New research reports that hyperreactive brain networks could play a part in the hypersensitivity of fibromyalgia. A new study finds that patients with fibromyalgia have brain networks primed for rapid, global responses to minor changes. This abnormal hypersensitivity, called explosive synchronization (ES), can be seen in other network phenomena across nature. Researchers from the University […]
Read MoreAuthor: Ralph Orlowski / Reuters In the American labor market, services are the new steel. This moment was inevitable. It just wasn’t supposed to happen so soon. Due to the inexorable aging of the country—and equally unstoppable growth in medical spending—it was long obvious that health-care jobs would slowly take up more and more of […]
Read MoreBy Alan Zarembo Tethered to a breathing machine at a Manhattan hospital, 21-year-old Miriam Holman would die without a lung transplant. But her odds of finding a suitable organ were especially low in New York, where waiting times are among the longest in the country. Just across the Hudson River in New Jersey, patients in far […]
Read MoreIn Surprise, Research Suggests Lipid Bilayer Uninvolved, Challenging Prevalent Theory General anesthesia at clinically relevant concentrations induces unconsciousness by changing the function of proteins on the cell membrane, not the lipid bilayer, as previously believed, researchers have concluded. The findings challenge a century-old concept of how anesthetics work, and may ultimately help guide the development of novel, […]
Read MoreI include this one because I thought it was interesting for us as providers. By Meg Bryant Researchers in Mississippi hope to have a fleet of medical drones ready for disaster response by next year’s hurricane season. Hattiesburg, Mississippi, is no stranger to natural disasters. The city, 70 miles north of the Gulf Coast, suffered major […]
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