#Medicine
#porzellanalarm #nurse #health #roteskreuz #drk #love #trust #medicine #medicalstudent #gesundheit #krankenhaus #hospital #safe #healing #gesundheitssystem #healthyliving #upcyclingart #upcyclingartist #upcyclingartwork #art #kunst #porzellanandmore #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #spruchdestages #sprüche #spruch
This has the potential to be life-changing. Literally.
BioNeMo is a new #AI foundation service empowering many more researchers and smaller companies to leverage AI for novel drug discovery and more. The next life saving medicine might be found with it.
https://nvidia.com/en-us/gpu-cloud/bionemo
#deeplearning #lifesciences #healthcare #nvidia #nemo #bionemo #drugdiscovery #medicine #gtc23 #gtc2023
big things…”—Hotez, HERO!
Meanwhile, Moderna anticipates pricing their vaccine at $130. Highway robbery — more evidence of Big Pharma’s continued exploitation of US consumers.
https://reut.rs/3n7IcqX
🧬 AI Creates Cancer Treatment
in 30 Days that can predict a patient’s survival rate.
Researchers from the University of #toronto and Insilico Medicine have made a potential treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a common type of liver cancer, using a drug discovery platform called Pharma AI
Read the paper, here:
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2023/SC/D2SC05709C
#ai #science #cancer #tech #news #artificialintelligence #technology #breakingnews #drugs #medicine #science
What causes back pain in teenagers?
A new UL study has found that stress and sleep deprivation is causing back pain for teenagers
Hear from Professor Kieran O'Sullivan on RTE Drivetime talking about his research
https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22226988/
#StudyatUL #Research #HigherEducationResearch #Pain #PainManagement #BackPain #Medicine #Sleep #Education #University
🧬MCBG Seminar🧬
Thursday, March 23, 1 PM
Dr. Mark R. Witmer
Scientific Senior Director
Leads Development & Optimization/SMDD
Bristol Myers Squibb
Host: Dr. Shae Padrick
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine
My Career Path in Drug Discovery:
The Team Sport of Discovering New Medicines
#DrugDiscovery #GraduateSchool #BiomedicalScience #Medicine #Biochemistry #MolecularBiology #TeamWork #Science
So, 20 years ago President George W Bush began the invasion of Iraq. However at that same time he also instituted the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) which has saved some 25 million lives (and counting) world wide, which honestly messes with my head. From the NY times: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/21/opinion/george-bush-iraq-pepfar.html?campaign_id=39&emc=edit_ty_20230321&instance_id=88266&nl=opinion-today®i_id=78833783&segment_id=128359&te=1&user_id=abac051c7f527256eb4378e928e69377&fbclid=IwAR3qtjsdx-Zpsv2HypI3zXKu2s5ZYzcBtP7xFZ6LTPJqqQFQcRfODKf299o #medicine #MedMastodon #psychology
Gabapentin gave me my horniness back! 🥳🍾🎆🎉
Wired: The Quest for Injectable Brain Implants Has Begun https://www.wired.com/story/injectable-brain-electrodes-bci-parkinsons/ #Tech #wired #TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc #Science/PsychologyandNeuroscience #BrainsandBehavior #materialsscience #Science/Biotech #Science/Health #Neuroscience #medicine #Science #Biology #biotech #health
Immunopathology is a feature of severe community-acquired pneumonia on ICU, evidenced by clear benefit of adjunctive hydrocortisone!
#IDMastodon #immunology #Immunotherapy #steroids #pneumonia #MedMastodon #ICU #hydrocortisone #RCT #academia #medicine
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2215145?query=RP
The newly installed #IBM #quantum computer at Cleveland Clinic should generate a healthy share of production design concepts for future sci-fi movies - and, researchers hope, a healthy share of biomedical discoveries as well. https://cosmiclog.com/2023/03/20/ibm-marks-medical-milestone-for-quantum-computers/ #Medicine #Tech #Computer
Elderly and catheterized patients have a high incidence of asymptomatic bacteriuria. Abnormal UA in asymptomatic patient does NOT necessarily require treatment.
