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Graphic shows the process in a recent study in rats where Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers harvested, implanted and measured the effectiveness in spinal fusion surgery of freshly isolated stem cells derived from adipose (fat) tissue – known as adipose-derived stomal vascular fraction, or AD-SVF – and from bone marrow (BM).Credit: A. Perdomo-Pantoja, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Adipose cells, better known as fat, may be the least popular component of the human body. However, most people don’t realize that fat actually has many important functions in establishing and maintaining good health – providing energy, insulating the body against heat loss and protecting nerves, just to name a few. Now, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine suggest there’s another role for the poor maligned adipose cell: a practical and plentiful source of stem cells for use in spinal fusion surgeries.
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Photomicrograph showing insulin granules (blue) and the pancreatic beta cells (red) that produced them. Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers successfully tested a “smart agent” system that integrates electronic health records and infusion pumps to help nurses manage the automatic delivery of insulin to critically ill patients, reducing errors and saving time. Credit: Public domain image
Nurses traditionally manage insulin intake for critically ill patients by following precise steps to manually calculate the correct dose for each person. Looking for ways to improve this process, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality recently tested a “smart agent” system that integrates electronic health records and infusion pumps to automate insulin dose selection.
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Heise) Challenging harmful gender norms, addressing relationship dynamics and teaching both partners skills in self-regulation, communication and managing conflict can help women feel safer within relationships that they otherwise value. A growing number of interventions to prevent or reduce intimate partner violence (IPV), including programmes designed to empower women, engage men and boys, and transform community norms, have been implemented and evaluated in sub-Saharan Africa. Between 2015 and 2018, three civil society organisations in Rwanda implemented
Indashyikirwa, a four-part intervention designed to reduce IPV. This programme involved, in part, working directly with male-female couples to prevent and mitigate IPV, recognising that many such couples desire to stay together and/or
Chronic itch known clinically as chronic pruritus is characterized as an unrelenting and sometimes even debilitating sensation to itch, and often lowers the quality of life for those who suffer with it. Treating the condition has been difficult because there are few Food and Drug Administration-approved therapies. Now, a recent case study by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers provides evidence that a promising option for patients with chronic itch may already be available: medical marijuana (cannabis).
A report on the team s findings was published April 9, 2021, in Chronic itch can be an especially difficult condition to treat, with off-label therapeutics often utilized, says Shawn Kwatra, M.D., assistant professor of dermatology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. With the increased utilization of medical marijuana and our knowledge of the role of the endocannabinoid system [a complex cell-signaling system that regulates a variety of functions in the body]