Don ’t shut the phones down in the middle of the day
I work in a fantastic place. About 14 years ago, I transferred away from primary care to dermatology and have never looked back. I ’m now seeing more patients per day than I’ve ever done, and I no longer stay hours behind after the office is closed. For once, I leave the office as scheduled. OneRead more …Don’t shut the phones down in the middle of the day originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 15, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/marianna-helin" rel="tag" > Marianna Helin, DCNP < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Primary Care Source Type: blogs
The evolution of medical training in dermatology and the impact of technology
In nearly every field, ongoing education is warranted, if not explicitly required. Be it the informal transfer of knowledge between colleagues, or a more formalized process like recertification, nearly every profession mandates some form of maintenance of knowledge and skills. However, there are few professions that produce information at the volume and pace of healthRead more …The evolution of medical training in dermatology and the impact of technology originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 1, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/peter-lio" rel="tag" > Peter Lio, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Education Dermatology Medical school Source Type: blogs
Big Tech In Medicine: How Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Google, IBM & NVIDIA Disrupt Healthcare
We’ve spent a good part of our summer writing about Big Tech and how these companies, Amazon, Google/Alphabet, Microsoft, Apple, IBM and NVIDIA have approached medicine and its trillion-dollar market possibilities. These six companies have the most projects in healthcare, and their presence is not negligible at all: they all have the power and the incentive to transform and help digitise this market.
Moreover, all of these companies have something peculiar and very unique to give. Amazon’s distribution network can change the way we think of pharmacies in the future. Microsoft can bring steadiness, reason and predict...
Source: The Medical Futurist - August 24, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Judit Kuszkó Tags: TMF Forecast Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Digital Health Research Future of Medicine Future of Pharma Genomics Health Insurance Health Sensors & Trackers Portable Medical Diagnostics Security & Privacy Telemedicine & Smartphon Source Type: blogs
Google ’ s Masterplan for Healthcare
With 7% of Google searches – or 70,000 per minute – being health-related, it was only a matter of time before the search giant aimed to be a healthcare giant. Google hasn’t been particularly shy at expressing these ambitions either. It purchased Fitbit for $2.1 billion and had a dedicated healthcare offshoot from its A.I. branch, Deepmind.
In this new article series exploring the latest moves by tech giants into healthcare, we will look at recent developments coming from Google. Previous entries looked at the moves of Google’s competitors Amazon and Apple, and provided insights into the trends that those companies ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - July 27, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Digital Health Research Future of Medicine Future of Pharma Genomics Health Sensors & Trackers Portable Medical Diagnostics Security & Privacy AI genetics google Healthcare Innovation technolog Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, July 12th 2021
In conclusion, our study demonstrated that elevated cumulative SBP or DBP was independently associated with increased risk of CVD in the Chinese population. Among participants with 15-year cumulative BP levels higher than the median, that is, 1970.8/1239.9 mmHg-year for cumulative SBP/DBP, which was equivalent to maintaining SBP/DBP level higher than 131/83 mmHg in 15 years, the CVD risk would increase significantly irrespective of whether or not the BP measurements at one examination was high. Our findings emphasize the importance of cumulative BP level in identifying individuals with high risk of CVD in the future.
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Source: Fight Aging! - July 11, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Disruption of Elastin in the Aging Skin, and the Little that Can Presently Be Done About It
The flexibility of skin, and other elastic tissue such as blood vessel walls, depends upon the structural arrangement of elastin in the extracellular matrix. Elastin is largely laid down during the developmental period of life, and not much repaired thereafter. Disruption of this structure is progressive over time, and is a major contribution to the changing physical properties and appearance of aging skin. The effects on blood vessels and other internal tissues are more important: loss of elasticity in blood vessels cascades to cause a great deal of downstream damage and dysfunction via its effects on blood pressure, on d...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 9, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
How I accepted hair loss at 19
I will never forget the first time my thinning hairline hit me in the face with an openhanded, five-finger slap. It was in February of 2014, the spring semester of my freshman year in (undergraduate) college. I was only 19 at the time. A then-football teammate of mine and I had placed a bet onRead more …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 - July 4, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/casey-paul-schukow" rel="tag" > Casey Paul Schukow < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Dermatology Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, June 28th 2021
In conclusion, in our prospective community-based study, aging-related biomarkers were associated with measures of subclinical atherosclerosis cross-sectionally and with all-cause mortality prospectively, supporting the concept that these biomarkers may reflect the aging process in community-dwelling adults.
