Woman ’ s Health Startup Pollie Wins Bayer G4A ’ s Attention With Female-Focused Chronic Condition Play
By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH
Forget being pigeon-holed as a “femtech” company! VERY early-stage women’s health startup, Pollie, is taking an integrated care approach to complex chronic conditions that either just affect women, OR impact women differently or disproportionally than men. Think not only about conditions caused by hormone imbalances like PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) or endometriosis, but also auto-immune disorders and digestive disorders that present differently or more frequently in women.
Co-Founder and CEO, Jane Sagui, drops by to talk us through the platform Pollie is building (and I mea...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 5, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Tech Health Technology Jessica DaMassa WTF Health Chronic conditions chronic disease management femtech Jane Sagui Pollie woman's health Women's Health Source Type: blogs
Granulosa Cell Tumour: CT
Granulosa cell tumours on are typically slow-growing, predominantly solid masses with variable amounts of cystic change and intratumoral hemorrhage. Oestrogenic effects on the uterus may manifest as uterine enlargement or as endometrial thickening or carcinoma. GCT is distinct from other ovarian carcinomas in their hormonal activity; their ability to secrete estrogen, inhibin, and M üllerian inhibiting substance.Famous Radiology Blog http://www.sumerdoc.blogspot.com
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Source: Sumer's Radiology Site - September 22, 2021 Category: Radiology Authors: Sumer Sethi Source Type: blogs
Breast Cancer Screening: We Can Do Better
The three risk assessment tools now in use fall far short. Using the latest deep learning techniques, investigators are developing more personalized ways to locate women at high risk.John Halamka, M.D., president, Mayo Clinic Platform, and Paul Cerrato, senior research analyst and communications specialist, Mayo Clinic Platform, wrote this article.The promise of personalized medicine will eventually allow clinicians to offer individual patients more precise advice on prevention, early detection and treatment. Of course, the operative word iseventually.A closer examination of the screening tools available to detect breast c...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - August 31, 2021 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
Burnout And Bullshit: The Week ’s Best Psychology Links
Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web
Menopause involves the brain, not just the ovaries — and more research is needed to understand these neurological effects. This work could help doctors improve treatment for the symptoms of menopause, and even aid in our understanding of diseases like Alzheimer’s, explains Kim Tingley at The New York Times.
How have lockdowns and social distancing affected our memory? Julia Shaw takes a look at BBC Science Focus.
A recent study found that people who are good at “bullshitting” tend to be more intelligent. At The Observ...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - July 23, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Weekly links Source Type: blogs
Polycystic ovary syndrome and the skin
Often, the skin can be a window to what is occurring inside your body. For women with polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS, this this may mean acne, hair loss, excessive facial or body hair growth, dark patches on the skin, or any combination of these issues.
What is PCOS?
Skin and hair issues can be the most readily perceptible features of PCOS, and thus sometimes the reason for seeking medical care. However, features of PCOS also include menstrual irregularities, polycystic ovaries (when the ovaries develop multiple small follicles and do not regularly release eggs), obesity, and insulin resistance (when cells do not respo...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - April 29, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kristina Liu, MD, MHS Tags: Diet and Weight Loss Family Planning and Pregnancy Fertility Skin and Hair Care Women's Health Source Type: blogs
Can some postmenopausal women with breast cancer skip chemotherapy?
Breast cancer remains the most common cancer among women. In the last two decades, the treatment of breast cancers has become personalized. This has been possible due to the subtyping of breast cancers. Breast cancers have been subtyped based on the receptors on the breast cancer cell. The most clinically significant receptors — those that have targeted therapies — are the estrogen and progesterone receptors and the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). Cancers that have the estrogen and progesterone receptors are termed hormone receptor (HR)-positive cancers.
The development of hormone therapy for HR-positi...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - April 15, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Salewa T. Salewa Oseni, MD Tags: Cancer Medical Research Women's Health Source Type: blogs
Accelerating the Development of Tests for Endometriosis and Cancer
NIGMS’ Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program works toward more effective methods for patient screening, diagnosis, and treatment.
