How COVID-19 Changes the Immune System
If the COVID-19 pandemic has done one thing, it’s made us all more familiar with some of the important players in the immune system. Antibodies, B cells, and T cells are among the best known parts of the body’s response to a virus like SARS-CoV-2, but they don’t act alone. In a paper published on August 18 in the journal Cell, scientists report that innate immune cells—a critical part of the immune system activated to battle COVID-19—remain altered for at least a year after infection. The finding suggests that these cells may play a role in some of the lingering symptoms associated with Lon...
Source: TIME: Health - August 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Medical device founder hopes to make the spinal tap procedure safer and better
The first time Jessica Traver Ingram witnessed a spinal tap procedure, it sent a chill down her own spine. Traditionally, the person performing a spinal tap feels along the patient's spine with their fingertips to determine where to put the needle to extract fluid or inject drugs, Ingram said. There was no image guidance. Ingram knew there had to be a better way. That's when she decided to launch IntuiTap Medical. Ingram, who also serves as CEO at IntuiTap, standardized the insertion process …
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - August 17, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Jishnu Nair Source Type: news

The 5-Steps to Relieve Tinnitus
My patient T.K. was a wreck. He looked like he hadn’t slept in a week. I asked him what was going on. “It’s nothing you can fix, doc,” he said. “I’ve been to three specialists, and they all told me the same thing… “I’ve got tinnitus, and I just have to live with it.” Luckily, I was able to help him. Tinnitus is an aggravating, nerve-racking, and unseen condition. The constant ringing in your ears robs you of sleep, makes you miserable as it drowns out your hearing, and, over time, makes you more prone to illness. Tinnitus also shatters your focus and concentration. Sadly, up to 25% of the U.S. populatio...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - August 9, 2023 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Jacob Tags: Anti-Aging Source Type: news

Knowledge graph construction based on ship collision accident reports to improve maritime traffic safety - Gan L, Ye B, Huang Z, Xu Y, Chen Q, Shu Y.
As an important data source, marine accident investigation reports are frequently used for accident analysis. However, it is hard to extract effective information since key knowledge is normally hidden in large blocks of text. In most cases, the collection...
Source: SafetyLit - August 9, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

Federal Court Case Uses Blockchain Tech to Fight Russian and North Korean Hackers
Chicago, Illinois, August 8th, 2023, Chainwire For years, cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) have been the favored methods of payment for cybercriminals. Ransomware crime rings rely almost exclusively on Bitcoin payments to extract vast sums from major institutions, including…#illinois #eth #ransomware #bitcoin #russian #northkorean #mikekanovitz #juratblockchains #kanovitz #jurat
Source: Reuters: Health - August 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

JPMorgan ’s AI intern
JPMorgan Chase wants to save bankers the time, headaches and intern-wrangling it takes to get the lowdown on other companies. The financial institution is seeking to patent a system to “automatically discover and extract information” on public and private companies. Using what it calls an…#jpmorganchase #google #linkedin #chase #indexgpt #jamiedimon #jpmorgan #dailyupside
Source: Reuters: Health - August 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Should teens get their wisdom teeth pulled before troubles start?
Experts say teeth should be removed when they cause problems. But they debate whether it’s good medicine to extract them preemptively when such issues don't exist.
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - August 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Marlene Cimons Source Type: news

Caltech researchers say fiber optic cables can detect, measure earthquakes
Thousands of miles of fiber-optic cables, already in place across California, can shake up the study of earthquakes. New research out of Caltech used a section of telecommunication fiber to sense and measure a magnitude 6 earthquake, repurposing the assemblies to extract sharper details about the…#caltech #zhongwenzhan #das #nature #easternsierranevada #antelopevalley #jupiter #southerncalifornia #pasadena #jiaxuanli
Source: Reuters: Health - August 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Why We Must Save Ugly Bugs
If you think of insects at all, you probably see them as something to be scared of, as pests to be stomped on, or as persistent nuisances ruining a lovely afternoon picnic. For example, no-one has a good word to say about the cockroaches, flies, mosquitoes, or termites that share our homes. In several surveys, including a 2021 report commissioned by insect repellent brand Zevo and conducted by OnePoll, these creatures have been voted some of the most hated insects in America. Yet each of these bugs has a lot to teach us if we look closely enough. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Take the hated cockroach. Su...
Source: TIME: Science - August 2, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Steve Nicholls Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news

Electrified cement could turn houses and roads into nearly limitless batteries
Tesla’s Powerwall, a boxy, wall-mounted, lithium-ion battery, can power your home for half a day or so. But what if your home was the battery? Researchers have come up with a new way to store electricity in cement, using cheap and abundant materials. If scaled up, the cement could hold enough energy in a home’s concrete foundation to fulfill its daily power needs. Scaled up further, electrified roadways could power electric cars as they drive. And if scientists can find a way to do this all cheaply the advance might offer a nearly limitless capacity for storing energy from intermittent renewable sources, suc...
Source: ScienceNOW - July 31, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

Grape seeds can reduce varicose vein swelling
A study at Yonsei University, South Korea, involving 23 patients, found grape seed extract boosted blood flow in the affected area, easing pain and discomfort.
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Family of woman who died from ingesting kratom, a legal opioid-like herbal extract, awarded $11 million in damages
None A 39-year-old mother of four died in 2021 after ingesting kratom, a legal herbal extract. • None The seller, Kratom Distro, has now been ordered to pay her family and estate $11 million. • None Kratom was banned by the Drug Enforcement Administration in 2016 but the move was quickly…#kratomdistro #nonekratom #krystaltalavera #biagiovultaggio #southeastasia #florida #guardian #palmbeach #fda #mississippi
Source: Reuters: Health - July 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Meltdown avoided: Intel rediscovers profitability
After racking up $3.5 billion in losses over the past two quarters, Intel managed to stanch the bleeding and return to profitability in the second quarter. The x86 giant managed to extract $1.5 billion in profit from $12.9 billion in revenues during the three months to July 1, sending its share…#intel #xeon #chipzilla #patgelsinger #gelsinger #nuc #cfo #davidzinsner #intelfoundryservices #clientcomputinggroup
Source: Reuters: Health - July 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Blog: Influencing the next Labour government
After 13 years of Tory failures in Westminster, our economy is weaker, our living standards are lower, and our country is poorer. Britain is clearly broken. Over the weekend, our UNISON delegation spent long hours in intense negotiations with the Labour party at the National Policy Forum. Our mission was to get UNISON’s priorities on pay, public services, social care, workers’ and trade union rights, and equalities into Labour’s policy platform for their next manifesto. That manifesto must be election-winning, because despite Labour riding high in the polls over the past year, they’ve lost the last four general ele...
Source: UNISON Health care news - July 26, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: Christina McAnea Tags: Article General Secretary General Secretary's blog News Christina McAnea Labour Party UNISON Labour Link Source Type: news