A mass delusion
We hear a lot about cults and bizarre subcultures of belief, such a Q-Anon and the Unification Church,to which the Former Guy just made a sycophantic speech. But what we hear very little about, strangely, is a mass delusion to which about half of the population subscribes. It depends somewhat on how you ask the question, but in the poll reported here, 35% of respondents agreed that " We are very likely entering the prophesied End Times, " and 28% more weren ' t sure. As I assume you know, this refers to the prophecies of Revelation, with a little bit of Exekiel and Daniel thrown in. Revelation, the last book of the Ch...
Source: Stayin' Alive - September 13, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
As doctor burnout climbs, can we save primary care?
It should come as no surprise that primary care physicians are looking for careers outside of medicine. That 40 percent of primary care clinicians are concerned their field won ’t exist and that 21 percent plan to leave primary care in three years. Doctor burnout has reached epidemic levels. Primary care physicians feel like mice onRead more …As doctor burnout climbs, can we save primary care? originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 11, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/ronald-dixon" rel="tag" > Ronald Dixon, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Primary Care Source Type: blogs
D-Cube syndrome : DES-Dengue-DAPT
Background
A 52-year-old diabetic woman who had undergone recent PCI with a DES developed a febrile illness which was diagnosed as Dengue fever. She has been taking DAPT (Dual antiplatelet) meticulously to maintain her stent. Now, her platelet count has dropped from 1.5 and subsequently to 1 lakh. She is asking now, whether to stop DAPT or not? What is the risk of stent occlusion if she stops?
The D³ cube syndrome
Infectious diseases rarely bother a cardiologist (maybe a few IE, myocarditis, etc). Now, a unique situation is emerging.
*Dengue affects 50-100 million people worldwide every year and one billion are ...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - September 9, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: anti platelet drug antiplatelet drugs in dengue clopidogrel prasugrel ticagrelol in dengue fever dapt in dengue fever therapeutic issues in dengue and cad warfarin heparin in dengue Source Type: blogs
How did all those calcium entered my father ’ s coronary artery doctor ?
“It was severe double vessel disease & turned out to be a complex angioplasty in LAD ”
Why doctor? what happened?
It was a hard lesion, there was plenty of calcium deposits. It was not clearly visible in the angiogram. I had to do IVUS. Curiously, the calcium was clustered in all the three planes of the vessel ( intima the media and adventitia) and they projected into the lumen blocking the path.
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Thank you, doctor, how did you manage to remove it,?
It was a real struggle. I had to break the calcium shell before deploying the stent. (What we refer to as...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - September 3, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Cardiology -unresolved questions calcium supplementation coronary calcification intimal medial adventitial calcium ivl wolverine angiosculpt opn balloon orbitel atherectomy osteoporosis plaque calcium rotoablator serum calcium vs coron Source Type: blogs
Artificial Intelligence Will Redesign Healthcare
Artificial intelligence in healthcare has an unimaginable potential. Within the next couple of years, it will revolutionize every area of our life, including medicine. I am fully convinced that it will redesign healthcare completely – and for the better. Let’s take a look at the promising solutions it offers.
I am certain that healthcare will be the lead industrial area of such a revolution and one of the major catalysts for change is going to be artificial intelligence. Check the updated version of A Guide To Artificial Intelligence In Healthcare to understanding, anticipating and controlling artificial intell...
Source: The Medical Futurist - September 2, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Future of Medicine AI Healthcare Hospital ibm watson Innovation GC1 big data google deepmind Source Type: blogs
Artificial Intelligence In Healthcare: 10 Medical Fields A.I. Will Change Completely
Artificial intelligence in healthcare has an unimaginable potential. Within the next couple of years, it will revolutionize every area of our life, including medicine. I am fully convinced that it will redesign healthcare completely – and for the better. Let’s take a look at the promising solutions it offers.
I am certain that healthcare will be the lead industrial area of such a revolution and one of the major catalysts for change is going to be artificial intelligence. Check the updated version of A Guide To Artificial Intelligence In Healthcare to understanding, anticipating and controlling artificial in...
Source: The Medical Futurist - September 2, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Future of Medicine AI Healthcare Hospital ibm watson Innovation GC1 big data google deepmind Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, August 30th 2021
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Source: Fight Aging! - August 29, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
95% of Centenarians are Frail
Survival to 100 years of age is a rarity at the present time, but if the present slow upward trend in life expectancy continues, most people born today will live to 100 or more. That trend will, of course, not continue as-is. The past trend was due to incidental effects of public health measures and general progress in medicine on the mechanisms of aging. The trend in life expectancy will leap upwards with the advent of rejuvenation therapies that deliberately target the reversal and repair of those mechanisms. But that is a topic for another post.