#AsymptomaticBacteriuria #medicine #MedMastodon #IDMastodon #IMPearls #AntimicrobialStewardship #AntimicrobialResistance
Symptoms that do NOT warrant investigation for #UTI include change in the color, odor, or consistency of the urine
#MedMastodon #IDMastodon #IMPearls #MedEd #medicine #AntimicrobialStewardship
Blood Type Diet
“No evidence currently exists to validate the purported health benefits of blood type diets.”
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Over the years I have come across patients who claimed they felt better on this diet (not many). Ultimately, if a diet improves your health, stick with it.
This week Barney has been raving to everyone he see's about the @DFTBubbles podcast which is a must-listen for healthcare professionals, parents, and anyone interested in #pediatric #medicine!
#barneyrecommends #podcast #zedu #paediatrician #paediatrics #childrenshealth
Nature to the rescue! #medicine https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-64894342
Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Pregnancy Is Not a Benign Event https://jezebel.com/womans-hands-feet-amputated-after-c-section-infection-1850243368 #Jezebel #health2cmedical2cpharma #reproductivehealth #humanreproduction #krystinapacheco #women27shealth #eringloriaryan #maternaldeath #birthcontrol #nishaverma #pregnancy #midwifery #abortion #medicine #articles #health #wade #roe #rtt
Be very careful going to the #Pharmacy in Mexico. Your #medicine could kill you...because it's fake and it contains #fentanyl.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-18/state-department-mexican-pharmacies-alert-pills
En Español:
Que tengas mucho cuidado en la #Farmacia en #Mexico. Tus #medicamentos podrían matarte....porque son falsos y contienen #fantanilo.
Microsoft is using OpenAI to make it easier for doctors to take notes
Good morning and happy Monday! Let's get things elevated, shall we?
#hash #hashish #kush #cannabis #MedicalCannabis #weed #stoner #flowers #ManicMonday #LegalCannabis #homegrown #indoor #Moon #MoonRocks #vape #medicine #therapy #MentalHealth #PTSD #bipolar #bpd
Battling with the first thing Monday health centre phone queue. Still neurologically flaring so would struggle hugely to come in today. Huge thanks to the district nurse coming instead of my practice nurse appointment. I rarely have to switch re bloods but it can be a huge help. #NHS #NHSTayside #Housebound #Nursing #Medicine #HealthCentre #GP #neuro #flare #vasculitis
Connect the dots by drawing four connected straight lines. You can't lift your pen from the page or retrace a line.
Can you solve this problem? If not, don't worry - 91% of people can't
But it can teach you a lot about the way you think, write Adi Kumar in this great new article published on Osler
https://osler.app.link/Wohqiv8kjyb
#medicine #doctor #doctors #healthcare #meded #medmastodon #juniordoctors #medstudents #tipsfornewdocs #emergencyphysician #intensivist #anesthesiologist #FOAMed #FOAMcc
A very thoughtful opinion piece. Recommended reading.
#medicine #familymedicine #canada #saskatchewan #doctors #mentalhealth
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-doctors-mental-health-unhappiness/
Ramadan Fasting and Pregnancy: An Evidence-Based Guide for the Obstetrician
#pregnancy #ramadan #fasting #MedMastodon #medicine #canada #saskatchewan #obstetrics
https://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378(23)00169-2/fulltext
Cytokines
Signaling Proteins of the Immune System
Cytokines are involved in autocrine signalling, paracrine signalling and endocrine signalling as immunomodulating agents.
Cytokines include:
chemokines
interferons
interleukins
lymphokines
tumour necrosis factors
Cytokines are produced by a broad range of cells, including immune cells like macrophages, B lymphocytes, T lymphocytes and mast cells, as well as endothelial cells, fibroblasts, and various stromal cells.
They are important in health and disease, specifically in host responses to infection, immune responses, inflammation, trauma, sepsis, cancer, and reproduction.
