Highlights from the June 2, 2010 forum in which the Community Health Data Initiative was promoted and the Health 2.0 Challenge was announced. Highlights include mashups, mobile, geographic, decision support and much more.
NewsTrain instructor Jill Riepenhoff provided this handout of tips on developing data-driven enterprise stories off beats as part of the NewsTrain workshop in Columbus, Ohio, on Sept. 20, 2014. It include links to various databases of interest to reporters on beats such as health, sports, education, business, cops and courts, and government. Please see an associated PowerPoint presentation -- Data-Driven Enterprise on Any Beat. NewsTrain is a traveling workshop for journalists sponsored by Associated Press Media Editors. For more information, visit http://www.apme.com/?AboutNewsTrain
Data Driven Enterprise off your Beat, a handout from the Producing Stories Effectively program at the Orlando NewsTrain May 15-16, 2015 by Ron Nixon. Ron Nixon is a Washington correspondent for The New York Times who covers the federal regulatory agencies. He is a visiting associate for journalism and media studies at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, and a former adjunct professor at Howard University.
This document lists the URLs for various scholarship programs. Some of the scholarships mentioned include the Coca-Cola Scholarship Foundation, Ron Brown Scholarship Program, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, Target Scholarship, and Tylenol Scholarship. It also includes URLs for state-specific scholarships, such as the State Farm Scholarship, as well as programs focused on areas like science, minorities, the military, community service, and various other topics. There are over 50 scholarship resources listed.
Ron Nixon, Washington correspondent for The New York Times, offers tips on getting started with data journalism. This handout provides links to many online databases for beats including sports, business, campaign finance, health and education. It accompanies a presentation, "Data Journalism 101," that he gave at Philadelphia NewsTrain Nov. 13-14, 2015. It was also distributed at Lexington NewsTrain on Jan. 21, 2016, to accompany a presentation by Linda J. Johnson on "Data-Driven Enterprise off Your Beat." NewsTrain is a training initiative of Associated Press Media Editors. More info: http://bit.ly/NewsTrain
The document provides links to several websites about how the Louisiana Purchase changed the structure of power in North America. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States, giving it control over a vast territory stretching from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. This greatly increased American power on the continent at the expense of European colonial powers like France and Spain. The additional lands opened up new opportunities for expansion and economic development that made the United States a major continental power.
This document provides a list of over 30 financial aid resources for military service members, veterans, and their families to research scholarships and education grants. The resources are organized alphabetically and each includes a brief description and website link. Eligibility criteria varies and some specifically target spouses or dependents. The document aims to be a helpful starting point for those seeking financial assistance opportunities for college or continuing education.
This document provides research and citation tips for students taking BS110 at Globe University. It lists databases such as Business Source Premier and ABI/Inform Complete as good sources for finding country reports and articles. Additional online sources of country information are also provided. The document explains APA citation style, including providing examples of in-text citations and reference list entries for websites and articles from databases. Students are encouraged to use citation tools in databases and Word to help cite sources properly. Contact information is provided for the online librarian for any other questions.
This very short document appears to be discussing a search engine and how it relates to news reporting. It mentions Google, a search engine, newspapers, and some other unclear terms like solheim and cup reportage. The relationships between the terms are unclear from the limited information provided.
NewsTrain instructor Jill Riepenhoff provided this handout of tips on developing data-driven enterprise stories off beats as part of the NewsTrain workshop in Columbus, Ohio, on Sept. 20, 2014. It include links to various databases of interest to reporters on beats such as health, sports, education, business, cops and courts, and government. Please see an associated PowerPoint presentation -- Data-Driven Enterprise on Any Beat. NewsTrain is a traveling workshop for journalists sponsored by Associated Press Media Editors. For more information, visit http://www.apme.com/?AboutNewsTrain
Data Driven Enterprise off your Beat, a handout from the Producing Stories Effectively program at the Orlando NewsTrain May 15-16, 2015 by Ron Nixon. Ron Nixon is a Washington correspondent for The New York Times who covers the federal regulatory agencies. He is a visiting associate for journalism and media studies at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, and a former adjunct professor at Howard University.
This document lists the URLs for various scholarship programs. Some of the scholarships mentioned include the Coca-Cola Scholarship Foundation, Ron Brown Scholarship Program, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, Target Scholarship, and Tylenol Scholarship. It also includes URLs for state-specific scholarships, such as the State Farm Scholarship, as well as programs focused on areas like science, minorities, the military, community service, and various other topics. There are over 50 scholarship resources listed.
