Trial By Error: Lightning Process Star Complains About NICE; Struthers Nudges Cochrane to Keep Up
By David Tuller, DrPH Another Anti-Science Campaigner Takes Aim at NICE The anti-science zealots do not give up easily. Now Live Landmark, the Norwegian Lightning Process practitioner, has written an opinion piece blasting the new evidence-based guidelines for ME/CFS from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). I assume she is not just […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - December 3, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized cochrane Landmark Lightning Process NICE struthers Source Type: blogs
Patients Occasionally Experience Sexual Hallucinations While Under Conscious Sedation
By Emma L. Barratt
Since anaesthetics were first used in 1846 there have been reports of sexual hallucinations during medical procedures. And, though there’s been much discussion about the relationship between anaesthesia and these hallucinations, awareness of this side effect amongst both clinicians and academics remains somewhat low. The consequences of clinicians being accused of sexual misconduct that was in actuality a hallucination can extremely be serious; some have lost their licenses to practice, despite being acquitted.
But even with the high-stakes consequences of sexual hallucinations, there has been r...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - November 16, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Health Perception Sex Source Type: blogs
What is the “ Right ” to Health Care Worth? It Depends
By MIKE MAGEE
In my course this Fall at the University of Hartford, titled “The Right to Health Care and the U.S. Constitution”, we have concentrated on the power of words, of precedents, and the range of interests with which health has been encumbered over several hundred years.
The topic has been an eye-opener on many levels. On the most basic level, it is already clear that the value of this “right” depends heavily on your definition of “health.”
We’ve highlighted three definitions worth sharing here.
The first is attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt. In 1948, as lead for the United Nations De...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 12, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Public Health health care health care access Mike Magee right to health WHO Source Type: blogs
The Law of Unintended Consequences
I’m bringing back a Wheat Belly Blog classic from several years ago, updated to today’s sensibilities and context. The creation of high-yield semi-dwarf wheat, intended to feed the world’s hungry, is a perfect illustration of the Law of Unintended Consequences on a massive worldwide scale.
It’s 1961. Jack Kennedy has been inaugurated as President, the Cuban missile crisis dominates headlines, and Hostess cupcakes and Twinkies are the rage in school kid’s lunch boxes.
I was 4 years old, playing with toys on the floor while my mother ironed shirts, Divorce Court droning on the televis...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - October 12, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Open wheat wheat belly Source Type: blogs
One Day I ’ll Fly Away, COVID Permitting
With Fall in full swing, many of us are asking “when will I begin to live my life again?” Life involves traveling, yet 2020 was the worst year in tourism history, with 1 billion fewer international arrivals than 2019. And now, after an optimistic summer, travel bookings for Labor Day were down 15% from 2019, indicating that the Delta variant dissuades people from traveling. Still, getting away is a human need, and an economic need. In a recent press release, the U.S. Travel Association urges everyone to vaccinate, for their own protection, and “to help put us on the p...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - October 8, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Talya Miron-Shatz Tags: confidence creativity health and fitness philosophy covid experience happiness travel Source Type: blogs
Eight Reasons For Ending Joe Biden ’s Travel Bans
Ryan Bourne and Brad SubramaniamBack in July, Ioutlined why Joe Biden ’s crude COVID-19 travel bans on non-Americans coming from Europe, India, and a few other countries no longer made any sense from a public health perspective.Talk in Washington at the time was of lifting these restrictions by September. Well, here we are, mid-way through that month and the restrictions are going strong. Officials and diplomats now seem to think October or even Thanksgiving are the earliest potential dates for their removal. Some ponder whether the political incentives might point towards inactionuntil the mid-terms...which would mean b...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 16, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Ryan Bourne, Brad Subramaniam Source Type: blogs
No Need to Read Between the Lines: How Clear Shifts in Nordic Strategies Create Opportunities for the United States to Enhance Arctic Security
Norway, Sweden, and Finland have dramatically shifted their plans and actions in response to Russian threats in the European Arctic. This change could provide an opportunity for the United States to further strengthen cooperation, enhancing security and better countering Russia in the region. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - September 15, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Jalen Zeman Source Type: blogs
