Data Lake·Jul 21How Data Saves Lives — The Case of SepsisWhat is sepsis Sepsis is one of the oldest known diseases — it was Hippocrates himself who gave it a name around 2,400 years ago. It is also one of the most deadly ones. Sepsis is responsible for more deaths annually than prostate cancer, AIDS and breast cancer combined. It has claimed the…Sepsis5 min read
Tom Woodhatch·Mar 21‘Is there a doctor on board?’When sepsis strikes during a long-haul flight Sepsis — or septicemia, or blood poisoning — can be one of those medical terms you’re aware of but don’t really know what it means. It is a potentially fatal poisoning of the blood, and can affect anyone. …Sepsis5 min read
Research Features·Jan 25How cell-free chromatin particles could be the missing link to the long-awaited treatment of sepsisSepticaemia is now responsible for nearly 20% of the global death toll due to life-threatening inflammation. As we begin to truly grapple with the scale of the problem, researchers and clinicians have struggled to develop treatments of a condition with unknown pathological mechanisms. However, Professor Indraneel Mittra has led research…Sepsis10 min read
Steven CordovanoinBioAegis Therapeutics·Oct 29, 2021Sepsis: The Hydra Within UsAs Wallstreet Funding for Sepsis Research has Evaporated US Government Funding Picks Up the Slack As punishment for the murder of his wife and children during a bout of temporary insanity, Hercules was to perform twelve death-defying impossible feats at the behest of Apollo’s oracle. The second feat was to…Sepsis7 min read
D- Anne Jennings·Oct 18, 2021Member-onlyBill Clinton and His UTIWhat were the symptoms? By now you have probably heard this story about Bill Clinton. No, Not that story! I am talking about him being in the hospital with Urinary Tract Infection. This is something that happens to many men and women. I don’t know all the particulars about Bill…Sepsis3 min read
Susan L. Levinson, PhD·Sep 1, 2021Sepsis: The Hydra Within UsAs Wallstreet Funding for Sepsis Research has Evaporated US Government Funding Picks Up the Slack As punishment for the murder of his wife and children during a bout of temporary insanity, Hercules was to perform twelve death-defying impossible feats at the behest of Apollo’s oracle. The second feat was to…Sepsis7 min read
JennyBinJennyBWriter·Jun 28, 2021Member-only9 Sepsis Facts Everyone Should KnowSepsis is the #1 cost of hospitalization in the U.S. — Raising sepsis awareness has become a big goal of mine. After surviving sepsis three times and developing a form of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) from experience, it’s kind of hard not to advocate letting people know of the dangers. Going through septic shock in 2016 was one of the worst…Sepsis4 min read
Nina Nair·May 26, 2021My Sepsis Journey — the story of my illness, and survival.Day 1 — on 15 September 2020, much before the alarm went off, I felt the chills. I was shivering. I was so cold, I got up, pulled out my thickest sweatshirt and wore it, and climbed right back under the sheets. …Sepsis7 min read
DiploDoc·May 13, 2021Du laboratoire au terrain-les facteurs clés de succès de l’adoption de l’IA dans le domaine de la santé“Aucune IA construite jusqu’à présent ne peut égaler la compréhension et la perspicacité d’un médecin humain. Nous n’en sommes pas là” Joshua Bengio — Expert en Intelligence Artificielle, Lauréat du prix Turing 2018. Essor de l’IA dans le domaine de la santé Même si l’intelligence artificielle n’est pas prête de remplacer les médecins dans certains domaines de la santé…Sepsis7 min read
Kathryn Watson·Apr 26, 2021UTI, Sepsis and Dementia- What you need to know“Mom had been acting a bit strange over the past two weeks. But then h she just came unglued. Her anxiety was through the roof! And anger does not begin to describe her mood. It was so unlike her. We just did not know what to do. I forced her…Sepsis3 min read
