The state of gaming in 2016: Here’s what to expect | ExtremeTech: As the year comes to a close, our focus shifts to 2016.
The state of gaming in 2016: Here’s what to expect | ExtremeTech: As the year comes to a close, our focus shifts to 2016. The consoles have a solid install base new, long-awaited VR helmets are making their way into the hands of consumers, and we're finally seeing new games instead of just sequels....
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Making healthy foods the default menu dupes people into eating better: In theme park experiment, Disney got guinea pig guests
Making healthy foods the default menu dupes people into eating better: In theme park experiment, Disney got guinea pig guests to swap fries for fruit.
Source: arstechnica.com
Bariatric Surgery in the United Kingdom: A Cohort Study of Weight Loss and Clinical Outcomes in Routine Clinical Care:
Bariatric Surgery in the United Kingdom: A Cohort Study of Weight Loss and Clinical Outcomes in Routine Clinical Care: In a UK cohort study, Ian Douglas and colleagues investigate weight, BMI, and related health outcomes after bariatric surgery. Ian J. Douglas. Krishnan Bhaskaran. Rachel L. Batterham....
Source: plos.org
2016 – the year of MOOC hard questions: We had 2012 as the year of the MOOC, 2014 was probably the year of the MOOC maturation,
2016 – the year of MOOC hard questions: We had 2012 as the year of the MOOC, 2014 was probably the year of the MOOC maturation, and I’m calling it for 2016, the year that university Vice Chancellors and Principals start looking and…
Source: edtechie.net
Cambridgeshire's £800m NHS out-sourcing contract ends - A five-year £800m NHS out-sourcing contract ends after eight months
Cambridgeshire's £800m NHS out-sourcing contract ends - A five-year £800m NHS out-sourcing contract ends after eight months because the company running it failed to achieve what Andrew MacPherson, Managing Director of The NHS Strategic Projects Team that managed the procurement on behalf of the CCG...
Source: bbc.co.uk
Organ donation: Groundbreaking law change in Wales means all adults become donors: Revolutionary new system will 'save hundreds
Organ donation: Groundbreaking law change in Wales means all adults become donors: Revolutionary new system will 'save hundreds of lives' in dramatic departure from current 'opt-in' process and will be closely watched by rest of UK
Source: telegraph.co.uk
A fingerprint test for ivory has been developed to help identify poachers: Police officers may soon be able to identify
A fingerprint test for ivory has been developed to help identify poachers: Police officers may soon be able to identify wildlife poachers by retrieving fingerprints from smuggled ivory, new research has revealed. Around 50,000 African elephants are thought to be poached each year, but it had been thought...
Source: independent.co.uk
Media demonstrate ignorance of correlation vs. causation by reporting the coffee study in Circulation - Association of Coffee
Media demonstrate ignorance of correlation vs. causation by reporting the coffee study in Circulation - Association of Coffee Consumption with Total and Cause-Specific Mortality in Three Large Prospective Cohorts. See reports in Telegraph, Tribune, BT news, South Wales Argus!, Harvard's own press release....
Source: ahajournals.org
The NHS Confederation has asked people if they want cake and seem encouraged that the answer is yes. In the confederation's
The NHS Confederation has asked people if they want cake and seem encouraged that the answer is yes. In the confederation's parallel universe people can (1) have their cake and eat it, (2) it will be better cake than before, (3) they won't need to wait for it, and (4) it will be free! They are shrewd...
Source: nhsconfed.org
Pinpointing poverty with cellphone data: Researchers believe that call data records from millions of people can help provide
Pinpointing poverty with cellphone data: Researchers believe that call data records from millions of people can help provide an unparalleled look at communities lacking access to food, health care and other human necessities. This could help provide aid organizations and government a quick and cost-efficient...
Source: eurekalert.org
How mobile phones are making childbirth safer in Ethiopia: In Ethiopia where almost nine in every 10 women give birth at
How mobile phones are making childbirth safer in Ethiopia: In Ethiopia where almost nine in every 10 women give birth at home after pregnancies with little or no medical support, a mobile phone app is coming to the rescue with lifesaving guidelines when things go wrong.
Source: medicalxpress.com
Many patients ok linking social media to medical records: Many people may be willing to link their social media accounts
Many patients ok linking social media to medical records: Many people may be willing to link their social media accounts to their medical records, a U.S. study suggests, a shift with the potential to improve care by giving doctors more insight into what makes patients tick.
Source: reuters.com
Jogging is so yesteryear. Walking, aka 'steps', is the technology-calibrated exercise du jour: Get fit by doing a bit more
Jogging is so yesteryear. Walking, aka 'steps', is the technology-calibrated exercise du jour: Get fit by doing a bit more of what you’re already doing – what’s not to love about walking? Our panel has its say on the joys and stresses of the new step culture
Source: theguardian.com
Why an Indian Program Is Training ‘Quacks’ to Stand in for Doctors: Rural India doesn’t have enough physicians—but
Why an Indian Program Is Training ‘Quacks’ to Stand in for Doctors: Rural India doesn’t have enough physicians—but it has plenty of local, self-styled medical practitioners. Which is better for public health: cracking down on them, or encouraging their work?
Source: theatlantic.com
Seeking Rational Approaches to Fixing Hospital Readmissions: Spurred by federal policy makers, US hospitals have made substantial
Seeking Rational Approaches to Fixing Hospital Readmissions: Spurred by federal policy makers, US hospitals have made substantial efforts to address the problem of high rates of patients being readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge. Underlying this policy focus is a straightforward idea:...
Source: jamanetwork.com
Processed meats pose same cancer risk as smoking and asbestos, reports say: WHO expected to highlight dangers of bacon,
Processed meats pose same cancer risk as smoking and asbestos, reports say: WHO expected to highlight dangers of bacon, sausages, ham and burgers – and even fresh red meat is to be listed as unhealthy
Source: theguardian.com
Fewer antibiotics, better outcomes for complicated appendectomy patients?: With acute appendicitis ranking among the nation's
Fewer antibiotics, better outcomes for complicated appendectomy patients?: With acute appendicitis ranking among the nation's most common acute surgical emergencies, researchers studied the relatively routine use of post-operative antibiotics in complicated cases and found that they didn't reduce infections...
Source: medicalxpress.com
Drinking less in middle age can cut risk of dementia, says Nice: Health authority urges people to reduce alcohol intake,
Drinking less in middle age can cut risk of dementia, says Nice: Health authority urges people to reduce alcohol intake, stop smoking and eat more healthily when they hit 40 to avoid ill-health in later life
Source: theguardian.com
Let's Encrypt Enters Private Beta: For years, EFF has been working to protect the Web from surveillance and censorship by
Let's Encrypt Enters Private Beta: For years, EFF has been working to protect the Web from surveillance and censorship by making encryption ubiquitous. Fixing problems with the Internet's certificate infrastructure has been at the top of that list.
Source: eff.org
Traffic deaths preventable, WHO says in call for road safety: Countries must introduce tougher laws to prevent drivers from
Traffic deaths preventable, WHO says in call for road safety: Countries must introduce tougher laws to prevent drivers from speeding or drinking and help reduce the toll of 1.25 million people killed each year in traffic accidents, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
Source: reuters.com
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