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Study uncovers the effect of media professionalization on cognitive neurodynamicsFebruary 6, 2021 at 11:07 PM Professionalization in any field requires long-term experience and training. In the past decades, studies have demonstrated that the professionalization of athletes and artists create differences in the behavior of the brain while carrying out activities related to their area of expertise.Tags: Health 16 people like this. Like Technion team discovers new process for attacking cancer cellsFebruary 6, 2021 at 10:59 PM When treating cancer, researchers are always searching for ways to remove cancer cells while minimizing damage to the rest of the body. One possible approach is to find processes unique to cancer cells, and which would allow specific targeting. If such a process can be disrupted, only those cells would be affected.Tags: Health 49 people like this. Like Scientists obtain microalgae biomass with carotenoid pigments for food industryFebruary 6, 2021 at 10:54 PM In the framework of the Chlorella microalgae cultivation process, the researchers from Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University obtained microalgae biomass with a high content of carotenoid pigments, which is suitable for the food industry.Tags: Health, Peter, Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University 1 people like this. Like Discovery of ‘Achilles heel’ in gut bacteria may lead to targeted therapies for Crohn’s diseaseFebruary 6, 2021 at 10:05 PM The discovery of an "Achilles heel" in a type of gut bacteria that causes intestinal inflammation in patients with Crohn's disease may lead to more targeted therapies for the difficult to treat disease, according to Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators.Tags: Health, Newyork, Crohn, Weill Cornell Medicine 34 people like this. Like Months after fighting coronavirus, some now face heart, lung or neurological problemsFebruary 6, 2021 at 11:10 PM Daisy Martinez did her best to avoid the coronavirus.
“Everyone was kind of shocked when I came down with it, because I was so protected. I always wore the PPE, washing my hands,” said Martinez, 56. “I was always doing the extra.”
But she caught the virus, as have millions of other Californians. And, like potentially hundreds of thousands of Californians, it’s with her still months later.
A registered nurse at Queen of the Valley Medical Center in West Covina, Martinez spent three months in a ho...Tags: Health, News, California, Sport, Public Health, Soccer, Oakland, Monrovia, Usc, Ucla, Morrison, Santa Rosa, Martinez, Riverside, Currier, Lane 52 people like this. Like Sleep studies could affect treatment decisions in children with sleep disordered breathingFebruary 6, 2021 at 9:22 PM A new study recommends healthy children with symptoms of sleep disordered breathing, such as snoring or temporary cessation of breathing, should consider undergoing a sleep study (polysomnography) and should discuss the potential benefits of this with their pediatrician or otolaryngologist to possibly manage the child's symptoms medically and before surgery.Tags: Health 10 people like this. Like Small wearable sensor can detect stress biomarker in sweatFebruary 6, 2021 at 9:17 PM We've all felt stressed at some point, whether in our personal or professional lives or in response to exceptional circumstances like the COVID-19 pandemic. But until now there has been no way to quantify stress levels in an objective manner.Tags: Health 20 people like this. Like Mortality from sudden cardiac arrest is higher in COVID-19 patientsFebruary 6, 2021 at 9:10 PM Sudden cardiac arrest is more often fatal in people with COVID-19, a new study shows. Those responsible for the research see the results as a wake-up call for the public and care providers alike.Tags: Health, COVID 1 people like this. Like Study highlights the importance and complexities of family mealtimes in the 21st centuryFebruary 6, 2021 at 9:04 PM Mealtimes are a central aspect of family life, affecting the health and wellbeing of both children and adults. Although the benefits of healthy mealtimes are straightforward, helping all families realize those benefits is quite complicated, new research from University of Illinois shows.Tags: Health, University Of Illinois, Mealtimes 12 people like this. Like Researchers elucidate mechanism by which blood and lymph vessels remain separatedFebruary 6, 2021 at 9:00 PM Researchers from Kumamoto University (Japan) have clarified the mechanism by which blood and lymph vessels remain segregated from one another after development.Tags: Health, Japan, Kumamoto University 37 people like this. Like Scientists use the knowledge from climate system models to help fight COVID-19 pandemicFebruary 6, 2021 at 8:45 PM At the time of writing, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is seriously threatening human lives and health throughout the world.Tags: Health 39 people like this. Like Dartmouth-invented camera system captures real-time video of the beam during radiation treatmentFebruary 6, 2021 at 8:27 PM Dartmouth's and Dartmouth-Hitchcock's Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC) is the first cancer center in the world to install BeamSite Cherenkov imaging cameras in