Ron Nixon, Washington correspondent for The New York Times, offers tips on getting started with data journalism. This handout provides links to many online databases for beats including sports, business, campaign finance, health and education. It accompanies a presentation, "Data Journalism 101," that he gave at Philadelphia NewsTrain Nov. 13-14, 2015. It was also distributed at Lexington NewsTrain on Jan. 21, 2016, to accompany a presentation by Linda J. Johnson on "Data-Driven Enterprise off Your Beat." NewsTrain is a training initiative of Associated Press Media Editors. More info: http://bit.ly/NewsTrain
The document provides links to several websites about how the Louisiana Purchase changed the structure of power in North America. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States, giving it control over a vast territory stretching from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. This greatly increased American power on the continent at the expense of European colonial powers like France and Spain. The additional lands opened up new opportunities for expansion and economic development that made the United States a major continental power.
This document provides a list of over 30 financial aid resources for military service members, veterans, and their families to research scholarships and education grants. The resources are organized alphabetically and each includes a brief description and website link. Eligibility criteria varies and some specifically target spouses or dependents. The document aims to be a helpful starting point for those seeking financial assistance opportunities for college or continuing education.
This document provides research and citation tips for students taking BS110 at Globe University. It lists databases such as Business Source Premier and ABI/Inform Complete as good sources for finding country reports and articles. Additional online sources of country information are also provided. The document explains APA citation style, including providing examples of in-text citations and reference list entries for websites and articles from databases. Students are encouraged to use citation tools in databases and Word to help cite sources properly. Contact information is provided for the online librarian for any other questions.
This very short document appears to be discussing a search engine and how it relates to news reporting. It mentions Google, a search engine, newspapers, and some other unclear terms like solheim and cup reportage. The relationships between the terms are unclear from the limited information provided.
The document discusses Elizabeth Bianchini's search for an article on workplace violence in emergency departments. She had difficulty finding the full text of one article through her college library's databases. She describes searching the journal website directly and being unable to access the full text without purchasing it. The document also outlines Elizabeth's search strategies, including using Boolean operators to broaden and narrow her searches for relevant articles on the topic.
This document provides a list of websites and online resources for a student to use to research and revise a decision making paper on topics related to economic development, population issues, immigration, and aging societies. It includes links to online dictionaries, indexes on human development, websites discussing problems of youthful and overpopulated societies, information on the European Union and individual countries, views of Polish immigration to the UK, and details on aging populations and pensions in the UK.
This document provides a summary of financial resources for higher education, including scholarships, grants, loans, and tax benefits. It lists numerous websites that provide information on scholarships for military members and their families, federal and state financial aid programs, scholarships for specific ethnic or racial minority groups, and scholarships for particular fields of study. The document also includes scholarship search engines and lists student loan programs and tax breaks available for education expenses.
Digital connections can help address issues related to communicable diseases, hospitals, and loneliness through remote image research on topics like infection, AIDS, and sneezing. URLs were provided for photos related to each search term to potentially aid further research efforts.
This document provides resources for planning a gap year experience, including ideas for research, fellowships, international opportunities, designing your own experience, and options for teaching, studying, working or doing service. Resources are listed from Duke University, other institutions, and general websites for postgraduate scholarships, internships, volunteer programs, post-bac programs, jobs, and the Duke Career Center for additional assistance.
This resource guide provides information on local and national organizations that assist victims of human trafficking in Lane County, Oregon. It is intended to be used by Division of Youth Services staff and youth, as well as other organizations working with victims. The guide contains contact information for advocacy groups, legal aid, law enforcement resources, health services, and faith-based organizations that address issues like housing, counseling, job training, and community outreach/awareness. It aims to help trafficking victims access necessary support services and rebuild their lives.
This newsletter provides updates on activities and events from The American Orthopaedic Association (AOA). The main topics covered include:
- The president's message discusses the president's travels internationally and lessons learned about orthopaedic care models in other countries.
- The CORD Corner discusses challenges in providing effective feedback to residents and new approaches to objective resident evaluation using tools like milestones and online tracking.
- Other sections note the passing of several AOA members, welcome the new AOA class of 2015, announce changes to the AOA website and communications, and provide information on upcoming events and deadlines.
The document is a transcript of tweets related to President Obama's commencement address at the University of Michigan graduation on May 1, 2010. Tweets discuss preparations for the event, including boosting cell service and deploying extra cell towers. Graduates and attendees express excitement about Obama speaking and seeing him at the ceremony. Other tweets provide logistical information about the commencement and directions for using hashtags to get tweets on scoreboards at the event.
