In the mood for twinkie? In the future, you may need a snack machine's approval. The Luce X2 Touch TV vending machine has facial-recognition technology, meaning it can, apparently, identify customers and remember their snacking profiles. ...
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The mental health conditions of most people who commit suicide remain undiagnosed, even though most visit a primary care provider or medical specialist in the year before they die. To help prevent suicides, health care providers should ...
A computerized safety checklist that automatically pulls information from patients' electronic medical records was associated with a threefold drop in rates of one serious type of hospital-acquired infection, according to a study by ...
Tags: Checklist, Threefold Drop, Hospital-Acquired Infection, LCD
By Afsaneh Gray, medwireNews Reporter A study of first-episode psychosis patients in Hong Kong has found that those with fewer negative symptoms at presentation and poor medication compliance were more likely than others to disengage from ...
Tags: Intervention, Disengagement, negative symptom, schizoaffective disorder
By Afsaneh Gray, medwireNews Reporter A study of first-episode psychosis patients in Hong Kong has found that those with fewer negative symptoms at presentation and poor medication compliance were more likely than others to disengage from ...
Tags: Intervention, Disengagement, negative symptom, schizoaffective disorder
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "EMRs and Clinical Research: Current and Potential Impact" report to their offering. In this report, ISR leverages the insights and real-world experiences investigative sites have ...
Cardiovascular comorbidities may be going under-recognized and undertreated in patients with bipolar disorder, say UK researchers. This is despite the UK having a healthcare system that is free at the point of access, they note. "This ...
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine has received a $6,000 Special Innovation Award for developing a user-friendly, self-serve clinical research database that will help physicians and scientists conduct groundbreaking ...
When it comes to treating depression in children, newer antidepressants all seem to carry about the same risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors, a new study shows. Previous studies, including a review from the U.S. Food and Drug ...
Pregnant women who have a bacterial infection that's diagnosed during hospitalization may be at greater risk of delivering a child with autism, a new study suggests. These infections -- usually of the genitals, urinary tract or amniotic ...
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The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has prosecuted a GP surgery manager for unlawfully accessing the medical records of almost 2,000 patients registered with the practice. 37-year-old Steven Tennison was employed by the College ...
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Aviva has announced significant improvements to its International Solutions private medical insurance from 1st February 2014. The improvements will provide new and existing customers with enhanced standard benefits and wider geographic ...
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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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Three prominent U.S. senators have in a federal court filing questioned the claim of the National Security Agency that its bulk collection of phone records is required for intelligence purposes. The brief argues that after extensive ...
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The vast majority (82 per cent) of NHS Trust heads are expecting additional funding from the government in order to become paperless, and over half (60 per cent) expect Whitehall to foot the entire bill. The Secretary of State for Health, ...
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