Is There A Future For Drones In Healthcare?
The threat COVID has posed ever since it first appeared influenced how healthcare operates on many levels. It triggered a rapid expansion in health technology – some obvious, like the rise of telemedicine or at-home lab tests, others filled a much-needed immediate void. The demand for safe solutions inclined the development of robotic support in hospitals – and drones.
I must admit, I expected the rise of drone-based solutions years ago (and I wasn’t alone with my expectations). By now, we are just at the very beginning of using drones in healthcare. And still, even now, when COVID-19 clearly showed the necessity ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - June 3, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Judit Kuszkó Tags: Covid-19 Forecast Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Future of Medicine Healthcare Design Healthcare Policy Portable Medical Diagnostics Robotics Security & Privacy Telemedicine & Smartphones drones telehealth medical drones mon Source Type: blogs
The Dangers of Replacing the 2001 AUMF
John GlaserPresident Biden ’s announcement in April, and again in his first State of the Union address, that the U.S. military will be withdrawing from Afghanistan must have seemed to many Americans to be an inflection point. But if pulling out of Afghanistan is thought to mark an end to the post‐9/11 wars, think ag ain.Almost as soon as Biden could give the official orders to withdraw, reporting clarified that the new policy was by no means equivalent to ending the war. “With withdrawal preparations ramping up,” theWall Street Journalreported in March, “U.S. military commanders want bases for troops, drone...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 28, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: John Glaser Source Type: blogs
Oversight Board Comment on Facebook ’s Removal of Abdullah Öcalan Content
Will DuffieldI submitted the following public comment to the Oversight Board regarding their review of Facebook ’s decision to remove an American user’s Instagram post, which included a picture of Kurdish leader Abdullah O ̈calan and text discussing his isolated imprisonment. Facebook justified the removal under its Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy.The Oversight Boardrequested comments addressing “whether the decision consistent with Facebook’s stated values and human rights commitments, including on freedom of expression,” and “the impact of censorship of Kurdish political discussion on soc...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 28, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Will Duffield Source Type: blogs
Off Our Chests: No Secrets Left Behind
By CHADI NABHAN
She was a successful corporate lawyer turned professional volunteer and a housewife.
He was a charismatic, successful, and world-renowned researcher in gastrointestinal oncology. He was jealous of all breast cancer research funding and had declared that disease his nemesis.
They were married; life was becoming a routine, and borderline predictable. Both appeared to have lost some appreciation of each other and their sacrifices.
Then, she saw a lump, and was diagnosed with breast cancer. Not any breast cancer, but triple negative breast cancer. The kind that is aggressive and potentially lethal. ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 27, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Medical Practice Patients Physicians Book Review Breast cancer Chadi Nabhan illness narratives John Marshall Liza Marshall Off Our Chests triple negative breast cancer Source Type: blogs
How to Build a Strong Relationship with Your Partner
Building a strong relationship requires a lot of energy from both partners. Falling in love and committing to maintain it are two different things. A relationship with a firm foundation is likely to face the turbulence that life brings along with much more ease. When in a quest to build a strong relationship it's the little things that count. In this case, commitment is vital. Here are different ways to help you build a strong relationship.
1. Express your feelings
Many relationships are weak because the people involved kept their feelings to themselves. There are different ways of expre...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - May 19, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erin Falconer Tags: family featured relationships self-improvement committment Source Type: blogs
Birding on the Wild Fen Edge
When it comes to local places to spot new and interesting birds, the first place you might try in this neck of the woods (as it were) are the various nature reserves we have within a few clicks. There are the RSPB reserves – Ouse Fen, Berry Fen, Fen Drayton, Fowlmere, Ouse Washes most of which I’ve mentioned on this site at least once in the last few years. Then there are the National Trust places like Anglesey Abbey and Wimpole Hall as well the likes of Wicken, Tubney, and Burwell Fen. Further afield there’s the Wetland Trust site at Welney and other fairly nearby RSPB reserves such as Lakenheath.
Turtle dov...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - May 7, 2021 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Birds Source Type: blogs
Let's Talk About Hospitals And Rural Healthcare (Particularly Mother-Baby Care): My Letter To The NC Government Commission/NC State Treasurer In Support Of Randolph County's Application For A Loan To Save Randolph Health
Author ' s Note: The lawyers have a saying, " Res Ipsa Loquitur " " . Translated from Latin, it means, " The thing speaks for itself " . This is the text of the letter I sent to theNC Local Government Commission (embellished with a few links and additional comments in red) . . .in support of the state of North Carolina granting a loan to Randolph County (via the NC Rural Healthcare Stabilization Act) . . . for purposes of assisting in the " rescue " of Asheboro ' s Randolph Health - in a bankruptcy Court-approved buy-out of Randolph ' s assets by American Healthcare Systems, LLC.On May 4th, afte...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - May 7, 2021 Category: American Health Tags: Asheboro Atrium Health Bankruptcy Cone Health Duke Lifepoint LGC Medical Whistle-blower Mother-Baby Care NC Rural Heatlh NCDHHS Non-profit Randolph Health UNC Health Wake Forest Baptist Source Type: blogs
What is an Intermediate coronary lesion & What shall we do with it ?
