#HealthXPh Tribute chat for Dr. Gia Sison
I’m moderating this Saturday’s #HealthXPh chat and drafted a pre chat post for another topic. Then, Dr. Iris, still in shock, message our group about Dr. Gia Sison’s sudden passing. I went blank all of a sudden. I was talking to a colleague when I read that message I suddenly don’t know what to say, write, talk about to anyone. As Doc Iris would say, all of us were just scrolling on the #healthxph team pictures with Gia since hearing of that news. The team decided to host a “tribute” chat for Gia and in all of the 10 years of making #healthxph pre chat blogpost, this was the “h...
Source: The Orthopedic Logbook - March 23, 2024 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Remo Aguilar Tags: Focus advocacies doctors social media healthcare Source Type: blogs

Transforming Clinical Quality & Value in Rehabilitation with Neurocognitive Technology
The following is a guest article by Jared Gillespie, Senior Director of Clinical Solutions at Academy Medtech Ventures (AMV) In the landscape of rehabilitative care, the integration of neurocognitive technology stands as a beacon of innovation, charting a course toward improved clinical quality and patient outcomes. This journey into the brain’s potential within rehabilitation not only elevates the standard of care but also underscores the role of advanced technologies in shaping the future of healthcare. Traditional rehabilitative care has predominantly focused on physical recovery, often overlooking the brain’...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 22, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Academy Medtech Ventures AMV Clinical Quality Healthcare Transformation Jared Gillespie Neurocognitive Technology rehabilitative c Source Type: blogs

Microplastics, Major Problem
By KIM BELLARD It’s been almost four years since I first wrote about microplastics; long story short, they’re everywhere. In the ground, in the oceans (even at the very bottom), in the atmosphere. More to the point, they’re in the air you breathe and in the food you eat. They’re in you, and no one thinks that is a good thing. But we’re only starting to understand the harm they cause. The Washington Post recently reported: Scientists have found microplastics — or their tinier cousins, nanoplastics — embedded in the human placenta, in blood, in the heart and in the liver and bowels. In one re...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Tech Kim Bellard Microplastics Source Type: blogs

Anatomy Unveils AI-Powered Financial Automation for Healthcare Organizations
Lightspeed, Meridian Street, Live Oak Ventures, and Others Back Anatomy with $7.6 Million in Funding to Simplify and Automate Financial Workflows in Healthcare Anatomy Financial announces the launch of their AI-powered financial automation solutions for medical, dental, digital health, and healthcare billing companies. Anatomy has raised $7.6M in funding to build a financial operating system for healthcare from Lightspeed, Meridian Street Capital, Live Oak Ventures, Cambrian Ventures, Peterson Ventures, and angel investors with expertise across healthcare and fintech. Banks and accounting systems are not purpose-built to i...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 8, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Anatomy Anatomy Financial Brian Bizub Callum King Cambrian Ventures Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Lightspeed Live Oak Ventures Meridian Street Capital Nicole Quinn Pet Source Type: blogs

Putting patients first: Safeguarding health care from AI risks [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! In this thought-provoking panel discussion, orthopedic surgeon Yoshihiro Katsuura and premedical students Kie Shidara, Maria Llose, and James Schmidt come together to examine the growing influence of artificial intelligence in the health care industry. From the potential benefits of AI-driven efficiency Read more… Putting patients first: Safeguarding health care from AI risks [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 8, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Podcast Health IT Source Type: blogs

From paralysis to possibility: an unexpected awakening [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Join us as we sit down with Olivia Ong, a pain and rehabilitation medicine physician based in Australia, as she opens up about her incredible journey of resilience and self-discovery. In 2008, Olivia experienced a traumatic spinal cord injury that left Read more… From paralysis to possibility: an unexpected awakening [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 4, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Podcast Orthopedics Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, March 4th 2024
In conclusion, HSV (but not CMV) infection may be indicative of doubled dementia risk. « Back to Top Increased Dietary Leucine Activates mTOR Signaling in Macrophages, Accelerating Atherosclerosis https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2024/02/increased-dietary-leucine-activates-mtor-signaling-in-macrophages-accelerating-atherosclerosis/ Leucine is an essential amino acid, only obtained from the diet rather than synthesized by our cells. Leucine supplementation has been proposed as a way to slow the loss of muscle mass with age, as leucine processing becomes dysregulated with aging in a way...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 3, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

What is Known of the Contribution of Cellular Senescence to Osteoporosis
The vast majority of senescent cells are produced when somatic cells reach the Hayflick limit to cell division, their telomeres shortened to a point at which they either self-destruct or enter the senescent state. Damage due to mutation or cytotoxic compounds can also induce senescence, as can the regenerative processes following injury. Senescent cells cease replication, become larger, and change their behavior in many other ways. Senescent cells secrete a pro-growth, pro-inflammatory mix of signals, the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP), that attracts the attention of immune cells capable of destroying sen...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 1, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs

