Peek into the Future of Hospitals: Smart Design, Technologies and Our Homes
A simple, round table with a desktop computer and a projector, where the patient and the doctor have their friendly chat. Whenever an examination is necessary, they cross the “blue line” in the room indicating the “boundaries of the clinic” elegantly. It’s definitely not rocket science, but the patient satisfaction index is soaring. What’s the secret?
Radboud University Medical Centre & Cleveland Clinic leading the way into the future of hospitals
The scenery takes place at the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department of Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen in the Netherlands. The head of the departm...
Source: The Medical Futurist - June 6, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Healthcare Design architecture future of hospital gc4 hospital design Innovation technology Source Type: blogs
Top Companies in Genomics
From portable genome sequencers until genetic tests revealing distant relations with Thomas Jefferson, genomics represents a fascinatingly innovative area of healthcare. As the price of genome sequencing has been in free fall for years, the start-up scene is bursting from transformative power. Let’s look at some of the most amazing ventures in genomics!
The amazing journey of genome sequencing
Genome sequencing has been on an amazing scientific as well as economic journey for the last three decades. The Human Genome Project began in 1990 with the aim of mapping the whole structure of the human genome and sequencing it. ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - May 30, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Genomics Personalized Medicine AI artificial intelligence bioinformatics cancer DNA dna testing DTC gc3 genetic disorders genetics genome sequencing personal genomics precision medicine Source Type: blogs
“The Essential Medicinal Chemistry of Curcumin”
Conclusion: all my neighbors have dogs.
Of course, you’d say that’s ridiculous. And you would be right.
You can’t just consider the specific trials that support your theory.
This means that if you are making sweeping statements about curcumin, it is indeed NOT “beyond the scope” of your work to look at ALL the trials that have results. But that is what seems to have occurred here.
Note: the review authors tell us that they chose these trials because the data is available on the clinicaltrials.gov website. Um, I’d like to point out that there are curcumin clinical trial results in PubMed, too…
Let...
Source: Margaret's Corner - March 2, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll curcumin Source Type: blogs
Can a dying patient be a healthy person?
The news was bad. Mimi, a woman in her early 80s, had been undergoing treatment for lymphoma. Her husband was being treated for bladder cancer. Recently, she developed chest pain, and a biopsy showed that she had developed a secondary tumor of the pleura, the space around one of her lungs. Her oncology team’s mission was to share this bad news.
Mimi’s case was far from unique. Each year in the U.S., over 1.6 million patients receive hospice care, a number that has been increasing rapidly over the past few years. What made Mimi’s case remarkable was not the grimness of her prognosis but her reaction to it.
When the me...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 20, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/richard-gunderman" rel="tag" > Richard Gunderman, MD, PhD < /a > Tags: Physician Palliative care Source Type: blogs
Why Surgical Volumes Should Be Public
By PETER PRONOVOST, MD
Her voice cracked with strain. I could imagine the woman at the other end of the line shaking, overcome with remorse about the hospital where her husband had had esophageal surgery. Might he still be alive, she asked me, if they had chosen a different hospital?
The couple had initially planned to have the procedure done at a well-known medical center, but when she went online to do her homework, she discovered that the hospital’s patient safety scores were poor. Another hospital in her community had stronger patient safety ratings, so they decided to have the procedure there.
It made sense. Why...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 6, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Will Trump's Leadership Picks Smack Down Health Care? - A Drug Company Lobbyist, an Entrepreneur Who Wants to Weaken Drug Testing, and a Mysterious Billionaire Who Settled Fraud Charges
President Trump in hisinauguration speech promised to reach out to " struggling families " and to benefit " American workers and American families, " and promised all Americans " you will never be ignored again. " Yet the Trump transition team, and now presidential administration continues to consider individuals for health care policy leadership roles remarkable for theirconflicts of interest, which often did not merely arise from small financial transactions but from their roles as corporate insiders, and in some cases, association with dubiously ethical practices. They are particularly unremarkable for their...
Source: Health Care Renewal - January 27, 2017 Category: Health Management Tags: conflicts of interest Covidien Donald Trump executive compensation fraud Medtronic revolving doors Source Type: blogs
The Wrong Doctor
Synopsis ofa very sad story: A man with horrible pain issues was cut off of pain meds by his doctor and as a result took his own life.The details: The man ' s pain issues were treated by his PCP who was concerned about potential opioid abuse and cut him off of medication. His PCP was concerned about losing his own license as a result of tightening laws regarding opioid medications due to the current abuse epidemic. His pain, when untreated was so bad, caused him to commit suicide.I think my big problem is that the man was not treated by a specialist who would have a better understanding of options for treating his pain. Th...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - January 5, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: chronic conditions pain management uncertainty with doctors Source Type: blogs
Cancer Prevention (Or Why Me?)
