Robots Can Sense Touch and Check Blood Pressure
Small robots are now able to take a patient’s blood pressure through humanoid-sensing touch, creating an important new healthcare tool by Simon Fraser University researcher Woo Soo Kim. What to know: Scientists have replaced the traditional blood pressure procedure…
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Winners of the first CERF Medical Engineering Prize for ALS Research announced
The Cullen Education and Research Fund (CERF) announced the recipients of the first CERF Medical Engineering Prize for ALS Research: Dr. Leigh Hochberg, Dr. Conor Walsh, and Dr. Sabrina Paganoni. Their "BrainGate+SoftRobotics" team from Brown University, Harvard University and Massachusetts…
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Kim Kardashian Posted a Throwback Photo of Herself, and Helloooooo North!
Like her famous mom, Kim Kardashian, 8-year-old North West loves fashion. In fact, she even styled her siblings — Saint, 6, Chicago, 4, and Psalm, 2 — for a March 2022 cover of Vogue. So, is it any surprise that…
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It’s Day 6 of Covid, and a Rapid Antigen Test Comes Back Positive. Stay Home, Say Virologists.
What does it mean if a person’s rapid antigen test result comes back positive after five days of isolation due to covid-19? According to the experts, that person is most likely still carrying a viral load high enough to infect…
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As politics infects public health, private companies profit
For some counties and cities that share a public health agency with other local governments, differences over mask mandates, business restrictions, and other covid preventive measures have strained those partnerships. At least two have been pushed past the breaking point….
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New study finds COVID-19 hotspots in Canadian urban centers
A new study shows hotspots of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Canadian cities across four provinces, linked to occupation, income, housing and proxies for structural racism. The study, which looked at infections in 16 urban centres in British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and…
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Can food REALLY be as addictive as alcohol and cigarettes?
Can food REALLY be as addictive as alcohol and cigarettes? Many over-eaters believe their constant snacking is a compulsion… but experts are divided Some people believe they’re addicted to something that’s entirely legal They say they’re addiction is as strong…
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Disruption in lung cell repair may underlie ARDS in COVID-19 and other diseases
Investigators studying lung cells have discovered that the normal repair process that occurs after lung disease or injury appears to be incomplete but still ongoing in patients who died of COVID-19 and non-COVID acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). In patients…
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Lifting Statewide Mask Mandates a ‘Tough Call,’ Biden Says
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. This week’s announcements from several governors about easing COVID-19 mask mandates are “probably premature, but it’s a tough call,” President Joe Biden said on Thursday. He…
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Companies Revert to More Normal Operations as COVID Wanes
NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time in two years for many people, the American workplace is transforming into something that resembles pre-pandemic days. Tyson Foods said Tuesday it was ending mask requirements for its vaccinated workers in some…
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