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What goes on in the brain matters
I am the first to say (quite loudly at times) that pain is a whole person experience. I say this because my experience of pain is mine and utterly unable to be shared in all its complexity. The only way other people know about my pain is through my actions – both involuntary and voluntary. And even then: the way I express myself differs depending on my social context, my mood, my goals, and what I think my pain represents. Yet when I’m asleep, I don’t have pain, when I have anaesthetic for my colonoscopy, I don’t have pain – so what goes on in my brain is kinda important. Now there have bee...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - June 25, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Chronic pain Pain conditions Research Therapeutic approaches Source Type: blogs

Can You Receive Acupuncture With Hypertension?
Conclusion Acupuncture’s potential role in hypertension management presents a fascinating intersection between traditional and modern medicine. Research indicates that acupuncture could serve as a valuable supplement to conventional hypertension care, but individualized consultation with healthcare providers remains indispensable. As we continue to explore the full potential of this ancient practice, it’s crucial to remember that the best approach to managing hypertension is a comprehensive one, balancing medication, lifestyle changes, and potentially, practices like acupuncture. Read also: Can Yo...
Source: The EMT Spot - June 16, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Rotman, MD, FRCPC, PhD Tags: Blood Pressure Source Type: blogs

St. John ’ s Wort: A Hidden Danger For Hypertension?
Conclusion: Navigating The Use Of St. John’s Wort Amidst Hypertension While St. John’s Wort is generally safe for most people, it may pose challenges for individuals managing high blood pressure, especially those on specific medications, such as calcium blockers. Reflecting on Trista Best’s wisdom, informed decision-making and regular healthcare consultations are key to safely traversing the landscape of supplements. As we continually unearth the potentials of these natural remedies, balancing their benefits and risks is fundamental to our health journey. This in-depth understanding helps ensur...
Source: The EMT Spot - June 14, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Rotman, MD, FRCPC, PhD Tags: News Source Type: blogs

Rethinking Medication and Information Technology
Previous articles in this series looked at barriers to taking medication and possible solutions, including special conditions that produce challenges. This final article in the series turns the question on its head. Can patients get better without the medications? Dr. Omar Manejwala, CMO of DarioHealth, goes so far as to use the terms “paternalistic” and “infantilizing” to label claims that people fail to take medication solely out of ignorance or forgetfulness. To all the other factors that hold people back from taking their meds, he adds social and religious factors, concerns about side effects an...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 6, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: Ambulatory Clinical Communication and Patient Experience EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC AdhereHealth Bryan Hill Carium Caroline E. Ortiz Charles Lee Cognizant DarioHealth FDB fee-for- Source Type: blogs

Ultrasound Catheter to Treat Hypertension
Researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and the Université de Paris, France, have tested an ultrasound denervation catheter in its potential to treat hypertension. The technology is called the Paradise ultrasound denervation device ...
Source: Medgadget - March 9, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Medicine Radiology Source Type: blogs

American Health Care Consumers Should Have Access to Drugs and Devices Benefitting People in Other Developed Countries
Jeffrey A. SingerSwiss Medtech, a trade association representing the medical technology industry, issued a press release on November 28 praising the Swiss Parliament for enacting legislation allowing Swiss health care providers and patients to access medical devices approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Until now, the Swiss government only permitted patients and doctors to access devices that have a CE Marking, which indicates the device meets European Union standards, and the E.U. approves it for marketing among member states. The Swiss Parliament ’s action should expand access and increase p...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 29, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, October 31st 2022
This study used mice to evaluate how their lifestyles - eating fatty foods vs. healthy and exercising vs. not - affected the metabolites of their offspring. Metabolites are substances made or used when the body breaks down food, drugs or chemicals, or its own fat or muscle tissue. "We have previously shown that maternal and paternal exercise improve health of offspring. Tissue and serum metabolites play a fundamental role in the health of an organism, but how parental exercise affects offspring tissue and serum metabolites has not yet been investigated." Researchers used targeted metabolomics - the study of metaboli...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 30, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

Stem Cell Derived Extracellular Vesicles Reduce Epigenetic Age in Mice
As a strategy, the measurement of epigenetic age to assess the outcome of therapy intended to slow or reverse aging has its issues. Since it remains unknown as to how near all of the epigenetic marks on the genome are caused by the underlying processes of aging, it is quite possible that any given epigenetic clock will underestimate or overestimate the effects of a given approach to therapy, based on the choice and weighting of epigenetic marks used in the clock. It is suspected that the existing clocks are strongly influenced by only some of the mechanisms of aging. Thus the assessment epigenetic age in a study of ...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 27, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs

How the Civica Insulin Announcement Could Be Disruptive to the PBM Kickback Scheme
Yours truly has written an article. I have given some more serious thought to theCivica insulin announcement made on March 3, 2022 (my article has a link to the original press release) and I think it could be very disruptive to what I have dubbed the " PBM Kickback Scheme " . You can read my assessment below, or athttps://www.slideshare.net/ScottStrumello/civica-insulin-assessment.Ironically, this month ' sNew England Journal of Medicine also has a very interesting (and similar) analysis of the exact same topic (the Civica insulin announcement) in its " Perspective " section in an article entitled " A Radical Treatment for...
Source: Scott's Web Log - June 10, 2022 Category: Endocrinology Tags: 2022 Biocon Biosimilar biosimilars Civica Civica Rx CivicaRx insulin Semglee Viatris Source Type: blogs

Purity of Essence
David Gorski is extremely long-winded, do I don ' t often link to him, butI think he has a good insight here. (You can just skim it if you like.)Much of the ideology driving the " alternative medicine " and anti-vax crowd, or perhaps a better word for it is sentiment, is analogous to religious notions of ritual purity. If you read the Torah with me, you saw that as a major theme. People who have contact with corpses, unclean animals, menstrual blood, and so on must go through purification rituals. The world is divided into " clean " and " unclean. " And so the " alternative " medicine true believers are obsessed with imagi...
Source: Stayin' Alive - November 22, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs

Plumbing new depths of stupidity
Yep, stupid is the only word for it. And before I cut to the chase, to be clear, people can behave stupidly and hold stupid beliefs even without having the general characteristic of being stupid. This distinction is often lost on those accused. It can happen even to people with exceptionally high IQs.Note the dread Nobel disease.So, now that many people are facing vaccine mandates, the new fad is to get vaccinated and then" undo " the purported ill effects by various insane methods: In a TikTok video that has garnered hundreds of thousands of views, Dr. Carrie Madej outlined the ingredients for a bath she said will â€...
Source: Stayin' Alive - November 13, 2021 Category: American Health 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

Treating the pain of endometriosis
Many women suffer through years of painful menstrual periods before they are able to get an answer about what’s causing them: a common and often undiagnosed condition called endometriosis. What is endometriosis? Endometriosis is a condition that occurs when tissue much like the tissue that lines a woman’s uterus — called the endometrium — starts to grow in other places inside the body. Most commonly, these growths are within the pelvis, such as on the ovaries, the fallopian tubes, the outer surface of the uterus, or the bladder. During the menstrual cycle each month, the tissue lining the uterus grows thicker, then...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - November 20, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kelly Bilodeau Tags: Pain Management Stress Surgery Women's Health Source Type: blogs

Mind-body medicine in addiction recovery
As someone who struggled with a miserable opiate addiction for 10 years, and who has treated hundreds of people for various addictions, I am increasingly impressed with the ways in which mind-body medicine can be a critical component of recovery from addiction. Mind-body medicine is the use of behavioral and lifestyle interventions, such as meditation, relaxation, yoga, acupuncture, and mindfulness, to holistically address medical problems. Mind-body treatments can be integrated with traditional medical treatments, or used as standalone treatments for certain conditions. Mind-body medicine is now being studied by the Natio...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - October 28, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Peter Grinspoon, MD Tags: Addiction Alcohol Complementary and alternative medicine Mind body medicine Source Type: blogs

5 ways to ease pain using the mind-body connection
I smashed my elbow a few weeks ago. There was no bone break — just a bad bruise after slipping in the kitchen and landing on my arm — but at times the pain has been excruciating. So I’ve been following doctor’s orders: babying my elbow, icing it, and taking an occasional over-the-counter painkiller. (PS: I wear sneakers in the kitchen now.) Something else has helped, too: mind-body therapies. These approaches aim to change our awareness of pain and retrain the way we respond to it. The therapies can help us control pain — such as long-lasting back pain — or live with it better. While these techniques won’t er...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - August 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Heidi Godman Tags: Back Pain Complementary and alternative medicine Health Pain Management Source Type: blogs