its radiotherapy treatment rooms.Tags: Health, Dartmouth, Dartmouth Hitchcock, Norris Cotton Cancer Center NCCC 36 people like this. Like New AI-assisted method could help counter COVID-19 mutationsFebruary 6, 2021 at 7:56 PM USC researchers have developed a new method to counter emergent mutations of the coronavirus and hasten vaccine development to stop the pathogen responsible for killing thousands of people and ruining the economy.Tags: Health, Usc 27 people like this. Like Novel dural puncture-sealing device decreases cerebrospinal fluid leakageFebruary 6, 2021 at 7:39 PM These leaks could be the cause of strong headaches that can last weeks, delaying recovery following an intervention with this anesthetic technique or making it more difficult for the mother to care for her child following childbirth with an epidural.Tags: Health 7 people like this. Like Newsom says state will revise indoor worship guides after Supreme Court rulingFebruary 6, 2021 at 7:21 PM A Pasadena-based church has won a partial injunction against California’s prohibition against indoor worship services to help limit the spread of coronavirus under a U.S. Supreme Court ruling issued late Friday night, Feb. 5. Restrictions on crowd size, singing and chanting can remain in place, however, according to the nation’s highest court.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said Saturday that those state measures were imposed to protect worshippers from getting infected, but that the state will issu...Tags: Health, News, Supreme Court, Education, California, Government, Religion, Sport, Soccer, Community, Pasadena, Gavin Newsom, Southern California, U S Supreme Court, John Roberts, Los Angeles County 20 people like this. Like Grandfather becomes oldest person to row 3,000 miles solo across AtlanticFebruary 6, 2021 at 7:12 PM Frank Rothwell, 70, raised more than £640,000 for Alzheimer’s Research UK in tribute to his brother-in-law RogerA grandfather has become the oldest person to row 3,000 miles solo across the Atlantic Ocean, raising more than £640,000 for dementia research.Frank Rothwell, 70, from Oldham, set off from La Gomera in the Canary Islands on 12 December and crossed the finish line in Antigua in the Caribbean on Saturday – reuniting with Judith, his wife of 50 years, in good time for Valentine’s Day. Con...Tags: Health, UK, Society, UK News, Atlantic, Charities, Alzheimer's, Caribbean, Oldham, Canary Islands, Antigua, Atlantic Ocean, La Gomera, Judith, Frank Rothwell 5 people like this. Like Why the preservation of the Affordable Care Act should matter to you [PODCAST]February 6, 2021 at 7:00 PM “Is the ACA perfect? Not by a long shot. In Kentucky, where I live, there are only 2 insurers selling individual policies on the exchange. A Silver plan for my husband and myself costs $1,800 per month in premiums, with a $13,600 deductible and an out-of-pocket maximum of $14,600. Therefore, the total exposure every year […]
Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more.Tags: Health, Podcast, Kentucky, PA NP, Public Health & Policy, CRNA 149 people like this. Like L.A. County confirms 9 new cases of MIS-C in childrenFebruary 6, 2021 at 7:08 PM Los Angeles County reported 4,860 new cases of COVID-19 and 193 additional deaths on Saturday, Jan. 6, and confirmed nine new cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. The number of coronavirus patients in county hospitals was 4,421, according to the state dashboard, with 28.8% of those people in intensive care units.
The latest cases of MIS-C bring the total number of children infected in the county to 75, including one death. MIS-C is an inflammatory condition associated with COV...Tags: Health, Business, News, Supreme Court, Education, California, Government, NFL, Paul Simon, Sport, Public Health, Soccer, Nba, Long Beach, Community, Associated Press 3 people like this. Like HIV: Two generations share their experiencesFebruary 6, 2021 at 7:05 PM Two different generations consider what an HIV diagnosis meant for them.Tags: Health 39 people like this. Like Ex-beautician farmer raising mental health awarenessFebruary 6, 2021 at 7:03 PM Vickie Gillespie realised her dad's struggle with mental health after she started working with him.Tags: Health, Vickie Gillespie 25 people like this. Like Oxford Covid jab less effective against South African variant, study findsFebruary 6, 2021 at 6:59 PM University of the Witwatersrand and Oxford University research shows vaccine has reduced efficacy against mutationCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBritish drugmaker AstraZeneca said on Saturday that its vaccine developed with the University of Oxford appeared to offer only limited protection against mild disease caused by the South African variant of Covid-19, based on early data from a trial.The study from South Africa’s University of the Witwatersrand and Oxford Univ...Tags: Health, UK News, Medical Research, South Africa, Infectious Diseases, Astrazeneca, Vaccines and immunisation, University of Oxford, Oxford University, Financial Times, University of the Witwatersrand, Coronavirus 47 people like this. Like Coronavirus live: Western Australia details vaccine rollout; more than 11.4m in UK have had first jabFebruary 6, 2021 at 5:53 PM Oxford Covid shot less effective against