On the importance of managing negativity bias to protect cognitive control and prevent depression relapse
Many people around the world suffer from depression. Though depression can be extremely debilitating, evidence-based treatments (like cognitive-behavioral therapy) provide hope, because they can be very effective in treating the negative thinking that accompanies depression.
Still, many people who recover from depression relapse later on. The reasons may be varied, but a new study suggests one possible contributor: Formerly depressed people dismiss positive emotional content too easily and hold on to negative content too strongly.
“This may be one of the reasons why people who’ve had depression ruminate over and over a...
Source: SharpBrains - January 30, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greater Good Science Center Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Education & Lifelong Learning anti-depressants cognitive-behavioral-therapy cognitive-control depression emotional experiences Gratitude mindfulness negativity negativity bias positive Source Type: blogs
The James Bond chord – Em/M9
John Barry famously wrote the classic James Bond movie scores. But, the “James Bond Theme”, the guitar-led main signature, which has featured in every Bond film since Dr. No in 1962 was composed by Monty Norman. Barry, of course, utilised his own arrangements of this piece as a kind of 007 fanfare and for the seminal gun barrel sequence in many of the Bond films.
The guitar motif in the original was recorded by guitarist Vic Flick on a Clifford Essex Paragon Deluxe through a Fender Vibrolux amplifier. Apparently, Flick was paid £6 for the session, about 100 quid in today’s money. At the end of the tune...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - January 30, 2024 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Classic Chords Source Type: blogs
Never thought that I would be affeinted – Wuh?
We’ve recently added Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush’s song Don’t Give Up from PG’s So album to our choir repertoire. Bizarrely, aside from the tempo of the scored arrangement being weirdly high and the syncopation of the Gabriel parts as written not being quite right rhythmically, there’s also a very odd word printed on the score…affeinted…it’s in the line “never thought that I would be…”. It should say “affected” but it says “affeinted”.
https://www.sciencebase.com/images/peter-gabriel-edt.mp4
The word on the original vinyl album lyric...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - January 30, 2024 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Music Source Type: blogs
Tongue and eye coordination in Hummingbird Hawk-moths
You will know by now just how fascinated I have been these last 5+ years by the the section of the Lepidoptera we know here as moths…and also the moths we call butterflies. One of the most wonderful of creatures in this group is the Hummingbird Hawk-moth (not to be confused with the rather different US species known as hummingbird moths).
This moth, Macroglossum stellatarum, is present across Europe and Asia. It’s a day-flying species that nectars on lots of different types of flower. It does look like a tiny hummingbird, but of course those birds are only found in the Americas so don’t overlap with airsp...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - January 29, 2024 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Lepidoptera Source Type: blogs
Care Continuity Secures $10M in Funding to Fuel Growth in Patient Navigation
Today, Care Continuity, a leader in data-driven patient navigation serving some of the country’s largest health systems, payers, and ACOs, announced the close of $10 million in Series A-3 funding co-led by Empactful Capital and Viewside Capital Partners with participation from Flat Creek Capital and Loop 289 Limited Partners.
The funding will enable Care Continuity to further its mission of helping health systems, payers and ACOs employ an efficient patient and member-centered care journey, as well as make strategic investments in growth, product development, and further enablement of AI to enhance Care Continuity...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 29, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Brad Prugh Care Continuity Empactful Capital Flat Creek Capital Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Loop 289 Limited Partners Sal DeTrane Viewside Capital Partners Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, January 29th 2024
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Source: Fight Aging! - January 28, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Nocturnes – the forest moths of the Himalayas
Looking forward to seeing this Sundance documentary:
Nocturnes (India, USA) directed and produced by Anirban Dutta and co-directed by Anupama Srinivasan. From the Sundance Festival website:
“In the dense forests of the Eastern Himalayas, moths are whispering something to us. In the dark of night, two curious observers shine a light on this secret universe.” (Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science)
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - January 26, 2024 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Lepidoptera Source Type: blogs
An Interview with Andrew Steele on the Need for Advocacy for Aging Research
Those of us who have been involved in advocacy for aging research and the development of therapies to treat aging as a medical condition for long enough will remember the early 2000s, a time in which a million dollars of new funding for a specific project or specific non-profit was an amazing, novel, rare event. Given that $3 billion, a sizable fraction of all investment into all forms of medical biotech in 2022, was invested into one entity focused on one approach to the treatment of aging, Altos Labs, we might forgive advocates who think that the job is done, that the argument has been made and heard, that it is time to ...
