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Rogue Scientists Race to Save Climate Data from Trump: The incoming Trump administration's EPA transition team intends to

Rogue Scientists Race to Save Climate Data from Trump: The incoming Trump administration's EPA transition team intends to remove some climate data from the agency's website. These researchers are swooping in to help.
Source: wired.com

What can this Peru slum teach the world about stopping the spread of TB?: Peru, one of the hotspots for tuberculosis, has

What can this Peru slum teach the world about stopping the spread of TB?: Peru, one of the hotspots for tuberculosis, has some of the highest global recovery rates thanks to a community-based method for fighting the disease
Source: theguardian.com

CCGs spend millions on referral management schemes of questionable effectiveness - Hospital Dr

CCGs spend millions on referral management schemes of questionable effectiveness - Hospital Dr
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk

Efficacy and effectiveness of screen and treat policies in prevention of type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis

Efficacy and effectiveness of screen and treat policies in prevention of type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis of screening tests and interventions: Objectives  To assess diagnostic accuracy of screening tests for pre-diabetes and efficacy of interventions (lifestyle or metformin) in...
Source: bmj.com

New analysis shows Lamar Smith’s accusations on climate data are wrong

New analysis shows Lamar Smith’s accusations on climate data are wrong
Source: arstechnica.com

Remote intelligence will be with us before artificial intelligence concludes Richard Baldwin in his book "The Great Convergence".

Remote intelligence will be with us before artificial intelligence concludes Richard Baldwin in his book "The Great Convergence". He proposes this future by explaining the present state of global trade in terms of three "separation costs"; transport, knowledge, and people. Transport costs fell with...
Source: amazon.co.uk

Is patient satisfaction relevant? Plastic surgeons call for better rating tools: Patient satisfaction has become an important

Is patient satisfaction relevant? Plastic surgeons call for better rating tools: Patient satisfaction has become an important quality measure in the US healthcare system. But some plastic surgeons question the value of subjective patient satisfaction ratings -- suggesting that they might even lead to...
Source: eurekalert.org

The garden shed full of helping hands - BBC News: The British duo 3D printing prosthetic arms for children, for free, in

The garden shed full of helping hands - BBC News: The British duo 3D printing prosthetic arms for children, for free, in the back garden.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Fake news gets solved: "Yes, there will always be dark and stupid places on the internet that are just out to make a buck

Fake news gets solved: "Yes, there will always be dark and stupid places on the internet that are just out to make a buck and that will always spread fake news. But most people won't want to go there and great companies won't want to play there."
Source: niemanlab.org

Increase in US Suicide Rates and the Critical Decline in Psychiatric Beds: This Viewpoint discusses the apparent association

Increase in US Suicide Rates and the Critical Decline in Psychiatric Beds: This Viewpoint discusses the apparent association between a reduction of psychiatric beds and increasing suicide rates in the United States, and proposes an expansion of inpatient psychiatric treatment facilities as a component...
Source: jamanetwork.com

NEJM Journal Watch Hospital Medicine Top Stories of 2016: Dear Readers, We are pleased to bring you our 2016 NEJM Journal

NEJM Journal Watch Hospital Medicine Top Stories of 2016: Dear Readers, We are pleased to bring you our 2016 NEJM Journal Watch Hospital Medicine Top Stories. As usual, our list focuses on inpatient and intensive care topics that most of us see in our daily practice. We hope that you find this list...
Source: jwatch.org

IBM working on robot to take care of the elderly : Technology major IBM is developing a robot based on SoftBank's Pepper

IBM working on robot to take care of the elderly : Technology major IBM is developing a robot based on SoftBank's Pepper to assist the elderly and their caregivers. The robot will study ways of measuring heart and respiratory rate, answer basic health-related questions and determine if an individual...
Source: inshorts.com

A filmmaker installed security software on a decoy phone to spy on smartphone thieves

A filmmaker installed security software on a decoy phone to spy on smartphone thieves
Source: theverge.com

Multi-social millennials more likely depressed than social(media)ly conservative peers: Compared with the total time spent

Multi-social millennials more likely depressed than social(media)ly conservative peers: Compared with the total time spent on social media, use of multiple platforms is more strongly associated with depression and anxiety among young adults, the University of Pittsburgh Center for Research on Media,...
Source: eurekalert.org

"Inside Amazon's clickworker platform: How half a million people are being paid pennies to train AI - TechRepublic: Internet

"Inside Amazon's clickworker platform: How half a million people are being paid pennies to train AI - TechRepublic: Internet platforms like Amazon Mechanical Turk let companies break jobs into smaller tasks and offer them to people across the globe. But, do they democratize work or exploit the disempowered?"...
Source: techrepublic.com

Methane surge needs 'urgent attention' - BBC News: Scientists say they are concerned at the rapid rate at which methane

Methane surge needs 'urgent attention' - BBC News: Scientists say they are concerned at the rapid rate at which methane is gathering in the atmosphere.
Source: bbc.co.uk

End-of-Rotation House Staff Changes Linked to Increased Patient Mortality: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by David G. Fairchild,

End-of-Rotation House Staff Changes Linked to Increased Patient Mortality: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, FACP, FHM Resident and intern service changes are associated with increased mortality among hospitalized patients, suggests a retrospective...
Source: jwatch.org

Brain Computation Is Organized via Power-of-Two-Based Permutation Logic: There is considerable scientific interest in understanding

Brain Computation Is Organized via Power-of-Two-Based Permutation Logic: There is considerable scientific interest in understanding how cell assemblies - the long-presumed computational motif - are organized so that the brain can generate cognitive behavior. The Theory of Connectivity proposes that...
Source: frontiersin.org

Let’s Make the Facts Louder than the Opinions: A public service message from the Weather Channel.

Let’s Make the Facts Louder than the Opinions: A public service message from the Weather Channel.
Source: sspnet.org

The Simple Economics of Machine Intelligence. Technological revolutions tend to involve some important activity becoming

The Simple Economics of Machine Intelligence. Technological revolutions tend to involve some important activity becoming cheap, like the cost of communication or finding information. Machine intelligence is, in its essence, a prediction technology, so the economic shift will center around a drop in the...
Source: digitopoly.org