Health

HMN 2024 – Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in collaboration with the University of Arizona led a study that can help surgeons obtain biofeedback of their posture during long surgical procedures. Ultimately, the aim is to reduce the stress associated with maintaining static postures while operating. Published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, this Read More

HMN 2024 – by Jörg Schäfer, NMI Naturwissenschaftliches und Medizinisches Institut in Reutlingen b) Collagen matrix after treatment with UVA light and riboflavin. Structure with cavities and pores of 1–20 µm supports cellular processes. Reaction to freeze-drying (d) indicates high resistance to mechanical stress. Credit: NMI Scientists at the NMI have unraveled the mode of Read More

HMN 2024 – Mount Sinai scientists, in collaboration with researchers from the Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII) in Madrid, Spain, have located and identified alterations in the mpox virus genome that potentially correlate with changes in the virus’s transmissibility observed in the 2022 outbreak. The findings were published April 18 in Nature Communications. The mpox Read More

HMN 2024 – A new study shows community pharmacies may play a key role in helping people quit smoking. The findings came out in the article “Closing the Tobacco Treatment Gap,” published in the 10th anniversary special issue of Pharmacy. The results provide valuable insights into the implementation of tobacco cessation services within community pharmacies Read More

HMN 2024 – Women hoping to get pregnant sometimes wonder if there’s anything they can do to make it easier to conceive. Those questions might take on an added edge if a couple has been having unprotected sex for at least a year with no success, according to the Mayo Clinic. There are medical issues Read More

HMN 2024 – Airborne viruses will be called “pathogens that transmit through the air” under new terminology the World Health Organization hopes will end a scientific rift that hampered the early response to COVID-19. After two years of consultations involving over 100 scientists, a WHO-led working group agreed to the term to describe diseases caused Read More

HMN 2024 – Esther JeanBart leaned over her son’s wheelchair, caressing his face and trying to make him giggle. Gianni JeanBart was under the weather, but still his eyes rolled toward her and his mouth widened, cracking a smile. Esther JeanBart said she has missed the sound of Gianni’s voice the most. In 2017, the Read More