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Caldicott's concerns: DeepMind and the Royal Free London - a summary from Mischon de Reya. "The latest medical data sharing

Caldicott's concerns: DeepMind and the Royal Free London - a summary from Mischon de Reya. "The latest medical data sharing controversy to attract the interest of regulators and the press involves the Royal Free London ('RF'), one of London's biggest hospitals, and its arrangements with DeepMind, involving...
Source: mishcon.com

Will Butler-Adams on why the future of the foldable bike is electric: "Dearie me," Will Butler-Adams sighs, raising his

Will Butler-Adams on why the future of the foldable bike is electric: "Dearie me," Will Butler-Adams sighs, raising his eyebrows in mock horror as he examines my bike. I’ve arrived at the Brompton factory in Brentford on my much-used fold-up, only to have the company’s chief executive start diagnosing...
Source: standard.co.uk

Microbe new to science found in self-fermented beer: New technique helps disentangle the various species of yeast and bacteria

Microbe new to science found in self-fermented beer: New technique helps disentangle the various species of yeast and bacteria that live in “'wild beer”' "In May 2014, a group of scientists took a field trip to a small brewery in an old warehouse in Seattle, Washington. They were looking for some...
Source: sciencemag.org

To see the future of renting, watch the college kids | University Business Magazine Students are cutting out the brokers

To see the future of renting, watch the college kids | University Business Magazine Students are cutting out the brokers by renting direct online. "To rent an apartment on LoftSmart, a website for college students looking for off-campus housing, users browse listings, take a virtual tour, and read...
Source: universitybusiness.com

Could 3D printing solve the organ transplant shortage?: Scientists are racing to make replacement human organs with 3D printers.

Could 3D printing solve the organ transplant shortage?: Scientists are racing to make replacement human organs with 3D printers. But while the technology’s possibilities are exciting, already there are fears we could be ‘playing God’ ... spins the newspaper. Replacement body parts custom made...
Source: theguardian.com

License agreement provides India with unlimited access to the Cochrane Library | University Business Magazine "The collaboration

License agreement provides India with unlimited access to the Cochrane Library | University Business Magazine "The collaboration between Wiley, Cochrane and the National Medical Library in India offers free access, through IP recognition, to the Cochrane Library across India. This opportunity has been...
Source: universitybusiness.com

RideLondon weekend sees more than 100,000 cycle capital's streets: After 2016’s heavy delays and safety issues, this year’s

RideLondon weekend sees more than 100,000 cycle capital's streets: After 2016’s heavy delays and safety issues, this year’s event runs more smoothly, with about 24,000 cycling full 100-mile route
Source: theguardian.com

Reducing Excessive Use of Antipsychotic Agents in Nursing Homes: This Viewpoint describes the structure and outcomes of

Reducing Excessive Use of Antipsychotic Agents in Nursing Homes: This Viewpoint describes the structure and outcomes of a national initiative of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to reduce the use of antipsychotics in nursing homes. Jerry H. Gurwitz. Alice Bonner. Donald M. Berwick. JAMA....
Source: jamanetwork.com

Just killed off my @paper_li paper #EdMedTech Daily as it just proved impossible to filter out all the alternative health

Just killed off my @paper_li paper #EdMedTech Daily as it just proved impossible to filter out all the alternative health nonsense and proposed diabetes cures. The microblogging service that uses your twitter followers and keywords to create a daily summary of interesting stories also left you with...

