From devastation to inspiration: my journey through 3 cancers
A solid mass silently grew on my kidney. An unwelcome addition. Asymptomatic. Discovered haphazardly during a CT scan of my lungs … And it revealed itself. At first, I was devastated. Will cancer ever leave me alone? It has already visited me twice before. First, breast cancer, also asymptomatic, detected during my very first mammogram
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From devastation to inspiration: my journey through 3 cancers originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 3, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Debbie Moore-Black, RN Tags: Conditions Critical Care Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs
A basic query in LV function measurement
Which point in ECG is taken as reference for End systolic dimension for LV function assessment?
Marking the end diastolic point in ECG is quiet straight forward. Peak of R wave.(or Q)*
But, what about the reference point for end systole.
Descending slope of T wave
Peak of T wave
End of T wave
If T is absent or not clear , I will be confused
To be realistic, ECG has no reliable reference point for end systole.
Answer: If I say the answer is 5, no one is going to agree. Please note, the relationship between the T wave and the peak systolic phase in echocardiography is weak. Is there any relat...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - December 16, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Uncategorized ase criteria for lv function measurement ecg gating in ct scan ecg gating volume correlation ecg vs echo gating end diastole in ecg end systole in eco vs ecg end systolic point in ecg peak r and peak t systole and diastole Source Type: blogs
Radiology and Cardiology Technology
The world of healthcare IT is ever-evolving. It seems as though every day there is a new piece of technology to talk about or an exciting update/new approach to old technology. Staying on top of all of this news for every piece of technology or area in healthcare can very quickly become overwhelming. This in turn almost always results in a development, new release, or even an entire area of healthcare left behind and forgotten. So today we are going to take a little pause to focus in on technology for radiology and cardiology. To get some insights on what is actively being done in these two fields of healthcare IT, we reac...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 15, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Grayson Miller Tags: AI/Machine Learning C-Suite Leadership Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Braj Thakur Cardiology Cardiology Tech emtelligent Evan Ruff Experity Hayley Dezendorf Mark Dobbs Myndshft Technologies OXOS Medical Pure Storage Source Type: blogs
RSNA Panel Emphasizes Link Between Radiology and Quadruple Aim
A panel of radiology experts at RSNA23 put the spotlight on the important role radiology plays in achieving the quadruple aim. The panelists unanimously agreed that radiologists have a significant impact on a patient’s care journey and population health.
At the 2023 RSNA Conference in Chicago, PocketHealth hosted a lunch and learn event on Day 1. This special event featured a panel of radiology and data sharing experts:
Rishi Nayyar – Co-Founder & CEO at PocketHealth (moderator)
Aimee Langan – Director, Diagnostic Imaging and Laboratory Services at William Osler Health System
Ajay Kohli, MD, MBA – ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 12, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT HIM Hospital - Health System Interoperability Aimee Langan Ajay Kohli Frank Manole Image Exchange PocketHealth Population Health Quadruple Aim Radiology Radiology IT Raleigh Radiology Ram Chada Source Type: blogs
My Cancer Story
By JEFF GOLDSMITH
On Christmas Eve 2014, I received a present of some profoundly unwelcome news: a 64 slice CT scan confirming not only the presence of a malignant tumor in my neck, but also a fluid filled mass the size of a man’s finger in my chest cavity outside the lungs. Two days earlier, my ENT surgeon in Charlottesville, Paige Powers, had performed a fine needle aspiration of a suspicious almond-shaped enlarged lymph node, and the lab returned a verdict of “metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck with an occult primary tumor”.
I had worked in healthcare for nearly forty years when ca...
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Medical Practice The Business of Health Care Cancer Jeff Goldsmith Medicare Advantage Patient Experience Source Type: blogs
Patients are Not “Consumers”: My Cancer Story
By JEFF GOLDSMITH
On Christmas Eve 2014, I received a present of some profoundly unwelcome news: a 64 slice CT scan confirming not only the presence of a malignant tumor in my neck, but also a fluid filled mass the size of a man’s finger in my chest cavity outside the lungs. Two days earlier, my ENT surgeon in Charlottesville, Paige Powers, had performed a fine needle aspiration of a suspicious almond-shaped enlarged lymph node, and the lab returned a verdict of “metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck with an occult primary tumor”.
I had worked in healthcare for nearly forty years when ca...
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Medical Practice The Business of Health Care Cancer Jeff Goldsmith Medicare Advantage Patient Experience Source Type: blogs
“ Low quality ” Interventions in “ high quality ” cath labs
Recently, I visited a seven-star cardiology center. It had a fascinating lab with a near-360-degree roaming arm and floor (even the roof, I think!). The lab also had provision for optional thoracotomy support by surgeons and a CT scan. What’s more, I was told that an adorable robot will soon be added to the cath lab workforce to assist in delivering and maneuvering catheters. It’s truly amazing to see the advancements in science!
