50th Anniversary of the 1st Heart Transplant
On December 3, 1967, Christiaan Barnard performed the first human heart transplant in South Africa.
A key element permitting the procedure was Barnard's ability to determine the donor dead despite the beating heart. (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - December 2, 2017 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 216
LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blogJust 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 216. Question 1Where was this photo taken and what is the significance of this “Trauma Room 1”? By Jpotter1138 – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27892379+ Reveal the Funtabulous Answerexpand(document.getElementB...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - December 1, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five aspirin Baxter burns Charles Frederic Gerhardt Charles Frederick morris saint Charles Rufus Baxter Jack Ruby JFK John Connally john f kennedy Lee Harvey Oswald Lewis Macken occam's razor parkland formula 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
The bacteria in your gut might affect your vulnerability to PTSD
By Emma Young
After a traumatic experience, why do some people develop Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), while others don’t? Work to date has found evidence that various factors play a role, including a lack of social support and low levels of the neurotransmitter neuropeptide Y (due to its role in the body’s stress response). Into this mix come new findings, reported in Psychosomatic Medicine, that an individual’s complement of gut bacteria (their gut microbiome) may contribute to their vulnerability to trauma. The researchers are now investigating whether tweaking the gut microbiome could help to prevent or tr...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - November 22, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: biological Mental health Source Type: blogs
Dispatch From South Africa
My blog readers must think I ' ve abandoned them over the past few weeks. I apologize for the whirlwind of October and November. With the BIDMC-Lahey merger planning and the new cloud hosted Meditech go lives of my day job, plus the usual Fall conference commitments, and my new work with the Gates Foundation, blogging has fallen behind.The Gates Foundation has a bold plan for Africa - unifying the health records of the continent using biometrics, simple phone apps, and a highly resilient low bandwidth cloud that includes data integrity components based on blockchain.Here ' s the use case - patients with HI...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - November 20, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
Jellybean 83 Pre-Hospital Medicine with Gregor Prosen
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ED people doing house visits?
Medical retrieval teams having a cup of tea and taking a detailed social history?
Emergency doctors going to someone’s home before they come to the ED and recommending treatment at home?
Including End of Life treatment?
Sound Crazy?
Ever been to Maribor? Slovenia?
I spoke with Slovenian Emergency Physician and Pre-Hospital Gregor Prosen at dasSMACC. He talks like an emergency physician. He curses like an emergency physician. Gregor ju...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - November 14, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Doug Lynch Tags: JellyBean gregor prosen Serbia Source Type: blogs
The landscape of brain health innovation: 130 experts and pioneers in 18 countries (and counting)
— Registrants for the 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 5-7th) as of November 3rd, 2017
Just a quick update on how registration stands for the upcoming 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit: Brain Health & Enhancement in the Digital Age (December 5-7th).
We are proud to report that so far 130 experts, pioneers and practitioners are registered to participate.
95 seem to be based in the US and 35 abroad, based on IP address during registration, with the following country breakdown:
United States 95
Australia 7
Canada 6
United Kingdom 4
Israel 3
Norway 2
Italy 2
Taiwan 1
Singapore 1
India 1
France 1
Sweden ...
Source: SharpBrains - November 3, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Professional Development Technology brain health innovation brain-enhancement Brain-health virtual conference virtual summit Source Type: blogs
“Mouths full of gold.” Private practice in Britain’s National Health System
By SAURABH JHA, MD
When Aneurin Bevan was asked how he convinced doctors to come on board the National Health Service (NHS) he allegedly replied, “I stuffed their mouths full of gold.” Bevan recognized that to conscript doctors to the largest socialist experiment in healthcare in the world he had to appeal not so much to their morals, but pockets.
