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Consent issues about Google DeepMind raised after leaked letter but its analysis of 1.6 million patient records to identify

Consent issues about Google DeepMind raised after leaked letter but its analysis of 1.6 million patient records to identify those at risk of acute renal failure seems to be covered by 'implied consent'. "Google DeepMind patient app legality questioned. A leaked letter throws doubt on the legal basis...
Source: bbc.co.uk

NHSbuntu - a modern, secure, open source, operating system being considered by Jeremy Hunt for the NHS. It seems to have

NHSbuntu - a modern, secure, open source, operating system being considered by Jeremy Hunt for the NHS. It seems to have taken the recent ransomware attack on the ageing Windows XP infrastructure of the NHS to alert those in charge to an innovation that has already been developed from within it. NHSbuntu...
Source: openhealthhub.org

WHO | Statement on Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: WHO has been informed of a cluster of illness and deaths

WHO | Statement on Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: WHO has been informed of a cluster of illness and deaths including haemorrhagic symptoms in Likati Health Zone, Bas Uele Province in the north of DRC. On 11 May, the Ministry of Health informed WHO that of 5 laboratory samples tested for...
Source: who.int

New Cheap, Easy to Manufacture Dry Powder Inhaler for Developing World |: H&T Presspart, a firm based in Lancashire, UK,

New Cheap, Easy to Manufacture Dry Powder Inhaler for Developing World |: H&T Presspart, a firm based in Lancashire, UK, has announced that it will be releasing the PowdAir Plus dry powder inhaler. The device, originally deve
Source: medgadget.com

“Anger is a useful metric” and other evil tips for making money off hyper-partisan content: Plus: A quick way to make

“Anger is a useful metric” and other evil tips for making money off hyper-partisan content: Plus: A quick way to make money off other people's content, an invitation to fact-check U.K. local news, and BuzzBeed vs. BuzzFeed.
Source: niemanlab.org

Donald Clark Plan B: Obama’s last act – recommendations on AI in learning

Donald Clark Plan B: Obama’s last act – recommendations on AI in learning
Source: blogspot.co.uk

Mortality and kidnapping estimates for the Yazidi population in the area of Mount Sinjar, Iraq, in August 2014: A retrospective

Mortality and kidnapping estimates for the Yazidi population in the area of Mount Sinjar, Iraq, in August 2014: A retrospective household survey Valeria Cetorelli. Isaac Sasson. Nazar Shabila. Gilbert Burnham. PLOS Medicine.
Source: plos.org

The Ebook R/Evolution – Not as Easy as It Seems - The Scholarly Kitchen: The "ebook revolution" in scholarly publishing

The Ebook R/Evolution – Not as Easy as It Seems - The Scholarly Kitchen: The "ebook revolution" in scholarly publishing has behaved more like an evolution. Are we reaching a key inflection point where users are central to our innovations?
Source: sspnet.org

Traces #4 by Mike Caulfield: The Coming Annotation Wars: I went to the iAnnotate conference last week and it was lovely.

Traces #4 by Mike Caulfield: The Coming Annotation Wars: I went to the iAnnotate conference last week and it was lovely. Annotation is slowly coming into its own as a technology; I tend to think of it as a way to "re-webify" a web that has increasingly move...
Source: tinyletter.com

Donald Clark Plan B: Scrap your company values and replace with 'Don't be a dick!'... the rest is hubris

Donald Clark Plan B: Scrap your company values and replace with 'Don't be a dick!'... the rest is hubris
Source: blogspot.co.uk

Long term gluten consumption in adults without celiac disease and risk of coronary heart disease: prospective cohort study:

Long term gluten consumption in adults without celiac disease and risk of coronary heart disease: prospective cohort study: Objective  To examine the association of long term intake of gluten with the development of incident coronary heart disease. Design  Prospective cohort study. Setting and participants...
Source: bmj.com

A Serious Game for Learning C Programming Language Concepts Using Solo Taxonomy: This paper conducts a study to identify

A Serious Game for Learning C Programming Language Concepts Using Solo Taxonomy: This paper conducts a study to identify pedagogical approaches and gameplay techniques involved in the development of serious games for teaching scientific courses in general especially programming languages. The concept...
Source: online-journals.org

The basics of basic income - John Kay: Basic income schemes cannot work and distract from sensible, feasible and necessary

The basics of basic income - John Kay: Basic income schemes cannot work and distract from sensible, feasible and necessary welfare reforms.
Source: johnkay.com

Scientific Reports Overtakes PLOS ONE As Largest Megajournal - The Scholarly Kitchen: The open access megajournal is a proven

Scientific Reports Overtakes PLOS ONE As Largest Megajournal - The Scholarly Kitchen: The open access megajournal is a proven success, but its future may lie in the hands of commercial entities.
Source: sspnet.org

Alphabet's influence. Good round-up of past initiatives in health technology from Google and current areas of interest to

Alphabet's influence. Good round-up of past initiatives in health technology from Google and current areas of interest to Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. "Alphabet has quietly become the most influential player in Silicon Valley health tech: Alphabet has more than a dozen teams focused on health across...
Source: cnbc.com

Better living through quantum chemistry: Efforts to invent more practical superconductors and better batteries could be

Better living through quantum chemistry: Efforts to invent more practical superconductors and better batteries could be the first areas of business to get a quantum speed boost.
Source: technologyreview.com

How Airlines Use Facebook Bots.: It’s nothing new — Big companies such as Starbucks, CNN, Microsoft, Tommy Hilfiger,

How Airlines Use Facebook Bots.: It’s nothing new — Big companies such as Starbucks, CNN, Microsoft, Tommy Hilfiger, KIA, Pizza Hut and Co are making use of bots to support…
Source: chatbotsmagazine.com

An Animated Introduction to Noam Chomsky’s Manufacturing Consent and How the Media Creates the Illusion of Democracy:

An Animated Introduction to Noam Chomsky’s Manufacturing Consent and How the Media Creates the Illusion of Democracy: For nearly as many years as he’s occupied the public eye, famed linguist and anarchist philosopher Noam Chomsky has made claims that might have discredited other academics.
Source: openculture.com

What if you could eat chicken without killing a chicken?: And can lab-grown meat and poultry actually fix the planet?

What if you could eat chicken without killing a chicken?: And can lab-grown meat and poultry actually fix the planet?
Source: theoutline.com

Inpatient Rehab No Better Than Home Exercise After Total Knee Arthroplasty: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Lorenzo Di

Inpatient Rehab No Better Than Home Exercise After Total Knee Arthroplasty: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, FACP, FHM Inpatient rehab appears to offer no benefit over a supervised home program for patients recovering from total knee arthroplasty, a JAMA study finds. Some...
Source: jwatch.org