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My Benjamin Hartman Story
“I need intravenous Beefsteak,” I texted my forever-Beefsteak date Ben Hartman, who others called Benjie or Bean or sometimes Boozey, and who I called Kryptonite or sometimes Sushi Ben. “See you there at 6:30,” he texted back. Since meeting in 2014, we each accommodated the other when it came to Beefsteak — a fast-casual restaurant near George Washington University that served paleo-friendly fare before paleo was cool and offered outdoor seating long before covid-19. My gcalendar archive shows that we made seven Beefsteak dates in advance, though that’s a fraction of our total as most stemmed fro m mi...
Source: cancerslayerblog - December 5, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: death life lessons Source Type: blogs

Mortality in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy – Cardiology MCQ – Answer
Mortality in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy – Cardiology MCQ – Answer Disease specific mortality in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy –  Correct answer: a) 0.5% per year Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the commonest among heritable heart diseases, with prevalence of about one in 500 individuals [1]. HCM is often highlighted as the leading cause of sudden death in young adults and athletes [2]. Still the absolute annual mortality in HCM is not high with availability of current treatment modalities including the implantation of cardioverter-defibrillator to prevent sudden death. It has been reported t...
Source: Cardiophile MD - April 19, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis Tags: Cardiology MCQ DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Source Type: blogs

Effects of Sweet Cherry Polyphenols on Enhanced Osteoclastogenesis Associated With Childhood Obesity
Conclusions Our study, to our knowledge, is the first demonstrating in obese children a spontaneous osteoclastogenesis inhibited by polyphenols from sweet cherry extracts, through the reduction of TNFα, without affecting cell viability. We also demonstrated that the spontaneous osteoclastogenesis observed in PBMCs from obese children is supported by the high percentage of circulating CD14+/CD16+ cells and the elevated levels of RANKL and TNFα. Our study opens future perspectives for the use of cherry extracts, appropriately formulated as nutraceuticals as preventive in healthy children and therapeu...
Source: Frontiers in Immunology - May 2, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: research

Loss-of-Function in SMAD4 Might Not Be Critical for Human Natural Killer Cell Responsiveness to TGF- β
This study was carried out in accordance with approval of the Melbourne Health and Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research's Human Research Ethics Committee (approval number: 2013.081). All subjects gave written informed consent for participation and publication. Results and Discussion TGF-β signaling in NK cells is associated with: phosphorylation in SMAD2 and 3, inhibition of IL-15-induced metabolism/proliferation, simultaneous downregulation of CD44, CD49e, and Eomes, and upregulation of CD16 and CD49a expression (7, 10). SMAD family member 4 (SMAD4) belongs to the SMAD family of transcript...
Source: Frontiers in Immunology - April 30, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: research

Measuring Development of Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients: An Integrative Review of Available Instruments.
Abstract Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) 15-39 years old face unique challenges during cancer treatment as developmental and social needs are often disrupted to achieve cure. Developmentally appropriate supportive care for AYAs across the cancer trajectory is needed. The purpose of this review is to identify and describe instruments that measure AYA development across physical, psychological, and social domains, commenting on the instruments' psychometric properties and usefulness in clinical practice and research. A computerized literature search published in English from 1950 to January of 2017 was conducted...
Source: Ann Oncol - February 9, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Bell CJ, Bell RA, Zebrack B, Kato I, Morse A, Borinstein SC Tags: J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol Source Type: research

Effects of Orally Ingested Arsenic on Respiratory Epithelial Permeability to Bacteria and Small Molecules in Mice
Conclusions: Peroral arsenic has little effect on local airway immune responses to bacteria but compromises respiratory epithelial barrier integrity, increasing systemic translocation of inhaled pathogens and small molecules. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1878 Received: 09 March 2017 Revised: 14 August 2017 Accepted: 16 August 2017 Published: 28 September 2017 Address correspondence to M.B. Fessler, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 111 T.W. Alexander Dr., P.O. Box 12233, Maildrop D2-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 USA. Telephone: (919) 541-3701. Email: fesslerm@niehs.nih.gov *Current address: UN...
Source: EHP Research - September 28, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Daniil Lyalko Tags: Research Source Type: research

The Minneapolis-Manchester Quality of Life Instrument: reliability and validity of the Adult Form in cancer survivors
ConclusionsThe MMQL-Adult Form is a reliable and valid self-report instrument for measuring multidimensional HRQL in cancer survivors. Development of this instrument ensures availability of a tool enabling cross-sectional and longitudinal assessment of HRQL in childhood cancer survivors as they age.
Source: Quality of Life Research - August 2, 2017 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

