Top 6 Medical Trends To Watch for 2024
This study also reported a weight reduction of 4.0 kilograms and a 10.8-millimeter reduction in systolic blood pressure among patients.
This segment is becoming significant in market terms as well: the market for DTx was valued at USD 5.53 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow to USD 28.66 billion by 2030. The increased prevalence of chronic conditions, as the result of our longer lives, fuels this growth as conditions like diabetes or hypertension can be more efficiently managed with a combination of traditional medicine and DTx.
While these apps are available in a large number of medical specialties, channe...
Source: The Medical Futurist - December 14, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Source Type: blogs
RSNA Panel Emphasizes Link Between Radiology and Quadruple Aim
A panel of radiology experts at RSNA23 put the spotlight on the important role radiology plays in achieving the quadruple aim. The panelists unanimously agreed that radiologists have a significant impact on a patient’s care journey and population health.
At the 2023 RSNA Conference in Chicago, PocketHealth hosted a lunch and learn event on Day 1. This special event featured a panel of radiology and data sharing experts:
Rishi Nayyar – Co-Founder & CEO at PocketHealth (moderator)
Aimee Langan – Director, Diagnostic Imaging and Laboratory Services at William Osler Health System
Ajay Kohli, MD, MBA – ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 12, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT HIM Hospital - Health System Interoperability Aimee Langan Ajay Kohli Frank Manole Image Exchange PocketHealth Population Health Quadruple Aim Radiology Radiology IT Raleigh Radiology Ram Chada Source Type: blogs
Aranscia Acquires YouScript from Invitae
Aranscia, a global provider of diagnostics software, services, and testing solutions, and Invitae Corporation, a leading medical genetics company, today announced that Aranscia has acquired select assets of the YouScript personalized medication management platform from Invitae Corporation in an all-cash transaction. YouScript is a widely recognized leader in providing actionable, real-time medication risk and pharmacogenomics (PGx) insights that enable healthcare providers and organizations to build, deliver, and scale comprehensive personalized medication management programs. YouScript’s foundational peer-reviewed resea...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 11, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT 2bPrecise AccessDX Laboratory Aranscia Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Invitae Corporation Joe Spinelli Kristine Ashcraft SinguLab YouScript Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, December 11th 2023
In this study, a single treatment at the peak of disease resulted in the ablation of senescent cells in the lung and attenuation of key fibrotic and inflammatory markers, which ultimately resolved fibrosis. Deciduous Therapeutics has used computational assisted design to synthesise a suite of proprietary therapies that could be used in the clinic to re-activate tissue-resident iNKT cells. To date, the company's lead program has shown single-dose efficacy in resolving both metabolic and fibrotic diseases along with a favorable safety profile at doses significantly higher than the efficacious dose.
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Source: Fight Aging! - December 10, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Progressing Towards Regulatory Approval of Veterinary Therapies Targeting Aging
Veterinary medicine is typically less impeded by FDA regulatory costs than human medicine. A cynic would note that the publicity-related incentives operating on FDA staff and leadership are quite different in these two cases, with a great deal more attention given by the media to matters regarding human medicine. With the relative costs being what they are, a number of entrepreneurs in the longevity industry chose to work towards veterinary therapies targeting mechanisms of aging. One of those companies, Loyal, here reports on progress towards the FDA essentially agreeing to a regulatory framework for therapies targeting a...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 8, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Longevity Industry Source Type: blogs
Clumps of Cells as a Novel Basis for Regenerative Medicine
Researchers here note an interesting project, the production of self-assembling, mobile clumps of cells propelled by cilia, formed from lung epithelium. These mobile bodies can encourage growth in nerve cells, at least in vitro. How exactly that happens remains to be determined, but the usual mechanism is via release of pro-growth factors, either directly, or encapsulated in extracellular vesicles. Whether this is a useful basis for future regenerative therapies remains to be seen; one might imagine concerns attending the introduction of large numbers of these epithelial cell bodies into other tissues. The full paper is no...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 8, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Award-Winning Safety Training Videos Showcase Inclusivity in the Lab
Virginia Commonwealth University’s (VCU’s) Center on Health Disparities and safety and risk management department in Richmond teamed up to develop a series of six lab safety training videos with supplemental funding to their NIGMS-funded Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) program. The videos cover topics such as safety culture, biosafety, chemical safety, and emergency response, but what sets them apart is how they showcase diversity and inclusion in the lab.
The first video in the safety training series describes the importance of maintaining positive safety culture, which includes people’s p...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - December 6, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Cool Videos Training Source Type: blogs
mRNA Quality Control in the Aging of Nematode Worms
The nematode worm species Caenorhabditis elegans widely used in the laboratory is far removed from human biochemistry, but nonetheless there is much that can be learned about cellular mechanisms relevant to the aging of mammals. Here researchers review what is known of the role of messenger RNA (mRNA) quality control mechanisms in the aging of nematodes. mRNA is produced from gene sequences in the process of transcription, but every operation in the cell is subject to some level of error and happenstance damage to molecular structure. Thus quality control systems must exist to ensure that broken mRNA molecules do not lead ...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 5, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
The Most Overhyped Technologies in Healthcare
The hype about technological development in healthcare should not blind us in terms of the probabilities and possibilities of today’s healthcare and the future of medicine. To remain objective and conscious but still optimistic, let’s look at the most overhyped technologies and keep in mind the realistic development opportunities in healing.
