A Conversation with John Ioannidis
By SAURABH JHA, MD
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a testing time for the already testy academic discourse. Decisions have had to be made with partial information. Information has come in drizzles, showers and downpours. The velocity with which new information has arrived has outstripped our ability to make sense of it. On top of that, the science has been politicized in a polarized country with a polarizing president at its helm.
As the country awoke to an unprecedented economic lockdown in the middle of March, John Ioannidis, professor of epidemiology at Stanford University and one of the most cited physician sc...
Source: The Health Care Blog - July 9, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: COVID-19 Health Policy Public Health John Ioannidis Saurabh Jha Source Type: blogs
TWiV 637: Clearing the fog of ignorance
In this episode, approval of an Ad5 vectored SARS-CoV-2 vaccine for the military in China, description and clinical trials of a Novavax vaccine joining Operation Warp Speed, prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Spain, shedding and transmissibility of the virus, and listener email. Click arrow to playDownload TWiV 637 (66 MB .mp3, 109 min)Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - July 9, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology COVID-19 diagnostic testing incubation period pandemic presymptomatic spread prevalence SARS-CoV-2 vaccine viral virus virus shedding viruses Source Type: blogs
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INCREASING EPIDEMIC FREQUENCY
There’s mounting evidence that the rates of infectious disease outbreaks have been increasing in frequency over the past few years. Perhaps even in the past two decades.
From the period of the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918 to the HIV/AIDS epidemic around 1981, there were only six pandemics on record. Approximately one per decade.
However, since the SARS outbreak of 2002, there has been an increased frequency of outbreaks.
The records show that SARS was quickly followed by several recurring and new outbreaks. AVIAN flu, MARBURG virus, SWINE flu, MERS, and E...
Source: GIDEON blog - July 9, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Kristina Symes Tags: Case studies News Reviews Source Type: blogs
Even More Pandemic Teaching Tips | TAPP 72
After acknowledgingracism as thatother major pandemic we must fight, host Kevin Patton carries on with even morepractical tips for teaching remotely—and for taking with usback to campus. Included are tips for creating and using ahome office, even when there is no room, and advice on usingour office space as a media studio. Plus a briefapology.00:59 | Pandemic Teaching. Still. And Again.06:58 | Sponsored by AAA07:43 | Faculty Office in a Box14:42 | Sponsored by HAPI15:36 | The Media-Friendly Faculty Office34:05 | Sponsored by HAPS34:46 | An Apology35:01 | Staying ConnectedIf you cannot see or activate ...
Source: The A and P Professor - June 28, 2020 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
RSC ’s FTO AUMF: LOL!
Gene HealyIn these increasingly grim Days of Rage and COVID, you have to take your laughs where you can find them, sometimes from unusual sources. It has come to my attention that the Republican Study Committee —the nearly 150‐strong caucus of House conservatives—recently released a comprehensive national security strategy entitled,“Strengthening America& Countering Global Threats.” The “product of over 1.5 years of policy development,” this 120‐page manifesto is “a conservative, solutions‐oriented plan” that “advances the interests of the American people at home and abroad,”acco...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 25, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Gene Healy Source Type: blogs
Has the Federal Government Preserved U.S. Shipbuilding Vitality? Or Sapped it?
Colin GrabowA recentNew York Timesfeature about the construction of containerships contains the following passage regarding the state of the U.S. shipbuilding industry:In the United States, large shipyards have been on the decline for decades, losing out on orders for massive commercial ships to cheaper foreign competition. Today, more than 90 percent of global shipbuilding takes place in just three countries: China, South Korea and Japan. What industry does remain in the United States is supported by the federal government, which orders American ‐made ships of all kinds, from Coast Guard cutters to naval aircraft car...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 25, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Colin Grabow Source Type: blogs
Update: Repetitive negative thinking may increase (or perhaps be caused by) Alzheimer ’s pathology
Time for a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter, featuring this month 13 research findings, resources and brain teasers for lifelong brain and mental health.
#1. “We found that people who exhibited higher repetitive negative thinking patterns experienced more cognitive decline over a four-year period. They also had specific declines in memory (which is an early sign of Alzheimer’s disease), and had more amyloid and tau deposits in their brain … There’s increasing evidence that chronic stress is both harmful to your body – and your brain. But more research is needed to understand this link.” Repetit...