MedlinePlus is the National Institute of Health's website for patients and their families produced by the National Library of Medicine. It provides information about diseases and conditions, wellness, treatments, drugs, supplements, and the meanings of medical words. The document provides a guide for how to search for health information on the MedlinePlus website.
Elemental high dynamic _ range_video_white_paperCMR WORLD TECH
FROM SCIENCE TO PRACTICE
The next large challenge facing the video industry is translating the science behind HDR into a system or
systems that can actually perform the required tasks of making HDR a reality for consumers and provide
a return on investment for providers. This adds complexity by bringing the laboratory into the
marketplace.
The National Institutes of Health has a public access policy that requires researchers who receive NIH funding to submit final peer-reviewed manuscripts to PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication. The policy summary provides details on complying with the policy, including determining if a publication is applicable, addressing copyright, submitting manuscripts to the NIH Manuscript Submission System, and showing compliance in grant applications and progress reports by including PubMed Central IDs or NIH Manuscript Submission IDs in citations.
This document provides an overview of various online resources for clinicians to find clinical guidelines, evidence-based information, drug information, consumer health information, and other clinical references. It also discusses how clinicians can use Web 2.0 tools like blogs, bookmarks, images, and wikis to share information and find clinically relevant resources. Examples are given for each type of resource and tool.
Using Big Data Systems to Understand Health Care Professional Conversations i...CREATION
Using big data systems to understand health care professional conversations in public social media. The document discusses various sources of big data that can be used to analyze conversations between health care professionals, including search behavior, closed professional networks, engagement with medical information, and public social media. It provides examples of analyzing topics of discussion and identifying influential professionals. The goal is to gain insights from online conversations to inform areas like customer needs, messaging, developing advocates, and measuring results.
Intro of data analysis in healthcare for triple aimYaxing Liu
Have you ever heard of Triple Aim in healthcare? The slide briefly introduces how to turn millions of healthcare data into useful insights and predictions for Triple Aim. What aspects do we usually use data for analysis? Reports for enrollment and ED visits demonstrate the aspects you can dig into. What is the structure for claims? How to use quality measures? It also has emergency department (ED) visits as the example to show how to use the codes in claims to dig out ED visits. Lastly, it explains common diagnosis and procedure coding in healthcare, including ICD, CPT, and HCPCS.
How to Find and Evaluate Free Online ResourcesTeresa S. Welsh
This document provides an overview of how to find and evaluate free online resources. It discusses different types of websites, criteria for evaluating websites such as currency and authority, and search tools like indexes compiled by information specialists. It also lists specific free online databases, technology tools, and medical, business, government, historical, genealogy, and travel information resources. Resources focused on Mississippi include sites for the blind/handicapped, Gulf Coast, Natchez Trace, Hattiesburg, and local museums.
This document describes the HealthyState app, which was designed to help people make informed decisions about where to live based on health condition statistics across US states. The app transforms public health data from government sources into interactive visualizations, including a color-coded map and human body representation of each state where organs are shaded to indicate prevalence of different health issues. Selecting a state shows statistics for conditions related to each organ. The goal is to make complex public health data more accessible and useful for incorporating health into important life decisions.
This document provides a comprehensive list of evidence-based practice resources for promoting community health, development, and prevention interventions. It includes over 30 links to databases, organizations, and categories of best practices on topics like adolescent pregnancy, cancer, child and youth development, and more. The resources provide systematic reviews, guidelines, and searchable databases of proven community programs and policies.
This document lists and provides links to several health data sets including inspection reports on nursing homes and hospitals, data on opioid prescriptions by doctors, payments from pharmaceutical companies to doctors, and reports on patient privacy violations. The author encourages exploring these open data resources to gain insight into the healthcare system.
The document discusses Elizabeth Bianchini's search for an article on workplace violence in emergency departments. She had difficulty finding the full text of one article through her college library's databases. She describes searching the journal website directly and being unable to access the full text without purchasing it. The document also outlines Elizabeth's search strategies, including using Boolean operators to broaden and narrow her searches for relevant articles on the topic.
This document provides a list of websites and online resources for a student to use to research and revise a decision making paper on topics related to economic development, population issues, immigration, and aging societies. It includes links to online dictionaries, indexes on human development, websites discussing problems of youthful and overpopulated societies, information on the European Union and individual countries, views of Polish immigration to the UK, and details on aging populations and pensions in the UK.
