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Oct 15, 2019
Healing illness with the subconscious mind | Danna Pycher | TEDxPineCrestSchool
Posted by Paul Battista in category: health
NOTE FROM TED: We’ve flagged this talk, which was filmed at a TEDx event, because it appears to fall outside TEDx’s curatorial guidelines. There is no conclusive research that supports the claims made about the subconscious mind. TEDx events are independently organized by volunteers. The guidelines we give TEDx organizers are described in more detail here: http://storage.ted.com/tedx/manuals/tedx_content_guidelines.pdf
Surviving an accident was the easy part; coping with the chronic pain would prove more difficult. Danna Pycher shares her story about trauma and the transformative insight she gained that allowed her to harness the healing power of the subconscious mind.
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Oct 15, 2019
‘Life-saving’ drug for treating head injuries
Posted by Paul Battista in category: biotech/medical
A cheap, common drug could save hundreds of thousands of lives a year if used routinely, doctors say.
Oct 15, 2019
This City Bench Absorbs More Air Pollution Than A Grove Of Trees
Posted by Omuterema Akhahenda in categories: health, sustainability
London is the latest city to gain a city bench with the ability to absorb as much pollution as a small forest. The vertical garden, which doubles as a bench, is Green City Solutions’ CityTree. Using a vertical installation of moss, the bench can absorb as much pollution as 275 trees in 1 percent of the space.
The World Health Organization estimates that 7 million premature deaths occur each year from air pollution, making it one of the largest environmental health risks in the world.
Oct 15, 2019
“Metabesity and Longevity: USA Special Case Study” is an 85-page open-access analytical report produced jointly
Posted by Franco Cortese in categories: biotech/medical, government, life extension, policy, robotics/AI
By and Targeting Metabesity to examine the links between metabesity, Longevity and the USA’s current health shortfalls, including low health-adjusted life expectancy (“HALE”) and the large gap between HALE and life expectancy, despite its extremely high per-capita healthcare expenditures, and to chart policy recommendations to neutralize this vast health vs wealth deficit.
Metabesity and Longevity: USA Special Case Study is an 85-page open-access analytical report produced jointly by Aging Analytics Agency and Targeting Metabesity to examine the links between metabesity, Longevity and the USA s current health shortfalls, including low health-adjusted life expectancy ( HALE ) and the large gap between HALE and life expectancy, despite its extremely high per-capita healthcare expenditures, and to chart policy recommendations to neutralize this vast health vs wealth deficit.
Link to Special Case Study: https://aginganalytics.com/longevity-usa/
Oct 15, 2019
Researchers reduce heart-attack-caused cardiac tissue damage
Posted by Paul Battista in category: biotech/medical
Each year, heart attacks kill almost 10 million people around the world, and more than 6 million die from stroke. A heart attack is caused by clots that block arterial blood flow. Tissues are deprived from blood-borne oxygen. Under these conditions, the affected tissues undergo a rapid necrosis. But why? Scientists at the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, the University of Lyon and the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (Inserm), France, have discovered that the synthesis of a lipid called deoxydihydroceramide provokes necrosis. This lipid accumulates in the absence of oxygen and blocks cellular functions. By inhibiting its synthesis in a mouse suffering a heart attack, the biologists were able to reduce the tissue damage by 30 percent. These results, published in Nature Metabolism, suggest a new model of treatment for victims of heart attack or stroke.
“But what causes necrosis under these conditions?” asked Howard Riezman, professor in the Department of Biochemistry of the Faculty of Science at UNIGE and Director of the NCCR Chemical Biology. Not all animals are so sensitive to the absence of oxygen—worms can live three days without oxygen, some turtles can live several months, and certain bacteria indefinitely.
“That is why we sought to find the link between the lack of oxygen and tissue necrosis in mammals,” said the scientist.
Oct 15, 2019
Peter Fedichev at Ending Age-Related Diseases 2019
Posted by Steve Hill in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, life extension
We’re continuing to release talks from Ending Age-Related Diseases 2019, our highly successful two-day conference that featured talks from leading researchers and investors, bringing them together to discuss the future of aging and rejuvenation biotechnology.
Dr. Peter Fedichev, co-founder of GERO, discussed biomarkers in the context of mouse research, particularly physiological frailty and blood cell counts. He introduced a new index, the Dynamic Frailty Index, and explained it in detail, including the advantages that it has over conventional frailty models and epigenetic clocks. He also explained the differences between humans and mice, most notably the fact that interventions that work in mice do not always apply to human beings.
Oct 15, 2019
Moving Beyond Mind-Controlled Limbs to Prosthetics That Can Actually ‘Feel’
Posted by Tanvir Ahmed in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, Elon Musk, engineering, robotics/AI
Brain-machine interface enthusiasts often gush about “closing the loop.” It’s for good reason. On the implant level, it means engineering smarter probes that only activate when they detect faulty electrical signals in brain circuits. Elon Musk’s Neuralink—among other players—are readily pursuing these bi-directional implants that both measure and zap the brain.
But to scientists laboring to restore functionality to paralyzed patients or amputees, “closing the loop” has broader connotations. Building smart mind-controlled robotic limbs isn’t enough; the next frontier is restoring sensation in offline body parts. To truly meld biology with machine, the robotic appendage has to “feel one” with the body.
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Oct 15, 2019
Unique dendritic sticky particles formed by harnessing ‘liquid chaos’
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: engineering, food, nanotechnology, particle physics
New research from North Carolina State University shows that unique materials with distinct properties akin to those of gecko feet—the ability to stick to just about any surface—can be created by harnessing liquid-driven chaos to produce soft polymer microparticles with hierarchical branching on the micro- and nanoscale.
The findings, described in the journal Nature Materials, hold the potential for advances in gels, pastes, foods, nonwovens and coatings, among other formulations.
The soft dendritic particle materials with unique adhesive and structure-building properties can be created from a variety of polymers precipitated from solutions under special conditions, says Orlin Velev, S. Frank and Doris Culberson Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at NC State and corresponding author of the paper.
Oct 15, 2019
Alphaville — Forever Young (Live) (Subtitulado)
Posted by Tanvir Ahmed in category: media & arts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSd5pp60-BM&feature=share
Esta gran cancion clasica e inolvidable de los 80’s con excelente letra subtitulada, traducida en español, con esta magnifica presentacion en vivo, incansable de escuchar de principio a fin, de esta fantastica Banda, Saludos… Music Video (Tren Rojo) (TrenRojoCruzandoo) (Tren Rojo Cruzando)