Worldcoin attracts millions of eyeballs and regulatory heat
In the last seven months, more than four million people from Berlin to Nairobi have queued up to have their eyes scanned by a metallic orb. In return, Worldcoin, the startup co-founded by OpenAi’s Sam Altman, has given the volunteers cryptocurrency tokens called WLD. In the past month, the token’s…#berlin #nairobi #worldcoin #openai #samaltman #wld #kenya #hongkong #worldapp #cambridge (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ministers to quash convictions of hundreds of post office operators
Ministers will publish legislation to quash the convictions of hundreds of post office operators who were prosecuted during the Horizon scandal, marking a significant victory for victims after decades of campaigning. The legislation on Wednesday will automatically overturn convictions of theft,…#horizon #postoffice #wales #postofficeshorizon #hss #businessdepartment #northeast #capture #jamesarbuthnot #tory (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Post office scandal victims law'important step '
It is expected to come in to effect by the end of July and will apply to convictions in England and Wales. The law is expected to clear the majority of victims. There will also be "enhanced" financial redress for sub-postmasters who, while not convicted or part of legal action against the Post…#wales #postoffice #horizon #neilhudgell #inyourownwords (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nanox highlights study results
Nano-X Imaging (Nanox) and its deep learning medical imaging analytics subsidiary Nanox AI are touting early findings from the AI-enabled Detection of OsteoPorosis for Treatment (ADOPT) study.
The study uses the Nanox.AI software HealthVCF to review routine CT scans and has identified up to six times more patients with vertebral compression fracture than the national average at National Health Services (NHS) hospitals in the U.K., Nanox highlighted.
The company also said that the Nanox.AI algorithm has identified over 2,400 patients with vertebral compression fracture from routine CT scans that were not known to the NHS ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 12, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Why You Shouldn ’ t Wear Makeup When Exercising
Working out is great for your skin. It increases blood flow to all your organs—skin included—delivering oxygen and nutrients along with it. But if you exercise in a full face of makeup, you might be hurting your skin health, not helping it.
To find out what makeup does to skin during exercise, researchers applied a drug-store-brand cream foundation to the foreheads and under-eye areas of 43 university students. They left the bottom halves of everyone’s faces makeup-free. All of the students then ran on a treadmill for 20 minutes.
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Source: TIME: Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Out of sight: the hidden scandal of vision rehabilitation services across England
This report highlights that 26 per cent of local authorities leave blind and partially sighted people waiting more than a year for a vision rehabilitation assessment and subsequent support. These delays to the support people with sight loss are legally entitled to also leaves them at increased risk of physical accidents and injuries, as well as mental health crises. Amongst its recommendations, the RNIB is calling for vision rehabilitation services to be subjected to the same regulation and monitoring as other adult social care services, and commissioning of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to develop ...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - March 12, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Patient involvement, experience and feedback Public health and health inequalities Source Type: news
‘You don’t want to get better’: the outdated treatment of ME/CFS patients is a national scandal | George Monbiot
From harmful ‘therapies’ to social services referrals, the notion that this illness is psychosomatic is having devastating effectsIt ’s the greatest medical scandal of the 21st century. For decades, patients with ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome) have been told they can make themselves better by changing their attitudes. This devastating condition, which afflicts about250,000 people in the UK, was psychologised by many doctors and scientists, adding to the burden of a terrible physiological illness.Long after this approach was debunked in scientific literature, clinicians who championed it h...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 12, 2024 Category: Science Authors: George Monbiot Tags: ME / Chronic fatigue syndrome Health National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Society Mental health Science Freedom of information NHS Psychology UK news Source Type: news
Right-wing outlets facing 2020 election defamation lawsuits may have found a key defense overseas
An alleged bribery scheme in the Philippines has thrown a potential lifeline to Fox News and other right-wing media outlets that are battling massive defamation lawsuits from the voting technology company Smartmatic for their promotion of 2020 election lies. The overseas scandal washed ashore last…#philippines #smartmatic #justicedepartment #newsmax #oan #donaldtrump #philippine #andresbautista #venezuela #nicolasmaduroled (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cannabis may influence bowel motility
Physicians, health care providers, and medical staff caring for patients who use cannabis should be familiar with the effects of the drug on gut motility and thus nuclear medicine imaging, a recent report advises.
“Understanding the effects of cannabis and weight loss drugs on gut motility – that is the movement of food throughout the body – is essential for nuclear medicine providers,” said Rutger Gunther, MD, in a March 5 news release from the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.
Gunther, a radiologist at UT Health San Antonio, and colleagues penned an article published in the March issue of the J...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 11, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Subspecialties Nuclear Medicine Nuclear Radiology Source Type: news
Lori Loughlin Parodies College Admissions Scandal on ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm,’ Playing Herself as a Liar and Golf Cheater
Lori Loughlin cheats at golf and flexes a bogus handicap permit in the latest episode of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” which features a hilarious cameo from the “Full House” star poking fun at her role in the 2019 college admissions scandal, for which she served a two-month prison sentence. Loughlin…#loriloughlin #curbyourenthusiasm #fullhouse #varsityblues #mossimogiannulli #ricksinger #gettysburgaddress #teddanson #larrydavid #oceanviewcountryclub (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Patients exposed to excess radiation by out-of-date MRI scanner
Patients are being exposed to radiation doses at the “upper limit of safe” because a hospital is relying on an MRI scanner three years after its “end of life” with a substandard second-hand part. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - March 11, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Media Articles Whitewash Top Nigeria Customs Official Indicted in Multi-Billion Naira Scandal
[Premium Times] The official is one of the seven Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) officials arrested and detained for allegedly accepting N12 billion bribes from smugglers who are still walking freely. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 11, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Corruption Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Depicts Lori Loughlin As A Big Cheater & References College Admission Scandal That Sent Her To Prison
Lori Loughlin was the big guest star on Sunday’s episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm — and her participation in the college admissions scandal took center stage. The March 10 episode kicks off with Ted Danson asking Larry David to help the co-star of his play, who is Loughlin, get into David’s country…#loriloughlin #curbyourenthusiasm #teddanson #larrydavid #usc #loughlin #fullhouse #porsche #mossimogiannulli #greatamericanfamily (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Singapore steps up scrutiny of China wealth after money laundering case
HONG KONG -- Singapore has stepped up scrutiny of Chinese wealth coming into the city, including rejecting applications to set up family offices, following a recent money laundering scandal. The Monetary Authority of Singapore since January has denied two family office applications with…#hongkong #singapore #nikkeiasia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Your vending machine might be scanning your face, and this is not okay
Vass Bednar is the founder of Regs to Riches and a senior fellow at Centre for International Governance Innovation. Brenda McPhail created the Right2YourFace coalition. Together, they lead McMaster’s Master of Public Policy in Digital Society Program. An M&M vending machine recently reminded us…#vassbednar #regs #riches #brendamcphail #universityofwaterloo #reddit #europeanunions #gdpr #cadillacfairview #britishcolumbia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
