Jul 9, The Clinical Method: Today in the History of Psychology (9th July 1903)
Charles Gilman, the first client to be treated at the world's first psychological clinic at the University of Pennsylvania (clinic entrance shown in picture) had his last session with pioneering psychologist Lightner Witmer who had been approached by Charles Gilman's teacher, concerned over his student's inability to learn to spell.
As part of an innovative approach which Witmer called 'the clinical method' Gilman was assessed using a combination of psychological tests and educational interventions; the result of which was a significant improvement in Gilman's academic performance.
See following link to read in full for fr...
Source: Forensic Psychology Blog - July 10, 2018 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: blogs
Jun 28, Lightner Witmer: Today in the History of Psychology (28th June 1867)
Lightner Witmer was born. A legendary pioneer, Witmer was a founding member of the American Psychological Association, established the first 'psychological clinic' in the United States at the University of Pennsylvania and is widely credited with introducing the term 'clinical psychology.'
See following link to read in full for free, the landmark paper by Lightner Witmer that resulted in the author being widely acknowledged as the founder of clinical psychology.Lightner Witmer (Source: Forensic Psychology Blog)
Source: Forensic Psychology Blog - June 29, 2018 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: blogs
ResQ is Using Games to Fight Opioid Addiction: Interview with Dr. Paul Glimcher
Earlier this year at the Health 2.0 WinterTech Conference, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and Catalyst @ Health 2.0 launched the RWJF Opioid Challenge, an initiative aimed at bringing together healthcare and technology innovators to solve a growing epidemic of addiction in the United States. A panel of 19 judges evaluated 97 initial submissions based on innovation, scalability, and overall design and intuitiveness of the solution, resulting in five semifinalists.
Resilience IQ (ResQ)
Hey, Charlie
Luceo/Canary App
Sober Grid
HashTag
Preparation for Phase 2 of the competition is underway with final submission...
Source: Medgadget - June 14, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Michael Batista Tags: Exclusive Medicine Net News Pain Management Psychiatry Public Health Rehab Source Type: blogs
Can you die from Alzheimer's disease?
A person does not die directly from Alzheimer's disease; but instead, from complications caused by Alzheimer's disease.How do you know when a dementia patient is dying?Over time, and as Alzheimer's progresses, the body's immune system weakens, increasing susceptibility to infection and other causes of death related to the elderly.Typical complications from Alzheimer's and related dementia are:heart attacks, strokes, kidney failure, and lung infections due to aspiration of food. Multi-organ failure is often the cause of death in dementia patients.Learn More -Can you die from Alzheimer's disease?By Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Rea...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - May 26, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimer's alzheimer's care alzheimer's death Alzheimer's Dementia death alzheimer's dying alzheimer's dying dementia end of life caregiving family caergiving health searches related to alzheimer's Source Type: blogs
May 25, James McKeen Cattell: Today in the History of Psychology (25th May 1860)
James McKeen Cattell was born. A dominant figure in the founding days of modern psychology, Cattell studied under Wilhelm Wundt at the University of Leipzig before returning to the United States to take up the post of lecturer in psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and Bryn Mawr College.
Cattell was instrumental in disseminating research within scientific psychology, most notably through his editorship of Psychological Review, which he founded with James Mark Baldwin in 1894; a landmark journal which continues to this day to make important theoretical contributions to many areas of psychology under the stewardship...
Source: Forensic Psychology Blog - May 25, 2018 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: blogs
Prolific U.S. Inventor Prof. Esther Sans Takeuchi Named European Inventor Award Finalist (Interview)
In the category of Non-EPO countries, the European Patent Office (EPO) named U.S. Inventor Prof. Esther Sans Takeuchi a finalist for the 2018 European Inventor Award. Sans Takeuchi is being recognized for her work developing a battery that increases the lifespan of implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) fivefold, effectively reducing the need for multiple replacement surgeries. Her contributions not only advanced the field of chemistry through the compact lithium/silver vanadium oxide (Li/SVO) battery, but also increased the acceptance of ICDs beginning in the 1980s.
Compact, implantable ICD battery
Sans Takeuchi’...
Source: Medgadget - May 22, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Michael Batista Tags: Exclusive Source Type: blogs
Thousands of Tiny Microfluidic Chips Create Perfectly Sized Drug Particles
While a drug’s chemical makeup determines what impact it will have on the body (pharmacodynamics), it is often the shell that it’s encapsulated in that defines how fast the drug will be released, the location of that release, and even how how the release can be triggered externally (pharmacokinetics). Allowing drug designers to tune such different variables will require a way to be very precise in how the microparticles that will serve as the shells for the drugs are manufactured.
At the University of Pennsylvania, researchers have developed tiny devices, which can be strung together with thousands of others ju...
Source: Medgadget - May 10, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Materials Medicine Nanomedicine Source Type: blogs
Another Approval for Personalized Cellular CAR T Therapy
The FDA has given another approval to Novartis for chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy KYMRIAH, a personalized cell therapy product, the development of which was originated at University of Pennsylvania. Originally approved for children and young adults with relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia, it is now also indicated for adult patients with relapsed or refractory large B-Cell lymphoma after two or more lines of systemic therapy.
