Misdiagnosis: Obamacare Tried to Fix the Wrong Things and Prescribed the Wrong Treatments
By CHARLES SILVER and DAVID A.HYMAN
Today THCB is happy to publish a piece reflecting the learnings from Charles Silver and David Hyman’s forthcoming book Overcharged: Why Americans Pay Too Much For Health Care, shortly to be published by the libertarian leaning Cato Institute. In subsequent weeks we’ll feature commentary from the right (Michael Cannon) and from the left (Andy Slavitt) about the book and its proposals. For now please give your views in the comments–Matthew Holt
There are many reasons why the United States is “the most expensive place in the world to get sick.” In Part 1 of Overcharg...
Source: The Health Care Blog - June 19, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Economics OP-ED Cato Institute Charles Silver David A. Hyman Obamacare Overcharged Source Type: blogs
Stem Cell Derived Nerve Cells Improve Breathing in Rats with Spinal Cord Injuries
Researchers at Drexel University College of Medicine and the University of Texas at Austin were able to treat rats that have spinal cord injury with neurons grown in a petri dish. The animals, whose breathing abilities were severely stifled by the injury, showed improvement in their breathing following the therapy. This is an impressive result and foreshadows repair of spinal nerve injuries in humans that leave so many people severely disabled.
The lab-grown cells, called V2a interneurons, can be grown from the patient’s own stem cells and injected into the site of injury. These types of cells seem to be responsible ...
Source: Medgadget - June 8, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Genetics Source Type: blogs
Music and heart health
What’s your “cheer up” song? That question popped up on a recent text thread among a few of my longtime friends. It spurred a list of songs from the ‘70s and ‘80s, back when we were in high school and college. But did you know that music may actually help boost your health as well as your mood?
Music engages not only your auditory system but many other parts of your brain as well, including areas responsible for movement, language, attention, memory, and emotion. “There is no other stimulus on earth that simultaneously engages our brains as widely as music does,” says Brian Harris, certified neurologic music ...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - June 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Julie Corliss Tags: Health Heart Health Source Type: blogs
Study finds training-induced neuroplasticity even in patients with chronic traumatic brain injury (TBI)
Conclusions: These findings suggest that training?induced brain plasticity continues through chronic phases of TBI and that brain connectivity and cortical thickness may serve as markers of plasticity.
The Study in Context:
How learning changes your brain
Can brain training work? Yes, if it meets these 5 conditions
What are cognitive abilities and how to boost them?
Solving the Brain Fitness Puzzle Is the Key to Self-Empowered Aging
20 Must-Know Facts to Harness Neuroplasticity and Improve Brain Health
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Source: SharpBrains - June 6, 2018 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness brain change Brain-Plasticity BrainHealth Cognitive-Training connectivity cortical-thickness healthy adult brain improve-brain-health reduce depression Traumatic-Brain-Injury Source Type: blogs
Where are All of the Female Radiology Residents?
Radiology has long struggled to achieve a gender balance. According to a recent study published in Academic Radiology,radiology ranks as the 11thmost common specialty among graduating female medical students, whereas it ’s the fifth most popular among males.There is a growing symmetry between men and women in medicine. However, radiology consistently attracts more males than females. A group of researchers from the University of Arkansas and the University of Texas Southwestern set out to determine the roots of this imbalance.The researchers surveyed 71,941 fourth-year medical students between 2011 and 2016 with ques...
Source: radRounds - June 1, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
Is It ‘Yanny’ or ‘Laurel’? The Internet Wants Answers
It’s the question that’s driving the Internet crazy: Is the computerized voice on a viral audio clip saying “Laurel” or “Yanny”?
What do you hear?! Yanny or Laurel pic.twitter.com/jvHhCbMc8I
— Cloe Feldman (@CloeCouture) May 15, 2018
First posted on Reddit by a high school student, the clip exploded onto Twitter yesterday. Ever since, the tweets on either side have grown louder and more divided: Some insist the clip says Laurel. Others couldn’t be more convinced that it’s Yanny. It’s all reminiscent of the argument over that dress that some saw as blue and others as gold.
And so, as the Internet d...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - May 16, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Bridget Murray Law Tags: Audiology News Slider Source Type: blogs
MasSpec Pen Spots Cancer on Surgical Samples
Most people undergoing a tumor excision go in knowing that the entirety of the offending tissue may not be removed successfully. Typically, tumors look just like healthy tissue and it takes quite a bit of time between when a sample is sent to the pathology lab and when the results come in. Therefore, repeat surgeries are often necessary and too frequently cancer is given another chance to spread. A new experimental device, called MasSpec Pen, developed at University of Texas at Austin, promises to speed up this process so that surgeons won’t have to wait for pathologists and tissue could be analyzed right inside the ...
Source: Medgadget - May 14, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Diagnostics Pathology Surgery Source Type: blogs
Accuro Helps to Make Epidurals and Spinals Easier: Interview with Will Mauldin, CEO of Rivanna Medical
Performing epidural and spinal anesthesia requires a good deal of training and being able to sense when the needle reaches the desired location. This is certainly not foolproof and some patients are harder to work with than others. One issue is that a sonographer is usually required to operate the ultrasound while the anesthesiologist delivers the needle. Accuro, a new ultrasound device recently cleared by the FDA, offers capabilities that can alleviate a sonographer from having to help with epidurals and spinals. We wanted to learn more and took a chance to ask some question of Will Mauldin, CEO of Rivanna Medical, the Ch...
