Dante Labs Full Genome Sequencing: A Medgadget Review
Conclusion
In reading my report I found it was important to be mindful of the complexity of the genome’s effects and the relative infancy of much of the research surrounding this. For instance, I possess gene variants associated with both an increased and decreased risk of Alzheimer’s disease, based on current research. There are a number of more clear-cut aspects to the sequencing, such as drug interactions and carrier status of genetic diseases, which I think do give genuine peace of mind.
The more light-hearted traits around food preferences and lifestyle quirks do appear to have impressive accuracy. And I am sure t...
Source: Medgadget - September 28, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Tom Peach Tags: Exclusive Genetics Source Type: blogs
Wheat Belly: Quick and Dirty #3
In view of the many new readers on the Wheat Belly Blog, many of whom have not yet had an opportunity to read the book but are eager to get started, here is the most recently updated Wheat Belly Quick & Dirty summary. It summarizes the essential dietary strategies of the Wheat Belly approach to 1) avoid all products made from high-yield, semi-dwarf wheat that wreak health destruction along with all other grains, and 2) create a diet that is otherwise healthy and appropriate for all members of the family. In particular, I’ve tried to clarify some items that were unclear in previous versions.
This is the lifestyle ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - September 28, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle autoimmune blood sugar bowel flora cholesterol Dr. Davis Gliadin gluten gluten-free grain-free grains Inflammation joint pain low-carb Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
The MedTech Investing Europe Conference in London Showcases Latest Innovations
Now celebrating its 25th gathering, the MedTech Investing Europe Conference brought together over 100 participants from throughout Europe, and further afield, to London. Attendees included startup companies and medtech industry innovation specialists, along with sector-specific professional investment firms, as well as angel and family office investors. There were also a number of people from regional governments and embassies with strategic links to the medtech sector present.
As part of the program, around 25 pre-vetted startup companies were each pitching their novel technologies for investment at both seed and series ...
Source: Medgadget - September 22, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Tom Peach Tags: Exclusive Source Type: blogs
Guest blog post from Dial & Martin on Dual Stream models -- More discussion
[Note: for backstory on this discussion, seehere]To indicate which comment each response corresponds to, we have copied the first line of the comment.In response to “I agree but we were vague on purpose 17 years ago because we simply didn’t know what the relation was between brain areas and acoustic/linguistic levels of representation” and “These are good points and I both appreciate DM’s frustration with our lack of clarity regarding the level of pro cessing we are talking about and laud their interest in being more precise”:We appreciate the clarification of your stance regarding speech-specificity (or lingui...
Source: Talking Brains - August 14, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
Emulsifiers: Like detergent to your intestines
If you have been following the Undoctored and Wheat Belly concepts, you are cultivating healthy bowel flora, efforts that include “seeding” your intestines with a high-potency, multi-species probiotic and fermented foods, and nourishing bowel flora with prebiotic fibers. But there are other issues to consider. Today, I discuss the emerging wisdom on emulsifying agents and why we should avoid them to regain healthy bowel flora and overall health.
The capacity for a compound to emulsify a solution varies from minimal to dramatic. Even some natural compounds in whole, unprocessed foods can exert modest emulsifyin...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - August 8, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Undoctored Wheat Belly Lifestyle bowel flora diabetes Dr. Davis emulsifiers Weight Loss Wheat Belly Total Health Source Type: blogs
No-Knead Whole Wheat Bread
Summers in the mountains means bread.
I rarely make bread at home in New York City. Not that I couldn’t. After all, this bread is easy enough to make, and despite it’s long rise time, requires very little of my attention.
But thinking about making bread does require, for me at least, a relaxed, open mind. And the inward assurance that in 18 hours I will still be available to move the bread on to it’s second rise, and then to it’s baking. Coordinating that with my schedule in the city makes the bread making feel like a chore and not the joy it is when I undertake it here at the cottage. Here, the day...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - July 30, 2017 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Bread Bittman Lahey No-Knead Whole Wheat Source Type: blogs
Update from Westminster Health Forum: Next Steps for Medical Technologies, Devices, and Diagnostics
Last week in London, UK the Westminster Health Forum event brought together clinicians, policymakers, and industry experts to discuss current challenges and future opportunities for innovation in the UK health sector.
The day began with Paul Rice, Head of Technology Strategy at NHS England, who detailed examples of UK Global Digital Exemplar Programs that are driving adoption during the process of digitizing the largest single-payer system in the world. Paul reminded the audience that meaningful change in complex health systems could only be achieved with “People enabled by tech…not the other way around.” Julia Manni...
Source: Medgadget - July 10, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Tom Peach Tags: Exclusive Source Type: blogs
Its Not All Peaches And Roses
Life as an unhealthy person is not all peaches and roses.... Wednesday I wroteabout Claire the amazing woman with CF who is full of energy and fun and talks about things we don ' t want to talk about - like dying. Anyway, she says she wants to wrote a book but not one about a ' happy sick person ' . There are a lot of books out there about ' happy sick ' people but reading them doesn ' t necessarily make you feel happy for them.Honestly who can put a perky spin on being sick? One of the many downsides of life with chronic illnesses is that a little thing becomes a big thing. You have no idea.Anyway, the world is papered wi...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - July 7, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: ailments books coping Source Type: blogs
Eating the Same Foods Repeatedly Is Stupid
Do you have a tendency to eat the same foods over and over?
