HIV Vaccine Candidate Stops Virus As it Enters Body
Researchers at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute are developing a vaccine candidate against HIV. The vaccine is intended to block HIV entry into the body and is administered to the mucosal lining of the rectum and vagina to achieve this. The formulation then stimulates antibodies against HIV in precisely the areas where the virus first enters the body’s cells. Cleverly, the researchers designed the vaccine to target the basal cells of the epithelium, which then give rise to a constant supply of epithelial cells to replace cells that are routinely sloughed off. This may lead to long-term protection against HIV with ...
Source: Medgadget - February 27, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Medicine Public Health AIDS HIV txbiomed Source Type: blogs
Tuned Receives $3.5 Million in Funding to Shape the Future of Hearing Wellness
With a dedicated focus on hearing care, the funding will strengthen Tuned’s ability to bridge the gap between audiologists and the general public as a key employee benefit
Tuned, a digital hearing health company focused on providing hearing care for all, today announced that it raised $3.5 million in funding led by Distributed Ventures with participation from Idealab NY and Elements Health Ventures. The funding will support Tuned’s mission to make comprehensive hearing care as affordable and accessible as possible while enabling the platform to be offered as a key employee benefit from 2023 onward.
“This funding...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 21, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Affordable Care Affordable Healthcare Audiology Danny Aronson Digital Health Digital Hearing Health Distributed Ventures Elements Health Ventures FDA Food and Drug Administration Health IT Funding Source Type: blogs
A Diet That Reduces Stomach Bloating And Aids Weight Loss
People who eat this type of foods experience less stomach bloating plus weight loss. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - February 20, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mina Dean Tags: Stomach bloating Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Muslim Anger at Sweden over Qur ’an Burning Is Misplaced
Mustafa Akyol andJohan NorbergThese days, there isanger across the Muslim world against Sweden. Large protests against the small Scandinavian nation have taken place in Turkey, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran, Indonesia, Afghanistan, and Lebanon. In some places Swedish flags were burnt, and some even chanted, “Death to the Swedish government.”All this is a reaction against an act of one man: far ‐right Danish politician Rasmus Paludan, who also happens to be a Swedish citizen. On Jan 21,he publicly burnt a copy of the Qur ’an in front of the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm. Turkish authorities responded with st...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 1, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Mustafa Akyol, Johan Norberg Source Type: blogs
Weekly Roundup – January 28, 2023
Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.
Lessons Learned From a Health System’s Internal Data Breach. An Alabama health system recently fired an employee who accessed 2,500 patient records without authorization. Mike Semel said this is a telltale example of why health systems need to enforce HIPAA’s minimum necessary access rule, along with logging access and updating incident respo...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 28, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs
Adopt Third-Party Risk Management to Protect Health System Data
The following is a guest article by Hilary Jewhurst, Head of Third-Party Risk Education & Advocacy at Venminder.
The growth in the healthcare industry has resulted in an increase in the use of third parties to provide competitive products and services, making healthcare data more vulnerable than ever. As hackers become more sophisticated and creative, phishing, denial of service (DoS), and malware are on the rise. And cyberattacks and data breaches resulting from third parties are everywhere.
Recently, a large organization found itself the subject of a class action lawsuit after one of its medical record services v...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 16, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Security and Privacy Cybersecurity Data Protection Denial of Service DoS Health System Data Healthcare Data Hilary Jewhurst Malware Phishing Security T Source Type: blogs
Take a break from cardiology : How to debate a complex topic in a forum ?
Pardon ,this video is nothing to do with cardiology. It is from the archives of the United nations library .This can teach some important lessons in art of communication , sharing to all folks, especially medical students. It was recorded in 1959 in Newyork, UN head quarters.Four 17 year old school girls & boys were invited for a debate on a complex topic. Does God exist ? How do you pray ? and what is the purpose of different religions ?
I keep wondering , how these youngsters accumulated so much wisdom and express it in such a polite manner too. Mind you, this was recorded , when learning happened with ...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - January 16, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Uncategorized evidence based cardiology medical education religion and god medical profession Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, January 16th 2023
Conclusions
Implanted Hair Follicle Cells Produce Remodeling of Scar Tissue
Assessment of Somatic Mosaicism as a Biomarker of Aging
The Gut Microbiome of Centenarians
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/01/the-gut-microbiome-of-centenarians/
The state of the gut microbiome is arguably as influential on health as exercise. Various microbial species present in the gut produce beneficial metabolites, such as butyrate, or harmful metabolites, such as isoamylamine, or can provoke chronic inflammation in a variety of ways. An individual can have a better or worse microbiome, assessing these and other...
