An asymptomatic man in his 50s with heart rate in the 160s - what is the diagnosis? How will you manage this?
Written by Pendell MeyersA man in his late 50s with history of CAD with CABG, COPD, smoking, cirrhosis, and other comorbidities presented for an outpatient scheduled stress test which had been ordered for some exertional shortness of breath, palpitations, and presyncopal episodes over the past few months. When he presented to the office for the stress test, his screening vitals before any test or intervention were remarkable only for a heart rate of 160 bpm. He denied any symptoms whatsoever.A 12-lead ECG was performed in the office:What do you think?The ECG shows a wide complex regular monomorphic tachycardia. I mea...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - April 2, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Pendell Source Type: blogs
A Taxonomy of Degree of Effort in Undertaking Interventions to Slow or Reverse Aging
The urge to create taxonomies is very human, almost reflexive. We make lists, divide things up into buckets and categories. I'm not entirely convinced that there is yet the need to do this when it comes to personal efforts to slow or reverse aging, but that opinion certainly isn't going to stop people from publishing their thoughts on the matter. Today's open access paper is an example, in which a few arbitrary lines in the sand are drawn, and the spectrum of present day efforts to live longer is divided into five broad categories.
The one point that makes it, I think, hard to take any given taxonomy seriously is th...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 1, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Social Robots: Are Robotic Pets Any Worse Than The Real Ones?
Social companion robots are getting increasingly popular, more widely used and accepted. This might have happened anyway, but the pandemic accelerated the pace of their “deployment”. Not so surprising, many social workers have experienced that COVID restrictions took a huge toll on elderly people living alone.
The loneliness of the ageing population is a known phenomenon. A vast amount of research has found that a significant percentage of people above 65 are living alone, and many of them feel lonely and isolated. Also well proven is the fact that loneliness alone is a health risk. Elevated cortisol levels, t...
Source: The Medical Futurist - March 17, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Cyborgization Robotics Science Fiction social companion robot elderly care social robots therapeutic robots robot pets Source Type: blogs
Our partner ’s level of education can have a positive impact on our own health
By Emily Reynolds
There are many factors that impact our health, from our finances to our emotions to the way we work. Education is one such factor, with research suggesting that higher levels of education can lead to better health and even a longer life. But what about the education of your partner?
This is the subject of a new study from an Indiana University team, published in the Journal of Health and Social Behaviour. The researchers find that people’s own health is positively associated with their spouse’s level of education, suggesting that education and other factors such as knowledge, skills and financ...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - March 1, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Health Relationships Source Type: blogs
From MDPI: " The Transition to Noncommunicable Disease: How to Reduce Its Unsustainable Global Burden by Increasing Cognitive Access to Health Self-Management "
https://www.mdpi.com/1396952:The Transition to Noncommunicable Disease: How to Reduce Its Unsustainable Global Burden by Increasing Cognitive Access to Health Self-ManagementAbstract: The global epidemic of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes, is creating unsustainable burdens on health systems worldwide. NCDs are treatable but not curable. They are less amenable to top-down prevention and control than are the infectious diseases now in retreat. NCDs are mostly preventable, but only individuals themselves have the power to prevent and manage the diseases to which the enticements of ...
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - February 25, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: blogs
