What Nurses Make in a Hospital Makerspace
“I knew nurses were making because I did it myself” – Rose Hedges Rose Hedges of UnityPoint Health in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Anna Young of Maker Health join me to talk about how a makerspace on the first floor of a hospital has cre.....»»
How bacteria adhere to cells: Basis for the development of a new class of antibiotics
Researchers from University Hospital Frankfurt and Goethe University Frankfurt have unraveled how bacteria adhere to host cells and thus taken the first step towards developing a new class of antibiotics......»»
More income support needed for young people experiencing homelessness, study finds
Life improved for young people experiencing homelessness once they were housed through the Government's Housing First program, with fewer admissions to hospital and visits to emergency departments, although their incomes remained stubbornly low, rese.....»»
Urgent health food recall: These plant-based crumbles are sending people to the hospital
Daily Harvest received about 470 reports of illness or adverse reactions connected to one of its products. The company is investigating the issue in cooperation with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). But that also means Daily Harvest had to.....»»
Researchers uncover molecular basis of antigen processing for cancer target MR1
In a new study published in Nature Chemical Biology, researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have revealed the molecular mechanics of a cell-surface molecule that is a potential immunotherapy target. Using sophisticated techniques,.....»»
Cut and stretch assay reveals resistance genes
Which antimicrobial resistance genes are present in bacteria, for example in a hospital ward? For laboratories with limited financial resources characterizing bacterial DNA is difficult, as this often requires expensive equipment. Researchers at Chal.....»»
Facebook is receiving sensitive medical information from hospital websites
Ad-tracking by some hospitals may violate federal law protecting health data. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) A tracking tool installed on many hospitals’ websites has been collecting patients’ sensitive hea.....»»
Facebook Is Receiving Sensitive Medical Information from Hospital Websites
A tracking tool installed on many hospitals' websites has been collecting patients' sensitive health information -- including details about their medical conditions, prescriptions, and doctor's appointments -- and sending it to Facebook. From a repor.....»»
El Salvador"s Bitcoin pet hospital
The Chivo Pets animal hospital, which opened in El Salvador in February, provides whatever care an animal needs for just 25 cents - as long as payment is made with a Bitcoin app......»»
Apple TV+ "Five Days at Memorial" and "Bad Sisters" debuting in August
Disaster drama "Five Days at Memorial" and dark comedy "Bad Sisters" are both coming to Apple TV+ in mid-August."Five Days at Memorial," the eight-episode series based on events of Hurricane Katrina, will focus on a New Orleans hospital following the.....»»
Scientists Covered a Robot Finger In Living Human Skin
An anonymous reader quotes a report from New Scientist: Robots can now be covered in living skin grown from real human cells to make them look more like us. As robots increasingly take on roles as nurses, care workers, teachers and other jobs that in.....»»
Wyoming’s Maker Access Pass
Tyler Kerr runs the Innovation Wyrkshop, a makerspace at the University of Wyoming. Largely because of COVID, state officials saw the potential for makerspaces in vocational rehab and developing skills in local communities. And so they are funding t.....»»
Unfreezing waters in ligand binding sites to aid in drug discovery
Cryogenic (frozen) protein structures are central to understanding function and developing drugs. Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have created an algorithm to reveal when freezing the proteins may create "artifacts,"—errors that.....»»
"This is Going to Hurt" paints a dark, funny, and shocking picture of life as a doctor
The opening scene of This is Going to Hurt pretty much sets the tone for the whole show.After jerking awake in his car, acting registrar on the Obstetrics and Gynaecology ward of a UK hospital, Adam Kay (Ben Whishaw), hurries into work only to find a.....»»
Why US gun violence spikes in warm weather
From the Texas school massacre to a Tulsa hospital shooting and many less-reported incidents, a recent spate of gun violence across America bears out a trend police departments have long sworn by: murders go up in warmer weather......»»
How a harmless environmental bacterium became the dreaded hospital germ Acinetobacter baumannii
Each year, more than 670,000 people in Europe fall ill due to pathogenic bacteria that exhibit antibiotic resistance, and 33,000 die of the diseases they cause. Especially feared are pathogens that are resistant to several antibiotics at the same tim.....»»
Maker Spotlight: Mark Greenbaum
NameMark Greenbaum Where are you located?Watertown, MA What is your day job?Graphic Designer / Creative Director Do you attend a makerspace/fablab/hackerspace?I recently found a place called Hatch makerspace in my home town and they helped me troubl.....»»
Sea turtle delivers eggs, endures surgery after shark attack
A loggerhead turtle whose left fin was destroyed in a shark attack is rehabbing at Zoo Miami's new Sea Turtle Hospital, where veterinarians were able to save more than 100 of her eggs after she was rescued......»»
FBI Blocked Planned Cyberattack on Children"s Hospital
The FBI thwarted a planned cyberattack on a children's hospital in Boston that was to have been carried out by hackers sponsored by the Iranian government, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday. From a report: Wray told a Boston College cybers.....»»
Investigating a hospital superbug"s resistance power
Treatment of severe infections caused by pathogenic bacteria relies on "last resort" antibiotics, but rising resistance by "superbugs" to most clinically approved drugs leaves patients exposed to possible fatalities......»»
Research reveals surprising inactivation mechanism for a voltage-gated ion channel
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital are studying voltage-gated ion channels (VGICs). Their work revealed a previously unknown mechanism of inactivation for one such channel that plays an important role in how neurons and muscles respo.....»»