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PECASE Honoree Michael Boyce on Sugar ’ s Role in Cell Signaling and on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Scientific Workforce
Michael Boyce, associate professor of biochemistry at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Credit: Michael Boyce. Sugars aren’t merely energy sources for our cells. They also play important signaling roles through a process called glycosylation, where they attach to proteins and lipids as tags. Although these sugar tags, called glycans, impact many cellular processes, they have long been understudied due to technical challenges. Now, advances in analytical tools like mass spectrometry are enabling scientists to examine the enormous complexity of glycans. Other advances also allow researchers to synthesize com...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - January 15, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Cellular Processes Glycobiology Proteins Source Type: blogs

Neil Peart: An Appreciation
Chris EdwardsNeil Peart, drummer for Canadian rock band Rush, passed away last week after a three-year battle with brain cancer. Peart was 67. He wasregarded as one of the best rock drummers of all time, and Rush carved out a unique place in music overlapping heavy metal and progressive rock.Aside from his virtuoso drumming skills, Peart gained fame for the brainy lyrics he wrote for Rush ’s remarkable string of 19 studio albums. Libertarians may be aware that Rush credited ideas on its 1976 album2112 to the “genius of Ayn Rand.” Peart was not a full-fledged libertarian, but many of his songs were influenced by Rand...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 13, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs

Unions Can Dispense Legal Advice. Why Can't Trade Associations?
Walter OlsonMay a state prohibit a trade association from employing lawyers to dispense legal advice to member firms? Last spring the Fourth Circuitruled that it does not violate the First Amendment for the state of North Carolina to maintain such a ban, and on December 16 the Supreme Court let that result stand bydeclining acertiorari petition. But the issues in the case are worth our attention.It is still taught that corporations cannot practice law, but theexceptions to that maxim are big ones. Long ago the rules changed to permit corporations to hire in-house lawyers and insurance companies to employ staff lawyers to r...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 7, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Walter Olson Source Type: blogs

The Autobahn to Car Consumer Hell Is Paved with the Best Intentions
William YeatmanAfterbailing out two of the “Big 3” Detroit automakers, President Obama called in his markers during the summer of 2011. That’s when his administrationannounced an agreement with major car manufacturers to increase federal fuel economy standards to 54.5 miles per gallon (MPG) by 2025.At the time, fleet averages (including cars and light-duty trucks) were about 27 MPG; doubling that figure in 14 years was a tall order requiring technological breakthroughs that might or might not happen.Accordingly, the 2011 agreement included an escape hatch. The plan stipulated for a “mid-term review” process, by w...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 21, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: William Yeatman Source Type: blogs

Patient-Directed Uses vs. The Platform
By ADRIAN GROPPER, MD It’s 2023. Alice, a patient at Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin, decides to get a second opinion at Mayo Clinic. She’s heard great things about Mayo’s collaboration with Google that everyone calls “The Platform”. Alice is worried, and hoping Mayo’s version of Dr. Google says something more than Ascension’s version of Dr. Google. Is her Ascension doctor also using The Platform? Alice makes an appointment in the breast cancer practice using the Mayo patient portal. Mayo asks permission to access her health records. Alice is offered two choices, one uses HIPAA without her consent...
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 18, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Policy Adrian Gropper Ascension Google Health Data HIPAA Patient privacy Source Type: blogs

Podcast: Medicaid ’ s Dark Secret
For many participants, Medicaid — the program that provides health care to millions of low-income Americans — isn’t free. It’s a loan. And the government expects to be repaid. Are you surprised to hear that? So was today’s guest. Rachel Corbett recently wrote an article explaining in what circumstances you could be at risk. Join us to find out if this could happen to you, how you can protect yourself and what is next for the healthcare program. SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW Guest information for ‘Rachel Corbett Medicaid’ Podcast Episode Rachel Corbett is the author of You Must Change Your Life: The Story...
Source: World of Psychology - December 12, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Podcast Tags: Aging General Health-related Interview Mental Health and Wellness Podcast Policy and Advocacy The Psych Central Show Treatment Source Type: blogs

Happy Repeal Day!
David BoazToday is a great day for freedom. On this day in 1933, the 21st Amendment was ratified, thus repealing Prohibition. My former colleague Brandon Arnoldwrote about it a few years ago:Prohibition isn ’t a subject that should be studied by historians alone, as this failed experiment continues to have a significant impact on our nation.Groups like the Women ’s Christian Temperance Union, a key force in the passage of Prohibition, survive to this day andcontinue to insist that Prohibition was a success and advocate for dry laws.Prohibition-era state laws, many of which are still on the books today, created governme...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 5, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: David Boaz Source Type: blogs

