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lilly Partin Tags: featured happiness meditation philosophy psychology self improvement self-care stress wellness Source Type: blogs
“I need you to forgive yourself”: Shame in Medicine and Medical Education
On this episode of the Academic Medicine Podcast, guests Will Bynum, MD, Lara Varpio, PhD, and Ashley Adams, MD, join Toni Gallo and former Academic Medicine editor-in-chief David Sklar, MD, to discuss shame in medicine and medical education, what it is and how it can be studied, and their research and other work in this area.
This episode was originally released in August 2019 and is available through Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and anywhere podcasts are available.
A transcript of this episode is below.
Read the articles discussed in this episode:
Bynum WE IV, Adams AV, Edelman CE, Uijtdehaage S, Arti...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - February 21, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: amrounds Tags: AM Podcast AM Podcast Transcript medical education medical students premedical education research shame undergraduate advising Source Type: blogs
Daily Happiness: 13 Simple Ways to Find it in Your Life
“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.”
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
“Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
Happiness.
When you think about it then you may often think of the future in some way.
The dream vacation coming up, the promotion you are working towards, the baby that is on the way or the sixth date with someone new in your life.
But happiness can also be found in the small things of a regular day.
So today look for it there. Take just ...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - February 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Happiness Personal Development Source Type: blogs
A random act of kindness on a plane
My wife and I were on a short flight from Rome to Brindisi in the region called Puglia in the southern part of Italy last year. As we were starting to taxi down the runway, I heard a child crying a few rows behind us, but it was very different from a baby ’s or aRead more …A random act of kindness on a plane originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 14, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/daniel-p-kraft" rel="tag" > Daniel P. Kraft, MD, MPH < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Ethnic inequalities in healthcare: a rapid evidence review
NHS Race and Health Observatory - This review into ethnic inequalities in healthcare has revealed vast inequalities across a range of health services. Some of the largest inequalities were found for mental healthcare where treatment for Black groups was particularly poor. The review also found there was a lack of research into specific areas including how outcomes may differ for ethnic minority babies in neonatal healthcare settings, where just one study was found to investigate health disparities in the care of ethnic minority new-born babies.ReviewPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 14, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Equality and diversity Public health and health inequalities Source Type: blogs
What shared journeys to the afterlife teach about dying well and living better [PODCAST]
“The more I spoke with individuals who had experienced a shared crossing event, the more I also noticed repeating patterns. A woman in West Virginia and a woman in Australia with deeply similar experiences around the loss of a baby. A grown daughter in California and a grown daughter in Pennsylvania; a woman in AlabamaRead more …What shared journeys to the afterlife teach about dying well and living better [PODCAST] originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 6, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/the-podcast-by-kevinmd" rel="tag" > The Podcast by KevinMD < /a > < /span > Tags: Podcast Palliative Care Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 2nd February 2022 (2/2/22)
Some things I noticed that you might want to know about too:Positive about Down SyndromeA website for parents expecting a baby with Down Syndrome, or new parents. The site is full of personal experiences and there are links to other organisations from the bottom of the home page.A Guardian storyreporting personal experiences of delays in scans.A cohort study conducted in Canada looking atmaternal and neonatal trauma following operative vaginal delivery, (Source: Browsing)
Source: Browsing - February 2, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
