Why Flight Emergency Medical Kits Need A Digital Health Upgrade
A few weeks ago a doctor used an Apple Watch to aid an elderly woman who suffered a medical emergency on a flight. NHS doctor Rashid Riaz, from Hereford, borrowed the device from a flight attendant to check the patient’s oxygen levels.
“The Apple Watch helped me find out the patient had low oxygen saturation,” the medic explained. Later, he also called on all airlines to consider having emergency physician kits as standard, which would ideally include tools to take basic measurements, diabetic and blood pressure meters, and an oxygen saturation monitor.
We all know that aircraft have some medical su...
Source: The Medical Futurist - February 27, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Future of Medicine Health Sensors & Trackers portable diagnostics emergency medicine Healthcare technology flight medicine wearables Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, February 26th 2024
In conclusion, mTORC1 signaling contributes to the ISC fate decision, enabling regional control of intestinal cell differentiation in response to nutrition.
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Reviewing the Development of Senotherapeutics to Treat Aging
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2024/02/reviewing-the-development-of-senotherapeutics-to-treat-aging/
Senescent cells accumulate with age and contribute meaningfully to chronic inflammation and degenerative aging. Destroying these cells produces rapid and sizable reversal of age-related diseases in mice, demonstrating that the presence of senescence cells ...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 25, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Lucienne Ide, Rimidi
Lucie Ide is a physician running Rimidi, a company helping health systems manage patients with chronic conditions. They extract data from EMRs and transfer this into workflow for care teams, predominantly at ACOs and other risk bearing organizations, but also increasingly with FFS groups using RPM to manage those patients. Their current moves are to continue to extend from their first patient group (diabetes) to all types of chronic patients. We chatted about her company, but also about the wider move (or lack of it) to better manage patients in the US system–Matthew Holt (Source: The Health Care Blog)
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Tech Matthew Holt THCB Spotlights chronic care Diabetes Health Systems Lucienne Ide Rimidi RPM Source Type: blogs
Transforming Chronic Care Management: A Comprehensive, Technology-Driven Approach
The following is a guest article by Kevin Riley, CEO and President at Zyter|TruCare
In an era dominated by the complex challenges of chronic diseases, which account for approximately 90% of healthcare costs, a strategic approach to chronic care management (CCM) is essential. This approach should integrate advanced technology with a deep comprehension of healthcare’s fundamental principles, effectively tackling the current challenges and proactively shaping the future of healthcare. Emphasizing patient-centered solutions, this methodology is set to revolutionize the management of chronic diseases, thereby impacting pa...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 22, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Ambulatory Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Regulations ahrq CCM Chronic Care Chronic Care Management Chronic Diseaase Ma Source Type: blogs
More Visceral Fat, Greater Cognitive Decline in Later Life
Modern studies of the effects of excess body weight on long term health use measures, such as waist circumference or weight-adjusted waist index, that are more sensitive to visceral fat than subcutaneous fat. Excess visceral fat in the abdomen is actively harmful, in large part via causing an increased level of chronic inflammation via a variety of distinct mechanisms. Chronic inflammation accelerates the onset and drives the progression of neurodegenerative conditions, and thus might be expected to correlate with cognitive decline.
Some studies suggest that excessive obesity can lead to cognitive decline and deme...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 20, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Circulating Protein Biomarkers Correlate with Future Risk of Dementia
Researchers here demonstrate a predictive biomarker panel for Alzheimer's disease risk based on protein levels assessed in a blood sample. This is a one of a number of similar tests developed in recent years. The question is what one might do given a measurement that suggests high risk of Alzheimer's disease. At present, the only option is to generally improve lifestyle choices, but Alzheimer's is not as correlated with lifestyle factors as is the case for, say, type 2 diabetes. Based on the suggestion that senescent cells are important to neurodegeneration, one might take senolytic drugs intermittently, a few times a year...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 20, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
7 Must-Have Features Of The Perfect Digital Health Platform
Searching for a great digital health platform feels like looking for a needle in a haystack. We have heaps of options, but one that genuinely delivers the goods? That’s a rare find.
So, let’s dive into what the perfect digital health platform should embody. But first, let’s clearly define what we’re discussing.
A digital health platform is a centralized hub for managing patient care, streamlining healthcare operations, and empowering patients to take a more active role in their health. It is software-based and integrates tools like electronic health records, telemedicine, secure communi...
