Sodium and Blood Pressure, Airway Management in Acute Poisoning, Review of Foot and Ankle Conditions, and more
Editor’s Summary by Karen E. Lasser, MD, MPH, Senior Editor of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the December 19, 2023, issue. Related Content: Audio Highlights (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - December 19, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
‘Tree islands’ give oil-palm plantation a biodiversity boost
In this episode:00:45 Tree islands bring biodiversity benefits for oil-palm plantationGlobal demand for palm oil has resulted in huge expansion of the palm plantations needed to produce it, causing widespread tropical deforestation and species loss. To address this, researchers planted islands of native trees among the palms in a large plantation, and showed that this approach increases ecosystem health, without affecting crop yields. The team say that while protecting existing tropical rainforests should remain a priority, tree islands represent a promising way to restore ecosystems.Research article: Zemp et al.09:42 Rese...
Source: Nature Podcast - May 24, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
The brain cells that help animals navigate in 3D
Researchers uncover how grid cells fire in a 3D space to help bats navigate, and a fabric that switches between being stiff and flexible.In this episode:00:47 Mapping a bat’s navigation neurons in 3DGrid cells are neurons that regularly fire as an animal moves through space, creating a pattern of activity that aids navigation. But much of our understanding of how grid cells work has involved rats moving in a 2D plane. To figure out how the system works in a 3D space, researchers have mapped the brain activity of bats flying freely around a room.Research Article: Ginosar et al.07:44 Research HighlightsHow a ‘toxin spong...
Source: Nature Podcast - August 11, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
The brain cells that help animals navigate in 3D
Researchers uncover how grid cells fire in a 3D space to help bats navigate, and a fabric that switches between being stiff and flexible.In this episode:00:47 Mapping a bat’s navigation neurons in 3DGrid cells are neurons that regularly fire as an animal moves through space, creating a pattern of activity that aids navigation. But much of our understanding of how grid cells work has involved rats moving in a 2D plane. To figure out how the system works in a 3D space, researchers have mapped the brain activity of bats flying freely around a room.Research Article: Ginosar et al.07:44 Research HighlightsHow a ‘toxin spong...
Source: Nature Podcast - August 11, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
How scientists are thinking about reopening labs, and the global threat of arsenic in drinking water
Online news editor David Grimm talks with producer Joel Goldberg about the unique challenges of reopening labs amid the coronavirus pandemic. Though the chance to resume research may instill a sense of hope, new policies around physical distancing and access to facilities threaten to derail studies—and even careers. Despite all the uncertainty, the crisis could result in new approaches that ultimately benefit the scientific community, and the world.
Also this week, Joel Podgorski, a senior scientist in the Water Resources and Drinking Water Department at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology,...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - May 21, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
How scientists are thinking about reopening labs, and the global threat of arsenic in drinking water
Online news editor David Grimm talks with producer Joel Goldberg about the unique challenges of reopening labs amid the coronavirus pandemic. Though the chance to resume research may instill a sense of hope, new policies around physical distancing and access to facilities threaten to derail studies—and even careers. Despite all the uncertainty, the crisis could result in new approaches that ultimately benefit the scientific community, and the world.
Also this week, Joel Podgorski, a senior scientist in the Water Resources and Drinking Water Department at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Tec...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - May 21, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
How scientists are thinking about reopening labs, and the global threat of arsenic in drinking water
Online News Editor David Grimm talks with producer Joel Goldberg about the unique challenges of reopening labs amid the coronavirus pandemic. Though the chance to resume research may instill a sense of hope, new policies around physical distancing and access to facilities threaten to derail studies —and even careers. Despite all the uncertainty, the crisis could result in new approaches that ultimately benefit the scientific community and the world. Also this week, Joel Podgorski, a senior scientist in the Water Resources and Drinking Water Department at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquati c Science and Technology, joi...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - May 21, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
How scientists are thinking about reopening labs, and the global threat of arsenic in drinking water
Online News Editor David Grimm talks with producer Joel Goldberg about the unique challenges of reopening labs amid the coronavirus pandemic. Though the chance to resume research may instill a sense of hope, new policies around physical distancing and access to facilities threaten to derail studies —and even careers. Despite all the uncertainty, the crisis could result in new approaches that ultimately benefit the scientific community and the world.
Also this week, Joel Podgorski, a senior scientist in the Water Resources and Drinking Water Department at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquat ic Science and Technology, jo...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - May 20, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
"Going Viral" -- The Discovery Files
Norovirus causes 20 million cases of food poisoning in the US every year. Now, a smartphone can easily detect this gut-busting microbe -- hopefully before it gets you. (Source: The Discovery Files)
Source: The Discovery Files - September 9, 2019 Category: Science Authors: National Science Foundation Source Type: podcasts
"Bac-Trac" -- The Discovery Files
Bacteria's use of "swim and tumble" maneuvers and chemical secretions helps them move toward food or away from poisons as they encounter obstacles, such as those found in the human gastrointestinal tract. The research, which involved an "obstacle course" of microfluidic chambers to experiment on the bacteria, holds implications for not only biology and medicine, but also robotic search and rescue tactics. (Source: The Discovery Files)
Source: The Discovery Files - May 30, 2019 Category: Science Authors: National Science Foundation Source Type: podcasts
"Toxin Blockin'" -- The Discovery Files
Don't let their appearance fool you: Thimble-sized, dappled in cheerful colors and squishy, poison frogs in fact harbor some of the most potent neurotoxins we know. With new research, scientists are a step closer to resolving a related head-scratcher--how do these frogs keep from poisoning themselves? (Source: The Discovery Files)
Source: The Discovery Files - October 5, 2017 Category: Science Authors: National Science Foundation Source Type: podcasts
Vitamin D and calcium for cancer prevention, screening for celiac disease, long-term outcomes of lead poisoning in children, and more
Editor's Audio Summary by Howard Bauchner, MD, Editor in Chief of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the March 28, 2017 issue (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - March 28, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
PodMed – Week of February 13, 2017
This week’s topics include sickle cell trait and HbA1c, carcinogen levels and e-cigarettes, mutations and myelodysplastic syndrome, and kids ingesting pet medicines. Program notes: 0:33 Kids eating medicines intended for pets 1:34 Retrospective poison center data 2;28 Must have appropriate medication dispensing 2:40 Sickle cell trait and hemoglobin A1c 3:41 In diabetes the higher your […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - February 10, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: All Podcasts Cancer Pediatrics PodMed Smoking Source Type: podcasts
" Toxic Block " -- The Discovery Files
University of Delaware (UD) researchers have discovered a soil microbe that mobilizes an " iron shield " to block the uptake of toxic arsenic in rice. Arsenic occurs naturally in rocks and soils, air and water, plants and animals. It's used in a variety of industrial products and practices, from wood preservatives, pesticides and fertilizers, to copper smelting. Chronic exposure to arsenic has been linked to cancer, heart disease and diabetes. The UD finding gives hope that a natural, low-cost solution--a probiotic for rice plants--may be in sight to protect this global food source from accumulating harmful levels of one o...
Source: The Discovery Files - June 30, 2015 Category: Science Authors: National Science Foundation Source Type: podcasts
