Control of Blood Pressure Reduces Dementia Risk
Raised blood pressure produces damage to tissues throughout the body. That control of blood pressure via antihypertensive drugs, forcing better function without addressing any of the underlying causative damage of aging, does in fact reduce mortality in later life is a compelling indication of the degree to which raised blood pressure is directly harmful. In the brain, manifestations of this harm include an acceleration of the processes of atherosclerosis, disruption of the blood-brain barrier leading to brain inflammation, and an increase in the pace at which capillaries and other small vessels rupture, all of this damage...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 2, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
MIDAS and IQ Inc. Partner to Develop Software to Protect Patients by Preventing Medication Diversion by Healthcare Providers
The MIDAS V.I.E.W. system will prevent diversion of controlled substances and other dangerous medications in healthcare settings across the country
MIDAS Healthcare Solutions Inc., the leading developer of technology-driven solutions to promote the safe use, handling, storage, return, and disposal of controlled substances and other dangerous medications in hospitals and other healthcare facilities, announced today a $1.19 million investment from IQ Inc., an award-winning software development firm that creates innovative people-focused solutions across a variety of services and industries, including healthcare.
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Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 31, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT ASAM Barbara VanKirk Becton Dickinson DEA Dr. Andrea Barthwell Drug Enforcement Administration Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment IHFDA IQ IQ Inc. Jeffrey R. Wahl Medicat Source Type: blogs
Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 22nd October, 2022.
Here are a few I came across last week.Note: Each link is followed by a title and few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment-----https://mhealthintelligence.com/news/partnership-to-add-virtual-primary-care-feature-to-smart-tvsPartnership to Add Virtual Primary Care Feature to Smart TVsTelehealth provider HealthTap has partnered with Samsung to add a virtual healthcare feature to the tech giant ' s Smart TVs to expand access to primary care.ByMark MelchionnaOctober 14, 2022 - Aiming to ...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 22, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 17 October, 2022.
Here are a few I have come across the last week or so. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.General Comment-----We seem to have an epidemic of cyber leaks this week.Otherwise a few fun bits as usual and a few new apps.-----https://itwire.com/science-news/health/a-free-mobile-app-helps-people-track-early-dementia-diagnosis.htmlThursday, 13 October 2022 11:15A free mobile app helps people track early dementia diagnosisByKenn Anthony MendozaHe...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 17, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Better Living Through Better Design
BY KIM BELLARD
We’re almost two weeks past Hurricane Ian. Most of us weren’t in its path and so it just becomes another disaster that happened to other people, but to those people most impacted it is an ongoing challenge: over a hundred people dead, hundreds of thousands still without power, tens of thousands facing a housing crisis due to destroyed/damaged homes, and estimated $67b in damages. It will take years of rebuilding to recover.
In the wake of a natural disaster like a hurricane – or a tornado, a flood, even a pandemic – it’s easy to shrug our shoulders and say, well, it’s Mother Nature, wh...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 11, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Public Health Babcock Ranch Hurricane Ian Kim Bellard Source Type: blogs
Important blood tests in relation to the heart – Cardiology Basics
Important blood tests in relation to the heart – Cardiology Basics
Here are some important blood tests in relation to the heart. Normal ranges of some of these tests may vary between labs.
Cholesterol is a type of fat found in the blood and has a role in the development of atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries as well as other arteries. Desirable value of total cholesterol in blood is less than 200 milligrams per decilitre.
Triglycerides is another type of fat found in the blood. Desirable value is less than 150 milligrams per decilitre. Very high levels of triglycerides carry a risk of pancreatitis. Calorie restr...
Source: Cardiophile MD - October 11, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs
What Does It Mean To Be Human?
By MIKE MAGEE
“These are unprecedented times.”
This is a common refrain these days, from any citizen concerned about the American experiment’s democratic ideals.
Things like – welcoming shores, no one is above the law, stay out of people’s bedrooms, separation of church and state, play by the rules, fake news is just plain lying, don’t fall for the con job, stand up to bullies, treat everyone with the dignity they deserve, love one another, take reasonable risks, extend a helping hand, try to make your world a little bit better each day.
But I’ve been thinking, are we on a downward spiral rea...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 7, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Physicians Uncategorized AIDS C. Everett Koop HIV/AIDS Humanity Mike Magee Source Type: blogs
What to do when doctors develop “ portal hypertension ”
This article is satire. Physicians today face yet another epidemic that affects doctors directly and is not caused by a virus. It is the result of the “patient portal” through which patients send typed messages directly to their physicians. Though the portal has benefits, anecdotal experience suggests that high message volume is having a deleterious
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What to do when doctors develop “portal hypertension” originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 5, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Paul L. Fine, MD Tags: Tech Health IT Source Type: blogs
Weekly Overseas Health IT Links –1st October, 2022.
