Kara Keough Bosworth's Husband Kyle Gets the Ashes of Their Late Son Tattooed Into His Arm

Kara Keough Bosworth revealed this weekend that her husband, Kyle Bosworth, has a very special tattoo in honor of their late son McCoy Casey. In a tribute on Instagram on what would have been the baby's 5-month birthday, Kara shared a photo of Kyle's tattoo, which shows little McCoy's footprints. Memorial tattoos using ashes are created by adding a small amount […]

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Is APM the best way to evaluate NBA players?

A recent study by sport analytics professors shows the Adjusted Plus-Minus (APM) statistic used to evaluate the performance of NBA players is sometimes misleading because it does not accurately account for the quality of a player’s teammates. The study “Measuring individual worker output in a complementary team setting: Does regularized adjusted plus minus isolate individual NBA player contributions?” was published […]

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South Korean digital solutions to be showcased at HIMSS & Health 2.0 European Digital Conference

In recent years, the South Korean government has focused on expanding its digital health industry with increased investment in the development of new technology. Since President Moon Jae-In assumed office in May 2017, digital healthcare has been identified as a key growth sector, with particular emphasis placed on areas such as healthcare related Big Data, Health IT (HIT) and artificial […]

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Report: Heritable genome editing technology is not yet ready for clinical use

Gene editing technologies developed in the past decade have proven to be extraordinarily powerful and hold the potential to someday cure or prevent a range of diseases. While applications that introduce edits in somatic cells are being used in the clinic, changes that could be transmitted to subsequent generations (heritable edits) raise additional technical, ethical and societal issues. Gene editing […]

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People hate cruelty to animals, so why do we do it?

Animal welfare experts warn our pets could suffer during the coronavirus pandemic, including from abuse or abandonment. When we hear about animals being neglected, we’re often outraged. Consider the revelation of the mistreatment of racehorses at a Queensland abattoir, or the man who decapitated a kookaburra. These stories left many of us shocked and appalled. But harm to animals is […]

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France puts more departments on COVID high alert

French authorities have placed seven more departments covering major cities such as Lille, Strasbourg and Dijon on high alert as increases in COVID-19 infections accelerate, the government said Sunday. Of France’s 101 mainland and overseas departments, 28 are now considered “red zones” where authorities will be able to impose exceptional measures to slow the number of new coronavirus cases. The […]

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Quality over quantity in recovering language after stroke

New Edith Cowan University (ECU) research has found that intensive therapy is not necessarily best when it comes to treating the loss of language and communication in early recovery after a stroke. Published today in the International Journal of Stroke, the research found that unlike physical and motor skill rehabilitation, recovering lost language caused by a condition known as aphasia […]

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