Federal officials have spent the past few days scrambling to move one factory’s inventory of IV fluid out of Florida as a powerful hurricane bears down on the state today. The rush to preserve German drug and device maker B. Braun’s supply of IV solution in Daytona Beach comes as hospitals warn that they’re facing...
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Stitches with internally produced electric charge found to speed up wound healing in rats
An illustration of the core-sheath structure and mechano-electrical conversion mechanism of the bioabsorbable electrical stimulation suture (BioES-suture). Credit: Zhouquan Sun and Chengyi Hou A team of chemical fiber and polymer material researchers in China has found that the use of internally produced, electrically charged sutures can speed up the healing process after surgery in rats....
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Study: DOCK8 mutation disrupts helper T cell differentiation via glycolytic pathway regulation
DOCK8 mutation increases serum IgE levels and decreases dedicator of cytokinesis 8 (DOCK8) protein in T cells. Credit: MedComm (2024). DOI: 10.1002/mco2.747 A study, published in the journal MedComm and led by Dr. Panpan Jiang and collaborators at Tongji Medical College, explores the critical role of the dedicator of cytokinesis 8 (DOCK8) gene in the differentiation of helper T cells, which...
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Hospital lobby calls for national emergency over IV shortage
Hurricane Helene killed more than 230 people when it tore through the Southeast U.S. just over a week ago. The storm also shut down an IV manufacturing plant in Marion, North Carolina, that’s responsible for about 60% of the IV solutions for the U.S. As the company, Baxter, deals with the damage, the American Hospital Association is...
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Consumer brain data
Consumer brain data is now protected under California law. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature last week makes it the second state, after Colorado, to recognize its citizens’ privacy rights over their brain waves. Colorado included that right in a broader privacy law in April. The new California law says companies like Muse, which makes a headband...
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Methadone treatment gets first major update in over 20 years
By Lev Facher ReprintsMethadone clinicA dose of methadoneKEVIN D. LILES/APThe federal government is unveiling new regulations meant to modernize methadone treatment, the first major update to patient care standards at methadone clinics in more than 20 years. The new rules are aimed at increasing access to methadone, which has been used to treat opioid addiction...
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Update: The COVID-19 Outbreak
There’s no point in avoiding the obvious: Cases are rising fast. The winter looks bad. But weary Americans may take comfort: This time, we know more. The coming season doesn’t have to be a catastrophe. Keep reading for some practical advice on managing this scary period. We can still stop the surge. “A silver bullet may be months...