Translating lab discoveries into health care products requires large investments of time and resources. Through the STTR Regional Technology Transfer Accelerator Hubs for IDeA States program, NIGMS helps researchers interested in transitioning their discoveries and/or inventions into products. Here are the stories of three researchers working with the XLerator Hub, which funds projects in the southeastern United States and Puerto Rico.
Ending Diagnostic Delays for Endomet...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - April 7, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Injury and Illness Cancer Diseases Profiles Scientific Process Source Type: blogs
Answer to Case 633
Answer toParasite Case of the Week 633:Fasciola hepatica Although the fluke was sadly torn in half during retrieval, it has all of the features that allows us to identify it:As a trematode - it has the flat, leaf-like body shape of a platyhelminth belonging to the Trematoda phylum. On histopathologic examination, trematodes have an outer tegument (with microvillus border, and often with spines), spongy parenchyma with no large cavities, and a digestive tract. Cestodes have a similar appearance, but may have a large cavity (depending on the species and stage), do NOT have a digestive tract or tegumental spin...
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - April 4, 2021 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
Top 10 Hazards Of Technology In Digital Health
Thanks to the advent of digital health, the future of medicine is truly exciting. With technological advancements that democratise access to care, better treatments are accessible to people than ever before. Breakthrough research and medical developments have eradicated deadly diseases and turned others into manageable conditions. But the very developments that propel healthcare to the 21st century bring their own share of hazards to the field.
From the elimination of privacy through hacked medical devices to bioterrorism, there are signs of alarming trends that few take seriously. Nevertheless, we must generate discussion...
Source: The Medical Futurist - March 30, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Bioethics Biotechnology Digital Health Research Healthcare Policy Nanotechnology Security & Privacy Telemedicine & Smartphones algorithm ecg google smartwatch wearables GC1 wannacry ransomw Source Type: blogs
TOP 10 Dangers Of Digital Health
Thanks to the advent of digital health, the future of medicine is truly exciting. With technological advancements that democratise access to care, better treatments are accessible to people than ever before. Breakthrough research and medical developments have eradicated deadly diseases and turned others into manageable conditions. But the very developments that propel healthcare to the 21st century bring their own share of hazards to the field.
From the elimination of privacy through hacked medical devices to bioterrorism, there are signs of alarming trends that few take seriously. Nevertheless, we must generate discussion...
Source: The Medical Futurist - March 30, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Bioethics Biotechnology Digital Health Research Healthcare Policy Nanotechnology Security & Privacy Telemedicine & Smartphones algorithm ecg google smartwatch wearables GC1 wannacry ransomw Source Type: blogs
Retrospective refusal of payment based upon final diagnosis compromises patients ’ welfare
My patient was very upset. The 34-year-old mother of two young children had come to the emergency department (ED) with abdominal pain despite her COVID-19 concerns. I had just told her that she had a benign ovarian cyst rather than the life-threatening condition that she had imagined. She was happy with the diagnosis, but she […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 29, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/david-hoke" rel="tag" > David Hoke, MD, MBE < /a > < /span > Tags: Policy Public Health & Source Type: blogs
5 myths about endometriosis
While endometriosis is a common condition, affecting as many as one in every 10 American women, it is complex and often misunderstood. Endometriosis occurs when tissue much like the tissue that normally lines the uterus — called the endometrium — starts to grow elsewhere in the body. These growths may cause pain, scarring, and, in some instances, infertility.
One study shows it can take up to seven years for a woman to get a diagnosis of endometriosis because symptoms may mimic other common conditions, such as irritable bowel syndrome or pelvic inflammatory disease. And misconceptions about the disease, including the f...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - February 12, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kelly Bilodeau Tags: Adolescent health Pain Management Women's Health Source Type: blogs
Dieneke
A few days ago I discovered that my blog reader/friend Dieneke Ferguson had died months ago, in October. She had been diagnosed with MM in her 50s for which she had undergone many conventional treatments. When she was left with no options (but the final one!!!), many years ago, she came across my blog, got in touch with me, and began taking curcumin, which managed to stabilize her so much so that in 2018 she was interviewed by BBC Radio 4. That interview, if my memory serves me correctly, was picked up by other news agencies. Dieneke became quite well-known.
Unfortunately, she later developed ovarian cancer. The last time ...
Source: Margaret's Corner - February 9, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs
