Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in pregnancy: information for healthcare professionals
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists - The guidance covers the most up-to-date advice on how coronavirus affects pregnant women and their unborn babies, how labour and birth should be managed in women with suspected or confirmed coronavirus, as well as information on neonatal care and infant feeding. It has been jointly published with the Royal College of Midwives, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Public Health England and Health Protection Scotland. It may be updatedif or when new information becomes available.GuidancePress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 8, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Patient safety Source Type: blogs
Aiber In-Flight Medical Emergency Response System
MIME Technologies, a startup originating at Aberdeen University in Scotland, unveiled the Aiber in-flight telemedicine system designed to be used by flight attendants to help stricken passengers.
Using a tablet computer, flight attendants can communicate with physicians on the ground, transmitting observable symptoms, but also streaming data from sensors that can be stuck to the body of the victim. These can include heart rate, temperature, and respiration rate sensors, and the system includes a 12-lead ECG that first responders can be guided to use to potentially help spot heart attacks and other cardiac conditions. Th...
Source: Medgadget - March 3, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Emergency Medicine Telemedicine Source Type: blogs
House sparrow nicknames
Do you have a local word for Passer domesticus, the House Sparrow? Where I grew up in the North East of England we called them Spuggies, I hear from a Shropshire lad that it’s a common nickname for this species in that part of the country too. They’re sometimes called spugs in Northern England too. In the South P. domesticus is known as a sparr, sparrer (or Cockney sparrar), spadger (Northern Ireland too), spadgick, and phip or philip. That latter is a bit weird.
In Scotland they’re often known as a spur or sprig (also Spriggies after a Mr Sprigg, apparently). One contact on twitter (hah!) said that his f...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - March 3, 2020 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Birds Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Clutter vs Hoarding- How to Live Clutter Free
Are you drowning in clutter? In today’s podcast, decluttering expert Tracy McCubbin identifies the 7 emotional clutter blocks that may be lurking in your psyche and offers tips to overcome each one. For example, do you have a basket full of unopened mail? Do you have an absurd number of name-brand shoes collecting dust in your closet? And what about that expensive candle you’ll light “one” day? Each of these clutter types is rooted in a different emotional clutter block.
Is there an area in your home you’d really like to declutter? Tune in to hear all 7 emotional blocks and get some good advice on how yo...
Source: World of Psychology - February 20, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Podcast Tags: General Habits Interview LifeHelper Podcast Self-Help The Psych Central Show Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, February 17th 2020
Discussion of the Evolutionary Genetics of Aging
Thymic Involution Contributes to Immunosenescence and Inflammaging
The Potential for Exosome Therapies to Treat Sarcopenia
Correlations of Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number and Epigenetic Age Measures
Evidence for PASK Deficiency to Reduce the Impact of Aging in Mice
The Aging Retina, a Mirror of the Aging Brain
Evidence for Loss of Capillary Density to be Important in Heart Disease
Aspects of Immune System Aging Proceed More Rapidly in Men
Deacetylation of the NLRP3 Inflammasome as a Way to Control Chronic Inflammation
Transplantation of Senescent Cel...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 16, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
The Prospects for Telomerase Gene Therapy as a Treatment for Heart Disease
Telomerase gene therapy is considered in some quarters to be a viable treatment for aging. Telomeres are the caps of repeated DNA sequences at the ends of chromosomes. They are an important part of the mechanism limiting the number of times that somatic cells in the body can divide, the Hayflick limit. A little telomere length is lost with each cell division, and short telomeres trigger cellular senescence or programmed cell death, halting replication. Stem cell populations use telomerase to lengthen their telomeres and thus self-renew to provide a continual supply of new somatic daughter cells with long telomeres to repla...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 12, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
A skein for a friend – a truly wild goose chase
In Stephen Rutt’s second book, Wintering, we follow him on a journey around the British Isles to find the elusive species and sub-species of what might at first light seem a rather dull and innocuous class of birds, the geese. The geese, you say? As in “what’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander”? What could be more interesting?
Well, hang fire, Rutt’s tale takes back through mediaeval droves to the ancient Greeks and the ancient Egyptians even, by way of the marshlands and reedy wetlands of Suffolk, Northumberland, and the wide rivers of the Scottish borderlands. It also takes us bac...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - January 25, 2020 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Sciencebase Source Type: blogs
2020 Mandrola Update
This study garnered the big stage at the Heart Rhythm Society meeting and its findings were published in two leading cardiac journals–JACC and Heart Rhythm. (We kept the spin to a minimum!) Being part of an RCT was almost as nifty as pacing the his bundle.
