Google Cardboard Virtual Reality Used to Prepare for Major Pediatric Surgery (VIDEO) |: Virtual reality technology is finally becoming cheap, easily available, and even useful for clinical applications. At Nicklaus Children's Hospital in Miami
Source: medgadget.com
Lowering Blood Pressure Associated with Reductions in Cardiovascular Events, Meta-Analysis Finds: By Kelly Young
Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and André Sofair, MD, MPH
Reducing systolic blood pressure is associated with lower risk for cardiovascular events, suggests a meta-analysis in the Lancet...
Source: jwatch.org
Social norms interventions are not effective enough on their own to reduce alcohol use or misuse among university or college students | Cochrane
Source: cochrane.org
'Darwin's puddle' shows how new species can emerge without geographic separation
Source: phys.org
Google Plans New, Smarter Messaging App: Google is building a new mobile-messaging service that taps its artificial intelligence know-how and so-called chatbot technology to try to catch up with rivals.
Source: wsj.com
College at Oxford Will Remove Cecil Rhodes Plaque | Inside Higher Ed
Source: insidehighered.com
AI will replace smartphones within 5 years, Ericsson survey suggests | KurzweilAI
Source: kurzweilai.net
This Christmas, take heart: Capitalism [free trade] is saving the world [reducing poverty]: As the remarkable retreat of malaria across Africa shows, free trade is a very efficient way of spreading medicine and wealth.
Source: telegraph.co.uk
Government launches first 'TripAdvisor' style website for care homes: The system will allow residents and relatives to provide reviews of care homes and to give them a star rating
Source: telegraph.co.uk
Smartphone-Based Visual Acuity Measurement for Screening and Clinical Assessment: This commentary discusses a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology that describes the accuracy of a smartphone-based visual acuity test for detecting visual impairment in rural Kenya. Christopher J. Brady. Allen O. Eghrari....
Source: jamanetwork.com
Bariatric Surgery in the United Kingdom: A Cohort Study of Weight Loss and Clinical Outcomes in Routine Clinical Care: In a UK cohort study, Ian Douglas and colleagues investigate weight, BMI, and related health outcomes after bariatric surgery. Ian J. Douglas. Krishnan Bhaskaran. Rachel L. Batterham....
Source: plos.org
Tier 2 immigration cap preventing NHS from effective overseas recruitment - Hospital Dr
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk
80,000 additional healthcare staff to be available for employment in the NHS by 2020 says HEE - Hospital Dr
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk
Parliamentary privilege—mortality in members of the Houses of Parliament compared with the UK general population: retrospective cohort analysis, 1945-2011 John Dennis. Tim Crayford. BMJ.
Source: bmj.com
Is this a circle? Your answer could reveal your political stance: A simple test has been devised that could determine your political outlook, according to a study. Researchers say those who see the shape above as a circle are more likely to have liberal political views.
Source: independent.co.uk
MSF hospital in Syria hit by 'double-tap' barrel bombing: Seven killed in Homs attack, latest in apparent escalation of strikes on medical facilities in civil war
Source: theguardian.com
APOD: 2015 November 23 - A 212 Hour Exposure of Orion
Source: nasa.gov
Digital archive of Cornish life opens online - BBC News: A photo, film and audio archive documenting Cornish life is made available online.
Source: bbc.co.uk
Investigation Reveals How Easy It Is To Hijack a Science Journal Website - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org
Key figures on diabetes from the IDF. "The latest edition of the IDF Diabetes Atlas shows that 463 million adults are currently living with diabetes."
Source: diabetesatlas.org