Light Therapy Device to Treat Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Carbon monoxide (CO) is one of the most common substances that people are poisoned by. It has no smell and is invisible to the naked eye, but can cause severe damage to tissues and lead to death. Patients who have already suffered significant lung damage because of CO inhalation too often don’t respond sufficiently to pure oxygen. Now, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have shown that a new device that treats patient blood using visible light works better that standard of care oxygen therapy.
The research, so far performed in laboratory mice, uses an extracorporeal membrane oxygenator to shine light th...
Source: Medgadget - October 11, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Anesthesiology Cardiology Critical Care Emergency Medicine Public Health Source Type: blogs
Making Your Home Efficient
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Shrewd home innovation is a standout amongst the most significant progressions we use in our homes today. From early adopters to cynics who presently discover accommodation in asking Alexa to turn on the lights, these gadgets are found in a great many American family units.
From brilliant attachments and
indoor regulators to savvy home center points, this innovation keeps
on developing, which carries more prominent comfort and ...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - July 5, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: pratikg Tags: Uncategorized best hvac company Source Type: blogs
I Can’t Hear You!
A 50-year-old man presented to the emergency department complaining of ringing in his ears and difficulty understanding what people were saying. He was concerned that he was having a stroke. A full neurological exam was unremarkable aside from decreased hearing, but his hearing deficits appeared to be equal bilaterally. Otoscopic exam demonstrated a normal tympanic membrane, and the rest of his physical exam was unremarkable. The patient's past medical history was significant for hypertension and hypercholesterolemia, for which he took lisinopril and atorvastatin. He was recently treated with a 10-day course of doxycycl...
Source: The Tox Cave - April 1, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
How to prevent poisonings in children — and what to do if they happen
March 17–March 23, 2019 is National Poison Prevention Week
Every day in the United States, over 300 children under the age of 20 are seen in an emergency room because of poisoning, and two of them die. What is most heartbreaking is that poisonings are preventable — and quick action can save lives when they happen.
Poisoning prevention
Here are some tips from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics to prevent poisoning in children:
Keep medicines, cleaning and laundry products, paints and varnishes, as well as pesticides, out of sight and reach of children. If possible, loc...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - March 19, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire McCarthy, MD Tags: Children's Health Prevention Safety Source Type: blogs
Can vaping help you quit smoking?
It’s hard to overstate the dangers of smoking. Nearly 500,000 people die of tobacco-related disease each year in the US. Over the next decade, estimates are that around eight million people will die prematurely worldwide each year due to tobacco use. The list of tobacco-related diseases and conditions is long and growing. It includes:
cardiovascular disease, including heart attack and stroke
emphysema, bronchitis, and asthma
lung and other types of cancer
tooth decay
weathering of the skin
having a low-birthweight baby
diabetes
eye damage (including cataracts and macular degeneration).
And there are others. The point i...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - February 27, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert H. Shmerling, MD Tags: Health Prevention Smoking cessation Source Type: blogs
My Son Didn ’t Have to Die from Opioids: An Interview with Bob Paff
Zach (left) and Bob (right)
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, more than 70,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2017, including illicit drugs and prescription opioids, a two-fold increase in a decade. Opioids include prescription opioids and methadone, heroin, and other synthetic narcotics like fentanyl.
Bob Paff has directly suffered the casualties of this epidemic. On January 21 of this year he lost his son Zach to an accidental overdose of fentanyl. A highly sought-after communications expert, business leader, and internationally recognized author, Bob now uses his communications platform to bring ...
Source: World of Psychology - February 24, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Addiction General Recovery Stigma Opioid Epidemic Opioids Suicide synthetic fentanyl Source Type: blogs
Carbonylation of Alkyl Radicals Derived from Organosilicates through Visible ‐Light Photoredox Catalysis
AngewchemCarbonylation of Alkyl Radicals Derived from Organosilicates through Visible ‐Light Photoredox CatalysisAlex Cartier, Etienne Levernier, Dr. Vincent Corc é, Prof. Takahide Fukuyama, Dr. Anne‐Lise Dhimane, Dr. Cyril Ollivier, Prof. Ilhyong Ryu, Prof. Louis Fensterbank Advocating a regime change: Primary, secondary, and tertiary alkyl radicals, formed by the photocatalyzed oxidation of organosilicates, underwent three ‐component reactions with carbon monoxide (CO) and radical acceptors to provide unsymmetrical ketones (see scheme). The concept of radical carbonylation under a photooxidative regime and me...
