Towards a New Functional Anatomy of Language: A Proposal for a Special Issue of Cognition, circa 2001
Conclusions Michael UllmanGeorgetown University The contribution of brain memory circuits to language Our use of language depends upon two capacities: a mental lexicon of memorized words, and a mental grammar of rules that underlie the sequential and hierarchical composition of lexical forms into predictably structured larger words, phrases, and sentences. The Declarative/Procedural model posits that the lexicon/grammar distinction in language is tied to the distinction between two well-studied brain memory systems. On this view, the memorization and use of at least si...
Source: Talking Brains - March 8, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
Health Care Workers Deserve Better Protections From Coronavirus Disease 2019
Tom Kirsch (Johns Hopkins University), James G. Hodge (Arizona State University), Health Care Workers Deserve Better Protections From Coronavirus Disease 2019, JAMA Health Forum (2020): Among the 232,000 deaths in the US attributable to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are more... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - December 28, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, November 23rd 2020
In conclusion, the study indicates that HBOT may induce significant senolytic effects that include significantly increasing telomere length and clearance of senescent cells in the aging populations.
Data on the Prevalence of Liver Fibrosis in Middle Age
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2020/11/data-on-the-prevalence-of-liver-fibrosis-in-middle-age/
Fibrosis is a consequence of age-related disarray in tissue maintenance processes, leading to the deposition of scar-like collagen that disrupts tissue structure and function. It is an ultimately fatal issue for which there are only poor treatment options ...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 22, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 18th November 2020
Some things you may want to know about. Apologies for the long gap since the last list. Maybe monthly is more realistic, or maybe I need to be more organised.First,COVID, a systematic review by three Ethiopian authors on The effect of coronavirus infection (SARS-CoV-2, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV) during pregnancy and the possibility of vertical maternal-fetal transmission: a systematic review and meta-analysis published in the open access European Journal of Medical Research.The Guardian reports thatmothers are needlessly separated from their babies after birth, and has articles about pregn...
Source: Browsing - November 18, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: COVID-19 midwifery Source Type: blogs
A Recommended Tour of the State of Development of Senolytic Therapies
Today's article is a cut above the usual popular science standard in terms of detail and accuracy, capturing a snapshot of the present development of senolytic therapies. It is lengthy and touches on a range of present initiatives, companies, research programs, and clinical trials. Senolytics are one of the most important developments to emerge from the medical research community in quite a long time, in that they are the first rejuvenation therapy worthy of that classification. A senolytic treatment is one that selectively destroys senescent cells. These cells accumulate in old tissues, and while never rising to very larg...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 16, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Hold the Phone: The Importance of Telehealth Curricula in Medical Education
Re-entering clinical rotations amidst the COVID pandemic introduces a host of uncertainties for medical students. Chief among them, navigating the unknown frontier of telemedicine. Medical education prepares medical students extremely well for taking a history, observing the patient, and completing a physical exam when the patient is present.
However, after a COVID-related hiatus, I learned that my first rotation back would be a combination of in-person and telemedicine pediatric encounters. As a medical student, I have been taught the importance of a complete and thorough physical exam to test my diagnoses. When I thou...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - September 29, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Featured Guest Perspective COVID-19 curriculum telehealth telemedicine Source Type: blogs
Doctors Urge Caution in Interpretation of Research in Times of COVID-19
September 9, 2020
To:
American College of Cardiology
American College of Chest Physicians
American College of Physicians
American College of Radiology
American Heart Association
American Society of Echocardiography
American Thoracic Society
European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging
European Society of Cardiology
European Society of Radiology
Heart Rhythm Society
Infectious Disease Society of America
North American Society of Cardiovascular Imaging
Radiologic Society of North America
Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
Soci...
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 17, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: COVID-19 Medical Practice Patients Physicians myocarditis Saurabh Jha Source Type: blogs
Why Primary Care Should Run the Healthcare System
By KEN TERRY
(This is the fourth in a series of excerpts from Terry’s new book, Physician-Led Healthcare Reform: a New Approach to Medicare for All, published by the American Association for Physician Leadership.)
Many other countries’ healthcare systems outperform ours for one simple reason: They place a much greater emphasis on primary care, which occupies the central place in their systems. “The evidence is that where you have more primary care physicians, where you coordinate care, and where you pay to keep people healthy, you get better outcomes at lower cost,” says David Nash, MD, founding dean of t...
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 4, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Policy Primary Care Healthcare healthcare reform Ken Terry Source Type: blogs
In Memoriam: Charles Bosk
by Elizabeth Mitchell Armstrong, PhD, MPA, and Joanna Kempner, PhD
Charles L. Bosk was an influential sociologist whose work on medical education, medical errors and patient safety, the medical profession, bioethics and the ethics of social science research, and social problems was foundational within the field of medical sociology and resonated within clinical medicine, health policy and bioethics. His sociological imagination was dazzling. His contributions span fine-grained, closely observed ethnography and richly reasoned, elegantly argued theory. His wide-ranging influence in sociol...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - September 2, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Blog Editor Tags: Featured Posts In Memoriam medical sociology Source Type: blogs
The Future Of Prosthetics Depends On A.I.
To the 1 million global new amputees yearly (that’s one amputation every 30 second), the loss of a limb means that they have to adapt to a new world. Take India, one of the world’s most populated countries, for example. Only 3% of its buildings are adapted for accessibility, while the country counts more than half a million amputees. As part of this new adaptation process, amputees succumb to further injuries. Experts estimate that amputees fall at about 200 times the rate of healthy individuals; and seek medical attention comparable to the institutionalised elderly.
With aging populations, increased incidence of va...
Source: The Medical Futurist - September 1, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Prans Tags: Artificial Intelligence Cyborgization Robotics prosthetic leg robotics in healthcare Source Type: blogs
The US Educational Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Robert E. Slavin (Johns Hopkins University), Nathan Storey (Johns Hopkins University), The US Educational Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 5(2) Best Evid. Chin. Edu. 617 (2020): This paper examines the United States federal and state educational responses to the spread... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - August 17, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Physicians ’ role in bridging the COVID-19 health recommendations divide
It has been a summer of disconcerting milestones for the US. Over 4 million people have now been infected with the novel coronavirus, and over 140,000 have lost their lives according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The country reported over 77,000 new cases on July 16, a single-day record at the time. Thirty-nine states […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 28, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/inna-husain-and-jill-jeffe" rel="tag" > Inna Husain, MD and Jill Jeffe, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician COVID-19 coronavirus Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs
The Dual Epidemics of COVID-19 and Influenza: Vaccine Acceptance, Coverage, and Mandates
Lawrence O. Gostin (Georgetown University), Daniel Salmon (Johns Hopkins University), The Dual Epidemics of COVID-19 and Influenza: Vaccine Acceptance, Coverage, and Mandates, JAMA Online (2020): The confluence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and seasonal influenza this fall and winter will... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 24, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
