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Pandemic Rehabilitation of Spine Surgery   Ken Hansraj MD, Orthopedic Surgery of the Spine. Hudson Valley, New York.   In these pandemic times, one assumes that patients are prone to staying still and to staying isolated. Not so! My observation is that something happens, and there is a significant behavioral change. More and more, patients are anxious and worried about getting back to life and living. They want to feel better and get back to work to provide for their families. It is my observation that they take more risks and do more things to rehabilitate faster. Unfortunately, this can...

Merck Launches Millicell DCI Digital Cell Imager for Fast, Accurate, and Objective Cell Monitoring ●    Quickly and objectively assesses common cell culture parameters and growth trends for more consistent cell cultures ●    Expands capabilities with off–device cloud storage and web-based app for data analysis, sorting, and archiving●    Collects critical insights without risking sample contamination from manual cell culture handling  Merck has announced the launch of its new Millicell® DCI Digital Cell Imager, an instrument that helps improve cell culture lab productivity by assessing a broad range of parameters including confluency, morphology, and cell growth trends, providing faster and more accurate analysis...

L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science recognize five women researchers for pioneering work in environmental and life sciences   Paris, — UNESCO and the L'Oréal Foundation are unveiling the winners of this year’s International Prize for Women in Science, which honours five eminent women scientists with exceptional careers from the five regions of the world, as it has done annually since 1998. The importance of science in meeting the major challenges facing us become more compelling than ever in recent years and to be effective, science must draw on all talents.  “Giving space to women in the sciences is important...

Singapore government initiatives to aid medical devices market growth, says GlobalData Singapore medical devices market is expected to witness a strong growth driven by increasing government expenditure on healthcare and rapidly increasing demand for innovative medical technologies, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData's report, ‘Singapore Healthcare, Regulatory and Reimbursement Landscape – CountryFocus’, reveals that government initiatives such as Diagnostics Development (DxD) Initiative, Smart Nation initiative will support the increased demand for medical devices by the rapidly aging population to drive the market in Singapore.. Singapore’s public and private healthcare expenditure, which accounts for about 5.3% of GDP...

Mexico is the 2nd most fatigued country in the world, according to new study   New research has crowned Mexico as the 2nd most fatigued country in the world, with 4/10 of the top counties located in the Americas.  The study by the sleep experts at Sleepseeker looked at a number of different factors including the number of hours worked per year and average screen time per day to reveal the countries that get the worst sleep and provide a fatigued score.  You can view the full research here: https://www.sleepseeker.co.uk/blog/fatigued-cities  The top 10 most fatigued countries:  Rank  Country  Fatigued Score...