/tags/medicine/ Recent bookmarks tagged #medicine Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:24:45 +0000 https://www.doherty.edu.au/articles/world-first-discovery-harnesses-mrna-in-search-for-hiv-cure/ 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.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #aids #health #medicine #mrna</p> Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:39:52 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:38817 aids health medicine mrna https://hackaday.com/2025/11/18/hacking-a-pill-camera/ [Aaron’s] first video involves a simple teardown of the camera. The small plastic pill is a marvel of miniaturization. Through the hemispherical transparent lens, we can see a tiny camera and LEDs to provide light in the depths of the human body. Slicing the camera open reveals the hardware inside, however, like the miniature battery, the microcontroller, and the radio hardware that transmits signals outside the body. Unsurprisingly, it’s difficult to get into, since it’s heavily sealed to ensure the human body doesn’t accidentally digest the electronics inside.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #cameras #gadgets #hacks #medicine</p> Wed, 19 Nov 2025 19:38:25 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:37993 cameras gadgets hacks medicine https://www.science.org/content/article/sleep-apnea-pill-shows-striking-success-large-clinical-trial Drug combination targeting lax airways is nearing an FDA submission<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #cpap #health #medicine #sleepapnea</p> Mon, 26 May 2025 17:47:03 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:29501 cpap health medicine sleepapnea https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2997957/ To me, index fingers portray a hideous personality reflecting conceit and pantywaist attitudes. In essence, they are smart-ass digits we can often do without. If I had to lose a finger and had my choice, I would choose first my nondominant hand index ray and next the other index. I find index digits easy to hate and sometimes hard to love.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #anatomy #fingers #medicine #science #wtf</p> Tue, 19 Nov 2024 20:07:50 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:29864 anatomy fingers medicine science wtf http://www.slate.com/articles/life/family/2014/01/growing_up_unvaccinated_a_healthy_lifestyle_couldn_t_prevent_many_childhood.html 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?<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #health #imported:pinboard #medicine #science #vaccination</p> Tue, 07 Oct 2014 14:48:44 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:25191 health imported:pinboard medicine science vaccination http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/10/health/a-chilling-medical-trial.html Surgeons will drain their blood and replace it with freezing saltwater. Without heartbeat and brain activity, the patients will be clinically dead. And then the surgeons will try to save their lives.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #health #imported:pinboard #medicine</p> Tue, 10 Jun 2014 21:35:36 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:24933 health imported:pinboard medicine http://io9.com/5878200/the-snake-whose-bite-can-send-you-back-through-puberty In a study published in The Lancet, about twenty-nine percent of patients who recovered from Russell's Viper venom had signs of hypopituitarism or Sheehan's Syndrome. Both conditions have unremarkable symptoms, like a constant feeling of cold and an unusual amount of fatigue. What distinguishes them is a sort of reverse-puberty in adults. They lose their sex drive. They lose fertility. They lose their body hair, especially pubic hair. Men lose facial hair and muscles. Women lose curves as the condition causes them to lose weight. Some doctors even report loss of mental faculties as the condition progresses.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #animals #imported:pinboard #medicine #science #snakes #venom</p> Sun, 09 Jun 2013 15:34:07 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:23760 animals imported:pinboard medicine science snakes venom http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/04/why-are-there-so-few-resurrected-corpses-in-the-united-states/274681/ I suspect United States is in fact ahead of the African nations in bringing the dead back to life. It's hard to find a good estimate of how many bodies are resurrected in the U.S. each year, but let's go with this vastly oversimplified figure: 92,000. 92,000 is the number of people the American Heart Association estimates are saved in the U.S. each year after their hearts or their lungs have stopped moving, i.e. by CPR. Or let's go with a percentage: 45.3%. That's the success rate in the bottom-quarter of American hospitals in a 2012 study in restoring circulation to a body whose heart has completely flatlined. 14.5% of the bodies treated managed leave the hospital. And that's in the hospitals with the lowest performance. Wait till you see American rates for getting the lame to walk and the blind to see.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #faith #imported:pinboard #medicine #religion #to:fb</p> Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:28:17 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:32388 faith imported:pinboard medicine religion to:fb http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/04/why-are-there-so-few-resurrected-corpses-in-the-united-states/274681 I suspect United States is in fact ahead of the African nations in bringing the dead back to life. It's hard to find a good estimate of how many bodies are resurrected in the U.S. each year, but let's go with this vastly oversimplified figure: 92,000. 92,000 is the number of people the American Heart Association estimates are saved in the U.S. each year after their hearts or their lungs have stopped moving, i.e. by CPR. Or let's go with a percentage: 45.3%. That's the success rate in the bottom-quarter of American hospitals in a 2012 study in restoring circulation to a body whose heart has completely flatlined. 