Farro with Oyster Mushrooms & Onions
One of my goals in retirement is to shop more at the farm markets, in order to support local farmers and eat more seasonally. It’s something I could never find the time to do when I was working. (Though I have friends who managed to do so even with full time jobs, so really, what was my excuse?…) Although I adore the Union Square Green Market, it’s a bit of a schlep to visit on a regular basis. Thankfully, we have a wonderful farmer’s market every Sunday here on the Upper West Side, on Columbus Avenue just behind the Museum of Natural History. That’s where some lovely-looking oyster mushro...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - November 21, 2022 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Pasta Rice & Potatoes Vegetables Vegetarian Farro Food waste leftovers mushrooms Oyter Mushrooms Source Type: blogs

Anemia in cardiac failure : Needs little more attention
HF is the inability (or reduced ability) to supply oxygen and other nutrients to fulfill the body’s demands. In the process, the heart either fights or flights, and results in symptoms due to hemodynamic alterations, or adversities of neuro-hormonal activation. Now, what is Anemia? Anemia is a condition with reduced or dysfunctional RBCs. that directly interferes with oxygen delivery to tissues. It is not at all a coincidence, the core functions of the heart and blood are strikingly similar and intertwined. While the heart is the powerhouse of the circulatory system, without good-quality blood, the greatness of th...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - November 19, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Uncategorized anemia in cardiac failure Source Type: blogs

Wednesday Bible Study: All the gold in Fort Knox
Chapter 22 is not derived in any way from the Deuteronomic history -- which is now at the beginning of  the Book of Kings, in which David dies and Solomon becomes king. However, while in Kings David does designate Solomon to be us successor, there is none of this discussion about the Temple, or preparations for it. We only start to learn about the physical nature of the Temple when Solomon starts to build it, after David ' s death.  The idea that God doesn ' t want David to build the Temple because he has shed too much blood seems quite hypocritical since God for the most part told him to do it, and supporte...
Source: Stayin' Alive - November 16, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs

poem
 Middle PositionThe meaning of the loving perspectivecomes often near middle age the middle way betweenloathing and adorationhopefulness and resignation between the force and the quivering the believing and the finally living here everything radiates outwardaway from the Eliotian still pointilluminating both past and futurehere there is no lightdelineating any difference between you or mefrom this pointeverything is seenneither clearly nor cloudyfrom here on outold as you areyou ’ll never be any youngerwhat arises is a gratitudefor the missing father the lost love the never said words the th...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - November 13, 2022 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS 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

Wednesday Bible Study: Major ommission
As I ' ve said, the Chronicler wants to clean up David ' s image, and there ' s no doubt about it here. Ch. 20 knits together the beginning of Samuel 11 and the end of Samuel 12. Guess what was in between? The rape of Bathsheba and the murder of Uriah. Yeah well, that was a minor incident. I guess I should also mention that the crown David steals weighs 75 pounds. I guess he had a strong neck. There ' s also a bit of torture and slavery in here, which is does not reflect badly on David as he ' s doing it to conquered people, which is perfectly okay. There are also some giant relatives of Goliath. 20 In the spring...
Source: Stayin' Alive - November 9, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs

Magnetic Bacteria Target Tumors
Scientists at ETH Zurich in Switzerland have unveiled a technique that weaponizes bacterial cells against tumors. The approach involves using bacteria called Magnetospirillum that are naturally magnetic by virtue of the iron oxide particles they contain. The researchers use a rotating magnetic field applied at the tumor location from outside the body to help draw the bacteria through gaps in the walls of tumor blood vessels. At present, the technique has been explored as a proof-of-concept, but in the future it may be possible to attach anti-cancer drug-loaded nanoparticles to the outside of the bacteria, turning them into...
Source: Medgadget - November 3, 2022 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Medicine Nanomedicine Oncology ETH Zurich ethz Source Type: blogs

