Fight Aging! Newsletter, February 8th 2021
This study was divided in two phases: CALERIE-1 and CALERIE-2. CALERIE-1 study was performed to assess the possible effects induced by a reduction of 10-30% of caloric intake on body composition parameters and lipid profile after 6 and 12 months in a population of middle-aged non-obese subjects. CALERIE-1 results showed an improvement in lipid and glycemic profile and a reduction in body weight (BW) and fat mass.
CALERIE-2 was the largest multi-center study on CRD. A total of 220 subjects were enrolled randomly with a 2:1 allocation into two subgroups: 145 in the CRD group and 75 in the ad libitum group. The CRD gro...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 7, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Debating the Connection Between Herpesvirus Infection and Alzheimer's Disease
The role of persistent infection in the development of Alzheimer's disease is much debated these days, particularly now that the amyloid cascade hypothesis is under attack, following the continued failure of trials for therapies that clear amyloid-β. The biggest challenge in understanding Alzheimer's disease is the question of why only some people develop the condition, even given very similar lifestyle choices relating to weight, exercise, and other well-known influences on health. If the burden of persistent infection is an important contributing factor, it would very conveniently explain this otherwise puzzling outcome...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 3, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 26th January 2021
Some new things you might want to know:Maternal healthTheGuardian wrote about a new report from MBRRACE-UK, showing that black women are more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth. The report itself is the one called " Improving mothers ' health " , available fromhttps://www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/mbrrace-uk/reports. There is another new one on that page, on stillbirths and neonatal deaths in twin pregnancies.Audits - perinatal mental healthNational Maternity and Perinatal Audit –Mental health sprint audit report (Scotland data), . This looks at mental health and maternity data from Scotland, based ...
Source: Browsing - January 26, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
Robert Burns: a man's a man for a' that
On Burns ' Night it seems appropriate to write about Robert Burns, Scotland ' s national poet, or one of them anyway! Today, 25th January, is the anniversary of his birth.Some of his poems, includingAddress to a Haggis, will be read all over Scotland and beyond (even in my house), tonight at Burns ' Suppers. As well as that light hearted verse, he wrote in Scots a wide variety of styles and on a wide variety of subjects - tryA red, red rose, The wren ' s nest andA man ' s a man for a ' that. He took part in a grand project to, effectively, collect Scottish folk songs (perhaps the fir...
Source: Browsing - January 25, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: poetry; Robert Burns Source Type: blogs
Has Bitcoin Succeeded?
Lawrence H. WhiteThe answer depends on what you mean. Succeeded at what?With the US dollar price of Bitcoin reaching an all-time high above $23,000 this month, and its market cap reaching an all-time high above $400 billion, there has been much celebration among Bitcoin holders about their success at investing. The run-up has accompanied the announcements by large institutionalinvestors Grayscale, MicroStrategy, and MassMutual that they are acquiring hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin for their investment portfolios. There isn ' t much doubt that the Bitcoin project has succeeded remarkably at creating a new type o...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 28, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Lawrence H. White Source Type: blogs
Selectively Saving Christmas?
