7 Things You Can Expect From A.I. In Healthcare
Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) has for long been the subject of the fertile minds of science-fiction writers and movie directors. HAL 9000, Skynet and JARVIS are some of the many A.I. names sci-fi enthusiasts are familiar with. They streamline administrative tasks, entertain humans and, of course, become overlords threatening human existence.
Now, thanks to technological progress, such A.I. are breaking out of the confines of movies and books and into healthcare. While they aren’t threatening our existence, they are helping in improving the medical field. From forecasting disease outbreaks to helping in new...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 21, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Prans Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Digital Health Research E-Patients Future of Medicine Healthcare Design Healthcare Policy Medical Education Personalized Medicine Portable Medical Diagnostics Robotics Science Fiction Security & Pr Source Type: blogs
Role of RT-PCR in the diagnosis of Rheumatic fever/RHD
RT-PCR: Real-time polymerase chain reaction, a sophisticated gene sequence-based biochemical test. Thanks to corona, this complex medical investigation has become a household name.
Jones proposed his criteria to diagnose acute rheumatic fever in 1944, we still use it to diagnose with many modifications . Currently, AHA position statement – 2015 by Gewitz et all is being followed. (Circulation 2015)
From Braunwald textbook of cardiology. Apart from this, there is one catch . Even if the child fulfills Jone criteria, there needs to be evidence for preceding streptococcal sore throat, either by culture or antibody. ...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - October 1, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Uncategorized acute rheumatic fever aha rhd 2015 rhuematic fever anti dnase streptococcus group a beta hemolytic streptococci rtpcr mirna rtpcr rhd qpcr in rheumatic fever revised jonec criteria 2015 RHD jones criteria role of rtpcr fro Source Type: blogs
Rabies – a dumb disease
Dog vaccination programs are the most effective way to prevent Rabies
Rabies is endemic to over 150 countries, and according to the World Health Organization, 99% of all transmissions to humans are from dogs, potentially bringing into question the animal’s status as the ‘man’s best friend’.
In Europe, southern Africa, and parts of North America, most cases are acquired from wild carnivores; mongooses, and vampire bats in Latin America and the Caribbean. In more recent years, humans have acquired rabies from inhalation of aerosols in bat caves, ingestion of dogs and cats for food, ticks, cart-scratches...
Source: GIDEON blog - September 28, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Kristina Symes Tags: Epidemiology News Source Type: blogs
Streptomyces – the smell of life
The Mall in Central Park, New York City in late autumn on a rainy day
Did you know that humans can detect the smell of wet soil 200,000 times better than sharks sense blood? [1] It appears our olfactory abilities are not that bad after all, at least when it comes to finding potential sources of food. Petrichor, the term to describe the scent was coined in 1964, by scientists I. Bear and R.G. Thomas, meaning “petros” – stone and “ichor” – the blood of the gods [2] in Greek.
Divine or not, Streptomyces is a genus of over 800 bacterial species and subspecies responsible for the eart...
Source: GIDEON blog - September 15, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Kristina Symes Tags: Epidemiology Microbiology News Source Type: blogs
Greater Fitness Correlates with Lower White Matter Hyperintensity Volume in the Aging Brain
This study explored the effects of CRF on WMH volume in community-dwelling older adults. We further tested the possibility of an interaction between CRF and age on WMH volume. Participants were 76 adults between the ages of 59 and 77 who underwent a maximal graded exercise test and structural brain imaging. Results indicated that age was a predictor of WMH volume. However, an age-by-CRF interaction was observed such that higher CRF was associated with lower WMH volume in older participants. Our findings suggest that higher levels of aerobic fitness may protect cerebrovascular health in older adults.
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Source: Fight Aging! - September 11, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Does Law Enforcement Need Mental Health Care?
Today’s show takes a good hard look at police culture as a whole. What type of personality is drawn to a career in law enforcement? What are officers taught in the academy? Why do they receive so little mental health care when they face so much trauma on the job? These are just a few of the areas that our guest, mental health advocate Gabriel Nathan, lays bare.
Join us as we discuss the basic foundations of law enforcement and how Gabriel believes the profession needs to evolve to keep up with the times.
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Source: World of Psychology - August 27, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Podcast Tags: General Interview Mental Health and Wellness Podcast Policy and Advocacy The Psych Central Show Source Type: blogs
The Universal Impact of Racial Disparities and Systemic Racism: It's Everyone's Responsibility
(Author ' s note: this article was originallypublished on LinkedIn on June 30, 2020)In these days of the globally devastating COVID-19 pandemic and the powerfully burgeoning Black Lives Matter movement, two crucial moments in human history are coalescing on the world stage in a striking overlapping pattern that seems unprecedented in scope.Racial disparities and the pandemic are hardly mutually exclusive, and the coexisting pandemic of police brutality against communities of color is not at all separate from the socioeconomic inequalities that are, to a large extent, exacerbated and informed by the egregious systemic targe...
Source: Digital Doorway - July 2, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: racism Source Type: blogs
Black Lives Matter: Supporting Black Americans Against Systematic Racism
Everyone at Psych Central is outraged against the continued violence against African Americans and those protesting for Black Americans’ rights. It’s time for every American to stand up and speak out against the systematic racism endemic to our country. It’s time to take a stand against this prejudice and racism that has been a 400+ year stain on our country.