Source: Organometallic Current - January 10, 2019 Category: Chemistry Tags: Carbonylation Photoredox Catalysis Visible light Source Type: blogs
When Suicide Summons
This is not a pleasant article to write. But then how could it be pleasant when I am writing about suicide. Yet, it’s important for all of us to attempt to understand the suicidal mind.
My interest in this topic began when I was in my mid-twenties, with the attempted suicide of my mother. My mother’s act of aggression did not come out of the blue. She was depressed; she was drinking; she demanded that life bend to her demands. When it seemed that life was going to do as it damn well pleased, she, in a fit of anger and despair, decided to take matters into her own hands. While she lived for many more years after her att...
Source: World of Psychology - June 22, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Linda Sapadin, Ph.D Tags: Depression Inspiration & Hope Personal Suicide anthony bourdain Feeling Of Hopelessness kate spade Source Type: blogs
The physician-assisted suicide predicament
During the 1990s Dr. Jack Kevorkian drove his Volkswagen van through an unmet need in American medicine euthanizing 130 patients who felt death was the only solution to their suffering. He euthanized his “patients” with devices he named the “Thanatron” and the “Mercitron.” The former allowed his patients to administer IV barbiturates and potassium while to latter delivered carbon monoxide. When convicted of manslaughter, he told the court, “Dying is not a crime.”
Seven-hundred years before the Thanatron, Thomas Aquinas formulated an ethical doctrine called “The Principle of Dou...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 15, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/michael-a-salvatore" rel="tag" > Michael A. Salvatore, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Hospital-Based Medicine Palliative Care Source Type: blogs
Keeping carbon monoxide out of your home
Every year in the US, about 10,000 persons are treated for carbon monoxide poisoning, and roughly 400 die from unintentional exposure. This mostly occurs in our cold winter months, like now…
Why winter?
Carbon monoxide (CO) is an odorless, colorless, and tasteless gas normally found in the atmosphere at low levels. Many things contribute to the level of CO in the air, both outdoors (like pollution) and indoors (like tobacco smoke). High levels can also be produced from the burning of wood, gas, and other fuels. Poor heating systems or those with improper ventilation can lead to dangerous levels of CO in the air. This...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - January 22, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Wynne Armand, MD Tags: Health Safety Source Type: blogs
Taming the Tattoo
What do you do when something weird and wild comes into your emergency department? This month, we mean lacerations over tattoos or body piercings. Cosmetic repair of injuries involving tattoos and piercings are important to our patients. We should ensure proper wound closure while preserving the underlying body art.Tattoos and piercings are ancient practices of body modification. This form of art appreciation continues to be a popular and important cosmetic alteration for many people. Body art ranges from ear piercings ($20-30 for earlobes) to extensive tattoos that cost thousands of dollars.Many have sentimental value ...
Source: The Procedural Pause - December 1, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Mild oxidation of methane to methanol or acetic acid on supported isolated rhodium catalysts
Junjun Shan, Mengwei Li, Lawrence F. Allard, Sungsik Lee& Maria Flytzani-StephanopoulosNature 551, 605 –608 (30 November 2017)doi:10.1038/nature24640Single-site isolated rhodium species anchored on zeolites or titanium dioxide are shown to catalyse the direct conversion of methane to methanol and acetic acid, using oxygen and carbon monoxide under mild conditions. (Source: Organometallic Current)
Source: Organometallic Current - November 30, 2017 Category: Chemistry Tags: oxidation Rh Catalyzed Source Type: blogs
Carrot Carbon Monoxide Breath Sensor System for Smoking Cessation Cleared for OTC by FDA
Carrot, a Redwood City, California firm, won FDA clearance for its Carbon Monoxide (CO) Breath Sensor System. It will be available as an over-the-counter product that’s designed to help smokers kick the habit as part of smoking cessation programs.
The CO sensor features Bluetooth wireless connectivity, allowing it to interface with a smartphone app that records and displays the readings. The app is intended to be used by smokers themselves, providing them an important assessment of how their habit is affecting their health. The company hopes that its product will be a sort of mirror for smokers, that provides an uns...
Source: Medgadget - October 9, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Medicine OTC Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
