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Most cases of pink eye (conjunctivitis) don ’t require antibiotics
If you or your child has ever had acute conjunctivitis or “pink eye,” you know how nasty it can be.  “Crusty,” “goopy,” “bloodshot,” “itchy,” and “gritty” are all common words used to describe the eye condition that affects some six million people in the US every year. What is conjunctivitis exactly? Conjunctivitis is inflammation of the conjunctiva, which is the thin membrane that covers the whites of the eyes. There are three main types of conjunctivitis: allergic, viral, and bacterial. Allergic conjunctivitis often accompanies other allergy symptoms like itchy, runny nose or sneezing. Viral con...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - July 17, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mallika Marshall, MD Tags: Cold and Flu Drugs and Supplements Eye Health Infectious diseases Source Type: blogs

Henrietta Lacks educational timeline
More and more classrooms are adding the Henrietta Lacks story to the curriculum. This infographic poster illustrates the historical timeline of Henrietta Lacks' immortal cells (HeLa cell line). Research using the HeLa cell line has resulted in drugs against influenza, leukemia, herpes, Parkinson's disease and more. The timeline can be used in the classroom by viewing it online, downloading it as a PDF, or printing it in large and small sizes.
Source: BHIC - June 13, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Carolyn Martin Tags: Children and Teens General genetics K-12 Source Type: blogs

Is Recovery the Best Word to Describe Wellness with Mental Illness?
As a mental health blogger and a person living with mental illness, I often use the word recovery. In my quest to educate the world, I am very open about my illness, but I’m also quick to let people know that I’m living well. In other words, I tell people that I’m a person in recovery. That’s when people really get confused. How Can You Be in Recovery If There Is No Cure for Mental Illness? The first pushback I receive is that the word recovery — when it hits most people’s ears — implies that mental illness is gone. If you recover from the flu, for example, it means the virus dies out and you no long...
Source: World of Psychology - June 4, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gabe Howard Tags: General Mental Health and Wellness Self-Help Success & Achievement Gabe Howard Mental Disorder Mental Illness Recovery Source Type: blogs

TWiV 441: Don ’ t ChrY for me influenza
The Beacons of Viral Education (aka the TWiVoners) reveal a cost of being a male mouse – the Y chromosome regulates their susceptibility to influenza virus infection. You can find TWiV #441 at microbe.tv/twiv, or listen below. Click arrow to play Download TWiV 441 (72 MB .mp3, 119 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV!
Source: virology blog - May 14, 2017 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology consomic female gamma delta T cells immunopathology influenza sex susceptibility testosterone viral virus viruses Y chromosome Source Type: blogs

Where HIMSS Can Take Health 2.0
I was quite privileged to talk to the leaders of Health 2.0, Dr. Indu Subaiya and Matthew Holt, in the busy days after their announced merger with HIMSS. I was revving to talk to them because the Health 2.0 events I have attended have always been stimulating and challenging. I wanted to make sure that after their incorporation into the HIMSS empire they would continue to push clinicians as well as technologists to re-evaluate their workflows, goals, and philosophies. I’m not sure there is such a thing as a typical Health 2.0 event, but I generally see in such events a twofold mission. Sometimes they orient technologi...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 24, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: Digital Health Health IT Startups mHealth Disparities health 2.0 HIMSS Indu Subaiya Innovation Matthew Holt Source Type: blogs

Why President Trump Should Use Foreign Aid For Health To Make America Great
The Trump administration recently proposed to make major cuts to US foreign assistance, including the $10.3 billion a year that the federal government spends to advance global health through the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US Agency for International Development (USAID), and the United Nations. As practitioners with more than 60 years of combined experience, we believe that the Trump administration is making a terrible mistake. Investing in global health is essential to the safety, security, and future prosperity of the United States, in addition to being a highl...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - April 17, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Robert Hecht and Sten Vermund Tags: Costs and Spending Featured Global Health Policy Population Health Public Health epidemics foreign aid humanitarian aid infectious diseases PEPFAR US foreign assistance Source Type: blogs

