The Potential for Exosome Therapies to Treat Sarcopenia
The authors of this open access review walk through some of the evidence for delivery of exosomes, such as those derived from stem cells, to be a basis for treating sarcopenia. Sarcopenia is the progressive loss of muscle mass and strength that takes place with aging. While a fair degree of sarcopenia is preventable, being the consequence of an age of comfort, leisure, and too little exercise, the rest of it is still inevitable absent some way to interfere in the mechanisms of aging that disrupt muscle tissue maintenance. The delivery of cell signals encapsulated in exosomes might be capable of forcing muscle stem cells in...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 10, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
NIGMS Administrative Supplements for Equipment
As in previous years, we’re offering administrative supplements to NIGMS-funded R01, R35, and R37 awards for the purchase of single equipment systems (such as the components of a helium recovery system or the components of a working microscope).
The deadline for these supplement applications is March 30, 2020.
All provisions of NOT-GM-20-013 apply. Note that:
These funds are intended for the purchase of single equipment systems with requested direct costs up to $250,000.The requested supplemental budget cannot exceed the total year direct cost amount of the parent award. Applications may not include requ...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - February 5, 2020 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Funding Opportunities Resources Administrative Supplements Research Resources Source Type: blogs
Review of capital expenditure in the NHS
This report sets out the facts on capital investment in the NHS. It includes: the age of the NHS estate and rising maintenance costs; the allocation of the capital investment budget; sources of capital funding; and challenges to planning and delivering an effective capital strategy.ReportNational Audit Office - press release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 4, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS finances and productivity Source Type: blogs
Why the Centene and WellCare Merger is the Biggest Deal in 2020
By ANDY MYCHKOVSKY
I feel like the healthcare world just skipped over the $17.3 billion mega-merger between Centene and Wellcare, which just received final regulatory approval last Wednesday. With their powers combined, this new company will create the Thanos of government-focused health plans, hopefully without any of the deranged plans to take over the world. I do get it, 181 million lives are covered by employer-sponsored insurance, between full-risk and self-insured plans. These employer populations have the most disposable income and their HR departments are willing to provide supplemental benefits. Howev...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 31, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: The Business of Health Care Andy Mychkovsky Centene Centene Wellcare Merger Healthcare Pizza Medicaid Medicare Source Type: blogs
UK health research analysis 2018
This report summarises the main findings from the analysis, including estimations of total UK health R&D expenditure and an assessment of international funding.ReportHealth Research Classification System - publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - January 28, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: New technologies NHS measurement and performance Source Type: blogs
U.S. Ferry Systems Soaked by Maritime Protectionism
Colin GrabowSome of the country ’s leading ferry systems are facing an increasingly precarious outlook. In Alaska,questions loom over the state ‐run ferry system’s future after the governor and legislature last year endorsedparingback massive subsidies needed to keep it afloat. In Washington state, meanwhile, a spokesman for Washington State Ferries (WSF) last Marchdescribed the ferry system — plagued by old vessels and a numerically insufficient fleet — as “hanging by a thread.” Users of the government‐operated ferrieswere hit with a fare increase in October and will face another this ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 24, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Colin Grabow Source Type: blogs
Will Medicare Advantage (MA) Startup Plans Be The Future?
By ANDY MYCHKOVSKY
Would it blow your mind if only five startup health plans interested in Medicare Advantage (MA) have collectively raised over $3.9 billion in private funding to-date? Well, readers, that is the reality. Now I know there are some skeptics out in the healthcare ecosystem, so I’m here to break down some of the investment thesis. Not going to necessarily defend, but explain some reasons why you should love and hate these investments. Let’s start with who raised these mind-boggling sums of money. The five startups are Oscar Health, Bright Health, Clover Health, Devoted Health, and Alignment Healthcare....
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 23, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Policy Medicare Alignment Healthcare Andy Mychkovsky Bright Health Clover Health devoted health Healthcare Pizza Medicare Advantage Oscar Oscar Health Source Type: blogs
The Dark Side of Health Trackers
Say you’ve received a brand-new Fitbit for Christmas to get you started in tracking your exercise routine and reach your fitness goals. Great! However, there might be more going on behind the scenes of you keeping fit with the help of technology than meets the eye…
At The Medical Futurist, we’re great fans of wearables (or health trackers) that help you make more informed decisions when it comes to your health. However, we can’t stay indifferent to the potential risks which using these devices entail such as individual tracking, inaccuracies and even supplementing harmful behaviours.
Just like the Jedi Or...
