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Managing All That Bad News
Recently the news has been dominated by all sorts of horrible headlines on all these tragedies (and politics). It can be very hard to take for everyone. I admit there have been so many events that every day on the news you hear about another one and you begin to wonder ' that really can ' t be another one, it must be the same one I already heard about ' . Sometimes the media becomes a blur of blood, bias, guns, and gore.   I recently found an article that discusses how to cope with all this bad news . The gist of it was ' turn off the news ' which I find to be sound advice, especially if you want to preserve your sa...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - July 24, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: bad news coping sanity stress Source Type: blogs

New on the Cochrane Blog: the end of The Cochrane Library's national provision in India?
Since 2007, the Indian Council of Medical Research has funded a nationwide subscription to The Cochrane Library in India. With the current provision set to expire on 31 March 2013 and negotiations still underway, The Cochrane Collaboration is following the situation closely and remains hopeful that the national provision will be extended. External link for more information:  http://www.cochrane.org/news/blog/national-free-access-... Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Cochrane Web Team Email address:  ...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - March 30, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: nowens Tags: Current news Evidence-based health care Low and middle income countries & Events Source Type: news

Transplant Drugs May Help Defeat Hiv
<img src='http://www.news-medical.net/image.axd?picture=AIDS%20ribbon%20590_thumb.jpg' width='350px' alt='Man holding red aids ribbon' style='float:left;padding:5px' /> The findings suggest that these drugs modify the immune system in such a way that reduces the persistence of the virus , says the team. Current therapies fail to cure the disease as they do not attack those viruses that remain hidden within the immune system, explains Deeks. Although these medications are effective at suppressing HIV, the virus still persists in the body at a low level, meaning patients need to carry o...
Source: aids-write.org - April 9, 2014 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news Source Type: blogs

Rating New Hepattits Drugs: What Standard?
There seem to be two problems with the newest drugs for hepatitis C,  simeprevir (Olysio) and sofosbuvir (Sovaldi). The problem most discussed these days is "miracle drugs cost too much." For example, guru David Blumenthal, MD, holds forth on the Commonwealth Fund website--http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/blog/2014/jul/drugs-and-dollars?omnicid=EALERT526507&mid=brody@msu.edu--that Sovaldi is "dramatically effective and extraordinarily expensive." Robert Steinbrook and Rita F. Redberg, in an editorial in JAMA Internal Medicine, declare the new drugs "a scientific triumph". They then go on to note t...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - July 28, 2014 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Howard Brody Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs

Librarians Join Mental Health Conversation
In early 2013, President Barack Obama called for a “national conversation to increase understanding about mental health”. To address this need, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, and Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, Arne Duncan, launched what is known as the National Dialogue on Mental Health. Libraries are being encouraged to partner with Creating Community Solutions, part of the National Dialogue intended to increase mental health awareness at a local level, and host events that will bring community members together to participate in open-discussions about ...
Source: Network News - September 16, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Naomi Gonzales Tags: General (all entries) Public Health Source Type: news

Sunday News Round-Up, Conference Then Vacation Edition
First up, some recent posts from Our Bodies Our Blog: How Can We Help Teen Mothers Avoid and Cope With Postpartum Depression? – discussion of a study that tried to answer that question Study: IUDs Offer Safe Contraception Option for Teens But Rarely Prescribed – analysis of a study looking at IUD use in adolescents, with data on complications Supreme Court Hears Case Against Myriad Genetics: Why Patents Hurt Women’s Health – OBOS is a co-plaintiff in the case against BRCA1 an BRCA2 gene patents. I look at the oral arguments. “Can We See the Baby Bump, Please?”: Film on Commercial Surrogacy in India...
Source: Women's Health News - April 28, 2013 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Abortion Abuse, Rape, & Safety Access, Rights, & Choice Adolescent Health Body Image & Eating Disorders Cancer Contraception Drugs Events & Observances Government Health Research Laws, Legislation, & Courts Libraryland Miscellane Source Type: blogs

Top stories in health and medicine, May 30, 2014
From MedPage Today: Google Glass in Medicine: Not Quite Ready Yet. A long list of potential medical applications for Google Glass was counterbalanced by an equally long list of obstacles to widespread implementation. Safety Net Hospitals Already Benefit from ACA. At Seattle’s largest safety net hospital, the proportion of uninsured patients fell from 12% last year to an unprecedented low of 2% this spring — a drop expected to boost Harborview Medical Center’s revenue by $20 million this year. VA Health Probe Finds Wait-List Manipulation. A preliminary report by the inspector general of the Department of...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - May 30, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Tags: News Emergency Pediatrics Source Type: blogs

