Visual Abstracts for COVID-19 #CoVisuals
Chelsea Harris, MD Visual Abstracts for COVID-19 #CoVisuals
#CoVisuals are educational visual abstracts created by Dr. Chelsea Harris, MD, MS a General Surgery Resident at the University of Maryland. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - April 2, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Chelsea Harris, MD Tags: Infectious Disease Chelsea Harris coronavirus covid-19 covid19 CoVisual Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, February 17th 2020
Discussion of the Evolutionary Genetics of Aging
Thymic Involution Contributes to Immunosenescence and Inflammaging
The Potential for Exosome Therapies to Treat Sarcopenia
Correlations of Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number and Epigenetic Age Measures
Evidence for PASK Deficiency to Reduce the Impact of Aging in Mice
The Aging Retina, a Mirror of the Aging Brain
Evidence for Loss of Capillary Density to be Important in Heart Disease
Aspects of Immune System Aging Proceed More Rapidly in Men
Deacetylation of the NLRP3 Inflammasome as a Way to Control Chronic Inflammation
Transplantation of Senescent Cel...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 16, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Notes on the 2020 Longevity Therapeutics Conference in San Francisco
I recently attended the 2020 Longevity Therapeutics conference in San Francisco. I presented on the work ongoing at Repair Biotechnologies, but as is usually the case the more important parts of the visit took place outside the bounds of the conference proper. Longevity Therapeutics is one of the four or five core conferences for the longevity industry, at which you'll meet many of the early participants - a mix of scientists, entrepreneurs, and investors, and patient advocates. As such, most of the conference goers have already seen my updates, or are otherwise aware of the Repair Biotechnologies programs aimed at thymic ...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 10, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Healthy Life Extension Community Source Type: blogs
Thanking a lot of people - all the Acknowledgement sections from all my papers
This article was written using the Authorea scientific writing platform.The authors would like to thank the Coronado Pop Warner Islanders for initial collection of the sample and participation in Project MERCCURI, as well as Kris Tracy who assisted in the etymology of the proposed species name.The 16S rRNA sequence analysis was performed under the MiSeq Com- petition MkIIm by New Zealand Genome Limited and with the assistance of Patrick Biggs (NZGL) for MiSeq sequence processing. We thank Alex- ander Forrest for the loan of the Brancker CTD. We are grateful to three anonymous reviewers for their comments and suggestions. W...
Source: The Tree of Life - November 28, 2019 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs
What Can Quantum Computing Do To Healthcare?
A
leap from bits to qubits: this two-letter change could mean entirely new
horizons for healthcare. Quantum computing might bring supersonic drug design,
in silico clinical trials with virtual humans simulated ‘live’, full-speed
whole genome sequencing and analytics, the movement of hospitals to the cloud, the
achievement of predictive health, or the security of medical data via quantum
uncertainty. Jaw-dropping, isn’t it?
Quantum supremacy, light bulbs, and
42
If
you want annoying people to stay away from your birthday party or scare off
unwanted relatives from visiting, just start to talk about quantum comput...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 31, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Future of Pharma AI connected DNA genetics genomics Health Health 2.0 Healthcare Hospital patient technology in silico trials drug development drugs health data security smart quantum quantum comp Source Type: blogs
Artificial Blood: Unsolvable Biological Puzzle Or Soon-To-Be Reality?
What
is the common denominator for milk, lamb blood, urine, and beer? You would
never guess, so we let you off the hook: they were all tried as substitutes for
blood during experiments on the quest to find an alternative fluid to replace
the elixir of life: human blood. Despite the tremendous efforts, though,
artificial blood remains an unsolvable biological puzzle with only a few
innovative solutions that give hope that one day it will become a reality.
An entire bloody business in vein?
Blood
has been the symbol of life for millennia – as it is connected so vehemently to
good health and well-being. People notice...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 26, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Biotechnology Future of Medicine blood donation history biology history of medicine artificial artificial blood substitute Source Type: blogs
Why A Diverse and Inclusive Healthcare Innovation Workforce Matters
By ANDRÉ BLACKMAN
There I was, my 10th-grade science fair. My mother made
sure I had a tie that fit properly and a shirt that was perfectly pressed. I stood among my peers
with our cardboard presentation displays highlighting what we did to make it to
this point. I was a little nervous but also extremely proud of myself and
excited to see the looks on the judge’s faces when they saw what my project was
about:
“The Effects
of Enzymes on DNA”
Boom. Oh, I wasn’t doing something that many people had seen
already — I was working inside an NIH facility with a brilliant scientist
mentor/coach, to get t...
