Frustration
In the world of continual medical research and advancements - that every day allow us to get improved treatments for ailments - I feel very frustrated. No I am not on top of all research that is going on so I am sure there is a lot that I am not aware of. But from a patient ' s point of view it can get very frustrating.For example, yesterday I read something about how acentury old vaccine for something else is being tested to see if it would work as a vaccine for fibromyalgia. That sounds great. A way to prevent others from getting fibro - which is no fun.Ahem, but where is the cure? Just because they can prevent some...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - August 24, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: cancer vaccine fibromyalgia frustration medical research Source Type: blogs
Ailments and Their Add-ons
You get one ailment, and it always seems to bring along its ' friends ' . A few examples are cancer with chemotherapy causes digestive issuesand temporary baldness. It can sometimes also cause long term cardiac issues - which can eventually kill you. With rheumatoid arthritis you can get things like Sjogren ' s Syndrome which causes dry eyes and other fun things. Afew examples are:" ... [RA]inflammation can result in conditions affecting skin, heart, lung, eyes, mental health, etc. Conditions likeosteoporosis, cataracts,depression, cancers, etc. are more common. And add to that infection based conditions like influenza, p...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - August 21, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: ailments being a patient comorbidities Source Type: blogs
Urgent Care Follies
What is it with antibiotics and steroids for upper respiratory infections at Urgent Care these days?
Over-prescribing of antibiotics has been a problem ever since the recognition that uncomplicated upper respiratory infections were almost always viral and would resolve on their own. I like to call the Z-pak (a pre-packaged 5-day course of azithromycin, a macrolide antibiotic) a “Placebo Antibiotic.” It doesn’t help a viral infection, but has relatively few side effects, and the accomplishment of making the patient feel like he’s gotten something for his handsome $15.00 co-pay. Not optimal treatment ...
Source: Musings of a Dinosaur - May 26, 2017 Category: Primary Care Authors: notdeaddinosaur Tags: Medical Source Type: blogs
New Clinical Trials Try Unorthodox Ways to Target Alzheimer ’ s
Alzheimer’s disease affects an estimated 5 million individuals in the US and causes a devastating loss of cognitive function due to the buildup of beta-amyloid and tau proteins in the brain. Previous efforts to combat this disease have focused on developing drugs that target beta-amyloid, but such treatments have been unsuccessful in patients so far. Several exciting new approaches for treating Alzheimer’s are currently being tested in clinical trials in the US and Europe. These trials will assess the efficacy of an anti-viral drug that is normally used to treat herpes, and a new vaccine that generates antibodies again...
Source: World of Psychology - May 20, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Psych Central Staff Tags: Alzheimer's Brain Blogger Disorders Publishers Research Treatment Alzheimer's disease beta-amyloid Clinical Trials Cognitive Abilities Dementia herpes Hugo Lövheim microtubules neuronal axons Neurons tau proteins vaccine Source Type: blogs
The doctor shortage is worse than it has to be
Now, I’m just a country doctor, but I have to say I find it very hard to understand why folks in this country, on one hand, keep talking about a doctor shortage in primary care and, on the other hand, keep piling sillywork on those of us who are still here.
The net effect is that the doctor shortage is going to be a whole lot worse than it has to be.
But it may just be a relative or imaginary shortage because of how this country defines the duties of doctors.
Public health agendas have infiltrated health care to a degree that threatens to paralyze it. Physicians are increasingly told their primary concern should be their...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - May 17, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/a-country-doctor" rel="tag" > A Country Doctor, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Primary care Source Type: blogs
Imagining a Doctor Shortage
By HANS DUEVEFELT, MD
Now, I’m just a country doctor, but I have to say I find it very hard to understand why folks in this country on one hand keep talking about a doctor shortage in primary care and on the other hand keep piling sillywork on those of us who are still here. The net effect is that the doctor shortage is going to be a whole lot worse than it has to be.
But it may just be a relative or imaginary shortage because of how this country defines the duties of doctors.
Public Health agendas have infiltrated health care to a degree that threatens to paralyze it. Physicians are increasingly told their primary conce...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 10, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Fear as a Teacher
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
Taking a deep breath as I am typing these words about a topic that is inherent in the human condition. I consider myself a pretty brave person, having faced deaths of family members and friends, injury, an ectopic pregnancy, financial challenge, a heart attack, shingles, kidney stones, job layoff, illness, relationships ending, and loss of my home in a hurricane. These are all common life events; some expected, most arriving o...
