Putting West Virginia Students on the Path to Scientific Careers
Credit: NIGMS.
Two NIGMS-funded programs are teaming up to shape the future of science and technology in West Virginia (WV). One engages high school students in science, technology, engineering, math, and medicine (STEM+M); introduces them to research; and provides direct access to college through tuition waivers. In the other program, undergraduate students are paired with a researcher at their institution for a paid internship—an important step toward a career in science.
The Health Sciences & Technology Academy
“We liken our students to rosebuds. As they grow, you see them blossom into self-confident lea...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - January 31, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist STEM Education SEPA Training Source Type: blogs
Urogynecologists tackle the stigma of incontinence
As a urogynecologist, my clinic is full of women with bothersome bladder issues. And while this likely does not appeal to you, curing incontinence is my favorite clinical endeavor. Urinary incontinence seems like a minor medical problem. After all, it isn’t heart disease or cancer. However, urinary incontinence has a dramatic and negative impact on
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Urogynecologists tackle the stigma of incontinence originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 30, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Sarah Boyles, MD, MPH Tags: Conditions OB/GYN Urology Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, January 29th 2024
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Longevity Industry Consulting Services
Reason, the founder of Fight Aging! and Repair Biotechnologies, offers strategic consulting services to investors, entrepreneurs, and others interested in the longevity industry and its complexities. To find out m...
Source: Fight Aging! - January 28, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Correlations Between Chronic Inflammation and Poverty and Raised Risk of Mortality
Researchers here report on an epidemiological analysis of the effects of relative poverty and chronic inflammation on health and life span. It is well known that socioeconomic status correlates with mortality and life expectancy. There is a great deal of debate over which of the numerous mechanisms potentially involved in this correlation contribute the largest share of the effect size. Separately, chronic inflammation is disruptive to tissue structure and function, increases with age, and is known to increase risk and accelerate progression of all of the common age-related fatal conditions. As one might expect, the povert...
Source: Fight Aging! - January 23, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
What kind of AV block is this? And why does she develop Ventricular Tachycardia?
Discussion: The initial ECG in today ' s case is pathological for any patient, especially for a 50-year old previously heathy female. Extensive conduction system abnormalities can have various causes (ischemia, genetic, infectious, amyloid, etc). Usually the medical history will provide clues to the cause. Even though the primary suspicion was not ischemic heart disease, a CT angiogram was performed, and it revealed normal coronary arteries. This ruled out coronary disease as the cause of conduction system disease. When assessing patients with early onset high grade conduction disorders and ventricular tachydysrhythmi...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - January 23, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Magnus Nossen Source Type: blogs
How Your Eating Routine Could Reduce Heart Attack Risk By One-Third
Diet is not the only thing that can improve cardiovascular health, adopting this meal timing is also important. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - January 20, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mina Dean Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, January 15th 2024
In conclusion, FMD cycles have high potential to be effective in increasing the toxicity of a range of therapies against ALL and other blood cancers and should be tested in randomized clinical trials, especially in combination with immunotherapy and low toxicity cancer therapies.
In summary, we present a new strategy for improving leukemia treatment by combining FMD with chemotherapy to promote the killing of ALL cells in part by an immune-dependent mechanism. Fasting/FMD has been shown to reduce chemotherapy-associated toxicity in pre-clinical and clinical studies and thus represents a safe and potentially effectiv...
Source: Fight Aging! - January 14, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Effects of LDLR Variants on Longevity via Lowered Cardiovascular Disease
This study suggests that LDLR is a promising genetic target for human longevity. Lipid-related gene targets, such as PCSK9, CETP, and APOC3, might potentially regulate human lifespan, thus offering promising prospects for developing newer nonstatin therapies.
Link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12944-023-01983-0 (Source: Fight Aging!)
Source: Fight Aging! - January 12, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
A fascinating electrophysiology case. What is this wide complex tachycardia, and how best to manage it?
The patient is female in her 80s with a medical hx of previous MI with PCI and stent placement. She also has a hx of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and is on oral anticoagulant treatment. She had a single chamber ICD/Pacemaker implanted several years prior due to ventricular tachycardia. The last echocardiography 12 months ago showed HFmrEF.She presented to the emergency department after a couple of days of chest discomfort. The ECG below was recorded. What is your assessment? How would you manage this patient?The ECG was interpreted as showing atrial flutter with 2:1 conduction. The patient was deemed stable and...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - January 10, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Magnus Nossen Source Type: blogs
Value Based Care – 2024 Health IT Predictions
As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. In fact, we got so many that we had to narrow them down to just the best and most interesting. Check out our community’s predictions below and be sure to add your own thoughts and/or places you disagree with these predictions in the comments and on social media.
All of this year’s 2024 health IT predictions (updated as they’re shared):
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Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 5, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Administration Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Regulations Revenue Cycle Management 2024 Health IT Predictions 9amHealth Andreessen Horowitz Anthony Hudson Anton Kittleberger Source Type: blogs
Deconstructing diabetes stigma: A panel discussion
In conclusion, the discussion was an enriching and eye-opening event, bringing together passionate individuals dedicated to challenging the stigma around diabetes. By amplifying our voices and working together, we can make a lasting impact on the lives of those touched by diabetes.Visit enddiabetesstigma.org and become a part of the movement for change. If you’d like to get involved in spreading more awareness about this, reach out to Dennis and/or leave a comment here.
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Source: Scott's Diabetes Blog - January 4, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Scott K. Johnson Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Econoclasm continued: What's this pre-existing conditions deal?
Since I interrupted this series, I will remind you that previously, we discussed the problem of adverse selection -- that people who are unhealthy are more likely to buy health insurance in a hypothetical Free Market. ™ But sellers of health insurance must find ways of predicting
and limiting their losses. The problem of adverse selection would not exist if
we had a universal system, as all other wealthy countries and some
not-so-wealthy do. Everybody would pay into the system, preferably according to
their mea ns. That way people who are healthy today subsidize the costs for
people who are not. If that strikes you as un...
Source: Stayin' Alive - January 1, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Physical Examination as a Helpful Aid in Decision-Making in Challenging ECGs
Discussion continuedThe absence of pace spikes suggests this is not a pacemaker/ICD-related rhythm in this patient with an ICD.The presence of thinned myocardium and known large amount of scar tissue makes for a nidus for VT. Thus VT is very probable.A wide native QRS can be expected in a patient with a dilated heart and a history of heart failure, even if it is sinus rhythm. so the question of whether those are P-waves is critical.Additionally, the qR morphology, particularly in a patient with right bundle branch block (RBBB) type wide QRS complex tachycardia (WQCT), lends further support for VT.Furthermore, a pertinent p...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - January 1, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Emre Aslanger Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, January 1st 2024
Discussion of What is Need to Speed the Pace at which Drugs to Treat Aging Arrive in the Clinic
Cellular Senescence in the Aging Brain, a Contributing Cause of Cognitive Decline
Reviewing What is Known of the Mechanisms of Taurine Supplementation Relevant to Aging and Metabolism
Blunt Thoughts on Calculating the Revealed Value of Human Life
A Look Back at 2023: Progress Towards the Treatment of Aging as a Medical Condition
Towards Adjustment of the Gut Microbiome to Slow Aging
Gene Therapy Enhances Object Recognition Memory in Young and Old Mice
Benefits of Sem...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 31, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
A Look Back at 2023: Progress Towards the Treatment of Aging as a Medical Condition
The market has been in the doldrums and it has been a tough year for fundraising, both for non-profits and biotech startups. The conferences have exhibited more of an academic focus as companies tightened belts and postponed investment rounds, while investors stayed home. Not that this halts the flow of hype for some projects, and nor has it slowed media commentary on the longevity industry as it presently stands. A few of the articles in that commmentary are even interesting to read! The field has grown and is more mature now than has ever been the case. Biotech of all forms is a challenging field with a high failure rate...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 29, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Of Interest Source Type: blogs
