Stress
I’ve written about panic attacks in the past. This post is not about that, however; it’s about day-to-day life and the pressure we all deal with. It just happens to be mine.
My wife, Martha, had a fall three days after I had my knee operated on. I may have mentioned that in a previous post, but to be sure I’d have to go look back. In any case, when she fell she had some soft tissue injuries to her face which required stitches, plus she had what we expected to be a concussion and the symptoms that usually go with it, including a headache and double vision, nausea, and some weakness. Normally those sympt...
Source: Qui Interrogat - October 29, 2019 Category: Nursing Authors: Walt Trachim Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Novartis dissolves agreement to market Pear Therapeutics ’ prescription digital therapeutics for substance/ opioid abuse
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As Sandoz returns marketing rights for digital therapeutics to Pear, what does it mean for co-promote arrangements? (MM&M):
“Sandoz, the generics division of Novartis, is altering commercial course, returning marketing duties for two prescription digital therapeutics (DTx) back to Pear Therapeutics. The move, which some had anticipated, comes 18 months after the two signed a co-promotion deal.
Since the Sandoz/Pear pact was widely seen as a litmus test of sorts for pharma’s role in helping distribute this nascent technology, the commercial break-up raises questions about the viability of such partne...
Source: SharpBrains - October 25, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Professional Development Technology adherence aging-population digital therapeutics DTx FDA marketing Novartis Pear Therapeutics pharma reSET Sandoz Source Type: blogs
Recurrent headaches in children: What to know and do
Headaches are very common in children. By the time they reach 18, essentially all kids will have had at least one. Most children get them rarely, usually with an illness. But some children get recurrent headaches. About 5% of kindergartners experience this problem, and the percentage goes up as children get older. By the time they get to the end of high school, that number is up to more than 25%.
Recurrent headaches often run in families. There are two types: primary and secondary. Primary headaches come from the nervous system itself, while secondary headaches are caused by something affecting the nervous system, such as ...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - October 18, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire McCarthy, MD Tags: Adolescent health Children's Health Headache Source Type: blogs
Is there really a blood test to diagnose concussion?
In the past year and a half, various news stories may have led some people to believe that there are blood tests that can diagnose or unmask concussions with a single drop of blood. For individuals who have recently received a bump, hit, or jolt to the head and are wondering if they have sustained a concussion, this may sound like a simple way to find out. Unfortunately, for now it probably isn’t.
What do these blood tests actually do?
Simply put, these tests measure substances, such as proteins and enzymes, that are released into the blood within hours of a brain injury when there is intracranial damage (including bleed...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - October 17, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Eve Valera, PhD Tags: Concussions Memory Neurological conditions Tests and procedures Source Type: blogs
May “industry review boards” contribute to the wider adoption of virtual and augmented reality for physical and mental health?
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Industry review boards are needed to protect VR user privacy (World Economic Forum blog):
“It seemed like a game when Riley first started the virtual reality (VR) maze … A month after playing the game, Riley was turned down for a new life-insurance policy. Given his excellent health, he couldn’t understand why. Several appeals later, the insurance company disclosed that Riley’s tracking data from the VR maze game revealed behavioral movement patterns often seen among people in the very early stages of dementia … This is a hypothetical situation, but the science of using movements tracked in VR to predi...
Source: SharpBrains - September 11, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Technology AR biometric Cognitive-tests dementia FDA institutional review boards insurance IRB movement patterns neurorehabilitation neurotechnologies Neurotechnology privacy virtual Source Type: blogs
Concussion at the Bledisloe Cup, a big headache?
Dr Tane Eunson Concussion at the Bledisloe Cup, a big headache?
Player welfare is the number one priority in World Rugby, which has driven the development of evidence-based protocols for the identification and management of concussion (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - August 26, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Tane Eunson Tags: Sports Medicine concussion concussion in sport HIA SCAT Source Type: blogs
Can digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBTi) become the universal first-line treatment for insomnia?
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Pear Therapeutics’ digital insomnia therapeutic will put FDA’s PreCert framework through its paces (MobiHealthNews):
“Prescription digital therapeutics company Pear Therapeutics announced late last week that it has filed an FDA marketing authorization for Somryst, its digital cognitive behavioral therapy for the treatment of adults with chronic insomnia and depression.
While an approval from the agency would mark the third authorized prescription digital therapeutic for Pear — behind reSET for substance use disorder and reSET-O for opioid use disorder — the Somryst application is also the first product...
Source: SharpBrains - August 13, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Technology CBT CBTi chronic insomnia cognitive-behavioral-therapy depression digital cognitive behavioral therapy digital therapeutics FDA Pear Therapeutics pharmacotherapies Precertificat Source Type: blogs
Harnessing innovative neurotechnologies to provide better urgent care at Banner Health
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For Banner Health, one of the largest non-profit health system in the United States, finding ways to make health care easier and better for our patients is at the root of everything we do. That’s why we are making significant investments into the digital health and neurotech space, trying to answer some common pain points.
