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Evidence based medicine and politics
I ' m not sure if you can read this -- I have a cookie that gives me access, but the URL doesn ' t include the proxy server and it appears to be accessible. Let me know. Anyway, it ' sa discussion in NEJM of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. The USPSTF is a panel of clinical experts convened by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, AHRQ, which is usually pronounced like ark. It draws on available research to evaluate screening tests and preventive interventions. An A or B grade means they recommend it. A C grade means it might be worthwhile for some people, but you should discuss it with your doctor and ma...
Source: Stayin' Alive - January 5, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs

7 Medical Technologies We Are Looking Forward To Seeing More In 2023
As we just stepped over to this new year, it’s always good to take a moment and think about what lies ahead. We’ve already spent some time summarising recent advancements, now let’s focus on what is going to come in. Here is a list of seven medical technologies I trust will be gaining momentum in 2023 – and will have a significant effect on healthcare in general. Asynchronous telemedicine becoming mainstream Asynchronous telemedicine is a natural answer to a major problem of healthcare systems all around the world: a shortage in personnel. We’ve mentioned it so many times in the past years that I c...
Source: The Medical Futurist - January 5, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Forecast artificial intelligence future Medicine sensors vein scanners health sensors remote care GAN vein finder Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, January 2nd 2023
In conclusion, circulating monocytes in older adults exhibit increased expression of activation, adhesion, and migration markers, but decreased expression of co-inhibitory molecules. MERTK Inhibition Increases Bone Density via Increased Osteoblast Activity https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2022/12/mertk-inhibition-increases-bone-density-via-increased-osteoblast-activity/ Bone density results from the balance of constant activity on the part of osteoblasts and osteoclasts, the former building bone, the latter breaking it down. With advancing age, the balance of activity shifts to favor osteoclasts, pro...
Source: Fight Aging! - January 1, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

MERTK Inhibition Increases Bone Density via Increased Osteoblast Activity
Bone density results from the balance of constant activity on the part of osteoblasts and osteoclasts, the former building bone, the latter breaking it down. With advancing age, the balance of activity shifts to favor osteoclasts, producing a gradual loss of bone density that leads to osteoporosis. Therapies have to date typically attempted to reduce osteoclast activity, but researchers here note an approach based on increased osteoblast activity. Bones appear to be durable and solid. But appearances are deceptive: in fact, bone tissue is in a constant state of remodeling. Bone-degrading osteoclasts and bone-build...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 27, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs

6 Potential Medical Use Cases for ChatGPT
The internet is buzzing with news on ChatGPT, and how everyone uses it to write love poems, homework, summaries of articles, or python codes. ChatGPT is the latest generation of a large language model, designed to generate text upon user input. There is a lot of discussion regarding its potential use in medicine, so let’s see, what you can expect from it and what you should not use it for – at least in its current form. Unlike the text-to-image tool Midjourney, which we introduced earlier, and which is a GAN (generative adversarial network, explained here) algorithm, ChatGPT is a different kind of algorithm R...
Source: The Medical Futurist - December 19, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Artificial Intelligence in Medicine AI chatbot AI text generator AI in heaalthcare ChatGPT Conversationlal_AI Source Type: blogs

Top 8 Most Controversial Stories About Medical Innovations
I spend my days monitoring progress, analysing new trends, and learning about spectacular new initiatives. Needless to say: not just me, but the whole team of The Medical Futurist is fascinated by what we learn. And then sometimes there is a story that just melts the fuses at one or more team members – and our readers.  Below I picked 8 of our favourite controversial stories from – almost exclusively – this year. It’s important to note that controversial doesn’t equal bad/useless. Sometimes it’s just not widely accepted (yet) and so exotic that they can surely provide a unique talking point at a...
Source: The Medical Futurist - December 13, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF 3d printing AI artificial intelligence bioprinting digital health CRISPR designer baby designer babies robotics in healthcare assisted dying DIY blood draw DIY blood test medical innovation deepfake Source Type: blogs

Cancer: Why silence and anonymity are also courageous
Recently, I found a lump that was diagnosed as breast cancer. It is Stage IA, with a high chance of cure, but of course, more information might change that sooner or later. I have entered the uncertain world of being a patient – before this, as a physician myself, I happily avoided seeing the doctor. Read more… Cancer: Why silence and anonymity are also courageous originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 10, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Conditions Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs

