Meru New Standards for Mental Health: Exclusive with CEO Kristian Ranta
2020 has been a challenging year in many ways, including for everyone’s mental health. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a spike in mental health problems with cases tripling in the number of adults experiencing depression. Existing sentiments and situations drag on now into 2021.
Today, the mental health care system is not very efficient and in many cases, broken, due to a shortage of access for patients and a lack of lasting results.
Following the increasing mental health problem trends, a study published in JAMA Network Open in September 2020 offered one of the first nationally repre...
Source: Medgadget - January 20, 2021 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Alice Ferng Tags: Exclusive Informatics Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
The Enormous Clinical Potential of Senotherapeutics for the Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease
Today's open access review paper is a high level look at what the newfound realization of the importance of senescent cells to aging and age-related disease means for the treatment of chronic kidney disease. At present there are few good options for treatment, and those therapies that are widely used can only slow the progression towards kidney failure. The kidneys filter waste and regulate many of the chemical and other characteristics of blood. Correct function of the kidneys is vital to the correct function of many other organs in the body, including heart, vascular system, and brain. As the kidneys decline, so too does...
Source: Fight Aging! - January 20, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Responding to Misinformation
By John Halamka and Paul CerratoThe singer/songwriter Paul Simon once penned the lyrics: A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest (The Boxer). If that ’s the case, how do we respond to misinformation that contradicts the data/evidence guiding development of treatment and cures? If the only audience willing to read such articles are already critical thinkers, perhaps we are just preaching to the choir. And if by chance, a person who believes in controversial ideas does read articles based on real world evidence, will they consider them a one-sided discussion by the “medical-industrial es...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - January 14, 2021 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
All you need to know about waterborne diseases
Waterborne diseases are contracted through exposure to contaminated water including drinking water, water used in food preparation, and swimming water.
They can be caused by bacteria, viruses, and parasites. Below is a partial list of waterborne disease pathogens, their microbial classification, and their resulting illnesses.
Classification
Microorganism
Disease
Bacterium
Campylobacter spp.
Campylobacteriosis
Bacterium
Escherichia coli
E. Coli Diarrhea
Bacterium
Legionella pneumophila
Legionnaires’ Disease
Bacterium
Salmonella enterica
Salmonellosis
Bacterium
Salmonella typhi
Typhoid fever
...
Source: GIDEON blog - January 14, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Kristina Symes Tags: Microbiology News Tips Source Type: blogs
Under the COVID testing tent
As a podiatrist, Dr. M usually focuses on feet. But years of military service and expertise in program implementation and measurement qualified him for another clinical job, setting up a COVID test site. Testing stations were available in the suburbs, but the heart of the epidemic, the urban center, needed a walk-up and drive-up option. […]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 - January 13, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/therese-zink-and-michael-neary" rel="tag" > Therese Zink, MD, MPH and Michael Neary, DPM < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions COVID-19 coronavirus Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs
When an epidemic of violence against health care workers meets a pandemic [PODCAST]
“The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated factors that cause violence in the workplace. At no time in recent history will you find clinical health care workers under this degree of stress. Physicians and nurses are operating under high alert in hospitals and clinics while facing COVID deniers and abusive treatment (name-calling such as “disease spreaders”) in […]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 - January 10, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/the-podcast-by-kevinmd" rel="tag" > The Podcast by KevinMD < /a > < /span > Tags: Podcast Anesthesiology Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
7 Digital Health Trends We ’ll Keep An Eye On In 2021
Summing up 2020 I was asked many times about the changes COVID-19 have brought about in healthcare. Well, throughout the past year, here at The Medical Futurist we were continuously posting about the technological advancements in the medical field: telemedicine, at-home lab tests, robotics and even doing sports have changed dramatically.
Most of these changes are likely to stay with us even after the pandemic is gone (I mean after we all got vaccinated), and in 2021, some will bear more fruit than ever. Let’s have a look at the 7 most promising trends in healthcare.
1. At-home lab tests
Case: It seems that...
Source: The Medical Futurist - January 7, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Judit Kuszkó Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Digital Health Research E-Patients Future of Medicine Future of Pharma Health Sensors & Trackers Healthcare Design Healthcare Policy Portable Medical Diagnostics Robotics Security & Privacy Telemed Source Type: blogs
RWJF Emergency Response Challenges: The Demos!
