Career Conversations: Q & A with Biomolecular Engineer Markita Landry
Dr. Markita Landry. Credit: Vilcek Foundation.
“I have a hard time envisioning a career more exciting than science. It’s really magical to see an experimental result and, for a moment, be the only person in the universe to know something about the world,” says Markita Landry, Ph.D., an associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. In an interview, Dr. Landry shares with us her scientific journey, research with nanoparticles, and interests outside of the lab.
Q: What sparked your interest in science?
A: I was indirectly exposed to science growing up bec...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - December 14, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Tools and Techniques Cool Tools/Techniques Profiles Source Type: blogs
Top 8 Most Controversial Stories About Medical Innovations
I spend my days monitoring progress, analysing new trends, and learning about spectacular new initiatives. Needless to say: not just me, but the whole team of The Medical Futurist is fascinated by what we learn. And then sometimes there is a story that just melts the fuses at one or more team members – and our readers.
Below I picked 8 of our favourite controversial stories from – almost exclusively – this year. It’s important to note that controversial doesn’t equal bad/useless. Sometimes it’s just not widely accepted (yet) and so exotic that they can surely provide a unique talking point at a...
Source: The Medical Futurist - December 13, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF 3d printing AI artificial intelligence bioprinting digital health CRISPR designer baby designer babies robotics in healthcare assisted dying DIY blood draw DIY blood test medical innovation deepfake Source Type: blogs
Study identifies cognitive benefits of ketamine in patients with treatment-resistant depression
This article is based on the results of “Evaluation of Early Ketamine Effects on Belief-Updating Biases in Patients With Treatment-Resistant Depression”, recently published in JAMA Psychiatry. The article was originally published on The Conversation and translated from the French by Enda Boorman for Fast ForWord.
To Learn More:
FDA-approved, Cybin-sponsored clinicial trial to measure ketamine’s impact on the brain via Kernel Flow neuroimaging helmet
Study: Psychedelics can promote neural plasticity in the prefrontal cortex and expand pathways for mental health
The post Study identifies cognitive benefits of ketamin...
Source: SharpBrains - December 8, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Authors: The Conversation Tags: Brain/ Mental Health affective bias antidepressants augmented psychotherapy brain-activity Brain-Plasticity Cognitive Neuroscience depression depressive beliefs ketamine NMDA pharmacological psilocybin psychedelic medicine psyc Source Type: blogs
Diamond and Dybvig and the Panic of 1907
George SelginMy last post argued that, despite whatDiamond and Dybvig ' s famous theory suggests, bank runs have seldom proven fatal to otherwise sound banks. Instead, when people run on a bank, it ' s usually because it ' s already in hot water.In response to that post, a Twitter correspondent wondered whether the Panic of 1907 —the proximate cause of the reform efforts culminating in the Fed ' s establishment —was an exception to my claim, and therefore evidence of the inherent vulnerability of fractional reserve banking. The gist of my two-tweet reply was that it wasn ' t. But since 560 characters hardly allowed me ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 7, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: George Selgin Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – December 4, 2022 – 34% of Americans take anti-anxiety meds during the holidays, hospital margins at -2% but show signs of hope, and more
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
Studies
A DrFirst survey of more than 1,000 Americans concluded that one-third of Americans have taken anti-anxiety medications to manage family stress during the holiday season. That’s significantly more than the 19% of A...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 4, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Amber Mauro AvaSure AvodahMed Baptist Health Benjamin Barlow Chris Kocsis Clear Arch Health David Roth DrFirst Emergence Health emtelligent emtelliSuite Experity Frank Bordonaro Gustave Rouss Source Type: blogs
Questions of CBDC Cronyism Emerge as Fed Launches Pilot
Nicholas AnthonyEarly in November, the Federal Reserve (Fed) launched the next phase of its CBDC development: a 12 ‐week pilot program with the nation ’s largest banks. Although the Fed has yet to receive authorizing legislation from Congress or an executive order from the Biden administration, the pilot, alongside theBoston Fed ’s Project Hamilton, marks another step closer to the issuance of a CBDC in the United States.In fact, the pilot highlights not just the development of CBDCs themselves, but also the development of an entire “CBDC industry.” Groups likeMastercard,Bitt, andCelo have been consulting ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 1, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Nicholas Anthony Source Type: blogs
TBTAM DIGEST – Nov 30, 2022
Cross-publishing here for those without a substack subscription (Which is free)…
Happy almost December! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving and are enjoying the in-between holiday time. Here’s what’s been going on in my neck of the woods….
What I’ve been cooking on the blog
Farro with Oyster Mushrooms and Onions – You call it Thanksgiving. I call it a chance for a sweet potato bake-off.
Spanish Stuffed Peppers – An original recipe from The Blog that Ate Manhattan. With a little help from my friends (and family)…
Where I Ate
Valley Green Inn in the Wissahickon Valley.&n...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - December 1, 2022 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
The Top 10 Digital Health Stories Of 2022
Edging towards the end of the year, it is time for a summary of how digital health progressed in 2022. It is easy to get lost in the noise – I myself shared well over a thousand articles, studies and news items between January and the end of November 2022. Thus, just like in 2021, 2020 (and so on), I picked the 10 topics I believe will have the most significance in the future of healthcare.
1. The Rise Of Digital Therapeutics (DTx)
Unlike a number of unsubstantial hypes (NFTs, Metaverse to name a few), we see DTx as a meaningful trend that has the capacity to bring major short-term improvements in personalised ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 29, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF digital health pharma drones digital health trends vocal biomarkers WHO DTx digital therapeutics Metaverse virtual ward summary AI healthcare worker Source Type: blogs
A Thanksgiving Sweet Potato Bake-Off
I hope your Thanksgiving was as wonderful as mine. We did our usual back-to-back Thanksgiving dinners, shuttling between mine and Mr. TBTAM’s families, trying not to eat too much or too little at either one.
This year, my family eschewed the homemade turkey and instead had a relaxed luncheon at the Valley Green Inn situated on Philadelphia’s Wissahickon Valley Forbidden Drive, one of my favorite places in the whole world.
I’ve biked, hiked, walked, or run that trail countless times over the years, alone and with friends and family. The place is so special to us that my sister Fran’s a...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - November 26, 2022 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Vegetables Candied Goguma Japanese sweet potatoes Korean sweet potatoes Thanksgiving Source Type: blogs
Learning About Medication Success at #HLTH2022 from Synapse Medicine
One of the great things about the HLTH 2022 conference is you get a wide range of topics across every part of healthcare. For example, I attended a session on Medication Success that was presented by Franck Tricot, VP, Strategic Partnerships at Synapse Medicine. Tricot gave us a really interesting view into what it takes to do medications properly in healthcare. I live tweeted what was shared. Check out my summary below to learn how you can better manage medications in your organization.
Let’s get this party started. Time to learn about Medication Success with @SynapseMed at the #HLTH2022 tech talk stage. pi...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 21, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Clinical EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Franck Tricot Healthcare Scene Featured Hlth HLTH 2022 Medication Reconiliation Medication Success Synapse Medicine Source Type: blogs
More on Hitler
Although the name of the Nazi Party is short for " National Socialist, " the Nazi were not socialists in any way whatever. The reason for the name is that Hitler took over an existing party, called the German Workers Party, later renamed the National Socialist German Workers Party, and its initial platform had socialist elements, although it was primarily racist and nationalist. Those socialist platform items were dropped long before the Nazis took power. The Nazis were closely allied with German capitalism and enjoyed the full support and collaboration of Germany ' s industrial barons. They were also bitter opponents of s...
Source: Stayin' Alive - November 18, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
World population likely reaches 8 billion by the end of the year
Human population is roughly 7,986,585,500 as of today. That’s about 13 million shy of 8 billion people. On average this year population has been growing at about 222,000 people every day.
The world’s population has doubled since 1974, the year ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest with their song Waterloo.
It was half the 1974 number in 1927, the year of the first transatlantic phone service.
We numbered a mere billion in 1804 the year Napoleon Bonaparte was proclaimed Emperor of France.
It had taken from 1600 to that point for the estimated world population to have doubled to a billion, that was the year Englan...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - November 8, 2022 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science Source Type: blogs
World population likely to reach eight billion by the end of the year
The human population is roughly 7,986,585,500 as of today. That’s about 13 million shy of 8 billion people. On average this year population has been growing at about 222,000 people every day.
The world’s population has doubled since 1974, the year ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest with their song Waterloo.
It was half the 1974 number in 1927, the year of the first transatlantic phone service.
We numbered a mere billion in 1804 the year Napoleon Bonaparte was proclaimed Emperor of France.
It had taken from 1600 to that point for the estimated world population to have doubled to a billion, that was the year En...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - November 8, 2022 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science Source Type: blogs
The Art of The Nasopharyngeal Airway
I would surely rank the nasopharyngeal airway (NPA) as one of the most under-rated / under-utilized pieces of equipment in the EMT bag of tricks. They’re useful, simple and versatile. As a group, we tend to do a pretty good job oxygenating our patients, but I think we drop the ball on BLS airway adjuncts.
Most of our unresponsive or semi-responsive patients should be arriving at the ER with an NPA in place. If you’re bagging a patient they should have one … maybe two NPAs in place.
They’re fast, they’re friendly, they work much better on the semi-conscious and they don’t stim...
Source: The EMT Spot - November 2, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Steve Whitehead Tags: EMT Source Type: blogs
