The Shame of US Health Care Dysfunction: Hookworm Returns to Alabama
ConclusionsAs we have noted endlessly, the US spends more per capita on health care than any other developed country. US politicians used to make the claim that the country has the best health care system in the world, often to ward off any attempts at true health care reform. However, US rankings on various measures - some of which may be disputed - of health care processes and outcomes have been decidedly mediocre. (See for example the latest Commonwealth Fund studyhere.)The new study of hookworm prevalence was not based on a big, systematic, or geographically diverse sample. However it is strikin...
Source: Health Care Renewal - September 7, 2017 Category: Health Management Tags: government health care foundations public health Source Type: blogs
What ’s It Like to Have a Radiologist at the Zoo?
Animals at the Brookfield Zoo can now get medical imaging evaluations thanks to Marina Ivan čić, MD, the Chicago Zoological Society’s full-time, board-certified veterinary radiologist. Like human radiologists, Ivan čić starts her day by doing rounds with the rest of the veterinary practitioners, and then focuses on examining images and writing diagnoses. The Brookfield Zoo is one of three zoos in the country that operates its own CT scanner. They also have fluoroscopy and ultrasonography equipment and a set protocol for bringing animals to other facilities for MRIs. Ivan čić ' s passion for veterinary radiology ...
Source: radRounds - July 29, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
Being queer in the jungle: The unique challenges of LGBTQ scientists working in the field
The Stonewall Riots occurred on June 28, 1969. It was this summer evening that sparked the Gay Rights Movement. Now, forty-eight years later, the world celebrates Pride Month every June to celebrate, honor, support, and fight for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community.
The queer community is resilient. No matter what obstacles they encounter, their battle to live, pursue their passions, and contribute to society endures. For many queer people that passion is science. Queer scientists such as Alan Turing who was crucial in ending World War II, and Sara Josephine Baker who made unprecedented br...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - June 28, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Ben Ragen Tags: Uncategorized field research LGBTQ Source Type: blogs
Online purchase patterns show left-wingers and right-wingers read very different science books
The partisan consumption of science may contribute to opposing views on important issues
By Alex Fradera
With political tribalism a feature of our times, perhaps science could act as a unifying force. While faith in politicians and journalists is in the doldrums, surveys in countries like Britain, Canada and the US suggest scientists are among the most respected professions, and citizens are appreciative of the contribution science makes to their lives. As the authors of a recent article in Nature Human Behaviour note, it seems that “we may disagree on emotionally charged social issues, but at least we can agree on scie...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - June 6, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Political Source Type: blogs
Marching For Skepticism
By SAURABH JHA, MD
In college, I once marched for the plight of Tibetans. Forty of us marched in Hyde Park, London – after an hour, half retreated to the nearest pub to discuss global injustices. Recently, over a million, including five penguins, marched for science. There were no penguins at our march for Tibetans but our goal, though naïve and unrealistic, was clear – we wanted Tibetan independence from Chinese rule. The goals of March for Science, a worldwide endeavor with marches as far south as Antarctica, were numerous and ambiguous.
If you attended the science march expecting to hear about the theory of ether,...
Source: The Health Care Blog - June 4, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: at RogueRad Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Lions, Tigers, and Bears Can Fit in This CT Scanner
Animals at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago are getting world-class radiology care. Last summer, La Grange Memorial and Hinsdale hospitals donated their 16-slice CT scanner to the zoo, one of the largest scanners in existence.Both hospitals consolidated their equipment when they moved their imaging services to the Amita Health Cancer Institute& Outpatient Center in Hinsdale, IL. The Brookfield eagerly accepted the new scanner that produces images 16 times faster than their old scanner, thus reducing the amount of time the animal needs to be under anesthesia.The scanner ’s tunnel is 90 centimeters wide, and is suitable f...
Source: radRounds - April 13, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
Update: more research made accessible with figshare
This week Springer Nature’s figshare integration reached more than 450 BioMed Central and SpringerOpen journals. Upwards of 19,000 articles now have their supplementary materials (additional files) stored in figshare and previewable within the journal article. As a result these research outputs are now available in a more citable, shareable and discoverable manner.