This question might squeeze the collective coronary knowledge of any cardiologist. (At least, it does for me !)
What is an intermediate coronary lesion? (ICL)
Traditionally it is an “angio-ocular reflex” measurement of coronary arterial diameter stenosis that lies between 40 to 70% (Mind you, 70 diameter stenosis is 90% area. So,we must be clear what we really mean in any revascularisation debate).
Above one is the simplest expression of ICL. (* While 70% cutoff is fairly constant, the lower limit 40% is still not a settled issue. It can even be 30 %. I think we haven’t yet named th...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - April 25, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Uncategorized diameter vs area stenosis fame s fame study ffr ifr qfr intermediate coronary lesion minimal cad coronary erosion what is intermediate coronary lesion ? Source Type: blogs
Ten Self Love Tips for the ‘New Normal’
When I married myself five years ago, it was to celebrate self love - to stop chasing the 'happily ever after' and start living the 'happily ever now'. Since then, I've no longer felt the need to apologise for my single status and have found being a sologamist very empowering. I really enjoy my own company and find peace in solitude. So, last year, when the Coronavirus struck, I thought I'd cope with a solo lockdown ok, after all, I'm no stranger to filling my own cup!
However, it didn't take long before I found myself plunging into despair. The months of isolation stretching ahead of me felt insurmountable and I starte...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - April 19, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sophie Tanner Tags: career creativity featured happiness health and fitness philosophy productivity tips psychology self-improvement success covid empathy new normal self improvement wfh Source Type: blogs
The New Deal and Recovery, Part 12: Fear Itself
George Selgin" This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. …[T]he only thing we have to fear is fear itself. "—FDR, in his first inaugural address." There is no place for industry; because the fruit thereof is uncertain. "—Thomas Hobbes, on the state of nature, inLeviathan.Not the Sum of its PartsSo far, I ' ve tended to look at the New Deal as a set or sequence of distinct government policies and programs, remarking on how each either contributed to or hampered economic recovery. I ' ve also dealt only with those New Deal policies generally understood to have had promoting recovery...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 14, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: George Selgin Source Type: blogs
5 Secrets to a Stress-Free, Happy, Healthy Family
Creating a happy and connected family in the modern world can sometimes feel like an impossible task. Everyone is working tirelessly to make ends meet, technology seems to control our everyday life, and stress has become prevalent among both adults and children. Certainly, grandparents or elderly people in general want to catch sight of their families being connected and content no matter how life turns around. Fortunately, there are secrets you can put into practice to create a stress-free, happy, healthy family in today’s world.
1. Eat, Play, Show Love, and Build a Strong Connect...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - April 12, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elisa Tags: family featured motivation psychology relationships happiness pickthebrain stress Source Type: blogs
How to go viral on instagram
If you were hoping to read an article with the top five ways to go viral on Instagram, then I’m sorry to disappoint you, but I don’t have any tips. I’ve been using Insta since not long after it launched, but have fewer than 600 followers (as of the time of writing) and have posted only about 2000 photos, most recently of birds, moths, and occasional mammals and moonshots.
A Yaffle, or Green Woodpecker, at Cambridge Research Park
A lot of the people who follow me are people I knew in the real world or via other earlier social media encounters. The follower number has crept up but ever so slowly over the ye...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - April 12, 2021 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Photography Source Type: blogs
Accelerating the Development of Tests for Endometriosis and Cancer
NIGMS’ Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program works toward more effective methods for patient screening, diagnosis, and treatment.
Translating lab discoveries into health care products requires large investments of time and resources. Through the STTR Regional Technology Transfer Accelerator Hubs for IDeA States program, NIGMS helps researchers interested in transitioning their discoveries and/or inventions into products. Here are the stories of three researchers working with the XLerator Hub, which funds projects in the southeastern United States and Puerto Rico.
Ending Diagnostic Delays for Endomet...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - April 7, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Injury and Illness Cancer Diseases Profiles Scientific Process Source Type: blogs
Lawrence White on Private Gold Mints
George SelginEvery hoary myth about the private market ' s unfitness to supply means of exchange has roots that trace back to the hoariest monetary platitude of all, namely, the claim that governments alone, whether republican or absolutist or otherwise, are fit to coin money.That commonplacecredendum dates from ancient times, and wasa staple of medieval and early-modern monetary writings. Paradoxically enough, after stating the standard dogma, most of those writings go on to describe in lurid detail, and vigorously condemn, sovereigns ' frequent and flagrant abuse of their coining privileges!Yet the myth survives, thanks ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 19, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: George Selgin Source Type: blogs
Top 10 Benefits of Acupuncture for Workplace Stress and Pain
Originated thousands of years ago, acupuncture is a TCM (traditional Chinese medicine). It's based on the premise that a disturbance or a blockage in the flow of life energy of the body, can cause health issues.
What acupuncturists do is insert needles that are very thin. These needles are inserted on specific acupuncture points all over the body in order to restore the flow of body energy, to balance its energy, and also to stimulate healing to promote relaxation.
According to traditional Chinese medicine, on the human body, there are around 1000 acupuncture points, each one of them lying on an invisible channel of ...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - March 16, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lilly Partin Tags: featured health and fitness acupuncture self improvement Source Type: blogs
