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Opening a New Approach to Targeting LDL Cholesterol to Slow Atherosclerosis
In atherosclerosis, fatty deposits form in blood vessel walls, narrowing and eventually rupturing or blocking them. It is one of the largest causes of death. The majority of efforts to treat atherosclerosis are focused on reducing the input of LDL cholesterol. This means statins and other, more recent approaches to lower levels of LDL cholesterol in the bloodstream, such as PCSK9 inhibitors. It is possible to reduce blood cholesterol to very low levels indeed, far below normal, and this actually has comparatively little effect on existing atherosclerotic lesions. Patients still die. The disease still progresses, just more ...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 30, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs

Social and emotional wellbeing in primary and secondary education
National Institute of Health and Care Excellence - This draft scope guideline is open for consultation. The scope defines what the guideline will (and will not) cover. The guideline will update and replace NICE guidelines on Social and Emotional Wellbeing in primary education (NICE PH12; 2008) and Social and Emotional wellbeing in secondary education (NICE PH20; 2009). The consultation closes on 28 May 2019 at 5pm.Draft scope guidelineMore details (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - April 28, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Mental Health Source Type: blogs

End of life care for adults: service delivery
National Institute of Health and Care Excellence - This draft guideline, open for consultation, covers organising and delivering end of life care services for adults approaching the end of their life. It aims to ensure that people have access to end of life services in all care settings, according to their needs and wishes. It also includes advice on services for carers and other people important to adults who are approaching the end of their life. The consultation closes on 7 June 2019 at 5pm.Draft guidelineMore details (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - April 28, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Source Type: blogs

Trial By Error: Jennie Spotila on Collins ’ NIH Talk
By David Tuller, DrPH I’ve never spoken to Francis Collins, who heads the National Institutes of Health. He comes across as a decent, caring man, and by all accounts he is. That’s certainly how he came across in his remarks earlier this month at the NIH’s meeting on ME/CFS research. But anyone who runs the […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - April 23, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

Informed Consent in Developing Countries
STUDENT VOICES | CHYNN ETHICS PRIZE FIRST-PLACE WINNER By August Kublin In recent decades, there has been a significant increase in biomedical research being conducted in developing countries. Institutes like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the US National Institutes of Health have begun funding medical research in numerous countries in Africa and other […] (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - April 15, 2019 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Ethics and Society Tags: Health Care Informed Consent Research Ethics August Kublin Chynn Family Foundation Chynn Prize developing countries Fordham University Student Voices syndicated Source Type: blogs

5 Quick Tips for Maintaining a Healthy Brain as you Age
You're reading 5 Quick Tips for Maintaining a Healthy Brain as you Age, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. As we know, the brain plays a vital role in the body as it controls or has a role in basically every physiological process. If our brains begin to fail, it affects our whole body. Though aging is an inevitable process, this does not mean that you have to experience cognitive decline or any real loss of brain power. This because, fortunately, there are lifestyle factors which could enable one to delay...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - April 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: psysci Tags: featured health and fitness self improvement brain health pickthebrain Source Type: blogs

Trial By Error: A Bit More on Kaiser Permanente
By David Tuller, DrPH BerkeleyWellness.com has posted a version of my interview with Dr Steve Olson. He’s the Kaiser Permanente guy who is revamping the health system’s approach to ME/CFS, which is what they are now calling the disease. Dr Olson is planning to attend this week’s research gathering at the National Institutes of Health, […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - April 1, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

How To Go Beyond The Airline Medical Kit To Keep Passengers Healthy In The Future?
Humanity has come a long way from treating patients who have fallen off cliffs after having tried to fly, dressed like birds: parallel to the development of flying, the practice of how to keep people alive during flights has also greatly evolved. How can digital health add to the practice of aviation medicine in the future and make sure that passengers step off the plane as healthy as they got in? From Icarus through hot air balloons to mid-air meditation The human desire to conquer the sky is a thousand-year-old story, with tales such as the Greek myth about Daedalus and Icarus. The duo wanted to escape from Crete,...
Source: The Medical Futurist - March 21, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Health Sensors & Trackers aero aeronautics aviation emergency emergency medicine flight flight medicine Healthcare portable portable diagnostics predictive prevention technology wearables Source Type: blogs