I have a feeling I am bit cynical these days. This morning I found a post by Dana Farber ' s Insight blog on cancer prevention tips, which caught my cynical eye.I was 19 when I was first diagnosed with cancer. Okay, I admit to smoking some by then but I wasn ' t much of a drinker until I got to college (!!). I was pretty active. I was young. Any bad habits didn ' t have much time to turn into a cancer, or so I think. Then by my second diagnosis, 26 years later, I might have had a few more bad habits but I was pretty active and got check ups, wore sun screen and in good shape. This is my family history of cancer: ...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - January 2, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: aggravation cancer diagnosis cancer prevention frustration Source Type: blogs
Medgadget ’s Best Medical Technologies of 2016
The year 2016 presented the world with a number of big surprises. Some positive, some negative, depending on whom one asks. Here at Medgadget, 2016 will be remembered for many amazing and pleasantly unexpected medical technology developments, many of which are foreshadowing cures for spinal cord injuries, effective treatment of diabetes, new ways to fight heart disease, and many other long sought-after medical solutions. Virtual and augmented reality systems, new imaging techniques, and innovative delivery approaches are changing the way doctors learn and take care of patients.
Looking back on the past year, we selected wh...
Source: Medgadget - December 26, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Editors Tags: Exclusive Source Type: blogs
How an oncologist used Pac-Man to teach his patient
The most exciting and difficult part of my job is keeping up with all the rapid changes occurring in the field of cancer treatments. It is amazing how each day there seems to be a breakthrough treatment coming along, shifting old cancer paradigms. Although this is a good problem to have, finding time to stay current is easier said than done. Even more difficult is making sure we can explain these new changes to our patients, so they are educated and informed. I believe effective patient education is essential for any doctor irrespective of the field of medicine or practice setting. Trying to explain immunothera...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 20, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/prateek-mendiratta" rel="tag" > Prateek Mendiratta, MD < /a > Tags: Conditions Cancer Source Type: blogs
Nanopolymer PolyGPA Can Detect Elusive Bladder Cancer Biomarker
Researchers have created a new technique to detect glycoproteins in biological fluids. The Purdue University team engineered an array they called polyGPA (polymer-based reverse phase glycoprotein array) and have shown proof-of-concept experiments in using it to detect the presence of glycoproteins associated with bladder cancer in patient urine samples.
“It is possible to use our platform to identify these sugar-modified proteins as a biomarker for bladder cancer,” said Dr. Andy Tao, principal investigator of the project.
The work by Li Pan and colleagues from the Tao Lab at Purdue University was published in ...
Source: Medgadget - December 5, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Ben Ouyang Tags: Diagnostics Nanomedicine Oncology Pathology Urology Source Type: blogs
Pre and Post Cancer
There is a picture of me around here from back when we were dating. My then boyfriend-now-husband asked me for a framed photo for an occasion birthday/Christmas done by a professional photographer. So I went to a local studio and had a picture done where I look young and healthy. The picture has been some place packed away for a while but now is featured prominently in his office, also know as our second bedroom.As I walk by that picture these days, more frequently now considering where it is now positioned, I contemplate, me post cancer. In the picture I have long hair with natural blonde highlights. I was a goodthirty fo...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - November 27, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: aging coping happiness marriage medical crap pictures Source Type: blogs
Warning: Medical school may kill your child
Cheryl lost her son Sean to suicide in medical school. Just a few months ago. Her only child. Cheryl didn’t know that medical students were at high risk of suicide — until her son was dead. Nobody warned her.
Rhonda lost her daughter Kaitlyn to suicide in medical school. Unable to recuperate from the pain of her daughter’s suicide, Rhonda died by suicide one year later. Rhonda didn’t know that medical students were at high risk of suicide — until her daughter was dead. Nobody warned her.
Michele lost her only son Kevin to suicide in medical school last year. Just three weeks before he was to graduate. In...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 24, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/pamela-wible" rel="tag" > Pamela Wible, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
NxThera ’s Rezūm Provides a New Treatment Option for Patients with BPH: Interview with CEO of NxThera
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), or enlargement of the prostate gland, affects about half of men between the age of 51 and 60 and up to 90% of men over the age of 80. Symptoms include difficulty with initiating urination, weak urine flow, post-void dribbling, and the need to wake up frequently during the night to urinate. Not only are these symptoms bothersome and negatively affect an individual’s quality of life, they may also lead to more serious conditions like bladder stones, urinary tract infections, or bladder and kidney damage. Unfortunately, many people with BPH choose to live with their symptoms due to the li...
Source: Medgadget - November 10, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Kenan Raddawi Tags: Exclusive Urology Source Type: blogs
National Health Observances for November
There are several days and the month itself dedicated to raising awareness about various health topics in November. From the National Health Observances put together by the National Health Information Center, we have American Diabetes Month, Bladder Health Month, COPD Awareness Month, Diabetic Eye Disease Month, Lung Cancer Awareness Month, Lung Cancer Awareness Month, National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month, National Family Caregivers Month, National Healthy Skin Month, National Hospice Palliative Care Month, and National Stomach Cancer Awareness Month. In addition these are special days and weeks in November, ...
Source: BHIC - November 4, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Kay Deeney Tags: General Public Health Source Type: blogs
