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Clopidogrel and Aspirin in Acute Ischemic Stroke and High-Risk TIA | NEJM: Abstract Background Combination antiplatelet

Clopidogrel and Aspirin in Acute Ischemic Stroke and High-Risk TIA | NEJM: Abstract Background Combination antiplatelet therapy with clopidogrel and aspirin may reduce the rate of recurrent stroke during the first 3 months after a minor ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA). A trial of combination...
Source: nejm.org

Associations Between American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification Status and Performance on a Set of

Associations Between American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification Status and Performance on a Set of Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set Process Measures Bradley Gray. Jonathan Vandergrift. Bruce Landon. James Reschovsky. Rebecca Lipner. Annals of Internal Medicine.
Source: annals.org

NEJM Journal Watch: Summaries of and commentary on original medical and scientific articles from key medical journals

NEJM Journal Watch: Summaries of and commentary on original medical and scientific articles from key medical journals
Source: jwatch.org

Smartphone System Detects Food Borne Pathogens |: At Purdue University, a team of engineers and food scientists has developed

Smartphone System Detects Food Borne Pathogens |: At Purdue University, a team of engineers and food scientists has developed a smartphone-powered device, and accompanying underlying technology, for detecting food borne pathogenic bacteria.
Source: medgadget.com

Management Reasoning: Beyond the Diagnosis: This Viewpoint discusses management reasoning, ways in which it differs from

Management Reasoning: Beyond the Diagnosis: This Viewpoint discusses management reasoning, ways in which it differs from diagnostic reasoning, and areas that require further research. David A. Cook. Jonathan Sherbino. Steven J. Durning. JAMA.
Source: jamanetwork.com

Steve Redgrave: 'I feared diabetes would end my rowing career': The five-time Olympic gold medallist discusses competing

Steve Redgrave: 'I feared diabetes would end my rowing career': The five-time Olympic gold medallist discusses competing after his diagnosis – and breaking down barriers for others
Source: theguardian.com

In a hole in a tunicate there lived a hobbit: New shrimp species named after Bilbo Baggins: A new species of shrimp was

In a hole in a tunicate there lived a hobbit: New shrimp species named after Bilbo Baggins: A new species of shrimp was named after Tolkien's Bilbo Baggins thanks to its small size and hairy feet. The new species, Odontonia bagginsi, was described, figured and named together with another new species:...
Source: eurekalert.org

Unnecessarily difficult: Physical activity resources for adults are loaded with jargon: Web page articles and other written

Unnecessarily difficult: Physical activity resources for adults are loaded with jargon: Web page articles and other written materials designed to encourage physical activity are often too difficult to be easily read and understood by most US adults, limiting their effectiveness.
Source: eurekalert.org

On-site pathology testing in remote Australia benefits patients and cuts costs: Remote Australian Indigenous communities

On-site pathology testing in remote Australia benefits patients and cuts costs: Remote Australian Indigenous communities are benefiting from the use of portable, point of care testing devices to quickly diagnosis acutely ill patients. The devices are also helping healthcare staff identify patients who...
Source: eurekalert.org

Rise in 'preventable' hospital readmissions: Undiagnosed pneumonia and pressure sores are behind the rise in hospitals in

Rise in 'preventable' hospital readmissions: Undiagnosed pneumonia and pressure sores are behind the rise in hospitals in England.
Source: bbc.co.uk

‘I lost my leg to diabetes’: Every year tens of thousands of Pakistanis are forced to have amputations as a result of

‘I lost my leg to diabetes’: Every year tens of thousands of Pakistanis are forced to have amputations as a result of diabetes.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Mum's Lyme Disease hell after tick bite: Rachel Foulkes-Davies says she still suffers from blurred vision and headaches

Mum's Lyme Disease hell after tick bite: Rachel Foulkes-Davies says she still suffers from blurred vision and headaches three years after being bitten by a tick in her garden.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Backward design - a method of designing educational curriculum by setting goals before choosing instructional methods and

Backward design - a method of designing educational curriculum by setting goals before choosing instructional methods and forms of assessment.
Source: wikipedia.org

The words we use in Diabetes. A language matters booklet from NHS England introduced by Partha Kar about the choice of words

The words we use in Diabetes. A language matters booklet from NHS England introduced by Partha Kar about the choice of words when communicating with people about diabetes. Really nice piece of work explaining how to bring more empathy to your conversations and less stigma.
Source: england.nhs.uk

Wristband with Sensors to Improve Lives of Dementia Patients. "At the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration

Wristband with Sensors to Improve Lives of Dementia Patients. "At the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration in Berlin, Germany researchers are working on a sensor and software package that would help people developing dementia to slow down the disease progression [by this I presume...
Source: medgadget.com

Anheuser-Busch pulls millions from controversial NIH alcohol study: Questions about the study could “undermine its lasting

Anheuser-Busch pulls millions from controversial NIH alcohol study: Questions about the study could “undermine its lasting credibility,” company said.
Source: arstechnica.com

Cloud-based quantum computer takes on deuteron and wins: Optimized algorithms plus cloud-based quantum computers actually

Cloud-based quantum computer takes on deuteron and wins: Optimized algorithms plus cloud-based quantum computers actually work. Classical computers can solve these problems but this shows that quabtum computers can be programmed to do them as well ... but the progress is slow.
Source: arstechnica.com

Why Thousands of AI Researchers Are Boycotting the New Nature Journal - Slashdot: An anonymous reader shares an excerpt

Why Thousands of AI Researchers Are Boycotting the New Nature Journal - Slashdot: An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from a report via The Guardian, written by Neil Lawrence, the founding editor of the freely available journal Proceedings of Machine Learning Research: Machine learning has demonstrated...
Source: slashdot.org

Electric Scooter Wars Heat Up in San Francisco and Beyond: The VC cash is flying as cities fling regulations at this surprisingly

Electric Scooter Wars Heat Up in San Francisco and Beyond: The VC cash is flying as cities fling regulations at this surprisingly seductive method of transportation. I haven't tried an electric scooter but I'm not sure how it would cope with the hills in Cornwall. Could this personal mode of transport...
Source: ieee.org

A Brief History of Intel CPUs, Part 1: The 4004 to the Pentium Pro - ExtremeTech: We dive into the history of Intel CPUs

A Brief History of Intel CPUs, Part 1: The 4004 to the Pentium Pro - ExtremeTech: We dive into the history of Intel CPUs and the x86 architecture. From the very first microprocessor, through to the father of modern CPUs.
Source: extremetech.com