This document provides a summary of financial resources for higher education, including scholarships, grants, loans, and tax benefits. It lists numerous websites that provide information on scholarships for military members and their families, federal and state financial aid programs, scholarships for specific ethnic or racial minority groups, and scholarships for particular fields of study. The document also includes scholarship search engines and lists student loan programs and tax breaks available for education expenses.
Digital connections can help address issues related to communicable diseases, hospitals, and loneliness through remote image research on topics like infection, AIDS, and sneezing. URLs were provided for photos related to each search term to potentially aid further research efforts.
This document provides resources for planning a gap year experience, including ideas for research, fellowships, international opportunities, designing your own experience, and options for teaching, studying, working or doing service. Resources are listed from Duke University, other institutions, and general websites for postgraduate scholarships, internships, volunteer programs, post-bac programs, jobs, and the Duke Career Center for additional assistance.
This resource guide provides information on local and national organizations that assist victims of human trafficking in Lane County, Oregon. It is intended to be used by Division of Youth Services staff and youth, as well as other organizations working with victims. The guide contains contact information for advocacy groups, legal aid, law enforcement resources, health services, and faith-based organizations that address issues like housing, counseling, job training, and community outreach/awareness. It aims to help trafficking victims access necessary support services and rebuild their lives.
This newsletter provides updates on activities and events from The American Orthopaedic Association (AOA). The main topics covered include:
- The president's message discusses the president's travels internationally and lessons learned about orthopaedic care models in other countries.
- The CORD Corner discusses challenges in providing effective feedback to residents and new approaches to objective resident evaluation using tools like milestones and online tracking.
- Other sections note the passing of several AOA members, welcome the new AOA class of 2015, announce changes to the AOA website and communications, and provide information on upcoming events and deadlines.
The document is a transcript of tweets related to President Obama's commencement address at the University of Michigan graduation on May 1, 2010. Tweets discuss preparations for the event, including boosting cell service and deploying extra cell towers. Graduates and attendees express excitement about Obama speaking and seeing him at the ceremony. Other tweets provide logistical information about the commencement and directions for using hashtags to get tweets on scoreboards at the event.
MedlinePlus is the National Institute of Health's website for patients and their families produced by the National Library of Medicine. It provides information about diseases and conditions, wellness, treatments, drugs, supplements, and the meanings of medical words. The document provides a guide for how to search for health information on the MedlinePlus website.
Elemental high dynamic _ range_video_white_paperCMR WORLD TECH
FROM SCIENCE TO PRACTICE
The next large challenge facing the video industry is translating the science behind HDR into a system or
systems that can actually perform the required tasks of making HDR a reality for consumers and provide
a return on investment for providers. This adds complexity by bringing the laboratory into the
marketplace.
The National Institutes of Health has a public access policy that requires researchers who receive NIH funding to submit final peer-reviewed manuscripts to PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication. The policy summary provides details on complying with the policy, including determining if a publication is applicable, addressing copyright, submitting manuscripts to the NIH Manuscript Submission System, and showing compliance in grant applications and progress reports by including PubMed Central IDs or NIH Manuscript Submission IDs in citations.
This document provides an overview of various online resources for clinicians to find clinical guidelines, evidence-based information, drug information, consumer health information, and other clinical references. It also discusses how clinicians can use Web 2.0 tools like blogs, bookmarks, images, and wikis to share information and find clinically relevant resources. Examples are given for each type of resource and tool.
Using Big Data Systems to Understand Health Care Professional Conversations i...CREATION
Using big data systems to understand health care professional conversations in public social media. The document discusses various sources of big data that can be used to analyze conversations between health care professionals, including search behavior, closed professional networks, engagement with medical information, and public social media. It provides examples of analyzing topics of discussion and identifying influential professionals. The goal is to gain insights from online conversations to inform areas like customer needs, messaging, developing advocates, and measuring results.
Intro of data analysis in healthcare for triple aimYaxing Liu
Have you ever heard of Triple Aim in healthcare? The slide briefly introduces how to turn millions of healthcare data into useful insights and predictions for Triple Aim. What aspects do we usually use data for analysis? Reports for enrollment and ED visits demonstrate the aspects you can dig into. What is the structure for claims? How to use quality measures? It also has emergency department (ED) visits as the example to show how to use the codes in claims to dig out ED visits. Lastly, it explains common diagnosis and procedure coding in healthcare, including ICD, CPT, and HCPCS.
