Go fish: Danish scientists work on fungi-based seafood substitute
Team call in Michelin-starred restaurant to help crack challenge of mimicking texture of seafoodFrom plant-based meat that “bleeds” to milk grown in a lab, fake meats and dairy have come a long way in recent years. But there is another alternative that scientists are training their sights on, one with the most challenging texture to recreate of all: seafood.Scientists in Copenhagen are fermenting seaweed on fungi to develop the closest substitute for seafood yet, working with Alchemist, a two-Michelin-starred restaurant, to meet demand from diners for sustainable plant-based alternatives that are as good as – or bett...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 24, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Rachel Hall Tags: Food science Seafood Denmark Restaurants Europe World news Source Type: news
“ Brain bleeds ” in babies first year can lead to long-term sight problems, study finds
Severe “ brain bleeds ” experienced by some babies in the first year following their birth lead to long-term sight problems, researchers at the University of Bristol have found as part of a ten-year follow-up study. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - June 23, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Research, Health; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School; Press Release Source Type: news
Johnson & Johnson Releases 2021 Health for Humanity Report Highlighting Performance on ESG Priorities and Progress Against Public Commitments
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., June 8, 2022 - Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) today published its 2021 Health for Humanity Report, which shares progress against its purpose-driven Health for Humanity 2025 Goals and serves as its annual disclosure on environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance. In year one, we have exceeded one Health for Humanity 2025 Goal and are on track to deliver against the remaining 20 goals."Events from the past two years have only reinforced our understanding of the critical importance of good health," said Joaquin Duato, Chief Executive Officer, Johnson & Johnson. "During these extraordinar...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - June 8, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Government plan to provide early years education on the cheap will hit children and staff
Government plan to provide early years education on the cheap will hit children and staff, warns UNISON
Responding to an Early Years Alliance survey issued today (Friday) showing strong opposition to a government proposal to increase the number of children nursery staff can care for, UNISON head of education Mike Short said:
“This proposal offers no benefit to children or staff.
“Short-sighted ministers are gambling with children’s development, life chances and safety. Demoralised workers already heading for the exit will feel they’ve made the right decision, while desperately needed new staff will be put off join...
Source: UNISON Health care news - May 20, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: Garfield Myrie Tags: News Press release childcare alliance early years Mike Short Source Type: news
Chronicle of a Tragedy Unfolded
By Vani S. KulkarniPHILADELPHIA, Apr 22 2022 (IPS) The Karnataka court’s verdict to uphold the hijab ban has intensified the protest in the state. The row has been typically perceived by many as manufactured by the politicians pointing to the culture of politics in the state. While the jury is still out there on this, evidence on how state’s local culture constructs and deconstructs religious identity allows drawing conclusions with some definitiveness. The culture of state’s politics is one side of the coin. Considering its flip side – politics of culture, particularly of the religious cultural identity, is just a...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 22, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Vani Kulkarni Tags: Asia-Pacific Development & Aid Education Headlines Health Human Rights Religion TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
How automation is changing regulatory affairs
The way pharma and regulators collaborate to bring safe new therapies to market is ripe for transformation but one major bottleneck slowing progress here is the onerous documentation process.The process of moving from paper to digital with the advent of electronic standards (eCTD) has improved certain aspects of the filing process - such as version control and the ability to copy chunks of data with greater ease – but this is only scratching the surface of what’s possible with automation. Pharma has only just begun to exploit the full potential of eCTD.A new paper from Reuters Events Pharma and DXC explores the progre...
Source: EyeForPharma - April 14, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Andrew Stone Source Type: news
The New $10 Billion COVID-19 Deal Leaves Uninsured People at Risk
When Senators announced on Monday that they reached a deal for $10 billion in additional funding for the coronavirus response, many public health experts were dismayed that the package will not include aid for vaccines abroad. But another area that is likely to get shorted is the program that has covered the costs of coronavirus tests, treatments and vaccines for uninsured Americans. That lack of funding could not only hurt the most vulnerable Americans, experts say, but also fuel future outbreaks of COVID-19.
The program for uninsured people began winding down late last month. The Biden Administration repeatedly asked la...
