Podcast: Joking About Suicide: Is It Ever Okay?
Is it ever OK to joke about mental illness or suicide? In today’s Not Crazy podcast, Gabe and Lisa welcome Frank King, a comedian who’s turned his struggles with major depression and suicidal thinking into comedic material.
What do you think? Is joking about suicide too heavy? Or is humor a good coping mechanism? Join us for an in-depth discussion on gallows humor.
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Guest Information for ‘Frank King — Joking and Suicide’ Podcast Episode
Frank King, Suicide Prevention speaker and Trainer was a wr...
Source: World of Psychology - June 9, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Not Crazy Podcast Tags: Depression Disorders General Inspiration & Hope Interview Mental Health and Wellness Not Crazy Podcast Suicide Source Type: blogs
For the U.S., South Korea, and Japan, It ’ s the North Korean Regime, Not Kim Jong Un Per Se, That Is the Threat
Would Kim Jong Un ' s death improve U.S., South Korean, and Japanese security? Maybe not. North Korea ' s advancing nuclear and other military capabilities are driving an expanded set of problems, and while Kim ' s sudden death might constitute a destabilizing factor for the regime, the available evidence suggests the regime itself is the problem. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - June 7, 2020 Category: Health Management Authors: Scott W. Harold; Soo W. Kim Source Type: blogs
Bracing for contact tracing
What should you do if you get a call from a contact tracer letting you know you’ve been exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19? Even our best efforts to stay well — by maintaining distance, washing hands often, restricting the size of our social circles, and wearing masks — may not keep the virus at bay as cities and towns lift restrictions.
That’s why many experts recommend three combined approaches to help prevent a dangerous resurgence of illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths from COVID-19:
continued mitigation efforts, which includes preventive strategies like those described above
prompt access...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - June 1, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert H. Shmerling, MD Tags: Coronavirus and COVID-19 Health Infectious diseases Source Type: blogs
Tech Giants in Healthcare: New E-Book with a COVID-19 Special Edition
Considering that the healthcare industry is expected to exceed $11 trillion by 2022, it might not come as a surprise that big tech companies like Google, Apple, Facebook or even Uber want a share of this cake. Even if their business is flourishing elsewhere, these companies stand more to gain than green bills. More importantly, investing in healthcare is an adequate way to build user trust. Our latest e-book analyzing those endeavours and more is available here.
Tech Giants in Healthcare
This comprehensive guide, Tech...
Source: The Medical Futurist - May 28, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Future of Medicine Security & Privacy AI amazon apple artificial intelligence genetics genomics google Health Healthcare IBM ibm watson research smartphone technology microsoft market Source Type: blogs
Six-country survey on Covid-19
Discussion paperMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - May 27, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Local authorities, public health and health inequalities Source Type: blogs
All the Things in Digital Health You ’ ve Missed During COVID-19
It’s been enough for a bit, isn’t it? For three months now, there has been little space in the world for any other kind of news. That is, news without the word ‘coronavirus’. But there was innovation, there is excitement and, well, even some weird (although useful!) inventions that appeared while the world has been in lockdown. So here’s an outlook on such news, all, promise, without that particular C-word.
Hospitals have been facing great challenges recently. But they are on the verge of a new era that brings better care and more focus on the patient. This is a trend we have been talking about since The Medic...
Source: The Medical Futurist - May 26, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Judit Kuszkó Tags: Artificial Intelligence Robotics Telemedicine & Smartphones Virtual Reality amazon diabetes smart contact lens Stanford University pharmacies Fitbit fitness trackers genome sequencing diabetes management genomic data 5G robot Source Type: blogs
The COVID-19 Pandemic Makes California ’s Housing Crisis Even More Urgent
Michael D. Tanner andDavid HerveyFor Californians who have long opposed building more housing in their communities, COVID-19 has provided a new and seemingly convincing argument: density is dangerous. Some have evensuggested that the pandemic vindicates proponents of “single‐family sprawl” or justifies a moratorium on new housing legislation, which are views these observers would likely hold regardless of the current crisis.At first glance, the argument against density seems correct, but evidence suggests there are other factors at play.A virus that transmits person to person ismuch more likely...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 20, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Michael D. Tanner, David Hervey Source Type: blogs
Reflections on: “Dealing with Cyberattacks”
James KnuppEditor ’s note: In 2014, Cato releasedA Dangerous World? Threat Perception and U.S. National Security an edited volume of papers originally presented ata Cato conference the previous year. In each chapter, experts assessed and put in context the supposed dangers to American security, from nuclear proliferation and a rising China to terrorism and climate change.As part of ourProject on Threat Inflation, Cato is republishing each chapter in an easily readable online format. Even six years after its publication, much of the book remains relevant. Policymakers and influencers continue to tout a...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 20, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: James Knupp Source Type: blogs
The most profound and complete failure of presidential leadership in modern history . . .
