Microfluidic System Incorporates Eight Organ Tissues for Drug Testing
Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a sophisticated microfluidic system that incorporates tissue from up to eight different organ systems. The technology is unprecedented in allowing researchers to study complex interactions between different organs during disease. Moreover, it also allows for more comprehensive drug testing that investigates the effects of drug candidates on multiple organ systems at once. Called Lattice, the system is a significant advancement over pre-existing in vitro systems, which typically only allow researchers to study two organ tissues at once. The entire system fits into a spac...
Source: Medgadget - October 26, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Materials Medicine northwestern Source Type: blogs
Visana Health Raises $10.1 Million Seed Round to Bring Comprehensive Virtual Healthcare to Women Nationwide
Team of Women’s Healthcare Visionaries Builds a Comprehensive Virtual Clinic through a Whole-Person Care Model for Menstruation through Menopause
Available through Health Plans and Employer Benefit Plans, Visana Leapfrogs Narrowly Focused Women’s Health Point Solutions with Quality Longitudinal Medical Care from Visana-Trained Doctors and Nurse Practitioners
Visana’s Best-in-Class Clinical Model Caters to Complex Women’s Health Conditions without Driving Unnecessary Spend for Patients and Payers
Flare Capital Partners and Frist Cressey Ventures Co-Led Oversubscribed Seed Financing
Visana Health, a v...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 8, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Bill Frist M.D. Dr. Barbara Levy Flare Capital Partners Frist Cressey Ventures Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment inHealth Ventures Joe Connolly Margaret Malone Olivia Capra Source Type: blogs
I Have To Say I Really Do Find This App Pretty Worrying As It Is At Present
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last week:
App: Tracking menses and
more for endo, adeno and PCOS patients
Siobhan Calafiore
9 November 2022
Unlike most period apps available, QENDO not
only helps patients track their menstrual cycle, pain and mood but is also a
tool to manage chronic illness.
It is aimed at people with endometriosis, adenomyosis and polycystic ovarian
syndrome who are after an easy way to (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - November 18, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
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
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
Does diet really matter when it comes to adult acne?
When I was a teenager, the advice I got about acne was clear and consistent:
Avoid oily foods and chocolate because they trigger breakouts and make existing acne worse
Wash your face often
Try a topical, over-the-counter remedy such as those containing benzoyl peroxide (Clearasil) or salicylic acid (Stridex).
By the time I got to medical school, the message had changed. I learned that the diet-acne connection was considered a myth, and that what we eat has little to do with making acne better or worse.
But a new study has once again turned the tables. It suggests that diet might contribute to acne — at least in adults....
Source: Harvard Health Blog - August 19, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert H. Shmerling, MD Tags: Healthy Eating Skin and Hair Care Source Type: blogs
Call for Applications: Bayer G4A Partnerships 2020
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By BAYER G4A
Digital health is changing the world
From chronic disease management to prevention, G4A’s goal is to empower people with the tools and access they need to take control of their health. G4A does this through fostering a diverse and vibrant ecosystem of digital health partners to support their growth and impact.
On April 20th, G4A launched its 2020 Partnership Program with an open call for applications. The aim of the Partnerships Program is to work with companies across the globe on healthcare’s toughest challenges and innovate together towards a future of integrated care. Th...
Source: The Health Care Blog - June 3, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Tech Bayer Bayer G4A Bayer G4A Partnerships Program digital health Source Type: blogs
Wheat is not sexy
Here’s another excerpt from my new Revised & Expanded Edition of Wheat Belly, taken from chapter 16, Mr. and Mrs. Wheat Belly:
LOOK DOWN AND YOU SHOULD immediately get an idea of where your sexual preferences lay. Well, at least a rough idea.
The unnatural situation created when humans try to consume the seeds of grasses, packed with disrupters of human hormones, undo some of those anatomical, pre-programmed tendencies. Once again, eating things that should never have made it onto the human dietary menu defies the script written into our genetic codes, expressed as painful menstrual cycles, excessive body hair, i...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - March 1, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Open Source Type: blogs
Psychology Around the Net: February 29, 2020
This article discusses the concept of intuitive eating, where no food is off limits, and how it dramatically changed the life of Harriet, a woman with PCOS who has struggled with obesity since childhood.
