Constructed of star dust, will Guardian Angels continue to exist?
BY MIKE MAGEE
“EXCLUSIVE: Royal beekeeper has informed the Queen’s bees that the Queen has died and King Charles is their new boss in bizarre tradition dating back centuries. … He placed black ribbons tied into bows on the hives, home to tens of thousands of bees, before informing them that their mistress had died.”
So read John Dingwall’s exclusive in the Daily Mail posted at 03:48 EDT, 10 September 2022. In defense of what might first appear a bizarre practice, others were careful to provide evidence that the practice, of informing fellow natural creatures of important human losses, is well documente...
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Health Data and Interoperability Infrastructure Needs
We reached out to the Healthcare IT Today community to get their thoughts on the IT infrastructure needs in healthcare. The responses we got were quite interesting. Tomorrow we’ll share some of the responses to the more classic definition of IT infrastructure. However, amidst the IT infrastructure responses we received a number of health IT experts talking about the importance of health data and interoperability infrastructure.
If the future of healthcare is built on the back of data, then it makes sense why health data infrastructure would be such an important topic. Here’s a look at the insights our c...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 2, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Analytics/Big Data Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Interoperability IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops AssureCare Bamboo Health Bill Miller Ciox Diameter Health Elizabeth Delahoussaye Health Data Sharing Healt Source Type: blogs
Career Conversations: Q & A with Organic Chemist Elizabeth Parkinson
Dr. Elizabeth Parkinson. Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Elizabeth Parkinson.
“Being able to discover new, unexpected things is why you wake up every day and go to work as a scientist. The other part is hopefully to have a positive impact on human health—through combatting conditions ranging from antibiotic resistance to cancer,” says Elizabeth Parkinson, Ph.D., an assistant professor of organic chemistry at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. In an interview, Dr. Parkinson shared with us her path to a scientific career, research on natural products made by soil-dwelling bacteria, and advice for students.
Q: W...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - August 17, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacology Bacteria Medicines Microbes Profiles Source Type: blogs
What's in a name?
People often talk past each other because they are using the same word with different meanings. Also, a common logical fallacy is to ascribe a different meaning to a word than your interlocutor intends. For example, a guy I once knew claimed that the concept of organic food is meaningless because " organic " means " carbon compounds " and all food consists of carbon compounds. He wasn ' t joking, he really believed he had a " gotcha " argument.This Jen Sorenson cartoon sketches some of the confusion about the word " liberal. " First let me get " liberal arts " out of the way. Apparently some people think this me...
Source: Stayin' Alive - August 2, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Science Snippet: Lipids in the Limelight
This study could inform the advancement of new antibiotics.Developing new imaging technologies to track lipid droplet formation and breakdown in cancer cells. Understanding this phenomenon could shed light on why lipid droplets accumulate in these cells, which could aid in creating new therapies.
Learn about other scientific terms with the NIGMS glossary. (Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences)
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - July 27, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Cells Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacology Cellular Processes COVID-19 Medicines Science-snippet Source Type: blogs
Intelerad Announces Significant Investment from TA to Accelerate Growth
TA joins Hg and ST6 in supporting Intelerad to advance clinical efficiency and patient care through innovative medical imaging technology
Intelerad, a leading global provider of enterprise medical imaging solutions, today announced that TA Associates (“TA”), a leading global growth private equity firm, has signed a definitive agreement to make a growth investment in the company. TA joins Intelerad’s majority investor, Hg, a leading software and services investor, and ST6, a highly experienced team of software operating executives and minority investor. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2022...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 20, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Enterprise Imaging Solutions Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Hector Guinness Hg Intelerad JB Brian Mark Carter Mark Friedman Medical Imaging Med Source Type: blogs
Lifestyle Medicine Could Be The Key To Digital Health Adoption
I’ve been wearing several generations and types of smartwatches for a couple of years and I only remove my watch when I shower. I use it to track my sleep and its smart alarm wakes me up at the optimal time every morning. With the pocketable Kardia, I regularly check my ECG at home to detect any anomalies. For an in-depth analysis of what my genetic makeup predisposes me to, I had my whole genome sequenced. And I bring relevant data to my general practitioner during my checkups so that we can decide on preventive measures. In short, I’m trying to live like the patient of the future, using lifestyle medicine to prev...
Source: The Medical Futurist - June 29, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Pranavsingh Dhunnoo Tags: Lifestyle medicine E-Patients Health Sensors & Trackers Healthcare Design Medical Education Personalized Medicine sleep stress food scanner sleep apnea Apple Watch Dr. Vernes Baylor ACLM Source Type: blogs
Listening to the doctor ’s heart [PODCAST]
“A few months ago, I embarked on an ethnographic study to understand what health care professionals saw as the psychosocial needs of pediatric patients. This involved conversations with several doctors in Pakistan, who had volunteered to share their views about pediatric patient care. As I engaged in deep, organic discussions with my interlocutors, I foundRead more …Listening to the doctor’s heart [PODCAST] originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - May 13, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/post-author/the-podcast-by-kevinmd" rel="tag" data-wpel-link="internal" > The Podcast by KevinMD < /a > < /span > Tags: Podcast Primary Care Source Type: blogs
Three Brothers Are Making Research a Family Affair
Caleb, Paul, and Adam Worsley. Credit: Pittsburg State University.