In FutureLearn's MOOCs, Conversation Powers Learning at Massive Scale: Personalized learning has to get social. Students

In FutureLearn's MOOCs, Conversation Powers Learning at Massive Scale: Personalized learning has to get social. Students learn better through conversation. Nice overview of FutureLearn's approach to MOOCs by Professor Mike Sharples highlighting the potential of personalization of learning through conversation....
Source: ieee.org

A million bottles a minute: world's plastic binge 'as dangerous as climate change': Exclusive: Annual consumption of plastic

A million bottles a minute: world's plastic binge 'as dangerous as climate change': Exclusive: Annual consumption of plastic bottles is set to top half a trillion by 2021, far outstripping recycling efforts and jeopardising oceans, coastlines and other environments
Source: theguardian.com

Genetic evidence suggests the Canaanites weren’t destroyed after all. Analysis of ancient DNA reveals that the Biblical

Genetic evidence suggests the Canaanites weren’t destroyed after all. Analysis of ancient DNA reveals that the Biblical account isn’t the whole story. "The Canaanites are famous as the bad guys of the Book of Joshua in the Tanakh, or the Hebrew Bible. First, God orders the Hebrews to destroy the...
Source: arstechnica.com

Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription journals are doomed, data analyst suggests. "Given that Sci-Hub

Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription journals are doomed, data analyst suggests. "Given that Sci-Hub has access to almost every paper a scientist would ever want to read, and can quickly obtain requested papers it doesn’t have, could the website truly topple traditional publishing?...
Source: sciencemag.org

No Advantage to Using High-Dose Vitamin D in Young Kids to Prevent Respiratory Illness: By the Editors High-dose vitamin

No Advantage to Using High-Dose Vitamin D in Young Kids to Prevent Respiratory Illness: By the Editors High-dose vitamin D supplements provide no advantage over standard doses in preventing viral upper respiratory tract infections in young children, according to … NEJM Journal Watch.
Source: jwatch.org

Advice to "Complete the Course" of Most Antibiotics Seen as Unfounded: By Joe Elia Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD The

Advice to "Complete the Course" of Most Antibiotics Seen as Unfounded: By Joe Elia Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD The "deeply embedded" view that failing to complete a course of antibiotics will lead to drug resistance has no evidentiary basis, according to an analysis in The BMJ . … NEJM Journal...
Source: jwatch.org

Rapid assessment and frailty: Beverley Marriott is a Advanced nurse practitioner working in the Birmingham community healthcare

Rapid assessment and frailty: Beverley Marriott is a Advanced nurse practitioner working in the Birmingham community healthcare foundation trust. She is also a King’s College Older Person Fellow. "There continues to be a growing emphasis on older people and emergency hospital admissions, with Frailty...
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Trying to write a killer headline for social? Here are some of the most (and least) effective phrases: Jostling for readers

Trying to write a killer headline for social? Here are some of the most (and least) effective phrases: Jostling for readers for your listicle on Facebook? Aim for the number "10" in your headline. Trying to promote a story on Twitter? Emotion-based appeals popular on Facebook don't translate to Twitter....
Source: niemanlab.org

Fake Malaria Meds Meet Their Match in a Handheld Spectrometer: Up to 35 percent of antimalarial drugs are useless. Engineers

Fake Malaria Meds Meet Their Match in a Handheld Spectrometer: Up to 35 percent of antimalarial drugs are useless. Engineers are combatting this counterfeit menace. "The new system uses near-infrared (NIR) spectrometry, directing a beam of NIR light at a pill and recording how the light is absorbed....
Source: ieee.org

AI Can Help Patients Recover Ability to Stand and Walk: Neural nets and robotic harnesses can aid patients after spinal

AI Can Help Patients Recover Ability to Stand and Walk: Neural nets and robotic harnesses can aid patients after spinal cord injury, stroke. "After the volunteers walked roughly 20 meters using the neurorobotic platform to familiarize themselves with the apparatus, three patients with spinal cord...
Source: ieee.org

Gigabyte Announces Tiny PC More Powerful and Upgradeable Than Raspberry Pi - ExtremeTech: The Raspberry Pi has proven itself

Gigabyte Announces Tiny PC More Powerful and Upgradeable Than Raspberry Pi - ExtremeTech: The Raspberry Pi has proven itself to be a versatile little computer, and you can get them for pocket change. It's a bit light on power, though. Now, Gigabyte is preparing to launch a similar device called the GA-SBCAP3350.
Source: extremetech.com