Month: August 2019

In the United States, total deaths to cardiometabolic disease – which includes heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and high blood pressure – have been rising since 2011, according to new research. New research examines the rate of cardiovascular deaths in the United States, and the racial disparities in these trends. The recent JAMA study investigated national
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Aug 29 2019 Postnova Analytics has published a new application note that demonstrates the promise of Electrical Asymmetric Field Flow Fractionation (EAF4) technology for separation and characterization of nanoplastics in the environment. The widespread use of plastics has created one of the worst human-created environmental disasters of current times. Typically formed by the weathering and
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Researchers in the laboratory of George Church have designed and synthesized an E. coli genome with more than 200,000 DNA-base changes—the most highly modified bacterial genome yet. The changes they made apply to DNA segments that code for protein building, but in a way that doesn’t alter the proteins’ structure or function. Read about the
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Aug 28 2019 There are 1.2 million Australians currently living with a communication disability, which can affect relationships, employment, education and social inclusion. Speech Pathology Australia is already putting a spotlight on this “hidden” disability through the course of Speech Pathology Week (25-31 August), which is well underway. Speech Pathology Australia’s Acting National President, Belinda
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New research finds that eye tracking tests can accurately detect people who have a form of mild cognitive impairment that predisposes them to Alzheimer’s disease. The direction of a person’s gaze can be a telltale sign of cognitive impairment. Alzheimer’s disease often evolves from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) — a small decline in memory and
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Ethos co-founders Lingke Wang, left, and Peter Colis, right. Ethos Ethos, the Silicon Valley start-up taking on America’s life insurance industry, just snagged $60 million in funding. The San Francisco-based company announced on Wednesday that it raised the fresh funds in a Series C round led by GV, Alphabet’s venture arm, and backed by Goldman Sachs. Existing
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A powerful superbug, a hypervirulent form of the bacteria Klebsiella pneumoniae, is a very difficult to curb infection. It causes a variety of infections including rare but life-threatening liver, respiratory tract, bloodstream and other infections. Bacteria colonies culture on MacConkey agar media (Klebsiella pneumoniae) contains small light grains. Image Credit: Sirirat / Shutterstock Antibiotic resistance
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Dr. Robert Wilfahrt, a family medicine physician at Mayo Clinic, discusses ADHD in adults. Dr. Wilfahrt is also a content editor and board member for the Mayo Clinic Health Letter. To learn more about adult ADHD, visit: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/adult-adhd/symptoms-causes/syc-20350878
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http://armandoh.org/ Describes Briefly What Hemostasis Is. Talks about vasospasm, platelet plug formation and coagulation https://www.facebook.com/ArmandoHasudungan Support me: http://www.patreon.com/armando Instagram: http://instagram.com/armandohasudungan Twitter: Tweets by armando71021105 Ref: Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology
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There is a growing demand for diagnostic markers for early disease detection and prognosis. Exosomes are potential biomarkers for cancer progression and neurodegenerative disease but it can be difficult to identify what tissue a specific exosome comes from. Researchers at Uppsala University and spin-off company Vesicode AB have solved this problem by developing a method
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Research shows that adults with mild cognitive impairment who practice mindfulness meditation could experience a boost in cognitive reserve. New research suggests that meditation can improve the brain health of older adults with mild cognitive impairment. Researchers from Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem, NC, published a paper in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease that
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Energy Secretary Rick Perry Joshua Roberts | Reuters The Department of Energy and the Weill Foundation on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding for a new public-private partnership which will use the agency’s artificial intelligence capabilities for biomedical research. Former Citigroup CEO Sandy Weill and Energy Secretary Rick Perry told CNBC’s “Closing Bell ” in
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Multiple-birth infants had a significantly higher risk of wrong-patient order errors compared with singletons in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), according to a new study by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. The higher error rate was due to misidentification between siblings within sets of twins, triplets, or
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A commonly used erectile dysfunction drug, sildenafil, doesn’t help patients who have heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, a condition in which the heart’s lower chambers are stiff and cannot relax and fill fully between beats. That is the finding of the RELAX study, presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 62nd Annual Scientific Session
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Anki is a powerful tool for premed and medical students to improve their memory through flashcards. However, as a tool it is often misused and misunderstood. Here’s how you can create more effective flashcards to get the most out of Anki. Make sure you first watch the Memorization Part 1 video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G49R744t4Ew Anki Playlist (Cloze
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