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World-first discovery harnesses mRNA in the search for an HIV cure - Doherty Institute

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:39:52 +0000

Australian researchers have made a major breakthrough in HIV research by repurposing the same mRNA delivery system used in COVID-19 vaccines, not to prevent infection, but as a potential strategy to find a cure.

Tags: #aids #health #medicine #mrna

Psychology says the rarest mental strength today isn't resilience or grit - it's the ability to sit with uncertainty without immediately seeking distraction, explanation, or someone else's opinion about what you should feel

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 18:54:10 +0000

The research over the past two decades has made something clear that caught even specialists off guard: intolerance of uncertainty isn’t a feature of one disorder. It’s a transdiagnostic vulnerability — a shared foundation beneath anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, eating disorders, and a wide range of emotional disturbances

Tags: #health #psychology

One vaccine may provide broad protection against many respiratory infections and allergens

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:30:15 +0000

“Imagine getting a nasal spray in the fall months that protects you from all respiratory viruses including COVID-19, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus and the common cold, as well as bacterial pneumonia and early spring allergens,” Pulendran said. “That would transform medical practice.”

Tags: #covid #health #vaccines

Why Vampires Live Forever | Machiel Reyneke

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 19:03:23 +0000

The one thing the longevity-vampire community has not yet learned from Dracula is operational security. Dracula operated in silence for centuries. He didn’t have a podcast. He didn’t track his erection quality on a public dashboard. He didn’t appear on Netflix. He understood that the fundamental rule of being a vampire is: don’t talk about being a vampire.

Tags: #blood #health #tech #vampires

Walking Pad Maintenance & Repair

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 19:25:01 +0000

Walking pads require maintenance. This includes de-dusting the motor chamber, lubricating the belt and deck, adjusting belt tightness and alignment, cleaning and eventually replacing the drive belt. Failure to keep up results in loud noises, jerky motion, and burning smells.

Tags: #fitness #health #walkpad

mRNA COVID vaccines may be helping some cancer patients fight tumors, researchers say | PBS News

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 17:07:35 +0000

The vaccine “acts like a siren to activate immune cells throughout the body,” said lead researcher Dr. Adam Grippin of MD Anderson. “We’re sensitizing immune-resistant tumors to immune therapy.”

Tags: #cancer #covid #health #mrna #vaccines

OTC nasal spray seemed to cut COVID infections by 67% in mid-sized trial - Ars Technica

Mon, 08 Sep 2025 14:13:48 +0000

Still, with the previous studies, the trial offers some hope that this accessible nasal spray could be used as a viral prophylactic for respiratory seasons in the future. And the results land at a time when access to COVID-19 vaccines—which have firmly proven to be safe and highly effective—has been severely restricted in the US by health secretary and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Tags: #allergies #covid #health

Sleep apnea pill shows striking success in large clinical trial | Science | AAAS

Mon, 26 May 2025 17:47:03 +0000

Drug combination targeting lax airways is nearing an FDA submission

Tags: #cpap #health #medicine #sleepapnea

Why Are People Wearing Masks in 2025?

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 19:08:19 +0000

most of the people still masking are among the strongest, most self-assured people I’ve known. They are the least concerned about other’s perceptions, the most concerned about others/our collective well-being, are embodying self-care by protecting their health (and mental health), willing to interrogate their choices and motivations, and are committed to accepting and integrating data and new information - even when they want desperately to be wrong about what they learn. They are also among the most alienated, judged, ignored, harassed, invisibilized, and forgotten.

Tags: #covid #health #masking #politics

ADHD Didn't Break Me—My Parents Did - by Ahmed Soliman

Sun, 02 Feb 2025 18:12:46 +0000

In this landscape, you can feel broken. But the most important truth is that your mind is not. It is a vibrant ecosystem with its own patterns, its own seasons, and its own hard-won beauty. It may never fit self-referential systems, but it was never meant to. Instead, it offers an unconventional, exciting path—one lined with subtle possibilities forming as you read this. And even if no one else can see them, remember that your world is your own. And that's enough.

Tags: #adhd #health #phychology

My favourite computer ergonomics hack

Thu, 02 Jan 2025 23:59:22 +0000

The Beeper consitst of three parts: the hardware, the firmware runnning on the hardware, and software running on my work computer. If my computer screen is unlocked for too long, the Beeper starts beeping and because it is situated away from my desk I must get up to silence it. Mission accomplished: I stopped sitting still.

Tags: #diy #electronics #ergonomics #hacks #hardware #health

ADHD | Brad Frost

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 18:53:07 +0000

I woke up this morning, took a pill, and proceeded to have one of the most productive writing days I’ve had in perhaps years. The day prior, a doctor diagnosed me with Adult ADHD.

Tags: #adhd #health #medication

“Big Pharma” & Privilege: Or Why I Wish Allies Would Stop Using This Phrase | Foxglove & Firmitas

Tue, 28 Apr 2015 00:41:03 +0000

I am sick of being nice about this shit, and I’m horrified that those fighting in the social justice realm are constantly ignoring what disabled people are telling them about their experiences.

Tags: #ableism #health #imported:pinboard #socialjustice

“Big Pharma” & Privilege: Or Why I Wish Allies Would Stop Using This Phrase | Foxglove & Firmitas

Tue, 28 Apr 2015 00:41:03 +0000

I am sick of being nice about this shit, and I’m horrified that those fighting in the social justice realm are constantly ignoring what disabled people are telling them about their experiences.

Tags: #ableism #health #socialjustice

Growing up unvaccinated: A healthy lifestyle couldn’t prevent many childhood illnesses.

Tue, 07 Oct 2014 14:48:44 +0000

So the anti-vaccine advocates’ fears of having the “natural immunity sterilized out of us” just doesn’t cut it for me. How could I, with my idyllic childhood and my amazing health food, get so freaking ill all the time?

Tags: #health #imported:pinboard #medicine #science #vaccination