Fight Aging! Newsletter, November 22nd 2021
This study nicely illustrates the importance of the cellular metabolic state of myeloid cells: it highlights that not only the availability of glucose, but also its channeling into different pathways (glycolysis versus glycogen synthesis) contributes to maintaining proper myeloid function.
On the Ability of Redundant Blood Vessels to Lower Cardiovascular Mortality
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2021/11/on-the-ability-of-redundant-blood-vessels-to-lower-cardiovascular-mortality/
A few strategies offer the possibility of growing additional redundant blood vessels, though this is far from rigorously p...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 21, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
These Vitamins Help Fight COVID-19
These vitamins could reduce respiratory conditions and COVID-19 infections. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - November 18, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mina Dean Tags: COVID19 Source Type: blogs
More Data on Particulate Air Pollution as a Contributing Cause of Mortality
In this study, we investigated whether the type of fuel used for cooking is associated with subsequent 8-year mortality and whether switching the fuel used for cooking for 4 years is associated with changes in HR with successive 5 years of follow-up.
Among the participants in the 2011-2018 survey, 53% reported using solid fuel. Such group was associated with a 9% increase in mortality risk relative to clean fuel users (HR = 1.09). Among participants in the 2014-2018 survey, 339 reported a switch from solid to clean fuels and they were not at increased mortality risk relative to the 488 people that reported a stable ...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 15, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
The Vitamin That Helps Fight Off COVID-19
The vitamin helps ward off respiratory infections and enhances the immune response to the virus. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - November 13, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mina Dean Tags: Nutrition Source Type: blogs
Chip for Investigation of Coronavirus Intestinal Infection
This study demonstrates that we can explore complex interactions between cells, pathogens, and drugs in the human intestine using our Intestine Chip as a preclinical model,” said Don Ingber, a researcher involved in the study, via a press release. “We hope it proves useful in the ongoing effort to better understand the effects of SARS-CoV-2 and to identify drugs that could be used to combat future viral pandemics.”
Study in Frontiers in Pharmacology: Enteric Coronavirus Infection and Treatment Modeled With an Immunocompetent Human Intestine-On-A-Chip
Flashbacks: Intestine Chip to Study Human-Microbiome Interact...
Source: Medgadget - November 10, 2021 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: GI Medicine Public Health Source Type: blogs
Developments In Psychology ’s Covid Research
By Emma L. Barratt
Early in the pandemic, there was a rapid shift in the pace of research. With the situation evolving quickly, lockdowns coming into effect, and the massive loss of life that followed, researchers across academia were racing against the clock to produce papers.
This haste was unusual for most scientists, more used to detailed scrutiny, further investigations, and collaboration. As a result, some were concerned about the rigour of papers that would ultimately see the light of day. Early on, psychologist Vaughan Bell tweeted with regards to Covid research, “If it’s urgent, the urgency is to ...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - November 8, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Coronavirus Feature Source Type: blogs
The unsung heroes: respiratory therapists
Working day after day, year after year, in a busy high acuity ICU, we all have become a“second family.” The public doesn’t hear much about respiratory therapists, especially during this COVID nightmare. But they have been the unsung heroes. So who are the respiratory therapists, and what do they do? Respiratory therapists are specializedRead more …The unsung heroes: respiratory therapists originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 6, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/debbie-moore-black" rel="tag" > Debbie Moore-Black, RN < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Specialist Source Type: blogs
Maintaining a patent airway in medical school
“GCS less than 8, intubate.”“Right, what else?”“Acute respiratory failure!”“Good, and what are the contraindications?” Crickets. The small flock of medical students stares blankly into our surgery TA’s face, anticipating an answer, like chicks awaiting a feed from a mother hen. He pauses, then eventually tells us. We regurgitate the answers before dispersingRead more …Maintaining a patent airway in medical school originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 3, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/mikayla-brockmeyer" rel="tag" > Mikayla Brockmeyer < /a > < /span > Tags: Education Medical school Source Type: blogs
Breath Test Developed for COVID-19
Researchers at Ohio State University managed to develop a breath test for COVID-19 that can spot the infection within seconds. The basis for the test is a unique ‘breath print’ of COVID-19 that the researchers have identified, and this includes a specific combination of oxygen, nitric oxide, and ammonia in the breath.
At this stage in the pandemic, many people have undergone a COVID-19 test, and testing remains a key tool in tracking and containing the virus. While PCR tests remain the gold standard method for detecting the virus, rapid testing methods have their place and typically involve a small sacrifice in accu...
Source: Medgadget - November 2, 2021 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Diagnostics Medicine Public Health Source Type: blogs
Properly Naming the Sinusitis-Otitis-Conjunctivitis Syndrome
One of our nonphysician providers recently announced, “This kid has that double-sickening thing you talk about all the time." She was referring to the sudden worsening of signs and symptoms (e.g., onset of fever) in a patient who had had an upper respiratory tract infection for several days.The majority of links in a Google search for “double-sickening" are references for sinusitis, but new-onset pneumonia is another double-sickening event. The Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines for sinusitis acknowledge double-sickening and concur that pneumonia can present similarly. I investigate for sinusit...
Source: M2E Too! Mellick's Multimedia EduBlog - November 1, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Good Grief! Where Have I Been All This Time ‽
My life was briefly put on hold, thanks to a certain virus, but now I’m back, more cheeky& cynical than ever!So much for new beginnings.A week after my knee surgery, just as I was able to feel more human than sore, I became sick. Then sicker. Then sicker still. A quick visit to the InstaCare on a quiet Sunday evening ushered me into my new life of exhaustion and fatigue.I’ve had five or six COVID–19 tests since the pandemic began. They were almost beginning to feel routine. That Sunday night was no different. I showed up to pick up my pre-registered self-test, then opted to be seen instead because I f...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - October 27, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Depression Goodreads Somnambulating Spinning Visualizing Source Type: blogs
Robotic Textiles for Breathing Recovery
Researchers at MIT, alongside collaborators from Uppsala University and KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, developed a ‘robotic textile’ that consists of an array of actuatable fibers. The fiber actuators are powered using compressed air, and can perform an impressive array of movements. Garments made using such fibers can sense how they’re stretched and compressed, and can provide tactile feedback at the same time. Although these fabrics have a multitude of uses, the researchers initially propose that the technology could assist patients in recovering breathing patterns after surgery or respiratory ill...
Source: Medgadget - October 20, 2021 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Materials Rehab kthuniversity mit uppsalauniversity Source Type: blogs