Skeptoid #37: How to Spot Pseudoscience by Brian Dunning #baloneydetection #pseudoscience #science #medicine #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot This 15-point checklist will help you tell science from pseudoscience.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4037
Lacking health workers, Germany taps robots for elder care #Robot #Elder #Care #medicine https://techxplore.com/news/2023-03-lacking-health-workers-germany-robots.html via @techxplore_com
The Ugly Truth About The Ozempic Weight Loss Craze
https://hsl.mcmaster.ca/guides-tutorials/ has a nice aggregation of library guides (mostly for doing medical research)
Metformin is the only drug that has been shown to reduce the risk of developing long Covid (which people estimate to be somewhere around 5-10%, currently).
“Until now the only way we knew that Long Covid could be prevented was to not get Covid. That’s still the case. But a new randomized, placebo-controlled trial of metformin has yielded exciting results—the first drug to be shown to help prevent Long Covid…There was a 42% reduction 1/2
Compartment Syndrome
This occurs when pressure in the muscle builds up to harmful and potentially life threatening levels.
It starts with edema or bleeding that increases pressure in a muscle compartment. This pressure interferes with circulation causing serious medical complications.
Causes:
trauma
burns
bites
fractures
intense exercise
Signs & Symptoms:
increased swelling
increased pallor
decreased pulse and capillary refill
pain
numbness
Treatment:
removal of any blood constriction
raise limb to heart level
neurovascular assessment
subfascial injections (hyaluronidase)
fasciotomy
Not sure how this works but it was spot on! #mountainbike #cycling #BigRob #medicine
The Future of Healthcare https://leanpub.com/b/future-of-healthcare by Dr. Bertalan Mesko is the featured bundle on the Leanpub homepage! https://leanpub.com cc @berci #books #healthcare #technology #medicine
A very challenging decade is aproaching for our #ageing society. #Healthcare systems need to transform, #medicine needs to prepare, people need to bolster the plan for their future care
Senior care is crushingly expensive. Boomers aren’t ready. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/03/18/senior-care-costs-too-high/
#menopause is something that just about all people born with a #uterus/ #ovaries will go through at some point if they live that long, yet #doctors don't tell us much about it ahead of time or even at the time. #podcast about this and #hormoneReplacement.
#medicine #women #geneticFemale #gettingOlder #aging #hormones #estrogen #progesterone #progestin
#symptoms may include #hotFlashes #memory #memoryLoss #badMemory #depression #lossOfSleep #dryness #drySkin #pain
#lackOfInformation #informedDecisions #informedMedicalDecisions
Striking how benefits of Hybrid Closed-loop systems in Type 1 Diabetes are greater at night.
"Just let the system correct itself to perfection"
A new study finds persistent organ damage in 59% of long Covid patients a year after initial symptoms, even in those not severely ill, initially. 1 in 4 patients had multiorgan impairment, with persistent symptoms &⬇️ function at six & 12 months (Study included 536 ppl with long Covid; 13% were hospitalized. https://bit.ly/42p6ooM
UK health expert raises alarm at vaping ‘epidemic’ among teenagers
'Leading respiratory doctor fears generation could end up with long-term addictions and lung damage'
Not to mention the effects on people around them with asthma or COPD. But that never gets a mention.
Advances in developing ACE2 derivatives against #SARS-CoV-2
A review of current approaches to develop ACE2 competitors to bind the virus and inhibit its entry into cells.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(23)00011-3/fulltext#seccestitle10
I wasn't aware that Ivermectin had such a long history as a "miracle cure".
It is nothing less than a tragedy when people fall into such beliefs.
I do get the impression that this occurs often when people are disillusioned by healthcare systems that are limited in their ability to treat these conditions effectively. This poses a big challenge for health services.
H/T: @egghat
#Medicine #Health #HealthServices #Ivermectin
https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3mb89/ivermectin-danny-lemoi-death
Rough day, partner fractured her arm in two places and has no insurance. That said, I'm in a place where I can try to negotiate her bill (X-rays, morphine+zofran, ortho wrap splint) down to a few thousand dollars, maybe? Not counting followup visits ofc.
She doesn't qualify for government aid afaik. Glad we live in this shithole country. Assuming my next step is walking her through declaring bankruptcy.
Not asking for money, but any suggestions are welcome!
Did you know that #Chinese #medicine has its own #HippocraticOath ?
