What's new in midwifery - 2nd August 2023 - reports
Some recent reports you might find useful. And one piece of research that escaped from the earlier blogpost.Maternal mental health: a briefing for integrated care systems, Maternal Mental Health Alliance.The Independent Pregnancy Loss Review: care and support when baby loss occurs before 24 weeks gestation, presented to Parliament (PDF).Royal College of Midwives:England: State of maternity services, 2023. NHS Race and Health Observatory,Review of neonatal assessment and practice in Black, Asian and minority ethnic newborns: Exploring the Apgar score, the detection of cyanosis, and jaundice (PDF),covere...
Source: Browsing - August 2, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
What's not so new in midwifery - 2nd August 2023
This selection got as far as a blogpost which I then forgot to publish. So, a bit late, here it is! From the US Agency for Healthcare Research adn Quality (as the second key question might suggest), asystematic review and meta-analysis of postpartum care up to 1 year after pregnancy. ACochrane review on hand hygiene in neonatal care. A randomised controlled trialevaluating the efficacy of propanolol to reduce cesarean delivery in prolonged labour.Asystematic review comparing reduced with traditional schedules for routine antenatal visits, and differences in maternal and child outcomes. (Source: Browsing)
Source: Browsing - August 2, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 2nd August 2023 - Research
Some recent research you might like to know about. Payment, a subscription, or if you have one, a librarian, might be needed to get full text access.Acupuncture and doxylamine-pyridoxine for nausea and vomiting in pregnancy : a randomized, controlled, 2 x 2 factorial trial. Real-time imaging as visual biofeedback in active second stage of labor among nulliparas: a randomized controlled trial. The effect of virtual reality glasses applied during the episiotomy on pain and satisfaction: a single blind randomized controlled study.Efficacy of early intrauterine balloon tamponade for immediate postpartum hemorrh...
Source: Browsing - August 2, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
The Top 10 Health Chatbots
This study from March 2023 reports how an app developed to help patients’ bowel preparation can increase compliance and thus, the number of successful colonoscopies.
In some cases, health chatbots are also able to connect patients with clinicians for diagnosis or treatment, but that is one step further down the line. The general idea is that in the future, these talking or texting smart algorithms might become the first contact point for primary care. Patients will not get in touch with physicians or nurses or any medical professional with every one of their health questions but will turn to chatbots first. If th...
Source: The Medical Futurist - August 1, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Future of Medicine Healthcare Design List medical Personalized medicine AI technology chatbot digital health chatbots health chatbot Innovation Source Type: blogs
Eureka Health Launches with $7 Million For Patient-Led Platform To Share and Discover Better Treatments
Thousands of Members in its Long Covid Community; Expands into Metabolic Disease and Autoimmune Disorders
Eureka Health, a new community dedicated to helping chronic disease patients share experiences and discover the latest treatments, launched today to provide hope to people living with chronic diseases. Emerging from stealth with thousands already engaged in its Long Covid group, the AI-powered platform added metabolic disease, autoimmune disorders, ME/CFS, and related conditions. It will expand into other conditions in the coming weeks.
The company also announced that it has raised $7 million in funding. The seed rou...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 31, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT 23andMe Able Partners Adina Teklu Anne Wojcicki Beren Airstone Bling Capital Bow Capital Cancer Commons Eureka Eureka Health Forward Health Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Invest Source Type: blogs
Health IT ’s Role in Fixing Healthcare’s Biggest AI Misconceptions
The following is a guest article by Dave DeCaprio, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at ClosedLoop
No matter where you look – from TikTok filters to the latest ChatGPT release – artificial intelligence (AI) has a profound and growing impact on our daily lives. The market for AI is expected to show strong growth in the coming decade; its current value of nearly $100 billion USD is expected to increase twentyfold by 2030, reaching nearly $2 trillion.
AI has the potential to transform the ever-growing healthcare industry. However, many healthcare organizations don’t know where to start. Leaders struggle to disting...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 28, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System AI Solution Algorithmic Bias Artificial Intelligence ChatGPT ClosedLoop Dave DeCaprio EHR Generative AI Healthcare AI Healthcare ChatGPT La Source Type: blogs
Handling Heat On Blood Pressure Medication: Your Summer Health Guide
Conclusion
Summing it up, individuals taking blood pressure medication must be cautious during the hot weather season. Heat exposure can significantly impact blood pressure and may amplify the effects of medication, leading to potentially harmful health conditions.
These risks, however, can be managed with the right precautions such as staying hydrated, dressing appropriately, and planning outdoor activities during cooler times of the day.
Importantly, each person’s response to heat and medication varies. Hence, a one-size-fits-all approach isn’t ideal. Your healthcare provider is an invaluable resourc...
Source: The EMT Spot - July 26, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Rotman, MD, FRCPC, PhD Tags: Blood Pressure Source Type: blogs
Potassium: The Silent Ally In Your Battle With Hypertension
Conclusion: Balancing Potassium Intake As Part Of An Overall Healthy Lifestyle
While elevating your potassium intake can be instrumental in your battle against high blood pressure, it’s essential to remember that it’s part of a broader health strategy. There’s no magic bullet in managing blood pressure. A symphony of lifestyle adjustments working in harmony is what lays the groundwork for victory.
Eating an overall healthy diet, limiting your sodium intake, getting regular exercise, and quitting smoking if needed – all these factors dance hand in hand with your potassium intake. These habits f...
Source: The EMT Spot - July 26, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Rotman, MD, FRCPC, PhD Tags: Blood Pressure Source Type: blogs
Price ’ s Protein Puzzle: 2023 update
One of the joys (?) of having been online for…quite some time now…is watching topics reappear every few years or so.
What is the longest coherent word or phrase present in the amino acid sequence of a real protein?— Dr. Caroline Bartman (@Caroline_Bartma) July 21, 2023
Yes, it’s Price’s Protein Puzzle which I last wrote about back in 2019. The good news is that my code still runs, so I’ve updated the results of an English word search versus the UniProt Reviewed (Swiss-Prot) protein database. Just for fun I threw in a few other languages too.
So what’s new?
In terms of...
Source: What You're Doing Is Rather Desperate - July 26, 2023 Category: Bioinformatics Authors: nsaunders Tags: bioinformatics statistics algorithm amino acid rstats search words Source Type: blogs
Bridging the Trust Gap is Key for AI to Succeed in Healthcare
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform healthcare. It is already helping to reduce clinician workloads and speed the analysis of large populations of patients. There is, however, a trust gap that is developing which, if left unaddressed, may hold back the widespread implementation of AI. Bridging that gap requires transparency, working closely with clinicians, and operating within strict guidelines. SAS is working towards all these goals.
Healthcare IT Today recently had the opportunity to speak one-on-one with Dr. Stephen Kearney, Global Medical Director at SAS, a world leader in analytics. We asked h...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 20, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: AI/Machine Learning Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System AI Algorithms AI transparency CHAI Coalition for Health AI Dr. Stephen Kearney Duke Health Erasmus Medical Center Healthcare AI Healthcare Data Analytics Mayo Clinic SAS Source Type: blogs
AI-Powered Pain Relief: Interview with Claire Smith, VP at Nevro
Nevro, a medtech company based in California, has developed the HFX iQ spinal cord stimulation system, which is intended to treat chronic pain. While spinal cord stimulators can be very useful in controlling certain types of chronic pain, at present, patients must attend with their clinician to obtain adjustments to their stimulator. This is inconvenient for both patient and clinician alike.
Another common difficulty is the need for frequent adjustments. Pain is subjective, and a patient’s needs can vary from day to day, but such frequent changes in spinal cord stimulator settings are not typically possible. To addres...
Source: Medgadget - July 19, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Exclusive Neurology Neurosurgery Orthopedic Surgery Pain Management Rehab back pain neurostimulation Nevro_HF10 Nevro_HFX Source Type: blogs
Career Conversations: Q & A With Biomedical Engineer Elizabeth Wayne
Courtesy of Dr. Elizabeth Wayne.
“It’s so fun to try to make meaning from a confusing experimental result and talk to other scientists who are excited by the same questions you are,” says Elizabeth Wayne, Ph.D., an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and chemical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We talked to Dr. Wayne about her career trajectory, research on immune cells, and belief that scientists can change the world.
Q: How did you first become interested in science?
A: I was introduced to atoms during 6th grade science class. The idea that we’re ...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - July 19, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Cellular Imaging Profiles Source Type: blogs
Why And How To Regulate ChatGPT-Like Large Language Models In Healthcare?
Large Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT or Bard, hold immense promise but also pose significant challenges for healthcare and medicine. To unlock their enormous benefits, we must ensure their safe application in an environment where lives are at stake. In other words, our task is to establish a robust, ethical framework for these generative AI models – without making the boundaries so tight that it kills innovation.
Our latest paper published in Nature’s npj Digital Medicine, “The Imperative for Regulatory Oversight of Large Language Models (or Generative AI) in Healthcare” published wi...
Source: The Medical Futurist - July 19, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Artificial Intelligence in Medicine AI AI in healthcare AI in medicine large language models MedPaLM ChatGPT in healthcare Bard 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
