Commentators and Journalists Weigh In On Digital Health And Related Privacy, Safety, Social Media And Security Matters. Lots Of Interesting Perspectives - August 9, 2022.
-----This weekly blog is to explore the news around the larger issues around Digital Health, data security, data privacy, AI / ML. technology, social media and related matters.I will also try to highlightADHA Propagandawhen I come upon it.Just so we keep count, the latest Notes from the ADHA Board were dated 6 December, 2018 and we have seen none since! It ’s pretty sad!Note: Appearance here is not to suggest I see any credibility or value in what follows. I will leave it to the reader to decide what is worthwhile and what is not! The point is to let people know what is being said / published that I have come upon.-----h...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 9, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Does Labeling Air Pollution Levels Matter? Evidence from Consumption of Respiratory Medicine in South Korea
Youngju Lee (University of California, San Diego), Nobuhiko Nakazawa (Hitotsubashi University), Does Labeling Air Pollution Levels Matter? Evidence from Consumption of Respiratory Medicine in South Korea, SSRN (2022): In this paper, we analyze how a change in the labeling (guideline)... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - August 9, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, August 8th 2022
In conclusion, aging research will benefit from a better definition of how specific regulators map onto age-dependent change, considered on a phenotype-by-phenotype basis. Resolving some of these key questions will shed more light on how tractable (or intractable) the biology of aging is.
Does Acarbose Extend Life in Short Lived Species via Gut Microbiome Changes?
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2022/08/does-acarbose-extend-life-in-short-lived-species-via-gut-microbiome-changes/
Acarbose is one of a few diabetes medications shown to modestly slow aging in short-lived species. Researchers here take a...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 7, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
The Nihilistic AAP Bronchiolitis Guidelines
Not only has the COVID-19 pandemic killed millions of people, but it has also caused disruptions in every imaginable aspect of our lives. One has been the seasonality of other diseases like influenza and respiratory syncytial virus infection. RSV infection is typically a winter disease, but here we are in the summer months and our pediatric emergency department is flooded with infants infected with RSV.I expressed concern about the 2014 American Academy of Pediatrics bronchiolitis guidelines three years ago. (EMN. 2019;41[1]:31; http://bit.ly/2TlwNj9.) Those comments have proven to have real-life clinical releva...
Source: M2E Too! Mellick's Multimedia EduBlog - August 5, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
You Need Some Smarter Clothing
BY KIM BELLARD
Much as I’d love to write about Instagram’s feud with the Kardashians over changes to the Instagram feed, and how that and proposed changes to Facebook’s feed reflect Meta’s efforts to combat TikTok’s growing influence, I’ve already given healthcare plenty of warnings about TikTok. Instead, I’ll write about something else that the Kardashians care about: fashion.
Well, not fashion per se, but clothing. If the old, sexist statement was “clothes make the man,” then soon we may be saying “clothes make your health.”
The Washington Post got my attention when it report...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 3, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Aging and the Severity of Inflammatory Infectious Disease Such as SARS-CoV-2
This article provides a pathophysiologic view of COVID-19 in older adults within the frame of inflammaging, with a focus on antiinflammatory treatments for acute and postacute disease.
How can Biology of Aging Explain the Severity of COVID-19 in Older Adults
Aging has been identified as one of the most relevant risk factors for poor outcomes in COVID-19 disease, independently from the presence of preexisting diseases. The COVID-19 mortality risk sharply increases for elderly subjects, as showed by the reports of China, Italy, and the United States. In particular, in Italy, case fatality rate for patient a...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 2, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 1 August, 2022.
