Universities & Medical Training Blogs Universities & Medical Training RSS feedThis is an RSS file. You can use it to subscribe to this data in your favourite RSS reader or to display this data on your own website or blog.

Complexity and chronic pain*
*Persistent didn’t alliterate so well! I’ve been pondering what makes persistent pain so complicated? What is it about this problem that means clinicians use terms like ‘heart-sink’, or ‘problematic’, or ‘difficult’ when they talk about people living with pain? While nociception and all the associated neurobiological processes associated with pain are undoubtedly complex (and poorly understood), I don’t think this is what people mean when they describe chronic pain is complex. After all, there are loads of body systems and disease processes that are complex. I...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - April 7, 2024 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Chronic pain Professional topics Science in practice healthcare pain management Source Type: blogs

Answer to Case 744
 Answer to theParasite Case of the Week 744:Mansonella perstansmicrofilariae.As described by Florida Fan, " This is a rather small microfilaria, its width is only about half the diameter of the surrounding neutrophils. The Carrazi stain [a hematoxylin-based stain] did not show a sheath either. As such, we can definitely rule out all the sheathed and large microfilaria. We know that we are dealing withMansonellaspecies. The tail of thisMansonellais not curved , this allows us to eliminateMansonella streptocerca(strepto = curved, cerca = tail) [and also the source is not tissue]. The tail is also not pointed, this rules...
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - April 7, 2024 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs

Why South Korean resident physicians are quitting
In February 2024, the resident physicians in South Korea resigned in waves. This was not a strike; striking seemed meaningless, and the residents went right on quitting. This occurred after the Korean government promulgated health care reform plans to tackle major problems brewing under the nation’s universal health insurance system. One of the plans–to increase the medical Read more… Why South Korean resident physicians are quitting originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 7, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Education Residency Source Type: blogs

Ode to the gap year(s) before medical school
Taking gap year(s) before medical school does not mean that you have failed or that you are “lesser than” as a student. These are the words I needed to hear as a resolute pre-med student who used to proudly proclaim that I was “going straight through” to med school. It was like a badge of Read more… Ode to the gap year(s) before medical school originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 7, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Education Medical school Source Type: blogs

Sunday Sermonette: The usual BS
We now have three fairly short pieces, all of which are in the same vein. The righteous will prosper, the wicked will have their downfall. Sad to say, it just ain ' t so, and repeating it every Saturday won ' t make it true. If we want the righteous to flourish, and the wicked to have their downfall, we need to make it happen ourselves. God is of no help.A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath.92 It is good to give thanks to theLord,    to sing praises to thy name, O Most High;2 to declare thy steadfast love in the morning,    and thy faithfulness by night,3 to the music of th...
Source: Stayin' Alive - April 7, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, April 8th 2024
In this study, we tested a stem cell secretome product, which contains extracellular vesicles and growth factors, cytoskeletal remodeling factors, and immunomodulatory factors. We examined the effects of 4 weeks of 2×/week unilateral intramuscular secretome injections (quadriceps) in ambulatory aged male C57BL/6 mice (22-24 months) compared to saline-injected aged-matched controls. Secretome delivery substantially increased whole-body lean mass and decreased fat mass, corresponding to higher myofiber cross-sectional area and smaller adipocyte size, respectively. Secretome-treated mice also had greater whole-bod...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 7, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

Weekly Roundup – April 6, 2024
Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week – and, with this week’s roundup in particular, anything you may have missed from the hustle and bustle of HIMSS 2024 in Orlando. Celebrating 500 Episodes: Reliving the Best Moments From the Healthcare IT Today Interviews Podcast. Before getting into our HIMSS coverage, check out John Lynn, Colin Hung, and Brittany Quemby discussing the milesto...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 6, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs

How to control high blood pressure without medications
Just because you have been told that your blood pressure is above normal need not mean that you are tied up to medications lifelong. Changes in lifestyle can definitely bring down your blood pressure even without medications. In those already taking medications, the dose of medications can be brought down by important lifestyle changes. Some lucky ones may be able to stop medications as well. But you have to continue monitoring your blood pressure regularly so that any recurrence can be picked up. One of the important ways in which to reduce elevated blood pressure is by reducing extra weight. Roughly the blood pressure mi...
Source: Cardiophile MD - April 6, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs

