SENS Research Foundation 2014 Annual Report
Following on from the recent Rejuvenation Research 2014 conference, the SENS Research Foundation staff have released their latest annual report. The Foundation is perhaps the only organization to presently focus entirely on advancing repair-based approaches to the development of treatments for aging: take the known root causes, the fundamental forms of damage that distinguish old tissues from young tissues, and build ways to fix them. Unlike other possible approaches to treating aging, there is a clear path forward, as all the forms of damage are identified and one or more potential strategies for developing effective form...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 20, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Brownsville: A Culture of Health, Not Health Challenges
Editor’s Note: This post is part of an ongoing series written for Health Affairs Blog by local leaders from communities honored with the annual Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Prize. In 2014, six winning communities were selected by RWJF from more than 250 applicants and celebrated for placing a priority on health and creating powerful partnerships to drive change.
Brownsville is a culturally diverse, south Texas border town, a stone’s throw from Mexico. The 180,000 residents, mostly Spanish-speaking, live in one of the poorest metropolitan areas in the United States and have massive public health need...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - October 14, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Belinda Reininger Tags: All Categories Nonmedical Determinants Public Health Source Type: blogs
Learning to Speak the Language of Health Data Exchange
Tue, 10/14/2014 - 9:23amMcKenzie Pesnell0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: UA-317164-6}; Upon starting the University of Texas Health IT program, I quickly became acquainted with two buzzwords: interoperability and connectivity. The central theme of most discourse was that patient data needs to be transferred to other providers, to labs, to insurance companies, and to essentially anyone involved in a patientâs healthcare experience.
Widespread adoption of EHRs and exchanging of patient data (structured, codified data) c...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - October 14, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: mcKenzie.pesnell Source Type: blogs
An RNA Molecule That Cues the Internal Clock
Dysfunction in our internal clocks may lead to insufficient sleep, which has been linked to an increased risk for chronic diseases. Credit: Stock image.
Our internal clocks tell us when to sleep and when to eat. Because they are sensitive to changes in daytime and nighttime cues, they can get thrown off by activities like traveling across time zones or working the late shift. Dysfunction in our internal clocks may lead to insufficient sleep, which has been linked to an increased risk for chronic diseases like high blood pressure, diabetes, depression and cancer.
Researchers led by Yi Liu of the University of Texas Southw...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - October 7, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Srivalli Subbaramaiah Tags: Genetics Source Type: blogs
Can Our Dysfunctional Health Care System Contain Ebola?
Not to bury the lede, I think it can, but it will be a lot harder than the talking heads on television predict.I have been writing about health care dysfunction since 2003. Lots of US politicians would have us believe we have the best health care system in the world (e.g., House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), here), Much of the commentary on Ebola also seems based on this "best health care system in the world" notion. For example, in an interview today (5 October, 2014) on Meet the Press, Dan Pfieffer, "senior White House adviser," saidThere is no country in the world better prepa...
Source: Health Care Renewal - October 6, 2014 Category: Health Management Tags: Ebola virus financialization generic managers ill-informed management perverse incentives public health organizations Source Type: blogs
