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Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Ex-pharma CEO Martin Shkreli weighs in on skyrocketing EpiPen prices
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One year after face transplant, ex-firefighter sees new "normal"
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Face transplant recipient thriving one year after surgery
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Infamous ex-pharma CEO Martin Shkreli weighs in on EpiPen price hike
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Sanitation crews target standing water in Zika zones
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Patent Monopolies Driving High U.S. Drug Prices: Study
Prescription drug prices are skyrocketing in the United States due in large part to government regulations, a new analysis finds.
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Face transplant recipient: "Normal has become a reality"
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Zika virus spreads across Florida
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Boiling down the dietary guidelines
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Kindergarten readiness: Help your child prepare
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Tips for Preventing Kids' Colds and Flu
The top ways of keeping your kids from getting sick are washing hands and getting those flu shots.
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Fact or Fiction: Debunking the Top 7 Pregnancy Myths
If you're pregnant, can you color your hair? Get a flu shot? Have sex? Here's what the experts say about the top old wives' tales about pregnancy.
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ADHD More Often Missed in Minority Kids
Study found disparities in diagnosis, treatment rates
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American College of Prosthodontists, ACP Education Foundation name new executive director
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Sepsis: Deadly infection is a "race against time"
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USDA to Purchase Surplus Cheese for Food Banks and Families in Need, Continue to Assist Dairy Producers
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Amazing progress for child with double hand transplant
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Doctors: Florida teen survives brain-eating amoeba
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New guidelines on added sugar for kids
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Scans Show Range of Zika Brain Defects in Infants
Images of the brains of Brazilian newborns and fetuses suggest the virus affects multiple sites
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Breast-Feeding Rates Up, But Many Moms Quit Early
American Academy of Pediatrics recommends babies get only breast milk for the first 6 months of life
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Average Lifespan Longer for Twins
And, identical twins tend to outlive fraternal twins, study shows
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Kindergarten readiness: Help your child prepare
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Asthma in adults: Creating an asthma action plan
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Boiling down the dietary guidelines
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Play a Wind Instrument? Beware 'Bagpipe Lung'
Players of wind instruments, such as bagpipes, trumpets, and trombones, are at risk of getting a rare lung condition if they don’t clean the instruments regularly.
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Moldy bagpipe blamed for man's death
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Banned PCB Chemicals Still Tied to Autism in Kids
These toxins have lingered in the environment, study authors say
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Youth Football Tackle Drills and Concussion Risk
But experts disagree about whether certain collision drills should be curtailed
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Another study shows parents of newborns don’t always follow safe sleep recommendations
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If you ask parents of newborns what the recommendations for safe sleep for infants are, most can recite the “safe sleep rules”: put your baby to sleep on his back, by himself, on a firm surface with no loose bedding (preferably nothing in the crib but Baby).
But just because they know doesn’t mean they do it.
In a study released last week in the journal Pediatrics, researchers videotaped parents and babies in their homes at night, as part of a study on how parenting affects infant sleep routines. The parents knew they were being videotaped — they agreed to the study — and yet lots of them broke the Safe Sleep Rules.
At one month:
- 21% of the infants were put to sleep on an unsafe surface
- 14% were not put to sleep on their back
- 91% had stuff in the crib, such as bedding, bumper pads, pillows, stuffed animals, or sleep positioners
- 28% moved to a different sleep space during the night, often to sleep with a parent.
At three months:
- 10% were put to sleep on an unsafe surface
- 18% were not put to sleep on their back
- 87% had stuff in the crib
- 18% moved somewhere else during the night.
At six months:
- 12% were put to sleep on an unsafe surface
- 33% were not put to sleep on their back
- 93% had stuff in the crib
- 12% moved somewhere else during the night.
This isn’t really surprising. Previous studies have shown similar results. A study published about a year ago showed that more than half of parents don’t follow all the recommendations.
The main reason we have this recommendation is to prevent Sudden Unexplained Infant Death (which includes Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS). It’s rare — it happens to about 100 out of every 100,000 infants — and perhaps because it’s rare, many parents simply think it’s not going to happen to their baby. Odds are they are right — but given that these safe sleep rules can make a real difference, does it truly make sense to play the odds when your child’s life could be at stake?
The most common rule broken was the “nothing in crib” rule. Many parents may simply feel like their babies need blankets and other bedding; after all, it’s hard for most of us to imagine sleeping on a bare mattress. But babies really don’t need bedding — and again, is it worth risking your baby’s life for the sake of a blanket?
I think it’s important, too, not to underestimate the power and impact of sleep deprivation when it comes to newborn babies — who are, let’s face it, terrible sleepers who routinely wake up their parents every few hours. While this works well for Baby, it can be incredibly exhausting for parents used to getting eight hours of sleep. It’s understandable that many parents might feel like desperate times call for desperate measures, and simply give up when their baby hates sleeping on her back or only seems to sleep when she is on her father’s chest.
I get it. But not only can most babies be taught to sleep on their backs and alone, these desperate times will pass. The sleep deprivation is real, but doesn’t last forever. We pediatricians didn’t create these rules to be mean; they come from years of research, and are meant to keep your baby safe — and alive.
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Asthma in adults: Creating an asthma action plan
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Boiling down the dietary guidelines
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Kindergarten readiness: Help your child prepare
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Calling All App Developers – New ChallengeDiabetes App Contest
Diabetes can be a time consuming and expensive disease — and no one understands this better than the people who live with it.
