Fight Aging! Newsletter, July 25th 2022
This study further demonstrates that AMD is not a single condition or an isolated disease, but is often a signal of systemic malfunction which could benefit from targeted medical evaluation in addition to localized eye care."
Microglia in the Aging Brain, Both Protective and Harmful
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2022/07/microglia-in-the-aging-brain-both-protective-and-harmful/
A growing body of evidence implicates the changing behavior of microglia in the aging of the brain and onset of neurodegeneration. Microglia are analogous to macrophages, innate immune cells unique to the central nervous sys...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 24, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Is It Time For The Australasian Institute Of Digital Health To Really Be More Than A Conference Organiser?
The objective would be to eventually have an organisation that had an academic as well as a managerial board and which maybe developed a journal to highlight Australian research and progress in digital health. To my eye these activities are rather under done and could be ramped up to develop a more balanced organisation into the future.I am sure some will think all is OK as it is, or that the AIDH is irrelevant anyway or that I am just an elderly out-of-touch curmudgeon but I do feel improvement and more balance is possible, and Australian Digital Health would be better for it. Does anyone have any views?David. (Sour...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - July 24, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Reducing health disparities: the role of community businesses in community-centred systems
Office for Health Improvement and Disparities -This document provides a summary of research undertaken by Public Health England and Power to Change with two local authorities, community businesses and their partners to explore how they can create a more community-centred public health system. It includes reflections from interviews and workshops and opportunities for the future.GuidanceOffice for Health Improvement and Disparities - publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - July 22, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Primary and community care Public health and health inequalities Source Type: blogs
Launching the Longevity Prize
The Longevity Prize initiative is, at least initially, a collaboration between VitaDAO, Foresight Institute, and the Methuselah Foundation. They are trying a different approach to the proven format of research prizes, a step by step progression in which smaller prizes are won in the process of defining concrete goals in medicine and biotechnology that will later receive larger prizes. It is an interesting and novel idea, like much of what orbits VitaDAO. The only way to see how well any novel idea works is to give it a try!
The longevity ecosystem is growing rapidly. But the problem is vast and we're running out o...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 21, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 18 July, 2022.
Here are a few I have come across the last week or so. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.General Comment-----Aged Care had a good run this week with lots of discussion on just how useful it could be and where the priorities lay. Some fools were wittering on about how helpful the #myHR can be in this setting!Telehealth went and came back!The James Webb Telescope humbled us all with images for an age!-----https://itwire.com/science-news/he...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - July 18, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Biopsychological pain management is not enough
I recently read a preprint of an editorial for Pain, the IASP journal. It was written by Prof Michael Nicholas, and the title reads “The biopsychosocial model of pain 40 years on: time for a reappraisal?” The paper outlines when and how pain became conceptualised within a biopsychosocial framework by the pioneers of interprofessional pain management: John Loeser (1982) and Gordon Waddell (1984). Nicholas points out the arguments against a biopsychosocial model with some people considering that despite it being a “holistic” framework, it often gets applied in a biomedical and psychological way. In ot...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - July 17, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Back pain Chronic pain Coping strategies Interdisciplinary teams Low back pain Motivation Occupational therapy Physiotherapy Psychology Science in practice Therapeutic approaches biopsychosocial pain management Research Source Type: blogs
TWD Webinar on Program Assessment and Evaluation
We’re pleased to announce the first in a webinar series for the broader community on issues in biomedical research training, workforce development, and diversity. Its combination of lectures, panel discussions, and workshop activities will focus on a variety of important topics for the training community, such as program evaluation, mentoring, promotion of safe and inclusive environments, and curricular development. Our hope is that these webinars will enhance program directors’ and administrators’ ongoing management of training, career, or workforce development programs.
The series kicks off on Tuesday, June ...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - June 13, 2022 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Meetings/Events Training/Fellowships/Career Development Webinars Source Type: blogs
How to Choose Commitment-Worthy Creative Projects
When considering which new projects to implement, I look at a number of factors, especially if it’s a creative project like a new course or workshop:
Heart
Is this a path with a heart?
Is it likely to be fun, interesting, and growth-oriented?
Does this idea have enough energy to generate sustainable motivation all the way through to completion? Or could this bog down into a demotivating slog that leaves me feeling drained and depleted?
Opportunity
Is this a genuine opportunity?
