Pervasive ECG: Integrating Body Sensors Into Everyday Things (Interview)
Wearable devices with body sensors have been seen by many as a way to get the general public to be better aware of their overall health. It’s a nice idea, but it still requires people to remember to wear their devices, to check up on the readings via the smartphone, and to recharge the devices when they are low on power. Some people think that wearables still have fundamental limitations that can be overcome with more passive and pervasive monitoring. Engineers at Portugal’s Institute of Telecommunications are working on integrating electrocardiography (ECG) into everyday objects that people touch long enough t...
Source: Medgadget - October 15, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Cardiology Emergency Medicine Exclusive Public Health Telemedicine Source Type: blogs
Sixth White House Conference on Aging: Now It ’s Time to Do More. A Lot More.
Around the country, people at more than 700 “watch parties” gathered to tune into a livestream of the White House Conference on Aging (WHCOA) on Monday, July 13. Hosted by the White House in the East Wing and the Eisenhower Executive Office Building with an invited audience of about 200 attendees, the sixth WHCOA featured more than two dozen speakers, most notably President Obama. They heard about many accomplishments, a few shortcomings, and a commitment to taking forward some solutions—but not enough. Striking a tone that was both optimistic and pragmatic, the President observed that even as challenges for health c...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - September 27, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
RACeing to Deregulate: Can We Afford Less Oversight of Gene Transfer Research?
by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.
“As gene therapy continues to change, so must the federal framework set up to oversee it.”-Francis Collins & Scott Gottlieb
In one of his first acts of office, Trump ordered executive agencies to reduce regulations. Supporters believed this would remove obstacles to innovation and bringing new products to market faster. Critics believed that this move would diminish health and safety protections, putting the public at potential risk. The NIH heard this message loud and clear as it has proposed reducing, and in some cases eliminating, regulations governing gene therapy experiments.… (...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - September 7, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Craig Klugman Tags: Clinical Trials & Studies Featured Posts Genetics Health Regulation & Law Human Subjects Research & IRBs Informed Consent Source Type: blogs
Anheuser-Busch InBev Proves that Its Smart Drinking Goals Program is a Complete Hoax: Ohio State and USC Have Fallen Prey
Two years ago, Iexplained why I think Anheuser-Busch InBev ' s Smart Drinking Goals program is a complete farce. Last year, Icriticized the NIAAA for endorsing the alcohol industry ' s Smart Drinking Goals program. Today, I will show how Anheuser-Busch itself has proven that its Smart Drinking Goals program is a huge hoax, designed solely as a public relations ploy and devoid of any sincere intent to reduce alcohol consumption.For brief background, senior employees of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) appeared in an Anheuser-Busch InBev promotional video that was designed primarily to serve the...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - June 18, 2018 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs
The Future of Sports Medicine
Not only the experience of sporting activities and events, but also rehabilitation after sports injuries are changing due to cutting-edge technologies. In sports medicine, the future holds a shift towards prevention through genomics, nutrigenomics, countless trackers, and wearables, while there are many great technologies which aim to alleviate the pain and shorten the time of recovery – if, against all odds, a sports injury still happens.
Technology will change the experience of sports injuries and rehabilitation
When was the last time you went out for a run without Endomondo or had a bike tour without Strava? Have you ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - April 12, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine AR exoskeleton genomics health sensors Healthcare nutrigenomics prevention rehabilitation sports sports medicine trackers virtual reality VR wearables Source Type: blogs
This is #NPHW National Public Health Week
April 2-8 marks National Public Health Week (NPHW). Each day is marked with a specific public health theme:Monday, April 2: Behavioral HealthAdvocate for and promote well-beingFocus on and advocate for improved access to mental and behavioral health services. Use education and training to de-stigmatize mental health diagnoses and encourage people experiencing mental illness to seek treatment. Coverage for mental health services must be on par with physical health services in all health insurance coverage.Tuesday, April 3: Communicable DiseasesLearn about ways to prevent disease transmissionWash your hands. Know your HIV...
