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Diabetic ketoacidosis in adults Shivani Misra. Nick S Oliver.

Diabetic ketoacidosis in adults Shivani Misra. Nick S Oliver.
Source: bmj.com

Support, not two in cockpit, key to reducing pilot suicide risk, experts say: Seven months after a pilot apparently crashed

Support, not two in cockpit, key to reducing pilot suicide risk, experts say: Seven months after a pilot apparently crashed an airliner into a mountainside, killing himself and 149 other people, experts said better support for pilots with mental health disorders would do more to reduce the risk of pilot...
Source: reuters.com

Tradition and Innovation in Scientists’ Research Strategies Jacob G. Foster. Andrey Rzhetsky. James A. Evans. American

Tradition and Innovation in Scientists’ Research Strategies Jacob G. Foster. Andrey Rzhetsky. James A. Evans. American Sociological Review.
Source: sagepub.com

Study suggests pressure to publish impedes innovation | Inside Higher Ed

Study suggests pressure to publish impedes innovation | Inside Higher Ed
Source: insidehighered.com

Can Professor Green teach men to talk about suicide? | Nicola Slawson: The British rapper’s BBC3 documentary explores

Can Professor Green teach men to talk about suicide? | Nicola Slawson: The British rapper’s BBC3 documentary explores his father’s death and discusses how men need to talk about their feelings to reduce the high rate of suicide
Source: theguardian.com

Smart Dressing Glows Green When Wound Becomes Infected |: A team of British scientists has developed a smart wound dressing

Smart Dressing Glows Green When Wound Becomes Infected |: A team of British scientists has developed a smart wound dressing that can detect the presence of bacterial infection. The ability to clean wounds of infec
Source: medgadget.com

Certain vulnerable groups are less likely to use e-health resources: Disparities exist in kidney disease patients' access

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

Is there more to a MOOC than its completion rate? - e-Learning Feeds: By Meris Stansbury, eCampus News In a recent report

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

Drug Firm Offers $1 Version of $750 Daraprim Pill - Slashdot

Drug Firm Offers $1 Version of $750 Daraprim Pill - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

Low carbon electricity better than gas, says government panel - BBC News: Low-carbon electricity, not gas, is the cheapest

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

Google Snapping Up Top Biomedical Talent - Slashdot

Google Snapping Up Top Biomedical Talent - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

Pediatrics Group: Minimum Age to Buy Tobacco, E-Cigarettes Should Be 21: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Susan Sadoughi,

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

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...
Source: medicalxpress.com

NHS medical director coy on 'weekend effect' of hospital deaths: Prof Sir Bruce Keogh did not confirm Jeremy Hunt’s claim

NHS medical director coy on 'weekend effect' of hospital deaths: Prof Sir Bruce Keogh did not confirm Jeremy Hunt’s claim that 11,000 patients died every year from understaffed hospitals
Source: theguardian.com

The Political Clout of the Meat Industry: How the $900 billion business has been influencing government nutrition guidelines

The Political Clout of the Meat Industry: How the $900 billion business has been influencing government nutrition guidelines for decades
Source: theatlantic.com

The secret to a younger brain may lie in exercising your body: It is widely recognised that our physical fitness is reflected

The secret to a younger brain may lie in exercising your body: It is widely recognised that our physical fitness is reflected in our mental fitness, especially as we get older. How does being physically fit affect our aging brains? Neuroimaging studies, in which the activity of different parts of the...
Source: medicalxpress.com

Cobalt atoms on graphene: a low-cost catalyst for producing hydrogen from water | KurzweilAI

Cobalt atoms on graphene: a low-cost catalyst for producing hydrogen from water | KurzweilAI
Source: kurzweilai.net

The Future of Protein Will Not Be Animal Meat: New plant-based meats are an exciting development for nutrition and the environment.

The Future of Protein Will Not Be Animal Meat: New plant-based meats are an exciting development for nutrition and the environment.
Source: theatlantic.com

Plague traced back to Bronze Age - BBC News: Plague has been a scourge on humanity for far longer than previously thought,

Plague traced back to Bronze Age - BBC News: Plague has been a scourge on humanity for far longer than previously thought, samples of ancient DNA show.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Royal Institution to sell off books to pay debts | Chemistry World

Royal Institution to sell off books to pay debts | Chemistry World
Source: rsc.org