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Testosterone and Male Aging: Faltering Hope for Rejuvenation: Hopes for hormonal rejuvenation appear periodically throughout

Testosterone and Male Aging: Faltering Hope for Rejuvenation: Hopes for hormonal rejuvenation appear periodically throughout history—with the most prominent attempt occurring around the turn of the 20th century only to vanish in the 1930s following the discovery of testosterone, which discredited testis...
Source: jamanetwork.com

Our village, Grampound in Cornwall, is to be designated an Air Quality Management Area. A report of the air quality monitoring

Our village, Grampound in Cornwall, is to be designated an Air Quality Management Area. A report of the air quality monitoring has been published and a consultation started. The traffic through Grampound is about 11,000 vehicles a day and since it is a narrow road on a steep hill with thatched cottages...
Source: cornwall.gov.uk

Is dance movement therapy an effective intervention for dementia? A review of the evidence | Cochrane

Is dance movement therapy an effective intervention for dementia? A review of the evidence | Cochrane
Source: cochrane.org

"STPs require nearly £10bn in capital funding if they are to be successful" - Hospital Dr

"STPs require nearly £10bn in capital funding if they are to be successful" - Hospital Dr
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk

Phrase of the day: Complex adaptive system - a system in which a perfect understanding of the individual parts does not

Phrase of the day: Complex adaptive system - a system in which a perfect understanding of the individual parts does not automatically convey a perfect understanding of the whole system's behavior.
Source: wikipedia.org

CardioInsight ECG Vest for Non-Invasive, Precise Heart Maps |: Medtronic landed FDA clearance for its CardioInsight 3D cardiac

CardioInsight ECG Vest for Non-Invasive, Precise Heart Maps |: Medtronic landed FDA clearance for its CardioInsight 3D cardiac mapping system that's used to locate sources of arrhythmias. The system consists of an ECG
Source: medgadget.com

Hans Rosling has passed away: Hans Rosling, professor of international health, has passed away. He died early Tuesday

Hans Rosling has passed away: Hans Rosling, professor of international health, has passed away. He died early Tuesday morning, 7 February 2017, his family announces at the Gapminder foundation web site. Hans Rosling suffered from a pancreatic cancer which was diagnosed one year ago.
Source: ki.se

Responding to social media posts with pictures of a cute hedgehog in a hat. When you see a post and don't quite know what

Responding to social media posts with pictures of a cute hedgehog in a hat. When you see a post and don't quite know what to say then perhaps the only option is to respond with a picture of a hedgehog in a hat. After all isn't that why the internet was invented? First of all the social media machine...
Source: tineye.com

Patient-Reported Symptoms May Be Left Out of EMRs: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by André Sofair, MD, MPH, and William

Patient-Reported Symptoms May Be Left Out of EMRs: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by André Sofair, MD, MPH, and William E. Chavey, MD, MS "Patient-reported symptoms may fail to make it into a practice's electronic medical record (EMR), according to a study in JAMA … NEJM Journal Watch." It...
Source: jwatch.org

VC predictions 2017 – Earlybird’s view: Personal insights on the future of tech, business and venture capital.

VC predictions 2017 – Earlybird’s view: Personal insights on the future of tech, business and venture capital.
Source: medium.com

I specialise in the psychology of torture, so I know the truth behind Trump's waterboarding claims: In a recent television

I specialise in the psychology of torture, so I know the truth behind Trump's waterboarding claims: In a recent television interview, President Trump stated that in order to “keep our country safe”, he intends to “fight fire with fire”, and if that includes using waterboarding and other forms...
Source: independent.co.uk

Higher ed social media platform taps instructional design firm | University Business Magazine

Higher ed social media platform taps instructional design firm | University Business Magazine
Source: universitybusiness.com

Health inequality research offers UK wake-up call - BBC News: Research shows that health inequality is blighting children's

Health inequality research offers UK wake-up call - BBC News: Research shows that health inequality is blighting children's lives, but the gap between rich and poor is making it hard to remedy the problem.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Association of Body Mass Index with DNA Methylation and Gene Expression in Blood Cells and Relations to Cardiometabolic

Association of Body Mass Index with DNA Methylation and Gene Expression in Blood Cells and Relations to Cardiometabolic Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Approach Michael M. Mendelson. Riccardo E. Marioni. Roby Joehanes. Chunyu Liu. Åsa K. Hedman. Stella Aslibekyan. Ellen W. Demerath. Weihua Guan....
Source: plos.org

Obama: “My instinct is everybody hates media right now…that has to be an opportunity”: President Obama appeared on

Obama: “My instinct is everybody hates media right now…that has to be an opportunity”: President Obama appeared on the latest episode of the new podcast Pod Save America, in what was billed as his last interview as president of the United States before Donald Trump's inauguration on Friday. (Pod...
Source: niemanlab.org

APOD: 2017 January 22 - SpaceX Falcon 9 to Orbit

APOD: 2017 January 22 - SpaceX Falcon 9 to Orbit
Source: nasa.gov

Firearm Deaths in the United States and Globally, 1990-2015: This Visualizing Health Metrics infographic, based on the

Firearm Deaths in the United States and Globally, 1990-2015: This Visualizing Health Metrics infographic, based on the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015, provides information on mortality resulting from assault by firearms in the United States and globally from 1990 to 2015. The burden of firearms—excluding...
Source: jamanetwork.com

'Paper Watch' Aims to Democratize Fitness Trackers: A wearable device made from cheap household materials could spread the

'Paper Watch' Aims to Democratize Fitness Trackers: A wearable device made from cheap household materials could spread the benefits of health monitoring
Source: ieee.org

Food Allergy Guidelines Updated to Include Advice on Preventing Peanut Allergy: By Joe Elia Edited by André Sofair, MD,

Food Allergy Guidelines Updated to Include Advice on Preventing Peanut Allergy: By Joe Elia Edited by André Sofair, MD, MPH, and William E. Chavey, MD, MS Comprehensive advice on preventing peanut allergy has been added to the 2010 guidelines issued by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...
Source: jwatch.org

“It’s true — I saw it on Facebook”: "When my cousins' Facebook timelines make no meaningful distinction between

“It’s true — I saw it on Facebook”: "When my cousins' Facebook timelines make no meaningful distinction between fact-checked magazine stories and flat-out lies from an AdSense scammer or a Fox News propagandist, the means by which meaningful public discourse can happen isn't only damaged, it's...
Source: niemanlab.org