Running an RCT – A Conversation With the Investigators of the REGAIN Trial
By SAURABH JHA MD
It is easy for armchair activists to bash randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with clever methodological critiques. However, it takes a lot of effort and coordination to pull off an RCT successfully. In this episode of Radiology Firing Line, I speak with Dr. Mark Neuman and Lakisha Gaskins, principal investigator and research project manager of the REGAIN trial, respectively, about the logic, challenges and intricacies of conducting an RCT. The Regional versus General Anesthesia for Promoting Independence After Hip Surgery (REGAIN) trial is an ongoing pragmatic, multi-center RCT, funded by PCORI, which ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 21, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Radiology Firing Line Podcasts Research RogueRad clinical research hip surgery randomized controlled trial RCTs Saurabh Jha Source Type: blogs
Does Anxiety Cause PTSD or Does PTSD Cause Anxiety?
“PTSD is a whole-body tragedy, an integral human event of enormous proportions with massive repercussions.” ― Susan Pease Banitt
This question came up in conversation when I was speaking with someone who has experienced severe panic attacks to the point of calling them “debilitating”, requiring inpatient care. As they were sharing about the ordeal, they told me that when they contemplate the time spent seeking treatment and the aftermath, it ramped up both the anxiety and PTSD symptoms. Even as a career therapist with decades of experience treating people with stand-alone anxiety, with no overt PTSD s...
Source: World of Psychology - February 18, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW Tags: Anxiety and Panic Personal Psychotherapy PTSD Trauma Aromatherapy Breathing Exercise PTSD trigger Relaxation Self Care Source Type: blogs
Testing the Effects of Auer Deference
Libertarians are no fans of the administrative state. It consists of agencies with the power to generate rules that are binding on citizens. Congress, the branch of government that our founders anticipated would “necessarily predominate” in a republican form of government, first arrogated to itself vast powers beyond their contemplation, and then delegated these powers to the executive branch. The courts have, through a series of key cases, abided this abdication of responsibility. Moreover, the courts have derelicted their own duty to dispositively rule on the acceptable interpretations of an agency’s authorizing st...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 6, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Derek Bonett Source Type: blogs
Perceptions and Reality about Climate Change
The PowerPost section of the Washington Post bills itself as “Intelligence for Leaders.” The January 24 print edition carried an article titled “More Americans are alarmed about climate change, polls say, ” by Dino Grandoni. On the next page, an op-ed by two University of Pennsylvania faculty, Cary Coglianese and Mark Neavitt, blamed last year’s hurricanes Florence and Michael, as well as the California fires, on climate change.The assertions made in both pieces are quite testable.Post:“A third, and perhaps most important, reason [for heightened concern] is the spate of nasty weather events in recent years, whi...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 25, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Patrick J. Michaels Source Type: blogs
Diagnostic Blood Tests in Minutes: Interview with Brianna Wronko, Founder and CEO of Group K Diagnostics
We have all had to wait for test results after a doctor’s visit. In cases where a serious disease is suspected, a prolonged waiting period can be one filled with agonizing worry and anxiety. In certain scenarios, receiving medical test results earlier may even positively impact the treatment course – allowing patients to start therapy sooner.
Group K Diagnostics (GKD), is an innovative company bringing routine lab tests to the patient’s bedside and developing technologies that have shrunk the waiting time from days to minutes. Some of the many tests they are tackling include liver function, liver cancer, hepatitis a...
Source: Medgadget - January 25, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Mohammad Saleh Tags: Diagnostics Exclusive Medicine Pathology Source Type: blogs
Bioethicists call for stronger oversight of direct-to-consumer neurotechnologies
Bioethicists call for oversight of poorly regulated, consumer-grade neurotechnology products (Medical News):
“The marketing of direct-to-consumer “neurotechnologies” can be enticing: apps that diagnose a mental state, and brain devices that improve cognition or “read” one’s emotional state. However, many of these increasingly popular products aren’t fully supported by science and have little to no regulatory oversight, which poses potential health risks to the public. In a new piece published in the journal Science this week, two bioethicists from Penn Medicine and the University of British Colum...
Source: SharpBrains - January 18, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Peak Performance Technology cognition ethics Neuroethics neurotechnologies Neurotechnology tDCS Source Type: blogs
How Three Physician Scientists Are Taking Strides to Improve Our Health
Brain injuries, cancer, infections, and wound healing are some of the complex and pressing
health concerns we face today. Understanding the basic science behind these diseases and biological processes is the key to developing new treatments and improving patient outcomes. Physician scientists—medical doctors who also conduct laboratory research—are essential to turning knowledge gained in the lab into innovative treatments, surgical advances, and new diagnostic tools.
In this blog, we highlight the work and impact of three trauma surgeon scientists funded by NIGMS at different stages in their careers: Dr. Nicole Gibran...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - January 9, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Ashley Swanson Tags: Being a Scientist Physical Trauma and Sepsis scientist profiles Training Wound Healing Source Type: blogs
Is a steady diet of social media unhealthy?
Asking if social media makes you lonely and depressed is a little like asking if eating makes you fat. The answer is yes, absolutely, but not always, not in everyone, and not forever.
Social media use is fine in moderation. But as with any diet that tilts heavily toward foods that lack nutritional value, an excessive intake of social media may be bad for your health.
