Can You Receive A Massage With Hypertension?
Conclusion
To circle back to our original question: Can you receive a massage if you have hypertension?
The current body of evidence suggests that it’s possible, but it must be done responsibly and under professional supervision.
Remember, while techniques like massage can play a role in managing hypertension, they form part of a larger management plan.
This should encompass regular health checkups, appropriate medication (if prescribed), dietary modifications, and overall lifestyle adaptations.
Read also: Can You Practice Yoga With Hypertension?
Reference
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Source: The EMT Spot - June 17, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Rotman, MD, FRCPC, PhD Tags: Blood Pressure Source Type: blogs
Career Conversations: Q & A With Physiologist Elimelda Moige Ongeri
Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Elimelda Moige Ongeri.
A career path in science is rarely clear cut and linear, which Elimelda Moige Ongeri, Ph.D., can attest adds to its excitement. She went from working in animal reproductive biology to studying proteins involved in inflammation and tissue injury. Dr. Ongeri is also currently dean of the Hairston College of Health and Human Sciences and professor of physiology at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) in Greensboro. In this interview, she shares details of her career, including a change in research focus to human physiology; her goals for the f...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - June 14, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Profiles Proteins Source Type: blogs
Webinar for the Maximizing Investigators ’ Research Award (MIRA) Program for Early Stage Investigators
I’m pleased to announce that the Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) notice of funding opportunity for early stage investigators (ESIs) (PAR-23-145) has been reissued. MIRA funding provides support for an area of research in an ESI’s laboratory that falls within the NIGMS mission. The next application due date is October 3, 2023.
We’re hosting a webinar to discuss the key features of the ESI MIRA program and to answer your questions:
Wednesday, July 26, 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET
Zoom meeting link
Join by phone
Meeting ID: 160 696 7912
Passcode: 796551
Participants requiring sign language int...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - June 7, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Funding Opportunities Meetings/Events Early Stage Investigator MIRA Webinars Source Type: blogs
Webinar on the NIGMS Sandbox: A Cloud-Based Learning Platform
Cloud computing provides access to the exponentially growing volume of biomedical research data, data analytic tools, and data storage capacity. If you’re interested in learning cutting-edge biomedical research methods and/or carrying out your own research on the cloud, we welcome you to an upcoming webinar aimed to help you start or enrich your cloud-computing journey:
Friday, June 23, 1:30-3:30 p.m. ET
Zoom meeting link
In this webinar, you’ll learn about the NIGMS Sandbox, a cloud-based learning platform that contains 12 modules developed by NIGMS-supported investigators and Google Cloud engine...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - June 1, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Meetings/Events Research Resources Webinars Source Type: blogs
Webinar for NIH Research Enhancement Award (R15) Programs
Are you or other principal investigators at your institution preparing a grant application for the NIH Research Enhancement Award (R15)? If so, please join our upcoming webinar, “The NIH Research Enhancement Award (R15) . . . What You Need to Know!” to learn about the various NIH R15 programs, which one NIGMS participates in, and application components. You’ll also have the opportunity to ask questions:
Thursday, June 15, 2:30-3:30 p.m. ET
Zoom registration link
Event webpage
This webinar will explore how R15 programs can unlock the potential for educational institutions to conduct meritorious resea...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - May 17, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Funding Opportunities Meetings/Events AREA Webinars Source Type: blogs
Wanted: Research Capacity Building Program Director
We’re recruiting an accomplished scientist to manage a portfolio of research grants in our Division for Research Capacity Building (DRCB). Job responsibilities involve working collaboratively with other staff to stimulate, plan, advise, direct, and evaluate program activities related to their field of expertise. The candidate selected will manage grants funded through the Native American Research Centers for Health and Institutional Development Award programs (visit the DRCB website for a full list of programs).
Applicants should have a bachelor’s or graduate/higher level advanced degree in a medica...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - May 10, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Job Announcements Source Type: blogs
A “ hard talk ” with chat GPT : Evidence vs Experience in medicine
Dr .S.Venkatesan MD
Good morning GPT. Let me introduce myself . I am a medical doctor, practicing cardiology, in Chennai India. I have had a long-standing query in very fundamental principles of the practice of medicine. Just wanted to chat and clarify with you.
Welcome, I am here to help you
Medicine is both art and a science. In recent times the movement of evidence-based medicine (EBM ) is trying to overturn the clinical experience. I have a feeling it is not fair. We can’t create evidence for every decision we make in clinical science right?
My first question is
Can experience-based medical care be...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - May 5, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Uncategorized ai in medicine artificial intelligence chat gpt in medicine evidence vs experience based medicine Source Type: blogs
Wanted: NIGMS Program Directors
We’re recruiting accomplished scientists for positions in our Division of Biophysics, Biomedical Technology, and Computational Biosciences (BBCB) and Division of Genetics and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (GMCDB). The successful applicants will be responsible for scientific and administrative management of a portfolio of research grants and/or research training grants and career development awards, and will stimulate, plan, advise, direct, and evaluate program activities related to their field of expertise.
The two BBCB program director positions support research and training portfolios in biophys...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - May 3, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Job Announcements Source Type: blogs
Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitoring – Not for the Faint-of-Heart (Pun Intended)
This article will summarize these challenges and also provide optimism for the refreshingly near future. Namely, while the progress towards FDA-cleared cuffless BP monitoring may feel protracted, significant technological advances, regulatory modernization, and clinical use case validation are rapidly advancing and aligning.
Key Challenges Confronting OTC Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitoring
Scientific Risks
At the most fundamental level, the jury’s still out on whether sufficiently accurate noninvasive, cuffless, calibration-free blood pressure monitoring is physically realizable at all. Namely, “Do the laws of nature...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 3, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring AliveCor Blood Pressure Blood Pressure Cuffs Blood Pressure Monitoring BP Calibration-Free Bloo Source Type: blogs
Let Them Stay
Paul MatzkoDr. Muhil Ravichandran has a PharmD from Rutgers University and works in cancer research. She has lived legally in America for almost her entire life and is a model immigrant. Yet because of America’s broken immigration system, she’s going to beforced to leave her home and take her much ‐needed talents elsewhere.Ravichandran legally moved to the USA with her family when she was two years old, but when she became an adult she was no longer covered by her family ’s legal status. While in college she qualified for a student visa, but upon graduation she was forced to fall back on the vagaries of the ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 2, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Paul Matzko Source Type: blogs
Funding Opportunity: Continuation of the ESI MIRA Program
We’re pleased to share the notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) (PAR-23-145) to provide sustained support for biomedical research through our Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) (R35) program for early stage investigators (ESIs). This NOFO allows applications from ESIs proposing research within NIGMS’ scientific mission.
NIGMS has granted MIRAs to ESIs since Fiscal Year (FY) 2016. We’ve analyzed and published application and funding trends for MIRAs from FY 2019 to FY 2021 and for various funding types, including MIRA, for FY 2022. Changes in this iteration of the NOFO include:
Receipt d...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - April 24, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Funding Opportunities Early Stage Investigator MIRA Source Type: blogs
Wanted: Biophysics Branch Chief
We’re seeking a highly qualified scientist to serve as a branch chief in our Division of Biophysics, Biomedical Technology, and Computational Biosciences (BBCB). Applicants should have interest and experience in the scientific areas managed by the Biophysics Branch. Position responsibilities include scientific and administrative planning, managing, and evaluating activities of the Branch; optimizing Branch procedures; and overseeing grant portfolio activities of Branch program directors. The branch chief will also manage a research grant portfolio and will work closely with the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology a...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - April 20, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Job Announcements Source Type: blogs
Webtoons about STEM university
TL:DR – STEM webcomic search term ideas.
Several of you have recently been searching for the following phrase and reaching sciencebase.com: “webtoons about stem university”.
I couldn’t work out what that might be about specifically, but had some thoughts. First, if you’re searching for “webtoons about stem university,” perhaps you were looking for web comics or digital comics that are related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields and set in a university or college setting. Perhaps not…
Maybe you were interested in finding engaging and entertai...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - April 19, 2023 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Other Science Source Type: blogs
Notice of COBRE Phase 1 Change in Institutional Eligibility
We’re pleased to announce the publication of notice NOT-GM-23-040 introducing a change in the institutional eligibility criteria for applications to our Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) Phase 1 (P20).
COBRE supports the establishment and development of innovative biomedical research centers at Institutional Development Award (IDeA)-eligible institutions through three sequential 5-year phases. COBRE Phase 1 awards build capacity in an area of biomedical research through the establishment of a center of excellence that helps develop a critical mass of investigators who are able to compete effectivel...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - April 10, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Matt Mills Tags: Funding Opportunities Preparing an Application Research Capacity Building Source Type: blogs
Application and Funding Trends in Fiscal Year 2022
NIGMS continues to support a wide range of topics and investigators, maintaining a broad biomedical research portfolio. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, NIGMS received a congressional appropriation of $3,092,373,000. Consistent with the Institute’s mission, a large portion of these funds support investigator-initiated research project grants (RPGs) at institutions throughout the country. As part of its commitment to transparency, NIGMS publishes data on annual trends in its grant portfolios. In this post, we describe investigator-level trends for RPGs and review the trends associated with competing RPGs as well as those in...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - April 6, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Director’s Messages Funding Trends Funding Outcomes Funding Policies MIRA NIGMS Strategic Plan R01 Source Type: blogs
