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Page not found | JACC: Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Page not found | JACC: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Source: onlinejacc.org

Ten million lives saved by 1962 breakthrough, study says: Nearly 200 million cases of polio, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella,

Ten million lives saved by 1962 breakthrough, study says: Nearly 200 million cases of polio, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, adenovirus, rabies and hepatitis A -- and approximately 450,000 deaths from these diseases -- were prevented in the US alone between 1963 and 2015 by vaccination, researchers...
Source: eurekalert.org

Opinion paper summarising evidence published in JACC by a group of physicians reporting on food trends and heart health.

Opinion paper summarising evidence published in JACC by a group of physicians reporting on food trends and heart health. "Green leafy vegetables, blueberries, and plant proteins rise to the top of the physicians' recommendations for frequent food intake; coconut oil, palm oil, and antioxidant supplements...
Source: onlinejacc.org

Will a New Glass Battery Accelerate the End of Oil?: New low-cost, non-flammable, high-capacity, rapid-charging, solid state

Will a New Glass Battery Accelerate the End of Oil?: New low-cost, non-flammable, high-capacity, rapid-charging, solid state battery could pose threat to the internal combustion engine
Source: ieee.org

Out of Africa: Notes from a visit to Kenya - John Kay: Financial services for a developing economy need to be established

Out of Africa: Notes from a visit to Kenya - John Kay: Financial services for a developing economy need to be established from the bottom up, not the top down.
Source: johnkay.com

Why are peer reviews private?: That is a question raised by the experience of a “rogue” neuroscientist profiled in Wired

Why are peer reviews private?: That is a question raised by the experience of a “rogue” neuroscientist profiled in Wired today: SAM NASTASE WAS taking a break from his lab work to peruse Twitter when he saw a tweet a…
Source: digitopoly.org

Mobile-assisted Language Learning Using WeChat Instant Messaging: China has a long-standing problem in second-language education,

Mobile-assisted Language Learning Using WeChat Instant Messaging: China has a long-standing problem in second-language education, that is, the lack of communicative learning opportunities. This study attempts to solve the problem by introducing mobile-assisted language learning with WeChat instant messaging....
Source: online-journals.org

WHO: 12 Bacteria Families Urgently Require New Antibiotics: By Kelly Young Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH The

WHO: 12 Bacteria Families Urgently Require New Antibiotics: By Kelly Young Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH The World Health Organization has listed 12 families of bacteria that "pose the greatest threat to human health" because of resistance to … NEJM Journal Watch.
Source: jwatch.org

If you do one online course this year make it this one. Calling Bullshit. A course for students at University of Washington

If you do one online course this year make it this one. Calling Bullshit. A course for students at University of Washington but all materials will be online. Live and archived videos of lectures will be made available. "The world is awash in bullshit. Politicians are unconstrained by facts. Science...
Source: callingbullshit.org

High performance communication by people with paralysis using an intracortical brain-computer interface: People with various

High performance communication by people with paralysis using an intracortical brain-computer interface: People with various forms paralysis not only have difficulties getting around, but also are less able to use many communication technologies including computers. In particular, strokes, neurological...
Source: elifesciences.org

Supply, Demand, and the Subscription Model in Scholarly Publishing - An Analysis - The Scholarly Kitchen: An overview of

Supply, Demand, and the Subscription Model in Scholarly Publishing - An Analysis - The Scholarly Kitchen: An overview of usage trends across libraries and journals indicates that usage is generally stable or up, archives remain of interest, and consumption doesn't align with authorship or funding.
Source: sspnet.org

The LMS Market is Quickly Losing Ground: Technological advancements have created a unique set of expectations for modern

The LMS Market is Quickly Losing Ground: Technological advancements have created a unique set of expectations for modern workers. And now, learning management systems, the undisputed Goliath of the corporate learning world, are having their lunch eaten by David.
Source: clomedia.com

Healthcare Quality Indicators: Wales 'in line' with UK average - BBC News: NHS Wales is doing as well as - and in some areas

Healthcare Quality Indicators: Wales 'in line' with UK average - BBC News: NHS Wales is doing as well as - and in some areas better than - other UK nations in a range of health quality indicators.
Source: bbc.co.uk

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

Insulin Pricing Target of Class Action Lawsuit: By Joe Elia Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Lorenzo Di Francesco,

Insulin Pricing Target of Class Action Lawsuit: By Joe Elia Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, FACP, FHM Three companies that supply insulin in the U.S. are accused of conspiring to set increasingly higher prices for … NEJM Journal Watch.
Source: jwatch.org

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

Patients Are Ditching Opioid Pills for Weed: Can marijuana help solve the opioid epidemic?

Patients Are Ditching Opioid Pills for Weed: Can marijuana help solve the opioid epidemic?
Source: theatlantic.com

Air pollution 'final warning' from European Commission to UK - BBC News: The European Commission says it will take the matter

Air pollution 'final warning' from European Commission to UK - BBC News: The European Commission says it will take the matter to the EU court if countries fail to act.
Source: bbc.co.uk

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