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
NHS workers from abroad: 'I don't think people here appreciate what they have': One in four doctors in the UK is now non-British,
NHS workers from abroad: 'I don't think people here appreciate what they have': One in four doctors in the UK is now non-British, and there are thousands more foreign-trained nurses. Do they feel welcome? And how does healthcare in Ghana or the Philippines compare?
Source: theguardian.com
Soft Robotic Finger Based on Shape Memory Alloys for Future Prosthetic Hands | Medgadget: At Florida Atlantic University
Soft Robotic Finger Based on Shape Memory Alloys for Future Prosthetic Hands | Medgadget: At Florida Atlantic University (FAU) engineers are developing new technology to activate the movement of robotic fingers that may boost the capabilities of
Source: medgadget.com
California to enact comprehensive medical marijuana regulations: California Governor Jerry Brown on Friday signed into law
California to enact comprehensive medical marijuana regulations: California Governor Jerry Brown on Friday signed into law the state's first comprehensive regulations of medical marijuana, two decades after legalization fueled a wild west of disparate local rules, a gray market in cultivation and concerns...
Source: reuters.com
Another child with cancer endangered by alternative medicine: Yesterday, I wrote about the winner of the Nobel Prize in
Another child with cancer endangered by alternative medicine: Yesterday, I wrote about the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Youyou Tu, who, after screening 2,000 herbal treatments from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for anti-malaria activity, finally discovered Artemisinin. She...
Source: scienceblogs.com
Don't Panic - End Poverty
Video "Hans Rosling asks: Has the UN gone mad? The United Nations just announced their boldest goal ever: To eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, already by 2030. Looking at the realities of extremely poor people the goal seems impossible. The rains didn’t fall in Malawi this year....
Source: gapminder.org
The VW scandal exposes the high tech control of engine emissions: Computers control much of an engine's performance these
The VW scandal exposes the high tech control of engine emissions: Computers control much of an engine's performance these days. And it's surprisingly easy to tweak the software to bypass emissions controls, as done by Volkswagen.
Source: theconversation.com
Scale of NHS deficits to be revealed - BBC News: The scale of the growing financial problems in the NHS in England will
Scale of NHS deficits to be revealed - BBC News: The scale of the growing financial problems in the NHS in England will become clearer later, when the latest accounts are published.
Source: bbc.co.uk
Researchers Warn of Rare Injuries Observed with Epi-Pen Administration in Kids: By Kelly Young Edited by André Sofair,
Researchers Warn of Rare Injuries Observed with Epi-Pen Administration in Kids: By Kelly Young
Edited by André Sofair, MD, MPH, and William E. Chavey, MD, MS
Epinephrine autoinjectors have caused lacerations and embedded-needle injuries in children, although the adverse events are likely rare, according...
Source: jwatch.org
Researchers Unable To Replicate Findings of Published Economics Studies - Slashdot
Researchers Unable To Replicate Findings of Published Economics Studies - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org
U.S. cancer doctors drop pricey drugs with little or no effect: U.S. oncologists, aware that patients are paying more of
U.S. cancer doctors drop pricey drugs with little or no effect: U.S. oncologists, aware that patients are paying more of the costs of expensive cancer drugs, are increasingly declining to prescribe medicines that have scant or no effect, even as a last resort.
Source: reuters.com
Increase in Self-Harm Emergencies Noted After Bariatric Surgery: By Joe Elia Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Richard
Increase in Self-Harm Emergencies Noted After Bariatric Surgery: By Joe Elia
Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM
Patients undergoing bariatric surgery show a small but definite increase in self-harm emergencies after the procedure, researchers report in JAMA Surgery...
Source: jwatch.org
The Hunt file: doctors' dossier of patients 'put at risk' by health secretary: Medics compile list of names whose lives,
The Hunt file: doctors' dossier of patients 'put at risk' by health secretary: Medics compile list of names whose lives, they say, were put in danger because they were misled by Jeremy Hunt into thinking hospitals do not provide 24/7 care
Source: theguardian.com
Landmark High Court ruling on BRCA1 gene patent as pensioner wins legal case | smh.com.au
Landmark High Court ruling on BRCA1 gene patent as pensioner wins legal case | smh.com.au
Source: smh.com.au
Wyoming marks first known rabies fatality with death of woman, 77: Wyoming has recorded the state's first known fatality
Wyoming marks first known rabies fatality with death of woman, 77: Wyoming has recorded the state's first known fatality from rabies with the death of an elderly woman from Lander who contracted the viral disease in August after being bitten by an infected bat, state health officials said on Wednesday.
Source: reuters.com
How to spot the warning signs and prevent mass shootings: Research on the psychology of loneliness suggests we need to rethink
How to spot the warning signs and prevent mass shootings: Research on the psychology of loneliness suggests we need to rethink the mental health aspects of such crimes and empower communities
Source: newscientist.com
Laparoscopic Lavage for Perforated Diverticulitis? Probably Not.: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by David G. Fairchild,
Laparoscopic Lavage for Perforated Diverticulitis? Probably Not.: By Amy Orciari Herman
Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, FACP, FHM
Laparoscopic lavage is no better than colon resection for treating perforated diverticulitis — and might even lead to worse outcomes...
Source: jwatch.org
NHS leadership in crisis as running hospitals becomes near-impossible | Denis Campbell: Health trusts are haemorrhaging
NHS leadership in crisis as running hospitals becomes near-impossible | Denis Campbell: Health trusts are haemorrhaging chief executives under pressure to balance the books and deliver high-quality care
Source: theguardian.com
Migration rules need re-think - NHS boss - BBC News: A re-think of immigration rules which protect ballet dancers but not
Migration rules need re-think - NHS boss - BBC News: A re-think of immigration rules which protect ballet dancers but not vital foreign nurses need re-thinking, the head of the NHS in England says.
Source: bbc.co.uk
The Most Important Thing, and It’s Almost a Secret. “We live at a time of the greatest development progress among the
The Most Important Thing, and It’s Almost a Secret. “We live at a time of the greatest development progress among the global poor in the history of the world,” notes Steven Radelet, a development economist and Georgetown University professor
Source: nytimes.com
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