How to Find and Evaluate Free Online ResourcesTeresa S. Welsh
This document provides an overview of how to find and evaluate free online resources. It discusses different types of websites, criteria for evaluating websites such as currency and authority, and search tools like indexes compiled by information specialists. It also lists specific free online databases, technology tools, and medical, business, government, historical, genealogy, and travel information resources. Resources focused on Mississippi include sites for the blind/handicapped, Gulf Coast, Natchez Trace, Hattiesburg, and local museums.
This document describes the HealthyState app, which was designed to help people make informed decisions about where to live based on health condition statistics across US states. The app transforms public health data from government sources into interactive visualizations, including a color-coded map and human body representation of each state where organs are shaded to indicate prevalence of different health issues. Selecting a state shows statistics for conditions related to each organ. The goal is to make complex public health data more accessible and useful for incorporating health into important life decisions.
This document provides a comprehensive list of evidence-based practice resources for promoting community health, development, and prevention interventions. It includes over 30 links to databases, organizations, and categories of best practices on topics like adolescent pregnancy, cancer, child and youth development, and more. The resources provide systematic reviews, guidelines, and searchable databases of proven community programs and policies.
This document lists and provides links to several health data sets including inspection reports on nursing homes and hospitals, data on opioid prescriptions by doctors, payments from pharmaceutical companies to doctors, and reports on patient privacy violations. The author encourages exploring these open data resources to gain insight into the healthcare system.
Grant Sunada, MPH, & Erin Hendricks (c)
Centers for Disease Control, Division of Diabetes Translation, Conference
Kansas City, MO
Friday, April 16, 2010
Presentation for the West Virginia Chapter of Healthcare Financial Management Association on the topic of Consumer Driven Health Care, Social Media and Health 2.0. For more information check out my Health Care Law Blog at: http://healthcarebloglaw.blogspot.com/
The document summarizes a workshop on using social networking tools like Facebook and Ning for public health purposes. It provides an agenda for presentations on using Facebook and Ning as platforms for public health, including speaker contact information and Twitter hashtags. It then gives overviews of how Facebook and Ning can be used, providing examples of specific health communities on each platform and tips for managing social networking sites for public health.
This document discusses stakeholders in healthcare including patients, providers, policymakers, and payers. It then summarizes the development of health information technology (IT) policy in the United States, including key reports and legislation like HIPAA, HITECH Act, and meaningful use regulations. The document outlines efforts and investments by US presidents to promote adoption of electronic health records and health information exchange. It also discusses various applications of public health informatics including consumer health informatics and personal health records.
This document discusses stakeholders in healthcare including patients, providers, policymakers, and payers. It then summarizes the development of health information technology (IT) policy in the United States, including key reports and legislation like HIPAA, HITECH Act, and meaningful use regulations. The document outlines efforts and challenges around adoption of electronic health records and health information exchange in the US. It also discusses various applications of public health informatics including consumer health informatics and personal health records.
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Presented at the 8th Healthcare CIO Certificate Program, Hospital Administration School, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University on March 21, 2018
The document summarizes the use of social media in healthcare. It discusses how social media use has increased across all age groups and how it is now the top online activity. It outlines the evolution of social networking sites and tools like blogs, photos, videos and how they have transformed one-way communication to two-way dialogues. The document then focuses on how these social media tools are being used in healthcare for information sharing, medical education, collaboration, research and professional networking. It provides examples of hospitals, organizations and individuals using social media and the benefits it provides.
Capella University Community Health Assignment.docxwrite31
The document provides instructions for a community health assessment assignment. Students are asked to imagine they work for an organization opening a new satellite facility and must assist with preliminary work, including determining the health care needs of the community. They must develop a 2-4 page report describing the data needed for an informed assessment, how to obtain the data, and how to validate it. The report should explain factors impacting community health and how to obtain information on those factors. Sources must be cited and a reference page included.
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PF Anderson presents for OLLI-UM on February 25, 2021. Graphic Medicine describes the genre of comics and graphic novels around healthcare, as told from personal and professional perspectives. Many think of comics as for children, but that could be risky with some of these! The personal experiences described can be tender or gritty, and touch on topics such as specific conditions, social justice, dying, lived experiences, resilience. Visual aspects of storytelling take advantage of new literacies, offering insights not possible through other mediums.
Brief lightning talk for UofM THL, repeated for MLA Research Caucus on January 27, 2021. On the subject of using systematic review search skills in combination with non-systematic review research methodologies.
