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Pills and the planet: Environmentally-friendly steps for your medicine cabinet
Most people might not guess that pills (or creams, patches, and inhalers, for that matter) have a big impact on the environment — but they do. Climate change is leading to noticeable effects on the environment, as well as to consequences for our health, such as rising rates of asthma and new patterns of infectious diseases. The key driver of climate change is greenhouse gas emissions. Our health care system plays a large role, contributing close to 10% of our nation’s greenhouse gases. The US is also responsible for more than 25% of the world’s total health care emissions. Within our health care system, pharmaceutica...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - April 22, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Wynne Armand, MD Tags: Drugs and Supplements Environmental health Healthy Aging Source Type: blogs

Tech Giants Bet On Health A.I. And Telemedicine
This article on the other hand aims to supplement the e-book with recent news and developments around trends that companies have adopted since we released it. Amazon’s dive into telemedicine In recent weeks, Amazon’s healthcare efforts have seen both ups and downs. The major down being the end of Haven, a partnership it started three years ago along with Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and J.P. Morgan Chase. This venture aimed to provide health care services and insurance at a lower cost to those companies’ employees; with the potential to expand to other firms as well. This setback did not m...
Source: The Medical Futurist - April 6, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Pranavsingh Dhunnoo Tags: Covid-19 Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Digital Health Research Future of Medicine Future of Pharma Health Sensors & Trackers Portable Medical Diagnostics Security & Privacy Telemedicine & Smartphones algorithm amazon apple fa Source Type: blogs

Nonspecific symptoms with RBBB and New ST Elevation. Anterior STEMI, right? What does the echo show?
A 50-something male with a history of COPD and substance use disorder who presented with generalized weakness and exacerbation of chronic back pain that is now radiating to his neck, and headache. He also developed nausea, alternating " hot and cold flashes " , and generalized weakness the previous evening. He became anxious about his symptoms and then used crack cocaine as well as drank alcohol last night. His symptoms have persisted since then. He states he has felt short of breath since last night. He denies any chest pain, though notes he has a " odd " sensation in his chest. Vital signs w...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - March 28, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs

It Is A Pity That We Don ’t See More Balanced Views On Clinical Software Errors.
This appeared las week: Medical software blamed for fatal anticoagulant double-dosing error Hospital doctors relying on the Cerner system accidentally prescribed an additional dose of apixaban 11th March 2021 By Antony Scholefield A hospital software system has been blamed for a fatal anticoagulant double-dosing error after it displayed a prescribing icon so small that it could not be seen on a standard computer screen. In 2019, Ian Fraser was admitted to the Sunshine Hospital in Melbourne with an exacerbation of his congestive cardiac failure as well as community-acquired pneumonia. He had a comp...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - March 17, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

Phenogroups in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
Clustering analysis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) has been used to define three distinct phenogroups by Shah SJ et al [1]. They used dense phenotypic data for “phenomapping”. They prospectively studied 397 HFpEF patients with clinical, laboratory and echocardiographic data. Several statistical algorithms were used to define and characterize mutually exclusive phenogroups of HFpEF. By phenomapping analysis they arrived at 3 distinct phenogroups with markedly different clinical characteristics, cardiac function, invasive hemodynamic patterns and outcome. There were different characte...
Source: Cardiophile MD - March 8, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis Tags: Cardiology Source Type: blogs

High-Quality Hospital Care — Minus the Hospital
John Halamka, M.D., president, Mayo Clinic Platform, and Paul Cerrato, senior research analyst and communications specialist, Mayo Clinic Platform, wrote this article.In a time of COVID, the current care models just can ’t remain in place. We need innovative ways to address the high cost of acute care. One solution that is taking a front seat is telemedicine. Telecare has accelerated from 3-4% of visits in January 2020 to 90% in April to a new normal of 20% in 2021. Cultural change has modified patient expectations for the care they can get at a distance, which can be more convenient, less likely to result in C...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - February 12, 2021 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, January 18th 2021
In this study, Desferal, deferoxamine mesylate for injection, which is approved for the treatment of acute iron intoxication and chronic iron overload, was used to explore the beneficial effects on preventing aging-induced bone loss and mitigating dysfunction of aged BMSCs. High-dose Desferal significantly prevented bone loss in aged rats. Compared with controls, the ex vivo experiments showed that short-term Desferal administration could promote the potential of BMSC growth and improve the rebalance of osteogenic and adipogenic differentiation, as well as rejuvenate senescent BMSCs and revise the expression of stemness/se...
Source: Fight Aging! - January 17, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

