Doctor who helped launch modern paramedic system dies at 98: As a cardiologist in Los Angeles during the 1960s, Dr. Walter S. Graf became alarmed by the number of heart attack sufferers who died while en route to hospitals.
Source: medicalxpress.com
Premier League footballers plagued by rotting teeth, UCL finds: Nearly four out of 10 professional footballers have ongoing tooth decay, while eight out of 10 have gum disease according to a study by University College London
Source: telegraph.co.uk
Structured telephone support and non-invasive telemonitoring in the management of people with heart failure | Cochrane
Source: cochrane.org
EU doctor suspended from practising medicine in the UK for "poor English test" - Hospital Dr
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk
Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team 'frustrated' after walker refuses to help fellow mountaineer:
Volunteers had to search on Snowdon for 90 minutes after a member of the public failed to help a woman lost in the mist
Source: dailypost.co.uk
Oral budesonide for treatment of people with active ulcerative colitis | Cochrane
Source: cochrane.org
Study suggests pressure to publish impedes innovation | Inside Higher Ed
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Mobile phones: Data roaming charges will be abolished - BBC News: Extra costs of using a mobile phone in countries across the EU are to be scrapped, MEPs have agreed, after years of negotiations.
Source: bbc.co.uk
Parts of London have higher TB rates than Iraq or Rwanda - BBC News: Parts of London have higher rates of tuberculosis than Rwanda, Iraq or Guatemala, a report from the London Assembly says.
Source: bbc.co.uk
Newquay shop sells food for 25p to help those in need - BBC News: A shop in Cornwall is selling almost all of its food for 25p in a bid to help people struggling to buy the weekly shop.
Source: bbc.co.uk
Budget broadband deal emails hidden from London schools - BBC News: An IT firm complains that emails offering a cheaper broadband deal to London's schools are being blocked by their current supplier.
Source: bbc.co.uk
Certain vulnerable groups are less likely to use e-health resources: Disparities exist in kidney disease patients' access to e-health resources, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN). Such disparities may reinforce or...
Source: medicalxpress.com
3 characteristics of successful next-gen online learning - eCampus News: Two professors describe online learning platform features that can enable engaging online learning experiences—and why they’re critical to real success.
Source: ecampusnews.com
Is there more to a MOOC than its completion rate? - e-Learning Feeds: By Meris Stansbury, eCampus News In a recent report published in the Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, authors Dr. Elke M. Leeds, associa
Source: elearningfeeds.com
Thomas Jefferson’s hidden chemistry lab was just discovered | University Business Magazine
Source: universitybusiness.com
Low carbon electricity better than gas, says government panel - BBC News: Low-carbon electricity, not gas, is the cheapest way to keep lights on and meet carbon targets, says the government's climate advisory panel.
Source: bbc.co.uk
Pediatrics Group: Minimum Age to Buy Tobacco, E-Cigarettes Should Be 21: By Amy Orciari Herman
Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and André Sofair, MD, MPH
The minimum age to purchase tobacco products and electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS, including e-cigarettes) should be 21, according to new...
Source: jwatch.org
Fewer antibiotics, better outcomes for complicated appendectomy patients?: With acute appendicitis ranking among the nation's most common acute surgical emergencies, researchers studied the relatively routine use of post-operative antibiotics in complicated cases and found that they didn't reduce infections...
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Faster optimization: New general-purpose optimization algorithm promises order-of-magnitude speedups on some problems. Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office.
Source: mit.edu
Researcher finds key clues about 'betel nut' addiction that plagues millions worldwide: For hundreds of millions of people around the world, chewing betel nut produces a cheap, quick high but also raises the risk of addiction and oral cancer. Now, new findings by a University of Florida Health researcher...
Source: eurekalert.org