Scrambler therapy may offer lasting relief for chronic pain
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Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Scrambler therapy may offer lasting relief for chronic pain July 31, 2023 Johns Hopkins Scrambler therapy used for a patient with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy . The red bursts represent areas where the patient is experiencing pain . A new review paper co-authored by two Johns Hopkins pain experts suggests that scrambler therapy , a noninvasive pain treatment, can yield significant relief for approximately 80 â90 of patients with chronic pain , and it may be more effective than another noninvasive therapy : transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation TENS The write-up was published online July 13  in The New England Journal of Medicine Scrambler therapy ,
, Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Bees likely evolved from ancient supercontinent , earlier than suspected July 31, 2023 Washington State University The origin of bees is tens of millions of years older than most previous estimates , a new study . shows A team led by Washington State University researchers traced the bee genealogy back more than 120 million years to an ancient supercontinent , Gondwana , which included todayâ s continents of Africa and South . America In a study that proposes a new evolutionary history of bees , the researchers found evidence that bees originated earlier , diversified faster and spread wider than many scientists previously suspected. They published their findings  in the
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search New genetic clues uncovered in largest study of families with multiple children with autism July 31, 2023 UCLA UCLA Health researchers have published the largest-ever study of families with at least two children with autism , uncovering new risk genes and providing new insights into how genetics influence whether someone develops autism spectrum . disorder The new study , published July 28 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences also provides genetic evidence that language delay and dysfunction should be reconsidered as a core component of . autism Most genetic studies of autism have focused on families with one child affected by the neurodevelopmental disorder 
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Unique Mexican black and pinto bean varieties are high in healthy compounds July 31, 2023 University of Illinois David Fonseca Hernà ndez working in the CIATEJ laboratory . Common beans are important food sources with high nutritional content . Bean seeds also contain phenolic compounds , which have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that promote health . A study  from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign  and CIATEJ  in Guadalajara , Mexico , explored the composition of seed coat extracts from black and pinto bean varieties unique to the Chiapas region of Southern . Mexico âThese beans are preserved among Mayan communities and grown by indigenous
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search New vaccine may successfully target Alzheimer’s July 30, 2023 American Heart Association A new vaccine , discussed at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2023, may have the potential to prevent or modify Alzheimer’s disease by targeting inflamed brain cells linked to the condition . Researchers from Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan developed a vaccine that successfully treated age-related diseases in mice by eliminating senescent cells expressing a specific protein called SAGP . Interestingly , SAGP is found in high levels in the glial cells of people with Alzheimer’s disease . Based on these findings , the researchers tested the vaccine on
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Japanese vaccine may hold key to prevent or reduce the impact of Alzheimerâ s disease July 30, 2023 American Heart Association A novel vaccine that targets inflamed brain cells associated with Alzheimerâ s disease may hold the key to potentially preventing or modifying the course of the disease , according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Associationâ s Basic Cardiovascular Sciences Scientific Sessions 2023 The meeting is in Boston , July 31âAug . 3, 2023, and offers the latest research on innovations and discovery in cardiovascular . science Previously , researchers at Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine in Tokyo , Japan developed a
Skip to content Menu My journey as writer Contact About Air Quality Matters Discourse for all interested in all things air-quality related Menu My journey as writer Contact About Itâ s time for that talk on ⦠what else Quality July 30, 2023 July 30, 2023 Itâ s been over 10 years and about time we had this . talk Air quality , quality of life , quality assurance , quality control , quality this , quality that and quality the . other Quality more or less connotes a condition or a state , as in the condition or state of some . thing Take quality of life , for example . What weâ re really talking about here is the state or condition of life . The same is true for air . Used in this way , what the word quality does not do is it does not infer whether that condition or state is good ,
Truly convenient materials that can conduct electricity perfectly have long been sought after by researchers, but their history is one of difficult experiments, theoretical puzzles and scientific controversy
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search This 3D Printed Gripper Doesnâ t Need Electronics To Function July 28, 2023 UC San Diego This soft robotic gripper is not only 3D printed in one print , it also doesnâ t need any electronics to . work The device was developed by a team of roboticists at the University of California San Diego , in collaboration with researchers at the BASF corporation , who detailed their work in a recent issue of Science Robotics The researchers wanted to design a soft gripper that would be ready to use right as it comes off the 3D printer , equipped with built in gravity and touch sensors . As a result , the gripper can pick up , hold , and release objects . No such gripper existed before
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Exploring vacuum energy July 28, 2023 CNRS Quantum vacuum fluctuations , conceptual . illustration According to quantum theory , a vacuum is actually packed full of energy . Scientists are currently working on an experiment designed to show that it can even slow light down and deflect . it For the Greek philosopher Aristotle , Nature abhors a vacuum . More prosaically , you might say that a vacuum is what remains when everything has been removed , in other words , nothing . However , according to quantum mechanics , even when a cube of space has been emptied of all its material content , there is still something left , namely concentrated energy that , far from being nothing , has
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Study finds strong support for easing Medicaid enrollment procedures July 28, 2023 Texas A M A Medicaid application ready to be filled out with a silver pen . During the COVID-19 pandemic , governments changed rules and procedures related to Medicaid enrollment . These changes decreased many of the burdens eligible people face when signing up for programs and contributed to a 30 percent increase in Medicaid enrollment . However , the end of public health emergency declarations brings an end to these pandemic policies , which many fear could lead to eligible people losing public health insurance simply because they are unable to fulfill administrative requirements such as
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Bees and Wasps Independently Invent Ingenious Nest-Building Solutions July 28, 2023 PLOS ONE Photo credit : Michael L . Smith In a study published in the journal PLOS Biology on July 27, 2023, researchers found that honey bees and social wasps construct hexagonal cells that appear similar at first glance but have significant differences . Honey bees use wax to build double-sided vertical combs , while wasps utilize paper to construct single-sided horizontal combs with downward-facing openings for each . cell These hexagonal cells have evolved independently in bees and wasps . The shape of these cells optimizes strength and storage space while minimizing the use of building
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