Further Wrangling Over the Definition of Aging as a Disease
The World Health Organization (WHO) manages the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), which goes through revised editions every so often. Since regulatory agencies and healthcare payers use the ICD in determining just about everything regarding whether or not specific treatments are permitted, many groups involved in the development of therapies to treat aging are interested in seeing aging unambiguously added to the ICD. At the end of the day this has little to do with semantics and a great deal to do with finances: the availability of funding for research and development, the direct and indirect costs of gainin...
Source: Fight Aging! - January 14, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Anti-Ageism Movement
Alan Gutterman, Anti-Ageism Movement, SSRN (2021): According to a global report on ageism issued in 2021 by the World Health Organization and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, every second person in the world is believed to hold... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - December 7, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
It ’ s not all Greek to me
By now, we’ve all heard the phrase “variant of concern” referring to a new form of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Technically, these variants have mutations that alter how well the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus infects our cells. If the new form of the virus is of concern it is usually because the mutations in the spike protein on the surface of the virus are likely to make it more infectious, faster spreading and/or to worse symptoms or lead to more deaths.
The national and international health organisations assess new variants of which there are known to be hu...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - December 3, 2021 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: COVID-19 Source Type: blogs
Brain Stimulation And Body Language: The Week ’s Best Psychology Links
Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web
Research into the use of deep brain stimulation to treat depression has produced mixed results. But there may promise in a more personalised approach to treatment. At Science, Kelly Servick reports on studies using imaging and electrode recordings from individuals to figure out exactly which region to stimulate — and when — for the optimal response.
According to a recent study, psychologists are pretty good at updating their beliefs about an apparently established scientific finding, after reading about a failed replication atte...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - November 26, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Weekly links Source Type: blogs
Ignoring jaw pain comes at too high a price [PODCAST]
“The COVID-19 pandemic challenged health care systems and patients ’ personal economic capacity, leading to approximately six million adults losing their dental insurance. Additionally, the World Health Organization and the American Dental Association recommended dentists to limit their practices to emergency and urgent dental care. In the list of these diagnoses requiring emergency care, jaw painRead more …Ignoring jaw pain comes at too high a price [PODCAST] originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 25, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/the-podcast-by-kevinmd" rel="tag" > The Podcast by KevinMD < /a > < /span > Tags: Podcast Primary Care Source Type: blogs
Cheese Dreams and Bird Behaviour: The Week ’s Best Psychology Links
Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web
There’s a widespread belief that eating cheese before bed can give you weird dreams. But there’s no evidence that this is true, writes Jessica Brown at BBC Future. The belief may have arisen from the fact that cheese is sometimes eaten as the last course of a meal, and eating late at night can disrupt our sleep.
In English, we tend to pair nonsense words like “bouba” with round shapes, and words like “kiki” with spiky ones. But now researchers have found that this phenomenon is common across many different languages and ...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - November 19, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Weekly links Source Type: blogs
What is the “ Right ” to Health Care Worth? It Depends
By MIKE MAGEE
In my course this Fall at the University of Hartford, titled “The Right to Health Care and the U.S. Constitution”, we have concentrated on the power of words, of precedents, and the range of interests with which health has been encumbered over several hundred years.
The topic has been an eye-opener on many levels. On the most basic level, it is already clear that the value of this “right” depends heavily on your definition of “health.”
We’ve highlighted three definitions worth sharing here.
The first is attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt. In 1948, as lead for the United Nations De...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 12, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Public Health health care health care access Mike Magee right to health WHO Source Type: blogs
Simple Color Change Test Identifies Wound Infections
Researchers at the University of Bath in the UK, along with outside collaborators, have developed a simple color change test that rapidly indicates whether a wound is infected with harmful bacteria. The test works by detecting virulence factors released by the bacteria, which prompt a simple color change in a solution. The test could help clinicians to determine whether to prescribe antibiotics, and may help to avoid unnecessary prescribing. As the test can be administered at the point of care, and does not require expensive and time-consuming laboratory analysis, it may be very useful in low-resource or remote regions.
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Source: Medgadget - November 5, 2021 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Dermatology Diagnostics Materials Plastic Surgery uniofbath wound care Source Type: blogs
Properly Naming the Sinusitis-Otitis-Conjunctivitis Syndrome
One of our nonphysician providers recently announced, “This kid has that double-sickening thing you talk about all the time." She was referring to the sudden worsening of signs and symptoms (e.g., onset of fever) in a patient who had had an upper respiratory tract infection for several days.The majority of links in a Google search for “double-sickening" are references for sinusitis, but new-onset pneumonia is another double-sickening event. The Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines for sinusitis acknowledge double-sickening and concur that pneumonia can present similarly. I investigate for sinusit...
Source: M2E Too! Mellick's Multimedia EduBlog - November 1, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Integrating gender data in health information systems: challenges, opportunities and good practices
World Health Organization - This paper explains the importance of gender data and statistics and how health information systems contribute. It explores the common challenges in producing and using gender and health data and suggests opportunities and examples of good practices. Recommendations to support national health systems improve data quality are provided.PaperPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - November 1, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Digital health and data Source Type: blogs
The WHO Prison Health Framework: a framework for assessment of prison health system performance
World Health Organization - This framework has been developed to fully capture the specificities of prisons and other places of detention. This document describes the conceptualization, development and operationalization of the framework. The framework will improve assessment of prison health system performance and the quality of data collected by the periodic Health In Prisons European Database (HIPED) surveys, which aim to inform progress in achieving equivalence of care for people living in prison.FrameworkMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - November 1, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: blogs
The Law of Unintended Consequences
I’m bringing back a Wheat Belly Blog classic from several years ago, updated to today’s sensibilities and context. The creation of high-yield semi-dwarf wheat, intended to feed the world’s hungry, is a perfect illustration of the Law of Unintended Consequences on a massive worldwide scale.
It’s 1961. Jack Kennedy has been inaugurated as President, the Cuban missile crisis dominates headlines, and Hostess cupcakes and Twinkies are the rage in school kid’s lunch boxes.
I was 4 years old, playing with toys on the floor while my mother ironed shirts, Divorce Court droning on the televis...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - October 12, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Open wheat wheat belly Source Type: blogs
Vaccinating the World: The Problem with Drop-in-the-Bucket Thinking
By Govind Persad, JD, PhD
The United States, after wasting over 15 million doses since March and with a stockpile of 150 million more in freezers, reportedly ordered 200 million more vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech for delivery starting in October. These orders may be motivated by the expectation of broad access to “booster” vaccines in the United States.
The World Health Organization and many ethicists have criticized the broad provision of boosters on the basis that they exacerbate global vaccine scarcity. But other influential commentators defend using hundreds of milli...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - October 6, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Blog Editor Tags: Featured Posts Global Ethics Health Disparities Politics Public Health Social Justice Vaccines Vulnerable Populations Booster shots COVID-19 global health vaccination Source Type: blogs
COVID-19 Pandemic, the World Health Organization, and Global Health Policy
Cosmas Emeziem, COVID-19 Pandemic, the World Health Organization, and Global Health Policy, 33 Pace Envtl. L. Rev. (2021): The emergence and quick spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the focus and dynamics of the debates about global health, international... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - September 20, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
