What's new in midwifery - 15th April 2024
Selected new (or newish) items of interest. I am trying with this one to use DOIs as the link, please consult your library service, if you have access to one, if you have trouble accessing full text.In the news, Guardian analysis of NHS figures shows black women in England are more likely to have serious birth complications, Some systematic reviews and researchEffectiveness of care bundles in preventing postpartum haemorrhage, a systematic review, Socio-economic disadvantage and utilisation of labour epidural analgesia, a study carried out in Scotland, A systematic review of maternal and neo...
Source: Browsing - April 15, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
Whole Roasted Squash With Tomato-Ginger Chickpeas & Za ’atar
I read myself the riot act about 6 months ago, when my cholesterol level reached a new high. My doctor seemed nonplussed, perhaps because my cardiac calcium score was a perfect zero. But I was not happy. Yes, I had lost weight and was exercising, but to be honest, my heart belonged to cheese. And eggs. And ice cream. Something had to change.
Breakfast was easy. The whole eggs (which I had been eating almost daily) were replaced by Starbucks Sous Vide Egg whites or oatmeal served with a side of chicken sausage. Lunches were yogurt or soup or vegan bean burritos or salad or tuna or peanut butter. I started snacking on nu...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - February 21, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Vegetables Butternut Squash Chickpeas vegetarian za'atar Source Type: blogs
The Most Overhyped Technologies in Healthcare
The hype about technological development in healthcare should not blind us in terms of the probabilities and possibilities of today’s healthcare and the future of medicine. To remain objective and conscious but still optimistic, let’s look at the most overhyped technologies and keep in mind the realistic development opportunities in healing.
You know the saying: the pessimist says the glass is half empty, the optimist says it is half full, and, well, the cynic asks who drank the other half? I’m truly an optimist – especially when it comes to the future of medicine and healthcare, but we need to ask the uncom...
Source: The Medical Futurist - December 5, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Future of Medicine 3d printing robotics virtual reality wearables GC1 hype organs Source Type: blogs
How Could Digital Technology Make An Impact On Primary Care?
I truly hope that very soon I do not have to make an appointment at the GP when I suspect signs of a disease, but my GP will send me a message that she spotted something irregular in my latest test results and my digital health data, so I’d better visit. Let me show you in detail how primary care should be carried out in the future!
Digital health should become an organic part of primary care in the future
I live a fairly healthy life. I use data to improve my lifestyle and to make better decisions by optimising my sleep pattern, my physical, my cognitive or my emotional abilities; and I had several genetic tests....
Source: The Medical Futurist - September 21, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Digital Health Research Healthcare Innovation technology wearables GP primary care general practitioner Source Type: blogs
Consciously Exploring Your Relationship with Drugs
Humanity has a complex, long-term relationship with a wide variety of drugs. In this article let’s delve into your personal relationship with drugs, how you frame them, and how you might upgrade these relationships to be more conscious and aligned with your path of self-development. Let’s include common drug sources like coffee, tea, and chocolate too, so this will be very inclusive.
My purpose here isn’t to encourage or discourage you from using any particular substances but rather to invite you to take a more conscious and honest look at your current frames, attitudes, biases, and behaviors, and dete...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - July 21, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Creating Reality Emotions Health Lifestyle Relationships Values Source Type: blogs
Eggs And High Blood Pressure: Decoding The Dietary Dilemma
Conclusion
In navigating the winding road of managing high blood pressure, several key points emerge. Eggs, while a source of ongoing debate, can form part of a balanced diet for most people. It’s essential, though, to consider your entire dietary pattern, emphasizing heart-healthy choices like those found in the DASH and Mediterranean diets.
Avoiding processed meats and sugary breakfast options, while incorporating nutrient-dense foods, can significantly impact your blood pressure management. But remember, it’s not all about diet. A comprehensive approach, involving regular physical activity, stress mana...
Source: The EMT Spot - July 21, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Rotman, MD, FRCPC, PhD Tags: Blood Pressure Source Type: blogs
poem
NutsI bring you a bowl of nutsI come back later and eatThe ones you ’ve droppedIn the transfer from hand to mouthI devour everything you thoughtYou once wanted. It tastes fineJust as the othersProbably did for you.Peanuts and almondsSalted cashewsAll scattered and nervousUnder the eave of the bowl.People who worry about meSay you do it on purpose —Some weird, f.ed up wayOf sharing 7/18/23 (Source: Buckeye Surgeon)
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - July 18, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
What we can learn about rehab from my dog
Miss Molly May is my adorable, high energy, full-sized labradoodle. She’s five years old, and has just undergone a tibial plateau leveling osteotomy for her right rear knee. Essentially she damaged the dog equivalent of her cruciate ligament because she’s an idiot. Well, she’s a dog who adores chasing the B-A-L-L and the F-R-I-S-B-E-E and any random S-T-I-C-K at full speed, turning really fast to catch it before anyone else gets to it.
