Rosuvastatin or Atorvastatin , Which is good and safe ?
Statins belong to a group of drugs, stolen and reengineered from the blueprint of natural Chinese red yeast rice (Monocoline K) in the late 1980s. The rest is the remarkable history in the pharma industry. Statins directly interrupt the cholesterol synthesis by blocking HMG-CoA within the hepatocytes. It significantly lowers the LDL, fights human vascular atherosclerosis. It makes the plaque either regress, prevent progress, make it harder and in the process make them less vulnerable . There are innumerable studies that document the evidence. Statin has become a must-prescribe drug in any one with clinically establishe...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - November 10, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Uncategorized acc aha atorvastatin vs rosuvastatin avert study bmj esc jamanetwork lancet lipid association lodestar study lodestar trial bmj nejm saturn trial simvastatin statins which statin superior Source Type: blogs

3D Printing In Medicine And Healthcare – The Ultimate List
3D printing has demonstrated huge potential for the future of medicine in the previous years, and its development is unstoppable. See the impressive list of 3D-printed healthcare materials and medical equipment below! How does 3D printing in medicine work? 3D printing in medicine is part of the innovative process called additive manufacturing, which means producing three-dimensional solid objects from a digital file. How the technology works, we explained in our article on bioprinting here. As technology evolves, researchers work on various solutions. For example, engineers from the University of Buffalo have ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 7, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: 3D Printing Biotechnology Future of Medicine Healthcare Design Medical Education Personalized Medicine 3d printed biomaterial tissue engineering Video bioprinting GC1 Innovation Source Type: blogs

Cooperating to Resist: Society and State During China ’s COVID Lockdowns
Shitong Qiao (Duke University), Cooperating to Resist: Society and State During China ’s COVID Lockdowns (Duke L. Sch. Pub. L.& Legal Theory Series No. 2023-59) (2023): China ’s lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic was widely considered a stark demonstration of the... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - November 1, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs

The connection between organ systems and skin health in Chinese medicine
In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), health is perceived as a holistic concept that encompasses not only the physical aspects of our bodies but also the emotional and spiritual dimensions. Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners have long held the belief that there is a deep connection between our organ systems and the appearance of our face. This Read more… The connection between organ systems and skin health in Chinese medicine originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 26, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Conditions Primary Care Source Type: blogs

The Ultimate Guide to Superfoods: Nourishing the Brain Beyond Basics
Conclusion As we stand at the crossroads of ancient tradition and groundbreaking technologies, it's evident that our past still holds the key to our future. And in researching longevity and the desire for an active and healthy life, nutrition emerges as our ally.  We broke down the benefits of the 5 most overlooked superfoods and how to introduce them into our diet seamlessly, as well as the juxtaposition between age-old wisdom and cutting-edge science by showcasing humanity's continuous journey towards holistic well-being.  Incorporating them into our diets is more than just a trend; it's a testament to...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - October 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nahla Davies Tags: featured health and fitness productivity tips self-improvement superfoods Source Type: blogs

I Have To Say I See Preserving A Lead In AI Technology As A Strategic Imperative
 This appeared a few days ago: America takes dead aim at China’s plan for global AI domination By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard October 19, 2023 — 5.11am The US is escalating its semiconductor war against China. Xi Jinping’s plan for global mastery of artificial intelligence and supercomputing is about to collide with the hard reality of American power. Cutting-edge AI requires ultra-fast chips (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 24, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

The Dark Side of Automation: Robot and Crime
This study presents the first empirical evidence on the impact of industrial robot adoption on criminal activities, utilizing... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - October 21, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs

Worldwide Trends in Healthy versus Unhealthy Remaining Life Expectancy at 60
Human life expectancy has been trending upwards, slowly, for a very long time. Life expectancy at birth is influenced by a great many factors that have little to do with aging, and so is much less interesting than, say, life expectancy at 60. At present, that number increases by one year with every passing decade. This has been the case in an environment in which essentially nothing was being done to deliberately target underlying mechanisms of aging. The trend is an incidental side-effect of, most likely, (a) better life-long control over the burden of infectious disease, and (b) general improvements in the ability to tre...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 20, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs

Lifestyle Produces a Much Greater Contribution to Human Life Expectancy than a Genetic Risk Score
Since the advent of very large databases of combined human genetic and epidemiological information, the evidence has increasingly leaned to support only a modest effect of genetic variation on human life span variation. Setting aside small populations with rare mutations, lifestyle has a much greater effect on life expectancy than one's genes. Even cases of familial longevity might largely result from transmission of culture, and thus lifestyle choices, rather than transmission of genetic variants. Today's open access paper reports on data in which both genetic risk and lifestyle risk can be assessed. It is worth no...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 17, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs

Just say no
I just finished reading Dopesick, by Beth Macy. You don ' t need to take my word that it ' s worth your while, the book was a huge bestseller.  However, it does have a fairly narrow focus. It tells the story of the opioid epidemic largely within the confines of a region of rural Virginia, but this is a disaster of national scope that manifests somewhat differently in different places. Here ' s the really sad news:  source:U.S. Department of Health and Human Services I know it ' s a little small but you can see it full size if you click the link. The short version of the story is that deaths from opioid ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - October 17, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs

Your Insulin of the Future Could Be " Made in China " if Big PBMs Have a Say in the Matter
Back on June 16, 2022, I published an article on LinkedIn entitled "How the Civica Insulin Announcement May Be Disruptive to the PBM Kickback Scheme" (see the article athttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-civica-insulin-announcement-may-disruptive-pbm-scheme-strumello/ if you wish to read it) which predicted that a growing number of insulin biosimilars whose active pharmaceutical ingredients (API ' s) are cultured in offshore laboratories are forecast to hit the U.S. market in the next few years. According to the FDA and the individual companies whom I also follow on LinkedIn, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) typ...
Source: Scott's Web Log - October 15, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Tags: 2023 Congress insulin insulin prices lawmakers PBM Pharmacy Benefit Managers Source Type: blogs

The “Green Pope” Loves Science and Is Cautious of AI
By MIKE MAGEE By all accounts, they were mutually supportive. He was three years older and the chief scientific adviser to the world’s most powerful religious leader. The Scientific American called him “the greatest scientist of all time,” and not because he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry a decade earlier for explaining the nuts and bolts of ozone formation. It was his blunt truthfulness and ecological advocacy that earned the organization’s respect. Paul Crutzan is no longer alive. He died on February 4, 2021 in Mainz, Germany at the age of 87. What attracted the 86 year old “Green Pope” to Paul were t...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Climate Change Mike Magee Pope Francis Source Type: blogs

Out of Control Health Costs or a Broken Society
Flawed Accounting for the US Health Spending Problem By Jeff Goldsmith Source: OECD, Our World in Data Late last year, I saw this chart which made my heart sink. It compared US life expectancy to its health spending since 1970 vs. other countries. As you can see,  the US began peeling off from the rest of the civilized world in the mid-1980’s. Then US life expectancy began falling around 2015, even as health spending continued to rise. We lost two more full years of life expectancy to COVID. By  the end of 2022, the US had given up 26 years-worth of progress in life expectancy gains. Adding four more ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy COVID Drug Overdoses gun violence Hospitals Jeff Goldsmith Maternal mortality Mental Health Obesity Poverty Regional Economy Society Source Type: blogs

Out of Control Health Costs or a Broken Society
Flawed Accounting for the US Health Spending Problem By Jeff Goldsmith Source: OECD, Our World in Data Late last year, I saw this chart which made my heart sink. It compared US life expectancy to its health spending since 1970 vs. other countries. As you can see,  the US began peeling off from the rest of the civilized world in the mid-1980’s. Then US life expectancy began falling around 2015, even as health spending continued to rise. We lost two more full years of life expectancy to COVID. By  the end of 2022, the US had given up 26 years-worth of progress in life expecta...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy COVID Drug Overdoses gun violence Hospitals Jeff Goldsmith Maternal mortality Mental Health Obesity Poverty Regional Economy Society Source Type: blogs