Phrase of the day: Sympatric speciation - the process through which new species evolve from a single ancestral species while
Phrase of the day: Sympatric speciation - the process through which new species evolve from a single ancestral species while inhabiting the same geographic region.
Source: wikipedia.org
Government launches first 'TripAdvisor' style website for care homes: The system will allow residents and relatives to provide
Government launches first 'TripAdvisor' style website for care homes: The system will allow residents and relatives to provide reviews of care homes and to give them a star rating
Source: telegraph.co.uk
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
New public management - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
New public management - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eyes-On Wearable Ultrasound and IR Glasses for Easy Venipuncture, Maybe Much More |: Evena Medical, a Roseville, CA firm,
Eyes-On Wearable Ultrasound and IR Glasses for Easy Venipuncture, Maybe Much More |: Evena Medical, a Roseville, CA firm, is releasing an ultrasound and near-infrared device for vein viewing that clinicians can simply wear like a pair of bu
Source: medgadget.com
Exercise and diabetes prevention. I was asked about some references and thought I'd share them here from our PgDip Diabetes
Exercise and diabetes prevention. I was asked about some references and thought I'd share them here from our PgDip Diabetes Programme - BMJ / University of Leicester.
The classic efficacy articles on exercise preventing diabetes are:
The Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study - http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM200105033441801#t=abstract...
Source: nih.gov
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
Welsh government in drive to recruit junior doctors from England: Health minister Mark Drakeford’s recruitment campaign
Welsh government in drive to recruit junior doctors from England: Health minister Mark Drakeford’s recruitment campaign extols opportunities for young doctors and devolved government’s ‘partnership’ approach
Source: theguardian.com
NASA Earth Observatory : : Modern international shipping meets the ancient world in the famous canal.
NASA Earth Observatory : : Modern international shipping meets the ancient world in the famous canal.
Source: nasa.gov
Tangerine: IPhone movie shows Hollywood's unseen side - BBC News: Micro-budget comedy drama Tangerine, the story of two
Tangerine: IPhone movie shows Hollywood's unseen side - BBC News: Micro-budget comedy drama Tangerine, the story of two transgender prostitutes in Los Angeles, is remarkable not just because it shows a side of Hollywood rarely seen in the cinema, but because the whole film was shot using iPhones.
Source: bbc.co.uk
Exoskeleton research could allow paralyzed to turn and climb: and here you see we are testing a technical solution, how
Exoskeleton research could allow paralyzed to turn and climb: and here you see we are testing a technical solution, how to reproduce it, how to allow this movement. What you can see here is this four bar linkage mechanism. If you have multiple joints connected in a certain way then we allow the leg inside...
Source: reuters.com
Objectively Measured Daily Steps and Subsequent Long Term All-Cause Mortality: The Tasped Prospective Cohort Study: Background
Objectively Measured Daily Steps and Subsequent Long Term All-Cause Mortality: The Tasped Prospective Cohort Study: Background Self–reported physical activity has been inversely associated with mortality but the effect of objectively measured step activity on mortality has never been evaluated....
Source: plos.org
The use of social media among health care professionals within an online postgraduate diabetes diploma course Lipp, A. Davis,
The use of social media among health care professionals within an online postgraduate diabetes diploma course Lipp, A. Davis, RE. Peter, R. Davies, JS. 2014. Practical Diabetes.
Source: wiley.com
Supraventricular Tachycardia: Facts on Treatment
Supraventricular Tachycardia: Facts on Treatment
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When Diabetes Leads to an Eating Disorder: People with “diabulimia” manipulate their insulin to lose weight, often with
When Diabetes Leads to an Eating Disorder: People with “diabulimia” manipulate their insulin to lose weight, often with dangerous consequences.
Source: theatlantic.com
Many YouTube videos on peripheral neuropathy are not evidence-based
Many YouTube videos on peripheral neuropathy are not evidence-based
Source: reuters.com
Are Farmers Being Deliberately Misled About Badger Culls?: Politicians, farmers leaders, and particularly veterinarians,
Are Farmers Being Deliberately Misled About Badger Culls?: Politicians, farmers leaders, and particularly veterinarians, should know better. (picture from Wikipedia)
Source: huffingtonpost.co.uk
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
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and Implications for Access to Essential Medicines: This Viewpoint discusses the
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and Implications for Access to Essential Medicines: This Viewpoint discusses the importance of patent protection and its role in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement. Jing Luo. Aaron S. Kesselheim. JAMA.
Source: jamanetwork.com
Pearson to Pay L.A. Schools $6.5 Million Over Botched Digital Curriculum - e-Learning Feeds: The publishing giant will reimburse
Pearson to Pay L.A. Schools $6.5 Million Over Botched Digital Curriculum - e-Learning Feeds: The publishing giant will reimburse the district for costs associated with content originally intended to come pre-loaded on student iPads.
Source: elearningfeeds.com
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