Source: The Health Care Blog - June 12, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Tech Health Technology digital health Diversity Healthcare Hiring inclusion talent workforce; Source Type: blogs
The Simon Abundance Index ® 2019
“Is it OK to still have children?” That’s a question that bothers the environmental consciousness of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). Comedian Bill Maher thinks that he has the answer. “The great under-discussed factor in the climate crisis is there are just too many of us and we use too much s*#t. Climate deniers like to say, ‘There’s no population problem, just look out the window of an airplane. So much open space down there.’ But it’s not about space, it’s about resources. Humans are already using 1.7 times the resources the planet can support,” he recentl y noted. There are plenty of ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 31, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Marian L. Tupy, Gale L. Pooley Source Type: blogs
Liquid Biopsy for Monitoring Transplanted Stem Cells
Researchers from the University of Maryland, University of Pennsylvania, and Emory University have demonstrated that a blood test can be used to track the efficacy of transplanted stem cells. They analyzed tiny cellular components called exosomes that were secreted from transplanted stem cells.
“Exosomes contain the signals of the cells they’re derived from – proteins as well as nucleic acids and micro ribonucleic acids (miRNAs) – which affect receptor cells and remodel or regenerate the organ we’re targeting,” said study co-senior author Sunjay Kaushal, PhD, MD, Professor of Surgery at UMSOM and Director of P...
Source: Medgadget - May 28, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Siavash Parkhideh Tags: Genetics Medicine Oncology Pathology Source Type: blogs
How to Improve the Mental Health of Older Adults
“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be.” – Robert Browning
Older adults should be enjoying their so-called “golden years,” yet too many are beset with mental health issues that, in addition to other medical conditions they may have, contribute to a decline in their mental health. There is hope to help counter this, however, and new research points to innovative, as well as common sense, approaches on how to improve the mental health of older adults.
Learn How to Cope with Anger
Research from the American Psychological Association shows that anger is more harmful to the health of older adults than sadness....
Source: World of Psychology - May 23, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Suzanne Kane Tags: Aging Mental Health and Wellness Alzheimer's disease Dementia Elderly Source Type: blogs
One Problem with Big Government: Often Run by Crooks and Liars
Presidential candidates are proposing ideas to expand government, including a Green New Deal and Medicare for All. One flaw with such schemes is that they would give government officials large new powers to be exercised not by angels but often by very shady characters.James Madisonwrote that politicians sought office “from 3 motives. 1. ambition 2. personal interest. 3. public good. Unhappily the two first are proved by experience to be most prevalent.”There are news stories every day that buttress Madison ’s point. Here are two that caught my eye.Catherine Pugh: “Personal Interest”–as covered by Brakkton Booke...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 7, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs
Donor Kidney Transported by Drone to Lucky Recipient
Clinicians and engineers at the University of Maryland have pulled off an impressive feat of delivering a donor kidney via a drone, a kidney that was later implanted into a fortunate patient. It may seem that once you figure out how to deliver something using a drone, other things of a similar size and weight would be about as esy to transport. Not so when you’re moving human organs around.
Organs and the environment in which they’re transported have to be constantly monitored during all phases of transportation. The temperature, vibrations experienced, and even barometric pressure of organs have to be kept wit...
Source: Medgadget - May 1, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Emergency Medicine Public Health Surgery Urology Source Type: blogs
Why It ’ s Okay to Cry in Public
I waited three months after I was discharged from the hospital for suicidal depression to make contact with the professional world again. I wanted to be sure I didn’t “crack,” like I had done in a group therapy session. A publishing conference seemed like an ideal, safe place to meet. A crowded room of book editors would certainly prevent any emotional outbursts on my part. So I reached out to colleague who had been feeding me assignments pre-nervous breakdown and invited her for a cup of coffee.
“How are you?” she asked me.
I stood there frozen, trying my best to mimic the natural smile I had practiced in front ...
Source: World of Psychology - April 9, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Brain and Behavior Depression General Mental Health and Wellness Self-Help bonding Crying Embarrassment Emotional Expression Source Type: blogs
