Circa 2018
It might sound like a pseudoscientific fantasy, but the mind can shape health, behavior and maybe even society as a whole. Stanford researchers are bridging disciplines to understand what our minds can do and how they do it.
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Sep 6, 2020
Second case of human plague reported this summer in Colorado
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: health
A second case of human plague has been reported in Colorado this summer and state health officials are urging residents to take precautions to prevent exposure.
A resident of a rural county in the state has been diagnosed with plague and the case was reported to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment on Thursday, according to a news release. A southwest Colorado resident was diagnosed earlier this summer.
Grand County Public Health on Friday said the newly infected victim is a Grand County resident.
Sep 4, 2020
Sleep ‘cleans’ the brain
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, health, neuroscience
Sleep has critical roles in health and regeneration, and one of those is clearing the brain of metabolic waste, according to researchers from the US and Denmark.
Now, as reported in the journal Nature Communications, they’ve discovered in mice that the time of day matters, suggesting the process is controlled by circadian rhythms.
“Our group has shown that just being awake or asleep drastically changes how well the brain can clear waste,” says lead author Lauren Hablitz from the University of Rochester Medical Centre.
Sep 3, 2020
Hibernation Works for Bears. Could It Work for Us, Too?
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: health
Circa 2019 o.o
A grizzly’s body can slow down for months without damage. Researchers wonder if the ability can be harnessed to aid human health.
Sep 3, 2020
Ira Pastor ideaXme life sciences ambassador with Tom Lawry Microsoft on the ideaXme page — Facebook LIVE tomorrow!
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in category: health
Ira Pastor ideaXme life sciences ambassador with Tom Lawry Microsoft on the ideaXme page — Facebook LIVE tomorrow! #health #microsoft #ideaxme #movethehumanstoryforward #medtech #medtechlife🔬💉 #microsofthealthcare #microsofthealthapp #healthcare
Sep 3, 2020
COMMUNITY HEALTH SURGERIES WITH DR. MEKELLA MEHMET YESIL: EPISODE 1- AUTISM
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: health, neuroscience
Sep 3, 2020
Artificial Emotional Intelligence (Emotion AI) – What It Is and Why It Matters
Posted by Jose Ruben Rodriguez Fuentes in categories: education, ethics, health, robotics/AI, transportation
A pioneer in Emotion AI, Rana el Kaliouby, Ph.D., is on a mission to humanize technology before it dehumanizes us.
At LiveWorx 2020, Rana joined us to share insights from years of research and collaboration with MIT’s Advanced Vehicle Technology group.
Part demo and part presentation, Rana breaks down the facial patterns that cameras can pick up from a tired or rested driver, and observations from the first ever large-scale study looking at driver behavior over time.
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Sep 2, 2020
CDC tells states: Be ready to distribute coronavirus vaccines on Nov. 1
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: biotech/medical, government, health
Providence, R.I. — The federal government has told states to prepare for a coronavirus vaccine to be ready to distribute by Nov. 1.
The timeline raised concern among public health experts about an “October surprise” — a vaccine approval driven by political considerations ahead of a presidential election, rather than science.
In a letter to governors dated Aug. 27, Robert Redfield, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said states “in the near future” will receive permit applications from McKesson Corp., which has contracted with CDC to distribute vaccines to places including state and local health departments and hospitals.
Sep 2, 2020
Robotic medicine may be the weapon the world needs to combat the coronavirus
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: biotech/medical, health, robotics/AI
Medical experts say coronavirus COVID-19 and Ebola outbreaks show that robotic medicine can help fight infectious disease, but the goal needs to be applications in everyday health care.
Sep 2, 2020
After coronavirus, AI could be central to our new normal
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: finance, health, robotics/AI
When we came out of the financial crisis of 2008, cloud computing kicked into high gear and started to become a pervasive, transformational technology. The current COVID-19 crisis could provide a similar inflection point for AI applications. While the implications of AI continue to be debated on the world stage, the rapid onset of a global health crisis and concomitant recession will accelerate its impact.
Times of crisis bring rapid change. Efforts to harness AI technologies to discover new drugs – either vaccine or treatment – have kicked into hyperdrive. Startups are racing to find solutions and established companies are forming partnerships with academia to find a cure. Other companies are researching existing drugs for their potential applicability. AI is proving a useful tool for dramatically reducing the time needed to identify potential drug candidates, possibly saving years of research. AI uses already put into action are screening for COVID-19 symptoms, decision support for CT scans, and automating hospital operations. A variety of healthcare functions have started to be performed by robots, from diagnosis to temperature monitoring.
Whatever the new normal becomes in the aftermath of the current crisis, it’s apparent that AI will be an even larger part of the technology landscape going forward — and not only for healthcare.
