Wanted: Biomedical Technology Branch Chief
We’re seeking a highly qualified scientist to serve as Branch Chief for our Division of Biophysics, Biomedical Technology, and Computational Biosciences (BBCB). Applicants should have interest and experience in the scientific areas managed by the Biomedical Technology Branch. Position responsibilities include scientific and administrative planning, management, and evaluation; optimization of Branch procedures; and overseeing of Branch program directors’ grant portfolio activities. The Branch Chief will also manage a research grant portfolio and work collaboratively with the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - April 24, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Job Announcements Source Type: blogs
This Disorder Strikes Most People After Mild COVID Infection (M)
Over 76 percent of patients recovering from mild COVID-19 found to experience this problem. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - April 24, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mina Dean Tags: COVID19 Sleep subscribers-only Source Type: blogs
The Most Attractive Quality In A Friend Is What Narcissists Lack
Narcissists tend to make friends quickly, but often find it hard to keep them because they lack a critical quality. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - April 24, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Relationships Source Type: blogs
Genetics by the Numbers
Even though scientists have been studying genetics since the mid-19th century, they continue to make new discoveries about genes and how they impact our health on a regular basis. NIGMS researchers study how genes are expressed and regulated, how gene variants with different “spellings” of their genetic code affect health, and much more. Get the drop on DNA and the gist of genes with these fast facts:
3.2 Billion
A marbled lungfish has a genome over 40 times larger than humans. Credit: iStock.
That’s how many base pairs—or sets of genetic “letters”—make up the human genome. If you were...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - April 24, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Genes By the Numbers DNA Genomics Source Type: blogs
17 Things to Do When You ’ve Lost Your Motivation
“I was thinking one day and I realized that if I just had somebody behind me all the way to motivate me I could make a big difference. Nobody came along like that so I just became that person for myself.”
Unknown
Staying motivated until you reach your goals and dreams isn’t always easy.
There are often roadblocks, plateaus and valleys along the way where you can get into a slump. Or a rut.
And feel like you’ve simply lost your motivation somewhere along the way.
So today I would like to share 17 tips, strategies and habits that I have used to find that motivation again.
I hope you’ll find something helpful here....
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Personal Development Success Source Type: blogs
Ready for Robots?
By KIM BELLARD
When I was young, robots were Robby the Robot (Forbidden Planet, etc.), the unnamed robot in Lost in Space, or The Jetsons’ Rosey the Robot. Gen X and Millennials might think instead of the more malevolent Terminators (which, of course, are actually cyborgs). But Gen Z is likely to think of the running, jumping, back-flipping Atlas from Boston Dynamics, whose videos have entertained millions.
Alas, last week Boston Dynamics announced it was discontinuing Atlas. “For almost a decade, Atlas has sparked our imagination, inspired the next generations of roboticists and leapt over technical barriers in ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Tech AI Kim Bellard robots Source Type: blogs
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(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Lili Farhang, Julian Drix Source Type: blogs
Take the OMI Quiz and Test yourself against the Queen of Hearts
QuizThe PM Cardio Queen of Hearts AI model for ECG interpretation from Powerful Medical is still in its early days. Do you think you can outperform the toddler version of the AI model? Version 2.0 will soon be available with four times the training data.The QoH groups ECGs intoOMI andNOT OMI. Each category is subdivided into three levels of confidence. Thus you can get a reading of NOT OMI (low, mid or high). Or you can get sa reading of OMI (low, mid or high). In other words there are six outputs with NOT OMI high confidence on one end and OMI high confidence on the other end.Take t...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - April 24, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Magnus Nossen Source Type: blogs
What The Decade Of Your Birth Reveals About Your Brain Size (M)
The decade you were born in may shape not just your life, but your brain size and dementia risk. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - April 23, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Neuroscience subscribers-only Source Type: blogs
This Type of Conversation Makes You Happier
All personality types benefit from this type of conversation. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - April 23, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Happiness Source Type: blogs
Jeff Gartland, Relatient
Relatient focuses on intelligent scheduling, specifically for the larger specialty groups. They touch over 50m patients and 45,000 providers a year, and are now a significant player in the key part of patient experience–converting a patient looking into an actual appointment with the provider. I spoke with CEO Jeff Gartland at HIMSS in March 2024.–Matthew Holt (Source: The Health Care Blog)
Source: The Health Care Blog - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Tech THCB Quickbites Jeff Gartland Patient Experience Relatient Scheduling Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: Guardian Columnist George Monbiot Discusses His Scathing Rebuke of the Biopsychosocial Brigades – Text Version
By David Tuller, DrPH Last week, I spoke with George Monbiot, a British investigative reporter and political activist, who has been a columnist for The Guardian for almost 30 years. He and I have been in occasional communication in recent years over an issue of mutual interest—the scandalous mistreatment of patients suffering from the devastating illness (or cluster … Trial By Error: Guardian Columnist George Monbiot Discusses His Scathing Rebuke of the Biopsychosocial Brigades–Text Version Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - April 23, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized Guardian Long Covid monbiot Sharpe Swiss Re Source Type: blogs
Immunity Through Bankruptcy for the Sackler Family
Daniel G. Aaron (Harvard Law School), Michael S. Sinha (Saint Louis University), Immunity Through Bankruptcy for the Sackler Family, W. Va. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2024): In August 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked one of the largest public health... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - April 23, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Some Economic Aspects of Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Their Expected Social Value
David S. Evans (Market Platforms Dynamics), Some Economic Aspects of Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Their Expected Social Value, CPI TechREG Chron. (2023): Artificial intelligence is a general-purpose technology which will result in disruptive innovation across the economy for many decades... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - April 23, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Aasim Saeed, CEO of Amenities
Aasim Saeed is the CEO of Amenities. He’s a doc, ex-McKinsey Consultant and spent a lot of time building a version of his tool for Baylor Scott & White. We had a wide ranging conversation about how health systems treat patients (not well), whether health systems know the value of their customers (no!), and how to bump up “in network” utilization. Amenities is a front door tool that essentially replaces those sh*tty MyChart portals, and eventually will lead to creating a loyalty membership experience. He gave me a tour of the new-ish tool that is live at MemorialCare in southern California, and coming ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - April 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Tech Aasim Saeed Amenities Baylor Scott & White Mckinsey Patient Lifetime Value Source Type: blogs
