Freedom of movement for European Roller
About a week ago, the birding wires were buzzing with news of a rare visitor to the British Isles – a European Roller (Coracias garrulus). It’s the only Roller to breed in Europe and you usually find them around southern Spain, the Mediterranean coasts and into the Middle East, Central Asia, and Morocco, rather than the British Isles. But, here was one perching on overhead powerlines that cross a farm alongside a busy stretch of Suffolk road.
European Roller
Now, Mrs Sciencebase and myself love a bit of nature as you probably guessed by now, but we don’t tend to “twitch”, we rarely go out of o...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - July 1, 2021 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Birds Source Type: blogs
Update on the aducanumab (Aduhelm) saga, retirement, financial advice, cognitive health, excessive worrying, neurotech, and more
Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter, providing this time a summary of the saga around the FDA approval of aducanumab (Aduhelm) as a supposed treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease, plus a range of timely research findings and resources for lifelong brain health.
First, below are some key reads to navigate “probably the worst drug approval decision in recent U.S. history” — Dr. Aaron Kesselheim, the Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School who resigned rom the FDA Advisory Committee in protest.
#1. Growing backlash against the FDA approval of unproven Alzheimer’s tr...
Source: SharpBrains - June 30, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Education & Lifelong Learning SharpBrains Monthly eNewsletter Technology & Innovation aducanumab Aduhelm Alzheimers-disease anti-amyloid drug Biogen Brain Teasers brain-teaser cognitive decline cognitive-exerci Source Type: blogs
Holiday travel explains spread of a SARS-CoV-2 variant
The emergence and spread throughout Europe of a SARS-CoV-2 variant, 20E (EU1) in the summer of 2020 illustrates how a virus may become dominant not by increased transmissibility but through travel and lack of effective containment and screening. The SARS-CoV-2 variant 20E (EU1) emerged in Spain in the summer of 2020 and spread to multiple […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - June 11, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Basic virology antibody coronavirus COVID-19 fitness advantage pandemic SARS-CoV-2 transmission variant viral viruses Source Type: blogs
Housing Not for All: The Lack of Universal Accessibility to Housing in Multi-Unit Buildings in Spain, Sweden and Germany
Sergio Nasarre-Aznar (Rovira i Virgili University), H éctor Simón‐Moreno (Rovira i Virgili University), Housing Not for All: The Lack of Universal Accessibility to Housing in Multi-Unit Buildings in Spain, Sweden and Germany, 12 J. of Prop., Plan. and Env’t L. 1... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - June 9, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Do A & P Textbooks Have Too Much Content? | TAPP 94
Oh, thathuge A&P textbook I teach from! Do I really need tocover all of it? Host Kevin Patton discusses his take on this age-old problem. Does thecolor of my marking pen send a signal that I don't want to send to my students? A breakthrough in understandinghow teeth sense cold. And what in the world is atunneling nanotube—and can I get one at my local hardware store?Greek names for SARS-CoV-2 variants simplifies conversation and avoids stigma.00:00 | Introduction00:43 | How Do Teeth Sense Cold?07:04 | Sponsored by AAA08:32 | Red& Green for Student Feedback18:03 | What's a TNT?23:52 | Sponsored by HAPI25...
Source: The A and P Professor - June 7, 2021 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
Do A & P Textbooks Have Too Much Content? | TAPP 94
Oh, thathuge A&P textbook I teach from! Do I really need tocover all of it? Host Kevin Patton discusses his take on this age-old problem. Does thecolor of my marking pen send a signal that I don't want to send to my students? A breakthrough in understandinghow teeth sense cold. And what in the world is atunneling nanotube—and can I get one at my local hardware store?Greek names for SARS-CoV-2 variants simplifies conversation and avoids stigma.00:00 | Introduction00:43 | How Do Teeth Sense Cold?07:04 | Sponsored by AAA08:32 | Red& Green for Student Feedback18:03 | What's a TNT?23:52 | Sponsored by HAPI25...
Source: The A and P Professor - June 7, 2021 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
Is There A Future For Drones In Healthcare?
The threat COVID has posed ever since it first appeared influenced how healthcare operates on many levels. It triggered a rapid expansion in health technology – some obvious, like the rise of telemedicine or at-home lab tests, others filled a much-needed immediate void. The demand for safe solutions inclined the development of robotic support in hospitals – and drones.