An Urgent Call to Raise Awareness of Heart Disease in Women
By KELLY CARROLL There is a dire need to raise awareness about heart disease in women. It is the number one killer of American women, and key data points reveal a lack of cognizance among doctors and women. An assessment of primary care physicians published in 2019 revealed that only 22% felt extremely well prepared to evaluate cardiovascular disease risks in female patients. A 2019 survey of American women showed that just 44% recognized heart disease as the number one cause of death in women. Ten years earlier, in 2009, the same survey found that 65% of American women recognized heart disease as the leading cause o...
Source: The Health Care Blog - April 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Medical Practice heart disease Kelly Carroll Life Essential 8 prevention Womens health Source Type: blogs

Famous Connections – a new parlour game
I’m sure someone will tell me this has been done, but having come up with a silly meme idea on Twitter, I was thinking of a game that’s a hybrid between Six Degrees of Separation and Mornington Crescent. Title: Famous Connections Objective: To be the last player holding all the chips Players: Four or more Materials: Ten chips per player, a designated referee, a timer Setup: Each player starts with ten chips. All players contribute one chip to the kitty Gameplay: The player deemed oldest/youngest/tallest/shortest begins the game. The starting player states a famous name from any field, real or fictional. The n...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - April 5, 2024 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Education Fiction Source Type: blogs

Celebrating 500 Episodes: Reliving the Best Moments From the Healthcare IT Today Interviews Podcast
Today marks a pretty significant milestone for our team: 500 episodes of the Healthcare IT Today Interview series!  To celebrate we have a special treat for you, a chat with John Lynn, Colin Hung, and Brittany Quemby. What started as a blog based largely around articles and our founder John Lynn’s experience in the healthcare IT industry, has grown into a vast array of knowledge provided by experts from across the industry and the world, as well as a few of our own experts using a variety of media to include articles, videos, and podcasts. Like many things in this world, the Healthcare IT Today Interview podcast was...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 5, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: David Lynn Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Health IT Podcasts Healthcare IT Podcasts Healthcare IT Today Interviews Podcast Healthcare IT Video Interviews Healthcare Podcasts Healthca Source Type: blogs

Advancing Healthcare with High Performance Computing (HPC) and Cybersecurity
Healthcare has become a data-driven industry as the volume of data continues to grow and organizations are able to use that data to provide more personalized care. However, data alone won’t advance healthcare. New systems and processing power that can turn data into insights is the key to accelerating discoveries and improving care. At the HIMSS 2024 conference, we brought together an incredible panel hosted by AMD and Dell Technologies to discuss the ways high performance computing (HPC) is key to helping healthcare organizations solve the big challenges healthcare faces. Plus, we looked at how security has to be ba...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 5, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: AI/Machine Learning C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Security and Privacy AMD Dell Technologies Healthcare High Performance Computing Healthcare IT Video Intervie Source Type: blogs

Healthy Together Acquires Kinsa Health to Build AI Illness Forecasting & Expand into New Markets
Healthy Together, a leading health technology company specializing in Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions for State-level Health & Human Services programs, is excited to announce the successful acquisition of Kinsa Health, a powerful and robust AI platform that provides predictive insights for pharmaceutical companies, retailers, illness product companies, public health agencies, hospital systems, and communities. The acquisition advances Healthy Together’s mission to improve collective health and make government and enterprises more efficient. By integrating Kinsa’s AI illness forecasting engine into He...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 5, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Healthy Together Inder Singh Jared Allgood Kinsa Health Source Type: blogs

Neuropathology Blog is Signing Off
Neuropathology Blog has run its course. It ' s been a fantastic experience authoring this blog over many years. The blog has been a source of education, connection, and entertainment for me since its inception in October 2007. I hope readers have enjoyed it as much as I have. This is my 900th post; and the blog has had more than 1.4 million page views over the course of these years. The blog will continue to live on as a resource for people searching for neuropoathology answers. For example, anyone searching the web for information about the " Cowdry B " inclusion, which I deemed the " Sasquatch of neuropathology " back in...
Source: neuropathology blog - April 5, 2024 Category: Radiology Source Type: blogs

Transient Pockets of Hypoxia in the Mammalian Brain
Evidence suggests that the mammalian brain is operating at the very edge of its capacity, supplied with just enough oxygen and nutrients to barely get by. That exercise produces measurable short-term gains in cognitive function, while blood flow is increased, is one point in favor of this view. Another is provided here, in which researchers note that it is entirely normal to observe transient areas of hypoxia in the brain at rest, and that the occurrence of these regions is diminished by the increased blood flow of exercise. It is an open question as to what to do with this finding: we can imagine future technologies that ...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 5, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs