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The fastest flights in nature: High-speed spore discharge mechanisms among fungi

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created Sep 17, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Microscopic coprophilous or dung-loving fungi help make our planet habitable by degrading the billions of tons of feces produced by herbivores. But the fungi have a problem: survival depends upon the consumption of their ...





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Researchers design re-engineered hospital discharge program to reduce rehospitalization

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created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers from Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have designed a process to minimize discharge failures. The Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) program reduces hospital utilization within ...


Hospital software improves patient satisfaction at discharge from hospital

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created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When hospitalists use discharge communication software, patients and the outpatient doctors who carry out the care have better perceptions of the quality of the discharge process, according to new research published in the ...


Fumbled handoffs can lead to medical errors

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created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Poor communication of the outcomes of medical tests whose results are pending at the time of a patient's hospital discharge is common and can lead to serious medical errors in post-hospitalization medical treatment.


Will Wright to leave Electronic Arts

Technology / Business

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Will Wright, the video game designer behind such hits as "The Sims" and "Spore," is leaving game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. after 12 years.


New explanation for nature's hardiest life form

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Got food poisoning? The cause might be bacterial spores, en extremely hardy survival form of bacteria, a nightmare for health care and the food industry and an enigma for scientists. Spore-forming bacteria, present almost ...


Does anti-piracy software on video games open security risks on users' computers?

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer scientist Alex Halderman wants to know if antipiracy software built into Spore and other video games makes computers more vulnerable to hackers. To find out, he might have to break the law.


Researchers report poor outcomes for CCI patients leaving hospitals on ventilators

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created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients, discharged from hospitals on ventilator support and with cognitive impairments, fare poorly four months later. Researchers from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University report ...


Virtual nurse helps counsel patients before their hospital release

Virtual nurse helps counsel patients before their hospital release

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created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Looking for a nurse with a calm, patient bedside manner?


IV drug treatment for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest may not improve long-term survival

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created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest who received intravenous (IV) drug administration during treatment, recommended in life support guidelines, had higher rates of short term survival but no statistically significant ...


Researchers study program to help older adults transition from hospital to home

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created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In light of health care reform measures, Rush University Medical Center has launched a study of its program to help older adults transition from hospital to home.



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