In the United States, diabetes and prediabetes cost us a staggering $322 billion each year in direct medical expenses and reduced productivity. And studies have shown that people with diabetes spend 2.3 times more on their health each year compared to people without diabetes, making it one of the most costly conditions plaguing communities and straining health systems — not just here, but around the world.
People living with diabetes are at an increased risk of many serious health complications, such as blindness, kidney failure, hypertension, amputation and heart attack. It’s because of this that the day-to-day management of diabetes is so critical. The amount of information people living with diabetes need to keep track of can become overwhelming, from monitoring food intake, exercise and blood glucose levels to managing medication and doctors’ visits. There is no cure for diabetes, but it can be managed, and technology is helping to rapidly improve the quality of life for individuals with diabetes.
In the spirit of innovation and as part of our mutual commitment to the diabetes community, the American Diabetes Association® (Association) and IBM Watson Health have launched the ChallengeDiabetes App Contest to kick-start the development of cognitive mobile apps to support people living with diabetes and prediabetes. (Developers: Work fast, because the deadline for submitting is Sept. 15! More here: watsonhealth.ibm.com/challengediabetes.)
We spoke with our Senior Vice President of Medical Innovation, Dr. Jane Chiang, about the cognitive app challenge to hear how these new technology solutions could help the diabetes community — from patients to caregivers to health care providers — to improve clinical, research and lifestyle decisions for better diabetes management.
Can you give an overview of the current tools available to people with diabetes today?
Most people today use traditional tools like the glucose meters and insulin syringes to treat diabetes. Continuous glucose meters (CGMs) and insulin pumps are higher-tech tools, with an artificial pancreas soon on the horizon.
A big part of living with diabetes is self-management. What are some of the challenges a person living with diabetes experiences every day?
The daily and sometimes minute-by-minute issues, like counting carbs, dosing insulin and managing lows, are the toughest part. Technology can help with the tough decisions and ease the burden.
Why should a mobile app developer want to participate in this challenge?
Developers and companies should apply because if they have a wellness app currently on the market with a good tool to support people with diabetes or prediabetes, the Association’s and IBM’s expertise and technology can amplify its capabilities and reach. We will provide advice from diabetes experts and access to diabetes related content, and IBM Watson Health will provide insights from cognitive analysis of the data collected by the app. We will also provide consulting on business and market models.
We want to see the innovative ways app developers can empower individuals to manage their diabetes or help their loved ones. We know there are many useful apps out there already. The goal of this challenge is to showcase the most effective ones. The Association and IBM will also offer consulting on the apps go-to-market strategy, to help accelerate visibility and process for the winning app.
Why is it important for diabetes patients, caregivers and providers to have access to cognitive tools?
Technology tools and mobile apps need to be personalized in order to be most effective. Each individual is different. If tech tools can be customized and hyper-personalized to an individual’s exact situation, then we anticipate that the outcomes would be better.
For patients and caregivers, cognitive tools for people living with diabetes or prediabetes could be developed to provide tailored information and insights, reflecting individual factors such as demographics, disease stage, treatment regimen and behaviors.
Why is a cognitive app challenge like this important for the diabetes community?
This is the future of health care. “Cognitive” computing refers to systems that learn at scale, reason with purpose and interact with humans naturally. Rather than being explicitly programmed, these systems learn and reason from their interactions with us and from their experiences with their environment to provide relevant, actionable insights.
Nowadays, there is so much information that it’s tough for us to process it all. Cognitive apps have the ability to bring together siloed data, or data from a variety of sources, so that providers, caregivers and even patients themselves can get the insights they need, when they need, to make better health decisions.
What do you think developers bring to the table that the medical community wouldn’t traditionally offer to people with diabetes?
The medical community is rich with content experts and expertise — they tell you what to do. The tech community is filled with experts at the delivery — they can help with how you do something . . . like manage your diabetes.
The ChallengeDiabetes App Contest is officially open! Developers are invited to apply for the opportunity to enhance their current cognitive mobile apps by leveraging the Watson APIs and the Association’s deep data repository of clinical and research data. The purpose of the contest is to advance the use of technology to promote health and to ultimately help improve the lives of those living with diabetes or prediabetes.
The contest is open for submissions, and developers can visit watsonhealth.ibm.com/challengediabetes to obtain an application and learn more. Deadline to submit an application is Sept. 15, 2016.
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Unhappy at Work in 20s, Unhealthy in 40s?
How young adults feel about their careers might affect them physically, mentally by middle-age, study finds
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6 Teaspoons of Added Sugars Daily Limit for Kids
New guidelines aim to help improve children's overall diet, health
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New guidelines urge less added sugars in kids' diets
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Kindergarten readiness: Help your child prepare
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Boiling down the dietary guidelines
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Asthma in adults: Creating an asthma action plan
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Pregnant women make tough choices as Zika spreads in Florida
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"Life or death": Pregnant women cope with Zika fears in Florida
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Job satisfaction in your 20s, 30s may impact health later
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Kindergarten readiness: Help your child prepare
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Boiling down the dietary guidelines
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Asthma in adults: Creating an asthma action plan
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Kindergarten readiness: Help your child prepare
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Boiling down the dietary guidelines
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Asthma in adults: Creating an asthma action plan
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