Hope for thousands as NHS approves drug for acute migraine
First and only Nice-recommended medicine could ‘alleviate misery’ of condition in England and WalesNHS health advisers have approved the first treatment foracute migraine in a decision that promises to bring relief to about 13,000 people.The National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) has recommended a drug called rimegepant, also known as Vydura, which is made by Pfizer.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 13, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Denis Campbell Health policy editor Tags: Health NHS Neuroscience UK news Society England Wales Source Type: news
How Can Nurses Support Digital Health and Vice Versa?
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Chief digital health officercbalesSeptember 13, 2023September 13, 2023 12:00 PMDigital health is key for achieving universal health coverage and equitably responding to pandemics —both on the agenda for the UN General Assembly this month. I sat down with Olivia V élez, IntraHealth International ’s chief digital health officer and part of our delegation heading to UNGA. She ’s a registered nurse and holds a PhD in nursing informatics, in addition to master ' s degrees in information systems and public health. She shared how digital health can support nurses and ...
Source: IntraHealth International - September 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: cbales Source Type: news
Opposites Don ’ t Attract: Why You and Your Spouse Are So Much Alike
We all know couples who, on the surface at least, seem incompatible. One person is an introvert, the other an extravert; one likes fine wine, the other never drinks; one is deeply religious, the other doesn’t believe. It’s those pairs who give rise to the idea that opposites attract. But that notion appears to be mistaken. According to a new study in the journal Nature Human Behavior, most partners tend to be profoundly similar—sharing up to 89% of the traits the researchers analyzed, including not just religiosity, alcohol consumption and introversion or extraversion, but also political values, IQ, level...
Source: TIME: Science - September 11, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized Psychology Source Type: news
Ignorance is not bliss for ChatGPT | Letters
Geoff Renshaw has realised that the chatbot can ’t say ‘I don’t know’,Tom Brown thinks it has been reading too much KafkaFrom Elif Batuman ’s experience with ChatGPT, it seems that artificial intelligence possesses one very human characteristic: a deep reluctance to confess to ignorance (Proust, ChatGPT and the case of the forgotten quote, 5 September).Many, many times I have found that instead of simply and candidly replying “I don’t know” to my question, my human respondent will answer a nominally similar but significantly different question, often at great length.Geoff RenshawLeamington Spa, Warwickshire...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 10, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Guardian Staff Tags: Artificial intelligence (AI) ChatGPT Computing Consciousness Neuroscience Psychology UK news Franz Kafka Source Type: news
Max Gomez, Longtime TV Medical Reporter, Dies at 72
Known as Dr. Max (he was not a medical doctor. but had a Ph.D. in neuroscience), he reported on health and science with an easygoing gravitas. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - September 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Richard Sandomir Tags: Max Gomez Deaths (Obituaries) Television Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) WCBS-TV WNBC-TV CBS News NBC News New York City Philadelphia (Pa) Source Type: news
Sponge v comb jellies: which was evolution ’s first trailblazer?
New genetic research has reignited the controversy over which type of creature was the first to branch off the evolutionary tree from the common ancestor of all animalsWhile life on Earth has flourished for billions of years, much of it has been single-celled and microscopic. None of the first organisms had brains, or even neurons (nerve cells). None of them could “think”. The first animals to evolve were also brainless: harnessing hormones or other chemicals, rather than neurons, to coordinate their bodies. But some soon evolved central nervous systems – and the first “thoughts” were pulsed.For decades, biologis...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 9, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Michael Marshall Tags: Evolution Science Biology Marine life Animals Source Type: news
Biosensors Illuminate Talk Between Neurons
First developed in 2013, a fluorescent indicator has evolved to enable precise glutamate tracking. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - September 8, 2023 Category: Science Tags: Methods Magazine Issue Source Type: news
Infographic: Synaptic Plasticity in the Sea Slug
The sea slug has helped scientists in their quest to understand how neurons encode memories. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - September 8, 2023 Category: Science Tags: Infographics Magazine Issue Source Type: news
Infographic: Beyond the Nucleus: mRNA Localization in Neurons
To support thousands of incoming connections, neurons use sophisticated transportation networks for delivering mRNA to faraway regions. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - September 8, 2023 Category: Science Tags: Infographics Magazine Issue Source Type: news
Infographic: How a Glutamate Sensor Tracks Synapses
A third generation glutamate sensor with a fluorescent readout offers insights into neuronal communication. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - September 8, 2023 Category: Science Tags: Infographics Magazine Issue Source Type: news
Defying Dogma: Decentralized Translation in Neurons
To understand how memories are formed and maintained, neuroscientists travel far beyond the cell body in search of answers. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - September 8, 2023 Category: Science Tags: Features Magazine Issue Source Type: news
Does this number make me look fat?
Key takeawaysFootball players sometimes choose jerseys with lower numbers thinking that they ’ll look slimmer and faster. There’s a scientific basis for that belief, according to a new UCLA study.In two experiments, volunteers consistently said that images of players in jerseys numbered 10 to 19 looked thinner than players in jerseys numbered 80 to 89, even when the bodies were the same size.The finding suggests that people ’s previously learned associations between numbers and sizes influence their perceptions of body size.In 2019, an ESPN report explored the reasons so many football wide receivers prefer to wear...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - September 6, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Neurotrophic factors in cannabis-induced psychosis: an update - Ricci V, De Berardis D, Martinotti G, Maina G.
BACKGROUND: Cannabis is the most widely used illicit substance. Numerous scientific evidence confirm the strong association between cannabis and psychosis. Exposure to cannabis can induce the development of psychosis and schizophrenia in vulnerable individ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Researchers applaud health officials ’ push to ease cannabis restrictions
Federal health officials are urging the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to loosen its restrictions on cannabis—a move that could make it easier for researchers to study the drug’s potential medical benefits and harms. Following a review
initiated by the White House in 2022
, the U.S. Department of Human Health and Services (HHS) this week recommended that DEA reclassify cannabis from its Schedule I category, which includes drugs considered to have a high potential for abuse and no accepted therapeutic value, such as heroin and LSD, to the lower risk Schedule III. If implemented, the po...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 1, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Researchers applaud health officials ’ push to ease marijuana restrictions
Federal health officials are urging the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to loosen its restrictions on marijuana—a move that could make it easier for researchers to study the drug’s potential medical benefits and harms. Following a review
initiated by the White House in 2022
, the U.S. Department of Human Health and Services (HHS) this week recommended that DEA reclassify marijuana from its Schedule I category, which includes drugs considered to have a high potential for abuse and no accepted therapeutic value, such as heroin and LSD, to the lower risk Schedule III. If implemented, the ...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 1, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
