September 2020 - Page 5 of 6 - BioMedWire (BMW)

ThursdaySep 10, 2020 11:45 am

Tuberculosis, COVID-19 and HIV: The Three Pandemics Nearly Colliding

World Tuberculosis Day was on March 24 this year. However, given the situation with the coronavirus pandemic and the influx of cases that were being recorded across the globe, attention was shifted from this important day to shed light on the severity that was and still is, COVID-19. Nevertheless, this day which is about sharing research on tuberculosis ("TB") and celebrating the people who help treat and manage this disease was commemorated. A few clinical researchers also got together to discuss the effect that coronavirus would have on individuals who have TB. A review of this discussion is published in…

WednesdaySep 09, 2020 3:00 pm

Natural Contact Feeding During Immunization Can Relieve Pain for Infants

Research has shown that the alleviation of pain during an immunization procedure can improve the vaccine’s acceptance and also decrease the hesitancy of parents to vaccinate their children. Research on babies who are between 0 to 6 months shows that breastfeeding an infant during vaccine injections is an effective way of decreasing pain during routine immunizations. Below, we look into how breast feeding helps to calm infants during these procedures. The study discovered that children who were breastfed took a longer time to cry after the needle was introduced. It also ascertained that formula-fed and breast-fed infants recorded very short…

WednesdaySep 09, 2020 1:45 pm

African Green Monkey Helps Battle Against COVID-19

A global pandemic has been experienced at the beginning of the year in which millions have been infected, and thousands have lost their lives. Coronavirus, as it is commonly known by many, has been a thorn in the flesh for all the countries since it does not have a vaccine or a specific cure. However, virologists have been trying their very best to develop a remedy for the SARS-COV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19. Several animal models that may have the same symptoms of COVID-19 to those experienced in human beings have been used in several studies to carry out…

WednesdaySep 09, 2020 12:31 pm

180 Life Sciences Corp. is “One to Watch”

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TuesdaySep 08, 2020 2:15 pm

Light, Finsen and the Use of UV Light to Kill Harmful Bacteria

Many are counting on researchers and scientists to find treatments that could help manage coronavirus and eventually, a cure for the virus. However, not everyone is fully aware of the ups and downs of scientific discoveries that involve various clinical trials, testing on both animal and human subjects and the failures that come with these speculations. Take for instance, just over a century ago, Niels Ryberg Finsen began his experimentation with the use of UV light to treat ailments. As there were no subjects who would’ve offered to be his test subjects, Finsen used himself to test his findings. Finsen…

TuesdaySep 08, 2020 12:00 pm

3D Microscopy Reveals How Human Sperm Swim

For more than thirty decades, researchers have had the knowledge that sperms have been swimming by moving their tails side by side. It has been so because they have been using the 2D microscopes in making that observation. However, the real movement of the sperms has been discovered by the scientist using the 3D microscopy. How Human Sperms Move Sperms spin with a wobbly amorphic twist. It is the opposite of what had been known before about the movement of the sperms. Scientists used a very high-speed camera that can record more than 56,000 frames in a second to determine…

FridaySep 04, 2020 2:00 pm

Cyberattacks: How to Up Your Cybersecurity Game for Medical Devices

In the healthcare industry, cyberattacks have become very common. This is mainly due to the increase in the networked medical devices. This is prompting device manufacturers to constantly reduce threats that would affect the devices’ security. Many medical devices have embedded computer systems that are susceptible to security breaches which can affect how they operate. The rise in cyberattacks led to the FDA issuing a warning in March 2019, concerning 2 security flaws that affected implantable cardioverter defibrillators. To better understand the risks a compromise in device security may have on an individual, we first look at how the attacks…

FridaySep 04, 2020 10:30 am

Wearable Patch Could Ease Sleep Apnea Monitoring at Home

Sleep apnea is one of the complications that you may experience, and it may bring some difficulties in your sleep. To know that you have this complication, you must spend a night at the health center where its screening can be done. You will be linked with sensors which will be measuring your blood oxygen levels, brain activity, and your eye movement. However, for effective detection of sleep apnea, a group of researchers have developed a wearable that has the capability of tracking your breath. The device uses a combination of electric signals and machine algorithms. What is sleep apnea?…

ThursdaySep 03, 2020 3:00 pm

Lessons from NYC’s Attempts to Make Medical PPE

An organization of 14 unions, hospitals and makerspaces have been organizing, distributing and creating protective equipment’s and face shields to doctors and frontline nurses. The first delivery was done on March 22 and comprised of 97 shields. The group has the capacity of producing from 600 to 1100 shields in one day. Additionally, the organization also has maker’s and engineers who are focused on putting their varying facilities and skills to use. Here are key lessons that can be picked from their initiative. Getting Input from Nurses and Doctors The group became majorly known because of getting input from nurses…

ThursdaySep 03, 2020 10:00 am

Digital Contact Tracing: Helping Flatten the COVID-19 Curve

With the coronavirus pandemic still affecting most countries globally, researchers advocate for the use of digital contact tracing as a means to reduce the spread of the virus. Private Kit: Safe Paths, is an app developed by the MIT Media Lab with Ramesh Raskar, an associate professor at the lead. This app boasts of being able to perform digital contact tracing while protecting the privacy of persons. It has been speculated that the app might be integrated with Waze for COVID-19, an official WHO app that is also new to the market. Below, we discuss the benefits and disadvantages of…