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The document introduces the concept of a "Libriome Research Core", which is a proposed library research core at the University of Michigan. It summarizes that a library research core would provide centralized shared resources like other research cores, with a focus on information resources and expertise in areas like discovery, access, assessment, organization, synthesis, and dissemination of information. It then provides examples of specific services a library research core could offer, such as support for grant compliance, intellectual property, data services, data visualization, new publication types, research impact and promotion, and collaborations. The document advocates that a library could function as a valuable research core similar to other institutional cores.
A storytelling workshop collaboration with Melissa Cunningham (Office of Patient Experience), Alex Fox (School of Public Health), and Patricia F. Anderson (Taubman Health Sciences Library). The focus of the workshop was on tools and strategies for telling patient and healthcare stories.
Slide deck for the Dent 610 graduate level course on research methods, 2018 version; collaboratively developed by Mark MacEachern, Patricia F. Anderson, and Tyler Nix.
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This document outlines a process for using design thinking and comics to tell social justice stories. It suggests forming groups to discuss key elements of a comic like the victim, hero, protagonist, and villain. Templates and examples of storyboards are provided to map out the plot. The document discusses alternatives for those without artistic skills, such as using photo novels or apps to digitally tell stories. Overall it aims to simplify the process of creating comics to promote social justice issues.
Using design thinking strategies to help bootstrap developing a comic concept. A workshop presentation by PF Anderson for Enriching Scholarship, 2018, at the University of Michigan.
Tips and tricks for writing abstracts for science research articles to maximise citations and impact. Presented at the University of Michigan in May 2018.
A basic introduction to rapid reviews, created for a graduate student workshop, March 2018, presented by PF Anderson from the University of Michigan. Includes links to more resources, standards and guidelines, tools, software, and more.
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Gene therapy can be broadly defined as the transfer of genetic material to cure a disease or at least to improve the clinical status of a patient.
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Safe methods have been devised to do this, using several viral and non-viral vectors.
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The biggest hurdle faced by medical research in gene therapy is the availability of effective gene-carrying vectors that meet all of the following criteria:
Protection of transgene or genetic cargo from degradative action of systemic and endonucleases,
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Low potential of triggering unwanted immune responses or genotoxicity,
Economical and feasible availability for patients .
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2. **Dermis**: Located beneath the epidermis, the dermis contains connective tissue, blood vessels, hair follicles, and sweat glands. It plays a vital role in supporting and nourishing the epidermis, regulating body temperature, and housing sensory receptors for touch, pressure, temperature, and pain.
3. **Hypodermis**: Also known as the subcutaneous layer, it consists of fat and connective tissue that anchors the skin to underlying structures like muscles and bones. It provides insulation, cushioning, and energy storage.
Skin performs essential functions such as regulating body temperature through sweat production and blood flow control, synthesizing vitamin D when exposed to sunlight, and serving as a sensory interface with the external environment.
Maintaining skin health is crucial for overall well-being, involving proper hygiene, hydration, protection from sun exposure, and avoiding harmful substances. Skin conditions and diseases range from minor irritations to chronic disorders, emphasizing the importance of regular care and medical attention when needed.
“Environmental sanitation means the art and science of applying sanitary, biological and physical science principles and knowledge to improve and control the environment therein for the protection of the health and welfare of the public”.The overall importance of sanitation are to provide a healthy living environment for everyone, to protect the natural resources (such as surface water, groundwater, soil ), and to provide safety, security and dignity for people when they defecate or urinate .Sanitation refers to public health conditions such as drinking clean water, sewage treatment, etc. All the effective tools and actions that help in keeping the environment clean come under sanitation. Sanitation refers to public health conditions such as drinking clean water, sewage treatment. All the effective tools and actions that help in keeping the environment clean and promotes public health is the necessary in todays life.
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis - Pathogenesis , Clinical Features & Manage...Jim Jacob Roy
In this presentation , SBP ( spontaneous bacterial peritonitis ) , which is a common complication in patients with cirrhosis and ascites is described in detail.
The reference for this presentation is Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease Textbook ( 11th edition ).
Congestive Heart failure is caused by low cardiac output and high sympathetic discharge. Diuretics reduce preload, ACE inhibitors lower afterload, beta blockers reduce sympathetic activity, and digitalis has inotropic effects. Newer medications target vasodilation and myosin activation to improve heart efficiency while lowering energy requirements. Combination therapy, following an assessment of cardiac function and volume status, is the most effective strategy to heart failure care.