AI helps answer thousands of health queries in Zambia via SMS: UNICEF is testing a machine learning system to boost the
AI helps answer thousands of health queries in Zambia via SMS: UNICEF is testing a machine learning system to boost the quantity and quality of health advice provided via a popular text-based service in Zambia and Uganda
Source: newscientist.com
Samsung patents smart contact lenses with a built-in camera: Samsung has been granted a patent for smart contact lenses
Samsung patents smart contact lenses with a built-in camera: Samsung has been granted a patent for smart contact lenses with a built-in camera that activates when you blink.
Source: mashable.com
Just read the "Happy Life" story - saving abandoned children on the streets of Nairobi. This is about a children rescue
Just read the "Happy Life" story - saving abandoned children on the streets of Nairobi. This is about a children rescue centre in Nairobi started 14 years ago and has now expanded to caring directly for around 100 children across two sites. They have offered for adoption over 170 children. The city...
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Tweeting links to Cochrane Schizophrenia Group reviews: a randomised controlled trial C E Adams. M Jayaram. A Y M Bodart.
Tweeting links to Cochrane Schizophrenia Group reviews: a randomised controlled trial C E Adams. M Jayaram. A Y M Bodart. S Sampson. S Zhao. A A Montgomery. BMJ Open.
Source: bmj.com
Good read. Animal Liberation by Peter Singer. A powerful book on animal rights written 40 years ago (updated 20 years ago
Good read. Animal Liberation by Peter Singer. A powerful book on animal rights written 40 years ago (updated 20 years ago and re-issued recently with an introduction by Yuval Hariri) and having stood the test of time and debate. It is called 'the bible' of the animal rights movement and rightly so ......
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Junior doctors row has derailed seven-day NHS plans, says top doctor: Sir Bruce Keogh signals unhappiness with Jeremy Hunt’s
Junior doctors row has derailed seven-day NHS plans, says top doctor: Sir Bruce Keogh signals unhappiness with Jeremy Hunt’s decision to impose contract and rejects justification of new terms
Source: theguardian.com
6 Reasons Platforms Fail: Perhaps the most egregious is a failure of imagination.
6 Reasons Platforms Fail: Perhaps the most egregious is a failure of imagination.
Source: hbr.org
United States Geological Survey confirms it: Fracking causes earthquakes | ExtremeTech: Entities all around the world, from
United States Geological Survey confirms it: Fracking causes earthquakes | ExtremeTech: Entities all around the world, from cities to whole countries, have issued moratoria on fracking pending conclusive evidence of its risks. Well, some of that evidence is in: fracking causes earthquakes.
Source: extremetech.com
Warning over rising number of deaths among Lake District walkers: Cumbria mountain rescue and police say ramblers may push
Warning over rising number of deaths among Lake District walkers: Cumbria mountain rescue and police say ramblers may push themselves too hard, as incidents on the fells increase
Source: theguardian.com
Biosimilar drugs could save up to $110 billion by 2020 - IMS : Lower-cost copies of complex biotech drugs, known as biosimilars,
Biosimilar drugs could save up to $110 billion by 2020 - IMS : Lower-cost copies of complex biotech drugs, known as biosimilars, could save the United States and Europe's five top markets as much as 98 billion euros ($110 bln) by 2020, a new analysis showed on Tuesday.
Source: reuters.com
Weaker drinks 'to solve health problems', say councils - BBC News: Weaker beers, ciders, wines and spirits are what is needed
Weaker drinks 'to solve health problems', say councils - BBC News: Weaker beers, ciders, wines and spirits are what is needed to tackle drink-related health problems, local councils in England and Wales say.
Source: bbc.co.uk
Great read! We can eat almost anything, but we are uncertain what we should eat. This omnivore's dilemma has not only vexed
Great read! We can eat almost anything, but we are uncertain what we should eat. This omnivore's dilemma has not only vexed our ancestors trying to avoid poisonous foods it continues to occupy much of our time. We seem incapable of deciding what to have for lunch without consulting to dietary guidelines,...
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Nottingham woman, 93, found living in 'squalor' - BBC News: A council investigates how a 93-year-old woman was left to live
Nottingham woman, 93, found living in 'squalor' - BBC News: A council investigates how a 93-year-old woman was left to live alone in "shocking" conditions despite carers being paid to look after her.
Source: bbc.co.uk
Social media beneficial for sharing and building upon patient experiences, research shows: University of Leicester research
Social media beneficial for sharing and building upon patient experiences, research shows: University of Leicester research suggests patients often seek medical knowledge from social media platforms rather than traditional medical sources.
Source: eurekalert.org
Why evaluate ‘common sense’ quality and safety interventions? Angus IG Ramsay. Naomi J Fulop. BMJ Quality & Safety.
Why evaluate ‘common sense’ quality and safety interventions? Angus IG Ramsay. Naomi J Fulop. BMJ Quality & Safety.
Source: bmj.com
Good read. "Life on the Edge" by Jim Al-Khalili and Johnjoe McFadden covers the fascinating world of quantum biology. Could
Good read. "Life on the Edge" by Jim Al-Khalili and Johnjoe McFadden covers the fascinating world of quantum biology. Could life be a delicate balance that organic molecules can provide to enable quantum coherence? The efficient quantum mechanisms of photosynthesis, magnetoreception, and enzymes are...
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The Google search terms 'diabetes' and 'recipe' have contrasting patterns repeated each year over the festive period covering
The Google search terms 'diabetes' and 'recipe' have contrasting patterns repeated each year over the festive period covering November to January. Could this be evidence of human behaviour from big data? I'm on a Big Data MOOC #FLbigdata and was introduced to this tool on Google. I've shown in the...
Source: google.com
SRI's Micro Robots Can Now Manufacture Their Own Tools: These tiny robots can reconfigure themselves in a custom tool shop
SRI's Micro Robots Can Now Manufacture Their Own Tools: These tiny robots can reconfigure themselves in a custom tool shop that's just a few square inches in size
Source: ieee.org
Donald Clark Plan B: The LMS is dead, long live the LMS! (10 pros & 10 cons)
Donald Clark Plan B: The LMS is dead, long live the LMS! (10 pros & 10 cons)
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Genetics Confirms Aboriginal Origins - Science News | The Naked Scientists
Genetics Confirms Aboriginal Origins - Science News | The Naked Scientists
Source: thenakedscientists.com
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