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May 11, 2018

WHO preparing for ‘worst-case scenario’ in Ebola outbreak

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The World Health Organization is preparing for the “worst-case scenario” as it continues to respond to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Peter Salama, deputy director-general of emergency preparedness and response at the WHO, said in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday that it’s “going to be tough and it’s going to be costly to stamp out this outbreak.”

There have been 34 cases of Ebola virus disease reported during the past five weeks, the WHO said Friday. Of those, two have been confirmed using laboratory tests, 14 are suspected, and 18 — who are deceased — are considered probable for the disease. Three of the patients are health care workers.

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May 8, 2018

Ebola outbreak declared in Democratic Republic of Congo

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, government, health

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo declared an outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever, a rare and deadly disease, on Tuesday, the World Health Organization reported. The declaration came after laboratory results confirmed two cases of the disease in the province of Bikoro in the northwestern part of the country.

Ebola virus disease, which most commonly affects people and nonhuman primates (monkeys, gorillas and chimpanzees), is caused by one of five Ebola viruses. The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission. The average case fatality rate is around 50%.

A government statement released Tuesday states that the Ministry of Health has “taken all necessary measures to respond promptly and effectively to this new epidemic of Ebola in the DRC’s national territory”.

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May 8, 2018

Bioquark Inc. — Parents Are Hard To Raise Podcast — Ira Pastor

Posted by in categories: aging, bioengineering, biological, biotech/medical, DNA, futurism, health, life extension, neuroscience, science

May 8, 2018

Bioquark Inc. — Evolving Past Alzheimer’s Podcast — Ira Pastor

Posted by in categories: aging, bioengineering, biotech/medical, DNA, health, life extension, neuroscience, science, transhumanism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNDyHZp6wWw

May 7, 2018

Bioquark Inc. — Too Sick And Naked Podcast — Ira Pastor

Posted by in categories: aging, biotech/medical, DNA, food, genetics, health, life extension, neuroscience, science, transhumanism

http://toosickandnaked.com/2018/05/07/25-the-future-of-medic…-bioquark/

May 7, 2018

Cognitive training, diet, exercise, and vascular management seen to improve cognition even in people with genetic predisposition for dementia (APOE e4)

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, health, neuroscience

Time to end genetic fatalism: Lifestyle matters, even to those with APOE e4 allele. #dementia #alzheimers #apoee4 #lifestyle #genetics

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May 6, 2018

Tech’s Next Big Wave: Big Data Meets Biology

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health, information science

Just about everyone agrees that America’s health care system is broken. Is better data—and the ability to harness it—the medicine we’ve been looking for?

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May 6, 2018

An engineer modded a drone to rescue this puppy

Posted by in categories: drones, health, robotics/AI

This is so cute!


In today’s adorable-and-I’m-not-crying-you’re-crying news, NDTL reports that an engineer in New Delhi named Milind Raj saved a puppy using a drone he equipped with a giant claw.

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May 4, 2018

The Gut Microbiome Contributes to Atherosclerosis

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A new study published by researchers at Western University and Lawson Health Research Institute has shown a link between the gut microbiome and atherosclerosis.

During the study, the team examined blood levels of metabolic products in the gut microbiomes of 316 people from three groups: those with regular levels of plaque for their age, those who had low levels of plaque despite being at high risk, and those who had unusually high levels of plaque.

They discovered that in the patients with unusually high levels of plaque, there were significantly higher blood levels of harmful metabolic products. Specifically, these were the metabolites TMAO, p-cresyl sulfate, p-cresyl glucuronide, and phenylacetylglutamine, which are created by gut bacteria. They also assessed the development of plaques in the arteries via carotid ultrasound.

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May 4, 2018

Bioquark Inc. — NHK Japan — Future of Resuscitation Science

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