An ancient and very important Irish creature
(No, not a leprechaun…hehe.)
Wow. What a trip! Stefano and I, and our friends, actually got back at the end of August, but since then I’ve been busy with finishing the translation of an article and other stuff…no time to write a post. Here I am, though, finally!
We spent three weeks traveling around Ireland, from Dublin to Kilkenny, then down to Cobh (near Cork), and then, after stopping at Mizen Head, Ireland’s most southwesterly point, up to Kenmare, Dingle, and Doolin.
It would take me hours to write about all the beautiful things we saw and all the things we did…and about the Irish people...
Source: Margaret's Corner - September 14, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll tetrapod Valentia Island Source Type: blogs
On the Compatibility of Pandemic Data-Driven Measures with Data Protection: A Review of Ireland's ‘Under the Radar’ COVID-19 Measures
This article reviews the compatibility of ‘under-the-radar’ data-driven measures... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - August 28, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Experiences of Late First Trimester Abortion in Irish Hospitals: Suggestions for Change
Aideen O ' Shaughnessy (University of Cambridge), Rachel Roth (Abortion Rights Campaign), Anna Carnegie (London School of Hygiene& Tropical Medicine), Lorraine Grimes (National University of Ireland), Experiences of Late First Trimester Abortion in Irish Hospitals: Suggestions for Change, SSRN (2022): In... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - August 25, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Digital health care across the UK: where are we now?
Nuffield Trust - Achieving digital transformation in health and social care in England has long been a goal, but progress on it over the past decade has not been straightforward. But what is happening elsewhere in the UK? With Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England all embarking on ambitious digital health programmes, this explainer describes the various approaches being taken.Explainer (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - August 23, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Digital health and data Source Type: blogs
The IRA
That could be the Irish Republican Army, or your Individual Retirement Account, but today it refers to the Inflation Reduction Act. Columbia economist Gernot Wagnerhas a very favorable view of the Act regarding climate change. (You need to register to read but it ' s free.) It actually doesn ' t have a lot of new spending -- just $369 billion over ten years. Yeah yeah, that sounds like a lot of money but by federal government standards it ' s peanuts. It also authorizes the Department of Energy to make up to $250 billion in loans. However, this modest initiative is well structured to elicit vastly larger private inve...
Source: Stayin' Alive - August 21, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
How Common Has Private Currency Been?
Lawrence H. WhiteRecently, an investment advisor and Bitcoin proponenttweeted the claim that “[f]or most of human history” the “[s]eparation of money and state was the norm, even if the state stamped their ruler’s face on the coin.” Some strong disagreement (and some strong support) followed the tweet. The mostcategorical criticism asserted: “Money is and always has been a creation of government. ” A somewhat milder challenge asserted that “Private moneys have seldom been main media of exchange.”First, let ’s clarify the object of the discussion. If we define “money” the way that economist...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 16, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Lawrence H. White Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, August 8th 2022
In conclusion, aging research will benefit from a better definition of how specific regulators map onto age-dependent change, considered on a phenotype-by-phenotype basis. Resolving some of these key questions will shed more light on how tractable (or intractable) the biology of aging is.
Does Acarbose Extend Life in Short Lived Species via Gut Microbiome Changes?
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2022/08/does-acarbose-extend-life-in-short-lived-species-via-gut-microbiome-changes/
Acarbose is one of a few diabetes medications shown to modestly slow aging in short-lived species. Researchers here take a...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 7, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
New curcumin myeloma clinical trial
Conclusion: “Curcumin has an efficacy in improving overall remission and decreasing NF-kB, VEGF, TNF-a, and IL-6 levels in myeloma patients.”
And so we have more proof…and this proof comes from actual myeloma patients, not from cells grown in a Petri dish. The evidence is piling up!
I wonder when (or if!) our myeloma luminaries and organisations are going to wake up to the fact that curcumin has a real potential to help us myeloma folks at every stage of this cancer. If I could, I would tell them (the above luminaries and organisations) to ignore the profits and benefits (international conferences held i...
Source: Margaret's Corner - August 5, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll curcumin myeloma clinical trial Source Type: blogs
Interviews on Aspects of Aging with Judith Campisi and Dena Dubal
Today I'll point out a pair of interviews with researchers Judith Campisi and Dena Dubal, in which they discuss quite different aspects of aging. Campisi's research has a heavy focus on cellular senescence in aging. Cells become senescent constantly in the body, most because they hit the Hayflick limit on replication imposed upon the somatic cells that are the overwhelming majority of cells in our tissues. Cells can also become senescent because of damage, or encouraged into senescence by the signaling of other, nearby senescent cells. Once senescent, cells are normally quickly removed by the immune system or programmed ce...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 4, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Silicone Heart Models Heart Failure
Scientists at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and partners at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin have developed a silicone heart model that is intended to model heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. The device, which represents a ‘mock circulatory loop’, includes a simulated version of the left atrium and left ventricle, and each chamber is independently controlled to model the entire cardiac cycle. The researchers use air pressure in a surrounding chamber to induce the device to pump, in much the same way that our diaphragm controls breathing by changing the air pressure in our thoraci...
Source: Medgadget - August 3, 2022 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Cardiac Surgery Cardiology RCSI Source Type: blogs
Cambridge Folk Festival 2022
The annual Cambridge Folk Festival was on hiatus thanks to the pandemic and so a lot of people had missed out on their musical fix at Cherry Hinton Hall for three years…us?
Full Fest wrist band
Mrs Sciencebase and myself had not been back since 1991 having attended three years on the trot from 1989 when I first went up to Cambridge (working, not as a student, haha). Mrs Sciencebase wasn’t Mrs at the time, and Sciencebase itself was still a few years away yet.
Suzanne Vega had hardly changed in 31 years
We were excited to see all the new bands and performers and checked the lineup: Clannad and Suzanne Vega among...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - August 1, 2022 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Music Photography Source Type: blogs
Examining Constitutional Culture: Assisted Suicide In Ireland And Canada
This article attempts to explore the depth and importance of “constitutional culture” in comparative constitutional law. The discipline of comparative... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 30, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 30th July2022.
Here are a few I came across last week.Note: Each link is followed by a title and few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment-----https://ehrintelligence.com/news/internal-email-outlines-changes-to-oracle-cerner-ehr-business-unitInternal Email Outlines Changes to Oracle Cerner EHR Business UnitUpon its acquisition, the Cerner EHR business is now called Oracle Health, one of Oracle ’s global industry units (GIUs).ByHannah NelsonJuly 22, 2022 - An internal email from an Oracle executive...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - July 30, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
July 28, 2022 Edition-----Sadly the war drags on, Biden seems to be pretty impotent on most policy fronts and the US seems to be heading into a recession. Not good,In the UK the choosing the next PM is off and running as the country and Europe are cooling down after a heatwave (for them) of biblical proportions!In OZ Parliament is meeting which is when the rubber will really hit the road as a new virus wave runs out of control still! We need to do more to control it as we realise just how bad long COVID is!-----Major Issues.-----https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/how-a-nobel-laureate-got-australian-economists-offside-...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - July 28, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
NHS Pay Review Body thirty-fifth report: 2022
This report sets out the NHSPRB ’s analysis of evidence provided by relevant organisations and makes observations on the pay of NHS staff paid under Agenda for Change for 2022 to 2023. The NHSPRB provides independent advice on the pay of NHS staff to the Prime Minister, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, First Minist er of Wales and Minister for Health of Northern Ireland.ReportNHSPRB - publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - July 20, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
