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Duke Health earns HIMSS Davies Award with innovative approach to reducing readmissions

September 21, 2018 Analytics, Decision Support, Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR), Financial/Revenue Cycle Management

The third major health system to win a HIMSS Davies Award over the past month is Durham, North Carolina-based Duke

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Employee error exposed data of 16,000 Blue Cross patients online for 3 months

September 21, 2018 Compliance & Legal, Data Warehousing, Privacy & Security

Philadelphia-based Independence Blue Cross is notifying 16,762 patients — about 1 percent of its members — that their data was

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New insights into the way the brain combines memories to solve problems

September 21, 2018 Brain Injury, Computer Programming, Computer Science, Computers and Internet, Intelligence, Memory, Neural Interfaces, Neuroscience

Humans have the ability to creatively combine their memories to solve problems and draw new insights, a process that depends

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Genomic dark matter activity connects Parkinson’s and psychiatric diseases: Expanding universe of ‘darkest of the dark matter’ RNAs in dopamine-producing cells in our brains

September 21, 2018 Brain Injury, Brain Tumor, Disorders and Syndromes, Human Biology, Nervous System, Neuroscience, Parkinson's, Parkinson's Research

Dopamine neurons are located in the midbrain, but their tendril-like axons can branch far into the higher cortical areas, influencing

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Turns Out The Way You Walk Says A Lot About Your Personality

September 21, 2018 culture, fitness, movement, personality, psychology, walk, walking

Walking is one of the few things in life that requires little to no brain power. We don’t have to

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Neutrons produce first direct 3-D maps of water during cell membrane fusion: Research could provide new insights into diseases in which normal cell fusion is disrupted

September 21, 2018 Biochemistry, Diseases and Conditions, Lung Cancer, Lymphoma, Nature of Water, Nuclear Energy, Physics, Stem Cells

New 3D maps of water distribution during cellular membrane fusion are accelerating scientific understanding of cell development, which could lead

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Puppies spread antibiotic-resistant infections to 118 people, CDC reports

September 20, 2018 antibiotic resistance, antibiotics?, health, pet store puppies, puppies

Contact with puppies at six pet store companies in 18 states led to infections that sickened more than 100 people,

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Dementia: New risk factor examined

September 20, 2018 Dementia, examined, factor, New, risk

Dementia describes a group of symptoms that include a decline in memory and cognitive abilities. There are a number of

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Sharni Layton Shares The Moment She Realised She Needed Help With Her Mental Health

September 20, 2018 Depression, Mental Health, netball, sharni layton, women in sport

While Sharni Layton is renowned as one of Australia’s most loved and decorated netball players, it’s her off-court candidness about

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Eating gluten increases risk of children getting diabetes, study finds

September 20, 2018 1, children, Diabetes, doubles, eating, finds, Getting, Gluten, pregnancy, risk, study, type

Eating lots of pasta during pregnancy doubles the risk of children getting Type 1 diabetes by the age of 16,

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