The Independent on MSN

Our attention spans are getting shorter – here’s how to fix yours

Our attention spans really are getting shorter – here’s how you can fix yours - LET’S UNPACK THAT: Numerous studies have ...
CSOonline

Beyond the checklist: Shifting from compliance frameworks to real-time risk assessments

Combine structured frameworks with a customizable assessment model to turn strategic fog into prioritized remediation plans with the most value. To keep up with a quickly changing threat environment, ...
Frontiers

Effectiveness of an improved fall risk assessment form combined with obstacle physical activity testing in preventing falls in older adults hospitalized patients

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of personalized preventive interventions guided by an improved Risk Assessment Form and an obstacle physical activity test in preventing falls ...
The New York Times

Jill Lepore: ‘Most Forms of Tyranny Do Come to an End’

The Harvard historian on why change requires “determination and imagination.” By Jill Lepore and David Leonhardt Produced by Jillian Weinberger The Harvard historian Jill Lepore worries that citizens ...
KCCI Des Moines

Ankeny police host crime prevention event for property managers

The Ankeny Police Department hosted a Crime Free Multi-Housing Program event to educate property managers on reducing crime in rental communities. DEPARTMENT HOSTED AN EVENT AIMED AT REDUCING CRIME ...
Self

The Surprising Risk Factor for Dementia That Has Nothing to Do With Diet or Exercise

A common refrain among neurologists is that embracing healthy habits for your body—like eating a variety of plants, getting quality sleep, and staying active—is good for your mind too. And based on an ...
insurancebusinessmag

Frontier Risk forms advisory board to guide THC beverage insurance programs

Frontier Risk has announced the formation of an advisory board to support its specialty insurance programs for the THC beverage industry. The board includes professionals from the beverage, ...
New Scientist

What’s my Alzheimer’s risk, and can I really do anything to change it?

A few years ago, my dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, just like his older brother and his mum before him. Slowly, his personality began to ebb away. Now, at the age of 75, his cognitive ...
MarketWatch

Here’s a bigger risk for the housing market than what the Fed could do to mortgage rates

Investors shouldn’t get too bullish about the idea of the Federal Reserve dusting off its tools to artificially lower U.S. mortgage rates and lift the weak housing market. That’s the thinking of ...
Medical News Today

What is a Medicare fall risk assessment?

Individuals who have experienced a recent fall or are having difficulty with balance may receive a fall risk assessment from a healthcare professional. Medicare covers these assessments during ...
Frontiers

Mapping variation in dual use risk assessments of synthetic biology projects

Introduction: When a life science project is identified as potential dual use research of concern (DURC), United States government policy and biorisk management professionals recommend conducting a ...
The Conversation

How do atoms form? A physicist explains where the atoms that make up everything around come from

Stephen L. Levy receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. He is affiliated with CyteQuest, Inc. Richard Feynman, a famous theoretical physicist who ...