Astronomers are worried by a satellite brighter than most stars
In this episode:00:45 A bright satellite is concerning researchersSatellites reflect sunlight down to Earth, and some do so with such intensity it risks obscuring astronomers' observations from ground-based telescopes. A paper in Nature suggests that the telecommunications satellite called BlueWalker 3 at times outshines most stars visible from Earth. Astronomers worry about the increasing number of such bright satellites making astronomy more difficult, and so the team suggest that future launches should undergo impact assessments.Research article: Nandakumar et al.Nature News: Huge new satellite outshines nearly every st...
Source: Nature Podcast - October 4, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Which remotely-delivered psychological approaches help people with long-term chronic pain to improve symptoms?
The Cochrane Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care Group has produced more than 300 reviews and added to these in August 2023 with a review of remotely-delivered psychological therapies for chronic pain in adults. Here ' s one of the authors, Geoff Duggan formerly from the Bath Centre for Pain Services in the UK, to tell us about the importance of the review and its findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - October 2, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Planet centred care - Sustainable healthcare is better for patients
Acting on climate change is often framed as having to give stuff up, to cost more money, to make sacrifices. Yet in healthcare we find the opposite can often be true: there are many actions we can take which reduce the carbon footprint of healthcare which actually end up with better outcomes for our patients. In this episode, we hear from two examples of that.
Singing for breathing is a type of social prescribing to help people with chronic lung disease manage their breathlessness, reducing their need to be reliant on healthcare to do this, while also finding joy and a sense of community. Stephen is one patient who has be...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - October 2, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1049: Long COVID's book of homeostatic cats
TWiV explains how immune profiling was used to identify distinguishing features of Long COVID, and how a co-opted feline endogenous retroviral envelope promotes cell survival by controlling copper transport and homeostasis in cats. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server MicrobeTV store at Cafepress Spike shirts at vaccinated.us (promo code Microbetv) Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf) Features of Long COVID (Nature) ERV ...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - October 1, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1048: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses a molnupiravir-associated mutational signature in global SARS-CoV-2 genomes, inhaled fluticasone furoate for outpatient treatment of COVID-19, optimal duration of systemic corticosteroids in COVID-19 treatment, early antibody treatment, inflammation, and risk of post-COVID conditions, autonomic dysregulation in long-term patients suffering from post-COVID-19 syndrome assessed by heart rate variability, and multiorgan MRI findings after hospitalization with COVID-19 in the UK. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Lin...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - September 30, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