Is there meaningful demand for it?
If it’s an idea for serving others in some way, is there clear enough evidence that ...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - May 10, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Creating Reality Productivity Source Type: blogs
My Intentions for CGC Year 6
Yesterday was the last day of our 5th year in Conscious Growth Club. Today we’re beginning our 6th year together. You still have about 2.5 more days if you want to join us since the deadline for opting in is May 3rd.
I thought I’d take a moment to share some thoughts and intentions for Year 6. Some of these are personal. Some are club-related. And some are a mix of both.
One thing I love about CGC is that it’s so supportive on the personal side, so even though I facilitate the group, I also engage with it much like any other member.
Fitness
One intention for this new CGC year is to refine my f...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - May 1, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Abundance Announcements Creating Reality Lifestyle Relationships Values Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, May 2nd 2022
In this study, we tested the therapeutic potential of VHHASC and a newly generated VHH against murine ASC (VHHmASC) to target ASC specks in vitro and in vivo. We show that pre-incubation of extracellular ASC specks with VHHASC abrogated their inflammatory functions in vitro. Recombinant VHHASC rapidly disassembled pre-formed ASC specks and thus inhibited their ability to seed the nucleation of soluble ASC. Notably, VHHASC required prior cytosolic access to prevent inflammasome activation within cells, but it was effective against extracellular ASC specks released following caspase-1-dependent loss of membrane integrity, an...
Source: Fight Aging! - May 1, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
All 30 Guild Course Lessons Are Complete
Wow… what a journey the Guild course has been! We delivered the whole experience live April 1-30, in the form of a daily Zoom call – around 3 hours per day on average. It was such a beautiful and rewarding journey into connection, intimacy, social alignment, and more.
All 30 lessons were recorded, and they’re fully published now. We’re keeping the course available for anyone who wants to go through the recorded version. The live version included breakout rooms for group discussions, which aren’t included with the recordings, but I’d say the recorded versions are still around 60 hours of m...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - April 30, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Announcements Relationships Source Type: blogs
The 2022 Longevity Summer Camp for People Who Want to Work in the Longevity Industry
The Less Death non-profit is founded by folk from the longevity community, with advisors that include a few of the long-standing SENS Research Foundation scientists and some of the early entrepreneurs in the longevity industry. This group is organizing a four day summer camp in June for people who want to work in the growing longevity industry. It is a good thing to make it easier to enter this part of the biotech industry, either as entrepreneurs or employees at early stage biotech companies. The focus is on education, but building a network of connections with those already involved in the industry is the real benefit to...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 29, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
The Merits of Late Life Suppression of Growth Hormone Signaling
The longest lived mice are those in which growth hormone or growth hormone receptor are knocked out, a gain of 70% or so in life span. They exhibit dwarfism, like the human population with the analogous inherited Laron syndrome, caused by a loss-of-function mutation in growth hormone receptor. The Laron syndrome population may be somewhat more resistant to some age-related diseases, that data still to be rigorously confirmed, but do not appear to live any longer than the rest of us. Studies on growth hormone metabolism and longevity conducted in mice should be read with that in mind, particularly when used to advocate ther...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 27, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Join Conscious Growth Club by May 3rd
Conscious Growth Club is now open for you to join, from now through May 3, 2022. First started in 2017, this is our most comprehensive personal growth program and support group.
We’re about to start our 6th year together, and you’re invited to join this week. This is the only window during which you can join CGC in 2022. We open for new members once a year, and that’s it!
What Is Conscious Growth Club?
Conscious Growth Club is a private online club and coaching program to help you make faster and more consistent progress. It turns personal growth into a team game.
The essential purpose of the ...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - April 26, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Abundance Announcements Lifestyle Productivity Relationships Values Source Type: blogs
Call for Papers: Junior Academics Health Policy Symposium 2022
Michael F. CannonOnNovember 11th and 12th, 2022, the Cato Institute will host its inaugural Junior Academics Health Policy Symposium, a paper workshop for pre ‐doctoral academics on topics relating to health policy.The symposium seeks to encourage participants to approach health policy questions from a market ‐based perspective. Through a competitive selection process, Cato will offer up to 12 junior scholars the opportunity to present and receive feedback on research from their peers and distinguished academics.Papers should be original and journal ‐article length. The symposium will focus on...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 14, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Michael F. Cannon Source Type: blogs
