Are Actuaries in Fact Paragons of Rationality When It Comes to the Prospects for Radical Life Extension?
The output of the actuarial community often demonstrates its members to be ahead of the curve when it comes to the near future of medicine and great uncertainty over coming trends in life expectancy. This is a time of very rapid progress in the underlying biotechnologies applicable to medical research, and also a time in which both the aging research community and broader medical community are beginning a sweep change in their approach to age-related disease. There is every reason to expect that the near future of human adult life expectancy will look nothing like the past fifty years of slow and fairly steady growth: once...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 6, 2015 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Of Interest Source Type: blogs
More Questions than Answers on Iraq
Christopher A. Preble
The U.S. bombing campaign being waged against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) raises more questions than it answers. Ben Friedman noted the muddle of U.S. policy here. Among the most vexing questions for me:
- What is the actual end game? Can it be achieved by the means being employed?
The narrow, short-term mission that President Obama laid before the American people on Thursday evening is almost entirely humanitarian: this is about saving the lives of desperate people, including women and children stranded without food and water. But unlike relief operations after hurricanes or earthquak...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 8, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Christopher A. Preble Source Type: blogs
Why Exercise and Relaxation Techniques Benefit The Socially Anxious
Both exercise and relaxation techniques change the way we see the world.Dr Jeremy Dean is a psychologist and author of PsyBlog. His latest book is
"Making Habits, Breaking Habits: How to Make Changes That Stick"
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Forecasting Myopia: Why Exercise is More Fun Than We Predict (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - August 3, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
The Creative Brain : Links to Mental Illness?
If you're a psychiatrist, you likely know who Nancy Andreasen is. For as long as I've been around, she's been one of those big names in psychiatry and someone who leaves you to wonder if she ever sleeps, or if she has a clone, because it's hard to imagine that one human being can accomplish so much. She has a Ph.D in English literature, and she's a psychiatric researcher who studies schizophrenia, neuroimaging, genomics and schizophrenia, and she directs every organization she belongs to and has won more prizes than I care to mention. She's a former editor of The American Journal of Psychiatry, the Chair of the...
Source: Shrink Rap - August 2, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Dinah Source Type: blogs
The Dispute between the FDA and 23andMe; What's Really Going On?
Much in the news recently is the friction between the FDA and 23andMe. I have blogged about the company and its goal of providing genetic testing directly to healthcare consumers (DCT testing) (see: Clinical Labs Have Much to Learn from the Genetic Testing Web Sites; 23andMe Requests FDA Clearance for DNA Saliva Testing). I am very much in favor of this goal. I think that the NYT presented an important slant about this dispute (see: F.D.A. Orders Genetic Testing Firm to Stop Selling DNA Analysis Service). Here is an excerpt from the article:
The...[FDA] seemed most concerned about a test for mutations that indicate a...
Source: Lab Soft News - November 29, 2013 Category: Pathologists Authors: Bruce Friedman Tags: Clinical Lab Industry News Clinical Lab Testing Direct Access Testing (DAT) Lab Processes and Procedures Lab Regulation Laboratory Industry Trends Medical Consumerism Medical Ethics Medical Research Source Type: blogs
KXL II from Avedro for Non-Surgical Correction of Myopia
Avedro (Boston, MA) received CE Mark clearance in Europe for its KXL II System that’s used for Accelerated Cross-linking and PiXL (Photorefractive Intrastromal Cross-linking) procedures for treatment of myopia.
“As one of the first KXL II clinical sites, we experienced the amazing capabilities of customized accelerated cross-linking to achieve specific, reproducible and interim-stable refractive changes on the cornea,” said A. John Kanellopoulos, MD, NYU Medical School and Member of Avedro’s Medical Advisory Board. “It seems to me that every surgeon who has performed cross-linking has experienced refractiv...
Source: Medgadget - November 15, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Editors Tags: Ophthalmology Source Type: blogs
War Is Stupid: Remembering Armistice Day Before Veterans Day
Doug Bandow
Another year, another Veterans Day. But November 11 began as Armistice Day, commemorating the end of World War I. The day remains a stark reminder of the stupidity of war.
On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 World War I came to an end. In succeeding years allied states commemorated the conflict’s end on November 11.
