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I came across a fantastic article, that, at least for me, could be a game changer. It deals with clinical practice in the Amish communities of America. The Amish faith dictates they vet very carefully any innovation for stuff that could introduce perverse incentives in their lives. They prize something they call "autonomy": electricity, for example, can be bad if it powers activities that will make people drift away from the community, but it's OK for, say, lighting your workplace. 
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When healthcare is expensive, the Amish culture of autonomy and thrift may be a way to balance communal support and individual responsibility. Sara Talpos finds out more.
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If you've been to a conference in the past 12 months - you'll almost certainly have seen the slide above, or a version of it. Mentioning “disruptive innovation” adds a sprinkle of sophistication to otherwise ordinary presentations. It's a sit up and take notice slide that says: 'Better listen, or you could be history." However -…
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Along the path toward the creation of a global capitalist system, some of the most significant steps were taken by the English enclosure movement. Between the 15th and 19th centuries, the rich and the powerful fenced off commonly held land and transformed it into private property.
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When Ebola broke out in March 2014, Pardis Sabeti and her team got to work sequencing the virus's genome, learning how it mutated and spread. Sabeti immediately released her research online, so virus trackers and scientists from around the world could join in the urgent fight. In this talk, she shows how open cooperation was key to halting the virus ... and to attacking the next one to come along. "We had to work openly, we had to share and we had to work together," Sabeti says. "Let us not let the world be defined by the destruction wrought by one virus, but illuminated by billions of hearts and minds working in unity."
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As technology and social networks progressively offer to connect us, an apparently related increase in loneliness is being treated as a public health issue.
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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); In one of the great tragedies of our age, indigenous traditions, stories, cultures and knowledge are winking out across the world. Whole languages…
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Top image: Irene Aguilar, the chief architect of ColoradoCare. Article and Aguilar image cross-posted from YES! Magazine.
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From glow in the dark pill bottles to waterproof shower shields, front line nurses are full of creative ideas to improve patient care. Now they can...
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Guest speaker - Michael Seid Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Director, Health Outcomes and Quality of Care ...
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Jonathan R. Latham, PhD By training, I am a plant biologist. In the early 1990s I was busy making genetically modified plants (often called GMOs for
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20 July 2015 Helliniko A very important update has come to us from Belgium: MCCH and its volunteers have worked hard using every outlet available to increase awareness about the situation of the G...
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If trauma and the subsequent lack of connection sets the stage for addiction, could restoring connection be the solution?
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When you think about healthcare, the first thing that comes to mind is a doctor with a stethoscope hanging around his or her neck. The first advice you get from your friends whenever you mention your health is, ‘go to hospital’ or ‘go see a doctor’.
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Scientists are working on ways to use the technology to help patients deal with PTSD, pain-- even deal their mommy issues.
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March 16, 2016 5:36 AM
This article was quite interesting as health care is a great interest of mine. The idea of 'virtual reality therapy' is sure to provoke controversy, however if it is successful then it could dramatically change our society and help those with mental health problems. I am always concerned about my own and others people's health so I know issues and ideas like these will still be an interest of mine in the future.
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John Wilbanks joins the show to talk about the benefits of free-flowing data and the power of the individual
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Jamie Love has spent years battling global drug companies, unshakable in his belief that even the world’s poorest people should have access to life-saving medicines. Is it time that our own government listened to him? | Sarah Boseley
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The OpenSurgery initiative investigates whether building DIY surgical robots, outside the scope of healthcare regulations, could plausibly provide an accessible alternative to the costly professional healthcare services worldwide. The project aims to provoke alternative thinking about medical innovation by challenging the socioeconomic frameworks healthcare currently operates within.
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The clever researchers at the University of Queensland (UQ) Robotics Club have created a functioning prosthetic forearm, intended to advance open-source knowledge around 3D prosthetic limbs. The breakthrough development is a big step towards functional and affordable prosthetic arms, where currently only expensive cosmetic arms are available. Project manager and UQ Business student Lex Van …
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A doctor in the Gaza Strip who was faced with the fallout of an eight-year blockade in the territory has taken matters into his own hands and created a low-cost stethoscope with a 3D printer.
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To outlive the hype that comes with being Silicon Valley’s latest trend, and actually improve care for patients and consumers, health tech will require more..
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JAMA Pediatrics | Physicians deliver about half of indicated care, and patients do about half of what it takes to stay healthy, despite the best intentions and tireless efforts of both physicians and patients.
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“Smile, because your teeth weren’t made just for eating and biting”, said Man Ray, the famous American photographer. But Greeks, during the crisis, are neglecting their smiles, and dental health along with them. The scientific community asserts, based on the latest studies that dental health is a mirror to the general health of an individual. 1,400 systemic diseases give their first indications in the mouth, making good dental care a decisive factor in overall health.
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