It ’s time to stop stigmatizing long COVID patients with mental health conditions
Mental health conditions are common among individuals with long COVID due to various factors. These include the direct effects of COVID-19 on the body, such as neuroinflammation, as well as the circumstances often associated with the condition, such as job loss, reduced income, disconnection, isolation, chronic pain, immobility, and the persistent feeling of being unwell.
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It’s time to stop stigmatizing long COVID patients with mental health conditions originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 19, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: James C. Jackson, PsyD Tags: Conditions COVID Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs
Reading for pleasure during childhood may lead to higher brain/ cognitive development and mental well-being during adolescence
This article was originally published on The Conversation.
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Source: SharpBrains - July 19, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: The Conversation Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Education & Lifelong Learning ABCD adolescence adulthood boost cognition brain-development Brain-Plasticity brain-structure cognitive cognitive-skills cortex educational attainment Executive-Functions good Source Type: blogs
Access Denied: the Role of Trade Secrets in Preventing Global Equitable Access to COVID-19 Tools
Olga Gurgula (Brunel University London), Luke McDonagh (London School of Economics and Political Science), Access Denied: the Role of Trade Secrets in Preventing Global Equitable Access to COVID-19 Tools (2023): The COVID-19 emergency has intensified a long-running debate over access... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 19, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
High Vendor Churn May Be On the Horizon in Healthcare
During the COVID-19 pandemic, dozens of technologies were rapidly acquired and deployed by healthcare organizations like telehealth, remote patient monitoring and digital patient intake. According to a new report from Panda Health, now that the pandemic has subsided, organizations are revisiting those purchase decisions. Seven solution categories were identified as likely to experience moderate to high levels of churn in the next two years.
Healthcare IT Today sat down with Ryan Bengtson, President and COO at Panda Health to dive deeper in to their Great Shakeup Report.
Pandemic Drove Rapid Health IT Adoption
According to ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 18, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Ambulatory Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Revenue Cycle Management Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Health IT churn healthcare vendor consolidation Panda Health Ryan Bengtson Telehealth The Great Shakeup Report vendor churn Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, July 17th 2023
In conclusion, the longevity-associated genotype of FLT1 may confer increased lifespan by protecting against mortality risk posed by hypertension. We suggest that FLT1 expression in individuals with longevity genotype boosts vascular endothelial resilience mechanisms to counteract hypertension-related stress in vital organs and tissues.
Resistance Exercise Slows the Onset of Pathology in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/07/resistance-exercise-slows-the-onset-of-pathology-in-a-mouse-model-of-alzheimers-disease/
With the caveat that mouse models of Alzheimer'...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 16, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
App Converts Smartphone to Clinical Thermometer
Researchers at the University of Washington have developed an app that converts common smartphones into clinical thermometers. Spotting the signs of fever early could make a difference in providing early treatment or beginning a period of isolation to reduce the chance of disease transmission. This is particularly important for viral diseases, such as COVID-19. However, many people may not have ready access to a clinical thermometer, so simply downloading an app could makes it accessible for people to take their temperature. The app relies on data from temperature sensors in the phone that normally monitor the temperature ...
Source: Medgadget - July 14, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Diagnostics Emergency Medicine Public Health Telemedicine universityofwashington Source Type: blogs
Acclara: What ’ s Worth Automating?
So many new forms of automation and AI are entering the health care marketplace: Which ones will pay off and where should a healthcare organization start? In this video, Matt Haberman, Chief Technology Officer at Acclara advises a practical approach that balances effort with resulting value.
Haberman, whose company offers automated revenue cycle management (RCM) as a revenue cycle management and consulting firm, advises organizations to create a “backlog” of tasks that might be automated. Then ask, “How many hours are you actually saving?” In other words, is it cheaper to use automation than a human...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 13, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Administration AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Revenue Cycle Management Acclara Healthcare Automation Healthcare IT Video Interviews Healthcare RPA Healthcare Scene Featured H Source Type: blogs
Our institutions have given up on the COVID-19 pandemic. We should not.