Source: Medgadget - April 30, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Anesthesiology Neurology Pain Management Source Type: blogs
Motion-Capture and Eye-Tracking Tech to Help Find New Treatments for Mobility Impairments
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed new technology to investigate the relationship between vision and foot placement during walking. The devices include an eye tracker and a motion-tracking suit that record gaze and full-body kinematics as a wearer navigates various terrains. The insights provided by the technology could help researchers to understand what is going on in the brain during walking. This technology could assist them in developing new prosthetics, robots, and new treatments for diseases that affect mobility, such as Parkinson’s.
Walking requires precise coordination between our vi...
Source: Medgadget - April 24, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Neurology Rehab Source Type: blogs
3D Printed Model of Cervix to Train Doctors to Spot Cervical Cancer, Deliver Treatment
In many resource poor areas of the world cervical cancer screenings and related therapeutic procedures are rare due to a lack of training. Students at Rice University, with help from Rice 360° Institute for Global Health and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, have developed an affordable model of the female pelvic region that can be used to train and practice various procedures.
The model is a follow up to the work of previous student teams. It is produced using a 3D printer and consists of six different versions including healthy, pre-cancerous, and ones with cancerous lesions. An attachment for the mode...
Source: Medgadget - April 18, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Ob/Gyn Source Type: blogs
The End is Nigh: Bioethics and Antibiotic Resistance
by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.
‘We’re out of Options’: Doctors Battle Drug-Resistant Typhoid Outbreak – 13 April 2018
New Concerns Over ‘Super Gonorrhea’ That’s Resistant to All Drugs – 4 April 2018
‘Nightmare’ bacteria, resistant to almost every drug, stalk U.S. hospitals – 3 April 2018
In 1997, I was a new graduate student at the University of Texas Medical Branch, starting my PhD after earning my masters degrees. I presented a paper at the SHHV, AAB, SBC combined meeting in Baltimore on Towards A Communitarian Medicine: Ethics and Responsibility in Anti-Microbial Drug Resistance.… (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - April 17, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Craig Klugman Tags: Featured Posts Health Care Health Disparities Public Health Science AMR antibiotic resistance Antimicrobial resistance Source Type: blogs
Psychology Around the Net: March 17, 2018
Happy Saturday, Psych Central readers! How’s the time change treating everyone? Personally, it’s kicking my butt (which is unusual, as time changes normally don’t affect me much), but I am absolutely thrilled with the extra daylight — and all the mental health perks that have come along with that!
This week’s Psychology Around the Net takes a look at writing and self-esteem, how a lack of federal funding could be contributing to a lack of psychiatrists, the mental health care benefits California is seeing thanks to a tax on millionaires, and more.
Self-Esteem Sways Benefits of Expressive Writ...
Source: World of Psychology - March 17, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alicia Sparks Tags: Celebrities OCD Psychiatry Psychology Around the Net Research Self-Esteem Christianity Education federal funding fixed mindset growth mindset Journaling Joy Behar Khloé Kardashian Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Pence Propos Source Type: blogs
6 Ways Binge-Watching May Be Ruining Your Health
Have you ever thought that maybe that innocent Netflix habit could be wreaking havoc on your health? Turns out it might be a dangerous vice you not only want to cut back on, but maybe eliminate it entirely for a while. Read on to discover ways you might be sabotaging your health without even knowing it, as well as possible solutions if you just can’t put the remote down or get off the couch.
1. Your Appetite
Watching television often goes hand in hand with mindless overeating and unhealthy snacking. Watching episode after episode can make that worse, leading you to order pizza, a no brainer. A 2012 study from the Univers...
Source: World of Psychology - March 11, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Emily Waters Tags: Aging Binge Eating Eating Disorders Habits Health-related Mindfulness Sleep Technology binge-watching Exercise Habit Change Hulu Mood Netflix Screen Time Television Source Type: blogs
Are diploma mills hurting the nursing profession?
I have worked with some great nurse practitioners (NPs) who I consider to be friends. They play a vital role in team-based practice. This is not about NP bashing. Nor is it a turf war; now that I’m retired, I have no turf to protect. I am a member of Physicians for Patient Protection out of real concern for the future of medicine in this country.
I want there to be physicians caring for my family and me as well as for my former patients. The corporatization of health care that treats everyone as interchangeable widgets doesn’t care whether those caring for you actually have the appropriate training. Medicine is...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 26, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/patricia-anne-aronin" rel="tag" > Patricia Anne Aronin, MD < /a > Tags: Policy Primary Care Public Health & Source Type: blogs
PEARLS+: Putting the Social Determinants of Health into Practice
By: William Ventres, MD, MA, clinical attending, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine; Jay D. Kravitz, MD, MPH, assistant professor (retired), Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University; and Shafik Dharamsi, PhD, dean, College of Health Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso
Understanding the social determinants of health, including their upstream causes and downstream health outcomes, is a difficult task. Contemplating the complexity of these issues can often feel overwhelming, leaving medical studen...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - December 12, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Featured Guest Perspective health outcomes PEARLS professionalism social determinants of health social responsibility underserved communities Source Type: blogs
