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Feb 22, 2021

Mike Wang — Johns Hopkins — Hallucinogens, NeuroImmunology And The Microbiome In Mental Healthcare

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, education, health, neuroscience

Hallucinogens, neuro-immunology and the microbiome — convergent approaches in mental healthcare — mike wang, johns hopkins university.


Mike Wang, is a neuro-psychiatric researcher and adjunct teaching faculty in neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins Krieger School of Arts and Sciences.

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Feb 21, 2021

Meet the Latest ‘Super Plant’ to Fight Air Pollution

Posted by in categories: health, sustainability

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Planting greenery is often touted as one solution to the threat of air pollution, but which species are the most effective against this major public health hazard? Researchers at the Royal Horticultural Society in the UK set out to answer that question and in the process discovered a “super plant,” Franchet’s cotoneaster, or Cotoneaster franchetii.

Feb 21, 2021

IBM’s Retreat From Watson Highlights Broader AI Struggles in Health

Posted by in categories: business, health, robotics/AI

IBM spent several billion dollars on acquisitions to build up Watson. Former senior IBM executive John Kelly once touted the initiative as a “bet the ranch” move. It didn’t live up to the hype. Watson Health has struggled for market share in the U.S. and abroad and currently isn’t profitable.


The decision to put its flagship Watson Health business up for sale underscores the wider challenge tech companies face in healthcare.

Feb 19, 2021

Dr. Hassan Tetteh, MD, Health Mission Chief, Dept. of Defense, Joint Artificial Intelligence Center

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, business, ethics, government, health, military, policy, robotics/AI

Dr. Hassan A. Tetteh, MD, is the Health Mission Chief, at the Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, serving to advance the objectives of the DoD AI Strategy, and improve war fighter healthcare and readiness with artificial intelligence implementations.

Dr. Tetteh is also an Associate Professor of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, adjunct faculty at Howard University College of Medicine, a Thoracic Staff Surgeon for MedStar Health and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and leads a Specialized Thoracic Adapted Recovery (STAR) Team, in Washington, DC, where his research in thoracic transplantation aims to expand heart and lung recovery and save lives.

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Feb 19, 2021

Incredible Sneak Peek of Mars Landing Sent Back

Posted by in categories: health, robotics/AI, space

The six-wheeled robot’s latest data since touching down yesterday include a series of images captured as the rover’s “jet pack” lowered it to the ground.

Less than a day after NASA ’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover successfully landed on the surface of Mars, engineers and scientists at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California were hard at work, awaiting the next transmissions from Perseverance. As data gradually came in, relayed by several spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet, the Perseverance team were relieved to see the rover’s health reports, which showed everything appeared to be working as expected.

Feb 16, 2021

Steam Vs Infrared Portable Sauna. TESTED

Posted by in categories: climatology, habitats, health, neuroscience

We all know the benefits of saunas on our mental and physical health, indeed, I recently did a video on just that, but what about the home saunas that are available so you can get the benefits as often as you desire, without having to leave the comfort of your own home, especially relevant in the current climate and recurring lockdowns… Well I have been testing both steam and infrared varieties extensively over the last year and have put together a quick guide on the pros and cons on both types. So if you have been thinking about investing yourself, or indeed you want to know which type is best for you, why not check out this video for further information. Have an awesome day…


Having already looked at the benefits of saunas, just how do home portable saunas stack up. Are they worth the expens…

Feb 15, 2021

New skin patch brings us closer to wearable, all-in-one health monitor

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, chemistry, health, wearables

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a soft, stretchy skin patch that can be worn on the neck to continuously track blood pressure and heart rate while measuring the wearer’s levels of glucose as well as lactate, alcohol or caffeine. It is the first wearable device that monitors cardiovascular signals and multiple biochemical levels in the human body at the same time.

Feb 15, 2021

New skin patch promises comprehensive health monitoring

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, engineering, health, nanotechnology, wearables

“” This type of wearable would be very helpful for people with underlying medical conditions to monitor their own health on a regular basis,” co-first author of the study Lu Yin said in a news release.

New wearable device converts body heat into electricity.
“It would also serve as a great tool for remote patient monitoring, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic when people are minimizing in-person visits to the clinic,” Yin, a nano-engineering doctoral student at the University of California, San Diego.

In addition to monitoring chronic conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure, as well as pinpointing the onset of sepsis, the patch could help predict people at risk of becoming severely ill with COVID-19.

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Feb 14, 2021

The Doctor Will Sniff You Now

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health, robotics/AI

It’s 2050 and you’re due for your monthly physical exam. Times have changed, so you no longer have to endure an orifices check, a needle in your vein, and a week of waiting for your blood test results. Instead, the nurse welcomes you with, “The doctor will sniff you now,” and takes you into an airtight chamber wired up to a massive computer. As you rest, the volatile molecules you exhale or emit from your body and skin slowly drift into the complex artificial intelligence apparatus, colloquially known as Deep Nose. Behind the scene, Deep Nose’s massive electronic brain starts crunching through the molecules, comparing them to its enormous olfactory database. Once it’s got a noseful, the AI matches your odors to the medical conditions that cause them and generates a printout of your health. Your human doctor goes over the results with you and plans your treatment or adjusts your meds.

Feb 12, 2021

Plastic trash can now be recycled into ultra-strong graphene

Posted by in categories: health, materials

Plastic decomposition is sped up by the flash Joule heating method.


The smart fabric is light, breathable, and can change how first-responders deal with sarin.

Max G. Levy, Science and Health Journalism.