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Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 9th June, 2018
Here are a few I came across last week.Note: Each link is followed by a title and 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.-----https://www.digitalhealth.net/2018/05/breast-cancer-screening-error-thousands-more/Breast cancer screening error ‘may have affected thousands more’The breast cancer screening error may have affected thousands more women across England, one researcher at Kings College London has claimed.Hanna Crouch – 31 May 2018Jeremy Hunt told MPs in May that a “co...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - June 9, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
The New York Times Points Out How Useless The myHR Will Be For Serious Clinical Research.
This appeared a few days ago.New Cancer Treatments Lie Hidden Under Mountains of PaperworkBy Gina KolataMay 21, 2018Dr. Nikhil Wagle thought he had a brilliant idea to advance research and patient care.Dr. Wagle, an oncologist at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, and his colleagues would build a huge database that linked cancer patients ’ medical records, treatments and outcomes with their genetic backgrounds and the genetics of their tumors.The database would also include patients’ own experiences. How ill did they feel with the treatments? What was their quality of life? The database would find patterns tha...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - May 30, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Helen Lawson and black salve: Cutting, burning, and poisoning “ naturally ”
Cancer quacks frequently characterize conventional treatments for cancer as "cutting, poisoning, and burning." Yet, in Australia a woman with ovarian cancer chose black salve, in essence, "cutting, poisoning, and burning" (but mostly burning and without the cutting) to treat her disease. She died a horrible death. How can black salve still be a thing.
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Source: Respectful Insolence - May 24, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking alternative cancer cure testimonial Belinda Davies black salve bloodroot Cansema Dennis Wayne Jensen escharotic featured Karen Lawson ovarian cancer Stanisla Source Type: blogs
Koalas, Chlamydia, Microbiomania, Katie Dahlhausen, John Oliver, Russell Crowe, and me.
This study aimed to use 16S rRNA gene sequences derived from koala feces to characterize the intestinal microbiome of koalas throughout antibiotic treatment and identify specific taxa associated with koala health after treatment. Although differences in the alpha diversity were observed in the intestinal flora between treated and untreated koalas and between koalas treated with different antibiotics, these differences were not statistically significant. The alpha diversity of microbial communities from koalas that lived through antibiotic treatment versus those who did not was significantly greater, however. Beta diversity...
Source: The Tree of Life - May 18, 2018 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs
This Made Me Wonder Just What Was Happening With The “Bonfire Of The Faxes”?
This appeared last week:He died alone after his medical test results were faxed to wrong numberBy Melissa Cunningham10 May 2018 — 6:08pmMettaloka Halwala was alone in a hotel room near Shepparton when he was found dead from complications that arose from his chemotherapy treatment of Hodgkin’s lymphoma.Hotel staff opened the door of his room on the morning of November 17, 2015 to find the 58-year-old father of two decease d in his bed, fully clothed in jeans and a shirt, a lit torch beside him.Now, a Victorian coroner has found Mr Halwala's lonely death could have been prevented had he not been let down by a series of s...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - May 17, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
15-year study: stress did not increase risk of breast cancer among women with a genetic susceptibility to the disease
By Emma Young
The idea that stress increases the risk of breast cancer is a persistent one, despite a number of major large-scale findings to the contrary. “Over the past 40 years, women have been exposed to strong messages about the importance of ‘thinking positively’ and reducing stress in their lives, which can add to the burden of guilt in those who develop cancer, who feel they have somehow failed”, note the authors of a new prospective study of women in Australia, published in Psycho-Oncology. Their findings suggest that neither acute nor chronic stressors recorded over a three-year period influenced the like...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - May 11, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Cancer Health Mental health Source Type: blogs
Treatments Prescribed For Lower Back Pain Are Often Ineffective, Report Says : NPR
Chances are, you — or someone you know — has suffered from lower back pain.It can be debilitating. It's a leading cause of disability globally.And the number of people with the often-chronic condition is likely to increase.This warning comes via a series of articles published in the medical journal Lancet in March. They state that about 540 million people have lower back pain — and they predict that the number will jump as the world's population ages and as populations in lower- and middle-income countries move to urban centers and adopt more sedentary lives."We don't think about [back pain] the same...
