Fight Aging! Newsletter, August 28th 2023
In conclusion, we identified 20 genes with significant evolutionary signals unique to long-lived species, which provided new insight into the lifespan extension of mammals and might bring new strategies to extend human lifespan.
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Trials of Xenotransplantation of Pig Organs into Humans Continue
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/08/trials-of-xenotransplantation-of-pig-organs-into-humans-continue/
Researchers have genetically engineered pigs to overcome the known barriers to transplantation of pig organs into humans, and have reached the stage of conducting transplants i...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 27, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
More Evidence Linking Impaired Vision and Dementia Risk
Why would vision impairment correlate with risk of dementia? The retina is an extension of the central nervous system, so one might think that similar processes of aging and neurodegeneration contribute to both loss of visual capacity and loss of cognitive capacity. But it might also be the case that in the brain, as for muscles, there is a degree of "use it or lose it" taking place over the course of later life. Without stimuli, in other words, the aging brain declines more rapidly. Most of the evidence for an association between visual impairment and cognitive impairment in older individuals doesn't allow us to determine...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 21, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, August 7th 2023
In conclusion, here, we demonstrate a novel mechanism for ESC-EVs to protect cells from senescence. However, whether ESC-EVs rejuvenate aged mice via miR-15b-5p and miR-290a-5p remains unknown. Next, we plan to use miR-15b-5p and miR-290a-5p antagonists while treating aged mice with ESC-EVs to further investigate the mechanism by which ESC-EVs resist aging in vivo.
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Fatty Acid Metabolism as a Commonality in Different Approaches to Slowing Aging
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/08/fatty-acid-metabolism-as-a-commonality-in-different-approaches-to-slowing-aging/
It seem...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 6, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Finally home!
Well, we (and our 8 cats!) actually moved back home a few weeks ago, but I have been so busy that my head has been spinning. Plus, big news: I have a cataract in my left eye, so I can’t stay at the computer for very long. Luckily, my normal routine hasn’t been affected, and I can still drive, but I will have to get the cataract removed in the autumn, for sure. No biggie (says the gal who had hip replacement surgery, hehe…btw, my new hip’s doing great!). It will get done…but first, we’re going on vacation! In about ten days or so…can’t wait.
Funny how time just flies by, as I ...
Source: Margaret's Corner - July 23, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – June 4, 2023 – 51% of hospitals plan to participate in TEFCA, only 18% of orgs have implemented email security software correctly, and more
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
News and Studies
The majority (51%) of hospitals plan to participate in TEFCA, according to ONC data. Organizations most likely to participate include those who are part of existing national networks such as eHealth Exchange, Co...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - June 4, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Ardent Health Services AvaSure Babyscripts Brandon Devennie Cognoa CRISP EasyDMARC eClinicalWorks eCW ElliQ Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features Integral Jeffrey Pollard Lenovo Loyal Luna Marc Rabner Masimo Source Type: blogs
Un milagro
No post yesterday because I had cataract surgery. I ' d already had the left eye done a couple of weeks ago -- they do them one at a time, I think mostly so they can bill for two encounters. But aside from the padded bill -- and that ' s not the only way they sucked up extra cash -- the result was absolutely fantastic.To be honest, I ' d forgotten what it ' s like to see clearly. The surgery is actually no big deal -- painless, only local anesthesia, and instant results. Now I only need over the counter reading glasses and otherwise the world is new. So yes, medical services are expensive and there was a great deal a...
Source: Stayin' Alive - May 19, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Twenty questions, and forty questions, and 60 questions . . .
I had cataract surgery today, on the left eye. They ' ll do the right in a couple of weeks. The surgery itself was no big deal. It took about 1/2 hour, I ' ve had zero pain, and the vision in the left eye seems just fine.*But you knew there ' s a but. When I first started seeing my ophthalmologist, I naturally had to fill out a detailed questionnaire about my medical history. No, they apparently couldn ' t get it from the previous eye doctor. Then, when I decided to go for the surgery, I met the surgeon at the ophthalmologist ' s office and they made me fill out another questionnaire all over again with the same informatio...
Source: Stayin' Alive - May 4, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
RBBB and LAFB. Is it trifascicular block? The complexities of Wenckebach, with Ken Grauer analysis.
