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Digital Doctoring
[image: thecreativedestructionofmedicine] Digital DoctoringThe digital revolution can spur unprecedented advances in the medical sciences, argues Eric Topol in "The Creative Destruction of Medicine." smaller By SCOTT GOTTLIEB Among the most common reasons why people come to an emergency room are bouts of heart failure or pneumonia. Sometimes they have a touch of both. When I was doing my residency 10 years ago, we often struggled to distinguish swiftly one illness from the other. We ended up treating a lot of people for both ailments, until we could sort out later which was the p... mais »
Animations
Albino Black Sheep | Animator versus animationJanuary 29, 2012 Albino Black Sheep (Alan Becker) | This animation was made using Flash (now called Adobe Flash). It’s for Windows or Mac. See part 2 here. *Related:* Albino Black Sheep Albino Black Sheep YouTube channel *Source:* Albino Black Sheep (Alan Becker) *Topics:* VR/Augmented Reality/Computer Graphics
Dsigning Out Medical Error DOME
email us | dome@domeproject.org.uk [image: home][image: overview][image: team][image: news][image: progress][image: outputs][image: links][image: contact] The ProblemAims The ProblemDOME from DOME project on Vimeo. One in ten hospital patients in the UK suffers unintended harm as a result of medical error - a key contributing factor is that clinical processes continue to evolve but the design of much ward-based equipment remains largely unchanged. Aims The Designing Out Medical Error (DOME) project aimed to better understand and map healthcare processes on surgical wards, establishi... mais »
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Live Chat: The Science of Antiaging by Jennifer Couzin-Frankel on 25 January 2012, 8:47 AM | 64 Comments See below for the chat box. Join us each Thursday at 3 p.m. EST for a live conversation with leading scientists and expert reporters. TODAY'S TOPIC What’s the key to living a long life? Is it all in the genes, or are there antiaging strategies that might make a difference? This week on*Science*Live, we’ll chat with experts on the science of aging. They’ll answer your questions on a variety of topics, including whether the human lifespan will continue to increase, what impact antiag... mais »
HealthTap ???
[image: Logo.healthtap.new]*https://www.healthtap.com/who_we_are/press* Overview Vision & Credo Our Team Investors Press Smile You've heard the buzz. Now, check out what industry experts and professional journalists have been saying. [image: Times_logo] HealthTap 'just might make you raise both eyebrows in surprise'Read... [image: Wsj] A company that is defying the oddsRead... [image: Forbes-logo] Doctors can build up reputation..and ultimately drive patients to their offline real-world practicesRead... [image: Fortune_logo]
You tube : Education
How YouTube is part of a global economic transformationFebruary 2, 2012 *[+]*[image: oecdeducation] The United States used to be the most educated society in the world. That's no longer true. (Credit: OECD) Life in this world is not like it used to be just a few decades ago, and the availability of world-class education on-demand, at almost no cost, is likely to help things change all the more as this century unfolds. YouTube now hosts more than 500,000 educational videos, on a wide variety of topics. The new mobile-friendly iTunes U also offers 500,000 educational resources and says ... mais »
Siblings Brain: Addiction
ADDICTION Siblings Brain Study Sheds Light on the Roots of Addiction By MAIA SZALAVITZ | @maiasz | February 3, 2012 | [image: Ashley Jouhar / Getty Images] ASHLEY JOUHAR / GETTY IMAGES Why do some people get addicted while others remain immune to the lure of drugs? Neuroscientists have been studying this question for years, asking whether the difference arises from particular variations in brain structure. But until now the research has not been clear on whether the brain changes seen in addiction are a cause or the result of excessive drug use. A new study of siblings published Thur... mais »
Precision Medicine ?
Perspective Preparing for Precision Medicine Reza Mirnezami, M.R.C.S., Jeremy Nicholson, Ph.D., and Ara Darzi, M.D. January 18, 2012 (10.1056/NEJMp1114866) ArticleReferences Ms. H. is a 35-year-old woman from Japan who has had a cough for 3 weeks. Her physician sends her for an x-ray and CT scan that reveal an advanced lesion, which a biopsy confirms to be non–small-cell lung cancer. She has never smoked. Can anything be done for her? Had Ms. H.'s cancer been diagnosed before 2004, her oncologist might have offered her a treatment to which about 10% of patients have a response, with t... mais »
Memory Loss from Dementia
Questions Help Tell Memory Loss from Dementia By Nancy Walsh, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Published: February 02, 2012 Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. Action Points - Researchers found that a simple questionnaire can help differentiate individuals experiencing normal age-related memory loss from those likely to be developing dementia. - Note that those who often repeated questions, statements, and stories on the same day also were at very high risk for the development of amnestic mild ... mais »
Spread of Alzheimer’s
Path Is Found for the Spread of Alzheimer’s Chang W. Lee/The New York Times From left, Li Liu, Scott A. Small and Karen Duff examining a mouse brain. Dr. Small and Dr. Duff used mice to study Alzheimer's. By GINA KOLATAPublished: February 1, 2012 Alzheimer’s disease seems to spread like an infection from brain cell to brain cell, two new studies in mice have found. But instead of viruses or bacteria, what is being spread is a distorted protein known as tau. Multimedia Graphic In Alzheimer’s, a Tangled Protein Related - Health Guide: Alzheimer's Disease The surprising finding ans... mais »
A felicidade, por Clarice Lispector.
“Seja o que você quer ser, porque você possui apenas uma vida e nela só se tem uma chance de fazer aquilo que quer. Tenha felicidade bastante para fazê-la doce. Dificuldades para fazê-la forte. Tristeza para fazê-la humana. E esperança suficiente para fazê-la feliz. As pessoas mais felizes não têm as melhores coisas. Elas sabem fazer o melhor das oportunidades que aparecem em seus caminhos. A felicidade aparece para aqueles que choram. Para aqueles que se machucam. Para aqueles que buscam e tentam sempre. E para aqueles que reconhecem a importância das pessoas que passam por suas vidas... mais »
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*200TH ANNIVERSARY ARTICLE* *The Perpetual Challenge of Infectious Diseases* Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., and David M. Morens, M.D. N Engl J Med 2012; 366:454-461February 2, 2012 Interactive Timeline The Perpetual Challenge of Infectious Diseases. Among the many challenges to health, infectious diseases stand out for their ability to have a profound impact on the human species. Great pandemics and local epidemics alike have influenced the course of wars, determined the fates of nations and empires, and affected the progress of civilization, making infections compelling actors in the drama... mais »
sustainable development
RESILIENT PEOPLE RESILIENT PLANET A F u t u r e Wo r t h C h o o s i n g Report The High-level Panel on Global Sustainability presents its report to the Secretary-General on 30 January 2012 in Addis Ababa. The 22-member Panel, established by the Secretary-General in August 2010 to formulate a new blueprint for sustainable development and low-carbon prosperity, was co-chaired by Finnish President Tarja Halonen and South African President Jacob Zuma. The Panel's final report, *"Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing"*, contains 56 recommendations to put sus... mais »
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