Product page: KYMRIAH…
Via: Novartis and Penn… (Source: Medgadget)
Source: Medgadget - May 9, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Oncology Source Type: blogs
New Research Reinforces Earlier Studies Suggesting PDMPs Are Adding to Opioid Overdose Rate
A study published last year by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania State University found that state Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs), a popular method used to drive down the opioid prescription rate, do not drive down opioid overdose death rates, but might have the unintended consequence of adding to them, by driving users to the underground market where dangerous drugs like fentanyl and heroin await them. Another study last October by a Purdue University researcher found that while PDMPs drove down the prescription rate of oxycodone, they significantly drove up the rate of her...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 9, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer Source Type: blogs
Patient with Difficult to Reach Tumor Saved Using Transoral Robotic Surgery
A man with a cancer called chordoma, which afflicted the bones in the skull base and spine, has had a novel transoral robotic surgery (TORS) performed on him to remove a difficult to access tumor. The clinical team at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, which developed a set of TORS techniques, managed to reach the tumor using robotic hands controlled by a surgeon at a console (we believe it was probably a da Vinci robotically asssisted system from Intuitive Surgical). They then reconstructed the area using bone and rods once the tumor was excised.
The challenging work was also performed around highly fragile a...
Source: Medgadget - May 7, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: ENT Neurosurgery Source Type: blogs
The Nitty on Being Gritty: What It Really Takes To Reach Your Goals
Grit is a term made popular by Angela Duckworth from the University of Pennsylvania. She has launched a conversation about the relationship between grit, the tendency to maintain interest and effort in long-term goals, and self-control — what it takes to stay focused in the presence of temptations or diversions.
Her exceptional research has earned her the MacArthur Fellowship in 2013, perhaps one of the most prestigious awards given. In fact, it is commonly nicknamed the ‘Genius Grant.’ Following this honor, her book, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, was an instant New York Times bestseller.
Duckworth...
Source: World of Psychology - April 24, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Daniel Tomasulo, Ph.D. Tags: Books Motivation and Inspiration Proof Positive Self-Esteem Self-Help Success & Achievement Ambition competition goal-setting Resilience Source Type: blogs
Are tweets a goldmine for psychologists or just a lot of noise? Researchers clash over the meaning of social media data
By guest blogger Jon Brock
Johannes Eichstaedt was sitting in a coffee shop by Lake Atitlan in Guatemala when he received a slack about a tweet about a preprint. In 2015, the University of Pennsylvania psychologist and his colleagues published a headline-grabbing article linking heart disease to the language used on Twitter. They’d found that tweets emanating from US counties with high rates of heart disease mortality tended to exhibit high levels of negative emotions such as anger, anxiety, disengagement, aggression, and hate. The study, published in Psychological Science, has proven influential, already accruing over...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - April 23, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Feature guest blogger Health Methods Twitter Source Type: blogs
Through the Revolving Door, with a Few Stumbles - Health Care Corporate Executives and Consultants Continue to Become Leaders of Trump's Department of Health and Human Services
We continue to see a remarkable stream of people transiting therevolving door from high-level positions in health care corporations to high-level positions in health care policy or regulation for the Trump administration. Lately, though, these transitions have not been without missteps. The most recent cases we have found, in the order of their public appearance, appear below.John Bardis, Who Went from MedAssets to Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Administration, Resigned Under FireWe first discussed the appointment of Mr Bardis in May, 2017,here. We noted then that most recently Mr Bar...
Source: Health Care Renewal - April 18, 2018 Category: Health Management Tags: conflicts of interest CVS Donald Trump finance health care corruption Pfizer revolving doors Source Type: blogs
GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder Approved by FDA for PFO Closure
The FDA has approved the GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder for patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure procedures that have shown to reduce the chance of stroke in some patients. The CARDIOFORM is already being used in the U.S. for closing of atrial septal defects up to 17 millimeters in size.
The catheter-delivered device consists of two discs that make contact with the tissue walls on both sides of the PFO and come together to block the passage of blood between the atria.
“The soft and conformable design of Gore’s device is ideal for providing long-term repair of PFOs of any shunt size,” said John Rhodes, MD, Medical...
Source: Medgadget - April 6, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Radiology Source Type: blogs
Reducing the Stigma Attributed to Alzheimer's Disease is Vital to Clinical Research
ConclusionsThe study findings suggest respondents continue to have concerns about documentation in themedical record or test results, despite the fact that there are some protections in place against gene-based health care insurance discrimination through the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA). However, those concerns of the public also include issues not addressed by that legislation, including brain imaging results.The study authors found that when told the fictional person'sprognosis would improve over time, 24 percent to 41 percent fewer respondents expected that the person would encounter discrim...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - March 28, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimer's stigma Alzheimer's Treatment alzheimers cflinical trials dementia care diagnosis memory testing Source Type: blogs
