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Japanese fungus spreading in UK hospitals - BBC News: More than 200 patients have been infected, but none has died, Public

Japanese fungus spreading in UK hospitals - BBC News: More than 200 patients have been infected, but none has died, Public Health England confirms. "The first UK case emerged in 2013. Since then, infection rates have been going up - although it remains rare. Candida auris is proving hard to stop because...
Source: bbc.co.uk

Why Scottish babies might start sleeping in cardboard boxes - BBC News: Baby boxes containing essential items are to be

Why Scottish babies might start sleeping in cardboard boxes - BBC News: Baby boxes containing essential items are to be delivered to new mothers across Scotland.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Two Views of Von Kármán Vortices : Image of the Day: Chains of swirling clouds stream behind islands in both the Atlantic

Two Views of Von Kármán Vortices : Image of the Day: Chains of swirling clouds stream behind islands in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Source: nasa.gov

Why aren't we more outraged about eating chicken?

Why aren't we more outraged about eating chicken?
Source: phys.org

Sony Develops System for Authentication, Sharing, and Rights Management Using Blockchain Technology: Sony Corporation and

Sony Develops System for Authentication, Sharing, and Rights Management Using Blockchain Technology: Sony Corporation and Sony Global Education (SGE) have developed a system that will apply block chain technology to the field of education. By using "technology that makes mutual use of educational achievements...
Source: sony.net

The frailty journey so far: where are we heading?: Professor Martin Vernon qualified in 1988 in Manchester. Following training

The frailty journey so far: where are we heading?: Professor Martin Vernon qualified in 1988 in Manchester. Following training in the North West he moved to East London to train in Geriatric Medicine where he also acquired an MA in Medical Ethics a…
Source: wordpress.com

CCP program in Nigeria increases modern contraceptive use, study suggests: Over a four-year period, new research suggests,

CCP program in Nigeria increases modern contraceptive use, study suggests: Over a four-year period, new research suggests, a program led by the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP) in six large Nigerian cities was associated with a 10 percentage- point increase in the use of modern contraceptive...
Source: eurekalert.org

A Team-Based Online Game Improves Blood Glucose Control in Veterans With Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized, Controlled Trial.

A Team-Based Online Game Improves Blood Glucose Control in Veterans With Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized, Controlled Trial. "Patients with diabetes who were randomized to an online game delivering DSME demonstrated sustained and meaningful HbA1c improvements. Among patients with poorly controlled diabetes,...
Source: diabetesjournals.org

Cost Effectiveness of Support for People Starting a New Medication for a Long-Term Condition Through Community Pharmacies:

Cost Effectiveness of Support for People Starting a New Medication for a Long-Term Condition Through Community Pharmacies: An Economic Evaluation of the New Medicine Service (NMS) Compared with Normal Practice Rachel A. Elliott. Lukasz Tanajewski. Georgios Gkountouras. Anthony J. Avery. Nick Barber....
Source: springer.com

Community detection, link prediction, and layer interdependence in multilayer networks. "Complex systems are often characterized

Community detection, link prediction, and layer interdependence in multilayer networks. "Complex systems are often characterized by distinct types of interactions between the same entities. These can be described as a multilayer network where each layer represents one type of interaction. These layers...
Source: aps.org

The BBC should stop giving unwarranted airtime to Nigel Lawson: The broadcaster had tough questions for Al Gore and then

The BBC should stop giving unwarranted airtime to Nigel Lawson: The broadcaster had tough questions for Al Gore and then gave space to false claims of a prominent climate sceptic. This is a recipe for spreading misinformation
Source: newscientist.com

MIT team whips up new city school bus routes: A new school bus route plan will save the city millions of dollars a year

MIT team whips up new city school bus routes: A new school bus route plan will save the city millions of dollars a year by taking dozens of buses -- and potentially dozens of drivers -- off the roads in an effort to bring students to school more efficiently. Highlights the challenge of computationally...
Source: bostonherald.com

Fasebj | Mobile

Fasebj | Mobile
Source: fasebj.org

APOD: 2017 August 11 - A Total Solar Eclipse of Saros 145

APOD: 2017 August 11 - A Total Solar Eclipse of Saros 145
Source: nasa.gov

Remember that Norwegian site that made readers take a quiz before commenting? Here’s an update on it: For one thing, people

Remember that Norwegian site that made readers take a quiz before commenting? Here’s an update on it: For one thing, people did really, really badly on the quizzes (although that could be due to a language barrier). Innovative approach to limiting ill-informed public comments. This is a 6 month review...
Source: niemanlab.org

RCGP will continue to push for longer GP training programme despite Review recommendation. "It has been the position of

RCGP will continue to push for longer GP training programme despite Review recommendation. "It has been the position of the College for many years that GP training should be a minimum of four years in length. This was reconfirmed at our governing Council meeting in February, and the idea of a ‘3+1’...
Source: rcgp.org.uk

Credentialing to have important role in modernising doctors' training - Hospital Dr

Credentialing to have important role in modernising doctors' training - Hospital Dr
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk

Chimpanzees learn rock-paper-scissors: Chimpanzees of all ages and all sexes can learn the simple circular relationship

Chimpanzees learn rock-paper-scissors: Chimpanzees of all ages and all sexes can learn the simple circular relationship between the three different hand signals used in the well-known game rock-paper-scissors. Jie Gao of Kyoto University in Japan and Peking University in China is lead author of a study...
Source: eurekalert.org

Measuring Surgical Outcomes for Improvement: Was Codman Wrong?: Ernest Amory Codman was the courageous early 20th century

Measuring Surgical Outcomes for Improvement: Was Codman Wrong?: Ernest Amory Codman was the courageous early 20th century champion for an “end results system” to track hospital outcomes, an idea his surgical colleagues did not welcome. If he were to come back to life today, he would feel vindicated,...
Source: jamanetwork.com

Assessing the impact of healthcare research: A systematic review of methodological frameworks: Derek Kyte and colleagues

Assessing the impact of healthcare research: A systematic review of methodological frameworks: Derek Kyte and colleagues systematically review approaches to the evaluation of health research. Samantha Cruz Rivera. Derek G. Kyte. Olalekan Lee Aiyegbusi. Thomas J. Keeley. Melanie J. Calvert. PLOS Medicine.
Source: plos.org