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Study: Stress at Work Is Shortening Your Life: Researchers found that unhealthy workplaces can affect mortality.

Study: Stress at Work Is Shortening Your Life: Researchers found that unhealthy workplaces can affect mortality.
Source: theatlantic.com

EU doctor suspended from practising medicine in the UK for "poor English test" - Hospital Dr

EU doctor suspended from practising medicine in the UK for "poor English test" - Hospital Dr
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk

‘It was the scariest thing I've ever done’: the Irish women forced to travel for abortions: Every year, thousands of

‘It was the scariest thing I've ever done’: the Irish women forced to travel for abortions: Every year, thousands of women come from Ireland to England for abortions – illegal at home, and punishable in Northern Ireland by life imprisonment. These are their stories
Source: theguardian.com

BMJ launches online publishing portal in Mandarin Chinese: BMJ --- one of the world's leading healthcare knowledge providers

BMJ launches online publishing portal in Mandarin Chinese: BMJ --- one of the world's leading healthcare knowledge providers -- has launched an online publishing portal in China that brings together information and resources to support doctors, researchers and clinicians.
Source: eurekalert.org

Investigating the Complexity of Academic Writing - Slashdot

Investigating the Complexity of Academic Writing - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

British Engineers Create Sonic Tractor Beam - Slashdot

British Engineers Create Sonic Tractor Beam - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

Improving access to clinical guidance: redevelopment of a junior doctor intranet page Graham Walkden. Sinead Millwood. Andrew

Improving access to clinical guidance: redevelopment of a junior doctor intranet page Graham Walkden. Sinead Millwood. Andrew Cavanagh. BMJ Quality Improvement Reports.
Source: bmj.com

Controlling Augmented Reality in the Operating Room: A Surgeon's Perspective |: It is only a matter of time before augmented

Controlling Augmented Reality in the Operating Room: A Surgeon's Perspective |: It is only a matter of time before augmented reality becomes a critical and useful tool in the operating room.  Surgeons will eventually be able to use hol
Source: medgadget.com

When Diabetes Leads to an Eating Disorder: People with “diabulimia” manipulate their insulin to lose weight, often with

When Diabetes Leads to an Eating Disorder: People with “diabulimia” manipulate their insulin to lose weight, often with dangerous consequences.
Source: theatlantic.com

We're on the cusp of a revolution that will change the world as much as computers did

We're on the cusp of a revolution that will change the world as much as computers did
Source: techinsider.io

Seeking Rational Approaches to Fixing Hospital Readmissions: Spurred by federal policy makers, US hospitals have made substantial

Seeking Rational Approaches to Fixing Hospital Readmissions: Spurred by federal policy makers, US hospitals have made substantial efforts to address the problem of high rates of patients being readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge. Underlying this policy focus is a straightforward idea:...
Source: jamanetwork.com

UV Angel Automatic UV Disinfection Device for Medical Monitors, Phones, Desktops |: UV Partners, a company based in Livonia,

UV Angel Automatic UV Disinfection Device for Medical Monitors, Phones, Desktops |: UV Partners, a company based in Livonia, Michigan, is releasing an interesting ultraviolet disinfection device for use around clinical environments. UV dis
Source: medgadget.com

Support, not two in cockpit, key to reducing pilot suicide risk, experts say: Seven months after a pilot apparently crashed

Support, not two in cockpit, key to reducing pilot suicide risk, experts say: Seven months after a pilot apparently crashed an airliner into a mountainside, killing himself and 149 other people, experts said better support for pilots with mental health disorders would do more to reduce the risk of pilot...
Source: reuters.com

Canada court orders tobacco companies to set aside almost C$1 billion: A Canadian appeal court on Tuesday ordered two major

Canada court orders tobacco companies to set aside almost C$1 billion: A Canadian appeal court on Tuesday ordered two major tobacco companies to set aside a combined C$984 million ($742 million) while they challenge billions of dollars in damages awarded to smokers in the province of Quebec.
Source: reuters.com

UK opposition to farming emissions cuts 'could cost thousands of lives': Campaigners condemn UK moves to vote down legally

UK opposition to farming emissions cuts 'could cost thousands of lives': Campaigners condemn UK moves to vote down legally binding EU curbs on agricultural emissions, warning they could cause 3,000 more deaths a year
Source: theguardian.com

IBM and Carneggie Mellon Releasing NavCog App for Blind People |: Example of a Bluetooth beacon attached to an 'exit' sign.

IBM and Carneggie Mellon Releasing NavCog App for Blind People |: Example of a Bluetooth beacon attached to an 'exit' sign. A collaboration between IBM Research and Carnegie Mellon University has unveiled an open developm
Source: medgadget.com

UK finds isolated case of anthrax in a cow in southwest England: The first case in Britain of anthrax in livestock for nearly

UK finds isolated case of anthrax in a cow in southwest England: The first case in Britain of anthrax in livestock for nearly 10 years has been confirmed by health authorities in Wiltshire, southwest England, where a cow died of the disease last week.
Source: reuters.com

'I think my colleague is an alcoholic. What should I do?': Louisa Symington-Mills helps a reader who's concerned about the

'I think my colleague is an alcoholic. What should I do?': Louisa Symington-Mills helps a reader who's concerned about the amount of alcohol her co-worker drinks. Email your own work-related worries to work.advice@telegraph.co.uk
Source: telegraph.co.uk

(2015). Mindlines in a digital age. Education for Primary Care: Vol. 26, No. 5, pp. 293-296. doi: 10.1080/14739879.2015.1079010

(2015). Mindlines in a digital age. Education for Primary Care: Vol. 26, No. 5, pp. 293-296. doi: 10.1080/14739879.2015.1079010 Anne Marie Cunningham. Alan Shirley. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14739879.2015.1079010.
Source: tandfonline.com

Mobile phones: Data roaming charges will be abolished - BBC News: Extra costs of using a mobile phone in countries across

Mobile phones: Data roaming charges will be abolished - BBC News: Extra costs of using a mobile phone in countries across the EU are to be scrapped, MEPs have agreed, after years of negotiations.
Source: bbc.co.uk