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10 of the best men’s flannel shirts for your Fall wardrobe rotation
10 of the best men’s flannel shirts for your Fall wardrobe rotation
EVERYDAY CARRY: Sable | FashionBeans
EVERYDAY CARRY: Sable | FashionBeans
Skill of the Week: Tape a Sprained Ankle
Skill of the Week: Tape a Sprained Ankle
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Mar , 2024
Unlocking clotting mechanisms in caterpillar hemolymph for medical use
Tag: Wound

Unlocking clotting mechanisms in caterpillar hemolymph for medical use

Blood is a remarkable material: it must remain fluid inside blood vessels, yet clot as quickly as possible outside them, to stop bleeding. The chemical cascade that makes this possible is well understood for vertebrate blood. But hemolymph, the equivalent of blood in insects, has a very different composition, being notably lacking in red blood […]

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Nov , 2023
Heat shock protein protects bacteria from plasma treatment
Tag: Wound

Heat shock protein protects bacteria from plasma treatment

A heat shock protein protects the cells against protein clumping. It degrades, however, over longer treatment periods. Plasmas are used, for example, in wound treatment against pathogens that are resistant to antibiotics. However, bacteria can defend themselves: They employ a heat shock protein that protects them. A research team headed by Professor Julia Bandow and […]

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Oct , 2023
Homeless women see hope in street medicine
Tag: Wound

Homeless women see hope in street medicine

Five days after giving birth, Melissa Crespo was already back on the streets, recovering in a damp, litter-strewn water tunnel, when she got the call from the hospital. Her baby, Kyle, who had been born three months prematurely, was in respiratory failure in the neonatal intensive care unit and fighting for his life. The odds […]

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Oct , 2023
Feds rein in use of predictive software that limits care for Medicare Advantage patients
Tag: Wound

Feds rein in use of predictive software that limits care for Medicare Advantage patients

Judith Sullivan was recovering from major surgery at a Connecticut nursing home in March when she got surprising news from her Medicare Advantage plan: It would no longer pay for her care because she was well enough to go home. At the time, she could not walk more than a few feet, even with assistance […]

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Jul , 2023
What effect does honey have on human health?
Tag: Wound

What effect does honey have on human health?

In a recent review published in Nutrients, researchers reviewed existing data on the beneficial impact of honey consumption on human health. Study: A Comprehensive Review of the Effect of Honey on Human Health. Image Credit: Billion Photos/Shutterstock.comBackground Honey, a natural product made by honey bees (Apis mellifera), is a nutritious, healthful food component with a widely diverse […]