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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

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

Charlie Gard judge said case highlights "pitfalls" of social media: Mr Justice Francis said the case had escalated to an

Charlie Gard judge said case highlights "pitfalls" of social media: Mr Justice Francis said the case had escalated to an 'international scale' and had even involved President Trump, the Vatican and Theresa May and allowed ill-informed statements to dominate the public debate. In applying existing and...
Source: mirror.co.uk

Oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for cancer pain in adults | Cochrane

Oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for cancer pain in adults | Cochrane
Source: cochrane.org

Bill Gates urges UK to protect foreign aid - BBC News: Theresa May is refusing to say if she will retain the spending pledge

Bill Gates urges UK to protect foreign aid - BBC News: Theresa May is refusing to say if she will retain the spending pledge in her election manifesto.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Two-thirds of Americans see docs who got paid by drug companies: Drexel University study: A new study led by Drexel University

Two-thirds of Americans see docs who got paid by drug companies: Drexel University study: A new study led by Drexel University found that a majority of Americans visited doctors in the past year who had been paid or given gifts by pharmaceutical or medical device companies -- but very few patients knew...
Source: eurekalert.org

Why Did People on Medicaid Vote for Trump?: A new report explores why those who benefitted from Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion

Why Did People on Medicaid Vote for Trump?: A new report explores why those who benefitted from Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion supported the man who promised to reverse it.
Source: theatlantic.com

The top reads of 2016 - as chosen by influential leaders around the world: Facebook asked 62 of its 'global influencers'

The top reads of 2016 - as chosen by influential leaders around the world: Facebook asked 62 of its 'global influencers' what they read in 2016. This is what they said.
Source: weforum.org

If it wants British businesses to do well, the British Government should stop Brexit: “I’m from the government and I’m

If it wants British businesses to do well, the British Government should stop Brexit: “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Ronald Reagan said these were the nine most terrifying words in the English language. It was a joke, but for a quarter of a century British ministers took Reagan’s...
Source: independent.co.uk


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The Internet Archive is building up a Trump presidential library — of everything he’s ever said, on video: President-elect

The Internet Archive is building up a Trump presidential library — of everything he’s ever said, on video: President-elect Donald J. Trump says a lot of things — and often denies a lot of the things he's said. The Internet Archive launched Thursday a huge Trump Archive dedicated to housing videos...
Source: niemanlab.org

Trump team denies new vaccination commission after Kennedy claims post: The president-elect may create autism commission,

Trump team denies new vaccination commission after Kennedy claims post: The president-elect may create autism commission, Trump spokeswoman said, which is at odds with vaccine skeptic Robert F Kennedy’s announcement
Source: theguardian.com

Food Allergy Guidelines Updated to Include Advice on Preventing Peanut Allergy: By Joe Elia Edited by André Sofair, MD,

Food Allergy Guidelines Updated to Include Advice on Preventing Peanut Allergy: By Joe Elia Edited by André Sofair, MD, MPH, and William E. Chavey, MD, MS Comprehensive advice on preventing peanut allergy has been added to the 2010 guidelines issued by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...
Source: jwatch.org

What to Learn from US Govt Strategy on AI. There is an urgency. It's commercial. China is already in the lead. There is

What to Learn from US Govt Strategy on AI. There is an urgency. It's commercial. China is already in the lead. There is no clear vision where to focus funding. The US has a good roadmap and wants to expand the workforce. The US is not going for general intelligence. "On October 12, 2016, President...
Source: digitopoly.org

"Inside Amazon's clickworker platform: How half a million people are being paid pennies to train AI - TechRepublic: Internet

"Inside Amazon's clickworker platform: How half a million people are being paid pennies to train AI - TechRepublic: Internet platforms like Amazon Mechanical Turk let companies break jobs into smaller tasks and offer them to people across the globe. But, do they democratize work or exploit the disempowered?"...
Source: techrepublic.com

Deep Learning Reinvents the Hearing Aid: Finally, wearers of hearing aids can pick out a voice in a crowded room

Deep Learning Reinvents the Hearing Aid: Finally, wearers of hearing aids can pick out a voice in a crowded room
Source: ieee.org

A whole city vows to help its young people apply for college - The Hechinger Report: JACKSON — Like millions of high-school

A whole city vows to help its young people apply for college - The Hechinger Report: JACKSON — Like millions of high-school seniors nationwide, Murrah High School senior Desmond Jones, 17, is preparing to go to college next fall. Jones is interested in attending the University of Southern Mississippi...
Source: hechingerreport.org

Doctors Still Struggle to Make the Most of Computer-Aided Diagnosis: Language barriers and human interfaces slow adoption

Doctors Still Struggle to Make the Most of Computer-Aided Diagnosis: Language barriers and human interfaces slow adoption of diagnostic-aid tech
Source: ieee.org

Trump victory has its roots in the post cold-war settlement - John Kay: There is wide agreement that Brexit and Trump's

Trump victory has its roots in the post cold-war settlement - John Kay: There is wide agreement that Brexit and Trump's election were caused by economics. But this and the prescriptions - tweaks to the income distribution, more aid to failing industries and districts - understate the scale and nature...
Source: johnkay.com

The highest-paid CEOs run the worst-performing companies: The highest-paid CEOs tend to run some of the worst-performing

The highest-paid CEOs run the worst-performing companies: The highest-paid CEOs tend to run some of the worst-performing companies, according to new research. The study, carried out by corporate research firm MSCI, found that for every $100 (£76) invested in companies with the highest-paid CEOs would...
Source: independent.co.uk