Morning on summer solstice. Hay bails in the field drying out on what could be one of the warmest days of the year.
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Starting the acclimatisation process for Machu Picchu as we are travelling there next week. #fairtrade #coffee
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Association Between Teaching Status and Mortality in US Hospitals: This study uses national Medicare data to compare 30-day mortality among patients hospitalized or undergoing surgical procedures in teaching vs nonteaching hospitals between 2012 and 2014. Laura G. Burke. Austin B. Frakt. Dhruv Khullar....
Source: jamanetwork.com
Mortality and kidnapping estimates for the Yazidi population in the area of Mount Sinjar, Iraq, in August 2014: A retrospective household survey Valeria Cetorelli. Isaac Sasson. Nazar Shabila. Gilbert Burnham. PLOS Medicine.
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Long term gluten consumption in adults without celiac disease and risk of coronary heart disease: prospective cohort study: Objective To examine the association of long term intake of gluten with the development of incident coronary heart disease.
Design Prospective cohort study.
Setting and participants...
Source: bmj.com
2017 Diabetes Care Standards Issued: By Amy Orciari Herman
Edited by Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD
The American Diabetes Association has released its 2017 "Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes." An overview of the group's guidance on pharmacologic therapy for type 2 diabetes is available … NEJM Journal...
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Canadians with Cystic Fibrosis Live Roughly 10 Years Longer Than Americans: By Kelly Young
Edited by Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD
Canadian patients with cystic fibrosis have a survival advantage over their U.S. counterparts, according to a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine . … NEJM Journal...
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Fruit and veg: For a longer life eat 10-a-day - BBC News: More fruit and veg might prevent nearly eight million premature deaths each year, researchers say.
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'7lbs in 7 days' retreat at Juicy Oasis Feb 20-27th 2016. Blog about the retreat. Just returned from a week at Juicy Oasis in Portugal - a health and spa retreat based on a juicing diet run by Jason Vale. It was a lovely sunny escape from the February cold and rain in the UK. The main features were...
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The future of advertising is ‘fewer, better ads’: "By giving away stuff for free for so long, we’ve created an ad economy that is bigger than it should be," Deep Focus CEO Ian Schafer says.
Source: recode.net
Efficacy and effectiveness of screen and treat policies in prevention of type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis of screening tests and interventions: Objectives To assess diagnostic accuracy of screening tests for pre-diabetes and efficacy of interventions (lifestyle or metformin) in...
Source: bmj.com
IBM working on robot to take care of the elderly : Technology major IBM is developing a robot based on SoftBank's Pepper to assist the elderly and their caregivers. The robot will study ways of measuring heart and respiratory rate, answer basic health-related questions and determine if an individual...
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A filmmaker installed security software on a decoy phone to spy on smartphone thieves
Source: theverge.com
The Great A.I. Awakening. Excellent (and lengthy) article in the NY Times on Google's recent work on AI. "Apparently Google Translate, the company’s popular machine-translation service, had suddenly and almost immeasurably improved."
Source: nytimes.com
U.S. Life Expectancy Declines, Albeit Slightly, for First Time in 2 Decades: By Amy Orciari Herman
Edited by André Sofair, MD, MPH, and William E. Chavey, MD, MS
Life expectancy at birth decreased from 78.9 years in 2014 to 78.8 years in 2015 — the first … NEJM Journal Watch.
Source: jwatch.org
Germany's Aggressive Switch to Renewables Will Save €149 Billion: The country’s goal of lowering its greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2020 is yielding dividends in addition to cleaner air.
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Study: White deaths exceeded births in one-third of states: More white deaths than births were reported in 17 US states, more than in any time in history, compared to only four in 2004. More than 121 million people -- roughly 38 percent of the total US population -- reside in the 17 states with white...
Source: eurekalert.org
Firefox zero-day can be used to unmask Tor browser users: The exploit code is reportedly a near match to the code used by the FBI in 2013 to deanonymize Tor users; Mozilla is aware of the zero-day and is working on a fix.
Source: computerworld.com
Wales organ donations 'encouraging' in year after consent law - BBC News: A new organ donation law, brought in a year ago in Wales, is saving lives, say ministers.
Source: bbc.co.uk