#Health research

[delicioustalecherryblossom]

THIS WHOLE TIME?!

This meme encapsulates how I have been feeling about this research on medical weight loss. The whole it's not actually my fault because I was doing the right things all along is still something I am currently struggling to understand. Having my body work against me, having my family history work against me. Ughhhh its just a lot...

I have family members struggling with this right now. I have no grandparents left because of these diseases that come with being overweight. Although some of the research is triggering I'm glad to be doing it and so glad for all the people out there giving their first person accounts on how these meds are working for them.

Shout out to the Plus SideZ podcast. Those ladies are amazing!

CW:256

CL: Danke Schoen-Wayne Newton

[mire-drive]

Fun fact! If you get cancer in your testes/ovaries or eyes, it has access to ALL of your DNA, not just the part of the DNA for whatever tissues/organs exist there. That means the tumor can develop teeth, eyes, hair, nails, and bone. They are called "teratoma", greek for "monstrous tumor".

Here's an ovary that wouldn't stop making teeth:

Trump cut research into these things. That means the doctors are less able to prevent you from getting one or help you from dying from one. Such a great guy! /s

Republican war on women is very real.

Gutting research is pure evil. The misogyny within First Felon is pure poison.

[xkittzkornerx]

The advancements being made in HIV/AIDS and Alzheimer’s disease research are genuinely gonna drive me into a wall. I am so happy.

[piglemousse]

[no-passaran]

Daniella Fodera got an unusually early morning call from her research adviser this month: The doctoral student’s fellowship at Columbia University had been suddenly terminated.

Fodera sobbed on phone calls with her parents. Between the fellowship application and scientific review process, she had spent a year of her life securing the funding, which helped pay for her study of the biomechanics of uterine fibroids — tissue growths that can cause severe pain, bleeding and even infertility. Uterine fibroids, an underresearched condition, impact up to 77 percent of women as they age.

“I’m afraid of what it means for women’s health,” Fodera said. “I’m just one puzzle piece in the larger scheme of what is happening. So me alone, canceling my funding will have a small impact — but canceling the funding of many will have a much larger impact. It will stall research that has been stalled for decades already. For me, that’s sad and an injustice.”

[...]

Researchers say threats to federal research funding and President Donald Trump’s promise to eliminate any policy promoting “diversity, equity and inclusion” are threatening a decades-long effort to improve how the nation studies the health of women and queer people, or improve treatments for the medical conditions that affect them. Agency employees have been warned not to approve grants that include words such as “women,” “trans” or “diversity.”

That could mean halting efforts to improve the nation’s understanding of conditions that predominantly affect women, including endometriosis, menopause, infectious diseases contracted in pregnancy and pregnancy-related death. It could also stall research meant to treat conditions such as asthma, heart disease, depression and substance abuse disorders, which have different health implications for women versus men, and also have outsized impacts on LGBTQ+ people and people of color — often underresearched patients. [...]

The United States already lagged in promoting scientific inquiry that considered how sex and gender can influence health — and has a recent history of focusing research on White men. Less than 50 years ago, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) actively discouraged researchers from including women who could become pregnant in clinical trials for new medical products, leaving it often unclear if U.S.-based therapeutics were safe for them. It wasn’t until 1993 that clinical trials were legally required to include women and “individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.” [...]

The report, requested by Congress, also found that researchers still struggled to understand the implications of common conditions such as endometriosis and uterine fibroids, the long-term implications of pregnancy, or gender gaps in mental health conditions — all areas where Black women in particular experience worse health outcomes or face heightened barriers to appropriate treatment. Investments had stalled in looking at how sex and gender interact with race or class in influencing people’s health outcomes.

[exhausted-rebel-scientist]

1/100

New 100 days of productivity, since the number of tasks I'm way behind on is getting terrifying! It's been years since I successfully completed one of these challenges, but I don't think I have a choice this time!

Today I taught tutorials in the morning, and have now headed into the library to try to finish marking a load of assignments that's already late in being returned. Fingers crossed for getting through those by this evening!

If so, I have a bunch of emails to reply to after that.

[malicious-compliance-esq]

Thanks @meerawrites for tagging me in this game about 5 things we can talk about for an hour! Excluding the core content for this blog, I can always offer an unskippable cutscene about:

Extreme weather events like tornadoes and hurricanes.

Research methods and data analysis in the health sciences.

Creative uses of household objects for DIY repairs and upgrades.

Frequently misunderstood critters like snakes, bees, and spiders.

History of various medical procedures and devices.

Tagging some of the newest recruits around here per usual practice: @freaksandgeekss, @madwriterscorner, @maastrichtiana, @starry-avidan, @drdeety in case y'all would like to participate!

[freepalestinebastard]

Boycott!!

Now that I have your attention.

[ndegegeoffrey]

Increased funding for biosensor research is vital for healthcare advancement: early detection, personalized treatment, remote monitoring, and smart wearables.

[themostlifechangingstuff]

Unveiling the Weight Loss Wonder: Kudzu's Connection to Brown Adipose Tissue

In the ever-evolving landscape of health and wellness, a groundbreaking discovery has emerged, promising a revolutionary approach to weight loss. Scientists have unearthed a remarkable link between Kudzu, a vine native to East Asia, and brown adipose tissue (BAT), heralding a new era in the quest for effective weight management solutions. For centuries, Kudzu has been utilized in traditional…

[berkeley-engineering]

Berkeley researchers at Messersmith Lab have demonstrated that treatment with DPCA can protect against and repair colon damage — a potential gamechanger for patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).

Read our story.

[newsfromtherooftop]

Leeds Beckett helping Wakefield Council improve health of residents

Leeds Beckett University’s research expertise is set to improve health outcomes in Wakefield thanks to £1.25million funding to help tackle health inequalities in the city. The funding is part of a £5million Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) grant to Wakefield Council. The research partnership will also involve Sheffield Hallam University, St George’s Community Centre and Prosper…

[anarcho-catboyism]

Horrible fact of the day: Chevron just released a new boat fuel that WILL give you cancer.

Not "might", not "could", WILL. It has a cancer ratio of 1.3:1, as in, in a group of 10 people, 10 would contract CANCER.

(Edit: apparently some articles are now saying 1.4:1, and some are saying a little under that. Either way, the consensus seems to be anywhere between a 95-100+% of contracting cancer, with some expectations of this fuel not even needing a full lifetime of exposure for you to get Cancer.)

The EPA's safety limit is 1:1,000,000 as in 1 in a million people get cancer.

The EPA approved it anyways. I am not joking. The EPA approved a boat fuel that has a near 100% chance of giving someone cancer. It has such a good chance of giving someone cancer that if you DIDN'T get cancer YOU WOULD BE AN OUTLIER.

Fuck the oil industries.

Edit: If you find this (rightfully) horrifying, have you considered industrial sabotage? /hj

This isn't something we can vote away. This isn't something the rich are gonna apologize and make a 10 minute apology video for this. They don't care if you starve or wither in hospitals or get blown up in their wars.

If you don't know where to get started:

If you already know what to do, then it's time to do it. Participate in mutual aid, raise awareness in real life as well as online, participate in or train in self defense and emergency medical training classes.