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GI Genius Polyp Detection System: Interview with Giovanni Di Napoli, President, Gastrointestinal at Medtronic
We recently reported on the de novo FDA clearance received by Medtronic for its GI Genius AI polyp detection system. The product is hugely flexible as it works with any video colonoscope and provides AI powered assistance for clinicians in identifyin...
Source: Medgadget - May 13, 2021 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Exclusive GI Source Type: blogs

Self-Reflection Can Make You A Better Leader At Work
By Emily Reynolds What does being a good leader mean to you? Having tonnes of charisma? Being intelligent? Encouraging fairness and participation in the workplace? Whatever combination of qualities you value, it’s likely that your vision of good leadership is different from your colleague’s or your manager’s, who themselves will have a highly personal vision of who they want to be at work. A new study from Remy E. Jennings at the University of Florida and colleagues, published in Personnel Psychology, looks closely at this individualised idea of leadership — our “best possible leader self”. If we focus a...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - May 11, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: leadership Occupational Source Type: blogs

Post #55 COVID-19 Vaccine for 12 to 15 Year Old Adolescents
The Pfizer vaccine will soon be offered to 12-15 year olds, raising a mild conundrum for parents.Should they skip the vaccine, given that most children have fared well when infected with COVID-19 (many already having been infected)?  Or should they immunize their child(ren), even though the vaccine is relatively new and doesn ’t have a long track record?Vaccines have had their missteps, most notably the recalled RotaShield immunization in 1999. However, the recall of RotaShield and the recent temporary pause of the Johnson&Johnson COVID-19 vaccine should instill confidence in the robustness and capability o...
Source: A Pediatrician's Blog - May 8, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: blogs

PROP s Disproportionate Influence on U.S. Opioid Policy: The Harms of Intended Consequences
ConclusionDespite being turned back from an effort to bluntly reduce opioid prescribing by the FDA in 2013 based on a lack of scientific evidence for its position (17,18), PROP has had a disproportionate effect on opioid policy in the Untied States for almost a decade. PROP found a willing federal regulatory partner in the CDC, and while PROP may not have secretly written the 2016 CDC Pain Guidelines (75), they certainly enjoyed disproportionate representation on CDCs review panels and Core Expert Group (23-25) in a process that lacked transparency (22, 23, 26, 27). When the CDC admitted that its Pain Guideline had been...
Source: Pallimed: A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog - May 3, 2021 Category: Palliative Care Tags: CDC health policy kollas opioids pain prop Source Type: blogs

PROP ’s Disproportionate Influence on U.S. Opioid Policy: The Harms of Intended Consequences
ConclusionDespite being turned back from an effort to bluntly reduce opioid prescribing by the FDA in 2013 based on a lack of scientific evidence for its position (17,18), PROP has had a disproportionate effect on opioid policy in the Untied States for almost a decade. PROP found a willing federal regulatory partner in the CDC, and while PROP may not have “secretly written” the 2016 CDC Pain Guidelines (75), they certainly enjoyed disproportionate representation on CDC’s review panels and Core Expert Group (23-25) in a process that lacked transparency (22, 23, 26, 27). When the CDC admitted that its Pain Guideline ha...
Source: Pallimed: A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog - May 3, 2021 Category: Palliative Care Tags: CDC health policy kollas opioids pain prop Source Type: blogs

On Med Mal Reform, Democrats Are More Libertarian than Republicans
Michael F. CannonIn a  recentpost, I  announced the release of and provided excerpts from Cato’s latest health policy book,Medical Malpractice Litigation: How It Works, Why Tort Reform Hasn ’t Helped, by Bernard S. Black,David A. Hyman, Myungho S. Paik, William M. Sage, andCharles Silver (foreword by former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle).Medical Malpractice Litigationcompiles original research from states that capped damages in “med mal” cases to show that such reforms do not have the effects that physicians and other supporters claim. If anything, damage caps benefit physicians and insurance companies at th...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 3, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Michael F. Cannon Source Type: blogs

Gone Fishing: Teaching Bioinformatics With Skate DNA
As computers have advanced over the past few decades, researchers have been able to work with larger and more complex datasets than ever before. The science of using computers to investigate biological data is called bioinformatics, and it’s helping scientists make important discoveries, such as finding versions of genes that affect a person’s risk for developing various types of cancer. Many scientists believe that almost all biologists will use bioinformatics to some degree in the future. Bioinformatics software was used to create this representation of a biological network. Credit: Benjamin King, University of Ma...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - April 28, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Genes Bioinformatics Cool Creatures DNA Genomics Training Source Type: blogs

