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Author's Note: Part of my canon Post Ep series. This one is for Omnivore so spoilers. Come at this as straight canon built solely from what we've seen onscreen.
And there's a certain freestyle rhythm to this story. It's all told from Hotch's POV. As you can tell from the title, angsty.
Prompt Set #6
Show: China Beach
Title Challenge: One Small Step
A Drowning Man
Hotch paced outside of her door, wondering what he was doing there. Wondering why he had come. He hadn't been to her home in over a year. More than eighteen months actually. That day he came to get her back. And now he was here again.
But this time with no clear purpose.
He hadn't been able to sleep so he went for a drive and then suddenly he was in front of her building. But he shouldn't be here. Because he didn't burden other people with his problems. They were his problems. And he needed to deal with them on his own.
Suddenly he stopped pacing. Then he turned and stared at that red door for a moment, feeling an ache in his chest as his eyes began to burn.
He didn't want to leave.
He didn't want to leave because she made him feel better. Just having her near him made him feel better, and he didn't know why. It was gradual, but since that day so long ago when he had first come here to get her, things had changed. He'd slowly come to rely on her.
To need her in ways that he never had before.
And he wanted to knock on the door, to see her, to talk to her . . . for just a minute. Because he needed her to tell him that he didn't do anything wrong. That it wasn't his fault that all of those people were dead. Dave had tried to tell him that. And he had tried to tell himself that. But he still didn't believe it. But for some reason he thought, that maybe if she said it, then it would be true.
Because she had become his touchstone. His center of gravity.
His Prentiss.
That last thought finally broke his indecision and he knocked. Just two quick raps on the door. It was late, if she was sleeping he didn't want to wake her. And for a moment there was nothing, and he felt a stab of disappointment. But it was after midnight.
It was stupid to think that she would be up.
Just as he was about to turn away, the door suddenly opened and there she was standing in front of him. Though he was afraid that she might be angry at the intrusion, all he saw was a momentary splash of surprise on her face. And then her eyes softened as she smiled and stepped back, telling him that she was just making some cocoa.
Would he like a cup?
His teeth sunk down into his lip he stared at her for a moment . . . it was like she was expecting him. And then he nodded, stammering a bit as he said yes, thank you. That would be nice.
Her eyes crinkled ever slightly before she turned and walked back down the hall. He waited until she disappeared into the kitchen before he crossed over her threshold. And with that single step . . . he fell back into her world.
It was like going down the rabbit hole.
He paused for a moment just inside the door, closing his eyes as he slowly inhaled, filling his lungs with the air around him. It smelled like cinnamon and vanilla . . . and something indefinable. Something that was uniquely her. It was like being surrounded by her.
And he felt some of his tension begin to leak away.
With a slow exhale, he turned back around to close the door and slide the dead bolt. He had told them all to be careful. Check their locks, check their windows . . . keep their guard up. Foyet probably wouldn't come after them.
But he could.
He could very easily.
And that thought was enough to drive Hotch out of his home tonight. Enough to drive him to hers.
Sensing movement, he looked up to see Emily standing a few feet away and holding the tea kettle. She was telling him it would just be a minute. And she was asking him if he wanted to go sit down on the couch.
And he bit his lip again and nodded once more.
He had wanted to come here so many times before. And now he was here, standing in her home, and she was making him cocoa.
It didn't seem real.
But real or not, he did as she asked and continued down to her living room. There was music coming out of the stereo. He remembered that the last time he was there that there had been music playing as well. But she'd been irritated by his arrival and had shut it off immediately.
But this time she left it on.
Tilting his head slightly, he listened for a moment. He knew this song. It was U2.
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For.
His lip quirked up humorlessly . . . and irony takes a bow.
Slowly he continued over and sat down on her couch. Then he looked around the room. He hadn't come this far into her home before.
Her place was nice.
It was warm and inviting . . . much like Emily herself. Hearing her coming down the hall, he turned slightly to see her walk by him. Then she placed the mugs on the table, telling him that they were still a little too hot to drink. After that she walked around the table and sat down on the couch. She sat down right next to him.
Her arm brushed against his when she pulled her feet up under her.
Feeling a faint warmth in his chest Hotch leaned back, relishing that slight bit of contact. It was something he sought out now. It was something that brought him joy. Just the sensation of her sleeve touching his. It was such a little thing.
But it wasn't.
Because in the past, they had kept to their own corners, defenses up, walls built around them. But now . . . all of those walls had crumbled. Their defenses were down.
Their worlds overlapped.
With her now sitting right next to him, feeling the warmth radiating from her body, smelling the fading scent of her perfume, he felt a little more of the tension seep away. She hadn't initiated any conversation, so he didn't either. He didn't want to talk yet.
Honestly, he didn't know what he would say.
So he just stared at the tendrils of steam rising from the creamy liquid in front of him. And he found himself wondering if this was a regular routine of hers. Did she always make a cup of hot chocolate after a bad case? Did that make her feel better?
Did it bring her comfort?
Maybe someday he would ask her those questions.
His gaze shifted away from the table over to her bare foot . . . it was brushing against his thigh. He wanted to reach down and touch it. Run his finger along its length, going from heel to toe, tracing the curves. He wanted to see if her skin was as soft as it looked. He wanted to see if she was ticklish.
He just wanted to see if she would let him touch her like that. But he had had decades of experience suppressing his own desires, keeping his control.
So he kept his hands to himself.
And then he noticed her toenails were painted red. He'd never even seen her toes before, it was a part of her kept hidden at work. And though there was nothing inherently personal about that particular part of the body, it still felt strangely intimate seeing her toes now. And he wanted to know, did she always wear red polish? Was that her favorite color?
Did she think it was pretty?
Someday he would like to ask her those questions too.
