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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

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

Sudden Death Rates Drop in Trial Participants with Heart Failure: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD,

Sudden Death Rates Drop in Trial Participants with Heart Failure: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, DFASAM Rates of sudden death in patients with heart failure declined significantly over the past two decades, finds a study in the New England...
Source: jwatch.org

Trying to write a killer headline for social? Here are some of the most (and least) effective phrases: Jostling for readers

Trying to write a killer headline for social? Here are some of the most (and least) effective phrases: Jostling for readers for your listicle on Facebook? Aim for the number "10" in your headline. Trying to promote a story on Twitter? Emotion-based appeals popular on Facebook don't translate to Twitter....
Source: niemanlab.org

AI Can Help Patients Recover Ability to Stand and Walk: Neural nets and robotic harnesses can aid patients after spinal

AI Can Help Patients Recover Ability to Stand and Walk: Neural nets and robotic harnesses can aid patients after spinal cord injury, stroke. "After the volunteers walked roughly 20 meters using the neurorobotic platform to familiarize themselves with the apparatus, three patients with spinal cord...
Source: ieee.org

Soft Robotic Exosuit Can Help Stroke Patients: Improvements seen within minutes of powering up the device. "Walsh and his

Soft Robotic Exosuit Can Help Stroke Patients: Improvements seen within minutes of powering up the device. "Walsh and his colleagues sought to develop a flexible lightweight wearable robot to support a weakened leg's residual ability to move. “By providing a small amount of assistance, our soft exosuit...
Source: ieee.org

'Big Pork' Wants to Get In on Organ Transplants: The pork industry has always been creative about finding uses for pig byproducts.

'Big Pork' Wants to Get In on Organ Transplants: The pork industry has always been creative about finding uses for pig byproducts.
Source: theatlantic.com

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

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

Homeopathic Syrup for the Treatment of Pediatric Colds: Randomized Controlled Nonsense is Still Nonsense. "Jacobs and Taylor

Homeopathic Syrup for the Treatment of Pediatric Colds: Randomized Controlled Nonsense is Still Nonsense. "Jacobs and Taylor describe the results of this study as “provocative.” I disagree. After admitting their complete failure to find any benefit in the primary outcome being measured, or in any...
Source: sciencebasedmedicine.org

Arrival by ambulance explains variation in mortality by time of admission: retrospective study of admissions to hospital

Arrival by ambulance explains variation in mortality by time of admission: retrospective study of admissions to hospital following emergency department attendance in England: Background Studies finding higher mortality rates for patients admitted to hospital at weekends rely on routine administrative...
Source: bmj.com

Cycling and Diabetes Prevention: Practice-Based Evidence for Public Health Action: Panter and Ogilvie describe findings

Cycling and Diabetes Prevention: Practice-Based Evidence for Public Health Action: Panter and Ogilvie describe findings that link recreational and commuter cycling with reduced incidence of diabetes. Jenna Panter. David Ogilvie. PLOS Med.
Source: plos.org

Researchers identify candidate biomarker of accelerated onset diabetic retinopathy: Mass. Eye and Ear researchers describe,

Researchers identify candidate biomarker of accelerated onset diabetic retinopathy: Mass. Eye and Ear researchers describe, for the first time, an association between a defective myogenic response of blood vessels in the retina and early, accelerated development of retinopathy in patients with type 1...
Source: eurekalert.org

Healthcare on demand to see increased funding in coming years says an industry report by Accenture. Over $1billion by 2017. In

Healthcare on demand to see increased funding in coming years says an industry report by Accenture. Over $1billion by 2017. In this burgeoning on-demand economy, market entrants have developed solutions that address activities previously perceived as dull or demanding. For instance, Wype brings car-washing...
Source: accenture.com

ClinicFinder App for displaced people finding healthcare in Europe. Doctors of the World have released an App for those

ClinicFinder App for displaced people finding healthcare in Europe. Doctors of the World have released an App for those with the most need, the least information, and who find themselves in Europe. It is aimed at refugees and migrants and helps them find free primary healthcare and emergency services. There...
Source: clinicfinder.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

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

VW Emissions Cheating Scandal Spreads to Sports Cars: Volkswagen denies new EPA findings of emissions-cheating software

VW Emissions Cheating Scandal Spreads to Sports Cars: Volkswagen denies new EPA findings of emissions-cheating software in luxury and sports car models
Source: ieee.org

Researcher finds key clues about 'betel nut' addiction that plagues millions worldwide: For hundreds of millions of people

Researcher finds key clues about 'betel nut' addiction that plagues millions worldwide: For hundreds of millions of people around the world, chewing betel nut produces a cheap, quick high but also raises the risk of addiction and oral cancer. Now, new findings by a University of Florida Health researcher...
Source: eurekalert.org

Gene therapy staves off blindness from retinitis pigmentosa in canine model: Gene therapy preserved vision in a study involving

Gene therapy staves off blindness from retinitis pigmentosa in canine model: Gene therapy preserved vision in a study involving dogs with naturally occurring, late-stage retinitis pigmentosa, according to research funded by the National Eye Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health. The findings...
Source: eurekalert.org