🩹⏱️ Researchers have developed an aerosolized wound spray called SEAL that stops severe arterial bleeding nearly instantly.

The #Baltimore-based team uses a specialized chitosan mixture to create a physical seal, providing a potential lifesaver for soldiers and first responders in remote areas.

👉 https://newatlas.com/medical-tech/battlefield-wound-spray/

#medicine #health #innovation #science #biology #tech #technology #research #safety #emergency

🩹⏱️ Researchers have developed an aerosolized wound spray called SEAL that stops severe arterial bleeding nearly instantly.

The #Baltimore-based team uses a specialized chitosan mixture to create a physical seal, providing a potential lifesaver for soldiers and first responders in remote areas.

👉 https://newatlas.com/medical-tech/battlefield-wound-spray/

#medicine #health #innovation #science #biology #tech #technology #research #safety #emergency

Patient- Versus Provider-Centered #Care

"...The recommendations are often based on years of experience and accumulated knowledge and are provider centered..."

#Geriatrics #Health #Medicine #MedMastodon

https://www.jamda.com/article/S1525-8610(25)00526-2/abstract?rss=yes

OpenAI and Anthropic are launching AI tools in health care, but their success may depend on transparency about reliability and accuracy, an issue that has already caused Google to fail in the sector. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/01/20/world/chatgpts-ai-health-care-push/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #ai #chatgpt #anthropic #gemini #claude #openai #healthcare #medicine

Women With High-Risk Pregnancies Have Limited Options Under Abortion Bans
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Our reporting has found that abortion bans generally don’t include exceptions that cover health concerns pregnant women with chronic conditions can face — or if they do, doctors aren’t using them.
https://www.propublica.org/article/high-risk-pregnancies-chronic-conditions-abortion-bans?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Women #Health #Abortion #Pregnancy #Healthcare #Law #Medicine

A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion.
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In North Carolina, a state that had legislated its commitment to life, Ciji Graham spent her final days struggling to find anyone to save hers.
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-abortion-laws-ciji-graham?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Women #Health #Law #NorthCarolina #Abortion #Medicine

“In my two decades as a reporter, I’ve sat at many kitchen tables with grieving mothers,” ProPublica reporter Megan Rose writes.

“Talking with Holly, though, was the first time I’d done so as a mother myself. Her sorrow hit me differently.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/tacrolimus-fda-death-mothers-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Journalism #Media #Mother #Children #Family #Health #FDA #Medicine

The January 5 #HHS memo on childhood #vaccines calls for "gold standard medical research to assess overall health outcomes related to
all immunizations on the revised schedule."
https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/decision-memo-adopting-revised-childhood-adolescent-immunization-schedule.pdf

Good critique by #JessSteier: "You can’t ethically run placebo-controlled trials on vaccines that are already known to work and are the standard of care. Withholding a proven vaccine from children in a control group violates the Declaration of Helsinki. This is a foundational principle of research ethics. So when they say 'we need gold standard science before we can trust this schedule,' what they’re really saying is 'we’re going to set an impossible bar and then act like the vaccines failed to clear it.'"
https://medium.com/@jsteier_29203/fools-gold-standard-science-5fcdd47fdda5

#DefendResearch #Ethics #Medicine #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

The January 5 #HHS memo on childhood #vaccines calls for "gold standard medical research to assess overall health outcomes related to
all immunizations on the revised schedule."
https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/decision-memo-adopting-revised-childhood-adolescent-immunization-schedule.pdf

Good critique by #JessSteier: "You can’t ethically run placebo-controlled trials on vaccines that are already known to work and are the standard of care. Withholding a proven vaccine from children in a control group violates the Declaration of Helsinki. This is a foundational principle of research ethics. So when they say 'we need gold standard science before we can trust this schedule,' what they’re really saying is 'we’re going to set an impossible bar and then act like the vaccines failed to clear it.'"
https://medium.com/@jsteier_29203/fools-gold-standard-science-5fcdd47fdda5

#DefendResearch #Ethics #Medicine #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"HHS terminates, then reinstates, thousands of grants for substance use."
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/14/hhs-terminates-grants-substance-use-mental-health-00729433

"The Trump administration reversed course late Wednesday after notifying thousands of organizations across the country that their substance use recovery and Mental Health grants were being terminated."

PS: Another example of slash first, think second.

#DefendResearch #Funding #Medicine #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion.
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In North Carolina, a state that had legislated its commitment to life, Ciji Graham spent her final days struggling to find anyone to save hers.
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-abortion-laws-ciji-graham?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Women #Health #Law #NorthCarolina #Abortion #Medicine

How are #AI emergency #medicine decisions affected by prompting?

#LLMs' rate of "Yes" answers to questions about #safety, #autonomy, treatment, resources, and follow-up varied by #ethics persona (utilitarian, etc.) and #reasoning style (intuitive, etc.).

https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.01.26343302

#OTD in 1922.

At Toronto General Hospital, 14-year old Leonard Thompson became the first human to receive an injection of insulin as a treatment for diabetes, administered by Dr. James Collip. Thompson developed an allergic reaction to the injection. Additional work was done to refine the treatment and a second dose given on January 23.

More about insulin:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulin

#science #medicine

#OTD in 1922.

At Toronto General Hospital, 14-year old Leonard Thompson became the first human to receive an injection of insulin as a treatment for diabetes, administered by Dr. James Collip. Thompson developed an allergic reaction to the injection. Additional work was done to refine the treatment and a second dose given on January 23.

More about insulin:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulin

#science #medicine

@Nourfuturedr and my cousin are on a tour around the city.

Finally, and after many attempts, I managed to convince Nour—who was buried in her studies—to set her books aside and take a small tour of the place. We actually had a great time!

This is a gentle reminder to help Nour with her medical school fees and costs ❤️🫂

https://chuffed.org/project/150250-please-help-noor-an-18-year-old-from-gaza-who-dreams-of-becoming-a-doctor
#gaza #palestine #genocide #mutualaid #medicine

#Trump cannot slash #NIH #research #funding, court rules

A federal appeals court on Monday ruled Trump's admin cannot carry out steep cuts to federal #grant funding provided by the National Institutes of #Health to #universities engaged in #scientific & #medical research.

#law #judiciary #science #medicine #idiocracy #BrainDrain
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-administration-cannot-slash-nih-research-funding-court-rules-2026-01-05/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

The sudden shutdown of Med-Mastodon was a shock, splintering the medical and science community, and causing years of quality content to become lost. Over the holidays I made it my mission to create that space for the medical (and allied health) community on the fediverse once again.

Introducing postcall.pub! Postcall.pub is the digital lounge for clinical practice, medical science, and everything in between. A decentralized home for the medical community to think, share, and connect.