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'Good Enough For France' - Are American Standards For Kidney Transplants Just Too High?

'Good Enough For France' - Are American Standards For Kidney Transplants Just Too High?

Aug 26 2019 | comment(s)

A new study finds that French transplant centers would have transplanted about 17,500 kidneys from nearly 28,000 deceased-donor kidneys discarded in the United States between 2004 and 2014.

If American standards are simply too high, and not instead that French patients have higher future risk, then many of the 90,000 Americans awaiting a kidney transplant could reap major benefits from the more lax standard in Europe.
PSR B0540-69 : Why The Pulsar Wind Nebula Is Brightening

PSR B0540-69 : Why The Pulsar Wind Nebula Is Brightening

Aug 26 2019 | comment(s)

The pulsar wind nebula surrounding pulsar B0540-69 has brightened gradually and astrophysicists say that is because  the pulsar experienced a sudden spin-down rate transition.

But why? The answer may lie in the mysterious magnetic field structure of the pulsar.
Dogs Are Your Heart's Best Friend: The Link To Better Cardiovascular Health

Dogs Are Your Heart's Best Friend: The Link To Better Cardiovascular Health

Aug 23 2019 | comment(s)

The first analysis of data from the Kardiozive Brno 2030 study examines the association of pet ownership -- specifically dog ownership -- with cardiovascular disease risk factors and cardiovascular health.

It finds that owning a pet may help maintain a healthy heart, especially if that pet is a dog.
Military Aeromedical Patient Evacuations: Yet Another Way Dogs Rule

Military Aeromedical Patient Evacuations: Yet Another Way Dogs Rule

Aug 23 2019 | comment(s)

Members of the United States military who are injuried abroad often return to the U.S. for treatment and must be transported by aeromedical evacuation between medical facilities.

Evacuations can lead to their own chronic and acute stress, on top of the injuries and potential psychological trauma. 
Fish Oil Supplements Don't Help Prevent Type 2 Diabetes - They May Make Glucose Metabolism Worse

Fish Oil Supplements Don't Help Prevent Type 2 Diabetes - They May Make Glucose Metabolism Worse

Aug 23 2019 | comment(s)

Increased consumption of omega 3 fats is widely promoted because of a recent belief that it will protect against, or even reverse, conditions such as type 2 diabetes. 

Fads always start with a kernel of scientific truth, as happened with acai berries, chocolate, red wine, and whatever probiotic or yogurt is being for the microbiome sold this week. Omega 3 is a type of fat and small amounts are essential for good health and can be found in the food that we eat.

But a systematic review commissioned by the World Health Organization and published today in the British Medical Journal finds that omega 3 supplements offer no benefit.
Cervical Cancer Is Not The Most Common Thing The HPV Vaccine Prevents, That's Oropharyngeal Cancer

Cervical Cancer Is Not The Most Common Thing The HPV Vaccine Prevents, That's Oropharyngeal Cancer

Aug 22 2019 | comment(s)

Though an entire $2 billion industry has been built scaring people about the modern world (which has promoted a $35 billion supplement market and a $110 billion Organic industry) we're in a Golden Age.

Even the poorest people can afford food, what were once booms and busts of famine and plenty have now leveled off, poverty declines are ahead of U.N. goals, and even centralized energy in developing countries, which could help a billion people, is attainable if western states stop telling poor nations they can only get World Bank help if it's not coal, natural gas, or nuclear. 

And we can prevent cancer for the first time.