You know the saying: the pessimist says the glass is half empty, the optimist says it is half full, and, well, the cynic asks who drank the other half? I’m truly an optimist – especially when it comes to the future of medicine and healthcare, but we need to ask the uncom...
Source: The Medical Futurist - December 5, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Future of Medicine 3d printing robotics virtual reality wearables GC1 hype organs Source Type: blogs
Funding Opportunity: Modules for Enhancing Biomedical Research Workforce Training
We’re pleased to announce a new notice of special interest (NOSI) (NOT-GM-24-007): Topics for Training Modules for Enhancing Biomedical Research Workforce Training (R25). The NOSI, associated with the reissue of notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) PAR-24-040, requests applications to develop biomedical research training modules on one of the following topics:
Mental health and well-being: utilizing the U.S. surgeon general’s framework to provide organizational dialogue and changes to improve the mental health and well-being of those being trained to become part of the biomedical research workforce.
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Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - December 4, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Funding Opportunities Resources Training/Fellowships/Career Development Research Resources Source Type: blogs
Will We All Have To Become Biologically Enhanced Superhumans?
Okay, hands up who can tell who’s the most famous biologically enhanced superhuman in the world? True, it’s a quite close call between Captain America and The Incredible Hulk (sorry Spidey, you’re not even close). But are human-invented superhumans just a thing of a Stan Lee comic, or is it an actual scientific idea from a real laboratory?
As a matter of fact, enhancing human capabilities has been on the minds of people for ages, but it has come a long way from ancient training methods to exoskeletons. Enhancing our abilities, be it permanently or temporarily is a tempting but risky matter. Will it be possibl...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 21, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Forecast Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Augmented Reality Bioethics Biotechnology Cyborgization Digital Health Research E-Patients Genomics Health Sensors & Trackers Healthcare Policy Medical Education Robotics Science Ficti Source Type: blogs
How Poor Connectivity Impacts Patient Outcomes
The following is a guest article by Doug Bierbower, Vice President of Solutions Engineering at SOLiD Americas
When delivering first-rate care, every aspect of the patient experience is critical. And in today’s always-connected 5G world, much of that experience depends on pervasive, secure mobile device connectivity. Physicians, nurses, staff, patients, and visitors need seamless indoor wireless coverage.
As a result, the health of a hospital’s in-building wireless network is more important than ever — from the patient intake process to the delivery of accurate medical device results to secure transmission of ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 17, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops 5G DAS distributed antenna system Doug Bierbower Healthcare 5G Healthcare Network LAN Local Area Network Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, November 13th 2023
This study investigated the correlation among muscle strength, working memory (WM), and cortical hemodynamics during the N-back task of memory performance, and further explored whether cortical hemodynamics during N-back task mediated the relationship between muscle strength and WM performance. We observed that muscle strength (particularly grip strength) predicted WM of older adults in this cross-sectional study, which validated our hypothesis and expanded on previous research findings. Studies demonstrated that grip strength predicted executive function decline in patients with mild cognitive impairment. Other cross-sect...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 12, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Rymedi Raises $9M to Expand Impact on Global Healthcare Infrastructure with Advanced Blockchain-Secured Data Platform
The Rymedi Platform, with Unrivaled Security, is Transforming Healthcare Data Exchange for Laboratories, Occupational Health, Healthcare Systems, and Clinical Trials
Rymedi, a healthcare data exchange platform with advanced blockchain security, has announced a Series A totaling $9 million with plans to expand the reach of their platform.
The round was co-led by RW3 Ventures and White Star Capital with participation from Blockchange Ventures, Avalanche’s Blizzard Fund, and strategic angel investors from the healthcare industry. Rymedi, which serves over 1 million patients in over 1,200 locations across the US, Africa, and...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 10, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Avalanche’s Blizzard Fund Blockchange Ventures Clemson University David Stefanich Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Pete Najarian RW3 Ventures Rymedi Sep Alavi White Star Source Type: blogs
Specific Gut Bacteria Influence Oxytocin Levels
Circulating oxytocin levels decline with age, and a number of research groups have demonstrated that oxytocin upregulation produces benefits in animal studies. Here, researchers provide evidence for a species of bacteria resident in the intestine to contribute to changes in oxytocin expression and secretion. As the balance of different microbial populations of the gut change with age, this might lead to ways to restore more youthful levels of oxytocin in the body via manipulation of the gut microbiome.
The gut microbiome, a community of trillions of microbes living in the human intestines, has an increasing reputa...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 10, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
