Fight Aging! Newsletter, September 18th 2023
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Longevity Industry Consulting Services
Reason, the founder of Fight Aging! and Repair Biotechnologies, offers strategic consulting services to investors, entrepreneurs, and others interested in the longevity industry and its complexities. To find out m...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 17, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
A Prescription-Strength Formula for Stronger Cybersecurity in Healthcare Organizations
The following is a guest article by Steven Stone, Head of Rubrik Zero Labs at Rubrik
In early August, a ransomware attack disrupted operations across its network of 17 hospitals and more than 165 clinics in four states and forced some to rely on paper records. Some emergency rooms were shut down and ambulances diverted after the company took its computer systems offline to protect and restore them.
Again. Here we go again. This is what most of us thought when we read this story. Cyberattacks on healthcare institutions are not only particularly galling, they’re growing. Healthcare organizations were hit with 1,426 attacks...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 15, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Ambulatory Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Security and Privacy American Hospital Association Cyberattacks Cybersecurity Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Healthcare Cybersecurity Healthc Source Type: blogs
Brain Computer Interface Decodes Speech and Facial Expressions
Researchers at the University of California San Francisco have developed a brain computer interface that can lets someone with severe paralysis communicate with both speech and facial expressions, in the form of a digital avatar. The breakthrough advances what has been possible, with previous brain computer interface systems providing speech only, and allows people to communicate more completely, encompassing facial expressions, which are an important aspect of natural communication. The system includes electrodes that intercept brain signals that are intended for the muscles of the face, essentially decoding complex facia...
Source: Medgadget - September 14, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Neurology Neurosurgery Rehab brain computer interface UCSF Source Type: blogs
The Times They Are A-Changing … .Fast
By KIM BELLARD
If you have been following my Twitter – oops, I mean “X” – feed lately, you may have noticed that I’ve been emphasizing The Coming Wave, the new book from Mustafa Suleyman (with Michael Bhaskar). If you have not yet read it, or at least ordered it, I urge you to do so, because, frankly, our lives are not going to be the same, at all. And we’re woefully unprepared.
One thing I especially appreciated is that, although he made his reputation in artificial intelligence, Mr. Suleyman doesn’t only focus on AI. He also discusses synthetic biology, quantum computing, robotics, and new energ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Tech AI Kim Bellard quantum computing Smart Pills synthetic biology The Coming Wave Source Type: blogs
Reviewing Evidence for Urolithin A Supplementation
Mitochondria are the power plants of the cell, responsible for generating chemical energy store molecules to power cell processes. Urolithin A is one of a number of supplements shown to improve mitochondrial function, though as for the others it isn't all that impressive when compared to the effects of regular exercise. Nonetheless, this and other approaches to modestly attenuate age-related declines in mitochondrial function are under active development. They are not solutions to the problem of mitochondrial aging, however. For that we must look to more radical approaches to therapy, such as mitochondrial transplantation,...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 14, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Quiz: Sepsis Science
Bacteria are the most common triggers of sepsis.Credit: Mark Ellisman and Thomas Deerinck, National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, University of California San Diego.
At least 1.7 million adults in the United States develop a life-threatening condition called sepsis each year. Sepsis is an overwhelming or impaired whole-body immune response that’s most often caused by bacterial infections. However, it can also be caused by viral infections, such as COVID-19 or influenza; fungal infections; or other injuries, including physical trauma. Anyone can get sepsis, but there’s a higher risk ...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - September 13, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Injury and Illness Quiz Research Roundup Sepsis Source Type: blogs
Enhancing Healthcare Through Industry-Specific Large Language Models
The following is a guest article by Tisson Mathew, Founder and CEO at SkyPoint AI
Why Large Language Models Trained on Industry Context are Essential for Effective Generative AI in the Healthcare Space
Ask ChatGPT an important but complicated healthcare-related question, and you might very well get a wrong—and potentially dangerous—answer. Navigating the complexities of medical data, regulations, and patient care can place demands on generative AI technologies that can’t be fulfilled. But there is a way to take full advantage of the power of GenAI — with industry-specific LLMs that are securely supplied wit...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 13, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System AI Companion DataStax EMR Generative AI Healthcare AI Healthcare AI Ethics Healthcare ChatGPT Healthcare LLMs Large Language Models Source Type: blogs
When a Quantum Computer Is Able to Break Our Encryption, It Won't Be a Secret
Policymakers and cybersecurity analysts should avoid messaging that emphasizes the risk that CRQCs developed in secret could be imminent or already operational. There is already more than enough reason to upgrade our communications systems to resist attacks from quantum computers as soon as possible. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - September 13, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Edward Parker Source Type: blogs
“The Greatest Scientist of All Time” says Scientific American. Who is it?
