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Fight Aging! Newsletter, October 18th 2021
In this study, we therefore analysed the influence of lithium treatment on lifespan and parameters of health during ageing in mice. To determine the concentration of lithium suitable to be administered in a longitudinal ageing study, we first tested the effects of lithium chloride (LiCl) in doses from 0.01 to 2.79 g LiCl per kg chow. C57Bl/6J mice fed with 1.05-2.79 g/kg LiCL in the diet showed lithium plasma levels between 0.4 and 0.8 mM/l. While plasma levels to 0.4 and 0.8 mM/l are well tolerated by human patients, at doses above 1.44 g LiCl/kg, we observed an obvious dose-dependent polydipsia combined with a dis...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 17, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

A Trial of the Senolytic Fisetin as a Treatment for Older SARS-CoV-2 Patients
We describe here a National Institutes of Health-funded, multicenter, placebo-controlled clinical trial of Fisetin for older adult skilled nursing facility residents who have been, or become, SARS-CoV-2 rtPCR-positive, including the rationale for targeting fundamental aging mechanisms in such patients. Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.17416 (Source: Fight Aging!)
Source: Fight Aging! - October 15, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs

Trial By Error: Jennie Spotila ’ s Annual Fact-Check of NIH Spending on ME/CFS Research
By David Tuller, DrPH There is a lot going on in the ME and ME/CFS world that I don’t get around to. That’s why I’m always grateful that Jennie Spotila always deconstructs the numbers on the annual spending claims from the National Institutes of Health. Last month, on her blog Occupy M.E., Spotila submitted the […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - September 8, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized NIH spotila Source Type: blogs

Artificial Intelligence Will Redesign Healthcare
Artificial intelligence in healthcare has an unimaginable potential. Within the next couple of years, it will revolutionize every area of our life, including medicine. I am fully convinced that it will redesign healthcare completely – and for the better. Let’s take a look at the promising solutions it offers. I am certain that healthcare will be the lead industrial area of such a revolution and one of the major catalysts for change is going to be artificial intelligence. Check the updated version of A Guide To Artificial Intelligence In Healthcare to understanding, anticipating and controlling artificial intell...
Source: The Medical Futurist - September 2, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Future of Medicine AI Healthcare Hospital ibm watson Innovation GC1 big data google deepmind Source Type: blogs

Artificial Intelligence In Healthcare: 10 Medical Fields A.I. Will Change Completely
Artificial intelligence in healthcare has an unimaginable potential. Within the next couple of years, it will revolutionize every area of our life, including medicine. I am fully convinced that it will redesign healthcare completely – and for the better. Let’s take a look at the promising solutions it offers. I am certain that healthcare will be the lead industrial area of such a revolution and one of the major catalysts for change is going to be artificial intelligence. Check the updated version of A Guide To Artificial Intelligence In Healthcare to understanding, anticipating and controlling artificial in...
Source: The Medical Futurist - September 2, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Future of Medicine AI Healthcare Hospital ibm watson Innovation GC1 big data google deepmind Source Type: blogs

The 9 Trends Shaping the Future of Pharma
The drug sends a message to a caregiver after the patient swallowed it. The doctor prescribes virtual reality treatments for migraines. Do you think it is science fiction? You are mistaken. Just let me familiarize you with the top 10 trends shaping the future of pharma. And if you want to have a more in-depth analysis of the topic, read our related ebook, Technologies Shaping the Future of Pharma! Technologies Shaping the Future of Pharma We designed this e-book to serve as a collection of relevant examples, best practic...
Source: The Medical Futurist - August 26, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Future of Medicine Future of Pharma 3d printing artificial intelligence augmented reality digital health Innovation nanotechnology Personalized medicine pharmacology virtual reality VR gc4 pharmacies pharmacogenetics Source Type: blogs

The 10 Trends Shaping the Future of Pharma
The drug sends a message to a caregiver after the patient swallowed it. The doctor prescribes virtual reality treatments for migraines. Do you think it is science fiction? You are mistaken. The pharma industry has taken a big swung into digital transformation. All participants invest in digital health topics. But as with all trending issues, and there is a lot of fuss that is hard to see through. As the medical community increasingly acknowledges the importance of digital health, the cultural shift we so often talk about is still a way to go. To change that, the first step is always getting to know what’s coming. ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - August 26, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Future of Medicine Future of Pharma 3d printing artificial intelligence augmented reality digital health Innovation nanotechnology Personalized medicine pharmacology virtual reality VR gc4 pharmacies pharmacogenetics Source Type: blogs

