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Chimps bond with each other and people after watching a film together: Shared experiences make people feel closer - and

Chimps bond with each other and people after watching a film together: Shared experiences make people feel closer - and they also seem to help great apes bond with each other and with humans. The BBC also covered this study How chimpanzees bond over a movie together.
Source: newscientist.com

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Source: nih.gov

Rural Life in the past Was a Battle for Survival: People in preindustrial Europe generally lived a miserable, handtomouth

Rural Life in the past Was a Battle for Survival: People in preindustrial Europe generally lived a miserable, handtomouth existence which would be foolish to romanticize.
Source: humanprogress.org

Frailty predicts mortality in all emergency surgical admissions regardless of age. An observational study: “Frail patients

Frailty predicts mortality in all emergency surgical admissions regardless of age. An observational study: “Frail patients in any age group are more likely to die than those that are not frail. We aimed to evaluate the impact of frailty on clinical mortality, readmission rate and length of stay for...
Source: oup.com

Online learning is supported by factors such as Accessibility, Functionality, Group discussion, Students' communicationality,

Online learning is supported by factors such as Accessibility, Functionality, Group discussion, Students' communicationality, and Technology aptitude. It is negatively influenced by time consumption and distraction. Researchers analysed learners on a large online course using thematic analysis and then...
Source: alt.ac.uk

"All forms of Brexit are bad for health, but some are worse than others. This paper builds on our 2017 analysis using the

"All forms of Brexit are bad for health, but some are worse than others. This paper builds on our 2017 analysis using the WHO health system building blocks framework to assess the likely effects of Brexit on the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK. We consider four possible scenarios as follows:...
Source: thelancet.com

Famed mathematician claims proof of 160-year-old Riemann hypothesis | New Scientist

Famed mathematician claims proof of 160-year-old Riemann hypothesis | New Scientist
Source: newscientist.com

Radical open-access plan could spell end to journal subscriptions: Eleven research funders in Europe announce ‘Plan S’

Radical open-access plan could spell end to journal subscriptions: Eleven research funders in Europe announce ‘Plan S’ to make all scientific works free to read as soon as they are published. European Commission special envoy Robert-Jan Smits has spearheaded a plan to make all scientific works free...
Source: nature.com

The New Science of Designing for Humans (SSIR): The rise of behavioral science and impact evaluation has created a new way

The New Science of Designing for Humans (SSIR): The rise of behavioral science and impact evaluation has created a new way for engineering programs and human interactions.
Source: ssir.org

Self-organizing Community Learning Based on P2P Network in a University Computer Foundation Course: In order to solve the

Self-organizing Community Learning Based on P2P Network in a University Computer Foundation Course: In order to solve the problem of lack of targeted guidance for learners in the community learning process, an improved algorithm for constructing com-munities was proposed. The algorithm used P2P architecture....
Source: online-journals.org

Four principles to make evidence synthesis more useful for policy : Reward the creation of analyses for policymakers that

Four principles to make evidence synthesis more useful for policy : Reward the creation of analyses for policymakers that are inclusive, rigorous, transparent and accessible, urge Christl A. Donnelly and colleagues. Reward the creation of analyses for policymakers that are inclusive, rigorous, transparent...
Source: nature.com

Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement: This 2018 Recommendation

Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement: This 2018 Recommendation Statement from the US Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening for osteoporosis with bone measurement testing to prevent osteoporotic fractures in women 65...
Source: jamanetwork.com

Open-Source Tools for Value Assessment: A Promising Approach: In order to deliver value-based care, health care decision

Open-Source Tools for Value Assessment: A Promising Approach: In order to deliver value-based care, health care decision makers, eg, insurers and health system administrators, need value data at their fingertips—data that are relevant to their own context and reflect their own perspective on what costs...
Source: journalofclinicalpathways.com

A robot has performed eye surgery on humans for the first time: For the first time, six people have had eye surgery performed

A robot has performed eye surgery on humans for the first time: For the first time, six people have had eye surgery performed by a robot that was able to filter out the tremors from a surgeon's hand
Source: newscientist.com

AI can detect early signs of Parkinson’s from brain scans alone: An AI could identify signs of Parkinson’s from brain

AI can detect early signs of Parkinson’s from brain scans alone: An AI could identify signs of Parkinson’s from brain scans alone. One day it could be used to spot the disease before physical symptoms show
Source: newscientist.com

Mediterranean diet is still good for you but only if you’re rich: A landmark study that touted the benefits of the Mediterranean

Mediterranean diet is still good for you but only if you’re rich: A landmark study that touted the benefits of the Mediterranean diet has been retracted, but eating more fresh fish and veg is still good for you, if you can afford it
Source: newscientist.com

Britain’s hedgehog population has fallen 66 per cent in 20 years: Britain only has 58 wild mammal species to start with,

Britain’s hedgehog population has fallen 66 per cent in 20 years: Britain only has 58 wild mammal species to start with, and many have declined sharply in number since 1995 – with hedgehogs suffering a particularly severe fall
Source: newscientist.com

Rivaroxaban for Stroke Prevention after Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source | NEJM: Original Article from The New England

Rivaroxaban for Stroke Prevention after Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source | NEJM: Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Rivaroxaban for Stroke Prevention after Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source
Source: nejm.org

Associations Between American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification Status and Performance on a Set of

Associations Between American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification Status and Performance on a Set of Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set Process Measures Bradley Gray. Jonathan Vandergrift. Bruce Landon. James Reschovsky. Rebecca Lipner. Annals of Internal Medicine.
Source: annals.org

NEJM Journal Watch: Summaries of and commentary on original medical and scientific articles from key medical journals

NEJM Journal Watch: Summaries of and commentary on original medical and scientific articles from key medical journals
Source: jwatch.org