HEALTH

Scientists know relatively little about particles released into the air when a vehicle driver brakes, though evidence suggests those particles may be more harmful to health than particles exiting the tailpipe. In a new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, University of California, Irvine researchers show how most of these aerosol particles emitted from braking are electrically charged. The team used a large lathe to spin a detached brake rotor and caliper, then measured the electric charge of the aerosols e
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2 years ago Read more at Technology Networks

Stanford Medicine Children’s Health has built a data-driven culture over a number of years. Brendan Watkins, chief analytics officer, is talking about the organization’s integration of analytics during a session Wednesday at the HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition. He said he’s excited about using AI to synthesize data to improve patient care and create more efficiencies.
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2 years ago Read more at Chief Healthcare Executive

ACV has grown in favor of a potential weight-control tool. Studies on hypercaloric diet-fed rats reveal regular intake lowers oxidative stress, blood sugar, lipid profile, and obesity risk in male murine animals. ACV slows stomach emptying, increases fullness, and decreases hunger.
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2 years ago Read more at News-Medical.Net

Participants In the fifth wave of the SHARE study conducted in 2013, a total of 59,421 individuals from 13 selected European countries were surveyed, including Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Slovenia, Spain, Estonia, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic. To address these significant differences, probably because the analyzed sample of participants was younger than that of non-participants, a random selection of non participant was performed. The total score ranges between 12 and 48 points
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2 years ago Read more at Nature.com

Kody Kinsley, secretary of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, gave lawmakers an update on Medicaid, the state and federal health insurance program that provides health care services for some 2.9 million North Carolinians. Medicaid currently covers GLP-1 drugs such as Wegovy only for people with diabetes. Pricing for the state would likely be less but could still top $10,000 a year per patient.
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2 years ago Read more at North Carolina Health News

NBC News medical contributor Dr. Natalie Azar shared an exercise that could determine your lifespan. Azar explained how there is a point system for the exercise, in which the person is given a score of 10 at the beginning. The exercise, called the sit-to-stand, requires one to stand up and sit down without using their hands or arms.
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2 years ago Read more at New York Post

In recent years, medical devices with machine learning have been doing things like reading mammograms, diagnosing eye disease and detecting heart problems. What’s new is generative AI’s ability to respond to complex instructions by predicting language. Advertisement Your next check-up could be recorded by an AI-powered smartphone app that listens, documents and instantly organizes everything into a note.
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2 years ago Read more at The Washington Post

"presumptive eligility" legislation signed by Republican Gov. Tate Reeves will become law July 1. It says Medicaid will pay for a pregnant woman’s outpatient medical care for up to 60 days while her application for the government-funded insurance program is being considered.
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2 years ago Read more at The Washington Post

The number of children worldwide who died before age five reached a record low in 2022, the United Nations said in a report published Tuesday, as for the first time fewer than five million died. According to the estimate, 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2020, a 51 percent decrease since 2000 and a 62 percent drop since 1990, according to the report, which still warned such progress is 'precarious" and unequal' The report also revealed glaring inequalities across the
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2 years ago Read more at FRANCE 24 English

No Smoking Day was first observed on Ash Wednesday in 1984. Every year the day is observed on the second Wednesday of March. The dangers of secondhand smoke According to the World Health Organisation, tobacco kills more than 8 million people each year.
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2 years ago Read more at NDTV