The COVID-19 pandemic is over. On May 5, The World Health Organization announced that COVID-19 was no longer a public health emergency. The U.S. followed suit on May 11, allowing the public health emergency declaration to expire. The pandemic did not end because of vaccination efforts nor from acquired herd immunity. The pandemic is over because
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Our institutions have given up on the COVID-19 pandemic. We should not. originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 11, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: William Zhu and Gregory Jasani, MD Tags: Conditions COVID Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs
How COVID-19 unleashed the power of microservices and container-based solutions
Our reaction to COVID-19 brought us a very sudden socially distanced, remote-working, touchless economy, in which the majority of our daily interactions needed to be remote interactions. Some industries adapted easily (think tax preparation), and some, like health care where personal contact is often mandatory, struggled to find solutions. However, health care IT departments adjusted
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How COVID-19 unleashed the power of microservices and container-based solutions originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 11, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Mike Hines Tags: Tech Health IT Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: Dutch Team Offers “ Dog-Ate-My-Data ” Excuses for Not Reporting Null Objective Findings
By David Tuller, DrPH Two months ago, Clinical Infectious Diseases (CID), a high-impact journal, published a study called “Efficacy of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Targeting Severe Fatigue Following Coronavirus Disease 2019: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial.” The study, nicknamed ReCOVer amd conducted in the Netherlands, purported to provide the “first evidence for the positive effect of … Trial By Error: Dutch Team Offers “Dog-Ate-My-Data” Excuses for Not Reporting Null Objective Findings Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - July 11, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized actigraphy CBT Hans Knoop Long Covid Source Type: blogs
Potentially Interesting Longevity-Related Conferences for the Remainder of 2023
A number of organizations organize yearly conferences relevant to both participants in the longevity industry and its surrounding community, and those who want to participate, whether as investors, researchers, advocates, entrepreneurs, or employees of biotech startups. Here I'll point out a few events that may be of interest to those who want to become more involved in this field. Come out to attend some of the better conferences! That is is the advice I give to most people who want to work in a longevity biotech company, start a longevity biotech company, make connections with self-experimenters and those who know more a...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 10, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Healthy Life Extension Community Source Type: blogs
Mobilization for Truth, or Survival?
Scott Frickel, of my own university, and Fernando Tormos-Aponte of the University of Pittsburgh,have recently reviewed studies of what they call " science activism " and find that it is " surging, " which they refer to as a " culture shift " among scientists. They write:Science activism has long been considered taboo, as many in the field fear thatpoliticizing science undermines its objectivity.
Even so, scientist-activists have still managed to shape the U.S.
political landscape throughout history. Over the past century, for
example, scientists have protestedthe atomic bomb,pesticides,wars in Southeast Asia,genet...
Source: Stayin' Alive - July 10, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Accessing needed pediatric mental health care was difficult before the pandemic and is now at crisis levels
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit kids hard. Their mental well-being was already tenuous before the pandemic, and COVID-19 has only exacerbated what was already a crisis of anxiety, depression, and suicidality among youth. Getting treatment for adolescents with mental health issues was difficult prior to the pandemic. We have recently published a study in Psychiatric
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Accessing needed pediatric mental health care was difficult before the pandemic and is now at crisis levels originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 9, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Victoria Chen and J. Wesley Boyd, MD, PhD Tags: Conditions Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, July 10th 2023
In conclusion, the examination of the GBA can aid in understanding the etiology and development of NDs, which may benefit the improvement of clinical treatments for these disorders and ND interventions. This review indicates existing knowledge about the involvement of microbiota present in the gut in NDs and potential treatment options.
The Aging of the Enteric Nervous System
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/07/the-aging-of-the-enteric-nervous-system/
The enteric nervous system is the nervous system of the intestines, and likely an important part of the relationship between the gut microbiome ...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 9, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
