Beefy Arguments for Libertarianism
This report has layers of flaws and is the most egregious abuse of evidence that I have ever seen,"said Walter Willett of Harvard. "Their recommendations are really irresponsible,"said Frank Hu of Harvard. A contrarian would immediately assume, therefore, that the study in question must be marvelous. Is it?Well, it represents part of a new wave in nutrition, in which a group of scientists who have no financial ties to the food industry set themselves up, like the justices of the Supreme Court, to adjudicate as a panel on a field of research. And, again like the justices of the Supreme Court, they are not frightened from ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 1, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Terence Kealey Source Type: blogs
How To Overcome Work Stress with Resilience Tactics
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Stress is good.
You won’t hear that on
most productivity blogs. We’re usually obsessed with finding ways to decrease
our level of stress. Buy a stress ball! Do some yoga! Get one of those kettles
with the long spout and chant an ancient hymn while pouring organic
coffee!
But since we’re both
here, it seems likely that neither of us are totally satisfied with that kind of
advice.
T...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - September 24, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Chelsea Erieau Tags: career featured health and fitness self improvement stress Source Type: blogs
Math brain teaser requiring no math — just perception and cognition
Necropoli Grotticelli, the tomb of Archimedes in Syracuse
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Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer Archimedes made many great scientific discoveries throughout his life. He explained why and how bodies float in the water, designed mirror arrays capable of focusing sun rays and setting enemy ships on fire, found the way of approximating the number of grains of sand that will fit inside the universe.
Now to the brain teaser part.
His tomb was decorated with his favorite discovery. Which one of the following three sculptures was honoring Archimedes, and why?
A golden crown commemora...
Source: SharpBrains - September 13, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain Teasers Education & Lifelong Learning brain-teaser cognition math perception Source Type: blogs
Ultrasound Otoscope to Help Diagnose Middle Ear Infections
At the heart of the revolutionary otoscope from U.S. company OtoNexus Medical Technologies is a unique CMUT chip from Fraunhofer IPMS based on ultrasound technology.
Diagnosing infections of the middle ear is prone to a great deal of subjectivity. Antibiotics being the typical treatment option, way too many patients are treated who are actually not infected. This can result in the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and a host of other problems.
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS in Germany have developed a new ultrasound transducer that can be integrated into existing ot...
Source: Medgadget - September 10, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Diagnostics ENT Medicine Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
How to Reclaim Your Time and Put Breathing Room Back in Your Life
“It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
An unalterable fact of life is that there are only 24 hours in a day. Despite wishing time could be extended, go slower or faster, or be reversed, the physics involved in the construct of time do not allow such self-driven navigation. Whether you’re overwhelmed at work, home, school or elsewhere, trying to fit too many tasks and to-dos in an already full schedule, or so dismayed at your lack of progress that you want to give up, you can reclaim more time and put breathing room back in your life. Here’s ho...
Source: World of Psychology - August 31, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Suzanne Kane Tags: Habits Happiness Self-Help Organization Productivity Source Type: blogs
New Optical Method for Functional Brain Imaging
Researchers from the University of Birmingham in the UK and Washington University School of Medicine have developed a new non-invasive brain imaging method for studying the shape of the brain’s surface and oxygenation of brain tissues. Their discovery enables deeper brain imaging with higher resolution than prior studies with similar capabilities. This exciting development can one day improve brain mapping, ICU patient monitoring, and early diagnosis of a number of neurological conditions.
Functional neuroimaging provides valuable medical information about the health and condition of brain tissue. Functional near-infr...
Source: Medgadget - August 22, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Siavash Parkhideh Tags: Neurology Radiology Source Type: blogs
Device Speeds Cervical Cancer Screening
When screening for cervical cancer, immunofluorescence staining is used to identify the presence of proteins that are biomarkers for the disease. It is a slow and meticulous process that requires lab technicians to prepare individual cells for analysis. Even then, since not all cells show the same disease characteristics, the rate of false negatives can be very high.
Now, a new device developed by scientists at the University of Tokyo and Teikyo University School of Medicine in Japan can grab onto and screen individual cells for the presence of p16 and Ki-67 proteins that are associated with cervical cancer.
The mic...
Source: Medgadget - August 6, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Diagnostics Ob/Gyn Oncology Source Type: blogs
World ’s First PET/SPECT Scanner Developed Using Compton Camera
Nuclear medicine relies on two imaging modalities to assess internal function and diagnose disease. Positron emission tomography (PET) typically uses fluorine-18, a radiotracer that releases positrons, and a special scanner to detect the resulting gamma rays. Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is similar, but usually depends on injecting the technetium-99m radioisotope and a gamma camera to detect where it goes in the body. Each modality has its benefits and drawbacks, and comparisons between the two may provide interesting insights and clinical consequences for nuclear medicine. However, it is currently im...
