Kintsugi: Embracing brokenness and empathy
In the Japanese tradition of kintsugi, broken things are repaired with gold joinery. The repaired object is even lovelier than the original. The breakage and repair become an acknowledged part of the object’s history. The scars and wounds are cherished rather than disguised. What a beautiful reminder to harness the powers of darkness and light
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Kintsugi: Embracing brokenness and empathy originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 4, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Nessa Meshkaty, MD Tags: Physician Primary Care Source Type: blogs
What happens to blood pressure when we stand up ?
Many times , an Innocuous question poses a real challenge, to our life time understanding of circulatory physiology.
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This question is very important , if we want to understand the true mechanism of postural hypotension, a commonest autonomic disorder in elderly (& also the newly recognised entity orthostatic hypertension)
Orthostatic hypotension is defined as a sustained drop of at least 20 mm Hg in systolic blood pressure (SBP) or 10 mm Hg in diastolic blood pressure (DBP) within 3-5 minutes of going from a supine to a standing position. In patients with associ...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - November 29, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Uncategorized bp response on standing hemodynamics of standing hypertesnion orthostatic hypertension orthostatic hypotension pots syndreome Source Type: blogs
Stretchable E-Skin for Robotic Prostheses
Engineers at the University of British Columbia have collaborated with the Japanese automotive company Honda to develop an e-skin for robotic prostheses that allows such devices to sense their environment in significant detail. The soft skin is highly sensitive, letting robotic hands to perform tasks that require a significant degree of dexterity and tactile feedback, such as grasping an egg or lifting a glass of water without breaking it. The elastomer skin contains fixed and sliding pillars that allow it to buckle and wrinkle, like real skin. The skin contains four deformable capacitators that let it distinguish between ...
Source: Medgadget - November 20, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Materials Rehab Honda ubc Source Type: blogs
Ikigai in health care: Mastering work-life balance and purpose for medical professionals
This article explores ikigai’s essence, its benefits and challenges in health care, and practical steps for embarking on this
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Ikigai in health care: Mastering work-life balance and purpose for medical professionals originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 20, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Harvey Castro, MD, MBA Tags: Physician Primary Care Source Type: blogs
Orange, Green, and Red – The Colors of Tribalism
BY MIKE MAGEE
As Thanksgiving Day approaches, let’s give thanks for the study of history, in part because it reminds us that Trumpian words like “vermin” have been used before and serve to alert the human race that we have entered danger zone
One President who understood the power of words more than many others was FDR. When he structured up “a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms and regulations…to provide support for farmers, the unemployed, youth and the elderly”, he memorably packaged the plan under the label, “The New Deal.”
Seizing alliteration in 1933, he further ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Declaration of Human Rights March of Dimes Mike Magee Thanksgiving Welfare Source Type: blogs
TikTok on the Gender Gap
By MIKE MAGEE
The juxta-positioning of Tuesday’s New York Times headlines was disturbing. The first “Why Does This Bride Look So Mad?”, was followed by “An ‘Unsettling’ Drop in Life Expectancy in Men.”
The “reluctant bride” referred to in the first article is (by now) an estimated 175 years old intended bride was 18 in the painting. The painting itself was the work of artist, Auguste Toulmouche, in 1866. The original title was “The Hesitant Fiancee”. Its current fame has a much shorter timeline – 2 weeks to be exact. That’s when it began to appear on TikTok, hosted as a statement of disg...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Gender gap Life Expectancy Mike Magee tiktok Source Type: blogs
Invasive species in the UK
Invasive species, a term referring to non-native species introduced to new environments, often establish self-sustaining populations with negative impacts on local ecosystems, economies, or human health.
These invaders, encompassing plants, animals, fungi, or microorganisms (refer to the foot of this article for examples), typically arrive due to human activities such as trade, travel, or intentional release. In rare cases, invasive species might reach the UK through natural avenues, such as animal migration or wind dispersal. Climate change exacerbates the situation, creating new ecological niches due to shifts in tempera...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - November 10, 2023 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Biology Environment Science Source Type: blogs
Will the AMA Support A Move Toward Single Payer Health Care?
By MIKE MAGEE
The Politico headline in 2019 declared dramatically, “The Most Powerful Activist in America is Dying.” This week, 4 1/2 years later, their prophecy came true, as activist Ady Barkan succumbed at age 39 to ALS leaving behind his vibrant wife, English professor, Rachael King, and two small children, Carl,7, and Willow,3.
