Why are " Love Languages " so popular, when they're completely inaccurate?
I joined an online dating site a few months ago.1 Besides being asked about my sun, moon, and rising signs (?), I was puzzled by the following question.2My love language? I ' m supposed to choose only one answer? Gary Chapman has been apastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, NC for 50 years. In 1992, he published a book based on his experience of advising heterosexual couples on the best ways to have a harmonious marriage. His notion of 5 Love Languages is based on conservative Christian gender roles, although subsequent editions are“less blatantly misogynistic.” Nonetheless, the popularity of his ideas...
Source: The Neurocritic - February 14, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: The Neurocritic Source Type: blogs
Let ’ s Think of Patient-Centered Care, Not Value-Based Care
This article explores some fundamental changes that could accompany this shift in terminology, revolutionizing how we handle data and patient interventions.
Engagement For Life
We know that maintaining health is an endeavor that takes years, even decades. A successful endeavor must survive the departure of clinicians who have built relationships with the patient, as well as the patient’s own geographic moves, changes of provider, and changes of insurance. Treatment recommendations should also be tailored to the psychology of each patient.
Is there a message in this exhortation for people working with data and healt...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 13, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Interoperability Chronic Care Management Patient Centered Care Patients Society for Participatory Medic Source Type: blogs
Career Guide In Digital Health And Healthcare AI
It seems like every other day, someone reaches out to us – aiming their questions at Dr. Meskó, our lead researcher – seeking career advice. Now, let’s set the record straight: doling out career guidance isn’t exactly what we do. Yet, here we are, writing this article. Why? Even though we’re not career advisors, we’re right in the thick of the digital health and healthcare AI world. From this spot, we have a good overview of what you need to get into these booming fields.
So, while we might not be career counselors, here are our two cents on which direction to take –...
Source: The Medical Futurist - February 13, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Source Type: blogs
I Keep Hoping The Day Will Come As It Would Make Things So Much Easier!
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2024
To boldly diagnose: day of the tricorder is at hand
By Ivor Campbell
What used to
sound like science fiction is becoming technological reality, with implications
for general practice.
When
two or more people from the world of medical technology meet, talk inevitably
turns to the ongoing, yet elusive, search for an industry-standard, (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - February 13, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Emerging Technologies Shaping the Health IT Landscape and How They Contribute to Improving Patient Outcomes and Healthcare Delivery
It’s been said many times before, but the truth remains the same: the world of healthcare is ever-evolving. We are learning and growing every day, which means we are also coming up with new ideas, technologies, and practices every day. But with all of this constant news of new technologies and changes in practices, it can be really tricky to stay on top of it all. To help, we reached out to our talented Healthcare IT Today Community and asked them: what emerging technologies in Health IT are currently shaping the landscape, and how do they contribute to improved patient outcomes and healthcare delivery? The following...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 12, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Grayson Miller Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Regulations athenahealth Azalea Health Baha Zeidan Caregility CenTrak Deepi Source Type: blogs
What Does an Immunologist Do?
This post is part of a miniseries on the immune system. Be sure to check out the other posts in this series that you may have missed.
Immunology is the study of the immune system, including all the cells, tissues, and organs that work together to protect you from germs. A person who studies immunology is called an immunologist, and there are three types:
Researchers, who study the immune system in the laboratory to understand how it works or how it can go awry and find new treatments for immune system-related diseases
Doctors, who diagnose and care for patients with diseases related to the immune system, such as ...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - February 12, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Cells Injury and Illness Immunology Miniseries Infectious Diseases Medicines Microbes Research Roundup Source Type: blogs
Circling back to supported self-management
I’ve been writing a bit about supported self-management over the last few months. Partly because it’s topical given that medications and exercise offer very small reductions in pain and disability, and people do have lives outside of swallowing a pill and doing 3×10 reps! And partly because it is what we end up doing. It is the bulk of what people living with pain use to have lives.
Self-management refers to a broad range of strategies people with pain use in their daily lives to help them live well. I’m aware of the multiple definitions that exist for self-management, and that the level of agreem...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - February 11, 2024 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Chronic pain Coping strategies Pain conditions Professional topics Research Science in practice biopsychosocial Health self-management Source Type: blogs
2 Science-Backed Hacks For Crushing Boring Tasks (M)
Feeling like a zombie at work? Psychologists crack the code to staying focused on boring tasks. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - February 11, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Attention subscribers-only Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, February 12th 2024
In conclusion, frailty is a dynamic process, and improved frailty and remaining robust are significantly associated with lower risk of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular death in older people.
