Tough alcohol policies linked to lower death rates from liver damage: (HealthDay)—States with strong alcohol control policies have lower death rates connected to alcohol-related liver damage, a new study finds.
Source: medicalxpress.com
UK's oldest person breaks hip replacement record at 112: Gladys Hooper from Isle of Wight is understood to have eclipsed previous record of John Randall, who had operation aged 102
Source: theguardian.com
Polio in Ukraine: nationwide vaccination campaign needs to start straight away: With two WHO-confirmed cases of polio in Ukraine in September, vaccinating the country’s 1.8 million children needs to start as soon as possible
Source: theguardian.com
This study is forcing economists to rethink high-deductible health insurance: Perhaps higher deductibles don't lead to smarter shoppers but rather, in the long run, sicker patients.
Source: vox.com
Doctors ask Cabinet Office to investigate Jeremy Hunt's patient deaths comments: Medics say health secretary breached ministerial code of conduct with claim that 11,000 patients a year die after being admitted to hospital at weekends
Source: theguardian.com
"Palm Pistol .38 SPL defensive gun, designed for people with osteo and rheumatoid arthritis, and other degenerative joint and muscular conditions, is now released for sale." ... No. Just no.
Source: medgadget.com
Doctors Overlook Lucrative Procedures When Naming Unwise Treatments : In the "Choosing Wisely" campaign, medical specialty societies have published lists of procedures that doctors and patients should consider skeptically. But some groups overlooked their own dubious...
Source: khn.org
A report into NHS staffing levels has been delayed after talks with Westminster: The health watchdog NICE ditched plans to make public its research on safe nurse staffing levels minutes after an email exchange between the organisation’s chief executive and Jeremy Hunt’s office, it has emerged. Experts...
Source: independent.co.uk
Home Office letter and statement from the Migration Advisory Service (MAC) on nurse shortages - Publications - GOV.UK
Source: www.gov.uk
Overseas NHS nurses: Restrictions lifted amid widespread shortages: Nurses to be added to Shortage Occupation List on interim basis, meaning those outside European Economic Area will have applications prioritised
Source: telegraph.co.uk
Journal Resuscitation publishes updated European Resuscitation Council guidelines: Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the publication of the 2015 European Resuscitation Council guidelines, in the latest issue of journal...
Source: eurekalert.org
5 Reasons Your Kid Should Learn to Code - e-Learning Feeds: In today’s world, coding is the new digital literacy, and its importance will only increase over time. The rate at which kids are able to learn new s
Source: elearningfeeds.com
IBM reaches more students through programming contest, cloud access | University Business Magazine
Source: universitybusiness.com
Kilogram Conflict Resolved At Last - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org
Digital badges hit the big time in higher ed | University Business Magazine
Source: universitybusiness.com
State of Care 2014/15 from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) - room for improvement. "Demands are increasing on health and social care. State of Care – our
annual overview of health and social care in England – looks at the
trends, highlights examples of good and outstanding care, and identifies
...
Source: cqc.org.uk
How Dietary Supplement Complications Present in the Emergency Department: By Joe Elia
Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM
Dietary supplements — herbals, vitamins, and minerals — account for some 23,000 emergency visits annually in the U.S., according to an analysis...
Source: jwatch.org
Churches a good place for HIV testing, treatment in africa: (HealthDay)—Churches and other faith-based centers are good locations to offer HIV testing and treatment for pregnant women in isolated areas of sub-Saharan Africa, a new study shows.
Source: medicalxpress.com
Computers match doctors in predicting patient discharges: A computer can do as good a job of predicting how many patients will be discharged from a hospital unit on a given day as doctors and nurses can, according to new research from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business and...
Source: medicalxpress.com
The Crowdsourcing Site That Wants to Pool Our Genomes: A new non-profit site aims to open up genetic data for scientific research.
Source: theatlantic.com