App-driven gig-economy nurses.
The Markup looks at what it’s like when you start hiring nurses the way you catch a ride from Uber: Gig nursing apps have become […]
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Rejuvenating seaweed.
Scientific Frontline waxes optimistic about Flinders University research into the youth-prolonging properties of washed-up Australian brown seaweed – specifically, as a source of collagens that […]
“Inverse vaccine” could treat autoimmune diseases.
The University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering has announced that they’ve come up with a way to make a person’s immune system forget […]
Human coronavirus meds cure deadly cat disease.
The Guardian reports from Cyprus, where an antiviral medicine for human COVID-19 patients has proved effective against a deadly outbreak of feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), […]
Science Art: Implantatet placeras under huden bakom örat…, 2008.
This image, by Wikimedia Commons user Seslami~commonswiki, shows an implantable electronic device that allows some people to hear, or to hear better. What we’re seeing […]
A Long Covid hypothesis: acids and bases.
Frontiers In Immunology has published a hypothesis – which is basically a call for more research – put out by two Long Covid sufferers who […]
Any hormonal birth control increases your breast cancer risk.
The University of Oxford has unfortunate news for anyone on the pill, or implant, or hormone-releasing IUDs. A new anaysis from the Oxford Population Health’s […]
Americans die young – and are dying younger than ever, compared to the rest of the world.
NPR looks at a subtle, slow-motion health crisis facing America. Compared to every other industrialized nation, across every age group, Americans die younger … and […]
Kids are wearing toxic make-up
The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health has released an alarming study that’s found levels of carcinogens and other toxic materials, including lead […]
Anesthesiologists issue painful pot warning in new guidelines.
MedPage Today shares a painful finding from the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA Pain Medicine), who have issued guidelines for pre-operative […]
Motorcycle rallies are a boon … for people waiting for organ donors.
MedPage Today maps the correlation between riding fast and free and donating your young organs to people who need them: Compared with the 4 weeks […]
What do you do when your neurological-implant company goes under?
Nature asks a question that doesn’t have an easy answer. Medical implants – especially newer ones that interface directly with your brain – are designed […]
California will be making its own affordable insulin.
On the heels of Eli Lilly taking a stock hit (when a fake “verified” account on Twitter made it seem like the pharma giant would […]
Looking at the long covid “micro-clot” hypothesis.
Nature investigates the idea that the various symptoms of long covid – which can include cardiac trouble, neurological problems, muscle pain, and general fatigue – […]
Transplant breakthrough: A system for keeping the organs alive in a pig that has died.
Science News is talking about a new “cellular life support” system that could change the way we do organ transplants by keeping organs alive in […]