S African variant, study suggestsNetherlands cases pass 1mWorcestershire begins surge testing for South African Covid variantUK on target to give all over-50s Covid jabs by May – taskforce chiefWhen Britain might start reopeningSee all our coronavirus coverage 10.40pm GMT AstraZeneca said on Saturday its vaccine developed with the University of Oxford appeared to offer only limited protection against mild disease caused by the South African Covid vari...Tags: Health, UK, England, Britain, South Africa, Infectious Diseases, Cambridge, Astrazeneca, Vaccines and immunisation, University of Oxford, Oxford University, Western Australia, Financial Times, Reuters, University of the Witwatersrand, Coronavirus 2 people like this. Like CBD will go on sale in Australia, but first manufacturers will have to prove it worksFebruary 6, 2021 at 2:00 PM While CBD has been approved for over-the-counter sale, there are regulatory hurdles to clear before it actually appears in pharmacies“You can have as much whiskey as you like, but there’s no whiskey available,” says Prof Iain McGregor, psychopharmacologist and academic director of the Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics, when asked to describe the rules around CBD in Australia at the moment. Related: How a cannabis farm cured my fear of nature | Zoe Williams Continue reading...Tags: Health, Australia, Drugs, Life and style, Society, Cannabis, Health & wellbeing, Pharmaceuticals industry, Zoe Williams, Iain McGregor, Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics, Australian lifestyle 14 people like this. Like A physician’s mid-career and mid-life successFebruary 6, 2021 at 3:00 PM A mid-life crisis, re-assessment, re-envision. Hollywood’s cliché version epitomized by Chevy Chase driving the “family truckster” while flirting with Christie Brinkley and later trying to skinny-dip with her. Of course, it is more than that. Researcher, Brene Brown, calls it the unraveling. It is a pause. Turning off auto-pilot. A re-evaluation of goals. Clinically, it […]
Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more.Tags: Health, Hollywood, Chevy Chase, Practice Management, Brene Brown, Christie Brinkley, Physician, PA NP, CRNA 143 people like this. Like The culture of silence works against medical professionals’ wellnessFebruary 6, 2021 at 1:00 PM This excerpt is adapted from Stress in Medicine: Lessons Learned Through My Years as a Surgeon, from Med School to Residency, and Beyond. I will never forget the moment when I learned that a longtime physician friend had taken his own life. My friend was younger than I, had been in practice for five years, […]
Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more.Tags: Health, Psychiatry, Physician, PA NP, CRNA, Med School 148 people like this. Like Novel hybrid device to boost research on metastatic process of breast cancer cellsFebruary 6, 2021 at 12:52 PM European researchers are working on a novel hybrid device to better understand the metastatic process of cancer cells travelling from breast to bone and fast screen new drugs against it.Tags: Health UiB professor receives 12 million NOK to study the relation between psychosis and criminal insanityFebruary 6, 2021 at 12:45 PM How and why does psychosis play a role when defining someone as criminally insane and lacking capacity for responsible action? Professor Linda Gröning at The Faculty of Law has been given 12 million NOK from The Research Council of Norway to learn more about the nuances of this question.Tags: Health, Research Council of Norway, Linda Gröning 12 people like this. Like Study intends to evaluate the effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in 1200 health professionalsFebruary 6, 2021 at 12:37 PM The data on the first 1000 health professionals, vaccinated on December 2020, reveals that 90% developed antibodies in the three weeks following the administration of the first dose.Tags: Health 14 people like this. Like Coronavirus live: More than 11.4 million in UK have had first dose; Netherlands cases surpass 1mFebruary 6, 2021 at 12:25 PM Worcestershire begins surge testing for South African Covid variantUK on target to give all over-50s Covid jabs by May – taskforce chiefWhen Britain might start reopeningSurgeon joins fight against vaccine hesitancy among BAME communitiesFourth Covid case linked to New Zealand hotelSee all our coronavirus coverage 5.25pm GMT A mosque has been turned into a pop-up Covid vaccination centre to help ease mistrust in the Muslim community about getting the jab, PA media reports.Young children went...Tags: Health, UK, England, London, Britain, Infectious Diseases, NHS, Netherlands, New Zealand, Vaccines and immunisation, Coronavirus, Muslim Centre for the Oxford AstraZeneca 9 people like this. Like Anticancer drug may reduce mortality and speed up recovery for severe COVID-19 patientsFebruary 6, 2021 at 11:58 AM Treating severe COVID-19 patients with the anticancer drug bevacizumab may reduce mortality and speed up recovery, according to a small clinical study in Italy and China that was led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden between February and April 2020.Tags: Health, Sweden, China, Italy, Karolinska Institutet 36 people like this. Like |
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