The Lynne Chou O ’ Keefe Fallacy
By MATTHEW HOLT Rob Coppedge and Bryony Winn wrote an interesting article in Xconomy yesterday. I told Rob (& the world) on Twitter yesterday that it was good but wrong. Why was it wrong? Well it encompasses something I’m going to call the Lynne Chou O’Keefe Fallacy. And yes, I’ll get to that in a minute. But first. What did Rob and Bryony say? Having walked the halls and corridors and been deafened by the DJs at HLTH, Rob & Bryony determined why many digital health companies have failed (or will fail) and a few have succeeded. They’ve dubbed the winners “Digital Health Survivors...
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 4, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Health Tech The Business of Health Care BCBS of North Carolina Cambia Health Solutions Define ventures Echo Health Ventures Matthew Holt Source Type: blogs

Outcomes-Based Pharmaceutical Contracts Can Shape the Future of Healthcare
I think that it would be a very good idea if drug costs, particularly for the most expensive ones, were based on outcomes for patients under treatment. This is to say, payment for the drug would be based on evidence that the drug is both efficacious and safe. Outcomes-based drug contracts were the basis for a recent article (see:Outcomes-Based Contracts Can Shape the Future of Health Care) and an excerpt is presented below: Over the past decade, much of the health care economy has shifted from rewarding quantity (fee-for-service) to instead rewarding quality (outcome- and value-based payments). And yet, pharmac...
Source: Lab Soft News - November 26, 2019 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Bruce Friedman Tags: Cost of Healthcare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Healthcare Information Technology Hospital Financial Pharmaceutical Industry Quality of Care Source Type: blogs

Statement to the Randolph County (NC) Commissioners Regarding a Taxpayer " Bail-Out " of Randolph Hospital
You get tired of playing the game - or banging your head against stone walls.  For weeks, I have been resolved to appear at tonight ' sPublic Hearing at the old Asheboro Courthouse - in which Randolph County Commissioners will take up the matter of going into massive debt (by applying for a loan from the state) to keep Randolph Health from closing its doors in late January or February.But I cannot . . . and will not even try to . . . cram 22 years into 3 minutes.  I can actually make the statement in 8 or 9 minutes, but not 3.  The hospital has pontificated from its various soapboxes and manipulated the...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - November 21, 2019 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs

Podcast: Mass Violence Facts from the National Council on Behavioral Health
We all have an idea in our heads of what a mass shooter looks like. But how accurate is it? Does anyone actually know? Who would you trust to find out? Is there any data on this? Well, now there is. The National Council on Behavioral Health has recently completed a comprehensive report, “Mass Violence in America: Causes, Impacts, and Solutions.” Listen in as our host interviews the medical director of the National Council for an in-depth explanation of what this exhaustive document has revealed. SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW Guest information for ‘National Council on Behavioral Health’ Podcast Episode Dr. Joe Park...
Source: World of Psychology - November 21, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Podcast Tags: Anger Brain and Behavior Interview Mental Health and Wellness Podcast Policy and Advocacy Psychiatry Psychology Research The Psych Central Show Violence and Aggression Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, November 18th 2019
Fight Aging! publishes news and commentary relevant to the goal of ending all age-related disease, to be achieved by bringing the mechanisms of aging under the control of modern medicine. This weekly newsletter is sent to thousands of interested subscribers. To subscribe or unsubscribe from the newsletter, please visit: https://www.fightaging.org/newsletter/ Longevity Industry Consulting Services Reason, the founder of Fight Aging! and Repair Biotechnologies, offers strategic consulting services to investors, entrepreneurs, and others interested in the longevity industry and its complexities. To find out m...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 17, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

Notes on the 2019 Longevity Week Events in London
I was recently in London for the Longevity Week, a collection of single day and evening events organized by investor Jim Mellon of Juvenescence and supporting groups. Varied events focused separately on (a) educating investors in the science of aging, (b) generating a larger investment community for the new longevity industry, and (c) improving the non-profit world and its efforts to explain the merits of treating aging to the public, to bring therapies to the clinic, and to improve the state of older life using presently available tools. Jim Mellon clearly understands that building an industry focused on the medical contr...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 15, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Healthy Life Extension Community Source Type: blogs

Performance tracker 2019: a data-driven analysis of the performance of public services
Institute for Government - Jointly published with the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), this report projects the demand and spending on nine public services for the next five years: GPs, hospitals, adult social care, children ’s social care, neighbourhood services, police, prisons, courts, and schools. The report estimates that the government and local authorities will spend £191.1 billion on these nine services by 2023/24. While this may be enough to meet demand (except in adult social care), this will not be enough for the government to make improvements, such as better care for canc...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - November 10, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: NHS finances and productivity Social care Source Type: blogs

The Nordic Saga: Genomics And Politics In Iceland
We guide you to a country where DNA analysis dates back to at least two decades, where Game of Thrones was shot, and where more sheep live than people. To the country of Ice and Fire. In the next stop of our genomics and politics series, let’s see how Iceland, a state with a tiny and homogenous population makes use of genomic data, and how private and public clashes over its regulatory issues. To share or not to share? In the future, researchers in many countries will be able to reliably identify hundreds of people as carriers of cancer-related genes only by pressing a button. It won’t matter whether those indivi...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 2, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Genomics Security & Privacy DNA dna testing ethics genes Genetic testing genetics technology regulations government society bioethics bioethical politics iceland decode Source Type: blogs