Healthcare Review of the Brother MFC-L6915DW All-in-One Printer, Scanner, Copier
When I first started doing IT in healthcare, I remember the thought and excitement around the paperless office.  I remember seeing all those paper charts stored in the HIM office and thinking how nice it will be when everything is paperless.  No more managing those charts and everything quickly accessible with a few keystrokes.  While those paper chart rooms have disappeared, the paperless office hasn’t really come to fruition the way that many of us thought it may. The reality in healthcare is that there’s still a lot of paper floating around the office.  It turns out that paper is a great form factor that...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 28, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Ambulatory Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops LTPAC Brother Brother 6915 Brother All-in-One Devices Brother MFC-L6915DW Brother Printers Brother Scanners Healthcare Printer Review Source Type: blogs

Digital Health, Menopause, And The $150 Billion Ignorance
The idea of this story came from personal experience. During the past year, I have spent countless hours and a bucketload of money trying to figure out what the heck is wrong with my health. I was feeling worse and worse, having various symptoms, totally inexplicable with my impeccable test results. During this journey, not a single doctor asked or suggested that my symptoms may come from entering perimenopause – the stage of life of women preceding menopause.  I am 47 years old, and as I have learned since then, extremely average in starting to have perimenopause symptoms at the age of 47. Also very average ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - February 22, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Lifestyle medicine female health menopause tech Source Type: blogs

Language Equity in Medical Education
On this episode of the Academic Medicine Podcast, Pilar Ortega, MD, MGM, Débora Silva, MD, MEd, and Bright Zhou, MD, MS, join host Toni Gallo to discuss strategies to address language-related health disparities and enhance language-appropriate training and assessment in medical education. They explore one specific language concordant education framework, Culturally Reflective Medicine, which recognizes and supports the lived experiences and expertise of multi-lingual learners and clinicians from minoritized communities. This episode is now available through Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and anywhere else podcast...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - February 20, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: amrounds Tags: AM Podcast AM Podcast Transcript Academic Medicine podcast diversity and inclusion language equity medical education medical education scholarship patient care Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, February 19th 2024
This study aimed to explore the metabolic mechanisms and potential biomarkers associated with declining HGS among older adults. We recruited 15 age- and environment-matched inpatients (age, 77-90 years) with low or normal HGS. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) and 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) gene sequencing were performed to analyze the metabolome of serum and stool samples and the gut microbiome composition of stool samples. Spearman's correlation analysis was used to identify the potential serum and fecal metabolites associated with HGS. We assessed the levels of serum and fecal metabolites belonging to...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 18, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

Monocyte Population Differences with Age Following Bone Fracture
The innate immune system is involved in tissue maintenance and regeneration. That includes populations of monocytes, circulating innate immune cells in the bloodstream that enter damaged tissue to become macrophages. Monocytes are somewhat easier to catalog and study than is the case for macrophages. The former can be found in a blood sample, while the latter require a tissue sample. Researchers tend to follow the incentives attending the cost and availability of data, and thus we have examples like today's open access paper, in which the authors focus on circulating monocytes in the context of bone fracture. You mi...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 14, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs

Macrophages Disrupt Bone Regeneration by Provoking Stem and Progenitor Cell Senescence
In this study, we revealed that macrophages in calluses secrete prosenescent factors, including grancalcin (GCA), during aging, which triggers skeletal stem cell and progenitor cell (SSPC) senescence and impairs fracture healing. Local injection of human recombinant GCA in young mice induced SSPC senescence and delayed fracture repair. Genetic deletion of Gca in monocytes/macrophages was sufficient to rejuvenate fracture repair in aged mice and alleviate SSPC senescence. Mechanistically, GCA binds to the plexin-B2 receptor and activates Arg2-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction, resulting in cellular senescence. Depletion of...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 12, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs

Mitigating the “ Burn ” , “ Out ” of Healthcare Transformation.
Lisa, a nurse’s assistant manager suddenly approached her supervisor and calmly handed her resignation paper. The surprised supervisor led Lisa to their office and immediately asked her, “Why?Something wrong? What happened?” Lisa, close to tears, answered in a terse voice, “I’m tired. As in really tired. You know I love this work and I knew this is my calling, but I can’t seem to finish any significant work on my program and my own people is close to collapsing in disagreement and project stasis. Moreover, I’m having family issues with my frequent over times and missed events. I th...
Source: The Orthopedic Logbook - February 10, 2024 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Remo Aguilar Tags: Decision Making Focus Health Quality Improvement burnout group attention deficit health workers burnout initiative overload team culture Source Type: blogs