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No brain, no problem. Jellyfish learn just fine
When it comes to learned behavior, even the simplest minds are capable of advanced thought. The Caribbean box jellyfish ( Tripedalia cystophora ), which doesn’t even have a brain, can alter its behavior based on past experiences, new research reveals. Scientists believe the creature uses this learning ability along with its astoundingly complex visual system to navigate the murky mangrove swamps it calls home. Scientists have known for some time that animals in the phylum Cnidaria—which includes jellyfish, corals, and sea anemones—are capable of basic forms of learning when repeatedly presented with a stim...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 22, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

Strong association of depression and anxiety with the presence of back pain while impact of spinal imaging findings is limited: analysis of an MRI cohort study
Development of back pain is multifactorial, and it is not well understood which factors are the main drivers of the disease. We therefore applied a machine-learning approach to an existing large cohort study data set and sought to identify and rank the most important contributors to the presence of back pain amongst the documented parameters of the cohort. Data from 399 participants in the KORA-MRI (Cooperative Health Research in the Region Augsburg) study was analyzed. The data set included MRI images of the whole body, including the spine, metabolic, sociodemographic, anthropometric and cardiovascular data.
Source: The Journal of Pain - September 22, 2023 Category: Materials Science Authors: Veit M. Stoecklein, Sergio Grosu, Trayana Nikolova, Joerg-Christian Tonn, Stefan Zausinger, Jens Ricke, Christopher L. Schlett, Elke Maurer, Sven S. Walter, Annette Peters, Fabian Bamberg, Susanne Rospleszcz, Sophia Stoecklein Tags: Original Reports Source Type: research

This ECG was texted to me: normal variant early repolarization, or LAD Occlusion MI (OMI)?
This ECG was texted to me with no other information.  I assumed the presentation was consistent with acute MI.What did I say?" OMI.  Activate the cath lab. "  The T-waves in V2-V6 are diagnostic.  It does, in fact, the STE meets STEMI criteria since there is 1 mm of in V4 and V5.  There is also some non-diagnostic STE in inferior leads.  There is zero reciprocal ST depression. 50% of LAD OMI have zero reciprocal ST depression!But it looks a lot like normal variant STE (also known as " early repolarization " .Then I sent it to the Queen of Hearts PMCardio AI Bot and she gave this...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - September 22, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs

Higher Buprenorphine Dose May Improve Treatment Retention for Opioid Use Disorder
Patients who received a higher daily dose of buprenorphine (24 mg) were significantly more likely to remain in treatment over six months compared with those who received a lower dose (16 mg), according to astudy published this week inJAMA Network Open.“The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommends a target dose of 16 mg for buprenorphine maintenance treatment, with an upper limit of 24 mg,” wrote Laura Chambers, Ph.D., M.P.H., of Brown University and colleagues. The authors noted that this recommendation was established prior to the emerge nce of fentanyl in the illicit drug supply. “Some physicians have suggested...
Source: Psychiatr News - September 21, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Tags: buprenorphine discontinuation fentanyl JAMA Network Open Nora Volkow opioid use disorder Rhode Island treatment retention Source Type: research

Sensors, Vol. 23, Pages 8001: Deep-Learning-Aided Evaluation of Spondylolysis Imaged with Ultrashort Echo Time Magnetic Resonance Imaging
on C. Bae Isthmic spondylolysis results in fracture of pars interarticularis of the lumbar spine, found in as many as half of adolescent athletes with persistent low back pain. While computed tomography (CT) is the gold standard for the diagnosis of spondylolysis, the use of ionizing radiation near reproductive organs in young subjects is undesirable. While magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is preferable, it has lowered sensitivity for detecting the condition. Recently, it has been shown that ultrashort echo time (UTE) MRI can provide markedly improved bone contrast compared to conventional MRI. To take UTE MRI further,...
Source: Sensors - September 21, 2023 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Suraj Achar Dosik Hwang Tim Finkenstaedt Vadim Malis Won C. Bae Tags: Article Source Type: research

Feedback Sought on Cephalopod Care and Use
Cephalopods are aquatic invertebrate animals that include octopuses, squid, cuttlefish, and nautiluses. Earlier this month, we released a Request for Information (NOT-OD-23-176) seeking public input on the humane care and use of laboratory cephalopods at Assured institutions.   The proposed guidance acknowledges the evidence suggesting these animals would benefit from oversight, but also that there are not yet specific care and use standards to allow them to be regulated under the Public Health Service Policy for the Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (PHS Policy). Instead, the U.S. Government Principles p...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - September 20, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike Animal Welfare Request For Information (RFI) rigor Source Type: funding

