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Aligning an undergraduate psychological medicine subject with the mental health needs of the local region: The James Cook

Aligning an undergraduate psychological medicine subject with the mental health needs of the local region: The James Cook University (JCU) medical school recently revised its Year 2 human development and behaviour module to be more relevant and practical for students, and more aligned with the mental...
Source: biomedcentral.com

Soft Robotic Exosuit Can Help Stroke Patients: Improvements seen within minutes of powering up the device. "Walsh and his

Soft Robotic Exosuit Can Help Stroke Patients: Improvements seen within minutes of powering up the device. "Walsh and his colleagues sought to develop a flexible lightweight wearable robot to support a weakened leg's residual ability to move. “By providing a small amount of assistance, our soft exosuit...
Source: ieee.org

Digital autopsies should be standard for probable natural deaths, says study: CT scanning techniques should be used instead

Digital autopsies should be standard for probable natural deaths, says study: CT scanning techniques should be used instead of invasive autopsies in cases of probable natural death- and should be offered free of charge, say researchers
Source: theguardian.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

Study: White deaths exceeded births in one-third of states: More white deaths than births were reported in 17 US states,

Study: White deaths exceeded births in one-third of states: More white deaths than births were reported in 17 US states, more than in any time in history, compared to only four in 2004. More than 121 million people -- roughly 38 percent of the total US population -- reside in the 17 states with white...
Source: eurekalert.org

Snowballs on the shore - BBC News: A beach in Siberia has been transformed by naturally occurring giant snowballs.

Snowballs on the shore - BBC News: A beach in Siberia has been transformed by naturally occurring giant snowballs.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Document Moved

Document Moved
Source: sciencebasedmedicine.org

What's 'Healthy'? What's 'Natural'?: Consumers, food companies, and lawyers are curious.

What's 'Healthy'? What's 'Natural'?: Consumers, food companies, and lawyers are curious.
Source: theatlantic.com

Just finished reading 'not exactly: in praise of vagueness' by Kees Van Deemter. Fantastic concepts and well explained but

Just finished reading 'not exactly: in praise of vagueness' by Kees Van Deemter. Fantastic concepts and well explained but I found it really hard going. He seemed to want to dive in to all the logic, theoretical background, and notation of the topic but then it would have felt more like a textbook. ...
Source: amazon.co.uk

3D Printed Bone Replacements Made Using Natural Bone and Plastic |: At Johns Hopkins University researchers have created

3D Printed Bone Replacements Made Using Natural Bone and Plastic |: At Johns Hopkins University researchers have created a recipe for making material that can be used to 3D print new bones. Unlike most previous attempts at
Source: medgadget.com

Pickering leaky dams flood prevention scheme 'a success' - BBC News: A natural flood management scheme saved the North Yorkshire

Pickering leaky dams flood prevention scheme 'a success' - BBC News: A natural flood management scheme saved the North Yorkshire town of Pickering from floods at Christmas, a report says.
Source: bbc.com

New Surgical Robot with Haptic Feedback Fits Entirely Inside Body During Operation |: Engineers at the Hong Kong Polytechnic

New Surgical Robot with Haptic Feedback Fits Entirely Inside Body During Operation |: Engineers at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University have developed a miniaturized robot for single incision and natural orifice surgeries. The device feature
Source: medgadget.com

Not natural, not safe: Grapefruit Seed Extract. Science based medicine debunking the latest 'natural' wonder.

Not natural, not safe: Grapefruit Seed Extract. Science based medicine debunking the latest 'natural' wonder.
Source: sciencebasedmedicine.org

Top strategic predictions for 2016 and beyond: the future is a digital thing. The one that caught my attention was: "By

Top strategic predictions for 2016 and beyond: the future is a digital thing. The one that caught my attention was: "By 2018, 20% of all business content will be authored by machines. ... Technologies with the ability to proactively assemble and deliver information through automated composition...
Source: gartner.com

Evolution seems to have occurred a million times faster than natural selection alone could explain. Could nature be using

Evolution seems to have occurred a million times faster than natural selection alone could explain. Could nature be using some hidden process? Just read Probably Approximately Correct by Leslie Valiant (a computational theorist). It explores a special class of algorithms which he calls 'ecorthims' that...
Source: amazon.co.uk

Anti-VEGF Pharmacotherapy as an Alternative to Panretinal Laser Photocoagulation for Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy:

Anti-VEGF Pharmacotherapy as an Alternative to Panretinal Laser Photocoagulation for Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy: From 1976 to 1981, the results of the Diabetic Retinopathy Study identified that panretinal laser photocoagulation (PRP) for high-risk proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) reduced...
Source: jamanetwork.com

Gene therapy staves off blindness from retinitis pigmentosa in canine model: Gene therapy preserved vision in a study involving

Gene therapy staves off blindness from retinitis pigmentosa in canine model: Gene therapy preserved vision in a study involving dogs with naturally occurring, late-stage retinitis pigmentosa, according to research funded by the National Eye Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health. The findings...
Source: eurekalert.org

Utility-scale solar costs down by half in last five years alone: "PV compares favorably to just the fuel costs of natural

Utility-scale solar costs down by half in last five years alone: "PV compares favorably to just the fuel costs of natural gas-fired generation."
Source: arstechnica.com

Researchers design 'biological flashlight' using light-producing ability of shrimp: Using the natural light-producing ability

Researchers design 'biological flashlight' using light-producing ability of shrimp: Using the natural light-producing ability of deep-sea shrimp, a UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher and a team of scientists developed a new imaging tool to help cancer researchers better track tumor...
Source: medicalxpress.com

Don't believe the headlines, as a doctor my job isn't to deny care to those with suspected cancer: A day doesn't seem to

Don't believe the headlines, as a doctor my job isn't to deny care to those with suspected cancer: A day doesn't seem to go by without a little “GP bashing”. Lazy, workshy, money grabbing, I've heard it all. Naturally I'd refute that. Over breakfast this morning I was greeted with the headline:...
Source: independent.co.uk