Written by Ben Davies and Gabriel De Marco The UK governments in Westminster and the devolved nations (Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) have made a recent about-turn regarding Christmas. Where there were previously plans to relax Covid-related restrictions for five days, they will now be relaxed for only Christmas itself, and not at all in […] (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - December 21, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Gabriel De Marco Tags: Ethics Health Care Current Affairs Gabriel De Marco's posts syndicated Source Type: blogs
Modeling the Legend, or, the Trouble with Diamond and Dybvig: Part II
George Selgin[This is the last half of a two-part critique of Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig ' s highly influential paper purporting to show that fractional reserve banking systems are inherently unstable. Part I can be foundhere.]Sauce for the Goose …Half a century after the fact, the " aggregate uncertainty " version of the Diamond-Dybvig model appeared at long last to offer solid proof of the inherent instability of ordinary banks, together with an equally solid foundation for government deposit insurance. But no sooner had the inspectors started poking their flashlights around that supposedly solid structure than ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 18, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: George Selgin Source Type: blogs
The courage to be kind: reflecting on the role of kindness in the healthcare response to COVID-19
This report draws on a series of reflective conversations, conducted between April and September 2020 with five medics working in different parts of NHS Scotland. The conversations reflected on what can be achieved when united by a common purpose, and when work is underpinned by relationships and collaboration. But alongside the opportunities presented by changes in practice and a renewed focus on wellbeing, there was concern that this may be lost amidst a focus on remobilising and ‘getting back to normal’.ReportSummary (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - December 9, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Covid-19 Leadership and leadership development Source Type: blogs
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Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - December 6, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Intelligence Source Type: blogs
Margaret Thatcher ’s Resignation 30 Years On
Marian L. TupyOn November 22, 1990, Margaret Thatcher resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Six days later, she was replaced by her Chancellor of the Exchequer, John Major. Thirty years on, I still remember hearing of Thatcher ’s resignation on the radio. Like many people in what was then Eastern Europe, I could not make any sense of it (though, in my defense, I was only 14 years old). In my native Czechoslovakia, which only a year earlier saw the end of communism, Thatcher enjoyed the status of a demi ‐God. Stylish and staunchly anti‐communist, she was credited – alo...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 24, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Marian L. Tupy Source Type: blogs
Football and dementia
A link between playing football and dementia was in the news again this week. Sir Geoff Hurst, member of course of the 1966 England team that won the World Cup, is giving interviews,reported in the Guardian. Four of that squad have died with dementia, and one other is living with it now. Jeff Astle, of West Bromwich Albion and England, had repeated heading of footballs recorded as a cause of his death (described by the coroner as an " industrial injury " ). Arecent retrospective cohort study conducted in Scotland compared former soccer players and controls. Death with neurodegen...
Source: Browsing - November 21, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: dementia football Source Type: blogs
British Social Attitudes 37: social inequality in England and Scotland
National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) -This new research from the 37th annual British Social Attitudes report seeks to understand the differences and similarities in attitudes to social inequality in England and Scotland. It reveals the levels of pessimism in both Scotland and England about current levels of social inequality, but finds that people in Scotland are slightly more ‘left wing’ than in England.ReportPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - October 29, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Local authorities, public health and health inequalities Source Type: blogs
How coronavirus has affected equality and human rights
This report summarises evidence that helps to understand the effects of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic on different groups in society. It highlights potential long-term risks to equality and human rights covering key issues in the areas of: work; poverty; education; social care; and justice and personal security. It makes targeted recommendations for the UK, Scottish and Welsh Governments to ensure equality and human rights considerations are integrated into the policy response to the pandemic.ReportMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - October 20, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Equality and diversity Source Type: blogs
Penicillin: the accident that saved many lives
Alexander Fleming in his laboratory, 1881 – 1955
There have been many happy accidents in science. Several of these were of great benefit to medicine.
For example, in 1895, a German physicist working with a cathode ray tube happened to place his hand in front of the rays and found that he could see his bones in the image projected onto the screen. Soon after that, the first X-ray images were produced.
There have been other instances where serendipity played a role in unearthing effective treatments against diseases.
THE FIND OF THE 20TH CENTURY
The most famous of these happy accidents is the discovery ...
Source: GIDEON blog - September 28, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Kristina Symes Tags: Microbiology News Source Type: blogs
Implementation of Abbott Architect High Sensitivity Troponin I in the ED
This was recorded by Stephen W. Smith to help clinicians implement the Abbott Architect High Sensitivity Troponin Assay.This describes the way we have decided to implement the assay, our algorithms, and the research behind the algorithms, primarily from our own UTROPIA studies, of which there are many. (These studies were authored by Yader Sandoval, Fred Apple, and by me, Smith). Very important data also comes from the High STEACS group in Scotland, led by Nick Mills.We believe these are reasonable pathways based on the data available, butalways remember that you must use your clinical judgment and ECG. Y...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - September 20, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