Neurotech start-up Paradromics raises $20M to address brain-related disorders via next-gen brain-computer interfaces
Neuralink Competitor Raises $20 Million for Brain Implants (Bloomberg): A competitor to Elon Musk’s Neuralink said it raised $20 million, enough to get it on track to introduce a new generation of powerful and tiny electrodes to the human brain. Paradromics Inc., founded in 2015 about a year ahead of Neuralink, is building brain-computer interfaces that could help people with disorders ranging from paralysis to speech impediments. “Once you start to realize that the best way to describe the brain is through data, you start to reframe a lot of classically hard-to-treat conditions,” said Matt Angle, chief executive off...
Source: SharpBrains - August 11, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Technology & Innovation brain implants brain-machine interface brain-related disorders BrainGate DARPA electrodes healthcare microelectronics Neuralink neuroscience Paradromics Prime Movers Lab Source Type: blogs

Reflection on 40 Years of HIV/AIDS Research
In this jointly written Director ’s Message, NIMH director Dr. Joshua Gordon and Dr. Maureen Goodenow, associate director for AIDS Research and director of the Office of AIDS Research at the National Institutes of Health, discuss 40 years of NIMH and NIH support for HIV/AIDS research. (Source: NIMH Directors Blog)
Source: NIMH Directors Blog - August 9, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: blogs

Encouraging Interagency Collaboration: Learning from COVID-19
Rachel Sachs (Washington University in Saint Louis), Encouraging Interagency Collaboration: Learning from COVID-19, J. L.& Innovation (forthcoming 2021): In the health innovation context, federal regulatory authority is sharply fragmented among different agencies. The National Institutes of Health, Food and... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 30, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs

Helping young brains fight off anxiety by training and raising cognitive control
This article was originally published by AIM Youth Mental Health, a non-profit dedicated to finding and funding promising youth mental health research that can identify solutions to make a difference in young people’s lives today, which contributed to funding Kate Fitzgerald’s research. Related articles: What are cognitive abilities and how to boost them? Can brain training work? Yes, if it meets these 5 conditions New book on how to practice mindfulness meditation with humor and playfulness Six tips to build resilience and prevent brain-damaging stress The post Helping young brains fight off anxiety by training...
Source: SharpBrains - July 23, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greater Good Science Center Tags: Education & Lifelong Learning anxiety brain markers brain training childhood cognitive-behavioral-therapy cognitive-capacities cognitive-control cognitive-skills Cognitive-Training frontal-lobes Kate Fitzgerald Kid Power program Source Type: blogs

Could Loneliness Be a Symptom of Preclinical Dementia?
Loneliness as a dementia risk, particularly Alzheimer’s disease (AD), has long been considered solid science. It’s hard to quantify loneliness, as it’s not as simple as whether a person has opportunities to interact with others. Yet, the difficulty of defining loneliness has not kept researchers from studying its impact on health. For example, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) reports study results showing that "After adjustment for other risk factors, older persons with feelings of loneliness were more likely to develop dementia” than people without such feelings. For this reason, a study that conclude...
Source: Minding Our Elders - July 12, 2021 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs

Bedtime Music Can Disrupt Your Sleep By Triggering Earworms
By Emma Young Do you listen to quiet music to help you wind down before sleep? If you do, you’re following the advice of all kinds of organisations, including the US National Institutes of Health and the National Sleep Foundation. However, this advice could be counter-productive, according to a new study by Michael K. Scullin and colleagues at Baylor University. The work, published in Psychological Medicine, found that bedtime music was associated with more sleep disruptions — and that instrumental music is even worse than music with lyrics. In the first study, 199 online participants living in the ...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - June 28, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Music Sleep and dreaming Source Type: blogs

Health Tech, Part I: Where We Are Going, Not Just How Fast We Can Get There
By MIKE MAGEE What will be the lasting impact of the Covid 19 pandemic? We still don’t know the answer to that question in full. But one thing that can be said with some certainty is that it has strengthened the hand of Big Tech and all things virtual. Consider the fact that within the Biden White House administration, 13 senior aides have Big Tech resumes with time spent in firms like Google, Facebook, Twitter, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and more. This pandemic-induced scrape with mortality has instigated widely varied responses ranging from existential re-awakenings to explosive entrepreneurship. In health ca...
Source: The Health Care Blog - June 25, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Tech Health Technology Biotech Mike Magee Source Type: blogs

Reflection on 40 Years of HIV/AIDS Research
In this jointly written Director ’ s Message, NIMH director Dr. Joshua Gordon and Dr. Maureen Goodenow, associate director for AIDS Research and director of the Office of AIDS Research at the National Institutes of Health, discuss 40 years of NIMH and NIH support for HIV/AIDS research. (Source: NIMH Directors Blog)
Source: NIMH Directors Blog - June 8, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Joshua Gordon Source Type: blogs