How the STI epidemic can inform policy solutions for the COVID-19 pandemic
As the burden of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) plateaus into a perpetual state of public health emergency for 2020, examining the United States ’ forgotten epidemic of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) offers insight to a COVID-19 solution. STIs are the long-neglected contagious disease that echo many of the same socioeconomic, political, racial, and structural problems feeding […]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 - November 4, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/rachel-solnick-and-cornelius-jamison" rel="tag" > Rachel Solnick, MD and Cornelius Jamison, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions COVID-19 coronavirus Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs
A Year of Content Moderation and Section 230
Matthew Feeney andWill DuffieldMany Americans will remember 2020 as the year of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Trump v. Biden presidential election campaigns. As COVID-19 spread and the election came closer, millions of Americans took to online platforms to express their opinions, theories, and stories and to seek information. Platforms were put in the unenviable position of developing content moderation policies related to the pandemic and election season, trying to halt the spread of potentially life ‐threatening medical misinformation and political conspiracy theories.These efforts made “Big Tech” content modera...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 2, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Matthew Feeney, Will Duffield Source Type: blogs
In the burnout epidemic, is mindfulness the new opioid?
At a recent annual exam for one of us (Walter), the medical assistant had checked heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, and oxygen saturation. Inquiring cheerfully about the Fifth Vital Sign, she flashed the 10-point pain scale of emojis ranging from beaming to grimacing. The only mention-worthy pain was an occasionally aching meniscus from a forgettable […]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 - November 1, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/walter-j-odonnell-wendy-dean-simon-g-talbot" rel="tag" > Walter J. O ’Donnell, MD, Wendy Dean, MD, and Simon G. Talbot, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Hospital-Based Medicine Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
We Used 3 Devices For Meditation – Here’s What We Found
It’s no secret that the anxiety, fear, and isolation brought about by large-scale crises such as wars and natural disasters have a population-wide psychological toll. Unfortunately, we are living in one such crisis with the COVID-19 pandemic, and its effect on our mental well-being is showing. In Britain, the Office for National Statistics reports that the number of adults with depression has doubled during the pandemic. In the U.S., the prevalence of depression symptoms increased over 3-fold during the pandemic than before it. This data comes from a recent study published in JAMA Network Open. The researchers term the c...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 29, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Prans Tags: E-Patients Health Sensors & Trackers device meditation apps applications headband muse test covid19 BrainLink NeoRhythm Source Type: blogs
Viruses on Motorcycles
By ANISH KOKA
The most recent fiction dressed up as science about COVID comes to us courtesy of a viral Washington Post article. “How the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally may have spread coronavirus across the Upper Midwest” screams the headline. The charge made is that “within weeks” of the gathering that drew nearly half a million visitors the Dakota’s and adjacent states are experiencing a surge of COVID cases.
The Sturgis Rally happens to be a popular motorcycle rally held in Sturgis, South Dakota every August that created much consternation this year because it wasn’t cancel...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 26, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: COVID-19 Health Policy Anish Koka Pandemic sturgis motorcycle rally Source Type: blogs
