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Are Farmers Being Deliberately Misled About Badger Culls?: Politicians, farmers leaders, and particularly veterinarians,

Are Farmers Being Deliberately Misled About Badger Culls?: Politicians, farmers leaders, and particularly veterinarians, should know better. (picture from Wikipedia)
Source: huffingtonpost.co.uk

Innovations in Diabetes Care Around the World: Case Studies from Mexico, India, and US of Care Transformation Through Accountable

Innovations in Diabetes Care Around the World: Case Studies from Mexico, India, and US of Care Transformation Through Accountable Care Reforms: A Commonwealth Fund–supported study in Health Affairs examines promising diabetes programs in Mexico, India, and the United States to understand the institutional,...
Source: commonwealthfund.org

Let's Encrypt Enters Private Beta: For years, EFF has been working to protect the Web from surveillance and censorship by

Let's Encrypt Enters Private Beta: For years, EFF has been working to protect the Web from surveillance and censorship by making encryption ubiquitous. Fixing problems with the Internet's certificate infrastructure has been at the top of that list.
Source: eff.org

The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and Implications for Access to Essential Medicines: This Viewpoint discusses the

The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and Implications for Access to Essential Medicines: This Viewpoint discusses the importance of patent protection and its role in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement. Jing Luo. Aaron S. Kesselheim. JAMA.
Source: jamanetwork.com

Dabigatran-Reversal Agent Price Set: By Joe Elia Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD

Dabigatran-Reversal Agent Price Set: By Joe Elia Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD Idarucizumab (Praxbind), an agent … NEJM Journal Watch.
Source: jwatch.org

Android 6.0 Marshmallow makes full-disk encryption mandatory for most new devices | ExtremeTech: Google is stepping up and

Android 6.0 Marshmallow makes full-disk encryption mandatory for most new devices | ExtremeTech: Google is stepping up and mandating full disk encryption in Marshmallow (again). This time, we hope the feature sticks.
Source: extremetech.com

‘This change will be the end of the Open University as we know it’: Staff are balloting for strike action as OU plans

‘This change will be the end of the Open University as we know it’: Staff are balloting for strike action as OU plans to close seven of nine regional centres in England amid competition from free online courses such as Moocs
Source: theguardian.com

Nearly 77 percent of pulmonary clinical trials failed to report race and ethnicity data: Researchers from Duke University

Nearly 77 percent of pulmonary clinical trials failed to report race and ethnicity data: Researchers from Duke University and Durham Veteran Affairs Medical Center have found that nearly 77 percent of pulmonary clinical trials registered with ClinicalTrials.gov failed to report race and ethnicity data,...
Source: eurekalert.org

Social media usage at critical care conferences helps broaden reach: Social media is a tool that groups have adopted to

Social media usage at critical care conferences helps broaden reach: Social media is a tool that groups have adopted to help educate, market, and promote causes or topics to a broad audience. Researchers examined trends in social media use at pulmonary and critical care conferences and found substantial...
Source: eurekalert.org

3-D printing provides low-cost alternative in bronchoscopy simulation training: Researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical

3-D printing provides low-cost alternative in bronchoscopy simulation training: Researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, found that 3D-printed tracheobronchial tree models compared favorably against other more standard models in training pulmonary physicians to...
Source: medicalxpress.com

Traffic deaths preventable, WHO says in call for road safety: Countries must introduce tougher laws to prevent drivers from

Traffic deaths preventable, WHO says in call for road safety: Countries must introduce tougher laws to prevent drivers from speeding or drinking and help reduce the toll of 1.25 million people killed each year in traffic accidents, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
Source: reuters.com

Impact of proton pump inhibitor treatment on gastrointestinal bleeding associated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug

Impact of proton pump inhibitor treatment on gastrointestinal bleeding associated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use among post-myocardial infarction patients taking antithrombotics: nationwide study Anne-Marie Schjerning Olsen. Jesper Lindhardsen. Gunnar H Gislason. Patricia McGettigan. Mark...
Source: bmj.com

The Simplest Definition of SCORM You'll Ever Read: SCORM compliance assures companies that content creation tools and learning

The Simplest Definition of SCORM You'll Ever Read: SCORM compliance assures companies that content creation tools and learning management systems (LMS) work together to create an optimal instructional experience.
Source: schoolkeep.com

Retail clinics best used as backup to a patient's primary care physician: The American College of Physicians (ACP) today

Retail clinics best used as backup to a patient's primary care physician: The American College of Physicians (ACP) today said that retail health clinics - now commonly present in drugstores and/or big box retailers - are best used as a backup alternative to a patient's primary care physician for the...
Source: medicalxpress.com

Patients using nurse practitioners are less likely to have avoidable hospital admissions: New research from The University

Patients using nurse practitioners are less likely to have avoidable hospital admissions: New research from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston indicates that diabetic patients who got their primary care from nurse practitioners did not have an increase in potentially preventable hospital...
Source: medicalxpress.com

Half of Britons believe weekend hospital admissions 'more dangerous': Amid junior doctor contract row, Observer/Opinium

Half of Britons believe weekend hospital admissions 'more dangerous': Amid junior doctor contract row, Observer/Opinium poll shows 35% of adults have delayed seeking medical help at weekend
Source: theguardian.com

Gene therapy staves off blindness from retinitis pigmentosa in canine model: Gene therapy preserved vision in a study involving

Gene therapy staves off blindness from retinitis pigmentosa in canine model: Gene therapy preserved vision in a study involving dogs with naturally occurring, late-stage retinitis pigmentosa, according to research funded by the National Eye Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health. The findings...
Source: eurekalert.org

Internet interventions interest informed melanoma patients: (HealthDay)—The melanoma patients receptive to an Internet-delivered

Internet interventions interest informed melanoma patients: (HealthDay)—The melanoma patients receptive to an Internet-delivered behavioral intervention to promote skin self-examination (SSE) and sun protection behaviors may already have higher knowledge of melanoma signs, according to a research letter...
Source: medicalxpress.com

Nanodiamonds might prevent tooth loss after root canals: Nanodiamonds may help patients that have had the dreaded root canal.

Nanodiamonds might prevent tooth loss after root canals: Nanodiamonds may help patients that have had the dreaded root canal. UCLA dental researchers have developed a nanodiamond-reinforced version of gutta percha, the compound that is used to fill void spaces in dental root canals to prevent infection...
Source: eurekalert.org

Polio in Ukraine: nationwide vaccination campaign needs to start straight away: With two WHO-confirmed cases of polio in

Polio in Ukraine: nationwide vaccination campaign needs to start straight away: With two WHO-confirmed cases of polio in Ukraine in September, vaccinating the country’s 1.8 million children needs to start as soon as possible
Source: theguardian.com