sayeth Ezra Klein. He isn ' t the first to note that the Administration has no plan whatsoever to deal with the second greatest crisis in our history. The individual occupying the office of president does not care on whit for any human being, or for that matter any animal, vegetable, or entity other than himself. And he is too stupid, intellectually lazy, and unreflective even to do himself any good. As Klein correctly explains:We are used to policy debates revolving around whether the administration has chosen the right or wrong plan. You could imagine that being the case here.There are, at this point,a slew of reopening ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - May 13, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
AiRTouch Portable X-Ray Receives FDA Clearance, Can Be Used for COVID Diagnosis
Aspenstate announced that it has received FDA clearance for the AiRTouch, a lightweight portable X-ray system that could be particularly useful for quickly obtaining chest X-rays of COVID-19 patients.
The handheld device weighs in at 5.5 pounds (2.5 Kg) and resembles a large digital camera with a touchscreen. AiRTouch acquires images with the push of a button and can wirelessly transmit them to PACS (clinical image storage system), without the need for a computer. Its battery charges within two hours and can capture up to 300 exposures per charge. Its portability has already made it useful in drive-through scr...
Source: Medgadget - May 11, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Cici Zhou Tags: Dentistry Diagnostics Emergency Medicine Orthopedic Surgery Public Health Radiology Sports Medicine Source Type: blogs
The hardest data
There is always a certain amount of slop in attribution of causes of death. Actually those annual influenza death rates that are talked about so much are estimates, because in ordinary times most people with respiratory infections aren ' t lab tested to confirm the pathogen. Death certificates might just say pneumonia. But enough tests are done to be able to extrapolate. Covid-19 is different in that people who present at the hospital with serious symptoms are tested, so a much higher proportion of deaths are laboratory confirmed. However, some states are only reporting laboratory confirmed deaths, and people who die at ho...
Source: Stayin' Alive - May 11, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Two Supertypes of Coronavirus: “East Asian” and “European”
Andrei Illarionov andNatalya PivovarovaThe Los Alamos National Laboratory has posteda new study, as reported this weekby theWashington Post andtheLos Angeles Times, that finds that the strain of the novel coronavirus that emerged in Europe and has spread to much of the world is different than the strain of the virus at its origin in China. Those findingsare consistent with our research which we posted (in Russian) on April 15, 2020. Although we are not epidemiologists, we are posting our slightly updated analysis below in English in the interest of sharing what may be significant findings with a wider audience. We welcome ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 8, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Andrei Illarionov, Natalya Pivovarova Source Type: blogs
Can AI and radiographs help in resource-poor areas for the fight against COVID-19?
Conclusion
With new evidence emerging every day and with COVID-19 guidance and protocols adapting responsively, the national responses vary widely across the globe. However, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea have shown that aggressive and proactive testing plays a crucial role in containing the spread of the disease.
We believe AI has great potential for helping doctors quantify and monitor COVID progression from a patient’s chest X-rays – this will help determine treatment pathways faster and thus slow any surges in emergency cases. AI will also play a critical role in expanding screening for...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 7, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: COVID-19 Health Tech bhargava reddy manoj tld pooja rao preetham srinivas qure.ai tarun raj Source Type: blogs
Jumpstarting the U.S.-Japan-Korea Trilateral Amid COVID-19
Since roughly 2012, South Korea – Japan ties have frayed over tensions between the two countries. Could the United States use its relationships with Japan and South Korea to encourage trilateral medical cooperation during the pandemic, ensure that the Tokyo Games are held, and in so doing help support healing in the relationship between Seoul and Tokyo? (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - May 5, 2020 Category: Health Management Authors: Scott W. Harold Source Type: blogs
The Problem With “Herd Immunity” as a COVID-19 Strategy
This article originally appeared on his blog here.
The post The Problem With “Herd Immunity” as a COVID-19 Strategy appeared first on The Health Care Blog. (Source: The Health Care Blog)
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 5, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: COVID-19 Health Policy Dave deBronkart e-Patient Dave e-Patient Dave DeBronkart Pandemic Source Type: blogs