14.5% of the bodies treated managed leave the hospital. And that's in the hospitals with the lowest performance. Wait till you see American rates for getting the lame to walk and the blind to see.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #faith #medicine #religion #to:fb</p> Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:28:17 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:23539 faith medicine religion to:fb http://www.salon.com/2011/05/26/abortion_saved_my_life/ My two kids at home almost lost their mother because someone decided that my life was worth less than that of a fetus that was going to die anyway. My husband had told them exactly what my regular doctor said, and the ER doctor had already warned us what would have to happen. Yet none of this mattered when confronted by the idea that no one needs an abortion. You shouldn’t need to know the details of why a woman aborts to trust her to make the best decision for herself. I don’t regret my abortion, but I would also never use my situation to suggest that the only time another woman should have the procedure is when her life is at stake. After my family found out I’d had an abortion, I got a phone call from a cousin who felt the need to tell me I was wrong to have interfered with God’s plan. And in that moment I understood exactly what kind of people judge a woman’s reproductive choices.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #abortion #health #imported:pinboard #medicine #religion</p> Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:09:56 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:33219 abortion health imported:pinboard medicine religion http://www.salon.com/2011/05/26/abortion_saved_my_life My two kids at home almost lost their mother because someone decided that my life was worth less than that of a fetus that was going to die anyway. My husband had told them exactly what my regular doctor said, and the ER doctor had already warned us what would have to happen. Yet none of this mattered when confronted by the idea that no one needs an abortion. You shouldn’t need to know the details of why a woman aborts to trust her to make the best decision for herself. I don’t regret my abortion, but I would also never use my situation to suggest that the only time another woman should have the procedure is when her life is at stake. After my family found out I’d had an abortion, I got a phone call from a cousin who felt the need to tell me I was wrong to have interfered with God’s plan. And in that moment I understood exactly what kind of people judge a woman’s reproductive choices.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #abortion #health #medicine #religion</p> Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:09:56 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:20793 abortion health medicine religion http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2011/12/02/the-bomb-buried-in-obamacare-explodes-today-halleluja This is the true ‘bomb’ contained in Obamacare and the one item that will have more impact on the future of how medical care is paid for in this country than anything we’ve seen in quite some time. Indeed, it is this aspect of the law that represents the true ‘death panel’ found in Obamacare—but not one that is going to lead to the death of American consumers. Rather, the medical loss ratio will, ultimately, lead to the death of large parts of the private, for-profit health insurance industry. ... If you believe that the end of private, for-profit health insurance is some type of nefarious step towards a socialist society, then you might want to attend church this Sunday to mourn the loss of health insurers being able to worm out of covering the bills of a cancer patient because she forgot to write down on her application that she had skin acne for three months when she was a teenager.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #health #healthcare #insurance #medicine #obama #obamacare #politics #usa</p> Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:42:37 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:20144 health healthcare insurance medicine obama obamacare politics usa http://io9.com/5863925/the-worlds-smelliest-frogs-are-a-treasure-trove-of-antibiotics Some of the most foul smelling creatures on Earth are known simply as odorous frogs. These amphibians have a normal odor like that of rotting fish, but it's worth braving their disgusting smell for the life-saving substances that coat their bodies. Because frogs live in warm, wet places — the ...<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #antibiotics #frogs #medicine</p> Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:26:34 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:20079 antibiotics frogs medicine http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228402.300-banishing-consciousness-the-mystery-of-anaesthesia.html?full=true The development of general anaesthesia has transformed surgery from a horrific ordeal into a gentle slumber. It is one of the commonest medical procedures in the world, yet we still don't know how the drugs work. Perhaps this isn't surprising: we still don't understand consciousness, so how can we comprehend its disappearance?<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #anaesthesia #brain #cogsci #consciousness #medicine #mind #science</p> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:27:18 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:20064 anaesthesia brain cogsci consciousness medicine mind science http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/AYs2iO-bc5Q/the-seven-lifestyle-changes-that-can-add-a-decade-to-your-life <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #health #longevity #medicine</p> Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:30:00 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:19186 health longevity medicine