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Greater Individual Wealth Correlates with Longer Life Expectancy
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2024/02/greater-individual-wealth-correlates-with-longer-life-expectancy/
Individual wealth correlates with life expectancy, with an effect size that is in the same ballpark as those related to lifestyle choices involving exercise, diet, and consequences thereof. It remains unclear...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 11, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Local White Stork – Ciconia ciconia
I’ve mentioned seeing unringed White Storks, Ciconia ciconia, in our neighbourhood previously. They are probably collection escapees, perhaps from Old Hurst Farm, although I think their specimens are ringed, so maybe not. My first sighting was around the marina in a village not far from here called Earith. Possibly the same individual has been hanging around some flooded farmland (Smithy Fen) and was today reported by a friend as being on a different flooded field right next to the main road north out of our village. It is unlikely that this bird is a vagrant from continental Europe, but you never know. Some cynical ...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - February 10, 2024 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Birds Source Type: blogs
The bias of reality
Stephen Colbert -- or rather " Stephen Colbert, " in his former character -- famously said that " Reality has a well-known liberal bias. " And so conservatives must deny reality, which as in the case of anthropogenic climate change means denying scientific findings, and the very integrity and authority of science. But that doesn ' t usually work very well with the courts --viz. the jury award of $1 million to climate scientist Michael Mann -- so they also result to scientific fraud.You may recall that U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled to suspend FDA approval of the abortion medication mifepristone,relying largely...
Source: Stayin' Alive - February 9, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
The Death of Death, in English
The authors of the Death of Death are regulars on the conference circuit for aging research, the longevity industry, and patient advocacy for the treatment of aging as a medical condition. The book was originally in Spanish, and has finally been translated into English. It is a popular science overview of progress towards technologies that will first slow aging, then enable the control of aging, and eventually, at some point, produce large gains in healthy human life span, postponing death by aging essentially indefinitely. The book and its authors also unapologetically and straightforwardly stand in opposition to the horr...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 8, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Activism, Advocacy and Education Source Type: blogs
Broadening Opportunities for Students in STEM at Brown University and Beyond
Credit: Courtesy of Brown University.
Andrew G. Campbell, Ph.D., a professor of medical science at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and previous dean of the graduate school, is passionate about researching understudied diseases and helping students reach their full potential.
Dr. Campbell’s lab has studied the single-cell organism Trypanosoma brucei (T. brucei), a parasite transmitted through the bite of the tsetse fly, which is only found in specific regions of Africa. In humans, T. brucei causes African Trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness. Symptoms of this illness include headache, weakne...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - February 8, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist STEM Education Profiles Training Source Type: blogs
Staying Informed About Regulatory Changes, Industry Standards, and Technological Advancements to make Informed Decisions
The world of healthcare is constantly changing – both in terms of our tools and inventions and in how we approach things and where our priorities are at. But we also know that being knowledgeable and informed on the entire landscape of healthcare is crucial to being a good Health IT leader who can effectively lead their teams. This leaves us with the big question: in an ever-evolving healthcare landscape, how do Health IT leaders stay informed about regulatory changes, industry standards, and technological advancements to make informed decisions and guide their teams effectively?
So in search of the answer to this qu...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 8, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Grayson Miller Tags: Administration AI/Machine Learning C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT 1upHealth Arcadia BJ Boyle Brent Dover Brightside Health Carta Healthcare Caryn Hewitt CenTrak Data-Driven Decisions Don Rucker Edifecs H Source Type: blogs
Hackers, Breaches And The Value Of Health Data: 2024 E-Book Update
As solutions like remote care are becoming the norm, 3D printing disrupts the normal supply chain and the number of life science studies on tools like artificial intelligence (AI) skyrocket, it’s become clear that we are not anticipating the digital health era; we are in the digital health era. This was to come sooner or later, but the pandemic accelerated the process by years.
However, along with the enhanced healthcare landscape that digital health brings along, there is the pressing issue of privacy. To put it bluntly, there is no digital health without sacrificing a part of our privacy. The advanced technolo...
Source: The Medical Futurist - February 8, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Pranavsingh Dhunnoo Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Health Sensors & Trackers Healthcare Policy Security & Privacy facebook data privacy google data security deepmind EHR Hospital cybersecurity genetic sequencing smartphone data breach big t Source Type: blogs
