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Yes, Mr. President. Health Care is Complicated. And Also Hard.
By ASEEM SHUKLA, MD
“Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated,” President Donald Trump told us a few weeks ago. As the failure of the House Republican bill shows: Healthcare is hard.
The American Healthcare Act failed to clear the House of Representatives despite catering to longstanding conservative demands: rid the ‘individual mandate’ (designed to force able-bodied people to pay insurance so it’s cheaper for sick people), subsidies to individuals, and revamping Medicaid into block grants to states.
Even with the claim it could be deficit-neutral, the act failed to win enough moderat...
Source: The Health Care Blog - April 14, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
The problem with tanning (and the myth of the base tan)
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Are you a person who loves to be tan? Do you pine after the bronzed look of jet-setting celebrities just back from the tropics?
If so, you’re not alone — let’s face it, we’re a culture that’s obsessed with being tan. It’s attractive, fashionable, and a sign of good health, right?
Actually, sun exposure or spending time in tanning booths has many health experts worried: it damages skin and increases the risk of skin cancer. The risk rises if tanning leads to a sunburn — according to the American Academy of Dermatology, a single blistering sunburn can nearly double one’s lif...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - April 12, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert H. Shmerling, MD Tags: Cancer Children's Health Parenting Prevention Skin and Hair Care Source Type: blogs
Actin ’s Many Roles
Skin cancer cells from a mouse. Credit: Catherine and James Galbraith, Oregon Health and Science University, Center for Spatial Systems Biomedicine, Knight Cancer Institute.
This heart-shaped image shows two mouse skin cancer cells connected to each other with actin, a protein that is part of the cellular skeleton. Researchers use mouse cells like these to tease out the molecular methods that cancer uses to invade new tissues in the body. It turns out that actin plays an essential role.
Cells can move as a collective, or independently. Movement of an individual cell requires a series of carefully controlled steps. Among t...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - March 20, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Kathryn Calkins Tags: Cell Biology Cellular Imaging Cellular Processes Cool Images Proteins Source Type: blogs
Op-Ed in The Hill on Allowing Medicare to Directly Negotiate Drug Prices
Conclusion
There is no denying that Medicare and other government-funded programs are facing a serious funding crisis and that changes to the programs are long overdue. However, it is important to review history and not make the same mistakes that have already been made in attempting to resolve the issue. Instead, Dr. Fonseca believes that “Medicare beneficiaries should have more freedom to choose the coverage and services that best meet their individual needs and preferences.”
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Source: Policy and Medicine - March 16, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan - Policy & Medicine Writing Staff Source Type: blogs
The Patient Expert: Healthcare ’s Untapped Workforce
By KYM MARTIN
One of my favorite patient advocates consultants–that’s Kym Martin (far right) on a panel I ran at Health 2.0–has a new job at one of the most interesting patient consultant companies. Here’s her story!–Matthew Holt
Let me ask you two questions.
On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate the quality of the “real-world” patient insights your team gathers to inform your mission-critical, life-altering work?
Are you clear on the needs, trends, and challenges facing the patients you’re trying to serve?
Why Listen to Me?
For the past four years, I’ve listened to hundreds of h...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 9, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Matthew Holt Tags: Patients Tech Kym Martin patient consultants WeGo Health Source Type: blogs
Kathleen Casamiquela, Board certified dermatologist
We at Skinema.com are pleased to welcome Dr. Kathleen Casamiquela, latest dermatologist atUnion Square Dermatology in San Francisco. Raised in Orange County, Dr. Casamiquela completed her training at the University of Mississippi in Jackson. Adept at treating medical skin issues, such as acne, psoriasis, skin cancer, she also excels in the cosmetic arena, providing treatments such as Botox, Xeomin, Juvderm and laser treatments for tattoos, sun spots and facial redness/rosacea. Appointments are scheduled by simply calling the office, 415 393-9550, oronline..
Source: Skinema, dermatology in the media blog - March 8, 2017 Category: Dermatology Authors: vail reese Tags: Health Source Type: blogs
New Technique Spots Pheomelanin in Pale Patients at Risk of Dangerous Melanoma
Melanoma cells imaged using CARS microscopy to visualize pheomelanin (top) and SFA microscopy to image total melanin content (bottom).