VITAL trial on vitamin D
Role of vitamin D in cardiovascular disease has been suggested by observational studies. Low blood levels of vitamin D was found to be associated with higher risks of heart disease, stroke, hypertension and diabetes mellitus [1]. But the 2011 Institute of Medicine (United States) guidance concluded that the evidence is inconsistent and inconclusive, not meeting the criteria for a cause effect relationship [2]. VITAL study was a randomized placebo controlled trial of vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) at a dose of 2000 IU per day and omega-3 fatty acids at a dose of 1 g per day for prevention of cancer and cardiovascular diseas...
Source: Cardiophile MD - April 18, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis Tags: Cardiology Source Type: blogs

FDA Clears First AI Polyp Detection System for Colonoscopies
Medtronic won FDA de novo clearance for its GI Genius endoscopy technology that can spot suspicious lesions during routine colonoscopy exams. The system works with any video colonoscope and can even process pre-recorded colonoscopies. Even hig...
Source: Medgadget - April 15, 2021 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: GI Source Type: blogs

76 Percent of Consulates Are Fully or Partly Closed Even after Tests and Vaccinations
David J. BierPresident Bidenended President Trump ’s immigrant visa ban and allowed his nonimmigrant visa ban to expire on April 1. While this is progress, the president is inexplicably keeping 76 percent of consulates fully or partially closed to routine visa processing, affecting about 71 percent of all visa applicants. The consulate closures a re acting as a de facto ban on legal immigration and travel, even thoughall travelers to the country must receive negative COVID-19 tests and more than 551 million doses of the vaccinehave already been administered outside the United States.In March 2020, the State Department c...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 9, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: David J. Bier Source Type: blogs

Accelerating the Development of Tests for Endometriosis and Cancer
NIGMS’ Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program works toward more effective methods for patient screening, diagnosis, and treatment. Translating lab discoveries into health care products requires large investments of time and resources. Through the STTR Regional Technology Transfer Accelerator Hubs for IDeA States program, NIGMS helps researchers interested in transitioning their discoveries and/or inventions into products. Here are the stories of three researchers working with the XLerator Hub, which funds projects in the southeastern United States and Puerto Rico. Ending Diagnostic Delays for Endomet...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - April 7, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Injury and Illness Cancer Diseases Profiles Scientific Process Source Type: blogs

Joshua Greenberg on Antebellum Paper Money
George SelginAlerted by a tweet by him, I recently listened toa December 2020 C-SPAN talk, on " Paper Money in Antebellum America, " by historianJoshua Greenberg, the author ofBank Notes and Shinplasters: The Rage for Paper Money in the Early Republic.I haven ' t yet read his book. But Greenberg ' s talk is worth a listen. I was especially intrigued by his suggestion that, because they had to deal with so many different banknotes, including many of doubtful value, early Americans acquired a degree of financial savviness they sorely lack nowadays. Greenberg ' s related thesis that, by virtue of their very lack of uniformity...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 31, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: George Selgin Source Type: blogs

Evaluation of the Surgical Specimen After Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy
ConclusionPostneoadjuvant systemic therapy histopathological changes are complex, and careful systematic review of the specimen is required for accurate diagnosis and follow-up treatment. For pathological complete response to be used as an indicator of response to novel therapies, it is essential to have a standardized way in which residual disease is measured and reported. We designed the recommendations specifically for the clinical trial setting; however, they can be optionally incorporated into routine practice because, in our opinion, standardization is most effective when uniformly applied. Hopefully, such standardiz...
Source: Oncopathology - March 23, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: breast Breast Biopsy Procedure breast cancer Source Type: blogs

Beyond CBD: Here come the other cannabinoids, but where ’s the evidence?
In the span of a few years, the component of cannabis called CBD (cannabidiol) went from being a relatively obscure molecule to a healthcare fad that has swept the world, spawning billions in sales, millions of users, CBD workout clothing, pillowcases, hamburgers, ice cream — you name it. The concerns of such a rapid adoption are that enthusiasm might be soaring high above the actual science, and that there are safety issues, such as drug interactions, that are given short shrift in the enthusiasm to treat chronic pain, insomnia, anxiety, and many of the other conditions that CBD is believed to help alleviate. Cannabis, ...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - March 23, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Peter Grinspoon, MD Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Drugs and Supplements Fatigue Marijuana Pain Management Source Type: blogs