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Swallowing Impairment Needn't Mark the End of Tasty Food
Dysphagia is a swallowing impairment that can occur after someone has a stroke or any type of brain injury. Dysphagia is also a concern with Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis (MS), oral cancer, and many other injuries and diseases. However, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), dysphagia is also a growing concern in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). The NIH says that dysphagia “frequently leads to aspiration pneumonia, a common cause of death in this population, particularly in the later stage of AD.” Free recipes in this article and free downloads, as well. Read full article on HealthCentral about ho...
Source: Minding Our Elders - January 29, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs

Precision Medicine and the Reinvention of Human Disease (not just the genome)
If you believe the lay press, Precision Medicine involves sequencing a patient ' s genome and determining the proper treatment based on the individual ' s unique genetic attributes. The NIH (National Institutes of Health) seems to be encouraging this interpretation of the field. From the US National Institutes of Health comes the following description: " Precision Medicine is an emerging approach for disease prevention and treatment that takes into account people ' s individual variations in genes, environment, and lifestyle. The Precision Medicine Initiative will generate the scientific evidence needed to move the concept...
Source: Specified Life - January 27, 2018 Category: Information Technology Tags: definition genomics individualized treatments precision medicine Source Type: blogs

Ethics & Society Newsfeed: January 26, 2017
Politics Trump Move on Healthcare Religious Freedom Prompts Discrimination Fears “The Trump administration’s move on Thursday to protect healthcare workers who refuse to perform abortions and other medical procedures on religious or moral grounds is raising fears among some civil rights and medical groups that it will provide legal cover for otherwise unlawful discrimination.” Group … More Ethics & Society Newsfeed: January 26, 2017 (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 26, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Ethics and Society Tags: Ethics Health Care animal research artificial intelligence bioethics business ethics cloning Discrimination Health Workers healthcare lobbying medical ethics medicine National Institutes of Health Newsfeed pop culture Sexua Source Type: blogs

Skin Patch Controls Blood Sugar Without Finger Pricks or Injections
Researchers at National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) have developed a special patch for Type 2 diabetics that helps to control glucose levels in a novel way. The technology, once fully proven out and optimized, may work for days or even weeks at a time. The patch is made of alginate, a material produced from algae, that is biocompatible and has the strength necessary to penetrate the skin when formed into needles. As such, the patch has alginate needles protruding from its bottom, but in addition there’s also exendin-4 and glucose oxidase mixed in....
Source: Medgadget - January 5, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Materials Medicine Nanomedicine Source Type: blogs

Lack of sleep can lead to Alzheimer ’s and dementia
This study is the clearest demonstration in humans that sleep disruption leads to an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease through an amyloid beta mechanism,” said senior author Randall Bateman, MD, the Charles F. and Joanne Knight Distinguished Professor of Neurology. “The study showed that it was due to overproduction of amyloid beta during sleep deprivation.”More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer ’s, a disease characterized by gradual memory loss and cognitive decline.What is the Difference Between Alzheimer ’s and DementiaThis study indicatesthat sleeping poorly increases levels of bra...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - December 28, 2017 Category: Neurology Tags: health lack of sleep alzheimer's lack of sleep dementia poor sleep linked to alzheimer Source Type: blogs