I asked the chief staff nurse how many procedures are being performed per day. She pulled out an Excel chart from a gesture-controlled touch panel. It was clocking about 20 to 25 ca...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - October 20, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Uncategorized comparative efficacy trials cost effectiveness in medicine ethics in medicine EVO;LUTE PRO SAPIENS XT health economics HYBRID CATH LAB TAVR TAVI VALVE IN VALVE Source Type: blogs
The Evolution Of Clinical Documentation: From Paper To AI
Documentation is an essential heartbeat of clinical care. Like an EKG tracing illustrating the rhythm and health of a heart, clinical documentation captures the intricate narrative of a patient’s health journey. However crucial, documenting clinical care is a cumbersome task, contributing significantly to the burnout of healthcare professionals.
As we are witnessing global shortages in the numbers of medical professionals, streamlining and/or automating unpopular documentation tasks seems a very logical next step. It doesn’t really require the qualification of a trained nurse or doctor, so it is a great wa...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 12, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Healthcare Design clinical documentation AI in clinical documentation Source Type: blogs
An Image quiz : What is the Investigation & What is the diagnosis ?
Image courtesey : Sekhar, S. et al Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 2015 (Ref 2)
Coronary stent infection (CSI) is no longer a rare and fancy diagnosis. It is increasingly recognized and is equivalent to infective endocarditis. Though CSI appear simple & practical terminology, Infective endo-coronary arteritis may be the ideal term for this device-related infection.
Any prolonged fever following PCI must be investigated with this condition in mind. Unlike other forms of infective endocarditis, vegetations are rare, or do not occur . Instead, the infection erodes endothelium, often leading to the development o...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - October 6, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, October 2nd 2023
In conclusion, we identified several candidate genes that may confer cancer resistance in cetaceans, providing a new avenue for further research into the mechanisms of lifespan extension.
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A Relationship Between the Gut Microbiome and Bone Density
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/09/a-relationship-between-the-gut-microbiome-and-bone-density/
Changes in the gut microbiome take place with advancing age, an increase in populations that provoke chronic inflammation, a reduction in the populations producing beneficial metabolites. Even only considering rising levels of in...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 1, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
A Relationship Between the Gut Microbiome and Bone Density
Changes in the gut microbiome take place with advancing age, an increase in populations that provoke chronic inflammation, a reduction in the populations producing beneficial metabolites. Even only considering rising levels of inflammation in the aging body, it is clear that the gut microbiome can contribute to many age-related conditions. As researchers investigate the details, they also find other ways in which specific manifestations of aging may be in part caused by changes in the gut microbiome. Given that there are practical approaches demonstrated to restore a more youthful balance of intestinal microbial population...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 29, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
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
Examining Lifestyle Correlations with Thymic Involution
Thymocytes created in the bone marrow migrate to the thymus where they mature into T cells of the adaptive immune system. The thymus, unfortunately, loses active tissue with age, and this progressively reduces the pace at which new T cells are created. Lacking replacements, the adaptive immune system becomes increasingly made of up senescent, exhausted, and malfunctioning cells. This is an important component of immune aging.
Researchers here note that the presence of excess fat tissue correlates with greater atrophy of the thymus. Given that chronic inflammation is hypothesized to be important in driving this thymi...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 11, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Deep Learning for Medical Imaging: Use Cases and Network Types
Conclusion
Medical image analysis solutions powered by deep learning technologies can reduce the risk of diagnostic errors and ensure timely interventions. But how to implement such a tool successfully? The key to successful deployment is cooperation with an experienced machine-learning solutions provider. Professional technical experts will help you choose an optimal architecture for your clinic’s specific goals and ensure effective model training.
About Mariia Kovalova
Mariia Kovalova is a Healthcare Technology Researcher at Itransition, a custom software development company headquartered in Denver, CO. Having work...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - August 18, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning Health IT Company Healthcare IT CNN Convolutional Neural Networks Deep Learning GAN Generative Adversarial Networks Healthcare AI Healthcare Neural Networks Itransition MADGAN Mariia Kovalova Medical Imaging Source Type: blogs
Evaluation of Prosthetic Aortic Valve Obstruction
This discussion will focus beyond the basic clinical evaluation, ECG, chest X-ray and hematological workup. Hematological workup is important in aortic valve obstruction because of likelihood of associated hemolytic anemia and acquired von Willebrand Syndrome. Former is due to destruction of red blood cells across the narrowed aortic valve, and latter due to loss of the largest multimers of von Willebrand factor. High shear stress across the narrowed aortic valve exposes a region of the von Willebrand factor which is susceptible to a specific von Willebrand protease. This can lead on to gastrointestinal angiodysplasia (He...
Source: Cardiophile MD - August 9, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs
