From crisis to solution: Overcoming America ’ s children ’ s mental health emergency [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! We dive into the urgent state of children’s mental health in America with our guest, Alex Stavros, a health care executive. With over a decade of experience in the industry, Alex sheds light on the complexities of accessing mental health treatment
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From crisis to solution: Overcoming America’s children’s mental health emergency [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 26, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Podcast by KevinMD Tags: Podcast Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
The ultimate guide to child dental sedation
Cavities in kids are common, and many children are unable to complete dental work without sedation. Dental anxiety must be balanced with safe and expedient dental treatment. Further information about early childhood caries can be found here. The prevalence of dental decay in children varies in different groups but is as high as 85 percent
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The ultimate guide to child dental sedation originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 25, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Emily Knipper, MD Tags: Conditions Anesthesiology Source Type: blogs
Sunday Sermonette: A digression to current events
The next two psalms are just the usual pleading for God to be good to me and to screw over my enemies, so I won ' t say anything else about them. But I will take this opportunity to comment on the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that an embryo is legally a child, with Chief Justice Tom Parker writing that " human life cannot be wrongfully destroyed without incurring the wrath of a holy
God, who views the destruction of His image as an affront to Himself. " Presidential candidate Nikki Haley said she agrees, that she believes an embryo is a baby. It is something of a mystery why this very weird belief has become ce...
Source: Stayin' Alive - February 25, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
How social media alters young brains [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Join Marc Arginteanu, a neurosurgeon, as we delve into a 2023 study revealing the alarming effects of social media and electronic addiction on the developing brains of middle school-aged children. Discover the intricacies of the study’s findings, the connection between TikTok
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How social media alters young brains [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 22, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Podcast by KevinMD Tags: Podcast Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Wednesday Bible Study: Imprecatory prayer for terrorism
In Psalm 69, the protagonist has for unspecified reasons become an outcast, so he begs God to destroy his enemies. Check out verse 22 et seq. While this is attributed to David, there isn ' t really any point in David ' s story that would correspond to this situation. But petitioning God to commit mass violence is a common theme in the psalms.To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Psalm of David.69 Save me, O God!For the waters have come up to my neck.2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold;I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me.3 ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - February 21, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
The inflection point
Okay, pretty correct answers from our two commenters on the previous post. Not just chlorination, but clean water generally, i.e. sewage treatment and separating sewage from drinking water sources. Also pasteurization of milk was very important. But the story is a bit more complicated. Pre-industrial people were mostly rural, obviously drank their milk fresh and didn ' t have a lot to fear from waterborne diseases since their population was sparse. Obviously they did suffer greatly from other plagues -- the Black Death killed something like half the population of Europe in the mid-14th Century, and plague recurred in lesse...
Source: Stayin' Alive - February 20, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Language Equity in Medical Education
On this episode of the Academic Medicine Podcast, Pilar Ortega, MD, MGM, Débora Silva, MD, MEd, and Bright Zhou, MD, MS, join host Toni Gallo to discuss strategies to address language-related health disparities and enhance language-appropriate training and assessment in medical education. They explore one specific language concordant education framework, Culturally Reflective Medicine, which recognizes and supports the lived experiences and expertise of multi-lingual learners and clinicians from minoritized communities.
This episode is now available through Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and anywhere else podcast...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - February 20, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: amrounds Tags: AM Podcast AM Podcast Transcript Academic Medicine podcast diversity and inclusion language equity medical education medical education scholarship patient care Source Type: blogs
poem
IncantationHer name looked like a magical spellWhen written out in her native tongueAll I had to do was whisper it And my heart was bewitchedFor me it ’s simple to comprehend Others see gibberishThe glyphs a child would draw If told to invent a new language My struggle is with proper pronunciationA youth spent learning how to say new wordsBased on how they sounded in my headWhile silently reading I still recall the strange looks on faces the first time I saidassuageOut loud, not realizing it was supposed to rhyme with rage 2/20/24 (Source: Buckeye Surgeon)
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - February 20, 2024 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
A Few #HealthPolicyValentines
Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you! May your lives be filled with love this day. In the world of health IT and healthcare policy, this is the day we love to share our love (and some disdain) for healthcare in what we call #HealthPolicyValentines. Be sure to check out our coverage of previous #HealthPolicyValentines as well as some that we found interesting this year below. We hope you’ll enjoy a nice break this Valentine’s day.