His gaze shifted again, slowly traveling up her body . . . she'd changed out of her suit.
The only other clothes he'd ever seen her in were t-shirts and fatigues. But now she was wearing her pajamas. They were pink flannel and they had little blue snowflakes on them. They were soft and feminine and cheerful. And for a moment, they made him happy. So very happy. And then in the next instant, he felt a wave of sadness and regret.
Because he realized then . . . as he sat here with her in silence and stared at those little blue snowflakes . . . that he could have come here before. She would have opened her door and invited him inside. And he could have sat on this couch with her, her in her snowflake pajamas, and they could have had cocoa. And they could have talked.
And she would have made him feel better.
He had wasted all of this time trying to handle these things by himself, these things that he was no longer capable of handling. And he needn't have. He needn't have been suffering. Because he saw now, that the reason she hadn't been surprised to see him, was because she'd been here waiting for him all this time. Waiting for him to come and ask for help. And he had been too stubborn. Too set in his ways.
Too used to being alone.
His eyes began to fill and he closed the lids tightly. Feeling the moisture seep under his lashes, he berated himself.
He was a pathetic fool.
After a moment Emily picked up his hand and began slowly massaging his fingers. He felt her working her way along, one digit at a time, gently rubbing the fine muscles and tracing patterns on his skin. His eyes opened . . . his gaze shifted down . . . and he felt another wave of sadness hit him as he saw his hand nestled in hers. The tears started to burn slow tracks down his face.
"I should have come here before." His voice was filled with despair.
She brought his hand to her lips and kissed the knuckles.
"You're here now," she whispered as she leaned over to rest her head on his shoulder, "and that's all that matters."
A/N 2: The tone of this one was, like a few other post eps I've done, inspired by TG's acting. I watched bits of the episode again before I wrote this and Hotch was just miserable, barely keeping it together almost all the way through. And he was so heartbroken after the thing with the bus, with his non-crying, crying scene with Rossi. There was also one quick shot with Prentiss, when they're pulling the glass out of Morgan's arm Hotch comes in, man on a verge, and PB shoots this blink and you miss it worried look over at him, before she goes back to NOT watching them dig glass out of Morgan's flesh. So broken Hotch and Emily in den mother mode, led to this.
There will be more to this but I'm not sure though if it'll all be within this one story or three different stories. I'm working of three different prompts so I have three different ideas. So basically this will either be a 3 chapter story or a trilogy. I'm leaning towards trilogy. Either way though, there will be a second 'version' of this story going up, but all from Emily's point of view.
Side note: Over in Girl Arcadya commented on my "obsession" with describing Emily's pajamas [though Arc also has a tendency to do it as well :)] so because of that, I rather specifically picked her pajamas as the focal point of his breakdown. However, after Arc brought that to my attention I realized I did do it fairly often, and I was doing it unconsciously so I thought there must be a reason. So because I'm fairly neurotic, I gave it some actual thought as to WHY I do tend to very particularly describe Em's pajamas when I don't necessarily do that with any other element of her wardrobe. And I think it's because pajamas are an indicator of a different side of your personality. Something personal. You have the part of you that you show the world. And you want to be taken seriously and be respected so you have to dress and act a certain way when you walk out your door in the morning. But your pajamas are something that only you and your loved ones will see. So maybe you like to wear cartoon characters, or sports teams, or something fluffy or pretty or lacy to bed. It's a different part of you that gets to express itself. So I came to see that the description of Em's pajamas is an element of character development. See Arc, there was a method to my madness!
As always folks, feedback is appreciated :)


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Personal Bio
I like to sew to make practical things as well as cosplay costumes and also love to cross stitch.
My favourite anime and manga tend to be ones which are cute, have good stories or are a bit sci-fi. When I choose cosplay costumes to make they're from series/games which I'm a fan of.
Curling up with a good book is something I enjoy very much, as is playing video games with Dave (/Tofu) my husband.
Cosplay Bio
I discovered cosplay when I started going to Minamicon, it looked like so much fun I decided to make some costumes myself. The fact that I didn't do much sewing before I got into cosplay shows in my earlier costumes I think. I love sewing now though and wouldn't part with my sewing machine.
I particularly like making costumes with fleece. I find it a really nice material to work with, I love how soft it is, and it's very comfortable to wear.
I usually make one or two costumes for Dave to wear at Minamicon as well as the ones I make for myself, I think it's fun to have matching costumes. :)
cross-stitch / anime / manga / video games / sci-fi / fanfiction / books / languages / sewing / cosplay / Doctor Who / Quantum Leap / Star Trek / Stargate SG1 / Tales of video game series / How To Train Your Dragon / Lilo and Stitch / Studio Ghibli / Pokémon

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Didn't stop Chirag from doing films: Ram Vilas
Chirag feels that his entry into Bollywood has been easy because of his political background.
New Delhi: Though his son is an active member of Lok Janshakti Party, politician Ram Vilas Paswan says he was not disappointed when Chirag decided to choose Bollywood over politics. Chirag is all set for his debut with 'Miley Naa Miley Hum' opposite Kangana Ranaut, and Paswan, 65, said doing movies was Chirag's own decision and he encouraged his son's choice.
"I am really happy for my son. It was his decision to enter Bollywood and we never pressurised him for anything. I have always encouraged him in all his decisions and I hope that he does well."
"Every father wants his son to achieve something in life, so do I. Earlier, parents used take decisions for their children's career but today's generation is smarter and knows what to do," Paswan said. The politician also said that since childhood Chirag was fascinated with Hindi films and used to act in front of the mirror.
"Chirag was a very bright and talented student. He has always been very confident about public speaking and in party meetings, people were more excited to hear him than me."
"I never knew what he wanted to become. When this film offer came in I just said you have our blessings, and I am very proud of you," he said.
