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Meta-Analysis Supports Lower Prediabetes Cutoff: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and André Sofair,

Meta-Analysis Supports Lower Prediabetes Cutoff: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and André Sofair, MD, MPH Adults with fasting glucose concentrations as low as 100 mg/dL or hemoglobin A1c levels of 5.7% could face increased risk for cardiovascular events, a BMJ meta-analysis...
Source: jwatch.org

Battery breakthrough charges in seconds, lasts for a week | KurzweilAI

Battery breakthrough charges in seconds, lasts for a week | KurzweilAI
Source: kurzweilai.net

Analytics Literacy is a Major Limiter of Ed Tech Growth -: By Michael FeldsteinMore Posts (1089) Whatever else you think

Analytics Literacy is a Major Limiter of Ed Tech Growth -: By Michael FeldsteinMore Posts (1089) Whatever else you think of the election, it has been the mother of all teachable moments for many of us. It has raised questions about what we thought we knew about our democracy, our neighbors, … Continue...
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3D Printed Model Brains Being Studied for Neuro Surgeries |: Stratasys, a manufacturing technology company based in Valencia,

3D Printed Model Brains Being Studied for Neuro Surgeries |: Stratasys, a manufacturing technology company based in Valencia, California, is touting the use of 3D printed brains it helped to create as a tool for plan
Source: medgadget.com

Interventions for treating burning mouth syndrome | Cochrane

Interventions for treating burning mouth syndrome | Cochrane
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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

A whole city vows to help its young people apply for college - The Hechinger Report: JACKSON — Like millions of high-school

A whole city vows to help its young people apply for college - The Hechinger Report: JACKSON — Like millions of high-school seniors nationwide, Murrah High School senior Desmond Jones, 17, is preparing to go to college next fall. Jones is interested in attending the University of Southern Mississippi...
Source: hechingerreport.org

What AI Experts Say Smart Machines Will Do to Human Jobs: Academics and industry experts discuss how AI will affect the

What AI Experts Say Smart Machines Will Do to Human Jobs: Academics and industry experts discuss how AI will affect the workforce and how we can prepare
Source: ieee.org

First Fossilised Brain From A Dinosaur - Science News | The Naked Scientists

First Fossilised Brain From A Dinosaur - Science News | The Naked Scientists
Source: thenakedscientists.com

A computer program just ranked the most influential brain scientists of the modern era: Semantic Scholar extends its reach

A computer program just ranked the most influential brain scientists of the modern era: Semantic Scholar extends its reach to neuroscience, analyzing millions of science articles. What will the business of intelligent agents look like in coming years? The successful ones will be those with the best...
Source: sciencemag.org

Doctors Still Struggle to Make the Most of Computer-Aided Diagnosis: Language barriers and human interfaces slow adoption

Doctors Still Struggle to Make the Most of Computer-Aided Diagnosis: Language barriers and human interfaces slow adoption of diagnostic-aid tech
Source: ieee.org

Swarm of Origami Robots Can Self Assemble Out of a Single Sheet: Harvard's self-folding robots are getting close to being

Swarm of Origami Robots Can Self Assemble Out of a Single Sheet: Harvard's self-folding robots are getting close to being able to walk straight out of a printer
Source: ieee.org

Man snaps gnome 15,000 times to improve road safety - BBC News: A garden gnome is being used in a one-man photographic campaign

Man snaps gnome 15,000 times to improve road safety - BBC News: A garden gnome is being used in a one-man photographic campaign to improve road drainage.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Trump victory has its roots in the post cold-war settlement - John Kay: There is wide agreement that Brexit and Trump's

Trump victory has its roots in the post cold-war settlement - John Kay: There is wide agreement that Brexit and Trump's election were caused by economics. But this and the prescriptions - tweaks to the income distribution, more aid to failing industries and districts - understate the scale and nature...
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E-learning predictions for 2017. Joining the folly of futurists and pollsters here are my e-learning predictions for 2017.

blog post image E-learning predictions for 2017. Joining the folly of futurists and pollsters here are my e-learning predictions for 2017. I'm looking forward to engaging with as many of them as I can. Conversational technology. Why not have immediate access and personal learning support on platforms through messaging...
Source: agnate.co.uk

Measures of Malaria Burden after Long-Lasting Insecticidal Net Distribution and Indoor Residual Spraying at Three Sites

Measures of Malaria Burden after Long-Lasting Insecticidal Net Distribution and Indoor Residual Spraying at Three Sites in Uganda: A Prospective Observational Study: In this prospective observational study, Grant Dorsey and colleagues measure changes in malaria burden after long-lasting insecticidal...
Source: plos.org

More Evidence That Cranberry Products Don't Prevent Urinary Tract Infections: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by André Sofair,

More Evidence That Cranberry Products Don't Prevent Urinary Tract Infections: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by André Sofair, MD, MPH, and William E. Chavey, MD, MS Cranberry capsules did not help prevent bacteriuria plus pyuria in a study of nursing home residents published in … NEJM Journal Watch.
Source: jwatch.org

The legacy of leaving old industrial Britain to rot is becoming clear | Larry Elliott: The hollowing-out of industrial Britain

The legacy of leaving old industrial Britain to rot is becoming clear | Larry Elliott: The hollowing-out of industrial Britain since the 1980s is the single biggest change to the UK economy in the postwar era
Source: theguardian.com

OpenTrials API information: Since our beta launch last week, we’ve had a steady stream of technical questions about how

OpenTrials API information: Since our beta launch last week, we’ve had a steady stream of technical questions about how to use and interact with the data that powers OpenTrials. Good news! Right now we have a public API avail…
Source: opentrials.net