Physics Maths Engineering
T
he growing popularity of long-term, continuous, and unsupervised tracking
of human physiological data for health care monitoring and preventive treatment
has made biomedical applications of nanotechnology a major research focus.
Generally, the monitoring and prevention of diseases in humans is performed
through the collection of biomedical data and signals. In current methodologies,
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Posted 10 months ago
John R. Balmes
John R. Balmes
Division of Occupational, Environmental, and Climate Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Summary
The commentary examines the potential health risks associated with exposure to burn pit emissions, particularly in military personnel who have been deployed to conflict zones. Burn pits are open-air areas where waste materials, such as plastics and metals, are burned, creating harmful emissions that may impact respiratory health.
Sev...
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Lisa Carter-Bawa
Lisa Carter-Bawa
Cancer Prevention Precision Control Institute, Center for Discovery & Innovation at Hackensack Meridian Health, Nutley, New Jersey
Summary
The study highlights racial disparities in lung cancer screening, particularly within Black communities in the US. It points to the role of medical mistrust, rooted in historical and contemporary racism, in affecting screening decisions. Black individuals experience lower screening uptake, contributing to worse health outcomes. The rese...
Posted 10 months ago
Jeffrey Brent,
Jeffrey Brent
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Littleton
Stephanie T. Weiss
Stephanie T. Weiss
Translational Addiction Medicine Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland
The article discusses the advantages of wastewater sampling for monitoring drug use in communities. It highlights how wastewater surveillance avoids biases seen in other drug monitoring methods and offers valuable insights into drug consumption patterns. The paper also addresses the potential for wastewater sampling to identify novel psychoactive substances (NPS) and warns about the stigmatization...
Posted 10 months ago
Arshiya A. Baig
Arshiya A. Baig
Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
The study by Wieland et al. explores the use of digital narratives to improve glycemic control among Hispanic adults with type 2 diabetes. A randomized clinical trial demonstrated a small improvement in glycemic control for those in the intervention group who watched culturally tailored digital narratives. The study highlights the importance of community-based participatory research, culturally re...
Posted 10 months ago
Michael Siegel
Michael Siegel
Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
ImportanceA loophole in US gun policy is that people can purchase guns from private sellers without going through any background check. Some states have addressed this loophole by requiring universal background checks for all gun sales, either at the point of sale or through a permit system; however, most studies on the effectiveness of universal background checks have not analyzed these 2 policy ...
Posted 10 months ago
James Luccarelli
James Luccarelli
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Summary:
The article explores the role of seizure duration in Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), a treatment used for various psychiatric conditions, especially depression. The study examined a large cohort of Swedish patients undergoing ECT for unipolar major depression and focused on the duration of the first seizure. The findings indicate t...
Posted 10 months ago
Mary S. Brady
Mary S. Brady
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
Summary: The study by Jackson et al. shows that smoking significantly increases the risk of melanoma-associated death (MAD) in patients with clinically localized melanoma. Smokers had a 48% higher risk of death from melanoma compared to nonsmokers, with heavier smokers facing an even greater risk. The study highlights that smoking may reduce blood flow and impair immune responses, contributing to ...
Posted 10 months ago
Jacob E. Simmering
Jacob E. Simmering
Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Summary:
The article discusses the potential of nonprobability online surveys as an efficient and timely method for measuring COVID-19 incidence. These surveys, when integrated with wastewater surveillance data, provide useful estimates of disease spread, particularly in the absence of precise official case counts. They offer demographic insig...
Posted 10 months ago
Donald A. Redelmeier,
Donald A. Redelmeier
Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Eldar Shafir
Eldar Shafir
Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Importance
A goal of health care is to reduce symptoms and improve health status, whereas continuing dubious treatments can contribute to complacency, discourage the search for alternatives, and lead to shortfalls in care.
Objective
To test a potential bias in intuitive reasoning following a marginal improvement in symptoms after a dubious treatment (post hoc bias).Design, Setting, and Particip...
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