One way to win the predictions game is to make a lot of guesses and remember just the winners. Here at IEEE Spectrum, we play a harder game. We told you what to expect in 2013, and now we are 'fessing up to our misses, as well as bragging ...
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It's known that electric vehicles could travel longer distances before needing to charge and more renewable energy could be saved for a rainy day if lithium-sulfur batteries can just overcome a few technical hurdles. Now, a novel design for ...
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The vast majority of epilepsy patients who have brain surgery to treat the seizure disorder find it improves their mood and their ability to work and drive, a new study reveals. Meanwhile, a second study also indicates the procedure is ...
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Most Americans with dementia who live at home have numerous health, safety and supportive care needs that aren't being met, a new study shows. Any one of these issues could force people with dementia out of the home sooner than they ...
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People who take certain acid-reflux medications might have an increased risk of vitamin B-12 deficiency, according to new research. Taking proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) to ease the symptoms of excess stomach acid for more than two years ...
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Treating their sleep apnea improved middle-aged men's golf games, according to a small new study. "The degree of improvement was most substantial in the better golfers who have done a superior job of managing the technical and mechanical ...
Stryker will settle four New Jersey lawsuits related to its ABG II and Rejuvenate hip implants for an undisclosed sum. The company expects to pay significant sums of cash to resolve the lawsuits and the hundreds of other similar cases that ...
Although the Affordable Care Act has been blamed for increased health insurance premiums, little is attributed to healthcare reform, U.S. researchers say. The analysis for the Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation supporting independent ...
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Stryker will settle four New Jersey lawsuits related to its ABG II and Rejuvenate hip implants for an undisclosed sum. The company expects to pay significant sums of cash to resolve the lawsuits and the hundreds of other similar cases that ...
Nearly 1-in-100 anesthesiology residents entering primary training from 1975 to 2009 developed substance use disorder during training, U.S. researchers say. Dr. David Warner of Mayo Clinic's Department of Anesthesiology and the American ...
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Nearly 1-in-100 anesthesiology residents entering primary training from 1975 to 2009 developed substance use disorder during training, U.S. researchers say. Dr. David Warner of Mayo Clinic's Department of Anesthesiology and the American ...
Eclipse Aesthetics, LLC, makers of the popular Eclipse MicroPen™ is excited to launch its new fluid resistant vented Turbo Safety Needle. Featured on The Doctors, the new vented Turbo Safety Needle makes the Eclipse MicroPen™ ...
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Fuji Oil may consider entering into alliances with other companies in the Japanese refining and petrochemical sector, where it can benefit, a senior company official with the Japanese refiner said. "We are not able to speak about anything ...
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Rosneft Board of Directors has approved a document titled “The integrated project for the development of gas reserves (Cenomanian PK 1 and Turonian layers) of the Kharampur field.” The development of the Kharampur gas field is ...
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After 85 years, antibiotics are growing impotent. So what will medicine, agriculture and everyday life look like if we lose these drugs entirely? A few years ago, I started looking online to fill in chapters of my family history that no ...
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