Zimbabwe on track to achieve virtual elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: In 2010, when the project began, Zimbabwe had one of the highest burdens of new HIV infections in the world, with a mother-to-child HIV transmission rate of approximately 30 percent. Today, the rate of transmission...
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Study finds that Ebola vaccine is safe and stimulates strong immune response: A clinical trial of a new Ebola vaccine has found that it is well tolerated and stimulates strong immune responses in adults in Mali and in the US, according to a study published in the latest issue of the journal Lancet Infectious...
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Why suicide is on the increase among the UK’s police and firefighters | Natalie Roberts and Ann-Marie Abbasah
Source: theguardian.com
Media demonstrate ignorance of correlation vs. causation by reporting the coffee study in Circulation - Association of Coffee Consumption with Total and Cause-Specific Mortality in Three Large Prospective Cohorts. See reports in Telegraph, Tribune, BT news, South Wales Argus!, Harvard's own press release....
Source: ahajournals.org
US firefighter has world's most extensive face transplant - BBC News: US surgeons say they have carried out the world's most extensive face transplant to date, including the entire scalp, ears and eyelids.
Source: bbc.co.uk
The NHS Confederation has asked people if they want cake and seem encouraged that the answer is yes. In the confederation's parallel universe people can (1) have their cake and eat it, (2) it will be better cake than before, (3) they won't need to wait for it, and (4) it will be free! They are shrewd...
Source: nhsconfed.org
Welsh government in drive to recruit junior doctors from England: Health minister Mark Drakeford’s recruitment campaign extols opportunities for young doctors and devolved government’s ‘partnership’ approach
Source: theguardian.com
Coursera for Apple TV: Bring online learning to your living room | University Business Magazine
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Spaghetti Strainer Helmet Driver’s License Photo Approved On Religious Grounds: Just over the border from New Hampshire in the Massachusetts city of Lowell, a woman identifying herself as a follower of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM), otherwise known as Pastaf…
Source: immortal.org
Video-Based CPR Training May be as Valuable as Hands-On Approach, Penn Study Finds
Source: upenn.edu
Computer assisted CBT provides little or no benefits for depression: Researchers at the University of York have revealed computerized cognitive behavioral therapy is likely to be ineffective in the treatment of depression.
Source: eurekalert.org
Tangerine: IPhone movie shows Hollywood's unseen side - BBC News: Micro-budget comedy drama Tangerine, the story of two transgender prostitutes in Los Angeles, is remarkable not just because it shows a side of Hollywood rarely seen in the cinema, but because the whole film was shot using iPhones.
Source: bbc.co.uk
Prone (face-down) position for mechanical ventilation of adults with acute respiratory failure | Cochrane
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Hundreds of consultants tell Jeremy Hunt they back junior doctors' strike: Royal Free London consultants write to health secretary saying junior doctors are integral to NHS and they will support any industrial action
Source: theguardian.com
Hospices 'must take more inclusive approach to ageing Muslims': Report says rising numbers of elderly Muslims mean hospices must overcome barriers that have traditionally seen such patients shun their services
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IDF calls to action on diabetes | International Diabetes Federation
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The Lancet: UN report shows that despite substantial progress, the world fell short of the maternal mortality target in the Millennium Development Goals: New research published today in The Lancet shows that, despite reducing maternal mortality by an impressive 44 percent between 1990 and 2015, the world...
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Proof that Grampound has taste: THE rebuilt Grampound Hall hosted its first performance on October 5, 2004. On October 4 the performance of C-scape's Taste was the 200th show held in the hall over those ten years. Those 200 shows...
Source: cornishguardian.co.uk
The official statistics watchdog just tore a piece out of David Cameron: Britain's official statistics watchdog has castigated the Government over David Cameron’s citation of questionable figures purporting to show how many European Union migrants claim benefits in the UK.
Source: independent.co.uk