Source: SharpBrains - June 25, 2020 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Technology Alzheimer’s Disease biofeedback brain health Brain Teasers DSM FDA mental health neurotechnology noninvasive neurotechnologies noninvasive ne Source Type: blogs
National Healthcare Decisions Day 2.0
In the future, those of us who survive 2020 will use words like “scary,” and “uncontrollable” in describing this pandemic year. But right now, you can control one very important aspect of your life – the end of your life. I’m not being flippant. It’s true.Due to the pandemic, National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD), which is always the day after Tax Day, is doing a reboot or a second round – a 2.0. Since Tax Day was moved to July 15, NHDD is moving to July 16. NHDD has always used the “death and taxes” slogan to remind people to complete or review their advance c...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - June 24, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Practical Bioethics Tags: Health Care advance care directives bioethics National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD) syndicated Source Type: blogs
Medtronic Micra AV Transcatheter Heart Pacer Cleared in EU
Medtronic won the European Union CE Mark for its Micra AV pacemaker that’s delivered into the heart, where it resides without requiring any leads, using a minimally invasive transcatheter procedure.
The device is indicated for patients suffering from AV block, a condition that prevents proper electrical signal transfer between the atria and the ventricle. Micra AV addresses this condition by continuously monitoring the physical movement of the heart, using a built-in accelerometer, and adjusting how it paces the ventricle at every heartbeat.
“This new device not only stimulates but is also able to re...
Source: Medgadget - June 17, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Reading science fiction can help children build critical thinking and resilience
This article was originally published by The Conversation.
Article in Context:
Changing our Minds…by Reading Fiction
8 Tips To Remember What You Read
3 ways to protect your mental health during –and after– COVID-19
Six tips to build resilience and prevent brain-damaging stress (Source: SharpBrains)
Source: SharpBrains - June 9, 2020 Category: Neuroscience Authors: The Conversation Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning anxiety COVID-19 creativity Critical-thinking depression literature mental health pandemic reading resilience science fiction Stress Source Type: blogs
Constitutionally, Religious Gatherings Must Enjoy the Same Rights As Protest Gatherings
Walter OlsonTen days can be a long time in constitutional law. On May 29 a closely divided U.S. Supreme Court, with Chief Justice John Roberts joining the four more liberal Justices,refused to order California to lift its restrictions, meant to curb transmission of the novel coronavirus, on church services that have more than 100 attendees or fill more than 25 percent of building capacity. I wrote about that ruling last Tuesday, noting that the question for both Roberts and dissenting Justice Brett Kavanaugh was whether California had discriminated against worship services with respect to comparable secular ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 8, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Walter Olson Source Type: blogs
Wednesday, June 10th, in Spanish: ¿Cómo podemos invertir en nuestro cerebro para vencer al COVID-19 y crear un futuro más saludable?
(English-speakers can read the main points here: Three ways to protect your mental health during –and after– COVID-19)
¿Cuántos de nosotros estamos experimentando estos días un cóctel de confusión, ansiedad y estrés? En un entorno incierto, tendremos que trabajar para regular el estrés ya que sabemos que esto afecta enormemente a nuestra salud y bienestar general.
En este Webinar Álvaro Fernández compartirá cómo podemos potenciar nuestra salud mental en esta era del Covid-19 para minimizar el impacto del virus y del aislamiento en nuestras vidas para desarrollar una vida más saludable, resistente y plena en...
Source: SharpBrains - June 8, 2020 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Cerebro neurociencia neuroplasticidad Source Type: blogs
Fears About Reentering Our Lives (FAROL): A Psychotherapist Takes You Behind the Scenes
The cicada, an insect with large clear wings, hibernates underground for 17 years. It takes almost two decades for this insect to slowly crawl out of the earth, to live, to breathe, to mate. As the United States slowly lifts quarantine and lockdowns, we find ourselves burrowing out of our own cocoons in which we have hunkered down to once again emerge to the light of day. We identify with the cicada in that this quarantine has surely felt like a full 17 years! And — coincidentally — it is this very year of 2020 that the broods of cicadas are emerging in droves.
We emerge gradually, with trepidation, masks still...
Source: World of Psychology - June 8, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mary Anne Cohen, LCSW Tags: Anxiety and Panic General Habits Happiness Alcohol Use Authenticity Career Change coronavirus COVID-19 Habit Change Marriage Personal Growth social distancing teletherapy Source Type: blogs
Cheers! The Penultimate Post
So today I turn 60. And even with all the horrors going on right now--a lethal virus allowed to run rampant by a reckless leader, the rise of an authoritarian regime bent on destroying democracy, millions of citizens on the brink of economic ruin, and racism, sexism and xenophobia run amok--I'm still superficial enough to be a little creeped out about having a milestone birthday.I always imagined 60 as the portal through which middle-aged people traveled to arrived at official old age. Now that I'm stepping through the threshold myself, I find myself shrieking: "Noooo, not me, not yet! I'm not ready to be old!"And sure, ag...
Source: Cranky Fitness - June 8, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
