[quick news] September 26, 2018 move to get rid of dementia

Move, get rid of Alzheimer's according to incomplete statistics, with the aging of the population, the number of Alzheimer's patients in China has ranked the first in the world, more than 10 million At present, the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease is about 5% in the population over 65 years old, and 20% in the population over 85 years old The treatment of Alzheimer's disease has become a worldwide problem that the medical community has focused on Recently, the Rudolph E Tanzi team of Harvard Medical School found that the combination of exercise and stimulation of neuron regeneration can alleviate the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease in mice (such as β - amyloid protein deposition) and improve their brain cognitive function The relevant research results were published in the journal Science Http://science.sciencemag.org/content/361/6406/ean8821 cooking with solid fuels may induce respiratory diseases Recently, a joint Chinese British research team published a paper in the American Journal of respiratory system and critical care medicine, saying that people cooking with solid fuels such as wood and coal may induce respiratory diseases Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Oxford University in the UK tracked nearly 280000 people between the ages of 30 and 79 These people did not smoke and did not have major chronic diseases at the start of the study During the 9-year study period, nearly 20000 people were hospitalized or died of major respiratory diseases The study found that people who cook directly with solid fuels such as wood or coal have a 36% higher risk of major respiratory diseases than those who cook with clean energy such as electricity or gas Https:// there are a lot of DNA variations in the process of brain development researchers of Sanford Burnham pribis medical discovery Institute published a paper in the Journal of the National Academy of Sciences on the 24th, saying that they used a new single cell analysis method developed by themselves and found that During the development of mouse brain, there are thousands of previously unknown DNA variations in brain cells, which provide new clues for further understanding of brain mechanism The researchers point out that their research shows that the brain of a fetus is composed of numerous complex genetic variations, which have been formed before the birth of an infant and are the basis for the development and diversification of brain cells The new study fills a key gap in scientists' understanding of "copy number variation of genome" in the brain and helps to further understand the brain mechanism Http://digitalpaper.stdaily.com/http_ Div = - 1 three scientists from different sectors and institutions in the United States resigned recently due to the scandal According to the report, the incident reflects the growing tolerance of the American academic community for research methods that violate moral standards According to reports, the most famous of the three scientists is basga, medical director of the Kaitlin cancer research center and memorial Sloan in New York At the beginning of this month, he was exposed to have received millions of dollars from pharmaceutical companies or medical enterprises, but never disclosed in his research report, suspected of concealing the conflict of interest, and finally announced his resignation on the 13th According to orlansky, founder of the organization that oversees academic research, it's a good thing that more and more cases are on the surface He pointed out that in the past, the academic community worried that public discussion of these issues would reduce the credibility of the academic community, but only by improving transparency can the public better understand the academic research process Http://news.scienceet.cn/htmlnews/2018/9/418069.shtm ICU + AI: artificial intelligence provides critical patients with anytime, anywhere care Critical patients lie on the bed, their bodies are connected with the surrounding machines, and get all-weather care According to foreign media reports, Autonomus healthcare of Hoboken, New Jersey is building the first batch of AI systems for ICU For example, mechanical ventilator, through machine learning algorithm, constantly adjust the air flow of ventilator to keep it synchronized with patients As a step towards the goal of full autonomy, a similar system can be used as a decision support tool in ICU to provide some advice to respiratory therapists In the future, ICU will make better use of its machines and the continuous data flow generated by them to gather information so as to show doctors the overall situation of patients' health The information will also flow to the AI system, which will automatically adjust the device settings to keep the patient in optimal condition These technologies are designed to provide meticulous care and reduce the burden on ICU staff https://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/devices/ai-could-provide-momentbymoment-nursing-for-a-hospitals-sickest-patients