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Dennis OConnor

What The 1918 Flu Pandemic Can Tell Us About The COVID-19 Crisis : NPR - 0 views

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    "John Barry, author of the 2004 book, The Great Influenza, draws parallels between today's pandemic and the flu of 1918. In both cases, he says, "the outbreak was trivialized for a long time.""
Dennis OConnor

Are UFOs and ETs real? Weigh the evidence yourself. 150 curated articles and videos - 0 views

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    During a recent visit with Kabir, he suggested I visit this site. He knows the authors and feels they are reliable investigators. I've spent a bit of time browsing. Interesting.
Dennis OConnor

Coronavirus Testing Basics | FDA - 0 views

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    "You've probably heard a lot about coronavirus testing recently. If you think you have coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and need a test, contact your health care provider, local pharmacy, or local health departmentExternal Link Disclaimer immediately. The FDA has been working around the clock to increase the availability of critical medical products, including tests for the coronavirus, to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more about the different types of tests and the steps involved."
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    The video on this page seems to be solid information for raising health information literacy. What does the group think?
Dennis OConnor

Processing The Pandemic : TED Radio Hour : NPR - 0 views

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    This podcasts leads with stories of heathcare workers, especially those of color. There is a writing/journaling thread here as well.
Dennis OConnor

How to Understand COVID-19 Numbers - 0 views

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    "Viewed in isolation or presented without context, coronavirus numbers don't always give an accurate picture of how the pandemic is being handled. Here, ProPublica journalists Caroline Chen and Ash Ngu offer insight on how to navigate the figures. by Caroline Chen, graphics by Ash Ngu July 21, 10:57 a.m. EDT"
Dennis OConnor

91-DIVOC : Flip the script on COVID-19 | 91-DIVOC - 0 views

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    "91-DIVOC is home to many data-forward, high-quality, interactive, and informative visualizations made during the global pandemic created by Prof. Wade Fagen-Ulmschneider. I hope you'll spend some time and nerd out on data with me! :)"
Dennis OConnor

xAPI + LRS: Everything You Need to Know in 2020 - 0 views

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    Just a note to the data nerds in our group. This is the system I am using as I set up our Instructional Design Department. It is an open source way to insure our learning content will grow into the big vision of Project Apollo and PHE>
Dennis OConnor

One Love Reimagine a fairer world for every child. - Precision Healthcare Ecosystem - 0 views

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    "One love. One heart." Bob Marley's everlasting message about the power of love and solidarity is more important than ever as families face the COVID-19 pandemic and millions call for equality.
Dennis OConnor

Ending Medical Reversal: Improving Outcomes, Saving Lives (Johns Hopkins Press Health B... - 0 views

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    Recommended by Caroline Kryder
Dennis OConnor

Cancer Survival Toolbox - 0 views

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    Recommended by Sharon Wampler: "The award-winning Cancer Survival Toolbox is a free audio program. It was created by leading cancer organizations to help people develop skills to better meet and understand the challenges of their illness."
Dennis OConnor

Trauma Super Conference: | - 0 views

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    "FREE & ONLINE REPLAY 11-12 July 2020" Have you experienced EMOTIONAL STRESS or TRAUMA? 67% of all adults have experienced early life stress, it is the number ONE most underexposed risk factor for ALL chronic illness. High exposure leads to a dramatic increased risk of developing 7 of the top 10 causes of death OUR EXPERTS WILL COVER: The Trauma and Mind Body Super Conference brings together the most comprehensive framework for healing emotional trauma and cultivating an optimum state for healing possible. To truly heal, we need to address everything that functional medicine, psychology, neurology and energy medicine have to offer
Dennis OConnor

Finding Antibodies that Neutralize SARS-CoV-2 - NIH Director's Blog - 0 views

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    "It's now clear that nearly everyone who recovers from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) produces antibodies that specifically target SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes the infection. Yet many critical questions remain. A major one is: just how well do those particular antibodies neutralize the virus to fight off the infection and help someone recover from COVID-19? Fortunately, most people get better-but should the typical antibody response take the credit?"
Dennis OConnor

COVID-19 FAQ: Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine - 0 views

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    Recommended by Sharon Wampler: "COVID-19 FAQ The information provided on this site is for educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. The Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, is not responsible for individuals who choose to self-diagnose, self-treat, or use the information without consulting with their own health care practitioner. You should never alter your dosage of prescription medications without first consulting with your physician and you should always inform your physician about any dietary supplements you are taking."
Dennis OConnor

Coronavirus misinformation, and how scientists can help to fight it - 0 views

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    "Bogus remedies, myths and fake news about COVID-19 can cost lives. Here's how some scientists are fighting back. " Scientists are well placed to help to hold back the tide of COVID-19 misinformation - but should they get involved in time-consuming, and sometimes bruising, efforts to do so, or just stick to doing good research? For those who sign up for the fight, how can coronavirus untruths best be confronted? Should scientists restrict interventions to their areas of expertise? Is countering falsehoods about the pandemic purely a public service, or might there be career benefits to doing so?
Dennis OConnor

I've Seen Over 50 Doctors And No One Knows What's Wrong With Me | HuffPost - 0 views

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    Tyler Orion recommends: "I appreciated her recognizing that she probably has a little bit of many things - but balancing the urge to have a diagnosis with learning to live well - was what struck me the most."
Dennis OConnor

CISCRP - Center for Information & Study on Clinical Research Participation - 0 views

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    "We strive to educate and help patients, their family members, and members of the general public that are interested in clinical research understand the process and what it means to be a clinical research participant. We then help locate ongoing clinical trials through our free service called Search Clinical Trials, and honor those who have participated in clinical research."
Dennis OConnor

