More Research Shows It's Not The Prescriptions, It's The Prohibition
Jeffrey A. SingerThe latest issue ofPublic Health Reports (the official journal of the Office of the Surgeon General and U.S. Public Health Service) presents a study by researchers at Boston University and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health which provides further evidence that the narrative driving present opioid overdose policy —that it results primarily from doctors prescribing opioids to patients in pain—is wrong. It results from non-medical drug users accessing drugs in the black market that results from prohibition. In the early part of this century the “drugs of choice” for non-medical users were d...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 9, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer Source Type: blogs
Two CSD Researchers Receive Presidential Award
Two ASHA members and researchers in communication sciences and disorders (CSD) recently received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The PECASE is the highest honor bestowed by the United States government to outstanding scientists and engineers who are beginning their independent research careers and who show exceptional promise for leadership in science and technology.
Suzanne Adlof, PhD, associate professor, University of South Carolina
Suzanne Adlof, associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of South Carolina, and Cara Stepp, a...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - July 26, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Jillian Kornak Tags: Academia & Research News Slider Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: blogs
New Infrared Chemical Imaging Method to Diagnose Cancers
Prostate cancer can be very difficult to diagnose, with way too many patients undergoing surgeries that turn out to be unnecessary. Now, researchers at Purdue University, Boston University, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed an infrared chemical imaging technique that may improve diagnostic studies and in the process cut down on excess surgeries. The same technology, because it images at a submicron resolution with biomarker information, may also have a significant impact in diagnosing breast and other cancers.
The new technique provides a look at a relatively large sample area while allowing for rapid i...
Source: Medgadget - July 25, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Oncology Pathology Urology Source Type: blogs
Magnetic Metamaterial Can Increase MRI Tesla Strength
Researchers from Boston University are using magnetic metamaterial to enhance lower strength magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines, according to a study published inCommunication Physics.With higher field scanners, MRI has a stronger signal-to-noise ratio, and images can be captured with better resolution and at faster speeds. Most facilities use machines with 1.5 or 3 Tesla, but the need for stronger imagers is growing. That ’s why professors Zin Zhang, PhD, and Stephan Anderson, PhD, decided to develop their magnetic metamaterial to enhance the imaging power of low field MRI.Their magnetic metamaterial is made up...
Source: radRounds - June 22, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
Crisper MRI Now Possible Thanks to Helical Resonator Metamaterials
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a complicated imaging modality and improving it requires a deep understanding of the physics involved. Scientists at Boston University have been working on improving MRI’s signal-to-noise ratio using special metamaterials that are made of arrays of helical resonators. Each of these resonators is just a piece of plastic with copper wound around it, all made to rigid specifications. These act like optical lenses, interacting with the magnetic field to optimize the image quality.
Not only is the image clearer, it is produced faster than before, something that was studied after a trip ...
Source: Medgadget - June 10, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Critical Care Emergency Medicine Materials Neurology Radiology Source Type: blogs
Intelligence Vs. Rationality
I recently took a Rationality Test and discovered that I was surprisingly rational. (I took it twice to be sure.) How could that be? I wondered. It’s a plain fact that I’ve committed millions of stupid errors, in my life, and was STILL making them! What’s more, few people would ever call me a world class intellect, in terms of intelligence tests or other abstract-thinking measurements. Logically speaking — Mr. Spock I am not.
On the other hand, perhaps the fictional Mr. Spock from the iconic Star Trek series was a combination of both intelligence and rationality. He could solve 3-dimensional chess problems, fo...
Source: World of Psychology - June 6, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John DiPrete Tags: Memory and Perception Personal Personality Personality Test Rationality Source Type: blogs
How Meditation Can Help With Anxiety
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Putting it rather simply, meditation is the intentional process of forming a higher level of awareness through stopping thought and sharpening focus. Meditation is not easy, but when done properly, has amazing healing properties when it comes to stress and anxiety.
Since anxiety affects 40 million adults in the United States alone, meditation is becoming more mainstream than it ever has before, with apps like Headspace an...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - June 5, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: mindfulsearching Tags: featured health and fitness meditation self improvement anxiety benefits of meditation mental health Source Type: blogs
Electric Stimulation Drastically Improves Memory of Older Folks
The performance of our working memory starts to go down right around the time we finish residency. The older we get, the more difficulty we have forming new memories and holding on to them for a long time. Because it’s still a mystery how the memory system of our brains works, a decline in its function has been mostly accepted as a given fact that’s difficult to do anything about.
Now researchers at Boston University have done something truly amazing, essentially giving 70 year-olds the memory abilities of 20 year-olds. The team applied external electric stimulation to the brains of older adults so as to couple...
Source: Medgadget - April 24, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Geriatrics Neurology Psychiatry Rehab Source Type: blogs
2019 Health Law Professors Conference
Conclusion (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - March 27, 2019 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
New Microscope Sees Large Groups of Neurons in Living Brains
Most current methods of looking at the activity of the brains of living animals are very limited in their field of view and/or frame rate. This makes it difficult to understand the complex activity taking place inside the brain that involves more than one small region of the organ.
This is all rapidly changing as Boston University scientists are now reporting on a new microscope that can provide live video imaging of the activity of brain tissue over a diameter larger than a millimeter. This is quite large by today’s standards and can provide a complete overview of the neurons firing over the entire brain of some of...
Source: Medgadget - March 22, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Genetics Neurology Pathology Source Type: blogs
For Those Who Are Serious About Increasing Access to MAT for Opioid Use Disorder …
The synthetic opioid methadone, developed in Germany in the 1930s for the treatment of severe pain, has been employed for the Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) of heroin addiction and opioid use disorder since the 1960s. In the US, methadone clinics are tightly regulated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Patients receiving methadone to treat their addiction must ingest it under the observation and supervision of clinic staff, who keep it in a lock box. Eventually, patients are permitted to take a few doses home with them for use over the weekend, a...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 25, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer Source Type: blogs
Research Finds New Health Benefits from Sleep
“To die, to sleep — perchance to dream — ay, there’s the rub, for in this sleep of death what dreams may come…” – William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Everyone requires sleep in order to function properly.
Sleep is known to aid in healing, in memory formation, reducing stress, eliminating toxins – literally wiping the slate clean of the day’s experiences to begin anew. The subject of decades of research, sleep science continues to amass evidence of new health benefits from sleep.
A Single Gene Ties Sleep to Immunity
A newly discovered single gene, called nemuri, increases the human body’s need...
Source: World of Psychology - February 8, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Suzanne Kane Tags: Agitation Anger Memory and Perception Psychology Research Sleep Anger Management Circadian Rhythm Immune Function Insomnia nemuri nightmare disorder Nightmares Sleep Apnea Sleep Disorder sleep quality Source Type: blogs
The Atomizer and Naloxone: Life-Saving Treatment for Opioid ODs
The atomizer is a handy tool to instill life-saving medication into the nose, and you should consider stocking them if you don't already. An atomizer can be used to administer naloxone and countless other drugs as well as for moderate sedation and pain control. Pediatric and adult patients alike can benefit from intranasal fentanyl or Versed. Studies on intranasal epinephrine for anaphylaxis also look promising, but it does require a higher dose—5 mg instead of 0.3 mg. (Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol 2016;34[1]:38; http://bit.ly/2Prpjhb.)The atomizer is easy to use and can be attached to any syringe. Each spray c...
Source: The Procedural Pause - December 4, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
