How Risky Is Arsenic in Baby Formula?
(MedPage Today) -- F. Perry Wilson, MD, critiques a new study in 150 seconds.
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - February 24, 2015 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

New Sore Throat Player, but There's a Catch
(MedPage Today) -- F. Perry Wilson, MD, critiques a new study in 150 seconds.
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - February 18, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Metformin and Lung Cancer? Not So Fast
(MedPage Today) -- F. Perry Wilson, MD, critiques a recent study in 150 seconds.
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - February 5, 2015 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Hard Drinking in Middle Age Linked to Stroke
(MedPage Today) -- F. Perry Wilson, MD, critiques an interesting new study in 150 seconds.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - January 30, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Effects of policies designed to keep firearms from high-risk individuals - Webster DW, Wintemute GJ.
This article summarizes and critiques available evidence from studies published between 1999 and August 2014 on the effects of policies designed to keep firearms from high-risk individuals in the United States. Some prohibitions for high-risk individuals (...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 19, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

Jins Meme smart spectacles can sense when you are sleepy
The Japanese glasses use sensors in the arms and nose bridge to detect tiny changes in eye and body movements, and send the data to an app for analysis.
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 29, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Q&A: Langdon Winner on ‘the tyranny of the new’
The political theorist critiques the ideology behind the word 'innovation' and its negative impact on development.
Source: SciDev.Net - December 17, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

When Stupid, Ugly Numbers Freak You Out
So I got my credit card statement yesterday. Immediately my heartbeat picked up speed. After all, my spending has been a bit... shall we say... active during my recent travels. And so I did what many of us would do. I shut my eyes and willed it to go away. Which, of course, didn't work. It was easy to freak out. After all, I'd allowed myself to live in blissful ignorance about the cost of the trip right up until I got that statement. Right up until I saw the numbers. That's when my mind started spinning with dizzying speed about what an irresponsible spender I'd been... how the bills would start piling up... how th...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 8, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

In The Latest Issue
The Price of Genius Alan Turing, the man who pioneered computing, also forced the world to question what it means to be human The 25 Best Inventions of 2014 Welcome to Time’s annual round-up of the best inventions making the world better, smarter and—in some cases—a little more fun A Constitutional Moment The Founding Fathers were clear about who sets immigration policy Tackling Immigration Alone The President has good reason to bypass Congress. But he’ll pay a price GE Makes a Big Bet on Manufacturing The company’s plan to make things again is a test for the entire American economy Jorge Ramo...
Source: TIME: Top Science and Health Stories - November 20, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Megan Gibson Tags: Uncategorized Cover TOC Source Type: news

Christopher Nolan Knows You Have Issues With The Sound In 'Interstellar'
If you're one of the people who complained about the sound quality in "Interstellar," the big guy upstairs -- a.k.a. Christopher Nolan -- has heard you. He makes no apologies. For the first time, the director addressed moviegoers' critiques that sound effects drown out certain bits of dialogue, citing a scene where Coop (Matthew McConaughey) drives through a cornfield as an example. It was uncertain whether the grievances stemmed from certain theaters' sound systems or the actual movie, but Nolan says it's all intentional. “We made carefully considered creative decisions,” Nolan told The Hollywood Reporter. “There ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - November 17, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news

Edie & Lew Wasserman Building opens in Stein Plaza at UCLA
Campus officials dedicated the Edie & Lew Wasserman Building, a new landmark research and patient-care facility at UCLA, at a festive ceremony Tuesday. Named to honor the late philanthropists Edie and Lew Wasserman, whose generosity made the striking structure possible, the state-of-the-art facility will meet the expanding needs of the Stein Eye Institute and provide space for UCLA’s Department of Neurosurgery and Institute of Urologic Oncology.  “This world-class complex culminates years of planning to ensure the effective use of several exceptionally generous gifts to benefit the public,” Chancellor Gene Block...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - October 30, 2014 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

The melancholy of murderous mothers: depression and the medicalization of women's anger - Kruger LM, van Straaten K, Taylor L, Lourens M, Dukas C.
Informed by recent feminist critiques of the notion of depression, we explored how a group of South African low-income mothers who have been diagnosed with depression subjectively describe and explain their psychological distress. Working within a feminist...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - August 8, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

Critiques: Erin Pizzey and the forbidden narratives about domestic violence - Vaughan M.
Following a range of presentations involving violent women, I returned to the literature on female violence and discovered the work of Erin Pizzey and her career, which provides an insight into the politics of domestic violence. The political and personal ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - July 17, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Commentary Source Type: news

Merck Says It Regrets Strong-Arming Italian Researcher
Merck says that it "regrets" using legal threats to push a leading Italian researcher to muffle his public critiques of one of the company's cholesterol drugs.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - July 7, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Matthew Herper Source Type: news

Materials for the building industry: A shape-conscious alloy
When the frame of a pair of glasses is bent out of shape, it's not that easy to return it to its original form. If, however, your spectacles are made of a shape memory alloy then you don't have a problem. Just place the frame in hot water and bingo! – they're as good as new again. Empa researchers have now shown that these materials can also find applications in the building industry. For example in the reinforcement of bridges.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 20, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news

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