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Britain flouting duty to protect citizens from toxic air pollution – UN: Exclusive: Special rapporteur’s mission finds

Britain flouting duty to protect citizens from toxic air pollution – UN: Exclusive: Special rapporteur’s mission finds government has violated obligation to protect people’s lives and health
Source: theguardian.com

Offshore wind cheaper than new nuclear: Figures from the government are seen as a milestone in the advance of renewable

Offshore wind cheaper than new nuclear: Figures from the government are seen as a milestone in the advance of renewable energy.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Lost in knowledge translation: Time for a map? - Graham - 2006 - Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Lost in knowledge translation: Time for a map? - Graham - 2006 - Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions - Wiley Online Library
Source: wiley.com

Small increases in physical activity reduce immobility, disability risks in older adults: Adding 48 minutes of exercise

Small increases in physical activity reduce immobility, disability risks in older adults: Adding 48 minutes of exercise per week is associated with improvements in overall mobility and decreases in risks of disability in older adults who are sedentary, finds a new study led by researchers at the Jean...
Source: eurekalert.org

Facebook has mapped populations in 23 countries as it explores satellites to expand internet: Facebook used its own technology

Facebook has mapped populations in 23 countries as it explores satellites to expand internet: Facebook used its own technology to map the Earth's entire human population as it prepares for an internet based in space.
Source: cnbc.com


Source: researchgate.net

Is Python Really the Fastest-Growing Programming Language? - Slashdot: An anonymous reader quotes Stack Overflow Blog: In

Is Python Really the Fastest-Growing Programming Language? - Slashdot: An anonymous reader quotes Stack Overflow Blog: In this post, we'll explore the extraordinary growth of the Python programming language in the last five years, as seen by Stack Overflow traffic within high-income countries. The term...
Source: slashdot.org

Facebook accused of fake audience numbers: Facebook Inc. claims its ads have the potential to reach more people than recent

Facebook accused of fake audience numbers: Facebook Inc. claims its ads have the potential to reach more people than recent U.S. census data shows exist, and that’s troublesome for one analyst, who thinks third-party measurement services stand to benefit.
Source: marketwatch.com

The New Zealand shoe project fighting high suicide rates - BBC News: New Zealand has the highest rates of youth suicide

The New Zealand shoe project fighting high suicide rates - BBC News: New Zealand has the highest rates of youth suicide in the developed world. Those left behind are trying to do something about it.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Old technology: NHS uses 10% of world's pagers at annual cost of £6.6m: Report into NHS communications says it uses 130,000

Old technology: NHS uses 10% of world's pagers at annual cost of £6.6m: Report into NHS communications says it uses 130,000 pagers and it is surprising ‘legacy equipment is relied upon in emergency situations’
Source: theguardian.com

The low-cost device saving newborns in India: Birth asphyxia – lack of oxygen – is the cause of 20% of newborn deaths

The low-cost device saving newborns in India: Birth asphyxia – lack of oxygen – is the cause of 20% of newborn deaths in India. A simple piece of equipment is helping revive babies and prevent long-term damage
Source: theguardian.com

67% of Americans use social media to get some of their news; Twitter and Snapchat for news are getting more popular: Sixty-seven

67% of Americans use social media to get some of their news; Twitter and Snapchat for news are getting more popular: Sixty-seven percent of Americans report getting some of their news via social media at some point, according to a Pew Research survey of just under 5,000 U.S. adults conducted last month...
Source: niemanlab.org

Anxiety over health 'caused by cyber-chondria' - BBC News: Searching for symptoms online is causing people to obsess about

Anxiety over health 'caused by cyber-chondria' - BBC News: Searching for symptoms online is causing people to obsess about aches and pains, experts say.
Source: bbc.co.uk

UK citizens are taking air pollution monitoring into their own hands: Thousands of people are using home air quality monitoring

UK citizens are taking air pollution monitoring into their own hands: Thousands of people are using home air quality monitoring kits due to fears official figures are not capturing dangerous pollution levels, say Friends of the Earth
Source: theguardian.com

UK needs to act urgently to secure NHS data for British public, report warns: Algorithms based on NHS records could seed

UK needs to act urgently to secure NHS data for British public, report warns: Algorithms based on NHS records could seed an ‘entirely new industry’ in AI-based diagnostics and mint billions for tech companies, strategic review reveals. "Sir John Bell, a professor of medicine at Oxford university...
Source: theguardian.com

Wind turbine manufacturers are dipping toes into energy storage projects: Vestas said to be working with Tesla, and that

Wind turbine manufacturers are dipping toes into energy storage projects: Vestas said to be working with Tesla, and that just caps off a busy summer.
Source: arstechnica.com

Can Internet-based interventions help people to stop smoking?  | Cochrane

Can Internet-based interventions help people to stop smoking?  | Cochrane
Source: cochrane.org

The Nuremberg Code 70 Years Later: This Viewpoint examines the impact that the Nuremberg Code has had on the history of

The Nuremberg Code 70 Years Later: This Viewpoint examines the impact that the Nuremberg Code has had on the history of biomedical research ethics and discusses its place at the intersection of contemporary medicine and politics. Jonathan D. Moreno. Ulf Schmidt. Steve Joffe. JAMA.
Source: jamanetwork.com

Athelas Device Provides Accurate CBC Testing - From Home |: For high-risk patients or those with diseases that require constant

Athelas Device Provides Accurate CBC Testing - From Home |: For high-risk patients or those with diseases that require constant blood monitoring, going to the doctor for blood tests may soon be a thing of the past.
Source: medgadget.com

'Listen to women': UK doctors issued with first guidance on endometriosis: Disease, which causes crippling pain and can

'Listen to women': UK doctors issued with first guidance on endometriosis: Disease, which causes crippling pain and can lead to infertility, affects 176 million women worldwide and currently takes seven to eight years to diagnose
Source: theguardian.com