General Clinical Research Overview - YouTube - 0 views

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    "Why are clinical trials a critical part of the process to develop new and promising treatments? Why do therapies take such a long time to develop? Here's why"
Dennis OConnor

Precision Healthcare Ecosystem: Coping with Stress and Uncertainty During COVID-19 - 0 views

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    Siemens Healthineers PEPconnect I'm delighted to see our course offered via the Siemens system. Way to go Team!
Dennis OConnor

The Quantification of Placebo Effects Within a General Model of Health Care Outcomes - 1 views

  • It is proposed that the integration of a scientific model of placebo effects within a general model of health care outcomes could finally end the placebo debate and help to integrate these powerful effects into the health care system.
  • Positive expectancy is recognized as a central component of placebo phenomena by all placebo theorists
  • The proposed model emphasizes that the search for a placebo personality factor must be combined with the measurement of situational expectancy.
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  • an individual who has negative expectations regarding treatment effectiveness would likely produce a stronger than average “nocebo” effec
  • placebo-prone personality
  • Absorption
  • receptivity to sensory experiences and a propensity for sustained, focused attention.
  • Absorption has a genetic basis and is higher in women compared to men
  • Absorption can go in either a positive or negative direction, depending on the situation,
  • Subjects were randomly
  • outcome measures
  • based on three scales
  • includes scales measuring fatigue, pain, and spasticity
  • Judgment that the placebo was the active device resulted in a positive score with a magnitude of the confidence rating.
  • if judgment was that the placebo was the placebo device, the confidence rating of the placebo was a negative score, with the magnitude of the rating.
  • scored in the upper quintile on improved quality of life, as measured by the 3 QLI (an average of three symptom scales measuring pain, fatigue, and spasticity) after receiving treatment with a sham device.
  • placebo responders
  • Placebo responders scored higher on Absorptio
  • Placebo responders gave higher confidence ratings that the placebo was the active device
  • This study provides support for a two-factor model of placebo responding.
  • importance of positive expectancy
  • both cognitive and emotional factors mediate these effects
  • Positive beliefs or confidence in the treatment coupled with a desire to feel better activate processes that result in positive outcomes.
  • positive expectancy is an essential factor
  • disease-specific pathways that are activated by positive expectancies have helped to transform this “soft” psychologic factor into a “hard” physiologic factor with physically measurable effects.
  • While the shift from negative to positive affect may be the hallmark of placebo responding, negative affect alone is not sufficient and can play a role in people who worsen as well (nocebo effects).
  • Numerous research studies have reliably shown that Absorption is modestly (yet very consistently) correlated with hypnotizability.
  • Hypnotizability is often associated with “suggestibility,” with perhaps the sense of a weak-willed character or unbridled fantasy-proneness, the “unreality factor” that has plagued placebo theory for decades.
  • enlightening to view these individual differences as a natural endowment in self-regulation skills: a potential innate strength rather than a simple weakness with a natural ability for self-directed healing in response to health challenges.
  • Decades of research have reliably demonstrated that individuals scoring high in Absorption can skillfully modulate an impressive array of physiologic processes in laboratory settings.
  • The literature suggests that the mind–body control of high Absorption scorers is similar to the self-regulation skills that many are seeking to develop with meditation, mindfulness, yoga, and qigong.
  • The regular practice of mind–body control and the cultivation of positive attitudes may enhance regulation at higher levels, improving the regularity of circadian and other rhythms,
  • points to the role of both expectation and conditioning, with conditioning playing a greater role in certain pathways such as immune modulation.
  • somatic vulnerability of high Absorption individuals who suffer from negative biases in perception.
  • nocebo phenomena described by these researchers are important for our model as they directly illustrate the power of a negative interaction of the two factors.
  • Many physicians admit to prescribing placebos to contribute to patient wellness, even though this “dark secret” is not condoned and is considered to be ethically questionable.
  • High Absorption individuals may benefit from encouragement to utilize their innate self-regulation skills toward maximum therapeutic effect.
  • ersons with average Absorption scores can be encouraged to become more skilled at self-regulation through mind–body therapies
  • The model does not specifically address the many factors that contribute to confidence in the treatment, such as cost, pill color, pill size, or confidence-enhancing paraphernalia.
  • The role of provider and patient interaction are also not specifically addressed.
  • he model also does not directly address the role of stress reduction
  • The strength of placebo responding in domains such as pain and depression clearly indicate the importance of the shift from a negative to a positive state.
  • the unresolved issue of why some people respond to placebos whereas others do not
  • asic two-factor model can be further tested with the basic measurement tools of expectancy and Absorption,
  • Conclusions
  • the recognition that positive expectancy and expert self-regulation skills significantly contribute to health outcomes can help to integrate these powerful effects into the health care system
  • The “positive psychology” movement is shifting attention to the power of positive expectation
  • undermining nature of negative expectancy and pessimistic language, especially in vulnerable populations such as those with pain and depression
  • Practitioners of the art of health care have always recognized the importance of motivated and empowered patients and the power of a kind word and a ray of hope.
  • This is the time to quantify these factors, integrating art and science, and finally solving (and forgiving Descartes for) the mind–body problem.
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    "The topic of placebo effects is distinguished by decades of keen scientific interest1-4 coupled with a general skepticism regarding the ultimate significance of these phenomena. The importance of psychologic factors in mediating these effects may contribute to the attitude that placebo effects are not as substantial as a therapeutic effect produced by a drug. Complementary and alternative therapies have sometimes been dismissed as "mere placebos." However, recent studies have provided compelling evidence that placebo effects are physiologically measurable with condition-specific pathways.5"
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    Dr. Jake Fleming recently suggested these potent keywords: quantifiable placebo The keywords led to this article. I find it affirming and empowering.
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