#Medicine

[intersectionalpraxis]

"Dr David Teachey, from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, said: “Although most children with Covid-19 do not have severe disease, our study shows that there may be other effects of SARS-CoV-2 that are worthy of investigation."

"Blood vessels are channels that carry essential nutrients, like oxygen, to all the organs in the body. They also carry waste products away."

"In the brain, damage to vessels could lead to inflammation, while in the limbs, reduced blood flow could lead to ‘Covid toe’, it added."

"The rare side effect of Covid can affect people of any age, although reports suggest children and teens suffer more that adults."

"Dr David, added: "We should continue testing for and monitoring children with SARS-CoV-2 so that we can better understand how the virus affects them in both the short and long term.”

Here is the link to the original study [the article above was also first published a little more than several months ago]:

#current events #current news #covid #long covid #covid 19 #covid isn't over #covid19 #pandemic #wear a mask #covid is airborne #mask up #public health #education #healthcare #medicine #virology #hematology

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Ontario says it will force employers to scrap requirements for sick notes as part of an effort to cut down on paperwork for family physicians. The change will be part of new legislation tabled by the minister of labour in coming weeks, a government official says. The amendments would eliminate the need for a doctor's note from employees who want to use part or all of their three days of provincially-mandated annual sick leave. Employers will retain the right to require another form of evidence that an employee is ill, which could include self-attestations or a receipt for over-the-counter medication, the official said.

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Tagging: @newsfromstolenland

#Ontario #Healthcare #Medicine #Sick Notes #cdnpoli #canada #canadian politics #Doug Ford

[virtuosicstudyblr]

Radiology exam coming up next week!

#iknowthislooksexactlylikethepictureofmylastpostbutthisismyfavoritespotiamsorry #studyblr #studying #inspiration #productivity #university #studyspo #med school #starbucks #medicine #coffee shop #radiology #exam season

[improve-letter-fire-near]

#alexander skarsgard #rome #calum hood #the boys #the it crowd #sandals #frasi tumblr #[gif] #mike pence #siwon #kipo #medicine #joseph gordon levitt #wetgirl #spilled thoughts

[unhonestlymirror]

#major W #medicine #surgery #neurosurgery #Ukraine #Lviv

[linastudyblrsblog]

POV : you find the best spot in the library ( I can see these beautiful trees from the windows and that’s the definition of best spot for me) 🌲

Also dermatology is giving a hard time these days 🙂‍↕️

#studyblr #med life #medicine #studyspo #studygram #study motivation #dermatology #med student #medical studyblr #med student community #medblr #library #examstress #exam preparation #college studyblr #medschool #100 days of productivity #linastudyblrsblog

[thatmedicinechick]

new studyblr here :)

22 year old final year med student

sarting this for motivation + accountability

also gonna be a place where I can dump my thoughts and emotions

lack the capability to make aesthetic notes and don't own any cute coffee mugs, it's just me and my chaotic thoughts here :D

gonna start with 21 days of productivity, my first time doing this let's gooooo

to anyone who sees this, here's to becoming the best version of ourselves 🥂

#university #productivity #studying #student #studyspo #study motivation #studyblr #study #medicine #medblr

[mindblowingscience]

Scientists at UC Riverside have demonstrated a new, RNA-based vaccine strategy that is effective against any strain of a virus and can be used safely even by babies or the immunocompromised.  Every year, researchers try to predict the four influenza strains that are most likely to be prevalent during the upcoming flu season. And every year, people line up to get their updated vaccine, hoping the researchers formulated the shot correctly. The same is true of COVID vaccines, which have been reformulated to target sub-variants of the most prevalent strains circulating in the U.S. This new strategy would eliminate the need to create all these different shots, because it targets a part of the viral genome that is common to all strains of a virus. The vaccine, how it works, and a demonstration of its efficacy in mice is described in a paper published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.  “What I want to emphasize about this vaccine strategy is that it is broad,” said UCR virologist and paper author Rong Hai. “It is broadly applicable to any number of viruses, broadly effective against any variant of a virus, and safe for a broad spectrum of people. This could be the universal vaccine that we have been looking for.”

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#Science #Viruses #Biology #Medicine #vaccines #stem

[mysharona1987]

Gee, I thought these people were the ones who were like “If you don’t like it, you can just move to a blue state.”

And now they’re mad the guy is doing just that?

You can’t oppress and discriminate against someone then be mad when they take their highly useful skill elsewhere.

#lgbtq #news #louisiana #democrats #republicans #politics #healthcare #Nbc #nbc news #transgender #medicine #ron desantis

[reasonandempathy]

Researchers have discovered that leaky blood vessels, together with a hyperactive immune system may be the underlying cause of brain fog in people with long covid. They suggest their discovery is important for the understanding of brain fog and cognitive decline – difficulty with thinking, memory or concentration – seen in some people with the condition. It is hoped the findings will help with the development of treatments in the future.

To Summarize:

Long Covid sufferers experience symptoms like forgetfulness and concentration issues due to leakiness in brain blood vessels, according to research findings.

Scientists from Trinity College Dublin and FutureNeuro confirm that Long Covid patients with brain fog have disrupted blood vessels in their brains, making the neurological symptoms measurable.

Blood vessel leakage in the brain, along with an overactive immune system, may be the key drivers of brain fog in Long Covid patients, leading to potential changes in understanding and treating post-viral conditions.

I can't find a single right-wing news source covering this.

#covid #long covid #pandemic #medicine #original content

[allthecanadianpolitics]

A new provincial spine program is being established to ensure Manitobans requiring acute spinal care are treated sooner, Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara announced on Tuesday. More than $12 million is being spent to create the program, which will reduce wait times for patient consultations with spinal surgeons, establish centralized wait lists and co-ordinate levels of care, Asagwara said, noting the existing Provincial Spine Assessment Clinic will be incorporated into the new program. "Until now, folks living with spine pain or trauma had no other choice but to suffer for months — for years in some cases — while waiting to be seen, never mind waiting for their surgeries," the minister said.

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#Science #Medicine #Healthcare #spinal injury #cdnpoli #canada #canadian politics

[carnival-phantasm]

#medicine #dr glaucomflecken

[salt-baby]

yes, doctors suck, but also "the medical ethics and patient interaction training doctors receive reinforces ableism" and "the hyper competitive medical school application process roots out the poor, the disabled, and those who would diversify the field" and "anti-establishment sentiment gets applications rejected and promotions requests denied, weeding out the doctors on our side" and "the gruesome nature of the job and the complete lack of mental health support for medical practitioners breeds apathy towards patients" and "insurance companies often define treatment solely on a cost-analysis basis" and "doctors take on such overwhelming student loan debt they have no choice but to pursue high paying jobs at the expense of their morals" are all also true

none of this absolves doctors of the truly horrendous things they say and do to patients, but it's important to acknowledge that rather than every doctor being coincidentally a bad person, there is something specific about this field and career path that gives rise to such high prevalence of ableist attitudes

and I WILL elaborate happily

#theres so much that contributes to this #and its such a traditional field that any change takes ten years to take effect even when its not as controversial as disability rights #ive no lost love for doctors as a whole #but the deeper causes here need to be examined to understand how this problem manifested and what can be done to fix it #disability #chronic illness #ableism #premed #medicine #salt baby talks

[reasonsforhope]

Sorry I'm kind of dissociated and my vocab crashes during that can you explain the Biden drug thing in just. Shorter simple sentences.

Sure! You're not the only one who's mentioned being unclear on what it means either, and I'm happy to help

(Context for anyone else: US Sets Policy to Seize Patents of Government-Funded Drugs if Price Deemed Too High, via Good News Network, December 11, 2023)

From the very basics:

When drug companies create new drugs, they get a legal protection called a "patent." The patent means no one else can make or sell the same drug for whatever number of years.

Usually, this is about 10 years after the drug starts being sold to the public.

So, for those years, that one drug company is the only source of whatever medication. And since people need their medication, drug companies can charge however much money they want.

Meaning a lot of drugs that people need to live cost way too much money to buy.

So, with this, Biden told drug companies "Fuck you, if you keep making medicine too $$$ for people to afford, I'm giving your competition the right to make and sell those drugs too."

The US has never done anything like this before.

This is a huge threat to the whole (awful) drug industry in the US. It will save people thousands of dollars. If he does this, it will save lives.

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Edit 12/17/23: Quick note, as people have said in the notes, this only applies to drugs made in part using taxpayer money. Which is! Literally all of them!

#Anonymous #prescription drugs #medicine #public health #biden #biden administration #united states #us politics #ask #me #good news #hope

[useless-catalanfacts]

The University of Barcelona's Medicine Faculty has temporarily installed a giant heart made by the Catalan artist Jaume Plensa, with the building's columns acting as the ribcage.

The objective of this work of art is to raise awareness about cardiovascular illnesses, which are the leading cause of death worldwide.

The work is titled El cor secret (The Secret Heart). The heart measures 13 metres tall and 10 metres wide, and weighs 150 kg. It's made of synthetic materials and painted by hand. It had previously been shown in Germany in 2014 and was supposed to arrive to Plensa's home city sooner, but it was delayed because of covid. Instead, in 2020, Plensa donated one of his famous head sculptures to this same building, to thank medicine professionals and students for their work during the pandemic.

#jaume plensa #arts #barcelona #catalunya #heart #university #cardiovascular #medicine #med school #modern art #contemporary art #artist #arts and crafts #dark academia

[plaguedocboi]

It’s insane how many organs will just Make Rocks if left up to their own devices. Kidneys. Gall bladder. Pancreas. Tonsils, what’s that about???

#medicine #like why. what are they making stones for