Moving toward a gold standard in patient handoff protocols
You're in the hospital under around-the-clock care for whatever it is that ails you. During any 24-hour period, your physicians and nursing staff will change...
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Could a cannabinoid pill treat concussion?
Credit: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine The goal of finding a treatment for concussion may be one step closer due to a new...
New discovery could help oral medicines work better
MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (11/01/16) -- A team of researchers from the University of Minnesota and The Dow Chemical Company have discovered a new method for customizing...
Toronto Climathon results in surprising solutions to transport emissions
Credit: @wonrobot / Twitter During the Toronto Climathon, a 24-hour marathon session in downtown Toronto, students, entrepreneurs, big thinkers, technical experts and app developers from...
NREL researchers discover how a bacterium, Clostridium thermocellum, utilizes both CO2 and cellulose
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) made the surprise discovery that a metabolic pathway to take up CO2 exists...
Creating a slippery slope on the surface of medical implants
(Boston)--Implanted medical devices such as left ventricular-assist devices for patients with heart failure or other support systems for patients with respiratory, liver or other end...
Scientists prove how genetics change behavior by studying worms’ foraging strategies
Credit: Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior at The Rockefeller University/Nature "Organisms pay attention to what other members of their species are doing," says Cori...
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