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We’re a team of biohackers with a variety of backgrounds, and skills, and relationships to insulin and diabetes, from many cities and countries around the world, including Oakland, California; Baltimore, Maryland; Paraiba, Brazil; Paris, France; Dakar, Senegal; Yaounde, Cameroon; and Puerto Rico. We’re working to develop the first practical, small-scale, community-centered model for insulin production to make insulin accessible to all. This model will ensure communities in need have local sources of safe, affordable, high-quality insulin, and that people living with diabetes and their communities own and govern the organizations that produce the medicine they depend on to survive.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/30806932

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One of the patients said she was admitted to the hospital for an abortion at seven weeks of pregnancy. She was told she would receive local anesthesia, but the medication failed to take effect. Though she immediately informed the doctor, obstetrics and gynecology specialist Mikhail Kurnosikov — who also serves as the hospital’s chief physician — that she was in “searing, unbearable pain,” he ignored her agony and continued the procedure, she said.

“He told me, ‘That’s what you deserve. Next time, you’ll know better than to get an abortion,’” she recalled. “I was in shock from the pain for a full hour afterward.”

The other woman told Dozhd that she was admitted to the same hospital in 2018 for a gynecological surgery. “Normally, they administer anesthesia and wait for it to take effect. In my case, everything happened very quickly. But when it started, I thought I was going to black out from the pain,” she said. The woman said she only realized she hadn’t been given any local anesthesia after she was later readmitted. “I went through the entire procedure fully conscious, feeling everything,” she said.

When Dozhd reached Kurnosikov for comment, the doctor first asked the reporter where she was calling from. Upon hearing she was in the Netherlands, he refused to discuss the allegations. “We don’t talk to Nazi subjects,” he said.

Speaking to the Russian news outlet Podyom, Kurnosikov denied any wrongdoing. “Everything was done in strict accordance with the law,” he said, dismissing the allegations as harassment. “This is a smear campaign. It’s just foreign agents writing this. It’s a targeted attack from abroad.”

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My first memorable experience with vaccines happened when I was in grammar school. For several summers, my mother worried that I would acquire polio at my swimming lessons. In the 1950s, more than 15 000 individuals developed paralytic polio each year in the US, some died, and a number were left with severe complications.1 Everyone knew someone who had contracted polio. For me, it was my classmate’s brother who had polio-related hypoxia and was left with lifelong disabilities. To support vaccine development, I filled March of Dimes cards and solicited my neighbors to do the same. I recall going to my grade school on Sunday with hundreds of others to receive a sugar cube containing live attenuated oral polio vaccine. Everyone was eager to be vaccinated. At a young age, I realized the power of prevention when the disease disappeared with widespread vaccination. That science could be publicly supported and conquer contagion was an early lesson for me.

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A 70 old diabetic man presented with multiple profuse urination. He describes that every time he finishes his toilet, he has the same desire to urinate with a large amount.
What is the most likely cause?
A. Cystitis
B. Detrusor overactivity
C. Bladder diverticulum
D. Underactive bladder
E. Bladder outlet obstruction
#MRCS @admin @medicine

Most important structure for the cough reflex? @admin@isurg.org

Oropharynx, Larynx, Carina, Bronchi,

Summary:

Neuroprosthetics research has entered a stage in which animal models and proof-of-concept studies are translated into clinical applications, often combining implants with artificial intelligence techniques. This new phase raises the question of how clinical trials should be designed to scientifically and ethically address the unique features of neural prostheses. Neural prostheses are complex cyberbiological devices able to acquire and process data; hence, their assessment is not reducible to only third-party safety and efficacy evaluations as in pharmacological research. In addition, assessment of neural prostheses requires a causal understanding of their mechanisms, and scrutiny of their information security and legal liability standards. Some neural prostheses affect not only human behaviour, but also psychological faculties such as consciousness, cognition, and affective states. In this Viewpoint, we argue that the technological novelty of neural prostheses could generate challenges for technology assessment, clinical validation, and research ethics oversight. To this end, we identify a set of methodological and research ethics challenges specific to this medical technology innovation. We provide insights into relevant ethical guidelines and assess whether oversight mechanisms are well equipped to ensure adequate clinical and ethical use. Finally, we outline patient-centred research ethics requirements for clinical trials involving implantable neural prostheses.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/39850196

It involves removing a patient's tooth, usually the canine, installing a plastic optical lens inside it, and then implanting the whole thing into the eye.

┌∩┐(◣_◢)┌∩┐ Am I reduced to ASCii art in interim, which doesnt work very well? :) It seems theres a restriction on posting images for first month of account, is there a way to get that lifted?

Question, of these 6 Heart conditions that can affect babies, which is most prevalent?

1. Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) The ductus arteriosus is a blood vessel that connects the pulmonary artery to the aorta, allowing blood to bypass the lungs during fetal development. Normally, it closes after birth, but in PDA, it remains open (patent), leading to abnormal blood flow.
2. Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) Description: A VSD is a hole in the wall (septum) between the two lower chambers of the heart (ventricles). This allows blood to flow from the left ventricle (which has oxygenated blood) to the right ventricle (which has deoxygenated blood), disrupting normal circulation.
3. Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA) Description: In TGA, the positions of the two main arteries leaving the heart (the aorta and the pulmonary artery) are switched. This means that oxygen-poor blood is pumped into the body, while oxygen-rich blood circulates back to the lungs.
4. Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Description: An ASD is a hole in the wall (septum) between the two upper chambers of the heart (atria). Blood can flow from the left atrium to the right atrium, potentially causing right-sided heart enlargement and pulmonary hypertension if not treated.
5. Coarctation of the Aorta Description: Coarctation of the aorta is a narrowing of the aorta, which obstructs blood flow from the heart to the rest of the body.
6. Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) Description: TOF is a combination of four heart defects: a VSD, pulmonary stenosis (narrowing of the pulmonary valve), right ventricular hypertrophy (enlargement), and an overriding aorta (which sits over the VSD).

Bamboo spine is the name given to this image on xray @evfan@feddit.uk