The CMS Final Rules details healthcare regulations regarding emergency preparedness and business continuity. Non-compliance by the healthcare industry by November 17, 2017, will lead to loss of benefits of Medicare and Medicaid.
The NIA researchers have found that adult rhesus monkeys who ate 30 per cent less food lived longer and faced fewer instances of cancer, heart diseases, and insulin resistance. Male monkeys lived two years longer while female monkeys lived six years longer. A similar caloric restriction regimen in humans could translate to live longer for 18 years.
Scientists have broken the world record for making the tightest knot ever. The microscopic circular triple helix they made uses a chain of 192 atoms. The knot has a width which is only two millionths of a millimeter. A human hair is over 200,000 times wider than this knot.
Gun industry and suicide prevention group have joined hands to launch an initiative which aims to reduce the number of suicides in the US. The initiative is distributing brochures to gun dealers and gun ranges that tell about warning signs to identify people with depression, and thus, limit their access to firearms.
The DJI Mavic Pro Drone can be made even more amazing with the DJI VR Goggles. DJI Goggles is a virtual reality headset that allows you to see live images being captured by your drone. The combination of the two offers the most amazing high-tech flying experience.
Health insurance giant Cigna has announced that it will not provide coverage for EpiPens anymore. It will now cover only Adrenaclick, the cheaper and generic version of EpiPen, introduced by CVS for just $109. Mylan charges $600 for its epinephrine auto-injector EpiPen.
In a new poll conducted by the University of Michigan Health System, parents' opinions on how to decide whether the child is too sick to go to school differ. While 80 percent parents said that they would not send kids to school with diarrhea, only 58 percent agreed that children should stay at home if they are vomiting.
ZeniMax had filed a $2 billion lawsuit against Oculus in May 2014 accusing the company of stealing its virtual reality technology and misappropriating its trade secrets. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg appeared for the trial and said that he believes that Oculus Rift was built only on Oculus technology.
