National Digital Health Strategies Around the World
As healthcare systems struggle with unsustainability, a shortage of medical professionals, while technological development is soaring, digital health seems to be a viable path toward making healthcare feasible. We looked around the world, which countries have the same idea in mind trying to put it into practice. The following national digital health strategies are the examples we found.
Why does every country need a digital health strategy?
Three reasons necessitate the urgent introduction of a digital health strategy in every country.
(1) First and foremost, healthcare systems are unsustainable. According to OECD projecti...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 16, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Digital Health Research Future of Medicine Healthcare Policy australia Denmark digital health strategy healthcare system healthcare systems Innovation Israel new zealand rwanda Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, October 15th 2018
This study suggests that exocrine glands can be induced from pluripotent stem cells for organ replacement regenerative therapy.
Replacement of Aged Microglia Partially Reverses Cognitive Decline in Mice
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2018/10/replacement-of-aged-microglia-partially-reverses-cognitive-decline-in-mice/
Researchers here report on a compelling demonstration that shows the degree to which dysfunctional microglia contribute to age-related neurodegeneration. The scientists use a pharmacological approach to greatly deplete the microglial population and then allow it to recover naturally. Th...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 14, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Scottish Banks and the Bank Restriction, 1797-1821, Part 1
From the beginning, there is one embarrassing and evident fact that Professor White has to cope with: that “free” Scottish banks suspended specie payment when England did, in 1797, and, like England, maintained that suspension until 1821. Free banks are not supposed to be able to, or want to, suspend specie payment, thereby violating the property rights of their depositors and noteholders, while they themselves are permitted to continue in business and force payment upon their debtors. …White correctly notes that the suspension was illegal under Scottish law, adding that it was ‘curious’ that their actions were n...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 9, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: George Selgin Source Type: blogs
The Popular Press in Better Form on Senolytic Research and Development
Research programs and investment in commercial development related to senolytic therapies are growing rapidly, particularly in the last couple of years. As today's article demonstrations, journalists in the popular press are improving when it comes to their ability to report sensibly on these developments. This has taken far too long to come to pass; it wasn't all that long ago that near every article in the media on the prospects for treating aging was some combination of nonsense, scorn, and fear-mongering.
Senolytic treatments are those that selectively destroy senescent cells in aged tissues. The accumulation of...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 8, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 3rd October 2018
This report uses 2017 data to show key achievements made in neonatal care for preterm babies in England, Scotland and Wales. The report contains key findings and selected recommendations for quality improvement of neonatal care going forward.Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin, NICE Newsletter, King ’s Fund Library Health Management and Policy Alert; BMJ alerts (Source: Browsing)
Source: Browsing - October 3, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
NHS continuing healthcare in England
House of Commons Library -This briefing paper is intended to help MPs respond to queries from constituents about eligibility to NHS continuing healthcare in England. It covers the national framework, dispute resolution and refunds guidance. Equivalent provision in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland is covered in the sixth section.BriefingHouse of Commons Library - publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - September 28, 2018 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: NHS finances and productivity Patient involvement, experience and feedback Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: blogs
VR Helps Diffuse MRI Fears for Children and Their Parents
National Health Service physicist Jonathan Ashmore, PhD, has spearheaded the development of a virtual reality (VR) app that gives children who are nervous about their upcoming MRI an exact idea of what the procedure looks like.Children and their parents alike can be very anxious about a scheduled MRI. The inter-family anxiety can only worsen the experience for the young patient. The free app delivers a 360-degree perspective from inside the MRI so that children and fearful adults can be emotionally prepared for the experience before they undergo the scan. The app can be especially useful for evaluating epilepsy cases. It ...
Source: radRounds - September 20, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
A Fairy Pools anecdote
The Fairy Pools are a series of waterfalls and crystal-clear green/blue pools located on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. it’s an absolutely beautiful spot…highly recommended…My photos don’t do it justice, but you can check online for MUCH better ones.
We spent an entire morning there, walking slowly up the hill, taking in the views, stopping to admire the waterfalls and pools, aaaah and the colors!…and taking lots of photos, of course!
It usually takes about 45 minutes (each way) to complete the uphill walk without stopping, but how can you NOT stop? It’s simply stunning everywhere you look....
Source: Margaret's Corner - September 19, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Fairy Pools Isle of Skye Scotland Source Type: blogs
Dr. James Hutchinson, Full Body MRI Inventor, Dies at Age 77
Inventor of the full-body MRI, James Hutchinson, PhD, passed away at age 77 on September 14, 2018 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.Dr. Hutchinson created spin-warp imaging, a patent that has since been used in imaging centers all over the world. The technique allows physicians to capture images of parts of the body, which had been previously difficult to image. The first patient was scanned using the ground-breaking technology in August 1980.“Previously it had been taking other teams hours to get a poor quality image of a wrist or other small body part,” saidTom Redpath, PhD, one of Dr. Hutchinson ’s former students. “S...