That image is intoxicating.
A cool thing about the time we live in is the ability to have mentors all over the world. Here, Dr. Andrew Foy and his team at Penn State University in Hershey PA, deserve mention. Andrew is a true academic; he has helped me understand research methods. We have published many papers together, including my favorite: The Case for B...
Source: Dr John M - January 3, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr John Source Type: blogs
A Look Back at 2019
I ' ve always been an optimist. I believe humans are basically good and that the nice guy will win eventually.After traveling 400,000 miles to 40 countries in 2019, helping government, academia, and industry, my view of the world has not changed.Despite our focus on the negative 24x7 news cycle, 2019 has been thebest year for humanity in history.My best memories, looking back at 2019:*Serving the Gates Foundation in South Africa and Northern India. Experiencing the rollout of technology enabled platforms that reduced HIV disease burden and improved diagnosis/treatment of tuberculosis.*Working with mayors a...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - December 31, 2019 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
Study: For better memory and thinking skills at age 70 (and beyond), play cards and board games from age 11
Discussion: Playing games were associated with less relative cognitive decline from age 11 to age 70, and less cognitive decline from age 70 to 79. Controlling for age 11 cognitive function and other confounders, these findings suggest that playing more games is linked to reduced lifetime decline in cognitive function.
The Study in Context:
Can you grow your hippocampus? Yes. Here’s how, and why it matters
How learning changes your brain
Solving the Brain Fitness Puzzle Is the Key to Self-Empowered Aging
Can brain training work? Yes, if it meets these 5 conditions
What are cognitive abilities and how to boost them?
Fun...
Source: SharpBrains - December 17, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain Teasers Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness bingo board games chess cognition cognitive decline cognitive-function cognitive-reserve Intellectual functioning Longitudinal change mental-wor Source Type: blogs
Communication issues
Why being able to talk to colleagues is just as vital as talking to our patients Related items fromOnMedica Treatment of whistleblowers a “stain on NHS”, say MPs Can medicine be cured? GPs welcome 'biggest reform to services in 15 years' Primary Care Home has positive impact on care and services NHS Scotland pressures ‘need urgent action now’ (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - December 5, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
Warren Mosler and the Great American Banking Myth
ConclusionAlthough I've taken issue with various MMT claims in the past (see, e.g.here andhere), I've grown to respect several Modern Monetary Theorists. Far from being ill-informed, people likeEric Tymoigne andNathan Tankus (the list is by no means exhaustive –these happen to be two whose work I know best) know a lot more than many orthodox economists do about the workings of the U.S. monetary system. Knowing this, I'm not inclined to accuse Modern Monetary Theorists of being ignorant just because I disagree with many of the school's positions and argu ments.But on the subject of bank runs, at least, Warren Mosler shows...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 3, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: George Selgin Source Type: blogs
Tick-borne encephalitis
Gerry Morrow discusses the rising prevalence of TBE and what could happen next Related items fromOnMedica Sharp rise of swine flu in Australia suggests pandemic UK Swine flu cases may be double the official figure 'Don't panic' over swine flu, doc leaders urge Scottish Bill passed to protect public from contamination WHO raises its level of swine flu alert (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - November 18, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
Drugs policy
Health and Social Care Committee - The United Kingdom has some of the highest drug death rates in Europe, particularly in Scotland. This Report shows how the rate of drug-related deaths has risen to the scale of a public health emergency. It recommends a radical change in approach to UK drugs policy, moving from the current criminal justice approach to a health approach, with responsibility for drugs policy moving from the Home Office to the Department of Health and Social Care.ReportPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - October 22, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Local authorities, public health and health inequalities Source Type: blogs
Leadership
Carrie MacEwen discusses the critical role of leaders in delivering frontline care Related items fromOnMedica Better support and development for SAS doctors Health Secretary sets out plans for NHS workforce Whistle-blower support scheme to roll out nationwide Scotland to introduce legal requirement on NHS staffing GPs welcome 'biggest reform to services in 15 years' (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - October 21, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
