Fight Aging! Newsletter, June 13th 2016
FIGHT AGING! NEWSLETTER
June 13th 2016
Fight Aging! provides a weekly digest of news and commentary for thousands of subscribers interested in the latest longevity science: progress towards the medical control of aging in order to prevent age-related frailty, suffering, and disease, as well as improvements in the present understanding of what works and what doesn't work when it comes to extending healthy life. Expect to see summaries of recent advances in medical research, news from the scientific community, advocacy and fundraising initiatives to help speed work on the repair and reversal of aging, links to ...
Source: Fight Aging! - June 12, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Stem Cell Treatments Produce Considerable Benefits in Stroke Survivors
A small study of stem cell transplants into the brain has demonstrated striking benefits in stroke patients when administered long after the stroke itself, past the point at which any further natural recovery is expected:
Injecting modified, human, adult stem cells directly into the brains of chronic stroke patients proved not only safe but effective in restoring motor function, according to the findings of a small clinical trial. The patients, all of whom had suffered their first and only stroke between six months and three years before receiving the injections, remained conscious under light anesthesia throughou...
Source: Fight Aging! - June 3, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
LITFL Review 233
Welcome to the 233rd LITFL Review! Your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peeks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the blogosphere’s best and brightest and deliver a bite-sized chuck of FOAM.
The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beauts of the Week
Cliff Reid deploys bilingual brilliance and teaches us to speak Resuscitese–error proofing common directives in a crisis. [JS]
Richard Body discusses whether compassion is a patient’s right in this great talk from SMACC Chicago. [SO]
The...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - May 29, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Marjorie Lazoff, MD Tags: Education LITFL review Source Type: blogs
Foreign policy through the lens of an emergency physician
These seem unrelated, but give me a chance. I was eating outside at a restaurant with my 5 month old, Max, and a car with a modified muffler hit the gas right in front of us. In Australia, you’d call the driver a “hoon.” The noise terrified my boy, and I felt something I’m not used to: protective rage. When Max stopped crying my mind went to struggling families, kids, bombs, drones and suicide bombers, naturally. So I thought I’d type on medicine and foreign affairs.
When you arrive in an ER with one-sided leg/arm/face paralysis, you’ll probably be whisked to a CT scanner to see whether...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - May 15, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Sam Slishman, MD Tags: Physician Emergency Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, May 2nd 2016
This study is the first CAR T-cell trial to infuse patients with an even mixture of two types of T cells (helper and killer cells, which work together to kill cancer). With the assurance that each patient gets the same mixture of cells, the researchers were able to come to conclusions about the effects of administering different doses of cells.
In 27 of 29 participants whose responses were evaluated a few weeks after the infusion, a high-sensitivity test could detect no trace of their cancer in their bone marrow. The CAR T cells eliminated cancers anywhere in the body they appeared. Of the two participants who did n...
Source: Fight Aging! - May 1, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
MKSAP: 77-year-old woman with a left middle cerebral artery ischemic stroke
Test your medicine knowledge with the MKSAP challenge, in partnership with the American College of Physicians.
A 77-year-old woman is evaluated 4 months following a left middle cerebral artery ischemic stroke. The severity of her stroke required prolonged initial hospitalization and a 3-month stay in a rehabilitation center before returning home. Residual deficits include dense right-sided hemiparesis and dysphagia requiring oral feeding with thickened liquids. Medical history is otherwise significant for hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Current medications are aspirin, chlorthalidone, lisinopril, tolterodine, and ins...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 16, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: mksap Tags: Conditions Neurology Source Type: blogs
DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Mock Test 24
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Source: Cardiophile MD - March 26, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis, MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin, FRCP London Tags: Cardiology MCQ DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Source Type: blogs
DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Mock Test 19
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Source: Cardiophile MD - February 25, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis, MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin, FRCP London Tags: Cardiology MCQ DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Source Type: blogs
What To Make of the Senate Finance Committee’s Chronic Care Policy Options
Conclusion
Again, the Committee and staff deserve praise for their effort. Going forward, if the Committee holds to its cost neutral commitment members will need to convince the CBO telehealth services are substitutive, not duplicative. The Committee faces the same possible problem or limitation in creating new chronic care management codes and expanding or extending Medicare programming. It too is an election year and the bill currently has no comparative effort underway in the House. Hurdles or headwinds aside, one is left to wonder about other chronic care policy options not included in the memo. To name one it is beyon...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Simon Nath Tags: THCB David Introcaso Source Type: blogs
A better way to think about Altered Mental Status
I recently had occasion to prepare a talk on the various causes of Altered Mental Status. As it happens, EM:RAP had a nice Continuous Core Content segment recently on the same topic. (Don't listen to EM:RAP? You should. Want to try it for free? Rob Orman of ERCast has an offer for a three month free trial. Use the code ERTHANKS.)* They used a practical case-based format to structure the approach, which I like, but also fell back on the old mnemonic of AEIOU TIPS. God I hate that mnemonic. It's so haphazard and utterly disorganized: just like the typical approach to AMS.A â€...
Source: Movin' Meat - February 9, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: blogs
DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Mock Test 13
In this study, cangrelor was discontinued 1-6 hours prior to surgery, while aspirin was continued throughout the perioperative period. Bridging with cangrelor did not increase major bleeds prior to surgery, though minor bleeds, mostly ecchymosis at venipuncture site, was higher. P2Y12 assay documented sufficient platelet inhibition corresponding to levels required for anti thrombotic effect [1]. Cangrelor is awaiting approval and more large scale trials regarding the use of bridging are needed.
Reference
1. Angiolillo DJ et al; BRIDGE Investigators. Bridging antiplatelet therapy with cangrelor in patients undergoing ...
Source: Cardiophile MD - February 7, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis, MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin, FRCP London Tags: Cardiology MCQ DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Source Type: blogs
DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Mock Test 8
This study found that though it is often associated with coronary artery disease (CAD), it can also occur in those without significant CAD. It was not specifically associated with disease of right coronary artery disease.
This cardioinhibitory response may be a manifestation of the Bezold-Jarisch reflex. Bezold-Jarisch reflex inhibits sympathetic activity (sympathetic withdrawal) and increases parasympathetic activity, resulting in bradycardia, which may be associated with vasodilatation, nausea and hypotension. Bezold-Jarisch has been described in the setting of inferior wall infarction and coronary angiography. Origin...
Source: Cardiophile MD - January 26, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis, MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin, FRCP London Tags: Cardiology MCQ Cardiology X-ray Featured Source Type: blogs
DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Mock Test 7
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Source: Cardiophile MD - January 23, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis, MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin, FRCP London Tags: Cardiology MCQ DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Featured Source Type: blogs
DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Mock Test 3
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Source: Cardiophile MD - January 17, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis, MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin, FRCP London Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs
LITFL Review – Best of 2015
Welcome to the Best of 2015Â LITFL Review! Your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peeks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the blogosphere’s best and brightest and deliver a bite-sized chuck of FOAM.
The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beauts of the Year
SMACC Podcast: Crack the Chest Get Crucified (John Hinds)
John’s talk from the opening plenary at SMACC Chicago had a furious battle with David Newman’s talk for the number one spot. Both were clear front runners given the shear numb...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - January 8, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Anand Swaminathan Tags: Education LITFL review Source Type: blogs
