Can Neosporin Protect You From Getting COVID-19?
For years, researchers have been working on vaccines that aim to prevent viral infections by strengthening immune defenses at viruses’ doorway to the body: the nose.
A small study recently published in PNAS presents a similar, if lower-tech, idea. Coating the inside of the nose with the over-the-counter antibiotic ointment Neosporin seems to trigger an immune response that may help the body repel respiratory viruses like those that cause COVID-19 and the flu, the study suggests.
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The research raises the idea that Neosporin could serve as an “extra layer” ...
Source: TIME: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
When It Comes to Deactivating Pacemakers at the End of Life, Intention Is at the Heart of the Matter
Lisa is a retired (and fictional) social worker and mother of three adult children. For the past year, she has experienced recurrent hospitalizations for behavioral disturbances related to dementia. After each discharge, her family notices she is frailer and more confused. Reflecting on an advance directive Lisa had created five years earlier, her oldest daughter notes that Lisa wouldn ’t have wanted life-sustaining therapies if she were so confused that she couldn’t recognize her family. (Source: Caring for the Ages)
Source: Caring for the Ages - April 26, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: Joshua Briscoe Tags: Medical Ethics Source Type: news
CPR: To Resuscitate or Not to Resuscitate
In the event my heart stops and my breathing ceases, I want cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Alternatively, if my heart stops and my breathing ceases, I do not want CPR. The preceding two sentences can make the difference between life and death. But what if a person ’s choice is ignored? Here we enter the land where medicine, law, and ethics collide. (Source: Caring for the Ages)
Source: Caring for the Ages - April 26, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: Alan C. Horowitz Tags: Legal Issues Source Type: news
Lethal AI weapons are here: how can we control them? - Adam D.
Autonomous weapons guided by artificial intelligence are already in use. Researchers, legal experts and ethicists are struggling with what should be allowed on the battlefield.
In the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, video footage has shown drones ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Robotic misinformation in dementia care: emotions as sense-making resources in residents' encounters with robot animals - Persson M, Thunman E, Iversen C, Redmalm D.
Robot animals, designed to mimic living beings, pose ethical challenges in the context of caring for vulnerable patients, specifically concerning deception. This paper explores how emotions become a resource for dealing with the misinformative nature of ro... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
When Meaningful Work Backfires
It’s easy to let high stress steal our full attention. Often, high stress leaves us vulnerable to a dysregulated, unproductive state. This means we need reliable resources we can connect to in order to renew and maintain our mental, emotional, and physical energy, and to help us recover from work stressors that, left unchecked, can make us vulnerable to burnout.
As a burnout researcher, my work has been focused on pinpointing the most reliable and effective resources people can connect to in order to protect themselves from burnout. I’ve conducted hundreds of in-depth interviews with people who experience hi...
Source: TIME: Health - April 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kandi Wiens Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
Men Too: Sexual Harassment in the Operating Room
(MedPage Today) -- Welcome to "The Hypocritical Oath," my MedPage Today series where I explore ethical failures in medicine, from shortcomings in medical culture to abuses of power and patient harm. I try to give a voice to those that have been... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 24, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Confidentiality in the care of adolescents: technical report - Chung RJ, Lee JB, Hackell JM, Alderman EM.
Confidentiality is a foundational element of high-quality, accessible, and equitable health care. Despite strong grounding in federal and state laws, professional guidelines, and ethical standards, health care professionals and adolescent patients face a r... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Confidentiality in the care of adolescents: policy statement - Chung RJ, Lee JB, Hackell JM, Alderman EM.
Confidentiality is an essential component of high-quality health care for adolescents and young adults and can have an impact on the health care experiences and health outcomes of youth. Federal and state laws, professional guidelines, and ethical standard... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Ethics in disaster, mass casualty care, and critical care - Egodage T, Doucet J, Patel PP, Martin MJ.
The primary ethical principle guiding general medical practice is autonomy. However, in mass casualty (MASCAL) or disaster scenarios, the principles of beneficence and justice become of foremost concern. Despite multiple reviews, publications, and training... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
AI and the paradox of self-replacing workers
As companies introduce AI into the workplace to increase productivity, an uncomfortable paradox is emerging: people are often responsible for training the very systems that might displace them. AI ethics advocate Madison Mohns presents three leadership principles to embrace technological progress…#madisonmohns (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Conscience Laws: Inform Patients Early of All Options Conscience Laws: Inform Patients Early of All Options
Ethicist Art Caplan discusses the rise of state conscience laws and doctors ' obligation to inform patients of all options for receiving care.Medscape Business of Medicine (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - April 23, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Commentary Source Type: news
Exploring Ethical Dilemmas Exploring Ethical Dilemmas
How three physicians handle the intricate web of today ' s hot button medical ethics issues.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
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Source: Johns Hopkins University and Health Systems Archive - April 22, 2024 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Salvador Dal í will take your call via lobster phone
None An AI Salvador Dalí is now taking questions at The Dalí Museum. • None The AI Dalí can answer questions about his work and was created using OpenAI's GPT-4. • None The use of AI to recreate the likeness of celebrities raises ethical questions about consent. Salvador Dalí is now a lobster…#dalímuseum #openai #salvadordalí #florida #dalí #lobstertelephone #aidalí #martinpaghludvigsen #southwest #marilynmonroe (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
