Navy Scandal: Classic Government Corruption
TheWashington Post does not do much investigating of waste, fraud, and abuse in federal agencies anymore, but it has done a great job with the Fat Leonard Navy corruption scandal. I discussed priorWaPo stories on the scandalhere andhere.The newspaper has another pair of stories today (here andhere) describing how Leonard Glenn Francis cozied up to Navy leaders in the Pacific to win lucrative deals for resupplying ships. He cashed in on overpriced contracts and fraudulent invoices, and he had numerous moles inside the Navy to steer business and profits his way. He wined and dined Navy officers, providing them with gifts, pr...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 2, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs
Reforming the Diversity Visa Could Pay for the Wall: Here's How
Any bipartisan deal to reopen the federal government and deal with DACA would have to legalize some of the DREAMers, increase border enforcement, amend the diversity immigrant visa program, and fund the construction of a border wall. Democrats have compromised on the border wall but they are still only going to fund about half the lowest estimated cost of about $8 to $10 billion. There is a way to fund construction of the border wall without using taxpayer money or for Congressional Democrats to allocate a penny more than the $8 to $10 billion that they are considering: The Border Wall Investment Visa Program (BWIVP).As pr...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 22, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Alex Nowrasteh Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 222
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Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 222.
Question 1
What was the Great Singapore Penis Panic of 1967 all about?
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Source: Life in the Fast Lane - January 19, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five barbie burbulance great singapore penis panic haemorrhoids hypoparathyroidism angiomas Intracranial calcification koro Midge pregnancy ring of fire tuberous sclerosis Source Type: blogs
Pear Therapeutics raises $50M to develop and market a portfolio of digital therapeutics for mental health
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Pear Therapeutics rakes in $50M to develop additional digital therapeutics (MobiHealthNews):
“Boston- and San Francisco-based Pear Therapeutics, maker of a prescription digital therapeutic platform, announced today the closure of $50 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Singapore-based investment company Temasek, with participation from returning investors 5AM Ventures, Arboretum Ventures, and JAZZ Venture Partners, as well as new partners Novartis, EDBI, and the Bridge Builder’s Collaborative…Pear is best known for reSET, the first prescription digital therapeutic cleared by the FDA for su...
Source: SharpBrains - January 4, 2018 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Technology 5AM Ventures Arboretum Ventures Bridge Builders Collaborative digital health digital mental health digital therapeutic digital therapeutics EDBI Expedited Access Pathway FDA Jaz Source Type: blogs
Novel Microneedle Drug Delivery Patch for Burning Fat
This study corroborates previous research and provides promising proof-of-principle that the conversion of white energy-storing fat into brown energy-producing fat using degradable microneedle drug delivery patches is an effective localized strategy for addressing excessive white fat storage.
Study in journal Small Methods: Transdermal Delivery of Anti-Obesity Compounds to Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue with Polymeric Microneedle Patches…
Via: Nanyang Technological University… (Source: Medgadget)
Source: Medgadget - January 2, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Iris Kulbatski Tags: Medicine Nanomedicine Source Type: blogs
15 Quotes on Self-Love and Acceptance That Will Change Your Life
You're reading 15 Quotes on Self-Love and Acceptance That Will Change Your Life, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.
Do you know that self-love can literally save your life?
It did for the famous entrepreneur and bestselling Author, Kamal Ravikant who was about to kill himself when he discovered a way out of depression through accepting and loving himself. Self-love has also given Khalil Rafati a way out and helped him move out from being a homeless crack addict to one of America`s most respected multimillion...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - December 10, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Menna-Ali Tags: featured philosophy self improvement acceptance most inspirational quotes pickthebrain self love Source Type: blogs
A Few PIRLS of Wisdom on New Reading Results
The latest international academic assessment results are out —this time focused on 4th grade reading —and the news isn’t great for the United States. But how bad is it? I offer a few thoughts—maybe not that wise, but I needed a super-clever title—that might be worth contemplating.The exam is theProgress in International Reading Literacy Study—PIRLS—which was administered to roughly representative samples of children in their fourth year of formal schooling in 58 education systems. The systems are mainly national, but also some sub-national levels such as Hong Kong and the Flemish-speaking areas of Belgium. PI...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 7, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Neal McCluskey Source Type: blogs
One Barely Noticed Settlement by Pfizer Suggests the Futility of Polite Protests about Health Policy
A few days ago we noticed just one more marcher in theparade of legal settlements. But it was once again a huge health care corporation, and it had aspects that demanded attention.Pfizer Makes $94 Million Settlement of Allegations of Fraud to Delay Generic CompetitionA tinyitem in Becker ' s Hospital News on November 28, 2017, stated:Pfizer will pay $94 million to resolve allegations that it used fraudulent patents to delay generic competition for its anti-inflammatory drug Celebrex.The lawsuit, brought by 32 direct purchasers of Celebrex in April and certified a class action lawsuit in August, claimed Pfizer attempt...