Reaching Beyond Delivery System Walls To Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening
Conclusion Screening rates are a product of two factors: offer rates and uptake/completion rates. With our FIT campaign we have made strides in both areas. With tools built into our EHR, we can now identify and offer tests to nearly 100 percent of the eligible population, practically with the touch of a button. At the same time, patient uptake of testing has improved dramatically, despite the fact that FIT screening must be done every year, instead of the five- and ten-year intervals required for sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy, respectively. We believe the increased uptake is a testament to what happens when we “make the ...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - March 24, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Theodore Levin, Joanne Schottinger and Murray Ross Tags: Featured Health Policy Lab Innovations in Care Delivery Organization and Delivery Population Health capitated payment model Colorectal Cancer Screening electronic health record fecal immunochemical test Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Source Type: blogs

Oldie but Goodie Pediatric Clinical Concepts
​A number of older clinical concepts may be unfamiliar to younger clinicians, but these clinical concepts are useful in pediatric medicine. Some of these concepts showed up in the medical literature for the first time nearly a century ago. Physicians should feel free to question the potential value and validity of older clinical concepts that aren't at the forefront of medical education, but my experience of more than 30 years practicing pediatrics and emergency medicine has repeatedly affirmed to me that these are valuable in emergency medicine.​Parenteral DiarrheaThe concept of parenteral diarrhea has been around for...
Source: M2E Too! Mellick's Multimedia EduBlog - March 1, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs

What Three Decades Of Pandemic Threats Can Teach Us About The Future
Editor’s Note: This post reflects on a speech on pandemic preparedness Dr. Fauci gave on January 10, 2017 in Washington, DC, hosted by  The Center for Global Health Science and Security at Georgetown University Medical Center, the Harvard Global Health Institute, and Health Affairs. One of the most important challenges facing the new Administration is preparedness for the pandemic outbreak of an infectious disease. Infectious diseases will continue to pose a significant threat to public health and the economies of countries worldwide. The U.S. government will need to continue its investment to combat these diseases whe...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - February 9, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Anthony S. Fauci Tags: Featured Global Health Policy Ebola HIV/AIDS NIH pandemic preparedness Zika Source Type: blogs

LITFL Review 263
Welcome to the 263rd LITFL Review! Your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peeks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the blogosphere’s best and brightest and deliver a bite-sized chunk of FOAM. The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beauts of the Week A well-written NY Times essay on how social isolation is killing us made the Internet rounds over the holidays, penned by a medical resident.   The Best of #FOAMed Emergency Medicine A very interesting and thought provoking post by Josh Fa...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - January 1, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Marjorie Lazoff, MD Tags: Education LITFL review Source Type: blogs

The Top 10 Health Affairs Articles Of 2016
Here they are! The 10 most-read Health Affairs articles of 2016. It’s no surprise that, like the journal, this list covers a lot of territory. Coming in at number one is a July 2016 article by Ashley C. Bradford and W. David Bradford examining the relationship between state medical marijuana laws and prescription drug use under Medicare Part D. Next up is Ge Bai and Gerard F. Anderson’s study identifying key characteristics of the most profitable hospitals in the United States. From there, the list ranges across topics as varied as childhood immunization, retail clinics, and physician quality reporting. And of course, ...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - December 21, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Health Affairs Tags: Elsewhere@ Health Affairs Featured HATop10 Health Affairs journal Source Type: blogs

Solving Problems by Blaming Others
Many times when people get stuck working on some aspect of their personal growth, it’s because they’ve defined their core problem in a way that it can’t really be solved. One of the most common forms of this is when someone defines their problem as a mental or psychological one. I see this all the time from people trying to overcome procrastination. They usually define the problem as a lack of motivation, drive, self-discipline, passion, etc. Sometimes they see it as a lack of clarity or focus. Other times it’s succumbing to too many distractions. But ultimately they believe that the source of their...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - December 19, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Creating Reality Emotions Health Productivity Relationships Values Source Type: blogs

Healthy Holiday Gifts: Some Thoughts. Because What the Hell.
Portable music players: always a classic!photo:xray delta oneBy Crabby McSlackerHoly guacamole, it's been a long time since I've posted on this blog. I kinda thought I might be done forever.But here I am again! I'm not entirely sure why, it just felt like time to reconnect. And if anyone is actually still out there, it would be lovely to touch base with y'all again. My guess is, posting will still be quite sporadic, but who knows?One problem with not posting for a long time: there are a million shlabillion gerbzillion things that have piled up in my head that I feel like I should talk about. (Okay, perhaps my grasp of the ...
Source: Cranky Fitness - December 11, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs