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…Action Man, Bald Eagle and a Theremin at the Kent Festival of Science…
Last week was a primary school half-term break for my son. I had some holiday to take, and so we decided to seize the opportunity to spend some quality time together; well, either that or restore some sanity to my wife’s life! We had, a couple of weeks earlier, and following a thoroughly enjoyable experience ... -
Meta-Analysis of Psychosocial Interventions to Reduce Pain in Patients With Cancer
This article has been evaluated by F1000 Faculty Member: Marcin Chwistek, Fox Chase Cancer Center, PA, USA To find out more about this exciting new study, click here to read the Faculty of 1000 evaluations of this article. Sheinfeld Gorin S, Krebs P, Badr H, Janke EA, Jim HS, Spring B, Mohr DC, Berendsen MA, ... -
Alzheimer’s Disease Screening
When visiting one’s primary care physician, time is precious and often quite limited. Frequently, one only has time to discuss and be evaluated for those issues and concerns that are most pressing and screening for patients who are at risk for diseases such as dementia is not addressed. The Alzheimer’s Association is hoping to fill that ... -
This Week in Science History: Nicolaus Copernicus
Every week is a great week for science! This Week in Science History is one of the best as I was tempted by way too many anniversaries. So many cool things happened this week: Arrhenius (02/19/1859) and Boltzmann (02/20/1844) were born (in addition to several Nobel laureates born this week), new ocean life is found ... -
Cognitive and Brain Changes Associated with Ischaemic Heart Disease and Heart Failure
This article has been evaluated by F1000 Faculty Member: Jerome Fleg, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, MD, USA. To find out more about this exciting new study, click here to read the Faculty of 1000 evaluations of this article. Almeida OP, Garrido GJ, Beer C, Lautenschlager NT, Arnolda L, Flicker L Eur Heart J. ... -
Tuning of Natural Killer Cell Reactivity by NKp46 and Helios Calibrates T cell Responses
This article has been evaluated by F1000 Faculty Member: Jacques Zimmer, Centre de Recherche Public de la Santé, Luxembourg To find out more about this exciting new study, click here to read the Faculty of 1000 evaluations of this article. Narni-Mancinelli E, Jaeger BN, Bernat C, Fenis A, Kung S, De Gassart A, …, Beutler ... -
Gut Flora Metabolism of Phosphatidylcholine Promotes Cardiovascular Disease
This article has been evaluated by F1000 Faculty Member: Harry Ischiropoulos, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, USA To find out more about this exciting new study, click here to read the Faculty of 1000 evaluations of this article. Wang Z, Klipfell E, Bennett BJ, Koeth R, Levison BS, Dugar B, …, Smith JD, Allayee ... -
Star Wars Healthcare Advancements (Convergence of Art and Science)
I’m really enjoying writing about the realities of science fiction. Let’s take a look at Star Wars this time (although I will return to Star Trek in a future blog – see Healthcare Tech From Star Trek and Star Trek Health Care Part 2) As George Lukas stated “A long time ago… in a galaxy ... -
HeLa Cells and Henrietta Lacks
I am working my way through the book “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot. I’m not a chemist and HeLa cells meant little to me until I read passages in this book. Henrietta Lacks was a poor tobacco farmer who lived in poverty. But Henrietta’s legacy is remarkable. Her cells, taken from ... -
Job Sharing in the Epididymis
Alternative title: The Excited Puppy and The Epididymis Let me warn you: I work on reproduction in animals, so I get to say things like “testicular toxicity” and “epididymis” in polite company. Which brings me to this month’s musings. There’s a program here which has been bedeviled by epididymal inflammation. Every compound they would put ...
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