Gender bias is powerful and harmful
The Boston Globe recently published an article on Dr. Jane Weeks, an oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute who declined treatment for breast cancer, passed out at work due to a pulmonary embolism in 2012, and ultimately died of breast cancer in 2013. I was a first-year fellow training at Dana-Farber in 2012 and vividly recall Read more… Gender bias is powerful and harmful originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 9, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Physician Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs

The Top 10 Digital Health Stories Of 2022
Edging towards the end of the year, it is time for a summary of how digital health progressed in 2022. It is easy to get lost in the noise – I myself shared well over a thousand articles, studies and news items between January and the end of November 2022. Thus, just like in 2021, 2020 (and so on), I picked the 10 topics I believe will have the most significance in the future of healthcare. 1. The Rise Of Digital Therapeutics (DTx) Unlike a number of unsubstantial hypes (NFTs, Metaverse to name a few), we see DTx as a meaningful trend that has the capacity to bring major short-term improvements in personalised ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 29, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF digital health pharma drones digital health trends vocal biomarkers WHO DTx digital therapeutics Metaverse virtual ward summary AI healthcare worker Source Type: blogs

Making Tumors Tastier for the Immune System
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed a nanotechnology platform that can make cancer cells more vulnerable to immune attack in the body. The researchers call their system the bispecific tumor-transforming nanoconjugate (BiTN) platform. The idea is to make solid tumors more appealing for the immune system by attaching a molecule that acts as an “eat me” signal to white blood cells. This molecule is called signaling lymphocytic activation molecule family member 7 (SLAMF7) receptor and is more commonly found on cancer cells in blood cancers, which explains the relative success...
Source: Medgadget - November 15, 2022 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Medicine Nanomedicine Oncology MDAndersonNews Source Type: blogs

Better guidelines that consider breast density are critical for women ’ s health
October 27th is the 30th anniversary of the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA). Congress enacted this law to safeguard nationwide access to quality mammography to detect breast cancer in its earliest, most treatable stages. With this Act, the federal government accredits, inspects, and certifies mammography facilities and standardizes mammography equipment, quality assurance, recordkeeping, and communication Read more… Better guidelines that consider breast density are critical for women’s health originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 11, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Conditions OB/GYN Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs

Global Digital Health 100 – The Medical Futurist ’ s Top Choices in 2022
We first published the list of the Top 100 Digital Health Companies in 2017, highlighting the mindblowing growth the sector registered in the previous year. “Global digital health investments totalled more than 8 billion USD in 2016” – we wrote. Looking at the latest data, we better keep our seatbelts fastened: this figure was USD 57.2 billion in 2021, with a year-on-year growth of 79%. Digital health is booming, with dozens, hundreds of startups and scale-ups entering the realm each year. While their spectacular promises are loud, failure is silent – unless it happens to one of the tech giants ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 7, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF bioprinting digital health Healthcare wearables top 100 telemedicine digital health companies remote care digital therapeutics Source Type: blogs

Say “ I love you ” often and mean it
I normally start October off by changing my Facebook profile picture to a pink survivor ribbon and celebrating my breast cancer survivorship, but this October was different. I slept on October 1st because I had spent 48 hours at Gulf Coast Medical Center when hurricane Ian struck Southwest Florida three days before. I was absolutely Read more… Say “I love you” often and mean it originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 5, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Conditions Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs

My sister went to the hospital seeking help. Instead, she died. [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “I am heartbroken at the loss of my sister. No, breast cancer didn’t physically kill her, and for that, I am grateful. Its presence in her medical history, however, quite possibly did as it was apparently used as the justification for all that went Read more… My sister went to the hospital seeking help. Instead, she died. [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 1, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Podcast Emergency Medicine Source Type: blogs

Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 29th October, 2022.
This report presents CDC findings on telehealth use trends in 2021. It includes data from the National Health Interview Survey, a nationally representative household survey conducted throughout the year by the National Center for Health Statistics. -----https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2022-10-13/women-older-adults-more-likely-to-use-telemedicine-in-2021Who Used Telemedicine in 2021?New data shows which groups have been most likely to use a health care option popular during the pandemic.By Christopher WolfOct. 13, 2022, at 12:01 a.m.More than 1 in 3 adults used telemedicine in the past year in 2021, ac...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 29, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs