A System that Fails Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers
Connie Chan
Brooke Warren
Phuoc Le
By PHUOC LE, MD, CONNIE CHAN, and BROOKE WARREN
I recently took care of Rosaria[1], a cheerful 60-year-old woman who came in for chronic joint pain. She grew up in rural Mexico, but came to the US thirty years ago to work in the strawberry fields of California. After examining her, I recommended a few blood tests and x-rays as next steps. “Lo siento pero no voy a tener seguro hasta el primavera — Sorry but I won’t have insurance again until the Spring.” Rosaria, who is a seasonal farmworker, told me she only gets access to health care during the strawberry season....
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 23, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Uncategorized Arc Health Brooke Warren Connie Chan migrant and seasonal agricultural workers Phuoc Le public health SDoH Social Determinants of Health Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, December 23rd 2019
In this study, by adenovirus-mediated delivery and inducible transgenic mouse models, we demonstrate the proliferation of both HCs and SCs by combined Notch1 and Myc activation in in vitro and in vivo inner ear adult mouse models. These proliferating mature SCs and HCs maintain their respective identities. Moreover, when presented with HC induction signals, reprogrammed adult SCs transdifferentiate into HC-like cells both in vitro and in vivo. Finally, our data suggest that regenerated HC-like cells likely possess functional transduction channels and are able to form connections with adult auditory neurons.
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Source: Fight Aging! - December 22, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Reprogramming Supporting Cells into Hair Cells in the Inner Ear
In this study, by adenovirus-mediated delivery and inducible transgenic mouse models, we demonstrate the proliferation of both HCs and SCs by combined Notch1 and Myc activation in in vitro and in vivo inner ear adult mouse models. These proliferating mature SCs and HCs maintain their respective identities. Moreover, when presented with HC induction signals, reprogrammed adult SCs transdifferentiate into HC-like cells both in vitro and in vivo. Finally, our data suggest that regenerated HC-like cells likely possess functional transduction channels and are able to form connections with adult auditory neurons.
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Source: Fight Aging! - December 18, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
7 Tips on How to Train Your Brain and Improve Your Memory
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Our memory is the part of the brain where we encode, store
and retrieve information. There are two types: our short term (or working
memory) and long-term memory. Short-term memory is how we remember things
temporarily, and it is thought that we can hold around seven items here at any one
time. When we no longer need this information however, it leaves us – unless it
makes it to our long-term memory...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - December 12, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Anne Willis Tags: career featured success memory wellbeing Source Type: blogs
RSNA 2019 AI Round-Up
Shah Islam
Hugh Harvey
By HUGH HARVEY, MBBS and SHAH ISLAM, MBBS
AI in medical imaging entered the consciousness of radiologists just a few years ago, notably peaking in 2016 when Geoffrey Hinton declared radiologists’ time was up, swiftly followed by the first AI startups booking exhibiting booths at RSNA. Three years on, the sheer number and scale of AI-focussed offerings has gathered significant pace, so much so that this year a decision was made by the RSNA organising committee to move the ever-growing AI showcase to a new space located in the lower level of the North Hall. In some ways it made sense to offe...
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Artificial Intelligence Health Tech Start-Ups AI Hugh Harvey Radiology RSNA RSNA 2019 RSNA19 Shah Islam Source Type: blogs