Chirag feels that his entry into Bollywood has been easy because of his political background but insists that he is here to stay.
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William "Buddy" Worth White III, of Wrightsville Beach, died on Friday, June 26, 2015, at the age of 64.
He was born Dec. 12, 1950, in Raleigh, the son of Nancy Stephenson Mann and the late William Worth White Jr. He was preceded in death by his son, David E. White; his paternal grandparents, William Worth White and Dorothy Park White; his maternal grandmother, Ethel Marshall Magruder; and his godparents, his aunt Sue and uncle John Van B. Metts.
Surviving in addition to his mother are his daughter, Laura White Miller (Phillip), of Castle Hayne; his brothers, Joel Marshall White (Lori), of Raleigh and Wilmington and Matt Ransom Stephenson White and his sister, Elizabeth Jackson White, both of Castle Hayne; and two grandchildren, Avery J. Miller and Ella L. Miller, of Castle Hayne.
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Friday, December 5, 2014
Homage to Tina @ The Enchanted Home
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BEAUTIFUL pretty lady! Yes, I adore blue and white any time any place and in any season! Love the collections in the Enchanted Home.ReplyDelete
Happy holiday season.
Marsha... I think we should start a "I Love Tina" club. Bet we'd have a lot of members! Have a wonderful weekend!!!ReplyDelete
WOW Marhsa thank you! SUCH a beautiful picutres and your blogs holiday pictures are looking mighty festive too! Thank you for thinking of me, that is so pretty and proof that blue and white really does work with everything!!ReplyDelete
Yes I think I see me in that flock of sheep up there....the one who looks like she wants to run away to the hills to a little cabin:) Have a great weekend! xo
Marsha, Your new banner is glamorously gorgeous! I love blue and white and will head over to the Enchanted Home to see all of her divine items. And yes, I most definitely do ... xxRiéReplyDelete
I followed Tina all through the construction of her FABULOUS, AMAZING home! Holy cannoli! She is so sweet too. I have collected blue and whites for almost 30 years. LOVE it so much! have a beautiful weekend, Marsha. XOReplyDelete
Tina is the best, isn't she? And, she certainly knows her way around the world of blue and white? Hope you have had a wonderful weekend, Marsha! xoxoReplyDelete
Blue & white. J'adore! And Tina, j'adore!ReplyDelete
There really is no tiring of blue & white, is there? It is always classic, always fresh and crisp, always versatile.
Hmmm. Maybe I need to pull out my blue & white for the holidays this year. Blue & white Ralph Lauren china that I mix with a simple Wedgwood blue & white...
Thank you so much for your wonderful comments, each of them mean so much to me. After all, the interaction is the reason we blog. xx's


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Thanks for the November 30 Days feature. It works fine for me, except it ties me in to Facebook.
Can you recover the links to all the Taper Sections for October 2012?
I missed yesterdays download of Sugaree. Is there a way to get it today?
the 30 Days of Dead doesn't show as a thread, never mind download;
threads are not updating, though new posts are showing if you go directly there;
problems logging in;
400% enlargement when I get dead.net to load
Unless the almanac and stores are working it is a bummer of a time for these glitches.
I cannot get the download OR contest link to react at all. The "hand" comes up in IE and FF. But clicking either link produces no result, not even a 404 error or "pop-up" to "saves this as a file". Just a mysterious pause and "done".
IE9. I'm not very happy with the 30 days comment setup...I can't comment without logging in to Facebook...
I just downloaded Firefox and the downloading/contest entry system works fine with it.
Thanks for helping.
I've passed this on.
Links not working. Some people still use IE these days. Also, can't post comments: Not everyone uses Facebook!
I can't reproduce this problem, it's working fine for me. What browser/OS/etc. are you using? Thanks!
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My friend Jeannie
An aging respectable yet down at heel city lady of lesiure called Elsie looks back over her life with her freind Jeannie always by her side. Why is Jeannie so silent though, and why does Elsiefeel so lonely. A sad sensitive short story potrayal of alcohol addiiction, respecatble poverty, and inner city lonliness
My Friend Jeannie
"Good morning Mr Simmons, two half bottles today please, not just the one"
Elsie murmured softly,
"Only one is for me you understand, the other is for my friend Jeannie; I'm afraid she's not feeling very well "
Mr Simmons looked at Elsie hesitantly, and then quietly handed her a discreetly wrapped delicately beribboned regular half bottle of whisky, plus, of course, one for Jeannie, her oldest and closest friend. Sometimes she bought one, sometimes two, but she always came as regular as clockwork, as did all of his ladies, and they all had friends like Jeannie. He was a professional though, he had his bills to pay, and it made sense to serve them well, but somehow Elsie was different. She was his oldest customer, she still had class, she was a cut above the other ladies, and though she had always offered payment, he had given her a little credit book which she occasionally enjoyed. Elsie, he thought was just his Elsie, yet, though he knew her better than anyone else in the neighbourhood she was an enigma. Deep in a permanent daydream, she seemed to live in a world of her own.
She paid for her shopping, left the shop, and slowly closed the door behind her. Their daily little play was finished, but he watched her carefully as she slowly danced across, and then down the road. He didn't know his dance steps, he had never been trained that way, but looking at her clothes and her demeanour he wondered, not for the first time, what her history might be, and what sights she had seen over the years. Her clothes radiated quality, and clearly they had tailor-made for her, but now they hung loose around her shoulders and body. The once fine colours and intricate lacework stitching had clearly faded and, a little like her overall character, they had begun to unravel with time. It was sad really as though Elsie was still tall and graceful she looked like some slightly confused and half forgotten imperial queen or empress who, for some unexplained reason, had somehow slipped out of place and time. Misty eyed and with a continually red damp tip to her nose, she simply didn't belong in the modern world, yet she still held her head high, as almost in remembrance of her glory years that now lay so many years behind.