Source: Psychology of Pain - May 10, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: blogs
It Seems EMR Systems Are Getting Really Expensive – I Wonder Why So Much?
This appeared last week:Vic government to spend $124 million on digital patient recordsEMR system to cover four health servicesRohan Pearce (Computerworld) 01 May, 2018 12:32 Victoria ’s 2018-19 budget will earmark $124 million for the rollout of electronic medical records at three health services, the state government revealed today.The Victorian government said that the EMR rollout at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne Health and Royal Women’s Hospital will see th e records linked to the currently operating EMR system at the Royal Children’s Hospital. The rollout will reduce avoidable errors and duplicati...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - May 10, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Patient Modesty: Volume 87
EO, a visitor writing in the Comment section of Volume 86 of this thread title has set the stage for further discussion-- particularly the way male patients are treated within the medical system. I thought his narrative would be appropriate to start this Volume. ..Maurice.Graphic: My composition using ArtRage and appearing as the graphic on the thread "Order vs Chaos in Medical Practice"At Sunday, May 06, 2018 3:55:00 PM, Though I am encouraged that many of the contributors to this blog have become activists as regards affording male clients (patients) the same rights as female clients when it comes to mode...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - May 7, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Maurice Bernstein, M.D. Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 7th May, 2018.
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 CommentA huge week – read on!-----https://www.computerworld.com.au/article/640655/vic-government-spend-124-million-digital-patient-records/Vic government to spend $124 million on digital patient recordsEMR system to cover four health servicesRohan Pearce (Computerworld) 01 May, 2018 12:32 Victoria’s 2018-19 budget will earmark $124 millio...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - May 7, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
4 ways to protect against skin cancer (other than sunscreen)
It’s almost May and here in the northeast, front-of-the-pharmacy aisles are filled with myriad brands and types of sunscreen. While sunscreen is essential to lowering your risk for skin cancer, there are other simple, over-the-counter options you can incorporate into your summer skin protection routine.
Nicotinamide may help prevent certain skin cancers
Nicotinamide is a form of vitamin B3 that has been shown to reduce the number of skin cancers. In a randomized controlled trial performed in Australia (published in the New England Journal of Medicine), the risks of basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma were si...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - April 27, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily S. Ruiz, MD, MPH Tags: Cancer Health Prevention Skin and Hair Care Source Type: blogs
Are You Crippled by the Fear of Leaving No Legacy Behind?
Often the biggest existential distress that we carry is the idea that no-one will remember us when we are gone — initially we know that our friends and family will hold who we are, but after a generation, these people are likely gone too. At the end of life, the pressure to leave an unquestionably relevant legacy can be crippling for people, particularly for young people. When coupled with the limited energy that people have when they are unwell, the very nature of what people expect to achieve in the world shrinks, and the really important pieces come into focus.
When time is seen to be limited, every moment can ta...
Source: World of Psychology - April 3, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Psych Central Staff Tags: Aging Brain Blogger Publishers Success & Achievement death dying Existential Dilemma Fear Legacy Mortality Source Type: blogs
Overseas They Have Noticed A Downside To Contextless Results It Seems The ADHA Is Ignoring!
This appeared last week:Without context or cushion, do online medical results make sense? by Sandra G. Boodman, Kaiser Health News Mar 27, 2018 12:20pm As she herded her two young sons into bed one evening late last December, Laura Devitt flipped through her phone to check on the routine blood tests that had been performed as part of her annual physical. She logged onto the patient portal link on her electronic medical record, scanned the results and felt her stomach clench with fear.Devitt ’s white blood cell count and several other tests were flagged as abnormal. Beyond the raw numbers, there was no explanation....
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 2, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Library Phishers
I just read the post “Silent Librarian: More to the Story of the Iranian Mabna Institute Indictment” and it was very eye opening. The United States Justice Department, FBI, New York FBI, and US Treasury announced charges against nine Iranians for conducting a huge cyber theft campaign. Prosecutors state the nine Iranians worked for the Mabna Institute and stole more than 30 terabytes of academic data and intellectual property from universities, companies, and governments around the world. That is roughly the equivalent to 8 billion double sided pages.
There were more than 750 phishing attacks identified t...
Source: The Krafty Librarian - March 27, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: KraftyLibrarian Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
