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Ultrafine dust leading to 4.2 million premature deaths every year, 60% of them from heart attacks and strokes

August 24, 2018August 24, 2018 Air Pollution, heart, Heart Disease, Lung Disease, PM2.5, Polluted air, Stroke, ultrafine dust, World Health Organisation

Outdoor air pollution leads to 4.2 million premature deaths worldwide each year, with close to 60% of the deaths from

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Russia Tried To Hack The Vaccine Debate By Deliberately Planting Fake Tweets, New Report States

August 24, 2018 @GN, @GN1189533090, health, Internet Research agency, Russian trolls, Vaccines

Russian trolls tried to hack the debate between pro and anti-vaxxers via bot accounts on Twitter, says a new study

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The spotlight of attention is more like a strobe light

August 24, 2018 Behavioral Science, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Endangered Animals, Learning Disorders, Monkeys, Nature, Perception, psychology

You don’t focus as well as you think you do. That’s the fundamental finding of a team of researchers from

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Friends who are former smokers are key to helping people with serious mental illness quit

August 24, 2018 Are, Former, friends, helping, illness, key, Mental, people, quit, serious, smokers, to, Who, with

People with serious mental illness (SMI) have a reduced life expectancy of up to 25 years compared to the general

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Blood vessels instruct brain development: Neurovascular communication in the brain

August 24, 2018 Brain Injury, Brain Tumor, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Intelligence, Nervous System, Neuroscience, Psychology Research, Stem Cells

Function and homeostasis of the brain relies on communication between the complex network of cells, which compose this organ. Consequently,

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Healthcare is ready to invest in blockchain as new business cases emerge

August 23, 2018 Analytics, Financial/Revenue Cycle Management, Interoperability

Healthcare organizations' understanding and appreciation of blockchain has evolved over the past years and more and more health systems are

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Two thirds of NHS hospital trusts have unsafe bed occupancy levels

August 23, 2018 bed, hospital, levels, NHS, occupancy, thirds, trusts, two, Unsafe

Two thirds of NHS hospital trusts have unsafe bed occupancy levels Two thirds of NHS hospital trusts had unsafe bed

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Landslides triggered by human activity on the rise

August 23, 2018 Accident and Trauma, Health Policy, Human Biology, Medical Topics, Pneumonia, Public Health Education, Today's Healthcare, Workplace Health

More than 50,000 people were killed by landslides around the world between 2004 and 2016, according to a new study

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Two methods for measuring children’s exposure to radio frequencies are compared

August 23, 2018 Child Development, Child Psychology, Children's Health, Infant's Health, Medical Technology, Physics, Tinnitus, Vitamin D, Weapons Technology

A study has quantified emissions coming from radio frequency sources, and by means of personal and spot measurements has analysed

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Breastfeeding may help protect mothers against stroke

August 23, 2018 breastfeeding, Caregiving, Gender Difference, Heart Disease, Menopause, Racial Issues, Stroke, Stroke Prevention

Breastfeeding is not only good for babies, there is growing evidence it may also reduce the risk for stroke in

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