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Home Office letter and statement from the Migration Advisory Service (MAC) on nurse shortages - Publications - GOV.UK

Home Office letter and statement from the Migration Advisory Service (MAC) on nurse shortages - Publications - GOV.UK
Source: www.gov.uk

Overseas NHS nurses: Restrictions lifted amid widespread shortages: Nurses to be added to Shortage Occupation List on interim

Overseas NHS nurses: Restrictions lifted amid widespread shortages: Nurses to be added to Shortage Occupation List on interim basis, meaning those outside European Economic Area will have applications prioritised
Source: telegraph.co.uk

Journal Resuscitation publishes updated European Resuscitation Council guidelines: Elsevier, a world-leading provider of

Journal Resuscitation publishes updated European Resuscitation Council guidelines: Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the publication of the 2015 European Resuscitation Council guidelines, in the latest issue of journal...
Source: eurekalert.org

5 Reasons Your Kid Should Learn to Code - e-Learning Feeds: In today’s world, coding is the new digital literacy, and

5 Reasons Your Kid Should Learn to Code - e-Learning Feeds: In today’s world, coding is the new digital literacy, and its importance will only increase over time. The rate at which kids are able to learn new s
Source: elearningfeeds.com

Microsoft Now Uses Windows 10's Start Menu To Display Ads - Slashdot

Microsoft Now Uses Windows 10's Start Menu To Display Ads - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

How Dietary Supplement Complications Present in the Emergency Department: By Joe Elia Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and

How Dietary Supplement Complications Present in the Emergency Department: By Joe Elia Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM Dietary supplements — herbals, vitamins, and minerals — account for some 23,000 emergency visits annually in the U.S., according to an analysis...
Source: jwatch.org

Computers match doctors in predicting patient discharges: A computer can do as good a job of predicting how many patients

Computers match doctors in predicting patient discharges: A computer can do as good a job of predicting how many patients will be discharged from a hospital unit on a given day as doctors and nurses can, according to new research from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business and...
Source: medicalxpress.com

Encryption Is More Important, and Easier, Than Ever - NYTimes.com

Encryption Is More Important, and Easier, Than Ever - NYTimes.com
Source: nytimes.com

Can't take the heat? We need a universal measure on temperature: How do we know that a measure of something in one location

Can't take the heat? We need a universal measure on temperature: How do we know that a measure of something in one location can be replicated precisely in another. We already have a universal measure of mass and time, but what about temperture?
Source: theconversation.com

Early Physical Therapy vs Usual Care in Patients With Recent-Onset Low Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial: This randomized

Early Physical Therapy vs Usual Care in Patients With Recent-Onset Low Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial: This randomized trial evaluates whether early physical therapy is more effective than usual care for improving disability in patients with recent-onset low back pain. Julie M. Fritz. John S....
Source: jamanetwork.com

Evaluation and Treatment of Pericarditis: A Systematic Review: This systematic review summarizes published evidence on the

Evaluation and Treatment of Pericarditis: A Systematic Review: This systematic review summarizes published evidence on the causes, diagnosis, therapy, prevention, and prognosis of pericarditis. Massimo Imazio. Fiorenzo Gaita. Martin LeWinter. JAMA.
Source: jamanetwork.com

‘99.99 percent air’: Boeing releases video of revolutionary lightweight metal : Boeing has released a video of its groundbreaking

‘99.99 percent air’: Boeing releases video of revolutionary lightweight metal : Boeing has released a video of its groundbreaking microlattice metal, which is “the world’s lightest material,” scientists say.
Source: www.rt.com

Edith Cavell: nurse, martyr, and spy? | Vanessa Heggie: 100 years ago today Edith Cavell was executed by a German firing

Edith Cavell: nurse, martyr, and spy? | Vanessa Heggie: 100 years ago today Edith Cavell was executed by a German firing squad for smuggling Allied soldiers out of occupied Belgium. Vanessa Heggie explains how a nurse became a spy
Source: theguardian.com

Jeremy Hunt accused of suppressing evidence on benefits of 'sugar tax': Health select committee chair questioned whether

Jeremy Hunt accused of suppressing evidence on benefits of 'sugar tax': Health select committee chair questioned whether political pressure had been applied to Hunt to prevent the release of important documents
Source: theguardian.com

Treating aortic aneurysms through virtual reality: Virtual models can be created in the angiography room thanks to an approach

Treating aortic aneurysms through virtual reality: Virtual models can be created in the angiography room thanks to an approach developed by researchers at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) and the university's departments of radiology, radiation oncology, and nuclear medicine.
Source: eurekalert.org

AVG Proudly Announces It Will Sell Your Browsing History To Online Advertisers - Slashdot

AVG Proudly Announces It Will Sell Your Browsing History To Online Advertisers - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

Low awareness of DVLA safe driving guidelines among hospital doctors: New research published today by JRSM Open concludes

Low awareness of DVLA safe driving guidelines among hospital doctors: New research published today by JRSM Open concludes that medically disqualified patients may wrongly assume themselves fit to drive on discharge from hospital because of inadequate knowledge among doctors of DVLA guidelines relating...
Source: medicalxpress.com

UV light robots cut c. diff transmissions by 25 percent on cancer patient floors: New research from Penn Medicine infection

UV light robots cut c. diff transmissions by 25 percent on cancer patient floors: New research from Penn Medicine infection control specialists found that ultraviolet robots helped reduce the rates transmission of the common bacterial infection known as Clostridium difficile among cancer inpatients --...
Source: eurekalert.org

When should pediatric residents consult supervisors on issues that come up after hours?: While resident physicians responsible

When should pediatric residents consult supervisors on issues that come up after hours?: While resident physicians responsible for the care of hospital patients are always able to call a supervising senior physician for advice on handling situations that may come up, which situations require immediate...
Source: eurekalert.org

NASA offers 1,200 patents to startups, with no upfront licensing costs: Here's your chance to make a collapsible plane or

NASA offers 1,200 patents to startups, with no upfront licensing costs: Here's your chance to make a collapsible plane or handheld laser flashlight.
Source: arstechnica.com