Top stories in health and medicine, November 12, 2014
From MedPage Today: Ebola: ‘True Heroes’ in West Africa. Hailed as a hero after recovering from Ebola, Craig Spencer, MD, said the true heroes are those still on the front lines of the epidemic in West Africa. Closing the Cardiac Care Gender Gap. Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women in the U.S. In fact, more women than men die from heart disease every year. Changing Treatment Landscape in CLL. Therapeutic developments in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) have given rise to new strategies that will continue to evolve with agents in the pipeline. New HCV Drugs Pass Muster in Real World. Clinical trials f...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 12, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Tags: News Cancer GI Heart Infectious disease Source Type: blogs

Top stories in health and medicine, January 13, 2015
From MedPage Today: Managing Diabetes in Elderly: How Safe? Many older people with diabetes who have compromised health have been kept on intensive treatment regimens, which increases the risk of hypoglycemia. Supreme Court Battle Brewing Over Medicaid Fees. Rita Gorenflo’s 7-year-old son Nathaniel was in severe pain from a sinus infection. Patients Clueless About Treatment Risks; Docs Little Help. Patients are dangerously clueless about the true value of many common medical interventions, and physicians aren’t doing enough to correct their misunderstandings. Depo-Provera May Hike HIV Risk in Women. Increased...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 13, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Tags: News Diabetes Endocrinology OB/GYN Source Type: blogs

Top stories in health and medicine, January 16, 2015
From MedPage Today: Current Flu Vaccine Half as Effective as Previous Years. People receiving this year’s seasonal influenza vaccine are 23% less likely to seek medical treatment for flu-type symptoms relative to unvaccinated individuals, according to an interim CDC estimate based on reports submitted so far for the current season. New Board Offers New Recert Route. The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) has competition for the board recertification process: the newly established National Board of Physicians and Surgeons (NBPAS). Post TIA Microbleed Signals Recurrent Risk. The presence of cerebral microbl...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 16, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Tags: News Cancer Infectious disease Neurology Source Type: blogs

Before you join a clinical trial: Read this first
From time to time, friends, patients, and relatives ask my advice on participating in a medical experiment.  My response has been no.  More accurately, once I explain to them the realities of research, they don’t need to be persuaded.  They back away. Here’s the key point.   When an individual volunteers to join a research project, the medical study is not designed to benefit the individual patient.  This point is sorely misunderstood by patients and their families who understandably will pursue any opportunity to achieve some measure of healing for an ailing individual.  I get this. In addition, I believe that ...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 11, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/michael-kirsch" rel="tag" > Michael Kirsch, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Neurology Source Type: blogs

Building a concierge safety net practice
“So like a concierge doctor?” That was the most common response upon explaining my future direct primary care practice while in residency. That perception and label really perturbed me. My vision was to care for a diverse group of people. I spent the majority of my residency clinic hours in an urban safety net clinic, but certainly didn’t want to swing the pendulum to the opposite 1%. Continue reading ... Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 14, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Tags: Physician Primary care Source Type: blogs

Hospital closures affect the safety net. Here’s how.
Fighting for Failing Care: How Hospital Closures May Impact the Safety Net In the post-Affordable Care Act health care landscape, sweeping hospital closures have created new barriers to access in a system already criticized for its fragmentation and saturation. Looking back over the past 20 years, urban hospitals, and urban trauma centers in particular, bore the brunt of this impact, closing at the highest rates in the country. Now, evidence suggests the impact of urban hospital closures may disproportionately affect those living in poverty, racial and ethnic minorities, and the uninsured. Continue reading ... Your pat...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 3, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Tags: Policy Hospital Source Type: blogs

The health care safety net: Put patients first
For many of the millions of low-income families seeking quality health care in the safety net, the quest can be bewildering. They may walk into a drab, disorganized and unwelcoming clinic, with the staff, signage, and endless medical forms all using unfamiliar language, with unexplained, lengthy waiting times, and with providers burying them in information they can’t understand. On a second visit, they may feel even worse when they end up encountering a different doctor, different staff, and a renewed sense of confusion. Continue reading ... Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputat...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 17, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Tags: Policy Health reform Source Type: blogs

Top stories in health and medicine, June 17, 2014
From MedPage Today: Victoza Lowers Glucose in Genetic Form of Diabetes. Liraglutide (Victoza) works roughly as well as standard sulfonylurea treatment for an inherited type of diabetes but with less hypoglycemia. Canola Oil Cuts Heart Risk in Diabetes. Adding canola oil to the diet improved glycemic control and reduced cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetes in one study, while an overall healthier diet reduced risk of developing diabetes in another. Puberty Hormone Tied to Premature Ovarian Failure. Kisspeptin hormones may play a key role in premature ovarian failure and in the control of oocyte biology. Lower-Cost Gener...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 17, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Tags: News Cancer Diabetes Endocrinology Source Type: blogs