Deep Learning: Orthopaedic Research Evolves for the Future
The practice of hip and knee arthroplasty has morphed since the turn of the century, as arthroplasty surgeons have been eager to adopt new technologies in attempts to continuously improve care. For example, in the year 2000, primary arthroplasty patients were routinely staying 5 to 7 days in the hospital [1] and requiring long-acting narcotics [2]. Today, patients are routinely discharged on the same day with well-controlled pain and even more frail patients only stay overnight. Of course, there is still room for improvement.
Source: The Journal of Arthroplasty - September 20, 2023 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Michael J. Taunton, Steve S. Liu, Michael A. Mont Tags: Editorial Source Type: research

Deep learning applications in osteoarthritis imaging
This article will provide a review of current applications of DL in osteoarthritis (OA) imaging, including methods used for cartilage lesion detection, OA diagnosis, cartilage segmentation, and OA risk assessment. DL techniques have been shown to have similar diagnostic performance as human readers for detecting and grading cartilage lesions within the knee on MRI. A variety of DL methods have been developed for detecting and grading the severity of knee OA and various features of knee OA on X-rays using standardized classification systems with diagnostic performance similar to human readers. Multiple DL approaches have be...
Source: Skeletal Radiology - September 20, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: research

A 50-something with Regular Wide Complex Tachycardia: What to do if electrical cardioversion does not work?
Case submitted by anonymous. Written by Smith.  Ken ' s piece at the bottom is excellent.A 50-something presented with sudden onset palpitations 8 hrs prior while sitting at desk at work. He had concurrent sharp substernal chest pain that resolved, but palpitations continued.Over past 3 months, he has had similar intermittent episodes of sharp chest pain while running, but none at rest. Past medical history includes coronary stenting 17 years prior. A brief chart review revealed his most recent echo in 2018, with LV EF 67%, “very small” inferior wall motion abnormality.Initial ED ECG:What do you think?This wa...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - September 20, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs

A 50-something with Regular Wide Complex Tachycardiaa: What to do if electrical cardioversion does not work?
Case submitted by anonymous. Written by Smith.  Ken ' s piece at the bottom is excellent.A 50-something presented with sudden onset palpitations 8 hrs prior while sitting at desk at work. He had concurrent sharp substernal chest pain that resolved, but palpitations continued.Over past 3 months, he has had similar intermittent episodes of sharp chest pain while running, but none at rest. Past medical history includes coronary stenting 17 years prior. A brief chart review revealed his most recent echo in 2018, with LV EF 67%, “very small” inferior wall motion abnormality.Initial ED ECG:What do you think?This wa...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - September 20, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs

Cycle Syncing Won ’ t Fix Women ’ s Fitness
While most of the video series and programs available on the popular “holistic wellness”/fitness site Alo Moves—owned by the trendy activewear line Alo Yoga—are run by solitary instructors, the company’s newest offering is marked by photos and videos of a group of four women pulled close up against one another and roaming Hawaiian beaches. It’s a clearly symbolic presentation of the company’s new SYNCD program, a collection of 24 videos designed to guide users through self-care and fitness activities customized for each of the four phases of the menstrual cycle. The program, whi...
Source: TIME: Health - September 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Haley Weiss Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

A descriptive analysis of the contents of Care Response, an international data set of patient-reported outcomes for chiropractic patients
ConclusionsThe CR database is a large set of PROMs for chiropractic patients internationally. We found it unsuitable for machine learning analysis for our purposes; its utility is limited by a lack of demographic information, diagnoses, and therapeutic interventions. However, it can offer information about chiropractic care in general and patient satisfaction. It could form the basis for a useful clinical tool in the future, if reformed to be more accessible to researchers and expanded with more information collected.
Source: Chiropractic and Manual Therapies - September 19, 2023 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research

Do educational interventions improve prescribing skills of medical students compared to no additional learning? A systematic review
Med Educ Online. 2023 Dec;28(1):2259166. doi: 10.1080/10872981.2023.2259166. Epub 2023 Sep 18.ABSTRACTResearch suggests that medical students are not confident and may be ill-prepared to prescribe competently. Therefore, changes to standard education may be required to fortify medical student prescribing skills, confidence, and competence. However, specific education to write a safe and legal prescription is generally lacking. Furthermore, the term prescribe and the skill thereof is not clearly defined. This review compares additional education for medical students to no identified additional education or another education...
Source: Medical Education Online - September 18, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Sophie M Mokrzecki Andrew Mallett Tarun Sen Gupta Stephen Perks Tilley Pain Source Type: research

Dancing around the hexaflex: Using ACT in practice 5
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) can be slippery to describe. It’s an approach that doesn’t aim to change thought content, but instead to help us shift the way we relate to what our mind tells us. It’s also an approach focused on workability: pragmatic and context-specific analysis of how well a strategy is working to achieve being able to do what matters. Over the next few posts I want to give some examples of how non-psychologists can use ACT in session (remember ACT is open for anyone to use it!). Values: Qualities of living Oh so much has been written about values…Values bring meaning to what w...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - September 17, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: ACT - Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Chronic pain Coping strategies Occupational therapy Pain conditions Psychology Science in practice acceptance and commitment therapy Clinical reasoning Health pain management Therapeutic approach Source Type: blogs