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Using 'cooperative perception' between intelligent vehicles to reduce risks | KurzweilAI This is taking the Internet of

Using 'cooperative perception' between intelligent vehicles to reduce risks | KurzweilAI This is taking the Internet of Things idea to its automated driving conclusion. If all vehicles on the road have all the facts then they could optimise the routes and risks. We should try hard to democratise this...
Source: kurzweilai.net

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
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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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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

APOD: 2017 October 10 - Milky Way and Zodiacal Light over Australian Pinnacles

APOD: 2017 October 10 - Milky Way and Zodiacal Light over Australian Pinnacles
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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

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...
Source: jwatch.org

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...
Source: plos.org

Police raid Merck pharmaceutical plant amid mysterious drug crisis: Is something wrong with hormone therapy or are patients

Police raid Merck pharmaceutical plant amid mysterious drug crisis: Is something wrong with hormone therapy or are patients over-reacting?
Source: arstechnica.com

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


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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.
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Maslach Burnout Inventory - Mind Garden: The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) is a psychological assessment instrument that

Maslach Burnout Inventory - Mind Garden: The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) is a psychological assessment instrument that is the leading measure of burnout; Mind Garden, Inc. is the publisher.
Source: mindgarden.com

Massive year-on-year increase in number of patients waiting in A&E over 12 hours - Hospital Dr

Massive year-on-year increase in number of patients waiting in A&E over 12 hours - Hospital Dr
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk

Sepsis guidance from NICE "unachievable" given NHS workforce pressures - Hospital Dr

Sepsis guidance from NICE "unachievable" given NHS workforce pressures - Hospital Dr
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk