Neuroblastoma is a #cancer in children that is sometimes benign, but can also be very aggressive. Researchers from #CharitéBerlin & @MDC_Berlin now show: Specific patterns of DNA alterations in #neuroblastoma cells reflect the different aggressiveness of this pediatric #tumor. The results could provide a starting point for a more targeted approach to treatment.
https://www.charite.de/en/research/paper_spotlight/2023/new_findings_on_the_biological_processes_behind_neuroblastoma_risk_differences/

#Medicine #Research #CharitéPaper #CharitéOncology #ScienceMastodon #MedMastodon

A systematic review by #CharitéBerlin and University Aarhus in Denmark in
JAMA Psychiatry has shown that antidepressants are effective and safe in depressed people with physical health problems such as #cancer, #diabetes, #stroke or heart attack.

👉 https://www.charite.de/en/service/press_reports/artikel/detail/antidepressant_use_in_people_with_both_physical_health_problems_and_depression/

#medicine #science #research #ScienceMastodon #MedMastodon #CharitéPaper #Psychology

Antidepressiva sind wirksam und sicher – auch bei Menschen mit körperlichen Erkrankungen wie #Krebs, #Diabetes, nach #Schlaganfall oder #Herzinfarkt. Das zeigt eine systematische Übersichtsarbeit von #CharitéBerlin und Universität Aarhus in Dänemark in JAMA Psychiatry.

👉 https://www.charite.de/service/pressemitteilung/artikel/detail/antidepressiva_bei_koerperlichen_erkrankungen_und_gleichzeitiger_depression/

#Medizin #Forschung #Wissenschaft #CharitéPaper #ScienceMastodon #MedMastodon #psychology

HEADS UP HEADS UP HEADS UP! There is a LOT of serious (really serious, this time) talk, of #SciComm users finally (FINALLY!) exiting the avian droppings container. On the hellsite, off the hellsite, in the scientific journals and magazines, they're finally discussing it. THIS THE BEST NEWS EVER. Follow #MedMastodon #science #ScienceUpFirst #medicine #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 for all the latest updates and I will post my list of early adopters I've saved below:

@ttpphd I wonder in which paradoxal state of mind are left the doctor who perform medically needed abortion (like extra uterine pregnancy) They should be proud to save a life but also devastated to abort one, no ? #Drug #TheirBodiesTheirRights #Abortion #Autonomy #Patriarchy #Feminism #MedMastodon #Paternalism

Via Author (books include The Coming Plague, and Betrayal of Trust
@lauriegarrett

#covid #covid19 #Maskup
#usa #news #backtoschool #MedMastodon #hospital #healthcare #publichealth #canada

#Cortisone really helps ease rheumatoid #Arthritis, but its side effects are concerning.

A #CharitéBerlin study now reveals: when taken in low doses, blood pressure does not increase even after a two-year treatment. Moreover, the weight gain often negatively associated with this medication is moderate, at around one kilogram (~2.2 pounds).

👉 https://www.charite.de/en/service/press_reports/artikel/detail/fewer_side_effects_than_feared_cortisone_in_low_doses/

#Medicine #Science #Research #ScienceMastodon #MedMastodon #CharitéPaper #CharitéImmunology #RheumatoidArthritis #AnnalsofIM

#Kortison hilft bei rheumatoider #Arthritis gut, seine Nebenwirkungen sind aber gefürchtet.

Eine #CharitéBerlin Studie zeigt jetzt: Wird es niedrig dosiert, steigt zumindest der Blutdruck auch nach zweijähriger Therapie nicht an. Und die oft befürchtete Gewichtszunahme fällt mit rund einem Kilogramm moderat aus.

👉 https://www.charite.de/service/pressemitteilung/artikel/detail/weniger_nebenwirkungen_als_befuerchtet_kortison_in_niedrigen_dosen/

#Medizin #MedMastodon #ScienceMastodon #Wissenschaft #Forschung #CharitéPaper #CharitéImmunologie #Immunologie #Rheuma #AnnalsofIM

If you've had medical tests done outside of a hospital in #Canada, you're probably part of this class-action suit against LifeLabs, for inadequate protection of private medial information, which was stolen.

One option here is to opt-out of this settlement and seek a better settlement on your own or with another class, probably a tough slog though.

#cdnpoli #HCW #MedMastodon ##infosec #data #hacker

https://lifelabssettlement.kpmg.ca/ https://mastodon.social/@johnefrancis/110871204240975965

The rise in #syphilis cases in the US is so significant it is causing a penicillin shortage and rationing. Photo from CDC webpage #publichealth #MedMastodon

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/16/1182626821/pfizer-penicillin-shortage

Gutartige und bösartige #Tumor|en unterscheiden sich in ihren mechanischen Eigenschaften. Das zeigt eine Studie der #CharitéBerlin und der @unileipzig. Verblüffend ist: Aggressive Tumoren sind sowohl steif als auch flüssig. Das liegt an ihrem heterogenen Gewebe . Zellen können trotz einer steiferen Struktur aneinander vorbeifließen – eine Voraussetzung für die Bildung von Metastasen.

👉 https://www.charite.de/forschung/paper_spotlight/2023/neue_erkenntnisse_zu_den_mechanischen_eigenschaften_von_tumoren/

#Medizin #Wissenschaft #Forschung #CharitéPaper #MedMastodon #ScienceMastodon #Krebs

Discover | Tableau Public https://public.tableau.com/app/discover

Read our step-by-step guide to getting started on your own #data visualization journey.#MedMastodon #covid #covid19 #MaskUp #usa #canada #europe #africa

This will mean nothing to non-medical folks but I saw the highest hCG level I’ve ever seen today

909,913

(yes it was a complete molar and yes she was sadly in the ER for hyperemesis) #MedMastodon

Our EHR froze at work and I told everyone to “Give it 45 seconds - it could just be having a Mitch McConnell moment” and it went over marvelously #MedMastodon

Blood work was taken & sent to the lab and the lab released the results.

Results: 'Lab got the blood, but no orders were sent with the blood."

So, wasted collection.

What's the odds everyone will bill $$$ just the same.

Seems to me someone could have picked up the phone instead of processing it & sending back the results as 'no orders.'

From now on, I am exercising my right to have labs done where I want. This isn't the first time this has happened.

Ugh.

#MedMastodon #Health

Super excited about the potential of this! I do wonder about the risk of antibiotic resistance but trust there are people smarter than me looking at the risk vs benefit. Big caveat - this is only an option for trans women & men who have sex with men (including bi men). Essentially it is only an option for AMABs. Vaginas unfortunately tend to be fickle & easily infected with things. 😔 #MedMastodon https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/07/11/1186501244/doxycycline-prevent-std-doxy-pep

#webinar #covid #covid19 #MaskUp #CovidIsNotOver #usa #news #canada #eu #MedMastodon
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Wed, Aug 2, 2023 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT

Nextstellis is the most gimmicky birth control branding themselves as “plant based estrogen” smh #MedMastodon

Via Dr Zoë Hyde

1/6) Respiratory viruses are much more likely to spread indoors than outdoors, but outdoor super-spreading events can still occur if the conditions are right.

A new study describes a SARS-CoV-2 outbreak affecting 131 people at a night market. 🧵 https://t.co/5pmoVnY0sA

#covid #COVID19 #MaskUp #CovidIsNotOver #MedMastodon

What determines whether we become overweight? A #CharitéBerlin study shows that aside from lifestyle and genes, a kind of formatting of a satiety gene also increases the risk of #obesity – at least in women. This “epigenetic marking” is established early on during the embryonic stage.

👉 https://www.charite.de/en/service/press_reports/artikel/detail/more_than_just_lifestyle_and_genes_new_factor_influencing_excess_body_weight_discovered/

#Medicine #Science #Research #ScienceMastodon #MedMastodon #CharitéPaper #CharitéPediatrics #Epigenetics #POMC