One of us who works at the tech desk may have eaten five pieces of pizza last night — without any awareness of the total calories. It might have been a good opportunity to use Cal AI, an app where users can upload a photo of their meal and receive a calorie count that has a purported 90% accuracy. Cal AI isn’t the first digital calorie counter, but it has a 4.8-star rating on the Apple App Store and over 1 million downloads on Google Play. @Techcrunch has more on this app developed by a pair of teenagers.

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Windy Limerick
http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/2025/03/16/windy-limerick/

It is so hard to find time for your own #health (including #mentalhealth) when caring for someone who has #Alzheimers disease or another form of #dementia. But it is essential for quality #caregiving.

Man becomes first in New York to be cured of sickle cell

https://www.13abc.com/2025/03/14/man-becomes-first-new-york-be-cured-sickle-cell/

> A 21-year-old man has become the first in New York to be cured of sickle cell anemia.

Maternity Service by Emma Barnett review – a tour of duty in early motherhood https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/16/maternity-service-by-emma-barnett-review-a-tour-of-duty-in-early-motherhood #Health,mindandbodybooks #Autobiographyandmemoir #Parentsandparenting #Health&wellbeing #Societybooks #Lifeandstyle #Childbirth #Culture #Books #Women

Spring is here with sunny days and tasty ideas! Find loads of fresh and hearty recipes at

https://proborsch.com

Check it out and show some love for our project!

The Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy Through Adolescence, 4th edition, 2021, 11,695 pages

The fourth edition of The Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health gives reliable and understandable information about the causes, symptoms, and treatments of the conditions and diseases facing human population between the ages of birth through adolescence.

https://archive.org/details/galeencyclopedia0003unse_h6p9
(2011 edition)

https://www.overdrive.com/media/4230069/the-gale-encyclopedia-of-childrens-health
(2016 edition)

@bookstodon
#books
#children
#health
#reference

Scientists led by a team from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark have found a "strong link" between Western-style diets and neurodevelopmental conditions, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The researchers' analysis also "identifies specific nutrients and foods that could serve as the foundation for improved dietary guidelines and preventative strategies," says food scientist David Horner. Read more at @ScienceAlert:

https://flip.it/94b4US

On this Long COVID Awareness Day, my thoughts go out to the millions who have been directly affected, or care for someone who has.

Hope you all have someone to lean on in these particularly difficult times, something that still brings you joy.

Hang in there, we're all in this together!

Wes Streeting's plan to collapse NHS England into the Department of Health & Social Care, reversing a key element of the Lansley 'reforms' is a real world test of whether the NHS is under-managed & over administrated, or under-administrated & over-managed, or its problems lie elsewhere?

Like every large organisation the management function is vital but often performed badly... whether getting rid of up to 30,000 managers is the solution is another matter?

#Health #NHS

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/14/30000-jobs-could-go-in-labours-radical-overhaul-of-nhs

Newborn babies have been exposed to measles at a Texas hospital and are receiving antibodies to protect them, NBC reports. The virus was brought into the University Medical Center Children's Hospital by a mother in labor — doctors didn't realize until after her admission that she was infected, and it's unclear when she tested positive. The immunoglobulin injections have been given to babies as young as three days old. A 2021 study found this therapy is highly effective in protecting exposed newborns who are too young to be vaccinated. Emergency masking procedures have also been implemented.

https://flip.it/0.ZRbx

Measles is unlike other viruses: What to know about long-term complications.

From NBC News: "The virus targets certain types of immune cells in the body, destroying them in the process."

https://flip.it/MaZ0pr

"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society."

--Jiddu Krishnamurthy

A volcano near Anchorage, Alaska, is showing signs of unrest and could possibly erupt at some point over the next few months, experts say. @CBSNews has what could happen if it does.
https://flip.it/YMpBW0
#Volcano #Alaska #Eruption #Flight #Travel #Health

We're In This Together!

Renegade Research is on a mission to help people manage and recover from #MECFS and #longCOVID. It is a non-profit 501c3 decentralized organization pioneering #patient and #caregiver led #research with a focus on ME/CFS, longCOVID and other infection associated chronic illnesses.

Remission Biome is a project of Renegade Research.

️ Learn more: https://renegade-research.org and https://remissionbiome.org

I am truly honored to share that I have been appointed to the Board of Directors of the International Professional Association for #Transport & #Health.

It is both a privilege to contribute to this incredible community at the intersection of transport and #public_health.

Measles in Madera (unvaccinated adult, plus they went to an event with 200 people while sick)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/measles-case-in-fresno-county-was-unvaccinated-adult-officials-say/ar-AA1AIWYZ

Lufa Farms has the right idea - building rooftop greenhouses for fresh veggies above hyperstores/supercenters. They currently serve #Quebec and #Ottawa

https://montreal.lufa.com/en/about

(rooftop solar panels: also a good idea)