Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin for coronavirus study – does not work Because of an awful study from France published on 20 March 2020, Donald Trump and other non-scientists pushed hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin for coronavirus. Of course, this old dinosaur and many others like Orac, who has written several articles about it, found the evidence that hydroxychloroquine, usually with the antibiotic azithromycin, had any effect on COVID-19 was very weak. But a small retrospective study showed hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin had no positive effect on the course or outcomes from severe cases of COVID-19. What is hydroxychloroquine? Chloroquine was approved in October 1949 for treating malaria, and it was the anti-malarial drug of choice for many years. Although it is no longer used as an anti-malarial, chloroquine and its derivative hydroxychloroquine have found a new life for the treatment of a number of other conditions. In addition, chloroquine is used to control the aquarium fish parasite Amyloodinium ocellatum, so many people have the drug nearby.
Cranberries to prevent urinary tract infections: Another alternative medicine zombie that’s impervious to evidence Cranberry capsules to prevent or treat urinary tract infections? Stop. One way to distinguish science-based medicine from alternative medicine is to observe how each deals with negative or contradictory evidence. Cranberries and urinary tract infections If there was a folk remedies course offered back in the 1990s, it probably would have mentioned the use of cranberries and cranberry juice to prevent or treat urinary tract infections. Why cranberry? Cranberry seems to come up as a post topic every few years. Cranberries (usually as cranberry juice) have been used to prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs). The evidence base of trials that make up the meta-analysis is filled with problems, including: Small numbers of patientsVague inclusion criteriaInsufficient durationPatient drop-outsPoor follow-upUnclear diagnostic criteria: Lack of confirmation of an actual infectionInappropriate endpointsUnstandardized products (unclear amounts of active ingredients) The definitive trial on cranberries?
Multiple chronic pain states are associated with a common amino acid-changing allele in KCNS1. - PubMed - NCBI Evidence Based Medicine – New Approaches and Challenges UW experts on novel coronavirus (COVID-19) The University of Washington is home to many experts on topics related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Expand each topic to see their names and specific expertise. Click on an expert’s name to view their contact information, recent media mentions and more. Public health Click on an expert’s name to view their contact information, recent media mentions and more. Medicine and virology For experts in the School of Medicine, please contact the UW Medicine Newsroom. Mental health and human connection Policy, law, political science and supply chain Business and economics Education Misinformation Environment We will be expanding this list on an ongoing basis. Recent COVID-19 news coverage
5 Emotional Freedom Technique or EFT Tapping Benefits Know anyone who uses EFT tapping to help fight depression or anxiety? Wondering what “Emotional Freedom Technique” (or EFT) is all about, and how it works to manage tension in the body and worry in the mind? EFT tapping therapy was first introduced in the 1990s by a man named Gary Craig, who considered his approach to be an effective combination of mind-body medicine and acupressure techniques. The underlying principle of EFT is that all emotions and thoughts are forms of energy; this energy, whether positive or negative, has very real physical manifestations that affect all functions of the body. While the human body possesses a natural healing potential, stress and emotional problems can stand in the way, which is where EFT comes in. What Is EFT Tapping Therapy? Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is a self-help technique that involves tapping near the end points of “energy meridians” located around the body in order to reduce tension and promote a deeper mind-body connection. 1. 2. 3.
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9 Amazing Facts about Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Imaging Ultrasound used in Athletics Are you a coaching an athlete complaining about a training injury they cannot run through? Have you often been frustrated as a coach or athlete about the general lack of medical support in your sport? Are you a strength coach designing a program for an injured athlete with no exact diagnosis? I have often heard coaches in many sports who are frustrated with designing programs around injuries that remain unresolved and are still painful despite months of “rest and ice”. Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (MSUS) is quickly becoming the imaging test of choice for Sports Medicine doctors working with high performance athletes who need to obtain a quick and accurate diagnosis. Non-traumatic sports injuries often occur at the musculotendonous junction, which is considered the weakest portion of the muscle-tendon complex. Did you know MSUS can see old tendonosis or tendonopathies? What about ligament sprains? How come you have haven’t heard about it before? What is the solution?
