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Oral Probenecid Cuts Time to Viral Clearance in COVID-19
TUESDAY, Aug. 1, 2023 -- For patients with symptomatic, mild-to-moderate COVID-19, oral probenecid results in a reduction in the time to viral clearance, according to a study published online July 6 in Viruses. David E. Martin, Pharm.D., from...
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 1, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Myanmar junta pardons former leader Suu Kyi for five offences
Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been pardoned on five of the 19 offences for which she was convicted and jailed for a total of 33 years, state media and an informed source reported on Tuesday. The pardons would mean a reduction in her jail term of six years, junta spokesperson Zaw Min…#myanmar #aungsan #elevenmediagroup #nobellaureate #winmyint #suukyi #junta #nobelpeaceprize #kanupriyakapoor #robertbirsel
Source: Reuters: Health - August 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Kombucha Shows Potential Diabetes Benefit in Small Trial
(MedPage Today) -- Drinking kombucha helped improve blood glucose levels in people with type 2 diabetes, according to a randomized, controlled pilot trial. After drinking the fermented tea for a month, participants saw a significant reduction...
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - August 1, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

MIT researcher discusses potential for wearable ultrasound patch
Canan DaĞdeviren, PhD, spoke with AuntMinnie.com about a wearabl...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: Wearable ultrasound patch detects suspicious breast findings Which women should receive ultrasound for breast screening? CAD improves radiologists' breast ultrasound reading performance AI shows perfect performance in invasive lobular carcinoma AI performs well with portable breast ultrasound images
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - August 1, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Electrified cement could turn houses and roads into nearly limitless batteries
Tesla’s Powerwall, a boxy, wall-mounted, lithium-ion battery, can power your home for half a day or so. But what if your home was the battery? Researchers have come up with a new way to store electricity in cement, using cheap and abundant materials. If scaled up, the cement could hold enough energy in a home’s concrete foundation to fulfill its daily power needs. Scaled up further, electrified roadways could power electric cars as they drive. And if scientists can find a way to do this all cheaply the advance might offer a nearly limitless capacity for storing energy from intermittent renewable sources, suc...
Source: ScienceNOW - July 31, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

ACR: Radiology could take up to 4% reimbursement reduction in 2024
Radiology could take an up to 4% reimbursement reduction under the Centers fo...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: CMS proposes radiology reimbursement cuts, AUC pause for 2024 MPFS ACR weighs in on CMS proposed Medicare cuts How you can help improve the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule ACR updates Appropriateness Criteria Last-minute Congressional action reduces Medicare fee cuts for 2023
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - July 31, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Breastfeeding Linked to Reduced Risk for Postperinatal Infant Death
MONDAY, July 31, 2023 -- Breastfeeding is associated with a reduction in postperinatal infant death during the first year of life, according to a study recently published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Julie L. Ware, M.D., M.P.H.,...
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - July 31, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

92% of attendees feel safe at long-running L.A. County parks program
Key takeawaysParks After Dark began at three Los Angeles County Parks in 2010, in part to help reduce violence and encourage physical activity. It has expanded to 34 parks.A survey of attendees from 2022 found that 92% felt safe at the events, and 94% agreed that the program gave them the chance to spend quality time with their families.UCLA researchers concluded that, over the course of the program, 189 fewer crimes have been committed in the neighborhoods hosting the events than could have been expected to occur otherwise.Leer en espa ñol.Ninety-two percent of people who attended a nighttime events program in Los Angele...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - July 31, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Impact of Sources of Strength on adolescent suicide deaths across three randomized trials - Wyman P, Cero I, Brown CH, Espelage D, Pisani A, Kuehl T, Schmeelk-Cone K.
This study pooled three cluster-RCTs of Sources of Strength (n=78  high schools), a universal so...
Source: SafetyLit - July 31, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Community fire risk reduction: longitudinal assessment for HomeSafe Fire Prevention Program in Canada - Al-Hajj S, Thomas L, Morris S, Clare J, Jennings C, Biantoro C, Garis L, Pike I.
This study aims to offer an overview and a longitudinal evaluation of the HomeSafe program implemented in Surrey in 2008 and to assess its effectiveness...
Source: SafetyLit - July 31, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Cambridge biotech Ribon cuts employees, halts preclinical work
A startup co-founded by a former MIT scientist with backing from GV and several Big Pharma firms is making workforce cuts.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - July 31, 2023 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Rowan Walrath Source Type: news

Why AI Needs Software Design Concepts for Successful Applications
Daniel Jackson is professor of computer science at MIT, and associate director of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial ...#danieljackson #mit
Source: Reuters: Health - July 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

' Accent reduction ' is racist to some but empowering to others. Here ' s a look at the controversy
Four years ago, Elizabeth took a "Business English" course to communicate better with her colleagues. But the 35-year-old Taiwanese professional who lives in Singapore said they still ridicule her accent. So she's now thinking about taking more courses, with two goals in mind: to improve her…#taiwanese #singapore #sapconcur #asiapacific #newzealand #taiwan #jessicaspence #accentadvisor #reginakim #fairfielduniversity
Source: Reuters: Health - July 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Percentage of women in tech has largely stagnated for 20 years
Viet Vu is manager of economic research at The Dais at Toronto Metropolitan University. “Because it’s 2015,” newly elected Justin Trudeau proclaimed in justifying the first gender-balanced cabinet in Canadian history. And rightly so – one of the most positive and dramatic shifts over the past…#vietvu #justintrudeau #statisticscanada #harvard #mit #montreal
Source: Reuters: Health - July 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

MIT study suggests food label removal could change the way we eat
The phrase 'global climate crisis' is frequently linked to expensive or complex solutions, but could the answer to combatting the issue lie in something as simply as food labels? How much attention do you pay to a menu when you head to a restaurant? For some of us, food is little more than a…#parisagreements #mit #phd #alexberke #kentlarson #citysciencegroup #berke #rsvp #nt #berkeand
Source: Reuters: Health - July 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news