Doctor who helped launch modern paramedic system dies at 98: As a cardiologist in Los Angeles during the 1960s, Dr. Walter S. Graf became alarmed by the number of heart attack sufferers who died while en route to hospitals.
Source: medicalxpress.com
Premier League footballers plagued by rotting teeth, UCL finds: Nearly four out of 10 professional footballers have ongoing tooth decay, while eight out of 10 have gum disease according to a study by University College London
Source: telegraph.co.uk
Two fifths of men under 45 have considered suicide: Four in 10 men aged 18 to 45 have thought about killing themselves, according to a survey conducted on behalf of mental health charity CALM
Source: telegraph.co.uk
Study: Stress at Work Is Shortening Your Life: Researchers found that unhealthy workplaces can affect mortality.
Source: theatlantic.com
Leap in Lithium-Air Battery Tech Could Supercharge Electric Cars: Lithium-air batteries can have up to 10 times more capacity than lithium-ion ones
Source: ieee.org
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
Harvard Project Aims To Put Every Court Decision Online, For Free - Slashdot
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Google Wants To Monitor Your Mental Health - Slashdot
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Investigating the Complexity of Academic Writing - Slashdot
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British Engineers Create Sonic Tractor Beam - Slashdot
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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 dangerous consequences.
Source: theatlantic.com
Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team 'frustrated' after walker refuses to help fellow mountaineer:
Volunteers had to search on Snowdon for 90 minutes after a member of the public failed to help a woman lost in the mist
Source: dailypost.co.uk
Many YouTube videos on peripheral neuropathy are not evidence-based
Source: reuters.com
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, 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 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 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
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