Where do ‘Hawaiian box jellies’ come from?
An insightful cross-disciplinary team of University of Hawai’i (UH) at Manoa researchers, working for over a decade, published a study recently revealing that a key number of hours of darkness during the lunar cycle triggers mature “Hawaiian box jellyfish” (Alatina alata) to swim to leeward O’ahu shores to spawn. Led by Angel Yanagihara, associate research […]
Scientists provide more than 50K camera trap images for massive study on Amazon wildlife
WCS scientists working in the vast Amazon Basin have contributed more than 57,000 camera trap images for a new study published in the journal Ecology by an international team of 120 research institutions. The study consists of 120,000-plus images taken in eight countries, representing the largest photo database to date of the Amazon’s staggering array […]
New target may help protect bones as we age
Drugs we take like prednisone can weaken our bones and so can aging, and scientists working to prevent both have some of the first evidence that the best target may not be the logical one. They are finding that in aging bone, the mineralocorticoid receptor, better known for its role in blood pressure regulation, is […]
The Pandemic Is Leading To Missed Cancer Diagnoses, Study Warns
Throughout the pandemic, health care providers working in the trenches have warned of the ripple effect of COVID surges. When cases jump, hospitals that are overrun with COVID patients must put off lifesaving “elective” procedures, including cancer surgeries and heart valve replacements. Sobering new research also warns that there has been a substantial decline in […]
‘It’s So Much Worse This Time,’ Exhausted ICU Nurse Says Of Current COVID-19 Surge
Working frantically to help COVID patients in 2020 was hellish, declared a registered nurse in Nashville, Tennessee, who started work just last year. But it’s nothing compared to now. “For months, as a nurse intern, I’d watched the battle-weary nurses emerge from COVID rooms, taking off their PPE like warriors stripping off armor, their faces […]
Mobile alert app for missing people with dementia
Researchers are working with community leaders to develop a mobile alert app to help locate missing people with dementia. Noelannah Neubauer, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Waterloo’s School of Public Health Sciences, said “Community ASAP” is aimed at addressing a gap in available tools when it comes to alerts for missing older adults […]
A Medical Resident’s COVID-19 Diary
[embedded content] Siobhan Deshauer, MD, recounts the past year and a half, from working in the emergency department and caring for critically ill patients in the ICU, to getting sick with COVID herself, finally getting vaccinated, and giving out vaccinations to others. Deshauer: Hey, guys. I’m Siobhan, a fifth-year medical resident. Now, today’s video is […]
7 Ways Therapists Personally Deal With Burnout
Avoiding burnout has become nearly impossible. A lack of boundaries due to working from home, increased demands in our personal lives and endless uncertainty thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic have us feeling more depleted than ever. This results in sleep problems, loss of motivation and little energy, among many other issues. Even therapists aren’t immune. […]
Disabled Doctors Were Called Too ‘Weak’ To Be In Medicine. It’s Hurting The Entire System.
Diana Cejas was working as a resident physician at a New Orleans hospital when doctors discovered a cancerous tumor on her neck. The tumor had grown larger and more painful over time, eventually metastasizing to her lymph nodes. After Cejas had a successful surgery in July 2012 to remove the lymph nodes, she thought that […]