BY MIKE MAGEE
When it comes to our earthly survival as a human species, words are often under-powered and off-the-mark. Clearer concepts, definitions and terms are required for clarity. Here are five terms that are useful and worth remembering:
Planetary Boundaries
Earth Systems
Human Perturbations
Planetary Scale Destabilization
Holocene Epoch vs. Anthropogenic Epoch
These terms all tie back to a single source – a child of World War II, only seven when his home in Amsterdam was overrun by Nazis. His father was a waiter, his mother a cook in a local hospital. He’d later recall with a sh...
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Non-Health Chemistry Mike Magee Ozone Paul Crutzen Scientific American Source Type: blogs
Judge for yourself the management of this patient with " NSTEMI, multivessel disease "
DISCUSSION:The administration of
opioid analgesia prior to cath in patients with concern for ACS is associated
with longer door-to-balloon times, and greater peak troponin levels. The rate
of Occlusion MI in those who received pre-cath opioids was double the rate of
those without pre-cath opioids, and STEMI(-) OMI patients who received pre-cath
opioids waited 10 hours on average longer to get cath than those who did not
received opioids. These results add support to our hypothesis that a major
mechanism of harm caused by opioid medications in ACS patients involves delays
to the cath lab for patients with STEMI(-) OMI.=====...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - September 10, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Pendell Source Type: blogs
50 year-old in remote rural community with chest pain and ‘normal’ ECG
Submitted by anonymous, edited by Jesse McLarenThe first person " I " and " me " is this anonymous sender. A 50 year old presented to the emergency department of a
remote rural community (where the nearest cath lab is a plane ride away) with
one hour of mild chest pain radiating to the back and jaw, and an ECG labeled ‘normal’ by the computer interpretation. What do you think, and how would you
manage the patient?There ’s normal sinus rhythm, normal conduction, normal axis,
normal R wave progression and normal voltages. There’s clear T wave inversion
in III/aVF, which is reciprocal to subtle ST elevation and h...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - September 8, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Jesse McLaren Source Type: blogs
All the Lonely People: Primary Care isn ’t a Team Sport Anymore, We’re Only Interacting with Our Computers
BY HANS DUVEFELT
In spite of all the talk these days about health care teams and in spite of more and more physicians working for bigger and bigger healthcare organizations, we are becoming more and more isolated from our colleagues and our support staffs.
Computer work, which is taking more and more time as EMRs get more and more complex, is a lonely activity. We are not just encouraged but pretty much forced to communicate with our nurses and medical assistants through computer messaging. This may provide more evidence of who said or did what at what point in time, but it is both inefficient and dehumanizing.
Wh...
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Medical Practice EMR Hans Duvefelt primary care Professional Isolation Social Isolation Source Type: blogs
Next: Harnessing Neuroplasticity, Medication AND Psychotherapy to treat mental health conditions
This article was originally published on The Conversation.
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Source: SharpBrains - September 6, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: The Conversation Tags: Brain/ Mental Health antidepressants anxiety Cognitive Neuroscience Combination therapy depression neuroplasticity psychedelics psychiatry Psychology Psychotherapy Source Type: blogs
Featured Health IT Jobs – Epic Application Analyst/Coordinator
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Epic Application Analyst/Coordinator position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic and is remote.
Here’s a description of the position:
In this role, you’ll drive the design, implementation, and maintenance of electronic systems, collaborating closely with clinical, operational, and administrative stakeholders to enhance workflows. Your expertise in Epic EMR systems configuration and troubleshooting will be invaluable as...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 6, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Career and Jobs Healthcare IT Analyst Jobs Coordinator Jobs Epic Application Analyst Epic Application Coordinator Featured Opportunities Health IT Careers Health IT Jobs Healthcare IT Jobs Job Seekers Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clini Source Type: blogs
Smells like AI Spirit
By KIM BELLARD
There are so many exciting developments in artificial intelligence (AI) these days that one almost becomes numb to them. Then along comes something that makes me think, hmm, I didn’t see that coming.
For example, AI can now smell.
Strictly speaking, that’s not quite true, at least not in the way humans and other creatures smell. There’s no olfactory organ, like our nose or a snake’s tongue. What AI has been trained to do is to look at a molecular structure and predict what it would smell like.
If you’re wondering (as I certainly did when I heard AI could smell), AI has also starte...
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Tech AI Diagnosis diagnosis automation Kim Bellard Smell Source Type: blogs