Yet not even her pride or memories could keep time or tide at bay. Her proud mace had now become a battered silver handled umbrella, and her orb, now a little pumpkin that she frequently seemed to purchase, now lay half forgotten and buried by her side. She wore a crown of course, but now the gold had long since gone, and all that remained was a soft purple velveteen hat that was always looked crushed and slightly dusty, and in a threadbare yet regal purple surrounding ribbon a once proud pheasant feather now lay bent and twisted to one side. She seemed happy enough though in her own little world, but as he watched her dancing along he was worried. He knew all about her friend Jeannie, for he had met friends like her too many times before.
The shop bell once more tinkled decorously,
"Good morning Mr Simmons, just one today if you please; my friend Gordon is in the country you see"
Mr Simmons smiled gently and, once more, turned to the well stocked spirit shelves behind him. Another lady; another friend; another half truth or subtle evasion, and another half bottle; clearly this was going to be a very busy day.
With her small wickerwork basket in one hand and her favourite silver handled parasol in the other Elsie danced a slow progressive rumba down the cherry tree blossomed streets of her beloved Chelsea. Spring pink cherry blossom, stripped by a late April breeze, jitterbugged all around her and as it spun its soft fragrance filled the air; she remembered a song that her mother had sung to her so many times over the years. Quietly she began to sing, but she only sang very softly. It was her tune, and her mother's tune, and, apart from her friend Jeannie, there was no need for others to hear or to join their song.
"No one to talk too, all by myself, no one to walk with, but I'm happy on the shelf!"
Her neighbours said they didn't like or trust Jeannie, and that Elsie should get out more and meet new people, but Elsie could never quite work out why. She was happy; and though her neighbours never seemed to see anybody with her, she had someone to talk too, for she had Jeannie. Other friends in life had died or deserted her, but Jeannie was always there for her, and as she walked across the road to where her little flat now lay she remembered the time when she and Jeannie had first become friends. It was spring time in Paris, She was young, in love, and enfolded within the arms of her lover, she danced from night until dawn and enjoyed midnight cruises on the Seine. Life was good then, life was exciting; and back then she didn't have a care in the world, but then things slowly began to change; and that is when Jeannie first began to be her inseparable friend.
"Just dance Elsie, just dance"
Her mother had often told her
"Go with the rhythm, go with the beat, and never be afraid"
She had danced, she had never been afraid, but in one way life had been cruel to her; for she had always been a bridesmaid and never had become a bride. She could have got married, numerous men asked her, but music and the parties had taken her over, and the thought of settling down and marriage was always far from her mind. She had danced and partied in the roaring twenties, she had trained with Arthur Murray teachers on the Atlantic steamships, and even become a British champion, but by the time she began to look around her all her friends had stopped dancing and the party had come to an end. Suddenly they had all had got married, and then she was left single and alone. That is when she had met Jeannie, her good old faithful Jeannie. They first became acquainted after a married friend's dinner party; she became her one true friend from that point onwards. Nothing had really changed over the years, except Elsie had become more reliant on Jeannie, and drifting further down memory lane and across the steamship laden Atlantic Ocean of her dreams, Elsie carried on dancing through the cherry blossom before softly finishing of her song.
"Ain't misbehavin', I'm saving my love for you!
She looked down towards her basket and thought of Jeannie. It was sad though, Jeannie never sung alongside her; she was always a silent partner, and Elsie wanted to hear her song. She wasn't that concerned though for had complete trust in Jeannie, and they loved and needed each other, but Jeannie was always so still and silent, and deep down Elsie felt troubled and lonely; and she often wanted to ask Jeannie to at least say something in return.
"Just say my name Jeannie"
Elsie softly whispered
"Just say a few words, or even a laugh or a giggle would do"
But Jeannie just looked back at her. Today, like every other day, Jeannie stayed silent, and she had nothing whatsoever to say. A passing cloud blocked out the sunshine and for a moment Elsie felt rather sad and empty, but then she thought of her soda siphon, her whisky, her cut glass tumblers that would comfort her, and her old faithful record player that would soon start to play by her side. Her and Jeannie would be home soon, and armed with a whisky and soda and her music, happy memories would soon take over, and drive away the ugly modern world outside. The breeze grew colder, and then it began to rain. Elsie now hurried on quickly, spring showers had been fine when she was younger, and when she was courting, but now they meant stiff shoulders, and nagging arthritic lower back pain.
Closing the shop door behind his final customer, Mr Simmons locked the door behind her and looked back over the now silent and half empty shelves. Polished, gleaming and standing to attention the serried ranks of half and full bottles blindly stared back in return. Crusty Old Mr Boston, seafaring Captain Morgan, Noble old Lord Calvert, Johnny, Jack, Gordon and Jim; they stood there still and silent yet they seemed to speak to him as if they were his babies, and his alone to command. He felt unhappy though, as he always felt unhappy at closing time as he knew where his babies would be going. He knew all the empty homes, the crumbling endless lives; and he knew every impossible dream of those that he had served. Tomorrow, he thought, would again be just as busy. Once again he would see all his ladies, once again their faded dreams would be enacted; and once again their discreetly packaged friends would stand by their side.
Enshrouded and enveloped up in her once perfectly fitting but now voluminous an old faded stained silk dressing gown, and drowning in a sea of memories, "Fats" Waller, and whisky and soda, Elsie sat looking into the small flickering flames of her ancient gas fire through her chipped yet delicately cut glass whisky and soda. She slowly finished her drink, for that was the last of the second bottle, and then she closed her eyes. She didn't have any coins for the meter, and her friend, who was now asleep for the evening, was an increasingly expensive companion. Elsie was now always short of money; she had a stack of red bills, a final demand from the bank and bailiff lay beside her, and her memories, like the flames from the gas fire were beginning to disappear. Secretly she wished that all these things would be the other way round. She didn't expect much from life nowadays, but at least it would be good if the bills disappeared for a while.