Update on NIH ’ s Efforts to Address Sexual Harassment in Science
Discussions from both the NIH Anti-Harassment Committee and the ACD Working Group strongly endorsed an ethos of transparency and accountability to demonstrate the agency’s serious commitment to addressing harassment and deterring future inappropriate behavior. To bolster that transparency and accountability, we want to be clear that NIH has not and will not just look the other way when accusations come to our attention. In 2018, NIH followed up on sexual harassment-related concerns at more than two dozen institutions resulting in the replacement of 14 principal investigators named on NIH grant awards, disciplinary action...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - March 1, 2019 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Dr. Jon Lorsch Tags: Director’s Messages Research Administration Training/Fellowships/Career Development NIGMS Grantee News Source Type: blogs

NIMH and the HEAL Initiative: Collaborating to address the opioid epidemic
Dr. Gordon discusses NIMH ’ s role in the HEAL (Helping End Addiction Long-term SM) Initiative -- the National Institutes of Health(NIH) ’ s all-in, coordinated response to the opioid epidemic. (Source: NIMH Directors Blog)
Source: NIMH Directors Blog - February 5, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Joshua Gordon Source Type: blogs

Psychology Around the Net: February 2, 2019
Happy Groundhog Day! Did Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow or not? Can we expect six more weeks of winter or do we get an early spring? I don’t know at the time of this writing (I hope an early spring!), but what I do know is that this week’s Psychology Around the Net has the latest on new studies regarding music and mental health, what being a night owl could do to your mental health and overall well-being, the discussion of mental illness in Netflix’s The Ted Bundy Tapes, and more! Fighting the Stigma of Mental Illness Through Music: The National Institutes of Health has partnered up with the John F. Ken...
Source: World of Psychology - February 2, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alicia Sparks Tags: Creativity Mental Health and Wellness Psychology Around the Net Research Self-Help Sleep Stigma mental health break Music Netflix Night Owl Ted Bundy underdeveloped countries Yoga Source Type: blogs

How to Reduce the Risk of Winter Falls for Aging Adults
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), falls are the leading cause of death from injury among older adults. Thom Disch has a passion for this topic and has been compiling statistics and stories related to this healthcare crisis for over a decade. Thom owns HandiProducts, a web-based business that showcases the dozens of products that he has developed specifically for preventing slips and falls. He also wrote “Stop the Slip,” which is packed with practical tips. Read the full article on HealthCentral for tips and leads to products to reduce falls: Carol Bradley Bursack is the Candid Caregiver MedicareFAQ ...
Source: Minding Our Elders - January 14, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs

Ending Privacy As We Know It
by Craig Klugman, Ph.D. Threats to privacy and confidentiality swirl around. Each day the newspaper seems to report on stories that show the erosion of this fundamental human right. This week alone was a report on the ability of an artificial intelligence to accuratelydiagnose disease simply by looking at a photographic portrait. The National Institutes of Health is exploring whether all newborns should automatically have their DNA sequencedto screen for genetic disease. Another article explains how Facebook is reportingto law enforcement officials when there are posts and patterns of behavior that indicate a user may be s...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 10, 2019 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Craig Klugman Tags: Conflict of Interest Featured Posts Health Policy & Insurance Informed Consent Privacy Research Ethics Science Source Type: blogs

I Learned How to Let Go of Pain — You Can, Too
“Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.” – Joseph Campbell I am certainly not unique in my experience of pain. Like physical scars — of which I have plenty — pain of any kind tends to hang around doing its dirty work until the one suffering takes appropriate action to help dispel it. Granted, some physical pain can only be ameliorated, not eradicated. That’s good enough in some instances, although not ideal. Having gone through numerous instances where I’ve suffered intense physical pain, some of it chronic, as well as emotional pain complicated by other fact...
Source: World of Psychology - January 5, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Suzanne Kane Tags: Health-related Mindfulness Peer Support Personal Self-Help Chronic Pain Emotional Pain healing surgery Source Type: blogs

Dander Up, Down, and All Around
Today ' s topics: VA health care politics; a clear-eyed and sane report from a bastion of managerialism, with related observations on innovators trying to create real bottom-up value.It ' s the last day of the year, so let ' s get this done. Owing to various largely unforeseen challenges, happily now largely behind us, this " Dander " series was interrupted for some time. Apologies to anyone who noticed. In any case, to refresh: as Chief Blogger and FIRM president Dr. Poses has indicated often enough in these pages, health care developments raising our dander are still everywhere, all the time, and on the increas...
Source: Health Care Renewal - December 31, 2018 Category: Health Management Source Type: blogs