Source: The Medical Futurist - January 23, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Prans Tags: Health Sensors & Trackers digital health fitness wearables healthcare design fitness trackers digital health sensors Source Type: blogs
Theorizing on Historical Trends in Body Temperature, Burden of Inflammation, and Life Expectancy
In this study, we analyzed 677,423 human body temperature measurements from three different cohort populations spanning 157 years of measurement and 197 birth years. We found that men born in the early 19th century had temperatures 0.59°C higher than men today, with a monotonic decrease of -0.03°C per birth decade. Temperature has also decreased in women by -0.32°C since the 1890s with a similar rate of decline (-0.029°C per birth decade). Although one might posit that the differences among cohorts reflect systematic measurement bias due to the varied thermometers and methods used to obtain temperatures, we believe thi...
Source: Fight Aging! - January 17, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Possible Funding Tension Between Wellness Programs and End-of-Life Care
It is a well known that a large percentage of the total U.S. healthcare spend is devoted to end-of-life care (EOLC) for a small number of patients (see:How We Spend $3,400,000,000,000). To quote the subtitle of the article:..."[M]ore than half of America's healthcare spending goes to five percent of patients."I think that we are approaching the time for an earnest discussion about this disproportionate allocation of healthcare resources and whether some of these resources could and should be reallocated to wellness programs. In my mind, it is out of the question about whether to increase spending for�...
Source: Lab Soft News - January 6, 2020 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Bruce Friedman Tags: Cost of Healthcare Health Wearable Healthcare Insurance Hospital Financial Medical Consumerism Public Health Source Type: blogs
H-2A Guest Worker Minimum Wages Up in 2020, 57% above New State Minimums
David BierTwo dozen states are raisingtheir minimum wages in 2020. While the federal government ’s minimum for all workers remains the same, the feds have hiked one minimum wage in 2020: theAdverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) paid to H-2A foreign seasonal farm workers. Despite the state changes, this rate will still far exceed the federal or state minimum wage in every state in 2020 by an average difference of 57 percent.The AEWR is the Department of Labor (DOL)-mandated wage for H-2A seasonal farm workers. Farmers who hire even a single H-2A worker must also pay the AEWR to every American worker as well if it is higher th...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 3, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: David Bier Source Type: blogs
Insights on Feeding and Swallowing Differences for Infants with Cleft Palate/Cleft Lip and Palate
Infants with cleft palate or cleft lip and palate (CP/CLP) have specific feeding needs based upon unique anatomy and swallow physiology. Poor or absent inner oral pressure and compensatory muscle movements affect all phases—oral, pharyngeal, and esophageal—of swallowing, and in some cases, increase risk of aspiration.
These babies expend a significant amount of energy in the act of feeding. They demonstrate an average rate of 109.26 sucks per minute compared to infants without clefts who averaged 75.07 sucks per minute. Increased energy expenditure might lead to fatigue. Under these conditions, infants experience chall...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - December 23, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Allyson Goodwyn-Craine Tags: Health Care Private Practice Slider Speech-Language Pathology Dysphagia Early Intervention Feeding Disorders Swallowing Disorders Source Type: blogs
Fixing Repo: A Follow Up
George SelginIn a post published here in mid-November, I traced the Fed's repo-market troubles to post-2008 changes in the importance and volatility of two of the Fed's non-reserve liabilities: TGA balances and the foreign repo pool. Then,in a companion piece, I made some suggestions for reining-in those liabilities, as an alternative to having the Fed continue to increase the size of its balance sheet –one that could actually allow that balance sheet to shrink further. The proposed reforms would even make it relatively easy for the Fed to switch from its present floor operating system to a corridor system, with a corres...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 20, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: George Selgin Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Medicaid ’ s Dark Secret
For many participants, Medicaid — the program that provides health care to millions of low-income Americans — isn’t free. It’s a loan. And the government expects to be repaid. Are you surprised to hear that? So was today’s guest. Rachel Corbett recently wrote an article explaining in what circumstances you could be at risk. Join us to find out if this could happen to you, how you can protect yourself and what is next for the healthcare program.
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Guest information for ‘Rachel Corbett Medicaid’ Podcast Episode
Rachel Corbett is the author of You Must Change Your Life: The Stor...
Source: World of Psychology - December 12, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Podcast Tags: Aging General Health-related Interview Mental Health and Wellness Podcast Policy and Advocacy The Psych Central Show Treatment Source Type: blogs
Charting The Economic History of US Health Reform
By MIKE MAGEE, MD
Adam Gaffney’s recent Boston Review article, “What the Health Care Debate Still Gets Wrong”, a landmark piece that deserves careful reading by all, reaches near perfection in diagnosing our health system malady.
Dr. Gaffney is president of Physicians for a National Health Program, and a co-chair of the Working Group on Single-Payer Program Design, which developed the “Physicians’ Proposal for Single-Payer Health Care Reform.”
A seasoned health policy expert, his article cross-references the opinions and work of a range of health commentators including Atul Gawande, Steven B...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 25, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Policy Politics Adam Gafney Atul Gawande health economics health reform Medicare For All Mike Magee Single payer Source Type: blogs
