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Eldercare - an open source project for clinical measurement scales and summaries / links to guidelines in geriatric medicine.

Eldercare - an open source project for clinical measurement scales and summaries / links to guidelines in geriatric medicine. I have been working on this with colleagues at Royal Cornwall Hospital as an educational tool that can run on any mobile device and (when it is wrapped into an Android or iOS...
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Tiny Breath Acetone Sensor to Measure Fat Burning During Exercise, Help Monitor Diabetes |: Those wishing to lose weight

Tiny Breath Acetone Sensor to Measure Fat Burning During Exercise, Help Monitor Diabetes |: Those wishing to lose weight have to watch their diet, but for optimal results they also have to burn existing fat in their bodies through exercise. Any am
Source: medgadget.com

The GERIATRIC 5Ms – the 5 simple words every geriatrician needs to know (the new mantra): Frank Molnar is a Canadian Royal

The GERIATRIC 5Ms – the 5 simple words every geriatrician needs to know (the new mantra): Frank Molnar is a Canadian Royal College specialist in Geriatric Medicine who serves as the President of the Canadian Geriatrics Society and as the editor of that society’s Continuing Medical Educa…
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Q&A: 'A chicken worth eating tastes like a chicken that had a life worth living': Maryn McKenna, author of Big Chicken,

Q&A: 'A chicken worth eating tastes like a chicken that had a life worth living': Maryn McKenna, author of Big Chicken, tells Lucy Rock how antibiotics created modern agriculture, changed the way we eat and gave rise to deadly superbugs
Source: theguardian.com

Testing blood procalcitonin levels to decide when to start and stop antibiotics in adults with acute respiratory tract infections

Testing blood procalcitonin levels to decide when to start and stop antibiotics in adults with acute respiratory tract infections | Cochrane
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Three-Quarters of All Honey On Earth Has Pesticides In It - Slashdot: An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge:

Three-Quarters of All Honey On Earth Has Pesticides In It - Slashdot: An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: About three quarters of all honey worldwide is contaminated with pesticides known to harm bees, according to a new study. Though the pesticide levels were below the limit deemed safe...
Source: slashdot.org

Fjord fiesta: the Norwegian farmhouse ales festival 2017: In Hornindal, in beautiful remotest Western Norway, if you tried

Fjord fiesta: the Norwegian farmhouse ales festival 2017: In Hornindal, in beautiful remotest Western Norway, if you tried to explain to the locals the fuss being made about cloudy New England IPAs, they would laugh, or look bemused. There are around a hu…
Source: zythophile.co.uk

YoDerm Provides Consultations and Prescriptions Within 24 Hours |: In many areas the wait time to see a dermatologist can

YoDerm Provides Consultations and Prescriptions Within 24 Hours |: In many areas the wait time to see a dermatologist can span weeks or even months, leaving those with acute or chronic skin conditions frustrated. YoDerm is
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How older people move in bed when they are ill: Kenneth Rockwood MD, FRCPC, FRCP is Professor of Medicine (Geriatric Medicine

How older people move in bed when they are ill: Kenneth Rockwood MD, FRCPC, FRCP is Professor of Medicine (Geriatric Medicine & Neurology) at Dalhousie University, and a staff physician at the Halifax Infirmary of the Nova Scotia Health Auth…
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Insulin Pumps Tied to Fewer Type 1 Diabetes Complications in Young Patients: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by David G.

Insulin Pumps Tied to Fewer Type 1 Diabetes Complications in Young Patients: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, FACP, FHM Young patients with type 1 diabetes may experience fewer disease complications with insulin pump therapy than with multiple...
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Physician Groups Respond to Las Vegas Shooting: By the Editors The sale and ownership of semiautomatic and automatic weapons

Physician Groups Respond to Las Vegas Shooting: By the Editors The sale and ownership of semiautomatic and automatic weapons should be banned, the American College of Physicians said in response to the mass casualty … NEJM Journal Watch.
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Gabapentin, opioids, and the risk of opioid-related death: A population-based nested case–control study: In a matched

Gabapentin, opioids, and the risk of opioid-related death: A population-based nested case–control study: In a matched case-control-study among patients in Ontario, Canada treated with opioid painkillers, Tara Gomes and colleagues investigate whether co-prescription of gabapentin is associated with...
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Government 'failed to clean up air': New figures show the UK government failed to reduce illegal levels of air pollution

Government 'failed to clean up air': New figures show the UK government failed to reduce illegal levels of air pollution in the 18 months after a court ordered it to clean up the air.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Technology as the New Tobacco - The Scholarly Kitchen: Comedian Bill Maher draws a disturbing parallel between social media

Technology as the New Tobacco - The Scholarly Kitchen: Comedian Bill Maher draws a disturbing parallel between social media and cigarettes.
Source: sspnet.org

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2017

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2017
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Nintendo Wii Now Used to Improve Lives of Parkinson's Patients |: Researchers from Purdue University, Indiana University,

Nintendo Wii Now Used to Improve Lives of Parkinson's Patients |: Researchers from Purdue University, Indiana University, and the University of Calgary have developed and are testing a set of video games to help improve the everyday lives of people with Parkinson’s disease. The team relied on a Nintendo...
Source: medgadget.com

Text messages incredibly useful in general practice - but we recognise potential limitations

Text messages incredibly useful in general practice - but we recognise potential limitations
Source: rcgp.org.uk

From research to practice: results of 7300 mortality retrospective case record reviews in four acute hospitals in the North-East

From research to practice: results of 7300 mortality retrospective case record reviews in four acute hospitals in the North-East of England. Reviews using clinicians within trusts produce lower estimates of preventable deaths than published results using external clinicians. More research is needed...
Source: bmj.com

Brain surgery revolution: A brain surgeon in the UK has started using 3D printed titanium plates to replace parts of patients'

Brain surgery revolution: A brain surgeon in the UK has started using 3D printed titanium plates to replace parts of patients' skulls.
Source: bbc.co.uk