Source: TIME: Health - April 5, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Abigail Abrams Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
Warning: Climate Crisis Is Now the Single Biggest Health Threat Facing Humanity
This year’s World Health Day launched a new warning: more than 13 million deaths around the world each year are due to “avoidable environmental causes”. Credit: BigstockBy Baher KamalMADRID, Apr 5 2022 (IPS) While the world’s top scientists and experts continue their arduous work to finally submit to politicians at the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (7-18 November 2022), a new alert now emerges: the climate crisis has already become the single biggest health threat to humankind.
But this new alert should be no surprise: it rather constitutes the logic, expected cons...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Baher Kamal Tags: Development & Aid Environment Global Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations World Health Day Source Type: news
Baby with rare skull defect that could leave him BLIND undergoes hours-long sight-saving surgery
Teddy Jones, an 18-month-old from Skelton has undergone a day long operation that remodelled his skull and saved his vision after a rare birth defect meant his head was too small for his brain. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 5, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Intelligent vehicle moving trajectory prediction based on residual attention network - Yang Z, Gao Z, Gao F, Shi C, He L, Gu S.
Skilled drivers have the driving behavioral characteristic of pre-sighted following, and similarly intelligent vehicles need accurate prediction of future trajectories. The LSTM (Long Short-Term Memory) is a common model of trajectory prediction. The exist... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
A Step Toward Africa ’s First Covid-19 Vaccine of Its Own
While most health care workers in the wealthy world were vaccinated early in 2021, only a quarter of Africa’s health workers had received their Covid-19 jabs at the end of last year. Credit: UNICEF/Nahom Tesfaye By Akshaya KumarNEW YORK, Feb 16 2022 (IPS) Efforts to combat the vast global inequity in access to Covid-19 vaccines just got a boost. A Cape Town company claims it successfully made a vaccine that mimics Moderna’s messenger RNA vaccine—without any help from Moderna. This copycat will still need to undergo clinical trials, but the effort could yield Africa’s first Covid-19 vaccine.
So far, African factorie...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 16, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Akshaya Kumar Tags: Africa Headlines Health Inequality TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Gayle King Remembers the ‘Sparkle’ of Cheslie Kryst—And Hopes to Shine a Light on ‘High-Functioning Depression’
Gayle King, the long-time journalist and current CBS Mornings host, is known for both her interview skill and the depth, length, and quality of her friendships.
In the days following the death of her mentee-turned-close-friend Cheslie Kryst, King has asked herself a recurrent set of questions.
“I really can’t get over it,” King tells me when we speak by phone a few days after Kryst’s death, which has been determined to be due to suicide. “I’m haunted by it. I did know her. It’s—I don’t even know how to comprehend or wrap my brain around what’s happened. I really, ...
Source: TIME: Health - February 4, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Janell Ross Tags: Uncategorized Mental Health nationpod Source Type: news
What We Misunderstand About Suicide Among Black Americans
It’s an idea that in one form or another has been repeated again and again. Cheslie Kryst had so much. She seemed so happy. She didn’t fit the mold of someone who dies by suicide.
Kryst, an entertainment reporter, former lawyer, and Miss USA 2019, was a successful young Black woman in a country that often assumes suicide primarily affects white, visibly depressed middle-aged men, the Willy Lomans who populate American culture. So the shock that followed news of her death Sunday—which the New York medical examiner confirmed to be caused by suicide—was predictable. It also revealed a dangerous gap bet...
Source: TIME: Health - February 4, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme and Janell Ross Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Mental Health nationpod Source Type: news
‘End Leprosy Discrimination Now, For the Sake of Our Children’
Parents at Alheri leprosy colony outside Nigeria's Federal Capital Territory, Abuja have appealed for an end to discrimination, which they say impacts their children.
Credit: Oluwatobi Enitan/IPS
By Oluwatobi EnitanAbuja, Nigeria, Feb 3 2022 (IPS) Seidu Ishaiku lives in the hope that his children will succeed. He and his family live with about 300 other residents in the Alheri leprosy colony outside Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory Abuja.
“They (our children) are obviously our future and hope,” Ishaiku says. “We don’t want our children to constitute a nuisance to society. We want them to...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 3, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Oluwatobi Enitan Tags: Africa COVID-19 Featured Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations #Health #HumanRights IPS UN Bureau Sasakawa Health Foundation Source Type: news
