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Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs and Policies are a Failure | Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs and Policies are a Failure | Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health "Two scientific review papers released today show that abstinence-only-until-marriage programs and policies in the United States are ineffective as they do not delay sexual initiation...
Source: columbia.edu

Whole grain cereals for cardiovascular disease | Cochrane "There is insufficient evidence from RCTs of an effect of whole

Whole grain cereals for cardiovascular disease | Cochrane "There is insufficient evidence from RCTs of an effect of whole grain diets on cardiovascular outcomes or on major CVD risk factors such as blood lipids and blood pressure. Trials were at unclear or high risk of bias with small sample sizes and...
Source: cochrane.org

Reducing infant mortality in Nigeria: A doctor in Nigeria and a professor at MSU have teamed up to reduce infant mortality

Reducing infant mortality in Nigeria: A doctor in Nigeria and a professor at MSU have teamed up to reduce infant mortality in the African nation.
Source: msu.edu

4 maps that will change how you see migration in Europe: These maps show European migration in numbers – with surprising

4 maps that will change how you see migration in Europe: These maps show European migration in numbers – with surprising results.
Source: weforum.org

Mathematical secrets of ancient tablet unlocked after nearly a century of study: Dating from 1,000 years before Pythagoras’s

Mathematical secrets of ancient tablet unlocked after nearly a century of study: Dating from 1,000 years before Pythagoras’s theorem, the Babylonian clay tablet is a trigonometric table more accurate than any today, say researchers
Source: theguardian.com

Coming back from the edge: a qualitative study of a professional support unit for junior doctors: It is known that many

Coming back from the edge: a qualitative study of a professional support unit for junior doctors: It is known that many trainee doctors around the world experience work satisfaction but also considerable work stress in the training period. Such stress seems to be linked to multiple factors including...
Source: biomedcentral.com

Theresa May could be paving the way to change her policy on foreign students: The Government will today pave the way for

Theresa May could be paving the way to change her policy on foreign students: The Government will today pave the way for a climbdown over Theresa May’s controversial policy of counting foreign students as migrants in official immigration statistics. Amber Rudd, the Home Secretary, will ask her independent...
Source: independent.co.uk

Epigenetics may explain how Darwin's finches respond to rapid environmental changes, according to new research published

Epigenetics may explain how Darwin's finches respond to rapid environmental changes, according to new research published in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology.
Source: phys.org

How empathic is your healthcare practitioner? A systematic review and meta-analysis of patient surveys: A growing body of

How empathic is your healthcare practitioner? A systematic review and meta-analysis of patient surveys: A growing body of evidence suggests that healthcare practitioners who enhance how they express empathy can improve patient health, and reduce medico-legal risk. However we do not know how consistently...
Source: biomedcentral.com

Longitudinal evaluation of a pilot e-portfolio-based supervision programme for final year medical students: views of students,

Longitudinal evaluation of a pilot e-portfolio-based supervision programme for final year medical students: views of students, supervisors and new graduates: Little is known about how best to implement portfolio-based learning in medical school. We evaluated the introduction of a formative e-portfolio-based...
Source: biomedcentral.com

Netflix vegan hit What the Health serves up lots of bad science: Campaigning vegans will change nothing if they embrace

Netflix vegan hit What the Health serves up lots of bad science: Campaigning vegans will change nothing if they embrace bad science and conspiracy theories when making the health case for their diet, says Anthony Warner
Source: newscientist.com

Treatment for hypertension in adults aged 18 to 59 years | Cochrane "Antihypertensive drugs used to treat predominantly

Treatment for hypertension in adults aged 18 to 59 years | Cochrane "Antihypertensive drugs used to treat predominantly healthy adults aged 18 to 59 years with mild to moderate primary hypertension have a small absolute effect to reduce cardiovascular mortality and morbidity primarily due to reduction...
Source: cochrane.org

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...
Source: thelancet.com

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

Shared Decision Making and Improving Health Care: The Answer Is Not In: Achieving health care of higher quality at lower

Shared Decision Making and Improving Health Care: The Answer Is Not In: Achieving health care of higher quality at lower cost has fueled policy interest in shared decision making (SDM).1 In SDM, clinicians and patients work together to understand the patient’s situation and determine how best to address...
Source: jamanetwork.com

The biggest global cholera outbreak is happening in Yemen and, disgracefully, it's manmade: This week Yemen reaches a grim

The biggest global cholera outbreak is happening in Yemen and, disgracefully, it's manmade: This week Yemen reaches a grim milestone: half a million people are sick with suspected cholera this year, almost 2,000 of whom have died. It’s the world’s worst cholera outbreak in the midst of the world’s...
Source: independent.co.uk

Understanding Smartphone Separation Anxiety and What Smartphones Mean to People "What factors determine nomophobia, otherwise

Understanding Smartphone Separation Anxiety and What Smartphones Mean to People "What factors determine nomophobia, otherwise known as smartphone separation anxiety, and what behaviors and descriptors can help identify people with high nomophobia who tend to perceive smartphones as their extended selves?...
Source: liebertpub.com

Why Scottish babies might start sleeping in cardboard boxes - BBC News: Baby boxes containing essential items are to be

Why Scottish babies might start sleeping in cardboard boxes - BBC News: Baby boxes containing essential items are to be delivered to new mothers across Scotland.
Source: bbc.co.uk

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

CCP program in Nigeria increases modern contraceptive use, study suggests: Over a four-year period, new research suggests,

CCP program in Nigeria increases modern contraceptive use, study suggests: Over a four-year period, new research suggests, a program led by the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP) in six large Nigerian cities was associated with a 10 percentage- point increase in the use of modern contraceptive...
Source: eurekalert.org