"Ain't misbehavin'",
The record carried on playing,
"I'm saving my love for you!"
Then the music stopped but the needle kept scratching, its repetitive pulse breaking the now otherwise silent and stagnant air, and she carelessly allowed the empty glass to tumble down by her side. Then the gas fire desperately spluttered and died out completely and, in the heavy darkness, Elsie finally knew that she was all alone. Elsie still had her little credit book and her dreams though. She would go and see Mr Simmons in the morning, he would help her, as he always helped her, and then once again, her friend Jeannie would come out of the bottle; and once more she would be by her side.
It was strange though that Jeannie spent so much time living and sleeping in a bottle. A shaft of cold moonlight cut across the room and lit up the empty bottle on the table beside her, Looking across towards her faded and creaking furniture, and her once proud but now stained and moth-eaten curtains, she then looked back towards the bottle. She shivered slightly, and quietly wondered, not for the first time,what it must feel like to be living inside.


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Application of biomedical informatics to chronic pediatric diseases: a systematic review
Chronic diseases affect millions of children worldwide leading to substantial disease burden to the children and their families as well as escalating health care costs. The increasing trend in the prevalence of complex pediatric chronic diseases requires innovative and optimal delivery of care. Biomedical informatics applications play an important role in improving health outcomes while being cost-effective. However, their utility in pediatric chronic diseases has not been studied in a comprehensive and systematic way. The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review of the effects of biomedical informatics applications in pediatric chronic diseases.
A comprehensive literature search was conducted using MEDLINE, the Cochrane Library and EMBASE databases from inception of each database to September 2008. We included studies of any methodological type and any language that applied biomedical informatics to chronic conditions in children and adolescents 18 years of age or younger. Two independent reviewers carried out study selection and data extraction. Quality assessment was performed using a study design evaluation instrument to appraise the strength of the studies and their methodological adequacy. Because of heterogeneity in the conditions and outcomes we studied, a formal meta-analysis was not performed.
Based on our search strategy, 655 titles and abstracts were reviewed. From this set we identified 27 relevant articles that met our inclusion criteria. The results from these studies indicated that biomedical informatics applications have favourable clinical and patient outcomes including, but not limited to, reduced number of emergency room visits, improved knowledge on disease management, and enhanced satisfaction. Seventy percent of reviewed papers were published after year 2000, 89% of users were patients and 11% were either providers or caregivers. The majority (96%) of the selected studies reported improved outcomes.
Published studies suggested positive impacts of informatics predominantly in pediatric asthma. As electronic tools become more widely adopted, there will be opportunities to improve patient care in a wide range of chronic illnesses through informatics solutions.
Chronic diseases, defined by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) as "illnesses that are prolonged, do not resolve spontaneously and are rarely cured completely", are responsible for two thirds of deaths worldwide
Chronic conditions in children have long-term effect on society, as they progress into adults with increasing demands for health care and disability programs, and decreasing participation in the work force as well as poor quality of life
The rapid development and penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) has created opportunities for innovative ways to reduce the societal burden created by chronic diseases in children
To the best of our knowledge, there are no published systematic reviews on the role of biomedical informatics in the management of pediatric chronic diseases.
Previous systematic reviews of adult chronic disease have examined applications of home tele-monitoring
Search Strategy
We searched Medline (1950–September 2008), EMBASE (1982–September 2008), and the Cochrane database of systematic reviews (2008) for relevant studies using terms related to computer technology applications in pediatric chronic disease management. Each search required the presence of selected chronic diseases such as asthma, diabetes or autism in combination with any of the following terms: "medical informatics", "informatics", "decision support", or "computer assisted instruction" (detailed search strategy is available upon request).
Study selection
We focused on studies evaluating applications of any web or computer-based information and communication technology designed to aid the clinical care of chronic illnesses in pediatric settings. We targeted studies that described or appraised a computer-based intervention or application to support clinical care of physical or mental chronic conditions. These included applications or systems used to diagnose or detect symptoms; applications that prevent or monitor symptoms; decision support systems, alert and reminder systems; and patient-centered education applications. Studies were included if (i) the participants were 18 years age or younger; (ii) there was a chronic condition present; (iii) there was at least one computer-based intervention; and (iv) there was a comparison between at least two groups. There was no restriction by language or publication status for inclusion in this systematic review.
Two reviewers (FM and RM) independently reviewed the titles and abstracts of publications identified by the search strategy and assessed each paper as either potentially relevant or not relevant based on study type, study design, subjects, setting, and intervention. The full text publication of a citation thought to be potentially relevant by either reviewer was retrieved. The reviewers independently verified the eligibility of the chosen articles. Disagreement between the two reviewers was resolved by consensus and in some cases by discussing with a third reviewer (JB).
Data Extraction and Quality Assessment
Data were extracted using a structured data collection form we designed (this is available upon request). Data extracted included: author(s); date of publication; details of the intervention and control; details of participants; outcome measures reported in the primary studies; study duration; and summary measures such as mean, standard deviation and number of participants for the main outcome variable. In studies reporting more than one outcome measure, data were extracted for the primary outcome. Data were initially extracted by one reviewer (FM) and verified by the second reviewer (RM). Reporting adequacy was evaluated using an instrument that uses five criteria to identify potential causes of biases
We further examined the characteristics of the studies by clinical setting (inpatient, outpatient, emergency department, patient home, multi-clinical settings or no settings), primary users (patients, healthcare professionals, parents, educators, or administrators), the target patient population, and the type of primary outcome variable. Outcome measures were considered either clinical (rates of emergency visits and hospitalization, dosage of drugs, symptom reduction and patient's quality of life) or non-clinical (patient education, knowledge and behavior, and adherence to protocols)
Description of Studies
MEDLINE and EMBASE search yielded 655 potentially relevant articles. From this set, a total of 27 publications met our inclusion criteria and were selected for review. Figure
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Flowchart describing article selection process.