There is much piety about the NHS. It is the envy of the world, though oddly Saudi oil barons still favor Cleveland Clinic and Texas Heart Institute over quaint little hospitals in rural Scotland. The NHS featured in Britain’s 2012 Olympic parade along with Mr. Bean and the...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 29, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: at RogueRad Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Best Way To Make Your Face Look Younger Revealed By Research
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Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - October 25, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Attractiveness Source Type: blogs
Back Stage with More Librarian Rock Stars
As we continue celebrating National Medical Librarians Month, we’re thrilled to introduce you to even more rock star medical librarians. One librarian hit the road, sharing her expertise in South Africa; another manages two medical libraries; and a third librarian describes her work as stimulating, collaborative, and research-oriented. We’re also featuring two bands–one with members all… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - October 25, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: People Source Type: blogs
Bottom Line: We Can Stop Hearing Loss in Many TB Patients
Health Equity Blog By Hyejeong Hong The cure for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is the same in the United States as it is in South Africa. Yet the drug regimen’s most severe and permanent potential side effect, hearing loss, occurs up to four times as often in South Africa. The reason is simple and stark: a
The post Bottom Line: We Can Stop Hearing Loss in Many TB Patients appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine. (Source: Nursing Blogs at Johns Hopkins University)
Source: Nursing Blogs at Johns Hopkins University - October 19, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Editor Tags: New On the Pulse Bedaquline Deaf hearing MDR-TB multidrug-resistant tuberculosis South Africa Source Type: blogs
Announcing a Global Hope Challenge: What is Your #OneThing for #Hope
Today, on Global Mental Health Day, the International Foundation for Research and Education on Depression (iFred) launches a global challenge to spread Hope. They invite participants to share the one thing they turn to when feeling hopeless, anxious, depressed or stressed through a contest on the HeroX platform where the top three videos will win prize money ($1,000, $500, and $250). Kicking things off with powerful submissions from Jack.org’s network of young leaders, the goal is to help inspire others to create, maintain, and sustain hope by sharing a 30 second video of what individuals do in their darkest hour to get ...
Source: World of Psychology - October 10, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kathryn Goetzke Tags: Brain and Behavior General Mental Health and Wellness anxiety Depression hope Ifred Source Type: blogs
Jellybean 79 with Kirsten Kingma of BadEM @SurferKirst
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The Africans are coming. BadEM are surfing a #FOAMed wave at the moment and they are doing it with style, which isn’t that surprising when Kirsten Kingma is on board.
The Jellybean Podcast is a big fan of the BadEM.co.za bunch. Of course we are. Why wouldn’t we be? They are a great cohesive team of fabulously varied individuals. We like that sort of team. If you were at #dasSMACC you won’t have forgotten the BadEM team standing up with their friend and colleague A...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - October 10, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Mike Cadogan Tags: JellyBean #badEMfest18 Kirsten Kingma SurferKist Source Type: blogs
Jellybean 79 with SurferKist – Kirsten Kingma of BadEM
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The Africans are coming. BadEM are surfing a #FOAMed wave at the moment and they are doing it with style, which isn’t that surprising when Kirsten Kingma is on board.
The Jellybean Podcast is a big fan of the www.BadEM.co.za bunch. Of course we are. Why wouldn’t we be? They are a great cohesive team of fabulously varied individuals. We like that sort of team. If you were at #dasSMACC you won’t have forgotten the BadEM team standing up with their friend and colleag...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - October 10, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Mike Cadogan Tags: JellyBean #badEMfest18 Kirsten Kingma SurferKist Source Type: blogs
In this era of increased globalization, infectious diseases show no boundaries
Devastating. That alone cannot fully describe the extent of the destruction of property, the displacement of tens of thousands of residents, the injuries and loss of life in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. As Americans, our hearts ache for those affected by the flooding. As a medical student, former international development worker in Afghanistan and EMT in South Africa, I also lay awake thinking about the many infectious diseases that take hold in disaster and flood settings.
In major floods and other natural disasters, rising water levels and damage to sewage treatment plants lead to contaminated water supplies, ...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 21, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/sarah-lawrence" rel="tag" > Sarah Lawrence < /a > Tags: Conditions Infectious Disease Primary Care Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs
