This caterpillar wears the body parts of insect prey
Dubbed the “bone collector,” this caterpillar found on a Hawaiian island disguises itself while stalking spider webs for trapped insects to eat. Source link
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Study Finds Low Rate of Outpatient Follow-Up After Visit for Gout Flare
Photo Credit: istock.com/tharakorn Only One-Third of Patients Who Visited the Ed for a Gout Flare Had Gout-Relanted Outpatient Follow-up with 6 months, Highlighting Care Gaps and Opioid Overuse. Just a Third of Patients Who Sought Care in the Emergency Department (ed) for Gout Flare Had a Follow-Up Outpatient Visit Addressing Gout in the Subsequent 6 […]
Continue ReadingHow this run-walk Method Could Help You train for a marathon
CREDIT: UNSPLASH/CC0 PUBLIC DOMAIN Even If You’re a Runner, You May Not Heard the Term “Jeffing“Before. It’s a method of alternating between running and walking and it’s becomed the popular way to train for long-diction races. IT’S PARTY TIMELY, AS WE APPEAR TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF A Second Running Boom, The First Having […]
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113 Million-Year-Old ‘Hell Ant’ Discovery Is Oldest Ever Found : ScienceAlert
A bad day and a dead end for a Cretaceous ant has parlayed into some pretty spectacular science some 113 million years later. The tiny insect, fossilized in a chunk of limestone in Brazil, is the oldest known ant specimen ever identified. Even better, it’s a member of an extinct subfamily called Haidomyrmecinae – more […]
Continue ReadingMedical Under Threat: Who’s Covered and What Could Be Cut?
Sacrament, Calif. -Medical, California’s Complex, $ 174.6 Billion Medicaid Program, Provides Health Insurance for Nearly 15 Million Residents with Low Low Incomes and Disabilities. The State Enrolls Twice As Many People As New York and More Than Three Times As Many As Texas – The Two States with the LargeSt Number of Medicid Participants After […]
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La Crosse virus disease: The rare mosquito-borne illness that causes deadly brain inflammation
Disease name: La Crosse virus disease Affected populations: La Crosse virus disease is a rare viral illness that is spread to humans via mosquito bites. The name comes from La Crosse County, Wisconsin, where the disease was first observed by doctors in the 1960s. Approximately 30 to 90 cases of La Crosse virus disease are […]
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Age-Relassed Genetic Changes in the Blood Associated with Poor Cancer Prognosis
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute, UCL, Gustave Rousssy and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), have Discoved That Expansion of Mutant Blood Cells, Phenomenon Linked to Aging, Can Be Found in Cancerous Tumors, and This Is Associated with Wors Outcomes are patients. Understanding The Biological Interface of Age-Related Genetic Changes […]
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Rocket Lab introduces line of customizable solar arrays for satellites
Rocket Lab is showing that’s about more than just rockets. The California-based company has introduced a family of customizable solar arrays, designed to fit the changing needs of customer satellites. Rocket Lab is offering the new Standardized Array, or STARRAY, line as an alternative to save first- or one-time satellite manufacturers the time of designing […]
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Q & A: Ending the HIV Epidemic in the US: “Now is not the time for complacency”
Photo Credit: Freepick Amanda Bleichrodt, mph, discussions Her Team’s findings that the us is unlikely to reach the ending the hiv epidemic goal of a 90% drop in hiv incidence by 2030. Targeted Action is Needed in the US, to Reach a 90% Reduction in HIV Incidence by 2030 for the Ending the HIV Epidemic […]
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Childhood hepatitis B treatment linked to higher odds of long-term virus control
FUNCTIONAL CURE OF CHRONIC HBV INFECTION. Credit: National Taiwan University FUNCTIONAL CURE, DEFINED AS DURABLE HEPATIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN (HBSAG) AND HEPATIS B VIRUS (HBV) DNA TITERS BelOW LIMIT OF DETECTION (LLOD), IS ASSOCIATED WITH BETTER CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF CHRONIC HBV INFERTION AND IS REGAREDED AS THE PREFERED TRETMENT OFMENT OF Novel Therapeutic Agents Against […]
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