Source: The Medical Futurist - February 20, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF digital health digital health platform features Source Type: blogs
Tachycardia and hyperkalemia. What will happen after therapy with 1 gram of Ca gluconate and some bicarbonate?
A 20-something type, 1 diabetic presented by EMS with altered mental status. Blood pressure was 117/80, pulse 161, Resp 45, SpO2 100 on oxygen.Here is the 12-lead ECG:Wide complex tachycardiaWhat do you think?The providers thought that this wide QRS was purely due to (severe) hyperkalemia. They treated with 4 ampules (200 mL) of bicarb and 1 gram of calcium gluconate. Note: 1 g of calcium gluconate is insufficient. 1 g of calcium chloride has 3x as much calcium and is indeed a good start.His pulse on the monitor suddenly went down to 140 and another 12-lead ECG was recorded:Sinus tachycardia at a rate...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - February 20, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
To What Degree is Alzheimer's Disease a Modern Phenomenon?
Here find an interesting commentary on what might be gleaned of the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease in antiquity from the body of ancient writings on the topic of aging, memory, and health. The consensus is that Alzheimer's disease is a creation of modernity, some combination of a longer life expectancy for a greater fraction of the population coupled with increased calorie intake and less active lives. Yet unlike type 2 diabetes, risk of Alzheimer's risk doesn't correlate well with the usual suspect lifestyle choices that raise the risk of age-related disease and lower life expectancy.
This line of thinking has l...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 19, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Beyond Ozempic: Why one size doesn ’t fit all in weight loss
I grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, which is generally associated with a diet of all fried food. Prior to medical school, I thought many adults around me would eventually succumb to a diagnosis of hypertension and diabetes since they didn’t appear to think either was a big deal. However, my medical education quickly revealed that
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Beyond Ozempic: Why one size doesn’t fit all in weight loss originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 19, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Janese S. Laster, MD Tags: Conditions Obesity Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, February 19th 2024
This study aimed to explore the metabolic mechanisms and potential biomarkers associated with declining HGS among older adults. We recruited 15 age- and environment-matched inpatients (age, 77-90 years) with low or normal HGS. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) and 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) gene sequencing were performed to analyze the metabolome of serum and stool samples and the gut microbiome composition of stool samples. Spearman's correlation analysis was used to identify the potential serum and fecal metabolites associated with HGS.
We assessed the levels of serum and fecal metabolites belonging to...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 18, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Why the Low Weight Group Exhibits Worse Outcomes in Some Epidemiological Studies
In this study, we first explored the association between WC, WHtR, and WWI change patterns and multimorbidity. WC and WHtR are considered to be important anthropometric indicators of abdominal obesity. Previous studies have suggested that WC and WHtR can reflect body fat percentage accurately and play an important role in predicting some chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome. The pathway may explain that abdominal obesity significantly increased plasma triglycerides, low density lipoproteins, and very low density lipoproteins, which have been shown to increase the risk of adverse outcomes ...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 16, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
High-deductible plans and chronic conditions [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! In this episode, we sit down with Shirin Hund, an internal medicine physician, to explore the impact of high-deductible health plans on individuals with chronic medical conditions like diabetes. Shirin discusses the financial barriers these patients face, the consequences for medication adherence and health
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High-deductible plans and chronic conditions [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 15, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Podcast by KevinMD Tags: Podcast Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs
Career Guide In Digital Health And Healthcare AI
It seems like every other day, someone reaches out to us – aiming their questions at Dr. Meskó, our lead researcher – seeking career advice. Now, let’s set the record straight: doling out career guidance isn’t exactly what we do. Yet, here we are, writing this article. Why? Even though we’re not career advisors, we’re right in the thick of the digital health and healthcare AI world. From this spot, we have a good overview of what you need to get into these booming fields.
So, while we might not be career counselors, here are our two cents on which direction to take –...
Source: The Medical Futurist - February 13, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Source Type: blogs
Considering the Near Future of Senotherapeutics
Senescent cells accumulate with age, and this accumulation drives a sizable fraction of the dysfunction of degenerative aging. While never present in very large numbers, these cells energetically secrete signal molecules that provoke inflammation and tissue remodeling. As noted here, a major theme in the development of senotherapeutic drugs to either selectively destroy senescent cells or broadly suppress the disruptive signaling of senescent cells is the need for greater understanding of the diversity of cellular senescence. Different tissues, different cell types, different origins of the senescent state may all be meani...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 12, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