By ELIZABETH BROWN
In mid-June, Catalyst launched the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Emergency Response Innovation Challenges. These Challenges, one for the General Public and one for the Health Care System, asked innovators to develop a health technology tool to support the needs of individuals as well as health care systems affected by a large-scale health crisis, such as a pandemic or natural disaster.
The Challenges saw a record number of applications— nearly 125 applications were submitted to the General Public Challenge and over 130 applications were submitted to the Health Care System Challenge. Ov...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 6, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: COVID-19 Pathcheck Qventus Source Type: blogs
Automatons or Individuals? Voluntary Responses to COVID-19 Related Epidemic Externalities
Byron Carson (Hampden-Sydney College), Automatons or Individuals? Voluntary Responses to COVID-19 Related Epidemic Externalities, The Independent Rev. (Forthcoming): Individuals partially internalize epidemic externalities by limiting infectious behavior and encouraging preventative behavior, which happens voluntarily when prevalence and mortality rates rise.... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - January 3, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
How the Brain Works
Discussion About Psychology and Neuroscience (from CNS meeting, 2019)the conceptual basis of cognitive neuroscience shouldn ' t be correlationbut what if the psychological and the biological are categorically dissimilar??...and more!The video below is set to begin with Dr. Davachi, but the entire symposium is included. (Source: The Neurocritic)
Source: The Neurocritic - December 30, 2020 Category: Neuroscience Authors: The Neurocritic Source Type: blogs
Evaluating President-Elect Biden ’s Healthcare Plan | Part 1
By TAYLOR J. CHRISTENSEN
Without the full support of congress behind him, President-Elect Joe Biden will probably not have an opportunity to sign any major system-altering healthcare legislation. But, if Democrats can gain a majority in the senate–either this election cycle or next—healthcare reform will be high on the agenda. Let’s take a critical look at what Joe Biden would push to accomplish.
For this evaluation, I am relying solely on information that Joe Biden has committed to on his official campaign website. He has many pages talking about a variety healthcare issues, such as the pandemic, gun ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 28, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Policy Politics Source Type: blogs
Medical Mistrust Could Reduce Vaccine Uptake: Q & A with Laura Bogart
Laura Bogart, a senior behavioral scientist, studies how discrimination feeds medical mistrust and conspiracy beliefs. Her research on how mistrust became a barrier to treatment for Black Americans during the HIV epidemic sheds light on why some might question the safety of a COVID-19 vaccine. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - December 23, 2020 Category: Health Management Authors: Laura M. Bogart Source Type: blogs
The health effects of too much gaming
It is estimated that 164 million Americans — half of our population — play video games, also known as gaming. Contrary to popular belief, it isn’t just teens who play games. According to a recent survey, only 21% of gamers were under 18 years old. While gaming can be a fun distraction or hobby (and is even becoming a competitive sport on many college campuses), there are health risks that come from too much gaming. What are these harms, and what can be done about them?
Is there anything good about gaming?
Before discussing the harms of gaming, it is only fair to mention the benefits. Aside from being entertaining and...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - December 22, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Peter Grinspoon, MD Tags: Addiction Adolescent health Back Pain Behavioral Health Eye Health Mental Health Safety Source Type: blogs
Good news: Deaths due to HIV are way down
World news this month appropriately focuses on containing the COVID-19 pandemic, as the first vaccines become available. Yet we can also celebrate major success in the fight against a different global viral scourge: HIV.
During my medical training in the 1980s, hospital wards were often filled with people dying of HIV. Since then, antiviral treatments have dramatically transformed the diagnosis of HIV infection or AIDS from a death sentence to a chronic illness. A normal lifespan is no longer unusual among people living with HIV. And preventive measures described below have reduced the number of people becoming infected in...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - December 18, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert H. Shmerling, MD Tags: Infectious diseases LGBTQ Prevention Relationships Sexual Conditions Source Type: blogs
When it comes to weight stigma in children and teens, let ’s meet in the middle
The divisive reaction to the recent New York Times’ opinion piece by Aubrey Gordon titled, “Leave Fat Kids Alone: The ‘war on childhood obesity’ has only caused shame,” highlights the two extremes in our society’s current approach to addressing the childhood obesity epidemic. While I applaud Aubrey Gordon and her courage to speak her truth, […]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 - December 17, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/karla-lester-and-katherine-lester" rel="tag" > Karla Lester, MD and Katherine Lester < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Obesity Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