Here are a few I have come across the last week or so. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.General Comment-----Quite a lot this week – especially regarding the NBN and Labor trying to regain control of what it is actually for – service provision – and not making a huge profit – in their view. Love the new Minister has ambitions to be maximally photogenic and not a ‘techie’!Otherwise all sorts of fun things!-----https://www.ausd...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 1, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, August 1st 2022
In this study, we used the recently released Infinium Mouse Methylation BeadChip to compare such epigenetic modifications in C57BL/6 (B6) and DBA/2J (DBA) mice. We observed marked differences in age-associated DNA methylation in these commonly used inbred mouse strains, indicating that epigenetic clocks for one strain cannot be simply applied to other strains without further verification. Interestingly, the CpGs with highest age-correlation were still overlapping in B6 and DBA mice and included the genes Hsf4, Prima1, Aspa, and Wnt3a. Furthermore, Hsf4, Aspa, and Wnt3a revealed highly significant age-associated DNA methyla...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 31, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Autophagy as a Therapeutic Target
Plenty of evidence points to improvement in the cellular maintenance processes of autophagy (primarily macroautophagy and chaperone-mediated autophagy) as the primary mechanism by which the response to mild stress improves health and extends life. Autophagy recycles broken molecules and damaged structures in the cells. More recycling implies better function, a lesser burden of damage and dysfunction at any given time. This underlies the extension of life span resulting from calorie restriction, for example. Researchers are interested in the development of drugs that mimic these stress responses by artificially upregulating...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 29, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Face Mask Deactivates SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein
Researchers at the University of Kentucky created a novel membrane that can enzymatically degrade the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, rendering the virus inactive. The membrane is intended to act as an insert within face masks, providing extra protection for groups at high risk of SARS-CoV-2 exposure, such as health care staff. The researchers functionalized the membrane with subtilisin enzyme, which can degrade the spike protein in as little as 30 seconds. The masks could filter out as much as 95% of airborne particles, but the membranes may also be useful in air filtering technology that is designed to remove viral particles f...
Source: Medgadget - July 28, 2022 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Materials News Public Health SARS-CoV-2 universityofky Source Type: blogs
Looking Inside Your Body In 3D – The Curiscope Virtuali-tee Review
We first reviewed the Curiscope Virtuali-tee a few years ago and found it futuristic, forward-looking and fun. Whenever these three attributes characterise a technology, we know it’s a jackpot. The Virtuali-tee Human Body T-shirt created by Curiscope has all three qualifiers – and one more. It’s our secret weapon for blowing people’s minds with augmented reality.
Four years have passed since we first laid on hands on it, so it was time to take another look at it and see if our opinions have changed. Spoiler alert: no, we still like it.
What is it? The T-shirt and the accompanying app show colorful hum...
Source: The Medical Futurist - July 28, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Augmented Reality Medical Education Anatomy digital future Health Healthcare Medicine STEM review MedEd Source Type: blogs
A man in his 50s with hypoxemic respiratory failure from COVID pneumonia develops chest pain
Submitted by anonymous, written by Parker Hambright, MD, peer reviewed by Meyers, Smith, McLarenA man in his 50s with a past medical history of hypertension and tobacco use disorder, who tested COVID positive 11 days prior, presented to the emergency department with worsening shortness of breath over several days. He was tachypneic and hypoxemic down to as low as 44% with reportedly good SpO2 waveform before EMS applied noninvasive ventilation with improvement to 85-89%. Although history was limited by extremis, the report is that there was no chest pain at initial presentation, only shortness of breath.Here is his ECG on ...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - July 25, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Pendell Source Type: blogs
A woman in her 40s with intractable nausea and vomiting, dyspnea, and lightheadedness
Submitted and written by Oriane Longerstaey MD, peer reviewed by Meyers, Smith, and McLarenA woman in her 40s with diabetes and HLD presented with nausea and vomiting x3 days. She was seen on day 1 of symptoms at an outside ED, no ECG performed, and sent home with return precautions and zofran, which she had been taking around the clock for persistent nausea and vomiting. She presented on day 3 of symptoms because of new onset dyspnea, tachycardia, lightheadedness, and heart palpitations. She had a " burning " sensation in her chest but no " pain " .A 12 lead EKG was obtained at triage: - Sinus rhythm at 96 bpm&...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - July 21, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Pendell Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, July 18th 2022
In conclusion, we show that PVS morphology in mice is variable and that the structure and function of pia suggests a previously unrecognized role in regulating CSF transport and amyloid clearance in aging and disease.
Reversing Ovarian Fibrosis in Mice
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2022/07/reversing-ovarian-fibrosis-in-mice/
Researchers here provide evidence for ovarian fibrosis to be an important mechanism in limiting the age at which female mammals can remain fertile. Interestingly, existing antifibrotic drugs can produce some reversal of this fibrosis, enough to restore ovulation in mice. Fibro...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 17, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
A Fasting Population Exhibits Lower COVID-19 Severity and Mortality
Researchers here report that an epidemiological study population that practices long term intermittent fasting suffered a lesser severity and lower mortality rate in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. The SARS-CoV-2 virus produces mortality via runaway inflammatory signaling, and people with a greater burden of chronic inflammation, such as through age or obesity, are less resilient. Intermittent fasting lowers inflammatory signaling, but it also produces a range of other benefits that improve resistance to infection. Further, it may be the case that the ability to fast on a schedule for decades selects for people ...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 14, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
