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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…
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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
Source: medgadget.com

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.
Source: jwatch.org

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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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.
Source: sspnet.org

Top 200 Tools for Learning 2017

Top 200 Tools for Learning 2017
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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

A cheap pollution sensor will keep you off the dirtiest roads: This wearable device reveals exposure to the three worst

A cheap pollution sensor will keep you off the dirtiest roads: This wearable device reveals exposure to the three worst pollutants, linking it with online maps to help you avoid poor air, a bit like a Fitbit for pollution
Source: newscientist.com

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