People with light colored skin, and particularly orange tinted redheads, have high levels of pheomelanin, a type of...
Source: Medgadget - March 7, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Editors Tags: Dermatology Diagnostics Oncology Source Type: blogs
Indoor Tanning is Out - video message from the American Academy of Dermatology
American Academy of Dermatology: Not only can the ultraviolet radiation from indoor tanning beds lead to wrinkles, it also increases the risk of skin cancer, including melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. On an average day, more than 1 million Americans tan in tanning salons. Research shows that nearly 70 percent of indoor tanners are female, primarily 16 to 29 years old.
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Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - March 3, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Dermatology Source Type: blogs
Artificial Intelligence System to Diagnose Skin Cancer: Interview with Stanford Scientist Andre Esteva
Scientists at Stanford University have developed a deep convolutional neural network that can diagnose skin cancer by examining images of skin lesions. Skin cancer is the most common human cancer, and one in five Americans will be diagnosed with it a...
Source: Medgadget - February 27, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Dermatology Exclusive Medicine Net News Source Type: blogs
Machine learning moves beyond radiology: Can AI Diagnose Skin Cancer Better Than a Dermatologist?
A team of Stanford University researchers are on track to giving smartphones the power to diagnose skin cancer. In a study published inNature, researchers used a Google-created algorithm to identify and diagnose more than 2,000 different types of skin diseases using129,450 clinical images. In the U.S. alone, there are about 5.4 million new cases of skin cancer discovered every year — racking up bills that total around $8 billion. Although the survival rate is nearly 100 percent if melanoma is detected early on, those chances drop to around 14 percent if caught late in the game. To make matters more complex, there’s a ...
Source: radRounds - February 23, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
Younger than 76 Years-Old? Turns Out You Won ’t Die from Occupational Radiation
Safety conditions have come a long way in radiology. Back in the day, radiologists who graduated before 1940 were susceptible to increased mortality rates from diseases such as myeloid leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, melanoma, and non-Hodgkin ’s lymphoma, all conditions related to radiation exposure. Before the emerging of technical advancements in machinery and radiation protection, radiologists were more frequently exposed to low and moderate doses of radiation, and thus in danger of developing serious ailments and disorders. Yet, sa fety has greatly improved over the last half of the 20th century, say researchers ...
Source: radRounds - February 15, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
This Has To Be Very Good News For All Of Us Living In Australia. A Useful Advance It Seems.
This appeared a few days ago.'Automated dermatologist' detects skin cancer with expert accuracyBy Susan Scutti, CNNUpdated 2337 GMT (0737 HKT) January 26, 2017(CNN)Even though the phrase "image recognition technologies" conjures visions of high-tech surveillance, these tools may soon be used in medicine more than in spycraft. A team of Stanford researchers trained a computer to identify images of skin cancer moles and lesions as accurately as a dermatologist, according to a new paper published in the journal Nature. In the future, this new research suggests, a simple cell phone app may help patients diagnose a skin cancer ...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - February 1, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
Artificial Intelligence System Matches Dermatologists at Skin Cancer Diagnosis
As many jobs are disappearing to automation, the latest profession to also start seeing the future may be dermatology. Stanford University researchers have developed a deep convolutional neural network, an artificial intelligence technique for buildi...
Source: Medgadget - January 26, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Editors Tags: Dermatology Net News Source Type: blogs
Nanodiscs Train Immune System to Attack and Kill Tumors
Immunotherapy has great great potential for fighting cancer, but controlling it is difficult. At University of Michigan investigators have developed an approach that uses specially designed nanodiscs to train the immune system to attack tumors. The n...
Source: Medgadget - January 11, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Editors Tags: Nanomedicine Oncology Source Type: blogs
Metformin Acts through mTORC1
We report two elements absolutely required for the anti-growth properties of metformin: the nuclear pore complex (NPC), and acyl-CoA dehydrogenase family member 10 (ACAD10). These two metformin response elements were used to illuminate the major, biological pathway through which metformin induces its favorable effects. Remarkably, this ancient pathway unifies mitochondria, the NPC, mTORC1, and ACAD10 into a single signaling relay that mediates metformin's anti-aging effects in C. elegans and inhibits growth in C. elegans and human cancer cells alike.
Link: http://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(16)31667-1
Source: Fight Aging! - December 30, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