UW researchers respond to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) COVID-19 experts for reporters US coronavirus predictions are shifting — here’s why Things are still getting worse. Source: CNN Here are the most recent stories of UW experts commenting on the novel coronavirus epidemic In addition to UW researchers from a variety of disciplines offering their expertise to journalists covering the novel coronavirus, UW Medicine researchers are leading the way in the detection and prevention of COVID-19 and other coronaviruses. This page is updated every week day. Some of the stories below may require a third-party subscription. More 2018 | Electronic Nose Analyses Breath to Diagnose Disease In Brief Researchers are building an electronic nose that can accurately detect and distinguish chemicals in your breath, which could lead to earlier diagnosis of diseases and eventually replace blood tests. Beta testing is targeted early in 2018. A Breath Test In Place of Blood Test A team of researchers from the Texas Analog Center of Excellence (TxACE) at UT Dallas are working on a device that can analyze your breath and diagnose a wide range of diseases, called an “electronic nose.” “Smell is one of the senses of humans and animals, and there have been many efforts to build an electronic nose,” said Dr. The rotational spectrometer can detect low levels of chemicals in the breath using electromagnetic waves, which it transmits over a wide range of frequencies. Notably, this is effective for disease detection because gases that come out in breath contain information about practically every part of the body. More Affordable, And Hopefully Portable
Stakeholder expectations from the integration of chiropractic care into a rehabilitation setting: a qualitative study | BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine | Full Text This qualitative study offers new insights into stakeholder expectations from the integration of chiropractic services into inpatient healthcare facilities, such as the rehabilitation specialty hospital that served as the setting for this research. Despite this being a unique setting for the addition of chiropractic care, research on chiropractic integration into different hospital settings in Canada and the US has demonstrated very similar themes [16, 25]. Patients, families, and providers affirmed the notion that the chiropractor’s overall contribution to the healthcare team was to support rehabilitation patients in their quests of making progress toward discharge to the community. Within this framework, stakeholders expected that the chiropractors’ primary focus would be on pain management, with clinically demonstrative functional improvements another likely outcome. Limitations
No, COVID-19 Is Not Like The Flu—And We Have To Stop Comparing Them | The Well by Northwell I don’t know why everyone is freaking out. The flu kills tens of thousands of people each year, and no one is shutting down borders because of that. Sound familiar? It’s a common refrain from the past few weeks as the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, made its way across borders from Wuhan, China. It’s something I (now shamefully) admit to saying, myself, when this all first started. And the confusion is understandable. “We are familiar with coronaviruses because, for a long time now, strains of coronavirus have circulated in our community and caused respiratory illnesses such as ‘the common cold’. Here’s what we do know: It’s more deadly—and much more contagious. Though we won’t know the actual death rate until COVID-19 is contained and under control, we do know that it’s proving to have a higher death toll—or, in epidemiological terms, “case fatality rate.” And though the elderly are the hardest hit by this virus, they aren’t the only ones at risk. We don’t have immunity.
Enhancing implementation science by applying best principles of systems science | Health Research Policy and Systems | Full Text This review is grounded in the ongoing experiences of the authors to devise and implement interventions to promote health equity, including for older adults. Because the aforementioned interventions are both multilevel and dynamic, the scientific approaches employed evolved from utilising ecological models for thinking through pathways whereby determinants at the societal, community and interpersonal levels affect population and individual health and well-being [1–4], to embracing a portfolio of systems science models that usefully inform related research, practice, policy and education initiatives [5–7]. Forrester, the founder of system dynamics, famously explained that a manager’s verbal description of a corporate organisation constitutes a model [8]. Such mental models of corporations are used by managers to deal with problems that arise on a daily basis. They are not, however, the real corporation.
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