Dear readers,
I have been credentialed as a journalist for BIO 2019, June 3-6 in Philadelphia.
https://convention.bio.org/2019/
I can cover this conference for you without expenses. Please email me to make arrangements. I'm at John_Otrompke@yahoo.com
This is a conference I have covered before, for Biotechnology Healthcare and other publications.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3571075/
Thanks, and looking forward.
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
My article has been published in the fourth HIMSS Insights eBook
HIMSS Europe, a repeat client of mine, has published the fourth HIMSS Insights eBook on the topic of Connected Care and
Interoperability.
The e-book contains my article, "iCAN – Finland;s Precision Oncology Toolbox." There is no charge for the download.
My article on Federal Strategies to Address Health Costs was Published by the Nashville Medical News
Hello readers,
My article, "CMS Utilizes Dartboard Approach to Modernizing the Medicare Drug Benefit
Nashville Medical News," was published by the Nashville Medical News.
My article, "CMS Utilizes Dartboard Approach to Modernizing the Medicare Drug Benefit
Nashville Medical News," was published by the Nashville Medical News.
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Important Medical Conferences for the Second Half of 2018
Hi, here is a partial list of important events for the second half of 2018. Please let me know if you would like to suggest any more!
John J. Otrompke
847-766-4352
2018 Conferences and Meetings
July
GynecologicOncology
July 18-19, Atlanta
International Society for Stem Cell Research Annual Meeting
June 20-23, Melbourne
International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science
July 23-27, Amsterdam
August
American Psychological Association
August 9-12, San Francisco
September
US Conference on AIDS
Sept. 6-9, Orlando
The Scientist Expo
Sept. 17-19, Reston Virginia
Becker's Health IT and Revenue Cycle Conference
(with Howard Dean and Rudolph Giuliani)
September 19-22, Chicago
October
Infectious Disease Week
Oct, 3-7, San Francisco
American Thyroid Association
Oct. 3-7, Washington, DC
Chest
Oct. 6-10, San Antonio
Healthcare Facilities Symposium and Expo
Oct. 8-10, Austin
European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis
Oct. 10-12, Berlin
NASW’s Science Writers 2018
October 12-15, Washington, DC
American Society of Anesthesiologists
Oct. 13-17, San Francisco
American College of Surgeons
Oct. 21-25, Boston
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Oct. 22-27, Seattle
Kidney Week
Oct. 23-28, San Diego
BizBash Live
Oct. 24, New York
November
Society for Neuroscience
Nov. 3-7, San Diego
Pri-Med Regional Conference
Nov. 7-8, New York
American Heart Association
Nov. 10-12, Chicago
American Public Health Association
Nov. 10-14, San Diego
TEDMED
November 14-16, Palm Springs CA
Radiological Society of North America Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting
Nov. 25-30, Chicago
December
American Society of Hematology
December 1-4, San Diego
San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
Dec. 4-8, S
The AI Summit
Dec. 5-6, New York
Monday, May 7, 2018
Parkinson’s Disease May be Related to Dopamine Deficiency: AAN poster
Enterprise Reporting from the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology
Seniors Ride the “No-Dope Express”
by John Otrompke
Patients with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) miss medical appointments less frequently than other neurology patients, according to a poster presented at this year’s annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) in Los Angeles.
Neurologists previously hypothesized that PD is associated with personality traits such as increased conscientiousness and punctuality, but prior evidence was based on subjective questionnaires. Poster 60, “A Real-World Inquiry of the So-Called Parkinsonian Personality -- Comparing No-Show Rates of the Neurology Outpatients with and without Parkinson's disease (PD),” supplemented the existing data with real world evidence.
In the study, researchers from Virginia Tech's Carilion Clinic examined data from medical records for all neurology appointments between January of 2010 and June of 2016. Of 19,501 patients, 400 had a diagnosis of PD, for whom the no-show rate was 3%, compared to 7.4% (p<0.001) among other neurology patients, according to the abstract.
In addition to punctuality, PD is associated with other characteristics thought to illustrate reduced novelty seeking, which in turn is thought to arise from a dopamine-deficient state. Examples of such personality characteristics include smoking and gambling (and maybe erectile dysfunction, as well- see below).
“Multiple studies show tobacco use is inversely associated with developing PD,” said Joseph Ferrara, MD, assistant professor at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine in Roanoke, Virginia, who presented the poster.
“People have associated lower smoking rates with reduced novelty-seeking, hypothesizing that the lower dopamine state makes it less likely people will begin smoking, and easier for them to quit. Gambling has also been looked at, because of problematic gambling that occurs in a minority of patients treated with dopamine agonists,” added Ferrara.
Another poster presented at AAN looked at another characteristic in some PD patients which may be associated with dopamine deficiency: erectile dysfunction.
Traumatic brain injury was not associated with an increased risk for alpha-synucleinopathy (including PD), but erectile dysfunction was, according to poster 63, “Traumatic brain injury and erectile dysfunction preceding clinically diagnosed alpha-synucleinopathies: a case – control study in Olmsted County, MN (1991-2010).”
In the study, researchers from The Mayo Clinic examined data from all cases of alpha-synucleinopathies in Olmsted County, Minnesota from 1991 to 2010. Erectile dysfunction was found to be more common in patients later diagnosed with PD. The odds ration was 1.48 (p=0.051).
Sunday, May 6, 2018
The Lancet has published my article from the American Academy of Neurology in LA
Here is my article for The Lancet's United States of Health blog from the American Academy of Neurology, on new guidelines for the treatment of multiple sclerosis in adults- a fascinating development in an increasingly complex field.
http://usa.thelancet.com/blog/2018-04-30-aan-issues-new-guidelines-disease-modifying-therapies-ms-including-switching
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