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Linking primary schools and care homes with letter writing pen pals. A great initiative that helps language skills and creative

Linking primary schools and care homes with letter writing pen pals. A great initiative that helps language skills and creative writing for children whilst also enabling otherwise isolated elders share memories and make new friends. I heard this story first on the radio with great examples of the types...
Source: bbc.co.uk

Smartphone Heart Monitor Beats Doctors at Diagnosing Atrial Fibrillation: The Kardia heart monitor from AliveCor did almost

Smartphone Heart Monitor Beats Doctors at Diagnosing Atrial Fibrillation: The Kardia heart monitor from AliveCor did almost 4 times better than doctors providing standard care
Source: ieee.org

The Movie “Cholesterol: The Great Bluff” Is an Exercise in Denialism: The movie “Cholesterol: The Great Bluff” claims

The Movie “Cholesterol: The Great Bluff” Is an Exercise in Denialism: The movie “Cholesterol: The Great Bluff” claims that we have been lied to: cholesterol doesn’t cause heart disease and statins are harmful. It is biased and misleading. The peopl…
Source: sciencebasedmedicine.org

Why RSS Still Beats Facebook and Twitter for Tracking News: You’d be forgiven for thinking RSS died off with the passing

Why RSS Still Beats Facebook and Twitter for Tracking News: You’d be forgiven for thinking RSS died off with the passing of Google Reader, but our old friend Really Simple Syndication (or Rich Site Summary) still has a role to play on the web of 2017. It’s faster, more efficient, and you won’t...
Source: gizmodo.com

Treatment for hypertension in adults aged 18 to 59 years | Cochrane "Antihypertensive drugs used to treat predominantly

Treatment for hypertension in adults aged 18 to 59 years | Cochrane "Antihypertensive drugs used to treat predominantly healthy adults aged 18 to 59 years with mild to moderate primary hypertension have a small absolute effect to reduce cardiovascular mortality and morbidity primarily due to reduction...
Source: cochrane.org

GPs in England 'unconfident' discussing physical activity with patients – report: Less than two-thirds of doctors feel

GPs in England 'unconfident' discussing physical activity with patients – report: Less than two-thirds of doctors feel confident discussing activity levels and almost a third have never heard of national guidelines. "The majority of doctors in England are unfamiliar with recommended levels of physical...
Source: theguardian.com

Sudden Death Rates Drop in Trial Participants with Heart Failure: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD,

Sudden Death Rates Drop in Trial Participants with Heart Failure: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, DFASAM Rates of sudden death in patients with heart failure declined significantly over the past two decades, finds a study in the New England...
Source: jwatch.org

Genetic evidence suggests the Canaanites weren’t destroyed after all. Analysis of ancient DNA reveals that the Biblical

Genetic evidence suggests the Canaanites weren’t destroyed after all. Analysis of ancient DNA reveals that the Biblical account isn’t the whole story. "The Canaanites are famous as the bad guys of the Book of Joshua in the Tanakh, or the Hebrew Bible. First, God orders the Hebrews to destroy the...
Source: arstechnica.com

"New Software Diagnoses Cardiac Arrhythmias from ECGs Better Than Cardiologists |: Stanford researchers claim to have developed

"New Software Diagnoses Cardiac Arrhythmias from ECGs Better Than Cardiologists |: Stanford researchers claim to have developed an algorithm that "exceeds the performance of board certified cardiologists in detecting a wide range of heart arrhythmias from electrocardiograms [ECG] recorded with a single-lead...
Source: medgadget.com

Coconut oil 'as unhealthy as beef fat and butter' - BBC News: It is packed with saturated fat which can raise "bad" cholesterol

Coconut oil 'as unhealthy as beef fat and butter' - BBC News: It is packed with saturated fat which can raise "bad" cholesterol and pose a heart risk, say US experts.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Long term gluten consumption in adults without celiac disease and risk of coronary heart disease: prospective cohort study:

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

'7lbs in 7 days' retreat at Juicy Oasis Feb 20-27th 2016. Blog about the retreat. Just returned from a week at Juicy Oasis

'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...
Source: google.com

Opinion paper summarising evidence published in JACC by a group of physicians reporting on food trends and heart health.

Opinion paper summarising evidence published in JACC by a group of physicians reporting on food trends and heart health. "Green leafy vegetables, blueberries, and plant proteins rise to the top of the physicians' recommendations for frequent food intake; coconut oil, palm oil, and antioxidant supplements...
Source: onlinejacc.org

CardioInsight ECG Vest for Non-Invasive, Precise Heart Maps |: Medtronic landed FDA clearance for its CardioInsight 3D cardiac

CardioInsight ECG Vest for Non-Invasive, Precise Heart Maps |: Medtronic landed FDA clearance for its CardioInsight 3D cardiac mapping system that's used to locate sources of arrhythmias. The system consists of an ECG
Source: medgadget.com

IBM working on robot to take care of the elderly : Technology major IBM is developing a robot based on SoftBank's Pepper

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...
Source: inshorts.com

Scientists Have Opened the Door to Biological Pacemaker Therapy |: Throughout life each heart beat is regulated primarily

Scientists Have Opened the Door to Biological Pacemaker Therapy |: Throughout life each heart beat is regulated primarily by a specialized tissue called the sinoatrial node. Unfortunately, this natural pacemaker’s ability
Source: medgadget.com

Deep Learning Reinvents the Hearing Aid: Finally, wearers of hearing aids can pick out a voice in a crowded room

Deep Learning Reinvents the Hearing Aid: Finally, wearers of hearing aids can pick out a voice in a crowded room
Source: ieee.org

How to Record High Quality Audio for E-Learning: We all recognize the sound of poor quality audio when we hear it. Whether

How to Record High Quality Audio for E-Learning: We all recognize the sound of poor quality audio when we hear it. Whether it’s unwanted static, an echo, or ambient room noise, bad audio can distract your learners from the content in your e-learning course and prevent them from clearly receiving your...
Source: elearninguncovered.com

Ultrathin Stick-On Device Measures, Displays Blood Oxygen Concentration |: Fitness trackers are exceptionally popular nowadays

Ultrathin Stick-On Device Measures, Displays Blood Oxygen Concentration |: Fitness trackers are exceptionally popular nowadays with consumers, though they're still pretty basic in their abilities. Even the more capable heart rate
Source: medgadget.com

Cory's shearwater - heard these birds with a weird call in La Gomera.

Cory's shearwater - heard these birds with a weird call in La Gomera.
Source: wikipedia.org