"A Great Physician should not pay attention to status, wealth or age; neither should he question whether the particular person is attractive or unattractive, whether he is an enemy or friend, whether he is a Chinese or a foreigner, or finally, whether he is uneducated or educated. He should meet everyone on equal grounds. He should always act as if he were thinking of his close relatives."
It's 1371 years old.
Swiss physiologist Walter Rudolf Hess, born OTD in 1881, won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or #Medicine in 1949 https://toilet-guru.com/blog/18.html?s=mb #Switzerland
NOMOPHOBIA
Fear of not having a phone. Yes, it’s a thing.
It’s a very real physiological experience that can raise blood pressure and increase the heart rate. The psycho-medical term for this condition is: “nomophobia,” which is short for “no-mobile device phobia.”
“In many shamanic societies, if you came to a #medicine person complaining of being disheartened, dispirited, or depressed, they would ask you one of four questions:
When did you stop #dancing ?…”
— Gabrielle Roth
#quotes #culture #oddproverbs #meditation #inspiration #wisdom #friday #life #stories #singing #silence
The Humans Who Live as Lab Rats
https://www.thefp.com/p/the-human-beings-who-live-as-lab?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=emai
To improve compliance with medicine standards, the South African government started to train pharmacist assistants to increase the number of people available to help with medicine management.
But many clinics still don’t have one.
#Medicine & #race: “…health differences between different ethnic groups are largely due to social inequality, not genetics; it’s time to focus on the social determinants of health and stop conflating biology with race.” #Racism https://post.news/@/user/2N77kOf3GtjRlr4ALxuTxf2uaRw
Apple Watch could help predict pain among sickle cell disease sufferers, study finds
'A study of suffers of sickle cell disease admitted to the Duke University SCD Day Hospital has found that an Apple Watch can be used to help predict pain.'
This is amazing. My son had complete remission from AML 22 years ago with a bone marrow transplant (from his sister). It was a long horrendous period of healing for him. If this new drug can heal people into the future, it would be an incredible advancement in treatment for leukemia.
Prostate cancer treatment can wait for most men, study finds
'Researchers have found long-term evidence that actively monitoring localized prostate cancer is a safe alternative to immediate surgery or radiation'
#science #medicine #health #cancer #ProstateCancer
https://www.statnews.com/2023/03/12/prostate-cancer-treatment-can-wait-most-men-study/
Edition 3 of the #SameGirlieShortList of ACTUALLY ACTIVE large Mastodon accounts with a legit presence here and important content. Check out those shiny new Newspaper server instances too! Holy Moly!!! 😍
@andrew Andrew Leahey
@DataDrivenMD Dr. Jorge Caballero
@mattburgess
@samlitzinger
@TexasObserver
@TucsonSentinel
#FollowFriday #FF #Mastodon #Law #Medicine #Politics #Tech #InfoSec #Disinformation #Disinfo #Pundits #Journalists #News #Resist
"The judge could rule in a variety of ways, some of which could open the door to lawsuits from doctors and others challenging the FDA’s approval of other drugs...
Or he could toss the lawsuit, embracing the Justice Department argument that the groups don’t have standing to sue."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/03/15/abortion-pill-fda/
#GOP #Lawyers #Healthcare #Health #Medicine #WomensHealth #WomensRights
Some #goodnews from our #garden : here’s #turmeric from one plant & it smells wonderful 👨🌾
#gardening #farming #farm #health #healthcare #nature #today #wednesday #plants #medicine #healing #life
Representation of core-shell lanthanide doped #nanoparticles for #upconversion (UCNPs) capped with oleic acid.
UCNPs can absorb two or more low energy #photons and convert them into one photon with higher energy, which is then emitted. As-prepared UCNPs are usually capped with hydrophobic oleic acid to prevent aggregation with other nanoparticles and to control their growth.
They are of particular interest for bio-imaging, bio-sensing and nanomedicine, but also for photovoltaic applications.
#SciArt #SciComm #Blender #Blender3d #Biology #Medicine #Nanomedicine #Chemistry #Physics #Photovoltaics
Caffeine Might Reduce the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity
‘A new study found that people genetically predisposed to high blood caffeine levels were less likely to develop diabetes and other risk factors’
Correlation only, so far.
#science #medicine #health #diabetes
https://gizmodo.com/caffeine-type-2-diabetes-obesity-larsson-woolf-gill-1850225951
I took Makena to prevent preterm birth after losing a pregnancy at 28 weeks. I can only hope it didn't do any long-term harm to myself or the kids I now have. If you dig into this story (and I can help, I reported on the pricing shenanigans while on bed rest!), it is an anatomy of the weirdness and quasi corruption of our pharma system. #womenshealth #medicine #pharmaceutical
https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/03/13/makena-withdrawn-drug-market-preterm-birth-delivery
For once, an #AI issue where I *can* speak with a certain amount of authority.
I've been hearing "expert systems outperform human #diagnostics, so pretty soon human #physicians will be obsolete" for a few years now. It's closely akin to "#airliners fly themselves these days, so what do we need #pilots for?" In both cases, people are paying attention to the best-case scenario with no understanding of the *enormous* number of how many and various the worse cases really are.
This is complicated by the fact that in most of #medicine (although not necessarily #emergency medicine, the author's specialty) and in nearly all of air travel, the best case is also the normal case. Most of the time, whatever is wrong with you can be diagnosed and treated. Almost all the time, when you get on a plane, you'll walk off at the other end of the trip as healthy as when you boarded. It's reasonable to expect those outcomes.
Not-best and not-normal cases add up really fast.
Without any false modesty whatsoever: as a #medic, I learned a truly impressive degree of clinical judgement. From the first moment I saw a patient, I had a pretty good idea of #diagnosis, #treatment, and #prognosis. (Sadly, if my initial call was "this one's not going to make it," I was almost always right. The exceptions kept me going.) I learned from the best—one of my mentors had learned *his* trade in rural Guatemala, where resources were terribly sparse and human judgement was the only line between life and death. He held back death for decades, and it came for him far too early. Gene Gibbs, RIP.
I can't code that. Neither can anyone else, and if they tell you they can, they're lying.
As a #researcher, I've done a fair amount of work in #clinical #decision #support (#CDS). The idea is simple, and valid: no human, or team of humans, can remember everything they need to know. There's simply too much knowledge for the brain to hold and recall on demand. Subtle relationships exist between disparate types of data that *nobody* knows, until we tease out the numbers. We're doing this, right now. It is saving lives and relieving suffering, right now.
The key word there is "support." Humans still absolutely, positively, 100% need to be in the loop.
Maybe that will change, someday. I'm not saying it's impossible, for two reasons. First, any time anyone says "computers will never be able to ___" they're usually proven wrong. Second, I don't want to limit my and my colleagues' imaginations. We need to stay focused, but it is a *good thing* for our reach to slightly exceed our grasp. That's how #science happens!
Just not this day, and not for many days to come. Right now, we need to keep muddling along. There's not much more human than that.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90863983/chatgpt-medical-diagnosis-emergency-room
I have a research question that may have a straightforward answer, but so far I haven't been able to find one. Here goes: in the USA, is some form of blinding (either single or double) a legal prerequisite for all clinical trials?
Relatedly (but more specifically) is blinding a legal prerequisite for pharmaceutical trials? Would really appreciate any information/links/boosts- will use as many tags as I can to amplify
#science #medicine #psychology #ethics #research #biology #philosophy
excellent lecture!: "Indigenous Philosophy & Approach to Extraordinary States (inc.Psychosis)" by Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2BJbmnQXro
#trauma #therapy #recovery #psychosis #schizophrenia #psychiatry #health #MentalHealth #PublicHealth #indigenous #medicine #PTSD #bipolar #depression #HearingVoices
It bears repeating:
America doesn't have a health CARE system. We have a health INSURANCE system. That ain't the same thing.
When anyone walks in the door, our first question isn't "How can we fix you?", it's "How're you gonna pay for this?"
That's barbaric.
It comes from having profit incentive at the core of our health CARE system. Those two things - profit incentive & health CARE are mutually exclusive propositions. They cannot co-exist.