I must admit, I expected the rise of drone-based solutions years ago (and I wasn’t alone with my expectations). By now, we are just at the very beginning of using drones in healthcare. And still, even now, when COVID-19 clearly showed the necessity ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - June 3, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Judit Kuszkó Tags: Covid-19 Forecast Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Future of Medicine Healthcare Design Healthcare Policy Portable Medical Diagnostics Robotics Security & Privacy Telemedicine & Smartphones drones telehealth medical drones mon Source Type: blogs
Memorial
I usually do a Memorial Day post, so okay I ' m late this year. I noticed yesterday a common trope, about remember those who " died defending our freedom. " (Here, for example, the Veep.) Err, no. Or for the most part no. The origins of Memorial Day are a bit obscure,but it appears that the earliest precedents were remembrances at the graves of Confederate dead, and indeed the first official observances were in former Confederate states. I ' ll grant you that the Union army dead had fought in the cause of freedom for people who are now at least nominally a part of our national community, so put one credit on the...
Source: Stayin' Alive - June 1, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
The Future of COVID-19 Therapies and Vaccines
Against all odds and breaking development records, we now have several approved COVID-19 vaccines rolling out worldwide. No need for DIY vaccines; these research-backed shots have repeatedly been shown to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infections and its spread. In May, following new evidence of efficacy in children, the FDA further approved administering the Pfizer / BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to children aged between 12 and 15 years. Before, only those aged 16 and up could get the vaccine but vaccinating more children will be key to achieving herd immunity and ending the pandemic.
With such a promising outlook of available vaccine...
Source: The Medical Futurist - June 1, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Pranavsingh Dhunnoo Tags: Covid-19 Digital Health Research therapy Fauci cdc vaccine pfizer Moderna SARS SARS-CoV-2 trials Duke Human Vaccine Institute Altimmune Nigel McMillan Source Type: blogs
Research Professors & Research Associates positions at the BCBL- Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language
Research Professors& Research Associates positions at the BCBL- Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebasti án, Basque Country, Spain) www.bcbl.euThe Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebasti án, Basque Country, Spain) offers Research Professors& Research Associates research fellow positions in seven main broad areas of research:- Language development across the life span- Speech perception, productions and disorders- Reading and dyslexia- Multilingualism- Neurodegeneration, brain damage and rehabilitation- Language and other cogni...
Source: Talking Brains - May 27, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
Why doctors can ’t rest
“How beautiful it is to do nothing and then rest afterward.” – Spanish Proverb. I saw this on a bookmark in a beautiful inn on the coast of South Carolina called the Sanctuary. This is a place I go to vacation, but I find I rarely escape. You see, there are rare times I trulyRead more …Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - May 20, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/marion-mccrary" rel="tag" > Marion McCrary, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Primary Care Source Type: blogs
Death, Taxes — and Paperwork
By KIM BELLARD
Tuesday, in case you missed it, was the deadline for filing your 2020 federal taxes (it was postponed from its usual April 15 date due to “the unusual circumstances related to the pandemic”). Nothing, Benjamin Franklin famously said, is certain but death and taxes, but if you live in the United States, you might add the inevitability of paperwork involved with both (and with healthcare in general).
The question is, does it have to be as bad as it is?
A Washington Post op-ed by Helaine Olen argues that tax filing could, and should, be much simpler. A March article in The Convers...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 19, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Tech EHR Kim Bellard Taxes Source Type: blogs
Your New Life In 2021 (Mid-Post COVID)
At the beginning of the pandemic, we wrote a lot about how the pandemic should and could be handled. In addition to providing real-world advice on what technology can do to support us (like Digital Health Apps To Use During Quarantine or The State of A.I. in the Fight Against COVID-19), we often provided forecasts (When And How Will COVID End?) and predictions about the management and the potential outcome of the epidemic (Will There Be A Second Wave). We even created an entire handbook to give away for free!
After drawing attention to the privacy and data protection issues raised by the pandemic (we issued a guide for ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - May 6, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Judit Kuszkó Tags: Covid-19 Forecast 3D Printing science telemedicine vaccination contact tracing cdc pfizer mask mRNA J&J herd immunity Uğur Şahin Karl Schroeder Source Type: blogs
CIO Podcast – Episode 5: Juan Luis Cruz on An International CIO Perspective
For the 5th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we’re sitting down with Juan Luis Cruz, CIO at Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre. For those not familiar with Juan Luis Cruz, he’s a hospital CIO in Madrid Spain. In this episode we learn how being the CIO internationally is different than […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 26, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: C-Suite Leadership Career and Jobs Health IT Company Healthcare CIO Podcasts Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Healthcare Leadership Hospital CIO International CIO Juan Luis Cruz Madrid CIO Source Type: blogs
