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2 months ago | 
the-future-of-commerce.com | Todd Neff
U.S. federal scientific research funding is under siege, and higher education is feeling the pain. National Science Foundation grant awards have slowed to a trickle. NASA science funding is under threat. Defense research isn’t immune, either. The biggest hit looks to be in health-related research, with the National Institutes of Health capping reimbursements for indirect costs at 15% (indirect costs can run a multiple of that percentage).
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Oct 26, 2024 | 
uchealth.org | Todd Neff
CHS affects long-term, daily marijuana users, causing severe stomach pain and recurring vomiting episodes. Here is what you need to know.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
uchealth.org | Todd Neff
Catatonia is surprisingly common – and probably underdiagnosed – among people with autism. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) may help.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
uchealth.org | Todd Neff
A new study has found that those who ate right had both a lower chance of contracting COVID-19 and, on average, fared better if they caught the coronavirus. “Eating right” meant following a Mediterranean diet, and the findings add weight to years of evidence that food choices matter with more than chronic diseases such heart problems and diabetes.
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Mar 31, 2024 | 
toddneff.com | Todd Neff
My daughter Maya was accepted to UT Austin. Despite eBaying a lot of University of Michigan garb (and wearing my old Michigan Soccer schwag), and despite the small “go blue” sticker on her car, and despite her deep distaste for Texas politics, she wanted to check out UT over the first few days of her spring break. I had never been to Austin but have old friends there.
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Jan 11, 2024 | 
toddneff.com | Todd Neff
The caption of this New York Times story, found on its homepage today, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2024, caught my eye. Not to pick on Jan Altena, a 69-year-old grandfather from Orange City, Iowa — he’s entitled to his opinions. But it’s important to distinguish “he’s got principles” with “he’s principled.”Donald Trump certainly has principles. They include:It’s fine to mock prisoners of war and the physically challenged. It’s OK to (allegedly) sleep with a porn star when my wife is pregnant.
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Dec 2, 2023 | 
nationaljewish.org | Todd Neff
Written by Todd Neff on behalf of National Jewish HealthSupporting a loved one with interstitial lung disease (ILD) and the pulmonary fibrosis (scarring) it causes is a true labor of love. It’s also a job most caregivers take on without formal training. Katherine Rosen, RN, MSN, ANP-C, a nurse practitioner at the National Jewish Health Center for Interstitial Lung Disease in Denver, Colorado, has much experience working with patients with ILD – and with their caregivers.
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Dec 2, 2023 | 
nationaljewish.org | Todd Neff
Written by Todd Neff on behalf of National Jewish Health About 650,000 people in the United States have interstitial lung disease (ILD). That’s an umbrella term for more than 200 conditions that cause inflammation or scarring inside the millions of tiny air sacs that let our lungs collect oxygen and discard carbon dioxide. People with ILD have trouble breathing and, over time find it harder and harder to breathe. Those diagnosed with ILD used to be given three to five years to live.
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Nov 17, 2023 | 
nationaljewish.org | Todd Neff
Written by Todd Neff on behalf of National Jewish Health High blood pressure is called “the silent killer” for good reason. Hypertension, as doctors call it, has no obvious symptoms. But with time, the ongoing stress it puts on the body can be disastrous for the eyes, the brain, the kidneys, and the heart and major blood vessels. It’s a huge problem: Nearly half of U.S. adults have high blood pressure, and half of those don’t have it under control. “Your heart has to pump against blood pressure.
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Nov 17, 2023 | 
nationaljewish.org | Todd Neff
Written by Todd Neff on behalf of National Jewish HealthChances are that, if you ask a past or present cancer patient about cardiotoxicity, you’ll get a blank stare. Most patients and many primary care providers have not heard about this condition. Heart damage caused by certain cancer drugs and treatment is called cardiotoxicity. It can cause myocarditis (heart inflammation), high blood pressure, abnormal heart rhythms or heart failure. Symptoms can appear during or soon after cancer treatment.
