Effect of Malaria Initiative: Launched in 2005 by President George W. Bush and expanded by President Barack Obama, the US
Effect of Malaria Initiative: Launched in 2005 by President George W. Bush and expanded by President Barack Obama, the US President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) has been one of the main sources of funding for malaria prevention interventions in sub-Saharan Africa. A new report in PLoS Medicine shows...
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The burden of triumph: meeting health and social care needs. Andrew Dilnot, Lancet 15 August 2017. "Life is getting longer.
The burden of triumph: meeting health and social care needs. Andrew Dilnot, Lancet 15 August 2017. "Life is getting longer. Death is not defeated, but it takes longer to win than it used to. The increases seen for most people in life expectancy are surely a matter for great rejoicing. References to...
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Using a videogame to facilitate nursing and medical students' first visit to the operating theatre. A randomized controlled
Using a videogame to facilitate nursing and medical students' first visit to the operating theatre. A randomized controlled trial. - PubMed - NCBI
"A videogame was developed, combining pictures and short videos, by which students are interactively instructed on acting at the surgical block. Moreover,...
Source: nih.gov
Sony Develops System for Authentication, Sharing, and Rights Management Using Blockchain Technology: Sony Corporation and
Sony Develops System for Authentication, Sharing, and Rights Management Using Blockchain Technology: Sony Corporation and Sony Global Education (SGE) have developed a system that will apply block chain technology to the field of education. By using "technology that makes mutual use of educational achievements...
Source: sony.net
Community detection, link prediction, and layer interdependence in multilayer networks. "Complex systems are often characterized
Community detection, link prediction, and layer interdependence in multilayer networks. "Complex systems are often characterized by distinct types of interactions between the same entities. These can be described as a multilayer network where each layer represents one type of interaction. These layers...
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Nations that cannot fight tobacco industry should raise taxes, says WHO: World Health Organization says many governments
Nations that cannot fight tobacco industry should raise taxes, says WHO: World Health Organization says many governments have neither funds nor expertise to take on big tobacco companies
Source: theguardian.com
London's optical illusion speed bumps - BBC News: Speed bumps have been painted on a London road as part of a pilot scheme
London's optical illusion speed bumps - BBC News: Speed bumps have been painted on a London road as part of a pilot scheme to deter drivers from exceeding 20mph. Wonder if they could be tried in our village. Avoid the expense, the noise, and the interference with buses and emergency vehicles by painting...
Source: bbc.co.uk
Association between active commuting and incident cardiovascular disease, cancer, and mortality: prospective cohort study:
Association between active commuting and incident cardiovascular disease, cancer, and mortality: prospective cohort study: Objective To investigate the association between active commuting and incident cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer, and all cause mortality.
Design Prospective population based...
Source: bmj.com
DNA from Viking cod bones suggests 1,000-year history of European fish trade: Norway is famed for its cod. Catches from
DNA from Viking cod bones suggests 1,000-year history of European fish trade: Norway is famed for its cod. Catches from the Arctic stock that spawns each year off its northern coast are exported across Europe for staple dishes from British fish and chips to Spanish bacalao stew.
Source: phys.org
Judge warns of 'blood on our hands' if suicidal girl is forced out of secure care: Sir James Munby, head of high court’s
Judge warns of 'blood on our hands' if suicidal girl is forced out of secure care: Sir James Munby, head of high court’s family division, ‘ashamed and embarrassed’ no hospital place has been found for 17-year-old girl X. The judge added: “We are, even in these times of austerity, one of the...
Source: theguardian.com
Passing the MRCP - an approach to REALLY hard questions. In your revision for the MRCP you will come across very tricky
Passing the MRCP - an approach to REALLY hard questions. In your revision for the MRCP you will come across very tricky MCQs. You know the ones ... the ones that you have no idea what the correct answer is, or the correct answer surprises you, or they are discussed by other candidates who can't agree...
Human Insulin for Type 2 Diabetes: An Effective, Less-Expensive Option: This Viewpoint suggests that clinicians prescribe
Human Insulin for Type 2 Diabetes: An Effective, Less-Expensive Option: This Viewpoint suggests that clinicians prescribe human insulin products as a more-affordable option over insulin analogues and explains dosing options. Kasia J. Lipska. Irl B. Hirsch. Matthew C. Riddle. JAMA.
Source: jamanetwork.com
Caldicott's concerns: DeepMind and the Royal Free London - a summary from Mischon de Reya. "The latest medical data sharing
Caldicott's concerns: DeepMind and the Royal Free London - a summary from Mischon de Reya. "The latest medical data sharing controversy to attract the interest of regulators and the press involves the Royal Free London ('RF'), one of London's biggest hospitals, and its arrangements with DeepMind, involving...
Source: mishcon.com
In FutureLearn's MOOCs, Conversation Powers Learning at Massive Scale: Personalized learning has to get social. Students
In FutureLearn's MOOCs, Conversation Powers Learning at Massive Scale: Personalized learning has to get social. Students learn better through conversation. Nice overview of FutureLearn's approach to MOOCs by Professor Mike Sharples highlighting the potential of personalization of learning through conversation....
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Fake Malaria Meds Meet Their Match in a Handheld Spectrometer: Up to 35 percent of antimalarial drugs are useless. Engineers
Fake Malaria Meds Meet Their Match in a Handheld Spectrometer: Up to 35 percent of antimalarial drugs are useless. Engineers are combatting this counterfeit menace. "The new system uses near-infrared (NIR) spectrometry, directing a beam
of NIR light at a pill and recording how the light is absorbed....
Source: ieee.org
Could Google Glass prove to be more useful in professions such as healthcare rather than its (limited) mass release a few
Could Google Glass prove to be more useful in professions such as healthcare rather than its (limited) mass release a few years ago? Doctors' offices are becoming overwhelmed with computers and they can get in the way of patient care. Perhaps a hands-free interface to patient records could mean doctors...
The new survivors and a new era for trauma research: Karim Brohi and Martin Schreiber, Guest Editors of the Special Issue
The new survivors and a new era for trauma research: Karim Brohi and Martin Schreiber, Guest Editors of the Special Issue on Trauma, describe a new era in exploration of the biology of injury response and translation of new opportunities into clinical practice. Karim Brohi. Martin Schreiber. PLOS Medicine....
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Coconut oil 'as unhealthy as beef fat and butter' - BBC News: It is packed with saturated fat which can raise "bad" cholesterol
Coconut oil 'as unhealthy as beef fat and butter' - BBC News: It is packed with saturated fat which can raise "bad" cholesterol and pose a heart risk, say US experts.
Source: bbc.co.uk
Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies
"The Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) Consortium has refined its recommendations about the clinical and pathologic diagnosis of DLB, updating the previous report, which has been in widespread use for the last decade. The revised DLB consensus criteria now distinguish clearly between clinical features...
Source: neurology.org
Unraveling the IT Productivity Paradox — Lessons for Health Care — NEJM: Good article from RAND Corporation. There
Unraveling the IT Productivity Paradox — Lessons for Health Care — NEJM: Good article from RAND Corporation. There is ongoing debate about the wisdom of the $27 billion federal investment driving the adoption of health information technology (IT) under the Health Information Technology for Economic...
Source: nejm.org
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