Some 20 million people died in World War I. The horrific conflict brought down the continent’s established order, loosed the pestilence of totalitarianism, and led to even deadlier World War II. The Great War, as it was originally called, was stupi...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 14, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Doug Bandow Source Type: blogs
Why physicians should not be providing wellness advice
The buzz word in healthcare today is wellness
. Everyone agrees that chronic illnesses are going to become a major problem in
the future; and that because a lot of these are a result of faulty lifestyle
choices , physicians should start counseling patients about the right lifestyle
options , so that they can promote health and stop their patients from falling
ill . It seems quite logical that physicians should be prescribing wellness
rather than only focusing on treating illness. After all, the doctor’s word
carries a lot of clout – and prevention is better than cure .
Actually, this is shortsighted advise
for many ...
Source: The Patient's Doctor - November 1, 2013 Category: Obstetricians and Gynecologists Source Type: blogs
Stupid Chamber Tricks
We have been members (and supporters) of our local Chamber of Commerce (South Metro Regional Chamber of Commerce) for many years, during some of which we've been more active than others. But we have always felt that it was important to support the Chamber's efforts, as they have supported - to a greater or lesser degree - ours.But no more.This morning, we received an email that the SMRCOC has decided that rather than support us, they wish to compete with us, by contracting with an out-of-town outfit to sell and administer the Chamber's own private employer health insurance Exchange, in direct competition with us and other ...
Source: InsureBlog - October 30, 2013 Category: Medical Lawyers and Insurers Source Type: blogs
Impacts of Pharmaceutical Marketing and Healthcare Services in the District of Columbia: Focus on Antipsychotics in the Elderly
In April of last year, we wrote about Washington, DC's AccessRX Act, which requires pharmaceutical companies that market products in the District to file annual reports on marketing expenditures.
In 2011, 158 pharmaceutical companies reported spending a total of $83.7 million on marketing activities in DC, including $57.9 (69.2%) million on employee and contractor expenses, $18.9 (22.5%) million on gifts and payments, and $6.9 (8.2%) million on advertising. A 2009 report addressed pharmaceutical marketing and healthcare services more broadly in DC. Additional reports were then published in for 2010 and 2011.
Hos...
Source: Policy and Medicine - October 29, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs
Antibiotics for people, not animals - LA Times
So far this year, more than 300 people have gotten sick from bacteria called Salmonellaheidelberg. Almost three-quarters of them live in California.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that chicken produced in three Central California processing facilities is the "likely source of this outbreak" and that the bacteria are "resistant to several commonly prescribed antibiotics."The CDC estimates that for every reported salmonella infection, there are about 29 more unreported cases, bringing the potential toll to more than 9,000 victims. About 42% of the patients who reported their illness hav...
Source: PharmaGossip - October 23, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
How to diagnose DCM with confidence by myocardial scar photography ?
While many of us are preoccupied with wires and balloons ,( coronary myopia ! ) , our radiology colleagues are making rapid strides . Let us spend some time to understand how the myocardial segments are inflicted the final insult . We need to realize , there is a pattern to this myocardial end game of scarring and fibrosis.
MRI is the gold standard to assess the myocardial architecture . It has a role in both assessing the anatomy , function , perfusion and viability .
LV function is assessed by cine MRI
Viability stud by delayed enhancement MRI (DEMRI , also called as LGE- Late Gadoli...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - September 30, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Cardiac MRI Cardiology -unresolved questions myocardial disease demri epicardial scars how to differentiate ischemic from non ischemic dcm late gadolinium enhancement lge gadolinium mid myocardial scar myocardial scar Imaging scar loca Source Type: blogs
FwdJournal Alert - PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
This study examined the relationship of 6 forms of
> implicit cognition about death, suicide, and self-harm with the
> occurrence of self-harm in the future. We then attempted to develop a
> model using these measures of implicit cognition along with other
> psychometric tests and clinical risk factors. We conducted a prospective
> cohort of 107 patients (age > 17 years) with a baseline assessment that
> included 6 implicit association tests that assessed thoughts of death,
> suicide, and self-harm. Psychometric questionnaires were also completed
> by the patients, and these included the Beck Hop...
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - September 26, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
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