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Study: Robotic kidney transplantation is safe and feasible

Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied Healthcare

Robotic kidney transplantation can provide speedy recovery, low complication rates and excellent graft function, according to a new study. A team led by Alberto Breda, M.D., hoped to evaluate perioperative outcomes and early postoperative surgical outcomes of patients who undergo robot-assisted kidney transplantation (RAKT). The researchers enrolled 75 adult males and 45 adult females from eight European centers who had undergone the procedure.

The big problem with legalizing marijuana

Dave G. Houser Law Enforcement, Defense & Security

Regardless of where you stand on the issue, the legalization of marijuana is well underway across America. As of today, 31 states and the District of Columbia have laws legalizing cannabis for medical and/or recreational use. Nine of those states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational marijuana, and at least six more states are expected to follow suit within the next two years.

Healthcare megadeals led the way in 2017 — and there’s more to…

Scott E. Rupp Pharmaceutical

Turns out the first year of the Donald Trump administration was an active year for U.S. health services deals, with deal volume decreasing slightly from 2016, but deal value increasing significantly. Even without 2017's largest transaction — CVS buying Aetna for $69 billion, which accounted for almost 44 percent of total deal value — the total would have been 40 percent greater than 2016 levels. Those are epic numbers.

What does documentation have to do with ministry?

Deborah Ike Religious Community

When it comes to leading a church, we don't immediately think of employee handbooks, meeting agendas or policy and procedure documentation. That makes sense — after all, we gather as congregations to grow in our faith and to share it with others.

Geographic information systems show their true economic value

Bill Becken Science & Technology

Consumers and businesses have embraced geographic information systems (GIS) as a huge boon in their lives. The systems are accurate sources of information; they're time- and fuel-saving modalities; and, taken together, they're an omniscient, daily valet.

Make the most of any shared workspace

Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk Management

Whether your team consists of four employees working in a front office or 50 workers in a vast cubicle space, shared office spaces have their issues. Here are a few simple ways to ensure employees get the most out of their work environment.

A guide to observing your child’s instruction

Howard Margolis Education

As your child begins the second part of his (or her) academic year, you shudder with anxiety and anger as you learn that his motivation has plummeted as his learning difficulties have intensified. You wonder if his teacher is competent, if she's even following his Individualized Education Program (IEP).

10 reasons to full-time in your RV

Cindy Belt Recreation & Leisure

My husband and I have lived full-time in a house and full-time in an RV traveling the United States. We are now part-timing it by living in a house and taking many RV trips. I have to say that I miss full-timing. Here are some of my reasons to love full-timing.

Demanding E&E developments from CES 2018

Don Rosato Engineering

The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) — just held Jan. 9-12 in Las Vegas — is the world's top technology exhibition highlighting major new electrical and electronic developments. Continuous change is always the main feature of the electrical and electronics industries. Whether in the consumer electronics or telecommunications sector, companies must constantly evolve to remain competitive in the global marketplace.

Sports leagues dance a little closer to gambling

Shawn Smajstrla Sports & Fitness

As gamblers, both serious and casual alike, prepare to lay down some $5 billion in wagers on this weekend's Super Bowl, a tectonic shift in sports wagering is taking place under foot. Once outwardly opposed to relaxed sports gambling laws, the major sports leagues in the U.S. are rethinking their positions — led by the NBA, which recently made its pro-wagering stance quite clear.

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