This patient presented with complications of his dialysis fistula.Medical history:History of Ischemic Heart DiseaseHistory of Congestive Heart FailureDiabetes Mellitus requiring treatment with insulinPre-operative serum creatinine>2 mg/dLHe had this ECG recorded:What do you think?There is AV 2nd degree AV Block (Mobitz I, Wenckebach) with RBBB and LAFBThe physicians recognized the RBBB and LAFB, but not the Wenckebach. They compared to a previous ECG and thought they were identical. Here is the previous ECG from 2 months prior for pre-op for cataract surgeryThis appears to be atrial fibrillation with RBB...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - April 6, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
Reading the Entrails
I often come across arguments to the effect that humans aren ' t really unique or special, we ' re just one animal among all the others. I find this assertion, frankly, just silly. Every species is unique in some ways, of course, that ' s why we can classify them. But humans are highly unusual in very important ways. For example, the biomass of domesticated mammals exceeds that of all the other mammals on earth combined; and the biomass of domesticated poultry -- mostly chickens -- isthree times the biomass of all other birds on earth.This happened in part because of language, which is an absolutely unique human capacity t...
Source: Stayin' Alive - March 16, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Economics 101 continued
While the fictitious Free Market ™ fails to produce the purported paradise in general, the concept is glaringly absurd in the case of health care.* In the first place, asymmetrical information is part of the definition of the service -- the produce is expertise. If I knew everything my doctor knows, I wouldn ' t need one. In the second place, it has positive externalities that produce public goods. Infectious disease control is maybe the most obvious, but a healthier workforce, not having to watch people suffering and dying in the streets, † and fewer families psychologically burdened by premature loss are among the ma...
Source: Stayin' Alive - March 4, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Potential disadvantages of perioperative heparin bridging
Some of the potential disadvantages of perioperative heparin bridging are risk of thromboembolism due to subtherapeutic dose, more prolonged total hospital stay and cost as well as inconvenience of heparin therapy.
In addition to this, there can be excessive bleeding during re-initiation of warfarin with heparin overlap. Hence continuing warfarin through the procedure is becoming standard of care in certain special instances. This is more applicable to procedures with relatively low bleeding risk in those with high risk of thromboembolism. Cataract surgery under topical anesthesia is one such potential situation in which ...
Source: Cardiophile MD - December 4, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
September 22, 2022 Edition-----We will see the closure on the Mourning Period for QE!! In Australia tomorrow, We can then move on to the next big issue, which will surely be the progress in the Russo-Ukrainian war and the associated issues with China and Russia.The US seems – with the rest of the world – to be moving into recession.King Charles has now been to all his UK Realms and will now quietly let PM Trass get back to running the UK. God help her …In Australia we have to now get on with life and the economic disaster we seem to be facing.-----Major Issues.-----https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/oddly-enough-th...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 22, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
5 Scenarios Of How Your Health Data Can Be (Or Was Already) Stolen
I really don’t want to sound like Aunt Karen, suspecting a culprit hiding behind every bush, but chances are your health data was or will be stolen. This is a strong statement and might sound paranoid. But, as the old joke goes: being paranoid doesn’t mean someone is not after you.
Here we will introduce five general scenarios of how unknown third-party actors can access your health data without your knowledge (and consent). We introduce these to paint a clearer picture of how medical data can change hands and help you prepare to avoid it – as much as possible.
You had a genetic test done
You o...
Source: The Medical Futurist - September 15, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Forecast Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Digital Health Research Future of Food Healthcare Policy Security & Privacy Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, September 5th 2022
Conclusion
Coupled with the animal data, and the existing human trial data for safety, the results here suggests that someone should run a formal, controlled trial of flagellin immunization in older people, 65 and over. The goal would be to see whether (a) this sort of outcome holds up in a larger group of people, and (b) there is a meaningful impact on chronic inflammation and other parameters of health that are known to be affected by the aging of the gut microbiome.
The most interesting part of the data is perhaps the decline in microbial diversity, when considered against the gains elsewhere. Microbial dive...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 4, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – July 24, 2022 – OCR resolves 11 HIPAA enforcement actions, ONC releases USCDI v3, and more
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
News
The HHS Office for Civil Rights resolved 11 investigations as part of its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative, issuing fines ranging from $3,500 for a Massachusetts psychiatric consultant to $240,000 for the 17-hospital Memori...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 24, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features Source Type: blogs
