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From diabetes to dementia, from depression to AIDS, large segments of the UK's population are living with conditions that cannot be cured, but must be managed outside of the hospital environment. How technology could transform the future of healthcare will be discussed by Professor Ian Craddock from the University of Bristol at the IEEE World Forum on the Internet of Things (WF-IoT) in Milan, Italy.

WASHINGTON, DC, Dec. 14, 2015 -- A new study finds some surprising ways in which women's health at midlife is connected to when they had their first child and to their marital history.

Researchers found that women who had their first child in their early 20s didn't report better health at midlife than those who had their first baby as a teen.

WASHINGTON and NEW YORK (December 14, 2015)--An  extraordinary need for publicly subsidized health services amidst an unprecedented economic crisis is putting Puerto Rico's federally funded community health centers in jeopardy, according to a new report.

New research could lead to new treatments to prevent blockages and urinary tract infections experienced by many long-term catheter users.

Up to 50 percent of long-term catheter users experience encrustations and subsequent blockage, which result in severe trauma and pain for the individual and place high burdens on healthcare services and finances.

Research has for the first time revealed the heavy metal secret behind an Australian bee's unique approach to pollination: high-speed headbanging.

In an effort that would put metal fans to shame, the native blue-banded bee has been filmed head banging flowers up to 350 times a second.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio - A new study finds some surprising ways in which women's health at midlife is connected to when they had their first child and to their marital history.

Researchers found that women who had their first child in their early 20s didn't report better health at midlife than those who had their first baby as a teen.

Kidney disease in the United States is both common and under-diagnosed, but two new studies led by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers suggest that paying close attention to results of a simple blood test can help predict the likelihood that patients are headed for kidney failure or death.

WASHINGTON - Innovative transportation services such as car sharing, bike sharing, and transportation network companies (TNCs) like Uber and Lyft are changing mobility for millions of people, yet regulation of these services often varies greatly across geographic areas and industry segments.

London, UK (Dec. 11, 2015) As the hours of freelance or portfolio workers fluctuate, so does their well-being, finds a new study published in the SAGE journal Human Relations.

WASHINGTON -- A new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identifies an approach for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to evaluate policy options for making premiums through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) more affordable for those who have limited ability to pay.

In rural Malawi, roughly 10 percent of the adult population has HIV. At the peak of the epidemic, in the 1990s and early 2000s, nearly everyone knew someone infected with or affected by the virus, what demographer Hans-Peter Kohler of the University of Pennsylvania describes as a generalized epidemic.

The problem snowballed to the extent that life expectancy dropped dramatically. In just a short period, the epidemic undid nearly two decades of life-expectancy improvements.

"The probability of surviving from 15 to 50 declined substantially," Kohler said.

Researchers say there needs to be a better understanding of how conservation and aid projects in developing countries impact the people they are designed to help.

"Millions of dollars have been spent on integrated conservation and development projects that are aimed at improving people's lives in developing countries," says study lead author, Dr Georgina Gurney from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef studies (Coral CoE) at James Cook University.

Some film directors are famous for demanding that scenes be shot and re-shot repeatedly until actors express just the right emotion at the right time, but directors will be able to fine-tune performances in post-production, rather than on the film set, with a new system developed by Disney Research and the University of Surrey.

Called FaceDirector, the system enables a director to seamlessly blend facial images from a couple of video takes to achieve the desired effect.

A new study has questioned why poorer children are at higher risk of obesity compared to their better-off peers. The findings are published today (Friday) in The European Journal of Public Health [1].

Researchers from University College London and London School of Economics used data from the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS). This tracks nearly 20,000 families from across the UK. This study used measurements made when the children were aged 5 and again at age 11.

Washington, DC (Dec. 10, 2015) -- There are substantial racial/ethnic differences in use of home dialysis and the health outcomes of US patients who use it, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). With an unprecedented growth in the number of patients undergoing home dialysis in the United States, ensuring equitable access and improving health outcomes for patients is imperative.