The inmates are running our health care asylum and killing us because of it.
In a new study, MRI imaging revealed changes in the brain (in the thalamus & basal ganglia regions) that “underlie the persistent fatigue experienced by patients with post-COVID syndrome.”
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36873426/ #longcovid #COVID #brainfog #medicine
Don’t forget to floss: the science behind dementia and the four things you should do to prevent it
‘A picture is emerging of a healthy lifestyle which is key to the condition’s prevention – exercise, being sociable, and looking after your ears’
There’s a connection between hearing loss and dementia. First time I’ve heard of this one. This is important. A longish read but well worth it.
"stories are medicine. you can take stories. 'take 2 stories and call me in the morning.'" - dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona
A new oral pill reduces bad cholesterol levels by 60% at eight weeks
https://interestingengineering.com/health/oral-pill-reduces-bad-cholesterol-levels
#tech #health #biology #medicine
"..Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, also known as "bad cholesterol," is a severe health condition that develops in the walls of arteries and restricts blood flow, which increases the risk of heart disease and stroke.
Phase 2 trial of MK-0616, a new experimental drug, shows promise for addressing the high LDL cholesterol levels by reducing "bad" cholesterol levels by 60 percent in eight weeks..."
The alt med/supplement industry pushes NDT ("natural" dessicated thyroid, so dried thyroid from pigs or cows) like crazy via naturopaths and online. It's a dangerous thing and it misleads a lot of people with thyroid disorders, particularly those that are autoimmune in origin. It's important to follow the money but also to understand why they're successful.
1-A lot of people think "natural" is better but the animal proteins in NDT can actually increase auto-antibodies and worsen immune diseases (very particularly with Graves Disease but also with Hashimoto's).
2-NDT has a very unnaturally high ratio of T3 in it for humans (pigs naturally have different rations of T3/T4 than humans). The body used T3 immediately, all of it, there's no storage mechanism (which is why Graves Disease causes hyperthyroidism, too much T3). This means you're rapidly becoming hyperthyroid and crashing on a daily basis. However, being hyperthryoid can be like being manic, it can feel good (until it doesn't). I can also lead to mania and being extremely emotionally volatile.
3-Unfortunately thyroid disorders often get badly managed by doctors who base it all on TSH levels (a really bad proxy for other thyroid levels, if a good first line of testing for thyroid disorders, though not perfect for that either since one can be euthyroid and have active Trab that indicate Graves Disease). This leaves patients under-medicated so some genuinely are finding relief via naturopaths, if in a form that's also potentially harmful (but being undermedicated is also potentially very harmful, leading to the development of other metabolic diseases). Also, because thyroid disorders are far more common in women, your everyday medical sexism can be a big factor too.
4-Some people don't metabolized T4 into T3 very well (most of this happens in the liver, including for people with normal healthy thyroids), though it's less common than support groups would lead people to think (as a way to push NDT). These people need to be taking T3 alone, NDT is not the solution for that problem.
5-It's kind of crazy we don't have a proper slow release version of T3 at this point in time considering how widespread thyroid disease is. While many people do just fine on T4 alone (by metabolizing it into T3 in the liver), there can be things that prevent this (including liver disease and conversion problems). I'd suggest a lot of this has to do with a very real disregard for the quality of life of women in many areas of society, medicine and business.
GNU Health: a non-profit humanitarian organization focused on Social Medicine, providing the software tools for individuals, health professionals, or institutions 👇💡
I rarely find a Mastodon medical article summary that’s useful. It’s not that people aren’t trying. It’s that it takes real expertise to read these things. The authors have agendas and the abstracts often mislead.
For example, the abstract might say X is better than Y. They won’t say the difference is clinically irrelevant.
Even in my dotage I’m good at parsing these, but I read people who are a lot better. It’s hard. #medicine
Scientists invent biomaterial that can heal tissue from the inside out
"Scientists at the University of California San Diego have invented a new biomaterial that can be injected intravenously to reduce inflammation in tissue and repair cells" #Science #Health #Medicine #Biotech
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/scientists-invent-biomaterial-healing-tissue
Excited to watch how hundreds of millions of dollars of pharmaceutical company advertising completely shifts public opinion on obesity being "a choice" just so they can market new GLP-1 based weight loss drugs directly to patients. Scientists and doctors spent years trying to advocate for obesity as a chronic biological disease, turns out all they needed was a bigger advertising budget.