Introduction and Geographic Availability of New Antibiotics Approved Between 1999 and 2014
Kevin Outterson (Boston University), Eili Y. Klein (Johns Hopkins University), Morten Lindb æk (University of Oslo), John-Arne Røttingen (Norwegian Knowledge Center for the Health Services), Introduction and Geographic Availability of New Antibiotics Approved Between 1999 and 2014, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205166 (2018): Despite the... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - August 6, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
We're number last
Conclusion: Four features distinguish top performing countries from the United States: 1) they provide for universal coverage and remove cost barriers; 2) they invest in primary care systems to ensure that high-value services are equitably available in all communities to all people; 3) they reduce administrative burdens that divert time, efforts, and spending from health improvement efforts; and 4) they invest in social services, especially for children and working-age adults.And BTW, who cares about being second in measures of " care process. " Process only matters if it leads to outcomes and in the case of the U.S., the ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - August 4, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Mirror mirror 2021 : reflecting poorly
This report compares the health systems of eleven high-income countries using indicators available across five domains: access to care; care process; administrative efficiency; equity; and health care outcomes. The top-performing countries overall are Norway, the Netherlands, and Australia. The United Kingdom ranks fourth and the United States ranks last overall, despite spending far more of its gross domestic product on health care.ReportMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - August 4, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: blogs
The Expectation of a Poor Quality of Later Life Encourages People to Want an Earlier Death
This study investigated the relationship between six hypothetic situations and PLE: dementia, spousal death, becoming a burden, poverty, loneliness, or chronic pain. The finding that dementia had the strongest negative effect on PLE concurs with prior studies suggesting a widespread fear of dementia. Chronic pain was also strongly associated with lower PLE in this study. For many people, chronic pain has been found to reduce quality of life and limit opportunities for social activities. It is also noteworthy that the third-highest ranked reason for lower PLE in this study was the belief that one represents a burden. Percei...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 20, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Of Interest Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: Some Lightning Process Updates
By David Tuller, DrPH A Final Round in Norway Lightning Process supporters got some bad news recently when a Norwegian national research ethics panel rejected a proposed study because it was poorly designed and fraught with conflicts of interest, as I wrote about here. But that wasn’t the end of the drama. Although the ethics […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - July 13, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized Crawley Lightning Process norway phil parker Source Type: blogs
Why Do Some People Without Mental Health Problems Experience Hallucinations? Replication Study Casts Doubt On Previous Theories
By Emma Young
Hallucinations are a common symptom of schizophrenia and related disorders, but mentally well people experience them, too. In fact, work suggests that 6-7% of the general population hear voices that don’t exist. However, exactly what predisposes well people to experience them has not been clear. Now a major new study of 1,394 people native to 46 different countries, led by Peter Moseley at Northumbria University, provides support for two hypotheses from earlier, smaller studies — namely, that a history of childhood trauma and a propensity to hear non-existent speech among background noise are both...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - July 12, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Perception Replications Source Type: blogs
On The Eve of The 50th Anniversary of President Nixon Declaring War on Drugs, Two Members of Congress Propose an Armistice
Jeffrey A. SingerYesterday Representatives Cori Bush (D-MO) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) introduced theDrug Policy Reform Act, which would federally decriminalize drug possession and redirect federal funds to harm reduction, substance abuse disorder treatment, and education programs. Furthermore, the bill would expunge and seal the records of people with federal drug violation records within one year of enactment.Among some of the bill ’s other praiseworthy provisions are a ban on civil asset forfeitures related to personal drug possession cases, and preventing individuals in the U.S. from being denied legal imm...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 17, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer Source Type: blogs
