Tag: health
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Dyson designs ventilator in 10 days to supply NHS
British technology firm Dyson has made a ventilator and can be primed to make 15,000 units in the coming weeks to help meet the demand brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Named CoVent, the ventilator was developed by the company in just 10 days, following Dyson was one of the producers contacted by Prime Minister…
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Italian Engineers Create Ventilators Using Snorkelling Masks To Tackle Coronavirus
Shutterstock With hospitals all over the world needing as much help as possible to tackle coronavirus, two Italian engineers have created an ingenious solution to the shortage of ventilators. Cristian Fracassi and Alessandro Romaioli work at Isinnova, a start-up engineering consultancy firm in Brescia – an Italian city that has been in lockdown for the…
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COVID-19 continues to spread, and so do rumors and conspiracy theories that make everything worse
For the first time in over a week, the entire number of busy COVID-19 cases around the world has slipped below 50,000, as China continues to report more recovering instances than circumstances. On Monday, the number of new instances in South Korea dropped sharply following days of expansion. Unfortunately, rsquo & that;therefore the conclusion of…
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Trump failed to slash healthcare benefits for the poor when his Obamacare repeal effort collapsed — so now he’s trying to do it on his own
Reuters Trump is going to permit states to cap their spending on parts of Medicaid, a health insurance program for non profit Americans. The initiative permits states to convert portions of Medicaid to a network of block grants, probably back health benefits to all those insured. Congress rejected the notion throughout the Trump administration’s attempt…
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A British doctor says ‘America’s been gaslit’ about socialized medicine
Hollis Johnson/Insider Adam Kay was used to operate for its National Health Service (NHS), the UK’s nationwide healthcare program. Currently a comedian, he’s written a bestselling book about his time working as a baby-delivering doctor, known as”This Is Going to Hurt.” He said the NHS wasn’t a ideal place to operate, but it way outperforms…
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The Truth About the Vaping Crisis (Ep. 398)
In the U.S., over 40 people have died recently from EVALI, “e-cigarette, or vaping, product-use associated lung injury.” Some states and cities have instituted bans in response. At the same time, nearly 500,000 people a year die due to smoking, and cigarettes are still on the shelves nationwide. (Photo: Burton/Getty) A recent outbreak of illness…
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Elysium and the quest to bottle the fountain of youth
Alice Lloyd George Contributor Share on Twitter Alice Lloyd George is an early stage investor based in New York and the host of Flux, a series of podcast conversations with leaders in frontier technology. More posts by this contributor One billion 3D views and counting Thomas Reardon and CTRL-Labs are building an API for the…
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Elon Musk’s Neuralink looks to begin outfitting human brains with faster input and output starting next year
Neuralink, the Elon Musk-led startup which the multi-entrepreneur based in 2017, is working on technology that’s centered round ‘threads’ which it says could be implanted in human brains using much less possible impact to the surrounding brain tissues vs. what’s currently used for now ’s brain-computer interfaces. “Most people don’t recognize we could solve that…
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About That ‘Cell Phones Give You Horns’ Study: Brainstorm Health
Readers, Fantastic afternoon. 1 dayI’m going to get do an empirical study on the correlation between eye public health stories and the time of year (I have a strange suspicion that they have a tendency to spike round the summer time). The newest: A claim from Australian scientists who regular use of mobile phones, tablet…