“You’re doing something really important with people who are important to you,” Paul Worsley remarks when asked about having his younger brothers Caleb and Adam as lab mates. The trio are undergraduate students working in the lab of Santimukul Santra, Ph.D., at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas.
Paul seated at his chemistry fume hood. Credit: Pittsburg State University.
All three brothers are part of the Kansas IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (K-INBRE). Paul is currently a junior majoring in biology a...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - May 4, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacology Cancer Medicines Precision Medicine Training Source Type: blogs
CEO Kuldeep Singh Rajput on Biofourmis ’ huge Series D raise
You may have thought the days of huge digital health rounds were over. Not quite yet! CEO Kuldeep Singh Rajput talks with Matthew Holt about Biofourmis’ $300m Series D raise. They’re in the business of sensors, digital therapeutics and chronic specialty care (cardiology/oncology) and hospital at home. And as if that wasn’t enough, they have a solid plan for both organic & “inorganic” growth! (Source: The Health Care Blog)
Source: The Health Care Blog - April 26, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Tech Biofourmis chronic care Hospital at Home Kuldeep Rajput Matthew Holt Sensors venture capital Source Type: blogs
Wireless Data Transfer for Implanted Devices Using Ionic Communication
Researchers at the Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a new method for implanted devices to communicate with the outside world that exploits the ions that are naturally present in our tissues. Ion-rich tissues store potential energy, and in this paradigm an implanted device would alter this stored energy with alternating electrical pulses. Electrodes placed on nearby skin can then measure these changes in energy and analyze them to obtain the clinical data. The method is rapid and requires low power.
Implantable devices need to communicate with the outside world. Current sol...
Source: Medgadget - April 25, 2022 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Diagnostics etc. Medicine Neurology Neurosurgery Pain Management Radiology columbia Source Type: blogs
How Do We Cope When Two Parents Live with Dementia?
Photo credit Joe Hepburn
"My mom and dad both have dementia. I am all alone taking care of them since. I have no one to help me. I get sad and frustrated with them both. How do I deal with my feelings?" These are powerful words from one Caregiver Forum participant. It is a cry that is all too familiar for many family caregivers and one which will touch the hearts of most readers. Many of us feel alone when we are trying to care for our aging parents and there are no siblings to help, or our siblings won't help. When we have one parent who has this disease, it is hard. When we have two, it is o...
Source: Minding Our Elders - April 19, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Hidden wonders of human anatomy [PODCAST]
“It turns out that living beings are less like bags of sloshing water, as I imagined in grade school, and more like a stew. While water makes up most of it, water alone is thin and empty of the organic molecules from which organisms are built —the stew thickeners. Water alone is lifeless. Instead, it isRead more …Hidden wonders of human anatomy [PODCAST] originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 15, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/post-author/the-podcast-by-kevinmd" rel="tag" data-wpel-link="internal" > The Podcast by KevinMD < /a > < /span > Tags: Podcast Primary Care Source Type: blogs
Breaking down Optum ’s $6.4 Billion Acquisition of LHC Group
Conclusion
There are WAY too many positive dynamics at play in favor of LHC Group’s portfolio of assets for you to ignore Optum’s acquisition:
Regulations are supporting home-based initiatives, and reimbursement is stable. Lawmaker scrutiny is mounting on SNFs, providing further discharge opportunities and advancement for home health.LHC has a history of operational success in home health and is the missing link among Optum’s various post-acute and at-home initiatives. Optum needed this acquisition to keep up with Humana and others pursuing similar post-acute strategies.Home health is highly fragmented and PDGM...
Source: The Health Care Blog - April 7, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: The Business of Health Care Blake Madden LHC Optum The Healthy Muse Source Type: blogs
Discovering Better Ways to Build Medicinal Molecules
Dr. Phil Baran. Credit: Scripps Research.
“I love the mystery of chemistry. It explores the great unknown of the universe,” says Phil Baran, Ph.D., a professor of chemistry at Scripps Research, La Jolla, California. His passion for the subject catalyzed a successful career in organic synthesis—building molecules that are the foundation of living things and can be developed as medicines.
Setting His Sights on Science
School didn’t interest Dr. Baran until he found chemistry in 10th grade. “From there, the mission was clear: do whatever was required to do chemistry for the rest of my life,” he says. At t...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - March 30, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacology Medicines Profiles Source Type: blogs