When it comes to social media, think snack-sized portions
The latest research suggests that limiting social media use to 30 minutes a day “may lead to significant improvement in well-being,” according to a widely publicized University of Pennsylvania study...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - December 21, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeremy Nobel, MD, MPH Tags: Health Mental Health Source Type: blogs
Does social media make you lonely?
Asking if social media makes you lonely and depressed is a little like asking if eating makes you fat. The answer is yes, absolutely, but not always, not in everyone, and not forever.
Social media use is fine in moderation. But as with any diet that tilts heavily toward foods that lack nutritional value, an excessive intake of social media may be bad for your health.
When it comes to social media, think snack-sized portions
The latest research suggests that limiting social media use to 30 minutes a day “may lead to significant improvement in well-being,” according to a widely publicized University of Pennsylvania study...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - December 21, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeremy Nobel, MD, MPH Tags: Health Mental Health Source Type: blogs
Podcast: A Delicious Ritual to Reduce Stress
Living in our fast-paced world, many of us find ourselves stressed out, and many others don’t even realize how stressed they’ve become. Many people choose to ignore their stress, others use meditation, exercise, or other endeavors to reduce stress. This episode shares the story of a woman whose solution to stress involves regularly making challah, a traditional Jewish bread. Not only does the ritual of the making of the bread reduce stress, but the history and tradition of the bread are also important to her.
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Source: World of Psychology - December 13, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Show Tags: General Mindfulness Stress The Psych Central Show Beth Ricanati challah Gabe Howard Vincent M. Wales Source Type: blogs
Portion-Control in Social Media? How Limiting Time Increases Well-Being
“Today, spend a little time cultivating relationships offline. Never forget that everybody isn’t on social media.” – Germany Kent
If you find yourself anxiously checking the posts of your social media contacts to see what’s going on in their world and can’t seem to curb the urge to stay riveted to your feed, new research on the negative effect of too much social media on well-being may be worth your time to review.1
Researchers Find Causal Link Between Social Media Time and Loneliness and Depression
In a 2018 study published in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, researchers allege there is a causal...
Source: World of Psychology - December 6, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Suzanne Kane Tags: Habits Happiness Memory and Perception Research Self-Help Technology Source Type: blogs
YAMMMM: Yet Another Mostly Male Microbiome Meeting - Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit 2019
Uggh. In the middle of a faculty retreat and saw a Tweetabout this meetingand could not help looking at their speaker list. And am not impressed. Too many male speakers.Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit 2019A Meeting to HearMen (81%) NotWomen (19%) Discussing Microbiota*, **YAMMMM: Yet Another MostlyMale Microbiome MeetingGail A. Hecht, MD, MS, Loyola University Medical Center (U.S.)Jack A. Gilbert, PhD, University of Chicago (U.S.)Session Moderator:Giovanni Barbara, MD, University of Bologna (Italy)Suzanne Devkota, PhD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (U.S.)Magnus Simren, MD, PhD, AGAF, University of Gothenburg...
Source: The Tree of Life - November 29, 2018 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs
Psychology Around the Net: November 17, 2018
Ever wonder if there’s an actual psychology behind our love of the taste of coffee? Why social media can increase loneliness, rather than combat it? If writing your own eulogy could help you sort out your life?
Wonder no more — it’s all here in this week’s Psychology Around the Net!
The Funny Psychology of Why We Love the Taste of Coffee: According to a new study from Northwestern University, those of us who love coffee aren’t less sensitive to its bitter taste (which, at first, would make sense); we’re actually more sensitive to it. Given our “inborn aversion towards bitterness, w...
Source: World of Psychology - November 17, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alicia Sparks Tags: Habits Narcissism Psychology Around the Net Research Technology Depression Facebook instagram Loneliness Narcissistic Personality Disorder Psychology Research selfies Snapchat social media Source Type: blogs
The Future of Our Brains – Health in Black Mirror
Black Mirror, the iconic British anthology series asks what could happen to our identities, memories, social and personal selves, life and death after getting in touch with the digital. What could happen to the most complex and least understood human organ, the brain, being exposed to powerful, dimension-altering perception? We pondered on whether the current state of technology and research could ever take us on the dystopian, blind alley called future in Black Mirror. [SPOILER ALERT: the article contains a detailed description of episodes]
Waldo’s predictions of politics
On the day after the U.S. election, when everyo...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 10, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Bioethics Cyborgization Future of Medicine Medical Professionals Patients avatar BCI black mirror brain brain-computer interface death digital digital avatar digital health dystopia life memory sci-fi science fiction Source Type: blogs
Oct 16, Martin Theodore Orne: Today in the History of Psychology (16th October 1927)
Martin Theodore Orne was born. Emeritus professor of psychiatry and psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, Orne was renowned for his pioneering work concerning the nature of hypnosis, memory distortion and lie detection and for his involvement as an expert witness in high profile criminal trials such as the Kenneth Bianchi 'Hillside Strangler' trial and the Patty Hearst bank robbery case.
Orne was also hugely influential in raising awareness of the inherent problem of demand characteristics within laboratory based behavioral research and the need for constant vigilance on the part of researchers concerning the ecolo...
Source: Forensic Psychology Blog - October 17, 2018 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: blogs
