Health
Philippines tests health app for remote islands
The Philippines is testing an app that will speed up delivery of health services to hundreds of remote island communities, the science department said Thursday.
Jun 18, 2015
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Health
New web tool allows public to compare quality of long-term care homes
The public can now make a more informed choice about long-term care thanks to a new online tool launched today that compares facilities across Canada based on nine indicators such as safety, quality of life and general health ...
Jun 10, 2015
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Cardiology
New model predicts readmission of congestive heart failure patients
Readmission of patients with chronic diseases is a growing problem, costing the U.S. health care system about $25 billion each year. Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas developed a predictive analytics model ...
May 14, 2015
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Health
Discovering another interoperability challenge in health information exchange
Health information exchange enables clinicians to have secure access to a patient's medical record including details on care received at other locations. But an important piece of information is typically missing from the ...
Apr 7, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How the mind processes complex spatial information
Northwestern University's David H. Uttal will discuss a program that has enhanced students' learning at a variety of levels, from basic spatial reasoning to solving complex problems involving the coordination of numerous ...
Feb 16, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Geographic information helps provide public health intelligence at mass gatherings
Infectious diseases are one of the many health issues that worry the organizers of mass gatherings, such as the Hajj and the World Cup. Geographers' tools of the trade can help event organizers to better plan, monitor and ...
Jan 5, 2015
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Health
Health advice from online forums putting people at risk
Unvalidated health information received from online forums could be placing people at risk according to recently published research from the University of Melbourne.
Dec 12, 2014
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Neuroscience
Dopamine helps with math rules as well as mood
The chemical messenger dopamine – otherwise known as the happiness hormone – is important not only for motivation and motor skills. It seems it can also help neurons with difficult cognitive tasks. Torben Ott, Simon Jacob ...
Dec 5, 2014
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Neuroscience
Virtual motion, real consequences
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich researchers have shown that virtual optical stimuli can lead to aftereffects that significantly alter our perception of self-motion. This finding has implications for safe use of emerging ...
Nov 25, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New data website helps Nigeria's campaign to achieve Millennium Development Goals
Nigeria has launched an innovative, interactive data system to track information about health care, water and education facilities as a tool to guide funding for local projects and help the nation achieve the Millennium Development ...
Nov 20, 2014
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