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'Beyond The Law?' FBI Criticizes Apple, Google Privacy Features
The FBI director criticized Apple and Google Thursday for adopting new policies that will block police from accessing private data on phones and tablet computers. An FBI spokesman confirmed that Director James Comey told reporters he is "very concerned" that the new features could thwart critical police investigations...
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'Biochip' Aims To Quicken Disease Diagnosis, Cut Medical Test Costs
...The Hydra-1K -- which is a silicon chip -- can be used at doctor's offices or points of care, where a disease can be instantly analyzed to determine treatment, said Arjang Hassibi, founder and CEO of startup InSilixa, during a presentation at the Hot Chips conference in Cupertino, California...
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'Bleak Picture' For Mentally Ill: 80% Are Jobless
Eighty percent of people with mental illness are unemployed, a statistic that says more about the lack of support for this group of people than it does about the economy, according to a new study...
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'Eat More Kale' Guy Beats Chick-fil-A In Trademark Battle
A Vermont T-shirt maker has been granted a trademark for the phrase "Eat More Kale," a decision the state's governor on Friday hailed as a victory for "the little guy" over a "corporate bully."...
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'Miserable' Doctors Prescribe A Different Career
A lot of children grow up wanting to be doctors, but now some physicians are discouraging others from joining the profession. What has changed over the years?
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'Most Wired Hospitals' Survey results for 2012
The 2012 installment of the "Health Care’s Most Wired" survey finds hospitals nationwide leveraging health information technology in new and envelope-pushing ways. Read More »
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'Nightmare Bacteria' Spread In Southeast
Superbugs known as CRE — called "nightmare bacteria" by federal health officials because they are deadly and virtually untreatable — are skyrocketing in the Southeastern USA, new research shows...
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'Sharing Is Not A Crime': Why A Colombian Student Faces Prison For Posting Research Online
A South American biologist who found a five-year-old master's degree thesis online, then shared it with fellow graduate students on a Web page, could spend the next eight years in prison for copyright infringement...
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.NET Foundation Adds New Governance Model, Projects
The .NET Foundation is moving to a new governance model to help with its oversight of Microsoft's open-sourcing of the .NET development environment...
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1 Drop Of Blood & 60 Minutes: Breakthrough Device Heralds Future Of Cancer Detection
Early cancer detection can save millions of lives but current diagnostic methods remain costly and invasive. However, a new startup is developing a device which could detect dozens of cancers with a single blood test...
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1 Month To Stop Ebola Before It's 'Totally Out Of Control' - Global Aid NGO
The International Rescue Committee (IRC), on behalf of 34 NGOs battling Ebola in West Africa, has warned that the number of cases is doubling roughly every three weeks and the globe has only four weeks to stop the crisis from spiraling out of control...
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10 African Startups That Rocked 2014
2014 has been another amazing year for startups in Africa. More and more entrepreneurs turned their attention to building businesses that can solve the continent's problems and provide services it has long awaited...
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10 Health Information Exchange Trends In Hospitals And Physicians Offices
The ONC recently released a report on the “National Health Information Exchange and Interopability Landscape” highlighting health information exchange trends from office based physicians and hospitals, individuals and state HIE program grantees. The report found growth in exchange capability and activity, but also show there is still substantial room for improvement...
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10 Industries 3D Printing Will Disrupt Or Decimate
As it evolves, 3D printing technology is destined to transform almost every major industry and change the way we live, work, and play in the future. For better or worse, the 3D printing industry is poised to transform nearly every sector of our lives and jumpstart the next industrial revolution.
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10 Steps To Overcome Your Fear Of Using Open Source Software
The entire Internet runs on open source software (OSS) and, if we used it more in medical devices, it would lead to reduced costs and increase the quality of devices. If you ask some regulatory affairs folks in medical device companies, they think OSS is too “dangerous” for use in safety critical systems...
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