First-Trimester Urinary Bisphenol A Concentration in Relation to Anogenital Distance, an Androgen-Sensitive Measure of Reproductive Development, in Infant Girls
Conclusion: BPA may have toxic effects on the female reproductive system in humans, as it does in animal models. Higher first-trimester BPA exposure was associated with significantly shorter AGD in daughters, suggesting that BPA may alter the hormonal environment of the female fetus. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP875 Received: 27 July 2016 Revised: 18 January 2017 Accepted: 19 January 2017 Published: 11 July 2017 Address correspondence to E. S. Barrett, Dept. of Epidemiology, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Rutgers University School of Public Health, 170 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854...
Source: EHP Research - July 11, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Daniil Lyalko Tags: Research Source Type: research

We are mortal humans, we suffer and love, hopefully together, and then we each die.
by Drew RosielleI went into medicine because I thought it ' d be something practical, to help people.I majored in English and Religion at the University of Iowa in the early 1990s, and didn ' t have clear career plans. I guess I thought I ' d become an English professor. Late in my undergraduate days I was enamored with the more experimental sides of 20th Century poetry (Gertrude Stein, Lorine Niedecker) and figured I ' d go on to grad school. To make ends meet in college, I got a part-time job cleaning a group home overnight for teenage boys with profound developmental disabilities. I liked to stay up late, and I could cl...
Source: Pallimed: A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog - February 1, 2017 Category: Palliative Care Tags: ethics ethics/law politics rosielle Source Type: blogs

Here’s how to tackle teenage tanning
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. – Indoor tanning is a significant contributor to the U.S. skin cancer epidemic and represents a 100% preventable source of exposure to these cancers. Understanding exactly who is...
Source: Family Practice News - July 22, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

UnitedHealth ' s Optum Division Settles Case Alleging it Enrolled Non-Terminally Ill Patients in Hospice, Thus Risking Their Deaths Due to Treatable Illnesses
Discussion The problem of fraudulant enrollment of non-terminal patients in hospice continues, despite our efforts over five years to make the problem more public.   The latest case involved a very big, very wealthy for-profit health care corporation which has had its share of troubles in the past .   Yet the latest case is as anechoic as earlier ones, including smaller cases this year. These enrollments may be motivated by the desire for more money, but they put patients at risk.   Nonetheless, such abuses by hospices get little press coverage, seemingly are ignored by health care regulators and law enf...
Source: Health Care Renewal - July 19, 2016 Category: Health Management Tags: fraud hospices legal settlements UnitedHealth Source Type: blogs

UnitedHealth's Optum Division Settles Case Alleging it Enrolled Non-Terminally Ill Patients in Hospice, Thus Risking Their Deaths Due to Treatable Illnesses
Discussion The problem of fraudulant enrollment of non-terminal patients in hospice continues, despite our efforts over five years to make the problem more public.  The latest case involved a very big, very wealthy for-profit health care corporation which has had its share of troubles in the past.  Yet the latest case is as anechoic as earlier ones, including smaller cases this year.These enrollments may be motivated by the desire for more money, but they put patients at risk.  Nonetheless, such abuses by hospices get little press coverage, seemingly are ignored by health care regulators and law enforcement,...
Source: Health Care Renewal - July 19, 2016 Category: Health Management Tags: fraud hospices legal settlements UnitedHealth Source Type: blogs

Assessment of quality of life of children and adolescents with cancer during their treatment
Conclusion According to the results, children and adolescents with any kind of cancer have better quality-of-life scores at the end of their treatment, and when they are supported by their family.
Source: Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology - May 19, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Vlachioti, E., Matziou, V., Perdikaris, P., Mitsiou, M., Stylianou, C., Tsoumakas, K., Moschovi, M. Tags: Original article Source Type: research

City of St. Paul Takes Cowardly Political Move that is a Public Health Sham; Anti-Smoking Groups Supporting Law Should be Ashamed
Last night, the St. Paul City Council voted to enact an ordinance which bans the sale of flavored tobacco products and flavored electronic cigarettes, unless the retail store is purely a tobacco outlet and access is restricted to adults only.City Council members and health groups put themselves up on a pedestal, claiming that they were taking on Big Tobacco and protecting youth from being seduced by flavorings into using hazardous tobacco products and e-cigarettes.For example, ClearWay Minnesota stated: "With this measure, St. Paul is protecting the health of its young citizens. Not only does this action make the city heal...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - January 7, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs