Charlie Gard judge said case highlights "pitfalls" of social media: Mr Justice Francis said the case had escalated to an
Charlie Gard judge said case highlights "pitfalls" of social media: Mr Justice Francis said the case had escalated to an 'international scale' and had even involved President Trump, the Vatican and Theresa May and allowed ill-informed statements to dominate the public debate. In applying existing and...
Source: mirror.co.uk
Bariatric Surgery Outcomes Seem Best When Pre-Op BMI Is Below 40: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD Having
Bariatric Surgery Outcomes Seem Best When Pre-Op BMI Is Below 40: By Amy Orciari Herman
Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD
Having a body-mass index below 40 before undergoing bariatric surgery is associated with better outcomes a year later, according to a retrospective … NEJM Journal Watch.
Source: jwatch.org
Soft Robotic Exosuit Can Help Stroke Patients: Improvements seen within minutes of powering up the device. "Walsh and his
Soft Robotic Exosuit Can Help Stroke Patients: Improvements seen within minutes of powering up the device. "Walsh and his colleagues sought to develop a flexible lightweight wearable robot to support a weakened leg's residual ability to move. “By providing a small amount of assistance, our soft exosuit...
Source: ieee.org
Donald Clark Plan B: Tutorbots are here - 7 ways they could change the learning landscape "[tutorbots] at last is
Donald Clark Plan B: Tutorbots are here - 7 ways they could change the learning landscape "[tutorbots] at last is a form of technology that teachers can appreciate, as it truly tries to improve on what they already do. It takes good teaching as its standard and tries to eliminate and streamline...
Source: blogspot.co.uk
"New Software Diagnoses Cardiac Arrhythmias from ECGs Better Than Cardiologists |: Stanford researchers claim to have developed
"New Software Diagnoses Cardiac Arrhythmias from ECGs Better Than Cardiologists |: Stanford researchers claim to have developed an algorithm that "exceeds the performance of board certified cardiologists in detecting a wide range of heart arrhythmias from electrocardiograms [ECG] recorded with a single-lead...
Source: medgadget.com
Cornwall to tackle traffic emissions at Grampound: Work is to begin on an action plan to improve air quality in Grampound,
Cornwall to tackle traffic emissions at Grampound: Work is to begin on an action plan to improve air quality in Grampound, a village in Western Cornwall, following the declaration of the village as an AQMA. This is a tricky problem to solve (other than diverting all the traffic or going all-electric...
Source: airqualitynews.com
St Ives stone stacker appears to defy gravity - BBC News: After the European Championships, Gavin Short gives us a how to-
St Ives stone stacker appears to defy gravity - BBC News: After the European Championships, Gavin Short gives us a how to- no glue allowed.
Source: bbc.co.uk
IBM's AI can predict schizophrenia by looking at the brain's blood flow
IBM's AI can predict schizophrenia by looking at the brain's blood flow
Source: engadget.com
Tracking the Hide-and-Seek Game Between Beaches and Tides : Image of the Day: A new technique allowed Australian Scientists
Tracking the Hide-and-Seek Game Between Beaches and Tides : Image of the Day: A new technique allowed Australian Scientists to map the intertidal zone around their entire coast.
Source: nasa.gov
It's time for academics to take back control of research journals: The evolution to a high-profit industry was never planned.
It's time for academics to take back control of research journals: The evolution to a high-profit industry was never planned. Academics need to make the case for lower-cost journals
Source: theguardian.com
UEA course cut a blow for mental health work | Letters: Letters: Students and former students protest at the end to counselling
UEA course cut a blow for mental health work | Letters: Letters: Students and former students protest at the end to counselling training at the University of East Anglia
Source: theguardian.com
Switzerland votes to phase out nuclear power - BBC News: The referendum result allows the government to go ahead with plans
Switzerland votes to phase out nuclear power - BBC News: The referendum result allows the government to go ahead with plans to switch to renewable energy.
Source: bbc.co.uk
Traces #4 by Mike Caulfield: The Coming Annotation Wars: I went to the iAnnotate conference last week and it was lovely.
Traces #4 by Mike Caulfield: The Coming Annotation Wars: I went to the iAnnotate conference last week and it was lovely. Annotation is slowly coming into its own as a technology; I tend to think of it as a way to "re-webify" a web that has increasingly move...
Source: tinyletter.com
Long term gluten consumption in adults without celiac disease and risk of coronary heart disease: prospective cohort study:
Long term gluten consumption in adults without celiac disease and risk of coronary heart disease: prospective cohort study: Objective To examine the association of long term intake of gluten with the development of incident coronary heart disease.
Design Prospective cohort study.
Setting and participants...
Source: bmj.com
Polar Sea Ice at Record Lows : Image of the Day: In 2017, the Arctic maximum and Antarctic minimum extents of sea ice plunged
Polar Sea Ice at Record Lows : Image of the Day: In 2017, the Arctic maximum and Antarctic minimum extents of sea ice plunged to record lows.
Source: nasa.gov
Theresa May’s Empty Brexit Promises: The Prime Minister and her fellow Brexiteers don’t have a viable economic vision
Theresa May’s Empty Brexit Promises: The Prime Minister and her fellow Brexiteers don’t have a viable economic vision to offer.
Source: newyorker.com
Best anti-ageing exercise (for a part of mitochondrial metabolism) is high intensity interval training: "Exercise is the
Best anti-ageing exercise (for a part of mitochondrial metabolism) is high intensity interval training: "Exercise is the best anti-ageing pill, but which routine is most effective? A study reveals that HIIT is better than weight training at rejuvenating cells ..." says New Scientist magazine. "HIIT...
Source: newscientist.com
'7lbs in 7 days' retreat at Juicy Oasis Feb 20-27th 2016. Blog about the retreat. Just returned from a week at Juicy Oasis
'7lbs in 7 days' retreat at Juicy Oasis Feb 20-27th 2016. Blog about the retreat. Just returned from a week at Juicy Oasis in Portugal - a health and spa retreat based on a juicing diet run by Jason Vale. It was a lovely sunny escape from the February cold and rain in the UK. The main features were...
Source: google.com
Will a New Glass Battery Accelerate the End of Oil?: New low-cost, non-flammable, high-capacity, rapid-charging, solid state
Will a New Glass Battery Accelerate the End of Oil?: New low-cost, non-flammable, high-capacity, rapid-charging, solid state battery could pose threat to the internal combustion engine
Source: ieee.org
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