Salmonellosis in Norway and the United States
A recent ProMED post suggested that outbreaks of salmonellosis in the Scandinavian countries are less common than in the USA. Putting aside confounding factors related to differing surveillance systems, case definitions, etc the definition of “common” is problematic. Thus the following chart generated by Gideon (www.GideonOnline.com) demonstrates that disease incidence is in fact much higher in the United States; but, when adjusted for population, Norway has experienced higher salmonellosis rates (per 100,000 population) through much of the past two decades.
Similarly, the highest number of food-related sa...
Source: GIDEON blog - September 27, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Dr. Stephen Berger Tags: Epidemiology Graphs Source Type: blogs
USA vs Norway: The One Night Stand
A recent study confirms that Norwegians have more one-night stands than Americans do, and one of the key contributing factors in determining this outcome is the difference in our cultural value system. Americans put religious faith at the top of their considerations, which may account for feelings of guilt about one-night stands or stop them from engaging in them altogether. Norwegians, on the other hand, don’t factor in faith nearly as much or at all when considering casual sex.
Americans feel conflicted about having to abide by these religious standards and values, especially in our hypersexual culture. But, here...
Source: World of Psychology - September 14, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alexandra Katehakis, Ph.D., MFT, CST, CSAT Tags: Ethics & Morality General Habits Happiness Men's Issues Mental Health and Wellness Mindfulness Psychology Relationships Research Self-Esteem Sexuality Women's Issues Casual Sex Communication Conscious Sex Gender And Sexuali Source Type: blogs
BernieCare
The details of the Bernie Sanders Medicare for All proposal aren ' t really important, because obviously it isn ' t going to become law.If you ' re interested there is an accessible discussion here.It is interesting that he ' s rounded up 16 senatorial cosponsors. At least we ' re finally talking about -- yep -- universal, comprehensive, single payer national health care. The term " comprehensive " does apply, because this actually goes beyond existing Medicare to provide dental and vision coverage, and he also appears to envision lower out of pocket costs. Also, Medicare would negotiate drug prices. Long term care would s...
Source: Stayin' Alive - September 14, 2017 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Amazing Technologies Changing The Future of Dermatology
Smart algorithms will soon diagnose skin cancer, dermatologists consult patients online, and 3D printers will print out synthetic skin to fight tissue shortages. There is a lot going on in dermatology, and medical professionals should prepare in time for the technological changes before they start swiping through the specialty. Let’s start by familiarizing with the most amazing technologies changing dermatology!
Your body’s best guard in a hostile world: your skin
Everything is written on your skin. Every wrinkle, spot, and color tells a story, and not only a medical one. This miraculous organ can show you as a litmus ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - September 7, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Telemedicine 3d printing AI artificial intelligence dermatology digital GC1 Healthcare Innovation nanotechnology Personalized medicine robotics wearables Source Type: blogs
Memo To White Nationalists From A Geneticist: Why White Purity Is A Terrible Idea
On
August 14th, UCLA researchers Aaron Panofsky and Joan Donovan presented
findings of their study, “When Genetics Challenges a Racist’s Identity: Genetic
Ancestry Testing among White Nationalists,” at a sociology
conference in Montreal. They’d analyzed 3,070 comments organized into 70
threads publicly posted to the (sometimes difficult to access) “social movement
online community” Stormfront.Former
KKK Grand Wizard Don Black launched Stormfront on March 27, 1995. Posts exceed
12 million, ramping up since the 2016 election season. Panofsky and Donovan’s
report has ...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - August 29, 2017 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Bioethics Today Tags: Genetics Health Care Ethics and Hate syndicated Source Type: blogs
Ultrasound and Microbubbles for Targeted Chemotherapy Delivery
Researchers in Norway have developed a chemotherapy delivery system consisting of microbubbles containing drug-loaded nanoparticles. When the researchers apply ultrasound to the microbubbles in a tumor, the microbubbles burst, releasing the nanoparticles and the chemotherapeutic drug.
Researchers worldwide are trying to develop new ways to increase the success of chemotherapy for cancer, and reduce its side-effects. A variety of nanoparticle systems have been developed, consisting of small drug-loaded particles that increase the accumulation of a drug in a tumor and reduce its effects on healthy tissues. One approach to fu...
Source: Medgadget - August 28, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Nanomedicine Oncology Source Type: blogs
Crosspost: #MoBE17: Microbiology of the Built Environment Research & Applications Symposium – microBEnet: the microbiology of the Built Environment network
Discussion: Myth and Reality of MoBE ManipulationRob Knight(UCSD),ModeratorRita Colwell (University of Maryland)Jeffrey Siegel (U of T)Ilana Brito (Cornell)Jessica Green (University of Oregon)Poster Session& ReceptionThursday October 12thWelcomeJordan Peccia (Yale). Gordon Conference Announcement.KeynoteMarc Edwards (Virginia Tech). MoBE, Public Health and the Flint Water CrisisSession 5 - From MoBE Research to MoBE ApplicationsScott Kelley (San Diego State University).Session Chair.Jack Gilbert (University of Chicago). From Hospitals to Forensic ApplicationsRichard Shaughnessy (University of Tulsa).&nbs...
