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Re-inventing the syringe
“Reuse of syringes, all too common in under-funded clinics, kills 1.3 million each year. Marc Koska clues us in to this devastating global problem with facts, photos and hidden-camera footage. He shares his solution: a low-cost syringe that ca...
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-18
Dietary modifications to prevent kidney stones http://j.mp/tfpzk # Elevated pre-op BNP is a predictor of cardiovascular events in first 30 days after non-cardiac surgery http://bit.ly/NxTjr # McDonald's has online math program for kids in Austra...
Building a brain in a supercomputer
“Henry Markram says the mysteries of the mind can be solved — soon. Mental illness, memory, perception: they’re made of neurons and electric signals, and he plans to find them with a supercomputer that models all the brain’s 1...
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-11
Smoke-free legislation reduces rate of heart attack, and these benefits grow with time http://bit.ly/RRUNI # Can air pollution cause appendicitis? http://bit.ly/3oUp4P Possibly!! # There is insufficient evidence to support evaluating risk of heart di...
Teen pregnancy rates and religion
I am not drawing any conclusions but interesting data nevertheless: Sources: The Examiner: High teen pregnancy rates/conservative religious states: New study results indicate correlation Links to Data on Swivel: Importance of Religion in One’...
The Power of Ohm!!
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