Source: Fight Aging! - January 15, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Evidence for Age-Related Hearing Loss to Contribute to Cognitive Impairment
This study provides (to the authors' knowledge) the first quantitative evidence that the diagnosis of dementia is associated with subsequent lower persistence of hearing-aid use. This may be due to reduced abilities to perform instrumental activities, or diverse other mechanisms, including memory problems, reduced motivation to engage in social interaction, and carers prioritising other aspects of care.
Link: https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac266 (Source: Fight Aging!)
Source: Fight Aging! - January 11, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
One family ’s disastrous experience with a growth-driven long-term care company
by “E-PATIENT” DAVE DEBRONKART
Continuing THCB’s occasional series on actual experiences with the health care system. This is the first in a short series about a patient and family experience from one of America’s leading ePatients.
I’ve been blogging recently about what happens in American healthcare when predatory investor-driven companies start moving into care industries because the money’s good and enforcement is lax. The first two posts were about recent articles in The New Yorker on companies that are more interested in sales and growth than caring. I now have permission ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: The Business of Health Care ePatient Dave Patient Experience Respite care Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, January 9th 2023
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Longevity Industry Consulting Services
Reason, the founder of Fight Aging! and Repair Biotechnologies, offers strategic consulting services to investors, entrepreneurs, and others interested in the longevity industry and its complexities. To find out m...
Source: Fight Aging! - January 8, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
A View of Cellular Senescence in Cancer
Cellular senescence is a double-edged sword in the matter of cancer. A cancer cell turned senescent, and thus entered a state of growth arrest, is not a cancer cell that continues to replicate. It secretes pro-growth, pro-inflammatory signals that draw the attention of the immune system. This can be beneficial, helping to defeat a cancer, particularly in the early stages. After a certain point, however, too much cellular senescence aids the cancer in further growth. While it seems clear that senolytic treatments to remove lingering senescent cells are wholly beneficial after a cancer is defeated, it isn't clear that the sa...
Source: Fight Aging! - January 6, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Healthcare AI – 2023 Health IT Predictions
As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Check out our communities predictions below and be sure to add your own thoughts and/or places you disagree with these predictions in the comments and on social media.
Check out our community’s healthcare AI predictions.
Evangelos Hytopoulos, Sr. Director of Data Science at iRhythm Technologies
There is no doubt that AI has become mainstream in many areas....
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 3, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: AI/Machine Learning Health IT Company Healthcare IT 2023 Health IT Predictions 4D Path Carlene MacMillan CommBox Dave Bennett Evangelos Hytopoulos Gabriel Mecklenburg Healthcare AI Hinge Health iRhythm Technologies Judy Jiao Na Source Type: blogs
Corsanum Review: Can This Be The Ultimate Heart Support?
Can supplements like Corsanum prove to be essential in sustaining your blood pressure? Well, there is more to it than you think. Check out our review.
There are a significant number of supplements in the market that are known to assist in helping maintain the blood pressure in an individual.
The said supplements are essentially rich in nutrients, minerals, vitamins, and organic compounds that are known to specifically check high blood pressure and bring it back in the ideal range of blood pressure.
Sometimes, we let slide the fact that our lifestyle and dietary habits affect our blood pressure to a great exten...
Source: The EMT Spot - November 12, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Kutryk Tags: Blood Pressure Supplements Source Type: blogs
Basic Functions of Abdominal Organs
Most EMT level providers are square on the primary function of the stomach. We can name several things our liver is doing for us and we get the whole kidney concept as well. But when we start drifting beyond the basics, the conversation can turn fuzzy.
OK … It’s been a little while since I studied this. What was the spleen doing again? Something about the immune system right? Oh, the Pancreas that produces Insulin doesn’t it? Or was that the gallbladder?
Fear not. I put together a handy reference for you. Here’s a list of all those abdominal organs for your review. Now you can sort your large...
Source: The EMT Spot - November 7, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Steve Whitehead Tags: EMT Source Type: blogs
