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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

A report into NHS staffing levels has been delayed after talks with Westminster: The health watchdog NICE ditched plans

A report into NHS staffing levels has been delayed after talks with Westminster: The health watchdog NICE ditched plans to make public its research on safe nurse staffing levels minutes after an email exchange between the organisation’s chief executive and Jeremy Hunt’s office, it has emerged. Experts...
Source: independent.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

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

Fallacious electrocardiographic interpretation in acute myocardial infarction Rajiv Ananthakrishna. Prasanna Y Katti. Manjunath

Fallacious electrocardiographic interpretation in acute myocardial infarction Rajiv Ananthakrishna. Prasanna Y Katti. Manjunath C Nanjappa. BMJ Case Reports.
Source: bmj.com

F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2013: A new report shows that adult obesity rates hold steady in America,

F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2013: A new report shows that adult obesity rates hold steady in America, but remain high. See the key findings and stats in your area.
Source: rwjf.org

Australians' experiences with access to health care in 2013–14. "Nearly 10% ... avoided seeing a GP due to cost" in some

Australians' experiences with access to health care in 2013–14. "Nearly 10% ... avoided seeing a GP due to cost" in some parts of Australia. (Sample sizes are not quoted in the release but, from another report, it looks like the original survey was of 36,000 Australians aged 15 and over.) The...
Source: myhealthycommunities.gov.au

Applying Quality Improvement into Systems-based Learning to Improve Diabetes Outcomes in Primary Care Kathleen Moreo. Tamar

Applying Quality Improvement into Systems-based Learning to Improve Diabetes Outcomes in Primary Care Kathleen Moreo. Tamar Sapir. Laurence Greene. BMJ Quality Improvement Reports.
Source: bmj.com

Open peer review could result in better quality of peer review: Whether or not a research article has been peer reviewed

Open peer review could result in better quality of peer review: Whether or not a research article has been peer reviewed openly can seemingly make a difference to the quality of the peer review, according to research carried out by BioMed Central's Research Integrity Group and Frank Dudbridge from the...
Source: medicalxpress.com

Facebook Takes a Step Into Education Software reports the New York Times.

Facebook Takes a Step Into Education Software reports the New York Times.
Source: nytimes.com

Completely paralyzed man voluntarily moves his legs, UCLA scientists report | KurzweilAI

Completely paralyzed man voluntarily moves his legs, UCLA scientists report | KurzweilAI
Source: kurzweilai.net