Asthma (8 Studies)
Chan et al
Cognitive Disability (7 studies)
Seven studies assessed the impact of applications on mental disabilities such as ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder); dyslexia; learning and behavior problems; and learning disabilities. Interventions considered in the studies were computerized training of working memory
Autism (9 studies)
Results from a study by Bernard-Opitz et al
Stenens et al
Pediatric oncology (3 Studies)
In a before-and-after study conducted in an academic medical centre from 2001 to 2004, Kim et al
Diabetes (2 studies)
Zahlmann et al
Other Studies (3)
Other researchers looked at patients with bronchiolitis, headache or juvenile idiopathic, and brain injury. The studies described the use of interventions such as clinical evidence modules integrated into computerized provider order entry
Other studies showed benefits associated with a computerized provider order entry on the frequency of ordering antibiotics, bronchodilators and corticosteroids
Our findings suggest that information and communication technologies can indeed improve quality of care and have an overall positive effect on adherence to clinical guidelines; patient knowledge and self-efficacy; decrease rate of emergency room and medical office visits; and improved patient safety through a reduction in errors. However, little is known about the effects of information technology on resource utilization.
As reported by a previous systematic review, there are encouraging results in relation to pediatric asthma
Computer-based intervention studies have also been reported to be effective in preventing obesity. Frenn et al
The studies available seem to support, consistently, that patient education and disease management can be facilitated through computer-assisted programs and health care related websites. Moreover, these comprehensive interventions are effective in engaging patients and in improving their health and well-being. Others have also demonstrated that when individuals with chronic disease receive effective and coordinated care on an ongoing basis, the need for costly emergency room visits and hospital admissions reduce significantly.
The results of this systematic review suffer from some limitations. For example, a key issue that cannot be addressed with the available data is whether or not the knowledge uptake from the various applications improved soon after initiation of the intervention, and also whether or not there is long-term impact. Longitudinal studies over extended periods of time are required to answer such questions. Also some of the outcome variables such as reduced ED visit and lower dose of medications will need to be adjusted for potential confounders (e.g., disease severity, concomitant medications, and so on). This information is generally not reported.
Reviews of the medical informatics literature pertaining to the treatment of adults with chronic conditions suggest that human factors are at least as important as the technological elements powering the intervention itself. For our study, the majority of users of health informatics interventions were school age children who either directly used computers or the Internet, or who were directly exposed to interventions in several short sessions at school. Issues related to human factors were not discussed in any detail in the papers reviewed.
In conclusion, our systematic review has revealed several important applications of biomedical informatics in pediatric chronic diseases. Published studies suggested positive impacts of informatics predominantly in pediatric asthma. Our review has also highlighted important future directions for research. It is clear, for instance, that rigorous studies are needed to gain a better understanding of the role of informatics in inpatient settings, as well as their impact on workflows, organizational structures, health professional and patient roles, costs and equitable access to health services among members of disadvantaged communities.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
FM contributed to the design of the study, acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data and drafted the manuscript. RM contributed to the design of the study, acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data and helped draft the manuscript. ARJ, JSH and TT helped with interpretation of data and critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content. JB conceived the study and contributed to the design of the study, analysis and interpretation of data and helped draft the manuscript. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
We would like to gratefully acknowledge a seed grant support provided by the Research Institute of the Hospital for Sick Children for the establishment of the Biostatistics Methodology Unit (BMU). We also gratefully acknowledge insightful comments of two reviewers. ARJ was supported through the Rose Family Chair in Supportive Care, and the Canada Research Chair in eHealth Innovation, which he holds.
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The increase of childhood chronic conditions in the United States
Chronic Disease in Ontario and Canada: Determinants, Risk Factors and Prevention Priorities
Basic concepts in medical informatics. (Glossary)
Medical Informatics: Challenges and Opportunities
Systematic review of home telemonitoring for chronic diseases: the evidence base
Biomedical informatics applications for asthma care: a systematic review
Effects of computer-based clinical decision support systems on physician performance and patient outcomes: a systematic review
An Internet-based store-and-forward video home telehealth system for improving asthma outcomes in children
Impact of a computer-assisted education program on factors related to asthma self-management behavior
Watch, Discover, Think, and Act: a model for patient education program development
Computer game for inner-city children does not improve asthma outcomes
The asthma files: evaluation of a multimedia package for children's asthma education
The asthma kiosk: a patient-centered technology for collaborative decision support in the emergency department
Internet-enabled interactive multimedia asthma education program: a randomized trial
An evaluation of an innovative multimedia educational software program for asthma management: report of a randomized, controlled trial
Computerized training of working memory in children with ADHD – a randomized, controlled trial
Hemisphere-specific treatment of dyslexia subtypes: better reading with anxiety-laden words?
Analyses of performance, behavior, and predictors for severely disturbed children: a comparison of adult vs. computer instruction
Computer-based reading and spelling practice for children with learning disabilities
Teaching Social Studies to High School Students with Academic Handicaps in a Mainstreamed Setting: effects of a computerized study guide
Effects of goal structures and performance contingencies on the math performance of adolescents with learning disabilities
Hypertext Computer Study Guides and the Social Studies Achievement of Students with Learning Disabilities, Remedial Students, and Regular Education Students
Enhancing Vocal Limitations in Children with Autism Using the IBM SpeechViewer
Do children with autism learn to read more readily by computer assisted instruction or traditional book methods? A pilot study
Enhancing social problem solving in children with autism and normal children through computer-assisted instruction
Can children with autism be taught to understand false belief using computers?
Brief report: vocabulary acquisition for children with autism: teacher or computer instruction
Neural mechanisms of selective auditory attention are enhanced by computerized training: Electrophysiological evidence from language-impaired and typically developing children
[The application of new technologies to solving maths problems for students with learning disabilities: the 'underwater school']
Computer-based multisensory learning in children with developmental dyslexia
Computerized progressive attentional training (CPAT) program: Effective direct intervention for children with ADHD
Error reduction in pediatric chemotherapy: computerized order entry and failure modes and effects analysis
LISA: a web-based decision-support system for trial management of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
What are blood counts? A computer-assisted program for pediatric patients
DIABETEX – a decision support system for therapy of type I diabetic patients
Computer-assisted self-control of diabetes by adolescents
Effect of point of care information on inpatient management of bronchiolitis
A randomized trial of electronic versus paper pain diaries in children: impact on compliance, accuracy, and acceptability
Can a Web-Based Family Problem-Solving Intervention Work for Children with Traumatic Brain Injury?
Systematic Review: Impact of Health Information Technology on Quality, Efficiency, and Costs of Medical Care
Using information technology to improve the management of chronic disease
Changing the tide: an Internet/video exercise and low-fat diet intervention with middle-school students
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A few surprises from the book: More women have orgasms with partners they aren't seriously involved with, this from the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior.
Isn't that crazy? Here you have women reporting they have more orgasms with novel partners. We have a lot of biases when it comes to relationships. In the past we've used little bits of science we picked and chose to reinforce those biases: The idea that women are more emotional and men are players. That's not necessarily true and the science doesn't back that up. An Australian researcher did a longitudinal study on menopause looking for a hormonal smoking gun as to why women at this age are less interested in sex. What they found was that the women who were having the most sex were the ones who had a new partner.
Another unexpected finding, this one from an Emory University study regarding porn: Women rated pornographic images as subjectively more sexually arousing than men did.
Women have been taught to believe they're not supposed to watch porn, that it's not supposed to be part of female sexuality and that there's something anti-feminist about it. What scientists have discovered is that the brain is really hardwired for porn. We are very interested in sexual images, much in the way that we're interested in pictures of food.
What lit up in women's and men's brains when they looked at porn?
The researchers saw higher activation in the men in both the amygdala and the hypothalamus, two areas involved in sex and emotional processing. When they examined what the participants were actually looking at using eye tracking software, there was no significant difference between men and women. Nobody really liked the close up, crazy genital shots.
Does it surprise you that men said that?
A little bit. I think it's something that needs more study.
One study found that activation in male and female brains during climax is fairly uniform, aside from some mechanics. Same for passionate love, which triggers the same parts of the brain across the board, for straight and gay men and women alike.
For me it proves that love is love no matter who happens to be in love.
Tell me about your own orgasm tracked via fMRI.
I had no idea how much of my brain would be activated: It was lit up like a Christmas tree. Orgasm gives your brain one hell of a workout and it's probably very good for you, up there with diet and exercise, to keep up optimal brain health. Many studies have shown aging people who have better cognitive abilities are all still having sex.
You describe the brain as a giant gonad and point out you don't even need genital stimulation: Wet dreams are a case in point, as are people with spinal-cord injuries who can climax. Which brings us to "thinking off."
Thinking off is the ability to think yourself into an orgasm. Instead of using your hands to touch yourself or having a partner do it, you can arouse yourself enough by fantasy and top down control of the brain to achieve actual physical orgasm. We don't know how prevalent it is but it may be possible that we're all capable of it, but just never figured out how.
Tell me about your friend, "Trixie."
She has a very respectable corporate job and told me she did it all the time, during conference calls at work to pass the time. She was very kind and allowed me to observe despite a lot of embarrassment I think on both of our parts. It's a good enough orgasm that she does it quite often. What researchers have seen when they've put people who can think off into fMRIs is that the brain looks pretty much the same as when people are "touching off."
Let's turn to sex addiction, under consideration for the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders next year as "hypersexuality." Brain chemistry-wise, who is most at risk for this malady?
Lique Coolen [a neuroscientist at the University of Michigan]looked at animal models and found damage in the prefrontal cortex resulted in rats compulsively seeking sex. Male rats that have this damage can't help themselves. With one gene variant, DRD4, it seems there is more novelty seeking, but that doesn't mean it has to express itself with hypersexuality. The person can be an adrenalin sports junkie or get thrills from winning eBay auctions.
Some think it's all about self-discipline but it's becoming clear there is more to the story. Kristie, a woman I spoke with, identified as both a love and a sex addict. There's an intrigue and she can't get enough of it. Wolfram Schultz, a neuroscientist at the University of Cambridge who studies reward and risk processing, said our brain system's set up so that anything can become addictive.
Why does "love addiction" come with some partners and not others?
Why do some people affect us and make us absolutely nuts so that our family and friends are all saying, "Get yourself woman, you are nuts!" and then other people are as comfortable as a nice warm bath but they're not making you break ties with your family or risk losing your job because you're coming in late every morning. It has a lot to do with chemicals. Our bodies give off a lot of information that other people can unconsciously process. Maybe that person is an ideal genetic mate for offspring. That would certainly satisfy evolutionary scientists.
On the other end we have successful long-term couples: Those still passionately in love after decades showed activated dopamine-rich reward areas in their brains, scientists have found.
Charles Snowdon's study from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, involving cotton-top tamarins found that strong couples had higher levels of oxytocin, which corresponded with certain behaviours: men getting more sex and women getting more cuddling. I hate that it's a total stereotype and yet there's something very interesting in the idea that these couples gave partners what they needed. Neurobiology cements the idea that an active sex life is important to our relationships. In terms of maintaining a bond you have to have that dopamine release and sex is your fast track.
