5G In Healthcare: Boosting Remote Brain Surgeries, Connected Health, Or Medical VR
The next telecommunication revolution is just around the corner: the promises of high bandwidth, low latency and low-power-low-cost of 5G will open the gate to a flood of new inventions and the implementation of ideas, which are already long in the public consciousness – such as stable augmented reality or truly immersive virtual reality platforms powered by networks. 5G in healthcare will finally allow the building of infrastructure suitable for the interplay of health sensors, algorithms, and smart devices, for the smooth operation of telemedicine, or even for providing a way for parents to interact with babies who are...
Source: The Medical Futurist - May 4, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Telemedicine & Smartphones 5G connected digital Innovation IoT medical medical technology mobile mobile health Surgery telecom telecommunication telehealth telesurgery Source Type: blogs
In the USMCA Ratification Battle, A Big Tariff Fight is Brewing
For those of us who support the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the renegotiation process had us at the edge of our seats each day. Would the three parties be able to reach agreement? If not, would the Trump administration try to withdraw from NAFTA? And if so, would Congress act to stop the withdrawal? When the newly minted U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) was signed last November, there was a brief reprieve from the stre ssful, high-stakes negotiations.That break is now over. The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) released its independentassessment of the economic impact of the USMCA, a proced...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 29, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Simon Lester, Inu Manak Source Type: blogs
My Trial With Sanofi's Admelog, The Biosimilar Version of Humalog
A while back Iblogged about the emergence of biosimilar insulin in the U.S., more than a decade after I studied the topic and discovered some troubling reasons none existed. Since then, in spite of top officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services advocating for a more robust biosimilars market in the U.S., we have seen fewer rather than more, so that ' s not working out so well for the Trump Administration ' s promise to bring drug prices way down so far. In late 2018, Merck quietly pulled the plug on its own Lantus biosimilar which was to be branded as Lusduna Nexvue (see moreHERE for details). ...
Source: Scott's Web Log - April 9, 2019 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Eli Lilly and Company follow-on insulin analogs 2019 Admelog biosimilars generics Humalog insulin prices Medicare Sanofi Source Type: blogs
My Trial With Sanofi's Admelog, The Biosimilar Version of Humalog
A while back Iblogged about the emergence of biosimilar insulin in the U.S., more than a decade after I studied the topic and discovered some troubling reasons none existed. Since then, in spite of top officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services advocating for a more robust biosimilars market in the U.S., we have seen fewer rather than more, so that ' s not working out so well for the Trump Administration ' s promise to bring drug prices way down so far. In late 2018, Merck quietly pulled the plug on its own Lantus biosimilar which was to be branded as Lusduna Nexvue (see moreHERE for details). ...
Source: Scott's Web Log - April 9, 2019 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Eli Lilly and Company follow-on insulin analogs 2019 Admelog biosimilars generics Humalog insulin prices Medicare Sanofi Source Type: blogs
Doubling Down on Failed Maritime Protectionism
What to do when confronted with the failures of U.S. maritime protectionism? Call for more protectionism, of course. That, at least, is the apparent attitude of some members of Congress.A notable aspect of the Jones Act debate is that the law ’s supporters often admit, albeit tacitly, that it isn’t working very well. Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) is a case in point. Participating in arecent panel discussion at the Brookings Institution, Rep. Garamendi readily conceded the enervated state of U.S. shipbuilding. “What remain of the American shipyards”—approximately 300 shipyards have closed since 1983—consist of ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 1, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Colin Grabow Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, March 25th 2019
This study defines a new clinically relevant concept of T-cell senescence-mediated inflammatory responses in the pathophysiology of abnormal glucose homeostasis. We also found that T-cell senescence is associated with systemic inflammation and alters hepatic glucose homeostasis. The rational modulation of T-cell senescence would be a promising avenue for the treatment or prevention of diabetes.
Intron Retention via Alternative Splicing as a Signature of Aging
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2019/03/intron-retention-via-alternative-splicing-as-a-signature-of-aging/
In recent years researchers have in...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 24, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
EoPancreas: A New Patch Pump Closed Loop System in the Works
FDA has granted " Breakthrough Device Designation " to South Korean company EoFlow, developing a tubeless patch-pump based Automated Insulin Delivery (AID) system. (Source: Diabetes Mine)
Source: Diabetes Mine - March 20, 2019 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Mike Hoskins Source Type: blogs
Chronic Periodontitis Only Modestly Raises the Risk of Dementia
Periodontitis is the later stage of gum disease, an inflammatory condition largely caused by particular strains of bacteria found in the mouth. While there is a fair amount of promising work related to destroying or sabotaging the disease-causing mechanisms of those bacterial species, nothing has yet made the leap to earnest clinical development. It is thought, based on epidemiological data showing an association with mortality, and on a reasonable examination of the mechanisms involved, that periodontitis can spread inflammatory signaling elsewhere in the body, particularly to the heart and the brain, and thereby accelera...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 19, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
The Heart of The Matter: Technology In The Future of Cardiology
Sound, rhythm, rate, structure, function – countless features of the heart are measured to keep it healthy for as long as possible. Recently, an army of digital health technologies joined the forces of traditional preventive tools in cardiology to counter stroke, heart attack, heart failure or any other cardiovascular risks. In the future, minuscule sensors, digital twins, and artificial intelligence could strengthen their ranks. Let’s see what the future of cardiology might look like!
