The Top 8 Swimming Trackers
We test and review a whole range of health sensors and trackers but we haven’t touched upon swimming yet. The reason is simple: I’m not a Michael Phelps so to say. When it comes to swimming, it’s not in my top 50 sports activities. As we still get questions about which tracker to use for swimming, we dove into the water-resistant wearable market. Now, you can splash into the pool with the best wearables for swimming.
Data is my motivation
My life would be empty without data. It offers me a clearer picture of myself, gives me motivation and joy. I know I’m a geek but it delights me to have been living under the spe...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 7, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Health Sensors & Trackers digital digital health gc3 Healthcare Personalized medicine swim swim trackers swimming technology vital signs wearable wearables Source Type: blogs
The challenge of “ evidence based ” sore throat guidelines
CONCLUSION Although the evidence for the management of acute sore throat is easily available, national guidelines are different with regard to the choice of evidence and the interpretation for clinical practice. Also a transparent and standardized guideline development method is lacking. These findings are important in the context of appropriate antibiotic use, the problem of growing antimicrobial resistance, and costs for the community.
We assume that the word “evidence” is all inclusive. How can 9 guidelines on one subject differ significantly? The first problem occurs in selecting the evidence. Like ...
Source: DB's Medical Rants - October 23, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: rcentor Tags: Medical Rants Source Type: blogs
Gluten, Depression, and Anxiety: The Gut-Brain Link
In this study, 22 participants ate a gluten-free diet low in FODMAPs (fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols) for a three-day baseline period, and then received one of three dietary challenges (supplemented with gluten, whey, or placebo) for three days, followed by a three-day minimum washout period before starting the next diet.
Researchers assessed the participants at the end of the study using a psychological tool called the Spielberger State-Trait Personality Inventory (STPI). People in the study who consumed gluten had higher overall STPI depression scores compared to those on th...
Source: World of Psychology - October 20, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Alternative and Nutritional Supplements Anxiety and Panic Depression Health-related Mental Health and Wellness Research brain-gut connection celiac disease Gluten Gluten sensitivity Schizophrenia Source Type: blogs
Eek! Hair Dye Causes Breast Cancer!
How many women color their hair? I think most of my friends do. I don ' t and I am unusual among the women I know.But, brace yourselves, the news is now going to be filled with the warning that coloring your hair with anything but natural dyes will cause breast cancer and you will die very quickly. Why?Because a researcher in the UK said so:" Frequently dying your hair has been linked to an increased risk of developing breast cancer.According to a study by London surgeon Kefah Mokbel, women who colour their hair have a 14 per cent rise in rates of breast cancer.Professor Mokbel, who works at the Princess Grace Hospital in ...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - October 17, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: breast cancer cancer cause hype scare Source Type: blogs
Corporate Tax Cuts and Tax Revenues
The Republicantax reform framework envisions cutting the federal corporate tax rate from 35 to 20 percent. There may be pressure in coming weeks to scale-back some of the framework ’s pro-growth provisions in order to hit revenue targets, but policymakers should stick with their corporate rate target.Various groups have modeled the revenue effects of proposed corporate rate cuts, but they generally do not account for the full dynamic effects of reform. We can get an idea of the full effects by looking at actual reforms abroad.Sharp corporate tax rate cuts inCanada andBritain do not seem to have lost those governments muc...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 16, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs
Enterohemorrhagic E. coli in Scandinavia
Although rates of enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) infection have been increasing in Scandinavia since 2000, trends for E. coli O157 are less clear. The following charts generated by Gideon (www.GideonOnline.com) display relevant data for Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
The post Enterohemorrhagic E. coli in Scandinavia appeared first on GIDEON - Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Online Network. (Source: GIDEON blog)
Source: GIDEON blog - October 14, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Dr. Stephen Berger Tags: Epidemiology Graphs Source Type: blogs
The Future Is About Empathy, Not Coding
With the fast advancement of digital technologies and the allure of entrepreneurial lifestyle, plenty of people in different professions turn to coding thinking that the future will require even more IT skills than today. Although I do not question the importance of digital literacy in general, I believe medical professionals should rather master soft skills and acquire a futurist mindset than go for coding if they truly want to prepare for the coming decades.
Automation, A.I., and robotics turn the job market upside down
At the dawn of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, automation and digitization of our worlds and workpla...
Source: The Medical Futurist - September 12, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine AI algorithm artificial intelligence coding empathy gc2 Healthcare Innovation job market robotics social skills Source Type: blogs
11 Habits That Can Absolutely Transform Your Productivity
Conclusion
Some of these habits such as limiting the time you spend on your phone or social media might look complicated and impossible at first but you can always start small. As a matter of fact, you can tidy up your work space right now and make an instant change that will brighten up your mood.