The Role of Aging Macrophages in Skin Inflammation
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2021/06/the-role-of-aging-macrophages-in-skin-inflammation/
The immune system is complex and ages in complex ways, pressed by the lifetime burden of infection and rising levels of molecular damage that trigger man...
Source: Fight Aging! - June 27, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
A Systems Biology Approach to Manipulating the Biochemistry of Senescent Cells
Cells become senescent in response to reaching the Hayflick limit on replication, or to potentially cancerous mutations, or a toxic environment and consequent cell damage, or signaling from other senescent cells. Senescence is nominally an irreversible state. Replication halts and the cell begins secreting pro-inflammatory signals to attract the attention of the immune system. Senescent cells are normally removed via programmed cell death or the actions of cytotoxic immune cells. With age the rate of creation increases and the rate of removal falls, however, leading to a growing number of senescent cells throughout the bod...
Source: Fight Aging! - June 22, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Chlorophyll, acne, and TikTok: Should these mix?
Available in 155 countries, found in 75 different languages, and having at least 689 million monthly active users worldwide, the social media platform, TikTok, has taken the online world by force since its arrival in 2016. Its ability for users to create brief, 5 to 60 second long videos, while tagging their video content usingRead more …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 17, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/casey-paul-schukow-and-vanessa-tan" rel="tag" > Casey Paul Schukow and Vanessa Tan < /a > < /span > Tags: Social media Dermatology Source Type: blogs
Emerging Trend Alert – Skin Checking Algorithms
In our new series, Emerging Trends, we are looking at those technologies in digital health that are on a certain ‘hype cycle’ – technologies and solutions that currently stand out from the rest because of their novelty, timeliness, or greatness. These are solutions everyone’s talking about or the ones they should. We are beginning with skin checking algorithms, which is definitely a course currently rising. Let’s have a deeper look.
Everyone should have a skin check done from time to time. Skin cancer is one of the most common cancer types worldwide: one in five people in the U.S. is expected to receive a ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - June 17, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Judit Kuszkó Tags: Covid-19 Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Digital Health Research E-Patients Future of Medicine Healthcare Policy Personalized Medicine Portable Medical Diagnostics google nature dermatology A.I. Semmelweis skin SkinVision Source Type: blogs
Emerging Trends: Skin Checking Algorithms
In our new series, Emerging Trends, we are looking at those technologies in digital health that are on a certain ‘hype cycle’ – technologies and solutions that currently stand out from the rest because of their novelty, timeliness, or greatness. These are solutions everyone’s talking about or the ones they should. We are beginning with skin checking algorithms, which is definitely a course currently rising. Let’s have a deeper look.
Everyone should have a skin check done from time to time. Skin cancer is one of the most common cancer types worldwide: one in five people in the U.S. is expected to receive a ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - June 17, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Judit Kuszkó Tags: Covid-19 Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Digital Health Research E-Patients Future of Medicine Healthcare Policy Personalized Medicine Portable Medical Diagnostics google nature dermatology A.I. Semmelweis skin SkinVision Source Type: blogs
Confession from a female doctor: I am sexist
Maybe it ’s a testament to a hardy relationship that there was no resulting argument. Without thinking, I blurted out, “You are so sexist!” I could immediately tell by my husband’s face, his upper eyelids and eyebrows lifted a bit, his mouth freeze-framed in a small “o” — my exclamation surpris ed and insulted him. Maybe itRead more …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 2, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/christine-j-ko" rel="tag" > Christine J. Ko, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Dermatology Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, May 24th 2021
In conclusion, we showed that addition of resistance exercise training, but not dietary EAAs, to the myostatin inhibition further increased muscle mass through the attenuation of muscle protein breakdown with proportionate improvements in muscle strength. Interestingly, addition of dietary EAAs to the myostatin inhibition with or without resistance exercise training improved muscle quality. Thus, dissection of the underlying mechanisms behind the combined positive effect of dietary EAAs and resistance exercise training on muscle mass and quality can shed light on the discovery of effective therapeutics against muscle wasti...
Source: Fight Aging! - May 23, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Doctors now must provide patients their health data, online and on demand
Last summer, Anna Ramsey suffered a flare-up of juvenile dermatomyositis, a rare autoimmune condition, posing a terrifying prospect for the Los Angeles resident: She might have to undergo chemotherapy, further compromising her immune system during a pandemic. After an agonizing three-day wait, the results of a blood test came back in her online patient portalRead more …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 - May 22, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/sarah-kwon" rel="tag" > Sarah Kwon < /a > < /span > Tags: Policy Health IT Source Type: blogs
