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What if you could eat chicken without killing a chicken?: And can lab-grown meat and poultry actually fix the planet?

What if you could eat chicken without killing a chicken?: And can lab-grown meat and poultry actually fix the planet?
Source: theoutline.com

2017 Diabetes Care Standards Issued: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD The American Diabetes

2017 Diabetes Care Standards Issued: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD The American Diabetes Association has released its 2017 "Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes." An overview of the group's guidance on pharmacologic therapy for type 2 diabetes is available … NEJM Journal...
Source: jwatch.org

Canadians with Cystic Fibrosis Live Roughly 10 Years Longer Than Americans: By Kelly Young Edited by Jaye Elizabeth Hefner,

Canadians with Cystic Fibrosis Live Roughly 10 Years Longer Than Americans: By Kelly Young Edited by Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD Canadian patients with cystic fibrosis have a survival advantage over their U.S. counterparts, according to a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine . … NEJM Journal...
Source: jwatch.org

Buoy | Understand Your Symptoms: Buoy is a digital health tool that helps you – from the moment you get sick – start

Buoy | Understand Your Symptoms: Buoy is a digital health tool that helps you – from the moment you get sick – start your care on the right foot. https://www.facebook.com/buoyhealth/.
Source: buoyhealth.com

Staffing for pharmacies in Remote Areas.: Providing access to quality healthcare in under-served areas by leveraging mobile

Staffing for pharmacies in Remote Areas.: Providing access to quality healthcare in under-served areas by leveraging mobile technology and Innovative staffing.
Source: openideo.com

Climate Change Already Affecting Human Health: By Kelly Young Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Richard Saitz, MD, MPH,

Climate Change Already Affecting Human Health: By Kelly Young Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, DFASAM The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health, comprising 11 medical societies, is "sounding … NEJM Journal Watch.
Source: jwatch.org

Harvard Library gets slammed for its earnest fake news guide: Updates from the fake news world: Plus: The science of why

Harvard Library gets slammed for its earnest fake news guide: Updates from the fake news world: Plus: The science of why we spread stories, Russian propaganda gets into fake news, and a "satirical" fake news site pulls the plug after Whoopi Goldberg calls it out.
Source: niemanlab.org

Learning to communicate: In this post we'll outline new OpenAI research in which agents develop their own language.

Learning to communicate: In this post we'll outline new OpenAI research in which agents develop their own language.
Source: openai.com

Readers seem willing to pay for news sites centered around a place. What about sites built on an issue?: "There are a lot

Readers seem willing to pay for news sites centered around a place. What about sites built on an issue?: "There are a lot of ways to define 'community.' We know it can be built around geography. But there should also be a community of people who care about climate, a community of people who care about...
Source: niemanlab.org

Germany to push for carbon price at G20 - BBC News: Germany will use its G20 Presidency to nudge world leaders towards a

Germany to push for carbon price at G20 - BBC News: Germany will use its G20 Presidency to nudge world leaders towards a global price on carbon, say officials.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Yomi, The First Robotic Dental Surgery System Now Cleared by FDA |: Neocis, a company based in Miami, Florida, just announced

Yomi, The First Robotic Dental Surgery System Now Cleared by FDA |: Neocis, a company based in Miami, Florida, just announced winning FDA clearance to introduce Yomi, the first robotically assisted dental surgical system. Y
Source: medgadget.com

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

The China Study Revisited: New Analysis of Raw Data Doesn’t Support Vegetarian Ideology. "The China Study was embraced

The China Study Revisited: New Analysis of Raw Data Doesn’t Support Vegetarian Ideology. "The China Study was embraced by vegetarians because it seemed to support their beliefs with strong evidence. Minger has shown that that evidence is largely illusory. The issues raised are important and deserve...
Source: sciencebasedmedicine.org

'7lbs in 7 days' retreat at Juicy Oasis Feb 20-27th 2016. Blog about the retreat. Just returned from a week at Juicy Oasis

'7lbs in 7 days' retreat at Juicy Oasis Feb 20-27th 2016. Blog about the retreat. Just returned from a week at Juicy Oasis in Portugal - a health and spa retreat based on a juicing diet run by Jason Vale. It was a lovely sunny escape from the February cold and rain in the UK. The main features were...
Source: google.com

Page not found | JACC: Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Page not found | JACC: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Source: onlinejacc.org

Ten million lives saved by 1962 breakthrough, study says: Nearly 200 million cases of polio, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella,

Ten million lives saved by 1962 breakthrough, study says: Nearly 200 million cases of polio, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, adenovirus, rabies and hepatitis A -- and approximately 450,000 deaths from these diseases -- were prevented in the US alone between 1963 and 2015 by vaccination, researchers...
Source: eurekalert.org

Opinion paper summarising evidence published in JACC by a group of physicians reporting on food trends and heart health.

Opinion paper summarising evidence published in JACC by a group of physicians reporting on food trends and heart health. "Green leafy vegetables, blueberries, and plant proteins rise to the top of the physicians' recommendations for frequent food intake; coconut oil, palm oil, and antioxidant supplements...
Source: onlinejacc.org

Will a New Glass Battery Accelerate the End of Oil?: New low-cost, non-flammable, high-capacity, rapid-charging, solid state

Will a New Glass Battery Accelerate the End of Oil?: New low-cost, non-flammable, high-capacity, rapid-charging, solid state battery could pose threat to the internal combustion engine
Source: ieee.org

Care Quality Commission warns online doctor services may pose risk to public - Hospital Dr

Care Quality Commission warns online doctor services may pose risk to public - Hospital Dr
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk

Out of Africa: Notes from a visit to Kenya - John Kay: Financial services for a developing economy need to be established

Out of Africa: Notes from a visit to Kenya - John Kay: Financial services for a developing economy need to be established from the bottom up, not the top down.
Source: johnkay.com