Here, let us focus on what actually happens at the present time to p...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 27, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Immunization
I don ' t publish totally off topic comments, and as a rule I don ' t take requests, but this is important.It is true that if you are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, your risk of ending up in the hospital is very low, and far lower than if you are not vaccinated. However, it is possible for you to harbor virus in your upper respiratory tract and be infectious to others, although you are much less likely to infect others than an unvaccinated person; and it is also possible that you will get sick enough to be pretty miserable. Actually I did. I was fully vaccinated in March but 3 weeks ago I suddenly deve...
Source: Stayin' Alive - August 7, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
AI-powered Woebot raises $90M to scale up digital self-therapy platform
‘Digital therapist’ Woebot perks up with $90M for AI-powered mental health platform (FierceBiotech):
In news sure to excite even the most melancholy of artificial intelligence-powered chatbots, mental health platform Woebot has closed its series B funding round with a whopping $90 million.
The funds will go toward building out Woebot’s AI technology and digital therapeutics, as well as the teams responsible for the development and commercialization of the platform. Woebot’s technology centers around the eponymous “digital therapist,” which uses conversational AI software to form therapeutic bonds with users as ...
Source: SharpBrains - July 26, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Peak Performance Technology & Innovation artificial intelligence chatbot cognitive behavior therapy dialectical behavior therapy digital self-therapy digital therapeutics interpersonal psychotherapy mental health c Source Type: blogs
The Road to Low Cost Universal Cells and Tissues, For Transplantation into Any Patient
An area of intense interest in the academic and biotechnology communities is the development of cells that do not provoke an immune response due to mismatch of cell surface receptors. As a general rule, cells from one individual are rejected by any other individual. It is possible to minimize this outcome by eliminating MHC receptors, but there are other complex interactions between cell surface chemistry and portions of the immune system that can still act as a barrier to transplantation. A number of groups have developed approaches to address specific parts of this problem space, but no one winner has yet emerged. At the...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 20, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
America ’s prescription epidemic: Breaking an ancient promise
I never thought I ’d ever consider disregarding my oath. She is a strong, charismatic, caring, successful, disciplined, and reflected woman. As her significant other, I am subjected to a degree of observer bias; nevertheless, her life’s accomplishments and her friends and acquaintances would validate these charac teristics all the same. She looks nothing like a typicalRead more …America ’s prescription epidemic: Breaking an ancient promise originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 16, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/jesse-seilern-und-aspang-riana-patel-and-mara-schenker" rel="tag" > Jesse Seilern und Aspang, MD, Riana Patel, MD and Mara Schenker, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Meds Pain Management Source Type: blogs
Alcohol, Smoking, Drugs: How Technology Can Help
The global statistics on substance use are disquieting. Globally, about 3 million people die every year from alcohol abuse. Tobacco kills up to half of its users – over 8 million people annually. And the UN’s 2021 World Drug Report estimated that around 275 million people used drugs worldwide in 2020, while over 36 million people suffered from drug use disorders.
Disruptive technologies could act only as additional tools for managing preventive or reactive treatment for both victims and physicians next to therapy. Alcohol content-measuring wristbands, smart lighters, nicotine tracking wearables, stop smoking apps, virt...
Source: The Medical Futurist - July 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: E-Patients Future of Medicine Future of Pharma Health Sensors & Trackers Portable Medical Diagnostics Security & Privacy Telemedicine & Smartphones Virtual Reality alcohol digital health Innovation smoking technology VR health Source Type: blogs
Behavioral health providers face challenges in value-based care
Value-based care (VBC) continues to be a popular expression across the health care landscape, but the challenges and opportunities it offers are quite different across specialties. Behavioral health (BH) providers are an important case in point. The opioid epidemic combined with increased recognition and prevalence of mental illness secondary to the pandemic has brought behavioralRead 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 10, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/martin-lustick" rel="tag" > Martin Lustick, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Policy Psychiatry Public Health & Source Type: blogs
The Nurse Warrior: Fighting the Good Fight
Nurses, the hard-working lifeblood and connective tissue of the healthcare system, can often feel as if they are doing battle with elemental forces far beyond their control in their efforts to provide optimal patient care and fulfill their personal and professional mission.While nursing can often feel absolutelyquixotic or Sisyphean in nature, nurses battle on. Whether it ' s the Covid-19 pandemic, a natural disaster, the opioid epidemic, a mass shooting, or the challenges faced by the homeless, nurses the world over continue to fight the good fight no matter the odds. It is here that the archetype of the Nurse Warrio...
Source: Digital Doorway - July 6, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: nurse nursing nurses healthcare Source Type: blogs