101 Things We Should Teach Every New EMT
1) You aren’t required to know everything. 2) You are required to know the foundational knowledge and skills of your job. No excuses. 3) Always be nice. It’s a force multiplier. 4) There is no greater act of trust than being handed a sick child. 5) Earn that trust. 6) Don’t ever lie to your patient. If something is awkward to say, learn to say it without lying. 7) Read Thom Dick’s, People Care. Then read it again. 8) You can fake competence with the public, but not with your coworkers. 9) Own your mistakes. We all make them, but only the best of us own them. 10) Only when you’ve learned...
Source: The EMT Spot - November 2, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Steve Whitehead Tags: EMT Source Type: blogs

The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
October 27, 2022 Edition-----In the UK we have a political farce running with only a day or so to run when you read this, with a new PM (Rishi Sunak) in place..In the US the mid-term elections are coming in a week or so, thus some concern as to where the US is going!In China Xi has his third 5 year term so we all wonder how that will turn out!In OZ we have has a Budget with floods, inflation, data leaks, the threat of recession, Medicare concerns and other issues just rolling on! At least the Budget does not seem to have broken anything!Overall an ‘omnishambles’ as they say!-----Major Issues.-----https://www.afr.com/wo...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 27, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

Heart failure in chronic kidney disease – Cardiology Basics
Heart failure in chronic kidney disease – Cardiology Basics Prevalence of both heart failure and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are increasing as the population is aging globally. Hence heart failure in chronic kidney disease is seen more often. Presence of CKD in heart failure increases morbidity and mortality. Though there is increasing use of effective medications and special devices like cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure patients in general, those with CKD have not been benefited well. CKD is defined as abnormalities of kidney structure or function, present for >3 months, with implications for h...
Source: Cardiophile MD - October 21, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs

What is Eisenmenger syndrome? Cardiology Basics
Eisenmenger syndrome is a late complication of congenital heart diseases with large left to right shunts. Fortunately, it is rare now-a-days because most conditions which can cause Eisenmenger syndrome later, are detected by neonatal screening and treated early so that this complication does not develop later. Eisenmenger syndrome is a condition in which long standing high pulmonary blood flow leads to irreversible pulmonary hypertension with reversal of shunt. Right to left shunt causes reduced systemic oxygen saturation with cyanosis. This is an echocardiogram showing a left to right shunt from the left ventricle to the...
Source: Cardiophile MD - October 20, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs

The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
October 20, 2022 Edition-----In the US we have just had the usual mass-shootings last week! Hard to know why the population put up with it. On a larger scale the war is seemingly just getting worse and more lethal. While there is assassination there must be hope!In the UK all eyes are on just when the Truss implosion will actually happen.In OZ the biggest news has been the really Biblical floods in SE Australia, The Budget is also getting close!-----Major Issues.-----https://www.afr.com/policy/tax-and-super/average-tax-rate-to-hit-record-high-this-decade-with-or-without-stage-three-cuts-20221008-p5bo78Average tax rate to h...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 20, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

Blistered Shishito Peppers
Thanks to my daughter for turning us on to Blistered Shishito Peppers – a simple, fast, delicious and fun appetizer. The Shishito is mild pepper brought to the US from Japan and now widely available here in the United States. We got ours from Trader Joes, but you can easily grow them in your home garden. The Shishito pepper likely came to Japan from Spain, where it is called a Padron pepper and is much hotter. It is believed to have mellowed after generations of selective breeding in Japanese soil. The fastest and most fun way to get to know Shishito is to toss them in a little olive oil, blister t...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - October 18, 2022 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Appetizers blistered shishito peppers charred shishito peppers Japnese food Source Type: blogs

The college football fans that beat COVID and the experts that couldn ’t
BY ANISH KOKA The COVID pandemic was supposed to herald the end of the idea that a smaller government is a better government. The experts who desperately seek to be in charge of a sprawling bureaucratic state told us that it was only a powerful central authority that could do what was needed to safeguard individual liberties at a time when a highly contagious respiratory virus was spreading across the globe. New Zealand may have imposed draconian policies that did not even allow its own citizens to return, but scenes of cheering unmasked New Zealanders stood in sharp contrast to empty seats in American stadiums when ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: COVID-19 Health Policy College Football New Zealand Source Type: blogs