Some Perspective on China and “Rare Earth” Minerals
Scott LincicomeFor morethan a decade now, Chinese production and processing of " rare earth " minerals -- critical inputs in many high-tech products -- has raised concerns among U.S. policymakers about the economic and national security risks arising from potential American " dependence " on China for these goods. Though the specific minerals at issue change from year-to-year, the concerns remain the same, as do domestic producers ' use of the "China Threat" to seek financial and other support from the federal government. Today, the mineral is cobalt, Chinese control of which, according to a new Politicopiece, is a testame...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 3, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Scott Lincicome Source Type: blogs
21st century outbreaks
Which diseases have generated the highest number of cases from outbreaks during the first two decades of the 21st century? In this blog, we can use GIDEON’s data to find out.
‘Disease outbreak’ is a scary term for many, but every year we suffer dozens, if not hundreds, of localized and international disease outbreaks across the world. While these outbreaks are always significant to those affected, they rarely generate headlines, and can sometimes go unnoticed outside of the Healthcare Industry.
An “outbreak” is often defined as an increase in case numbers for a particular disease in a defined place and...
Source: GIDEON blog - December 3, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Kristina Symes Tags: Epidemiology News Outbreaks Source Type: blogs
Does This Sound Rather Like A Government Agency We All Know Well?
This appeared last week: Australian government develops its own metrics and ranks NBN highly Department of Communications has chosen to deny reality and impose a view of its own. By Chris Duckett | November 27, 2020 -- 03:33 GMT (14:33 AEDT) | Topic: Networking A year after NBN decided it didn't like the idea of speed testsas a broadband measurement, the viewpoint has spilled over to the Bureau of Communications, Arts and Regional Research (BCARR). In the case of the BCARR, it has paid PricewaterhouseCoopers to develop metrics that are more suitable to it. On the hit list was tossing out perennial chart-topperslike South K...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - December 3, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
What to Expect from China ’s New Export Control Law
Huan ZhuChina ’s Export Control Law went into effect today. Ostensibly meant to bolster Chinese national security, the choice to enact it at this particular moment was likely spurred by a desire to provide Beijing with the legal ground to retaliate against export restrictions put in place by the Trump administration targeting China. Given such motivations, the new law could have a significant impact on bilateral trade and investment flows.One of the most immediate results of the law, which features vague language and broad provisions, will be to increase the compliance burden on U.S. companies. But its impact c...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 1, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Huan Zhu Source Type: blogs
Top 10 most prominent diseases of the 21st Century
Which diseases have generated the highest number of cases from outbreaks during the first two decades of the 21st century? In this blog, we can use GIDEON’s data to find out.
‘Disease outbreak’ is a scary term for many, but every year we suffer dozens, if not hundreds, of localized and international disease outbreaks across the world. While these outbreaks are always significant to those affected, they rarely generate headlines, and can sometimes go unnoticed outside of the Healthcare Industry.
An “outbreak” is often defined as an increase in case numbers for a particular disease in a defined place and time. ...
Source: GIDEON blog - December 1, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Kristina Symes Tags: Epidemiology News Outbreaks Source Type: blogs
Winners And Losers Of 2020 In Digital Health
It might not seem like it, but the digital health industry is one with fierce competition. Every year, companies and new technologies come and go in this space at a staggering pace; some bringing revolutionary potentials to the market, while others going down unceremoniously. But it’s not just companies and tech but also related areas like privacy and medical events that are part and parcel to this industry.
It might be challenging to keep track of developments along those lines, especially given the Jumanji-like year of 2020 we’ve all experienced. As such, we collected a list of areas relevant to digital health tha...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 24, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Pranavsingh Dhunnoo Tags: Lifestyle medicine Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Digital Health Research E-Patients Health Sensors & Trackers Medical Education Personalized Medicine Portable Medical Diagnostics Security & Privacy Telemedicine & Smartphones ecg Source Type: blogs
It ’s still true: Not all the news about COVID-19 is bad
I thought the pandemic would be over by now. And I’m not alone; there were sophisticated models predicting a dramatic drop in the number of infections by the summer. And while there was understandable worry about the second wave, re-infection, and the coming flu season, there was good reason to believe we’d have the worst of the first wave well behind us.
