Cats, peanuts, bee stings … the irritating truth about allergies
More and more of us suffer from allergies, and medicine is struggling to keep up. Rebecca Seal talks to medical anthropologist Theresa MacPhailWhen Theresa MacPhail was four, her brother was killed in an accident. When she was 14, her mother died in a car crash. And when she was 24, her father died from anaphylactic shock after a bee flew in through the open window of his truck and stung him in the neck. For anyone else, these devastating experiences would almost certainly have been psychologically catastrophic. “I have several friends who are psychology professors, and they’re always saying, ‘No offence but, by righ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 28, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Rebecca Seal Tags: Allergies Health & wellbeing Life and style Society Source Type: news
Even Farage says Brexit has failed. Why won ’t Starmer?
What do my friends the musicians Sting, John Etheridge and Tom McGuinness (of the Manfreds) have in common, apart from music? They have recently told me they are witnessing first-hand the frustrations of Brexit: loss of the benefits of freedom of movement, and the bureaucratic damage inflicted on…#johnetheridge #tommcguinness #manfreds #labour #keirstarmer #starmer #rachelreeves #nigelfarage #mariomonti #margaretthatcher (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Finance Discovers Sting: " How Fragile We Are "
What Is the Mises Daily The Mises Daily articles are short and relevant and written from the perspective of an unfettered free market and Austrian economics. Written for a broad audience of laymen and students, the Mises Daily features a wide variety of topics including everything from the history…#misesdaily #austrian #articles (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Clinical manifestations of delayed reaction following mass hornet envenomation: a case report - Bhattarai U, Acharya A, Shrestha RS, Gautam A, Anand A, Manandhar S, Sharma SK.
Delayed reaction following mass hornet envenomation is associated with various clinical manifestations. CASE PRESENTATION: The authors present a case of a 24-year-old male from eastern Nepal, who presented following mass envenomation by hornet stings. He h... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Severe systemic reactions following bee sting injuries in Korea - Lee JH, Kim MJ, Park YS, Kim EN, Chung HS, Chung SP.
PURPOSE: Most bee sting injuries are benign, although sometimes they can result in life threatening outcomes, such as anaphylaxis and death. The purpose of this study was to investigate the epidemiologic status of bee sting injuries in Korea and to identif... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Non-Human Animals and Insects Source Type: news
Universal Music Group Embraces AI “Soundscapes” With New Deal
Universal Music Group — the music label behind Sting, The Weeknd, Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande – has decided to embrace artificial intelligence, rather than only fight the new technology. UMG has signed a deal with sound wellness company Endel to enable its roster of artists to use proprietary AI…#universalmusicgroup #nickiminaj #arianagrande #umg #endel #republicrecords #jamesblake #winddown #michaelnash #warnermusisgroup (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
JMJD8 reduces cancer ’s STING | Science Signaling
JMJD8 inhibits STING signaling and reduces antitumor responses. (Source: Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment)
Source: Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment - May 23, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Why you really SHOULD be wary of wasps: Doctors warn stings can cause strokes
Medics suggested the man from China was lucky to survive what is thought to be the first case ever recorded. The rare stroke he suffered has a 'very high' mortality rate, they wrote in a medical journal. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Acute kidney injury complicating wasp stings: a report of two cases and literature review - Arshad AR, Rashid A.
We describe two such cases. The first one developed acute kidney injury as a result of rhabdomyolysis and hemolysis, whereas the other patient developed acute kidney injury as part of multiorga... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Non-Human Animals and Insects Source Type: news
Can We Avoid the AIpocalypse? Ask ChatGPT
"Then man made the machine in his own likeness. Thus man became the architect of his own demise."—The Animatrix, dystopian 2003 film. Artificial intelligence is the first technology since the dawn of the nuclear age to have us truly terrified. What to do about it is a question that's probably more…#ukraine #donaldtrump #terminator #openai #distinguish #renedescartes #elonmusk #robertfrost #paulnewman #sting (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: Post-Pandemic World Economy Still Feeling Covid-19's Sting - UN Report
[UN News] Prospects for a robust global economic recovery remain dim as the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic carry on, according to the UN's latest World Economic Situation and Prospects report, released on Tuesday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 17, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Researchers warn of tick-borne disease babesiosis
' Tis the season for hiking now that spring has arrived and temperatures are on the upswing. But with hikes come insect bites and on the increase in North America is babesiosis, a malaria-like disease spread especially between May and October by a … (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - May 15, 2023 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news
Finance Discovers Sting: " How Fragile We Are "
An ongoing debate concerns the plunge in the four-week Treasury note yield in relation to the three-month Treasury yield. At least one tweeter claims it’s all about the coming debt ceiling showdown with the difference in rates (3.145 percent versus 5.070 percent) reflecting the risk of having…#treasury #jeffreysnider #nt #crossbordercapitals #michaelhowell #howell #newyorkfed #federalreserve #investopedia #ustreasuries (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Inflation probably eased again in April, but consumer prices stay high
Inflation probably eased further in April, but households and businesses are still feeling the sting of high prices — and ongoing fallout from this spring’s banking crisis. The Bureau of Labor Statistics is expected to report Wednesday morning that inflation rose just under 5 percent in April,…#andrewpatterson #vanguard #federalreserve #ukraine #bls #jeromehpowell #cleveland #davehunsinger (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dolly Parton ’s Star-Studded Album ‘Rockstar’ Finally Has a Release Date
Dolly Parton‘s long-awaited first rock album, Rockstar, has a release date: Nov. 17. The country icon, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s class of 2022, brings along a who’s-who of her fellow artist collaborators on the album, including Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, Lizzo, Sting,…#rockstar #paulmccartney #ringostarr #lizzosting #chrisstapleton #debbieharry #eltonjohn #johnfogerty #joanjett #steventyler (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