Source: World of Psychology - May 3, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW Tags: Anxiety and Panic Self-Help Success & Achievement Source Type: blogs
Shingles Rears Its Ugly Head During MS Awareness Week
Sure, wasn’t it MS Awareness Week in America last week? Sure, didn’t we begin the week the way I have over the past several years: by blogging about something about which people with multiple sclerosis (MS) might not even be aware? Sure, didn’t multiple sclerosis have a little help from another friend last week?
From a Feeling of Foreboding …
I knew something was wrong — the way only we can know something is wrong — on Wednesday, but I couldn’t quite put a finger on it. There was a cognitive lag, an unusual mild headache, and a general physical foreboding of something to come. I went to bed early and hop...
Source: Life with MS - March 14, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Trevis Gleason Tags: multiple sclerosis awareness Everyday Health life with MS Living with MS MS Blog HIstory MS Sleep MS symptoms trevis gleason Source Type: blogs
Varicella Virus, the Old and the New
I want to reawaken awareness of a disappearing but highly contagious infectious disease — varicella. Thanks to immunizations for the wild-type varicella virus and shingles, or herpes zoster, younger health care providers are less aware of the appearance and clinical presentations of this viral infection.Presentations of this viral disease have markedly declined and presentations are often atypical since the advent of immunizations for varicella in 1995. This DNA virus within the herpes virus family is generally a mild childhood disease but can wreak physical havoc in adults, especially pregnant women. Immunosuppressed...
Source: M2E Too! Mellick's Multimedia EduBlog - February 1, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Building Unity Farm Sanctuary - Fourth Week of January 2017
This weekend we ’ll run our first Sanctuary board meeting, providing our 7 member board with an overview ofAnimals and activitiesFinancialLegalInfrastructureProjectsOur strategic goals in 2017 areDevelop internship programDevelop educational programsDevelop additional funding possibilitiesDevelop standard intake processDevelop trail plan in collaboration with the Sherborn Rural Land TrustHere ’s a brief update about what we’ll tell themIn February we ’ll take on another horse (Millie, a 20 year old Welsh Pony) and another pig (Penny, the 1 year old Yorkshire). We ’re making modifications to the existin...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - January 19, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
Building Unity Farm Sanctuary - Third Week of January 2017
This weekend we ’ll run our first Sanctuary board meeting, providing our 7 member board with an overview ofAnimals and activitiesFinancialLegalInfrastructureProjectsOur strategic goals in 2017 areDevelop internship programDevelop educational programsDevelop additional funding possibilitiesDevelop standard intake processDevelop trail plan in collaboration with the Sherborn Rural Land TrustHere ’s a brief update about what we’ll tell themIn February we ’ll take on another horse (Millie, a 20 year old Welsh Pony) and another pig (Penny, the 1 year old Yorkshire). We ’re making modifications to the existin...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - January 19, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
The Dangerous Expansion of Adult Vaccinations
Conclusion
The vaccination comprises a misguided and unsafe national health care program which claims to prevent disease. Many significant health injuries are associated with vaccinating adults. Government resources are being spent researching and developing new and different vaccinations. Subjecting adults to more vaccinations is likely to cause more health injury and illness.
References:
http://www.vaccinationcouncil.org/2012/07/05/herd-immunity…
http://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/overview/
http://www.vaccinationcouncil.org/2011/02/18/60-lab-studies…
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/adult.html
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Source: vactruth.com - September 10, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Michelle Goldstein Tags: Logical Michelle Goldstein Recent Articles Top Stories adult vaccination adult vaccines new vaccines shingles vaccine truth about vaccines Source Type: blogs
Global Warming: We Will Need Climate Engineering
By 2060 Phoenix Arizona will have 132 days a year over 100F. Dallas will 55 and Pecos Texas 101 days. My view about problems: We should solve them. If the Earth really does heat up substantially then we should pull the CO2 back out of the atmosphere while also releasing cooling gases. If its practical we should also raise the albedo (surface reflectivity) of the planet. Right now cities should change their zoning laws and roads policies to make buildings, roads, and other surfaces more reflective. No more dark buildings. Use light colors of concrete, white shingles, and other surfaces that reflect more light. That would be...
Source: FuturePundit - August 26, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Randall Parker Source Type: blogs
TWiV 403: It ’ s not easy being vaccine
The TWiV team takes on an experimental plant-based poliovirus vaccine, contradictory findings on the efficacy of Flumist, waning protection conferred by Zostavax, and a new adjuvanted subunit zoster vaccine.
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Source: virology blog - August 23, 2016 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Uncategorized adjuvant AS04 cold chain efficacy flumist herpes zoster influenza influenza vaccine IPV LAIV mitochondria OPV plant poliovirus shingles thermostable vaccine efficacy viral virology viruses Zostavax Source Type: blogs