Source: Fight Aging! - January 25, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Activism, Advocacy and Education Source Type: blogs
The Business Case for a Biosimilar Company to Bring a Copy of Levemir to Market
My readers may recall that in November 2023, I blogged that Novo Nordisk announced it plans to retire (stop making) its first " Lantus killer " known as Levemir (insulin detemir injection) in the U.S. in 2024 (catch my post at https://blog.sstrumello.com/2023/11/novo-nordisk-to-discontinue-levemir-in.html for more). At the time I learned of the announcement, I was on vacation in Amsterdam, so I just made a note of the development and blogged about it a few weeks later upon my return.Like other patients my age, I have endured the company ' s previous insulin " retirements " . Novo Nordisk ' s time-frame for withdr...
Source: Scott's Web Log - January 25, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Tags: 2024 Biosimilar Levemir Novo Nordisk PBM Source Type: blogs
The Science Behind How Music Transforms Your State of Mind (M)
Six fascinating studies exploring how music impacts sleep, study habits, emotions, exercise performance, and stress relief. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - January 25, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Music subscribers-only Source Type: blogs
What are Some of the Uses of AI Already Being Used in Healthcare?
Though we’ve talked about it quite extensively, artificial intelligence (AI) still sounds like something from a science fiction novel. This idea of futuristic and lifelike computers is only encouraged by the way that a lot of what we talk about in AI are possibilities. Ideal scenarios of how much our lives could be improved with AI. However, not all of AI is futuristic sci-fi. In fact, there is a lot of AI that is already being used in healthcare. To help keep us grounded in what is currently happening, at the CHIME 2023 Conference we talked to our wonderful Healthcare IT Today Community to hear their insights on som...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 25, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Grayson Miller Tags: AI/Machine Learning C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System AI in healthcare Artificial Intelligence CHIME 2023 Chris Sullivan Englewood Health Erik Pupo Guidehouse Healthcare AI Healthcare Cha Source Type: blogs
Major research papers from NEJM in 2023
Here is a pleasant surprise, a collectors issue of NEJM year book 2023, is made available free (even for a non subscribers in its website) .It is fascinating to know how fast the Internal medicine has grown. For the busy cardiologists, this will a be refreshing reminder, that there are other important organs and specialties do exist in medicine , with equal breakthroughs and Innovations.
It is indeed an amazing , whirlwind tour of medicine for all those who see medical science as single holistic specialty. It has articles, ranging from from simple clinical studies on postpartum hemorrhage (E-MOTIVE study) from deep ...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - January 25, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Uncategorized 2023 review articles acc aha esc guidlines an Aldosterone synthase antagonist for Treatment-Resistant Hypertension Baxdrostat bmj E MOTIVE STUDY PPH lancet nejm Of-course semaglutide TRUNCATE TB Source Type: blogs
Academic Promotion at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine
I am delighted to announce my promotion to Clinical Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. I am honored and grateful to be part of the Mount Sinai Health System – one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than eight hospitals and 400 outpatient practices, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. The Brookdale Department of Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine, which is one of the largest departments of its kind in the country, is ranked No. 1 in US News & World Reports Best Hospitals.
My affiliation wi...
Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers - January 25, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Jeffrey M Levine Tags: Featured Medical Articles Geriatric Medicine Long-Term Care Pressure Injuries & Wound Care bedsore bedsores decubiti decubitus ulcer end-of-life care geriatrics gerontology Healthcare Quality Improving Medical Care Jeff Levine MD Source Type: blogs
7 Things To Expect From AI In Healthcare This Year
The past year was all about artificial intelligence, with a particular focus on its integration into healthcare in our universe. At The Medical Futurist, we have extensively explored how AI is reshaping the healthcare landscape, outlining what to expect and how to prepare for these transformative changes.
As we move into 2024, it’s time to continue our forward-looking journey. This year promises to be a blend of consolidation and revolution. Some trends we’ve previously identified are beginning to solidify and integrate into the fabric of healthcare systems, while others are just starting to unfold.
In th...
Source: The Medical Futurist - January 25, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF AI AI in medicine artificial intelligence artificial intelligence in healthcare Source Type: blogs