We Tell Suicidal People to Go to Therapy. So Why Are Therapists Rarely Trained in Suicide?: Suicide is the nation’s 10th leading cause of death, yet training for mental health practitioners who treat suicidal patients — psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, among others — is dangerously inadequate, says the author. This article thoroughly probes this topic and explores what can be done.
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Source: World of Psychology - February 29, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Traci Pedersen Tags: Anorexia Binge Eating Depression Disorders Eating Disorders General Mental Health and Wellness Psychiatry Psychology Psychology Around the Net Psychotherapy Self-Help Anorexia Nervosa Binge Eating Disorder Bulimia Nervosa cor Source Type: blogs
Flo Women ’s Health App Announces Launch of PCOS Health Assistant
In recognition of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Awareness Month, Flo, a digital platform for women’s health and wellbeing, has announced the successful launch of PCOS Health Assistant, a self-assessment tool to help identify the risk of PCOS.
PCOS is a hormonal disorder found in women that can cause irregular periods, higher than normal levels of androgen, a male hormone, and enlarged or malfunctioning ovaries. The condition can also lead to infertility, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, sleep apnea, and strokes. Despite affecting 1 in 10 women of childbearing age, PCOS is hard to diagnose.
To address this ...
Source: Medgadget - September 6, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Ob/Gyn Source Type: blogs
Ask D'Mine: Does PCOS Supersize Type 2 Diabetes?
Our weekly diabetes advice column explores the interplay of PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) and type 2 diabetes. (Source: Diabetes Mine)
Source: Diabetes Mine - July 13, 2019 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Wil Dubois Source Type: blogs
An IVF success story at Malpani Infertility Clinic
Our story.... to begin with....is no different from many infertile couples. A perfect love marriage in 2005 with everyone's blessing after 5 years of courtship! As we began this exciting journey of togetherness, atage of 23,conscious decision was made not to start a family until be both settle well in careers, have a house of our own and descent earning to support a good standard of living. Years passed by fast and we were all set by 2009 to begin 'trying' for a baby with a confidence to be conceiving soon.....2010 came, with no success after trying for almost a year. The doctor in me alerted myown self that...
Source: Dr.Malpani's Blog - July 1, 2019 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: blogs
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Our story.... to begin with....is no different from many infertile couples. A perfect love marriage in 2005 with everyone's blessing after 5 years of courtship! As we began this exciting journey of togetherness, atage of 23,conscious decision was made not to start a family until be both settle well in careers, have a house of our own and descent earning to support a good standard of living. Years passed by fast and we were all set by 2009 to begin 'trying' for a baby with a confidence to be conceiving soon.....2010 came, with no success after trying for almost a year. The doctor in me alerted myown self that...
Source: Dr.Malpani's Blog - July 1, 2019 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: blogs
Eight years of Wheat Belly successes
I was looking back over the last 8 years since the first Wheat Belly book was released. It’s been 8 years of astounding, truly breathtaking stories of success over weight issues, health, and physical transformations that skeptics even today claim are impossible. It’s been a virtual avalanche of wonderful stories. Although I’ve seen all of them, often more than once, I could not help but be overcome with satisfaction and pride for the many, many spectacular photos and stories people have shared.
So I thought it would be fun to re-post a small sample of some of these stories dating back from the start of th...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 6, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories grain-free Inflammation Source Type: blogs
Ten reasons to never eat wheat
How can conventional dietary advice gotten it so wrong?
Rather than eating plenty of “healthy whole grains,” people on the Wheat Belly lifestyle eat absolutely no grains and enjoy spectacular weight loss and reversal of hundreds of health conditions as a result. Unfortunately, many people view this as a “gluten-free” lifestyle which is incorrect.
Here are 10 reasons why no bagels, pretzels, or sandwiches made from wheat flour should ever cross human lips.
Gliadin-derived opioid peptides (from partial digestion to 4- and 5-amino acid long fragments) increase appetite substantially–as do related pro...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 14, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle Gliadin gluten Inflammation Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