Fitness trackers, chatbots and A.I.
against heart disease
Let’s say 36-year-old Maria living in Sao Paulo in
2033 decides one d...
Source: The Medical Futurist - March 12, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Future of Medicine Health Sensors & Trackers Portable Diagnostics cardiology cardiovascular cardiovascular diseases digital digital twin health trackers heart heart health heart rate heart soun Source Type: blogs
Trump and Congressional Democrats both Engage in Petty Partisanship about the Hanoi Summit
The recent U.S.-North Korea summit in Hanoi has become the latest domestic partisan battlefield. President Trump now implies that congressional Democratswere at least partly responsible for the failure of negotiations with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. His allegations are exaggerated, but they are not entirely erroneous.The summit ended abruptly without an agreement on any issue or even the publication of a joint communique. That outcome was a surprise to many experts. Widespread expectations existed that the two leaders would issue a declaration officially ending the Korean War, and that they would establish liaison ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 5, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Ted Galen Carpenter Source Type: blogs
Art of the Schlemiel
Simon Tisdale in The Guardian runs down the Hanoi summit in which the U.S. president slobbered all over the most ruthless mass murdering dictator currently on the planet and shat his pants in the process. That he is an incompetent fool is not news, but we did get confirmation that he has surrounded himself with sycophants and dilettantes and there is no longer anyone to rescue him from his idiocy.Kim Jong Un stood to benefit from a summit with no tangible outcome by getting propaganda photos of himself hobnobbing with the U.S. president and footage of said president praising his leadership and character. Yep, the same guy ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - February 28, 2019 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Bodily Fluids As The Basis For Digital Health
Blood, saliva, urine, sweat or even ear wax can carry valuable information about an individual’s medical state. Until now, even simpler tests on such bodily fluids had to be carried out at medical facilities, but with the recent uptick in the development of digital diagnostic technologies, more and more solutions appear on the market which enable the patient to do such tests at home. Here we take a look around the bodily fluid business.
From bloodletting to digital sweat measurement
Blood, yellow bile, black bile, phlegm. Although it
doesn’t sound appealing, the ancient Greek already thought that bodily fluids ma...
Source: The Medical Futurist - February 27, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Health Sensors & Trackers Portable Diagnostics blood bodily fluid digital digital health digital solutions digital tattoo saliva smart smart healthcare sweat technology urine Source Type: blogs
U.S.-South Korea Alignment and the Hanoi Summit
Theoutline of the tentative Hanoi agreement released by Vox this morning indicates that Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un will make significant progress on improving U.S.-North Korea relations at the summit. The two most important points in this respect are the signing of a peace declaration and the establishment of liaison offices. The peace declaration does not carry the same legally binding power as a peace treaty, but it represents a significant U.S. security assurance to North Korea —an assurance that has never been previously offered. Establishing liaison offices will provide a venue for regular, working-level exchanges...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 26, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Eric Gomez Source Type: blogs
Economic Development Corruption
A government official stole $6.7 million from Montgomery County, Maryland, over a six-year periodreports theWashington Post.The IRS discovered the crimes, not Montgomery County. Six years without noticing a bureaucrat stuffing his pockets with $6.7 million? What an embarrassment for high-income and supposedly sophisticated Montgomery County. Peter Bang was the chief operating officer of the county ’s Department of Economic Development. He used the complex financial structures permitted for “economic development” activities to hide his long-running thievery.In the near term, Bang is going to prison and his bosses sh...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 25, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs
Jones Act Lobby Hits the Panic Button
Puerto Rico ’s request for a limited Jones Act waiver to permit the importation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the U.S. mainland has touched off what can only be described as a near panic among the law’s supporters. Members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee recentlydashed off a letter to the administration expressing opposition to the move. The American Maritime Partnership and other pro-Jones Act special interests are currently urging supporters of the law tosend “pre-formatted” emails to Congress. And this past weekend Matthew Paxton, the president of the Shipbuilders Council of Americ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 20, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Colin Grabow Source Type: blogs