Source: radRounds - September 13, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
TPCS Podcast: What Is Postpartum Bipolar Disorder?
Most people are familiar with postpartum depression (a topic we’ve discussed more than once on this show) or even bipolar mania. Less well known is postpartum bipolar disorder, despite the fact that childbirth is a significant trigger of bipolar disorder. Our guest this week is a woman who developed this condition very soon after the birth of her second child. She shares her stories of hypographia (an overwhelming need to write or draw), how her husband dealt with the condition, the treatments she adhered to, and how she stays stable with the condition today. Listen in to learn more about this little-known conditi...
Source: World of Psychology - September 13, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Show Tags: Bipolar General The Psych Central Show Women's Issues Gabe Howard postpartum bipolar disorder Psych Central Show Podcast Vincent M. Wales Source Type: blogs
Memories of Scotland
Instead of going on and on about each place we visited in Scotland, I’ve decided to put together a series of anecdotes, cute or funny things that happened during our stay there.
First, though, here is a descriptive list of most of the places we visited, starting from Glasgow and ending in Edinburgh:
We spent a day and a half in Glasgow. To be honest, and I hope I don’t offend those who live there, as far as I could tell, there isn’t much to see, from a tourist’s point of view, except for the cathedral, but it’s very good for shopping, and it’s a very lively city. We also photographed a couple of excell...
Source: Margaret's Corner - September 12, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Culross Desperate Dan dinosaur prints Drumnadrochit Dundee Dunnolie Dunnottar Edinburgh Eilean Donan Harry Potter Highland Games Islay Kilchurn Castle Plockton Scotland Skye Source Type: blogs
England ’s Abortion Law Catches Up
Last month, England announced that it would allow women to take the second pill required for a medical abortion–misoprostol–at home, rather than requiring them to travel to a clinic. The policy brings England in line with Scotland and Wales, as well as many other countries, and it eliminates significant obstacles to legal abortion for many… Read more
The post England’s Abortion Law Catches Up appeared first on The Hastings Center. (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - September 10, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Susan Gilbert Tags: Health Care abortion Hastings Bioethics Forum Health and Health Care misoprostol Reproduction & Technology syndicated Source Type: blogs
Two cortisone stories involving Peekaboo and yours truly …
First, the news about Peekaboo. When I met with the vet a few days ago, he repeated that we wouldn’t be able to give her the current anti-inflammatory drug forever. Too bad, since she eagerly takes it in her wet food in the morning, and it seems to have no side effects. Oh well.
He suggested I substitute it with a drug called Contramal, which is basically Tramadol, and with another one that contains quercetin (I checked it out, it’s okay, so she’s on that now).
Tramadol is a different story. That’s the drug that Piccolo was on for some time last summer, and I am CONVINCED (although I have no proof, ...
Source: Margaret's Corner - September 7, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll cortisone Medrol Source Type: blogs
Back from Scotland
We’re baaaack! Back in Florence with our kitties, that is. Actually, we’ve been home since last Wednesday, but I’ve had lots of things to do, PLUS my computer wasn’t working properly, so Stefano spent the entire weekend fixing it, checking it out, updating programs, and so on. I’m so lucky to have him (in so many ways!)!
About our fabulous holiday in Scotland…so hard to decide where to begin…And so I’ve made a partial list of some of my fondest memories, as follows:
One of the funniest things: animals of all sorts (goats, sheep, chickens, cows…) in the middle of the r...
Source: Margaret's Corner - September 4, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Harry Potter Islay Scotland Skye whisky Source Type: blogs
MRI Uncovers Missing Contact Lens Found 28 Years Later in Patient ’s Upper Eyelid
In Scotland, a contact lens that had gone missing for nearlythree decades was finally located when the owner of the lens underwent a MRI for upper eyelid swelling and ptosis.The MRI had indicated a cyst with proteinaceous content. When surgeons made an excision of the cyst, a rigid gas permeable (RGO) lens was discovered, deep in the upper eyelid soft tissue.“The features on the MRI were in keeping with a cyst with proteinaceous content. There were no radiological features of a foreign body seen within the cyst,” wrotethe patient ’s ophthalmologists in a report published in BMJ Case Reports.The disappearance of the...
Source: radRounds - August 30, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
