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New machine could one day replace anesthesiologists

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNNetwork TOLEDO — The new machine that could one day replace anesthesiologists sat quietly next to a hospital gurney occupied by Nancy Youssef-Ringle. She was nervous. In a few minutes, a machine — not a doctor — would sedate the 59-year-old for a colon cancer screening called a colonoscopy. But she […]

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Why Apps Need A New Data Center Stack

Follow us On Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork The Internet has changed a lot about people’s lives in the past couple decades. Web and mobile applications let us search for information, buy products, and communicate frictionlessly, from anywhere — at speeds and in ways never before possible. We get movie recommendations on the dashboards of our cars, produce

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Meet Hello Alfred, A Single Portal For Your Home Service Needs

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Alfred has had a busy year. In the six months since winning our Disrupt Battlefield SF in September, the company has raised $12 million+, set up shop in NYC, and tripled the number of employees on the team. And at Disrupt NY last week, Alfred announced that it would be

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Google bursts into the wireless industry

Follow Us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork The search giant unveils a new service that switches between cellular and Wi-Fi signals and lets customers pay for only what data they use.  Google wants to be your wireless carrier. The search giant on Wednesday announced its long-anticipated wireless service in the United States, called Project Fi. Google hopes to

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PayPal to protect purchases of Uber rides, digital music

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork On July 1, the payment-services company will start offering buyer protections for services, e-books, software downloads, digital music and much more. A lot of the stuff you buy these days isn’t stuff at all. With consumers spending more money on digital goods, PayPal decided it was time to start offering

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Disparities in health outcomes by race and ethnicity and by income status are persistent and difficult to reduce

follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork JAMA Achieving Health Equity by Design April 14, 2015 Disparities in health outcomes by race and ethnicity and by income status are persistent and difficult to reduce. For more than a decade, infant mortality rates have been 2 to 3 times higher among African American populations, rates of potentially preventable hospitalization

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Young African American Men Experience Little Benefit from the Considerable Health Care Spending in the United States

follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork JAMA April 14, 2015 The Health of Young African American Men Deaths in Ferguson, Missouri; New York City; Sanford, Florida; and other areas have focused international attention on young African American men. In a recent campaign, young African American men draw attention to key overlooked facts that describe their demographic: 1

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MEDIA ALERT: Go Africa Harlem Community Launch Event on May 5th 2015 @ MIST Harlem Kicks Off the Countdown to First Go Africa Harlem Street Festival taking place on July 18th 2015

MEDIA ALERT:  Go Africa Harlem Community Launch Event on May 5th 2015 @ MIST Harlem Kicks Off the Countdown to First Go Africa Harlem Street Festival taking place on July 18th 2015  WHO: Go Africa Network Inc. in conjunction with the Association Nationale Des Senegalais D Amerique Inc. and supported by Manhattan Community Board 10;

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Google’s wireless service expected to launch soon, report says

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Google has been readying its own wireless service for smartphones, and it could launch in the US as early as Wednesday, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The service, which would compete with local wireless providers like AT&T and Verizon, is expected to let customers pay only

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Throw another tinnie on the barbie: Researchers find marinading meat in beer before grilling can reduce cancer-causing chemicals

follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Say pilsner and black beer is most effective Can halve the amount of Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which have been linked to colorectal cancer As barbecue season approaches, researchers have discovered an unlikely ingredient that could improve the safety of your meat – letting it swill in beer. They say that

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