Source: The Tree of Life - August 26, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs
This Land is Our Land
When we work with people who are living with dementia, we often are privileged to hear stories from their past, stories of how they came to America or how their parents or grandparents immigrated to this land.By Tom and Karen BrennerWe work with people of many and varied ethnic groups, religions and cultures andas a result their stories of immigration vary greatly.There are, however,a few themes that are common to all of the elders telling us these stories.They all, every one of them, made a life here and contributed enormously to their new home - America.Topic -Coping with Alzheimer'sSubscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading R...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - August 18, 2017 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimer's care alzheimer's caregiving care of dementia patients care of dementia patients at home dementia care help alzheimer's how memory care facility nursing home tips Source Type: blogs
More Than 1 Million Young Caregivers Live In the United States, But Policies Supporting Them Are Still ‘Emerging’
Being a family caregiver today is a demanding responsibility. If caregiving is stressful for the “typical” caregiver—a 49-year-old woman—think how much more is at stake when the caregiver is a child or teenager. Yet more than a million youngsters ages 8–18 take on challenging tasks to help a parent, grandparent, sibling, or other relative. While that number is undoubtedly an underestimate, it does not even include an emerging subgroup—children whose parents are struggling with opioid addiction.
If we have limited information about the young people taking care of those with diabetes, cancer, and ...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - August 7, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Carol Levine Tags: Featured Population Health Public Health Quality Agnes Leu child caregivers family caregivers National Alliance for Caregiving Saul Becker United Hospital Fund Source Type: blogs
Great expectations – and low back pain
Have you ever wondered why there are so many treatments for low back pain? Like there are actually hundreds of different ways to “treat” back pain… yet the truth is, none of them work for everyone. Actually, most of them seem to help pass the time until low back pain settles of its own accord. Until it’s back again (no pun intended!).
This post is prompted after reading a string of general news articles discussing the common non-specific low back pain – under various guises of “dead butt syndrome“, “Dr Tom: Ouch I’ve hurt my back” and the like – I think it&#...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - July 30, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: adiemusfree Tags: Back pain Chronic pain Clinical reasoning Research Health healthcare Low back pain rehabilitation Resilience Therapeutic approaches Source Type: blogs
TWiV 452: Kiss that frog
Lynda Coughlan joins the weekly virtual bus companions for a discussion of a host defense peptide from frogs that destroys influenza virus, and mouse models for acute and chronic hepacivirus infection.
Click arrow to play
Download TWiV 452 (68 MB .mp3, 113 min)
Subscribe (free): iTunes, RSS, email
Become a patron of TWiV!
Show notes at microbe.tv/twiv (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - July 30, 2017 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology amphibian antibody CD4 CD8 checkpoint blockade defensins frog hemagglutinin hepacivirus hepatitis hepatitis C virus host defense peptide influenza virus magainin mouse Norway rat hepacivirus PD-1 v Source Type: blogs
8 Foods that Boost Your Mood
What we eat might not be able to cure us indefinitely from depression. I learned that hard lesson earlier this year. However, researchers are compiling strong evidence that what we eat can influence our risk for developing depression and can keep persons in remission from possibly relapsing.
Eating better foods has certainly helped my mood and allowed me to get by on less medication. A 2014 review published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition examined the link between diet and depression risk and found that a diet consisting mainly of fruit, vegetables, fish, and whole grains was significantly associated with a r...
Source: World of Psychology - July 28, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Alternative and Nutritional Supplements Depression Mental Health and Wellness Personal Self-Help Caffeine Depressive Episode Major Depressive Episode Mood Disorder phytochemicals Psychology Psychopharmacology Source Type: blogs
Air Traffic Control: Remote Towers
Momentum is building for air traffic control (ATC) reform. With health care reform prospects dashed for now, and tax reform facing a difficult path, ATC reform could be an area for legislative progress in coming months. The Trump administration and House leadership are on-board with an ATC privatization plan passed through the lower chamber ’s transportation committee. And while the Senate is always a hurdle for fiscally conservative reforms, privatization supporters have leverage because current funding for the ATC system runs out at the end of September.Why do we needmajor ATC reform? This is a high-tech industry that ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 19, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs
Mirror, mirror 2017: international comparison reflects flaws and opportunities for better U.S. health care
This report compares health care system performance in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In general, the UK achieves superior performance compared to other countries in all areas except health care outcomes, where it ranks 10th despite experiencing the fastest reduction in deaths amenable to health care in the past decade.ReportCommonwealth Fund - publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - July 17, 2017 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: NHS measurement and performance Source Type: blogs
Fitness Is a Vital Part of Aging Well: An Interview with Dr. Drapkin
How vital is fitness to aging well? Very. A recent study of participants in the 2015 National Senior Games, also known as the Senior Olympics, revealed that the typical participant had a fitness age of more than 20 years younger than his or her chronological age. According to the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, fitness age is determined by a measure of cardiovascular endurance and is a better predictor of longevity than chronological age.
I asked Robert Drapkin, MD FACP, to help us understand the importance of physical activity to those of us who simply want to remain healthy. Dr. Drapkin is a former Instru...
Source: Minding Our Elders - July 13, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