Roses are red, violets are blue
CMS’s plan to abruptly migrate Medicare/Medicaid research to the expensive VRDC
Will be bad for researchers and bad for health polic...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 14, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Healthcare IT #healthpolicyvalentines Fun Friday Health Policy Personal Musings Valentine's Day Source Type: blogs
Collection of a few ECGs in congenital heart diseases
Classical QRS pattern in ASD is the rSR’ in V1 suggestive incomplete RBBB. This pattern in ASD is due to RV volume overload. QRS axis is usually rightward, more so when there is severe PAH. Left axis deviation is feature of ostium primum ASD. First degree AV block may be noted in both primum and secundum ASD. Familial ASD with first degree AV block has been reported in secundum ASD. This type of familial ASD has an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern. There is also a higher incidence of SCD in this group.
IRBBB pattern in ASD
Crochetage sign in ASD, manifest as notching of R wave near the apex in inferior leads (a...
Source: Cardiophile MD - February 14, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: ECG / Electrophysiology ECG Library Source Type: blogs
What Does an Immunologist Do?
This post is part of a miniseries on the immune system. Be sure to check out the other posts in this series that you may have missed.
Immunology is the study of the immune system, including all the cells, tissues, and organs that work together to protect you from germs. A person who studies immunology is called an immunologist, and there are three types:
Researchers, who study the immune system in the laboratory to understand how it works or how it can go awry and find new treatments for immune system-related diseases
Doctors, who diagnose and care for patients with diseases related to the immune system, such as ...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - February 12, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Cells Injury and Illness Immunology Miniseries Infectious Diseases Medicines Microbes Research Roundup Source Type: blogs
Korean Americans and mental health [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join Dae Sun Hwang, a first-generation Korean American, and Joo-Young Lee, a child and adolescent psychiatrist. We’ll explore the multifaceted intersection of Korean culture and mental health within the Korean American community. From cultural nuances to familial expectations and societal stigma, we’ll delve into
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Korean Americans and mental health [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 11, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Podcast by KevinMD Tags: Podcast Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
First Draft Cover Art
Received the first draft cover art to my next children ' s book, " Sometimes When I ' m Jealous. " Always so meaningful and fun to collaborate with my illustratorKyra Teis. (Source: Dr. Deborah Serani)
Source: Dr. Deborah Serani - February 8, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: books children self-care well-being Source Type: blogs
How Comprehend PT Takes Clinical Notes Out of Physical Therapists ’ Hands
Physical therapists have unique needs for an ambient clinical voice solution. They are constantly walking about the floor, chatting with different patients and watching how many reps and sets they do. Comprehend PT uniquely meets the PT’s needs and allows the therapist to create notes in their particular tone and style just by speaking while they work. The inputs are called “mini brain dumps” by CEO Jake Michalski.
In this video, Michalski takes us in our imagination to a PT setting. The therapist carries a phone in their pocket, speaking whenever a patient completes an exercise. Both intakes (longer and ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 7, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory Clinical EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Ambient Clinical Voice Comprehend PT EHR AI Asssistant EHR Automatic Note Creation Healthcare IT Video Interviews Jake Michalski PT AI Assistant Source Type: blogs
A teenager involved in a motor vehicle collision with abnormal ECG
Written by Pendell MeyersA teenager was involved in a motor vehicle collision and presented to the Emergency Department via EMS altered and potentially critically ill. He was intubated for altered mental status. Chest trauma was suspected on initial exam. Here is his initial ECG around 1330:What do you think?The ECG shows sinus tachycardia with RBBB and LAFB, without clear additional superimposed signs of ischemia. It is very unlikely that a previously healthy teenager would have such disease of the conduction system, bringing up the possibility of blunt cardiac injury in this clinical setting.Trauma CTs showed a " mi...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - February 6, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Pendell Source Type: blogs