Source: Health Care Renewal - December 3, 2017 Category: Health Management Tags: adverse effects Celebrex deception impunity legal settlements Pfizer restraint of competition Source Type: blogs
Ultrathin and Flexible Microfiber Sensor for Healthcare Monitoring and Diagnosis
Researchers at the National University of Singapore have developed an ultrathin, flexible microfiber sensor that can be worn on or placed next to the skin. The device can provide information on heart rate, blood pressure, and stiffness in blood vessels, and may one day replace bulky blood pressure and heart rate monitors. The technology might also be useful as a component in wearable devices that provide continuous health monitoring, or could help doctors with diagnostics.
“Currently, doctors will monitor vital signs like heart rate and blood pressure when patients visit clinics. This requires equipment such as heart rat...
Source: Medgadget - November 28, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Anesthesiology Cardiology Critical Care Diagnostics Medicine Source Type: blogs
The Future of Emergency Medicine: Innovations Making Patients The Point-of-Care
Every minute spent without treatment could reduce the chance of survival in case of medical emergency and trauma patients. Digital health innovations making patients the point-of-care could become a great help for first responders and emergency units in the battle against time. Here, we collected what trends and technologies will have an impact on the future of emergency medicine.
Six minutes before brain damage
Car crashes, home injuries, fires, natural disasters. The difference between life and death often depends on the speed and efficiency of emergency care services. The work of doctors, paramedics, and nurses being in...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 28, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: imported CPR digital health emergency emergency medicine EMS first aid first response future Health 2.0 Healthcare Innovation technology Source Type: blogs
Let ’s appreciate the growing landscape of digital brain health & enhancement: 177 experts and pioneers in 23 countries –and counting!
Registrants for the 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 5-7th) as of November 23rd, 2017
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Quick update on how registration stands for the upcoming 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit: Brain Health & Enhancement in the Digital Age (December 5-7th) — THANK YOU to everyone who has registered already
We are pleased to report that so far 177 experts, pioneers and practitioners are registered to participate. 130 seem to be based in the US and 47 abroad (based on IP address during registration), with the following country breakdown:
United States 130
Australia 7
Canada 7
Israel 5
United Kingd...
Source: SharpBrains - November 24, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Technology brain health innovation brain-enhancement Brain-health sharpbrains virtual conference virtual summit Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, November 20th 2017
This study cohort is a healthy subset of the EpiPath cohort, excluding all participants with acute or chronic diseases. With a mediation analysis we examined whether CMV titers may account for immunosenescence observed in ELA.
In this study, we have shown that ELA is associated with higher levels of T cell senescence in healthy participants. Not only did we find a higher number of senescent cells (CD57+), these cells also expressed higher levels of CD57, a cell surface marker for senescence, and were more cytotoxic in ELA compared to controls. Control participants with high CMV titers showed a higher number of senes...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 19, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Remembering Uwe
By JEFF GOLDSMITH
The healthcare world learned with great sadness this week of the passing of our friend, Uwe Reinhardt. I met Uwe in 1982 at the Federation of American Hospitals meeting in Las Vegas. Uwe opened the meeting by apologizing, in his disarming German accent, for not being his usual sharp self. He had, he said, skipped breakfast because his wife May had instructed him not to pay for anything in Las Vegas that he could get for free at home. This was vintage Reinhardt, innocent and knowing at the same time. That meeting was the beginning of a long and warm friendship.
Uwe would have been acutely uncomfortable wi...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 15, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Inhibiting Interleukin 11 can Suppress Fibrosis
The ability to reverse fibrosis would turn back some fraction of the progression of age-related failure in heart, kidney, lungs, and other organs. Fibrosis is a form of scarring in tissue that forms in place of functional structures, and appears to caused by a chronic inflammation state of the immune system, as well as by the growing number of senescent cells found in older tissues. Normal regeneration and tissue maintenance is a complicated, coordinated process involving stem cells, transient senescent cells, immune cells, somatic cells in the vicinity, and a whole lot of signaling back and forth. So it is perhaps underst...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 14, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Nanoparticles with Long Afterglow for Life Sciences Research
Molecular-scale fluorescent markers are a staple of many branches of life sciences research. They get excited and emit a glow when illuminated with a laser, and so can be spotted and associated with cells and other biological things they’re attached to. A common problem with the fluorescent agents is that they lose their glow shortly after being energized. Moreover, tissues nearby get excited by the laser too, producing their own “autofluorescence” that muddies the glow coming from the fluorescent dyes.
Now researchers at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have developed new, biocompatible semi...
Source: Medgadget - November 13, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Genetics Nanomedicine Source Type: blogs