Five weeks ago she was seen by our local general practice vet, referred to animal physio (click) and comprehensively examined there, then referred to the Animal Orth...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - July 9, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Coping strategies biopsychosocial Clinical reasoning Health healthcare Therapeutic approaches Source Type: blogs
Rationing Health Care
Lately we ' ve touched upon the absurd cost of medical services in the U.S. -- we spend twice as much as the next biggest spender and three or four times as much as others -- and we ' re less healthy for it. There are a few reasons for this, but here I ' m going to touch the third rail.In the United States, in contrast to other nations, if the FDA approves a treatment, insurance has to pay for it. The FDA does not consider cost, but only whether there is evident of clinical benefit that outweighs risks or (non-financial) harms. The definition of benefit and harm, and how to value them, is of course far from obvious, but we...
Source: Stayin' Alive - July 7, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Feed the birds … twenty quid a bag …
Food for the garden birds is rather pricey. Certainly not the tuppence-a-bag of the song from Mary Poppins. Admittedly, the bags you buy are a lot more heavily laden with various seeds and grains.
Anyway, discussion is ongoing in my Wild Fen Edge group about when to feed garden birds, so here are some thoughts.
Birds need to eat all year round. So, I put food out all the time – mixed seed peanuts, nyjer seeds, fat balls, flutter butter. Different places in the garden, different heights if possible, near obvious perching points, higher than cat access, some out in the open. Also, not too many feeders close together to...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - June 28, 2023 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Birds Source Type: blogs
How healthy eating can protect us from extreme weather
Hurricane season starts June 1, and many of us in the Southeast and along the Gulf Coast are stocking up on bottled water and other supplies. As a physician focused on preventive medicine and public health, I recommend filling your pantry with healthful plant-based foods like black-eyed peas, sweet potatoes, pecans, canned soups, peanut butter,
Read more…
How healthy eating can protect us from extreme weather originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 10, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: R. Jason Newsom, MD, MPH Tags: Policy Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs
How to attract more birds to your garden
TL:DR – Advice on attracting birds to your garden
I was asked to offer some advice on how to attract more birds to the garden. I wrote a rather long article with lots of detail and added some bird photos of species we’ve seen in ours. I then asked ChatGPT to summarise the article and give me ten bullet points. This is my heavily edited version of the algorithm’s output:
Attracting Birds to Your Garden:
Provide water: Place shallow bowls or birdbaths with clean water at ground level and/or on a stand. Create a wildlife pond and extend it to create spillover area that becomes permanently muddy and diversif...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - April 22, 2023 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Birds Source Type: blogs
Attracting birds to your garden
Sciencebase reader Michelle messaged to ask how she might attract more birds to her garden. There are plenty of things she can try to see more of our feathered friends on her patch. Some things will have an almost immediate effect others might take a little longer. The rewards are always worth the effort to see the variety and numbers of birds that can appear. I have an article about the birds you might see in an English country garden.
Blue Tit
What to do
The most obvious thing to do is to ask what the birds need and then try to fulfill those needs: water, food, shelter/cover, somewhere to nest.
So, you could put out a co...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - April 14, 2023 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Birds Source Type: blogs
Jimmy Carter vs. the Fairness Doctrine
Paul MatzkoJimmy Carter has lived long enough —and he is the longest living former president by a substantialmargin, with the gap between him and #2, George HW Bush, nearly as wide as that between Bush and #6, Herbert Hoover! —to see the fruits from his sweeping crusade for federal deregulation.Others havediscussed Carter ’slegacy as theGreat Deregulator of airlines, craft beer, trucking, rail, oil and natural gas, and much more. It ’s all true and Carter deserves credit for laying the foundation for the economic prosperity of the 1980s and 1990s.But I want to focus on an underrated aspect of Carter’s deregula...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 13, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Paul Matzko Source Type: blogs
5 Best Practices To Build A Future-Ready Digital Health Company
Transparent communication, clinically-validated technologies, and addressing real-life clinical needs might sound like no-brainer components to a digital health company since they are working in the healthcare sector. It is also a rapidly expanding one where investments were heavily channelled during the pandemic.
However, some estimate that 90% of digital health startups will go bust or be ‘acqui-hired’ within a few years of being founded. If digital health represents the future of medicine and healthcare, it is important to understand why this is the case.
We previously dissected the reasons why digital h...
Source: The Medical Futurist - February 16, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Pranavsingh Dhunnoo Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Bioethics Digital Health Research E-Patients Future of Medicine Future of Pharma Personalized Medicine Portable Medical Diagnostics Science Fiction Telemedicine & Smartphones theranos study inves Source Type: blogs
