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Medical Xpress / Occupational therapy generated health care savings for primary care patients with diabetes

According to a new randomized study of primary care patients with diabetes, those who received Lifestyle Redesign occupational therapy generated more than $250,000 in health care cost savings compared with patients who received ...

12 hours ago
Phys.org / Study into career shocks finds what doesn't break expats makes them stronger

New research challenges the idea that career shocks are bad news for expatriate workers, finding that major personal, professional or societal disruptions can instead act as a catalyst for adaptation and resilience.

13 hours ago
Phys.org / Can a messy person become a tidy person? Or are we doomed?

Some people seem naturally tidy. Their keys are always in the same place, clothes make it into the closet, and their kitchen counter remains mysteriously visible.

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Medical Xpress / Suspected measles cases kill nearly 1,000 as Bangladesh struggles to contain outbreak

Eight-month-old Rojatun Jannat Ramisa is struggling to breathe in a hospital in Bangladesh's capital as her parents sit helplessly beside her. She's one of thousands of children sickened by a measles outbreak that's sweeping ...

12 hours ago
Tech Xplore / Built-in quantum sensor detects bending stress in microscopic devices

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are tiny devices used in technologies such as microphones, accelerometers and biosensors. MEMS are highly useful but prone to physical stress that affects their performance, stability ...

12 hours ago
Phys.org / Hurricane Lowell lashes Hawaii's western islands

Hurricane Lowell lashed Hawaii with damaging winds, heavy rainfall and powerful floods, knocking out power for 91% of a western island as it pushed farther into the Pacific on Tuesday.

16 hours ago
Phys.org / Some police officers use the 'bad guys' label to provide moral clarity

A new study shows that some U.S. police officers often use the term "bad guys" to describe people who commit crimes, especially when faced with ambiguity in their work. It is a label officers may use to reduce complex and ...

14 hours ago
Phys.org / How companies quietly undercut dissent

In 2016, when Amazon workers began organizing at a warehouse in Chester, Virginia, the company tracked where employees gathered, posted anti-union messaging in bathroom stalls and held town halls to discourage them. The National ...

15 hours ago
Tech Xplore / A 100-day 3D print recreates Blatten rock avalanche path for risk testing

What happens when water, ice and more thunder down into a valley? Researchers from ETH Zurich and the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF are investigating this using an accurate 3D model of the area around ...

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Medical Xpress / The market forces quietly adding thousands to patient bills

Health care integration is occurring at a breakneck pace across the U.S., with endless permutations: Hospitals are buying doctors' practices and surgery and imaging centers. Insurers are buying doctors' practices and specialty ...

13 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Third of UK government's nutrition advisers still paid by food companies, including Coca-Cola and Nestlé

Nearly a third of the UK government's nutrition advisers still have "significant" ties to the food industry, including Coca-Cola, Sainsbury's and Danone, a new analysis by The BMJ reveals today.

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Tech Xplore / Rein in social media, not children, say more than 130 groups, experts

The European Union should force tech giants to make social media safe before children use it instead of banning minors from their platforms, more than 130 groups and experts urged in a letter shared with AFP Tuesday.

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