George Floyd, like too many African-Americans before him, suffered at the hands of overly-aggressive and racially-motivated prejudicial policing. He paid for it with his life. Despite decades of scientific research demonstrating how to de-escalate s...
Source: World of Psychology - June 11, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Tags: General Policy and Advocacy Racism Black Lives Matter George Floyd Police brutality Prejudice Source Type: blogs
Black Lives Matter: Supporting Black Americans Against Systemic Racism
Everyone at Psych Central is outraged against the continued violence against African Americans and those protesting for Black Americans’ rights. It’s time for every American to stand up and speak out against the systemic racism endemic to our country. It’s time to take a stand against this prejudice and racism that has been a 400+ year stain on our country.
George Floyd, like too many African-Americans before him, suffered at the hands of overly-aggressive and racially-motivated prejudicial policing. He paid for it with his life. Despite decades of scientific research demonstrating how to de-escalate sit...
Source: World of Psychology - June 11, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Tags: General Policy and Advocacy Racism Black Lives Matter George Floyd Police brutality Prejudice Source Type: blogs
Answer to Case 593
Answer toParasite Case of the Week 593:Strongyloides fuelleborniThis fascinating zoonotic parasite is endemic to parts of sub-Saharan Africa and infects both human and non-human primates. It is likely under-reported, which may be due to the resemblance of its eggs to those of the hookworms. Unlike hookworm eggs which are shed in an unembryonated state, the eggs ofS. fuellebornitypically contain fully-developed larvae.Similar appearing eggs with larvae may also be seen with heavy infections withStrongyloides stercoralis; however, the eggs are seen in conjunction with larvae, and occasionally adult worms, which are not seen ...
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - May 31, 2020 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
I highly recommend this
It ' s a primer on epidemiology as applied to Covid-19, with interactive simulations.It shows what happens if we do nothing, and if we take various measures against transmission, and it adds important concepts one at a time. There ' s a lot to take in but it ' s all made very clear and presented so you can grok one idea before you move on to the next.One of the most important things to take away is that it matters how fast we get to herd immunity. Assuming there ' s no vaccine, that ' s the only realistic way out. (A permanent regime of testing and contact tracing is possible, but not much fun and it means people are still...
Source: Stayin' Alive - May 19, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Reflections on “Security Threats in Contemporary World Politics”
Christopher A. PrebleEditor ’s note:In 2014, Cato releasedA Dangerous World? Threat Perception and U.S. National Security an edited volume of papers originally presented ata Cato conference the previous year. In each chapter, experts on international security assessed, and put in context, the supposed dangers to American security, from nuclear proliferation and a rising China, to terrorism and climate change.As part of ourProject on Threat Inflation, Cato will be republishing each chapter in an easily readable online format. Even six years after its publication, much of the book remains relevant. Policymak...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 6, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Christopher A. Preble Source Type: blogs
Nursing Students and Educators Must Be Part of a National Public Health Surveillance Strategy
By KAREN JOHNSON PhD, RN
Shortly before our
world was turned upside down by COVID-19, I visited Space Center Houston with
my family. We marveled at the collective ambition and investment it took to
move from space travel being an aspirational dream to setting foot on the moon.
I thought about my favorite scene from the movie Apollo 13, when Gene Kranz
overhears the NASA Director saying “This could be the worst disaster NASA has
ever experienced,” and candidly replies, “With all due respect, sir, I believe
this is going to be our finest hour.”
Just months later, our entire planet is on a mission to turn trag...
Source: The Health Care Blog - April 20, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: COVID-19 Medical Practice Karen Johnson Nursing Source Type: blogs
CroResp Makeshift Respirator Mask for COVID-19 Pandemic: Interview with Ivor Kovic, MD
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant shortages of PPE for medical staff. This is extremely concerning, as it means that clinicians can’t adequately protect themselves, and infections among medical staff will lead to staff shortages at a time when every member of staff is needed. Similarly, infections among clinicians could promote the spread of the virus between patients.
In such a situation, medical staff need to find new and imaginative ways to protect themselves and their patients. A group of doctors in Croatia has developed a makeshift protective respirator mask called the CroResp that relies on a scu...
Source: Medgadget - April 8, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Materials Medicine Public Health Source Type: blogs
Ethical and sensible dissemination of information during the COVID-19 pandemic
by Farid Rahimi, Ph.D. ELS and Amin Talebi Bezmin Abadi, Ph.D.
The first reports of “pneumonia of unknown cause” emerged from the Wuhan City, China, three months ago. A viral causative agent, SARS-CoV-2 (2019-nCoV or H-CoV-19), was identified and attributed to the pneumonia, which was later dubbed COVID-19. The ensuing endemic outbreak of COVID-19 was proclaimed as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization subsequently. During this relatively short period of four months, thousands of scientific papers and even more news articles have been published on open sources and the general media, disseminating the colle...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - April 8, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Blog Editor Tags: Clinical Trials & Studies Featured Posts Research Ethics #covid19 #diaryofaplagueyear COVID-19 peer-review Source Type: blogs