These sci-fi notions of controlling our urges with oxytocin sprays, pheromone potions and "love vaccines" are bunk given how nascent neurobiological studies are in this area, you write.
And yet people are clamouring for it – I know a lot of smart people who really believe that $90 pheromone cologne is doing something for them. Part of me says what's the harm, except that chemicals such as oxytocin and vasopressin are also important to blood-vessel dilation and maternal behaviours. We may actually influence how our bodies make these things. I wouldn't want to mess with that.
Ultimately, science still provides few answers about our lusty behaviours: It's a stew of biology, context and individuality. "The study of something like love is very complicated and cannot be reduced simply to the neuronal level," says Harvard Medical School neuroscientist Jill Goldstein.
At first it annoyed me: I wanted some actionable advice. The more I thought about it, the more I appreciated not knowing more. Good science asks as many questions as it answers. This scientific work challenges many notions you find in self-help books, which promote one-size-fits-all answers to relationships and suggest you can't be happy unless you follow those rules.
Are you with someone now?
I am not. I'm dating.
How does this stuff affect the way you look at your dates? Are they guinea pigs?
Right now I am much more likely to listen to what my gut is telling me about a person. In my 20s, I would have looked at someone and said, "But he's got such a great job and he's so good looking." Now even if he's great on paper, I listen to what my gut has to say.
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(Reuters) - The San Antonio Spurs will be looking to avenge last year's agonizing loss to the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals when the two teams return for a best-of-seven showdown that Hall of Famer Jerry West compares to an all-out brawl.
"It's going to be a knockdown, tough battle for both teams," the former Los Angeles Lakers guard and 14-time All-Star told Reuters. "It's just a remarkable effort by both teams to get here again."
Both teams tweaked their rosters since last year's epic series, won by Miami in seven games. The big question, however, is how the memory of last year's late-game meltdown by the Spurs in Game Six will be played out.
The Heat overcame a title-busting, five-point deficit in the final 28 seconds of regulation and held on in Game Seven at home to win their second straight championship.
"We have four more (games) to win," San Antonio forward Tim Duncan said Saturday, seconds after the Spurs defeated Oklahoma City to win the Western Conference. "We'll do it this time."
The series begins Thursday in San Antonio in a 2-2-1-1-1 format, where the Spurs, unlike a year ago, have the home-court advantage, based on their NBA-best 62-20 regular-season record.
Miami, once again led by the so-called Big Three of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, went 54-28 this season, two games behind Indiana in the East. But the Heat beat the Pacers in six games to reach the championship round and are playing their best ball of the year.
A four-time NBA MVP, James averaged 27.1 points this year and Wade, who was hobbled in last year's playoffs but is now healthy, chipped in 18.7. James, the MVP of the finals the last two years, said of the Spurs: "They wanted us, they got us. Continued...


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While gyms and private health clubs have grown in popularity in recent years, the nation's weight has grown too.
The reason for the paradox, they said, is that such clubs tend to attract wealthier people, leaving the less well-off struggling to find ways to combat weight problems.
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Gyms, fitness magazines and manuals often focus on keeping in shape for image reasons rather than for health reasons, claimed the University of Leicester study.
The industry has been able to make a profit by attracting richer members using "seductive marketing" without providing a "sustainable approach to fitness", it concluded.
The findings, compiled by Dr Jennifer Smith Maguire of the university's department of media and communications, focused on the U.S., which has more than 20,000 commercial health clubs.
But the rapid growth in private clubs in the UK means the research can be applied here, she said.
"Over recent decades, many Western countries have experienced a strange paradox, with fitness and exercise industries expanding alongside problems of inactivity and obesity," said Dr Smith Maguire.
"The commercial fitness industry benefits from the scientific legitimacy and political urgency bestowed on population health issues, such as inactivity and obesity.
"But it is ill-equipped to address those issues for a number of reasons."
She added: "In the U.S., for example, half of commercial health club members are in the top 20 per cent of income earners.
"At the top end of the market, high income earners can afford excellent services and an enlightened approach to fitness, but at the bottom end of the market, middle and lower income earners can afford fewer and lower quality services and a factory approach to fitness.
"And at the very bottom, excluded altogether from the market, are those individuals most likely to be inactive and obese."
Dr Smith Maguire said: "The fitness industry perpetuates the idea that health is an individual matter."
But she argued that inactivity and obesity are problems for society as a whole and they require collective solutions.
"Physical exercise can be reintroduced as an integral part of everyday life, rather than yet another activity to be squeezed into an already shrinking supply of free time."
A Government report warned last month that one in two women and 60 per cent of men will be obese by 2050. Obesity is projected to cost the country £45billion a year by 2050.
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In this newly created role, Helm will direct his expertise towards defining and building CFC's new specialist range of contingency insurance market products including over redemption, prize indemnity and event cancellation insurance.
Helm joins CFC from PIMS-SCA, a risk management company in the digital, gaming, lottery and sports markets where he was a board director and business producer and underwriter.
Andrew Holmes, CFC underwriting director, said: "The contingency market has vast potential and is a great fit for CFC. We don't shy away from pushing the boundaries and tackling markets where businesses have huge financial exposures that need to be addressed with specialist products. With his extensive relationships across the digital, gaming, lottery and sports markets, as well as his board level management experience, Matt is well placed to spearhead our latest expansion and we are delighted to welcome him on board."
Helm added: "I am excited at having the opportunity to bring a fresh approach to the contingency insurance market and develop this new practice for CFC. I have many ideas as to how we can deliver new levels of innovation in insurance and risk management for businesses in this sector of the market, and see real opportunity for CFC to become a leading player both within the UK and across the world."
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