In December 2016 Springer Nature (our parent company) introduced this new approach for additional files at BioMed Central and SpringerOpen journals. Each file receives a unique DOI and richer metrics on readership and usage, while the files themselves are disp...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - February 23, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Graham Smith Tags: Open Access Publishing FigShare Source Type: blogs
Illustrated Dictionary of Parasitology in the Post-Genomic Era
Hany M. Elsheikha and Edward L. Jarroll present a new book on Illustrated Dictionary of Parasitology in the Post-Genomic Era With over 4500 entries and more than 170 figures this volume reflects recent, ground-breaking advances in parasitology research. The authors have provided, in a single-volume, an up-to-date glossary of the terminology encountered in contemporary parasitology literature. The dictionary also covers many pertinent terms from related fields of veterinary medicine and life sciences, including microbiology, genetics, biochemistry, biotechnology, infectious diseases, epidemiology, zoonoses, public health, m...
Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. - February 1, 2017 Category: Microbiology Source Type: blogs
August blogs digest: the future of the chiropractic profession, schistosomiasis, brexit, and more
The New Chiropractic
Dr Matt Bulman from the Chiropractic and Osteopathic College of Australasia interviews Editor-in-Chief of Chiropractic & Manual Therapies: Associate Professor Bruce Walker on his article ‘The new chiropractic’ which sets out a ten point plan for the advancement of the profession of chiropractic.
Schistosomiasis Outbreak in Corsica, France
Anouk Gouvras, a postdoctoral researcher at the Natural History Museum tells the story of unexpected cases of urogenital schistosomiasis appearing in France in 2014.
The future for science post-Brexit
In the wake of the EU referendum, Miranda Wilson-Wood looks...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - September 12, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Davy Falkner Tags: Biology Health Medicine Uncategorized blogs digest Source Type: blogs
Peerage of Science: the inspiration, aims and future developments
Where did the inspiration for Peerage of Science come from?
‘Inspiration’ sounds something sudden, and personal. And that’s how it felt. It was beyond midnight, I was in bed, and there in the darkness it was all suddenly so clear. The three concepts that better peer review needs and how they tie to each other.
I had to get up and start writing it up. I wrote all night, and the basic outline of Peerage of Science was ready for colleague comments by 6 am. Those colleagues became my co-founders later on.
But of course that is not how ideas come to be, in reality. Ideas are never products of a single mind. Ideas do n...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - June 16, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Janne-Tuomas Seppänen Tags: Publishing BMC Series peer review quality of peer review Source Type: blogs
Jun 5, Warder Clyde Allee: Today in the History of Psychology (5th June 1885)
Warder Clyde Allee was born. An eminent zoologist and renowned pioneer of American ecology, Allee published over 180 research papers during his academic career which included influential work on a range of topics within the behavioral sciences e.g. social facilitation, cooperation and studies of crowding. (Source: Forensic Psychology Blog)
Source: Forensic Psychology Blog - June 6, 2016 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: blogs
More to science: working as a Research Funding Manager
What is your scientific background?
My scientific imagination was properly captured early on in my undergraduate studies at Cambridge by some fabulous lecturers from the Zoology department.
I had enjoyed both science and arts subjects at school, but reckoned I was better at science, and for a time I thought I would become a doctor so chose my school subjects accordingly. When applying for university, taking the decision to study biology with no clear career goal in mind was scary at the time, but worked out for the best.
I really got to understand how wide-ranging and interesting biology could be at university. I quickly b...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - May 26, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Dana Berry Tags: Biology Health Medicine #moretoscience Careers > Science early career researchers PhD Source Type: blogs
On the Bright Side: Juvenile Atlantic Cod Behavior Is Impervious to Ocean Acidification
Ocean acidification is the name given to describe the process by which, in response to rising carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, more and more CO2 is taken out of the atmosphere and dissolved into the surface waters of the world’s oceans, thus lowering their pH values. Such reductions are hypothesized by many scientists to harm marine life. Citing the review paper of Briffa et al. (2012), for example, Jutfelt and Hedgärde (2015) state that “a number of reports in recent years have suggested that the behavior of coral reef fish, including their activity level, boldness, behavioral asymmetry (lateralization), and responses...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 10, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Craig D. Idso Source Type: blogs