Also, don’t beat yourself up if you are unable to apply every single habit from this list right away. And keep in mind that sometimes your productivity depends on the company you work for and you can’t directly influence that. You've read 11 Habits That Can Absolutely Transform Your Productivity, originally posted on Pick t...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - August 11, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lucy Benton Tags: featured motivation productivity tips self improvement best productivity tips digital detox good habits pickthebrain Source Type: blogs
Are we getting warm yet?
Greenhouse gases –> global warming –> climate change
Country by country temperature anomalies from 1900 to the present day as a neat chart, an international problem
Animation by Antti Lipponen, a physicist at the Finnish Meteorological Institute. (Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science)
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - August 8, 2017 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, August 7th 2017
Discussions of radical life extension, technological acceleration, and artificial general intelligence were far more fringe concerns back then than is now the case, but this growth in awareness isn't a coincidence. Visions slowly become reality because people work to make that happen. Technological progress is not accidental: it is led by our desires.
I should say that de Magalhães is here generous in not passing judgement on the value (or lack thereof) of most of the various ventures and classes of approach he surveys. But some approaches are definitely better than others, and to my eyes one the principal challeng...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 6, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Recent Examples of Research into Protein Aggregates and their Clearance in the Context of Neurodegenerative Disease
Today the topic is protein aggregation in the aging brain, its consequences, and efforts to both understand and remove these aggregates. I'd noticed a few interesting research notices in the past few weeks, but they were pushed into the backlog by other matters. They are generally representative of the interest in aggregates in the research community, and of the incremental progress towards practical treatments. Removing solid deposits of misfolded or otherwise altered proteins from the brain has proven to be far more challenging than was first hoped when immunotherapies aimed at clearing the amyloid-β associated with Alz...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 3, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
The Failed MMR Vaccine Policies on College Campuses
Conclusions
The current policy on most college campuses requires verification that incoming students have received two doses of the MMR vaccination. The goal of this policy is to prevent the diseases measles and mumps. A longstanding federal trial against Merck, the pharmaceutical company responsible for making the MMR vaccine, accuses Merck of manipulating data to show the MMR to be more effective against mumps than it is.
Recent outbreaks of mumps on college campuses by students vaccinated with the MMR vaccine provides additional evidence that the MMR vaccine is ineffective. Data from the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting...
Source: vactruth.com - July 25, 2017 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Michelle Goldstein Tags: Michelle Goldstein Top Stories college vaccination Mandatory Vaccination MMR vaccine truth about vaccines Source Type: blogs
Lyme Disease Rates in Finland
A recent report on ProMed that Lyme disease is an under-reported disease in Finland is disturbing. Officially-reported rates have been increasing rapidly since the year 2000, and already exceed those of the United States by more than three-hundred percent ! [1,2] See graph
References:
Berger S. Lyme Diseases – Global Status, 2016. 83 pages, 66 graphs, 882 references. Gideon ebooks, http://www.gideononline.com/ebooks/disease/lyme-disease-global-status/
Berger S. Infectious Diseases of Finland, 2016. 482 pages, 130 graphs, 2,035 references. Gideon e-books, http://www.gideononline.com/ebooks/country/infe...
Source: GIDEON blog - March 28, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Dr. Stephen Berger Tags: Epidemiology Graphs ProMED Finland lyme disease Source Type: blogs
Finland to Break New Ground with Basic Income Experiment
Despite some of the breathless headlines, Finland is not adopting a national universal basic income. That is, Finland is not scrapping the existing welfare system and distributing the same cash benefit to every adult citizen without additional strings or eligibility criteria. Finland is moving forward with one of the most extensive and rigorous basic income experiments in decades, which could help answer some of the lingering questions surrounding the basic income. The failures of the current system are well documented, but there are concerns about costs and potential work disincentives with a basic income. Finland’s exp...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 9, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Charles Hughes Source Type: blogs
The End Game–Live in Finland!
By Matthew Holt
Today I am in Finland at the Vertical digital health accelerator, part of a really impressive network of accelerators and incubators in Helsinki. Tomorrow is the huge SLUSH festival at which I (plus Steven Krein of Startup Health) will be talking on Thursday. Today, I’m speaking and moderating a great seminar with excellent speakers at Vertical for the End Game.
The End Game is a thought leader seminar that finds answers to questions. The most insightful speakers from around the world will talk about digital health. Speakers include the Head of Health & Medical equipment division of Samsung F...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 10, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Matthew Holt Tags: Health 2.0 Matthew Holt THCB Startups Team Finland Vertical Source Type: blogs
