Disruptions: Visually Impaired Turn To Smartphones To See Their World by Nick Bilton. The New York Times. September 29, 2013.
Monday, September 30, 2013
MacArthur Foundation "Genius Award" Goes To Primary Care Physician Who Created Comprehensive Health Care Delivery Model
MacArthur Fellows: Jeffrey Brenner-Primary Care Physician. MacArthur Foundation. September 2t5, 2013.
The model that Dr. Brenner has created is now being applied in ten communities across the country.
The model that Dr. Brenner has created is now being applied in ten communities across the country.
Editing Wikipedia Pages For Med School Credit
Editing wikipedia Pages For Med School Credit by Noam Cohen. The New York Times. September 29, 2013.
(1) Among the objectives of this first-of-a-kind course are improving the _________ of medical articles in the encyclopedia, helping distribute the articles _________________, and educating the __________________, and helping medical students to more effectively __________________.
(2) The articles are submitted to a group from _________________ that produces medical articles for countries that often lack _________________.
(3) The Wikimedia Foundation seeks to make deals with cellphone carriers to ________________________.
(1) Among the objectives of this first-of-a-kind course are improving the _________ of medical articles in the encyclopedia, helping distribute the articles _________________, and educating the __________________, and helping medical students to more effectively __________________.
(2) The articles are submitted to a group from _________________ that produces medical articles for countries that often lack _________________.
(3) The Wikimedia Foundation seeks to make deals with cellphone carriers to ________________________.
Multi-State Health Insurance Option Unveiled For Obamacare Exchanges; U.S. And Blue Cross Collaboration
U.S. Plans To Unveil New Insurance Options by Robert Pear. The New York Times. September 29, 2013.
(1) This plan was conceived as an alternative to a ___________________ when it was authorized in 2010.
(2) The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association will offer this plan in exchanges in _________ states.
(3) In many of the products offered by Blue Cross, consumers will have access to a ____________
network of doctors and hospitals.
(4) The availability this program will increase ____________ in states such as New Hampshire and West Virginia which would otherwise have just one carrier in their exchanges.
(1) This plan was conceived as an alternative to a ___________________ when it was authorized in 2010.
(2) The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association will offer this plan in exchanges in _________ states.
(3) In many of the products offered by Blue Cross, consumers will have access to a ____________
network of doctors and hospitals.
(4) The availability this program will increase ____________ in states such as New Hampshire and West Virginia which would otherwise have just one carrier in their exchanges.
Sunday, September 29, 2013
War On Worldwide Poverty Being Won
A Way Of Life Is Ending. Thank Goodness by Nicholas D. Kristof. Opinion piece. The New York Times.
(1) According to the World Bank, the share of the world's people living in extreme poverty has been reduced from ____________ in 1980 to ____________ today.
(2) More people worldwide now have cellphones than ___________.
(3) There is a well-known path from declining child deaths to _____________.
(4) Some of the biggest gains resulted from ____________ in China and India.
(5) According to a Pew poll the budget area that Americans most wanted to cut was "____________."
(1) According to the World Bank, the share of the world's people living in extreme poverty has been reduced from ____________ in 1980 to ____________ today.
(2) More people worldwide now have cellphones than ___________.
(3) There is a well-known path from declining child deaths to _____________.
(4) Some of the biggest gains resulted from ____________ in China and India.
(5) According to a Pew poll the budget area that Americans most wanted to cut was "____________."
Children And Guns: Statistical Idiosyncrasies Hide True Toll
Children And Guns: The Hidden Toll by Michael Luo and Mike McIntire. The New York Times. September 28, 2013.
(1) The Times found that accidental shooting deaths of children occurred at roughly twice what official records indicate because of idiosyncrasies in how_______________________________.
(2) The lower official numbers have been cited by the NRA opposing ____________________.
(3) Firearms have been exempted from regulation by the ______________________ since its inception.
(4) Even with a proper county of accidental deaths of children, intention shooting deaths of children far ___________________________.
(5) According to the Times, a vast majority of cases of children shooting deaths revolved around children's _________________ with the shooting either _________________.
(6) Boys often showed that they _____________ handling a gun disregarding _________________.
(7) The undercount found by the Times stems from the peculiarities by which medical examiners and coroners make their "___________" rulings. Most simply call any death in which one person shoots another a ____________.
(8) To address the statistical undercount researchers have pushed for an expansion of the ___________________________ which at present is up and running in only _______ states.
(9) Tracking ____________ might be a better way to track gun accidents than deaths.
(10) The third most common age of gun deaths was ________.
(11) About half of gun accidents took place ___________________ with a third occurring _______________.
(12) ______________ were most often the shooters in gun accidental shootings.
(13) Where criminals were involved they usually were not the ones___________________.
(14) While the NRA claims that its educational efforts have created the steep decline in accidental gun deaths from the 80's, other explanations could be ________________.
(15) What are some of the technological barriers to developing a "smart gun?"
(1) The Times found that accidental shooting deaths of children occurred at roughly twice what official records indicate because of idiosyncrasies in how_______________________________.
(2) The lower official numbers have been cited by the NRA opposing ____________________.
(3) Firearms have been exempted from regulation by the ______________________ since its inception.
(4) Even with a proper county of accidental deaths of children, intention shooting deaths of children far ___________________________.
(5) According to the Times, a vast majority of cases of children shooting deaths revolved around children's _________________ with the shooting either _________________.
(6) Boys often showed that they _____________ handling a gun disregarding _________________.
(7) The undercount found by the Times stems from the peculiarities by which medical examiners and coroners make their "___________" rulings. Most simply call any death in which one person shoots another a ____________.
(8) To address the statistical undercount researchers have pushed for an expansion of the ___________________________ which at present is up and running in only _______ states.
(9) Tracking ____________ might be a better way to track gun accidents than deaths.
(10) The third most common age of gun deaths was ________.
(11) About half of gun accidents took place ___________________ with a third occurring _______________.
(12) ______________ were most often the shooters in gun accidental shootings.
(13) Where criminals were involved they usually were not the ones___________________.
(14) While the NRA claims that its educational efforts have created the steep decline in accidental gun deaths from the 80's, other explanations could be ________________.
(15) What are some of the technological barriers to developing a "smart gun?"
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Shift Resources From Breast And Prostate Screening Toward Bowel , European Scientist Recommend
Scientists Urge Europe To Shift Focus To Bowel Cancer Screening by Kate Kelland. Reuters. September 28, 2013.
(1) The scientists based their recommendation on "__________" evidence that bowel screening saves lives.
(2) Studies in recent years have found that routine breast mammograms also leads to "_____________."
(3) A new study showed men experience _________________ from routine prostate tests in terms of _____________________________.
(4) By contrast, the greater the proportion of men and women screened for bowel cancer the greater the ___________________________.
(5) Screening for bowel cancer involves either ___________ or ___________.
(1) The scientists based their recommendation on "__________" evidence that bowel screening saves lives.
(2) Studies in recent years have found that routine breast mammograms also leads to "_____________."
(3) A new study showed men experience _________________ from routine prostate tests in terms of _____________________________.
(4) By contrast, the greater the proportion of men and women screened for bowel cancer the greater the ___________________________.
(5) Screening for bowel cancer involves either ___________ or ___________.
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