Are you aware that it’s much better for your overall health, mental functioning, and immunity to take in a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, greens, nuts, and seeds? Eating the same limited foods repeatedly increases the chance that you’ll miss out on certain micronutrients, including many that haven’t been identified or studied yet. A nutritionally restricted diet also increases your susceptibility to disease.
Our forager ancestors moved around a lot and ate nutritionally different wild foods wherever they went. With the rise of agriculture, h...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - June 27, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Health Source Type: blogs
Calon Cardio ’s MiniVAD Left Ventricluar Assist Device Set for 2018 Clinical Trials
Working with the University of Swansea, Calon Cardio, a Welsh firm, has created the first UK-developed Left Ventricluar Assist Device (LVAD). The MiniVAD is scheduled to begin a 50 patient clinical trial in late 2018, with a full clinical rollout planned for 2020.
Calon Cardio’s miniature implantable heart pump is used to treat advanced chronic heart failure, with the LVAD augmenting the weakened heart and providing adequate blood perfusion to the rest of the body. By reducing the load on the ventricles the device can then slow or stall heart failure progression, and prolong the life of patients waiting for a heart ...
Source: Medgadget - June 27, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Tom Peach Tags: Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Win for School Choice in Georgia
Lost in all thecommotion over the U.S. Supreme Court ’sseveral decisions today is another important decision with ramifications for school choice. The Georgia Supreme Courtunanimously ruled in Gaddy v. Georgia Department of Revenue that plaintiffs had no standing to challenge the state ’stax-credit scholarship program because the scholarship funds are private funds, not a government expenditure:We also reject the assertion that plaintiffs have standing because these tax credits actually amount to unconstitutional expenditures of tax revenues or public funds. The statutes that govern the Program demonstrate that only ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 26, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Jason Bedrick Source Type: blogs
What to do when dementia patients cannot eat
I'm so distraught over my father. He has a Peg tube in, and hasn't had any solid food for over 2 months.Our reader Denise wrote: I'm so distraught over my father. Has a Peg tube andhasn't had any solid food for over 2 months.He asks me all the time for food. Seeing him suffer is too much. If I give him food and then he'll aspirate and he is DNR.I feel like by giving him food i will be contributing to his death sooner. Oh Lord ...so painful.Article -16 Ways to Get a Dementia Patient to Eat More FoodSubscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading RoomEmail:By Dr. Rita A. JablonskiAlzheimer's Reading RoomTo the reader, I would reco...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - June 4, 2017 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimers alzheimers care can't eat care of dementia patients dementia care feeding health lifestyle Source Type: blogs
Cordis Unveil New Interventional Cardiology Products
The RAILWAY Sheathless Access System
Cordis, the interventional vascular arm of Cardinal Health, has announced three new additions to its cardiology portfolio for use in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The new products were on show at EUROPCR 2017 in Paris this week and include the RAILWAY Sheathless Access System and two new percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PCTA) balloon catheters: the Ikazuchi Zero and Raiden3 under the Kaneka brand name.
The RAILWAY Sheathless Access System is indicated for radial artery use and allows direct access to the artery for introducing intravascular devices. The system ...
Source: Medgadget - May 19, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Tom Peach Tags: Cardiology Radiology Source Type: blogs
Interview with Dave Liebl, Heraeus Medical Components
Heraeus Medical Components (HMC) is known for its state-of-the-art solutions delivered to the global medical device industry. The company boasts seven production sites across the USA, Europe, Asia, and Central America, designing and manufacturing key components for leading medical devices. Recently, Medgadget readers may have seen the keynote address at Medtec Europe delivered by HMC’s VP of Advanced Technologies, Jens Troetzschel.
Medgadget editor Tom Peach recently spoke with Dave Liebl from Heraeus to discuss some of the company’s innovative medical device products that assist surgeons every day.
Tom Peach, M...
Source: Medgadget - May 18, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Tom Peach Tags: Exclusive News Source Type: blogs
A Day at The Future of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Healthcare Conference
At the end of April leaders and innovators from the fields of artificial intelligence and healthcare gathered in Old Street—London’s digital tech hub, affectionately known as “silicon roundabout.” The event was hosted by Innovatemedtec in partnership with Aviva Ventures and brought together participants from academia, industry, and London’s substantial start-up scene.
The day began with a keynote address from Rabin Yaghoubi, Chief Commercial Officer at Babylon Health. Rabin’s team at Babylon created an AI-powered virtual physician app that boasts over 750,000 users worldwide. The keynote introduced a r...
Source: Medgadget - May 10, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Tom Peach Tags: Exclusive Source Type: blogs