Source: Medgadget - August 6, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Nuclear Medicine Radiology Source Type: blogs
“Thanks for Your Time”: Einstein’s Relativity in the Clinical Encounter
By HANS DUVEFELT, MD
In business literature I have seen the phrase “getting paid for who you are instead of what you do”. This implies that some people bring value because of the depth of their knowledge and their appreciation of all the nuances in their field, the authority with which they render their opinion or because of their ability to influence others.
This is the antithesis of commoditization. Many industries have become less commoditized in this postindustrial era, but not medicine. Who in our culture would say that a car is a car is a car, or that a meal is a meal is a meal?
The differences between s...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 2, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Medical Practice Physicians Hans Duvefelt primary care Source Type: blogs
Funded PHD candidate position at the BCBL- Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebasti án, Basque Country, Spain) www.bcbl.eu (Center of excellence Severo Ochoa)
Funded PHD candidate position at the BCBL- Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebasti án, Basque Country, Spain) www.bcbl.eu (Center of excellence Severo Ochoa)The BCBL invites applications for four 4-year full-time Ph.D positions in Cognitive Neuroscience funded by the Spanish Ministry of Innovation and Universities, within the call “Ayudas Predoctorales Severo Ochoa 2019” (to be opened in the fall 2019). The thesis projects/positions will be included in the following research lines: One PhD position: Neurobiological indices of language development in infancy (under the supervision of D...
Source: Talking Brains - July 29, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
The Ultimate Sci-Fi Movie List To Prepare For The Age Of Artificial Intelligence
Would artificial intelligence spell the end of all humankind? What happens if it ‘spares’ us? How might childbirth, parenting, taking care of the elderly, or love look in the age of A.I.? The best sci-fi movies explore questions bordering the technologically impossible and its consequences. Moreover, they help humans imagine and prepare for the future. We compiled our favorite science fiction features about A.I. for a summer movie night. Read on!
Will humanity move to Mars or amalgamate with
machines? Sci-fi has the answer!
Science
fiction is a conversation between the technological universe and
our society about...
Source: The Medical Futurist - July 25, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Medical Science Fiction AI artificial intelligence film future Innovation movies robots sci-fi technology watch Source Type: blogs
Energy Harvester for the Human Knee to Power Wearable Devices
Researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong have developed a device that can harvest energy from the human knee during walking, without a substantial increase in effort for wearers. Their work demonstrates that the device generates up to 1.6 mW of power without significant change in breathing patterns or oxygen consumption by the wearer. One day, this device may power wearable electronics, body-worn sensors, and prostheses.
Previous work developing energy harvesters has resulted in a variety of devices (see flashbacks below). Some devices can generate a few watts, but they tend to be heavy. Other devices requir...
Source: Medgadget - July 22, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Siavash Parkhideh Tags: Materials Source Type: blogs
POCUS Physics 101
Dr Jo Deverill POCUS Physics 101
The first vid in a series on ultrasound physics: featuring a Beluga whale, a game of blind man's buff, and Fourier analysis of a dog turd. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - July 17, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Jo Deverill Tags: Ultrasound Library POCUS ultrasound physics Source Type: blogs
Low Cost Medical Devices for Low-Resource Regions: Interview with Prof. Saad Bhamla, Georgia Tech
Advances in medical technology continue apace, with sophisticated new medical devices and therapies becoming available on an ongoing basis. However, medical technology often comes at a premium, and for low-resource regions sometimes even relatively basic medical devices, such as hearing aids, are inaccessible because they are too expensive. Similarly, basic equipment, such as centrifuges, that are commonly used in diagnostic or medical research laboratories can cost a lot, making it unaffordable for laboratories in many countries and institutions.
These barriers to using tools commonly available elsewhere a...
Source: Medgadget - July 1, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Cardiology Critical Care Diagnostics Emergency Medicine ENT Exclusive Genetics Materials Pathology Public Health Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, July 1st 2019
In this study, we determine whether transient reintroduction of embryonic stem cell cycle miR-294 promotes cardiomyocyte cell cycle reentry enhancing cardiac repair after myocardial injury. A doxycycline-inducible AAV9-miR-294 vector was delivered to mice for activating miR-294 in myocytes for 14 days continuously after myocardial infarction. miR-294-treated mice significantly improved left ventricular functions together with decreased infarct size and apoptosis 8 weeks after MI. Myocyte cell cycle reentry increased in miR-294 hearts parallel to increased small myocyte number in the heart. Isolated adult myocytes from miR-...
Source: Fight Aging! - June 30, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