/s
https://www.statnews.com/2023/03/05/weight-loss-drugs-changing-obesity-narrative/
#Obesity #Pharma #Drugs #Weight #WeightLoss #GLP1 #Medicine #Science #News #STAT
The perfect resource?
"#Guerilla #Medicine: An introduction to the concepts of #austere medicine in asymmetric #conflicts"
Unfortunately they still talk about "nationally authorized resistance organizations" and "State-authorized resistance efforts"
Nonetheless, this page provides a publication download (in PDF) on the topic of "medical support to resistance forces."
https://www.europeanmedics.eu/guerilla-med-publication
Should be an interesting read & a worthwhile resource
AMERICANS:
Medication sourced directly from the manufacturers, at ~10% the cost.
Prescriptions required. Limited insurance accepted. But still HELLA CHEAP otherwise. (Check their site to see what meds are currently offered.)
Say what you want about Mark Cuban, but this is one of the best and most philanthropic things a billionaire has done in recent history.
#prescriptions #healthcare #AmericanHealthcare #medicine #medication #MarkCuban
Today in 1899, Dr. Charles Best was born. As a medical student, he assisted Frederick Banting in discovering insulin. He was left out of the Nobel Prize, but Banting gave him half the award money.
In 1972, the Nobel Foundation stated his omission was a mistake.
#Canada #History #Histodon #Histodons #Canadian #Medicine #Insulin #Diabetes #Nobel
CDC issues warning over an increase of drug-resistant bacteria
‘There are limited antimicrobial treatments available for these particular drug-resistant strains of Shigella and it’s also easily transmissible, warned the CDC in the Friday advisory. It’s also able to spread antimicrobial resistance genes to other bacteria that infect the intestines’
#science #medicine #health #DrugResistance #CDC #shigella
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/25/health/cdc-shigella-health-advisory/index.html
“Each conversation with her unveiled…the arc of purpose and love that lives at the center of a life worth living.” A beautiful glimpse into the great poet June Jordan from one of her students. A wonderful way to start the day.
#poetry #cancer #medicine #JuneJordan #Palestinian #liberation #purpose #beauty #love #teaching #selfcare #caring #solidarity #BlackPoetry #BlackPoet
https://www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2023/02/13/june-jordan-legacy
INTRODUCTION: Moved here from the toxic bird site, and loving it! Some of my interests are...
#USPolitics
#USPol
#news
#SocialJustice
#antiracism
#books
#reading
#art
#painting
#gardening
#architecture
#photography
#cooking
#Mexico
#MexicanCooking
#Ukraine
#dogs
#cats
#DogsOfMastodon
#DomesticTerrorism
#law
#media
#journalism
#medicine
#PublicHealth
Ars Technica: Bonkers Republican bill in Idaho would make mRNA-based vaccination a crime https://arstechnica.com/?p=1918936 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #Infectiousdisease #publichealth #antivaccine #Republican #BioNTech #COVID-19 #medicine #vaccines #Science #moderna #Pfizer #idaho #mRNA #CDC #fda
Hi #Fediverse, we're new here. We're World Blind Herald, a new digital publication bringing you perspectives from the global English-speaking #blind community. We also publish a weekly news digest focusing on the world of #blindness along with a separate weekly digest focusing on #science and #medicine as they apply to the blind community. #Indroduction
Brushing your teeth three times a day could improve mental health
'New studies have found links between brain disease and genetic variants known to predispose people to cavities, dentures and missing teeth later in life'
The development of human-like #organoids in mice could be the first step in a process that could enable scientists to make customized tissue patches to help heal damaged organs.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/02/scientists-grew-mini-human-guts-inside-mice/
Greetings, friends on Mastodon! #Introduction: I'm an #internationalrelations scholar intrigued by questions of macro-historical change, especially in the realm of #armedconflict. My work has focused on questions around #sovereignty, #internationallaw, and - these days - #military #medicine. I'm also trying to read up on #climatechange.
My family and I live in #Minneapolis, #Minnesota. We do a lot of #puzzles, #legos, and #wordplay.
How a Black veteran desegregated a Texas medical school
Vanessa Northington Gamble, a physician and researcher at The George Washington University, talks about her new paper on Herman A. Barnett III, a Black veteran who desegregated the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in 1949. - @STAT
https://www.statnews.com/2023/02/14/medical-school-desegregation-herman-barnett
#BlackHistory #history #AmericanHistory #BlackFedi #CivilRights #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse #BlackHistoryMonth #Texas #medicine #news 🩺
Breastfeeding ‘safeguards infants’ from respiratory infections
Even partial breastfeeding can reduce hospitalisation from common respiratory infection, according to a new University of Limerick study:
https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2023/02/14/breastfeeding-safeguards-infants-from-respiratory-infections/
#StudyatUL #Research #HigherEducationResearch #Healthcare #Medicine #University
We published 10 new volumes of the Annual Reviews journals in January 2023 but something about them is different...
...they are all Open Access!
Here are the journal names:
#Criminology
#Entomology
#FluidMechanics
#Linguistics
#MarineScience
#Medicine
#OrganizationalPsychology
#Pathology
#Pharmacology #Toxicology
#Psychology
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Hey y’all! I’m #Jeremy #Nuckolls, I’ve recently moved from over from .LOL. I’m 36 and I’m from #GarlandTx. I’m usually talking about #Handbags, #dogs, ways to dismantle #Racism, and how #DoubleJawSurgery changed my life! I’ve been married to @jamesn since 2012 and it’s been a blast! I believe #cannabis is #medicine, and #Music is the #Cure. I always use #AltTxt in posts bc I believe in #Inclusion💜Feel free to ask me anything! Did I mention I love handbags? Let’s chat! 😝#Gay #GayMastodon #GayMasto #Black #BlackMastodon #texas #AskMeAnything #Introduction #IntroductionPost #mastodon #mexican #texas #dallas #queer #lgbtq #lgbtqia #intro #introPost #Weed #Stoner #GayGamer #pothead #chat #CurlyHair #Curls #NaturalHair #eyeContact
A real fungal pandemic wouldn't be nearly as dramatic as what HBO's The Last of Us depicts, but some parts of the show are quite accurate. Read about the science behind The Last of Us:
https://www.sciencealert.com/could-the-last-of-us-ever-happen-the-real-risks-of-a-fungus-pandemic
📷 Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for HBO/Getty Images
#TheLastOfUs #TheScienceBehind #TrueFacts #Science #ScienceAlert #mycology #fungi #pathogen #pandemic #disease #medicine #health
In the ER, we routinely ask our chest pain patients if they have cardiovascular risk factors like hypertension, diabetes, ⬆️chol, etc. We have enough evidence that #COVID19 ⬆️ one’s risk of #heartattack , #arrhythmias, #myocarditis, etc. & that reinfection may confer addtl risk. Covid needs to be added to the list & MDs need to be educated on this. #aha #ACC23 #medicine #medtwitter
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After consulting with a panel of doctors and researchers, Consumer Reports says you should avoid these 10 risky #supplements.
In general, risk increases the larger the dosage and the longer the supplement is taken.
"What I'm seeing in AI in the last 12 months is every bit as important as the PC."
I spoke to Bill Gates for Forbes to talk OpenAI, what he's doing back at Microsoft right now and why AI will be "the hottest topic of 2023." He sees a lot of potential for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in providing AI tutors and doctors... do you?
#AI #artificialintelligence #microsoft #gpt #generativeai #jobs #leadership #billgates #medicine
🩺 :solidarity: "doctors nonetheless hold considerable power to initiate reforms in health policy... If we can build an organizing network through doctors’ unions, then proposals to demand universal health care through use of collective civil disobedience via physicians’ control over health care documentation and billing, for example, could move from visions to genuinely actionable plans"
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/05/opinion/doctors-universal-health-care.html