Let me give you an example.
Last year, Banner Urgent Care turned to an innovative device, BrainScope One, to provide better care and to help save patients money and time, as it helps clinicians identify traumatic brain injuries and concussions.
This is an area of growing concern. Statis...
Source: SharpBrains - July 11, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Alexandra Morehouse Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Professional Development Technology Banner Health Banner Urgent Care BrainScope BrainScope One computerized tomography concussions digital health electrical signals electrodes head trauma Source Type: blogs
Trouble reading? Try these workarounds
Once you learn how to read, it’s easy to take the skill for granted. Like breathing or walking, we don’t give the ability much thought unless it begins to deteriorate. But trouble reading can develop at any age for a variety of reasons, including difficulty concentrating, mild cognitive impairment, and physical changes.
Mental roadblocks can cause trouble reading
Fuzzy thinking and difficulty concentrating can get in the way of reading. “If your attention isn’t focused on the sentence you’re reading, you’re not likely to register enough of the sentence to understand what your eyes just passed over,” notes Dr....
Source: Harvard Health Blog - June 27, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Heidi Godman Tags: Brain and cognitive health Eye Health Memory Source Type: blogs
Concussion treatment centers: 5 red flags to watch for
The incidence of brain trauma has been rising in recent years. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), emergency department visits related to traumatic brain injury (TBI) increased by 53 percent in the U.S. from 2006 to 2014. For 2014 alone, the CDC reported about 2.87 million TBI-related visits, hospitalizations, and deaths. […]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 - June 26, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/mark-mclaughlin" rel="tag" > Mark McLaughlin, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Neurology Source Type: blogs
How a neurosurgeon recommends approaching concussions
When I served as president of the New Jersey Neurosurgical Society, I met a lot of people from around our great state. One question that I heard from many parents and coaches was, “After a concussion, when is it safe to let a student-athlete return to play?” It is an important question because hundreds of […]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 - June 3, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/marc-arginteanu" rel="tag" > Marc Arginteanu, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Neurology Source Type: blogs
The FDA warns consumers not to use unapproved apps and devices to diagnose concussion
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FDA warns public not to use unapproved or uncleared medical devices to help assess or diagnose a concussion (news release):
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning the public not to use medical devices marketed to consumers that claim to help assess, diagnose or manage head injury, including concussion, traumatic brain injury (TBI) or mild TBI. In a new safety communication, the FDA warned that such tools — such as apps on a smartphone marketed to coaches or parents for use during sporting events — have not been reviewed by the FDA for safety and efficacy and could result in an incorrect diagnos...
Source: SharpBrains - April 12, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Technology concussion FDA head-injury medical devices TBI Traumatic-Brain-Injury Source Type: blogs
Recalling A Bad Month
The last post I put up was not quite one year ago. To be honest, it has been difficult to find time to write. Even more than that, I haven’t had the desire to write about anything. Life, to be honest, has just been too busy. Most of the activity has been normal life stuff, but there have been some things that I should have written about. Because life has a strange way of throwing curve balls at any of us…
An example of this centers around our changing domicile. My wife and I had to pack up and move this past November. It was not a voluntary move; the property management company that owned the house decided they...
Source: Qui Interrogat - March 19, 2019 Category: Nursing Authors: Walt Trachim Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
6 Reasons Why You Might Have to Put Someone with Dementia in a Memory Care Facility or Nursing Home
Every caregiver of a person living with Alzheimer's, Lewy Body dementia, Parkinson's or any other related dementia faces this gut wrenching question -Should I put my loved with dementia in a nursing home or memory care facility?By Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomWe all face this gut wrenching decision. Most of us don't want to do it. But sometimes, it is the only decision, and only right decision.There are a long list of reasons why you might have to place your loved one in a nursing home or long term care memory facility.Topic -Dementia CareLet me start by making this clear -it is not your fault.It is not your fault th...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - February 27, 2019 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimer's care facilities care of dementia patients caregiver dementia care elderly dementia care help alzheimer's help with dementia care how to care memory care facilities nursing home Source Type: blogs
EYE-SYNC Concussion Assessment System May Become Standard of Care
Traumatic concussions can produce a variety of symptoms, but there’s no way to objectively diagnose their impact, particularly mild cases. SyncThink is a Silicon Valley company that has developed a technology that may become a standard way of care to diagnose concussions.
The FDA has granted Breakthrough Device Designation to the company’s EYE-SYNC system, which uses a pair of virtual reality goggles outfitted with eye trackers to assess whether an individual is experiencing a concussion. It has been known that seriously concussed individuals experience difficulty tracking objects in their field of view. This...
Source: Medgadget - February 21, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Neurology Sports Medicine Source Type: blogs
