The Medical Thread

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Polio: Mutated virus breaches vaccine protection

Laser device may end pin pricks, improve quality of life for diabetics

Related to that last one, did you know that there's a tattoo ink that's glucose sensitive, now? It changes colors according to available glucose levels. Glucose is high? It's purple. Low? It's yellow. In the normal range? Sort of a dark orange. Only problem is that it only lasts about six months before it starts being walled off (which also happens with regular tattoo ink, but there it's not a problem).

It sounds familiar.

Fungus deadly to AIDS patients found to grow on trees

Funny, I think we've known about the link between cryptococcal infection and trees for a while already.

Yep, Cryptococcus has been isolated from trees previously.

12-Year-Old Receives First 3D Printed Vertebra Implant

In our digital world, are young people losing the ability to read emotions?

Tissue regeneration using anti-inflammatory nanomolecules

Serotonin: Pleasure or Pain?

Bioengineers close to brewing opioid painkillers without using opium from poppies

Mimicking natural evolution with 'promiscuous reactions' to improve the diversity of drugs

Random question: What is worse in term of bodily damage; A clean cut which removes an hand outright OR a botched "cut" which leaves the same hand attached but mangled so hard it might as well be cut?

I want to stress that this is unrelated to that toe of mine and that I never botch a cleaver cut.

Let's assume we're talking about a bite from whatever predator, and in the second situation it doesn't have enough force to cut through the extremity, and let's assume the same bite could in other circumstances cut cleanly the hand.

If it's really that mangled the nice doctor is just gonna amputate it at some point.

I know, but in the meantime maybe there's time for infection or something, or maybe there's no bonesaw handy and an immediate amputation is not doable, without mentioning blood loss.

edited 25th Aug '14 7:24:36 AM by QuestionMarc

Fully functional immune organ grown in mice from lab-created cells

Haven't my neurons seen this before? What happens in the brain with familiar pictures?

Simply complex: The origin of our body axes

Driving brain rhythm makes mice more sensitive to touch

Area of brain responsible for exercise motivation discovered

Changes in eye can predict changes in brain

A gut microbe that stops food allergies

Get a lot of those at work. Machinery on fishing boats usually. best just to take it off if possible, easier to dress that way. easier to keep clean and stop the bleeding. leaving it on asking for trouble.

Ectopic Fetus Removed From Woman After 36 Years

Black carbon—a major climate pollutant—also linked to cardiovascular health

Learning by watching, toddlers show intuitive understanding of probability

A long childhood feeds the hungry human brain

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/08/26/medical-marijuana-may-reduce-painkiller-related-deaths/

That's about what I thought, thanks.

Two case reports of rare stiff person syndrome

Exposure to toxins makes great granddaughters more susceptible to stress, rat study shows

Sorting cells with sound waves

Researchers Discover Proteins That Block Both HIV And Ebola Virus Release

Japan lab unable to replicate 'stem cell' findings (Update)

Scientists looking across human, fly and worm genomes find shared biology

Group identity emphasized more by those who just make the cut

Biotech firm's GM mosquitoes to fight dengue in Brazil

Human altruism traces back to the origins of humanity

Stem cells research for some reason attracts the (alleged or confirmed) scammers, I see.

So I'm fairly confident that everyone here knows the story of Dr. Leonid Rogozov and his incredibly badass self appendectomy but I've never actually seen a picture of the operation before

Fever's origin discovered by researchers

Junk food makes rats lose appetite for balanced diet

Stone-tipped spears lethal, may indicate early cognitive and social skills

Synthesis produces new antibiotic: Scientists confirm potent synthesis of natural tetracycline

Marijuana compound may offer treatment for Alzheimer's disease, study suggests

Neuroscientists reverse memories' emotional associations: Brain circuit that links feelings to memories manipulated

From nose to knee: Engineered cartilage regenerates joints

Inside the teenage brain: New studies explain risky behavior

Stop and listen: Study shows how movement affects hearing

Wolves susceptible to yawn contagion: Social bonds may increase yawning contagion between wolves