Now, that all seems like wishful thinking. Here we are, over nine months into the pandemic, with more than 224,000 deaths, and more than 70,000 new cases and 800 deaths every day in this country as of late October. There are new hot spots popping up in the US and all ...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - November 4, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert H. Shmerling, MD Tags: Coronavirus and COVID-19 Health Infectious diseases Source Type: blogs
Your Privacy In The Digital Health Era: The Medical Futurist ’s Guide
As solutions like remote care are becoming the norm, 3D-printing disrupts the normal supply chain and even the number of life science studies on tools like artificial intelligence (A.I.) skyrocket, it’s become clear that we are not anticipating the digital health era; we are in the digital health era due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
First and foremost, it’s an era defined by a cultural transformation that will upend the traditional structure of healthcare. Clinical-grade sensors are available outside of the ivory towers of medicine; patients demand such tools so that they can become more proactive in managing the...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 1, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Prans Tags: Digital Health Research E-Patients Future of Medicine Future of Pharma Genomics Health Sensors & Trackers Healthcare Design Healthcare Policy Personalized Medicine Security & Privacy Telemedicine & Smartphones amazon device epati Source Type: blogs
LG Air Purifier Mask Makes Breathing Easy
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, companies around the world have been working on solutions to improve how the world responds to the crisis. LG, the giant South Korean electronics manufacturer, has just announced that it has developed a face mask that is an air purifier that cleans the air and makes it easy to breathe at the same time.
The LG PuriCare Wearable Air Purifier features two replaceable H13 HEPA filters that the firm already employs in its house air purifiers. Two built-in fans push air through, coordinated with the wearer’s breathing thanks to a sensor that detects respiratory activity in real time. ...
Source: Medgadget - August 28, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: OTC Public Health Source Type: blogs
What Parents Should Know About Digital Health
A recent report titled “Digital Health Generation” found that more than 70% of young people are using apps, YouTube videos and other digital technologies such as Fitbits to track and manage their health. This includes children as young as eight years old. While it’s encouraging to see the younger generation adopt digital health solutions at such a young age, there are certain aspects of this adoption that they and their parents must take into consideration.
“Over recent years there has been a surge of new online apps, blogs and videos specifically targeting young people with messages about personal improvement i...
Source: The Medical Futurist - August 27, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Prans Tags: Health Sensors & Trackers Healthcare Policy Security & Privacy digital health kids fitness trackers data privacy Source Type: blogs
Digital Health Makes Healthcare Globalised
Consider Atlas Biomed, the company behind the at-home microbiome test: it is based in the U.K. Some 1,900 kilometers away in Italy, Dante Labs offers direct-to-consumer whole genome sequencing kits. On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, in the U. S., is Fitbit, which ships its fitness trackers around the world. Despite being headquartered in different countries and even in different continents, patients now have access to quality digital health services wherever they are (save for some shipping restrictions).
This aspect of digital health heralds one of its lesser-explored advantages: it enables healthcare to be ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - August 18, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Prans Tags: Future of Medicine Healthcare Design Healthcare Policy digital health Source Type: blogs
The Effectiveness of School Closures and Other Pre-Lockdown COVID-19 Mitigation Strategies in Argentina, Italy, and South Korea,
Discussion Paper No. 2 0-034... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - August 16, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, August 17th 2020
In this study, we sought to elucidate the role of VRK-1 in regulation of adult life span in C. elegans. We found that overexpression of VRK-1::GFP (green fluorescent protein), which was detected in the nuclei of cells in multiple somatic tissues, including the intestine, increased life span. Conversely, genetic inhibition of vrk-1 decreased life span. We further showed that vrk-1 was essential for the increased life span of mitochondrial respiratory mutants. We demonstrated that VRK-1 was responsible for increasing the level of active and phosphorylated form of AMPK, thus promoting longevity.
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Source: Fight Aging! - August 16, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
The Effectiveness of School Closures and Other Pre-Lockdown COVID-19 Mitigation Strategies in Argentina, Italy, and South Korea
Guido Neidh öfer (Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research), Claudio Neidhöfer (University Hospital Bonn), The Effectiveness of School Closures and Other Pre-Lockdown COVID-19 Mitigation Strategies in Argentina, Italy, and South Korea, ZEW-Centre for Eur. Econ. Research Discission Paper No. 20-034 (2020) :... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - August 13, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
30% to 40% of Dementia Might be Avoided via Lifestyle Choices
Today's open access research materials present a statistical exercise that uses broad epidemiological data to determine the impact of individual lifestyle choices and environmental factors to the incidence of dementia. The results are not declaring that, say, particulate air pollution is responsible for 2% of dementias. Rather if the statistics point out that particulate air pollution is associated with 2% of cases, smoking with 5%, and hearing loss with 8%, then one starts to see priorities in the choices that people should be making to better manage their health over the long term.
Summing all of the impacts toget...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 10, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