His journey, as one of the nation’s leading activists for a single-payer health care system began, not coincidentally, began with his diagnosis of A.L.S. in 2016, 4 months after the birth of his first child. His speech at the Democratic National Convention fully exposed his conditio...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Ady Barkan AMA Mike Magee Single payer Source Type: blogs
Brugada Syndrome: Diagnosis and Risk Stratification
Hello friends, this is the modified version of my talk at Indian Heart Rhythm Society Conference, New Delhi, 2023, on Brugada Syndrome. Hope you will enjoy this session.
Initial description of Brugada syndrome in 1992 was that of syncopal episodes and/or sudden death in persons with structurally normal heart and a characteristic ECG pattern of right bundle branch block with ST segment elevation in leads V1 to V3. Sometimes individuals with a diagnostic ECG may be totally asymptomatic and may be having a family history of sudden death. Genetic nature of the disorder and mutation in sodium channel gene was described in 1998...
Source: Cardiophile MD - October 27, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: ECG / Electrophysiology General Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Dealing with medical abandonment, neglect, and errors
How should a patient deal with medical patient abandonment? A Japanese saying is, “It is better to fix the problem than to blame.” This invites a learning and growth opportunity for those with less knowledge and experience. Based on this, let us look at problem-solving for medical abandonment, neglect, and errors. The principle behind this
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Dealing with medical abandonment, neglect, and errors originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 15, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Rory Fleming Richardson, PhD Tags: Conditions Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
Out of Control Health Costs or a Broken Society
Flawed Accounting for the US Health Spending Problem
By Jeff Goldsmith
Source: OECD, Our World in Data
Late last year, I saw this chart which made my heart sink. It compared US life expectancy to its health spending since 1970 vs. other countries. As you can see, the US began peeling off from the rest of the civilized world in the mid-1980’s. Then US life expectancy began falling around 2015, even as health spending continued to rise. We lost two more full years of life expectancy to COVID. By the end of 2022, the US had given up 26 years-worth of progress in life expectancy gains. Adding four more ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy COVID Drug Overdoses gun violence Hospitals Jeff Goldsmith Maternal mortality Mental Health Obesity Poverty Regional Economy Society Source Type: blogs
Out of Control Health Costs or a Broken Society
Flawed Accounting for the US Health Spending Problem
By Jeff Goldsmith
Source: OECD, Our World in Data
Late last year, I saw this chart which made my heart sink. It compared US life expectancy to its health spending since 1970 vs. other countries. As you can see, the US began peeling off from the rest of the civilized world in the mid-1980’s. Then US life expectancy began falling around 2015, even as health spending continued to rise. We lost two more full years of life expectancy to COVID. By the end of 2022, the US had given up 26 years-worth of progress in life expecta...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy COVID Drug Overdoses gun violence Hospitals Jeff Goldsmith Maternal mortality Mental Health Obesity Poverty Regional Economy Society Source Type: blogs
Atropos Health Announces Strategic Financing to Fund International Expansion and Support Key Channel Partnerships
Leader in Unlocking Real-World Data for Healthcare Moves to Address the Global Evidence Gap in Markets Plagued by Tight Data Restrictions and a Lack of Clinical Trial Diversity
Atropos Health, a pioneer in evidence-based healthcare known for its Green Button Clinical Informatics Consult Service, today announced that it has completed a strategic financing from Presidio Ventures, the venture arm of Sumitomo Corporation Venture Group, Samsung Next, a venture arm of Samsung Electronics, Gaingels, Audere Capital, and others. The funding enables Atropos Health to accelerate commercial and development opportunities outside the U....
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 6, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Analitica Atropos Health Audere Capital Dr. Brigham Hyde DVX Gaingels Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Presidio Ventures Project 360 LTD Rameen Rana Samsung Electronics Source Type: blogs
Ageing, Institutional Thoughtlessness, and Normalisation in Japan ’s Prisons
Masahiro Suzuki (Central Queensland University), Akinori Otani (Kyushu University), Ageing, Institutional Thoughtlessness, and Normalisation in Japan ’s Prisons, Int’l J. of Compar. and Applied Crim. Just. (2023): Like other industrialised countries, Japan has experienced a rapid increase in the proportion of... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - October 6, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
60 Teamwork Quotes for Working Smart and Smoothly Together
Teamwork is essential in many areas of life to go further. To find success an individual could only dream of.
No matter if that’s in your business, at work, in school, while playing sports or with family and friends.
But good or even great teamwork isn’t something that’s always easy to achieve.
So in this post I’d like to share the best and most helpful teamwork quotes that I’ve found.
To motivate new viewpoints and progress, inspire collaboration and bring your common vision or goal over obstacles and then into reality.
And if you want more motivation for work, school or your business then be sure to have a loo...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - October 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Inspirational Quotes Personal Development Source Type: blogs