Source: Medicine and Technology by Dr. Joseph Kim - April 2, 2018 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
The health, safety and wellbeing of shift workers in health and social care environments
NHS Employers - This guidance sets out how shift work can impact on staff health and safety and how organisations and individuals should manage any risks on staff wellbeing. GuidancePress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 19, 2018 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
How Corporate Health Care Leaders Maintain Their Impunity: The Case of Purdue Pharma's Funding of the Washington Legal Foundation to Attempt to Weaken the Responsible Corporate Officer Doctrine
The ongoing epidemic ofnarcotic (opioid) abuse, and the resulting rise in the deaths due to overdoses, has focused attention on pharmaceutical companies ' aggressive promotion of these drugs which minimized their substantial risk.A recent article in the Intercept showed how the leadership of one such company tried to insulate itself from responsibility for such actions even while such promotions were continuing.Background: Impunity of Top Leaders of Big Health Care OrganizationsFor years, we have railed against theimpunity of top leaders of health care organizations. We have noted that despite numerous legal settleme...
Source: Health Care Renewal - March 6, 2018 Category: Health Management Tags: impunity legal settlements narcotics Purdue Pharma responsible corporate officer doctrine tobacco Source Type: blogs
The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President
BY STEVEN FINDLAY
The resurgent debate about President Trump’s mental health prompts me to update a piece I wrote for THCB last June. That piece drew lively comments and debate.
It’s also the one-year mark of the Trump presidency.
As The New York Times editorial page recently asked, bluntly, on Jan. 11: “Is Mr. Trump Nuts?”
Since last summer, that question has gained more traction and spurred more earnest debate. The results from Trump’s medical and “cognitive” exam on Jan 12 are unlikely to quell concern. (More about those results below.)
Nearly every major newspaper and magazine has run stories. Print ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 21, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized APA Bandy X. Lee Steven Findlay The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump Source Type: blogs
Bring it On
By Crabby McSlackerphoto: U.S. Air ForceSo it's Holiday Season!But wait, where's Santa Claus? No Menorah? No sugar cookies or snowmen or pine trees? And what's with the spunky aviator gals in leather jackets, that's not very Christmassy!Well, okay, traditionally the holidays are a time for festive celebrations, fun, frivolity, togetherness, and generosity. But also they're a time for year-end reflection. And my goodness, what a year 2017 has been!What a year indeed.So, setting aside any bright moments you may have enjoyed in your personal life this year (and I'm hoping there were many, many of them!)... does anyone else th...
Source: Cranky Fitness - December 21, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
The P.A. Problem: Who You See and What You Get
By NIRAN AL-AGBA, MD
Recently, the New York Times published an article on excessive costs incurred by mid-level providers over-treating benign skin lesions. According to the piece, more than 15% of biopsies billed to Medicare in 2015 were done by unsupervised PA’s or Nurse Practitioners. Physicians across the country are becoming concerned mid-levels working independently without proper specialty training. Dr. Coldiron, a dermatologist, was interviewed by the Times and said, “What’s really going on is these practices…hire a bunch of P.A.’s and nurses and stick them out in clinics on their own. And they’re actin...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 24, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Beverly Hills Christie Kidd Dermatology Physician Assistant Scope of Practice Source Type: blogs
Consumers Losing Interstate Wine Options
Eric Asimov at the New York Times has anexcellent, detailed, and highly discouraging look at the reversal of one of the favorable trends for freedom of commerce in recent years, the greater ease of interstate wine shipment. Excerpt: In the last year or so, carriers like United Parcel Service and FedEx have told retailers that they will no longer accept out-of-state shipments of alcoholic beverages unless they are bound for one of 14 states (along with Washington, D.C.) that explicitly permit such interstate commerce ….Strictly speaking, it was probably never entirely legal in New York or in many other states to have ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 27, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Walter Olson Source Type: blogs
Mass Shootings and Trauma -- the New Normal
Mass shootings and similar tragic events are so frequent here in the United States that they appear to be the new normal. There were apparently more than 250 mass shootings in the U.S. in the first 9 months of 2017. As nurses and healthcare professionals, how do we cope, respond, and prepare for such seemingly commonplace yet traumatic events?Mass shootings are generally defined as events wherein a minimum of four people are injured or killed, and by this definition, an event with three people shot is not considered a mass casualty. So if we changed the definition, these situations would be even more statistically frequent...
Source: Digital Doorway - October 10, 2017 Category: Nursing Tags: crisis debriefing healthcare nurse nurses nursing Source Type: blogs
