Thursday 16 October 2014

ScHARRNews- Friday 17th October 2014

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Robo-surgeon: the future?
An article in the Guardian reports that since the year 2000, more than 2 million operations have been carried out by robots. da Vinci surgical robots to be precise, robots that have tiny hands and "high precision instruments". Researchers are currently working on developing robots that can help operate on caners, bones or to hold a camera during an operation. If you are intrigued by this

YESTERDAY

The app a day which could keep the doctor at bay for MND patients
An innovative telehealth system and web resource developed by world-leading Motor Neurone Disease (MND) experts from the University of Sheffield with the help of patients and carers could revolutionise access to care and support for people with the devastating disease.
Comment: Children know family budgets dictate how healthy their food is
Dr Hannah Fairbrother, from the University of Sheffield's School of Nursing and Midwifery, comments on how children have an in-depth, realistic awareness of how family finances shape the food on the table.
Hannah Fairbrother - The Conversation UK
The Conversation UKHannah FairbrotherThe Conversation UKI am a Lecturer in Public Health at the University of Sheffield and an active member of the university's interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Childhood and Youth. I completed my PhD in Public Health at the School of Health and Related Research ...
Hannah Fairbrother - The Conversation UK
The Conversation UKHannah FairbrotherThe Conversation UKI am a Lecturer in Public Health at the University of Sheffield and an active member of the university's interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Childhood and Youth. I completed my PhD in Public Health at the School of Health and Related Research ...

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