On 1 November 2016 the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) will celebrate its 50th anniversary, five decades after the U.S. Surgeon General announced the establishment of the Division of Environmental Health Sciences at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Today, from its home in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, the NIEHS funds more than $750 million in resear...

A major US study of a newly approved antiobesity drug that was designed to measure adverse cardiovascular effects has been stopped by its steering committee after the manufacturer revealed first quarter data in a patent application. After the release by the manufacturers, Steven Nissen of the Cleveland Clinic, lead investigator in the Light trial, which compared the antiobesity drug Contrave (a...

While the remote collaboration services at CERN slowly aggregate around the Indico event management software, its new version which is the result of a careful maturation process includes improvements which will set a new reference in its domain. The presentation will focus on the description of the new features of the tool, the user feedback process which resulted in a new record of usability. ...

It is said that “necessity the mother of invention,” and for all its disruption, COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted innovation, problem-solving creativeness in spheres our professional personal lives. Innovation continuing development (CPD) ophthalmology was no exception; indeed, emergence a global novel virus only increased urgency timely relevant CPD. The travel restrictions strict health safe...

High-throughput experimentation (HTE) can be a powerful tool in chemical research, and the large datasets it generates could play role applying machine-learning methods to predictions. But high-throughput sometimes viewed as inaccessible academic chemist. This Voices, conjunction with our recent panel (https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/16651/499811), asks: what are myths associated experimenta...

In December, I saw a patient who had been concussed after hitting his head while falling off the back of a treadmill; he’d been reading the book Wikinomics: how mass collaboration changes everything. He brought the book to the appointment while still symptomatic. Not surprisingly, he forgot it in my office; in the spirit of Dr House I snitched it for the week. What is the core of wikinomics? An...

While public mental health issues have traditionally been followed also by supra-national or international organizations like WHO and EC, specific professional aspects of mental health care and disease management were so far regarded as locally specific matters, almost exclusively in the competence of local governments. Health care has been often politically directed from lower than national le...

Recent developments, from the mass release of sensitive diplomatic cables by Wikileaks to the social media–fueled revolutions and protests currently gripping the Middle East and North Africa, have underscored the increasingly vital role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in geopolitical affairs. Further, a wealth of recent research demonstrates the growing importance of digita...

Objectives: The purpose of the study was to evaluate a live and online training program for first year pharmacy students in implementing Continuing Professional Development (CPD) principles (Reflect, Plan, Act, and Evaluate), writing SMART learning objectives, and documenting learning activities prior to and during a hospital introductory professional practice experience. Design: Cohort Study. ...

Anti-Virus is, it seems, an ex-parrot. We've seen so many announcements of the death of anti-virus we've taken to carrying black ties around with us, ready for the next one. This paper probably won't have much impact on the ludicrously funereal tone of some commentary, but will take an informed look at the reasons most often given for the imminent demise of the AV industry and in the hope of ac...