Why this critical care doctor got the COVID-19 vaccine
December is typically busy in the ICU. Flu and respiratory viral pneumonia cases start trickling into the ICU, interspersed with cardiac arrests, strokes, pulmonary emboli, septic shock, and COPD exacerbations. The ICU census starts creeping up. December 2020 has been unique and challenging. There were seemingly endless days of patients coming to the ICU, only […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 15, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/rizwana-khan" rel="tag" > Rizwana Khan, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions COVID-19 coronavirus Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs

Thoughts on the Road to Greater Human Longevity
I recently noticed this scientific commentary, published in a journal not specifically focused on aging. The author is far from the only person to have noticed that priorities in medical research and development do not seem to match up with the major causes of death all that well. It can't hurt to keep on pointing out that research into the most harmful biological processes in the world, meaning the mechanisms that cause aging, is very poorly funded and investigated in comparison to the vast and ongoing toll of death that results. Until aging is defeated, more funding for research into rejuvenation therapies will continue ...
Source: Fight Aging! - January 12, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs

Smart Stethoscope Helps Monitor and Diagnose Respiratory Conditions: Interview with Helena Binetskaya, CEO of Healthy Networks
LungPass, an AI-powered Bluetooth stethoscope has been developed by Healthy Networks, a company based in Talinn, Estonia. The device can analyze sounds from the lungs and help to diagnose or monitor a variety of respiratory conditions, with an initial focus on pneumonia and COPD. The aim was to create a low-cost (the device costs as little as $45) technology that people could keep at home and use if they suspect to be were a respiratory illness or to monitor a pre-existing condition. With many respiratory illnesses, such as pneumonia, timely diagnosis and intervention is critical to avoid serious illness or death. Ha...
Source: Medgadget - December 9, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Cardiology Diagnostics Exclusive Geriatrics Pediatrics Source Type: blogs

Do thunderstorms worsen asthma and COPD symptoms?
Anyone familiar with hay fever understands that weather impacts respiratory symptoms. However, many of weather’s effects on respiratory function remain unclear. One unanswered question is the extent to which storms affect people with chronic lung disease, particularly the type affecting the way air moves in and out of the lungs. These “obstructive lung diseases” are characterized by problems with airway narrowing. The most common obstructive lung diseases are asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The two main types of COPD are chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Obstructive lung diseases affect a...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - December 9, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kathleen Haley, MD Tags: Asthma Lung disease Source Type: blogs

Implantable Biodegradable Sensor Measures Gases Inside The Body
Researchers at Penn State have developed an implantable sensor that can measure levels of NO and NO2 gases in the body, both of which are medically relevant. Consisting of silicon and magnesium, the sensor is flexible and completely biodegradable, and so does not need to be removed after implantation. Measuring levels of NO and NO2 gas in the body can provide useful information for clinicians. NO is involved in vasodilation, and is important in cardiovascular diseases, whereas NO2 is a pollutant that can play a role in the progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The gases are also linked, whereby re...
Source: Medgadget - November 10, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Diagnostics Materials Medicine PennState Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, October 19th 2020
In conclusion, we found that regardless of the presence of multimorbidity, engaging in a healthier lifestyle was associated with up to 6.3 years longer life for men and 7.6 years for women; however, not all lifestyle risk factors equally correlated with life expectancy, with smoking being significantly worse than others. A Hydrogel Scaffold to Encourage Peripheral Nerve Regeneration https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2020/10/a-hydrogel-scaffold-to-encourage-peripheral-nerve-regeneration/ The nervous system of mammals is poorly regenerative at best. The use of implantable scaffold materials is one of th...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 18, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

COVID-19 as a Disease of Aging
Researchers are writing a great many papers these days to point out the obvious regarding COVID-19, that the vast majority of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus mortality occurs in olders individuals, particularly those who already suffer age-related disease and thus a high burden of tissue and immune system dysfunction. This process of repeating the obvious seems necessary, given that the public discourse on the topic of the present pandemic presents it as a condition that affects all members of society more or less equally. In fact it is a condition that does little more than inconvenience near all younger people who are infected, w...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 15, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, October 12th 2020
We report that FMT from aged donors led to impaired spatial learning and memory in young adult recipients, whereas anxiety, explorative behaviour, and locomotor activity remained unaffected. This was paralleled by altered expression of proteins involved in synaptic plasticity and neurotransmission in the hippocampus. Also, a strong reduction of bacteria associated with short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) production (Lachnospiraceae, Faecalibaculum, and Ruminococcaceae) and disorders of the CNS (Prevotellaceae and Ruminococcaceae) was observed. Finally, the detrimental effect of FMT from aged donors on the CNS was confir...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 11, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs