Oil-Based Drug Gels Help Patients with Difficulty Swallowing
Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have developed a series of oil-based gels that are intended to help those with difficulty swallowing to take drugs orally. Some adults and many children have difficulty taking pills, and so developing other forms of medication for oral drugs is important. The gels could be particularly useful in low-resource regions, as they are low cost, and do not require refrigeration or a supply of clean water to suspend the drug. They can also be used to deliver a wide variety of drugs, including hydrophobic drugs that do not easily dissolve in water.
For those with swallowi...
Source: Medgadget - June 6, 2022 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: ENT Geriatrics Medicine Source Type: blogs
Young children think that teachers who count out rewards are fairer that those who don ’t
By Matthew Warren
In just the first few years of life, children develop a strong sense of fairness. At 16 months old, toddlers will reward someone who has fairly distributed food or toys between two other people, for example. By two, they tend to share toys equally themselves.
A new study shows that children’s judgements of fairness also take into account the method by which resources have been allocated. Kids as young as four think that a teacher who has counted out cookies for a reward is fairer than one who gives that exact same reward without counting. The research, published in Cognition, suggests that when...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - June 6, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Developmental Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, June 6th 2022
This study examines evidence suggesting that mitochondrial dysfunction plays a significant early impact on AD pathology.
Although mitochondrial dysfunction is a typical indication of Alzheimer's disease, it is unclear whether the cellular systems that maintain mitochondrial integrity malfunction, aggravating mitochondrial pathology. Different levels of vigilance and preventive methods are used to reduce mitochondrial damage and efficiently destroy faulty mitochondria to maintain the mitochondrial equilibrium. The form and function of mitochondria are regulated by mitochondrial fusion and fission. In contrast, mitoch...
Source: Fight Aging! - June 5, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Study finds that playing videogames may be more cognitively beneficial for children than other forms of screentime (social media, watching videos/ TV)
This article was originally published on The Conversation.
The Study:
The impact of digital media on children’s intelligence while controlling for genetic differences in cognition and socioeconomic background (Scientific Reports). From the Abstract:
Digital media defines modern childhood, but its cognitive effects are unclear and hotly debated. We believe that studies with genetic data could clarify causal claims and correct for the typically unaccounted role of genetic predispositions. Here, we estimated the impact of different types of screen time (watching, socializing, or gaming) on children’s intelligence wh...
Source: SharpBrains - June 1, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Authors: The Conversation Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Technology & Innovation cognition cognitive cognitive-abilities cognitive-development Cognitive-tests Cognitive-Training digital media executive-function flexible thinking free time intelligence Learning le Source Type: blogs
Friday Feature: Tennessee Education Savings Account Pilot Program
Colleen HroncichSome Tennessee families got good news this week with a state Supreme Court ruling on a new school choice option.In 2019, Tennessee enacted a targetededucation savings account (ESA) program aimed at students in the Metro Nashville and Memphis ‐Shelby County school districts. The program would create accounts worth up to $7,300 per student to be used for approved educational expenses, such as tuition, transportation, and tutoring, for students who enroll in a private school. Only families earning less than 200 percent of the income limit for the federal free lunch program —about $67...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 20, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
Is Early Bilingual Experience Associated with Greater Fluid Intelligence in Adults?
https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/7/2/100Emerging evidence suggests that early bilingual experience constrains the development of attentional processes in infants, and that some of these early bilingual adaptations could last into adulthood. However, it is not known whether the early adaptations in the attentional domain alter more general cognitive abilities. If they do, then we would expect that bilingual adults who learned their second language early in life would score more highly across cognitive tasks than bilingual adults who learned their second language later in life. To test this hypothesis, 170 adult partici...
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - May 20, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: blogs
Parenting Instagram accounts can make mothers feel supported, but also less competent
By Emily Reynolds
Adjusting to parenting can be difficult for many new parents — particularly when it comes to judging their own competence or knowing whether or not they are doing the “right” thing. Subsequently, many new parents seek advice: from peers, family members, friends, and, increasingly, from social media.
A new study, published in Acta Psychologica, explores the impact of parenting-related Instagram accounts on mothers. It finds a mixed experience: while mothers can feel supported by a community of fellow parents, they can also feel less competent when comparing themselves to others.
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Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - May 18, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Babies Media Social Source Type: blogs
Amplifying Their Voices: Equity and Assistive Technology For Children With Disabilities
Rosemary Queenan (Albany Law School), Amplifying Their Voices: Equity and Assistive Technology For Children With Disabilities, Dickenson L. Rev. (Forthcoming): Assistive technology devices are crucial to the educational development of children who suffer from hearing loss. For some hearing-impaired children,... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - May 17, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, May 16th 2022
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Source: Fight Aging! - May 15, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
A religious upbringing strengthens children ’s belief in divine miracles, but not magic
By Emily Reynolds
Children are exposed to all kinds of stories, fact and fiction. Books about figures such as Rosa Parks or Jesse Owens teach young people about history, while novels are populated with colourful characters like Harry Potter or Bilbo Baggins. Religious figures often represent a middle ground, both real and fantastical. So how do children differentiate between fantasy and real life figures — and how does religious teaching affect the way they make these kinds of distinctions?
A new study, published in Memory & Cognition, finds that a religious upbringing leads kids to judge religious stories as ...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - May 12, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Developmental Religion Source Type: blogs
Underfunding Research Of Female Health Leaves Huge Amounts Of Money On The Table
“Did you know that at least one-third of women have lower back pain before their periods every month, and yet, nobody seems to fully understand why?” – asked a Medical Futurist team member a little while ago. The question led to a discussion about the differences in research, funding and understanding of male-only and female-only health issues, and consequently, to this article.
It is a well-known fact that some diseases or conditions dominantly affect one gender or the other. There are the trivial ones, like prostate cancer or ovarian, cervical, uterine cancers. But there is a long list of diseases and condit...
Source: The Medical Futurist - May 12, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Future of Medicine Healthcare Policy Medical Education women female health under-reseached gender gap in healthcare Source Type: blogs
How to Convince a Older Adult with Incontinence to Wear Adult Diapers
Photo credit Mathias Konrath
Incontinence is a condition that is often difficult for a person to accept and deal with. Many seniors try to ignore this new development and carry on with their lives, but a head-in-the-sand approach usually draws more attention to the problem. There are ways to encourage a loved one to address this issue, but they require patience, understanding and a commitment to upholding your loved one’s dignity.
Pro Tip: Strike the Word Diaper from Your Vocabulary
“My parent won’t wear adult diapers and it drives me nuts!”
This is a common complaint from family caregivers whose loved ones are suf...
Source: Minding Our Elders - May 11, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Cryoablation for Treatment of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding: Interview with Ric Cote, CEO of Channel Medsystems
Channel Medsystems, a medtech company based in California, created the Cerene cryotherapy device for the treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding. Heavy menstrual bleeding can affect quality of life for many women, and the condition can be associated with abdominal pain, cramping, and tiredness.
The Cerene technology aims to provide an effective treatment for heavy menstrual bleeding, a procedure which can be performed in a doctor’s surgery in just a few minutes, and which does not require general anesthesia. The procedure involves the insertion of the device into the uterus, where cryoablation of the endometrial ...
Source: Medgadget - May 2, 2022 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Exclusive Ob/Gyn Reproductive Medicine Surgery Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, May 2nd 2022
In this study, we tested the therapeutic potential of VHHASC and a newly generated VHH against murine ASC (VHHmASC) to target ASC specks in vitro and in vivo. We show that pre-incubation of extracellular ASC specks with VHHASC abrogated their inflammatory functions in vitro. Recombinant VHHASC rapidly disassembled pre-formed ASC specks and thus inhibited their ability to seed the nucleation of soluble ASC. Notably, VHHASC required prior cytosolic access to prevent inflammasome activation within cells, but it was effective against extracellular ASC specks released following caspase-1-dependent loss of membrane integrity, an...
Source: Fight Aging! - May 1, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