This article details information required for integration into EHRs to build personalized treatment plans and develop successful SDOH programs that provide resources and support for patients in need. In addition, successful SDOH programs implemented by Kaiser Permanente and Boston Medical Center showcase how supporting clinicians with real-time SDOH data can lead to patient-centric care. Create a 360-Degree Patient View Through TechnologyThe Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)indicatesthat the “collection, documentation, reporting, access, and use of SDOH data … can be used t...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 1, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Truth and Trust in Science: Are They Negotiable?
BY MIKE MAGEE
“The key is trust. It is when people feel totally alienated and isolated that the society breaks down. Telling the truth is what held society together.”
Those words were voiced sixteen years ago in Washington, D.C. It was October 17, 2006. The HHS/CDC sponsored workshop that day was titled “Pandemic Influenza – Past, Present, Future: Communicating Today Based on the Lessons from the 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic.”
The speaker responsible for the quote above was writer/historian and Johns Hopkins School of Public Health adviser, John M. Barry. His opening quote from George Bernard Shaw se...
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 30, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Public Health Flu Epidemic HHS/CDC John Barry Source Type: blogs
California ’s Misguided Effort to Stifle COVID Scientific Discourse
Jeffrey A. SingerOn September 12, the California legislature sent to Governor Newsom ’s deskAB-2098, that “would designate the dissemination [by physicians and surgeons] of misinformation or disinformation related to the SARS‐CoV‑2 coronavirus, or ‘COVID-19,’ as unprofessional conduct,” which means they may be sanctioned or lose their license. The bill defines “misinformation” as “f alse information that is contradicted by contemporary scientific consensus contrary to the standard of care.”At first blush, this might seem reasonable. After all, it ’s considered medical malpractice to violate the ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 15, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer Source Type: blogs
Fentanyl Is Smuggled for U.S. Citizens By U.S. Citizens, Not Asylum Seekers
ConclusionBorder enforcement will not stop fentanyl smuggling. Border Patrol ' s experience with marijuana smuggling may provide even clearer evidence for this fact. Marijuana is the bulkiest and easiest-to-detect drug, which is why it was largely trafficked between ports of entry. Despite doubling the Border Patrol and building a border fence in the 2000s in part to combat the trade, the only thing that actually reduced marijuana smugglingwas U.S. states legalizing marijuana. It is absurd to believe that interdiction will be more effective against a drug that is orders of magnitude more difficult to detect.The DEA plainly...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 14, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: David J. Bier Source Type: blogs
Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest by Physicians Creating the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: Bad Faith or Incompetence?
We described above how changes in opioid policy aimed at reducing Washington State’s Medicaid and Workers Compensation costs contributed to an increase in methadone deaths between 2003 and late 2014 (23-25). Focusing on similar cost reductions, the Centers for Medicar e and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rules for 2019 including several directives intended to reduce " Opioid Overutilization, ” including adoption of the “90 morphine milligram equivalent (MME) threshold cited by the 2016 CDC Opioid Guideline (147, 148). Simply put, reduced prescribing reduces costs for prescribed medications.Chou received research fu...
Source: Pallimed: A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog - September 12, 2022 Category: Palliative Care Tags: health policy judy kollas opioids research schechtman Source Type: blogs
We Should Channel People Into Medicare Advantage Plans Where They Won ’t Have Amputations or Go Blind (Part 2)
By GEORGE HALVORSON
Former Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halvorson has written on THCB on and off over the years, most notably with his proposal for Medicare Advantage for All post-COVID. He wrote a piece in Health Affairs last year arguing with the stance of Medicare Advantage of Don Berwick and Rick Gilfillan (Here’s their piece pt1, pt2). We also published his criticism (Part 1. Part 2. Part 3) of Medpac’s analysis of Medicare Advantage. Now Medpac is meeting again and George is wondering why they don’t seem to care about diabetic foot amputation...
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 6, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Medicare Uncategorized CMS George Halvorson Medicare Advantage Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans Source Type: blogs
Understanding the Fentanyl Overdose Epidemic
Content reviewed by Karen Rubenstein, LMFT, Chief Clinical Officer at Cliffside Malibu Recent data from the...
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Source: Cliffside Malibu - September 5, 2022 Category: Addiction Authors: ebarbour Tags: Substance Abuse fentanyl opioid overdose Substance Use treatment Source Type: blogs
